Weather Records on 21 March 1967

487 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 21 March 1967. Highest significance: Cheyyar, IN.

Key Facts for 21 March 1967

On 21 March 1967, 487 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
64 were record highs and 41 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 1 were all-time records, 20 monthly and 466 daily.
Cheyyar set a daily record precipitation of 55.0 mm (2.2 in) on 21 March 1967.
Across 157 earlier years (1797 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 483 records.

Record Map

487 stations

487 station records on 21 March 1967 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 21 March 1967: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Cheyyar	India	Record daily precipitation	55.0 mm (2.2 in)	61 of 100 (Major)
Pachamba	India	Record daily precipitation	138.0 mm (5.4 in)	60 of 100 (Major)
Suri	India	Record daily precipitation	54.6 mm (2.1 in)	60 of 100 (Major)
Harrismith (Tnk)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	38.0 mm (1.5 in)	58 of 100 (Notable)
Euclides da Cunha (Cumbe)	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	103.2 mm (4.1 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Schikfontein	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	98.0 mm (3.9 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Leeupoort	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	77.0 mm (3.0 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Itaete (Iguacu)	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	122.5 mm (4.8 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Sheikhpura	India	Record daily precipitation	41.0 mm (1.6 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Waterkloof	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	61.2 mm (2.4 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Rasipuram	India	Record daily precipitation	42.0 mm (1.7 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Jhb-Royal Golf Club	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	81.7 mm (3.2 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Bay City	United States	Record daily snowfall	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Omalur	India	Record daily precipitation	68.0 mm (2.7 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Natham	India	Record daily precipitation	59.0 mm (2.3 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Tierra Blanca (Smn)	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	43.4 mm (1.7 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Melur	India	Record daily precipitation	54.6 mm (2.1 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Poranga	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	136.8 mm (5.4 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Kundahit	India	Record daily precipitation	33.1 mm (1.3 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Agartala	India	Record daily precipitation	91.4 mm (3.6 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Gangarampur	India	Record daily precipitation	35.1 mm (1.4 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
W Branch 3SE	United States	Record daily snowfall	13.7 cm (5.4 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Ruy Barbosa	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	137.0 mm (5.4 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Assobani	India	Record daily precipitation	37.0 mm (1.5 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Uppsala_Aut	Sweden	Record high maximum temperature	12.0 C (53.6 F)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Pedro II	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	120.4 mm (4.7 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Red Lake Indian Agcy	United States	Record daily snowfall	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Saginaw Mbs Intl AP	United States	Record daily snowfall	17.5 cm (6.9 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Satgawan	India	Record daily precipitation	44.6 mm (1.8 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
University Exp STN	United States	Record daily snowfall	14.0 cm (5.5 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Tiruvallur	India	Record daily precipitation	33.8 mm (1.3 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Zwartruggens (Pol)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	84.0 mm (3.3 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Parry Sound	Canada	Record daily snowfall	8.6 cm (3.4 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Rajauli	India	Record daily precipitation	41.4 mm (1.6 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Airi (Rochedo)	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	80.0 mm (3.1 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Sao Jose de Piranhas	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	108.4 mm (4.3 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Jagatsingpur	India	Record daily precipitation	27.5 mm (1.1 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Rosera	India	Record daily precipitation	26.7 mm (1.1 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Rayakottah	India	Record daily precipitation	25.0 mm (1.0 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Salem	India	Record daily precipitation	31.4 mm (1.2 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Asansol Obsy Sr	India	Record daily precipitation	42.4 mm (1.7 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Lares	Puerto Rico [United States]	Record low maximum temperature	23.9 C (75.0 F)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Balfour (Mag)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	46.4 mm (1.8 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Bon Accord Dam	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	87.0 mm (3.4 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Ann Arbor U of Mich	United States	Record snow depth	17.8 cm (7.0 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Mio Hydro Plt	United States	Record daily snowfall	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Castro Alves	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	75.2 mm (3.0 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Nawadah	India	Record daily precipitation	28.0 mm (1.1 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Mudukulathur	India	Record daily precipitation	37.0 mm (1.5 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
San Andres	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	42.9 mm (1.7 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Watersmeet	United States	Record daily precipitation	31.0 mm (1.2 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
McKinley Park	United States	Record daily snowfall	23.4 cm (9.2 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Fort Chipewyan	Canada	Record daily snowfall	10.9 cm (4.3 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Tundi	India	Record daily precipitation	31.4 mm (1.2 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Gogri	India	Record daily precipitation	34.0 mm (1.3 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Bay City	United States	Record daily precipitation	28.7 mm (1.1 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Mandla	India	Record daily precipitation	27.2 mm (1.1 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Mackinaw City 2	United States	Record daily snowfall	17.8 cm (7.0 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Waiawa 943	United States	Record daily precipitation	50.8 mm (2.0 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Castelo Do Piaui (Marvao)	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	144.0 mm (5.7 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

487 records

Records set or tied on 21 March 1967 by type: Highest daily maximum 20, Lowest daily maximum 22, Highest daily minimum 44, Lowest daily minimum 19, Heaviest daily rainfall 301, Heaviest daily snowfall 75, Deepest snow cover 6.

Records on 21 March 1967 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	20
Lowest daily maximum	22
Highest daily minimum	44
Lowest daily minimum	19
Heaviest daily rainfall	301
Heaviest daily snowfall	75
Deepest snow cover	6

Records on 21 March 1967 by timescale: all-time 1, monthly 20, daily 466.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

434 broken records

Margins by which the 434 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 204.0. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

21 March 1967

Top 20 records on 21 March 1967 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
21 March 1967	Cheyyar, IN	daily rain	55.0 mm (2.2 in)	55.0 mm (2.2 in)	65 years	61 of 100 (Major)
21 March 1967	Pachamba, IN	monthly rain	138.0 mm (5.4 in)	90.2 mm (3.6 in)	15 years	60 of 100 (Major)
21 March 1967	Suri, IN	daily rain	54.6 mm (2.1 in)	37.1 mm (1.5 in)	64 years	60 of 100 (Major)
21 March 1967	Harrismith (Tnk), ZA	daily rain	38.0 mm (1.5 in)	30.4 mm (1.2 in)	73 years	58 of 100 (Notable)
21 March 1967	Euclides da Cunha (Cumbe), BR	daily rain	103.2 mm (4.1 in)	67.4 mm (2.7 in)	32 years	54 of 100 (Notable)
21 March 1967	Schikfontein, ZA	daily rain	98.0 mm (3.9 in)	62.4 mm (2.5 in)	34 years	54 of 100 (Notable)
21 March 1967	Leeupoort, ZA	daily rain	77.0 mm (3.0 in)	43.2 mm (1.7 in)	48 years	54 of 100 (Notable)
21 March 1967	Itaete (Iguacu), BR	monthly rain	122.5 mm (4.8 in)	44.5 mm (1.8 in)	32 years	53 of 100 (Notable)
21 March 1967	Sheikhpura, IN	daily rain	41.0 mm (1.6 in)	38.0 mm (1.5 in)	26 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
21 March 1967	Waterkloof, ZA	daily rain	61.2 mm (2.4 in)	40.6 mm (1.6 in)	48 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
21 March 1967	Rasipuram, IN	daily rain	42.0 mm (1.7 in)	33.1 mm (1.3 in)	29 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
21 March 1967	Jhb-Royal Golf Club, ZA	daily rain	81.7 mm (3.2 in)	61.1 mm (2.4 in)	20 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
21 March 1967	Bay City, US	daily snowfall	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	10.1 cm (4.0 in)	67 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
21 March 1967	Omalur, IN	monthly rain	68.0 mm (2.7 in)	22.8 mm (0.9 in)	41 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
21 March 1967	Natham, IN	daily rain	59.0 mm (2.3 in)	42.5 mm (1.7 in)	20 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
21 March 1967	Tierra Blanca (Smn), MX	daily rain	43.4 mm (1.7 in)	40.1 mm (1.6 in)	12 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
21 March 1967	Melur, IN	daily rain	54.6 mm (2.1 in)	40.4 mm (1.6 in)	42 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
21 March 1967	Poranga, BR	daily rain	136.8 mm (5.4 in)	43.8 mm (1.7 in)	54 years	44 of 100 (Notable)
21 March 1967	Kundahit, IN	daily rain	33.1 mm (1.3 in)	23.4 mm (0.9 in)	26 years	44 of 100 (Notable)
21 March 1967	Agartala, IN	daily rain	91.4 mm (3.6 in)	54.8 mm (2.2 in)	48 years	44 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 1967

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1797 to 1967. 1967 had 487 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 2026-10-13 (13 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	398
50 to 100	32
100 to 150	3
150 to 200	0
200 to 250	1