Weather Records on 21 March 1928

293 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 21 March 1928. Highest significance: Kyabram Post Office, AU.

Key Facts for 21 March 1928

On 21 March 1928, 293 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
108 were record highs and 13 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 0 were all-time records, 12 monthly and 281 daily.
Kyabram Post Office set a daily record precipitation of 48.3 mm (1.9 in) on 21 March 1928.
Across 157 earlier years (1797 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 484 records.

Record Map

293 stations

293 station records on 21 March 1928 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 21 March 1928: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Kyabram Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	48.3 mm (1.9 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Riddells Creek	Australia	Record daily precipitation	70.6 mm (2.8 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Keilor (Arundel)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	63.2 mm (2.5 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Cowes	Australia	Record daily precipitation	41.7 mm (1.6 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Lancefield	Australia	Record daily precipitation	61.5 mm (2.4 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Romsey	Australia	Record daily precipitation	63.8 mm (2.5 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Gannapan	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	27.7 mm (1.1 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Tatura Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	69.3 mm (2.7 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Euroa	Australia	Record daily precipitation	46.5 mm (1.8 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Sunbury (Salesian College )	Australia	Record daily precipitation	59.7 mm (2.4 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Crowlands (Woodlands)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	37.6 mm (1.5 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Bendigo Channel	Australia	Record daily precipitation	40.6 mm (1.6 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Pennyroyal Creek	Australia	Record daily precipitation	29.0 mm (1.1 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Colac (Shire Office)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	38.6 mm (1.5 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Barkers Creek Reservoir	Australia	Record daily precipitation	40.6 mm (1.6 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Kyneton Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	40.1 mm (1.6 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Colac Botanical Gardens	Australia	Record daily precipitation	35.8 mm (1.4 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Lake Eildon	Australia	Record daily precipitation	49.5 mm (1.9 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Bacchus Marsh	Australia	Record daily precipitation	32.5 mm (1.3 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Hastings Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	47.8 mm (1.9 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Kew	Australia	Record daily precipitation	42.9 mm (1.7 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Big Hill Reservoir	Australia	Record daily precipitation	33.3 mm (1.3 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Murrumbeena Leeds Grove	Australia	Record daily precipitation	41.1 mm (1.6 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Prahran (Como House)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	41.7 mm (1.6 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
San Remo	Australia	Record daily precipitation	38.1 mm (1.5 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Lorne Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	44.5 mm (1.8 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Cape Schanck Lighthouse	Australia	Record daily precipitation	29.0 mm (1.1 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Grantville	Australia	Record daily precipitation	38.1 mm (1.5 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Daylesford	Australia	Record daily precipitation	29.0 mm (1.1 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Expedition Pass Reservoir	Australia	Record daily precipitation	45.7 mm (1.8 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Maldon (Derby Hill)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	28.4 mm (1.1 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Melbourne Regional Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	39.4 mm (1.6 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Milan	Italy	Record low maximum temperature	1.6 C (34.9 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Ft Bidwell	United States	Record high minimum temperature	10.0 C (50.0 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Pomonal Windy Ridge	Australia	Record daily precipitation	27.4 mm (1.1 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Woodstock West	Australia	Record daily precipitation	34.5 mm (1.4 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Bannockburn	Australia	Record daily precipitation	26.7 mm (1.1 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Lyonville	Australia	Record daily precipitation	33.3 mm (1.3 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Malmsbury Reservoir	Australia	Record daily precipitation	45.5 mm (1.8 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Geelong Salines (Moolap)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	33.0 mm (1.3 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Caulfield (Racecourse)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	38.4 mm (1.5 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Bridgewater (Post Office)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	26.7 mm (1.1 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Jamieson	Australia	Record daily precipitation	75.2 mm (3.0 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Mount Macedon	Australia	Record daily precipitation	44.5 mm (1.8 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Trentham (Post Office)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	43.9 mm (1.7 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Fryerstown	Australia	Record daily precipitation	33.5 mm (1.3 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Glenaroua	Australia	Record daily precipitation	31.8 mm (1.3 in)	24 of 100 (Routine)
New London	United States	Record high minimum temperature	8.9 C (48.0 F)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Dandenong Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	37.1 mm (1.5 in)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Queenscliff	Australia	Record daily precipitation	29.0 mm (1.1 in)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Zagreb-Gric	Croatia	Record low minimum temperature	-4.9 C (23.2 F)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Heber	United States	Record high maximum temperature	21.7 C (71.1 F)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Helena Wb City	United States	Record high maximum temperature	22.8 C (73.0 F)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Inglewood (Post Office)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	27.2 mm (1.1 in)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Woods Point	Australia	Record daily precipitation	40.9 mm (1.6 in)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Kinglake West (Wallaby Creek)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	31.5 mm (1.2 in)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Aberdeen	United States	Record high minimum temperature	12.2 C (54.0 F)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Gellibrand River East (Lovat)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	30.5 mm (1.2 in)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Stawell	Australia	Record daily precipitation	24.6 mm (1.0 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Trawalla	Australia	Record daily precipitation	17.8 mm (0.7 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

293 records

Records set or tied on 21 March 1928 by type: Highest daily maximum 47, Lowest daily maximum 4, Highest daily minimum 61, Lowest daily minimum 9, Heaviest daily rainfall 172.

Records on 21 March 1928 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	47
Lowest daily maximum	4
Highest daily minimum	61
Lowest daily minimum	9
Heaviest daily rainfall	172
Heaviest daily snowfall	0
Deepest snow cover	0

Records on 21 March 1928 by timescale: all-time 0, monthly 12, daily 281.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

261 broken records

Margins by which the 261 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 57.6. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

21 March 1928

Top 20 records on 21 March 1928 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
21 March 1928	Kyabram Post Office, AU	daily rain	48.3 mm (1.9 in)	44.5 mm (1.8 in)	33 years	54 of 100 (Notable)
21 March 1928	Riddells Creek, AU	daily rain	70.6 mm (2.8 in)	54.1 mm (2.1 in)	33 years	54 of 100 (Notable)
21 March 1928	Keilor (Arundel), AU	daily rain	63.2 mm (2.5 in)	57.6 mm (2.3 in)	28 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
21 March 1928	Cowes, AU	daily rain	41.7 mm (1.6 in)	29.3 mm (1.2 in)	44 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
21 March 1928	Lancefield, AU	daily rain	61.5 mm (2.4 in)	43.0 mm (1.7 in)	33 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
21 March 1928	Romsey, AU	daily rain	63.8 mm (2.5 in)	48.8 mm (1.9 in)	2 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
21 March 1928	Gannapan, ZA	daily rain	27.7 mm (1.1 in)	27.7 mm (1.1 in)	46 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
21 March 1928	Tatura Post Office, AU	monthly rain	69.3 mm (2.7 in)	22.3 mm (0.9 in)	18 years	44 of 100 (Notable)
21 March 1928	Euroa, AU	daily rain	46.5 mm (1.8 in)	34.6 mm (1.4 in)	28 years	44 of 100 (Notable)
21 March 1928	Sunbury (Salesian College ), AU	daily rain	59.7 mm (2.4 in)	39.4 mm (1.6 in)	28 years	43 of 100 (Notable)
21 March 1928	Crowlands (Woodlands), AU	daily rain	37.6 mm (1.5 in)	30.5 mm (1.2 in)	33 years	42 of 100 (Notable)
21 March 1928	Bendigo Channel, AU	daily rain	40.6 mm (1.6 in)	25.6 mm (1.0 in)	33 years	42 of 100 (Notable)
21 March 1928	Pennyroyal Creek, AU	daily rain	29.0 mm (1.1 in)	23.9 mm (0.9 in)	28 years	42 of 100 (Notable)
21 March 1928	Colac (Shire Office), AU	daily rain	38.6 mm (1.5 in)	23.9 mm (0.9 in)	28 years	42 of 100 (Notable)
21 March 1928	Barkers Creek Reservoir, AU	daily rain	40.6 mm (1.6 in)	25.6 mm (1.0 in)	33 years	40 of 100 (Notable)
21 March 1928	Kyneton Post Office, AU	daily rain	40.1 mm (1.6 in)	25.6 mm (1.0 in)	47 years	40 of 100 (Notable)
21 March 1928	Colac Botanical Gardens, AU	daily rain	35.8 mm (1.4 in)	20.6 mm (0.8 in)	28 years	40 of 100 (Notable)
21 March 1928	Lake Eildon, AU	daily rain	49.5 mm (1.9 in)	32.0 mm (1.3 in)	35 years	39 of 100 (Notable)
21 March 1928	Bacchus Marsh, AU	daily rain	32.5 mm (1.3 in)	23.6 mm (0.9 in)	47 years	38 of 100 (Notable)
21 March 1928	Hastings Post Office, AU	daily rain	47.8 mm (1.9 in)	24.4 mm (1.0 in)	28 years	36 of 100 (Notable)

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 1928

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1797 to 1928. 1928 had 293 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).