Weather Records on 21 March 1982

850 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 21 March 1982. Highest significance: Miller, US.

Key Facts for 21 March 1982

On 21 March 1982, 850 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
311 were record highs and 121 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 2 were all-time records, 24 monthly and 824 daily.
Miller set a daily record precipitation of 33.5 mm (1.3 in) on 21 March 1982.
Across 157 earlier years (1797 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 480 records.

Record Map

850 stations

850 station records on 21 March 1982 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 21 March 1982: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Miller	United States	Record daily precipitation	33.5 mm (1.3 in)	69 of 100 (Major)
Barrett Meadows	Australia	Record daily precipitation	96.0 mm (3.8 in)	65 of 100 (Major)
Barkly East	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	47.0 mm (1.9 in)	65 of 100 (Major)
Woodburn	Australia	Record daily precipitation	71.0 mm (2.8 in)	64 of 100 (Major)
Pardelup	Australia	Record daily precipitation	37.0 mm (1.5 in)	63 of 100 (Major)
Illalangi	Australia	Record daily precipitation	72.0 mm (2.8 in)	58 of 100 (Notable)
Kalgan River	Australia	Record daily precipitation	56.8 mm (2.2 in)	58 of 100 (Notable)
Warriup	Australia	Record daily precipitation	98.8 mm (3.9 in)	57 of 100 (Notable)
Miller	United States	Record daily snowfall	22.9 cm (9.0 in)	57 of 100 (Notable)
Yellanup	Australia	Record daily precipitation	63.0 mm (2.5 in)	56 of 100 (Notable)
Scaddan Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	28.2 mm (1.1 in)	56 of 100 (Notable)
Albany	Australia	Record daily precipitation	58.2 mm (2.3 in)	55 of 100 (Notable)
Bothithong"Bothitho(Pol)"	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	80.0 mm (3.1 in)	55 of 100 (Notable)
Yanchep	Australia	Record daily precipitation	39.2 mm (1.5 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Karaby-Yala	Ukraine	Record daily precipitation	29.5 mm (1.2 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Iawakia	Australia	Record daily precipitation	34.0 mm (1.3 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Grass Patch	Australia	Record daily precipitation	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Meteghan River	Canada	Record daily snowfall	20.0 cm (7.9 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
White Gums	Australia	Record daily precipitation	30.8 mm (1.2 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Porongorup	Australia	Record daily precipitation	62.0 mm (2.4 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Valdez WSO	United States	Record daily snowfall	78.5 cm (30.9 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Pollock	United States	Record snow depth	33.0 cm (13.0 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Grassmere	Australia	Record daily precipitation	25.2 mm (1.0 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Hardin	United States	Record snow depth	17.8 cm (7.0 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
King River	Australia	Record daily precipitation	122.0 mm (4.8 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Tantima	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	61.5 mm (2.4 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Cape St. Lucia	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	99.0 mm (3.9 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Riverview	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	75.8 mm (3.0 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Klerkskraal (Pol)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	107.0 mm (4.2 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Lady Grey (Pol)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	46.0 mm (1.8 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Great Falls AP	United States	Record snow depth	30.5 cm (12.0 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Cordinup	Australia	Record daily precipitation	56.5 mm (2.2 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Manypeaks	Australia	Record daily precipitation	45.6 mm (1.8 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Peppermint Grove	Australia	Record daily precipitation	32.0 mm (1.3 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Colstrip	United States	Record snow depth	25.4 cm (10.0 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Waco Rgnl AP	United States	Record daily precipitation	65.5 mm (2.6 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Nyerilup	Australia	Record daily precipitation	27.6 mm (1.1 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Wirra	Australia	Record daily precipitation	27.4 mm (1.1 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Bar Harbor 3 NW	United States	Record daily snowfall	27.9 cm (11.0 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Walpole North Old	Australia	Record daily precipitation	94.4 mm (3.7 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Brushy Run	United States	Record daily precipitation	39.4 mm (1.6 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Waddikee	Australia	Record daily precipitation	30.0 mm (1.2 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Kwa-Mbonambi (Bos)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	103.0 mm (4.1 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Nanda Downs	Australia	Record daily precipitation	26.0 mm (1.0 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Morrisburg	Canada	Record daily snowfall	15.0 cm (5.9 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Oregon	United States	Record daily precipitation	54.1 mm (2.1 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Vrede-Mun	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	42.0 mm (1.7 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
La Grange 1N	United States	Record high minimum temperature	17.8 C (64.0 F)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Ruby Lake Nwr	United States	Record snow depth	30.5 cm (12.0 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Ballinger 2 NW	United States	Record daily precipitation	26.7 mm (1.1 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Tweefontein	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	50.0 mm (2.0 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Winnsboro 5 SSE	United States	Record high maximum temperature	30.6 C (87.1 F)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Waynesboro 2 W	United States	Record high maximum temperature	31.1 C (88.0 F)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Park Valley	United States	Record snow depth	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
St-Girons	France	Record daily precipitation	43.9 mm (1.7 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Uloa	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	70.0 mm (2.8 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Ft Gaines	United States	Record high minimum temperature	20.6 C (69.1 F)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Postmasburg	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	29.0 mm (1.1 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Sandfontein (Irr)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	43.0 mm (1.7 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Volborg	United States	Record snow depth	22.9 cm (9.0 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

850 records

Records set or tied on 21 March 1982 by type: Highest daily maximum 158, Lowest daily maximum 43, Highest daily minimum 153, Lowest daily minimum 78, Heaviest daily rainfall 313, Heaviest daily snowfall 42, Deepest snow cover 63.

Records on 21 March 1982 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	158
Lowest daily maximum	43
Highest daily minimum	153
Lowest daily minimum	78
Heaviest daily rainfall	313
Heaviest daily snowfall	42
Deepest snow cover	63

Records on 21 March 1982 by timescale: all-time 2, monthly 24, daily 824.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

653 broken records

Margins by which the 653 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 526.0. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

21 March 1982

Top 20 records on 21 March 1982 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
21 March 1982	Miller, US	daily rain	33.5 mm (1.3 in)	31.2 mm (1.2 in)	72 years	69 of 100 (Major)
21 March 1982	Barrett Meadows, AU	monthly rain	96.0 mm (3.8 in)	26.4 mm (1.0 in)	47 years	65 of 100 (Major)
21 March 1982	Barkly East, ZA	daily rain	47.0 mm (1.9 in)	25.9 mm (1.0 in)	87 years	65 of 100 (Major)
21 March 1982	Woodburn, AU	daily rain	71.0 mm (2.8 in)	65.9 mm (2.6 in)	55 years	64 of 100 (Major)
21 March 1982	Pardelup, AU	daily rain	37.0 mm (1.5 in)	28.6 mm (1.1 in)	64 years	63 of 100 (Major)
21 March 1982	Illalangi, AU	daily rain	72.0 mm (2.8 in)	60.8 mm (2.4 in)	36 years	58 of 100 (Notable)
21 March 1982	Kalgan River, AU	daily rain	56.8 mm (2.2 in)	50.4 mm (2.0 in)	36 years	58 of 100 (Notable)
21 March 1982	Warriup, AU	daily rain	98.8 mm (3.9 in)	92.7 mm (3.6 in)	36 years	57 of 100 (Notable)
21 March 1982	Miller, US	daily snowfall	22.9 cm (9.0 in)	19.9 cm (7.8 in)	32 years	57 of 100 (Notable)
21 March 1982	Yellanup, AU	daily rain	63.0 mm (2.5 in)	58.4 mm (2.3 in)	36 years	56 of 100 (Notable)
21 March 1982	Scaddan Post Office, AU	daily rain	28.2 mm (1.1 in)	24.1 mm (0.9 in)	55 years	56 of 100 (Notable)
21 March 1982	Albany, AU	daily rain	58.2 mm (2.3 in)	53.1 mm (2.1 in)	17 years	55 of 100 (Notable)
21 March 1982	Bothithong"Bothitho(Pol)", ZA	daily rain	80.0 mm (3.1 in)	65.0 mm (2.6 in)	36 years	55 of 100 (Notable)
21 March 1982	Yanchep, AU	daily rain	39.2 mm (1.5 in)	24.5 mm (1.0 in)	36 years	52 of 100 (Notable)
21 March 1982	Karaby-Yala, UA	daily rain	29.5 mm (1.2 in)	19.6 mm (0.8 in)	28 years	52 of 100 (Notable)
21 March 1982	Iawakia, AU	daily rain	34.0 mm (1.3 in)	31.2 mm (1.2 in)	36 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
21 March 1982	Grass Patch, AU	daily rain	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	22.1 mm (0.9 in)	55 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
21 March 1982	Meteghan River, CA	daily snowfall	20.0 cm (7.9 in)	17.5 cm (6.9 in)	24 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
21 March 1982	White Gums, AU	daily rain	30.8 mm (1.2 in)	29.5 mm (1.2 in)	44 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
21 March 1982	Porongorup, AU	monthly rain	62.0 mm (2.4 in)	19.6 mm (0.8 in)	14 years	50 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 1982

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1797 to 1982. 1982 had 850 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 1982-03-21: 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 2026-10-13 (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 100	621
100 to 200	22
200 to 300	7
300 to 400	2
400 to 500	0
500 to 600	1