Weather Records on 16 March 1960

955 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 16 March 1960. Highest significance: Palestine, US.

Key Facts for 16 March 1960

On 16 March 1960, 955 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
25 were record highs and 288 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 21 were all-time records, 37 monthly and 897 daily.
Palestine set a daily record snow depth of 17.8 cm (7.0 in) on 16 March 1960.
Across 162 earlier years (1801 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 461 records.

Record Map

955 stations

955 station records on 16 March 1960 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 16 March 1960: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Palestine	United States	Record snow depth	17.8 cm (7.0 in)	65 of 100 (Major)
Ottawa 4SW	United States	Record snow depth	20.3 cm (8.0 in)	64 of 100 (Major)
Bloomington Normal	United States	Record snow depth	30.5 cm (12.0 in)	62 of 100 (Major)
La Salle Peru	United States	Record daily snowfall	17.0 cm (6.7 in)	62 of 100 (Major)
Warsaw 1	United States	Record snow depth	27.9 cm (11.0 in)	62 of 100 (Major)
Aurora Water	United States	Record daily snowfall	18.8 cm (7.4 in)	61 of 100 (Major)
White Hall 1 E	United States	Record daily snowfall	20.3 cm (8.0 in)	61 of 100 (Major)
Bloomington Normal	United States	Record daily snowfall	19.8 cm (7.8 in)	60 of 100 (Major)
Collegeville St Joe AP	United States	Record snow depth	30.5 cm (12.0 in)	60 of 100 (Major)
Louisiana Starks Nurse	United States	Record daily snowfall	22.9 cm (9.0 in)	60 of 100 (Major)
Navalgund	India	Record daily precipitation	50.1 mm (2.0 in)	59 of 100 (Notable)
Minonk	United States	Record snow depth	50.8 cm (20.0 in)	58 of 100 (Notable)
Minonk	United States	Record daily snowfall	24.1 cm (9.5 in)	57 of 100 (Notable)
Jefferson City Wtp	United States	Record snow depth	30.5 cm (12.0 in)	56 of 100 (Notable)
Mt Airy 2 W	United States	Record snow depth	30.5 cm (12.0 in)	56 of 100 (Notable)
Griggsville	United States	Record daily snowfall	22.9 cm (9.0 in)	55 of 100 (Notable)
1 N McLeansboro	United States	Record snow depth	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	55 of 100 (Notable)
Ottawa 4SW	United States	Record daily snowfall	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	55 of 100 (Notable)
Horton	United States	Record snow depth	58.4 cm (23.0 in)	55 of 100 (Notable)
Sao Goncalo	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	80.7 mm (3.2 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Hot Springs	United States	Record daily snowfall	22.9 cm (9.0 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Keosauqua	United States	Record daily snowfall	17.8 cm (7.0 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Horton	United States	Record daily snowfall	22.9 cm (9.0 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Lebo	United States	Record snow depth	27.9 cm (11.0 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Manhattan	United States	Record snow depth	55.9 cm (22.0 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Pawnee City	United States	Record snow depth	66.0 cm (26.0 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Georgetown	Canada	Record daily snowfall	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Pontiac	United States	Record daily snowfall	13.7 cm (5.4 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Streator 2SE	United States	Record daily snowfall	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Valparaiso Wtr Wks	United States	Record snow depth	25.4 cm (10.0 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Mt Pleasant 1 SW	United States	Record daily snowfall	17.8 cm (7.0 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Williamsburg 1E	United States	Record daily snowfall	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Blue Rapids	United States	Record daily snowfall	20.3 cm (8.0 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Wytheville	United States	Record daily snowfall	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
La Harpe	United States	Record snow depth	38.1 cm (15.0 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Minneapolis	United States	Record snow depth	53.3 cm (21.0 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Arcadia	United States	Record snow depth	25.4 cm (10.0 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Farmington	United States	Record snow depth	17.8 cm (7.0 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Picui	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	147.0 mm (5.8 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Saint Leo	United States	Record daily precipitation	109.2 mm (4.3 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Sigourney	United States	Record daily snowfall	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Cimarron	United States	Record daily snowfall	17.8 cm (7.0 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Fayette	United States	Record daily snowfall	11.4 cm (4.5 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
White Sulphur Springs	United States	Record snow depth	25.4 cm (10.0 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Zoetveld	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	65.0 mm (2.6 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Morrisonville 4 SE	United States	Record snow depth	20.3 cm (8.0 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Bloomfield	United States	Record daily snowfall	11.7 cm (4.6 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Ottawa	United States	Record snow depth	53.3 cm (21.0 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Louisiana Starks Nurse	United States	Record snow depth	43.2 cm (17.0 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Uniao Dos Palmares	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	64.5 mm (2.5 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
McPherson	United States	Record snow depth	38.1 cm (15.0 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Paola	United States	Record daily snowfall	20.3 cm (8.0 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Champaign 3S	United States	Record snow depth	27.9 cm (11.0 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Mt Ayr	United States	Record daily snowfall	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Birch Tree	United States	Record snow depth	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Macon	United States	Record daily snowfall	22.9 cm (9.0 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Palmyra	United States	Record daily snowfall	24.1 cm (9.5 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Unionville	United States	Record daily snowfall	25.4 cm (10.0 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Faulkton	United States	Record snow depth	38.1 cm (15.0 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Chillicothe Radio Kchi	United States	Record snow depth	50.8 cm (20.0 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)

Counts by Type and Timescale

955 records

Records set or tied on 16 March 1960 by type: Highest daily maximum 8, Lowest daily maximum 190, Highest daily minimum 17, Lowest daily minimum 98, Heaviest daily rainfall 175, Heaviest daily snowfall 295, Deepest snow cover 172.

Records on 16 March 1960 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	8
Lowest daily maximum	190
Highest daily minimum	17
Lowest daily minimum	98
Heaviest daily rainfall	175
Heaviest daily snowfall	295
Deepest snow cover	172

Records on 16 March 1960 by timescale: all-time 21, monthly 37, daily 897.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

821 broken records

Margins by which the 821 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 610.0. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

16 March 1960

Top 20 records on 16 March 1960 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
16 March 1960	Palestine, US	daily snow depth	17.8 cm (7.0 in)	17.8 cm (7.0 in)	63 years	65 of 100 (Major)
16 March 1960	Ottawa 4SW, US	daily snow depth	20.3 cm (8.0 in)	20.3 cm (8.0 in)	64 years	64 of 100 (Major)
16 March 1960	Bloomington Normal, US	daily snow depth	30.5 cm (12.0 in)	25.4 cm (10.0 in)	56 years	62 of 100 (Major)
16 March 1960	La Salle Peru, US	daily snowfall	17.0 cm (6.7 in)	15.0 cm (5.9 in)	54 years	62 of 100 (Major)
16 March 1960	Warsaw 1, US	daily snow depth	27.9 cm (11.0 in)	27.9 cm (11.0 in)	54 years	62 of 100 (Major)
16 March 1960	Aurora Water, US	daily snowfall	18.8 cm (7.4 in)	16.3 cm (6.4 in)	51 years	61 of 100 (Major)
16 March 1960	White Hall 1 E, US	daily snowfall	20.3 cm (8.0 in)	16.5 cm (6.5 in)	66 years	61 of 100 (Major)
16 March 1960	Bloomington Normal, US	daily snowfall	19.8 cm (7.8 in)	17.3 cm (6.8 in)	51 years	60 of 100 (Major)
16 March 1960	Collegeville St Joe AP, US	daily snow depth	30.5 cm (12.0 in)	25.4 cm (10.0 in)	48 years	60 of 100 (Major)
16 March 1960	Louisiana Starks Nurse, US	daily snowfall	22.9 cm (9.0 in)	20.4 cm (8.0 in)	54 years	60 of 100 (Major)
16 March 1960	Navalgund, IN	monthly rain	50.1 mm (2.0 in)	25.5 mm (1.0 in)	21 years	59 of 100 (Notable)
16 March 1960	Minonk, US	all-time snow depth	50.8 cm (20.0 in)	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	50 years	58 of 100 (Notable)
16 March 1960	Minonk, US	daily snowfall	24.1 cm (9.5 in)	21.6 cm (8.5 in)	37 years	57 of 100 (Notable)
16 March 1960	Jefferson City Wtp, US	daily snow depth	30.5 cm (12.0 in)	22.9 cm (9.0 in)	48 years	56 of 100 (Notable)
16 March 1960	Mt Airy 2 W, US	daily snow depth	30.5 cm (12.0 in)	30.5 cm (12.0 in)	66 years	56 of 100 (Notable)
16 March 1960	Griggsville, US	daily snowfall	22.9 cm (9.0 in)	21.6 cm (8.5 in)	37 years	55 of 100 (Notable)
16 March 1960	1 N McLeansboro, US	daily snow depth	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	59 years	55 of 100 (Notable)
16 March 1960	Ottawa 4SW, US	daily snowfall	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	13.9 cm (5.5 in)	64 years	55 of 100 (Notable)
16 March 1960	Horton, US	all-time snow depth	58.4 cm (23.0 in)	20.3 cm (8.0 in)	5 years	55 of 100 (Notable)
16 March 1960	Sao Goncalo, BR	daily rain	80.7 mm (3.2 in)	57.0 mm (2.2 in)	39 years	54 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

1801 to 1960

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1801 to 1960. 1960 had 955 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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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 2026-10-17 (17 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	677
100 to 200	117
200 to 300	22
300 to 400	2
400 to 500	0
500 to 600	2
600 to 700	1