Weather Records on 16 March 1990

2,159 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 16 March 1990. Highest significance: Briksdal, NO.

Key Facts for 16 March 1990

On 16 March 1990, 2,159 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
1,598 were record highs and 93 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 10 were all-time records, 205 monthly and 1,944 daily.
Briksdal set a daily record precipitation of 67.4 mm (2.7 in) on 16 March 1990.
Across 162 earlier years (1801 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 454 records.

Record Map

2,000 stations, highest significance shown

2,000 station records on 16 March 1990 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 16 March 1990: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Briksdal	Norway	Record daily precipitation	67.4 mm (2.7 in)	76 of 100 (Major)
Myklebust I Breim	Norway	Record daily precipitation	52.5 mm (2.1 in)	67 of 100 (Major)
Resaca	United States	Record daily precipitation	90.2 mm (3.6 in)	67 of 100 (Major)
Hallock	United States	Record daily precipitation	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	65 of 100 (Major)
Crookston NW Exp STN	United States	Record daily snowfall	17.8 cm (7.0 in)	60 of 100 (Major)
Petersburg 2 N	United States	Record daily precipitation	30.5 mm (1.2 in)	60 of 100 (Major)
Ashland 3 ENE	United States	Record daily precipitation	129.0 mm (5.1 in)	59 of 100 (Notable)
Wetumpka	United States	Record daily precipitation	160.0 mm (6.3 in)	59 of 100 (Notable)
Sogndal - Selseng	Norway	Record daily precipitation	46.5 mm (1.8 in)	58 of 100 (Notable)
Botnen I Forde	Norway	Record daily precipitation	72.2 mm (2.8 in)	56 of 100 (Notable)
Selma	United States	Record daily precipitation	247.7 mm (9.8 in)	56 of 100 (Notable)
Wales	United States	Record daily precipitation	33.0 mm (1.3 in)	56 of 100 (Notable)
Griffiss AFB	United States	Record high maximum temperature	26.7 C (80.1 F)	55 of 100 (Notable)
Samnanger	Norway	Record daily precipitation	108.8 mm (4.3 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Milton Exp STN	United States	Record daily precipitation	203.2 mm (8.0 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Bay Minette	United States	Record daily precipitation	160.5 mm (6.3 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Rome	United States	Record daily precipitation	104.1 mm (4.1 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Evergreen	United States	Record daily precipitation	154.9 mm (6.1 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Wallace 2 E	United States	Record daily precipitation	179.1 mm (7.1 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Abercrombie	United States	Record daily snowfall	17.8 cm (7.0 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Helensburgh (Sawan St)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	211.5 mm (8.3 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Highland Home	United States	Record daily precipitation	130.8 mm (5.1 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Buckatunna 1 NE	United States	Record daily precipitation	149.1 mm (5.9 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Cornwall	United States	Record high maximum temperature	26.7 C (80.1 F)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Kwajalein	Marshall Islands	Record daily precipitation	79.5 mm (3.1 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Lay Dam	United States	Record daily precipitation	152.9 mm (6.0 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Martin Dam	United States	Record daily precipitation	105.2 mm (4.1 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Thorsby Exp STN	United States	Record daily precipitation	184.4 mm (7.3 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Pascagoula 3 NE	United States	Record daily precipitation	148.1 mm (5.8 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Pensacola Rgnl AP	United States	Record daily precipitation	143.5 mm (5.6 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Plantersville 2 SSE	United States	Record daily precipitation	228.6 mm (9.0 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Benfontein	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	63.6 mm (2.5 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Thomasville	United States	Record daily precipitation	163.1 mm (6.4 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Petoskey	United States	Record high maximum temperature	25.6 C (78.1 F)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Newark Liberty Intl AP	United States	Record high minimum temperature	13.9 C (57.0 F)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Vanersborg	Sweden	Record high minimum temperature	6.9 C (44.4 F)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Alberta	United States	Record daily precipitation	157.0 mm (6.2 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Middletown 4 W	United States	Record high maximum temperature	22.2 C (72.0 F)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Plymouth-Kingston	United States	Record high maximum temperature	26.1 C (79.0 F)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Benson	United States	Record daily snowfall	25.9 cm (10.2 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Sharon	United States	Record daily snowfall	20.3 cm (8.0 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Whiting Fld NAS	United States	Record daily precipitation	206.5 mm (8.1 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Boras	Sweden	Record high minimum temperature	6.5 C (43.7 F)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Orebro	Sweden	Record high minimum temperature	7.5 C (45.5 F)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Gavle	Sweden	Record high minimum temperature	5.9 C (42.6 F)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Rooijantjiesfontein	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	62.5 mm (2.5 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Karlstad	Sweden	Record high minimum temperature	5.5 C (41.9 F)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Whatley	United States	Record daily precipitation	174.0 mm (6.9 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Detour Village	United States	Record high minimum temperature	2.8 C (37.0 F)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Benson	United States	Record daily precipitation	37.3 mm (1.5 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Pensacola Forest Sherman NAS	United States	Record daily precipitation	153.7 mm (6.1 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Marquette	United States	Record high minimum temperature	2.8 C (37.0 F)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Stockholm	Sweden	Record high minimum temperature	7.1 C (44.8 F)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Milstead	United States	Record daily precipitation	108.7 mm (4.3 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Richton 1 N	United States	Record daily precipitation	111.8 mm (4.4 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Elmira	United States	Record high minimum temperature	16.7 C (62.1 F)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Cet Central England	United Kingdom	Record high maximum temperature	19.3 C (66.7 F)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Boaz	United States	Record daily precipitation	81.3 mm (3.2 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Rock Mills	United States	Record daily precipitation	135.1 mm (5.3 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Donaldsonville 4 SW	United States	Record daily precipitation	89.2 mm (3.5 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)

Counts by Type and Timescale

2,159 records

Records set or tied on 16 March 1990 by type: Highest daily maximum 719, Lowest daily maximum 29, Highest daily minimum 879, Lowest daily minimum 64, Heaviest daily rainfall 399, Heaviest daily snowfall 59, Deepest snow cover 10.

Records on 16 March 1990 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	719
Lowest daily maximum	29
Highest daily minimum	879
Lowest daily minimum	64
Heaviest daily rainfall	399
Heaviest daily snowfall	59
Deepest snow cover	10

Records on 16 March 1990 by timescale: all-time 10, monthly 205, daily 1,944.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

1,879 broken records

Margins by which the 1,879 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 244.0. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

16 March 1990

Top 20 records on 16 March 1990 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
16 March 1990	Briksdal, NO	daily rain	67.4 mm (2.7 in)	44.4 mm (1.7 in)	91 years	76 of 100 (Major)
16 March 1990	Myklebust I Breim, NO	daily rain	52.5 mm (2.1 in)	29.1 mm (1.1 in)	80 years	67 of 100 (Major)
16 March 1990	Resaca, US	daily rain	90.2 mm (3.6 in)	57.9 mm (2.3 in)	88 years	67 of 100 (Major)
16 March 1990	Hallock, US	daily rain	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	17.3 mm (0.7 in)	81 years	65 of 100 (Major)
16 March 1990	Crookston NW Exp STN, US	daily snowfall	17.8 cm (7.0 in)	15.3 cm (6.0 in)	40 years	60 of 100 (Major)
16 March 1990	Petersburg 2 N, US	daily rain	30.5 mm (1.2 in)	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	48 years	60 of 100 (Major)
16 March 1990	Ashland 3 ENE, US	daily rain	129.0 mm (5.1 in)	115.0 mm (4.5 in)	48 years	59 of 100 (Notable)
16 March 1990	Wetumpka, US	daily rain	160.0 mm (6.3 in)	87.4 mm (3.4 in)	33 years	59 of 100 (Notable)
16 March 1990	Sogndal - Selseng, NO	daily rain	46.5 mm (1.8 in)	24.5 mm (1.0 in)	68 years	58 of 100 (Notable)
16 March 1990	Botnen I Forde, NO	daily rain	72.2 mm (2.8 in)	32.1 mm (1.3 in)	80 years	56 of 100 (Notable)
16 March 1990	Selma, US	all-time rain	247.7 mm (9.8 in)	25.7 mm (1.0 in)	51 years	56 of 100 (Notable)
16 March 1990	Wales, US	daily rain	33.0 mm (1.3 in)	27.9 mm (1.1 in)	33 years	56 of 100 (Notable)
16 March 1990	Griffiss AFB, US	daily high max	26.7 C (80.1 F)	12.3 C (22.1 F)	88 years	55 of 100 (Notable)
16 March 1990	Samnanger, NO	daily rain	108.8 mm (4.3 in)	56.0 mm (2.2 in)	52 years	54 of 100 (Notable)
16 March 1990	Petropavlovsk, KZ	daily rain	14.5 mm (0.6 in)	9.2 mm (0.36 in)	81 years	20 of 100 (Routine)
16 March 1990	Cerlak, RU	monthly rain	18.1 mm (0.7 in)	8.1 mm (0.32 in)	48 years	20 of 100 (Routine)
16 March 1990	Maristova, NO	daily rain	19.2 mm (0.8 in)	10.7 mm (0.4 in)	91 years	20 of 100 (Routine)
16 March 1990	Kalacinsk, RU	daily rain	12.3 mm (0.5 in)	10.1 mm (0.4 in)	52 years	20 of 100 (Routine)
16 March 1990	Kokshetay, KZ	daily rain	9.7 mm (0.38 in)	8.9 mm (0.35 in)	25 years	20 of 100 (Routine)
16 March 1990	Tatarsk, RU	daily rain	14.7 mm (0.6 in)	9.1 mm (0.36 in)	17 years	20 of 100 (Routine)

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 1990

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1801 to 1990. 1990 had 2,159 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 1990-03-16: 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	1,816
50 to 100	49
100 to 150	8
150 to 200	4
200 to 250	2