Weather Records on 27 March 2016

701 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 27 March 2016. Highest significance: Lower Chittering, AU.

Key Facts for 27 March 2016

On 27 March 2016, 701 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
271 were record highs and 59 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 0 were all-time records, 20 monthly and 681 daily.
Lower Chittering set a daily record precipitation of 55.0 mm (2.2 in) on 27 March 2016.
Across 160 earlier years (1805 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 479 records.

Record Map

701 stations

701 station records on 27 March 2016 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 27 March 2016: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Lower Chittering	Australia	Record daily precipitation	55.0 mm (2.2 in)	71 of 100 (Major)
Pearce Raaf	Australia	Record daily precipitation	51.8 mm (2.0 in)	69 of 100 (Major)
Langebaan	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	47.0 mm (1.9 in)	69 of 100 (Major)
Wattening	Australia	Record daily precipitation	87.2 mm (3.4 in)	66 of 100 (Major)
Shackleton Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	67.0 mm (2.6 in)	66 of 100 (Major)
Hines Hill	Australia	Record daily precipitation	60.8 mm (2.4 in)	65 of 100 (Major)
Koonadgin	Australia	Record daily precipitation	70.4 mm (2.8 in)	65 of 100 (Major)
Kellerberrin	Australia	Record daily precipitation	69.0 mm (2.7 in)	63 of 100 (Major)
Kingman	United States	Record daily snowfall	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	63 of 100 (Major)
Bolgart	Australia	Record daily precipitation	55.4 mm (2.2 in)	62 of 100 (Major)
Doongin Peak	Australia	Record daily precipitation	59.6 mm (2.3 in)	62 of 100 (Major)
Kingman	United States	Record snow depth	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	61 of 100 (Major)
Wubin	Australia	Record daily precipitation	47.0 mm (1.9 in)	60 of 100 (Major)
Fort Hill	Australia	Record daily precipitation	59.0 mm (2.3 in)	59 of 100 (Notable)
Bungulla	Australia	Record daily precipitation	54.0 mm (2.1 in)	59 of 100 (Notable)
Millston	Australia	Record daily precipitation	56.2 mm (2.2 in)	59 of 100 (Notable)
Doodenanning	Australia	Record daily precipitation	48.2 mm (1.9 in)	59 of 100 (Notable)
Yorkrakine	Australia	Record daily precipitation	47.0 mm (1.9 in)	59 of 100 (Notable)
Spring Valley	Australia	Record daily precipitation	60.0 mm (2.4 in)	59 of 100 (Notable)
Youndegin	Australia	Record daily precipitation	82.2 mm (3.2 in)	58 of 100 (Notable)
Breakell	Australia	Record daily precipitation	60.0 mm (2.4 in)	58 of 100 (Notable)
Tammin	Australia	Record daily precipitation	56.4 mm (2.2 in)	58 of 100 (Notable)
Ygnattering	Australia	Record daily precipitation	53.6 mm (2.1 in)	58 of 100 (Notable)
Avondale Farm	Australia	Record daily precipitation	39.2 mm (1.5 in)	58 of 100 (Notable)
Nottingham: Watnall	United Kingdom	Record daily precipitation	26.0 mm (1.0 in)	58 of 100 (Notable)
Quellington	Australia	Record daily precipitation	48.0 mm (1.9 in)	57 of 100 (Notable)
Nangeenan	Australia	Record daily precipitation	51.0 mm (2.0 in)	56 of 100 (Notable)
Coodernuppin	Australia	Record daily precipitation	49.4 mm (1.9 in)	56 of 100 (Notable)
Ardath	Australia	Record daily precipitation	58.6 mm (2.3 in)	56 of 100 (Notable)
Redlands	Australia	Record daily precipitation	45.0 mm (1.8 in)	56 of 100 (Notable)
Mt Hope	United States	Record snow depth	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	56 of 100 (Notable)
Station Nord	Greenland [Denmark]	Record daily precipitation	46.0 mm (1.8 in)	55 of 100 (Notable)
Waddington	United Kingdom	Record daily precipitation	26.6 mm (1.0 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Randleman	United States	Record daily precipitation	38.1 mm (1.5 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
King Rocks	Australia	Record daily precipitation	51.8 mm (2.0 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Lake Camm	Australia	Record daily precipitation	40.0 mm (1.6 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Greensboro Wtp	United States	Record daily precipitation	46.2 mm (1.8 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Dumas	United States	Record daily snowfall	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Holt Rock	Australia	Record daily precipitation	38.0 mm (1.5 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Lochnagar	Australia	Record daily precipitation	52.4 mm (2.1 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Quairading	Australia	Record daily precipitation	49.0 mm (1.9 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Gunnewin	Australia	Record daily precipitation	69.6 mm (2.7 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Rothamsted	United Kingdom	Record daily precipitation	26.8 mm (1.1 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Codg Codgen	Australia	Record daily precipitation	46.0 mm (1.8 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Valern	Australia	Record daily precipitation	35.2 mm (1.4 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Sheffield	United Kingdom	Record daily precipitation	27.8 mm (1.1 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Keele	United Kingdom	Record daily precipitation	26.6 mm (1.0 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Mt Hope	United States	Record daily snowfall	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Gresham 3W	United States	Record daily snowfall	5.1 cm (2.0 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Innadong	Australia	Record daily precipitation	27.4 mm (1.1 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
High Mowthorpe	United Kingdom	Record daily precipitation	34.2 mm (1.3 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Newton	United States	Record daily snowfall	10.9 cm (4.3 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Higgins	United States	Record daily snowfall	5.1 cm (2.0 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Narembeen	Australia	Record daily precipitation	46.6 mm (1.8 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
St Albans	Australia	Record daily precipitation	54.0 mm (2.1 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Dobra Scritia	Australia	Record daily precipitation	46.0 mm (1.8 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Conlen	United States	Record daily snowfall	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Merredin	Australia	Record daily precipitation	40.6 mm (1.6 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Hyden North	Australia	Record daily precipitation	51.0 mm (2.0 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Monte Vista	Australia	Record daily precipitation	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)

Counts by Type and Timescale

701 records

Records set or tied on 27 March 2016 by type: Highest daily maximum 70, Lowest daily maximum 20, Highest daily minimum 201, Lowest daily minimum 39, Heaviest daily rainfall 264, Heaviest daily snowfall 61, Deepest snow cover 46.

Records on 27 March 2016 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	70
Lowest daily maximum	20
Highest daily minimum	201
Lowest daily minimum	39
Heaviest daily rainfall	264
Heaviest daily snowfall	61
Deepest snow cover	46

Records on 27 March 2016 by timescale: all-time 0, monthly 20, daily 681.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

602 broken records

Margins by which the 602 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 152.0. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

27 March 2016

Top 20 records on 27 March 2016 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
27 March 2016	Lower Chittering, AU	daily rain	55.0 mm (2.2 in)	33.9 mm (1.3 in)	98 years	71 of 100 (Major)
27 March 2016	Pearce Raaf, AU	daily rain	51.8 mm (2.0 in)	40.1 mm (1.6 in)	73 years	69 of 100 (Major)
27 March 2016	Langebaan, ZA	monthly rain	47.0 mm (1.9 in)	22.0 mm (0.9 in)	31 years	69 of 100 (Major)
27 March 2016	Wattening, AU	daily rain	87.2 mm (3.4 in)	66.9 mm (2.6 in)	56 years	66 of 100 (Major)
27 March 2016	Shackleton Post Office, AU	daily rain	67.0 mm (2.6 in)	56.6 mm (2.2 in)	56 years	66 of 100 (Major)
27 March 2016	Hines Hill, AU	daily rain	60.8 mm (2.4 in)	48.4 mm (1.9 in)	56 years	65 of 100 (Major)
27 March 2016	Koonadgin, AU	daily rain	70.4 mm (2.8 in)	56.4 mm (2.2 in)	56 years	65 of 100 (Major)
27 March 2016	Kellerberrin, AU	daily rain	69.0 mm (2.7 in)	49.7 mm (2.0 in)	45 years	63 of 100 (Major)
27 March 2016	Kingman, US	daily snowfall	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	107 years	63 of 100 (Major)
27 March 2016	Bolgart, AU	daily rain	55.4 mm (2.2 in)	30.0 mm (1.2 in)	98 years	62 of 100 (Major)
27 March 2016	Doongin Peak, AU	monthly rain	59.6 mm (2.3 in)	11.3 mm (0.4 in)	99 years	62 of 100 (Major)
27 March 2016	Kingman, US	daily snow depth	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	104 years	61 of 100 (Major)
27 March 2016	Wubin, AU	daily rain	47.0 mm (1.9 in)	42.4 mm (1.7 in)	67 years	60 of 100 (Major)
27 March 2016	Fort Hill, AU	daily rain	59.0 mm (2.3 in)	43.8 mm (1.7 in)	48 years	59 of 100 (Notable)
27 March 2016	Bungulla, AU	daily rain	54.0 mm (2.1 in)	41.8 mm (1.6 in)	48 years	59 of 100 (Notable)
27 March 2016	Millston, AU	daily rain	56.2 mm (2.2 in)	36.6 mm (1.4 in)	71 years	59 of 100 (Notable)
27 March 2016	Doodenanning, AU	daily rain	48.2 mm (1.9 in)	27.1 mm (1.1 in)	98 years	59 of 100 (Notable)
27 March 2016	Yorkrakine, AU	daily rain	47.0 mm (1.9 in)	26.2 mm (1.0 in)	92 years	59 of 100 (Notable)
27 March 2016	Spring Valley, AU	daily rain	60.0 mm (2.4 in)	43.5 mm (1.7 in)	48 years	59 of 100 (Notable)
27 March 2016	Youndegin, AU	monthly rain	82.2 mm (3.2 in)	20.5 mm (0.8 in)	63 years	58 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

1805 to 2016

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1805 to 2016. 2016 had 701 records.

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

Records on 03-27 in each year
Year	Records
1805	1
1806	1
1807	1
1808	2
1822	1
1830	1
1837	1
1840	1
1845	1
1850	2
1853	3
1859	1
1861	1
1862	4
1865	1
1867	2
1870	2
1873	2
1877	1
1879	1
1882	2
1883	1
1884	1
1885	2
1886	5
1888	3
1890	7
1891	1
1892	4
1894	4
1895	2
1896	5
1897	7
1898	9
1899	1
1901	7
1902	18
1903	17
1904	8
1905	29
1906	27
1907	36
1908	19
1909	9
1910	28
1911	12
1912	32
1913	87
1914	45
1915	24
1916	40
1917	35
1918	50
1919	26
1920	34
1921	113
1922	40
1923	129
1924	244
1925	74
1926	196
1927	81
1928	287
1929	186
1930	227
1931	434
1932	480
1933	127
1934	328
1935	236
1936	246
1937	660
1938	306
1939	356
1940	491
1941	263
1942	478
1943	323
1944	859
1945	771
1946	762
1947	777
1948	442
1949	530
1950	513
1951	378
1952	285
1953	375
1954	265
1955	1,780
1956	585
1957	193
1958	306
1959	359
1960	630
1961	595
1962	469
1963	615
1964	495
1965	701
1966	522
1967	531
1968	559
1969	519
1970	402
1971	1,009
1972	542
1973	507
1974	485
1975	1,873
1976	540
1977	1,058
1978	907
1979	613
1980	416
1981	609
1982	883
1983	1,192
1984	714
1985	992
1986	1,131
1987	727
1988	809
1989	1,839
1990	1,080
1991	1,862
1992	884
1993	1,186
1994	1,122
1995	1,048
1996	1,220
1997	957
1998	1,479
1999	763
2000	618
2001	1,350
2002	1,257
2003	706
2004	1,357
2005	931
2006	1,056
2007	1,752
2008	944
2009	1,001
2010	542
2011	973
2012	909
2013	1,382
2014	1,135
2015	1,070
2016	701
2017	463
2018	621
2019	512
2020	860
2021	433
2022	1,302
2023	1,426
2024	565
2025	1,338
2026	1,464

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Data for records on 2016-03-27: 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	481
20 to 40	65
40 to 60	28
60 to 80	14
80 to 100	1
100 to 120	10
120 to 140	1
140 to 160	2