Weather Records on 16 March 1964

172 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 16 March 1964. Highest significance: Pesaro, IT.

Key Facts for 16 March 1964

On 16 March 1964, 172 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
42 were record highs and 59 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 0 were all-time records, 1 monthly and 171 daily.
Pesaro set a daily record precipitation of 31.0 mm (1.2 in) on 16 March 1964.
Across 162 earlier years (1801 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 466 records.

Record Map

172 stations

172 station records on 16 March 1964 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 16 March 1964: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Pesaro	Italy	Record daily precipitation	31.0 mm (1.2 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Kowanyama Airport	Australia	Record daily precipitation	121.9 mm (4.8 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Aberdeen Exp STN	United States	Record snow depth	25.4 cm (10.0 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Warden (Mag)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	34.0 mm (1.3 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Goldsboro 4 SE	United States	Record daily precipitation	72.1 mm (2.8 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Cordova AP	United States	Record daily snowfall	34.5 cm (13.6 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Eagle Harbor	United States	Record daily snowfall	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Estevan Point	Canada	Record daily precipitation	65.5 mm (2.6 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Levan	United States	Record snow depth	30.5 cm (12.0 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Virden	Canada	Record low maximum temperature	-13.9 C (7.0 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Shottery	Australia	Record daily precipitation	57.9 mm (2.3 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Dom Mauricio	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	51.5 mm (2.0 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
San Jose	United States	Record high minimum temperature	13.3 C (55.9 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Santa Barbara	United States	Record high minimum temperature	12.8 C (55.0 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Kanosh	United States	Record snow depth	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Holy Cross	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-36.7 C (-34.1 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)
White River	Canada	Record low minimum temperature	-36.7 C (-34.1 F)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Dushanbe	Tajikistan	Record daily precipitation	47.3 mm (1.9 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Ojai	United States	Record high minimum temperature	11.1 C (52.0 F)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Petersburg 1	United States	Record daily precipitation	38.4 mm (1.5 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Yakutat AP	United States	Record daily snowfall	31.0 cm (12.2 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Vanrook Station	Australia	Record daily precipitation	78.7 mm (3.1 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Peeramon	Australia	Record daily precipitation	170.7 mm (6.7 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Jacare	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	25.2 mm (1.0 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Pachena Point	Canada	Record daily precipitation	71.6 mm (2.8 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Vogelstruiskuil	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	30.0 mm (1.2 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Pasadena	United States	Record high minimum temperature	13.3 C (55.9 F)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Logan Utah St UNIV	United States	Record snow depth	33.0 cm (13.0 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Atherton Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	90.7 mm (3.6 in)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Witbankfontein	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	26.9 mm (1.1 in)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Nanaimo Departure Bay	Canada	Record high minimum temperature	6.7 C (44.1 F)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Antioch Fibrebrd Mills	United States	Record high minimum temperature	12.8 C (55.0 F)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Kairi Research Station	Australia	Record daily precipitation	100.3 mm (3.9 in)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Puyallup 2 W Exp STN	United States	Record high maximum temperature	20.6 C (69.1 F)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Kisinev	Moldova	Record daily precipitation	10.3 mm (0.4 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Atlin	Canada	Record daily precipitation	4.1 mm (0.16 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Atlin	Canada	Record daily snowfall	4.1 cm (1.6 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Freiburg	Germany	Record snow depth	3.0 cm (1.2 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Osijek	Croatia	Record daily precipitation	16.6 mm (0.7 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Kokshetay	Kazakhstan	Record daily precipitation	0.8 mm (0.03 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Fajardo	Puerto Rico [United States]	Record daily precipitation	13.7 mm (0.5 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Yajlju	Russia	Record daily precipitation	8.1 mm (0.32 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Zmeinogorsk	Russia	Record daily precipitation	11.2 mm (0.4 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Monument 2 WSW	United States	Record daily precipitation	12.7 mm (0.5 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Strasbourg-Entzheim	France	Record low maximum temperature	-0.4 C (31.3 F)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Clausthal-Zellerfeld	Germany	Record low minimum temperature	-11.4 C (11.5 F)	20 of 100 (Routine)
McCall	United States	Record snow depth	142.2 cm (56.0 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Deeral	Australia	Record daily precipitation	317.5 mm (12.5 in)	19 of 100 (Routine)
Fort Vermilion Cda	Canada	Record low maximum temperature	-18.9 C (-2.0 F)	19 of 100 (Routine)
Lindenberg	Germany	Record low minimum temperature	-9.0 C (15.8 F)	19 of 100 (Routine)
Wickenburg	United States	Record high minimum temperature	11.1 C (52.0 F)	19 of 100 (Routine)
Wagga Wagga Agricultural Insti	Australia	Record high minimum temperature	19.4 C (66.9 F)	18 of 100 (Routine)
Pemberton Meadows	Canada	Record high minimum temperature	4.4 C (39.9 F)	18 of 100 (Routine)
Brocken	Germany	Record low maximum temperature	-9.3 C (15.3 F)	18 of 100 (Routine)
Brocken	Germany	Record low minimum temperature	-15.1 C (4.8 F)	18 of 100 (Routine)
Patillas Dam	Puerto Rico [United States]	Record daily precipitation	6.1 mm (0.24 in)	18 of 100 (Routine)
Plant City	United States	Record high minimum temperature	19.4 C (66.9 F)	18 of 100 (Routine)
Portal	United States	Record high maximum temperature	16.7 C (62.1 F)	18 of 100 (Routine)
The Pas	Canada	Record low maximum temperature	-20.6 C (-5.1 F)	17 of 100 (Routine)
Cochrane	Canada	Record low minimum temperature	-27.2 C (-17.0 F)	17 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

172 records

Records set or tied on 16 March 1964 by type: Highest daily maximum 10, Lowest daily maximum 36, Highest daily minimum 32, Lowest daily minimum 23, Heaviest daily rainfall 52, Heaviest daily snowfall 8, Deepest snow cover 11.

Records on 16 March 1964 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	10
Lowest daily maximum	36
Highest daily minimum	32
Lowest daily minimum	23
Heaviest daily rainfall	52
Heaviest daily snowfall	8
Deepest snow cover	11

Records on 16 March 1964 by timescale: all-time 0, monthly 1, daily 171.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

136 broken records

Margins by which the 136 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 254.0. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

16 March 1964

Top 20 records on 16 March 1964 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
16 March 1964	Pesaro, IT	daily rain	31.0 mm (1.2 in)	12.3 mm (0.5 in)	76 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
16 March 1964	Kowanyama Airport, AU	daily rain	121.9 mm (4.8 in)	76.2 mm (3.0 in)	30 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
16 March 1964	Aberdeen Exp STN, US	daily snow depth	25.4 cm (10.0 in)	25.4 cm (10.0 in)	48 years	38 of 100 (Notable)
16 March 1964	Warden (Mag), ZA	daily rain	34.0 mm (1.3 in)	23.1 mm (0.9 in)	38 years	32 of 100 (Routine)
16 March 1964	Goldsboro 4 SE, US	monthly rain	72.1 mm (2.8 in)	6.1 mm (0.24 in)	37 years	32 of 100 (Routine)
16 March 1964	Cordova AP, US	daily snowfall	34.5 cm (13.6 in)	9.1 cm (3.6 in)	53 years	32 of 100 (Routine)
16 March 1964	Eagle Harbor, US	daily snowfall	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	3.8 cm (1.5 in)	64 years	31 of 100 (Routine)
16 March 1964	Estevan Point, CA	daily rain	65.5 mm (2.6 in)	32.7 mm (1.3 in)	18 years	30 of 100 (Routine)
16 March 1964	Levan, US	daily snow depth	30.5 cm (12.0 in)	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	58 years	30 of 100 (Routine)
16 March 1964	Virden, CA	daily low max	-13.9 C (7.0 F)	1.1 C (2.0 F)	71 years	29 of 100 (Routine)
16 March 1964	Shottery, AU	daily rain	57.9 mm (2.3 in)	32.5 mm (1.3 in)	43 years	28 of 100 (Routine)
16 March 1964	Dom Mauricio, BR	daily rain	51.5 mm (2.0 in)	24.8 mm (1.0 in)	31 years	28 of 100 (Routine)
16 March 1964	San Jose, US	daily high min	13.3 C (55.9 F)	0.5 C (0.9 F)	67 years	28 of 100 (Routine)
16 March 1964	Santa Barbara, US	daily high min	12.8 C (55.0 F)	0.6 C (1.1 F)	64 years	28 of 100 (Routine)
16 March 1964	Kanosh, US	daily snow depth	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	36 years	28 of 100 (Routine)
16 March 1964	Holy Cross, US	daily low min	-36.7 C (-34.1 F)	1.1 C (2.0 F)	69 years	28 of 100 (Routine)
16 March 1964	White River, CA	daily low min	-36.7 C (-34.1 F)	1.1 C (2.0 F)	64 years	27 of 100 (Routine)
16 March 1964	Dushanbe, TJ	daily rain	47.3 mm (1.9 in)	15.6 mm (0.6 in)	26 years	27 of 100 (Routine)
16 March 1964	Ojai, US	daily high min	11.1 C (52.0 F)	1.1 C (2.0 F)	57 years	26 of 100 (Routine)
16 March 1964	Petersburg 1, US	daily rain	38.4 mm (1.5 in)	16.6 mm (0.7 in)	20 years	26 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 1964

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1801 to 1964. 1964 had 172 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	122
50 to 100	6
100 to 150	5
150 to 200	2
200 to 250	0
250 to 300	1