Weather Records on 16 March 1984

617 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 16 March 1984. Highest significance: Kemmerer 2N, US.

Key Facts for 16 March 1984

On 16 March 1984, 617 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
249 were record highs and 96 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 0 were all-time records, 12 monthly and 605 daily.
Kemmerer 2N set a daily record snow depth of 48.3 cm (19.0 in) on 16 March 1984.
Across 162 earlier years (1801 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 463 records.

Record Map

617 stations

617 station records on 16 March 1984 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 16 March 1984: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Kemmerer 2N	United States	Record snow depth	48.3 cm (19.0 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Joliet Brandon Road Lock/Dam	United States	Record daily precipitation	57.2 mm (2.3 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Marseilles Lock/Dam	United States	Record daily precipitation	57.2 mm (2.3 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Utica Starved Rock Dam	United States	Record daily precipitation	64.8 mm (2.6 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Madruskat	Tajikistan	Record daily precipitation	25.6 mm (1.0 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Carnasaw Twr	United States	Record daily precipitation	79.8 mm (3.1 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Idaho Falls - Kifi	United States	Record snow depth	25.4 cm (10.0 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Stephan 2 NW	United States	Record daily snowfall	11.4 cm (4.5 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Saint Johns	United States	Record daily precipitation	33.0 mm (1.3 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
S Haven	United States	Record daily precipitation	30.2 mm (1.2 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Saint Charles	United States	Record daily precipitation	43.2 mm (1.7 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Newcastle Waters	Australia	Record daily precipitation	76.0 mm (3.0 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Battle Creek 5NW	United States	Record daily precipitation	36.1 mm (1.4 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Lapeer Wwtp	United States	Record daily precipitation	34.5 mm (1.4 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Lupton 1S	United States	Record daily precipitation	30.7 mm (1.2 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Dearborn	United States	Record daily precipitation	41.9 mm (1.6 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Grand Ledge 1 NW	United States	Record daily precipitation	30.7 mm (1.2 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Galesburg	United States	Record daily precipitation	52.1 mm (2.1 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Norris Madison Pwr House	United States	Record daily snowfall	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Lagunillas	Mexico	Record high minimum temperature	21.7 C (71.1 F)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Angola	United States	Record daily precipitation	48.5 mm (1.9 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Ft Madison	United States	Record daily precipitation	42.2 mm (1.7 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Caro Wwtp	United States	Record daily precipitation	38.9 mm (1.5 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Bradford Cntrl Fs	United States	Record snow depth	38.1 cm (15.0 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Luzon Clark AFB	Philippines	Record daily precipitation	74.7 mm (2.9 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Monroe	United States	Record daily precipitation	30.7 mm (1.2 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Poset	Russia	Record daily precipitation	31.7 mm (1.2 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Avon	United States	Record daily precipitation	56.1 mm (2.2 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Alma	United States	Record daily precipitation	32.0 mm (1.3 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Bastrop	United States	Record high maximum temperature	32.2 C (90.0 F)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Harbor Beach 1 SSE	United States	Record snow depth	40.6 cm (16.0 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Auburn 2 SSE	United States	Record daily precipitation	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Lampasas	United States	Record high minimum temperature	20.0 C (68.0 F)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Pecos	United States	Record high minimum temperature	11.7 C (53.1 F)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Tuzantla (Smn)	Mexico	Record low maximum temperature	26.7 C (80.1 F)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Yale 1 NNW	United States	Record daily precipitation	33.0 mm (1.3 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Hastings 4N	United States	Record daily snowfall	6.4 cm (2.5 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Chama	United States	Record high minimum temperature	0.0 C (32.0 F)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Pontiac	United States	Record daily precipitation	28.2 mm (1.1 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Pontiac Wwtp	United States	Record daily precipitation	36.8 mm (1.4 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Alamogordo	United States	Record high minimum temperature	15.0 C (59.0 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Taos	United States	Record high minimum temperature	3.3 C (37.9 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Tonala (Smn)	Mexico	Record high minimum temperature	28.3 C (82.9 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Newburgh L&D	United States	Record daily precipitation	48.3 mm (1.9 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Shoals 8 S	United States	Record daily precipitation	48.5 mm (1.9 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Ann Arbor U of Mich	United States	Record daily precipitation	38.1 mm (1.5 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Hillsdale	United States	Record daily precipitation	36.6 mm (1.4 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Standish 4NE	United States	Record daily precipitation	30.5 mm (1.2 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Brusett 3 E	United States	Record snow depth	25.4 cm (10.0 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Pilger	United States	Record daily snowfall	17.8 cm (7.0 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Spencer 6 SSE	United States	Record daily snowfall	19.1 cm (7.5 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Saint Johnsbury	United States	Record high maximum temperature	15.6 C (60.1 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Estancia	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	48.0 mm (1.9 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Lake City	United States	Record high minimum temperature	-2.8 C (27.0 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Park Forest Water	United States	Record daily precipitation	50.0 mm (2.0 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Elliston	United States	Record daily precipitation	50.0 mm (2.0 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Sterling	United States	Record daily precipitation	31.0 mm (1.2 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Kent City 2 SW	United States	Record daily precipitation	34.3 mm (1.4 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Fullerton	United States	Record daily snowfall	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Berlin	United States	Record snow depth	88.9 cm (35.0 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

617 records

Records set or tied on 16 March 1984 by type: Highest daily maximum 111, Lowest daily maximum 67, Highest daily minimum 138, Lowest daily minimum 29, Heaviest daily rainfall 194, Heaviest daily snowfall 43, Deepest snow cover 35.

Records on 16 March 1984 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	111
Lowest daily maximum	67
Highest daily minimum	138
Lowest daily minimum	29
Heaviest daily rainfall	194
Heaviest daily snowfall	43
Deepest snow cover	35

Records on 16 March 1984 by timescale: all-time 0, monthly 12, daily 605.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

473 broken records

Margins by which the 473 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 331.0. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

16 March 1984

Top 20 records on 16 March 1984 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
16 March 1984	Kemmerer 2N, US	daily snow depth	48.3 cm (19.0 in)	33.1 cm (13.0 in)	22 years	54 of 100 (Notable)
16 March 1984	Joliet Brandon Road Lock/Dam, US	daily rain	57.2 mm (2.3 in)	34.3 mm (1.4 in)	24 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
16 March 1984	Marseilles Lock/Dam, US	daily rain	57.2 mm (2.3 in)	30.0 mm (1.2 in)	41 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
16 March 1984	Utica Starved Rock Dam, US	daily rain	64.8 mm (2.6 in)	39.7 mm (1.6 in)	24 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
16 March 1984	Madruskat, TJ	daily rain	25.6 mm (1.0 in)	15.9 mm (0.6 in)	38 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
16 March 1984	Carnasaw Twr, US	daily rain	79.8 mm (3.1 in)	69.6 mm (2.7 in)	21 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
16 March 1984	Idaho Falls - Kifi, US	daily snow depth	25.4 cm (10.0 in)	22.9 cm (9.0 in)	22 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
16 March 1984	Stephan 2 NW, US	daily snowfall	11.4 cm (4.5 in)	11.4 cm (4.5 in)	80 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
16 March 1984	Saint Johns, US	daily rain	33.0 mm (1.3 in)	21.3 mm (0.8 in)	41 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
16 March 1984	S Haven, US	daily rain	30.2 mm (1.2 in)	16.0 mm (0.6 in)	61 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
16 March 1984	Saint Charles, US	daily rain	43.2 mm (1.7 in)	31.5 mm (1.2 in)	10 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
16 March 1984	Newcastle Waters, AU	daily rain	76.0 mm (3.0 in)	43.7 mm (1.7 in)	55 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
16 March 1984	Battle Creek 5NW, US	daily rain	36.1 mm (1.4 in)	28.0 mm (1.1 in)	2 years	43 of 100 (Notable)
16 March 1984	Lapeer Wwtp, US	daily rain	34.5 mm (1.4 in)	29.9 mm (1.2 in)	2 years	43 of 100 (Notable)
16 March 1984	Lupton 1S, US	daily rain	30.7 mm (1.2 in)	24.3 mm (1.0 in)	12 years	43 of 100 (Notable)
16 March 1984	Dearborn, US	daily rain	41.9 mm (1.6 in)	24.6 mm (1.0 in)	16 years	42 of 100 (Notable)
16 March 1984	Grand Ledge 1 NW, US	daily rain	30.7 mm (1.2 in)	22.1 mm (0.9 in)	29 years	42 of 100 (Notable)
16 March 1984	Galesburg, US	daily rain	52.1 mm (2.1 in)	20.6 mm (0.8 in)	42 years	41 of 100 (Notable)
16 March 1984	Norris Madison Pwr House, US	daily snowfall	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	7.6 cm (3.0 in)	72 years	40 of 100 (Notable)
16 March 1984	Lagunillas, MX	daily high min	21.7 C (71.1 F)	6.7 C (12.1 F)	23 years	39 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 1984

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1801 to 1984. 1984 had 617 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	439
50 to 100	15
100 to 150	11
150 to 200	1
200 to 250	3
250 to 300	1
300 to 350	3