Weather Records on 16 March 1956

802 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 16 March 1956. Highest significance: Grimsby, CA.

Key Facts for 16 March 1956

On 16 March 1956, 802 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
39 were record highs and 212 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 1 were all-time records, 7 monthly and 794 daily.
Grimsby set a daily record snowfall of 25.4 cm (10.0 in) on 16 March 1956.
Across 162 earlier years (1801 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 462 records.

Record Map

802 stations

802 station records on 16 March 1956 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 16 March 1956: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Grimsby	Canada	Record daily snowfall	25.4 cm (10.0 in)	57 of 100 (Notable)
Ivanhoe (Bonuna)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	41.9 mm (1.6 in)	55 of 100 (Notable)
Mudgee (George Street)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	82.0 mm (3.2 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Saint John	Canada	Record daily snowfall	33.0 cm (13.0 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Vladivostok	Russia	Record daily precipitation	35.0 mm (1.4 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Philo	United States	Record snow depth	20.3 cm (8.0 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Antenor Navarro	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	139.0 mm (5.5 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Binghamton Wb City	United States	Record daily snowfall	23.9 cm (9.4 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Kamferskraal	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	54.0 mm (2.1 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
New Bern 3 NW	United States	Record daily precipitation	41.7 mm (1.6 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Oberlin	United States	Record daily snowfall	16.5 cm (6.5 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Vosburg	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	67.0 mm (2.6 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Greencastle 1 W	United States	Record daily snowfall	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Ny City Cntrl Park	United States	Record daily snowfall	15.7 cm (6.2 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Hartwell	United States	Record daily precipitation	80.0 mm (3.1 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Norcross	United States	Record daily precipitation	89.4 mm (3.5 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Southern Pines 2 W	United States	Record daily precipitation	56.6 mm (2.2 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Palestine	United States	Record daily snowfall	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Paris Stp	United States	Record daily snowfall	8.9 cm (3.5 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Hiram	United States	Record daily snowfall	17.8 cm (7.0 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Little Mtn	United States	Record daily precipitation	48.8 mm (1.9 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Digby	Canada	Record daily snowfall	27.9 cm (11.0 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Athens	United States	Record daily precipitation	82.3 mm (3.2 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Casey	United States	Record daily snowfall	11.4 cm (4.5 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Niagara Falls Ont Hydro	Canada	Record daily snowfall	22.9 cm (9.0 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Belleville	Canada	Record low maximum temperature	-8.3 C (17.1 F)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Newnan 7 WNW	United States	Record daily precipitation	80.8 mm (3.2 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Amherst	United States	Record daily snowfall	22.1 cm (8.7 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Raleigh 4 SW	United States	Record daily precipitation	56.6 mm (2.2 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Greenville 2 NE	United States	Record daily snowfall	20.3 cm (8.0 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Yates Hydro Plt	United States	Record daily precipitation	116.8 mm (4.6 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
St Andrews	Canada	Record daily snowfall	30.0 cm (11.8 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Shelbyville 1 E	United States	Record daily snowfall	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
New Holland	United States	Record daily precipitation	43.9 mm (1.7 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Winthrop UNIV	United States	Record daily precipitation	53.3 mm (2.1 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Brockville	Canada	Record daily snowfall	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Jhb-Joubert Park	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	44.5 mm (1.8 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Lewiston	United States	Record daily snowfall	27.9 cm (11.0 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Warren 3 S	United States	Record daily snowfall	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Greenwood	United States	Record daily precipitation	61.0 mm (2.4 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Murrays Lagoon (Bayside)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Springfield	Canada	Record daily snowfall	35.6 cm (14.0 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Laurens	United States	Record daily precipitation	63.5 mm (2.5 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Newport News Press Bld	United States	Record daily precipitation	44.2 mm (1.7 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Clarence Town (Grey St)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	80.3 mm (3.2 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Gorlitz	Germany	Record low minimum temperature	-13.5 C (7.7 F)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Toccoa	United States	Record daily precipitation	69.3 mm (2.7 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Windsor	United States	Record daily snowfall	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Crawfordsville Pwr Plt	United States	Record daily snowfall	11.4 cm (4.5 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Shelby 2 NW	United States	Record daily precipitation	53.8 mm (2.1 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Derry 4 SW	United States	Record daily snowfall	21.6 cm (8.5 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Maddens Creek	Australia	Record daily precipitation	69.1 mm (2.7 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Sable Island	Canada	Record daily snowfall	15.7 cm (6.2 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Clanton	United States	Record daily precipitation	119.4 mm (4.7 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Effingham 3SW	United States	Record daily snowfall	5.1 cm (2.0 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Marion 2 N	United States	Record daily snowfall	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Monroe 2 SE	United States	Record daily precipitation	37.3 mm (1.5 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Greenville Wtp	United States	Record snow depth	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Kershaw 1SW	United States	Record daily precipitation	52.3 mm (2.1 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Newberry	United States	Record daily precipitation	48.3 mm (1.9 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)

Counts by Type and Timescale

802 records

Records set or tied on 16 March 1956 by type: Highest daily maximum 16, Lowest daily maximum 77, Highest daily minimum 23, Lowest daily minimum 135, Heaviest daily rainfall 312, Heaviest daily snowfall 183, Deepest snow cover 56.

Records on 16 March 1956 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	16
Lowest daily maximum	77
Highest daily minimum	23
Lowest daily minimum	135
Heaviest daily rainfall	312
Heaviest daily snowfall	183
Deepest snow cover	56

Records on 16 March 1956 by timescale: all-time 1, monthly 7, daily 794.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

693 broken records

Margins by which the 693 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 1194.0. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

16 March 1956

Top 20 records on 16 March 1956 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
16 March 1956	Grimsby, CA	daily snowfall	25.4 cm (10.0 in)	20.3 cm (8.0 in)	44 years	57 of 100 (Notable)
16 March 1956	Ivanhoe (Bonuna), AU	daily rain	41.9 mm (1.6 in)	38.1 mm (1.5 in)	63 years	55 of 100 (Notable)
16 March 1956	Mudgee (George Street), AU	daily rain	82.0 mm (3.2 in)	37.0 mm (1.5 in)	55 years	54 of 100 (Notable)
16 March 1956	Saint John, CA	daily snowfall	33.0 cm (13.0 in)	20.6 cm (8.1 in)	40 years	54 of 100 (Notable)
16 March 1956	Vladivostok, RU	daily rain	35.0 mm (1.4 in)	26.3 mm (1.0 in)	33 years	53 of 100 (Notable)
16 March 1956	Philo, US	daily snow depth	20.3 cm (8.0 in)	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	50 years	53 of 100 (Notable)
16 March 1956	Antenor Navarro, BR	daily rain	139.0 mm (5.5 in)	93.4 mm (3.7 in)	30 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
16 March 1956	Binghamton Wb City, US	daily snowfall	23.9 cm (9.4 in)	13.7 cm (5.4 in)	59 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
16 March 1956	Kamferskraal, ZA	daily rain	54.0 mm (2.1 in)	32.4 mm (1.3 in)	37 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
16 March 1956	New Bern 3 NW, US	daily rain	41.7 mm (1.6 in)	23.9 mm (0.9 in)	79 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
16 March 1956	Oberlin, US	daily snowfall	16.5 cm (6.5 in)	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	50 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
16 March 1956	Vosburg, ZA	daily rain	67.0 mm (2.6 in)	43.4 mm (1.7 in)	32 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
16 March 1956	Greencastle 1 W, US	daily snowfall	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	12.4 cm (4.9 in)	56 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
16 March 1956	Ny City Cntrl Park, US	daily snowfall	15.7 cm (6.2 in)	10.6 cm (4.2 in)	73 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
16 March 1956	Hartwell, US	daily rain	80.0 mm (3.1 in)	50.8 mm (2.0 in)	33 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
16 March 1956	Norcross, US	daily rain	89.4 mm (3.5 in)	60.7 mm (2.4 in)	10 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
16 March 1956	Southern Pines 2 W, US	daily rain	56.6 mm (2.2 in)	34.8 mm (1.4 in)	54 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
16 March 1956	Palestine, US	daily snowfall	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	9.4 cm (3.7 in)	60 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
16 March 1956	Paris Stp, US	daily snowfall	8.9 cm (3.5 in)	8.9 cm (3.5 in)	61 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
16 March 1956	Hiram, US	daily snowfall	17.8 cm (7.0 in)	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	45 years	45 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 1956

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1801 to 1956. 1956 had 802 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 200	683
200 to 400	6
400 to 600	2
600 to 800	1
800 to 1000	0
1000 to 1200	1