Weather Records on 21 March 1955

1,124 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 21 March 1955. Highest significance: Calhoun 2 N, US.

Key Facts for 21 March 1955

On 21 March 1955, 1,124 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
49 were record highs and 559 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 1 were all-time records, 23 monthly and 1,100 daily.
Calhoun 2 N set a monthly record daily precipitation of 163.3 mm (6.4 in) on 21 March 1955.
Across 157 earlier years (1797 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 479 records.

Record Map

1,124 stations

1,124 station records on 21 March 1955 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 21 March 1955: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Calhoun 2 N	United States	Record daily precipitation	163.3 mm (6.4 in)	74 of 100 (Major)
Lake Providence	United States	Record daily precipitation	135.9 mm (5.4 in)	61 of 100 (Major)
Palmetto	United States	Record daily precipitation	165.1 mm (6.5 in)	61 of 100 (Major)
Cairo River	United States	Record daily precipitation	92.5 mm (3.6 in)	60 of 100 (Major)
Arkansas City	United States	Record daily precipitation	118.9 mm (4.7 in)	59 of 100 (Notable)
Cape Girardeau	United States	Record daily precipitation	90.4 mm (3.6 in)	59 of 100 (Notable)
Carbondale Sewage Plt	United States	Record daily precipitation	83.3 mm (3.3 in)	58 of 100 (Notable)
Fulton 3 W	United States	Record daily precipitation	120.4 mm (4.7 in)	57 of 100 (Notable)
Dickson	United States	Record daily precipitation	102.9 mm (4.1 in)	57 of 100 (Notable)
Savannah 6 SW	United States	Record daily precipitation	118.9 mm (4.7 in)	57 of 100 (Notable)
Batesville	United States	Record daily precipitation	100.3 mm (3.9 in)	56 of 100 (Notable)
University	United States	Record daily precipitation	101.9 mm (4.0 in)	56 of 100 (Notable)
Bolivar Wtr Wks	United States	Record daily precipitation	93.5 mm (3.7 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Greenville 6 N	United States	Record daily precipitation	78.5 mm (3.1 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Corinth 5 WSW	United States	Record daily precipitation	61.0 mm (2.4 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Mc Minnville	United States	Record daily precipitation	83.6 mm (3.3 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Crossett 2 SSE	United States	Record daily precipitation	141.0 mm (5.6 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Independence	United States	Record daily snowfall	11.4 cm (4.5 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Sikeston	United States	Record daily precipitation	77.5 mm (3.1 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Williamsville	United States	Record daily precipitation	68.6 mm (2.7 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Greenville	United States	Record daily precipitation	110.5 mm (4.4 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Dexter	United States	Record daily precipitation	72.9 mm (2.9 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Farmington	United States	Record daily precipitation	51.6 mm (2.0 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Brule Island	United States	Record daily snowfall	25.4 cm (10.0 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Lichtentanne	Germany	Record snow depth	19.0 cm (7.5 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Bastrop	United States	Record daily precipitation	148.6 mm (5.9 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Willow Sprg Radio Kuku	United States	Record daily precipitation	78.5 mm (3.1 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Arnsberg	Germany	Record snow depth	35.0 cm (13.8 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Hope 3 NE	United States	Record daily precipitation	94.5 mm (3.7 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Brownsville	United States	Record daily precipitation	85.3 mm (3.4 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Loretto	United States	Record daily precipitation	101.3 mm (4.0 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Vavenby	Canada	Record daily snowfall	7.6 cm (3.0 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Shawneetown Old Town	United States	Record daily precipitation	72.6 mm (2.9 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Franklin Sewage Plt	United States	Record daily precipitation	64.5 mm (2.5 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Arkadelphia 2 N	United States	Record daily precipitation	88.9 mm (3.5 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Okolona	United States	Record daily precipitation	89.2 mm (3.5 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Moscow	United States	Record daily precipitation	96.5 mm (3.8 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Tullahoma	United States	Record daily precipitation	89.2 mm (3.5 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Chanute Martin Johnson AP	United States	Record daily snowfall	20.3 cm (8.0 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Jaipur	India	Record daily precipitation	48.8 mm (1.9 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Pontotoc	United States	Record daily precipitation	175.8 mm (6.9 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Poplar Bluff	United States	Record daily precipitation	64.3 mm (2.5 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Schuyler	United States	Record daily snowfall	27.2 cm (10.7 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Mt Carmel 4 NW	United States	Record daily precipitation	55.9 mm (2.2 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
New Hampton	United States	Record daily snowfall	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Cleveland	United States	Record daily precipitation	99.1 mm (3.9 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Mtn Grove 2 N	United States	Record daily precipitation	53.1 mm (2.1 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Ashwood	United States	Record daily precipitation	152.7 mm (6.0 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Thurlga	Australia	Record daily precipitation	42.2 mm (1.7 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Pommelsbrunn	Germany	Record snow depth	18.0 cm (7.1 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Moran India	India	Record daily precipitation	53.8 mm (2.1 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Mt Vernon	United States	Record daily precipitation	70.1 mm (2.8 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Hohenwald	United States	Record daily precipitation	54.4 mm (2.1 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Revelstoke	Canada	Record daily snowfall	16.8 cm (6.6 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Dumas	United States	Record daily precipitation	90.7 mm (3.6 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Rison	United States	Record daily precipitation	85.9 mm (3.4 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Beaver Dam	United States	Record daily precipitation	49.3 mm (1.9 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Greenville 2 W	United States	Record daily precipitation	49.0 mm (1.9 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Minocqua	United States	Record daily snowfall	17.8 cm (7.0 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Lower Bucca	Australia	Record daily precipitation	86.4 mm (3.4 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)

Counts by Type and Timescale

1,124 records

Records set or tied on 21 March 1955 by type: Highest daily maximum 13, Lowest daily maximum 253, Highest daily minimum 36, Lowest daily minimum 306, Heaviest daily rainfall 366, Heaviest daily snowfall 120, Deepest snow cover 30.

Records on 21 March 1955 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	13
Lowest daily maximum	253
Highest daily minimum	36
Lowest daily minimum	306
Heaviest daily rainfall	366
Heaviest daily snowfall	120
Deepest snow cover	30

Records on 21 March 1955 by timescale: all-time 1, monthly 23, daily 1,100.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

965 broken records

Margins by which the 965 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 280.0. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

21 March 1955

Top 20 records on 21 March 1955 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
21 March 1955	Calhoun 2 N, US	monthly rain	163.3 mm (6.4 in)	68.6 mm (2.7 in)	60 years	74 of 100 (Major)
21 March 1955	Lake Providence, US	daily rain	135.9 mm (5.4 in)	110.8 mm (4.4 in)	52 years	61 of 100 (Major)
21 March 1955	Palmetto, US	daily rain	165.1 mm (6.5 in)	136.4 mm (5.4 in)	50 years	61 of 100 (Major)
21 March 1955	Cairo River, US	daily rain	92.5 mm (3.6 in)	52.9 mm (2.1 in)	56 years	60 of 100 (Major)
21 March 1955	Arkansas City, US	daily rain	118.9 mm (4.7 in)	86.4 mm (3.4 in)	41 years	59 of 100 (Notable)
21 March 1955	Cape Girardeau, US	daily rain	90.4 mm (3.6 in)	64.5 mm (2.5 in)	45 years	59 of 100 (Notable)
21 March 1955	Carbondale Sewage Plt, US	daily rain	83.3 mm (3.3 in)	56.6 mm (2.2 in)	41 years	58 of 100 (Notable)
21 March 1955	Fulton 3 W, US	daily rain	120.4 mm (4.7 in)	89.9 mm (3.5 in)	37 years	57 of 100 (Notable)
21 March 1955	Dickson, US	daily rain	102.9 mm (4.1 in)	64.8 mm (2.6 in)	41 years	57 of 100 (Notable)
21 March 1955	Savannah 6 SW, US	daily rain	118.9 mm (4.7 in)	70.1 mm (2.8 in)	41 years	57 of 100 (Notable)
21 March 1955	Batesville, US	daily rain	100.3 mm (3.9 in)	64.7 mm (2.5 in)	52 years	56 of 100 (Notable)
21 March 1955	University, US	daily rain	101.9 mm (4.0 in)	71.4 mm (2.8 in)	37 years	56 of 100 (Notable)
21 March 1955	Bolivar Wtr Wks, US	daily rain	93.5 mm (3.7 in)	62.8 mm (2.5 in)	37 years	54 of 100 (Notable)
21 March 1955	Greenville 6 N, US	daily rain	78.5 mm (3.1 in)	69.6 mm (2.7 in)	25 years	53 of 100 (Notable)
21 March 1955	Corinth 5 WSW, US	daily rain	61.0 mm (2.4 in)	46.8 mm (1.8 in)	49 years	52 of 100 (Notable)
21 March 1955	Mc Minnville, US	daily rain	83.6 mm (3.3 in)	53.1 mm (2.1 in)	41 years	52 of 100 (Notable)
21 March 1955	Crossett 2 SSE, US	monthly rain	141.0 mm (5.6 in)	53.9 mm (2.1 in)	21 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
21 March 1955	Independence, US	daily snowfall	11.4 cm (4.5 in)	10.6 cm (4.2 in)	40 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
21 March 1955	Sikeston, US	daily rain	77.5 mm (3.1 in)	55.1 mm (2.2 in)	24 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
21 March 1955	Williamsville, US	daily rain	68.6 mm (2.7 in)	56.4 mm (2.2 in)	28 years	51 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 1955

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1797 to 1955. 1955 had 1,124 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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Data for records on 1955-03-21: CSV or JSON. Field meanings are on the data page.

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	871
50 to 100	66
100 to 150	20
150 to 200	7
200 to 250	0
250 to 300	1