Weather Records on 14 March 1923

50 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 14 March 1923. Highest significance: Portland, US.

Key Facts for 14 March 1923

On 14 March 1923, 50 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
3 were record highs and 17 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 0 were all-time records, 1 monthly and 49 daily.
Portland set a daily record snow depth of 86.4 cm (34.0 in) on 14 March 1923.
Across 156 earlier years (1810 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 509 records.

Record Map

50 stations

50 station records on 14 March 1923 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 14 March 1923: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Portland	United States	Record snow depth	86.4 cm (34.0 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Saint John	Canada	Record daily snowfall	21.3 cm (8.4 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Oskaloosa	United States	Record snow depth	25.4 cm (10.0 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Sydney	Canada	Record daily snowfall	22.9 cm (9.0 in)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Charlottetown	Canada	Record daily snowfall	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Tsomo (Pol)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	24.1 mm (0.9 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Oskaloosa	United States	Record daily snowfall	11.4 cm (4.5 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Halifax	Canada	Record low maximum temperature	-8.3 C (17.1 F)	19 of 100 (Routine)
Augusta	United States	Record daily precipitation	28.4 mm (1.1 in)	19 of 100 (Routine)
Washington	United States	Record daily precipitation	39.4 mm (1.6 in)	19 of 100 (Routine)
Weldon	United States	Record daily precipitation	24.4 mm (1.0 in)	19 of 100 (Routine)
Elliotdale (Tnk)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	34.3 mm (1.4 in)	17 of 100 (Routine)
Cathcart	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	20.3 mm (0.8 in)	16 of 100 (Routine)
Culbertson	United States	Record snow depth	7.6 cm (3.0 in)	16 of 100 (Routine)
Columbia	United States	Record daily precipitation	21.6 mm (0.9 in)	15 of 100 (Routine)
Effingham	United States	Record daily precipitation	17.8 mm (0.7 in)	15 of 100 (Routine)
Tashkent	Uzbekistan	Record low minimum temperature	-4.3 C (24.3 F)	15 of 100 (Routine)
Anticosti SW Point	Canada	Record low maximum temperature	-14.4 C (6.1 F)	14 of 100 (Routine)
Keosauqua	United States	Record daily snowfall	3.8 cm (1.5 in)	14 of 100 (Routine)
Barrow Creek	Australia	Record daily precipitation	15.2 mm (0.6 in)	13 of 100 (Routine)
Gainesville UNIV of Fl	United States	Record daily precipitation	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	13 of 100 (Routine)
Algona	United States	Record daily snowfall	1.3 cm (0.5 in)	13 of 100 (Routine)
Owen Sound	Canada	Record low maximum temperature	-12.8 C (9.0 F)	12 of 100 (Routine)
Charlottetown	Canada	Record low maximum temperature	-13.9 C (7.0 F)	12 of 100 (Routine)
St John's	Canada	Record daily precipitation	22.9 mm (0.9 in)	12 of 100 (Routine)
Cheneyville 1 NE	United States	Record high maximum temperature	33.9 C (93.0 F)	12 of 100 (Routine)
Meadow Valley Rs	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-22.2 C (-8.0 F)	12 of 100 (Routine)
Belle Isle	Canada	Record low minimum temperature	-26.1 C (-15.0 F)	11 of 100 (Routine)
Eustis 2 S	United States	Record daily precipitation	10.9 mm (0.4 in)	11 of 100 (Routine)
Walnut	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-13.3 C (8.1 F)	11 of 100 (Routine)
Hillsboro	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-22.2 C (-8.0 F)	11 of 100 (Routine)
Rollands Plains	Australia	Record daily precipitation	21.8 mm (0.9 in)	9 of 100 (Routine)
St John's	Canada	Record daily snowfall	22.9 cm (9.0 in)	9 of 100 (Routine)
New Smyrna Beach	United States	Record high maximum temperature	33.3 C (91.9 F)	9 of 100 (Routine)
Ashland	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-4.4 C (24.1 F)	9 of 100 (Routine)
Washington	United States	Record daily snowfall	8.1 cm (3.2 in)	7 of 100 (Routine)
Dalby Post Office	Australia	Record high maximum temperature	36.7 C (98.1 F)	6 of 100 (Routine)
Blagovescensk	Russia	Record daily precipitation	1.4 mm (0.06 in)	6 of 100 (Routine)
New Smyrna Beach	United States	Record daily precipitation	11.9 mm (0.5 in)	5 of 100 (Routine)
Storlien	Sweden	Record daily precipitation	12.4 mm (0.5 in)	4 of 100 (Routine)
Newport	United States	Record low maximum temperature	7.2 C (45.0 F)	4 of 100 (Routine)
Digby	Canada	Record daily snowfall	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	3 of 100 (Routine)
Oskaloosa	United States	Record daily precipitation	9.1 mm (0.36 in)	3 of 100 (Routine)
Appleton	United States	Record low maximum temperature	-2.8 C (27.0 F)	2 of 100 (Routine)
Ithaca Cornell UNIV	United States	Record low maximum temperature	-4.4 C (24.1 F)	2 of 100 (Routine)
Green Hill	United States	Record low maximum temperature	-0.6 C (30.9 F)	2 of 100 (Routine)
Oberlin	United States	Record low maximum temperature	-2.2 C (28.0 F)	2 of 100 (Routine)
Jacksonville	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-3.9 C (25.0 F)	2 of 100 (Routine)
Green Bay	United States	Record snow depth	20.3 cm (8.0 in)	2 of 100 (Routine)
Ukiah	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-3.9 C (25.0 F)	1 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

50 records

Records set or tied on 14 March 1923 by type: Highest daily maximum 3, Lowest daily maximum 9, Lowest daily minimum 8, Heaviest daily rainfall 17, Heaviest daily snowfall 9, Deepest snow cover 4.

Records on 14 March 1923 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	3
Lowest daily maximum	9
Highest daily minimum	0
Lowest daily minimum	8
Heaviest daily rainfall	17
Heaviest daily snowfall	9
Deepest snow cover	4

Records on 14 March 1923 by timescale: all-time 0, monthly 1, daily 49.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

42 broken records

Margins by which the 42 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 483.0. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

14 March 1923

Top 20 records on 14 March 1923 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
14 March 1923	Portland, US	daily snow depth	86.4 cm (34.0 in)	48.3 cm (19.0 in)	29 years	36 of 100 (Notable)
14 March 1923	Saint John, CA	daily snowfall	21.3 cm (8.4 in)	7.8 cm (3.1 in)	36 years	28 of 100 (Routine)
14 March 1923	Oskaloosa, US	monthly snow depth	25.4 cm (10.0 in)	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	0 years	25 of 100 (Routine)
14 March 1923	Sydney, CA	daily snowfall	22.9 cm (9.0 in)	2.6 cm (1.0 in)	45 years	22 of 100 (Routine)
14 March 1923	Charlottetown, CA	daily snowfall	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	2.6 cm (1.0 in)	37 years	21 of 100 (Routine)
14 March 1923	Tsomo (Pol), ZA	daily rain	24.1 mm (0.9 in)	11.4 mm (0.4 in)	28 years	20 of 100 (Routine)
14 March 1923	Oskaloosa, US	daily snowfall	11.4 cm (4.5 in)	6.3 cm (2.5 in)	16 years	20 of 100 (Routine)
14 March 1923	Halifax, CA	daily low max	-8.3 C (17.1 F)	2.2 C (4.0 F)	30 years	19 of 100 (Routine)
14 March 1923	Augusta, US	daily rain	28.4 mm (1.1 in)	11.1 mm (0.4 in)	27 years	19 of 100 (Routine)
14 March 1923	Washington, US	daily rain	39.4 mm (1.6 in)	21.1 mm (0.8 in)	1 year	19 of 100 (Routine)
14 March 1923	Weldon, US	daily rain	24.4 mm (1.0 in)	4.1 mm (0.16 in)	38 years	19 of 100 (Routine)
14 March 1923	Elliotdale (Tnk), ZA	daily rain	34.3 mm (1.4 in)	7.1 mm (0.28 in)	28 years	17 of 100 (Routine)
14 March 1923	Cathcart, ZA	daily rain	20.3 mm (0.8 in)	5.8 mm (0.23 in)	27 years	16 of 100 (Routine)
14 March 1923	Culbertson, US	daily snow depth	7.6 cm (3.0 in)	2.5 cm (1.0 in)	30 years	16 of 100 (Routine)
14 March 1923	Columbia, US	daily rain	21.6 mm (0.9 in)	4.6 mm (0.18 in)	27 years	15 of 100 (Routine)
14 March 1923	Effingham, US	daily rain	17.8 mm (0.7 in)	5.1 mm (0.20 in)	27 years	15 of 100 (Routine)
14 March 1923	Tashkent, UZ	daily low min	-4.3 C (24.3 F)	1.5 C (2.7 F)	31 years	15 of 100 (Routine)
14 March 1923	Anticosti SW Point, CA	daily low max	-14.4 C (6.1 F)	0.5 C (0.9 F)	30 years	14 of 100 (Routine)
14 March 1923	Keosauqua, US	daily snowfall	3.8 cm (1.5 in)	1.3 cm (0.5 in)	27 years	14 of 100 (Routine)
14 March 1923	Barrow Creek, AU	daily rain	15.2 mm (0.6 in)	5.3 mm (0.21 in)	24 years	13 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

1810 to 1923

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1810 to 1923. 1923 had 50 records.

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

Records on 03-14 in each year
Year	Records
1810	2
1817	1
1827	1
1828	1
1845	4
1846	2
1847	1
1848	1
1850	1
1852	2
1859	2
1863	1
1867	1
1883	1
1884	2
1885	1
1886	4
1887	1
1888	3
1889	1
1890	1
1891	4
1892	3
1893	2
1894	4
1895	4
1896	4
1897	4
1898	4
1899	3
1900	1
1901	5
1902	3
1903	16
1904	9
1905	16
1906	24
1907	16
1908	16
1909	4
1910	29
1911	67
1912	14
1913	109
1914	37
1915	14
1916	17
1917	147
1918	244
1919	21
1920	30
1921	66
1922	79
1923	50
1924	169
1925	140
1926	448
1927	224
1928	156
1929	310
1930	170
1931	258
1932	440
1933	383
1934	227
1935	498
1936	178
1937	427
1938	317
1939	267
1940	393
1941	296
1942	470
1943	414
1944	705
1945	590
1946	893
1947	368
1948	319
1949	302
1950	372
1951	524
1952	345
1953	416
1954	598
1955	288
1956	820
1957	873
1958	514
1959	211
1960	968
1961	501
1962	633
1963	332
1964	322
1965	235
1966	436
1967	914
1968	645
1969	742
1970	489
1971	658
1972	763
1973	1,537
1974	378
1975	1,073
1976	291
1977	827
1978	669
1979	668
1980	780
1981	1,068
1982	860
1983	803
1984	1,060
1985	580
1986	580
1987	631
1988	1,098
1989	1,468
1990	2,475
1991	844
1992	1,109
1993	4,380
1994	1,207
1995	1,436
1996	615
1997	1,490
1998	627
1999	1,187
2000	558
2001	745
2002	1,087
2003	1,534
2004	678
2005	980
2006	1,179
2007	1,565
2008	845
2009	971
2010	691
2011	888
2012	1,565
2013	1,014
2014	892
2015	1,224
2016	911
2017	1,179
2018	646
2019	1,219
2020	934
2021	1,037
2022	507
2023	700
2024	938
2025	1,386
2026	793

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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).

Histogram of margins by which records were beaten on 14 March 1923
Margin	Records
0 to 100	40
100 to 200	1
200 to 300	0
300 to 400	0
400 to 500	1