Weather Records on 21 March 1916

44 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 21 March 1916. Highest significance: Oxford, GB.

Key Facts for 21 March 1916

On 21 March 1916, 44 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
10 were record highs and 5 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 0 were all-time records, 1 monthly and 43 daily.
Oxford set a daily record precipitation of 25.8 mm (1.0 in) on 21 March 1916.
Across 157 earlier years (1797 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 485 records.

Record Map

44 stations

44 station records on 21 March 1916 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 21 March 1916: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Oxford	United Kingdom	Record daily precipitation	25.8 mm (1.0 in)	56 of 100 (Notable)
Swift Current	Canada	Record daily snowfall	22.9 cm (9.0 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Edmonton	Canada	Record daily snowfall	10.7 cm (4.2 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Chicoutimi	Canada	Record low minimum temperature	-37.8 C (-36.0 F)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Milan	Italy	Record daily precipitation	38.3 mm (1.5 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Melbourne Regional Office	Australia	Record high maximum temperature	32.9 C (91.2 F)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Paris	Canada	Record daily snowfall	5.1 cm (2.0 in)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Fort Beaufort	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	27.4 mm (1.1 in)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Moose Factory	Canada	Record low maximum temperature	-20.0 C (-4.0 F)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Edmonton	Canada	Record daily precipitation	10.7 mm (0.4 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Scheveningen	Netherlands	Record daily precipitation	20.4 mm (0.8 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Kerkwerve	Netherlands	Record daily precipitation	13.0 mm (0.5 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Swift Current	Canada	Record daily precipitation	22.9 mm (0.9 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Kalmar_D	Sweden	Record daily precipitation	8.0 mm (0.31 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Vineland	United States	Record daily snowfall	2.0 cm (0.8 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Hohenpeissenberg	Germany	Record daily precipitation	13.9 mm (0.5 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Sterkstroom (Pol)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	49.8 mm (2.0 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Windsor Riverside	Canada	Record daily snowfall	6.4 cm (2.5 in)	19 of 100 (Routine)
Ilulissat (Jakobshavn)	Greenland [Denmark]	Record high minimum temperature	-1.3 C (29.7 F)	19 of 100 (Routine)
Helmond	Netherlands	Record daily precipitation	14.0 mm (0.6 in)	19 of 100 (Routine)
Olympia Priest Pt Park	United States	Record daily precipitation	23.6 mm (0.9 in)	19 of 100 (Routine)
Innsbruck	Austria	Record high minimum temperature	6.1 C (43.0 F)	18 of 100 (Routine)
Washington	United States	Record daily snowfall	1.3 cm (0.5 in)	17 of 100 (Routine)
Dordrecht - Tnk 14	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	26.9 mm (1.1 in)	16 of 100 (Routine)
Salzburg	Austria	Record high minimum temperature	7.7 C (45.9 F)	15 of 100 (Routine)
Anticosti SW Point	Canada	Record low maximum temperature	-9.4 C (15.1 F)	15 of 100 (Routine)
Wellwood	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	12.2 mm (0.5 in)	14 of 100 (Routine)
Morris W Cntrl Rsch & Outreach	United States	Record daily precipitation	15.2 mm (0.6 in)	11 of 100 (Routine)
Hoorn	Netherlands	Record daily precipitation	10.8 mm (0.4 in)	10 of 100 (Routine)
Moose Factory	Canada	Record low minimum temperature	-35.6 C (-32.1 F)	9 of 100 (Routine)
Cottam	Canada	Record daily precipitation	7.6 mm (0.30 in)	9 of 100 (Routine)
Karlsruhe	Germany	Record high minimum temperature	10.2 C (50.4 F)	9 of 100 (Routine)
Cottam	Canada	Record daily snowfall	7.6 cm (3.0 in)	8 of 100 (Routine)
Steynsburg	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	11.7 mm (0.5 in)	8 of 100 (Routine)
Robe Comparison	Australia	Record high minimum temperature	16.8 C (62.2 F)	7 of 100 (Routine)
Gronbaek-Allingskovgard	Denmark	Record daily precipitation	5.0 mm (0.20 in)	6 of 100 (Routine)
Medicine Hat A	Canada	Record high minimum temperature	6.1 C (43.0 F)	5 of 100 (Routine)
Arnsberg	Germany	Record high minimum temperature	8.5 C (47.3 F)	5 of 100 (Routine)
Lady Frere (Tnk)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	18.3 mm (0.7 in)	5 of 100 (Routine)
Philadelphia City	United States	Record daily snowfall	1.0 cm (0.4 in)	5 of 100 (Routine)
Brome	Canada	Record daily snowfall	5.1 cm (2.0 in)	3 of 100 (Routine)
Sheffield	United Kingdom	Record low maximum temperature	2.2 C (36.0 F)	3 of 100 (Routine)
Little Rock St Capitol	United States	Record high maximum temperature	30.0 C (86.0 F)	1 of 100 (Routine)
Munchen-Nymphenburg	Germany	Record high minimum temperature	8.0 C (46.4 F)	0 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

44 records

Records set or tied on 21 March 1916 by type: Highest daily maximum 2, Lowest daily maximum 3, Highest daily minimum 8, Lowest daily minimum 2, Heaviest daily rainfall 20, Heaviest daily snowfall 9.

Records on 21 March 1916 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	2
Lowest daily maximum	3
Highest daily minimum	8
Lowest daily minimum	2
Heaviest daily rainfall	20
Heaviest daily snowfall	9
Deepest snow cover	0

Records on 21 March 1916 by timescale: all-time 0, monthly 1, daily 43.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

40 broken records

Margins by which the 40 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

21 March 1916

Top 20 records on 21 March 1916 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
21 March 1916	Oxford, GB	daily rain	25.8 mm (1.0 in)	10.3 mm (0.4 in)	67 years	56 of 100 (Notable)
21 March 1916	Swift Current, CA	daily snowfall	22.9 cm (9.0 in)	15.3 cm (6.0 in)	9 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
21 March 1916	Edmonton, CA	daily snowfall	10.7 cm (4.2 in)	9.7 cm (3.8 in)	24 years	34 of 100 (Routine)
21 March 1916	Chicoutimi, CA	daily low min	-37.8 C (-36.0 F)	13.4 C (24.1 F)	30 years	27 of 100 (Routine)
21 March 1916	Milan, IT	daily rain	38.3 mm (1.5 in)	10.0 mm (0.4 in)	36 years	26 of 100 (Routine)
21 March 1916	Melbourne Regional Office, AU	daily high max	32.9 C (91.2 F)	0.4 C (0.7 F)	59 years	23 of 100 (Routine)
21 March 1916	Paris, CA	daily snowfall	5.1 cm (2.0 in)	5.1 cm (2.0 in)	30 years	22 of 100 (Routine)
21 March 1916	Fort Beaufort, ZA	daily rain	27.4 mm (1.1 in)	14.4 mm (0.6 in)	14 years	22 of 100 (Routine)
21 March 1916	Moose Factory, CA	daily low max	-20.0 C (-4.0 F)	5.6 C (10.1 F)	33 years	21 of 100 (Routine)
21 March 1916	Edmonton, CA	daily rain	10.7 mm (0.4 in)	9.7 mm (0.38 in)	24 years	20 of 100 (Routine)
21 March 1916	Scheveningen, NL	daily rain	20.4 mm (0.8 in)	11.2 mm (0.4 in)	3 years	20 of 100 (Routine)
21 March 1916	Kerkwerve, NL	daily rain	13.0 mm (0.5 in)	4.5 mm (0.18 in)	33 years	20 of 100 (Routine)
21 March 1916	Swift Current, CA	daily rain	22.9 mm (0.9 in)	7.2 mm (0.28 in)	9 years	20 of 100 (Routine)
21 March 1916	Kalmar_D, SE	daily rain	8.0 mm (0.31 in)	1.3 mm (0.05 in)	43 years	20 of 100 (Routine)
21 March 1916	Vineland, US	daily snowfall	2.0 cm (0.8 in)	2.0 cm (0.8 in)	46 years	20 of 100 (Routine)
21 March 1916	Hohenpeissenberg, DE	daily rain	13.9 mm (0.5 in)	2.1 mm (0.08 in)	29 years	20 of 100 (Routine)
21 March 1916	Sterkstroom (Pol), ZA	monthly rain	49.8 mm (2.0 in)	2.0 mm (0.08 in)	18 years	20 of 100 (Routine)
21 March 1916	Windsor Riverside, CA	daily snowfall	6.4 cm (2.5 in)	1.3 cm (0.5 in)	42 years	19 of 100 (Routine)
21 March 1916	Ilulissat (Jakobshavn), GL	daily high min	-1.3 C (29.7 F)	3.7 C (6.7 F)	39 years	19 of 100 (Routine)
21 March 1916	Helmond, NL	daily rain	14.0 mm (0.6 in)	5.3 mm (0.21 in)	4 years	19 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 1916

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1797 to 1916. 1916 had 44 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	727
2014	639
2015	568
2016	553
2017	1,117
2018	809
2019	649
2020	445
2021	489
2022	615
2023	815
2024	432
2025	845
2026	2,614

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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 2026-10-14 (14 October 2026). Records are computed by this site and are not official.

Data as of 2026-10-12. Last revised 12 October 2026 (2026-10-12).

Margin	Records
0 to 20	35
20 to 40	2
40 to 60	1
60 to 80	0
80 to 100	1
100 to 120	0
120 to 140	0
140 to 160	1