Weather Records on 21 March 2005

649 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 21 March 2005. Highest significance: Orleans 2 W, US.

Key Facts for 21 March 2005

On 21 March 2005, 649 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
292 were record highs and 77 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 0 were all-time records, 21 monthly and 628 daily.
Orleans 2 W set a daily record precipitation of 42.7 mm (1.7 in) on 21 March 2005.
Across 157 earlier years (1797 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 482 records.

Record Map

649 stations

649 station records on 21 March 2005 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 21 March 2005: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Orleans 2 W	United States	Record daily precipitation	42.7 mm (1.7 in)	64 of 100 (Major)
Wilsonville	United States	Record daily precipitation	37.3 mm (1.5 in)	62 of 100 (Major)
Wakeeney	United States	Record daily precipitation	44.2 mm (1.7 in)	59 of 100 (Notable)
Superior	United States	Record daily precipitation	41.7 mm (1.6 in)	58 of 100 (Notable)
Concordia ASOS	United States	Record daily precipitation	44.2 mm (1.7 in)	58 of 100 (Notable)
Hays 1 S	United States	Record daily precipitation	47.8 mm (1.9 in)	57 of 100 (Notable)
Plaisance (Mauritiu	Mauritius	Record daily precipitation	106.9 mm (4.2 in)	56 of 100 (Notable)
Nemours (Ghazaouet)	Algeria	Record high maximum temperature	27.2 C (81.0 F)	55 of 100 (Notable)
Bertrand	United States	Record daily precipitation	36.3 mm (1.4 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Elwood 8 S	United States	Record daily precipitation	30.0 mm (1.2 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Kadoka	United States	Record daily snowfall	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Collyer 10 S	United States	Record daily precipitation	59.7 mm (2.4 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Logan	United States	Record daily precipitation	49.0 mm (1.9 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Norcatur 3WSW	United States	Record daily precipitation	58.4 mm (2.3 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Alton 1 W	United States	Record daily precipitation	29.2 mm (1.1 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Nemours (Ghazaouet)	Algeria	Record high minimum temperature	14.8 C (58.6 F)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Beaver City	United States	Record daily precipitation	29.5 mm (1.2 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Cambridge	United States	Record daily precipitation	29.5 mm (1.2 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Albacete Los Llanos	Spain	Record high minimum temperature	14.3 C (57.7 F)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Canaday Steam Plt	United States	Record daily precipitation	30.5 mm (1.2 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Norton Dam	United States	Record daily precipitation	29.7 mm (1.2 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Dublin Phoenix Park	Ireland	Record high minimum temperature	10.2 C (50.4 F)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Priest Rvr Exp STN	United States	Record high minimum temperature	3.9 C (39.0 F)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Dresden	United States	Record daily precipitation	31.2 mm (1.2 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Keene 3S	United States	Record daily snowfall	13.0 cm (5.1 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Salina Muni AP	United States	Record daily precipitation	41.7 mm (1.6 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Hillsboro	United States	Record daily precipitation	42.9 mm (1.7 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Lindsborg 3E	United States	Record daily precipitation	37.1 mm (1.5 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Eustis 2 NW	United States	Record daily precipitation	30.0 mm (1.2 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Naponee	United States	Record daily precipitation	31.8 mm (1.3 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
El Triunfo	Mexico	Record high maximum temperature	47.2 C (117.0 F)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Krakmo	Norway	Record snow depth	123.0 cm (48.4 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Phuket Airport	Thailand	Record daily precipitation	62.5 mm (2.5 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Covert	United States	Record daily precipitation	31.2 mm (1.2 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Simpson 6 N - Wildhorse	United States	Record daily snowfall	5.1 cm (2.0 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Paicines 4 W	United States	Record daily precipitation	46.5 mm (1.8 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Ainsworth	United States	Record daily snowfall	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Newport	United States	Record high minimum temperature	7.2 C (45.0 F)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Valentine Miller Fld AP	United States	Record daily snowfall	16.0 cm (6.3 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Presa Colorines (Cfe)	Mexico	Record low minimum temperature	6.7 C (44.1 F)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Sibu	Malaysia	Record daily precipitation	62.0 mm (2.4 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Powers	United States	Record daily precipitation	58.4 mm (2.3 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Kilauea 1134	United States	Record low minimum temperature	13.3 C (55.9 F)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Barnard	United States	Record daily precipitation	29.5 mm (1.2 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Ellis	United States	Record daily precipitation	27.9 mm (1.1 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Lenora Coop	United States	Record daily precipitation	27.2 mm (1.1 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Plainville 4WNW	United States	Record daily precipitation	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Gothenburg	United States	Record daily precipitation	43.2 mm (1.7 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Luck	United States	Record daily precipitation	31.8 mm (1.3 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Kislovodsk	Russia	Record low minimum temperature	-12.9 C (8.8 F)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Offerle 5 S	United States	Record daily precipitation	28.7 mm (1.1 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Waterford (Tycor)	Ireland	Record daily precipitation	36.2 mm (1.4 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Tuzantla (Smn)	Mexico	Record low maximum temperature	28.9 C (84.0 F)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Omaha	United States	Record daily precipitation	53.3 mm (2.1 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Holdrege	United States	Record daily precipitation	25.9 mm (1.0 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Abala	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	37.8 mm (1.5 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Coloso	Puerto Rico [United States]	Record high minimum temperature	22.8 C (73.0 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Elwood	United States	Record snow depth	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Inman 5SW	United States	Record daily precipitation	36.6 mm (1.4 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
McPherson	United States	Record daily precipitation	32.5 mm (1.3 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

649 records

Records set or tied on 21 March 2005 by type: Highest daily maximum 146, Lowest daily maximum 29, Highest daily minimum 146, Lowest daily minimum 48, Heaviest daily rainfall 238, Heaviest daily snowfall 30, Deepest snow cover 12.

Records on 21 March 2005 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	146
Lowest daily maximum	29
Highest daily minimum	146
Lowest daily minimum	48
Heaviest daily rainfall	238
Heaviest daily snowfall	30
Deepest snow cover	12

Records on 21 March 2005 by timescale: all-time 0, monthly 21, daily 628.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

522 broken records

Margins by which the 522 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 142.0. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

21 March 2005

Top 20 records on 21 March 2005 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
21 March 2005	Orleans 2 W, US	daily rain	42.7 mm (1.7 in)	34.1 mm (1.3 in)	50 years	64 of 100 (Major)
21 March 2005	Wilsonville, US	daily rain	37.3 mm (1.5 in)	31.5 mm (1.2 in)	43 years	62 of 100 (Major)
21 March 2005	Wakeeney, US	daily rain	44.2 mm (1.7 in)	31.8 mm (1.3 in)	46 years	59 of 100 (Notable)
21 March 2005	Superior, US	daily rain	41.7 mm (1.6 in)	26.5 mm (1.0 in)	60 years	58 of 100 (Notable)
21 March 2005	Concordia ASOS, US	daily rain	44.2 mm (1.7 in)	24.6 mm (1.0 in)	60 years	58 of 100 (Notable)
21 March 2005	Hays 1 S, US	daily rain	47.8 mm (1.9 in)	37.1 mm (1.5 in)	26 years	57 of 100 (Notable)
21 March 2005	Plaisance (Mauritiu, MU	daily rain	106.9 mm (4.2 in)	76.9 mm (3.0 in)	48 years	56 of 100 (Notable)
21 March 2005	Nemours (Ghazaouet), DZ	daily high max	27.2 C (81.0 F)	4.2 C (7.6 F)	107 years	55 of 100 (Notable)
21 March 2005	Bertrand, US	daily rain	36.3 mm (1.4 in)	19.8 mm (0.8 in)	76 years	54 of 100 (Notable)
21 March 2005	Elwood 8 S, US	daily rain	30.0 mm (1.2 in)	20.1 mm (0.8 in)	43 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
21 March 2005	Kadoka, US	daily snowfall	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	8.2 cm (3.2 in)	91 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
21 March 2005	Collyer 10 S, US	monthly rain	59.7 mm (2.4 in)	13.0 mm (0.5 in)	59 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
21 March 2005	Logan, US	daily rain	49.0 mm (1.9 in)	27.7 mm (1.1 in)	46 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
21 March 2005	Norcatur 3WSW, US	monthly rain	58.4 mm (2.3 in)	20.3 mm (0.8 in)	24 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
21 March 2005	Alton 1 W, US	daily rain	29.2 mm (1.1 in)	19.8 mm (0.8 in)	60 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
21 March 2005	Nemours (Ghazaouet), DZ	daily high min	14.8 C (58.6 F)	1.8 C (3.2 F)	111 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
21 March 2005	Beaver City, US	daily rain	29.5 mm (1.2 in)	16.3 mm (0.6 in)	50 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
21 March 2005	Cambridge, US	daily rain	29.5 mm (1.2 in)	18.8 mm (0.7 in)	43 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
21 March 2005	Albacete Los Llanos, ES	daily high min	14.3 C (57.7 F)	2.9 C (5.2 F)	92 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
21 March 2005	Canaday Steam Plt, US	daily rain	30.5 mm (1.2 in)	27.5 mm (1.1 in)	24 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

1797 to 2005

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1797 to 2005. 2005 had 649 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 2026-10-14 (14 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 20	471
20 to 40	34
40 to 60	7
60 to 80	4
80 to 100	1
100 to 120	2
120 to 140	2
140 to 160	1