Weather Records on 21 March 1914

71 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 21 March 1914. Highest significance: Bringelly (Maryland), AU.

Key Facts for 21 March 1914

On 21 March 1914, 71 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
7 were record highs and 9 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 1 were all-time records, 2 monthly and 68 daily.
Bringelly (Maryland) set a daily record precipitation of 77.2 mm (3.0 in) on 21 March 1914.
Across 157 earlier years (1797 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 485 records.

Record Map

71 stations

71 station records on 21 March 1914 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 21 March 1914: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Bringelly (Maryland)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	77.2 mm (3.0 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Bega (Newtown Road)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	106.7 mm (4.2 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Sydney (Observatory Hill)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	85.6 mm (3.4 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Bungonia (Inverary Park)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	82.3 mm (3.2 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Camden Bowling Club	Australia	Record daily precipitation	100.3 mm (3.9 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Camden (Brownlow Hill)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	85.9 mm (3.4 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Moruya Heads Pilot Station	Australia	Record daily precipitation	81.0 mm (3.2 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Nowra Council Offices	Australia	Record daily precipitation	73.9 mm (2.9 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Moss Vale (Hoskins Street)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	79.0 mm (3.1 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Eversleigh	Australia	Record daily precipitation	38.1 mm (1.5 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Kempsey (Wide Street)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	76.7 mm (3.0 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Cataract River	Australia	Record daily precipitation	58.2 mm (2.3 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Goulburn	Australia	Record daily precipitation	61.0 mm (2.4 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Peddie (Mag)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	34.5 mm (1.4 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Campbelltown 1	Australia	Record daily precipitation	48.0 mm (1.9 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Eden (Caravan Park)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	49.0 mm (1.9 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Crookwell Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	114.0 mm (4.5 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Bodalla Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	179.6 mm (7.1 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Gundaroo (Bairnsdale)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	38.4 mm (1.5 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Picton Council Depot	Australia	Record daily precipitation	71.4 mm (2.8 in)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Bukalong Station	Australia	Record daily precipitation	29.0 mm (1.1 in)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Boorolong	Australia	Record daily precipitation	36.8 mm (1.4 in)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Riva	Italy	Record daily precipitation	38.0 mm (1.5 in)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Young Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	41.9 mm (1.6 in)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Wiarton	Canada	Record daily snowfall	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Wilmington Wb City	United States	Record low maximum temperature	1.1 C (34.0 F)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Den Helder-1	Netherlands	Record daily precipitation	13.5 mm (0.5 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Cooma Lambie Street	Australia	Record daily precipitation	20.3 mm (0.8 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Port Macquarie (Bellevue Garde	Australia	Record daily precipitation	45.5 mm (1.8 in)	19 of 100 (Routine)
Bobundara	Australia	Record daily precipitation	19.1 mm (0.8 in)	19 of 100 (Routine)
Tranebjerg	Denmark	Record daily precipitation	7.9 mm (0.31 in)	19 of 100 (Routine)
Olympia Priest Pt Park	United States	Record high maximum temperature	21.7 C (71.1 F)	19 of 100 (Routine)
Oran-Hopital Militaire	Algeria	Record high minimum temperature	14.0 C (57.2 F)	18 of 100 (Routine)
San Diego Wbo	United States	Record high minimum temperature	14.4 C (57.9 F)	17 of 100 (Routine)
Richmond - Uws Hawkesbury	Australia	Record daily precipitation	39.6 mm (1.6 in)	16 of 100 (Routine)
Gabo Island Lighthouse	Australia	Record daily precipitation	13.2 mm (0.5 in)	16 of 100 (Routine)
Walsingham 1	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	22.9 mm (0.9 in)	15 of 100 (Routine)
Karlshamn	Sweden	Record daily precipitation	11.0 mm (0.4 in)	15 of 100 (Routine)
Little Rock St Capitol	United States	Record low maximum temperature	7.2 C (45.0 F)	15 of 100 (Routine)
Darwin Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	51.3 mm (2.0 in)	14 of 100 (Routine)
Bingara Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	60.5 mm (2.4 in)	14 of 100 (Routine)
Gunnee	Australia	Record daily precipitation	19.3 mm (0.8 in)	14 of 100 (Routine)
Botany No.1 Dam	Australia	Record daily precipitation	46.0 mm (1.8 in)	14 of 100 (Routine)
Wollongong Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	30.5 mm (1.2 in)	14 of 100 (Routine)
Halmstad	Sweden	Record high minimum temperature	4.5 C (40.1 F)	14 of 100 (Routine)
Warialda Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	31.8 mm (1.3 in)	12 of 100 (Routine)
Scone (Philip Street)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	20.3 mm (0.8 in)	12 of 100 (Routine)
Hvar	Croatia	Record high minimum temperature	13.4 C (56.1 F)	12 of 100 (Routine)
Bjornholt	Norway	Record daily precipitation	18.9 mm (0.7 in)	11 of 100 (Routine)
Houston Wb City	United States	Record low maximum temperature	12.8 C (55.0 F)	11 of 100 (Routine)
Premer Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	11.4 mm (0.4 in)	10 of 100 (Routine)
Merriwa (Gummun Place)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	20.3 mm (0.8 in)	10 of 100 (Routine)
Kristianstad	Sweden	Record daily precipitation	8.2 mm (0.32 in)	10 of 100 (Routine)
Chattanooga Wb City	United States	Record low maximum temperature	5.6 C (42.1 F)	10 of 100 (Routine)
Walcha Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	22.6 mm (0.9 in)	9 of 100 (Routine)
Bathurst Gaol	Australia	Record low maximum temperature	18.4 C (65.1 F)	9 of 100 (Routine)
Warrangong	Australia	Record daily precipitation	34.0 mm (1.3 in)	8 of 100 (Routine)
Turanville	Australia	Record daily precipitation	23.1 mm (0.9 in)	7 of 100 (Routine)
Astrakan	Russia	Record daily precipitation	2.7 mm (0.11 in)	7 of 100 (Routine)
Jacksonville Wb City	United States	Record low maximum temperature	10.6 C (51.1 F)	7 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

71 records

Records set or tied on 21 March 1914 by type: Highest daily maximum 1, Lowest daily maximum 8, Highest daily minimum 6, Lowest daily minimum 1, Heaviest daily rainfall 54, Heaviest daily snowfall 1.

Records on 21 March 1914 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	1
Lowest daily maximum	8
Highest daily minimum	6
Lowest daily minimum	1
Heaviest daily rainfall	54
Heaviest daily snowfall	1
Deepest snow cover	0

Records on 21 March 1914 by timescale: all-time 1, monthly 2, daily 68.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

64 broken records

Margins by which the 64 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 101.0. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

21 March 1914

Top 20 records on 21 March 1914 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
21 March 1914	Bringelly (Maryland), AU	daily rain	77.2 mm (3.0 in)	65.8 mm (2.6 in)	13 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
21 March 1914	Bega (Newtown Road), AU	daily rain	106.7 mm (4.2 in)	95.5 mm (3.8 in)	19 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
21 March 1914	Sydney (Observatory Hill), AU	daily rain	85.6 mm (3.4 in)	52.1 mm (2.1 in)	43 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
21 March 1914	Bungonia (Inverary Park), AU	daily rain	82.3 mm (3.2 in)	55.9 mm (2.2 in)	0 years	43 of 100 (Notable)
21 March 1914	Camden Bowling Club, AU	daily rain	100.3 mm (3.9 in)	55.6 mm (2.2 in)	21 years	37 of 100 (Notable)
21 March 1914	Camden (Brownlow Hill), AU	daily rain	85.9 mm (3.4 in)	48.6 mm (1.9 in)	17 years	36 of 100 (Notable)
21 March 1914	Moruya Heads Pilot Station, AU	daily rain	81.0 mm (3.2 in)	59.7 mm (2.4 in)	19 years	36 of 100 (Notable)
21 March 1914	Nowra Council Offices, AU	daily rain	73.9 mm (2.9 in)	53.1 mm (2.1 in)	19 years	35 of 100 (Notable)
21 March 1914	Moss Vale (Hoskins Street), AU	daily rain	79.0 mm (3.1 in)	43.9 mm (1.7 in)	13 years	34 of 100 (Routine)
21 March 1914	Eversleigh, AU	daily rain	38.1 mm (1.5 in)	23.6 mm (0.9 in)	35 years	33 of 100 (Routine)
21 March 1914	Kempsey (Wide Street), AU	daily rain	76.7 mm (3.0 in)	60.4 mm (2.4 in)	11 years	32 of 100 (Routine)
21 March 1914	Cataract River, AU	daily rain	58.2 mm (2.3 in)	37.6 mm (1.5 in)	19 years	31 of 100 (Routine)
21 March 1914	Goulburn, AU	daily rain	61.0 mm (2.4 in)	21.4 mm (0.8 in)	26 years	31 of 100 (Routine)
21 March 1914	Peddie (Mag), ZA	daily rain	34.5 mm (1.4 in)	19.3 mm (0.8 in)	29 years	31 of 100 (Routine)
21 March 1914	Campbelltown 1, AU	daily rain	48.0 mm (1.9 in)	31.2 mm (1.2 in)	19 years	29 of 100 (Routine)
21 March 1914	Eden (Caravan Park), AU	daily rain	49.0 mm (1.9 in)	19.8 mm (0.8 in)	43 years	29 of 100 (Routine)
21 March 1914	Crookwell Post Office, AU	all-time rain	114.0 mm (4.5 in)	7.6 mm (0.30 in)	3 years	29 of 100 (Routine)
21 March 1914	Bodalla Post Office, AU	monthly rain	179.6 mm (7.1 in)	28.5 mm (1.1 in)	7 years	28 of 100 (Routine)
21 March 1914	Gundaroo (Bairnsdale), AU	daily rain	38.4 mm (1.5 in)	21.9 mm (0.9 in)	26 years	28 of 100 (Routine)
21 March 1914	Picton Council Depot, AU	daily rain	71.4 mm (2.8 in)	27.5 mm (1.1 in)	19 years	24 of 100 (Routine)

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

1797 to 1914

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1797 to 1914. 1914 had 71 records.

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

Records on 03-21 in each year
Year	Records
1797	2
1805	1
1806	1
1822	1
1830	1
1836	1
1837	1
1845	1
1846	1
1850	1
1852	2
1857	1
1865	7
1874	1
1877	1
1880	1
1881	1
1883	2
1884	1
1885	5
1886	2
1888	1
1890	3
1892	1
1893	1
1894	1
1895	1
1896	2
1897	2
1898	3
1899	4
1900	4
1901	9
1902	18
1903	23
1904	17
1905	6
1906	3
1907	14
1908	3
1909	11
1910	10
1911	10
1912	36
1913	97
1914	71
1915	27
1916	44
1917	43
1918	43
1919	29
1920	90
1921	96
1922	50
1923	72
1924	96
1925	141
1926	282
1927	179
1928	293
1929	104
1930	99
1931	638
1932	305
1933	235
1934	114
1935	675
1936	225
1937	172
1938	783
1939	280
1940	366
1941	311
1942	330
1943	217
1944	556
1945	294
1946	570
1947	192
1948	948
1949	330
1950	398
1951	779
1952	689
1953	342
1954	211
1955	1,124
1956	686
1957	373
1958	619
1959	230
1960	892
1961	268
1962	548
1963	298
1964	333
1965	1,961
1966	464
1967	487
1968	798
1969	219
1970	612
1971	358
1972	519
1973	385
1974	1,097
1975	751
1976	710
1977	376
1978	838
1979	656
1980	775
1981	676
1982	850
1983	1,673
1984	835
1985	503
1986	1,170
1987	948
1988	1,155
1989	1,396
1990	1,380
1991	1,446
1992	877
1993	687
1994	684
1995	1,141
1996	1,119
1997	1,670
1998	935
1999	1,044
2000	802
2001	1,342
2002	1,593
2003	1,073
2004	1,511
2005	649
2006	1,417
2007	1,220
2008	734
2009	558
2010	1,134
2011	1,451
2012	2,854
2013	728
2014	640
2015	568
2016	553
2017	1,117
2018	809
2019	649
2020	445
2021	489
2022	615
2023	815
2024	432
2025	845
2026	2,615

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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 2026-10-15 (15 October 2026). Records are computed by this site and are not official.

Data as of 2026-10-15. Last revised 15 October 2026 (2026-10-15).

Margin	Records
0 to 20	44
20 to 40	9
40 to 60	7
60 to 80	2
80 to 100	1
100 to 120	1