Weather Records on 11 March 1921

66 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 11 March 1921. Highest significance: Bowen Post Office, AU.

Key Facts for 11 March 1921

On 11 March 1921, 66 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
33 were record highs and 7 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 0 were all-time records, 1 monthly and 65 daily.
Bowen Post Office set a daily record precipitation of 160.8 mm (6.3 in) on 11 March 1921.
Across 166 earlier years (1793 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 476 records.

Record Map

66 stations

66 station records on 11 March 1921 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 11 March 1921: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Bowen Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	160.8 mm (6.3 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Croydon Township	Australia	Record daily precipitation	137.9 mm (5.4 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Little Rock St Capitol	United States	Record daily precipitation	68.1 mm (2.7 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Prescott 2 NNW	United States	Record daily precipitation	50.8 mm (2.0 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Burdekin Shire Council	Australia	Record daily precipitation	97.8 mm (3.9 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
New Westminster	Canada	Record daily snowfall	14.0 cm (5.5 in)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Tennant Creek Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	7.6 mm (0.30 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Gilbert River Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	72.6 mm (2.9 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Normanton Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	58.4 mm (2.3 in)	18 of 100 (Routine)
Surgut	Russia	Record daily precipitation	5.4 mm (0.21 in)	18 of 100 (Routine)
Skara 1	Sweden	Record high maximum temperature	10.0 C (50.0 F)	18 of 100 (Routine)
Orebro	Sweden	Record high maximum temperature	9.8 C (49.6 F)	18 of 100 (Routine)
Vasteras-Hasslo	Sweden	Record high maximum temperature	10.5 C (50.9 F)	18 of 100 (Routine)
Stuttgart	United States	Record daily precipitation	49.3 mm (1.9 in)	18 of 100 (Routine)
Visby_Flygplats	Sweden	Record high minimum temperature	1.9 C (35.4 F)	17 of 100 (Routine)
Jonkoping	Sweden	Record high maximum temperature	10.0 C (50.0 F)	17 of 100 (Routine)
Vestervig	Denmark	Record high maximum temperature	10.2 C (50.4 F)	16 of 100 (Routine)
Tobolsk	Russia	Record daily precipitation	3.7 mm (0.15 in)	16 of 100 (Routine)
Stockholm	Sweden	Record high maximum temperature	9.5 C (49.1 F)	16 of 100 (Routine)
Yunta (Winnininnie)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	12.7 mm (0.5 in)	15 of 100 (Routine)
Emerald Post Office	Australia	Record low maximum temperature	22.4 C (72.3 F)	15 of 100 (Routine)
Woodford Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	48.3 mm (1.9 in)	15 of 100 (Routine)
Stonecliffe	Canada	Record high maximum temperature	12.2 C (54.0 F)	15 of 100 (Routine)
Tranebjerg	Denmark	Record high maximum temperature	8.2 C (46.8 F)	15 of 100 (Routine)
Komga (Pol)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	9.4 mm (0.37 in)	15 of 100 (Routine)
Sveg	Sweden	Record high minimum temperature	0.0 C (32.0 F)	15 of 100 (Routine)
Edmonton	Canada	Record low minimum temperature	-28.9 C (-20.0 F)	13 of 100 (Routine)
Banff	Canada	Record low minimum temperature	-24.4 C (-11.9 F)	13 of 100 (Routine)
Husum	Germany	Record high maximum temperature	11.8 C (53.2 F)	13 of 100 (Routine)
Vryburg (Pol)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	19.1 mm (0.8 in)	13 of 100 (Routine)
Linkoeping-Malmslaett	Sweden	Record high maximum temperature	11.4 C (52.5 F)	13 of 100 (Routine)
Beenleigh Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	18.3 mm (0.7 in)	12 of 100 (Routine)
Coldwater	Canada	Record high maximum temperature	11.1 C (52.0 F)	12 of 100 (Routine)
Guelph Oac	Canada	Record high maximum temperature	11.1 C (52.0 F)	12 of 100 (Routine)
Muenster	Germany	Record high maximum temperature	17.8 C (64.0 F)	12 of 100 (Routine)
Gavle	Sweden	Record high maximum temperature	9.0 C (48.2 F)	12 of 100 (Routine)
Donors Hill Station	Australia	Record daily precipitation	17.8 mm (0.7 in)	11 of 100 (Routine)
Duaringa Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	19.1 mm (0.8 in)	11 of 100 (Routine)
Boulia Airport	Australia	Record low maximum temperature	25.8 C (78.4 F)	11 of 100 (Routine)
Hawkwood Station	Australia	Record daily precipitation	11.9 mm (0.5 in)	11 of 100 (Routine)
Nordby (Fano)	Denmark	Record high maximum temperature	8.4 C (47.1 F)	11 of 100 (Routine)
Wrixum/Fohr	Germany	Record high maximum temperature	10.0 C (50.0 F)	11 of 100 (Routine)
Visby_Flygplats	Sweden	Record high maximum temperature	8.8 C (47.8 F)	11 of 100 (Routine)
Halmstad	Sweden	Record high maximum temperature	9.0 C (48.2 F)	11 of 100 (Routine)
Boras	Sweden	Record high maximum temperature	10.6 C (51.1 F)	11 of 100 (Routine)
Mackay Post Office	Australia	Record low maximum temperature	24.6 C (76.3 F)	10 of 100 (Routine)
Dalby Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	7.9 mm (0.31 in)	10 of 100 (Routine)
Tartu	Estonia	Record high minimum temperature	0.7 C (33.3 F)	10 of 100 (Routine)
Skara 1	Sweden	Record high minimum temperature	2.5 C (36.5 F)	10 of 100 (Routine)
Alice Springs Post Office	Australia	Record low maximum temperature	22.2 C (72.0 F)	9 of 100 (Routine)
Arnsberg	Germany	Record high maximum temperature	17.9 C (64.2 F)	9 of 100 (Routine)
Adrian 2 NNE	United States	Record high maximum temperature	17.2 C (63.0 F)	9 of 100 (Routine)
Nanango Wills St	Australia	Record daily precipitation	17.5 mm (0.7 in)	8 of 100 (Routine)
Parnu	Estonia	Record high minimum temperature	0.6 C (33.1 F)	8 of 100 (Routine)
Camboon Station	Australia	Record daily precipitation	3.8 mm (0.15 in)	7 of 100 (Routine)
Thornborough	Australia	Record daily precipitation	45.7 mm (1.8 in)	6 of 100 (Routine)
Needles	United States	Record daily precipitation	3.0 mm (0.12 in)	6 of 100 (Routine)
Herschel	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	17.3 mm (0.7 in)	5 of 100 (Routine)
Barrie	Canada	Record high maximum temperature	9.4 C (48.9 F)	3 of 100 (Routine)
Beatrice	Canada	Record high maximum temperature	8.9 C (48.0 F)	2 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

66 records

Records set or tied on 11 March 1921 by type: Highest daily maximum 27, Lowest daily maximum 4, Highest daily minimum 6, Lowest daily minimum 3, Heaviest daily rainfall 25, Heaviest daily snowfall 1.

Records on 11 March 1921 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	27
Lowest daily maximum	4
Highest daily minimum	6
Lowest daily minimum	3
Heaviest daily rainfall	25
Heaviest daily snowfall	1
Deepest snow cover	0

Records on 11 March 1921 by timescale: all-time 0, monthly 1, daily 65.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

58 broken records

Margins by which the 58 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 103.4. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

11 March 1921

Top 20 records on 11 March 1921 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
11 March 1921	Bowen Post Office, AU	daily rain	160.8 mm (6.3 in)	103.4 mm (4.1 in)	31 years	54 of 100 (Notable)
11 March 1921	Croydon Township, AU	monthly rain	137.9 mm (5.4 in)	41.4 mm (1.6 in)	10 years	41 of 100 (Notable)
11 March 1921	Little Rock St Capitol, US	daily rain	68.1 mm (2.7 in)	37.4 mm (1.5 in)	23 years	35 of 100 (Notable)
11 March 1921	Prescott 2 NNW, US	daily rain	50.8 mm (2.0 in)	37.3 mm (1.5 in)	7 years	28 of 100 (Routine)
11 March 1921	Burdekin Shire Council, AU	daily rain	97.8 mm (3.9 in)	62.2 mm (2.4 in)	14 years	26 of 100 (Routine)
11 March 1921	New Westminster, CA	daily snowfall	14.0 cm (5.5 in)	4.1 cm (1.6 in)	44 years	23 of 100 (Routine)
11 March 1921	Tennant Creek Post Office, AU	daily rain	7.6 mm (0.30 in)	7.6 mm (0.30 in)	40 years	20 of 100 (Routine)
11 March 1921	Gilbert River Post Office, AU	daily rain	72.6 mm (2.9 in)	18.0 mm (0.7 in)	20 years	20 of 100 (Routine)
11 March 1921	Normanton Post Office, AU	daily rain	58.4 mm (2.3 in)	28.9 mm (1.1 in)	2 years	18 of 100 (Routine)
11 March 1921	Surgut, RU	daily rain	5.4 mm (0.21 in)	2.9 mm (0.11 in)	4 years	18 of 100 (Routine)
11 March 1921	Skara 1, SE	daily high max	10.0 C (50.0 F)	1.5 C (2.7 F)	38 years	18 of 100 (Routine)
11 March 1921	Orebro, SE	daily high max	9.8 C (49.6 F)	1.6 C (2.9 F)	38 years	18 of 100 (Routine)
11 March 1921	Vasteras-Hasslo, SE	daily high max	10.5 C (50.9 F)	1.5 C (2.7 F)	38 years	18 of 100 (Routine)
11 March 1921	Stuttgart, US	daily rain	49.3 mm (1.9 in)	15.5 mm (0.6 in)	23 years	18 of 100 (Routine)
11 March 1921	Visby_Flygplats, SE	daily high min	1.9 C (35.4 F)	0.9 C (1.6 F)	38 years	17 of 100 (Routine)
11 March 1921	Jonkoping, SE	daily high max	10.0 C (50.0 F)	1.0 C (1.8 F)	38 years	17 of 100 (Routine)
11 March 1921	Vestervig, DK	daily high max	10.2 C (50.4 F)	2.0 C (3.6 F)	21 years	16 of 100 (Routine)
11 March 1921	Tobolsk, RU	daily rain	3.7 mm (0.15 in)	1.0 mm (0.04 in)	29 years	16 of 100 (Routine)
11 March 1921	Stockholm, SE	daily high max	9.5 C (49.1 F)	1.5 C (2.7 F)	30 years	16 of 100 (Routine)
11 March 1921	Yunta (Winnininnie), AU	daily rain	12.7 mm (0.5 in)	6.3 mm (0.25 in)	29 years	15 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

1793 to 1921

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1793 to 1921. 1921 had 66 records.

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

Records on 03-11 in each year
Year	Records
1793	1
1810	3
1814	1
1822	1
1844	1
1845	2
1847	3
1849	1
1850	2
1854	3
1855	1
1858	3
1859	1
1860	2
1862	1
1863	1
1868	1
1870	1
1874	2
1877	1
1878	1
1879	2
1880	1
1881	5
1882	2
1883	1
1884	1
1885	2
1886	3
1888	4
1889	1
1890	4
1891	5
1892	3
1893	2
1894	6
1896	4
1897	4
1898	2
1899	1
1900	4
1901	13
1902	8
1903	12
1904	7
1905	6
1906	38
1907	7
1908	10
1909	26
1910	19
1911	19
1912	19
1913	22
1914	25
1915	18
1916	29
1917	49
1918	58
1919	39
1920	15
1921	66
1922	42
1923	78
1924	265
1925	264
1926	134
1927	277
1928	119
1929	210
1930	105
1931	273
1932	1,123
1933	300
1934	764
1935	520
1936	356
1937	188
1938	120
1939	569
1940	417
1941	265
1942	225
1943	251
1944	304
1945	262
1946	461
1947	234
1948	2,148
1949	329
1950	671
1951	677
1952	804
1953	330
1954	489
1955	1,103
1956	964
1957	521
1958	441
1959	189
1960	1,115
1961	353
1962	674
1963	440
1964	296
1965	386
1966	539
1967	1,272
1968	519
1969	1,093
1970	389
1971	552
1972	1,320
1973	1,406
1974	956
1975	592
1976	375
1977	1,690
1978	579
1979	891
1980	472
1981	1,539
1982	807
1983	943
1984	743
1985	829
1986	747
1987	596
1988	1,176
1989	1,894
1990	2,496
1991	532
1992	1,083
1993	561
1994	689
1995	1,138
1996	1,339
1997	1,152
1998	2,609
1999	533
2000	1,199
2001	802
2002	736
2003	935
2004	826
2005	988
2006	1,590
2007	830
2008	816
2009	1,195
2010	966
2011	734
2012	868
2013	949
2014	556
2015	897
2016	1,249
2017	483
2018	479
2019	767
2020	605
2021	980
2022	1,203
2023	984
2024	424
2025	699
2026	1,580

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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 2026-10-15. Last revised 15 October 2026 (2026-10-15).

Margin	Records
0 to 20	50
20 to 40	4
40 to 60	2
60 to 80	1
80 to 100	0
100 to 120	1