Weather Records on 16 March 1959

269 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 16 March 1959. Highest significance: Plant City, US.

Key Facts for 16 March 1959

On 16 March 1959, 269 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
84 were record highs and 56 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 1 were all-time records, 5 monthly and 263 daily.
Plant City set a daily record precipitation of 75.7 mm (3.0 in) on 16 March 1959.
Across 162 earlier years (1801 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 466 records.

Record Map

269 stations

269 station records on 16 March 1959 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 16 March 1959: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Plant City	United States	Record daily precipitation	75.7 mm (3.0 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Mill Bay	Canada	Record daily precipitation	69.3 mm (2.7 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Grayling	United States	Record daily snowfall	20.3 cm (8.0 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Burnett 3 S	United States	Record snow depth	38.1 cm (15.0 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Big Rapids Wtp	United States	Record snow depth	53.3 cm (21.0 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Prince Rupert	Canada	Record daily precipitation	66.3 mm (2.6 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Gladwin	United States	Record snow depth	35.6 cm (14.0 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Darlington Wwtp	United States	Record snow depth	30.5 cm (12.0 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Virden	Canada	Record high minimum temperature	-17.8 C (0.0 F)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Traverse Cy Cherry Capital AP	United States	Record snow depth	101.6 cm (40.0 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Midland 2	United States	Record snow depth	22.9 cm (9.0 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Stewart	Canada	Record daily snowfall	30.5 cm (12.0 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Bartow 1SE	United States	Record daily precipitation	43.2 mm (1.7 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Stillwater	Canada	Record daily precipitation	31.8 mm (1.3 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Detour Village	United States	Record daily precipitation	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Nord-Rana	Norway	Record daily precipitation	29.0 mm (1.1 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Corona	United States	Record high minimum temperature	15.6 C (60.1 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Sarnia	Canada	Record daily snowfall	5.1 cm (2.0 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Muskegon Co AP	United States	Record daily snowfall	8.1 cm (3.2 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Green Bay	United States	Record snow depth	40.6 cm (16.0 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Newport Beach Harbor	United States	Record high maximum temperature	27.8 C (82.0 F)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Santana Do Cariri	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	134.0 mm (5.3 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Natashquan A	Canada	Record daily snowfall	26.7 cm (10.5 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Vanderbilt 11ENE	United States	Record daily snowfall	17.8 cm (7.0 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Deland 1 SSE	United States	Record low maximum temperature	16.1 C (61.0 F)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Madison Wb City	United States	Record snow depth	27.9 cm (11.0 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Undilla Station	Australia	Record daily precipitation	91.9 mm (3.6 in)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Vajda-Guba	Russia	Record high minimum temperature	-0.5 C (31.1 F)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Charlevoix	United States	Record snow depth	91.4 cm (36.0 in)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Cordova AP	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-23.3 C (-9.9 F)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Fort St James	Canada	Record high maximum temperature	10.6 C (51.1 F)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Natashquan A	Canada	Record daily precipitation	26.7 mm (1.1 in)	23 of 100 (Routine)
San Fernando	United States	Record high minimum temperature	13.3 C (55.9 F)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Bradenton Exp STN	United States	Record daily precipitation	50.5 mm (2.0 in)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Millington 3 SE	United States	Record snow depth	22.9 cm (9.0 in)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Daytona Beach	United States	Record daily precipitation	45.2 mm (1.8 in)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Aralskoe More	Kazakhstan	Record low minimum temperature	-25.9 C (-14.6 F)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Sarnia	Canada	Record daily precipitation	5.1 mm (0.20 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Middelpos (Pol)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	2.6 mm (0.10 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Huatusco de Chicuellar	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	13.5 mm (0.5 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Glenwood 3SW	United States	Record daily snowfall	1.3 cm (0.5 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Den Helder-1	Netherlands	Record daily precipitation	11.3 mm (0.4 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Corning	United States	Record daily snowfall	2.0 cm (0.8 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Kirksville	United States	Record daily snowfall	3.3 cm (1.3 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Basel Binningen	Switzerland	Record daily precipitation	9.0 mm (0.35 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Andenes	Norway	Record daily precipitation	14.2 mm (0.6 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Tsumeb - Pol	Namibia	Record daily precipitation	18.0 mm (0.7 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Pearl	United States	Record daily snowfall	1.3 cm (0.5 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Woodville (Bos)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	23.5 mm (0.9 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Freeport	United States	Record daily snowfall	2.5 cm (1.0 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Lake Avalon	United States	Record daily precipitation	3.8 mm (0.15 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Pearl	United States	Record daily precipitation	1.0 mm (0.04 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Lamesa 1 SSE	United States	Record daily snowfall	1.3 cm (0.5 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Bridgetown Comparison	Australia	Record high minimum temperature	17.8 C (64.0 F)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Morstone Station	Australia	Record daily precipitation	68.6 mm (2.7 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Calton Hills Station	Australia	Record daily precipitation	45.5 mm (1.8 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
New Liskeard	Canada	Record low maximum temperature	-12.2 C (10.0 F)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Huberdeau	Canada	Record daily snowfall	12.2 cm (4.8 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Uralsk	Kazakhstan	Record low minimum temperature	-27.2 C (-17.0 F)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Krakmo	Norway	Record daily precipitation	22.2 mm (0.9 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

269 records

Records set or tied on 16 March 1959 by type: Highest daily maximum 48, Lowest daily maximum 19, Highest daily minimum 36, Lowest daily minimum 37, Heaviest daily rainfall 76, Heaviest daily snowfall 32, Deepest snow cover 21.

Records on 16 March 1959 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	48
Lowest daily maximum	19
Highest daily minimum	36
Lowest daily minimum	37
Heaviest daily rainfall	76
Heaviest daily snowfall	32
Deepest snow cover	21

Records on 16 March 1959 by timescale: all-time 1, monthly 5, daily 263.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

211 broken records

Margins by which the 211 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 356.0. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

16 March 1959

Top 20 records on 16 March 1959 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
16 March 1959	Plant City, US	daily rain	75.7 mm (3.0 in)	62.7 mm (2.5 in)	29 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
16 March 1959	Mill Bay, CA	daily rain	69.3 mm (2.7 in)	44.4 mm (1.7 in)	18 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
16 March 1959	Grayling, US	daily snowfall	20.3 cm (8.0 in)	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	49 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
16 March 1959	Burnett 3 S, US	daily snow depth	38.1 cm (15.0 in)	27.9 cm (11.0 in)	2 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
16 March 1959	Big Rapids Wtp, US	daily snow depth	53.3 cm (21.0 in)	30.4 cm (12.0 in)	17 years	42 of 100 (Notable)
16 March 1959	Prince Rupert, CA	daily rain	66.3 mm (2.6 in)	25.2 mm (1.0 in)	45 years	40 of 100 (Notable)
16 March 1959	Gladwin, US	daily snow depth	35.6 cm (14.0 in)	15.3 cm (6.0 in)	54 years	39 of 100 (Notable)
16 March 1959	Darlington Wwtp, US	daily snow depth	30.5 cm (12.0 in)	22.9 cm (9.0 in)	17 years	38 of 100 (Notable)
16 March 1959	Virden, CA	daily high min	-17.8 C (0.0 F)	11.1 C (20.0 F)	66 years	36 of 100 (Notable)
16 March 1959	Traverse Cy Cherry Capital AP, US	daily snow depth	101.6 cm (40.0 in)	35.6 cm (14.0 in)	36 years	36 of 100 (Notable)
16 March 1959	Midland 2, US	daily snow depth	22.9 cm (9.0 in)	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	58 years	34 of 100 (Routine)
16 March 1959	Stewart, CA	daily snowfall	30.5 cm (12.0 in)	17.8 cm (7.0 in)	20 years	33 of 100 (Routine)
16 March 1959	Bartow 1SE, US	daily rain	43.2 mm (1.7 in)	28.7 mm (1.1 in)	28 years	33 of 100 (Routine)
16 March 1959	Stillwater, CA	daily rain	31.8 mm (1.3 in)	16.6 mm (0.7 in)	37 years	31 of 100 (Routine)
16 March 1959	Detour Village, US	daily rain	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	13.5 mm (0.5 in)	17 years	31 of 100 (Routine)
16 March 1959	Nord-Rana, NO	daily rain	29.0 mm (1.1 in)	9.0 mm (0.35 in)	54 years	30 of 100 (Routine)
16 March 1959	Corona, US	daily high min	15.6 C (60.1 F)	4.5 C (8.1 F)	44 years	30 of 100 (Routine)
16 March 1959	Sarnia, CA	daily snowfall	5.1 cm (2.0 in)	2.6 cm (1.0 in)	58 years	29 of 100 (Routine)
16 March 1959	Muskegon Co AP, US	daily snowfall	8.1 cm (3.2 in)	3.0 cm (1.2 in)	58 years	29 of 100 (Routine)
16 March 1959	Green Bay, US	daily snow depth	40.6 cm (16.0 in)	10.1 cm (4.0 in)	36 years	28 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 1959

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1801 to 1959. 1959 had 269 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 50	193
50 to 100	6
100 to 150	4
150 to 200	3
200 to 250	2
250 to 300	1
300 to 350	1
350 to 400	1