Weather Records on 16 March 2011

856 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 16 March 2011. Highest significance: Baralaba Post Office, AU.

Key Facts for 16 March 2011

On 16 March 2011, 856 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
311 were record highs and 186 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 4 were all-time records, 17 monthly and 835 daily.
Baralaba Post Office set a daily record precipitation of 110.4 mm (4.3 in) on 16 March 2011.
Across 162 earlier years (1801 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 462 records.

Record Map

856 stations

856 station records on 16 March 2011 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 16 March 2011: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Baralaba Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	110.4 mm (4.3 in)	65 of 100 (Major)
Ft Bidwell	United States	Record daily precipitation	41.9 mm (1.6 in)	65 of 100 (Major)
Lake Yellowstone	United States	Record daily snowfall	25.4 cm (10.0 in)	65 of 100 (Major)
Wishek	United States	Record snow depth	109.2 cm (43.0 in)	62 of 100 (Major)
Zavizan	Croatia	Record daily precipitation	82.8 mm (3.3 in)	58 of 100 (Notable)
Spring Creek Station	Australia	Record daily precipitation	73.4 mm (2.9 in)	56 of 100 (Notable)
Foresthill Rs	United States	Record daily precipitation	123.7 mm (4.9 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Centerville Cooper Dr	United States	Record daily precipitation	33.3 mm (1.3 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Cape Mele	Italy	Record daily precipitation	53.1 mm (2.1 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Freitag	Australia	Record daily precipitation	64.6 mm (2.5 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Springwood Station	Australia	Record daily precipitation	91.0 mm (3.6 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Carinya	Australia	Record daily precipitation	89.0 mm (3.5 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Buckhorn	United States	Record daily precipitation	97.8 mm (3.9 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Mont-Aigoual	France	Record daily precipitation	95.3 mm (3.8 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Graz	Austria	Record daily precipitation	34.2 mm (1.3 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Kocevje	Slovenia	Record daily precipitation	56.9 mm (2.2 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
St-Girons	France	Record daily precipitation	58.5 mm (2.3 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Coen Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	97.8 mm (3.9 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Mutarnee Store	Australia	Record daily precipitation	201.0 mm (7.9 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Roma Ciampino	Italy	Record daily precipitation	56.9 mm (2.2 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Elephant Butte Dam	United States	Record high maximum temperature	29.4 C (84.9 F)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Mae Sariang	Thailand	Record daily precipitation	46.5 mm (1.8 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Bangkok Metropolis	Thailand	Record low maximum temperature	26.6 C (79.9 F)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Donner Mem Sp	United States	Record daily precipitation	86.4 mm (3.4 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Pacific House	United States	Record daily precipitation	87.9 mm (3.5 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Yreka	United States	Record daily precipitation	25.7 mm (1.0 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Phillips Bench	United States	Record daily precipitation	33.0 mm (1.3 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Evanston 1 E	United States	Record high minimum temperature	3.3 C (37.9 F)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Postojna	Slovenia	Record daily precipitation	59.5 mm (2.3 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Willits 1 NE	United States	Record daily precipitation	53.1 mm (2.1 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Hillsboro	United States	Record high maximum temperature	28.3 C (82.9 F)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Boise City 2 E	United States	Record high maximum temperature	27.8 C (82.0 F)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Gail	United States	Record high maximum temperature	30.6 C (87.1 F)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Tasiilaq	Greenland [Denmark]	Record low maximum temperature	-14.9 C (5.2 F)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Ljubljana Bezigrad	Slovenia	Record daily precipitation	41.8 mm (1.6 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Mae Hong Son	Thailand	Record daily precipitation	32.5 mm (1.3 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Georgetown Rs	United States	Record daily precipitation	96.5 mm (3.8 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Sierraville Rs	United States	Record daily precipitation	77.5 mm (3.1 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Chinook	United States	Record snow depth	66.0 cm (26.0 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Gillette 3SE	United States	Record high minimum temperature	5.6 C (42.1 F)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Khorog	Tajikistan	Record high minimum temperature	5.4 C (41.7 F)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Yabulu Qld Nickel	Australia	Record daily precipitation	101.0 mm (4.0 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Lesce	Slovenia	Record daily precipitation	65.5 mm (2.6 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Vojsko	Slovenia	Record daily precipitation	123.7 mm (4.9 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Boulder	United States	Record high maximum temperature	23.9 C (75.0 F)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Clarksdale	United States	Record low maximum temperature	7.2 C (45.0 F)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Roy	United States	Record high maximum temperature	25.0 C (77.0 F)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Addis Ababa-Bole	Ethiopia	Record low maximum temperature	17.0 C (62.6 F)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Bjoernoeya	Norway	Record high minimum temperature	1.9 C (35.4 F)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Nova Vas Na Blokah	Slovenia	Record daily precipitation	39.2 mm (1.5 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Nevada City	United States	Record daily precipitation	96.8 mm (3.8 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Howard Prairie Dam	United States	Record daily precipitation	28.4 mm (1.1 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Calarasi	Romania	Record high minimum temperature	9.2 C (48.6 F)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Daniel Z Romualdez	Philippines	Record low maximum temperature	25.8 C (78.4 F)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Santaquin Chlorinator	United States	Record high minimum temperature	7.2 C (45.0 F)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Darrington Rs	United States	Record daily precipitation	34.8 mm (1.4 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Upington Agr.	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	103.9 mm (4.1 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Phrae	Thailand	Record daily precipitation	28.2 mm (1.1 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Island Park	United States	Record daily precipitation	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Black Bear	United States	Record daily precipitation	43.2 mm (1.7 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)

Counts by Type and Timescale

856 records

Records set or tied on 16 March 2011 by type: Highest daily maximum 152, Lowest daily maximum 119, Highest daily minimum 159, Lowest daily minimum 67, Heaviest daily rainfall 338, Heaviest daily snowfall 7, Deepest snow cover 14.

Records on 16 March 2011 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	152
Lowest daily maximum	119
Highest daily minimum	159
Lowest daily minimum	67
Heaviest daily rainfall	338
Heaviest daily snowfall	7
Deepest snow cover	14

Records on 16 March 2011 by timescale: all-time 4, monthly 17, daily 835.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

679 broken records

Margins by which the 679 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 609.0. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

16 March 2011

Top 20 records on 16 March 2011 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
16 March 2011	Baralaba Post Office, AU	daily rain	110.4 mm (4.3 in)	72.8 mm (2.9 in)	58 years	65 of 100 (Major)
16 March 2011	Ft Bidwell, US	daily rain	41.9 mm (1.6 in)	16.2 mm (0.6 in)	139 years	65 of 100 (Major)
16 March 2011	Lake Yellowstone, US	daily snowfall	25.4 cm (10.0 in)	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	98 years	65 of 100 (Major)
16 March 2011	Wishek, US	daily snow depth	109.2 cm (43.0 in)	60.9 cm (24.0 in)	41 years	62 of 100 (Major)
16 March 2011	Zavizan, HR	daily rain	82.8 mm (3.3 in)	59.0 mm (2.3 in)	40 years	58 of 100 (Notable)
16 March 2011	Spring Creek Station, AU	daily rain	73.4 mm (2.9 in)	50.5 mm (2.0 in)	56 years	56 of 100 (Notable)
16 March 2011	Foresthill Rs, US	daily rain	123.7 mm (4.9 in)	65.5 mm (2.6 in)	44 years	54 of 100 (Notable)
16 March 2011	Centerville Cooper Dr, US	daily rain	33.3 mm (1.3 in)	19.6 mm (0.8 in)	49 years	54 of 100 (Notable)
16 March 2011	Cape Mele, IT	daily rain	53.1 mm (2.1 in)	39.1 mm (1.5 in)	34 years	53 of 100 (Notable)
16 March 2011	Freitag, AU	daily rain	64.6 mm (2.5 in)	50.4 mm (2.0 in)	32 years	52 of 100 (Notable)
16 March 2011	Springwood Station, AU	daily rain	91.0 mm (3.6 in)	67.0 mm (2.6 in)	32 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
16 March 2011	Carinya, AU	daily rain	89.0 mm (3.5 in)	81.4 mm (3.2 in)	18 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
16 March 2011	Buckhorn, US	daily rain	97.8 mm (3.9 in)	57.2 mm (2.3 in)	44 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
16 March 2011	Mont-Aigoual, FR	daily rain	95.3 mm (3.8 in)	25.3 mm (1.0 in)	92 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
16 March 2011	Graz, AT	daily rain	34.2 mm (1.3 in)	18.0 mm (0.7 in)	36 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
16 March 2011	Kocevje, SI	daily rain	56.9 mm (2.2 in)	35.5 mm (1.4 in)	32 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
16 March 2011	St-Girons, FR	monthly rain	58.5 mm (2.3 in)	11.1 mm (0.4 in)	52 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
16 March 2011	Coen Post Office, AU	daily rain	97.8 mm (3.9 in)	15.2 mm (0.6 in)	116 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
16 March 2011	Mutarnee Store, AU	daily rain	201.0 mm (7.9 in)	181.0 mm (7.1 in)	9 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
16 March 2011	Roma Ciampino, IT	monthly rain	56.9 mm (2.2 in)	9.5 mm (0.37 in)	56 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 2011

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1801 to 2011. 2011 had 856 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 2026-10-16 (16 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	670
100 to 200	6
200 to 300	1
300 to 400	1
400 to 500	0
500 to 600	0
600 to 700	1