Weather Records on 16 March 2016

972 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 16 March 2016. Highest significance: Hancock Exp Farm, US.

Key Facts for 16 March 2016

On 16 March 2016, 972 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
635 were record highs and 47 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 0 were all-time records, 60 monthly and 912 daily.
Hancock Exp Farm set a daily record precipitation of 68.8 mm (2.7 in) on 16 March 2016.
Across 162 earlier years (1801 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 461 records.

Record Map

972 stations

972 station records on 16 March 2016 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 16 March 2016: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Hancock Exp Farm	United States	Record daily precipitation	68.8 mm (2.7 in)	79 of 100 (Major)
Rest Lake	United States	Record daily precipitation	36.1 mm (1.4 in)	79 of 100 (Major)
Waupaca	United States	Record daily precipitation	64.0 mm (2.5 in)	79 of 100 (Major)
Antigo	United States	Record daily precipitation	52.1 mm (2.1 in)	72 of 100 (Major)
Marshfield Exp Farm	United States	Record daily precipitation	55.9 mm (2.2 in)	72 of 100 (Major)
Minocqua	United States	Record daily precipitation	34.8 mm (1.4 in)	72 of 100 (Major)
New London	United States	Record daily precipitation	53.8 mm (2.1 in)	71 of 100 (Major)
Sandy Lake Dam Libby	United States	Record daily precipitation	34.0 mm (1.3 in)	70 of 100 (Major)
Rosholt	United States	Record daily precipitation	58.4 mm (2.3 in)	70 of 100 (Major)
Willow Rsvr	United States	Record daily precipitation	56.1 mm (2.2 in)	70 of 100 (Major)
Merrill	United States	Record daily precipitation	55.4 mm (2.2 in)	69 of 100 (Major)
Intl Falls Intl AP	United States	Record daily precipitation	28.4 mm (1.1 in)	69 of 100 (Major)
Cumberland	United States	Record daily precipitation	44.7 mm (1.8 in)	67 of 100 (Major)
Shawano 2SSW	United States	Record daily precipitation	40.6 mm (1.6 in)	67 of 100 (Major)
Stevens Pt	United States	Record daily precipitation	65.8 mm (2.6 in)	67 of 100 (Major)
Galena	United States	Record daily precipitation	46.2 mm (1.8 in)	65 of 100 (Major)
Holcombe	United States	Record daily precipitation	48.3 mm (1.9 in)	65 of 100 (Major)
Duluth	United States	Record daily precipitation	38.9 mm (1.5 in)	65 of 100 (Major)
Stoughton Wwtp	United States	Record daily precipitation	34.3 mm (1.4 in)	64 of 100 (Major)
Medford	United States	Record daily precipitation	54.6 mm (2.1 in)	62 of 100 (Major)
Mt Mary College	United States	Record daily precipitation	50.8 mm (2.0 in)	62 of 100 (Major)
Moose Lake 1 SSE	United States	Record daily precipitation	44.5 mm (1.8 in)	61 of 100 (Major)
Portage Wwtp	United States	Record daily precipitation	50.8 mm (2.0 in)	61 of 100 (Major)
Hibbing Chisholm Hibbing AP	United States	Record daily precipitation	27.2 mm (1.1 in)	60 of 100 (Major)
Tower 2S	United States	Record daily precipitation	42.7 mm (1.7 in)	59 of 100 (Notable)
Roanoke Rapids	United States	Record daily precipitation	167.4 mm (6.6 in)	59 of 100 (Notable)
Clintonville	United States	Record daily precipitation	45.2 mm (1.8 in)	59 of 100 (Notable)
Crivitz High Falls	United States	Record daily precipitation	34.5 mm (1.4 in)	59 of 100 (Notable)
Reedsburg Wwtp	United States	Record daily precipitation	65.0 mm (2.6 in)	59 of 100 (Notable)
Wisconsin Dells Wwtp	United States	Record daily precipitation	56.6 mm (2.2 in)	59 of 100 (Notable)
Chilton	United States	Record daily precipitation	27.2 mm (1.1 in)	58 of 100 (Notable)
Dodgeville Wwtp	United States	Record daily precipitation	41.1 mm (1.6 in)	58 of 100 (Notable)
Rice Lake	United States	Record daily precipitation	42.2 mm (1.7 in)	56 of 100 (Notable)
Valga	Latvia	Record daily precipitation	80.0 mm (3.1 in)	55 of 100 (Notable)
Montello Wwtp	United States	Record daily precipitation	67.3 mm (2.6 in)	55 of 100 (Notable)
Amery	United States	Record daily precipitation	31.5 mm (1.2 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Owen 1E	United States	Record daily precipitation	57.4 mm (2.3 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Wis Rapids Grand Av B	United States	Record daily precipitation	71.1 mm (2.8 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Brimson 2S	United States	Record daily precipitation	42.7 mm (1.7 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Chippewa Falls	United States	Record daily precipitation	49.0 mm (1.9 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Cuba City	United States	Record daily precipitation	46.2 mm (1.8 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Luck	United States	Record daily precipitation	33.0 mm (1.3 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Wausaukee	United States	Record daily precipitation	28.2 mm (1.1 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Duluth	United States	Record daily snowfall	22.1 cm (8.7 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Mt Carroll	United States	Record daily precipitation	43.9 mm (1.7 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Cambridge	United States	Record daily precipitation	35.6 mm (1.4 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Ontario 3E	United States	Record daily precipitation	36.6 mm (1.4 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Ladysmith 3W	United States	Record daily precipitation	44.5 mm (1.8 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Lake City	United States	Record daily precipitation	31.0 mm (1.2 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Black Rvr Falls Sewage	United States	Record daily precipitation	38.4 mm (1.5 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Rhinelander	United States	Record daily precipitation	48.8 mm (1.9 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Forest City 2 NNE	United States	Record daily precipitation	26.2 mm (1.0 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Isle 12N	United States	Record daily precipitation	36.1 mm (1.4 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Appleton	United States	Record daily precipitation	31.8 mm (1.3 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Hayward Rs	United States	Record daily precipitation	51.1 mm (2.0 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Arlington	United States	Record daily precipitation	39.6 mm (1.6 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Stratford 1 NW	United States	Record daily precipitation	45.5 mm (1.8 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Little Grove	Australia	Record daily precipitation	32.0 mm (1.3 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Oconto 4 W	United States	Record daily precipitation	34.3 mm (1.4 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
St Croix Falls	United States	Record daily precipitation	29.2 mm (1.1 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)

Counts by Type and Timescale

972 records

Records set or tied on 16 March 2016 by type: Highest daily maximum 392, Lowest daily maximum 40, Highest daily minimum 243, Lowest daily minimum 7, Heaviest daily rainfall 276, Heaviest daily snowfall 13, Deepest snow cover 1.

Records on 16 March 2016 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	392
Lowest daily maximum	40
Highest daily minimum	243
Lowest daily minimum	7
Heaviest daily rainfall	276
Heaviest daily snowfall	13
Deepest snow cover	1

Records on 16 March 2016 by timescale: all-time 0, monthly 60, daily 912.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

784 broken records

Margins by which the 784 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 145.0. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

16 March 2016

Top 20 records on 16 March 2016 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
16 March 2016	Hancock Exp Farm, US	daily rain	68.8 mm (2.7 in)	51.3 mm (2.0 in)	97 years	79 of 100 (Major)
16 March 2016	Rest Lake, US	daily rain	36.1 mm (1.4 in)	25.2 mm (1.0 in)	97 years	79 of 100 (Major)
16 March 2016	Waupaca, US	daily rain	64.0 mm (2.5 in)	38.6 mm (1.5 in)	97 years	79 of 100 (Major)
16 March 2016	Antigo, US	daily rain	52.1 mm (2.1 in)	24.9 mm (1.0 in)	74 years	72 of 100 (Major)
16 March 2016	Marshfield Exp Farm, US	daily rain	55.9 mm (2.2 in)	31.8 mm (1.3 in)	74 years	72 of 100 (Major)
16 March 2016	Minocqua, US	daily rain	34.8 mm (1.4 in)	20.6 mm (0.8 in)	78 years	72 of 100 (Major)
16 March 2016	New London, US	daily rain	53.8 mm (2.1 in)	33.0 mm (1.3 in)	74 years	71 of 100 (Major)
16 March 2016	Sandy Lake Dam Libby, US	daily rain	34.0 mm (1.3 in)	19.8 mm (0.8 in)	73 years	70 of 100 (Major)
16 March 2016	Rosholt, US	monthly rain	58.4 mm (2.3 in)	21.8 mm (0.9 in)	66 years	70 of 100 (Major)
16 March 2016	Willow Rsvr, US	monthly rain	56.1 mm (2.2 in)	21.8 mm (0.9 in)	43 years	70 of 100 (Major)
16 March 2016	Merrill, US	monthly rain	55.4 mm (2.2 in)	14.0 mm (0.6 in)	95 years	69 of 100 (Major)
16 March 2016	Intl Falls Intl AP, US	daily rain	28.4 mm (1.1 in)	22.0 mm (0.9 in)	66 years	69 of 100 (Major)
16 March 2016	Cumberland, US	daily rain	44.7 mm (1.8 in)	28.7 mm (1.1 in)	73 years	67 of 100 (Major)
16 March 2016	Shawano 2SSW, US	daily rain	40.6 mm (1.6 in)	23.8 mm (0.9 in)	74 years	67 of 100 (Major)
16 March 2016	Stevens Pt, US	monthly rain	65.8 mm (2.6 in)	12.5 mm (0.5 in)	109 years	67 of 100 (Major)
16 March 2016	Galena, US	daily rain	46.2 mm (1.8 in)	27.4 mm (1.1 in)	73 years	65 of 100 (Major)
16 March 2016	Holcombe, US	monthly rain	48.3 mm (1.9 in)	15.8 mm (0.6 in)	78 years	65 of 100 (Major)
16 March 2016	Duluth, US	daily rain	38.9 mm (1.5 in)	31.5 mm (1.2 in)	66 years	65 of 100 (Major)
16 March 2016	Stoughton Wwtp, US	daily rain	34.3 mm (1.4 in)	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	78 years	64 of 100 (Major)
16 March 2016	Medford, US	monthly rain	54.6 mm (2.1 in)	8.9 mm (0.35 in)	98 years	62 of 100 (Major)

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 2016

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1801 to 2016. 2016 had 972 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 2016-03-16: 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 2026-10-16 (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 20	722
20 to 40	47
40 to 60	9
60 to 80	3
80 to 100	1
100 to 120	0
120 to 140	1
140 to 160	1