Weather Records on 30 March 2016

596 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 30 March 2016. Highest significance: Montello 2NE, US.

Key Facts for 30 March 2016

On 30 March 2016, 596 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
329 were record highs and 46 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 0 were all-time records, 38 monthly and 558 daily.
Montello 2NE set a daily record snowfall of 11.4 cm (4.5 in) on 30 March 2016.
Across 162 earlier years (1796 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 473 records.

Record Map

596 stations

596 station records on 30 March 2016 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 30 March 2016: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Montello 2NE	United States	Record daily snowfall	11.4 cm (4.5 in)	73 of 100 (Major)
Montello 2NE	United States	Record snow depth	17.8 cm (7.0 in)	72 of 100 (Major)
Green Rvr	United States	Record daily snowfall	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	66 of 100 (Major)
Kizljar	Russia	Record daily precipitation	30.0 mm (1.2 in)	65 of 100 (Major)
Leo 6 SW	United States	Record daily precipitation	28.4 mm (1.1 in)	62 of 100 (Major)
Wamsutter	United States	Record daily snowfall	20.3 cm (8.0 in)	59 of 100 (Notable)
Springfield Abraham Lincoln Ca	United States	Record daily precipitation	54.9 mm (2.2 in)	56 of 100 (Notable)
Riverton	United States	Record daily precipitation	26.9 mm (1.1 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Wheatland 4N	United States	Record daily precipitation	27.7 mm (1.1 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Wheatland 4N	United States	Record daily snowfall	27.9 cm (11.0 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Green Rvr	United States	Record snow depth	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Leo 6 SW	United States	Record daily snowfall	35.6 cm (14.0 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Reno Hill	United States	Record daily precipitation	55.9 mm (2.2 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Little Rock AP Adams Fld	United States	Record daily precipitation	101.6 mm (4.0 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Nurata	Uzbekistan	Record daily precipitation	39.1 mm (1.5 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Jiggs 2NE	United States	Record snow depth	40.6 cm (16.0 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Saint Paul	United States	Record daily precipitation	36.8 mm (1.4 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Riverton	United States	Record snow depth	30.5 cm (12.0 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Derbent	Russia	Record daily precipitation	26.4 mm (1.0 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Ogallala	United States	Record daily precipitation	31.0 mm (1.2 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Wamsutter	United States	Record snow depth	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Little Rock	United States	Record daily precipitation	125.5 mm (4.9 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Casper-Natrona Co AP	United States	Record daily snowfall	24.6 cm (9.7 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Krambach (Bellevue)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	33.2 mm (1.3 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
A Coruna	Spain	Record daily precipitation	33.0 mm (1.3 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Kuching	Malaysia	Record daily precipitation	133.3 mm (5.2 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Windy Peak	United States	Record daily precipitation	33.0 mm (1.3 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Little Rock AFB	United States	Record daily precipitation	94.0 mm (3.7 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Lages	United States	Record snow depth	20.3 cm (8.0 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Eureka	United States	Record low maximum temperature	-3.9 C (25.0 F)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Casper Mtn.	United States	Record daily precipitation	40.6 mm (1.6 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Paul 1ENE	United States	Record daily snowfall	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Farson 2NNE	United States	Record daily snowfall	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
McGill	United States	Record low maximum temperature	-1.1 C (30.0 F)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Chulitna Rvr	United States	Record daily precipitation	34.0 mm (1.3 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Oujda	Morocco	Record high maximum temperature	32.3 C (90.1 F)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Sihccajavri	Norway	Record high minimum temperature	0.4 C (32.7 F)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Kocubej	Russia	Record daily precipitation	25.9 mm (1.0 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Tonopah	United States	Record low maximum temperature	0.6 C (33.1 F)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Burris	United States	Record snow depth	33.0 cm (13.0 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Cody 12SE	United States	Record daily snowfall	5.1 cm (2.0 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Matanuska Exp Farm	United States	Record high maximum temperature	10.6 C (51.1 F)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Scottsbluff W B Heilig Fld AP	United States	Record daily snowfall	14.2 cm (5.6 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Montello 2NE	United States	Record low maximum temperature	1.7 C (35.1 F)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Ruth	United States	Record snow depth	30.5 cm (12.0 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Eagle	United States	Record high maximum temperature	11.1 C (52.0 F)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Khorog	Tajikistan	Record high maximum temperature	21.6 C (70.9 F)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Ash Mtn	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-4.4 C (24.1 F)	36 of 100 (Notable)
McGill	United States	Record snow depth	20.3 cm (8.0 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Wheatland 4N	United States	Record snow depth	27.9 cm (11.0 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Pine Bluff Grider Fld	United States	Record daily precipitation	117.6 mm (4.6 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
W Palm Beach Intl AP	United States	Record daily precipitation	46.0 mm (1.8 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Iliamna AP	United States	Record high minimum temperature	3.9 C (39.0 F)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Homer AP	United States	Record high maximum temperature	10.6 C (51.1 F)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Eureka	United States	Record daily snowfall	24.1 cm (9.5 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Phillips	United States	Record daily snowfall	23.4 cm (9.2 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Skikda	Algeria	Record high maximum temperature	34.7 C (94.5 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Ostrov Sosnovez	Russia	Record high maximum temperature	5.1 C (41.2 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
M'Puoya	Congo (Brazzaville)	Record low minimum temperature	17.5 C (63.5 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Murmansk	Russia	Record high maximum temperature	8.1 C (46.6 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

596 records

Records set or tied on 30 March 2016 by type: Highest daily maximum 131, Lowest daily maximum 27, Highest daily minimum 198, Lowest daily minimum 19, Heaviest daily rainfall 160, Heaviest daily snowfall 37, Deepest snow cover 24.

Records on 30 March 2016 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	131
Lowest daily maximum	27
Highest daily minimum	198
Lowest daily minimum	19
Heaviest daily rainfall	160
Heaviest daily snowfall	37
Deepest snow cover	24

Records on 30 March 2016 by timescale: all-time 0, monthly 38, daily 558.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

499 broken records

Margins by which the 499 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 406.0. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

30 March 2016

Top 20 records on 30 March 2016 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
30 March 2016	Montello 2NE, US	daily snowfall	11.4 cm (4.5 in)	11.1 cm (4.4 in)	104 years	73 of 100 (Major)
30 March 2016	Montello 2NE, US	daily snow depth	17.8 cm (7.0 in)	17.8 cm (7.0 in)	107 years	72 of 100 (Major)
30 March 2016	Green Rvr, US	daily snowfall	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	13.2 cm (5.2 in)	75 years	66 of 100 (Major)
30 March 2016	Kizljar, RU	daily rain	30.0 mm (1.2 in)	21.0 mm (0.8 in)	50 years	65 of 100 (Major)
30 March 2016	Leo 6 SW, US	daily rain	28.4 mm (1.1 in)	13.2 mm (0.5 in)	86 years	62 of 100 (Major)
30 March 2016	Wamsutter, US	daily snowfall	20.3 cm (8.0 in)	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	67 years	59 of 100 (Notable)
30 March 2016	Springfield Abraham Lincoln Ca, US	daily rain	54.9 mm (2.2 in)	19.1 mm (0.8 in)	90 years	56 of 100 (Notable)
30 March 2016	Riverton, US	daily rain	26.9 mm (1.1 in)	13.4 mm (0.5 in)	18 years	54 of 100 (Notable)
30 March 2016	Wheatland 4N, US	daily rain	27.7 mm (1.1 in)	7.4 mm (0.29 in)	118 years	54 of 100 (Notable)
30 March 2016	Wheatland 4N, US	daily snowfall	27.9 cm (11.0 in)	7.6 cm (3.0 in)	118 years	54 of 100 (Notable)
30 March 2016	Green Rvr, US	daily snow depth	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	67 years	53 of 100 (Notable)
30 March 2016	Leo 6 SW, US	daily snowfall	35.6 cm (14.0 in)	12.2 cm (4.8 in)	86 years	52 of 100 (Notable)
30 March 2016	Reno Hill, US	daily rain	55.9 mm (2.2 in)	35.6 mm (1.4 in)	33 years	52 of 100 (Notable)
30 March 2016	Little Rock AP Adams Fld, US	monthly rain	101.6 mm (4.0 in)	20.1 mm (0.8 in)	72 years	52 of 100 (Notable)
30 March 2016	Nurata, UZ	daily rain	39.1 mm (1.5 in)	22.4 mm (0.9 in)	29 years	52 of 100 (Notable)
30 March 2016	Jiggs 2NE, US	daily snow depth	40.6 cm (16.0 in)	40.6 cm (16.0 in)	29 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
30 March 2016	Saint Paul, US	daily rain	36.8 mm (1.4 in)	13.9 mm (0.5 in)	83 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
30 March 2016	Riverton, US	daily snow depth	30.5 cm (12.0 in)	17.8 cm (7.0 in)	39 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
30 March 2016	Derbent, RU	daily rain	26.4 mm (1.0 in)	15.1 mm (0.6 in)	2 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
30 March 2016	Ogallala, US	daily rain	31.0 mm (1.2 in)	12.7 mm (0.5 in)	67 years	46 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

1796 to 2016

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1796 to 2016. 2016 had 596 records.

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

Records on 03-30 in each year
Year	Records
1796	1
1805	1
1808	1
1815	1
1822	1
1830	2
1834	1
1840	1
1842	1
1847	1
1848	1
1854	1
1856	2
1859	1
1860	1
1862	1
1863	2
1865	4
1869	1
1872	6
1874	1
1881	4
1882	3
1883	2
1884	2
1885	1
1886	1
1887	5
1888	2
1890	4
1892	4
1894	2
1896	3
1897	1
1898	5
1899	2
1900	5
1901	6
1902	9
1903	8
1904	14
1905	35
1906	9
1907	28
1908	12
1909	18
1910	68
1911	45
1912	25
1913	31
1914	20
1915	78
1916	19
1917	248
1918	29
1919	42
1920	20
1921	32
1922	89
1923	229
1924	215
1925	90
1926	273
1927	80
1928	209
1929	99
1930	215
1931	254
1932	198
1933	382
1934	236
1935	187
1936	881
1937	262
1938	690
1939	305
1940	466
1941	438
1942	257
1943	928
1944	823
1945	676
1946	536
1947	1,000
1948	363
1949	795
1950	616
1951	569
1952	265
1953	432
1954	743
1955	437
1956	500
1957	330
1958	288
1959	398
1960	431
1961	404
1962	578
1963	1,010
1964	1,420
1965	376
1966	759
1967	1,261
1968	736
1969	1,372
1970	1,040
1971	490
1972	384
1973	1,089
1974	895
1975	1,255
1976	619
1977	1,627
1978	1,017
1979	753
1980	762
1981	898
1982	764
1983	624
1984	756
1985	1,331
1986	1,533
1987	1,850
1988	635
1989	1,063
1990	897
1991	821
1992	611
1993	712
1994	767
1995	920
1996	781
1997	911
1998	2,464
1999	708
2000	631
2001	840
2002	878
2003	1,472
2004	1,298
2005	683
2006	689
2007	1,265
2008	1,100
2009	750
2010	933
2011	670
2012	743
2013	691
2014	776
2015	1,194
2016	596
2017	1,267
2018	433
2019	662
2020	464
2021	1,013
2022	576
2023	1,107
2024	431
2025	956
2026	1,210

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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 100	485
100 to 200	11
200 to 300	2
300 to 400	0
400 to 500	1