Weather Records on 16 March 1991

823 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 16 March 1991. Highest significance: Black Lake, US.

Key Facts for 16 March 1991

On 16 March 1991, 823 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
304 were record highs and 200 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 0 were all-time records, 11 monthly and 812 daily.
Black Lake set a daily record snowfall of 27.9 cm (11.0 in) on 16 March 1991.
Across 162 earlier years (1801 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 462 records.

Record Map

823 stations

823 station records on 16 March 1991 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 16 March 1991: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Black Lake	United States	Record daily snowfall	27.9 cm (11.0 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Klipfontein"Potfontein"	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	59.5 mm (2.3 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Hartbeespoort Dam (Irr)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	68.0 mm (2.7 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Ocate 2 NW	United States	Record snow depth	17.8 cm (7.0 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Victoria Rgnl AP	United States	Record daily precipitation	65.8 mm (2.6 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Verwoedburg-Mu"Lytteltn"	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	48.0 mm (1.9 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
El Rito	United States	Record daily snowfall	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Corpus Christi NAS	United States	Record daily precipitation	46.0 mm (1.8 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Honesdale 4 NW	United States	Record daily snowfall	25.4 cm (10.0 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Chemnitz	Germany	Record high minimum temperature	8.1 C (46.6 F)	41 of 100 (Notable)
New Salem	United States	Record snow depth	27.9 cm (11.0 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Magdeburg	Germany	Record high minimum temperature	8.2 C (46.8 F)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Springs (Rwb)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	40.0 mm (1.6 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Jonkersdam	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	34.0 mm (1.3 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Cuyamaca	United States	Record low maximum temperature	-1.1 C (30.0 F)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Goliad 1 E	United States	Record daily precipitation	50.8 mm (2.0 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Gyshgy	Turkmenistan	Record daily precipitation	35.3 mm (1.4 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Tagtabazar	Turkmenistan	Record daily precipitation	37.5 mm (1.5 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Cuyamaca	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-8.9 C (16.0 F)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Prescott Love Fld	United States	Record snow depth	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Sonnblick	Austria	Record high maximum temperature	-1.4 C (29.5 F)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Mayaguez City	Puerto Rico [United States]	Record high minimum temperature	24.4 C (75.9 F)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Alpine	United States	Record daily snowfall	20.3 cm (8.0 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Ash Mtn	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-6.7 C (19.9 F)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Bodie California St Historic P	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-25.0 C (-13.0 F)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Jequie	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	42.7 mm (1.7 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Oranjeoord	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	62.0 mm (2.4 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Utica Starved Rock Dam	United States	Record snow depth	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
El Rito	United States	Record snow depth	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Pretoria-Waterkloof-Cntry	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	38.8 mm (1.5 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Hertzogville (Pol)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	94.0 mm (3.7 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Alpine	United States	Record snow depth	17.8 cm (7.0 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Oceanside Marina	United States	Record low maximum temperature	12.8 C (55.0 F)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Katdoornput 29	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	47.5 mm (1.9 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Moirton	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	64.0 mm (2.5 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Litchfield Park	United States	Record low maximum temperature	15.0 C (59.0 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Mojave	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-2.2 C (28.0 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Jemez Springs	United States	Record daily snowfall	17.8 cm (7.0 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Nurnberg	Germany	Record high maximum temperature	18.5 C (65.3 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Middelweg	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	46.0 mm (1.8 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Fordyce	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-2.8 C (27.0 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Elmo 1 SW	United States	Record daily precipitation	26.7 mm (1.1 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Johnson Rch	United States	Record snow depth	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Bay City Wtr Wks	United States	Record daily precipitation	53.1 mm (2.1 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Tenosique (Smn)	Mexico	Record high minimum temperature	25.0 C (77.0 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Springs-Olympia Park	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	43.0 mm (1.7 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Bright Angel Rs	United States	Record daily snowfall	22.9 cm (9.0 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Irving	United States	Record daily snowfall	7.6 cm (3.0 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Santa Rita Exp Range	United States	Record daily snowfall	7.6 cm (3.0 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Norris Madison Pwr House	United States	Record snow depth	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Johnson Rch	United States	Record daily snowfall	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Argostoli	Greece	Record daily precipitation	47.1 mm (1.9 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Hetch Hetchy	United States	Record low maximum temperature	2.2 C (36.0 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Chillicothe	United States	Record snow depth	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Dillingham FAA AP	United States	Record daily snowfall	22.9 cm (9.0 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Beeville Chase Naas	United States	Record daily precipitation	37.8 mm (1.5 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Pueblo Mem AP	United States	Record daily snowfall	12.2 cm (4.8 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Siwa	Egypt	Record high maximum temperature	35.7 C (96.3 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Geluk (Irr)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	47.0 mm (1.9 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Rankins Pass	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	32.0 mm (1.3 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

823 records

Records set or tied on 16 March 1991 by type: Highest daily maximum 166, Lowest daily maximum 122, Highest daily minimum 138, Lowest daily minimum 78, Heaviest daily rainfall 235, Heaviest daily snowfall 55, Deepest snow cover 29.

Records on 16 March 1991 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	166
Lowest daily maximum	122
Highest daily minimum	138
Lowest daily minimum	78
Heaviest daily rainfall	235
Heaviest daily snowfall	55
Deepest snow cover	29

Records on 16 March 1991 by timescale: all-time 0, monthly 11, daily 812.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

669 broken records

Margins by which the 669 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 236.0. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

16 March 1991

Top 20 records on 16 March 1991 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
16 March 1991	Black Lake, US	daily snowfall	27.9 cm (11.0 in)	17.7 cm (7.0 in)	66 years	52 of 100 (Notable)
16 March 1991	Klipfontein"Potfontein", ZA	daily rain	59.5 mm (2.3 in)	30.8 mm (1.2 in)	62 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
16 March 1991	Hartbeespoort Dam (Irr), ZA	daily rain	68.0 mm (2.7 in)	33.2 mm (1.3 in)	50 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
16 March 1991	Ocate 2 NW, US	daily snow depth	17.8 cm (7.0 in)	17.8 cm (7.0 in)	29 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
16 March 1991	Victoria Rgnl AP, US	daily rain	65.8 mm (2.6 in)	51.8 mm (2.0 in)	8 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
16 March 1991	Verwoedburg-Mu"Lytteltn", ZA	daily rain	48.0 mm (1.9 in)	18.3 mm (0.7 in)	68 years	44 of 100 (Notable)
16 March 1991	El Rito, US	daily snowfall	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	62 years	44 of 100 (Notable)
16 March 1991	Corpus Christi NAS, US	daily rain	46.0 mm (1.8 in)	36.3 mm (1.4 in)	2 years	44 of 100 (Notable)
16 March 1991	Honesdale 4 NW, US	daily snowfall	25.4 cm (10.0 in)	23.6 cm (9.3 in)	25 years	43 of 100 (Notable)
16 March 1991	Chemnitz, DE	daily high min	8.1 C (46.6 F)	1.1 C (2.0 F)	97 years	41 of 100 (Notable)
16 March 1991	New Salem, US	daily snow depth	27.9 cm (11.0 in)	7.6 cm (3.0 in)	91 years	41 of 100 (Notable)
16 March 1991	Magdeburg, DE	daily high min	8.2 C (46.8 F)	0.8 C (1.4 F)	97 years	40 of 100 (Notable)
16 March 1991	Springs (Rwb), ZA	daily rain	40.0 mm (1.6 in)	19.7 mm (0.8 in)	52 years	40 of 100 (Notable)
16 March 1991	Jonkersdam, ZA	daily rain	34.0 mm (1.3 in)	18.3 mm (0.7 in)	56 years	39 of 100 (Notable)
16 March 1991	Cuyamaca, US	daily low max	-1.1 C (30.0 F)	2.8 C (5.0 F)	85 years	39 of 100 (Notable)
16 March 1991	Goliad 1 E, US	daily rain	50.8 mm (2.0 in)	45.7 mm (1.8 in)	10 years	39 of 100 (Notable)
16 March 1991	Gyshgy, TM	daily rain	35.3 mm (1.4 in)	6.6 mm (0.26 in)	76 years	38 of 100 (Notable)
16 March 1991	Tagtabazar, TM	daily rain	37.5 mm (1.5 in)	15.7 mm (0.6 in)	44 years	38 of 100 (Notable)
16 March 1991	Cuyamaca, US	daily low min	-8.9 C (16.0 F)	2.2 C (4.0 F)	78 years	38 of 100 (Notable)
16 March 1991	Prescott Love Fld, US	daily snow depth	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	42 years	38 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 1991

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1801 to 1991. 1991 had 823 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	639
50 to 100	19
100 to 150	8
150 to 200	2
200 to 250	1