Weather Records on 21 March 1929

104 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 21 March 1929. Highest significance: Bungendore Post Office, AU.

Key Facts for 21 March 1929

On 21 March 1929, 104 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
48 were record highs and 3 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 0 were all-time records, 3 monthly and 101 daily.
Bungendore Post Office set a daily record precipitation of 44.5 mm (1.8 in) on 21 March 1929.
Across 157 earlier years (1797 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 485 records.

Record Map

104 stations

104 station records on 21 March 1929 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 21 March 1929: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Bungendore Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	44.5 mm (1.8 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Wenatchee 6 SW	United States	Record daily precipitation	27.7 mm (1.1 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Hallettsville 2 N	United States	Record daily precipitation	50.8 mm (2.0 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Pullman Exp STN	United States	Record daily precipitation	43.2 mm (1.7 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Kosciusko	United States	Record daily precipitation	76.2 mm (3.0 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Watford	Canada	Record daily precipitation	27.9 mm (1.1 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Queanbeyan (Mount Campbell)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	45.7 mm (1.8 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Greensboro	United States	Record daily precipitation	58.4 mm (2.3 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Canton 4N	United States	Record daily precipitation	71.6 mm (2.8 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Robeline	United States	Record daily precipitation	61.0 mm (2.4 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Louisville	United States	Record daily precipitation	49.8 mm (2.0 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Tashkent	Uzbekistan	Record daily precipitation	28.1 mm (1.1 in)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Turkestan	Kazakhstan	Record daily precipitation	21.3 mm (0.8 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Kamloops	Canada	Record daily precipitation	11.4 mm (0.4 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Canyon Ferry	United States	Record daily precipitation	6.9 mm (0.27 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Kalispell Glacier AP	United States	Record daily precipitation	6.6 mm (0.26 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Toronto Deer Park	Canada	Record daily precipitation	20.1 mm (0.8 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Point Amour	Canada	Record daily snowfall	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Mulyie	Australia	Record daily precipitation	42.2 mm (1.7 in)	19 of 100 (Routine)
Jokkmokk	Sweden	Record high minimum temperature	0.0 C (32.0 F)	19 of 100 (Routine)
Durham	United Kingdom	Record high minimum temperature	6.1 C (43.0 F)	18 of 100 (Routine)
Porthill	United States	Record daily precipitation	10.9 mm (0.4 in)	18 of 100 (Routine)
Water Valley	United States	Record daily precipitation	50.8 mm (2.0 in)	18 of 100 (Routine)
Bungendore (Gidleigh)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	29.5 mm (1.2 in)	17 of 100 (Routine)
Shenkursk	Russia	Record high minimum temperature	1.7 C (35.1 F)	17 of 100 (Routine)
Kirensk	Russia	Record daily precipitation	2.5 mm (0.10 in)	17 of 100 (Routine)
Pushmataha	United States	Record daily precipitation	52.3 mm (2.1 in)	17 of 100 (Routine)
Sotchi	Russia	Record low minimum temperature	-1.0 C (30.2 F)	16 of 100 (Routine)
Umea	Sweden	Record high maximum temperature	10.0 C (50.0 F)	16 of 100 (Routine)
Hamilton	Canada	Record high maximum temperature	18.9 C (66.0 F)	15 of 100 (Routine)
Arhangelsk	Russia	Record high minimum temperature	0.6 C (33.1 F)	15 of 100 (Routine)
Cleveland 2717 Euclid	United States	Record high minimum temperature	5.6 C (42.1 F)	15 of 100 (Routine)
Hondo	United States	Record daily precipitation	14.2 mm (0.6 in)	15 of 100 (Routine)
New Braunfels	United States	Record daily precipitation	14.7 mm (0.6 in)	15 of 100 (Routine)
Elko Rgnl AP	United States	Record high minimum temperature	6.1 C (43.0 F)	15 of 100 (Routine)
Tibooburra (Olive Downs)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	4.3 mm (0.17 in)	14 of 100 (Routine)
Karlsruhe	Germany	Record high maximum temperature	18.8 C (65.8 F)	14 of 100 (Routine)
Ulan-Ude	Russia	Record high minimum temperature	-2.4 C (27.7 F)	14 of 100 (Routine)
Bjuraker	Sweden	Record high maximum temperature	12.2 C (54.0 F)	14 of 100 (Routine)
Oakley	United States	Record high minimum temperature	5.0 C (41.0 F)	14 of 100 (Routine)
Saint Maries	United States	Record daily precipitation	9.9 mm (0.39 in)	14 of 100 (Routine)
Klamath Falls 2 SSW	United States	Record high minimum temperature	5.6 C (42.1 F)	14 of 100 (Routine)
Cle Elum	United States	Record daily precipitation	10.2 mm (0.4 in)	14 of 100 (Routine)
Rosalia	United States	Record daily precipitation	8.9 mm (0.35 in)	14 of 100 (Routine)
Watertown Wwtp	United States	Record high minimum temperature	4.4 C (39.9 F)	14 of 100 (Routine)
Ft Bidwell	United States	Record daily precipitation	10.7 mm (0.4 in)	13 of 100 (Routine)
Ukiah	United States	Record high minimum temperature	11.1 C (52.0 F)	13 of 100 (Routine)
Corinne	United States	Record high minimum temperature	5.6 C (42.1 F)	13 of 100 (Routine)
Helena Wb City	United States	Record daily snowfall	4.1 cm (1.6 in)	13 of 100 (Routine)
Beltana	Australia	Record daily precipitation	0.8 mm (0.03 in)	12 of 100 (Routine)
Brocken	Germany	Record high maximum temperature	11.5 C (52.7 F)	12 of 100 (Routine)
Haparanda	Sweden	Record high minimum temperature	-0.5 C (31.1 F)	12 of 100 (Routine)
Lincoln Lock 4	United States	Record daily precipitation	57.2 mm (2.3 in)	12 of 100 (Routine)
Sedro-Woolley	United States	Record daily precipitation	20.6 mm (0.8 in)	12 of 100 (Routine)
Gobarralong	Australia	Record daily precipitation	17.0 mm (0.7 in)	11 of 100 (Routine)
Feodosiia	Ukraine	Record low minimum temperature	-5.3 C (22.5 F)	11 of 100 (Routine)
Madison	United States	Record daily precipitation	12.7 mm (0.5 in)	11 of 100 (Routine)
Morrison	United States	Record high minimum temperature	4.4 C (39.9 F)	11 of 100 (Routine)
Mt Carroll	United States	Record high minimum temperature	5.6 C (42.1 F)	11 of 100 (Routine)
Babuskin	Russia	Record high minimum temperature	-3.7 C (25.3 F)	10 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

104 records

Records set or tied on 21 March 1929 by type: Highest daily maximum 12, Highest daily minimum 36, Lowest daily minimum 3, Heaviest daily rainfall 51, Heaviest daily snowfall 2.

Records on 21 March 1929 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	12
Lowest daily maximum	0
Highest daily minimum	36
Lowest daily minimum	3
Heaviest daily rainfall	51
Heaviest daily snowfall	2
Deepest snow cover	0

Records on 21 March 1929 by timescale: all-time 0, monthly 3, daily 101.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

87 broken records

Margins by which the 87 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 54.4. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

21 March 1929

Top 20 records on 21 March 1929 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
21 March 1929	Bungendore Post Office, AU	daily rain	44.5 mm (1.8 in)	32.3 mm (1.3 in)	15 years	43 of 100 (Notable)
21 March 1929	Wenatchee 6 SW, US	daily rain	27.7 mm (1.1 in)	19.1 mm (0.8 in)	8 years	43 of 100 (Notable)
21 March 1929	Hallettsville 2 N, US	daily rain	50.8 mm (2.0 in)	46.7 mm (1.8 in)	20 years	42 of 100 (Notable)
21 March 1929	Pullman Exp STN, US	monthly rain	43.2 mm (1.7 in)	12.0 mm (0.5 in)	15 years	40 of 100 (Notable)
21 March 1929	Kosciusko, US	daily rain	76.2 mm (3.0 in)	54.4 mm (2.1 in)	6 years	35 of 100 (Notable)
21 March 1929	Watford, CA	daily rain	27.9 mm (1.1 in)	27.9 mm (1.1 in)	4 years	32 of 100 (Routine)
21 March 1929	Queanbeyan (Mount Campbell), AU	daily rain	45.7 mm (1.8 in)	25.6 mm (1.0 in)	15 years	29 of 100 (Routine)
21 March 1929	Greensboro, US	daily rain	58.4 mm (2.3 in)	43.2 mm (1.7 in)	12 years	29 of 100 (Routine)
21 March 1929	Canton 4N, US	daily rain	71.6 mm (2.8 in)	44.7 mm (1.8 in)	12 years	28 of 100 (Routine)
21 March 1929	Robeline, US	daily rain	61.0 mm (2.4 in)	31.8 mm (1.3 in)	24 years	26 of 100 (Routine)
21 March 1929	Louisville, US	daily rain	49.8 mm (2.0 in)	28.5 mm (1.1 in)	26 years	25 of 100 (Routine)
21 March 1929	Tashkent, UZ	daily rain	28.1 mm (1.1 in)	5.0 mm (0.20 in)	33 years	22 of 100 (Routine)
21 March 1929	Turkestan, KZ	daily rain	21.3 mm (0.8 in)	15.3 mm (0.6 in)	0 years	20 of 100 (Routine)
21 March 1929	Kamloops, CA	monthly rain	11.4 mm (0.4 in)	1.2 mm (0.05 in)	30 years	20 of 100 (Routine)
21 March 1929	Canyon Ferry, US	daily rain	6.9 mm (0.27 in)	3.1 mm (0.12 in)	29 years	20 of 100 (Routine)
21 March 1929	Kalispell Glacier AP, US	daily rain	6.6 mm (0.26 in)	3.6 mm (0.14 in)	27 years	20 of 100 (Routine)
21 March 1929	Toronto Deer Park, CA	daily rain	20.1 mm (0.8 in)	8.7 mm (0.34 in)	16 years	20 of 100 (Routine)
21 March 1929	Point Amour, CA	daily snowfall	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	2.6 cm (1.0 in)	34 years	20 of 100 (Routine)
21 March 1929	Mulyie, AU	daily rain	42.2 mm (1.7 in)	19.1 mm (0.8 in)	8 years	19 of 100 (Routine)
21 March 1929	Jokkmokk, SE	daily high min	0.0 C (32.0 F)	2.0 C (3.6 F)	44 years	19 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 1929

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1797 to 1929. 1929 had 104 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 10	66
10 to 20	9
20 to 30	6
30 to 40	2
40 to 50	3
50 to 60	1