Weather Records on 21 March 1923

72 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 21 March 1923. Highest significance: Lafayette Rgnl AP, US.

Key Facts for 21 March 1923

On 21 March 1923, 72 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
21 were record highs and 16 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 0 were all-time records, 0 monthly and 72 daily.
Lafayette Rgnl AP set a daily record precipitation of 74.9 mm (2.9 in) on 21 March 1923.
Across 157 earlier years (1797 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 485 records.

Record Map

72 stations

72 station records on 21 March 1923 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 21 March 1923: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Lafayette Rgnl AP	United States	Record daily precipitation	74.9 mm (2.9 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Ames 3 SW	United States	Record snow depth	127.0 cm (50.0 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Grand Coteau	United States	Record daily precipitation	90.2 mm (3.6 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
May Vale	Australia	Record daily precipitation	73.7 mm (2.9 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Leroy 5 WSW	United States	Record daily precipitation	27.7 mm (1.1 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
New Iberia AP - Acadiana Rgnl	United States	Record daily precipitation	55.9 mm (2.2 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Bathurst	Canada	Record low maximum temperature	-11.1 C (12.0 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Mnt Fletcher (Tnk)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	31.5 mm (1.2 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Cheneyville 1 NE	United States	Record daily precipitation	62.2 mm (2.4 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Sidi-Bel-Abbes	Algeria	Record high minimum temperature	11.0 C (51.8 F)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Woodville 4 ESE	United States	Record daily precipitation	52.1 mm (2.1 in)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Pilliga Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	37.3 mm (1.5 in)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Kazalinsk	Kazakhstan	Record daily precipitation	3.5 mm (0.14 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Mardie	Australia	Record daily precipitation	15.5 mm (0.6 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Kokstad	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	27.2 mm (1.1 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Haparanda	Sweden	Record high maximum temperature	7.0 C (44.6 F)	19 of 100 (Routine)
Winnemucca AP	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-10.6 C (12.9 F)	18 of 100 (Routine)
Nordby (Fano)	Denmark	Record high maximum temperature	12.2 C (54.0 F)	17 of 100 (Routine)
Waren	Germany	Record high maximum temperature	16.6 C (61.9 F)	17 of 100 (Routine)
Fairbury 7S	United States	Record daily snowfall	2.5 cm (1.0 in)	16 of 100 (Routine)
Quirindi Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	16.5 mm (0.6 in)	15 of 100 (Routine)
Pitea	Sweden	Record high minimum temperature	0.5 C (32.9 F)	15 of 100 (Routine)
Klamath Falls 2 SSW	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-11.1 C (12.0 F)	15 of 100 (Routine)
Scottsbluff W B Heilig Fld AP	United States	Record daily precipitation	5.8 mm (0.23 in)	15 of 100 (Routine)
Crown St. Reservoir	Australia	Record daily precipitation	26.9 mm (1.1 in)	14 of 100 (Routine)
Franklin 3 NW	United States	Record daily precipitation	26.7 mm (1.1 in)	14 of 100 (Routine)
Pontotoc	United States	Record daily precipitation	22.9 mm (0.9 in)	14 of 100 (Routine)
Fairbury 7S	United States	Record daily precipitation	2.5 mm (0.10 in)	14 of 100 (Routine)
Fillmore	United States	Record low maximum temperature	1.1 C (34.0 F)	14 of 100 (Routine)
Ebor (Kotupna)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	15.2 mm (0.6 in)	13 of 100 (Routine)
Athens	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-5.0 C (23.0 F)	13 of 100 (Routine)
Oskaloosa	United States	Record snow depth	2.5 cm (1.0 in)	13 of 100 (Routine)
Hartington	United States	Record daily precipitation	5.1 mm (0.20 in)	13 of 100 (Routine)
Wrixum/Fohr	Germany	Record high maximum temperature	12.7 C (54.9 F)	12 of 100 (Routine)
Pointe Au Pere	Canada	Record low minimum temperature	-17.8 C (0.0 F)	11 of 100 (Routine)
Kvikkjokk-Arrenjarka	Sweden	Record high minimum temperature	1.0 C (33.8 F)	11 of 100 (Routine)
Hartington	United States	Record daily snowfall	5.1 cm (2.0 in)	11 of 100 (Routine)
Astoria	United States	Record low maximum temperature	6.1 C (43.0 F)	11 of 100 (Routine)
Paragonah	United States	Record low maximum temperature	1.1 C (34.0 F)	11 of 100 (Routine)
Hamburg Fuhlsbuettel	Germany	Record high maximum temperature	13.5 C (56.3 F)	10 of 100 (Routine)
Waverley	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	19.1 mm (0.8 in)	10 of 100 (Routine)
Las Animas	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-15.0 C (5.0 F)	10 of 100 (Routine)
Portland	United States	Record snow depth	63.5 cm (25.0 in)	10 of 100 (Routine)
Vestervig	Denmark	Record high maximum temperature	9.9 C (49.8 F)	9 of 100 (Routine)
Crystal Springs Exp STN	United States	Record daily precipitation	31.2 mm (1.2 in)	9 of 100 (Routine)
Cairns Post Office	Australia	Record high maximum temperature	33.9 C (93.0 F)	8 of 100 (Routine)
Florence	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-5.0 C (23.0 F)	8 of 100 (Routine)
The Dalles	United States	Record high minimum temperature	8.9 C (48.0 F)	8 of 100 (Routine)
Darwin Post Office	Australia	Record low minimum temperature	22.6 C (72.7 F)	7 of 100 (Routine)
Brisbane Regional Office	Australia	Record high maximum temperature	32.0 C (89.6 F)	7 of 100 (Routine)
Bowraville Recreation Club	Australia	Record daily precipitation	36.3 mm (1.4 in)	7 of 100 (Routine)
Tarpon Spgs Sewage Plt	United States	Record high maximum temperature	32.8 C (91.0 F)	7 of 100 (Routine)
Crystal Springs Exp STN	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-3.9 C (25.0 F)	7 of 100 (Routine)
Cooperstown	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-16.7 C (1.9 F)	7 of 100 (Routine)
Tashkent	Uzbekistan	Record high maximum temperature	20.6 C (69.1 F)	7 of 100 (Routine)
Gundagai	Australia	Record daily precipitation	14.7 mm (0.6 in)	6 of 100 (Routine)
St. Petersburg	Russia	Record high maximum temperature	5.0 C (41.0 F)	5 of 100 (Routine)
State UNIV	United States	Record low maximum temperature	9.4 C (48.9 F)	5 of 100 (Routine)
Anticosti SW Point	Canada	Record daily precipitation	10.2 mm (0.4 in)	4 of 100 (Routine)
Anticosti SW Point	Canada	Record daily snowfall	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	4 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

72 records

Records set or tied on 21 March 1923 by type: Highest daily maximum 14, Lowest daily maximum 7, Highest daily minimum 7, Lowest daily minimum 9, Heaviest daily rainfall 28, Heaviest daily snowfall 3, Deepest snow cover 4.

Records on 21 March 1923 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	14
Lowest daily maximum	7
Highest daily minimum	7
Lowest daily minimum	9
Heaviest daily rainfall	28
Heaviest daily snowfall	3
Deepest snow cover	4

Records on 21 March 1923 by timescale: all-time 0, monthly 0, daily 72.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

59 broken records

Margins by which the 59 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 508.0. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

21 March 1923

Top 20 records on 21 March 1923 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
21 March 1923	Lafayette Rgnl AP, US	daily rain	74.9 mm (2.9 in)	59.7 mm (2.4 in)	20 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
21 March 1923	Ames 3 SW, US	daily snow depth	127.0 cm (50.0 in)	50.8 cm (20.0 in)	8 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
21 March 1923	Grand Coteau, US	daily rain	90.2 mm (3.6 in)	66.1 mm (2.6 in)	20 years	43 of 100 (Notable)
21 March 1923	May Vale, AU	daily rain	73.7 mm (2.9 in)	58.5 mm (2.3 in)	9 years	42 of 100 (Notable)
21 March 1923	Leroy 5 WSW, US	daily rain	27.7 mm (1.1 in)	17.5 mm (0.7 in)	28 years	40 of 100 (Notable)
21 March 1923	New Iberia AP - Acadiana Rgnl, US	daily rain	55.9 mm (2.2 in)	38.1 mm (1.5 in)	20 years	36 of 100 (Notable)
21 March 1923	Bathurst, CA	daily low max	-11.1 C (12.0 F)	6.7 C (12.1 F)	46 years	32 of 100 (Routine)
21 March 1923	Mnt Fletcher (Tnk), ZA	daily rain	31.5 mm (1.2 in)	14.2 mm (0.6 in)	30 years	31 of 100 (Routine)
21 March 1923	Cheneyville 1 NE, US	daily rain	62.2 mm (2.4 in)	58.4 mm (2.3 in)	9 years	25 of 100 (Routine)
21 March 1923	Sidi-Bel-Abbes, DZ	daily high min	11.0 C (51.8 F)	2.0 C (3.6 F)	42 years	22 of 100 (Routine)
21 March 1923	Woodville 4 ESE, US	daily rain	52.1 mm (2.1 in)	28.7 mm (1.1 in)	20 years	22 of 100 (Routine)
21 March 1923	Pilliga Post Office, AU	daily rain	37.3 mm (1.5 in)	16.7 mm (0.7 in)	9 years	21 of 100 (Routine)
21 March 1923	Kazalinsk, KZ	daily rain	3.5 mm (0.14 in)	3.5 mm (0.14 in)	41 years	20 of 100 (Routine)
21 March 1923	Mardie, AU	daily rain	15.5 mm (0.6 in)	15.5 mm (0.6 in)	36 years	20 of 100 (Routine)
21 March 1923	Kokstad, ZA	daily rain	27.2 mm (1.1 in)	11.2 mm (0.4 in)	17 years	20 of 100 (Routine)
21 March 1923	Haparanda, SE	daily high max	7.0 C (44.6 F)	2.6 C (4.7 F)	35 years	19 of 100 (Routine)
21 March 1923	Winnemucca AP, US	daily low min	-10.6 C (12.9 F)	1.2 C (2.2 F)	40 years	18 of 100 (Routine)
21 March 1923	Nordby (Fano), DK	daily high max	12.2 C (54.0 F)	1.1 C (2.0 F)	30 years	17 of 100 (Routine)
21 March 1923	Waren, DE	daily high max	16.6 C (61.9 F)	2.5 C (4.5 F)	30 years	17 of 100 (Routine)
21 March 1923	Fairbury 7S, US	daily snowfall	2.5 cm (1.0 in)	2.5 cm (1.0 in)	29 years	16 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 1923

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1797 to 1923. 1923 had 72 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 100	58
100 to 200	0
200 to 300	0
300 to 400	0
400 to 500	0
500 to 600	1