Weather Records on 1 March 2016

622 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 1 March 2016. Highest significance: Gull Lake Biological STN, US.

Key Facts for 1 March 2016

On 1 March 2016, 622 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
413 were record highs and 13 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 0 were all-time records, 9 monthly and 613 daily.
Gull Lake Biological STN set a daily record snowfall of 22.9 cm (9.0 in) on 1 March 2016.
Across 159 earlier years (1808 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 521 records.

Record Map

622 stations

622 station records on 1 March 2016 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 1 March 2016: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Gull Lake Biological STN	United States	Record daily snowfall	22.9 cm (9.0 in)	60 of 100 (Major)
Krasnaja_Gora	Russia	Record daily precipitation	25.6 mm (1.0 in)	56 of 100 (Notable)
Bangalow Motel	Australia	Record daily precipitation	125.2 mm (4.9 in)	55 of 100 (Notable)
Zhlobin	Belarus	Record daily precipitation	30.0 mm (1.2 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Mozyr	Belarus	Record daily precipitation	29.0 mm (1.1 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Turlock #2	United States	Record high maximum temperature	27.8 C (82.0 F)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Allison	United States	Record daily snowfall	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Flint Fcwos	United States	Record daily snowfall	23.6 cm (9.3 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Blue Hill Coop	United States	Record high maximum temperature	17.2 C (63.0 F)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Middleboro	United States	Record high maximum temperature	15.0 C (59.0 F)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Roosevelt 1 S	United States	Record high maximum temperature	28.3 C (82.9 F)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Sotchi	Russia	Record high maximum temperature	22.5 C (72.5 F)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Kislovodsk	Russia	Record high maximum temperature	19.4 C (66.9 F)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Jerome	United States	Record high minimum temperature	10.6 C (51.1 F)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Elkader 6 SSW	United States	Record daily snowfall	8.4 cm (3.3 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Lowell	United States	Record high maximum temperature	16.7 C (62.1 F)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Battle Creek 5NW	United States	Record daily snowfall	22.1 cm (8.7 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Alpena Co Rgnl AP	United States	Record daily snowfall	18.3 cm (7.2 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Khorog	Tajikistan	Record high maximum temperature	11.8 C (53.2 F)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Fallon Exp STN	United States	Record high maximum temperature	22.8 C (73.0 F)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Viroqua	United States	Record daily snowfall	10.7 cm (4.2 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Gavar	Armenia	Record high maximum temperature	16.6 C (61.9 F)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Milford Gm Proving Ground	United States	Record daily snowfall	8.9 cm (3.5 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Watsonville Wtr Wks	United States	Record high maximum temperature	27.2 C (81.0 F)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Gull Lake Biological STN	United States	Record daily precipitation	25.1 mm (1.0 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Wittmann 1SE	United States	Record high maximum temperature	29.4 C (84.9 F)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Rindal	Norway	Record snow depth	150.0 cm (59.1 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Mason City	United States	Record daily snowfall	7.6 cm (3.0 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Lyman Lake	United States	Record daily precipitation	50.8 mm (2.0 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Spring Creek Station	Australia	Record daily precipitation	60.0 mm (2.4 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Elat	Israel	Record high minimum temperature	23.3 C (73.9 F)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Naryn	Kyrgyzstan	Record high maximum temperature	6.5 C (43.7 F)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Armavir	Russia	Record high maximum temperature	22.8 C (73.0 F)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Grand Rapids	United States	Record daily snowfall	18.8 cm (7.4 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Kyzyl-Ozek	Russia	Record high minimum temperature	-1.1 C (30.0 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Orlinga	Russia	Record high minimum temperature	-8.2 C (17.2 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Elat	Israel	Record high maximum temperature	34.9 C (94.8 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Taraz	Kazakhstan	Record high minimum temperature	6.8 C (44.2 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Hatanga	Russia	Record high maximum temperature	-6.8 C (19.8 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Twentynine Palms	United States	Record high minimum temperature	11.7 C (53.1 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Pasanauri	Georgia	Record high maximum temperature	18.3 C (64.9 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Krasnaja Poljana	Russia	Record high maximum temperature	24.1 C (75.4 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Cachuma Lake	United States	Record high maximum temperature	31.7 C (89.1 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Tulelake	United States	Record high minimum temperature	3.3 C (37.9 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Glenbrook	United States	Record high minimum temperature	4.4 C (39.9 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Wister 3S	United States	Record daily precipitation	38.1 mm (1.5 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Zharkent	Kazakhstan	Record high minimum temperature	4.3 C (39.7 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Sulak	Russia	Record high maximum temperature	5.1 C (41.2 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Battle Creek 5NW	United States	Record daily precipitation	25.9 mm (1.0 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Wejh	Saudi Arabia	Record high maximum temperature	37.0 C (98.6 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Mt Diablo Junction	United States	Record high minimum temperature	13.3 C (55.9 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Charles City	United States	Record daily snowfall	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
N Las Vegas	United States	Record high maximum temperature	28.9 C (84.0 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Massabesic Lake	United States	Record high maximum temperature	14.4 C (57.9 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Montello Wwtp	United States	Record daily snowfall	8.9 cm (3.5 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Madison Dane Co Rgnl AP	United States	Record daily snowfall	6.6 cm (2.6 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Saginaw Mbs Intl AP	United States	Record daily snowfall	27.2 cm (10.7 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Yap Island WSO AP	Federated States of Micronesia	Record high maximum temperature	33.6 C (92.5 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Bilma	Niger	Record high maximum temperature	40.6 C (105.1 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Calarasi	Romania	Record high minimum temperature	10.1 C (50.2 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

622 records

Records set or tied on 1 March 2016 by type: Highest daily maximum 215, Lowest daily maximum 8, Highest daily minimum 198, Lowest daily minimum 5, Heaviest daily rainfall 131, Heaviest daily snowfall 60, Deepest snow cover 5.

Records on 1 March 2016 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	215
Lowest daily maximum	8
Highest daily minimum	198
Lowest daily minimum	5
Heaviest daily rainfall	131
Heaviest daily snowfall	60
Deepest snow cover	5

Records on 1 March 2016 by timescale: all-time 0, monthly 9, daily 613.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

524 broken records

Margins by which the 524 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 200.0. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

1 March 2016

Top 20 records on 1 March 2016 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
1 March 2016	Gull Lake Biological STN, US	daily snowfall	22.9 cm (9.0 in)	17.3 cm (6.8 in)	50 years	60 of 100 (Major)
1 March 2016	Krasnaja_Gora, RU	daily rain	25.6 mm (1.0 in)	17.7 mm (0.7 in)	28 years	56 of 100 (Notable)
1 March 2016	Bangalow Motel, AU	daily rain	125.2 mm (4.9 in)	86.3 mm (3.4 in)	49 years	55 of 100 (Notable)
1 March 2016	Zhlobin, BY	daily rain	30.0 mm (1.2 in)	19.5 mm (0.8 in)	28 years	54 of 100 (Notable)
1 March 2016	Mozyr, BY	daily rain	29.0 mm (1.1 in)	20.0 mm (0.8 in)	28 years	53 of 100 (Notable)
1 March 2016	Turlock #2, US	daily high max	27.8 C (82.0 F)	5.0 C (9.0 F)	120 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
1 March 2016	Allison, US	daily snowfall	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	7.6 cm (3.0 in)	87 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
1 March 2016	Flint Fcwos, US	daily snowfall	23.6 cm (9.3 in)	15.7 cm (6.2 in)	2 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
1 March 2016	Blue Hill Coop, US	daily high max	17.2 C (63.0 F)	2.8 C (5.0 F)	114 years	44 of 100 (Notable)
1 March 2016	Middleboro, US	daily high max	15.0 C (59.0 F)	1.7 C (3.1 F)	114 years	43 of 100 (Notable)
1 March 2016	Roosevelt 1 S, US	daily high max	28.3 C (82.9 F)	1.1 C (2.0 F)	106 years	42 of 100 (Notable)
1 March 2016	Sotchi, RU	daily high max	22.5 C (72.5 F)	0.9 C (1.6 F)	101 years	41 of 100 (Notable)
1 March 2016	Kislovodsk, RU	daily high max	19.4 C (66.9 F)	1.0 C (1.8 F)	101 years	41 of 100 (Notable)
1 March 2016	Jerome, US	daily high min	10.6 C (51.1 F)	0.6 C (1.1 F)	115 years	41 of 100 (Notable)
1 March 2016	Elkader 6 SSW, US	daily snowfall	8.4 cm (3.3 in)	0.8 cm (0.3 in)	117 years	41 of 100 (Notable)
1 March 2016	Lowell, US	daily high max	16.7 C (62.1 F)	0.6 C (1.1 F)	114 years	41 of 100 (Notable)
1 March 2016	Battle Creek 5NW, US	daily snowfall	22.1 cm (8.7 in)	14.5 cm (5.7 in)	2 years	41 of 100 (Notable)
1 March 2016	Alpena Co Rgnl AP, US	daily snowfall	18.3 cm (7.2 in)	2.6 cm (1.0 in)	90 years	41 of 100 (Notable)
1 March 2016	Khorog, TJ	daily high max	11.8 C (53.2 F)	3.3 C (5.9 F)	74 years	40 of 100 (Notable)
1 March 2016	Fallon Exp STN, US	daily high max	22.8 C (73.0 F)	1.1 C (2.0 F)	95 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

1808 to 2016

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1808 to 2016. 2016 had 622 records.

Counts for years before the ledger starts come from the same station rules.

Records on 03-01 in each year
Year	Records
1808	1
1814	1
1817	1
1827	1
1836	2
1844	1
1846	4
1858	1
1859	1
1863	2
1868	1
1870	3
1872	1
1875	4
1876	3
1877	1
1878	2
1881	1
1882	2
1883	1
1884	6
1886	10
1888	3
1889	1
1890	1
1891	3
1892	1
1893	1
1894	1
1896	2
1897	2
1898	8
1899	1
1900	7
1901	1
1902	14
1903	11
1904	13
1905	4
1906	30
1907	5
1908	14
1909	19
1910	14
1911	20
1912	64
1913	26
1914	23
1915	21
1916	34
1917	15
1918	16
1919	57
1920	98
1921	411
1922	139
1923	127
1924	44
1925	100
1926	86
1927	203
1928	61
1929	181
1930	90
1931	140
1932	462
1933	94
1934	401
1935	167
1936	232
1937	220
1938	308
1939	565
1940	513
1941	644
1942	391
1943	256
1944	155
1945	178
1946	358
1947	933
1948	893
1949	250
1950	249
1951	564
1952	564
1953	615
1954	893
1955	1,028
1956	523
1957	293
1958	459
1959	463
1960	1,530
1961	548
1962	2,067
1963	532
1964	563
1965	696
1966	575
1967	731
1968	966
1969	439
1970	725
1971	943
1972	1,524
1973	613
1974	954
1975	411
1976	1,612
1977	317
1978	1,065
1979	507
1980	2,040
1981	550
1982	918
1983	1,048
1984	720
1985	676
1986	1,317
1987	2,042
1988	722
1989	924
1990	1,000
1991	926
1992	1,827
1993	1,189
1994	1,339
1995	1,214
1996	641
1997	1,924
1998	957
1999	1,150
2000	1,211
2001	1,081
2002	1,012
2003	756
2004	1,363
2005	1,294
2006	1,376
2007	1,418
2008	887
2009	1,030
2010	890
2011	868
2012	1,776
2013	782
2014	1,149
2015	1,279
2016	622
2017	1,212
2018	1,197
2019	747
2020	494
2021	824
2022	1,096
2023	1,232
2024	642
2025	841
2026	1,153

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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 2026-10-15 (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 25	479
25 to 50	23
50 to 75	9
75 to 100	5
100 to 125	2
125 to 150	3
150 to 175	2
175 to 200	1