Weather Records on 16 March 1983

858 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 16 March 1983. Highest significance: Ferrara, IT.

Key Facts for 16 March 1983

On 16 March 1983, 858 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
151 were record highs and 220 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 2 were all-time records, 19 monthly and 837 daily.
Ferrara set a daily record precipitation of 42.7 mm (1.7 in) on 16 March 1983.
Across 162 earlier years (1801 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 462 records.

Record Map

858 stations

858 station records on 16 March 1983 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 16 March 1983: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Ferrara	Italy	Record daily precipitation	42.7 mm (1.7 in)	71 of 100 (Major)
Genoa	Italy	Record daily precipitation	104.2 mm (4.1 in)	68 of 100 (Major)
Coldwater	United States	Record daily snowfall	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	67 of 100 (Major)
Hermannsburg	Australia	Record daily precipitation	39.6 mm (1.6 in)	65 of 100 (Major)
Henbury	Australia	Record daily precipitation	86.0 mm (3.4 in)	65 of 100 (Major)
Castle Rock	United States	Record daily snowfall	30.5 cm (12.0 in)	60 of 100 (Major)
Waseca S Rsch & Outreach Ctr	United States	Record daily precipitation	42.7 mm (1.7 in)	57 of 100 (Notable)
Faribault	United States	Record daily precipitation	34.8 mm (1.4 in)	55 of 100 (Notable)
Fossil Downs	Australia	Record daily precipitation	79.0 mm (3.1 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Milan	Italy	Record daily precipitation	70.2 mm (2.8 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Blina	Australia	Record daily precipitation	131.0 mm (5.2 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Dunolly	Australia	Record daily precipitation	34.0 mm (1.3 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Nuwara Eliya	Sri Lanka	Record high maximum temperature	27.3 C (81.1 F)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Shimizu	Japan	Record daily precipitation	117.5 mm (4.6 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Stratford	United States	Record daily snowfall	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Chatswood Council Depot	Australia	Record daily precipitation	70.4 mm (2.8 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Red Wing Dam 3	United States	Record daily precipitation	27.4 mm (1.1 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Moola Bulla	Australia	Record daily precipitation	116.0 mm (4.6 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Snyder	United States	Record daily precipitation	27.7 mm (1.1 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Ragland 3 SSW	United States	Record daily snowfall	11.4 cm (4.5 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Taloga	United States	Record daily precipitation	35.3 mm (1.4 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Ellsworth 1E	United States	Record daily snowfall	25.4 cm (10.0 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Gogo Station	Australia	Record daily precipitation	68.5 mm (2.7 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Zumbrota	United States	Record daily snowfall	17.8 cm (7.0 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Gruver	United States	Record daily snowfall	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Memphis	United States	Record daily precipitation	33.0 mm (1.3 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Adak AP	United States	Record snow depth	50.8 cm (20.0 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Limon	United States	Record snow depth	17.8 cm (7.0 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Leopold Downs	Australia	Record daily precipitation	75.0 mm (3.0 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Faribault	United States	Record daily snowfall	33.0 cm (13.0 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Goodland	United States	Record daily snowfall	15.7 cm (6.2 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Porto Mandacaru	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	60.1 mm (2.4 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Boulder	United States	Record daily snowfall	20.3 cm (8.0 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Waseca S Rsch & Outreach Ctr	United States	Record daily snowfall	22.9 cm (9.0 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Hamlin 1SW	United States	Record daily precipitation	32.0 mm (1.3 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Olney 5 NNW	United States	Record daily precipitation	33.8 mm (1.3 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Quanbun Downs	Australia	Record daily precipitation	36.4 mm (1.4 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Walgett Council Depot	Australia	Record high minimum temperature	23.7 C (74.7 F)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Yurecuaro	Mexico	Record low minimum temperature	2.8 C (37.0 F)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Arecibo 3 ESE	Puerto Rico [United States]	Record low minimum temperature	14.4 C (57.9 F)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Regnier	United States	Record daily snowfall	7.6 cm (3.0 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Crowell	United States	Record daily precipitation	31.2 mm (1.2 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Cedar Falls Hydro Plt	United States	Record daily snowfall	30.5 cm (12.0 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Buntine East	Australia	Record daily precipitation	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Powell Creek	Australia	Record daily precipitation	33.0 mm (1.3 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Aileron	Australia	Record daily precipitation	51.0 mm (2.0 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Parker 6 E	United States	Record daily snowfall	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Parker 6 E	United States	Record snow depth	45.7 cm (18.0 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Osage	United States	Record daily precipitation	26.4 mm (1.0 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Red Wing	United States	Record daily precipitation	30.5 mm (1.2 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Manila	United States	Record daily snowfall	8.9 cm (3.5 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Berowra (Goodwyn Road)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	53.0 mm (2.1 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Ottawa Cda	Canada	Record high maximum temperature	9.5 C (49.1 F)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Chilpancingo (Dge)	Mexico	Record low minimum temperature	5.0 C (41.0 F)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Chapala	Mexico	Record low minimum temperature	7.8 C (46.0 F)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Springfield 1 NW	United States	Record daily snowfall	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Cedar Falls Hydro Plt	United States	Record daily precipitation	27.9 mm (1.1 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Jubilee Downs	Australia	Record daily precipitation	45.0 mm (1.8 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Amanbidji	Australia	Record daily precipitation	75.0 mm (3.0 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Yuendumu	Australia	Record daily precipitation	54.0 mm (2.1 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

858 records

Records set or tied on 16 March 1983 by type: Highest daily maximum 91, Lowest daily maximum 109, Highest daily minimum 60, Lowest daily minimum 111, Heaviest daily rainfall 333, Heaviest daily snowfall 122, Deepest snow cover 32.

Records on 16 March 1983 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	91
Lowest daily maximum	109
Highest daily minimum	60
Lowest daily minimum	111
Heaviest daily rainfall	333
Heaviest daily snowfall	122
Deepest snow cover	32

Records on 16 March 1983 by timescale: all-time 2, monthly 19, daily 837.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

719 broken records

Margins by which the 719 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 356.0. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

16 March 1983

Top 20 records on 16 March 1983 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
16 March 1983	Ferrara, IT	daily rain	42.7 mm (1.7 in)	29.6 mm (1.2 in)	81 years	71 of 100 (Major)
16 March 1983	Genoa, IT	daily rain	104.2 mm (4.1 in)	47.8 mm (1.9 in)	92 years	68 of 100 (Major)
16 March 1983	Coldwater, US	daily snowfall	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	89 years	67 of 100 (Major)
16 March 1983	Hermannsburg, AU	daily rain	39.6 mm (1.6 in)	38.3 mm (1.5 in)	93 years	65 of 100 (Major)
16 March 1983	Henbury, AU	monthly rain	86.0 mm (3.4 in)	33.9 mm (1.3 in)	73 years	65 of 100 (Major)
16 March 1983	Castle Rock, US	daily snowfall	30.5 cm (12.0 in)	21.6 cm (8.5 in)	65 years	60 of 100 (Major)
16 March 1983	Waseca S Rsch & Outreach Ctr, US	daily rain	42.7 mm (1.7 in)	35.1 mm (1.4 in)	36 years	57 of 100 (Notable)
16 March 1983	Faribault, US	daily rain	34.8 mm (1.4 in)	19.3 mm (0.8 in)	65 years	55 of 100 (Notable)
16 March 1983	Fossil Downs, AU	daily rain	79.0 mm (3.1 in)	45.5 mm (1.8 in)	48 years	54 of 100 (Notable)
16 March 1983	Milan, IT	monthly rain	70.2 mm (2.8 in)	3.5 mm (0.14 in)	106 years	53 of 100 (Notable)
16 March 1983	Blina, AU	daily rain	131.0 mm (5.2 in)	102.6 mm (4.0 in)	25 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
16 March 1983	Dunolly, AU	daily rain	34.0 mm (1.3 in)	26.4 mm (1.0 in)	65 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
16 March 1983	Nuwara Eliya, LK	daily high max	27.3 C (81.1 F)	1.5 C (2.7 F)	93 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
16 March 1983	Shimizu, JP	daily rain	117.5 mm (4.6 in)	93.0 mm (3.7 in)	8 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
16 March 1983	Stratford, US	daily snowfall	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	70 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
16 March 1983	Chatswood Council Depot, AU	daily rain	70.4 mm (2.8 in)	28.7 mm (1.1 in)	76 years	44 of 100 (Notable)
16 March 1983	Red Wing Dam 3, US	daily rain	27.4 mm (1.1 in)	22.6 mm (0.9 in)	12 years	44 of 100 (Notable)
16 March 1983	Moola Bulla, AU	daily rain	116.0 mm (4.6 in)	53.0 mm (2.1 in)	8 years	43 of 100 (Notable)
16 March 1983	Snyder, US	daily rain	27.7 mm (1.1 in)	14.5 mm (0.6 in)	72 years	43 of 100 (Notable)
16 March 1983	Ragland 3 SSW, US	daily snowfall	11.4 cm (4.5 in)	11.4 cm (4.5 in)	48 years	42 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 1983

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1801 to 1983. 1983 had 858 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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Data for records on 1983-03-16: CSV or JSON. Field meanings are on the data page.

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	651
50 to 100	44
100 to 150	17
150 to 200	5
200 to 250	1
250 to 300	0
300 to 350	0
350 to 400	1