Weather Records on 21 March 1957

373 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 21 March 1957. Highest significance: Bari, IN.

Key Facts for 21 March 1957

On 21 March 1957, 373 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
54 were record highs and 50 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 1 were all-time records, 5 monthly and 367 daily.
Bari set a daily record precipitation of 55.4 mm (2.2 in) on 21 March 1957.
Across 157 earlier years (1797 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 483 records.

Record Map

373 stations

373 station records on 21 March 1957 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 21 March 1957: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Bari	India	Record daily precipitation	55.4 mm (2.2 in)	61 of 100 (Major)
Stratford	United States	Record daily precipitation	26.7 mm (1.1 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Deori	India	Record daily precipitation	34.3 mm (1.4 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Liberal	United States	Record daily precipitation	30.7 mm (1.2 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Jhajjar	India	Record daily precipitation	27.9 mm (1.1 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Beaver	United States	Record daily precipitation	29.5 mm (1.2 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Copperas Cove	United States	Record daily precipitation	66.0 mm (2.6 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Danevang 1 W	United States	Record daily precipitation	72.9 mm (2.9 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Majgahan Hansraj	India	Record daily precipitation	30.5 mm (1.2 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Goliad	United States	Record daily precipitation	79.8 mm (3.1 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Fischers Store	United States	Record daily precipitation	57.9 mm (2.3 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Praha-Klementinum	Czech Republic	Record high minimum temperature	9.1 C (48.4 F)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Ghaziabad	India	Record daily precipitation	44.7 mm (1.8 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Edna 3 SW	United States	Record daily precipitation	61.0 mm (2.4 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Smithville	United States	Record daily precipitation	50.8 mm (2.0 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Austin Downs	Australia	Record daily precipitation	30.0 mm (1.2 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Tikamgarh	India	Record daily precipitation	31.8 mm (1.3 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Windsor	Australia	Record daily precipitation	26.9 mm (1.1 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Kremsmuenster	Austria	Record high minimum temperature	9.1 C (48.4 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Rosenberg	United States	Record daily precipitation	27.2 mm (1.1 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Hvar	Croatia	Record high maximum temperature	18.7 C (65.7 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Pitea	Sweden	Record low minimum temperature	-31.0 C (-23.8 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Leesville	United States	Record daily precipitation	47.0 mm (1.9 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Hillsboro	United States	Record daily precipitation	30.5 mm (1.2 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Liberty	United States	Record daily precipitation	45.7 mm (1.8 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Blanco	United States	Record daily precipitation	42.4 mm (1.7 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Iguape	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	53.5 mm (2.1 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Annapolis Royal	Canada	Record daily snowfall	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Damoh	India	Record daily precipitation	36.8 mm (1.4 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Roorkee	India	Record daily precipitation	26.7 mm (1.1 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Nkhota Kota	Malawi	Record daily precipitation	125.5 mm (4.9 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Richfield	United States	Record daily precipitation	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Huatusco de Chicuellar	Mexico	Record high maximum temperature	42.8 C (109.0 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Tbilisi	Georgia	Record high minimum temperature	8.5 C (47.3 F)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Beer Sheva-1	Israel	Record high minimum temperature	17.3 C (63.1 F)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Villiers (Pol)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	40.0 mm (1.6 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Rayne 6 N	United States	Record daily precipitation	30.0 mm (1.2 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Anahuac	United States	Record daily precipitation	45.5 mm (1.8 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Dimmitt 6 E	United States	Record daily precipitation	26.9 mm (1.1 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Coodardy	Australia	Record daily precipitation	29.2 mm (1.1 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
El Suez	Egypt	Record high minimum temperature	18.0 C (64.4 F)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Dasna	India	Record daily precipitation	26.2 mm (1.0 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Spearman	United States	Record daily precipitation	26.7 mm (1.1 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Newcastle	United States	Record daily snowfall	10.9 cm (4.3 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Salzburg	Austria	Record high minimum temperature	9.8 C (49.6 F)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Parrsboro	Canada	Record daily snowfall	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Haparanda	Sweden	Record low minimum temperature	-33.0 C (-27.4 F)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Buffalo 2 SSW	United States	Record daily precipitation	25.9 mm (1.0 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Clayoquot	Canada	Record low maximum temperature	5.6 C (42.1 F)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Bartow 1SE	United States	Record daily precipitation	56.4 mm (2.2 in)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Houma	United States	Record daily precipitation	93.7 mm (3.7 in)	24 of 100 (Routine)
E Wareham	United States	Record daily precipitation	45.2 mm (1.8 in)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Cheyenne 1 WSW	United States	Record daily precipitation	33.8 mm (1.3 in)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Kerrville	United States	Record daily precipitation	44.5 mm (1.8 in)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Annean	Australia	Record daily precipitation	51.3 mm (2.0 in)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Sarajevo	Bosnia and Herzegovina	Record high maximum temperature	23.8 C (74.8 F)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Watonga	United States	Record daily precipitation	26.7 mm (1.1 in)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Boerne	United States	Record daily precipitation	38.4 mm (1.5 in)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Cullculli	Australia	Record daily precipitation	27.9 mm (1.1 in)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Tuckanarra	Australia	Record daily precipitation	30.5 mm (1.2 in)	22 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

373 records

Records set or tied on 21 March 1957 by type: Highest daily maximum 22, Lowest daily maximum 33, Highest daily minimum 32, Lowest daily minimum 17, Heaviest daily rainfall 251, Heaviest daily snowfall 18.

Records on 21 March 1957 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	22
Lowest daily maximum	33
Highest daily minimum	32
Lowest daily minimum	17
Heaviest daily rainfall	251
Heaviest daily snowfall	18
Deepest snow cover	0

Records on 21 March 1957 by timescale: all-time 1, monthly 5, daily 367.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

329 broken records

Margins by which the 329 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 101.0. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

21 March 1957

Top 20 records on 21 March 1957 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
21 March 1957	Bari, IN	daily rain	55.4 mm (2.2 in)	55.4 mm (2.2 in)	56 years	61 of 100 (Major)
21 March 1957	Stratford, US	daily rain	26.7 mm (1.1 in)	22.9 mm (0.9 in)	43 years	53 of 100 (Notable)
21 March 1957	Deori, IN	daily rain	34.3 mm (1.4 in)	28.7 mm (1.1 in)	12 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
21 March 1957	Liberal, US	daily rain	30.7 mm (1.2 in)	26.9 mm (1.1 in)	12 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
21 March 1957	Jhajjar, IN	daily rain	27.9 mm (1.1 in)	20.0 mm (0.8 in)	50 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
21 March 1957	Beaver, US	daily rain	29.5 mm (1.2 in)	14.3 mm (0.6 in)	56 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
21 March 1957	Copperas Cove, US	daily rain	66.0 mm (2.6 in)	47.5 mm (1.9 in)	31 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
21 March 1957	Danevang 1 W, US	daily rain	72.9 mm (2.9 in)	60.2 mm (2.4 in)	28 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
21 March 1957	Majgahan Hansraj, IN	daily rain	30.5 mm (1.2 in)	30.5 mm (1.2 in)	30 years	42 of 100 (Notable)
21 March 1957	Goliad, US	daily rain	79.8 mm (3.1 in)	54.9 mm (2.2 in)	0 years	42 of 100 (Notable)
21 March 1957	Fischers Store, US	daily rain	57.9 mm (2.3 in)	32.5 mm (1.3 in)	44 years	41 of 100 (Notable)
21 March 1957	Praha-Klementinum, CZ	daily high min	9.1 C (48.4 F)	0.1 C (0.2 F)	150 years	40 of 100 (Notable)
21 March 1957	Ghaziabad, IN	daily rain	44.7 mm (1.8 in)	43.9 mm (1.7 in)	7 years	40 of 100 (Notable)
21 March 1957	Edna 3 SW, US	daily rain	61.0 mm (2.4 in)	44.2 mm (1.7 in)	28 years	38 of 100 (Notable)
21 March 1957	Smithville, US	daily rain	50.8 mm (2.0 in)	33.8 mm (1.3 in)	28 years	35 of 100 (Notable)
21 March 1957	Austin Downs, AU	daily rain	30.0 mm (1.2 in)	29.2 mm (1.1 in)	32 years	34 of 100 (Routine)
21 March 1957	Tikamgarh, IN	monthly rain	31.8 mm (1.3 in)	6.4 mm (0.25 in)	29 years	33 of 100 (Routine)
21 March 1957	Windsor, AU	daily rain	26.9 mm (1.1 in)	18.8 mm (0.7 in)	30 years	32 of 100 (Routine)
21 March 1957	Kremsmuenster, AT	daily high min	9.1 C (48.4 F)	1.1 C (2.0 F)	74 years	32 of 100 (Routine)
21 March 1957	Rosenberg, US	daily rain	27.2 mm (1.1 in)	17.0 mm (0.7 in)	54 years	32 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 1957

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1797 to 1957. 1957 had 373 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 1957-03-21: 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 20	292
20 to 40	23
40 to 60	10
60 to 80	1
80 to 100	2
100 to 120	1