Weather Records on 16 March 1976

486 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 16 March 1976. Highest significance: Huntingdon, CA.

Key Facts for 16 March 1976

On 16 March 1976, 486 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
53 were record highs and 136 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 1 were all-time records, 10 monthly and 475 daily.
Huntingdon set a daily record snowfall of 28.4 cm (11.2 in) on 16 March 1976.
Across 162 earlier years (1801 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 464 records.

Record Map

486 stations

486 station records on 16 March 1976 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 16 March 1976: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Huntingdon	Canada	Record daily snowfall	28.4 cm (11.2 in)	67 of 100 (Major)
Huntingdon	Canada	Record daily precipitation	28.4 mm (1.1 in)	59 of 100 (Notable)
Charleston	United States	Record daily snowfall	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	58 of 100 (Notable)
Tuscaloosa Oliver Dam	United States	Record daily precipitation	175.0 mm (6.9 in)	57 of 100 (Notable)
Farmland 5 NNW	United States	Record daily snowfall	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	55 of 100 (Notable)
Experiment	United States	Record daily precipitation	121.9 mm (4.8 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Newnan 7 WNW	United States	Record daily precipitation	155.4 mm (6.1 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Calera	United States	Record daily precipitation	104.6 mm (4.1 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Greenville	United States	Record snow depth	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Musquash	Canada	Record daily snowfall	43.2 cm (17.0 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Lennoxville	Canada	Record daily snowfall	39.1 cm (15.4 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Paris Stp	United States	Record snow depth	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Sidell 4N	United States	Record daily precipitation	37.3 mm (1.5 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Noblesville River	United States	Record snow depth	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Greenville	United States	Record daily snowfall	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
McAdam	Canada	Record daily snowfall	45.7 cm (18.0 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Centralia	United States	Record daily snowfall	9.1 cm (3.6 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Noblesville River	United States	Record daily snowfall	11.4 cm (4.5 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Lennoxville	Canada	Record daily precipitation	39.1 mm (1.5 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Cedartown	United States	Record daily precipitation	101.6 mm (4.0 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Winnsboro	United States	Record daily precipitation	63.2 mm (2.5 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Gagetown 2	Canada	Record daily snowfall	22.9 cm (9.0 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Monroeville 1 NW	United States	Record daily snowfall	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Magella	United States	Record daily precipitation	103.6 mm (4.1 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Mt Vernon 3 NE	United States	Record daily snowfall	5.1 cm (2.0 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Leeds	United States	Record daily precipitation	103.6 mm (4.1 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Nova Russas	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	78.0 mm (3.1 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Greenup 3SE	United States	Record daily snowfall	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Springfield	United States	Record daily snowfall	19.1 cm (7.5 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Fulton	United States	Record daily snowfall	14.0 cm (5.5 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Taylorsville	United States	Record daily precipitation	89.9 mm (3.5 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Hatteras	United States	Record daily precipitation	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Kjobli I Snaasa	Norway	Record snow depth	128.0 cm (50.4 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Canton	United States	Record daily precipitation	100.8 mm (4.0 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Elsberry 1 S	United States	Record daily snowfall	11.4 cm (4.5 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Plattsburgh AFB	United States	Record daily snowfall	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
W Blocton	United States	Record daily precipitation	90.2 mm (3.6 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Dahlonega 4WSW	United States	Record daily precipitation	80.0 mm (3.1 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Chazy	United States	Record daily snowfall	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Harvey Station	Canada	Record daily snowfall	33.0 cm (13.0 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Oneonta	United States	Record daily precipitation	50.8 mm (2.0 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Pana	United States	Record daily snowfall	16.5 cm (6.5 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Bowling Green 1 W	United States	Record daily snowfall	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Salamonia	United States	Record daily snowfall	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Enterprise	United States	Record daily snowfall	5.1 cm (2.0 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Marshall	United States	Record daily snowfall	6.4 cm (2.5 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Nhill	Australia	Record high minimum temperature	19.0 C (66.2 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Novais	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	98.1 mm (3.9 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Lambton	Canada	Record daily snowfall	22.4 cm (8.8 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Aunet	Norway	Record snow depth	147.0 cm (57.9 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Edgerton	United States	Record daily snowfall	7.6 cm (3.0 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Ste Clothilde Cda	Canada	Record daily snowfall	20.1 cm (7.9 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Fredericton Cda	Canada	Record daily snowfall	25.7 cm (10.1 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Woodstock	Canada	Record daily precipitation	30.5 mm (1.2 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Nappan Cda	Canada	Record daily precipitation	25.9 mm (1.0 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Nelson	United States	Record daily snowfall	7.6 cm (3.0 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Montevallo	United States	Record daily precipitation	118.9 mm (4.7 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Woodstock	Canada	Record low maximum temperature	-9.4 C (15.1 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Utsira Fyr	Norway	Record low minimum temperature	-4.0 C (24.8 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Waynesboro 2 S	United States	Record daily precipitation	48.3 mm (1.9 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

486 records

Records set or tied on 16 March 1976 by type: Highest daily maximum 24, Lowest daily maximum 83, Highest daily minimum 29, Lowest daily minimum 53, Heaviest daily rainfall 136, Heaviest daily snowfall 134, Deepest snow cover 27.

Records on 16 March 1976 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	24
Lowest daily maximum	83
Highest daily minimum	29
Lowest daily minimum	53
Heaviest daily rainfall	136
Heaviest daily snowfall	134
Deepest snow cover	27

Records on 16 March 1976 by timescale: all-time 1, monthly 10, daily 475.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

393 broken records

Margins by which the 393 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 500.0. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

16 March 1976

Top 20 records on 16 March 1976 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
16 March 1976	Huntingdon, CA	daily snowfall	28.4 cm (11.2 in)	18.2 cm (7.2 in)	99 years	67 of 100 (Major)
16 March 1976	Huntingdon, CA	daily rain	28.4 mm (1.1 in)	15.7 mm (0.6 in)	104 years	59 of 100 (Notable)
16 March 1976	Charleston, US	daily snowfall	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	11.4 cm (4.5 in)	76 years	58 of 100 (Notable)
16 March 1976	Tuscaloosa Oliver Dam, US	monthly rain	175.0 mm (6.9 in)	50.0 mm (2.0 in)	43 years	57 of 100 (Notable)
16 March 1976	Farmland 5 NNW, US	daily snowfall	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	76 years	55 of 100 (Notable)
16 March 1976	Experiment, US	daily rain	121.9 mm (4.8 in)	48.2 mm (1.9 in)	74 years	54 of 100 (Notable)
16 March 1976	Newnan 7 WNW, US	all-time rain	155.4 mm (6.1 in)	8.3 mm (0.33 in)	74 years	54 of 100 (Notable)
16 March 1976	Calera, US	daily rain	104.6 mm (4.1 in)	53.8 mm (2.1 in)	74 years	53 of 100 (Notable)
16 March 1976	Greenville, US	daily snow depth	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	75 years	53 of 100 (Notable)
16 March 1976	Musquash, CA	monthly snowfall	43.2 cm (17.0 in)	15.3 cm (6.0 in)	25 years	52 of 100 (Notable)
16 March 1976	Lennoxville, CA	monthly snowfall	39.1 cm (15.4 in)	8.6 cm (3.4 in)	56 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
16 March 1976	Paris Stp, US	daily snow depth	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	75 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
16 March 1976	Sidell 4N, US	daily rain	37.3 mm (1.5 in)	31.7 mm (1.2 in)	20 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
16 March 1976	Noblesville River, US	daily snow depth	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	50 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
16 March 1976	Greenville, US	daily snowfall	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	8.9 cm (3.5 in)	76 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
16 March 1976	McAdam, CA	monthly snowfall	45.7 cm (18.0 in)	10.1 cm (4.0 in)	29 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
16 March 1976	Centralia, US	daily snowfall	9.1 cm (3.6 in)	9.1 cm (3.6 in)	76 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
16 March 1976	Noblesville River, US	daily snowfall	11.4 cm (4.5 in)	10.6 cm (4.2 in)	50 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
16 March 1976	Lennoxville, CA	daily rain	39.1 mm (1.5 in)	22.6 mm (0.9 in)	4 years	44 of 100 (Notable)
16 March 1976	Cedartown, US	daily rain	101.6 mm (4.0 in)	44.4 mm (1.7 in)	38 years	44 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 1976

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1801 to 1976. 1976 had 486 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	366
100 to 200	23
200 to 300	3
300 to 400	0
400 to 500	1