Weather Records on 21 March 1925

141 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 21 March 1925. Highest significance: Muttaburra, AU.

Key Facts for 21 March 1925

On 21 March 1925, 141 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
29 were record highs and 14 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 0 were all-time records, 1 monthly and 140 daily.
Muttaburra set a daily record precipitation of 116.1 mm (4.6 in) on 21 March 1925.
Across 157 earlier years (1797 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 485 records.

Record Map

141 stations

141 station records on 21 March 1925 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 21 March 1925: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Muttaburra	Australia	Record daily precipitation	116.1 mm (4.6 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Queenstown	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	46.7 mm (1.8 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Sable Island	Canada	Record daily precipitation	56.9 mm (2.2 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Low Isles Lighthouse	Australia	Record daily precipitation	160.8 mm (6.3 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Douglas	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	44.5 mm (1.8 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Waverley	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	44.7 mm (1.8 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Yardley Chase	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	39.9 mm (1.6 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Ida	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	44.2 mm (1.7 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Tangorin	Australia	Record daily precipitation	72.4 mm (2.9 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Isidinge (Bos)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	37.3 mm (1.5 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Griquatown (Tnk)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	33.0 mm (1.3 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Burketown Post Office	Australia	Record low maximum temperature	25.0 C (77.0 F)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Steynsburg	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	36.1 mm (1.4 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Herbert Vale	Australia	Record daily precipitation	85.1 mm (3.4 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Tarnagulla	Australia	Record daily precipitation	27.7 mm (1.1 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Savanne	Canada	Record daily snowfall	20.3 cm (8.0 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Tangambalanga NE Dairy	Australia	Record daily precipitation	31.0 mm (1.2 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Katberg (Bos)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	43.7 mm (1.7 in)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Nyngan (Merryanbone)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	48.3 mm (1.9 in)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Dordrecht - Tnk 14	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	41.4 mm (1.6 in)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Pirie (Bos)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	31.8 mm (1.3 in)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Independence	United States	Record high minimum temperature	12.2 C (54.0 F)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Palermo	Italy	Record daily precipitation	23.8 mm (0.9 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Vytegra	Russia	Record daily precipitation	10.7 mm (0.4 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Laanecoorie Weir	Australia	Record daily precipitation	22.4 mm (0.9 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Savanne	Canada	Record daily precipitation	20.3 mm (0.8 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Carabost	Australia	Record daily precipitation	22.1 mm (0.9 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Cultowa	Australia	Record daily precipitation	6.4 mm (0.25 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Kokkedahl	Australia	Record daily precipitation	24.1 mm (0.9 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Benjeroop (Davey)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	10.7 mm (0.4 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Violet Town	Australia	Record daily precipitation	16.3 mm (0.6 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Hamburg Fuhlsbuettel	Germany	Record daily precipitation	14.9 mm (0.6 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Fairview Outstation	Australia	Record daily precipitation	54.4 mm (2.1 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Yea	Australia	Record daily precipitation	25.9 mm (1.0 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Ellesmere	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	33.5 mm (1.3 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
White Cliffs (Yancannia)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	1.3 mm (0.05 in)	19 of 100 (Routine)
Bathurst Gaol	Australia	Record high minimum temperature	15.6 C (60.1 F)	19 of 100 (Routine)
Kaniva	Australia	Record daily precipitation	2.5 mm (0.10 in)	19 of 100 (Routine)
Gembrook	Australia	Record daily precipitation	14.2 mm (0.6 in)	19 of 100 (Routine)
Lilydale	Australia	Record daily precipitation	26.4 mm (1.0 in)	19 of 100 (Routine)
Trentham (Post Office)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	17.3 mm (0.7 in)	19 of 100 (Routine)
Tsomo (Pol)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	37.6 mm (1.5 in)	19 of 100 (Routine)
Lady Frere (Tnk)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	36.8 mm (1.4 in)	19 of 100 (Routine)
Syfergat (Sar)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	31.0 mm (1.2 in)	19 of 100 (Routine)
Dunolly	Australia	Record daily precipitation	15.0 mm (0.6 in)	18 of 100 (Routine)
Carisbrook	Australia	Record daily precipitation	16.0 mm (0.6 in)	18 of 100 (Routine)
Aliwal North	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	26.7 mm (1.1 in)	18 of 100 (Routine)
Newlands	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	33.3 mm (1.3 in)	18 of 100 (Routine)
Ft Bidwell	United States	Record high maximum temperature	22.8 C (73.0 F)	18 of 100 (Routine)
Constantine	Algeria	Record low minimum temperature	1.0 C (33.8 F)	17 of 100 (Routine)
Mannanarie Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	7.6 mm (0.30 in)	17 of 100 (Routine)
Wentworth (Wamberra Station)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	1.5 mm (0.06 in)	17 of 100 (Routine)
Dookie Agricultural College	Australia	Record daily precipitation	9.7 mm (0.38 in)	17 of 100 (Routine)
Hambantota	Sri Lanka	Record low maximum temperature	27.9 C (82.2 F)	17 of 100 (Routine)
Sidi-Bel-Abbes	Algeria	Record low minimum temperature	-2.0 C (28.4 F)	16 of 100 (Routine)
Palmerville	Australia	Record daily precipitation	30.0 mm (1.2 in)	16 of 100 (Routine)
Burketown Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	47.8 mm (1.9 in)	16 of 100 (Routine)
Donors Hill Station	Australia	Record daily precipitation	67.1 mm (2.6 in)	16 of 100 (Routine)
Balpool (Nyang)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	3.3 mm (0.13 in)	16 of 100 (Routine)
Ulan-Ude	Russia	Record daily precipitation	3.4 mm (0.13 in)	16 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

141 records

Records set or tied on 21 March 1925 by type: Highest daily maximum 18, Lowest daily maximum 8, Highest daily minimum 11, Lowest daily minimum 6, Heaviest daily rainfall 95, Heaviest daily snowfall 2, Deepest snow cover 1.

Records on 21 March 1925 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	18
Lowest daily maximum	8
Highest daily minimum	11
Lowest daily minimum	6
Heaviest daily rainfall	95
Heaviest daily snowfall	2
Deepest snow cover	1

Records on 21 March 1925 by timescale: all-time 0, monthly 1, daily 140.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

124 broken records

Margins by which the 124 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 109.0. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

21 March 1925

Top 20 records on 21 March 1925 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
21 March 1925	Muttaburra, AU	daily rain	116.1 mm (4.6 in)	99.1 mm (3.9 in)	34 years	54 of 100 (Notable)
21 March 1925	Queenstown, ZA	daily rain	46.7 mm (1.8 in)	28.9 mm (1.1 in)	4 years	38 of 100 (Notable)
21 March 1925	Sable Island, CA	daily rain	56.9 mm (2.2 in)	25.1 mm (1.0 in)	19 years	35 of 100 (Notable)
21 March 1925	Low Isles Lighthouse, AU	daily rain	160.8 mm (6.3 in)	109.0 mm (4.3 in)	4 years	34 of 100 (Routine)
21 March 1925	Douglas, ZA	daily rain	44.5 mm (1.8 in)	28.0 mm (1.1 in)	23 years	33 of 100 (Routine)
21 March 1925	Waverley, ZA	daily rain	44.7 mm (1.8 in)	25.6 mm (1.0 in)	2 years	32 of 100 (Routine)
21 March 1925	Yardley Chase, ZA	daily rain	39.9 mm (1.6 in)	15.8 mm (0.6 in)	31 years	31 of 100 (Routine)
21 March 1925	Ida, ZA	daily rain	44.2 mm (1.7 in)	20.1 mm (0.8 in)	16 years	31 of 100 (Routine)
21 March 1925	Tangorin, AU	daily rain	72.4 mm (2.9 in)	32.5 mm (1.3 in)	31 years	30 of 100 (Routine)
21 March 1925	Isidinge (Bos), ZA	daily rain	37.3 mm (1.5 in)	17.0 mm (0.7 in)	35 years	30 of 100 (Routine)
21 March 1925	Griquatown (Tnk), ZA	daily rain	33.0 mm (1.3 in)	20.3 mm (0.8 in)	28 years	28 of 100 (Routine)
21 March 1925	Burketown Post Office, AU	daily low max	25.0 C (77.0 F)	4.4 C (7.9 F)	24 years	27 of 100 (Routine)
21 March 1925	Steynsburg, ZA	daily rain	36.1 mm (1.4 in)	23.4 mm (0.9 in)	4 years	27 of 100 (Routine)
21 March 1925	Herbert Vale, AU	daily rain	85.1 mm (3.4 in)	29.7 mm (1.2 in)	31 years	26 of 100 (Routine)
21 March 1925	Tarnagulla, AU	daily rain	27.7 mm (1.1 in)	13.7 mm (0.5 in)	30 years	26 of 100 (Routine)
21 March 1925	Savanne, CA	daily snowfall	20.3 cm (8.0 in)	7.6 cm (3.0 in)	20 years	26 of 100 (Routine)
21 March 1925	Tangambalanga NE Dairy, AU	daily rain	31.0 mm (1.2 in)	20.8 mm (0.8 in)	25 years	25 of 100 (Routine)
21 March 1925	Katberg (Bos), ZA	daily rain	43.7 mm (1.7 in)	12.7 mm (0.5 in)	35 years	23 of 100 (Routine)
21 March 1925	Nyngan (Merryanbone), AU	daily rain	48.3 mm (1.9 in)	14.3 mm (0.6 in)	24 years	22 of 100 (Routine)
21 March 1925	Dordrecht - Tnk 14, ZA	daily rain	41.4 mm (1.6 in)	14.5 mm (0.6 in)	8 years	22 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 1925

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1797 to 1925. 1925 had 141 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 2026-10-13 (13 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 20	108
20 to 40	13
40 to 60	0
60 to 80	1
80 to 100	1
100 to 120	1