Weather Records on 21 March 1936

225 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 21 March 1936. Highest significance: Lindsay, CA.

Key Facts for 21 March 1936

On 21 March 1936, 225 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
33 were record highs and 17 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 1 were all-time records, 5 monthly and 219 daily.
Lindsay set a daily record snowfall of 21.3 cm (8.4 in) on 21 March 1936.
Across 157 earlier years (1797 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 484 records.

Record Map

225 stations

225 station records on 21 March 1936 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 21 March 1936: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Lindsay	Canada	Record daily snowfall	21.3 cm (8.4 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Buffalo	United States	Record daily snowfall	24.6 cm (9.7 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Morgantown 1	United States	Record daily snowfall	22.9 cm (9.0 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Barkerville	Canada	Record daily precipitation	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
New Martinsville 4 NNE	United States	Record daily snowfall	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Koloa 936	United States	Record low minimum temperature	7.8 C (46.0 F)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Barkerville	Canada	Record daily snowfall	25.4 cm (10.0 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Romney 1 SW	United States	Record daily precipitation	37.6 mm (1.5 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Lockport 2SE	United States	Record daily precipitation	26.7 mm (1.1 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Medicine Hat A	Canada	Record daily snowfall	6.6 cm (2.6 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Welland	Canada	Record daily snowfall	20.3 cm (8.0 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Kentani (Bos)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	49.8 mm (2.0 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Naalehu 14	United States	Record daily precipitation	75.4 mm (3.0 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Hillsdown	Canada	Record daily snowfall	11.4 cm (4.5 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Fort Fordyce (Bos)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	58.4 mm (2.3 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Clontarf	Canada	Record daily snowfall	33.0 cm (13.0 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Qu'appelle	Canada	Record daily snowfall	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Rocklands	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	49.5 mm (1.9 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Cape Otway Lighthouse	Australia	Record high maximum temperature	28.9 C (84.0 F)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Tarkastad (Pol)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	38.1 mm (1.5 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Alix	Canada	Record daily snowfall	7.6 cm (3.0 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Indian Head Cda	Canada	Record daily snowfall	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Geilo	Norway	Record snow depth	264.0 cm (103.9 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Makaweli 965	United States	Record low minimum temperature	11.7 C (53.1 F)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Pahala 21	United States	Record daily precipitation	54.4 mm (2.1 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Moose Jaw Chab	Canada	Record daily snowfall	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
St John's	Canada	Record high maximum temperature	19.4 C (66.9 F)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Tamluk	India	Record daily precipitation	29.0 mm (1.1 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Grenfell	Canada	Record daily snowfall	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	24 of 100 (Routine)
St Georges	Canada	Record high maximum temperature	16.7 C (62.1 F)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Muvattupuzha	India	Record daily precipitation	31.2 mm (1.2 in)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Elmira	United States	Record daily precipitation	33.3 mm (1.3 in)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Clontarf	Canada	Record daily precipitation	33.0 mm (1.3 in)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Portland	United States	Record daily precipitation	29.7 mm (1.2 in)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Mont-Aigoual	France	Record daily precipitation	99.0 mm (3.9 in)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Pinal Rch	United States	Record daily precipitation	31.5 mm (1.2 in)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Quebec	Canada	Record high minimum temperature	2.2 C (36.0 F)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Verhojansk	Russia	Record low minimum temperature	-52.7 C (-62.9 F)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Waianae 798	United States	Record low maximum temperature	22.8 C (73.0 F)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Mudigere	India	Record daily precipitation	22.1 mm (0.9 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Glenmorgan	India	Record daily precipitation	23.4 mm (0.9 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Welland	Canada	Record daily precipitation	20.3 mm (0.8 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Chintamani	India	Record daily precipitation	19.6 mm (0.8 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Hillsdown	Canada	Record daily precipitation	11.4 mm (0.4 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Harapanahalli	India	Record daily precipitation	18.3 mm (0.7 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Lindsay	Canada	Record daily precipitation	21.3 mm (0.8 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Qu'appelle	Canada	Record daily precipitation	15.2 mm (0.6 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Arsikere	India	Record daily precipitation	15.2 mm (0.6 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Mahackala	Russia	Record daily precipitation	11.2 mm (0.4 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Moose Jaw Chab	Canada	Record daily precipitation	15.2 mm (0.6 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Gauribidanur	India	Record daily precipitation	12.7 mm (0.5 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Sorab	India	Record daily precipitation	12.7 mm (0.5 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Holenarsipur	India	Record daily precipitation	15.5 mm (0.6 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Bolangir	India	Record daily precipitation	13.5 mm (0.5 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Riverton	United States	Record daily precipitation	19.3 mm (0.8 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Grenfell	Canada	Record daily precipitation	15.2 mm (0.6 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Sanivarsanthe	India	Record daily precipitation	13.7 mm (0.5 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Sanklespur	India	Record daily precipitation	19.1 mm (0.8 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Deming	United States	Record daily precipitation	8.4 mm (0.33 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Medicine Hat A	Canada	Record daily precipitation	6.6 mm (0.26 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

225 records

Records set or tied on 21 March 1936 by type: Highest daily maximum 16, Lowest daily maximum 9, Highest daily minimum 17, Lowest daily minimum 8, Heaviest daily rainfall 147, Heaviest daily snowfall 22, Deepest snow cover 6.

Records on 21 March 1936 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	16
Lowest daily maximum	9
Highest daily minimum	17
Lowest daily minimum	8
Heaviest daily rainfall	147
Heaviest daily snowfall	22
Deepest snow cover	6

Records on 21 March 1936 by timescale: all-time 1, monthly 5, daily 219.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

202 broken records

Margins by which the 202 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 760.0. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

21 March 1936

Top 20 records on 21 March 1936 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
21 March 1936	Lindsay, CA	daily snowfall	21.3 cm (8.4 in)	11.1 cm (4.4 in)	53 years	43 of 100 (Notable)
21 March 1936	Buffalo, US	daily snowfall	24.6 cm (9.7 in)	10.9 cm (4.3 in)	24 years	42 of 100 (Notable)
21 March 1936	Morgantown 1, US	daily snowfall	22.9 cm (9.0 in)	21.6 cm (8.5 in)	20 years	42 of 100 (Notable)
21 March 1936	Barkerville, CA	daily rain	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	14.0 mm (0.6 in)	20 years	36 of 100 (Notable)
21 March 1936	New Martinsville 4 NNE, US	daily snowfall	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	41 years	36 of 100 (Notable)
21 March 1936	Koloa 936, US	all-time low min	7.8 C (46.0 F)	1.1 C (2.0 F)	31 years	36 of 100 (Notable)
21 March 1936	Barkerville, CA	daily snowfall	25.4 cm (10.0 in)	14.0 cm (5.5 in)	20 years	35 of 100 (Notable)
21 March 1936	Romney 1 SW, US	daily rain	37.6 mm (1.5 in)	17.3 mm (0.7 in)	32 years	34 of 100 (Routine)
21 March 1936	Lockport 2SE, US	daily rain	26.7 mm (1.1 in)	13.5 mm (0.5 in)	24 years	33 of 100 (Routine)
21 March 1936	Medicine Hat A, CA	daily snowfall	6.6 cm (2.6 in)	4.6 cm (1.8 in)	39 years	32 of 100 (Routine)
21 March 1936	Welland, CA	daily snowfall	20.3 cm (8.0 in)	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	24 years	32 of 100 (Routine)
21 March 1936	Kentani (Bos), ZA	daily rain	49.8 mm (2.0 in)	24.4 mm (1.0 in)	38 years	32 of 100 (Routine)
21 March 1936	Naalehu 14, US	daily rain	75.4 mm (3.0 in)	39.6 mm (1.6 in)	25 years	32 of 100 (Routine)
21 March 1936	Hillsdown, CA	daily snowfall	11.4 cm (4.5 in)	6.3 cm (2.5 in)	20 years	31 of 100 (Routine)
21 March 1936	Fort Fordyce (Bos), ZA	daily rain	58.4 mm (2.3 in)	33.0 mm (1.3 in)	3 years	31 of 100 (Routine)
21 March 1936	Clontarf, CA	daily snowfall	33.0 cm (13.0 in)	19.0 cm (7.5 in)	3 years	29 of 100 (Routine)
21 March 1936	Qu'appelle, CA	daily snowfall	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	7.1 cm (2.8 in)	29 years	28 of 100 (Routine)
21 March 1936	Rocklands, ZA	daily rain	49.5 mm (1.9 in)	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	11 years	28 of 100 (Routine)
21 March 1936	Cape Otway Lighthouse, AU	daily high max	28.9 C (84.0 F)	0.6 C (1.1 F)	63 years	27 of 100 (Routine)
21 March 1936	Tarkastad (Pol), ZA	daily rain	38.1 mm (1.5 in)	5.3 mm (0.21 in)	53 years	27 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 1936

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1797 to 1936. 1936 had 225 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	193
100 to 200	6
200 to 300	2
300 to 400	0
400 to 500	0
500 to 600	0
600 to 700	0
700 to 800	1