Weather Records on 16 March 1947

355 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 16 March 1947. Highest significance: Husum, DE.

Key Facts for 16 March 1947

On 16 March 1947, 355 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
207 were record highs and 72 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 1 were all-time records, 11 monthly and 343 daily.
Husum set a daily record snow depth of 57.0 cm (22.4 in) on 16 March 1947.
Across 162 earlier years (1801 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 465 records.

Record Map

355 stations

355 station records on 16 March 1947 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 16 March 1947: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Husum	Germany	Record snow depth	57.0 cm (22.4 in)	61 of 100 (Major)
Lysebotn	Norway	Record snow depth	26.0 cm (10.2 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Santana Do Ipanema	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	63.5 mm (2.5 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Alipurduar	India	Record daily precipitation	40.1 mm (1.6 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Marnai	India	Record daily precipitation	31.0 mm (1.2 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Patacharkuchi	India	Record daily precipitation	50.8 mm (2.0 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Nanaimo Departure Bay	Canada	Record high maximum temperature	20.6 C (69.1 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Jagatsingpur	India	Record daily precipitation	59.2 mm (2.3 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Steveston	Canada	Record high maximum temperature	17.2 C (63.0 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Kachugaon	India	Record daily precipitation	25.1 mm (1.0 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Wyndham Port	Australia	Record daily precipitation	58.4 mm (2.3 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
New Westminster	Canada	Record high maximum temperature	20.6 C (69.1 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Dublin Phoenix Park	Ireland	Record daily precipitation	37.8 mm (1.5 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Barduar	India	Record daily precipitation	31.2 mm (1.2 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Victoria Gonzales Hts	Canada	Record high maximum temperature	18.9 C (66.0 F)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Centralia	United States	Record high maximum temperature	27.8 C (82.0 F)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Nanaimo	Canada	Record high maximum temperature	17.8 C (64.0 F)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Jalugudi	India	Record daily precipitation	31.2 mm (1.2 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Heavitree, Estcourt	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	52.8 mm (2.1 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Albacete Los Llanos	Spain	Record high maximum temperature	26.5 C (79.7 F)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Port Townsend	United States	Record high maximum temperature	17.8 C (64.0 F)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Mackay Post Office	Australia	Record high minimum temperature	27.2 C (81.0 F)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Alberni Beaver Creek	Canada	Record high maximum temperature	23.3 C (73.9 F)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Jalpaiguri	India	Record daily precipitation	27.4 mm (1.1 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Headworks Portland Wtr B	United States	Record high maximum temperature	27.2 C (81.0 F)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Cedar Lake	United States	Record high minimum temperature	8.3 C (46.9 F)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Clearbrook	United States	Record high maximum temperature	23.3 C (73.9 F)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Landsburg	United States	Record high maximum temperature	23.9 C (75.0 F)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Marietta 3 NNW	United States	Record high maximum temperature	21.7 C (71.1 F)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Watertown	United States	Record daily snowfall	13.5 cm (5.3 in)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Corvallis State UNIV	United States	Record high maximum temperature	26.1 C (79.0 F)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Tropic	United States	Record high minimum temperature	3.9 C (39.0 F)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Buckley 1 NE	United States	Record high maximum temperature	23.9 C (75.0 F)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Cedar Lake	United States	Record high maximum temperature	23.3 C (73.9 F)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Concrete Ppl Fish STN	United States	Record high maximum temperature	25.0 C (77.0 F)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Willapa Harbor	United States	Record high maximum temperature	21.1 C (70.0 F)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Holmleigh	Australia	Record daily precipitation	39.9 mm (1.6 in)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Saanich Dom Astro Obs	Canada	Record high maximum temperature	18.3 C (64.9 F)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Shawnigan Lake	Canada	Record high maximum temperature	18.9 C (66.0 F)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Bijni	India	Record daily precipitation	26.9 mm (1.1 in)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Drain	United States	Record high maximum temperature	26.1 C (79.0 F)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Falls City 2 SSW	United States	Record high maximum temperature	25.0 C (77.0 F)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Blanco	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-5.6 C (21.9 F)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Alder Dam Camp	United States	Record high maximum temperature	24.4 C (75.9 F)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Bumping Lake	United States	Record high maximum temperature	18.9 C (66.0 F)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Forks 1 E	United States	Record high maximum temperature	21.7 C (71.1 F)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Salem AP (McNary Field)	United States	Record high maximum temperature	23.9 C (75.0 F)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Portland Rfc City	United States	Record high maximum temperature	25.6 C (78.1 F)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Seattle Urban Site	United States	Record high maximum temperature	21.1 C (70.0 F)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Columbia Wb City	United States	Record daily snowfall	6.6 cm (2.6 in)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Agassiz Cda	Canada	Record high minimum temperature	10.0 C (50.0 F)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Pretoria-Burgerspark	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	43.9 mm (1.7 in)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Estacada 2 SE	United States	Record high maximum temperature	25.0 C (77.0 F)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Mc Minnville	United States	Record high maximum temperature	25.6 C (78.1 F)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Summit Grd STN	United States	Record high maximum temperature	18.3 C (64.9 F)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Lampasas	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-5.6 C (21.9 F)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Quatsino	Canada	Record high maximum temperature	17.8 C (64.0 F)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Valemount	Canada	Record high maximum temperature	19.4 C (66.9 F)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Van Wert 1 S	United States	Record low maximum temperature	-0.6 C (30.9 F)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Hallettsville 2 N	United States	Record low minimum temperature	0.0 C (32.0 F)	21 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

355 records

Records set or tied on 16 March 1947 by type: Highest daily maximum 174, Lowest daily maximum 17, Highest daily minimum 33, Lowest daily minimum 55, Heaviest daily rainfall 56, Heaviest daily snowfall 13, Deepest snow cover 7.

Records on 16 March 1947 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	174
Lowest daily maximum	17
Highest daily minimum	33
Lowest daily minimum	55
Heaviest daily rainfall	56
Heaviest daily snowfall	13
Deepest snow cover	7

Records on 16 March 1947 by timescale: all-time 1, monthly 11, daily 343.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

280 broken records

Margins by which the 280 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 530.0. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

16 March 1947

Top 20 records on 16 March 1947 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
16 March 1947	Husum, DE	daily snow depth	57.0 cm (22.4 in)	53.0 cm (20.9 in)	54 years	61 of 100 (Major)
16 March 1947	Lysebotn, NO	daily snow depth	26.0 cm (10.2 in)	18.0 cm (7.1 in)	46 years	54 of 100 (Notable)
16 March 1947	Santana Do Ipanema, BR	daily rain	63.5 mm (2.5 in)	54.5 mm (2.1 in)	20 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
16 March 1947	Alipurduar, IN	daily rain	40.1 mm (1.6 in)	33.7 mm (1.3 in)	26 years	39 of 100 (Notable)
16 March 1947	Marnai, IN	daily rain	31.0 mm (1.2 in)	30.0 mm (1.2 in)	20 years	34 of 100 (Routine)
16 March 1947	Patacharkuchi, IN	daily rain	50.8 mm (2.0 in)	33.5 mm (1.3 in)	8 years	34 of 100 (Routine)
16 March 1947	Nanaimo Departure Bay, CA	daily high max	20.6 C (69.1 F)	6.7 C (12.1 F)	25 years	32 of 100 (Routine)
16 March 1947	Jagatsingpur, IN	daily rain	59.2 mm (2.3 in)	33.8 mm (1.3 in)	20 years	32 of 100 (Routine)
16 March 1947	Steveston, CA	daily high max	17.2 C (63.0 F)	3.3 C (5.9 F)	45 years	31 of 100 (Routine)
16 March 1947	Kachugaon, IN	daily rain	25.1 mm (1.0 in)	25.1 mm (1.0 in)	45 years	31 of 100 (Routine)
16 March 1947	Wyndham Port, AU	daily rain	58.4 mm (2.3 in)	38.8 mm (1.5 in)	25 years	29 of 100 (Routine)
16 March 1947	New Westminster, CA	daily high max	20.6 C (69.1 F)	2.8 C (5.0 F)	46 years	28 of 100 (Routine)
16 March 1947	Dublin Phoenix Park, IE	monthly rain	37.8 mm (1.5 in)	3.0 mm (0.12 in)	10 years	28 of 100 (Routine)
16 March 1947	Barduar, IN	daily rain	31.2 mm (1.2 in)	20.5 mm (0.8 in)	20 years	28 of 100 (Routine)
16 March 1947	Victoria Gonzales Hts, CA	daily high max	18.9 C (66.0 F)	2.2 C (4.0 F)	46 years	27 of 100 (Routine)
16 March 1947	Centralia, US	daily high max	27.8 C (82.0 F)	5.0 C (9.0 F)	36 years	27 of 100 (Routine)
16 March 1947	Nanaimo, CA	daily high max	17.8 C (64.0 F)	1.7 C (3.1 F)	54 years	26 of 100 (Routine)
16 March 1947	Jalugudi, IN	daily rain	31.2 mm (1.2 in)	21.0 mm (0.8 in)	2 years	26 of 100 (Routine)
16 March 1947	Heavitree, Estcourt, ZA	daily rain	52.8 mm (2.1 in)	17.2 mm (0.7 in)	29 years	26 of 100 (Routine)
16 March 1947	Albacete Los Llanos, ES	daily high max	26.5 C (79.7 F)	4.5 C (8.1 F)	40 years	26 of 100 (Routine)

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 1947

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1801 to 1947. 1947 had 355 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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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 100	278
100 to 200	1
200 to 300	0
300 to 400	0
400 to 500	0
500 to 600	1