Weather Records on 21 March 1990

1,380 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 21 March 1990. Highest significance: Bambaroo, AU.

Key Facts for 21 March 1990

On 21 March 1990, 1,380 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
989 were record highs and 113 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 1 were all-time records, 30 monthly and 1,349 daily.
Bambaroo set a daily record precipitation of 246.6 mm (9.7 in) on 21 March 1990.
Across 157 earlier years (1797 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 477 records.

Record Map

1,380 stations

1,380 station records on 21 March 1990 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 21 March 1990: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Bambaroo	Australia	Record daily precipitation	246.6 mm (9.7 in)	57 of 100 (Notable)
Canaan	United States	Record daily precipitation	30.0 mm (1.2 in)	57 of 100 (Notable)
Rochester	United States	Record daily precipitation	49.3 mm (1.9 in)	55 of 100 (Notable)
Cooperstown	United States	Record daily snowfall	29.2 cm (11.5 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Canaan	United States	Record daily snowfall	25.4 cm (10.0 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Chelsea	United States	Record daily precipitation	42.2 mm (1.7 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Jackman	United States	Record daily snowfall	17.8 cm (7.0 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Regensburg	Germany	Record high minimum temperature	8.4 C (47.1 F)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Kamennaja-Step	Russia	Record high maximum temperature	15.5 C (59.9 F)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Perpignan	France	Record high maximum temperature	27.6 C (81.7 F)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Oktjabrskij-Gorodok	Russia	Record high maximum temperature	12.9 C (55.2 F)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Little Falls City Rsch	United States	Record daily snowfall	20.3 cm (8.0 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Fazenda Capao da Cruz	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	94.9 mm (3.7 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Kamennaja-Step	Russia	Record high minimum temperature	5.9 C (42.6 F)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Lake Placid 2 S	United States	Record daily snowfall	25.4 cm (10.0 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Freiburg	Germany	Record high minimum temperature	13.0 C (55.4 F)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Kirov	Russia	Record high minimum temperature	1.7 C (35.1 F)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Pirapozinho	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	122.9 mm (4.8 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Col du Grand St-Bernard	Switzerland	Record high maximum temperature	4.4 C (39.9 F)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Poltava	Ukraine	Record high minimum temperature	8.3 C (46.9 F)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Lugansk	Ukraine	Record high maximum temperature	21.6 C (70.9 F)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Bethel 4 N	United States	Record daily precipitation	45.0 mm (1.8 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Kon-Kolodez	Russia	Record high maximum temperature	15.5 C (59.9 F)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Mojave	United States	Record high minimum temperature	12.8 C (55.0 F)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Kremsmuenster	Austria	Record high maximum temperature	21.6 C (70.9 F)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Caiua	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	114.3 mm (4.5 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Milan	Italy	Record high maximum temperature	22.5 C (72.5 F)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Lerma	Mexico	Record low maximum temperature	13.9 C (57.0 F)	38 of 100 (Notable)
West Souburg	Netherlands	Record high minimum temperature	10.7 C (51.3 F)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Kazan	Russia	Record high maximum temperature	7.0 C (44.6 F)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Poretskoye	Russia	Record high maximum temperature	7.4 C (45.3 F)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Bogoroditskoye-Fenino	Russia	Record high minimum temperature	3.9 C (39.0 F)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Voronez	Russia	Record high maximum temperature	16.1 C (61.0 F)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Sharon Springs	United States	Record high minimum temperature	5.0 C (41.0 F)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Huntington Ctr	United States	Record daily snowfall	27.9 cm (11.0 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Narandiba	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	124.1 mm (4.9 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Plauen	Germany	Record high minimum temperature	8.4 C (47.1 F)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Kon-Kolodez	Russia	Record high minimum temperature	6.1 C (43.0 F)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Sheffield	United Kingdom	Record high minimum temperature	8.4 C (47.1 F)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Victoria Sugar Mill	Australia	Record daily precipitation	210.0 mm (8.3 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Caconde	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	67.1 mm (2.6 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Voronez	Russia	Record high minimum temperature	7.4 C (45.3 F)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Uman	Ukraine	Record high minimum temperature	5.9 C (42.6 F)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Clausthal-Zellerfeld	Germany	Record high minimum temperature	7.6 C (45.7 F)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Zametchino	Russia	Record high minimum temperature	3.0 C (37.4 F)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Brassua Dam	United States	Record daily precipitation	27.4 mm (1.1 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Delhi 2 SE	United States	Record daily snowfall	22.9 cm (9.0 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Weipa Eastern Ave	Australia	Record daily precipitation	123.2 mm (4.9 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Zunyi	China	Record daily precipitation	34.1 mm (1.3 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Wrixum/Fohr	Germany	Record high minimum temperature	7.3 C (45.1 F)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Armeria	Mexico	Record high maximum temperature	40.0 C (104.0 F)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Arkville 2 W	United States	Record daily snowfall	17.8 cm (7.0 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Chittenden	United States	Record daily precipitation	30.2 mm (1.2 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Indiana	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	50.3 mm (2.0 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Karlsruhe	Germany	Record high minimum temperature	10.8 C (51.4 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Weissenburg	Germany	Record high minimum temperature	9.2 C (48.6 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Buenavista	Mexico	Record high minimum temperature	17.8 C (64.0 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Paso Robles	United States	Record high maximum temperature	30.6 C (87.1 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Chepachet	United States	Record daily snowfall	20.3 cm (8.0 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Barra Mansa	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	70.8 mm (2.8 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

1,380 records

Records set or tied on 21 March 1990 by type: Highest daily maximum 417, Lowest daily maximum 43, Highest daily minimum 572, Lowest daily minimum 70, Heaviest daily rainfall 233, Heaviest daily snowfall 37, Deepest snow cover 8.

Records on 21 March 1990 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	417
Lowest daily maximum	43
Highest daily minimum	572
Lowest daily minimum	70
Heaviest daily rainfall	233
Heaviest daily snowfall	37
Deepest snow cover	8

Records on 21 March 1990 by timescale: all-time 1, monthly 30, daily 1,349.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

1,171 broken records

Margins by which the 1,171 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 254.0. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

21 March 1990

Top 20 records on 21 March 1990 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
21 March 1990	Bambaroo, AU	daily rain	246.6 mm (9.7 in)	168.6 mm (6.6 in)	33 years	57 of 100 (Notable)
21 March 1990	Canaan, US	daily rain	30.0 mm (1.2 in)	19.6 mm (0.8 in)	44 years	57 of 100 (Notable)
21 March 1990	Rochester, US	daily rain	49.3 mm (1.9 in)	32.5 mm (1.3 in)	49 years	55 of 100 (Notable)
21 March 1990	Cooperstown, US	daily snowfall	29.2 cm (11.5 in)	11.4 cm (4.5 in)	84 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
21 March 1990	Canaan, US	daily snowfall	25.4 cm (10.0 in)	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	51 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
21 March 1990	Chelsea, US	daily rain	42.2 mm (1.7 in)	19.3 mm (0.8 in)	53 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
21 March 1990	Jackman, US	daily snowfall	17.8 cm (7.0 in)	7.6 cm (3.0 in)	92 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
21 March 1990	Regensburg, DE	daily high min	8.4 C (47.1 F)	2.3 C (4.1 F)	107 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
21 March 1990	Kamennaja-Step, RU	daily high max	15.5 C (59.9 F)	6.8 C (12.2 F)	76 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
21 March 1990	Perpignan, FR	monthly high max	27.6 C (81.7 F)	0.3 C (0.5 F)	84 years	44 of 100 (Notable)
21 March 1990	Oktjabrskij-Gorodok, RU	daily high max	12.9 C (55.2 F)	3.8 C (6.8 F)	88 years	43 of 100 (Notable)
21 March 1990	Little Falls City Rsch, US	daily snowfall	20.3 cm (8.0 in)	5.1 cm (2.0 in)	84 years	43 of 100 (Notable)
21 March 1990	Fazenda Capao da Cruz, BR	daily rain	94.9 mm (3.7 in)	48.4 mm (1.9 in)	29 years	42 of 100 (Notable)
21 March 1990	Kamennaja-Step, RU	daily high min	5.9 C (42.6 F)	4.7 C (8.5 F)	88 years	42 of 100 (Notable)
21 March 1990	Lake Placid 2 S, US	daily snowfall	25.4 cm (10.0 in)	11.4 cm (4.5 in)	57 years	42 of 100 (Notable)
21 March 1990	Freiburg, DE	daily high min	13.0 C (55.4 F)	3.4 C (6.1 F)	76 years	41 of 100 (Notable)
21 March 1990	Kirov, RU	daily high min	1.7 C (35.1 F)	1.6 C (2.9 F)	96 years	41 of 100 (Notable)
21 March 1990	Pirapozinho, BR	daily rain	122.9 mm (4.8 in)	63.2 mm (2.5 in)	12 years	40 of 100 (Notable)
21 March 1990	Col du Grand St-Bernard, CH	daily high max	4.4 C (39.9 F)	0.4 C (0.7 F)	103 years	40 of 100 (Notable)
21 March 1990	Poltava, UA	daily high min	8.3 C (46.9 F)	3.2 C (5.8 F)	88 years	40 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 1990

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1797 to 1990. 1990 had 1,380 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	1,141
50 to 100	18
100 to 150	8
150 to 200	2
200 to 250	1
250 to 300	1