Weather Records on 16 March 1962

376 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 16 March 1962. Highest significance: Hartington, US.

Key Facts for 16 March 1962

On 16 March 1962, 376 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
64 were record highs and 186 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 2 were all-time records, 5 monthly and 369 daily.
Hartington set a daily record snow depth of 81.3 cm (32.0 in) on 16 March 1962.
Across 162 earlier years (1801 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 465 records.

Record Map

376 stations

376 station records on 16 March 1962 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 16 March 1962: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Hartington	United States	Record snow depth	81.3 cm (32.0 in)	64 of 100 (Major)
Pahala 21	United States	Record daily precipitation	159.0 mm (6.3 in)	57 of 100 (Notable)
Noondoonia	Australia	Record daily precipitation	35.1 mm (1.4 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Hampton	United States	Record snow depth	73.7 cm (29.0 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Mahabaleshwar	India	Record daily precipitation	34.2 mm (1.3 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Akron	United States	Record snow depth	96.5 cm (38.0 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Brookings 2 NE	United States	Record snow depth	66.0 cm (26.0 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Karesuando	Sweden	Record low maximum temperature	-20.3 C (-4.5 F)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Sao Benedito	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	152.0 mm (6.0 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Martins	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	104.0 mm (4.1 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Bulken	Norway	Record snow depth	124.0 cm (48.8 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Riva	Italy	Record low maximum temperature	4.0 C (39.2 F)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Innsbruck	Austria	Record low maximum temperature	-1.2 C (29.8 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Titusville	United States	Record daily precipitation	48.5 mm (1.9 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Koele 693	United States	Record daily precipitation	69.6 mm (2.7 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Glenthompson (Brie Brie)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	35.6 mm (1.4 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Mahackala	Russia	Record high minimum temperature	6.0 C (42.8 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Heinersreuth-Vollhof	Germany	Record low minimum temperature	-11.2 C (11.8 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Huron Rgnl AP	United States	Record snow depth	53.3 cm (21.0 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Santa Cruz	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	105.0 mm (4.1 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Stornoway Airport	United Kingdom	Record low minimum temperature	-4.8 C (23.4 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Tarpon Spgs Sewage Plt	United States	Record daily precipitation	50.8 mm (2.0 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Albion	United States	Record snow depth	43.2 cm (17.0 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Halsey 2 W	United States	Record snow depth	33.0 cm (13.0 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Bremen-Seefahrtschule	Germany	Record low minimum temperature	-9.0 C (15.8 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Suldalsvatn	Norway	Record snow depth	135.0 cm (53.1 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Namdalseid	Norway	Record snow depth	164.0 cm (64.6 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Sheldon	United States	Record snow depth	76.2 cm (30.0 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Waialua 847	United States	Record high minimum temperature	20.6 C (69.1 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Sonnblick	Austria	Record low maximum temperature	-24.3 C (-11.7 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Simferopol	Ukraine	Record high minimum temperature	10.1 C (50.2 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Pocahontas	United States	Record snow depth	53.3 cm (21.0 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Broken Bow 2 W	United States	Record snow depth	43.2 cm (17.0 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Roldal	Norway	Record snow depth	175.0 cm (68.9 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Academy 2NE	United States	Record snow depth	55.9 cm (22.0 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Szeged	Hungary	Record low maximum temperature	-2.8 C (27.0 F)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Sotchi	Russia	Record high minimum temperature	17.6 C (63.7 F)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Malvern	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-4.4 C (24.1 F)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Central Michigan UNIV	United States	Record daily snowfall	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Saint Paul	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-21.1 C (-6.0 F)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Marion	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-20.6 C (-5.1 F)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Woodruff	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-24.4 C (-11.9 F)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Plymouth Wwtp	United States	Record snow depth	25.4 cm (10.0 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Etne	Norway	Record snow depth	37.0 cm (14.6 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Fraser	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-33.3 C (-27.9 F)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Nevada Wtp	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-10.6 C (12.9 F)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Cloudcroft	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-15.6 C (3.9 F)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Kaanapali AP 453.1	United States	Record high minimum temperature	21.1 C (70.0 F)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Sarajevo	Bosnia and Herzegovina	Record low maximum temperature	-5.5 C (22.1 F)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Deols Chateauroux Aerodrome de	France	Record low minimum temperature	-4.4 C (24.1 F)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Muenster	Germany	Record low minimum temperature	-7.2 C (19.0 F)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Barguzin	Russia	Record low minimum temperature	-31.1 C (-24.0 F)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Nikolskoye/Beringa Ostrov	Russia	Record high maximum temperature	3.6 C (38.5 F)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Kamennaja-Step	Russia	Record high maximum temperature	5.6 C (42.1 F)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Hatch	United States	Record low maximum temperature	12.2 C (54.0 F)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Alpine	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-10.0 C (14.0 F)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Ballinger 2 NW	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-6.7 C (19.9 F)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Harlingen	United States	Record low maximum temperature	15.6 C (60.1 F)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Lnai Culture & Heritage Ctr	United States	Record daily precipitation	70.1 mm (2.8 in)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Warriup	Australia	Record daily precipitation	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	22 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

376 records

Records set or tied on 16 March 1962 by type: Highest daily maximum 20, Lowest daily maximum 57, Highest daily minimum 44, Lowest daily minimum 129, Heaviest daily rainfall 82, Heaviest daily snowfall 8, Deepest snow cover 36.

Records on 16 March 1962 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	20
Lowest daily maximum	57
Highest daily minimum	44
Lowest daily minimum	129
Heaviest daily rainfall	82
Heaviest daily snowfall	8
Deepest snow cover	36

Records on 16 March 1962 by timescale: all-time 2, monthly 5, daily 369.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

300 broken records

Margins by which the 300 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 686.0. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

16 March 1962

Top 20 records on 16 March 1962 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
16 March 1962	Hartington, US	daily snow depth	81.3 cm (32.0 in)	68.6 cm (27.0 in)	56 years	64 of 100 (Major)
16 March 1962	Pahala 21, US	daily rain	159.0 mm (6.3 in)	111.5 mm (4.4 in)	40 years	57 of 100 (Notable)
16 March 1962	Noondoonia, AU	daily rain	35.1 mm (1.4 in)	28.5 mm (1.1 in)	35 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
16 March 1962	Hampton, US	daily snow depth	73.7 cm (29.0 in)	38.1 cm (15.0 in)	11 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
16 March 1962	Mahabaleshwar, IN	daily rain	34.2 mm (1.3 in)	25.3 mm (1.0 in)	44 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
16 March 1962	Akron, US	daily snow depth	96.5 cm (38.0 in)	50.8 cm (20.0 in)	1 year	46 of 100 (Notable)
16 March 1962	Brookings 2 NE, US	daily snow depth	66.0 cm (26.0 in)	38.1 cm (15.0 in)	1 year	44 of 100 (Notable)
16 March 1962	Karesuando, SE	daily low max	-20.3 C (-4.5 F)	6.3 C (11.3 F)	68 years	39 of 100 (Notable)
16 March 1962	Sao Benedito, BR	daily rain	152.0 mm (6.0 in)	73.0 mm (2.9 in)	9 years	38 of 100 (Notable)
16 March 1962	Martins, BR	daily rain	104.0 mm (4.1 in)	59.0 mm (2.3 in)	9 years	36 of 100 (Notable)
16 March 1962	Bulken, NO	daily snow depth	124.0 cm (48.8 in)	29.0 cm (11.4 in)	59 years	35 of 100 (Notable)
16 March 1962	Riva, IT	daily low max	4.0 C (39.2 F)	1.5 C (2.7 F)	74 years	34 of 100 (Routine)
16 March 1962	Innsbruck, AT	daily low max	-1.2 C (29.8 F)	0.4 C (0.7 F)	83 years	33 of 100 (Routine)
16 March 1962	Titusville, US	daily rain	48.5 mm (1.9 in)	20.6 mm (0.8 in)	44 years	33 of 100 (Routine)
16 March 1962	Koele 693, US	daily rain	69.6 mm (2.7 in)	29.0 mm (1.1 in)	29 years	33 of 100 (Routine)
16 March 1962	Glenthompson (Brie Brie), AU	daily rain	35.6 mm (1.4 in)	16.5 mm (0.6 in)	16 years	32 of 100 (Routine)
16 March 1962	Mahackala, RU	daily high min	6.0 C (42.8 F)	0.7 C (1.3 F)	73 years	32 of 100 (Routine)
16 March 1962	Heinersreuth-Vollhof, DE	daily low min	-11.2 C (11.8 F)	0.9 C (1.6 F)	72 years	31 of 100 (Routine)
16 March 1962	Huron Rgnl AP, US	daily snow depth	53.3 cm (21.0 in)	5.0 cm (2.0 in)	64 years	31 of 100 (Routine)
16 March 1962	Santa Cruz, BR	daily rain	105.0 mm (4.1 in)	49.0 mm (1.9 in)	1 year	30 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 1962

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1801 to 1962. 1962 had 376 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 100	280
100 to 200	10
200 to 300	5
300 to 400	2
400 to 500	1
500 to 600	1
600 to 700	1