Weather Records on 14 March 1971

658 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 14 March 1971. Highest significance: Rolla 1NE, US.

Key Facts for 14 March 1971

On 14 March 1971, 658 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
348 were record highs and 25 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 3 were all-time records, 26 monthly and 629 daily.
Rolla 1NE set an all-time record daily snowfall of 39.6 cm (15.6 in) on 14 March 1971.
Across 156 earlier years (1810 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 505 records.

Record Map

658 stations

658 station records on 14 March 1971 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 14 March 1971: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Rolla 1NE	United States	Record daily snowfall	39.6 cm (15.6 in)	70 of 100 (Major)
Cleve	Australia	Record daily precipitation	48.5 mm (1.9 in)	67 of 100 (Major)
Ogdensburg 4 NE	United States	Record snow depth	106.7 cm (42.0 in)	66 of 100 (Major)
Rolla 1NE	United States	Record daily precipitation	51.3 mm (2.0 in)	63 of 100 (Major)
Sumiha	Russia	Record daily precipitation	29.7 mm (1.2 in)	60 of 100 (Major)
Hansboro 4 NNE	United States	Record daily precipitation	47.5 mm (1.9 in)	60 of 100 (Major)
Cook	Australia	Record daily precipitation	36.1 mm (1.4 in)	59 of 100 (Notable)
Morden Cda	Canada	Record daily precipitation	43.4 mm (1.7 in)	59 of 100 (Notable)
Waddikee	Australia	Record daily precipitation	81.5 mm (3.2 in)	57 of 100 (Notable)
Hansboro 4 NNE	United States	Record daily snowfall	43.2 cm (17.0 in)	55 of 100 (Notable)
Cleve (Mangalo)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	54.4 mm (2.1 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Talia	Australia	Record daily precipitation	27.4 mm (1.1 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Cleve (Pineview)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	29.5 mm (1.2 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Hannah 2 N	United States	Record daily snowfall	21.6 cm (8.5 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Hvar	Croatia	Record daily precipitation	79.0 mm (3.1 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Langdon Exp Farm	United States	Record daily precipitation	43.4 mm (1.7 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Wye Wye	Australia	Record daily precipitation	30.5 mm (1.2 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Langdon Exp Farm	United States	Record daily snowfall	27.9 cm (11.0 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Streaky Bay	Australia	Record daily precipitation	46.0 mm (1.8 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Port Augusta West	Australia	Record daily precipitation	27.9 mm (1.1 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Morden	Canada	Record daily snowfall	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Amos	Canada	Record daily precipitation	27.4 mm (1.1 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Yardea	Australia	Record daily precipitation	33.0 mm (1.3 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Morden Cda	Canada	Record daily snowfall	43.7 cm (17.2 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Tsomo (Pol)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	45.0 mm (1.8 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Bisbee 6 NE	United States	Record daily precipitation	48.8 mm (1.9 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Goldendale	United States	Record daily snowfall	5.1 cm (2.0 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Penong	Australia	Record daily precipitation	33.0 mm (1.3 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Salisbury	United States	Record snow depth	177.8 cm (70.0 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Towner 2 NE	United States	Record daily snowfall	25.4 cm (10.0 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Walhalla 1 SW	United States	Record daily precipitation	48.5 mm (1.9 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Prairie du Sac 2 N	United States	Record daily precipitation	31.8 mm (1.3 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Darke Peak	Australia	Record daily precipitation	46.2 mm (1.8 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Chasm Falls	United States	Record snow depth	139.7 cm (55.0 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Sioux Lookout A	Canada	Record daily snowfall	19.3 cm (7.6 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Gyshgy	Turkmenistan	Record high maximum temperature	32.8 C (91.0 F)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Granville	United States	Record daily precipitation	30.5 mm (1.2 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Port Kenny (Yandra)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	44.7 mm (1.8 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Amos	Canada	Record daily snowfall	19.1 cm (7.5 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Port Kenny (Mount Cooper)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	51.1 mm (2.0 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Cochetopa Creek	United States	Record daily snowfall	7.6 cm (3.0 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Winnipeg Richardson Int'l A	Canada	Record daily snowfall	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Donaldsonville 4 SW	United States	Record high minimum temperature	21.7 C (71.1 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Tashkent	Uzbekistan	Record high minimum temperature	15.7 C (60.3 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
La Harpe	United States	Record high maximum temperature	25.6 C (78.1 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Canton 4 SE	United States	Record snow depth	114.3 cm (45.0 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Mt Pleasant 1 SW	United States	Record high maximum temperature	23.9 C (75.0 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Lakin	United States	Record high maximum temperature	27.8 C (82.0 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Springview 2NW	United States	Record high maximum temperature	21.7 C (71.1 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Kempton (Oakmore)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	33.5 mm (1.3 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Washington	United States	Record high maximum temperature	23.9 C (75.0 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Charlevoix	United States	Record snow depth	86.4 cm (34.0 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Kirksville	United States	Record high maximum temperature	25.6 C (78.1 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Lockwood	United States	Record high minimum temperature	18.3 C (64.9 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Lowville	United States	Record snow depth	68.6 cm (27.0 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Lumberton	United States	Record daily precipitation	50.3 mm (2.0 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Cranbrook (Cranbrook House)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	32.0 mm (1.3 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Bar Harbor 3 NW	United States	Record snow depth	76.2 cm (30.0 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Ellendale	United States	Record high minimum temperature	0.6 C (33.1 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Forman 5 SSE	United States	Record high minimum temperature	1.7 C (35.1 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

658 records

Records set or tied on 14 March 1971 by type: Highest daily maximum 196, Lowest daily maximum 11, Highest daily minimum 152, Lowest daily minimum 14, Heaviest daily rainfall 214, Heaviest daily snowfall 45, Deepest snow cover 26.

Records on 14 March 1971 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	196
Lowest daily maximum	11
Highest daily minimum	152
Lowest daily minimum	14
Heaviest daily rainfall	214
Heaviest daily snowfall	45
Deepest snow cover	26

Records on 14 March 1971 by timescale: all-time 3, monthly 26, daily 629.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

511 broken records

Margins by which the 511 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 711.0. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

14 March 1971

Top 20 records on 14 March 1971 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
14 March 1971	Rolla 1NE, US	all-time snowfall	39.6 cm (15.6 in)	14.2 cm (5.6 in)	17 years	70 of 100 (Major)
14 March 1971	Cleve, AU	daily rain	48.5 mm (1.9 in)	44.9 mm (1.8 in)	68 years	67 of 100 (Major)
14 March 1971	Ogdensburg 4 NE, US	daily snow depth	106.7 cm (42.0 in)	63.5 cm (25.0 in)	65 years	66 of 100 (Major)
14 March 1971	Rolla 1NE, US	monthly rain	51.3 mm (2.0 in)	19.3 mm (0.8 in)	25 years	63 of 100 (Major)
14 March 1971	Sumiha, RU	monthly rain	29.7 mm (1.2 in)	11.9 mm (0.5 in)	23 years	60 of 100 (Major)
14 March 1971	Hansboro 4 NNE, US	monthly rain	47.5 mm (1.9 in)	17.0 mm (0.7 in)	48 years	60 of 100 (Major)
14 March 1971	Cook, AU	daily rain	36.1 mm (1.4 in)	32.3 mm (1.3 in)	48 years	59 of 100 (Notable)
14 March 1971	Morden Cda, CA	daily rain	43.4 mm (1.7 in)	30.7 mm (1.2 in)	49 years	59 of 100 (Notable)
14 March 1971	Waddikee, AU	monthly rain	81.5 mm (3.2 in)	58.1 mm (2.3 in)	11 years	57 of 100 (Notable)
14 March 1971	Hansboro 4 NNE, US	monthly snowfall	43.2 cm (17.0 in)	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	48 years	55 of 100 (Notable)
14 March 1971	Cleve (Mangalo), AU	daily rain	54.4 mm (2.1 in)	48.8 mm (1.9 in)	20 years	52 of 100 (Notable)
14 March 1971	Talia, AU	daily rain	27.4 mm (1.1 in)	23.8 mm (0.9 in)	44 years	52 of 100 (Notable)
14 March 1971	Cleve (Pineview), AU	daily rain	29.5 mm (1.2 in)	28.0 mm (1.1 in)	30 years	52 of 100 (Notable)
14 March 1971	Hannah 2 N, US	daily snowfall	21.6 cm (8.5 in)	14.0 cm (5.5 in)	49 years	52 of 100 (Notable)
14 March 1971	Hvar, HR	monthly rain	79.0 mm (3.1 in)	10.5 mm (0.4 in)	62 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
14 March 1971	Langdon Exp Farm, US	monthly rain	43.4 mm (1.7 in)	12.9 mm (0.5 in)	14 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
14 March 1971	Wye Wye, AU	daily rain	30.5 mm (1.2 in)	24.9 mm (1.0 in)	49 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
14 March 1971	Langdon Exp Farm, US	daily snowfall	27.9 cm (11.0 in)	10.1 cm (4.0 in)	56 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
14 March 1971	Streaky Bay, AU	monthly rain	46.0 mm (1.8 in)	3.6 mm (0.14 in)	68 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
14 March 1971	Port Augusta West, AU	daily rain	27.9 mm (1.1 in)	21.5 mm (0.8 in)	53 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

1810 to 1971

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1810 to 1971. 1971 had 658 records.

Counts for years before the ledger starts come from the same station rules.

Records on 03-14 in each year
Year	Records
1810	2
1817	1
1827	1
1828	1
1845	4
1846	2
1847	1
1848	1
1850	1
1852	2
1859	2
1863	1
1867	1
1883	1
1884	2
1885	1
1886	4
1887	1
1888	3
1889	1
1890	1
1891	4
1892	3
1893	2
1894	4
1895	4
1896	4
1897	4
1898	4
1899	3
1900	1
1901	5
1902	3
1903	16
1904	9
1905	16
1906	24
1907	16
1908	16
1909	4
1910	29
1911	67
1912	14
1913	109
1914	37
1915	14
1916	17
1917	147
1918	244
1919	21
1920	30
1921	66
1922	79
1923	50
1924	169
1925	140
1926	448
1927	224
1928	156
1929	310
1930	170
1931	258
1932	440
1933	383
1934	227
1935	498
1936	178
1937	427
1938	317
1939	267
1940	393
1941	296
1942	470
1943	414
1944	705
1945	590
1946	893
1947	368
1948	319
1949	302
1950	372
1951	524
1952	345
1953	416
1954	598
1955	288
1956	820
1957	873
1958	514
1959	211
1960	968
1961	501
1962	633
1963	332
1964	322
1965	235
1966	436
1967	914
1968	645
1969	742
1970	489
1971	658
1972	763
1973	1,537
1974	378
1975	1,073
1976	291
1977	827
1978	669
1979	668
1980	780
1981	1,068
1982	860
1983	803
1984	1,060
1985	580
1986	580
1987	631
1988	1,098
1989	1,468
1990	2,475
1991	844
1992	1,109
1993	4,380
1994	1,207
1995	1,436
1996	615
1997	1,490
1998	627
1999	1,187
2000	558
2001	745
2002	1,087
2003	1,534
2004	678
2005	980
2006	1,179
2007	1,565
2008	845
2009	971
2010	691
2011	888
2012	1,565
2013	1,014
2014	892
2015	1,224
2016	911
2017	1,179
2018	646
2019	1,219
2020	934
2021	1,037
2022	507
2023	700
2024	938
2025	1,386
2026	793

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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 2026-10-17 (17 October 2026). Records are computed by this site and are not official.

Data as of 2026-10-16. Last revised 16 October 2026 (2026-10-16).

Margin	Records
0 to 100	489
100 to 200	13
200 to 300	4
300 to 400	1
400 to 500	0
500 to 600	2
600 to 700	1
700 to 800	1