Weather Records on 16 March 1998

1,193 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 16 March 1998. Highest significance: Anadarko 3 E, US.

Key Facts for 16 March 1998

On 16 March 1998, 1,193 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
321 were record highs and 242 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 3 were all-time records, 53 monthly and 1,137 daily.
Anadarko 3 E set a daily record precipitation of 68.1 mm (2.7 in) on 16 March 1998.
Across 162 earlier years (1801 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 460 records.

Record Map

1,193 stations

1,193 station records on 16 March 1998 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 16 March 1998: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Anadarko 3 E	United States	Record daily precipitation	68.1 mm (2.7 in)	80 of 100 (Exceptional)
Enid	United States	Record daily precipitation	55.9 mm (2.2 in)	77 of 100 (Major)
Lampasas	United States	Record daily precipitation	89.2 mm (3.5 in)	77 of 100 (Major)
Bowie	United States	Record daily precipitation	63.5 mm (2.5 in)	75 of 100 (Major)
Brownwood 2NE	United States	Record daily precipitation	91.9 mm (3.6 in)	74 of 100 (Major)
Hereford	United States	Record daily precipitation	35.6 mm (1.4 in)	73 of 100 (Major)
Meeker 5 W	United States	Record daily precipitation	67.3 mm (2.6 in)	71 of 100 (Major)
Okeene	United States	Record daily precipitation	62.2 mm (2.4 in)	71 of 100 (Major)
Hondo	United States	Record daily precipitation	67.1 mm (2.6 in)	71 of 100 (Major)
Healdton 3 E	United States	Record daily precipitation	54.1 mm (2.1 in)	70 of 100 (Major)
Cavern City AP	United States	Record daily precipitation	39.4 mm (1.6 in)	70 of 100 (Major)
Watonga	United States	Record daily precipitation	55.1 mm (2.2 in)	69 of 100 (Major)
Crosbyton	United States	Record daily precipitation	33.5 mm (1.3 in)	69 of 100 (Major)
Eufaula 6 SSW	United States	Record daily precipitation	63.5 mm (2.5 in)	67 of 100 (Major)
Paint Rock	United States	Record daily precipitation	45.7 mm (1.8 in)	67 of 100 (Major)
Lamoni	United States	Record snow depth	25.4 cm (10.0 in)	65 of 100 (Major)
Geary	United States	Record daily precipitation	50.3 mm (2.0 in)	64 of 100 (Major)
Los Lunas 3 SSW	United States	Record daily precipitation	41.7 mm (1.6 in)	63 of 100 (Major)
Amistad 5 SSW	United States	Record daily precipitation	29.7 mm (1.2 in)	62 of 100 (Major)
Hennessey 4 ESE	United States	Record daily precipitation	50.8 mm (2.0 in)	61 of 100 (Major)
Hollis 5E	United States	Record daily precipitation	50.5 mm (2.0 in)	59 of 100 (Notable)
Marlow 1 WSW	United States	Record daily precipitation	57.9 mm (2.3 in)	59 of 100 (Notable)
Apache	United States	Record daily precipitation	80.0 mm (3.1 in)	57 of 100 (Notable)
Claude	United States	Record daily precipitation	50.8 mm (2.0 in)	57 of 100 (Notable)
Laguna	United States	Record daily precipitation	45.2 mm (1.8 in)	56 of 100 (Notable)
Maramec	United States	Record daily precipitation	56.6 mm (2.2 in)	56 of 100 (Notable)
Stillwater 2 W	United States	Record daily precipitation	60.2 mm (2.4 in)	56 of 100 (Notable)
Albany	United States	Record daily precipitation	63.2 mm (2.5 in)	56 of 100 (Notable)
Forestburg 5 S	United States	Record daily precipitation	54.1 mm (2.1 in)	56 of 100 (Notable)
Umbarger	United States	Record daily precipitation	38.6 mm (1.5 in)	56 of 100 (Notable)
Okemah	United States	Record daily precipitation	57.2 mm (2.3 in)	55 of 100 (Notable)
Eastland	United States	Record daily precipitation	72.6 mm (2.9 in)	55 of 100 (Notable)
Maxwell 3 NW	United States	Record daily precipitation	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Shawnee	United States	Record daily precipitation	54.9 mm (2.2 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Dublin 2SE	United States	Record daily precipitation	67.3 mm (2.6 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Miami	United States	Record daily precipitation	51.6 mm (2.0 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Weatherford	United States	Record daily precipitation	82.6 mm (3.3 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Altus Irig Rsch STN	United States	Record daily precipitation	61.5 mm (2.4 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Frederick	United States	Record daily precipitation	70.4 mm (2.8 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Lookeba 1 N	United States	Record daily precipitation	61.5 mm (2.4 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Newkirk 5NE	United States	Record daily precipitation	45.7 mm (1.8 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Ballinger 2 NW	United States	Record daily precipitation	46.5 mm (1.8 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Hye	United States	Record daily precipitation	82.6 mm (3.3 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Lafayette Rgnl AP	United States	Record daily precipitation	71.4 mm (2.8 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Guthrie 5S	United States	Record daily precipitation	66.0 mm (2.6 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Pawnee	United States	Record daily precipitation	58.4 mm (2.3 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Clarion 3 SW	United States	Record daily snowfall	11.4 cm (4.5 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Bravo	United States	Record daily precipitation	30.5 mm (1.2 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Nix Store 1 W	United States	Record daily precipitation	88.6 mm (3.5 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Putnam	United States	Record daily precipitation	72.4 mm (2.9 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Richland Springs	United States	Record daily precipitation	104.1 mm (4.1 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Vernon	United States	Record daily precipitation	50.8 mm (2.0 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Winfield 3NE	United States	Record daily precipitation	58.9 mm (2.3 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Waterloo	United States	Record snow depth	27.9 cm (11.0 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Cordell	United States	Record daily precipitation	57.4 mm (2.3 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Hammon 3 SSW	United States	Record daily precipitation	53.6 mm (2.1 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Friona	United States	Record daily precipitation	29.5 mm (1.2 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Quanah 2 SW	United States	Record daily precipitation	70.1 mm (2.8 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Rainbow	United States	Record daily precipitation	104.1 mm (4.1 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Cushing	United States	Record daily precipitation	50.8 mm (2.0 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)

Counts by Type and Timescale

1,193 records

Records set or tied on 16 March 1998 by type: Highest daily maximum 133, Lowest daily maximum 161, Highest daily minimum 188, Lowest daily minimum 81, Heaviest daily rainfall 550, Heaviest daily snowfall 32, Deepest snow cover 48.

Records on 16 March 1998 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	133
Lowest daily maximum	161
Highest daily minimum	188
Lowest daily minimum	81
Heaviest daily rainfall	550
Heaviest daily snowfall	32
Deepest snow cover	48

Records on 16 March 1998 by timescale: all-time 3, monthly 53, daily 1,137.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

1,013 broken records

Margins by which the 1,013 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 254.0. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

16 March 1998

Top 20 records on 16 March 1998 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
16 March 1998	Anadarko 3 E, US	daily rain	68.1 mm (2.7 in)	51.6 mm (2.0 in)	100 years	80 of 100 (Exceptional)
16 March 1998	Enid, US	daily rain	55.9 mm (2.2 in)	48.3 mm (1.9 in)	92 years	77 of 100 (Major)
16 March 1998	Lampasas, US	daily rain	89.2 mm (3.5 in)	46.5 mm (1.8 in)	100 years	77 of 100 (Major)
16 March 1998	Bowie, US	daily rain	63.5 mm (2.5 in)	43.9 mm (1.7 in)	100 years	75 of 100 (Major)
16 March 1998	Brownwood 2NE, US	daily rain	91.9 mm (3.6 in)	74.1 mm (2.9 in)	80 years	74 of 100 (Major)
16 March 1998	Hereford, US	daily rain	35.6 mm (1.4 in)	26.5 mm (1.0 in)	88 years	73 of 100 (Major)
16 March 1998	Meeker 5 W, US	daily rain	67.3 mm (2.6 in)	39.4 mm (1.6 in)	100 years	71 of 100 (Major)
16 March 1998	Okeene, US	daily rain	62.2 mm (2.4 in)	52.0 mm (2.0 in)	73 years	71 of 100 (Major)
16 March 1998	Hondo, US	daily rain	67.1 mm (2.6 in)	60.7 mm (2.4 in)	72 years	71 of 100 (Major)
16 March 1998	Healdton 3 E, US	daily rain	54.1 mm (2.1 in)	39.6 mm (1.6 in)	100 years	70 of 100 (Major)
16 March 1998	Cavern City AP, US	monthly rain	39.4 mm (1.6 in)	17.0 mm (0.7 in)	46 years	70 of 100 (Major)
16 March 1998	Watonga, US	daily rain	55.1 mm (2.2 in)	46.2 mm (1.8 in)	69 years	69 of 100 (Major)
16 March 1998	Crosbyton, US	daily rain	33.5 mm (1.3 in)	28.4 mm (1.1 in)	88 years	69 of 100 (Major)
16 March 1998	Eufaula 6 SSW, US	daily rain	63.5 mm (2.5 in)	38.4 mm (1.5 in)	100 years	67 of 100 (Major)
16 March 1998	Paint Rock, US	daily rain	45.7 mm (1.8 in)	39.6 mm (1.6 in)	73 years	67 of 100 (Major)
16 March 1998	Lamoni, US	daily snow depth	25.4 cm (10.0 in)	20.3 cm (8.0 in)	75 years	65 of 100 (Major)
16 March 1998	Geary, US	daily rain	50.3 mm (2.0 in)	35.1 mm (1.4 in)	79 years	64 of 100 (Major)
16 March 1998	Los Lunas 3 SSW, US	monthly rain	41.7 mm (1.6 in)	21.4 mm (0.8 in)	30 years	63 of 100 (Major)
16 March 1998	Amistad 5 SSW, US	daily rain	29.7 mm (1.2 in)	24.1 mm (0.9 in)	56 years	62 of 100 (Major)
16 March 1998	Hennessey 4 ESE, US	daily rain	50.8 mm (2.0 in)	31.0 mm (1.2 in)	73 years	61 of 100 (Major)

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 1998

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1801 to 1998. 1998 had 1,193 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 1998-03-16: 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	957
50 to 100	44
100 to 150	6
150 to 200	2
200 to 250	3
250 to 300	1