Weather Records on 21 March 1992

877 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 21 March 1992. Highest significance: Cahuacan, MX.

Key Facts for 21 March 1992

On 21 March 1992, 877 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
287 were record highs and 81 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 2 were all-time records, 19 monthly and 856 daily.
Cahuacan set a monthly record daily precipitation of 98.3 mm (3.9 in) on 21 March 1992.
Across 157 earlier years (1797 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 480 records.

Record Map

877 stations

877 station records on 21 March 1992 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 21 March 1992: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Cahuacan	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	98.3 mm (3.9 in)	58 of 100 (Notable)
Frontera Hidalgo	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	138.9 mm (5.5 in)	57 of 100 (Notable)
El Dorado	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	100.1 mm (3.9 in)	56 of 100 (Notable)
Ignacio Lopez Rayon	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	69.9 mm (2.8 in)	56 of 100 (Notable)
La Moure	United States	Record daily snowfall	22.9 cm (9.0 in)	56 of 100 (Notable)
Verona	United States	Record daily snowfall	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Tustin Irvine Rch	United States	Record daily precipitation	40.6 mm (1.6 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Great Sand Dunes Np & Preserve	United States	Record snow depth	35.6 cm (14.0 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
San Bernardino F S 226	United States	Record daily precipitation	45.7 mm (1.8 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Ellendale	United States	Record daily snowfall	11.4 cm (4.5 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Wishek	United States	Record daily snowfall	14.0 cm (5.5 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Maizuru Reg Met HQ	Japan	Record daily precipitation	52.1 mm (2.1 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Sisseton	United States	Record daily snowfall	6.4 cm (2.5 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Webster	United States	Record daily snowfall	6.4 cm (2.5 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Lisboa Geofisica	Portugal	Record high maximum temperature	28.3 C (82.9 F)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Chippewa Valley Rgnl AP	United States	Record daily snowfall	27.2 cm (10.7 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Unterluss	Germany	Record daily precipitation	31.8 mm (1.3 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Jonacatepec	Mexico	Record low maximum temperature	20.6 C (69.1 F)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Riverside Fire STN 3	United States	Record daily precipitation	28.2 mm (1.1 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Wisconsin Rapids	United States	Record daily snowfall	25.4 cm (10.0 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Pollock	United States	Record daily snowfall	8.9 cm (3.5 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Nagano	Japan	Record daily precipitation	27.9 mm (1.1 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Hancock Exp Farm	United States	Record daily snowfall	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Ticuman	Mexico	Record low maximum temperature	22.8 C (73.0 F)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Stillwater 1 SE	United States	Record daily snowfall	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Conway	United States	Record low maximum temperature	5.0 C (41.0 F)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Lake Arrowhead	United States	Record daily precipitation	160.3 mm (6.3 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
San Gabriel Canyon Ph	United States	Record daily precipitation	51.3 mm (2.0 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Cambridge	United States	Record daily snowfall	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Elk Rvr	United States	Record daily snowfall	19.1 cm (7.5 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Wiscoy 1 E	United States	Record snow depth	68.6 cm (27.0 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Chilton	United States	Record daily snowfall	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Parnu	Estonia	Record high minimum temperature	2.8 C (37.0 F)	40 of 100 (Notable)
New London	United States	Record daily snowfall	22.9 cm (9.0 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Watertown Rgnl AP	United States	Record daily snowfall	11.9 cm (4.7 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Mercedes	Uruguay	Record daily precipitation	76.0 mm (3.0 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Kargopol	Russia	Record high minimum temperature	1.2 C (34.2 F)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Fairmont	United States	Record daily precipitation	39.6 mm (1.6 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Maebashi	Japan	Record daily precipitation	37.1 mm (1.5 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Matsue	Japan	Record daily precipitation	50.0 mm (2.0 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Newport Beach Harbor	United States	Record daily precipitation	37.6 mm (1.5 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Pomona/Fairplex	United States	Record daily precipitation	35.6 mm (1.4 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Oshkosh	United States	Record daily snowfall	17.8 cm (7.0 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Lajas Substn	Puerto Rico [United States]	Record low maximum temperature	27.8 C (82.0 F)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Eastbourne	United Kingdom	Record high maximum temperature	15.4 C (59.7 F)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Breien	United States	Record daily snowfall	11.4 cm (4.5 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Wilton	United States	Record daily snowfall	22.9 cm (9.0 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Diversion Dam	United States	Record daily snowfall	6.4 cm (2.5 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
King City	United States	Record daily precipitation	41.7 mm (1.6 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
West Bend	United States	Record daily snowfall	11.4 cm (4.5 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Matsumoto	Japan	Record daily precipitation	39.9 mm (1.6 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Lumberton	United States	Record low maximum temperature	5.0 C (41.0 F)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Mandan Exp STN	United States	Record daily snowfall	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Clear Lake	United States	Record daily snowfall	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Leola	United States	Record daily snowfall	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Juncos 1 SE	Puerto Rico [United States]	Record low maximum temperature	24.4 C (75.9 F)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Lawrence	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-12.8 C (9.0 F)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Steele 4N	United States	Record daily snowfall	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Kingstree	United States	Record low maximum temperature	7.2 C (45.0 F)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Chippewa Valley Rgnl AP	United States	Record daily precipitation	27.2 mm (1.1 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

877 records

Records set or tied on 21 March 1992 by type: Highest daily maximum 90, Lowest daily maximum 57, Highest daily minimum 197, Lowest daily minimum 24, Heaviest daily rainfall 396, Heaviest daily snowfall 94, Deepest snow cover 19.

Records on 21 March 1992 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	90
Lowest daily maximum	57
Highest daily minimum	197
Lowest daily minimum	24
Heaviest daily rainfall	396
Heaviest daily snowfall	94
Deepest snow cover	19

Records on 21 March 1992 by timescale: all-time 2, monthly 19, daily 856.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

751 broken records

Margins by which the 751 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 280.0. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

21 March 1992

Top 20 records on 21 March 1992 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
21 March 1992	Cahuacan, MX	monthly rain	98.3 mm (3.9 in)	57.9 mm (2.3 in)	17 years	58 of 100 (Notable)
21 March 1992	Frontera Hidalgo, MX	monthly rain	138.9 mm (5.5 in)	54.8 mm (2.2 in)	28 years	57 of 100 (Notable)
21 March 1992	El Dorado, MX	monthly rain	100.1 mm (3.9 in)	62.8 mm (2.5 in)	9 years	56 of 100 (Notable)
21 March 1992	Ignacio Lopez Rayon, MX	monthly rain	69.9 mm (2.8 in)	48.1 mm (1.9 in)	9 years	56 of 100 (Notable)
21 March 1992	La Moure, US	daily snowfall	22.9 cm (9.0 in)	20.9 cm (8.2 in)	42 years	56 of 100 (Notable)
21 March 1992	Verona, US	daily snowfall	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	43 years	54 of 100 (Notable)
21 March 1992	Tustin Irvine Rch, US	daily rain	40.6 mm (1.6 in)	26.4 mm (1.0 in)	76 years	53 of 100 (Notable)
21 March 1992	Great Sand Dunes Np & Preserve, US	daily snow depth	35.6 cm (14.0 in)	28.0 cm (11.0 in)	28 years	52 of 100 (Notable)
21 March 1992	San Bernardino F S 226, US	daily rain	45.7 mm (1.8 in)	15.2 mm (0.6 in)	98 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
21 March 1992	Ellendale, US	daily snowfall	11.4 cm (4.5 in)	6.3 cm (2.5 in)	95 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
21 March 1992	Wishek, US	daily snowfall	14.0 cm (5.5 in)	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	51 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
21 March 1992	Maizuru Reg Met HQ, JP	daily rain	52.1 mm (2.1 in)	38.6 mm (1.5 in)	10 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
21 March 1992	Sisseton, US	daily snowfall	6.4 cm (2.5 in)	6.4 cm (2.5 in)	92 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
21 March 1992	Webster, US	daily snowfall	6.4 cm (2.5 in)	5.6 cm (2.2 in)	97 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
21 March 1992	Lisboa Geofisica, PT	monthly high max	28.3 C (82.9 F)	0.4 C (0.7 F)	89 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
21 March 1992	Chippewa Valley Rgnl AP, US	daily snowfall	27.2 cm (10.7 in)	20.6 cm (8.1 in)	8 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
21 March 1992	Unterluss, DE	daily rain	31.8 mm (1.3 in)	23.6 mm (0.9 in)	1 year	45 of 100 (Notable)
21 March 1992	Jonacatepec, MX	daily low max	20.6 C (69.1 F)	6.6 C (11.9 F)	59 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
21 March 1992	Riverside Fire STN 3, US	daily rain	28.2 mm (1.1 in)	11.9 mm (0.5 in)	83 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
21 March 1992	Wisconsin Rapids, US	daily snowfall	25.4 cm (10.0 in)	14.0 cm (5.5 in)	37 years	45 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 1992

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1797 to 1992. 1992 had 877 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	688
50 to 100	47
100 to 150	10
150 to 200	3
200 to 250	2
250 to 300	1