Weather Records on 21 March 1958

619 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 21 March 1958. Highest significance: Lillooet, CA.

Key Facts for 21 March 1958

On 21 March 1958, 619 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
78 were record highs and 249 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 1 were all-time records, 18 monthly and 600 daily.
Lillooet set a monthly record daily snowfall of 18.3 cm (7.2 in) on 21 March 1958.
Across 157 earlier years (1797 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 482 records.

Record Map

619 stations

619 station records on 21 March 1958 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 21 March 1958: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Lillooet	Canada	Record daily snowfall	18.3 cm (7.2 in)	68 of 100 (Major)
Hawley 1 E	United States	Record daily snowfall	50.8 cm (20.0 in)	58 of 100 (Notable)
Winchendon	United States	Record daily snowfall	30.5 cm (12.0 in)	57 of 100 (Notable)
Roxbury	United States	Record daily snowfall	35.6 cm (14.0 in)	56 of 100 (Notable)
Southport	Australia	Record daily precipitation	94.0 mm (3.7 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Pesaro	Italy	Record daily precipitation	36.8 mm (1.4 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Flemington 5 NNW	United States	Record daily snowfall	21.6 cm (8.5 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
East Park Rsvr	United States	Record daily precipitation	48.3 mm (1.9 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Charlotteburg Rsvr	United States	Record daily snowfall	30.5 cm (12.0 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
George School	United States	Record daily snowfall	22.9 cm (9.0 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Hawley 1 E	United States	Record snow depth	73.7 cm (29.0 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Purcellville	United States	Record daily snowfall	33.0 cm (13.0 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Vineland	United States	Record daily snowfall	17.8 cm (7.0 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Humboldt	Canada	Record daily snowfall	6.4 cm (2.5 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Blue Hill Coop	United States	Record daily snowfall	26.9 cm (10.6 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Paterson	United States	Record daily snowfall	20.3 cm (8.0 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Phillipsburg	United States	Record daily snowfall	17.8 cm (7.0 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Scranton	United States	Record daily snowfall	33.0 cm (13.0 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Ny City Cntrl Park	United States	Record daily snowfall	18.0 cm (7.1 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Reading Wb City	United States	Record snow depth	38.1 cm (15.0 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Leipzig-Holzhausen	Germany	Record snow depth	20.0 cm (7.9 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Gouldsboro	United States	Record daily precipitation	56.4 mm (2.2 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
E Stroudsburg	United States	Record snow depth	50.8 cm (20.0 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Greenville	United States	Record daily precipitation	58.9 mm (2.3 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Wallace	United States	Record daily precipitation	51.3 mm (2.0 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Ithaca Cornell UNIV	United States	Record snow depth	43.2 cm (17.0 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
George School	United States	Record daily precipitation	53.3 mm (2.1 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Neshaminy Falls	United States	Record daily snowfall	20.3 cm (8.0 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Moncton	Canada	Record daily snowfall	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Hvar	Croatia	Record daily precipitation	36.7 mm (1.4 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Lakeport	United States	Record daily precipitation	41.4 mm (1.6 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Chester	United States	Record daily precipitation	66.3 mm (2.6 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Fitchburg 4 SE	United States	Record daily snowfall	22.9 cm (9.0 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Freehold-Marlboro	United States	Record daily snowfall	14.0 cm (5.5 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Worcester	United States	Record daily snowfall	36.1 cm (14.2 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Carmel	United States	Record daily snowfall	17.8 cm (7.0 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Somerville 4 NW	United States	Record daily snowfall	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Hawley 1 E	United States	Record daily precipitation	50.0 mm (2.0 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Lancaster 2 NE Pump St	United States	Record snow depth	25.4 cm (10.0 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Belvidere	United States	Record daily snowfall	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Vineland	United States	Record snow depth	30.5 cm (12.0 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Upper Lake 2 N	United States	Record daily precipitation	56.6 mm (2.2 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Lawrence	United States	Record daily snowfall	17.8 cm (7.0 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Indian Mills 2 W	United States	Record snow depth	27.9 cm (11.0 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Gouldsboro	United States	Record daily snowfall	50.8 cm (20.0 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Bad Lauchstadt	Germany	Record snow depth	19.0 cm (7.5 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Healdsburg	United States	Record daily precipitation	56.9 mm (2.2 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
McCloud	United States	Record daily precipitation	108.5 mm (4.3 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Homestead Exp STN	United States	Record low maximum temperature	18.3 C (64.9 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Luna Rs	United States	Record high minimum temperature	7.2 C (45.0 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Delhi 2 SE	United States	Record daily snowfall	13.0 cm (5.1 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Montrose	United States	Record daily snowfall	30.5 cm (12.0 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Hayfork 2 W	United States	Record daily precipitation	40.4 mm (1.6 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Lowell	United States	Record daily precipitation	35.6 mm (1.4 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Weston	United States	Record daily snowfall	16.5 cm (6.5 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Long Branch-Oakhurst	United States	Record daily snowfall	8.9 cm (3.5 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Greeneville Exp STN	United States	Record low maximum temperature	3.3 C (37.9 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Kargopol	Russia	Record low minimum temperature	-33.6 C (-28.5 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Ufa	Russia	Record low minimum temperature	-29.3 C (-20.7 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Boca	United States	Record daily precipitation	25.1 mm (1.0 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

619 records

Records set or tied on 21 March 1958 by type: Highest daily maximum 6, Lowest daily maximum 178, Highest daily minimum 72, Lowest daily minimum 71, Heaviest daily rainfall 165, Heaviest daily snowfall 75, Deepest snow cover 52.

Records on 21 March 1958 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	6
Lowest daily maximum	178
Highest daily minimum	72
Lowest daily minimum	71
Heaviest daily rainfall	165
Heaviest daily snowfall	75
Deepest snow cover	52

Records on 21 March 1958 by timescale: all-time 1, monthly 18, daily 600.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

514 broken records

Margins by which the 514 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 305.0. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

21 March 1958

Top 20 records on 21 March 1958 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
21 March 1958	Lillooet, CA	monthly snowfall	18.3 cm (7.2 in)	8.1 cm (3.2 in)	78 years	68 of 100 (Major)
21 March 1958	Hawley 1 E, US	monthly snowfall	50.8 cm (20.0 in)	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	58 years	58 of 100 (Notable)
21 March 1958	Winchendon, US	daily snowfall	30.5 cm (12.0 in)	20.3 cm (8.0 in)	52 years	57 of 100 (Notable)
21 March 1958	Roxbury, US	daily snowfall	35.6 cm (14.0 in)	29.0 cm (11.4 in)	41 years	56 of 100 (Notable)
21 March 1958	Southport, AU	daily rain	94.0 mm (3.7 in)	48.3 mm (1.9 in)	27 years	54 of 100 (Notable)
21 March 1958	Pesaro, IT	daily rain	36.8 mm (1.4 in)	23.8 mm (0.9 in)	27 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
21 March 1958	Flemington 5 NNW, US	daily snowfall	21.6 cm (8.5 in)	16.5 cm (6.5 in)	59 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
21 March 1958	East Park Rsvr, US	daily rain	48.3 mm (1.9 in)	36.6 mm (1.4 in)	24 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
21 March 1958	Charlotteburg Rsvr, US	daily snowfall	30.5 cm (12.0 in)	22.9 cm (9.0 in)	41 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
21 March 1958	George School, US	daily snowfall	22.9 cm (9.0 in)	17.8 cm (7.0 in)	45 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
21 March 1958	Hawley 1 E, US	monthly snow depth	73.7 cm (29.0 in)	28.0 cm (11.0 in)	11 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
21 March 1958	Purcellville, US	all-time snowfall	33.0 cm (13.0 in)	5.1 cm (2.0 in)	53 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
21 March 1958	Vineland, US	daily snowfall	17.8 cm (7.0 in)	15.8 cm (6.2 in)	41 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
21 March 1958	Humboldt, CA	daily snowfall	6.4 cm (2.5 in)	6.4 cm (2.5 in)	77 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
21 March 1958	Blue Hill Coop, US	daily snowfall	26.9 cm (10.6 in)	16.7 cm (6.6 in)	52 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
21 March 1958	Paterson, US	daily snowfall	20.3 cm (8.0 in)	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	59 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
21 March 1958	Phillipsburg, US	daily snowfall	17.8 cm (7.0 in)	14.8 cm (5.8 in)	41 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
21 March 1958	Scranton, US	monthly snowfall	33.0 cm (13.0 in)	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	8 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
21 March 1958	Ny City Cntrl Park, US	daily snowfall	18.0 cm (7.1 in)	10.4 cm (4.1 in)	68 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
21 March 1958	Reading Wb City, US	monthly snow depth	38.1 cm (15.0 in)	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	43 years	45 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 1958

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1797 to 1958. 1958 had 619 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	435
50 to 100	37
100 to 150	22
150 to 200	14
200 to 250	3
250 to 300	2
300 to 350	1