Weather Records on 16 March 1967

761 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 16 March 1967. Highest significance: Grindstone Island, CA.

Key Facts for 16 March 1967

On 16 March 1967, 761 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
244 were record highs and 146 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 3 were all-time records, 16 monthly and 742 daily.
Grindstone Island set a daily record snowfall of 40.4 cm (15.9 in) on 16 March 1967.
Across 162 earlier years (1801 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 462 records.

Record Map

761 stations

761 station records on 16 March 1967 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 16 March 1967: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Grindstone Island	Canada	Record daily snowfall	40.4 cm (15.9 in)	67 of 100 (Major)
Grindstone Island	Canada	Record daily precipitation	39.9 mm (1.6 in)	66 of 100 (Major)
Patrocinio Do Muriae	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	200.8 mm (7.9 in)	63 of 100 (Major)
Zugspitze	Germany	Record daily precipitation	47.6 mm (1.9 in)	62 of 100 (Major)
Storrs	United States	Record daily snowfall	22.9 cm (9.0 in)	59 of 100 (Notable)
Manyberries Cda	Canada	Record daily precipitation	40.6 mm (1.6 in)	57 of 100 (Notable)
E Wareham	United States	Record daily snowfall	29.2 cm (11.5 in)	55 of 100 (Notable)
Sao Joao Do Tigre	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	197.2 mm (7.8 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Blue Hill Coop	United States	Record daily snowfall	43.7 cm (17.2 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Pindai	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	80.0 mm (3.1 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Manyberries Cda	Canada	Record daily snowfall	40.6 cm (16.0 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Hubbardston	United States	Record daily snowfall	24.9 cm (9.8 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Correntes	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	75.5 mm (3.0 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Baddeck	Canada	Record daily snowfall	38.1 cm (15.0 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Morvi	India	Record daily precipitation	35.0 mm (1.4 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Jalesar	India	Record daily precipitation	26.9 mm (1.1 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Katherine Council	Australia	Record daily precipitation	91.4 mm (3.6 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Bichhia	India	Record daily precipitation	29.2 mm (1.1 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Doyle	United States	Record daily precipitation	31.2 mm (1.2 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Lake Spaulding	United States	Record daily precipitation	116.1 mm (4.6 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Delhi 2 SE	United States	Record daily snowfall	20.3 cm (8.0 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Morrisville 6 SW	United States	Record daily snowfall	30.7 cm (12.1 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Davis 2 WSW Exp Farm	United States	Record daily precipitation	30.7 mm (1.2 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Dunsmuir	United States	Record daily precipitation	69.9 mm (2.8 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Montrose	United States	Record daily precipitation	32.5 mm (1.3 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Deerfield 1 S	United States	Record daily precipitation	66.0 mm (2.6 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Warriup	Australia	Record daily precipitation	82.8 mm (3.3 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Dhanbad Sr	India	Record daily precipitation	33.8 mm (1.3 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Downieville	United States	Record daily precipitation	89.2 mm (3.5 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Carmel	United States	Record daily snowfall	30.5 cm (12.0 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Montrose	United States	Record daily snowfall	30.5 cm (12.0 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Peppermint Grove	Australia	Record daily precipitation	32.5 mm (1.3 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Los Gatos	United States	Record daily precipitation	66.3 mm (2.6 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Chesterfield	United States	Record daily snowfall	25.4 cm (10.0 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Middleboro	United States	Record daily snowfall	22.9 cm (9.0 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
South Egremont	United States	Record daily snowfall	20.3 cm (8.0 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Casa Nova	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	87.8 mm (3.5 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Sierraville Rs	United States	Record daily precipitation	56.4 mm (2.2 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Watsonville Wtr Wks	United States	Record daily precipitation	84.3 mm (3.3 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Chestnut Hill	United States	Record daily snowfall	35.6 cm (14.0 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Manypeaks	Australia	Record daily precipitation	49.5 mm (1.9 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Norwich	United States	Record daily snowfall	20.3 cm (8.0 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
De Ruyter 4 N	United States	Record daily snowfall	20.3 cm (8.0 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Warwick	United States	Record daily precipitation	43.2 mm (1.7 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Biskra	Algeria	Record low minimum temperature	3.9 C (39.0 F)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Petrolina	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	81.9 mm (3.2 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Colfax	United States	Record daily precipitation	79.5 mm (3.1 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Gold Run 4 SW	United States	Record daily precipitation	109.0 mm (4.3 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Tahoe City	United States	Record daily precipitation	56.4 mm (2.2 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Wrights	United States	Record daily precipitation	168.9 mm (6.6 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Mongpoo	India	Record daily precipitation	34.8 mm (1.4 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Calaveras Big Trees	United States	Record daily precipitation	89.4 mm (3.5 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Deer Creek Ph	United States	Record daily precipitation	104.1 mm (4.1 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Sussex 1 NW	United States	Record daily precipitation	32.3 mm (1.3 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Juazeiro	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	72.0 mm (2.8 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Quilon Pwd	India	Record daily precipitation	95.4 mm (3.8 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Karunagapalli	India	Record daily precipitation	50.8 mm (2.0 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Quincy	United States	Record daily precipitation	51.3 mm (2.0 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Truckee Rs	United States	Record daily precipitation	45.7 mm (1.8 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Riverside 7 SSW	United States	Record high minimum temperature	8.9 C (48.0 F)	35 of 100 (Notable)

Counts by Type and Timescale

761 records

Records set or tied on 16 March 1967 by type: Highest daily maximum 120, Lowest daily maximum 90, Highest daily minimum 124, Lowest daily minimum 56, Heaviest daily rainfall 253, Heaviest daily snowfall 100, Deepest snow cover 18.

Records on 16 March 1967 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	120
Lowest daily maximum	90
Highest daily minimum	124
Lowest daily minimum	56
Heaviest daily rainfall	253
Heaviest daily snowfall	100
Deepest snow cover	18

Records on 16 March 1967 by timescale: all-time 3, monthly 16, daily 742.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

623 broken records

Margins by which the 623 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 292.0. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

16 March 1967

Top 20 records on 16 March 1967 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
16 March 1967	Grindstone Island, CA	daily snowfall	40.4 cm (15.9 in)	19.1 cm (7.5 in)	94 years	67 of 100 (Major)
16 March 1967	Grindstone Island, CA	daily rain	39.9 mm (1.6 in)	18.6 mm (0.7 in)	94 years	66 of 100 (Major)
16 March 1967	Patrocinio Do Muriae, BR	all-time rain	200.8 mm (7.9 in)	76.4 mm (3.0 in)	2 years	63 of 100 (Major)
16 March 1967	Zugspitze, DE	daily rain	47.6 mm (1.9 in)	31.2 mm (1.2 in)	54 years	62 of 100 (Major)
16 March 1967	Storrs, US	daily snowfall	22.9 cm (9.0 in)	22.4 cm (8.8 in)	40 years	59 of 100 (Notable)
16 March 1967	Manyberries Cda, CA	monthly rain	40.6 mm (1.6 in)	15.2 mm (0.6 in)	15 years	57 of 100 (Notable)
16 March 1967	E Wareham, US	daily snowfall	29.2 cm (11.5 in)	29.2 cm (11.5 in)	37 years	55 of 100 (Notable)
16 March 1967	Sao Joao Do Tigre, BR	all-time rain	197.2 mm (7.8 in)	71.9 mm (2.8 in)	5 years	54 of 100 (Notable)
16 March 1967	Blue Hill Coop, US	daily snowfall	43.7 cm (17.2 in)	18.3 cm (7.2 in)	70 years	54 of 100 (Notable)
16 March 1967	Pindai, BR	daily rain	80.0 mm (3.1 in)	80.0 mm (3.1 in)	32 years	52 of 100 (Notable)
16 March 1967	Manyberries Cda, CA	all-time snowfall	40.6 cm (16.0 in)	10.1 cm (4.0 in)	9 years	52 of 100 (Notable)
16 March 1967	Hubbardston, US	daily snowfall	24.9 cm (9.8 in)	23.6 cm (9.3 in)	29 years	52 of 100 (Notable)
16 March 1967	Correntes, BR	daily rain	75.5 mm (3.0 in)	60.9 mm (2.4 in)	28 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
16 March 1967	Baddeck, CA	monthly snowfall	38.1 cm (15.0 in)	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	11 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
16 March 1967	Morvi, IN	monthly rain	35.0 mm (1.4 in)	19.8 mm (0.8 in)	55 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
16 March 1967	Jalesar, IN	daily rain	26.9 mm (1.1 in)	20.8 mm (0.8 in)	60 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
16 March 1967	Katherine Council, AU	daily rain	91.4 mm (3.6 in)	40.6 mm (1.6 in)	65 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
16 March 1967	Bichhia, IN	daily rain	29.2 mm (1.1 in)	25.1 mm (1.0 in)	48 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
16 March 1967	Doyle, US	daily rain	31.2 mm (1.2 in)	21.3 mm (0.8 in)	28 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
16 March 1967	Lake Spaulding, US	daily rain	116.1 mm (4.6 in)	65.3 mm (2.6 in)	44 years	48 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 1967

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1801 to 1967. 1967 had 761 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	565
50 to 100	33
100 to 150	12
150 to 200	6
200 to 250	6
250 to 300	1