Weather Records on 21 March 2006

1,417 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 21 March 2006. Highest significance: Greeley, US.

Key Facts for 21 March 2006

On 21 March 2006, 1,417 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
182 were record highs and 293 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 17 were all-time records, 53 monthly and 1,347 daily.
Greeley set an all-time record snow depth of 71.1 cm (28.0 in) on 21 March 2006.
Across 157 earlier years (1797 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 477 records.

Record Map

1,417 stations

1,417 station records on 21 March 2006 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 21 March 2006: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Greeley	United States	Record snow depth	71.1 cm (28.0 in)	94 of 100 (Exceptional)
Loup City	United States	Record daily snowfall	27.9 cm (11.0 in)	79 of 100 (Major)
Albion	United States	Record snow depth	61.0 cm (24.0 in)	77 of 100 (Major)
Richfield	United States	Record snow depth	20.3 cm (8.0 in)	72 of 100 (Major)
Red Cloud	United States	Record daily snowfall	25.4 cm (10.0 in)	72 of 100 (Major)
Chambers	United States	Record daily snowfall	30.5 cm (12.0 in)	71 of 100 (Major)
Inorunie Station	Australia	Record daily precipitation	142.0 mm (5.6 in)	69 of 100 (Major)
Creighton	United States	Record daily snowfall	15.5 cm (6.1 in)	68 of 100 (Major)
Holdrege	United States	Record daily snowfall	47.0 cm (18.5 in)	68 of 100 (Major)
Blockton 1W	United States	Record daily snowfall	10.7 cm (4.2 in)	67 of 100 (Major)
Bird City 10S	United States	Record snow depth	17.8 cm (7.0 in)	66 of 100 (Major)
Ulysses 3NE	United States	Record daily snowfall	20.3 cm (8.0 in)	66 of 100 (Major)
Dalton	United States	Record snow depth	45.7 cm (18.0 in)	66 of 100 (Major)
Newport	United States	Record snow depth	53.3 cm (21.0 in)	66 of 100 (Major)
Ravenna	United States	Record daily snowfall	25.4 cm (10.0 in)	66 of 100 (Major)
Arcadia	United States	Record snow depth	53.3 cm (21.0 in)	65 of 100 (Major)
Vermillion 2 SE	United States	Record daily snowfall	22.9 cm (9.0 in)	65 of 100 (Major)
Burwell 2WSW	United States	Record snow depth	58.4 cm (23.0 in)	63 of 100 (Major)
Walthill 1E	United States	Record daily snowfall	27.9 cm (11.0 in)	63 of 100 (Major)
Miranda Downs Station	Australia	Record daily precipitation	102.0 mm (4.0 in)	62 of 100 (Major)
Carlinville	United States	Record daily snowfall	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	62 of 100 (Major)
Brookville	United States	Record daily snowfall	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	62 of 100 (Major)
Eustis 2 NW	United States	Record daily snowfall	24.1 cm (9.5 in)	62 of 100 (Major)
Holdrege	United States	Record snow depth	48.3 cm (19.0 in)	62 of 100 (Major)
Orleans 2 W	United States	Record snow depth	25.4 cm (10.0 in)	62 of 100 (Major)
Ravenna	United States	Record snow depth	55.9 cm (22.0 in)	62 of 100 (Major)
W Pt	United States	Record daily snowfall	20.3 cm (8.0 in)	62 of 100 (Major)
Akron	United States	Record daily snowfall	19.1 cm (7.5 in)	61 of 100 (Major)
Burwell 2WSW	United States	Record daily snowfall	29.2 cm (11.5 in)	61 of 100 (Major)
Greeley	United States	Record daily snowfall	35.6 cm (14.0 in)	61 of 100 (Major)
Miller	United States	Record daily snowfall	27.9 cm (11.0 in)	61 of 100 (Major)
Stockville	United States	Record daily snowfall	22.9 cm (9.0 in)	61 of 100 (Major)
Liberal	United States	Record snow depth	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	60 of 100 (Major)
Upland 2NE	United States	Record daily snowfall	27.9 cm (11.0 in)	60 of 100 (Major)
Sac City	United States	Record daily snowfall	25.4 cm (10.0 in)	59 of 100 (Notable)
Chambers	United States	Record snow depth	73.7 cm (29.0 in)	59 of 100 (Notable)
Springfield Abraham Lincoln Ca	United States	Record daily snowfall	14.0 cm (5.5 in)	59 of 100 (Notable)
Griggsville	United States	Record daily snowfall	20.3 cm (8.0 in)	58 of 100 (Notable)
Rushville	United States	Record daily precipitation	76.2 mm (3.0 in)	58 of 100 (Notable)
Mankato	United States	Record daily precipitation	55.4 mm (2.2 in)	58 of 100 (Notable)
Gresham 3W	United States	Record snow depth	45.7 cm (18.0 in)	58 of 100 (Notable)
Kadoka	United States	Record snow depth	63.5 cm (25.0 in)	58 of 100 (Notable)
Windsor	United States	Record daily snowfall	17.8 cm (7.0 in)	57 of 100 (Notable)
Colby 1SW	United States	Record daily snowfall	27.9 cm (11.0 in)	57 of 100 (Notable)
Arizona	Australia	Record daily precipitation	94.0 mm (3.7 in)	56 of 100 (Notable)
Broken Bow 2 W	United States	Record daily snowfall	20.3 cm (8.0 in)	56 of 100 (Notable)
Geneva	United States	Record snow depth	27.9 cm (11.0 in)	56 of 100 (Notable)
N Loup	United States	Record snow depth	45.7 cm (18.0 in)	56 of 100 (Notable)
Vandalia	United States	Record snow depth	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	55 of 100 (Notable)
Great Bend 3WNW	United States	Record daily snowfall	9.1 cm (3.6 in)	55 of 100 (Notable)
Long Is 1N	United States	Record daily snowfall	27.9 cm (11.0 in)	55 of 100 (Notable)
Bowling Green 1 E	United States	Record daily snowfall	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	55 of 100 (Notable)
Madison	United States	Record daily snowfall	45.7 cm (18.0 in)	55 of 100 (Notable)
Red Willow Dam	United States	Record daily snowfall	17.8 cm (7.0 in)	55 of 100 (Notable)
Valentine Miller Fld AP	United States	Record snow depth	40.6 cm (16.0 in)	55 of 100 (Notable)
Flora 5 NW	United States	Record daily snowfall	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Newton Exp STN	United States	Record daily precipitation	101.1 mm (4.0 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Bowling Green 1 E	United States	Record snow depth	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Steffenville	United States	Record daily snowfall	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Elgin	United States	Record daily precipitation	30.5 mm (1.2 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)

Counts by Type and Timescale

1,417 records

Records set or tied on 21 March 2006 by type: Highest daily maximum 83, Lowest daily maximum 184, Highest daily minimum 99, Lowest daily minimum 109, Heaviest daily rainfall 279, Heaviest daily snowfall 355, Deepest snow cover 308.

Records on 21 March 2006 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	83
Lowest daily maximum	184
Highest daily minimum	99
Lowest daily minimum	109
Heaviest daily rainfall	279
Heaviest daily snowfall	355
Deepest snow cover	308

Records on 21 March 2006 by timescale: all-time 17, monthly 53, daily 1,347.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

1,129 broken records

Margins by which the 1,129 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 420.0. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

21 March 2006

Top 20 records on 21 March 2006 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
21 March 2006	Greeley, US	all-time snow depth	71.1 cm (28.0 in)	25.4 cm (10.0 in)	91 years	94 of 100 (Exceptional)
21 March 2006	Loup City, US	daily snowfall	27.9 cm (11.0 in)	20.3 cm (8.0 in)	108 years	79 of 100 (Major)
21 March 2006	Albion, US	daily snow depth	61.0 cm (24.0 in)	40.7 cm (16.0 in)	93 years	77 of 100 (Major)
21 March 2006	Richfield, US	daily snow depth	20.3 cm (8.0 in)	20.3 cm (8.0 in)	110 years	72 of 100 (Major)
21 March 2006	Red Cloud, US	daily snowfall	25.4 cm (10.0 in)	17.8 cm (7.0 in)	108 years	72 of 100 (Major)
21 March 2006	Chambers, US	daily snowfall	30.5 cm (12.0 in)	22.9 cm (9.0 in)	83 years	71 of 100 (Major)
21 March 2006	Inorunie Station, AU	monthly rain	142.0 mm (5.6 in)	54.1 mm (2.1 in)	70 years	69 of 100 (Major)
21 March 2006	Creighton, US	daily snowfall	15.5 cm (6.1 in)	15.5 cm (6.1 in)	107 years	68 of 100 (Major)
21 March 2006	Holdrege, US	daily snowfall	47.0 cm (18.5 in)	16.5 cm (6.5 in)	108 years	68 of 100 (Major)
21 March 2006	Blockton 1W, US	daily snowfall	10.7 cm (4.2 in)	10.7 cm (4.2 in)	112 years	67 of 100 (Major)
21 March 2006	Bird City 10S, US	daily snow depth	17.8 cm (7.0 in)	17.8 cm (7.0 in)	56 years	66 of 100 (Major)
21 March 2006	Ulysses 3NE, US	daily snowfall	20.3 cm (8.0 in)	17.8 cm (7.0 in)	73 years	66 of 100 (Major)
21 March 2006	Dalton, US	daily snow depth	45.7 cm (18.0 in)	33.0 cm (13.0 in)	61 years	66 of 100 (Major)
21 March 2006	Newport, US	daily snow depth	53.3 cm (21.0 in)	33.0 cm (13.0 in)	106 years	66 of 100 (Major)
21 March 2006	Ravenna, US	daily snowfall	25.4 cm (10.0 in)	20.3 cm (8.0 in)	73 years	66 of 100 (Major)
21 March 2006	Arcadia, US	all-time snow depth	53.3 cm (21.0 in)	7.6 cm (3.0 in)	94 years	65 of 100 (Major)
21 March 2006	Vermillion 2 SE, US	daily snowfall	22.9 cm (9.0 in)	17.8 cm (7.0 in)	73 years	65 of 100 (Major)
21 March 2006	Burwell 2WSW, US	monthly snow depth	58.4 cm (23.0 in)	27.9 cm (11.0 in)	37 years	63 of 100 (Major)
21 March 2006	Walthill 1E, US	daily snowfall	27.9 cm (11.0 in)	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	93 years	63 of 100 (Major)
21 March 2006	Miranda Downs Station, AU	daily rain	102.0 mm (4.0 in)	49.9 mm (2.0 in)	109 years	62 of 100 (Major)

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 2006

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1797 to 2006. 2006 had 1,417 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).

Histogram of margins by which records were beaten on 21 March 2006
Margin	Records
0 to 100	912
100 to 200	173
200 to 300	35
300 to 400	7
400 to 500	2