Weather Records on 21 March 1944

556 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 21 March 1944. Highest significance: Limon 10 SSW, US.

Key Facts for 21 March 1944

On 21 March 1944, 556 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
18 were record highs and 112 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 2 were all-time records, 22 monthly and 532 daily.
Limon 10 SSW set a monthly record daily snowfall of 30.5 cm (12.0 in) on 21 March 1944.
Across 157 earlier years (1797 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 482 records.

Record Map

556 stations

556 station records on 21 March 1944 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 21 March 1944: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Limon 10 SSW	United States	Record daily snowfall	30.5 cm (12.0 in)	59 of 100 (Notable)
Pichhore	India	Record daily precipitation	68.6 mm (2.7 in)	58 of 100 (Notable)
Jawaja	India	Record daily precipitation	45.7 mm (1.8 in)	56 of 100 (Notable)
Kolaras	India	Record daily precipitation	42.7 mm (1.7 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Bemetara	India	Record daily precipitation	42.9 mm (1.7 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Bhawanipatna	India	Record daily precipitation	31.5 mm (1.2 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Boulder	United States	Record daily snowfall	48.3 cm (19.0 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Idaho Springs	United States	Record daily snowfall	40.4 cm (15.9 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Queimadas	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	115.3 mm (4.5 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Waterdale	United States	Record daily precipitation	45.7 mm (1.8 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Ft Lupton 2 SE	United States	Record daily snowfall	31.2 cm (12.3 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Mahuadaur	India	Record daily precipitation	38.1 mm (1.5 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Boulder	United States	Record daily precipitation	45.7 mm (1.8 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Monument 2 WSW	United States	Record daily snowfall	50.8 cm (20.0 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Newton	United States	Record daily precipitation	45.7 mm (1.8 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Wellington	United States	Record daily precipitation	41.4 mm (1.6 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Bidar	India	Record daily precipitation	30.2 mm (1.2 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Hill City Muni AP	United States	Record daily precipitation	32.8 mm (1.3 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Mohpani	India	Record daily precipitation	27.9 mm (1.1 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Manhattan	United States	Record daily snowfall	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Ft Morgan	United States	Record daily snowfall	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Minneapolis	United States	Record snow depth	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Chemnitz	Germany	Record snow depth	37.0 cm (14.6 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Monument 2 WSW	United States	Record daily precipitation	31.2 mm (1.2 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Colby	United States	Record snow depth	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Cobar Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	31.2 mm (1.2 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Burr Oak 4S	United States	Record daily precipitation	30.5 mm (1.2 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Concordia ASOS	United States	Record daily snowfall	20.3 cm (8.0 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Bear Creek	Canada	Record daily precipitation	88.9 mm (3.5 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Burlington	United States	Record daily snowfall	11.4 cm (4.5 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Julesburg	United States	Record daily snowfall	25.4 cm (10.0 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Crown St. Reservoir	Australia	Record daily precipitation	69.9 mm (2.8 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Akhnoor	India	Record daily precipitation	66.0 mm (2.6 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Ft Collins	United States	Record daily snowfall	30.5 cm (12.0 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Atlin	Canada	Record daily snowfall	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Buena Vista 2S	United States	Record daily snowfall	25.4 cm (10.0 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Estes Park	United States	Record daily precipitation	38.1 mm (1.5 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Wani	India	Record daily precipitation	25.1 mm (1.0 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Holyoke	United States	Record daily snowfall	25.4 cm (10.0 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Estes Park	United States	Record daily snowfall	45.7 cm (18.0 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Longmont 2 ESE	United States	Record daily snowfall	11.2 cm (4.4 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Haleakala Rch 432	United States	Record daily precipitation	88.6 mm (3.5 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Leroy 5 WSW	United States	Record daily snowfall	27.9 cm (11.0 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Minneapolis	United States	Record daily snowfall	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Hawthorne	United States	Record daily precipitation	48.5 mm (1.9 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Idaho Springs	United States	Record daily precipitation	37.6 mm (1.5 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Wray	United States	Record daily snowfall	25.4 cm (10.0 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Chapman	United States	Record daily precipitation	29.2 mm (1.1 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Mt Hope	United States	Record daily precipitation	26.7 mm (1.1 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Rehli	India	Record daily precipitation	25.1 mm (1.0 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Parlakimedi	India	Record daily precipitation	43.7 mm (1.7 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Jeypore	India	Record daily precipitation	29.7 mm (1.2 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Burr Oak 4S	United States	Record daily snowfall	17.8 cm (7.0 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Emmett	United States	Record daily snowfall	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
New Brunswick Exp STN	United States	Record snow depth	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Camp Crook	United States	Record snow depth	22.9 cm (9.0 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Salida	United States	Record daily precipitation	26.9 mm (1.1 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Phillipsburg 1 SSE	United States	Record snow depth	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Waukomis	United States	Record daily precipitation	38.9 mm (1.5 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Centennial Park	Australia	Record daily precipitation	72.6 mm (2.9 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

556 records

Records set or tied on 21 March 1944 by type: Highest daily maximum 8, Lowest daily maximum 74, Highest daily minimum 10, Lowest daily minimum 38, Heaviest daily rainfall 333, Heaviest daily snowfall 67, Deepest snow cover 26.

Records on 21 March 1944 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	8
Lowest daily maximum	74
Highest daily minimum	10
Lowest daily minimum	38
Heaviest daily rainfall	333
Heaviest daily snowfall	67
Deepest snow cover	26

Records on 21 March 1944 by timescale: all-time 2, monthly 22, daily 532.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

495 broken records

Margins by which the 495 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 313.0. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

21 March 1944

Top 20 records on 21 March 1944 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
21 March 1944	Limon 10 SSW, US	monthly snowfall	30.5 cm (12.0 in)	15.3 cm (6.0 in)	20 years	59 of 100 (Notable)
21 March 1944	Pichhore, IN	monthly rain	68.6 mm (2.7 in)	48.3 mm (1.9 in)	16 years	58 of 100 (Notable)
21 March 1944	Jawaja, IN	daily rain	45.7 mm (1.8 in)	45.7 mm (1.8 in)	43 years	56 of 100 (Notable)
21 March 1944	Kolaras, IN	monthly rain	42.7 mm (1.7 in)	32.5 mm (1.3 in)	29 years	53 of 100 (Notable)
21 March 1944	Bemetara, IN	monthly rain	42.9 mm (1.7 in)	18.0 mm (0.7 in)	18 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
21 March 1944	Bhawanipatna, IN	daily rain	31.5 mm (1.2 in)	25.1 mm (1.0 in)	40 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
21 March 1944	Boulder, US	daily snowfall	48.3 cm (19.0 in)	31.3 cm (12.3 in)	21 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
21 March 1944	Idaho Springs, US	daily snowfall	40.4 cm (15.9 in)	27.7 cm (10.9 in)	21 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
21 March 1944	Queimadas, BR	monthly rain	115.3 mm (4.5 in)	40.3 mm (1.6 in)	29 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
21 March 1944	Waterdale, US	daily rain	45.7 mm (1.8 in)	33.0 mm (1.3 in)	21 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
21 March 1944	Ft Lupton 2 SE, US	all-time snowfall	31.2 cm (12.3 in)	5.8 cm (2.3 in)	31 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
21 March 1944	Mahuadaur, IN	daily rain	38.1 mm (1.5 in)	37.1 mm (1.5 in)	27 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
21 March 1944	Boulder, US	daily rain	45.7 mm (1.8 in)	26.6 mm (1.0 in)	21 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
21 March 1944	Monument 2 WSW, US	monthly snowfall	50.8 cm (20.0 in)	17.8 cm (7.0 in)	11 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
21 March 1944	Newton, US	daily rain	45.7 mm (1.8 in)	29.2 mm (1.1 in)	42 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
21 March 1944	Wellington, US	daily rain	41.4 mm (1.6 in)	30.7 mm (1.2 in)	18 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
21 March 1944	Bidar, IN	daily rain	30.2 mm (1.2 in)	25.9 mm (1.0 in)	21 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
21 March 1944	Hill City Muni AP, US	daily rain	32.8 mm (1.3 in)	30.3 mm (1.2 in)	29 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
21 March 1944	Mohpani, IN	daily rain	27.9 mm (1.1 in)	27.1 mm (1.1 in)	38 years	44 of 100 (Notable)
21 March 1944	Manhattan, US	daily snowfall	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	13.9 cm (5.5 in)	29 years	43 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 1944

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1797 to 1944. 1944 had 556 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 50	447
50 to 100	29
100 to 150	11
150 to 200	5
200 to 250	1
250 to 300	1
300 to 350	1