Weather Records on 16 March 2007

1,293 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 16 March 2007. Highest significance: Aberdeen Phillips Fld, US.

Key Facts for 16 March 2007

On 16 March 2007, 1,293 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
866 were record highs and 85 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 3 were all-time records, 59 monthly and 1,231 daily.
Aberdeen Phillips Fld set a daily record precipitation of 53.1 mm (2.1 in) on 16 March 2007.
Across 162 earlier years (1801 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 459 records.

Record Map

1,293 stations

1,293 station records on 16 March 2007 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 16 March 2007: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Aberdeen Phillips Fld	United States	Record daily precipitation	53.1 mm (2.1 in)	65 of 100 (Major)
Louisa	United States	Record daily precipitation	66.8 mm (2.6 in)	64 of 100 (Major)
Royal Oak 2 SSW	United States	Record daily precipitation	78.5 mm (3.1 in)	55 of 100 (Notable)
Ny City Cntrl Park	United States	Record daily precipitation	51.6 mm (2.0 in)	55 of 100 (Notable)
Wellsville	United States	Record daily precipitation	40.6 mm (1.6 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Cape May 2 NW	United States	Record daily precipitation	40.4 mm (1.6 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Mauna Loa 511	United States	Record daily precipitation	88.1 mm (3.5 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Atlantic City Marina	United States	Record daily precipitation	57.2 mm (2.3 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
New Park	United States	Record daily precipitation	52.8 mm (2.1 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Goshen	United States	Record daily precipitation	45.7 mm (1.8 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Salisbury	United States	Record daily precipitation	50.3 mm (2.0 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Washington Reagan Natl AP	United States	Record daily precipitation	45.5 mm (1.8 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Quantico MCAS	United States	Record daily precipitation	44.2 mm (1.7 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Natural Brg	United States	Record high maximum temperature	28.3 C (82.9 F)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Laguna Beach	United States	Record high minimum temperature	18.9 C (66.0 F)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Port Jervis	United States	Record daily snowfall	30.5 cm (12.0 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Troutdale	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-8.3 C (17.1 F)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Neshaminy Falls	United States	Record daily precipitation	57.7 mm (2.3 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Buckingham	United States	Record daily precipitation	38.9 mm (1.5 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Iquitos	Peru	Record daily precipitation	121.9 mm (4.8 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Big Creek Ph 1	United States	Record high maximum temperature	24.4 C (75.9 F)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Haverhill	United States	Record daily snowfall	30.5 cm (12.0 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Plainfield	United States	Record daily precipitation	39.9 mm (1.6 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Hot Springs	United States	Record daily precipitation	31.8 mm (1.3 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Tye Rvr 1 SE	United States	Record daily precipitation	44.5 mm (1.8 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Redlands	United States	Record high maximum temperature	35.6 C (96.1 F)	44 of 100 (Notable)
American Falls 6 NE	United States	Record high maximum temperature	21.1 C (70.0 F)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Chestertown	United States	Record daily precipitation	50.8 mm (2.0 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Bremo Bluff	United States	Record daily precipitation	68.6 mm (2.7 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Casa Grande	United States	Record high maximum temperature	37.8 C (100.0 F)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Seligman	United States	Record high maximum temperature	28.9 C (84.0 F)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Stamford 5 N	United States	Record daily precipitation	50.8 mm (2.0 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Toms River	United States	Record daily precipitation	50.8 mm (2.0 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Buchanan	United States	Record daily precipitation	31.2 mm (1.2 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Staunton Wtp	United States	Record daily precipitation	32.5 mm (1.3 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Sydney (Observatory Hill)	Australia	Record high maximum temperature	33.5 C (92.3 F)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Roosevelt 1 S	United States	Record high minimum temperature	12.8 C (55.0 F)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Sells	United States	Record high maximum temperature	35.0 C (95.0 F)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Williams	United States	Record high maximum temperature	23.9 C (75.0 F)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Catoctin Mtn Park	United States	Record daily precipitation	52.1 mm (2.1 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Lima	United States	Record high maximum temperature	18.9 C (66.0 F)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Wallowa	United States	Record high maximum temperature	22.8 C (73.0 F)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Ely AP	United States	Record high maximum temperature	22.8 C (73.0 F)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Baltimore-Washington Intl AP	United States	Record daily precipitation	54.4 mm (2.1 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Parker	United States	Record high maximum temperature	37.2 C (99.0 F)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Driggs	United States	Record high minimum temperature	3.3 C (37.9 F)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Paradise Valley 1 NW	United States	Record high maximum temperature	23.9 C (75.0 F)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Bosque del Apache	United States	Record high maximum temperature	30.0 C (86.0 F)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Elmira	United States	Record daily snowfall	14.0 cm (5.5 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Ny Ave V Brooklyn	United States	Record daily precipitation	45.7 mm (1.8 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Heber	United States	Record high maximum temperature	21.1 C (70.0 F)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Wheatland 4N	United States	Record high minimum temperature	7.2 C (45.0 F)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Lynchburg Rgnl AP	United States	Record daily precipitation	46.5 mm (1.8 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Bouse	United States	Record high maximum temperature	36.7 C (98.1 F)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Riverside Fire STN 3	United States	Record high maximum temperature	34.4 C (93.9 F)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Oakley	United States	Record high maximum temperature	23.3 C (73.9 F)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Rockville 1 NE	United States	Record daily precipitation	45.5 mm (1.8 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Tower 2S	United States	Record low maximum temperature	-7.2 C (19.0 F)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Mountainair	United States	Record high maximum temperature	23.9 C (75.0 F)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Melrose 1 NE	United States	Record daily precipitation	36.8 mm (1.4 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)

Counts by Type and Timescale

1,293 records

Records set or tied on 16 March 2007 by type: Highest daily maximum 599, Lowest daily maximum 45, Highest daily minimum 267, Lowest daily minimum 40, Heaviest daily rainfall 282, Heaviest daily snowfall 51, Deepest snow cover 9.

Records on 16 March 2007 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	599
Lowest daily maximum	45
Highest daily minimum	267
Lowest daily minimum	40
Heaviest daily rainfall	282
Heaviest daily snowfall	51
Deepest snow cover	9

Records on 16 March 2007 by timescale: all-time 3, monthly 59, daily 1,231.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

1,052 broken records

Margins by which the 1,052 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 153.0. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

16 March 2007

Top 20 records on 16 March 2007 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
16 March 2007	Aberdeen Phillips Fld, US	daily rain	53.1 mm (2.1 in)	34.6 mm (1.4 in)	84 years	65 of 100 (Major)
16 March 2007	Louisa, US	daily rain	66.8 mm (2.6 in)	33.0 mm (1.3 in)	84 years	64 of 100 (Major)
16 March 2007	Royal Oak 2 SSW, US	daily rain	78.5 mm (3.1 in)	53.1 mm (2.1 in)	32 years	55 of 100 (Notable)
16 March 2007	Ny City Cntrl Park, US	daily rain	51.6 mm (2.0 in)	18.3 mm (0.7 in)	110 years	55 of 100 (Notable)
16 March 2007	Wellsville, US	daily rain	40.6 mm (1.6 in)	30.4 mm (1.2 in)	32 years	54 of 100 (Notable)
16 March 2007	Cape May 2 NW, US	daily rain	40.4 mm (1.6 in)	14.5 mm (0.6 in)	124 years	53 of 100 (Notable)
16 March 2007	Mauna Loa 511, US	daily rain	88.1 mm (3.5 in)	73.1 mm (2.9 in)	44 years	53 of 100 (Notable)
16 March 2007	Atlantic City Marina, US	daily rain	57.2 mm (2.3 in)	18.6 mm (0.7 in)	84 years	53 of 100 (Notable)
16 March 2007	New Park, US	daily rain	52.8 mm (2.1 in)	26.1 mm (1.0 in)	76 years	52 of 100 (Notable)
16 March 2007	Goshen, US	daily rain	45.7 mm (1.8 in)	29.7 mm (1.2 in)	53 years	52 of 100 (Notable)
16 March 2007	Salisbury, US	daily rain	50.3 mm (2.0 in)	24.9 mm (1.0 in)	68 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
16 March 2007	Washington Reagan Natl AP, US	daily rain	45.5 mm (1.8 in)	32.3 mm (1.3 in)	34 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
16 March 2007	Quantico MCAS, US	daily rain	44.2 mm (1.7 in)	28.2 mm (1.1 in)	50 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
16 March 2007	Natural Brg, US	monthly high max	28.3 C (82.9 F)	1.1 C (2.0 F)	91 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
16 March 2007	Laguna Beach, US	daily high min	18.9 C (66.0 F)	5.6 C (10.1 F)	76 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
16 March 2007	Port Jervis, US	daily snowfall	30.5 cm (12.0 in)	5.1 cm (2.0 in)	100 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
16 March 2007	Troutdale, US	daily low min	-8.3 C (17.1 F)	7.2 C (13.0 F)	54 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
16 March 2007	Neshaminy Falls, US	daily rain	57.7 mm (2.3 in)	32.3 mm (1.3 in)	32 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
16 March 2007	Buckingham, US	daily rain	38.9 mm (1.5 in)	19.6 mm (0.8 in)	68 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
16 March 2007	Iquitos, PE	daily rain	121.9 mm (4.8 in)	82.0 mm (3.2 in)	20 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

1801 to 2007

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1801 to 2007. 2007 had 1,293 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 20	965
20 to 40	57
40 to 60	13
60 to 80	6
80 to 100	6
100 to 120	2
120 to 140	1
140 to 160	2