Weather Records on 21 March 1959

230 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 21 March 1959. Highest significance: Clayton Muni Air Pk, US.

Key Facts for 21 March 1959

On 21 March 1959, 230 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
71 were record highs and 47 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 0 were all-time records, 4 monthly and 226 daily.
Clayton Muni Air Pk set a daily record snow depth of 22.9 cm (9.0 in) on 21 March 1959.
Across 157 earlier years (1797 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 484 records.

Record Map

230 stations

230 station records on 21 March 1959 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 21 March 1959: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Clayton Muni Air Pk	United States	Record snow depth	22.9 cm (9.0 in)	60 of 100 (Major)
Burnett 3 S	United States	Record snow depth	20.3 cm (8.0 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Panhandle	United States	Record daily snowfall	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Perkins	United States	Record daily precipitation	56.6 mm (2.2 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Lichtentanne	Germany	Record high maximum temperature	19.4 C (66.9 F)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Virden	Canada	Record high maximum temperature	2.2 C (36.0 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Virden	Canada	Record high minimum temperature	-17.8 C (0.0 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Paragould	United States	Record daily precipitation	39.4 mm (1.6 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Leoti	United States	Record daily snowfall	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Charlevoix	United States	Record snow depth	83.8 cm (33.0 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Russellville	United States	Record daily precipitation	68.1 mm (2.7 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Woolners Arm	Australia	Record daily precipitation	64.5 mm (2.5 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Abbotsford	Australia	Record daily precipitation	65.0 mm (2.6 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Quinter	United States	Record daily precipitation	31.0 mm (1.2 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Ksara	Lebanon	Record daily precipitation	35.5 mm (1.4 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Big Rapids Wtp	United States	Record snow depth	35.6 cm (14.0 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Supply 1 E	United States	Record daily precipitation	40.4 mm (1.6 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Blackville 3 W	United States	Record daily precipitation	45.2 mm (1.8 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Hancock Exp Farm	United States	Record snow depth	71.1 cm (28.0 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Sao Luiz Do Curu	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	90.2 mm (3.6 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Richfield	United States	Record daily snowfall	7.6 cm (3.0 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Shawinigan	Canada	Record daily snowfall	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Chita	Russia	Record high minimum temperature	-1.5 C (29.3 F)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Waynesboro 2 W	United States	Record daily precipitation	31.5 mm (1.2 in)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Pahala 21	United States	Record high maximum temperature	28.3 C (82.9 F)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Ft Yukon	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-43.3 C (-45.9 F)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Dardanelle	United States	Record daily precipitation	66.0 mm (2.6 in)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Sallisaw 2 NW	United States	Record daily precipitation	55.9 mm (2.2 in)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Black Rock	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-12.2 C (10.0 F)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Charters Towers Post Office	Australia	Record high minimum temperature	23.3 C (73.9 F)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Bingara (Keera)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	42.7 mm (1.7 in)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Semej	Kazakhstan	Record high minimum temperature	-2.6 C (27.3 F)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Kern River Ph 1	United States	Record high minimum temperature	17.8 C (64.0 F)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Nhill	Australia	Record high maximum temperature	35.1 C (95.2 F)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Hoxie	United States	Record daily snowfall	7.6 cm (3.0 in)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Wakeeney	United States	Record daily snowfall	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Bahera	India	Record daily precipitation	18.8 mm (0.7 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Red Cloud	United States	Record daily precipitation	13.0 mm (0.5 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Oakley 4W	United States	Record daily precipitation	16.5 mm (0.6 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Scott City	United States	Record daily precipitation	19.6 mm (0.8 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Barcelona/Aeropuerto	Spain	Record daily precipitation	19.0 mm (0.7 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Dresden	United States	Record daily precipitation	16.8 mm (0.7 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Minneola	United States	Record daily precipitation	14.5 mm (0.6 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Bulliwallah	Australia	Record daily precipitation	21.6 mm (0.9 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Leoti	United States	Record daily precipitation	16.0 mm (0.6 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Panhandle	United States	Record snow depth	5.1 cm (2.0 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Spearman	United States	Record snow depth	5.1 cm (2.0 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Cockatoo Station	Australia	Record daily precipitation	33.0 mm (1.3 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Camboon Station	Australia	Record daily precipitation	32.5 mm (1.3 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
New Liskeard	Canada	Record low maximum temperature	-13.3 C (8.1 F)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Daroca	Spain	Record daily precipitation	14.9 mm (0.6 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Barcelona -Fabra Observatory	Spain	Record daily precipitation	29.7 mm (1.2 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Gove 4W	United States	Record daily precipitation	14.7 mm (0.6 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Hallock	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-25.6 C (-14.1 F)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Clovis	United States	Record low maximum temperature	3.9 C (39.0 F)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Causapscal	Canada	Record daily precipitation	10.2 mm (0.4 in)	19 of 100 (Routine)
Causapscal	Canada	Record daily snowfall	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	19 of 100 (Routine)
Kvikkjokk-Arrenjarka	Sweden	Record high minimum temperature	3.2 C (37.8 F)	19 of 100 (Routine)
Milford Gm Proving Ground	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-13.3 C (8.1 F)	19 of 100 (Routine)
Eufaula 6 SSW	United States	Record daily precipitation	61.0 mm (2.4 in)	19 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

230 records

Records set or tied on 21 March 1959 by type: Highest daily maximum 39, Lowest daily maximum 17, Highest daily minimum 32, Lowest daily minimum 30, Heaviest daily rainfall 81, Heaviest daily snowfall 22, Deepest snow cover 9.

Records on 21 March 1959 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	39
Lowest daily maximum	17
Highest daily minimum	32
Lowest daily minimum	30
Heaviest daily rainfall	81
Heaviest daily snowfall	22
Deepest snow cover	9

Records on 21 March 1959 by timescale: all-time 0, monthly 4, daily 226.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

185 broken records

Margins by which the 185 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 229.0. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

21 March 1959

Top 20 records on 21 March 1959 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
21 March 1959	Clayton Muni Air Pk, US	daily snow depth	22.9 cm (9.0 in)	22.9 cm (9.0 in)	61 years	60 of 100 (Major)
21 March 1959	Burnett 3 S, US	daily snow depth	20.3 cm (8.0 in)	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	2 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
21 March 1959	Panhandle, US	daily snowfall	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	46 years	40 of 100 (Notable)
21 March 1959	Perkins, US	daily rain	56.6 mm (2.2 in)	37.8 mm (1.5 in)	1 year	37 of 100 (Notable)
21 March 1959	Lichtentanne, DE	daily high max	19.4 C (66.9 F)	1.3 C (2.3 F)	76 years	34 of 100 (Routine)
21 March 1959	Virden, CA	daily high max	2.2 C (36.0 F)	6.1 C (11.0 F)	66 years	33 of 100 (Routine)
21 March 1959	Virden, CA	daily high min	-17.8 C (0.0 F)	7.8 C (14.0 F)	66 years	33 of 100 (Routine)
21 March 1959	Paragould, US	daily rain	39.4 mm (1.6 in)	11.5 mm (0.5 in)	66 years	33 of 100 (Routine)
21 March 1959	Leoti, US	daily snowfall	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	10.1 cm (4.0 in)	26 years	32 of 100 (Routine)
21 March 1959	Charlevoix, US	daily snow depth	83.8 cm (33.0 in)	20.3 cm (8.0 in)	57 years	32 of 100 (Routine)
21 March 1959	Russellville, US	daily rain	68.1 mm (2.7 in)	36.1 mm (1.4 in)	6 years	31 of 100 (Routine)
21 March 1959	Woolners Arm, AU	daily rain	64.5 mm (2.5 in)	35.5 mm (1.4 in)	22 years	30 of 100 (Routine)
21 March 1959	Abbotsford, AU	daily rain	65.0 mm (2.6 in)	37.1 mm (1.5 in)	10 years	29 of 100 (Routine)
21 March 1959	Quinter, US	daily rain	31.0 mm (1.2 in)	14.7 mm (0.6 in)	26 years	29 of 100 (Routine)
21 March 1959	Ksara, LB	daily rain	35.5 mm (1.4 in)	17.5 mm (0.7 in)	18 years	28 of 100 (Routine)
21 March 1959	Big Rapids Wtp, US	daily snow depth	35.6 cm (14.0 in)	17.8 cm (7.0 in)	16 years	28 of 100 (Routine)
21 March 1959	Supply 1 E, US	daily rain	40.4 mm (1.6 in)	19.8 mm (0.8 in)	1 year	27 of 100 (Routine)
21 March 1959	Blackville 3 W, US	daily rain	45.2 mm (1.8 in)	21.6 mm (0.9 in)	16 years	27 of 100 (Routine)
21 March 1959	Hancock Exp Farm, US	daily snow depth	71.1 cm (28.0 in)	17.8 cm (7.0 in)	34 years	26 of 100 (Routine)
21 March 1959	Sao Luiz Do Curu, BR	daily rain	90.2 mm (3.6 in)	29.4 mm (1.2 in)	10 years	25 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 1959

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1797 to 1959. 1959 had 230 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

Download the Data

Data for records on 1959-03-21: 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	173
50 to 100	5
100 to 150	2
150 to 200	3
200 to 250	2