Weather Records on 21 March 1920

90 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 21 March 1920. Highest significance: Aleksandrovsk-Sahalinskij, RU.

Key Facts for 21 March 1920

On 21 March 1920, 90 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
24 were record highs and 8 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 0 were all-time records, 1 monthly and 89 daily.
Aleksandrovsk-Sahalinskij set a daily record precipitation of 26.0 mm (1.0 in) on 21 March 1920.
Across 157 earlier years (1797 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 485 records.

Record Map

90 stations

90 station records on 21 March 1920 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 21 March 1920: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Aleksandrovsk-Sahalinskij	Russia	Record daily precipitation	26.0 mm (1.0 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Millwood (Bos)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	58.4 mm (2.3 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
George Airport	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	41.4 mm (1.6 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Knysna (Tnk)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	44.5 mm (1.8 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Point Escuminac	Canada	Record daily snowfall	10.9 cm (4.3 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Bloukrans (Bos)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	111.5 mm (4.4 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Fort Chipewyan	Canada	Record daily snowfall	7.6 cm (3.0 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Goudveld (Bos)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	40.9 mm (1.6 in)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Melbourne Regional Office	Australia	Record low maximum temperature	15.5 C (59.9 F)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Umzimkulu (Tnk)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	42.7 mm (1.7 in)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Port Campbell Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	19.1 mm (0.8 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Lorne Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	16.0 mm (0.6 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Warragul (Carbethon)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	21.8 mm (0.9 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Ft Bidwell	United States	Record daily precipitation	6.1 mm (0.24 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Penshurst (Post Office)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	11.9 mm (0.5 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Jamestown	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	30.5 mm (1.2 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Philipstown (Tnk)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	21.6 mm (0.9 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Vanersborg	Sweden	Record high maximum temperature	14.0 C (57.2 F)	19 of 100 (Routine)
Neerim (Drewsdene)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	20.3 mm (0.8 in)	18 of 100 (Routine)
Blackwood	Australia	Record daily precipitation	10.4 mm (0.4 in)	18 of 100 (Routine)
Hawkesdale (Post Office)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	11.4 mm (0.4 in)	18 of 100 (Routine)
Vestervig	Denmark	Record high minimum temperature	5.7 C (42.3 F)	18 of 100 (Routine)
Jonkoping	Sweden	Record high maximum temperature	14.0 C (57.2 F)	18 of 100 (Routine)
Dromana	Australia	Record daily precipitation	10.2 mm (0.4 in)	17 of 100 (Routine)
Winchelsea (Murdeduke)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	10.2 mm (0.4 in)	17 of 100 (Routine)
Aberdeen (Tnk)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	24.1 mm (0.9 in)	17 of 100 (Routine)
Richmond C/K (Tnk)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	21.6 mm (0.9 in)	17 of 100 (Routine)
Linkoeping-Malmslaett	Sweden	Record high minimum temperature	4.0 C (39.2 F)	17 of 100 (Routine)
Laen	Australia	Record daily precipitation	1.5 mm (0.06 in)	16 of 100 (Routine)
Coleraine (Tulse Hill)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	12.2 mm (0.5 in)	15 of 100 (Routine)
Bird Rocks	Canada	Record daily snowfall	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	15 of 100 (Routine)
Montagu (Pol)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	6.4 mm (0.25 in)	15 of 100 (Routine)
Alexandria (Pol)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	15.7 mm (0.6 in)	15 of 100 (Routine)
Harnosand	Sweden	Record high minimum temperature	2.5 C (36.5 F)	15 of 100 (Routine)
Skara 1	Sweden	Record high maximum temperature	15.0 C (59.0 F)	15 of 100 (Routine)
Sveg	Sweden	Record high minimum temperature	2.1 C (35.8 F)	15 of 100 (Routine)
Stockholm	Sweden	Record high minimum temperature	3.5 C (38.3 F)	15 of 100 (Routine)
Nelson	Australia	Record daily precipitation	8.9 mm (0.35 in)	14 of 100 (Routine)
Woolsthorpe	Australia	Record daily precipitation	10.2 mm (0.4 in)	14 of 100 (Routine)
Macarthur (Glenhuntly)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	11.9 mm (0.5 in)	14 of 100 (Routine)
Umea	Sweden	Record high minimum temperature	0.0 C (32.0 F)	14 of 100 (Routine)
Harkerville (Bos)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	36.8 mm (1.4 in)	13 of 100 (Routine)
Queenstown	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	17.8 mm (0.7 in)	13 of 100 (Routine)
Sveg	Sweden	Record high maximum temperature	8.5 C (47.3 F)	13 of 100 (Routine)
Lucindale Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	5.3 mm (0.21 in)	12 of 100 (Routine)
Millicent	Australia	Record daily precipitation	8.6 mm (0.34 in)	11 of 100 (Routine)
Wagga Wagga (Kooringal)	Australia	Record low maximum temperature	18.9 C (66.0 F)	11 of 100 (Routine)
Emu Rail (Dalyenong)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	2.5 mm (0.10 in)	11 of 100 (Routine)
St Arnaud (Coonooer Bridge)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	3.6 mm (0.14 in)	11 of 100 (Routine)
Wedderburn (Post Office)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	4.1 mm (0.16 in)	11 of 100 (Routine)
Beaufort (Stoneleigh)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	5.6 mm (0.22 in)	11 of 100 (Routine)
Vestervig	Denmark	Record high maximum temperature	8.4 C (47.1 F)	11 of 100 (Routine)
Tranebjerg	Denmark	Record high maximum temperature	10.9 C (51.6 F)	11 of 100 (Routine)
Venterstad	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	26.7 mm (1.1 in)	11 of 100 (Routine)
Bourke Post Office	Australia	Record low maximum temperature	25.0 C (77.0 F)	10 of 100 (Routine)
Deniliquin (Wilkinson St)	Australia	Record low maximum temperature	18.3 C (64.9 F)	10 of 100 (Routine)
San Remo	Australia	Record daily precipitation	8.4 mm (0.33 in)	10 of 100 (Routine)
Durdidwarrah	Australia	Record daily precipitation	6.9 mm (0.27 in)	10 of 100 (Routine)
Merino (Glenorchy Estate)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	6.1 mm (0.24 in)	10 of 100 (Routine)
Swellendam (Tnk)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	32.8 mm (1.3 in)	10 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

90 records

Records set or tied on 21 March 1920 by type: Highest daily maximum 10, Lowest daily maximum 8, Highest daily minimum 14, Heaviest daily rainfall 55, Heaviest daily snowfall 3.

Records on 21 March 1920 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	10
Lowest daily maximum	8
Highest daily minimum	14
Lowest daily minimum	0
Heaviest daily rainfall	55
Heaviest daily snowfall	3
Deepest snow cover	0

Records on 21 March 1920 by timescale: all-time 0, monthly 1, daily 89.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

83 broken records

Margins by which the 83 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 109.0. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

21 March 1920

Top 20 records on 21 March 1920 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
21 March 1920	Aleksandrovsk-Sahalinskij, RU	daily rain	26.0 mm (1.0 in)	21.8 mm (0.9 in)	33 years	54 of 100 (Notable)
21 March 1920	Millwood (Bos), ZA	daily rain	58.4 mm (2.3 in)	34.3 mm (1.4 in)	28 years	38 of 100 (Notable)
21 March 1920	George Airport, ZA	daily rain	41.4 mm (1.6 in)	17.5 mm (0.7 in)	41 years	34 of 100 (Routine)
21 March 1920	Knysna (Tnk), ZA	daily rain	44.5 mm (1.8 in)	17.6 mm (0.7 in)	30 years	33 of 100 (Routine)
21 March 1920	Point Escuminac, CA	daily snowfall	10.9 cm (4.3 in)	10.9 cm (4.3 in)	33 years	30 of 100 (Routine)
21 March 1920	Bloukrans (Bos), ZA	monthly rain	111.5 mm (4.4 in)	17.3 mm (0.7 in)	2 years	28 of 100 (Routine)
21 March 1920	Fort Chipewyan, CA	daily snowfall	7.6 cm (3.0 in)	5.1 cm (2.0 in)	13 years	25 of 100 (Routine)
21 March 1920	Goudveld (Bos), ZA	daily rain	40.9 mm (1.6 in)	12.2 mm (0.5 in)	30 years	23 of 100 (Routine)
21 March 1920	Melbourne Regional Office, AU	daily low max	15.5 C (59.9 F)	0.6 C (1.1 F)	48 years	21 of 100 (Routine)
21 March 1920	Umzimkulu (Tnk), ZA	daily rain	42.7 mm (1.7 in)	12.5 mm (0.5 in)	22 years	21 of 100 (Routine)
21 March 1920	Port Campbell Post Office, AU	daily rain	19.1 mm (0.8 in)	8.9 mm (0.35 in)	30 years	20 of 100 (Routine)
21 March 1920	Lorne Post Office, AU	daily rain	16.0 mm (0.6 in)	11.2 mm (0.4 in)	32 years	20 of 100 (Routine)
21 March 1920	Warragul (Carbethon), AU	daily rain	21.8 mm (0.9 in)	6.3 mm (0.25 in)	39 years	20 of 100 (Routine)
21 March 1920	Ft Bidwell, US	daily rain	6.1 mm (0.24 in)	1.0 mm (0.04 in)	50 years	20 of 100 (Routine)
21 March 1920	Penshurst (Post Office), AU	daily rain	11.9 mm (0.5 in)	8.1 mm (0.32 in)	27 years	20 of 100 (Routine)
21 March 1920	Jamestown, ZA	daily rain	30.5 mm (1.2 in)	11.4 mm (0.4 in)	19 years	20 of 100 (Routine)
21 March 1920	Philipstown (Tnk), ZA	daily rain	21.6 mm (0.9 in)	8.9 mm (0.35 in)	33 years	20 of 100 (Routine)
21 March 1920	Vanersborg, SE	daily high max	14.0 C (57.2 F)	4.0 C (7.2 F)	25 years	19 of 100 (Routine)
21 March 1920	Neerim (Drewsdene), AU	daily rain	20.3 mm (0.8 in)	11.9 mm (0.5 in)	19 years	18 of 100 (Routine)
21 March 1920	Blackwood, AU	daily rain	10.4 mm (0.4 in)	4.0 mm (0.16 in)	39 years	18 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 1920

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1797 to 1920. 1920 had 90 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 2026-10-13 (13 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	78
20 to 40	3
40 to 60	1
60 to 80	0
80 to 100	0
100 to 120	1