Weather Records on 16 March 2001

884 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 16 March 2001. Highest significance: Downing, US.

Key Facts for 16 March 2001

On 16 March 2001, 884 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
379 were record highs and 125 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 1 were all-time records, 24 monthly and 859 daily.
Downing set a daily record precipitation of 47.2 mm (1.9 in) on 16 March 2001.
Across 162 earlier years (1801 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 462 records.

Record Map

884 stations

884 station records on 16 March 2001 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 16 March 2001: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Downing	United States	Record daily precipitation	47.2 mm (1.9 in)	79 of 100 (Major)
Mt Ayr	United States	Record daily precipitation	72.1 mm (2.8 in)	72 of 100 (Major)
Albia 3 NNE	United States	Record daily precipitation	77.0 mm (3.0 in)	66 of 100 (Major)
King City	United States	Record daily snowfall	25.4 cm (10.0 in)	63 of 100 (Major)
Ankeny	United States	Record daily snowfall	17.8 cm (7.0 in)	58 of 100 (Notable)
Leon 6 ESE	United States	Record daily snowfall	24.6 cm (9.7 in)	55 of 100 (Notable)
Belle Fourche	United States	Record daily snowfall	27.9 cm (11.0 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Independence #1	United States	Record daily precipitation	50.8 mm (2.0 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Conception	United States	Record daily snowfall	20.3 cm (8.0 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Creston 2 SW	United States	Record daily snowfall	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Biskra	Algeria	Record high minimum temperature	19.5 C (67.1 F)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Keosauqua	United States	Record daily precipitation	40.4 mm (1.6 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Iroquois	United States	Record snow depth	68.6 cm (27.0 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Hardwick	United States	Record snow depth	78.7 cm (31.0 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Trenton	United States	Record daily snowfall	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Oktjabrskij-Gorodok	Russia	Record high maximum temperature	8.6 C (47.5 F)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Tyler	United States	Record daily snowfall	20.3 cm (8.0 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Bloomfield	United States	Record daily precipitation	36.3 mm (1.4 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Bethany	United States	Record daily snowfall	25.4 cm (10.0 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Rylsk	Russia	Record daily precipitation	25.7 mm (1.0 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Brjansk	Russia	Record daily precipitation	26.9 mm (1.1 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Elatma	Russia	Record high maximum temperature	7.7 C (45.9 F)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Bicheno (Council Depot)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	62.0 mm (2.4 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Syktyvkar	Russia	Record high minimum temperature	1.6 C (34.9 F)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Yates Ctr	United States	Record daily precipitation	39.4 mm (1.6 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Memphis	United States	Record daily precipitation	36.6 mm (1.4 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Trenton	United States	Record daily precipitation	41.7 mm (1.6 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Bartow 1SE	United States	Record high minimum temperature	21.7 C (71.1 F)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Troy 3N	United States	Record daily snowfall	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Appleton City	United States	Record daily precipitation	40.4 mm (1.6 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Iowa City	United States	Record daily snowfall	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Leon 6 ESE	United States	Record snow depth	25.4 cm (10.0 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Butler 4W	United States	Record daily precipitation	37.3 mm (1.5 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Maryville 2E	United States	Record snow depth	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Tobolsk	Russia	Record high maximum temperature	6.3 C (43.3 F)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Des Moines Intl AP	United States	Record daily snowfall	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Coulta	Australia	Record daily precipitation	25.2 mm (1.0 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Tepelmeme de Morelos	Mexico	Record high minimum temperature	15.6 C (60.1 F)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Le Claire L&D 14	United States	Record daily precipitation	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Augusta	United States	Record daily precipitation	26.9 mm (1.1 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Tully Lake	United States	Record snow depth	86.4 cm (34.0 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Knoxville	United States	Record daily snowfall	20.3 cm (8.0 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Huron Rgnl AP	United States	Record snow depth	71.1 cm (28.0 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Mae Sariang	Thailand	Record low maximum temperature	30.7 C (87.3 F)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Sumner 3 SW	United States	Record daily precipitation	35.3 mm (1.4 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Forest Grove	United States	Record low maximum temperature	6.7 C (44.1 F)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Atyrau	Kazakhstan	Record high maximum temperature	16.4 C (61.5 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Tobolsk	Russia	Record high minimum temperature	0.3 C (32.5 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Sredny Vasjugan	Russia	Record high minimum temperature	0.4 C (32.7 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Barabinsk	Russia	Record high maximum temperature	4.0 C (39.2 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Goshen 3SW	United States	Record daily snowfall	5.1 cm (2.0 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Indianola 1SW	United States	Record daily snowfall	13.5 cm (5.3 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Montezuma 1 W	United States	Record daily precipitation	32.5 mm (1.3 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Washington	United States	Record daily snowfall	7.6 cm (3.0 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Madison	United States	Record daily precipitation	28.4 mm (1.1 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Lamar 7N	United States	Record daily precipitation	27.2 mm (1.1 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Turinsk	Russia	Record high maximum temperature	10.6 C (51.1 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Kamennaja-Step	Russia	Record high minimum temperature	2.9 C (37.2 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Columbus Junction	United States	Record daily snowfall	17.8 cm (7.0 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Newton	United States	Record daily snowfall	17.8 cm (7.0 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

884 records

Records set or tied on 16 March 2001 by type: Highest daily maximum 164, Lowest daily maximum 66, Highest daily minimum 215, Lowest daily minimum 59, Heaviest daily rainfall 266, Heaviest daily snowfall 69, Deepest snow cover 45.

Records on 16 March 2001 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	164
Lowest daily maximum	66
Highest daily minimum	215
Lowest daily minimum	59
Heaviest daily rainfall	266
Heaviest daily snowfall	69
Deepest snow cover	45

Records on 16 March 2001 by timescale: all-time 1, monthly 24, daily 859.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

715 broken records

Margins by which the 715 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 558.0. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

16 March 2001

Top 20 records on 16 March 2001 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
16 March 2001	Downing, US	daily rain	47.2 mm (1.9 in)	45.2 mm (1.8 in)	98 years	79 of 100 (Major)
16 March 2001	Mt Ayr, US	daily rain	72.1 mm (2.8 in)	35.0 mm (1.4 in)	82 years	72 of 100 (Major)
16 March 2001	Albia 3 NNE, US	monthly rain	77.0 mm (3.0 in)	18.3 mm (0.7 in)	82 years	66 of 100 (Major)
16 March 2001	King City, US	daily snowfall	25.4 cm (10.0 in)	20.3 cm (8.0 in)	54 years	63 of 100 (Major)
16 March 2001	Ankeny, US	daily snowfall	17.8 cm (7.0 in)	17.8 cm (7.0 in)	50 years	58 of 100 (Notable)
16 March 2001	Leon 6 ESE, US	daily snowfall	24.6 cm (9.7 in)	24.6 cm (9.7 in)	39 years	55 of 100 (Notable)
16 March 2001	Belle Fourche, US	daily snowfall	27.9 cm (11.0 in)	17.7 cm (7.0 in)	55 years	53 of 100 (Notable)
16 March 2001	Independence #1, US	daily rain	50.8 mm (2.0 in)	30.2 mm (1.2 in)	19 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
16 March 2001	Conception, US	daily snowfall	20.3 cm (8.0 in)	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	24 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
16 March 2001	Creston 2 SW, US	daily snowfall	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	9.4 cm (3.7 in)	66 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
16 March 2001	Biskra, DZ	daily high min	19.5 C (67.1 F)	2.5 C (4.5 F)	107 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
16 March 2001	Keosauqua, US	daily rain	40.4 mm (1.6 in)	14.2 mm (0.6 in)	82 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
16 March 2001	Iroquois, US	daily snow depth	68.6 cm (27.0 in)	38.1 cm (15.0 in)	39 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
16 March 2001	Hardwick, US	daily snow depth	78.7 cm (31.0 in)	55.8 cm (22.0 in)	2 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
16 March 2001	Trenton, US	daily snowfall	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	6.3 cm (2.5 in)	76 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
16 March 2001	Oktjabrskij-Gorodok, RU	daily high max	8.6 C (47.5 F)	3.1 C (5.6 F)	107 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
16 March 2001	Tyler, US	daily snowfall	20.3 cm (8.0 in)	19.0 cm (7.5 in)	18 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
16 March 2001	Bloomfield, US	daily rain	36.3 mm (1.4 in)	10.9 mm (0.4 in)	82 years	44 of 100 (Notable)
16 March 2001	Bethany, US	daily snowfall	25.4 cm (10.0 in)	11.7 cm (4.6 in)	40 years	44 of 100 (Notable)
16 March 2001	Rylsk, RU	daily rain	25.7 mm (1.0 in)	14.1 mm (0.6 in)	3 years	43 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 2001

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1801 to 2001. 2001 had 884 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 100	690
100 to 200	17
200 to 300	5
300 to 400	2
400 to 500	0
500 to 600	1