Weather Records on 28 March 2016

547 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 28 March 2016. Highest significance: Rjukan, NO.

Key Facts for 28 March 2016

On 28 March 2016, 547 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
302 were record highs and 22 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 1 were all-time records, 28 monthly and 518 daily.
Rjukan set a daily record precipitation of 27.0 mm (1.1 in) on 28 March 2016.
Across 164 earlier years (1805 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 460 records.

Record Map

547 stations

547 station records on 28 March 2016 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 28 March 2016: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Rjukan	Norway	Record daily precipitation	27.0 mm (1.1 in)	80 of 100 (Exceptional)
Risnes I Fjotland	Norway	Record daily precipitation	58.2 mm (2.3 in)	78 of 100 (Major)
Reno AP	United States	Record daily snowfall	17.3 cm (6.8 in)	68 of 100 (Major)
Talkeetna AP	United States	Record daily precipitation	26.7 mm (1.1 in)	62 of 100 (Major)
Kilegrend	Norway	Record daily precipitation	42.0 mm (1.7 in)	60 of 100 (Major)
Aseral	Norway	Record daily precipitation	47.0 mm (1.9 in)	56 of 100 (Notable)
Ely AP	United States	Record daily precipitation	27.9 mm (1.1 in)	56 of 100 (Notable)
Postmyr I Drangedal	Norway	Record daily precipitation	33.2 mm (1.3 in)	55 of 100 (Notable)
Ely AP	United States	Record daily snowfall	33.0 cm (13.0 in)	55 of 100 (Notable)
Bakke	Norway	Record daily precipitation	43.8 mm (1.7 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Station Nord	Greenland [Denmark]	Record daily precipitation	31.0 mm (1.2 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Ourimbah (Dog Trap Road)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	142.6 mm (5.6 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Ljosland - Monen	Norway	Record daily precipitation	60.2 mm (2.4 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Bull Camel	Australia	Record daily precipitation	90.0 mm (3.5 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Maudal	Norway	Record daily precipitation	79.0 mm (3.1 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Yap Island WSO AP	Federated States of Micronesia	Record high maximum temperature	34.5 C (94.1 F)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Soyland I Gjesdal	Norway	Record daily precipitation	41.7 mm (1.6 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Millston	Australia	Record daily precipitation	54.4 mm (2.1 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Tonstad - Nettfed	Norway	Record daily precipitation	52.0 mm (2.0 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Svyatoy Nos;Cape(Closed)	Russia	Record high maximum temperature	4.2 C (39.6 F)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Logan Utah St UNIV	United States	Record daily snowfall	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Hoidalen I Solum	Norway	Record daily precipitation	26.3 mm (1.0 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Hayfield Pumping Plt	United States	Record low minimum temperature	0.0 C (32.0 F)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Titusville	United States	Record high minimum temperature	22.8 C (73.0 F)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Portland 1 SW	United States	Record daily precipitation	58.2 mm (2.3 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Sandusky	United States	Record daily precipitation	27.9 mm (1.1 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Sodankyla AWS	Finland	Record high minimum temperature	1.0 C (33.8 F)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Tovdal	Norway	Record daily precipitation	41.0 mm (1.6 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Belka	Australia	Record daily precipitation	84.0 mm (3.3 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Dar Es Salaam Airpo	Tanzania	Record high minimum temperature	28.0 C (82.4 F)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Pascagoula 3 NE	United States	Record daily precipitation	78.7 mm (3.1 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Siler City 2 N	United States	Record daily precipitation	39.4 mm (1.6 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Chester 1 SE	United States	Record daily precipitation	31.8 mm (1.3 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Fergana	Uzbekistan	Record high minimum temperature	12.8 C (55.0 F)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Tapachula Chis	Mexico	Record high maximum temperature	39.9 C (103.8 F)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Tuddal	Norway	Record daily precipitation	25.7 mm (1.0 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Smith 6 N	United States	Record daily snowfall	5.3 cm (2.1 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Manti	United States	Record high minimum temperature	6.1 C (43.0 F)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Culburra Treatment Works	Australia	Record daily precipitation	57.0 mm (2.2 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Alpine	United States	Record high minimum temperature	6.7 C (44.1 F)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Cuernavaca	Mexico	Record high minimum temperature	19.7 C (67.5 F)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Amotsdal	Norway	Record daily precipitation	26.3 mm (1.0 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Rio Grande Rsvr	United States	Record daily precipitation	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Jackson	United States	Record daily snowfall	7.6 cm (3.0 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Little Port Walter	United States	Record high minimum temperature	4.4 C (39.9 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Nelaug	Norway	Record daily precipitation	29.6 mm (1.2 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Arhangelsk	Russia	Record high maximum temperature	10.8 C (51.4 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Chapel Hill 2 W	United States	Record daily precipitation	40.6 mm (1.6 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Jackson	United States	Record daily precipitation	53.8 mm (2.1 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Bishopville 1.4 ENE	United States	Record daily precipitation	48.3 mm (1.9 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Miami Intl AP	United States	Record high maximum temperature	32.8 C (91.0 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Inhambane	Mozambique	Record high maximum temperature	35.4 C (95.7 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Helland I Gjesdal	Norway	Record daily precipitation	38.5 mm (1.5 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Kandalaksa	Russia	Record high minimum temperature	1.7 C (35.1 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Nerchinskij Zavod	Russia	Record high minimum temperature	-1.6 C (29.1 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Richmond	United States	Record daily snowfall	17.8 cm (7.0 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Guipavas	France	Record daily precipitation	26.4 mm (1.0 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Isfjord Radio	Norway	Record high minimum temperature	-2.8 C (27.0 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Preston	United States	Record daily snowfall	9.4 cm (3.7 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Bjoernoeya	Norway	Record high maximum temperature	3.5 C (38.3 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

547 records

Records set or tied on 28 March 2016 by type: Highest daily maximum 81, Lowest daily maximum 7, Highest daily minimum 221, Lowest daily minimum 15, Heaviest daily rainfall 187, Heaviest daily snowfall 29, Deepest snow cover 7.

Records on 28 March 2016 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	81
Lowest daily maximum	7
Highest daily minimum	221
Lowest daily minimum	15
Heaviest daily rainfall	187
Heaviest daily snowfall	29
Deepest snow cover	7

Records on 28 March 2016 by timescale: all-time 1, monthly 28, daily 518.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

451 broken records

Margins by which the 451 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 160.0. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

28 March 2016

Top 20 records on 28 March 2016 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
28 March 2016	Rjukan, NO	daily rain	27.0 mm (1.1 in)	17.0 mm (0.7 in)	112 years	80 of 100 (Exceptional)
28 March 2016	Risnes I Fjotland, NO	daily rain	58.2 mm (2.3 in)	33.2 mm (1.3 in)	113 years	78 of 100 (Major)
28 March 2016	Reno AP, US	daily snowfall	17.3 cm (6.8 in)	16.0 cm (6.3 in)	70 years	68 of 100 (Major)
28 March 2016	Talkeetna AP, US	daily rain	26.7 mm (1.1 in)	16.5 mm (0.6 in)	77 years	62 of 100 (Major)
28 March 2016	Kilegrend, NO	monthly rain	42.0 mm (1.7 in)	15.1 mm (0.6 in)	44 years	60 of 100 (Major)
28 March 2016	Aseral, NO	daily rain	47.0 mm (1.9 in)	15.0 mm (0.6 in)	96 years	56 of 100 (Notable)
28 March 2016	Ely AP, US	daily rain	27.9 mm (1.1 in)	16.0 mm (0.6 in)	23 years	56 of 100 (Notable)
28 March 2016	Postmyr I Drangedal, NO	daily rain	33.2 mm (1.3 in)	9.7 mm (0.38 in)	97 years	55 of 100 (Notable)
28 March 2016	Ely AP, US	monthly snowfall	33.0 cm (13.0 in)	2.5 cm (1.0 in)	123 years	55 of 100 (Notable)
28 March 2016	Bakke, NO	daily rain	43.8 mm (1.7 in)	14.6 mm (0.6 in)	98 years	53 of 100 (Notable)
28 March 2016	Station Nord, GL	daily rain	31.0 mm (1.2 in)	21.0 mm (0.8 in)	26 years	52 of 100 (Notable)
28 March 2016	Ourimbah (Dog Trap Road), AU	daily rain	142.6 mm (5.6 in)	89.6 mm (3.5 in)	14 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
28 March 2016	Ljosland - Monen, NO	daily rain	60.2 mm (2.4 in)	41.2 mm (1.6 in)	22 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
28 March 2016	Bull Camel, AU	daily rain	90.0 mm (3.5 in)	87.0 mm (3.4 in)	19 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
28 March 2016	Maudal, NO	daily rain	79.0 mm (3.1 in)	44.4 mm (1.7 in)	38 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
28 March 2016	Yap Island WSO AP, FM	daily high max	34.5 C (94.1 F)	2.3 C (4.1 F)	64 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
28 March 2016	Soyland I Gjesdal, NO	daily rain	41.7 mm (1.6 in)	15.2 mm (0.6 in)	78 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
28 March 2016	Millston, AU	daily rain	54.4 mm (2.1 in)	29.5 mm (1.2 in)	45 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
28 March 2016	Tonstad - Nettfed, NO	daily rain	52.0 mm (2.0 in)	31.5 mm (1.2 in)	38 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
28 March 2016	Svyatoy Nos;Cape(Closed), RU	monthly high max	4.2 C (39.6 F)	0.1 C (0.2 F)	84 years	45 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 547 records.

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

Records on 03-28 in each year
Year	Records
1805	1
1806	1
1808	2
1815	1
1822	1
1830	2
1847	1
1849	1
1850	2
1853	1
1861	1
1862	3
1863	1
1864	1
1865	2
1866	1
1867	2
1870	1
1872	2
1876	2
1878	3
1881	1
1882	2
1883	1
1884	1
1885	2
1886	3
1887	2
1888	3
1890	6
1892	1
1893	1
1894	2
1895	4
1896	6
1897	4
1898	4
1899	1
1900	2
1901	8
1902	25
1903	15
1904	9
1905	45
1906	14
1907	26
1908	11
1909	7
1910	38
1911	21
1912	23
1913	28
1914	46
1915	49
1916	36
1917	44
1918	20
1919	62
1920	55
1921	79
1922	44
1923	308
1924	153
1925	124
1926	222
1927	70
1928	266
1929	236
1930	209
1931	469
1932	459
1933	193
1934	480
1935	117
1936	362
1937	576
1938	396
1939	287
1940	319
1941	255
1942	417
1943	347
1944	994
1945	719
1946	838
1947	943
1948	172
1949	316
1950	377
1951	437
1952	313
1953	303
1954	534
1955	1,111
1956	473
1957	272
1958	371
1959	385
1960	555
1961	521
1962	636
1963	1,090
1964	433
1965	517
1966	584
1967	360
1968	703
1969	630
1970	848
1971	901
1972	447
1973	670
1974	614
1975	1,996
1976	486
1977	1,254
1978	687
1979	614
1980	1,014
1981	793
1982	1,186
1983	1,014
1984	898
1985	1,449
1986	1,394
1987	1,000
1988	546
1989	2,125
1990	916
1991	1,254
1992	789
1993	987
1994	1,201
1995	988
1996	1,269
1997	591
1998	1,719
1999	839
2000	648
2001	1,081
2002	987
2003	641
2004	1,062
2005	853
2006	730
2007	1,560
2008	924
2009	1,154
2010	559
2011	913
2012	781
2013	1,008
2014	885
2015	1,329
2016	547
2017	516
2018	799
2019	457
2020	879
2021	569
2022	1,260
2023	965
2024	334
2025	1,058
2026	1,442

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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	415
20 to 40	19
40 to 60	7
60 to 80	4
80 to 100	3
100 to 120	1
120 to 140	0
140 to 160	2