Weather Records on 21 March 1974

1,097 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 21 March 1974. Highest significance: Delegate (Weewalla), AU.

Key Facts for 21 March 1974

On 21 March 1974, 1,097 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
242 were record highs and 246 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 1 were all-time records, 27 monthly and 1,069 daily.
Delegate (Weewalla) set a daily record precipitation of 61.4 mm (2.4 in) on 21 March 1974.
Across 157 earlier years (1797 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 479 records.

Record Map

1,097 stations

1,097 station records on 21 March 1974 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 21 March 1974: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Delegate (Weewalla)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	61.4 mm (2.4 in)	70 of 100 (Major)
Port Hastings	Canada	Record daily precipitation	39.6 mm (1.6 in)	64 of 100 (Major)
Eugenio Lefevre	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	259.8 mm (10.2 in)	63 of 100 (Major)
Moselle Downs Station	Australia	Record daily precipitation	212.0 mm (8.3 in)	62 of 100 (Major)
Chillagoe Atherton Street	Australia	Record daily precipitation	96.8 mm (3.8 in)	59 of 100 (Notable)
Sackville	Canada	Record daily precipitation	32.0 mm (1.3 in)	56 of 100 (Notable)
Plattsburgh AFB	United States	Record daily snowfall	20.3 cm (8.0 in)	56 of 100 (Notable)
Acude Coremas	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	120.6 mm (4.7 in)	55 of 100 (Notable)
Mt Carmel	United States	Record daily precipitation	75.9 mm (3.0 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Farnham	Canada	Record daily snowfall	24.4 cm (9.6 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Beauceville	Canada	Record daily snowfall	20.3 cm (8.0 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Cornwall	United States	Record daily snowfall	22.9 cm (9.0 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Chaval	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	75.2 mm (3.0 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Col du Grand St-Bernard	Switzerland	Record high minimum temperature	-0.5 C (31.1 F)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Springfield	United States	Record daily precipitation	50.3 mm (2.0 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Okeene	United States	Record daily snowfall	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Rockport 1 ESE	United States	Record daily precipitation	54.9 mm (2.2 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Setauket Strong	United States	Record daily precipitation	53.6 mm (2.1 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Stillwater 2 W	United States	Record daily snowfall	5.1 cm (2.0 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Lucinda Township	Australia	Record daily precipitation	141.8 mm (5.6 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Trois Rivieres	Canada	Record daily snowfall	24.9 cm (9.8 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
East Angus	Canada	Record daily snowfall	24.4 cm (9.6 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Huntingdon	Canada	Record daily snowfall	17.8 cm (7.0 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Grindstone Island	Canada	Record daily snowfall	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Licking 4N	United States	Record daily snowfall	20.3 cm (8.0 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Ste Rose du Degelis	Canada	Record daily snowfall	23.9 cm (9.4 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Zaragoza Aeropuerto	Spain	Record daily precipitation	34.1 mm (1.3 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Burdekin Shire Council	Australia	Record low maximum temperature	24.6 C (76.3 F)	40 of 100 (Notable)
La Pocatiere Cda	Canada	Record daily snowfall	28.2 cm (11.1 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Milan	Italy	Record high minimum temperature	11.6 C (52.9 F)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Lowville	United States	Record daily snowfall	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Newkirk 5NE	United States	Record daily snowfall	5.1 cm (2.0 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Philadelphia City	United States	Record daily precipitation	38.4 mm (1.5 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Trenton	United States	Record daily precipitation	43.9 mm (1.7 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Ny City Cntrl Park	United States	Record daily precipitation	50.8 mm (2.0 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Wien	Austria	Record high maximum temperature	22.2 C (72.0 F)	39 of 100 (Notable)
La Pocatiere Cda	Canada	Record daily precipitation	28.2 mm (1.1 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Lockwood	United States	Record daily snowfall	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Ozark Beach 2 NNE	United States	Record daily snowfall	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Kirrama Station	Australia	Record daily precipitation	55.0 mm (2.2 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Burdekin Shire Council	Australia	Record daily precipitation	62.6 mm (2.5 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Salzburg	Austria	Record high maximum temperature	24.3 C (75.7 F)	38 of 100 (Notable)
High River	Canada	Record daily snowfall	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Shipshaw	Canada	Record daily snowfall	18.5 cm (7.3 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Campbellton Power St	Canada	Record daily precipitation	44.5 mm (1.8 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Cassville 1 NE	United States	Record daily snowfall	8.9 cm (3.5 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Te Kowai Exp STN	Australia	Record low maximum temperature	22.0 C (71.6 F)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Disraeli	Canada	Record daily snowfall	22.4 cm (8.8 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Perkins	Canada	Record daily snowfall	20.3 cm (8.0 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Hurbanovo	Slovakia	Record high maximum temperature	25.3 C (77.5 F)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Santander Centro	Spain	Record daily precipitation	52.2 mm (2.1 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Federal Pt	United States	Record daily precipitation	38.4 mm (1.5 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Columbus	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-12.2 C (10.0 F)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Santa Rita de Cassia	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	87.1 mm (3.4 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Brome	Canada	Record daily snowfall	15.7 cm (6.2 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Campbellton Power St	Canada	Record daily snowfall	44.5 cm (17.5 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Jersey City	United States	Record daily precipitation	51.8 mm (2.0 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Rutland	United States	Record daily precipitation	25.7 mm (1.0 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Petford	Australia	Record daily precipitation	84.0 mm (3.3 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Santa Lucia	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	70.0 mm (2.8 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)

Counts by Type and Timescale

1,097 records

Records set or tied on 21 March 1974 by type: Highest daily maximum 125, Lowest daily maximum 117, Highest daily minimum 117, Lowest daily minimum 129, Heaviest daily rainfall 396, Heaviest daily snowfall 187, Deepest snow cover 26.

Records on 21 March 1974 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	125
Lowest daily maximum	117
Highest daily minimum	117
Lowest daily minimum	129
Heaviest daily rainfall	396
Heaviest daily snowfall	187
Deepest snow cover	26

Records on 21 March 1974 by timescale: all-time 1, monthly 27, daily 1,069.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

955 broken records

Margins by which the 955 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 318.0. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

21 March 1974

Top 20 records on 21 March 1974 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
21 March 1974	Delegate (Weewalla), AU	daily rain	61.4 mm (2.4 in)	47.7 mm (1.9 in)	73 years	70 of 100 (Major)
21 March 1974	Port Hastings, CA	daily rain	39.6 mm (1.6 in)	28.9 mm (1.1 in)	90 years	64 of 100 (Major)
21 March 1974	Eugenio Lefevre, BR	all-time rain	259.8 mm (10.2 in)	98.4 mm (3.9 in)	0 years	63 of 100 (Major)
21 March 1974	Moselle Downs Station, AU	monthly rain	212.0 mm (8.3 in)	78.6 mm (3.1 in)	20 years	62 of 100 (Major)
21 March 1974	Chillagoe Atherton Street, AU	daily rain	96.8 mm (3.8 in)	81.6 mm (3.2 in)	41 years	59 of 100 (Notable)
21 March 1974	Sackville, CA	daily rain	32.0 mm (1.3 in)	16.8 mm (0.7 in)	90 years	56 of 100 (Notable)
21 March 1974	Plattsburgh AFB, US	daily snowfall	20.3 cm (8.0 in)	17.8 cm (7.0 in)	72 years	56 of 100 (Notable)
21 March 1974	Acude Coremas, BR	daily rain	120.6 mm (4.7 in)	84.1 mm (3.3 in)	39 years	55 of 100 (Notable)
21 March 1974	Mt Carmel, US	daily rain	75.9 mm (3.0 in)	56.3 mm (2.2 in)	36 years	54 of 100 (Notable)
21 March 1974	Farnham, CA	daily snowfall	24.4 cm (9.6 in)	19.3 cm (7.6 in)	47 years	52 of 100 (Notable)
21 March 1974	Beauceville, CA	daily snowfall	20.3 cm (8.0 in)	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	59 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
21 March 1974	Cornwall, US	daily snowfall	22.9 cm (9.0 in)	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	68 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
21 March 1974	Chaval, BR	daily rain	75.2 mm (3.0 in)	38.2 mm (1.5 in)	44 years	44 of 100 (Notable)
21 March 1974	Col du Grand St-Bernard, CH	daily high min	-0.5 C (31.1 F)	3.5 C (6.3 F)	91 years	44 of 100 (Notable)
21 March 1974	Springfield, US	daily rain	50.3 mm (2.0 in)	27.4 mm (1.1 in)	40 years	44 of 100 (Notable)
21 March 1974	Okeene, US	daily snowfall	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	9.9 cm (3.9 in)	60 years	44 of 100 (Notable)
21 March 1974	Rockport 1 ESE, US	daily rain	54.9 mm (2.2 in)	29.2 mm (1.1 in)	37 years	43 of 100 (Notable)
21 March 1974	Setauket Strong, US	daily rain	53.6 mm (2.1 in)	12.2 mm (0.5 in)	85 years	43 of 100 (Notable)
21 March 1974	Stillwater 2 W, US	daily snowfall	5.1 cm (2.0 in)	5.1 cm (2.0 in)	80 years	43 of 100 (Notable)
21 March 1974	Lucinda Township, AU	daily rain	141.8 mm (5.6 in)	47.8 mm (1.9 in)	79 years	42 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 1974

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1797 to 1974. 1974 had 1,097 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	728
2014	640
2015	568
2016	553
2017	1,117
2018	809
2019	649
2020	445
2021	489
2022	615
2023	815
2024	432
2025	845
2026	2,615

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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 2026-10-15 (15 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 50	867
50 to 100	56
100 to 150	21
150 to 200	10
200 to 250	0
250 to 300	0
300 to 350	1