Weather Records on 16 March 1946

1,341 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 16 March 1946. Highest significance: Tintinara, AU.

Key Facts for 16 March 1946

On 16 March 1946, 1,341 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
323 were record highs and 45 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 22 were all-time records, 42 monthly and 1,277 daily.
Tintinara set an all-time record daily precipitation of 115.6 mm (4.6 in) on 16 March 1946.
Across 162 earlier years (1801 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 459 records.

Record Map

1,341 stations

1,341 station records on 16 March 1946 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 16 March 1946: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Tintinara	Australia	Record daily precipitation	115.6 mm (4.6 in)	76 of 100 (Major)
Portland	Australia	Record daily precipitation	104.1 mm (4.1 in)	73 of 100 (Major)
Lucindale Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	100.1 mm (3.9 in)	69 of 100 (Major)
Nelson	Australia	Record daily precipitation	62.2 mm (2.4 in)	69 of 100 (Major)
Serviceton	Australia	Record daily precipitation	42.9 mm (1.7 in)	68 of 100 (Major)
Kalangadoo	Australia	Record daily precipitation	127.0 mm (5.0 in)	67 of 100 (Major)
Dartmoor	Australia	Record daily precipitation	94.0 mm (3.7 in)	67 of 100 (Major)
Penola Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	97.8 mm (3.9 in)	65 of 100 (Major)
Heywood Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	88.9 mm (3.5 in)	64 of 100 (Major)
Nedumangad	India	Record daily precipitation	203.7 mm (8.0 in)	64 of 100 (Major)
Robe Comparison	Australia	Record daily precipitation	52.1 mm (2.1 in)	63 of 100 (Major)
Warrnambool Shire Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	59.7 mm (2.4 in)	63 of 100 (Major)
Coonalpyn	Australia	Record daily precipitation	71.1 mm (2.8 in)	62 of 100 (Major)
P.P. Channel	India	Record daily precipitation	92.7 mm (3.6 in)	62 of 100 (Major)
Adelaide (Tea Tree Gully Counc	Australia	Record daily precipitation	43.9 mm (1.7 in)	61 of 100 (Major)
Cape Northumberland	Australia	Record daily precipitation	37.6 mm (1.5 in)	61 of 100 (Major)
Casterton (Warrock)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	69.9 mm (2.8 in)	61 of 100 (Major)
Cooke Plains	Australia	Record daily precipitation	50.8 mm (2.0 in)	60 of 100 (Major)
Drik Drik	Australia	Record daily precipitation	88.6 mm (3.5 in)	60 of 100 (Major)
Kapunda	Australia	Record daily precipitation	45.7 mm (1.8 in)	59 of 100 (Notable)
Riverton	Australia	Record daily precipitation	47.0 mm (1.9 in)	59 of 100 (Notable)
Naracoorte	Australia	Record daily precipitation	62.2 mm (2.4 in)	59 of 100 (Notable)
Edenhope (Post Office)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	66.5 mm (2.6 in)	59 of 100 (Notable)
Thuckalay	India	Record daily precipitation	153.7 mm (6.1 in)	59 of 100 (Notable)
Roseworthy Agric College	Australia	Record daily precipitation	36.8 mm (1.4 in)	58 of 100 (Notable)
Marrabel	Australia	Record daily precipitation	45.7 mm (1.8 in)	58 of 100 (Notable)
Millicent	Australia	Record daily precipitation	51.1 mm (2.0 in)	58 of 100 (Notable)
Mount McIntyre	Australia	Record daily precipitation	61.7 mm (2.4 in)	58 of 100 (Notable)
Minimay (Booroopki)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	54.4 mm (2.1 in)	58 of 100 (Notable)
Merino	Australia	Record daily precipitation	82.6 mm (3.3 in)	58 of 100 (Notable)
Chapple Vale	Australia	Record daily precipitation	120.1 mm (4.7 in)	58 of 100 (Notable)
Melrose (Para Gums)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	50.8 mm (2.0 in)	57 of 100 (Notable)
Lyndoch (Pewsey Vale)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	40.6 mm (1.6 in)	57 of 100 (Notable)
Meningie	Australia	Record daily precipitation	71.9 mm (2.8 in)	57 of 100 (Notable)
Mundulla	Australia	Record daily precipitation	50.0 mm (2.0 in)	57 of 100 (Notable)
Wolseley	Australia	Record daily precipitation	47.8 mm (1.9 in)	57 of 100 (Notable)
Frances	Australia	Record daily precipitation	48.0 mm (1.9 in)	57 of 100 (Notable)
Antwerp	Australia	Record daily precipitation	47.0 mm (1.9 in)	57 of 100 (Notable)
Beetaloo Reservoir Old Site	Australia	Record daily precipitation	57.7 mm (2.3 in)	56 of 100 (Notable)
Langhorne Creek 2	Australia	Record daily precipitation	50.0 mm (2.0 in)	56 of 100 (Notable)
Lameroo Comparison	Australia	Record daily precipitation	48.3 mm (1.9 in)	56 of 100 (Notable)
Melrose	Australia	Record daily precipitation	71.1 mm (2.8 in)	55 of 100 (Notable)
Caltowie	Australia	Record daily precipitation	34.8 mm (1.4 in)	55 of 100 (Notable)
Saddleworth	Australia	Record daily precipitation	40.4 mm (1.6 in)	55 of 100 (Notable)
Bordertown	Australia	Record daily precipitation	49.5 mm (1.9 in)	55 of 100 (Notable)
Geranium	Australia	Record daily precipitation	94.7 mm (3.7 in)	55 of 100 (Notable)
Goroke (Post Office)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	42.4 mm (1.7 in)	55 of 100 (Notable)
Wirrabara	Australia	Record daily precipitation	45.0 mm (1.8 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Greenock	Australia	Record daily precipitation	39.4 mm (1.6 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Karoonda	Australia	Record daily precipitation	80.3 mm (3.2 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Karnak (Rosedale)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	38.9 mm (1.5 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Mannum Council Depot	Australia	Record daily precipitation	38.9 mm (1.5 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Port Fairy Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	54.6 mm (2.1 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Seetapal	India	Record daily precipitation	87.6 mm (3.4 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Huron Rgnl AP	United States	Record daily precipitation	34.5 mm (1.4 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Bool Lagoon	Australia	Record daily precipitation	82.0 mm (3.2 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Mount Gambier Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	59.4 mm (2.3 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Warrnambool (Post Office)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	49.8 mm (2.0 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Fairfax	United States	Record daily precipitation	42.9 mm (1.7 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Hallett (Old Canowie)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	33.0 mm (1.3 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)

Counts by Type and Timescale

1,341 records

Records set or tied on 16 March 1946 by type: Highest daily maximum 42, Lowest daily maximum 26, Highest daily minimum 281, Lowest daily minimum 19, Heaviest daily rainfall 954, Heaviest daily snowfall 16, Deepest snow cover 3.

Records on 16 March 1946 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	42
Lowest daily maximum	26
Highest daily minimum	281
Lowest daily minimum	19
Heaviest daily rainfall	954
Heaviest daily snowfall	16
Deepest snow cover	3

Records on 16 March 1946 by timescale: all-time 22, monthly 42, daily 1,277.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

1,235 broken records

Margins by which the 1,235 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 1200.0. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

16 March 1946

Top 20 records on 16 March 1946 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
16 March 1946	Tintinara, AU	all-time rain	115.6 mm (4.6 in)	49.6 mm (2.0 in)	43 years	76 of 100 (Major)
16 March 1946	Portland, AU	all-time rain	104.1 mm (4.1 in)	25.9 mm (1.0 in)	22 years	73 of 100 (Major)
16 March 1946	Lucindale Post Office, AU	all-time rain	100.1 mm (3.9 in)	22.4 mm (0.9 in)	49 years	69 of 100 (Major)
16 March 1946	Nelson, AU	monthly rain	62.2 mm (2.4 in)	23.6 mm (0.9 in)	50 years	69 of 100 (Major)
16 March 1946	Serviceton, AU	monthly rain	42.9 mm (1.7 in)	18.8 mm (0.7 in)	49 years	68 of 100 (Major)
16 March 1946	Kalangadoo, AU	all-time rain	127.0 mm (5.0 in)	57.7 mm (2.3 in)	13 years	67 of 100 (Major)
16 March 1946	Dartmoor, AU	all-time rain	94.0 mm (3.7 in)	22.1 mm (0.9 in)	49 years	67 of 100 (Major)
16 March 1946	Penola Post Office, AU	all-time rain	97.8 mm (3.9 in)	18.3 mm (0.7 in)	49 years	65 of 100 (Major)
16 March 1946	Heywood Post Office, AU	monthly rain	88.9 mm (3.5 in)	34.3 mm (1.4 in)	27 years	64 of 100 (Major)
16 March 1946	Nedumangad, IN	monthly rain	203.7 mm (8.0 in)	126.2 mm (5.0 in)	36 years	64 of 100 (Major)
16 March 1946	Robe Comparison, AU	daily rain	52.1 mm (2.1 in)	40.7 mm (1.6 in)	50 years	63 of 100 (Major)
16 March 1946	Warrnambool Shire Office, AU	daily rain	59.7 mm (2.4 in)	35.8 mm (1.4 in)	50 years	63 of 100 (Major)
16 March 1946	Coonalpyn, AU	monthly rain	71.1 mm (2.8 in)	28.4 mm (1.1 in)	22 years	62 of 100 (Major)
16 March 1946	P.P. Channel, IN	monthly rain	92.7 mm (3.6 in)	48.2 mm (1.9 in)	30 years	62 of 100 (Major)
16 March 1946	Adelaide (Tea Tree Gully Counc, AU	daily rain	43.9 mm (1.7 in)	37.8 mm (1.5 in)	50 years	61 of 100 (Major)
16 March 1946	Cape Northumberland, AU	daily rain	37.6 mm (1.5 in)	26.7 mm (1.1 in)	49 years	61 of 100 (Major)
16 March 1946	Casterton (Warrock), AU	daily rain	69.9 mm (2.8 in)	36.6 mm (1.4 in)	50 years	61 of 100 (Major)
16 March 1946	Cooke Plains, AU	daily rain	50.8 mm (2.0 in)	35.6 mm (1.4 in)	50 years	60 of 100 (Major)
16 March 1946	Drik Drik, AU	all-time rain	88.6 mm (3.5 in)	25.1 mm (1.0 in)	36 years	60 of 100 (Major)
16 March 1946	Kapunda, AU	daily rain	45.7 mm (1.8 in)	26.1 mm (1.0 in)	41 years	59 of 100 (Notable)

Significance is a score from 0 to 100 combining margin, the age of the old record and the length of the station's record. How it is computed.

The Same Date in Other Years

1801 to 1946

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1801 to 1946. 1946 had 1,341 records.

Counts for years before the ledger starts come from the same station rules.

Records on 03-16 in each year
Year	Records
1801	1
1822	1
1825	1
1828	1
1843	1
1845	4
1846	1
1849	1
1850	1
1853	1
1862	1
1864	1
1866	1
1867	1
1875	1
1877	2
1878	1
1879	1
1880	1
1881	1
1882	3
1883	2
1884	6
1885	2
1886	2
1887	4
1888	4
1889	7
1890	4
1891	2
1892	1
1893	5
1895	5
1896	8
1897	2
1898	3
1899	5
1900	6
1901	8
1902	17
1904	7
1905	6
1906	13
1907	14
1908	33
1909	11
1910	18
1911	23
1912	19
1913	47
1914	42
1915	16
1916	39
1917	22
1918	40
1919	64
1920	56
1921	272
1922	19
1923	105
1924	70
1925	55
1926	117
1927	468
1928	208
1929	150
1930	391
1931	98
1932	337
1933	101
1934	283
1935	533
1936	321
1937	758
1938	537
1939	326
1940	230
1941	228
1942	786
1943	692
1944	410
1945	1,481
1946	1,341
1947	355
1948	482
1949	352
1950	388
1951	283
1952	584
1953	245
1954	259
1955	419
1956	802
1957	341
1958	409
1959	269
1960	955
1961	367
1962	376
1963	521
1964	172
1965	273
1966	1,204
1967	761
1968	656
1969	842
1970	670
1971	338
1972	817
1973	736
1974	622
1975	526
1976	486
1977	595
1978	719
1979	845
1980	557
1981	707
1982	1,211
1983	858
1984	617
1985	725
1986	549
1987	886
1988	1,331
1989	992
1990	2,159
1991	823
1992	1,013
1993	1,661
1994	959
1995	1,074
1996	732
1997	1,327
1998	1,193
1999	828
2000	709
2001	884
2002	1,096
2003	1,093
2004	1,367
2005	1,292
2006	717
2007	1,293
2008	899
2009	681
2010	630
2011	856
2012	2,749
2013	1,096
2014	631
2015	1,537
2016	972
2017	1,302
2018	540
2019	762
2020	659
2021	647
2022	432
2023	897
2024	814
2025	936
2026	1,412

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Data for records on 1946-03-16: CSV or JSON. Field meanings are on the data page.

Sources: Source: NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information, Global Historical Climatology Network Daily (GHCN-Daily). Records are computed by World Extreme Weather Monitor and are not official NOAA products. (US Government open data (NOAA NCEI)) Made with Natural Earth. Public domain map data. Borders are Natural Earth's de facto depiction. Data as of 2026-10-17 (17 October 2026). Records are computed by this site and are not official.

Data as of 2026-10-15. Last revised 15 October 2026 (2026-10-15).

Margin	Records
0 to 200	1,234
200 to 400	0
400 to 600	0
600 to 800	0
800 to 1000	0
1000 to 1200	1