Weather Records on 16 March 1952

584 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 16 March 1952. Highest significance: Balurghat, IN.

Key Facts for 16 March 1952

On 16 March 1952, 584 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
17 were record highs and 127 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 0 were all-time records, 7 monthly and 577 daily.
Balurghat set a daily record precipitation of 94.2 mm (3.7 in) on 16 March 1952.
Across 162 earlier years (1801 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 464 records.

Record Map

584 stations

584 station records on 16 March 1952 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 16 March 1952: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Balurghat	India	Record daily precipitation	94.2 mm (3.7 in)	60 of 100 (Major)
Gujjran	India	Record daily precipitation	43.2 mm (1.7 in)	59 of 100 (Notable)
Edgeley 3WNW	United States	Record snow depth	43.2 cm (17.0 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Hettinger	United States	Record snow depth	33.0 cm (13.0 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Dharmsala Lower	India	Record daily precipitation	76.2 mm (3.0 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Ambala	India	Record daily precipitation	35.1 mm (1.4 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Ambala Obsy	India	Record daily precipitation	39.1 mm (1.5 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Palampur	India	Record daily precipitation	86.9 mm (3.4 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Rajpur	India	Record daily precipitation	43.2 mm (1.7 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Roorkee	India	Record daily precipitation	34.0 mm (1.3 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Kangra	India	Record daily precipitation	62.5 mm (2.5 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Adaven	United States	Record daily snowfall	27.9 cm (11.0 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Dharmapuri	India	Record daily precipitation	35.8 mm (1.4 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Chula Vista	United States	Record daily precipitation	44.5 mm (1.8 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Phillaur	India	Record daily precipitation	43.2 mm (1.7 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Hamirpur	India	Record daily precipitation	42.2 mm (1.7 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Ft Valley	United States	Record snow depth	104.1 cm (41.0 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Una	India	Record daily precipitation	44.5 mm (1.8 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Sholavandan	India	Record daily precipitation	78.2 mm (3.1 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Ramanagar	India	Record daily precipitation	91.4 mm (3.6 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Ludhiana	India	Record daily precipitation	37.1 mm (1.5 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Fairmont	United States	Record daily precipitation	63.2 mm (2.5 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Woody Island	Australia	Record daily precipitation	81.8 mm (3.2 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Limoeiro de Anadia	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	32.4 mm (1.3 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Dehra Gopipur	India	Record daily precipitation	51.8 mm (2.0 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Albany	Australia	Record high maximum temperature	36.7 C (98.1 F)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Anadia	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	48.3 mm (1.9 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Naraingarh	India	Record daily precipitation	32.8 mm (1.3 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Karnaprayag	India	Record daily precipitation	26.9 mm (1.1 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Buderim Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	136.4 mm (5.4 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Pupri	India	Record daily precipitation	35.3 mm (1.4 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Sepaya	India	Record daily precipitation	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Batala	India	Record daily precipitation	33.0 mm (1.3 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Chanchal	India	Record daily precipitation	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Kingman	United States	Record daily snowfall	7.6 cm (3.0 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Arthur 4NW	United States	Record daily snowfall	25.4 cm (10.0 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Nebo	Australia	Record daily precipitation	72.4 mm (2.9 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Bindango	Australia	Record daily precipitation	30.5 mm (1.2 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Shimla	India	Record daily precipitation	36.3 mm (1.4 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Purwa	India	Record daily precipitation	28.7 mm (1.1 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Saugus Pwr Plt 1	United States	Record daily precipitation	61.0 mm (2.4 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Kargopol	Russia	Record low minimum temperature	-36.8 C (-34.2 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Ventura	United States	Record daily precipitation	43.7 mm (1.7 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Kilcumin	Australia	Record daily precipitation	33.0 mm (1.3 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Grand Canyon HQ	United States	Record snow depth	43.2 cm (17.0 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Warren	United States	Record daily snowfall	9.1 cm (3.6 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Mundubbera	Australia	Record daily precipitation	96.5 mm (3.8 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Ungowa Forest Station	Australia	Record daily precipitation	116.8 mm (4.6 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Maceio (Aeroporto)	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	55.5 mm (2.2 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Saharanpur	India	Record daily precipitation	36.8 mm (1.4 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Auberry 2 NW	United States	Record daily precipitation	49.5 mm (1.9 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Bennett Rch	United States	Record daily precipitation	107.2 mm (4.2 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Clermont Sirius St	Australia	Record daily precipitation	44.2 mm (1.7 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Mellette 4 W	United States	Record snow depth	48.3 cm (19.0 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Almora	India	Record daily precipitation	26.9 mm (1.1 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Raipur	India	Record daily precipitation	36.3 mm (1.4 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Lytle Creek Ph	United States	Record daily precipitation	96.5 mm (3.8 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Gordon Downs	Australia	Record daily precipitation	45.0 mm (1.8 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Banjar(Saraj-Teh)	India	Record daily precipitation	47.5 mm (1.9 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Devikulam	India	Record daily precipitation	38.1 mm (1.5 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

584 records

Records set or tied on 16 March 1952 by type: Highest daily maximum 9, Lowest daily maximum 84, Highest daily minimum 8, Lowest daily minimum 43, Heaviest daily rainfall 396, Heaviest daily snowfall 23, Deepest snow cover 21.

Records on 16 March 1952 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	9
Lowest daily maximum	84
Highest daily minimum	8
Lowest daily minimum	43
Heaviest daily rainfall	396
Heaviest daily snowfall	23
Deepest snow cover	21

Records on 16 March 1952 by timescale: all-time 0, monthly 7, daily 577.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

528 broken records

Margins by which the 528 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 711.0. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

16 March 1952

Top 20 records on 16 March 1952 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
16 March 1952	Balurghat, IN	daily rain	94.2 mm (3.7 in)	94.2 mm (3.7 in)	51 years	60 of 100 (Major)
16 March 1952	Gujjran, IN	daily rain	43.2 mm (1.7 in)	43.2 mm (1.7 in)	51 years	59 of 100 (Notable)
16 March 1952	Edgeley 3WNW, US	daily snow depth	43.2 cm (17.0 in)	20.3 cm (8.0 in)	50 years	54 of 100 (Notable)
16 March 1952	Hettinger, US	daily snow depth	33.0 cm (13.0 in)	33.0 cm (13.0 in)	36 years	54 of 100 (Notable)
16 March 1952	Dharmsala Lower, IN	daily rain	76.2 mm (3.0 in)	57.1 mm (2.2 in)	45 years	53 of 100 (Notable)
16 March 1952	Ambala, IN	daily rain	35.1 mm (1.4 in)	30.5 mm (1.2 in)	50 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
16 March 1952	Ambala Obsy, IN	daily rain	39.1 mm (1.5 in)	35.8 mm (1.4 in)	50 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
16 March 1952	Palampur, IN	daily rain	86.9 mm (3.4 in)	53.1 mm (2.1 in)	47 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
16 March 1952	Rajpur, IN	daily rain	43.2 mm (1.7 in)	40.9 mm (1.6 in)	50 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
16 March 1952	Roorkee, IN	daily rain	34.0 mm (1.3 in)	31.2 mm (1.2 in)	50 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
16 March 1952	Kangra, IN	daily rain	62.5 mm (2.5 in)	48.5 mm (1.9 in)	34 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
16 March 1952	Adaven, US	daily snowfall	27.9 cm (11.0 in)	27.9 cm (11.0 in)	37 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
16 March 1952	Dharmapuri, IN	daily rain	35.8 mm (1.4 in)	35.8 mm (1.4 in)	51 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
16 March 1952	Chula Vista, US	daily rain	44.5 mm (1.8 in)	28.0 mm (1.1 in)	30 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
16 March 1952	Phillaur, IN	daily rain	43.2 mm (1.7 in)	37.1 mm (1.5 in)	34 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
16 March 1952	Hamirpur, IN	daily rain	42.2 mm (1.7 in)	35.1 mm (1.4 in)	34 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
16 March 1952	Ft Valley, US	daily snow depth	104.1 cm (41.0 in)	71.1 cm (28.0 in)	7 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
16 March 1952	Una, IN	daily rain	44.5 mm (1.8 in)	33.1 mm (1.3 in)	45 years	44 of 100 (Notable)
16 March 1952	Sholavandan, IN	daily rain	78.2 mm (3.1 in)	68.0 mm (2.7 in)	15 years	44 of 100 (Notable)
16 March 1952	Ramanagar, IN	daily rain	91.4 mm (3.6 in)	55.1 mm (2.2 in)	34 years	42 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 1952

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1801 to 1952. 1952 had 584 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 1952-03-16: 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 100	512
100 to 200	8
200 to 300	5
300 to 400	1
400 to 500	0
500 to 600	1
600 to 700	0
700 to 800	1