Weather Records on 16 March 1921

272 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 16 March 1921. Highest significance: Cradock, AU.

Key Facts for 16 March 1921

On 16 March 1921, 272 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
75 were record highs and 2 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 0 were all-time records, 1 monthly and 271 daily.
Cradock set a daily record precipitation of 51.6 mm (2.0 in) on 16 March 1921.
Across 162 earlier years (1801 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 465 records.

Record Map

272 stations

272 station records on 16 March 1921 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 16 March 1921: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Cradock	Australia	Record daily precipitation	51.6 mm (2.0 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Manna Hill	Australia	Record daily precipitation	48.8 mm (1.9 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Portland Rfc City	United States	Record daily precipitation	43.9 mm (1.7 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Leeu Gamka (Sar)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	29.0 mm (1.1 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Kyabram Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	31.8 mm (1.3 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Lake Victoria (Cal-Lal)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	38.1 mm (1.5 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Hawker (Wilson)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	36.6 mm (1.4 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Thelangerin East	Australia	Record daily precipitation	27.4 mm (1.1 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Round Hill	Australia	Record daily precipitation	57.2 mm (2.3 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Maldon (Derby Hill)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	38.1 mm (1.5 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Matjiesfontein (Sar)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	45.7 mm (1.8 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Oxford	United Kingdom	Record high minimum temperature	9.6 C (49.3 F)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Astoria	United States	Record daily precipitation	49.8 mm (2.0 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Manfred	Australia	Record daily precipitation	27.9 mm (1.1 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Malmsbury Reservoir	Australia	Record daily precipitation	37.1 mm (1.5 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Woods Point	Australia	Record daily precipitation	58.4 mm (2.3 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Euroa	Australia	Record daily precipitation	31.2 mm (1.2 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Wedderburn (Post Office)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	30.5 mm (1.2 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Clydebank	Australia	Record daily precipitation	29.2 mm (1.1 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Bridgewater (Memsie)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	32.5 mm (1.3 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Tumbarumba Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	62.0 mm (2.4 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Sandy Creek	Australia	Record daily precipitation	40.9 mm (1.6 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Nariel Creek (Simpson)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	47.0 mm (1.9 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Mornington	Australia	Record daily precipitation	38.9 mm (1.5 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Inglewood (Post Office)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	27.2 mm (1.1 in)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Violet Town	Australia	Record daily precipitation	27.2 mm (1.1 in)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Coolamon Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	28.4 mm (1.1 in)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Fryerstown	Australia	Record daily precipitation	35.8 mm (1.4 in)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Concord	United States	Record high minimum temperature	3.3 C (37.9 F)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Philadelphia City	United States	Record high minimum temperature	8.9 C (48.0 F)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Glenaroua	Australia	Record daily precipitation	43.9 mm (1.7 in)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Bic	Canada	Record daily snowfall	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Tranebjerg	Denmark	Record high maximum temperature	12.5 C (54.5 F)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Sandvig	Denmark	Record high maximum temperature	10.2 C (50.4 F)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Wilmington Wb City	United States	Record high maximum temperature	29.4 C (84.9 F)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Holbrook (Rsl)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	47.0 mm (1.9 in)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Tatura Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	31.8 mm (1.3 in)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Baltimore Customs House	United States	Record high maximum temperature	23.9 C (75.0 F)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Blinman	Australia	Record daily precipitation	24.9 mm (1.0 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Blinman (Wirrealpa)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	19.1 mm (0.8 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Orroroo (Black Rock)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	23.6 mm (0.9 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Johnburgh Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	24.6 mm (1.0 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Quinyambie	Australia	Record daily precipitation	15.2 mm (0.6 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Outalpa	Australia	Record daily precipitation	10.4 mm (0.4 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Wilcannia (Mena Murtee)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	10.2 mm (0.4 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Goulburn River @ Shepparton	Australia	Record daily precipitation	24.9 mm (1.0 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
White Cliffs (Yancannia)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	12.7 mm (0.5 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Bedooba	Australia	Record daily precipitation	14.5 mm (0.6 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Stuarts Creek	Australia	Record daily precipitation	11.4 mm (0.4 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Hawker	Australia	Record daily precipitation	23.1 mm (0.9 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Yunta (Paratoo)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	12.7 mm (0.5 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Yunta	Australia	Record daily precipitation	21.8 mm (0.9 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Tapio	Australia	Record daily precipitation	10.2 mm (0.4 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Kallara	Australia	Record daily precipitation	13.2 mm (0.5 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Korong Vale (Post Office)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	18.0 mm (0.7 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Beltana	Australia	Record daily precipitation	15.5 mm (0.6 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Yanco (Billinbah East)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	20.6 mm (0.8 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Hillview (Ballandry)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	22.4 mm (0.9 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Gladfield Hopefield Estate	Australia	Record daily precipitation	13.5 mm (0.5 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Arrowie	Australia	Record daily precipitation	11.9 mm (0.5 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

272 records

Records set or tied on 16 March 1921 by type: Highest daily maximum 34, Lowest daily maximum 1, Highest daily minimum 41, Lowest daily minimum 1, Heaviest daily rainfall 194, Heaviest daily snowfall 1.

Records on 16 March 1921 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	34
Lowest daily maximum	1
Highest daily minimum	41
Lowest daily minimum	1
Heaviest daily rainfall	194
Heaviest daily snowfall	1
Deepest snow cover	0

Records on 16 March 1921 by timescale: all-time 0, monthly 1, daily 271.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

257 broken records

Margins by which the 257 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 82.0. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

16 March 1921

Top 20 records on 16 March 1921 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
16 March 1921	Cradock, AU	daily rain	51.6 mm (2.0 in)	49.8 mm (2.0 in)	16 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
16 March 1921	Manna Hill, AU	daily rain	48.8 mm (1.9 in)	47.5 mm (1.9 in)	16 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
16 March 1921	Portland Rfc City, US	daily rain	43.9 mm (1.7 in)	26.1 mm (1.0 in)	34 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
16 March 1921	Leeu Gamka (Sar), ZA	daily rain	29.0 mm (1.1 in)	23.9 mm (0.9 in)	39 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
16 March 1921	Kyabram Post Office, AU	daily rain	31.8 mm (1.3 in)	29.3 mm (1.2 in)	16 years	43 of 100 (Notable)
16 March 1921	Lake Victoria (Cal-Lal), AU	daily rain	38.1 mm (1.5 in)	22.6 mm (0.9 in)	26 years	41 of 100 (Notable)
16 March 1921	Hawker (Wilson), AU	daily rain	36.6 mm (1.4 in)	34.6 mm (1.4 in)	16 years	39 of 100 (Notable)
16 March 1921	Thelangerin East, AU	daily rain	27.4 mm (1.1 in)	24.9 mm (1.0 in)	41 years	39 of 100 (Notable)
16 March 1921	Round Hill, AU	daily rain	57.2 mm (2.3 in)	31.8 mm (1.3 in)	25 years	38 of 100 (Notable)
16 March 1921	Maldon (Derby Hill), AU	daily rain	38.1 mm (1.5 in)	28.7 mm (1.1 in)	25 years	38 of 100 (Notable)
16 March 1921	Matjiesfontein (Sar), ZA	daily rain	45.7 mm (1.8 in)	27.9 mm (1.1 in)	19 years	37 of 100 (Notable)
16 March 1921	Oxford, GB	daily high min	9.6 C (49.3 F)	0.6 C (1.1 F)	89 years	37 of 100 (Notable)
16 March 1921	Astoria, US	daily rain	49.8 mm (2.0 in)	36.6 mm (1.4 in)	8 years	37 of 100 (Notable)
16 March 1921	Manfred, AU	daily rain	27.9 mm (1.1 in)	27.9 mm (1.1 in)	38 years	35 of 100 (Notable)
16 March 1921	Malmsbury Reservoir, AU	daily rain	37.1 mm (1.5 in)	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	8 years	32 of 100 (Routine)
16 March 1921	Woods Point, AU	daily rain	58.4 mm (2.3 in)	33.0 mm (1.3 in)	8 years	31 of 100 (Routine)
16 March 1921	Euroa, AU	daily rain	31.2 mm (1.2 in)	20.5 mm (0.8 in)	25 years	30 of 100 (Routine)
16 March 1921	Wedderburn (Post Office), AU	daily rain	30.5 mm (1.2 in)	18.3 mm (0.7 in)	25 years	29 of 100 (Routine)
16 March 1921	Clydebank, AU	daily rain	29.2 mm (1.1 in)	21.8 mm (0.9 in)	32 years	29 of 100 (Routine)
16 March 1921	Bridgewater (Memsie), AU	daily rain	32.5 mm (1.3 in)	15.2 mm (0.6 in)	25 years	26 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

1801 to 1921

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1801 to 1921. 1921 had 272 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 2026-10-15. Last revised 15 October 2026 (2026-10-15).

Margin	Records
0 to 20	232
20 to 40	22
40 to 60	2
60 to 80	0
80 to 100	1