Weather Records on 16 March 2000

709 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 16 March 2000. Highest significance: Indore, IN.

Key Facts for 16 March 2000

On 16 March 2000, 709 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
203 were record highs and 114 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 0 were all-time records, 11 monthly and 698 daily.
Indore set a monthly record daily precipitation of 50.0 mm (2.0 in) on 16 March 2000.
Across 162 earlier years (1801 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 463 records.

Record Map

709 stations

709 station records on 16 March 2000 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 16 March 2000: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Indore	India	Record daily precipitation	50.0 mm (2.0 in)	69 of 100 (Major)
Estes Park	United States	Record daily precipitation	25.1 mm (1.0 in)	58 of 100 (Notable)
Samburg Wr	United States	Record daily precipitation	67.3 mm (2.6 in)	56 of 100 (Notable)
Canon City	United States	Record snow depth	20.3 cm (8.0 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Canon City	United States	Record daily precipitation	28.7 mm (1.1 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Estes Park	United States	Record daily snowfall	31.8 cm (12.5 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Roxboro 7 ESE	United States	Record daily precipitation	51.6 mm (2.0 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Wellington	United States	Record daily precipitation	45.7 mm (1.8 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Jourdanton	United States	Record daily precipitation	47.5 mm (1.9 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Cheesman	United States	Record daily snowfall	22.9 cm (9.0 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Yampa	United States	Record daily snowfall	26.7 cm (10.5 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Alfred	United States	Record daily snowfall	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Angardsvatnet	Norway	Record daily precipitation	25.1 mm (1.0 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Hamburg	United States	Record daily precipitation	42.4 mm (1.7 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Jesus Maria	Mexico	Record low maximum temperature	11.7 C (53.1 F)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Georgetown	United States	Record daily snowfall	17.8 cm (7.0 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Oak Ridge	United States	Record daily precipitation	35.6 mm (1.4 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Wyndham	Australia	Record daily precipitation	80.0 mm (3.1 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Fichtelberg	Germany	Record daily precipitation	31.3 mm (1.2 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Newport	United States	Record daily precipitation	51.8 mm (2.0 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Del Norte 3ENE	United States	Record snow depth	17.8 cm (7.0 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Boonville 1S	United States	Record daily precipitation	37.3 mm (1.5 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Grenola 1 N	United States	Record daily precipitation	34.3 mm (1.4 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Alicia 2 NNE	United States	Record daily precipitation	53.6 mm (2.1 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Blytheville	United States	Record daily precipitation	55.6 mm (2.2 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Bowie	United States	Record high minimum temperature	10.6 C (51.1 F)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Bailey	United States	Record daily snowfall	29.2 cm (11.5 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Waterdale	United States	Record snow depth	25.4 cm (10.0 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Waialua 847	United States	Record high maximum temperature	30.0 C (86.0 F)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Santa Rosa	United States	Record high minimum temperature	11.7 C (53.1 F)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Swainsboro	United States	Record daily precipitation	26.2 mm (1.0 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Dresden	United States	Record daily precipitation	44.7 mm (1.8 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Capitanea (Varzea da Larga)	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	68.0 mm (2.7 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Zugspitze	Germany	Record daily precipitation	63.3 mm (2.5 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Augusta	United States	Record daily precipitation	53.3 mm (2.1 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Georgetown	United States	Record snow depth	17.8 cm (7.0 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Longmont 2 ESE	United States	Record daily snowfall	11.4 cm (4.5 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Holden	Norway	Record snow depth	215.0 cm (84.6 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Georgetown	United States	Record daily precipitation	53.3 mm (2.1 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Waterdale	United States	Record daily snowfall	25.4 cm (10.0 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Fall Rvr Lake	United States	Record daily precipitation	30.0 mm (1.2 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Lewiston	United States	Record high maximum temperature	17.8 C (64.0 F)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Portageville	United States	Record daily precipitation	49.8 mm (2.0 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Innsbruck	Austria	Record daily precipitation	31.7 mm (1.2 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Corning	United States	Record daily precipitation	39.4 mm (1.6 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Guffey 10 SE	United States	Record daily snowfall	24.6 cm (9.7 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Oxford	United States	Record daily precipitation	50.8 mm (2.0 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Stilwell	United States	Record daily precipitation	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Mayfield Radio Wlle	United States	Record daily precipitation	66.0 mm (2.6 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Mannington 8 WNW	United States	Record daily precipitation	30.5 mm (1.2 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Wendelstein	Germany	Record daily precipitation	66.0 mm (2.6 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Pine Bluff	United States	Record daily precipitation	47.8 mm (1.9 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Del Norte 3ENE	United States	Record daily snowfall	17.8 cm (7.0 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Moore Haven Lock 1	United States	Record high minimum temperature	19.4 C (66.9 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Eastport	United States	Record high maximum temperature	13.9 C (57.0 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Tenosique (Smn)	Mexico	Record low maximum temperature	23.9 C (75.0 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Keiser	United States	Record daily precipitation	54.4 mm (2.1 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Caldwell	United States	Record daily precipitation	73.9 mm (2.9 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Keithville	United States	Record daily precipitation	36.1 mm (1.4 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Haverhill	United States	Record high maximum temperature	22.8 C (73.0 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

709 records

Records set or tied on 16 March 2000 by type: Highest daily maximum 83, Lowest daily maximum 35, Highest daily minimum 120, Lowest daily minimum 79, Heaviest daily rainfall 323, Heaviest daily snowfall 36, Deepest snow cover 33.

Records on 16 March 2000 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	83
Lowest daily maximum	35
Highest daily minimum	120
Lowest daily minimum	79
Heaviest daily rainfall	323
Heaviest daily snowfall	36
Deepest snow cover	33

Records on 16 March 2000 by timescale: all-time 0, monthly 11, daily 698.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

563 broken records

Margins by which the 563 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 720.0. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

16 March 2000

Top 20 records on 16 March 2000 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
16 March 2000	Indore, IN	monthly rain	50.0 mm (2.0 in)	30.2 mm (1.2 in)	32 years	69 of 100 (Major)
16 March 2000	Estes Park, US	daily rain	25.1 mm (1.0 in)	17.5 mm (0.7 in)	58 years	58 of 100 (Notable)
16 March 2000	Samburg Wr, US	daily rain	67.3 mm (2.6 in)	41.1 mm (1.6 in)	72 years	56 of 100 (Notable)
16 March 2000	Canon City, US	daily snow depth	20.3 cm (8.0 in)	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	73 years	54 of 100 (Notable)
16 March 2000	Canon City, US	daily rain	28.7 mm (1.1 in)	15.2 mm (0.6 in)	52 years	53 of 100 (Notable)
16 March 2000	Estes Park, US	daily snowfall	31.8 cm (12.5 in)	19.1 cm (7.5 in)	58 years	52 of 100 (Notable)
16 March 2000	Roxboro 7 ESE, US	daily rain	51.6 mm (2.0 in)	13.2 mm (0.5 in)	98 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
16 March 2000	Wellington, US	daily rain	45.7 mm (1.8 in)	23.1 mm (0.9 in)	54 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
16 March 2000	Jourdanton, US	daily rain	47.5 mm (1.9 in)	35.1 mm (1.4 in)	17 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
16 March 2000	Cheesman, US	daily snowfall	22.9 cm (9.0 in)	7.7 cm (3.0 in)	73 years	44 of 100 (Notable)
16 March 2000	Yampa, US	daily snowfall	26.7 cm (10.5 in)	14.0 cm (5.5 in)	13 years	44 of 100 (Notable)
16 March 2000	Alfred, US	daily snowfall	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	1.8 cm (0.7 in)	100 years	43 of 100 (Notable)
16 March 2000	Angardsvatnet, NO	daily rain	25.1 mm (1.0 in)	17.1 mm (0.7 in)	33 years	42 of 100 (Notable)
16 March 2000	Hamburg, US	daily rain	42.4 mm (1.7 in)	4.8 mm (0.19 in)	105 years	42 of 100 (Notable)
16 March 2000	Jesus Maria, MX	daily low max	11.7 C (53.1 F)	7.7 C (13.9 F)	29 years	41 of 100 (Notable)
16 March 2000	Georgetown, US	daily snowfall	17.8 cm (7.0 in)	12.0 cm (4.7 in)	25 years	41 of 100 (Notable)
16 March 2000	Oak Ridge, US	daily rain	35.6 mm (1.4 in)	3.1 mm (0.12 in)	102 years	41 of 100 (Notable)
16 March 2000	Wyndham, AU	daily rain	80.0 mm (3.1 in)	61.4 mm (2.4 in)	10 years	40 of 100 (Notable)
16 March 2000	Fichtelberg, DE	daily rain	31.3 mm (1.2 in)	9.9 mm (0.39 in)	40 years	40 of 100 (Notable)
16 March 2000	Newport, US	daily rain	51.8 mm (2.0 in)	11.4 mm (0.4 in)	77 years	40 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 2000

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1801 to 2000. 2000 had 709 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 2000-03-16: 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 2026-10-15 (15 October 2026). Records are computed by this site and are not official.

Data as of 2026-10-15. Last revised 15 October 2026 (2026-10-15).

Margin	Records
0 to 100	550
100 to 200	9
200 to 300	3
300 to 400	0
400 to 500	0
500 to 600	0
600 to 700	0
700 to 800	1