Weather Records on 16 March 1999

828 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 16 March 1999. Highest significance: Flying Fish Point, AU.

Key Facts for 16 March 1999

On 16 March 1999, 828 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
269 were record highs and 341 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 0 were all-time records, 11 monthly and 817 daily.
Flying Fish Point set a daily record precipitation of 265.0 mm (10.4 in) on 16 March 1999.
Across 162 earlier years (1801 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 462 records.

Record Map

828 stations

828 station records on 16 March 1999 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 16 March 1999: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Flying Fish Point	Australia	Record daily precipitation	265.0 mm (10.4 in)	72 of 100 (Major)
Warruwi	Australia	Record daily precipitation	160.8 mm (6.3 in)	69 of 100 (Major)
Pedras de Abelhas (Dnocs)	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	93.4 mm (3.7 in)	65 of 100 (Major)
Millinocket	United States	Record daily snowfall	43.2 cm (17.0 in)	65 of 100 (Major)
Babinda Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	473.4 mm (18.6 in)	61 of 100 (Major)
Corinna	United States	Record daily snowfall	38.1 cm (15.0 in)	58 of 100 (Notable)
Chester	United States	Record snow depth	30.5 cm (12.0 in)	55 of 100 (Notable)
Everett	United States	Record snow depth	40.6 cm (16.0 in)	55 of 100 (Notable)
Gardiner	United States	Record daily snowfall	26.7 cm (10.5 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Cold Bay AP	United States	Record snow depth	45.7 cm (18.0 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Happy Valley	Australia	Record daily precipitation	521.0 mm (20.5 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Koolatah Station	Australia	Record daily precipitation	130.0 mm (5.1 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Maningrida	Australia	Record daily precipitation	189.3 mm (7.5 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Machias	United States	Record daily snowfall	35.6 cm (14.0 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Yap Island WSO AP	Federated States of Micronesia	Record daily precipitation	88.6 mm (3.5 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Waterville Trtmt Plt	United States	Record daily snowfall	30.5 cm (12.0 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Edgartown	United States	Record snow depth	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Bethal	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	53.0 mm (2.1 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Vanceboro No 2	United States	Record daily snowfall	31.2 cm (12.3 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Adrian 2 NNE	United States	Record snow depth	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Hayward Rs	United States	Record high maximum temperature	15.0 C (59.0 F)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Grand Twr 2 N	United States	Record snow depth	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Hachinohe	Japan	Record daily precipitation	34.8 mm (1.4 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Jackson 3 NW	United States	Record snow depth	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Dunbar Station	Australia	Record daily precipitation	124.0 mm (4.9 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Squa Pan Dam	United States	Record daily snowfall	27.9 cm (11.0 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Torungen Fyr	Norway	Record daily precipitation	33.9 mm (1.3 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Sheffield	United Kingdom	Record high maximum temperature	19.5 C (67.1 F)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Eureka Springs 3 WNW	United States	Record snow depth	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Galveston	United States	Record low minimum temperature	5.6 C (42.1 F)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Petropavlovsk	Kazakhstan	Record low minimum temperature	-30.7 C (-23.3 F)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Astana	Kazakhstan	Record low maximum temperature	-22.6 C (-8.7 F)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Chilapa (Dge)	Mexico	Record high minimum temperature	18.9 C (66.0 F)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Tryvasshogda	Norway	Record daily precipitation	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Bridgton 3 NW	United States	Record daily snowfall	26.7 cm (10.5 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Zuara	Libya	Record high maximum temperature	32.5 C (90.5 F)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Mansfield	United States	Record snow depth	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Powers Lake 1N	United States	Record daily snowfall	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Vanceboro No 2	United States	Record daily precipitation	33.3 mm (1.3 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Beach	United States	Record high maximum temperature	18.9 C (66.0 F)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Edgeley 3WNW	United States	Record high maximum temperature	17.2 C (63.0 F)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Kerrs Creek 6 WNW	United States	Record snow depth	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Speddingup	Australia	Record daily precipitation	35.0 mm (1.4 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Semej	Kazakhstan	Record low minimum temperature	-31.6 C (-24.9 F)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Union de San Antonio	Mexico	Record high maximum temperature	37.8 C (100.0 F)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Paso Robles	United States	Record low maximum temperature	7.8 C (46.0 F)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Belleview 2 E	United States	Record snow depth	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Douglas 1 SE	United States	Record high minimum temperature	5.6 C (42.1 F)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Karaganda	Kazakhstan	Record low minimum temperature	-33.0 C (-27.4 F)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Zuara	Libya	Record high minimum temperature	16.0 C (60.8 F)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Ness City	United States	Record snow depth	20.3 cm (8.0 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Chadron 3SW	United States	Record high maximum temperature	22.8 C (73.0 F)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Topaz Towalla Rd	Australia	Record daily precipitation	255.0 mm (10.0 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Saint Bernard	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-7.2 C (19.0 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Seligman	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-10.6 C (12.9 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Lewistown	United States	Record daily snowfall	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
L F Wade Intl AP Kindley Fld	Bermuda [United Kingdom]	Record daily precipitation	36.3 mm (1.4 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Apizaco	Mexico	Record low minimum temperature	-1.1 C (30.0 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Bezenchuk	Russia	Record low minimum temperature	-27.1 C (-16.8 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Barcelona/Aeropuerto	Spain	Record high maximum temperature	22.2 C (72.0 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

828 records

Records set or tied on 16 March 1999 by type: Highest daily maximum 171, Lowest daily maximum 111, Highest daily minimum 98, Lowest daily minimum 230, Heaviest daily rainfall 129, Heaviest daily snowfall 37, Deepest snow cover 52.

Records on 16 March 1999 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	171
Lowest daily maximum	111
Highest daily minimum	98
Lowest daily minimum	230
Heaviest daily rainfall	129
Heaviest daily snowfall	37
Deepest snow cover	52

Records on 16 March 1999 by timescale: all-time 0, monthly 11, daily 817.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

646 broken records

Margins by which the 646 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 900.0. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

16 March 1999

Top 20 records on 16 March 1999 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
16 March 1999	Flying Fish Point, AU	daily rain	265.0 mm (10.4 in)	203.0 mm (8.0 in)	82 years	72 of 100 (Major)
16 March 1999	Warruwi, AU	daily rain	160.8 mm (6.3 in)	90.7 mm (3.6 in)	70 years	69 of 100 (Major)
16 March 1999	Pedras de Abelhas (Dnocs), BR	daily rain	93.4 mm (3.7 in)	48.2 mm (1.9 in)	88 years	65 of 100 (Major)
16 March 1999	Millinocket, US	daily snowfall	43.2 cm (17.0 in)	28.0 cm (11.0 in)	56 years	65 of 100 (Major)
16 March 1999	Babinda Post Office, AU	daily rain	473.4 mm (18.6 in)	290.5 mm (11.4 in)	44 years	61 of 100 (Major)
16 March 1999	Corinna, US	daily snowfall	38.1 cm (15.0 in)	30.5 cm (12.0 in)	45 years	58 of 100 (Notable)
16 March 1999	Chester, US	daily snow depth	30.5 cm (12.0 in)	28.0 cm (11.0 in)	22 years	55 of 100 (Notable)
16 March 1999	Everett, US	daily snow depth	40.6 cm (16.0 in)	35.5 cm (14.0 in)	42 years	55 of 100 (Notable)
16 March 1999	Gardiner, US	daily snowfall	26.7 cm (10.5 in)	8.9 cm (3.5 in)	99 years	53 of 100 (Notable)
16 March 1999	Cold Bay AP, US	daily snow depth	45.7 cm (18.0 in)	27.9 cm (11.0 in)	29 years	52 of 100 (Notable)
16 March 1999	Happy Valley, AU	daily rain	521.0 mm (20.5 in)	228.9 mm (9.0 in)	28 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
16 March 1999	Koolatah Station, AU	daily rain	130.0 mm (5.1 in)	88.0 mm (3.5 in)	13 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
16 March 1999	Maningrida, AU	daily rain	189.3 mm (7.5 in)	109.7 mm (4.3 in)	22 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
16 March 1999	Machias, US	daily snowfall	35.6 cm (14.0 in)	17.8 cm (7.0 in)	40 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
16 March 1999	Yap Island WSO AP, FM	daily rain	88.6 mm (3.5 in)	53.0 mm (2.1 in)	24 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
16 March 1999	Waterville Trtmt Plt, US	daily snowfall	30.5 cm (12.0 in)	25.4 cm (10.0 in)	32 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
16 March 1999	Edgartown, US	daily snow depth	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	48 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
16 March 1999	Bethal, ZA	daily rain	53.0 mm (2.1 in)	45.0 mm (1.8 in)	12 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
16 March 1999	Vanceboro No 2, US	daily snowfall	31.2 cm (12.3 in)	27.9 cm (11.0 in)	12 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
16 March 1999	Adrian 2 NNE, US	daily snow depth	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	5.0 cm (2.0 in)	98 years	46 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 1999

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1801 to 1999. 1999 had 828 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 1999-03-16: 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 200	633
200 to 400	12
400 to 600	0
600 to 800	0
800 to 1000	1