Weather Records on 21 March 1938

783 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 21 March 1938. Highest significance: Hermitage, AU.

Key Facts for 21 March 1938

On 21 March 1938, 783 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
641 were record highs and 53 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 0 were all-time records, 40 monthly and 743 daily.
Hermitage set a daily record precipitation of 50.3 mm (2.0 in) on 21 March 1938.
Across 157 earlier years (1797 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 481 records.

Record Map

783 stations

783 station records on 21 March 1938 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 21 March 1938: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Hermitage	Australia	Record daily precipitation	50.3 mm (2.0 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Putbus	Germany	Record high maximum temperature	20.1 C (68.2 F)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Praha-Klementinum	Czech Republic	Record high maximum temperature	18.6 C (65.5 F)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Uppsala_Aut	Sweden	Record high minimum temperature	6.9 C (44.4 F)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Wallumbilla Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	45.7 mm (1.8 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Big Timber	United States	Record daily precipitation	27.9 mm (1.1 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Dalby Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	81.0 mm (3.2 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Kristianstad	Sweden	Record high maximum temperature	18.0 C (64.4 F)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Springsure Comet St	Australia	Record daily precipitation	65.3 mm (2.6 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Elko Rgnl AP	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-20.0 C (-4.0 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Bulahdelah Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	57.9 mm (2.3 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Visby_Flygplats	Sweden	Record high minimum temperature	6.8 C (44.2 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Glengallan	Australia	Record daily precipitation	29.2 mm (1.1 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Perry	United States	Record high minimum temperature	17.8 C (64.0 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Crosby	United States	Record daily precipitation	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Stockholm	Sweden	Record high maximum temperature	15.2 C (59.4 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Steamboat Springs	United States	Record daily snowfall	25.4 cm (10.0 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Big Timber	United States	Record daily snowfall	20.3 cm (8.0 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Bauhinia Downs Store	Australia	Record daily precipitation	71.1 mm (2.8 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Pembroke Eddy Match	Canada	Record high minimum temperature	2.2 C (36.0 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Leipzig-Holzhausen	Germany	Record high maximum temperature	21.6 C (70.9 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Pamban	India	Record daily precipitation	63.0 mm (2.5 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Norris Madison Pwr House	United States	Record snow depth	38.1 cm (15.0 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Kirchdorf/Poel	Germany	Record high maximum temperature	21.0 C (69.8 F)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Murphys Creek Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	35.6 mm (1.4 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Owen Sound	Canada	Record high maximum temperature	18.9 C (66.0 F)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Jena Sternwarte	Germany	Record high maximum temperature	23.3 C (73.9 F)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Hamburg Fuhlsbuettel	Germany	Record high maximum temperature	21.1 C (70.0 F)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Lubeck-Werft	Germany	Record high maximum temperature	20.5 C (68.9 F)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Vastervik	Sweden	Record high maximum temperature	18.4 C (65.1 F)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Atlantic 1 NE	United States	Record high minimum temperature	12.8 C (55.0 F)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Jefferson	United States	Record high minimum temperature	13.3 C (55.9 F)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Tarboro 1 S	United States	Record high minimum temperature	20.0 C (68.0 F)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Chicoutimi	Canada	Record high minimum temperature	3.3 C (37.9 F)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Schwerin	Germany	Record high maximum temperature	20.6 C (69.1 F)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Berlin-Dahlem	Germany	Record high maximum temperature	21.7 C (71.1 F)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Linkoeping-Malmslaett	Sweden	Record high maximum temperature	17.9 C (64.2 F)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Bancroft	United States	Record high minimum temperature	16.7 C (62.1 F)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Magdeburg	Germany	Record high maximum temperature	22.3 C (72.1 F)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Cottbus	Germany	Record high maximum temperature	21.6 C (70.9 F)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Weissenburg	Germany	Record high maximum temperature	21.0 C (69.8 F)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Poplar 2 E	United States	Record daily snowfall	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Dubuque River	United States	Record high minimum temperature	11.1 C (52.0 F)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Lucknow	Canada	Record high maximum temperature	20.6 C (69.1 F)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Welland	Canada	Record high maximum temperature	20.6 C (69.1 F)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Koebenhavn: Landbohojskolen-1	Denmark	Record high maximum temperature	18.5 C (65.3 F)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Falun	Sweden	Record high minimum temperature	5.2 C (41.4 F)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Gavle	Sweden	Record high minimum temperature	5.0 C (41.0 F)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Keosauqua	United States	Record high maximum temperature	31.7 C (89.1 F)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Lenox	United States	Record high maximum temperature	31.1 C (88.0 F)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Logan 1 WNW	United States	Record high minimum temperature	13.9 C (57.0 F)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Olin	United States	Record high maximum temperature	27.8 C (82.0 F)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Webster City	United States	Record high maximum temperature	30.0 C (86.0 F)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Emerald Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	106.7 mm (4.2 in)	22 of 100 (Routine)
White River	Canada	Record high maximum temperature	13.9 C (57.0 F)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Beatrice	Canada	Record high minimum temperature	3.3 C (37.9 F)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Tranebjerg	Denmark	Record high maximum temperature	15.0 C (59.0 F)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Sandvig	Denmark	Record high maximum temperature	15.6 C (60.1 F)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Sandvig	Denmark	Record high minimum temperature	6.0 C (42.8 F)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Coloso	Puerto Rico [United States]	Record low minimum temperature	13.3 C (55.9 F)	22 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

783 records

Records set or tied on 21 March 1938 by type: Highest daily maximum 299, Lowest daily maximum 22, Highest daily minimum 342, Lowest daily minimum 31, Heaviest daily rainfall 74, Heaviest daily snowfall 12, Deepest snow cover 3.

Records on 21 March 1938 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	299
Lowest daily maximum	22
Highest daily minimum	342
Lowest daily minimum	31
Heaviest daily rainfall	74
Heaviest daily snowfall	12
Deepest snow cover	3

Records on 21 March 1938 by timescale: all-time 0, monthly 40, daily 743.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

642 broken records

Margins by which the 642 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 152.0. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

21 March 1938

Top 20 records on 21 March 1938 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
21 March 1938	Hermitage, AU	daily rain	50.3 mm (2.0 in)	40.1 mm (1.6 in)	36 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
21 March 1938	Putbus, DE	daily high max	20.1 C (68.2 F)	7.6 C (13.7 F)	66 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
21 March 1938	Praha-Klementinum, CZ	daily high max	18.6 C (65.5 F)	0.7 C (1.3 F)	101 years	41 of 100 (Notable)
21 March 1938	Uppsala_Aut, SE	daily high min	6.9 C (44.4 F)	4.9 C (8.8 F)	78 years	40 of 100 (Notable)
21 March 1938	Wallumbilla Post Office, AU	daily rain	45.7 mm (1.8 in)	35.5 mm (1.4 in)	39 years	36 of 100 (Notable)
21 March 1938	Big Timber, US	daily rain	27.9 mm (1.1 in)	16.2 mm (0.6 in)	39 years	36 of 100 (Notable)
21 March 1938	Dalby Post Office, AU	daily rain	81.0 mm (3.2 in)	35.8 mm (1.4 in)	24 years	34 of 100 (Routine)
21 March 1938	Kristianstad, SE	monthly high max	18.0 C (64.4 F)	1.5 C (2.7 F)	54 years	34 of 100 (Routine)
21 March 1938	Springsure Comet St, AU	daily rain	65.3 mm (2.6 in)	29.7 mm (1.2 in)	28 years	33 of 100 (Routine)
21 March 1938	Elko Rgnl AP, US	daily low min	-20.0 C (-4.0 F)	7.8 C (14.0 F)	39 years	33 of 100 (Routine)
21 March 1938	Bulahdelah Post Office, AU	daily rain	57.9 mm (2.3 in)	38.8 mm (1.5 in)	28 years	32 of 100 (Routine)
21 March 1938	Visby_Flygplats, SE	monthly high min	6.8 C (44.2 F)	2.3 C (4.1 F)	34 years	32 of 100 (Routine)
21 March 1938	Glengallan, AU	daily rain	29.2 mm (1.1 in)	19.8 mm (0.8 in)	36 years	31 of 100 (Routine)
21 March 1938	Perry, US	daily high min	17.8 C (64.0 F)	11.1 C (20.0 F)	27 years	30 of 100 (Routine)
21 March 1938	Crosby, US	daily rain	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	10.2 mm (0.4 in)	21 years	30 of 100 (Routine)
21 March 1938	Stockholm, SE	monthly high max	15.2 C (59.4 F)	0.2 C (0.4 F)	47 years	29 of 100 (Routine)
21 March 1938	Steamboat Springs, US	daily snowfall	25.4 cm (10.0 in)	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	11 years	29 of 100 (Routine)
21 March 1938	Big Timber, US	daily snowfall	20.3 cm (8.0 in)	7.6 cm (3.0 in)	39 years	29 of 100 (Routine)
21 March 1938	Bauhinia Downs Store, AU	daily rain	71.1 mm (2.8 in)	23.1 mm (0.9 in)	28 years	28 of 100 (Routine)
21 March 1938	Pembroke Eddy Match, CA	daily high min	2.2 C (36.0 F)	1.1 C (2.0 F)	67 years	28 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 1938

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1797 to 1938. 1938 had 783 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 20	624
20 to 40	12
40 to 60	3
60 to 80	1
80 to 100	1
100 to 120	0
120 to 140	0
140 to 160	1