Weather Records on 16 March 1975

526 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 16 March 1975. Highest significance: Gordon Downs, AU.

Key Facts for 16 March 1975

On 16 March 1975, 526 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
106 were record highs and 62 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 0 were all-time records, 6 monthly and 520 daily.
Gordon Downs set a monthly record daily precipitation of 213.4 mm (8.4 in) on 16 March 1975.
Across 162 earlier years (1801 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 464 records.

Record Map

526 stations

526 station records on 16 March 1975 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 16 March 1975: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Gordon Downs	Australia	Record daily precipitation	213.4 mm (8.4 in)	69 of 100 (Major)
Red Rvr	United States	Record snow depth	106.7 cm (42.0 in)	64 of 100 (Major)
Sturt Creek	Australia	Record daily precipitation	109.8 mm (4.3 in)	62 of 100 (Major)
Millwood (Bos)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	64.0 mm (2.5 in)	59 of 100 (Notable)
Nieu-Bethesda (Pol)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	47.0 mm (1.9 in)	58 of 100 (Notable)
Halls Creek Airport	Australia	Record daily precipitation	94.8 mm (3.7 in)	57 of 100 (Notable)
Clifton	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	53.5 mm (2.1 in)	56 of 100 (Notable)
Prince Albert Road	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	38.5 mm (1.5 in)	55 of 100 (Notable)
De Aar	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	47.6 mm (1.9 in)	55 of 100 (Notable)
Zuur Anys	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	63.2 mm (2.5 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Alexandria (Pol)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	38.0 mm (1.5 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Waterfall	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	57.5 mm (2.3 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Lymington (Fattys Lane)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	112.6 mm (4.4 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Colesberg (Tnk)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	44.0 mm (1.7 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Railton (Cement Australia)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	50.0 mm (2.0 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Houd Constant	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	67.0 mm (2.6 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Longvale	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	59.0 mm (2.3 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Moola Bulla	Australia	Record daily precipitation	63.0 mm (2.5 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Kweekwa	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	67.5 mm (2.7 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Grahamstown	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	35.0 mm (1.4 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Flora Valley Old	Australia	Record daily precipitation	146.2 mm (5.8 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Balfour (Pol)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	46.5 mm (1.8 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Fountain Head	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	43.5 mm (1.7 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Bellrock	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	38.5 mm (1.5 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Merweville	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	25.0 mm (1.0 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Mill Holme	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	40.0 mm (1.6 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Nazarezinho (Nazare)	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	85.0 mm (3.3 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Klaarstroom (Pol)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	46.0 mm (1.8 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
De Rust (Pol)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	47.0 mm (1.9 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Sandpan	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	55.5 mm (2.2 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Tweefontein	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	39.5 mm (1.6 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Van Staadens (Rsv)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	39.5 mm (1.6 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Glennville 3NW	United States	Record daily precipitation	63.5 mm (2.5 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Old Koreelah (McPherson)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	52.0 mm (2.0 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Mqanduli (Tnk)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	36.5 mm (1.4 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Hartebeesthoek	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	42.5 mm (1.7 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Glenelg	Australia	Record daily precipitation	62.8 mm (2.5 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Killarney Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	55.2 mm (2.2 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
St. Petersburg	Russia	Record high minimum temperature	3.3 C (37.9 F)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Peddie (Mag)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	30.5 mm (1.2 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Philadelphia	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	35.5 mm (1.4 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Scheurfontein	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	35.5 mm (1.4 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Grootfontein 11,	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	38.0 mm (1.5 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Alice Downs	Australia	Record daily precipitation	127.4 mm (5.0 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Selbourne (Kirnbrae)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	28.0 mm (1.1 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Schootefountain	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	28.3 mm (1.1 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Lillydale	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	36.0 mm (1.4 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Evergreen	United States	Record daily precipitation	55.9 mm (2.2 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Truckee Rs	United States	Record daily snowfall	33.0 cm (13.0 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Oak City	United States	Record daily snowfall	7.6 cm (3.0 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Lawn Hill	Australia	Record daily precipitation	77.2 mm (3.0 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Porto	Portugal	Record daily precipitation	48.3 mm (1.9 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Buxton (Bos)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	52.6 mm (2.1 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Groot-Arendskraal	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	29.0 mm (1.1 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Tartu	Estonia	Record high minimum temperature	1.7 C (35.1 F)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Grapevale	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	47.0 mm (1.9 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Winton	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	44.0 mm (1.7 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Molteno (Mun)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	30.0 mm (1.2 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Serra Negra Do Norte	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	71.0 mm (2.8 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Rondawel	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	43.8 mm (1.7 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

526 records

Records set or tied on 16 March 1975 by type: Highest daily maximum 69, Lowest daily maximum 38, Highest daily minimum 37, Lowest daily minimum 24, Heaviest daily rainfall 311, Heaviest daily snowfall 31, Deepest snow cover 16.

Records on 16 March 1975 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	69
Lowest daily maximum	38
Highest daily minimum	37
Lowest daily minimum	24
Heaviest daily rainfall	311
Heaviest daily snowfall	31
Deepest snow cover	16

Records on 16 March 1975 by timescale: all-time 0, monthly 6, daily 520.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

462 broken records

Margins by which the 462 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 559.0. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

16 March 1975

Top 20 records on 16 March 1975 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
16 March 1975	Gordon Downs, AU	monthly rain	213.4 mm (8.4 in)	73.2 mm (2.9 in)	48 years	69 of 100 (Major)
16 March 1975	Red Rvr, US	daily snow depth	106.7 cm (42.0 in)	55.9 cm (22.0 in)	60 years	64 of 100 (Major)
16 March 1975	Sturt Creek, AU	daily rain	109.8 mm (4.3 in)	82.1 mm (3.2 in)	52 years	62 of 100 (Major)
16 March 1975	Millwood (Bos), ZA	daily rain	64.0 mm (2.5 in)	42.4 mm (1.7 in)	53 years	59 of 100 (Notable)
16 March 1975	Nieu-Bethesda (Pol), ZA	daily rain	47.0 mm (1.9 in)	26.7 mm (1.1 in)	81 years	58 of 100 (Notable)
16 March 1975	Halls Creek Airport, AU	monthly rain	94.8 mm (3.7 in)	47.3 mm (1.9 in)	14 years	57 of 100 (Notable)
16 March 1975	Clifton, ZA	daily rain	53.5 mm (2.1 in)	49.2 mm (1.9 in)	40 years	56 of 100 (Notable)
16 March 1975	Prince Albert Road, ZA	daily rain	38.5 mm (1.5 in)	23.3 mm (0.9 in)	72 years	55 of 100 (Notable)
16 March 1975	De Aar, ZA	daily rain	47.6 mm (1.9 in)	24.7 mm (1.0 in)	79 years	55 of 100 (Notable)
16 March 1975	Zuur Anys, ZA	daily rain	63.2 mm (2.5 in)	46.9 mm (1.8 in)	32 years	53 of 100 (Notable)
16 March 1975	Alexandria (Pol), ZA	daily rain	38.0 mm (1.5 in)	22.8 mm (0.9 in)	73 years	52 of 100 (Notable)
16 March 1975	Waterfall, ZA	daily rain	57.5 mm (2.3 in)	37.2 mm (1.5 in)	48 years	52 of 100 (Notable)
16 March 1975	Lymington (Fattys Lane), AU	monthly rain	112.6 mm (4.4 in)	21.2 mm (0.8 in)	43 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
16 March 1975	Colesberg (Tnk), ZA	daily rain	44.0 mm (1.7 in)	25.5 mm (1.0 in)	64 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
16 March 1975	Railton (Cement Australia), AU	daily rain	50.0 mm (2.0 in)	30.9 mm (1.2 in)	28 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
16 March 1975	Houd Constant, ZA	daily rain	67.0 mm (2.6 in)	46.6 mm (1.8 in)	20 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
16 March 1975	Longvale, ZA	daily rain	59.0 mm (2.3 in)	31.1 mm (1.2 in)	52 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
16 March 1975	Moola Bulla, AU	daily rain	63.0 mm (2.5 in)	30.5 mm (1.2 in)	60 years	44 of 100 (Notable)
16 March 1975	Kweekwa, ZA	daily rain	67.5 mm (2.7 in)	42.0 mm (1.7 in)	18 years	44 of 100 (Notable)
16 March 1975	Grahamstown, ZA	daily rain	35.0 mm (1.4 in)	16.5 mm (0.6 in)	72 years	43 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 1975

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1801 to 1975. 1975 had 526 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	455
100 to 200	5
200 to 300	1
300 to 400	0
400 to 500	0
500 to 600	1