Weather Records on 21 March 1953

342 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 21 March 1953. Highest significance: Tarpon Spgs Sewage Plt, US.

Key Facts for 21 March 1953

On 21 March 1953, 342 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
125 were record highs and 25 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 2 were all-time records, 11 monthly and 329 daily.
Tarpon Spgs Sewage Plt set a daily record precipitation of 82.3 mm (3.2 in) on 21 March 1953.
Across 157 earlier years (1797 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 484 records.

Record Map

342 stations

342 station records on 21 March 1953 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 21 March 1953: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Tarpon Spgs Sewage Plt	United States	Record daily precipitation	82.3 mm (3.2 in)	57 of 100 (Notable)
Long Prairie	United States	Record daily precipitation	27.9 mm (1.1 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Waseca	Canada	Record daily snowfall	17.8 cm (7.0 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Milan 1NW	United States	Record daily precipitation	26.9 mm (1.1 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Fort Macleod	Canada	Record daily snowfall	24.1 cm (9.5 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Ft Pierce	United States	Record daily precipitation	167.1 mm (6.6 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Hubbard	Canada	Record daily snowfall	27.9 cm (11.0 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Melfort	Canada	Record daily snowfall	20.3 cm (8.0 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
The Pas	Canada	Record daily snowfall	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Liafoss	Norway	Record daily precipitation	45.1 mm (1.8 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Saskatoon U of S	Canada	Record daily snowfall	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Arcadia	United States	Record daily precipitation	51.6 mm (2.0 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
St Petersburg	United States	Record daily precipitation	76.2 mm (3.0 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Artichoke Lake 1 E	United States	Record daily precipitation	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Arrowrock Dam	United States	Record daily snowfall	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Tracy	United States	Record daily precipitation	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Newgate	Canada	Record daily snowfall	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Ostas I Hegra	Norway	Record daily precipitation	32.5 mm (1.3 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Pilger	Canada	Record daily snowfall	22.9 cm (9.0 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Macklin	Canada	Record daily snowfall	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Davidson	Canada	Record daily snowfall	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Hubbard	Canada	Record daily precipitation	27.9 mm (1.1 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Saint Leo	United States	Record daily precipitation	76.2 mm (3.0 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Stettler	Canada	Record daily snowfall	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Kachugaon	India	Record daily precipitation	83.6 mm (3.3 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Freiburg	Germany	Record high maximum temperature	18.9 C (66.0 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Borzja	Russia	Record high minimum temperature	-0.5 C (31.1 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Hettinger	United States	Record daily precipitation	25.9 mm (1.0 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Mott	United States	Record daily precipitation	28.4 mm (1.1 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Orlando Executive AP	United States	Record daily precipitation	50.8 mm (2.0 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Dhing	India	Record daily precipitation	29.2 mm (1.1 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Griggsville	United States	Record high minimum temperature	14.4 C (57.9 F)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Fayette	United States	Record high minimum temperature	16.7 C (62.1 F)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Goldbutte 7 N	United States	Record daily snowfall	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Thursday Island Township	Australia	Record daily precipitation	83.8 mm (3.3 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Biggar	Canada	Record daily snowfall	16.5 cm (6.5 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Portage la Prairie	Canada	Record daily snowfall	7.6 cm (3.0 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Ismailia	Egypt	Record low maximum temperature	19.0 C (66.2 F)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Eustis 2 S	United States	Record daily precipitation	34.5 mm (1.4 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Laidley Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	29.5 mm (1.2 in)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Bhanga	India	Record daily precipitation	62.2 mm (2.4 in)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Brooksville Chin Hill	United States	Record daily precipitation	39.4 mm (1.6 in)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Dupree	United States	Record daily precipitation	26.7 mm (1.1 in)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Kindersley	Canada	Record daily snowfall	5.6 cm (2.2 in)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Logan Downs	Australia	Record daily precipitation	35.6 mm (1.4 in)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Vauxhall	Canada	Record daily snowfall	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Whitewood	Canada	Record daily snowfall	8.4 cm (3.3 in)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Chariton 1 E	United States	Record high minimum temperature	10.6 C (51.1 F)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Unionville	United States	Record high minimum temperature	10.6 C (51.1 F)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Holdenville 2SSE	United States	Record high minimum temperature	20.0 C (68.0 F)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Rock Creek	United States	Record daily snowfall	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Rookwood	Australia	Record daily precipitation	35.6 mm (1.4 in)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Saskatoon Diefenbaker Int'l A	Canada	Record daily snowfall	7.4 cm (2.9 in)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Thief River Falls	United States	Record daily precipitation	22.9 mm (0.9 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Waseca	Canada	Record daily precipitation	17.8 mm (0.7 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Foxholm 7 N	United States	Record daily precipitation	17.3 mm (0.7 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Hilland 2 NW	United States	Record daily precipitation	22.9 mm (0.9 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Fort Macleod	Canada	Record daily precipitation	24.1 mm (0.9 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Melfort	Canada	Record daily precipitation	20.3 mm (0.8 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
The Pas	Canada	Record daily precipitation	10.2 mm (0.4 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

342 records

Records set or tied on 21 March 1953 by type: Highest daily maximum 27, Lowest daily maximum 16, Highest daily minimum 98, Lowest daily minimum 9, Heaviest daily rainfall 147, Heaviest daily snowfall 44, Deepest snow cover 1.

Records on 21 March 1953 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	27
Lowest daily maximum	16
Highest daily minimum	98
Lowest daily minimum	9
Heaviest daily rainfall	147
Heaviest daily snowfall	44
Deepest snow cover	1

Records on 21 March 1953 by timescale: all-time 2, monthly 11, daily 329.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

267 broken records

Margins by which the 267 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 165.0. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

21 March 1953

Top 20 records on 21 March 1953 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
21 March 1953	Tarpon Spgs Sewage Plt, US	daily rain	82.3 mm (3.2 in)	55.9 mm (2.2 in)	59 years	57 of 100 (Notable)
21 March 1953	Long Prairie, US	daily rain	27.9 mm (1.1 in)	19.0 mm (0.7 in)	58 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
21 March 1953	Waseca, CA	daily snowfall	17.8 cm (7.0 in)	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	36 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
21 March 1953	Milan 1NW, US	daily rain	26.9 mm (1.1 in)	19.3 mm (0.8 in)	36 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
21 March 1953	Fort Macleod, CA	daily snowfall	24.1 cm (9.5 in)	16.5 cm (6.5 in)	20 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
21 March 1953	Ft Pierce, US	monthly rain	167.1 mm (6.6 in)	32.5 mm (1.3 in)	16 years	42 of 100 (Notable)
21 March 1953	Hubbard, CA	all-time snowfall	27.9 cm (11.0 in)	2.5 cm (1.0 in)	36 years	41 of 100 (Notable)
21 March 1953	Melfort, CA	daily snowfall	20.3 cm (8.0 in)	10.1 cm (4.0 in)	31 years	40 of 100 (Notable)
21 March 1953	The Pas, CA	daily snowfall	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	9.2 cm (3.6 in)	36 years	40 of 100 (Notable)
21 March 1953	Liafoss, NO	daily rain	45.1 mm (1.8 in)	24.8 mm (1.0 in)	38 years	38 of 100 (Notable)
21 March 1953	Saskatoon U of S, CA	daily snowfall	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	8.9 cm (3.5 in)	36 years	37 of 100 (Notable)
21 March 1953	Arcadia, US	daily rain	51.6 mm (2.0 in)	28.0 mm (1.1 in)	48 years	37 of 100 (Notable)
21 March 1953	St Petersburg, US	daily rain	76.2 mm (3.0 in)	40.9 mm (1.6 in)	20 years	37 of 100 (Notable)
21 March 1953	Artichoke Lake 1 E, US	daily rain	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	20.3 mm (0.8 in)	3 years	37 of 100 (Notable)
21 March 1953	Arrowrock Dam, US	daily snowfall	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	7.6 cm (3.0 in)	40 years	36 of 100 (Notable)
21 March 1953	Tracy, US	daily rain	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	15.2 mm (0.6 in)	30 years	36 of 100 (Notable)
21 March 1953	Newgate, CA	daily snowfall	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	39 years	35 of 100 (Notable)
21 March 1953	Ostas I Hegra, NO	daily rain	32.5 mm (1.3 in)	17.8 mm (0.7 in)	7 years	35 of 100 (Notable)
21 March 1953	Pilger, CA	daily snowfall	22.9 cm (9.0 in)	15.3 cm (6.0 in)	15 years	34 of 100 (Routine)
21 March 1953	Macklin, CA	daily snowfall	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	8.7 cm (3.4 in)	0 years	33 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 1953

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1797 to 1953. 1953 had 342 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	728
2014	640
2015	568
2016	553
2017	1,117
2018	809
2019	649
2020	445
2021	489
2022	615
2023	815
2024	432
2025	845
2026	2,615

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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 2026-10-16 (16 October 2026). Records are computed by this site and are not official.

Data as of 2026-10-15. Last revised 15 October 2026 (2026-10-15).

Margin	Records
0 to 25	236
25 to 50	14
50 to 75	4
75 to 100	7
100 to 125	3
125 to 150	1
150 to 175	2