Weather Records on 16 March 1954

259 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 16 March 1954. Highest significance: Patan, IN.

Key Facts for 16 March 1954

On 16 March 1954, 259 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
24 were record highs and 95 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 0 were all-time records, 9 monthly and 250 daily.
Patan set a daily record precipitation of 31.8 mm (1.3 in) on 16 March 1954.
Across 162 earlier years (1801 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 466 records.

Record Map

259 stations

259 station records on 16 March 1954 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 16 March 1954: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Patan	India	Record daily precipitation	31.8 mm (1.3 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Alkmaar	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	70.0 mm (2.8 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Hollister 1 SW	United States	Record daily precipitation	33.0 mm (1.3 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Watrap	India	Record daily precipitation	68.1 mm (2.7 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Represa	United States	Record daily precipitation	36.1 mm (1.4 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
San Jose	United States	Record low maximum temperature	7.8 C (46.0 F)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Texas Station	Australia	Record daily precipitation	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Nandgaon	India	Record daily precipitation	31.2 mm (1.2 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Santa Clara UNIV	United States	Record daily precipitation	29.5 mm (1.2 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Denair 3 NNE	United States	Record daily precipitation	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
King City	United States	Record daily precipitation	41.9 mm (1.6 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Gumma	India	Record daily precipitation	28.4 mm (1.1 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Caldwell	United States	Record daily snowfall	5.1 cm (2.0 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Keonjhargarh	India	Record daily precipitation	31.8 mm (1.3 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Pudukkottai	India	Record daily precipitation	26.7 mm (1.1 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Vacaville	United States	Record low maximum temperature	6.7 C (44.1 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Redding Fire STN 2	United States	Record daily precipitation	38.4 mm (1.5 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Cullendale	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	69.6 mm (2.7 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Surada	India	Record daily precipitation	26.9 mm (1.1 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Kodanand	India	Record daily precipitation	103.4 mm (4.1 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Donaldsonville 4 SW	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-1.1 C (30.0 F)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Harrison	United States	Record snow depth	22.9 cm (9.0 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Klamath Falls 2 SSW	United States	Record daily snowfall	8.9 cm (3.5 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Camp Hill 2NW	United States	Record low maximum temperature	10.0 C (50.0 F)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Independence	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-9.4 C (15.1 F)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Lake Providence	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-3.3 C (26.1 F)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Willcox	United States	Record high minimum temperature	8.9 C (48.0 F)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Dobbins Colgate Foreba	United States	Record daily precipitation	39.9 mm (1.6 in)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Calhoun 2 N	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-3.3 C (26.1 F)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Union City	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-6.7 C (19.9 F)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Nanango Wills St	Australia	Record daily precipitation	29.2 mm (1.1 in)	22 of 100 (Routine)
San Carlos Rsvr	United States	Record high minimum temperature	10.6 C (51.1 F)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Oakland	United States	Record daily precipitation	25.7 mm (1.0 in)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Batesville	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-5.0 C (23.0 F)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Oliver Stp	Canada	Record daily snowfall	5.1 cm (2.0 in)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Karikode	India	Record daily precipitation	39.4 mm (1.6 in)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Huatusco de Chicuellar	Mexico	Record low minimum temperature	7.8 C (46.0 F)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Riverside Fire STN 3	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-2.2 C (28.0 F)	21 of 100 (Routine)
San Jacinto	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-4.4 C (24.1 F)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Amite	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-2.8 C (27.0 F)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Cheneyville 1 NE	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-2.8 C (27.0 F)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Makaweli 965	United States	Record high minimum temperature	20.6 C (69.1 F)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Devrukh	India	Record daily precipitation	23.4 mm (0.9 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Medha	India	Record daily precipitation	20.1 mm (0.8 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Dahiwadi	India	Record daily precipitation	19.1 mm (0.8 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Panchgani	India	Record daily precipitation	17.8 mm (0.7 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Nicosia	Cyprus	Record daily precipitation	17.0 mm (0.7 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Satara	India	Record daily precipitation	11.9 mm (0.5 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Koregaon	India	Record daily precipitation	15.0 mm (0.6 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Khed	India	Record daily precipitation	19.3 mm (0.8 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Trimbak	India	Record daily precipitation	11.9 mm (0.5 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Phaltan	India	Record daily precipitation	20.3 mm (0.8 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Khandala	India	Record daily precipitation	7.6 mm (0.30 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Mirajgaon	India	Record daily precipitation	3.8 mm (0.15 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Khamgaon	India	Record daily precipitation	7.9 mm (0.31 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Kurinjipadi	India	Record daily precipitation	15.2 mm (0.6 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Supa	India	Record daily precipitation	16.5 mm (0.6 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Kolhapur	India	Record daily precipitation	4.1 mm (0.16 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Ankola	India	Record daily precipitation	3.0 mm (0.12 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Ahmadnagar	India	Record daily precipitation	18.0 mm (0.7 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

259 records

Records set or tied on 16 March 1954 by type: Highest daily maximum 10, Lowest daily maximum 25, Highest daily minimum 14, Lowest daily minimum 70, Heaviest daily rainfall 125, Heaviest daily snowfall 8, Deepest snow cover 7.

Records on 16 March 1954 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	10
Lowest daily maximum	25
Highest daily minimum	14
Lowest daily minimum	70
Heaviest daily rainfall	125
Heaviest daily snowfall	8
Deepest snow cover	7

Records on 16 March 1954 by timescale: all-time 0, monthly 9, daily 250.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

197 broken records

Margins by which the 197 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 127.0. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

16 March 1954

Top 20 records on 16 March 1954 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
16 March 1954	Patan, IN	daily rain	31.8 mm (1.3 in)	31.8 mm (1.3 in)	52 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
16 March 1954	Alkmaar, ZA	daily rain	70.0 mm (2.8 in)	39.3 mm (1.5 in)	47 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
16 March 1954	Hollister 1 SW, US	daily rain	33.0 mm (1.3 in)	10.1 mm (0.4 in)	54 years	36 of 100 (Notable)
16 March 1954	Watrap, IN	daily rain	68.1 mm (2.7 in)	48.3 mm (1.9 in)	16 years	34 of 100 (Routine)
16 March 1954	Represa, US	daily rain	36.1 mm (1.4 in)	13.7 mm (0.5 in)	57 years	34 of 100 (Routine)
16 March 1954	San Jose, US	monthly low max	7.8 C (46.0 F)	0.5 C (0.9 F)	58 years	34 of 100 (Routine)
16 March 1954	Texas Station, AU	daily rain	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	20.3 mm (0.8 in)	44 years	33 of 100 (Routine)
16 March 1954	Nandgaon, IN	monthly rain	31.2 mm (1.2 in)	7.1 mm (0.28 in)	39 years	33 of 100 (Routine)
16 March 1954	Santa Clara UNIV, US	daily rain	29.5 mm (1.2 in)	12.2 mm (0.5 in)	47 years	33 of 100 (Routine)
16 March 1954	Denair 3 NNE, US	daily rain	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	10.2 mm (0.4 in)	47 years	32 of 100 (Routine)
16 March 1954	King City, US	daily rain	41.9 mm (1.6 in)	22.8 mm (0.9 in)	16 years	32 of 100 (Routine)
16 March 1954	Gumma, IN	daily rain	28.4 mm (1.1 in)	20.5 mm (0.8 in)	28 years	31 of 100 (Routine)
16 March 1954	Caldwell, US	daily snowfall	5.1 cm (2.0 in)	5.1 cm (2.0 in)	48 years	31 of 100 (Routine)
16 March 1954	Keonjhargarh, IN	daily rain	31.8 mm (1.3 in)	10.5 mm (0.4 in)	47 years	30 of 100 (Routine)
16 March 1954	Pudukkottai, IN	daily rain	26.7 mm (1.1 in)	14.5 mm (0.6 in)	31 years	30 of 100 (Routine)
16 March 1954	Vacaville, US	monthly low max	6.7 C (44.1 F)	1.1 C (2.0 F)	43 years	30 of 100 (Routine)
16 March 1954	Redding Fire STN 2, US	daily rain	38.4 mm (1.5 in)	9.7 mm (0.38 in)	54 years	29 of 100 (Routine)
16 March 1954	Cullendale, ZA	monthly rain	69.6 mm (2.7 in)	3.3 mm (0.13 in)	25 years	27 of 100 (Routine)
16 March 1954	Surada, IN	daily rain	26.9 mm (1.1 in)	17.2 mm (0.7 in)	28 years	26 of 100 (Routine)
16 March 1954	Kodanand, IN	monthly rain	103.4 mm (4.1 in)	15.5 mm (0.6 in)	2 years	25 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 1954

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1801 to 1954. 1954 had 259 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 2026-10-16. Last revised 16 October 2026 (2026-10-16).

Margin	Records
0 to 20	179
20 to 40	11
40 to 60	4
60 to 80	0
80 to 100	1
100 to 120	1
120 to 140	1