Weather Records on 16 March 2024

814 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 16 March 2024. Highest significance: Lankaran, AZ.

Key Facts for 16 March 2024

On 16 March 2024, 814 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
566 were record highs and 41 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 1 were all-time records, 28 monthly and 785 daily.
Lankaran set a daily record precipitation of 99.3 mm (3.9 in) on 16 March 2024.
Across 162 earlier years (1801 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 462 records.

Record Map

814 stations

814 station records on 16 March 2024 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 16 March 2024: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Lankaran	Azerbaijan	Record daily precipitation	99.3 mm (3.9 in)	66 of 100 (Major)
Maraza	Azerbaijan	Record daily precipitation	99.3 mm (3.9 in)	59 of 100 (Notable)
Lake George 8 SW	United States	Record snow depth	58.4 cm (23.0 in)	56 of 100 (Notable)
Bryce Canyon Np Hqrs	United States	Record daily precipitation	38.1 mm (1.5 in)	56 of 100 (Notable)
Rio Grande Rsvr	United States	Record daily precipitation	38.6 mm (1.5 in)	55 of 100 (Notable)
Bryce Canyon Np Hqrs	United States	Record daily snowfall	40.1 cm (15.8 in)	55 of 100 (Notable)
Austwell	United States	Record daily precipitation	28.2 mm (1.1 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Estes Park	United States	Record snow depth	45.7 cm (18.0 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Rio Grande Rsvr	United States	Record daily snowfall	38.1 cm (15.0 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Hermit 8 SE	United States	Record daily snowfall	13.2 cm (5.2 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Capitol Reef Np	United States	Record snow depth	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Astoria AP (Port of)	United States	Record high maximum temperature	23.9 C (75.0 F)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Socorro	United States	Record low maximum temperature	7.2 C (45.0 F)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Carnarvon Airport	Australia	Record high minimum temperature	28.9 C (84.0 F)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Yabucoa 3 SE	Puerto Rico [United States]	Record daily precipitation	29.2 mm (1.1 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Eagle Mtn	United States	Record low maximum temperature	11.1 C (52.0 F)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Forks 1 E	United States	Record high maximum temperature	25.0 C (77.0 F)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Moscow U of I	United States	Record high maximum temperature	19.4 C (66.9 F)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Biskra	Algeria	Record high maximum temperature	28.1 C (82.6 F)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Mullewa	Australia	Record high minimum temperature	27.2 C (81.0 F)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Monroe	United States	Record high maximum temperature	23.3 C (73.9 F)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Winthrop 1 WSW	United States	Record high maximum temperature	21.1 C (70.0 F)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Hanty-Mansijsk	Russia	Record high maximum temperature	5.4 C (41.7 F)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Painted Desert Np	United States	Record daily precipitation	27.7 mm (1.1 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Bullfrog Basin	United States	Record daily precipitation	27.7 mm (1.1 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Hameenlinna Pirttikoski	Finland	Record daily precipitation	29.1 mm (1.1 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
El Morro Natl Mon	United States	Record daily snowfall	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Capitol Reef Np	United States	Record daily precipitation	51.6 mm (2.0 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Surgut	Russia	Record high maximum temperature	3.2 C (37.8 F)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Winter Park	United States	Record snow depth	144.8 cm (57.0 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Diablo Dam	United States	Record high maximum temperature	19.4 C (66.9 F)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Newport	United States	Record high maximum temperature	21.1 C (70.0 F)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Salem AP (McNary Field)	United States	Record high maximum temperature	24.4 C (75.9 F)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Seattle Tacoma AP	United States	Record high maximum temperature	23.3 C (73.9 F)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Clermont-Ferrand	France	Record high minimum temperature	10.7 C (51.3 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Nikolsk	Russia	Record high minimum temperature	2.0 C (35.6 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
El Morro Natl Mon	United States	Record snow depth	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Cloverdale	United States	Record high maximum temperature	23.3 C (73.9 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Seaside	United States	Record high maximum temperature	22.8 C (73.0 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
El Trompillo	Bolivia	Record high minimum temperature	25.4 C (77.7 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Christchurch Intl	New Zealand	Record low minimum temperature	1.5 C (34.7 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Ruxton Park	United States	Record daily snowfall	101.6 cm (40.0 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Eugene-Mahlon Sweet Fld	United States	Record high maximum temperature	23.3 C (73.9 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Salzburg	Austria	Record high minimum temperature	8.6 C (47.5 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Sikasso	Mali	Record high maximum temperature	41.5 C (106.7 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Cotulla la Salle Co AP	United States	Record daily precipitation	34.8 mm (1.4 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Ft Benning Lawson Fld	United States	Record high minimum temperature	16.8 C (62.2 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Hoquiam Bowerman AP	United States	Record high maximum temperature	22.8 C (73.0 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Wien	Austria	Record high minimum temperature	10.0 C (50.0 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Melilla	Spain	Record high maximum temperature	23.7 C (74.7 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Richmond	United States	Record daily precipitation	40.4 mm (1.6 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
First Butte Washington	United States	Record high minimum temperature	6.7 C (44.1 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Dos Bocas	Puerto Rico [United States]	Record high minimum temperature	21.1 C (70.0 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Bloemfontein Airpor	South Africa	Record high maximum temperature	36.6 C (97.9 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Ruxton Park	United States	Record snow depth	116.8 cm (46.0 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Dandong	China	Record high maximum temperature	15.9 C (60.6 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Nakhon Sawan	Thailand	Record high minimum temperature	27.6 C (81.7 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)
McCook	United States	Record daily precipitation	26.9 mm (1.1 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Raymondville	United States	Record daily precipitation	94.7 mm (3.7 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Newhalem	United States	Record high maximum temperature	18.9 C (66.0 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

814 records

Records set or tied on 16 March 2024 by type: Highest daily maximum 272, Lowest daily maximum 30, Highest daily minimum 294, Lowest daily minimum 11, Heaviest daily rainfall 176, Heaviest daily snowfall 12, Deepest snow cover 19.

Records on 16 March 2024 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	272
Lowest daily maximum	30
Highest daily minimum	294
Lowest daily minimum	11
Heaviest daily rainfall	176
Heaviest daily snowfall	12
Deepest snow cover	19

Records on 16 March 2024 by timescale: all-time 1, monthly 28, daily 785.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

697 broken records

Margins by which the 697 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 381.0. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

16 March 2024

Top 20 records on 16 March 2024 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
16 March 2024	Lankaran, AZ	daily rain	99.3 mm (3.9 in)	41.6 mm (1.6 in)	89 years	66 of 100 (Major)
16 March 2024	Maraza, AZ	daily rain	99.3 mm (3.9 in)	90.3 mm (3.6 in)	43 years	59 of 100 (Notable)
16 March 2024	Lake George 8 SW, US	daily snow depth	58.4 cm (23.0 in)	38.1 cm (15.0 in)	34 years	56 of 100 (Notable)
16 March 2024	Bryce Canyon Np Hqrs, US	daily rain	38.1 mm (1.5 in)	24.1 mm (0.9 in)	37 years	56 of 100 (Notable)
16 March 2024	Rio Grande Rsvr, US	daily rain	38.6 mm (1.5 in)	29.7 mm (1.2 in)	37 years	55 of 100 (Notable)
16 March 2024	Bryce Canyon Np Hqrs, US	daily snowfall	40.1 cm (15.8 in)	27.4 cm (10.8 in)	38 years	55 of 100 (Notable)
16 March 2024	Austwell, US	daily rain	28.2 mm (1.1 in)	19.3 mm (0.8 in)	98 years	53 of 100 (Notable)
16 March 2024	Estes Park, US	daily snow depth	45.7 cm (18.0 in)	10.1 cm (4.0 in)	100 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
16 March 2024	Rio Grande Rsvr, US	daily snowfall	38.1 cm (15.0 in)	30.5 cm (12.0 in)	36 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
16 March 2024	Hermit 8 SE, US	daily snowfall	13.2 cm (5.2 in)	5.1 cm (2.0 in)	100 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
16 March 2024	Capitol Reef Np, US	daily snow depth	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	57 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
16 March 2024	Astoria AP (Port of), US	daily high max	23.9 C (75.0 F)	5.6 C (10.1 F)	65 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
16 March 2024	Socorro, US	daily low max	7.2 C (45.0 F)	2.8 C (5.0 F)	96 years	43 of 100 (Notable)
16 March 2024	Carnarvon Airport, AU	daily high min	28.9 C (84.0 F)	2.7 C (4.9 F)	78 years	42 of 100 (Notable)
16 March 2024	Yabucoa 3 SE, PR	daily rain	29.2 mm (1.1 in)	21.8 mm (0.9 in)	54 years	42 of 100 (Notable)
16 March 2024	Eagle Mtn, US	daily low max	11.1 C (52.0 F)	4.5 C (8.1 F)	80 years	42 of 100 (Notable)
16 March 2024	Forks 1 E, US	daily high max	25.0 C (77.0 F)	3.3 C (5.9 F)	77 years	42 of 100 (Notable)
16 March 2024	Moscow U of I, US	daily high max	19.4 C (66.9 F)	0.5 C (0.9 F)	114 years	41 of 100 (Notable)
16 March 2024	Biskra, DZ	daily high max	28.1 C (82.6 F)	0.1 C (0.2 F)	119 years	40 of 100 (Notable)
16 March 2024	Mullewa, AU	daily high min	27.2 C (81.0 F)	2.9 C (5.2 F)	67 years	38 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 2024

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1801 to 2024. 2024 had 814 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 50	680
50 to 100	7
100 to 150	6
150 to 200	1
200 to 250	0
250 to 300	1
300 to 350	1
350 to 400	1