Weather Records on 18 March 2016

675 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 18 March 2016. Highest significance: Maun, BW.

Key Facts for 18 March 2016

On 18 March 2016, 675 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
251 were record highs and 74 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 5 were all-time records, 12 monthly and 658 daily.
Maun set a daily record precipitation of 61.0 mm (2.4 in) on 18 March 2016.
Across 160 earlier years (1806 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 476 records.

Record Map

675 stations

675 station records on 18 March 2016 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 18 March 2016: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Maun	Botswana	Record daily precipitation	61.0 mm (2.4 in)	65 of 100 (Major)
Northway AP	United States	Record daily snowfall	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	65 of 100 (Major)
Powelltown Dnre	Australia	Record daily precipitation	47.4 mm (1.9 in)	60 of 100 (Major)
Hampshire (Neena Road)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	50.4 mm (2.0 in)	59 of 100 (Notable)
Duffield Ramco	Australia	Record daily precipitation	35.6 mm (1.4 in)	56 of 100 (Notable)
Yolla (Sea View)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	43.4 mm (1.7 in)	56 of 100 (Notable)
Buln Buln	Australia	Record daily precipitation	34.4 mm (1.4 in)	55 of 100 (Notable)
Ytiniche	Australia	Record daily precipitation	64.5 mm (2.5 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Buckleboo (Hi-View)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	38.0 mm (1.5 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Maatsuyker Island Lighthouse	Australia	Record daily precipitation	32.8 mm (1.3 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Strahan Aerodrome	Australia	Record daily precipitation	67.8 mm (2.7 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Baynton	Australia	Record daily precipitation	26.6 mm (1.0 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Renison Bell	Australia	Record daily precipitation	65.0 mm (2.6 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Makurazaki	Japan	Record daily precipitation	114.0 mm (4.5 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Harcourt	Australia	Record daily precipitation	29.0 mm (1.1 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Waratah (Mount Road)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	52.4 mm (2.1 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Hyde Park	Australia	Record daily precipitation	32.0 mm (1.3 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Oakleigh (Metropolitan Golf Cl	Australia	Record daily precipitation	30.3 mm (1.2 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Toolangi (Mount St Leonard Dpi	Australia	Record daily precipitation	30.6 mm (1.2 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Warradarge	Australia	Record daily precipitation	44.0 mm (1.7 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Steele 4N	United States	Record daily snowfall	5.1 cm (2.0 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Jomo Kenyatta Intl	Kenya	Record high minimum temperature	18.5 C (65.3 F)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Rodrigues	Mauritius	Record high maximum temperature	34.1 C (93.4 F)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Ceduna (Goode)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	26.0 mm (1.0 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Mount Wudinna	Australia	Record daily precipitation	27.6 mm (1.1 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Hays 1 S	United States	Record daily snowfall	8.1 cm (3.2 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Upper Plenty	Australia	Record daily precipitation	25.2 mm (1.0 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Nemuro	Japan	Record high maximum temperature	10.6 C (51.1 F)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Burlington	United States	Record daily snowfall	6.1 cm (2.4 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Lorinna	Australia	Record daily precipitation	35.6 mm (1.4 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Cape Sorell	Australia	Record daily precipitation	54.0 mm (2.1 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Strathgordon (Gordon Power Sta	Australia	Record daily precipitation	51.2 mm (2.0 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Haboro	Japan	Record high maximum temperature	13.8 C (56.8 F)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Inhambane	Mozambique	Record high minimum temperature	26.2 C (79.2 F)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Marrawah	Australia	Record daily precipitation	30.8 mm (1.2 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Iwamizawa	Japan	Record high maximum temperature	11.9 C (53.4 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Urakawa	Japan	Record high maximum temperature	12.8 C (55.0 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Roi Et	Thailand	Record high maximum temperature	40.7 C (105.3 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Coorow	Australia	Record daily precipitation	53.0 mm (2.1 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Korumburra	Australia	Record daily precipitation	30.6 mm (1.2 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Shoreham	Australia	Record daily precipitation	30.4 mm (1.2 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Xantippe	Australia	Record daily precipitation	38.6 mm (1.5 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Lilydale Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	28.0 mm (1.1 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
St Patricks River (Targa Farm)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	29.0 mm (1.1 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Rumoi	Japan	Record high maximum temperature	13.8 C (56.8 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Asahikawa	Japan	Record high maximum temperature	14.0 C (57.2 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Tajga	Russia	Record high minimum temperature	-2.3 C (27.9 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Ust-Koksa	Russia	Record high minimum temperature	0.7 C (33.3 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Pendzhikent	Tajikistan	Record daily precipitation	26.9 mm (1.1 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Utica	United States	Record daily snowfall	8.1 cm (3.2 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Montagu (Montagu Road)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	38.4 mm (1.5 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Muroran	Japan	Record high maximum temperature	13.7 C (56.7 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Ellis	United States	Record daily snowfall	5.1 cm (2.0 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Cabramurra Smhea	Australia	Record daily precipitation	37.8 mm (1.5 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Labertouche	Australia	Record daily precipitation	39.6 mm (1.6 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Addington	Australia	Record daily precipitation	26.8 mm (1.1 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Redpa (Greenes Road)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	30.6 mm (1.2 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Hakodate	Japan	Record high maximum temperature	15.4 C (59.7 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Fukaura	Japan	Record high minimum temperature	9.3 C (48.7 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Mazanovo	Russia	Record high minimum temperature	-4.4 C (24.1 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

675 records

Records set or tied on 18 March 2016 by type: Highest daily maximum 109, Lowest daily maximum 39, Highest daily minimum 142, Lowest daily minimum 35, Heaviest daily rainfall 325, Heaviest daily snowfall 21, Deepest snow cover 4.

Records on 18 March 2016 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	109
Lowest daily maximum	39
Highest daily minimum	142
Lowest daily minimum	35
Heaviest daily rainfall	325
Heaviest daily snowfall	21
Deepest snow cover	4

Records on 18 March 2016 by timescale: all-time 5, monthly 12, daily 658.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

601 broken records

Margins by which the 601 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 92.0. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

18 March 2016

Top 20 records on 18 March 2016 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
18 March 2016	Maun, BW	daily rain	61.0 mm (2.4 in)	40.2 mm (1.6 in)	76 years	65 of 100 (Major)
18 March 2016	Northway AP, US	daily snowfall	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	9.2 cm (3.6 in)	60 years	65 of 100 (Major)
18 March 2016	Powelltown Dnre, AU	daily rain	47.4 mm (1.9 in)	37.5 mm (1.5 in)	59 years	60 of 100 (Major)
18 March 2016	Hampshire (Neena Road), AU	daily rain	50.4 mm (2.0 in)	26.8 mm (1.1 in)	79 years	59 of 100 (Notable)
18 March 2016	Duffield Ramco, AU	daily rain	35.6 mm (1.4 in)	31.0 mm (1.2 in)	47 years	56 of 100 (Notable)
18 March 2016	Yolla (Sea View), AU	daily rain	43.4 mm (1.7 in)	23.6 mm (0.9 in)	79 years	56 of 100 (Notable)
18 March 2016	Buln Buln, AU	daily rain	34.4 mm (1.4 in)	31.0 mm (1.2 in)	31 years	55 of 100 (Notable)
18 March 2016	Ytiniche, AU	daily rain	64.5 mm (2.5 in)	18.0 mm (0.7 in)	99 years	53 of 100 (Notable)
18 March 2016	Buckleboo (Hi-View), AU	daily rain	38.0 mm (1.5 in)	28.3 mm (1.1 in)	43 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
18 March 2016	Maatsuyker Island Lighthouse, AU	daily rain	32.8 mm (1.3 in)	6.1 mm (0.24 in)	116 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
18 March 2016	Strahan Aerodrome, AU	daily rain	67.8 mm (2.7 in)	55.4 mm (2.2 in)	26 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
18 March 2016	Baynton, AU	daily rain	26.6 mm (1.0 in)	23.8 mm (0.9 in)	55 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
18 March 2016	Renison Bell, AU	monthly rain	65.0 mm (2.6 in)	3.0 mm (0.12 in)	79 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
18 March 2016	Makurazaki, JP	daily rain	114.0 mm (4.5 in)	77.9 mm (3.1 in)	3 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
18 March 2016	Harcourt, AU	daily rain	29.0 mm (1.1 in)	23.9 mm (0.9 in)	47 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
18 March 2016	Waratah (Mount Road), AU	daily rain	52.4 mm (2.1 in)	11.3 mm (0.4 in)	79 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
18 March 2016	Hyde Park, AU	daily rain	32.0 mm (1.3 in)	6.6 mm (0.26 in)	99 years	43 of 100 (Notable)
18 March 2016	Oakleigh (Metropolitan Golf Cl, AU	daily rain	30.3 mm (1.2 in)	11.5 mm (0.5 in)	66 years	43 of 100 (Notable)
18 March 2016	Toolangi (Mount St Leonard Dpi, AU	daily rain	30.6 mm (1.2 in)	24.4 mm (1.0 in)	38 years	42 of 100 (Notable)
18 March 2016	Warradarge, AU	daily rain	44.0 mm (1.7 in)	44.0 mm (1.7 in)	35 years	41 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

1806 to 2016

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1806 to 2016. 2016 had 675 records.

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

Records on 03-18 in each year
Year	Records
1806	1
1807	1
1808	1
1810	1
1814	1
1831	1
1836	1
1839	1
1845	1
1849	1
1850	5
1853	2
1859	1
1863	1
1865	2
1867	1
1868	3
1876	1
1881	1
1882	3
1884	3
1885	1
1887	1
1888	4
1890	3
1891	3
1892	2
1893	1
1894	1
1895	2
1896	10
1897	14
1898	5
1899	8
1900	14
1901	2
1902	9
1903	22
1904	9
1905	19
1906	13
1907	11
1908	8
1909	9
1910	12
1911	17
1912	16
1913	24
1914	32
1915	30
1916	73
1917	45
1918	32
1919	25
1920	39
1921	66
1922	39
1923	262
1924	96
1925	145
1926	251
1927	376
1928	301
1929	106
1930	261
1931	167
1932	212
1933	244
1934	375
1935	87
1936	699
1937	296
1938	304
1939	750
1940	444
1941	954
1942	382
1943	603
1944	321
1945	751
1946	492
1947	328
1948	296
1949	292
1950	1,042
1951	582
1952	474
1953	218
1954	355
1955	469
1956	363
1957	374
1958	347
1959	392
1960	585
1961	579
1962	284
1963	665
1964	348
1965	1,584
1966	540
1967	1,396
1968	915
1969	601
1970	533
1971	405
1972	1,028
1973	716
1974	694
1975	614
1976	538
1977	684
1978	1,003
1979	894
1980	588
1981	570
1982	1,284
1983	1,225
1984	446
1985	731
1986	626
1987	933
1988	1,001
1989	1,147
1990	1,478
1991	706
1992	789
1993	1,683
1994	960
1995	833
1996	518
1997	1,024
1998	1,144
1999	1,051
2000	524
2001	841
2002	1,562
2003	1,425
2004	1,232
2005	1,178
2006	551
2007	1,330
2008	1,066
2009	776
2010	678
2011	993
2012	3,348
2013	783
2014	701
2015	943
2016	675
2017	1,183
2018	921
2019	666
2020	672
2021	562
2022	476
2023	890
2024	843
2025	728
2026	2,870

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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 20	565
20 to 40	28
40 to 60	5
60 to 80	2
80 to 100	1