Weather Records on 21 March 1922

50 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 21 March 1922. Highest significance: Banff, CA.

Key Facts for 21 March 1922

On 21 March 1922, 50 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
6 were record highs and 9 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 0 were all-time records, 4 monthly and 46 daily.
Banff set a daily record snowfall of 14.5 cm (5.7 in) on 21 March 1922.
Across 157 earlier years (1797 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 485 records.

Record Map

50 stations

50 station records on 21 March 1922 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 21 March 1922: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Banff	Canada	Record daily snowfall	14.5 cm (5.7 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Agassiz Cda	Canada	Record daily snowfall	22.9 cm (9.0 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Bic	Canada	Record daily snowfall	22.9 cm (9.0 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Chatham	Canada	Record daily precipitation	47.0 mm (1.9 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Pointe Au Pere	Canada	Record daily snowfall	13.2 cm (5.2 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Gospic	Croatia	Record daily precipitation	58.2 mm (2.3 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Sable Island East End	Canada	Record daily precipitation	50.8 mm (2.0 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Tunis	Tunisia	Record high maximum temperature	33.0 C (91.4 F)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Harrisville	United States	Record daily precipitation	31.0 mm (1.2 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Zametchino	Russia	Record daily precipitation	16.1 mm (0.6 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Bajramaly	Turkmenistan	Record daily precipitation	22.9 mm (0.9 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Banff	Canada	Record daily precipitation	14.5 mm (0.6 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Bic	Canada	Record daily precipitation	22.9 mm (0.9 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Malmesbury	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	10.4 mm (0.4 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Royal Observatory	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	10.5 mm (0.4 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Kamloops	Canada	Record daily snowfall	1.3 cm (0.5 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Olga 2 SE	United States	Record daily precipitation	13.5 mm (0.5 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Agassiz Cda	Canada	Record daily precipitation	30.0 mm (1.2 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Paarl (Tnk)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	12.7 mm (0.5 in)	19 of 100 (Routine)
Tabl.Mtn Molteno Rsv	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	19.8 mm (0.8 in)	18 of 100 (Routine)
Pointe Au Pere	Canada	Record daily precipitation	13.2 mm (0.5 in)	17 of 100 (Routine)
Pointe Riche	Canada	Record daily precipitation	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	17 of 100 (Routine)
Asheville	United States	Record low maximum temperature	1.7 C (35.1 F)	17 of 100 (Routine)
Constantine	Algeria	Record high maximum temperature	27.0 C (80.6 F)	16 of 100 (Routine)
Zagreb-Gric	Croatia	Record daily precipitation	16.6 mm (0.7 in)	16 of 100 (Routine)
Caledon (Pol)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	6.6 mm (0.26 in)	16 of 100 (Routine)
Cape Town Fire Station	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	9.4 mm (0.37 in)	16 of 100 (Routine)
Robertson	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	5.6 mm (0.22 in)	16 of 100 (Routine)
Inverell Comparison	Australia	Record low minimum temperature	3.3 C (37.9 F)	15 of 100 (Routine)
Fredericton Unb	Canada	Record daily precipitation	22.4 mm (0.9 in)	15 of 100 (Routine)
Table.Mtn Platteklip	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	22.6 mm (0.9 in)	15 of 100 (Routine)
Saint John	Canada	Record daily precipitation	28.2 mm (1.1 in)	14 of 100 (Routine)
Worcester	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	5.3 mm (0.21 in)	13 of 100 (Routine)
Fort National	Algeria	Record high minimum temperature	13.0 C (55.4 F)	12 of 100 (Routine)
Stoney Creek	Canada	Record daily snowfall	3.8 cm (1.5 in)	11 of 100 (Routine)
Olga 2 SE	United States	Record low maximum temperature	4.4 C (39.9 F)	10 of 100 (Routine)
Charleville Post Office	Australia	Record low minimum temperature	8.9 C (48.0 F)	9 of 100 (Routine)
Bass (Kilcunda)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	9.4 mm (0.37 in)	9 of 100 (Routine)
Cumberland Station	Australia	Record daily precipitation	23.6 mm (0.9 in)	8 of 100 (Routine)
Elatma	Russia	Record daily precipitation	12.1 mm (0.5 in)	7 of 100 (Routine)
Tizi Ouzou	Algeria	Record high maximum temperature	30.0 C (86.0 F)	5 of 100 (Routine)
Constantine	Algeria	Record high minimum temperature	15.0 C (59.0 F)	5 of 100 (Routine)
Chatham 2	Canada	Record low maximum temperature	-2.2 C (28.0 F)	5 of 100 (Routine)
Tunis	Tunisia	Record high minimum temperature	18.0 C (64.4 F)	4 of 100 (Routine)
Lexington	United States	Record low maximum temperature	5.6 C (42.1 F)	3 of 100 (Routine)
Harnosand	Sweden	Record low minimum temperature	-21.0 C (-5.8 F)	2 of 100 (Routine)
Walgett Council Depot	Australia	Record low minimum temperature	8.9 C (48.0 F)	1 of 100 (Routine)
Paris	Canada	Record daily snowfall	5.1 cm (2.0 in)	1 of 100 (Routine)
Gavle	Sweden	Record low minimum temperature	-19.0 C (-2.2 F)	1 of 100 (Routine)
Toledo Blade	United States	Record daily snowfall	6.4 cm (2.5 in)	1 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

50 records

Records set or tied on 21 March 1922 by type: Highest daily maximum 3, Lowest daily maximum 4, Highest daily minimum 3, Lowest daily minimum 5, Heaviest daily rainfall 27, Heaviest daily snowfall 8.

Records on 21 March 1922 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	3
Lowest daily maximum	4
Highest daily minimum	3
Lowest daily minimum	5
Heaviest daily rainfall	27
Heaviest daily snowfall	8
Deepest snow cover	0

Records on 21 March 1922 by timescale: all-time 0, monthly 4, daily 46.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

41 broken records

Margins by which the 41 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 178.0. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

21 March 1922

Top 20 records on 21 March 1922 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
21 March 1922	Banff, CA	daily snowfall	14.5 cm (5.7 in)	12.0 cm (4.7 in)	26 years	38 of 100 (Notable)
21 March 1922	Agassiz Cda, CA	daily snowfall	22.9 cm (9.0 in)	15.3 cm (6.0 in)	22 years	35 of 100 (Notable)
21 March 1922	Bic, CA	daily snowfall	22.9 cm (9.0 in)	17.8 cm (7.0 in)	27 years	35 of 100 (Notable)
21 March 1922	Chatham, CA	daily rain	47.0 mm (1.9 in)	8.1 mm (0.32 in)	48 years	29 of 100 (Routine)
21 March 1922	Pointe Au Pere, CA	daily snowfall	13.2 cm (5.2 in)	4.6 cm (1.8 in)	44 years	27 of 100 (Routine)
21 March 1922	Gospic, HR	daily rain	58.2 mm (2.3 in)	26.4 mm (1.0 in)	16 years	27 of 100 (Routine)
21 March 1922	Sable Island East End, CA	daily rain	50.8 mm (2.0 in)	15.7 mm (0.6 in)	16 years	25 of 100 (Routine)
21 March 1922	Tunis, TN	monthly high max	33.0 C (91.4 F)	1.0 C (1.8 F)	33 years	25 of 100 (Routine)
21 March 1922	Harrisville, US	daily rain	31.0 mm (1.2 in)	15.0 mm (0.6 in)	8 years	25 of 100 (Routine)
21 March 1922	Zametchino, RU	daily rain	16.1 mm (0.6 in)	8.6 mm (0.34 in)	24 years	20 of 100 (Routine)
21 March 1922	Bajramaly, TM	daily rain	22.9 mm (0.9 in)	17.8 mm (0.7 in)	26 years	20 of 100 (Routine)
21 March 1922	Banff, CA	daily rain	14.5 mm (0.6 in)	12.0 mm (0.5 in)	26 years	20 of 100 (Routine)
21 March 1922	Bic, CA	daily rain	22.9 mm (0.9 in)	17.8 mm (0.7 in)	27 years	20 of 100 (Routine)
21 March 1922	Malmesbury, ZA	daily rain	10.4 mm (0.4 in)	6.1 mm (0.24 in)	40 years	20 of 100 (Routine)
21 March 1922	Royal Observatory, ZA	daily rain	10.5 mm (0.4 in)	1.6 mm (0.06 in)	58 years	20 of 100 (Routine)
21 March 1922	Kamloops, CA	daily snowfall	1.3 cm (0.5 in)	1.3 cm (0.5 in)	43 years	20 of 100 (Routine)
21 March 1922	Olga 2 SE, US	daily rain	13.5 mm (0.5 in)	7.9 mm (0.31 in)	16 years	20 of 100 (Routine)
21 March 1922	Agassiz Cda, CA	daily rain	30.0 mm (1.2 in)	7.1 mm (0.28 in)	30 years	20 of 100 (Routine)
21 March 1922	Paarl (Tnk), ZA	daily rain	12.7 mm (0.5 in)	3.6 mm (0.14 in)	41 years	19 of 100 (Routine)
21 March 1922	Tabl.Mtn Molteno Rsv, ZA	daily rain	19.8 mm (0.8 in)	7.9 mm (0.31 in)	20 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 1922

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1797 to 1922. 1922 had 50 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 25	36
25 to 50	2
50 to 75	0
75 to 100	0
100 to 125	1
125 to 150	0
150 to 175	1
175 to 200	1