Weather Records on 14 March 2011

888 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 14 March 2011. Highest significance: Wakefield 4 W, US.

Key Facts for 14 March 2011

On 14 March 2011, 888 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
307 were record highs and 140 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 5 were all-time records, 18 monthly and 865 daily.
Wakefield 4 W set a daily record snowfall of 15.2 cm (6.0 in) on 14 March 2011.
Across 156 earlier years (1810 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 504 records.

Record Map

888 stations

888 station records on 14 March 2011 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 14 March 2011: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Wakefield 4 W	United States	Record daily snowfall	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	68 of 100 (Major)
Warmun	Australia	Record daily precipitation	181.1 mm (7.1 in)	67 of 100 (Major)
Versailles	United States	Record daily snowfall	14.0 cm (5.5 in)	65 of 100 (Major)
Perpignan	France	Record daily precipitation	75.8 mm (3.0 in)	62 of 100 (Major)
Trenton Falls	United States	Record snow depth	35.6 cm (14.0 in)	62 of 100 (Major)
Port Blair	India	Record daily precipitation	58.9 mm (2.3 in)	61 of 100 (Major)
Wamuran	Australia	Record daily precipitation	97.0 mm (3.8 in)	56 of 100 (Notable)
Onaga	United States	Record daily snowfall	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	56 of 100 (Notable)
Wamego 4 W	United States	Record daily snowfall	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	55 of 100 (Notable)
Nemours (Ghazaouet)	Algeria	Record high maximum temperature	26.4 C (79.5 F)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Argadargada	Australia	Record daily precipitation	77.0 mm (3.0 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Urana (Nowranie)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	57.2 mm (2.3 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Clay Ctr	United States	Record daily snowfall	17.8 cm (7.0 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Columbia Rgnl AP	United States	Record daily snowfall	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Minneapolis	United States	Record daily snowfall	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Arltunga	Australia	Record daily precipitation	37.2 mm (1.5 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
De Soto	United States	Record daily precipitation	38.1 mm (1.5 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Brunette Downs	Australia	Record daily precipitation	45.6 mm (1.8 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Yuendumu	Australia	Record daily precipitation	108.0 mm (4.3 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Wellingrove (Wangalea)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	48.0 mm (1.9 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Blue Rapids	United States	Record daily snowfall	9.4 cm (3.7 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Preston Reservoir	Australia	Record daily precipitation	25.2 mm (1.0 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Ponce 4 E	Puerto Rico [United States]	Record low minimum temperature	13.3 C (55.9 F)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Moola Bulla	Australia	Record daily precipitation	100.0 mm (3.9 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Mt Perry the Pines	Australia	Record daily precipitation	63.4 mm (2.5 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Urangan Hibiscus St	Australia	Record daily precipitation	73.8 mm (2.9 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
White City	United States	Record daily snowfall	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Sullivan	United States	Record daily precipitation	46.0 mm (1.8 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Marshall	United States	Record daily snowfall	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Circleville 7 SW	United States	Record daily snowfall	14.0 cm (5.5 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Brinkworth (Bungaree)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	26.8 mm (1.1 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Chapman	United States	Record daily snowfall	7.6 cm (3.0 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Geneseo	United States	Record daily snowfall	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Milford Lake	United States	Record daily snowfall	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Hodgenville Lincoln P	United States	Record daily precipitation	76.2 mm (3.0 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Darrington Rs	United States	Record daily precipitation	50.0 mm (2.0 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Haddam	United States	Record daily snowfall	8.1 cm (3.2 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Lillis	United States	Record daily snowfall	17.8 cm (7.0 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Parallel	United States	Record daily snowfall	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Wilson Lake	United States	Record snow depth	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Pleystowe Sugar Mill	Australia	Record daily precipitation	138.0 mm (5.4 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Redesdale	Australia	Record daily precipitation	27.2 mm (1.1 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Utsira Fyr	Norway	Record daily precipitation	25.1 mm (1.0 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Sugar City	United States	Record high minimum temperature	2.2 C (36.0 F)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Nashville 1 E	United States	Record daily precipitation	29.5 mm (1.2 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Wilson Lake	United States	Record daily snowfall	11.4 cm (4.5 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Chinook	United States	Record snow depth	68.6 cm (27.0 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Oconto	United States	Record daily snowfall	8.9 cm (3.5 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Everett	United States	Record daily precipitation	32.3 mm (1.3 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Epenarra	Australia	Record daily precipitation	71.0 mm (2.8 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Nebo	Australia	Record daily precipitation	62.4 mm (2.5 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Canary Island	Australia	Record daily precipitation	29.4 mm (1.2 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Marysville	United States	Record daily snowfall	7.6 cm (3.0 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Licking 4N	United States	Record daily precipitation	38.1 mm (1.5 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Karcultaby	Australia	Record daily precipitation	42.0 mm (1.7 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Bundoora (Latrobe University)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	28.0 mm (1.1 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Ellsworth	United States	Record daily snowfall	10.9 cm (4.3 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Sophie Downs	Australia	Record daily precipitation	160.0 mm (6.3 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Kurundi	Australia	Record daily precipitation	48.0 mm (1.9 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Cardowan	Australia	Record daily precipitation	44.0 mm (1.7 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)

Counts by Type and Timescale

888 records

Records set or tied on 14 March 2011 by type: Highest daily maximum 160, Lowest daily maximum 67, Highest daily minimum 147, Lowest daily minimum 73, Heaviest daily rainfall 307, Heaviest daily snowfall 77, Deepest snow cover 57.

Records on 14 March 2011 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	160
Lowest daily maximum	67
Highest daily minimum	147
Lowest daily minimum	73
Heaviest daily rainfall	307
Heaviest daily snowfall	77
Deepest snow cover	57

Records on 14 March 2011 by timescale: all-time 5, monthly 18, daily 865.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

724 broken records

Margins by which the 724 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 356.0. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

14 March 2011

Top 20 records on 14 March 2011 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
14 March 2011	Wakefield 4 W, US	daily snowfall	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	115 years	68 of 100 (Major)
14 March 2011	Warmun, AU	all-time rain	181.1 mm (7.1 in)	13.2 mm (0.5 in)	100 years	67 of 100 (Major)
14 March 2011	Versailles, US	daily snowfall	14.0 cm (5.5 in)	13.2 cm (5.2 in)	104 years	65 of 100 (Major)
14 March 2011	Perpignan, FR	daily rain	75.8 mm (3.0 in)	28.8 mm (1.1 in)	100 years	62 of 100 (Major)
14 March 2011	Trenton Falls, US	daily snow depth	35.6 cm (14.0 in)	35.6 cm (14.0 in)	60 years	62 of 100 (Major)
14 March 2011	Port Blair, IN	daily rain	58.9 mm (2.3 in)	47.7 mm (1.9 in)	64 years	61 of 100 (Major)
14 March 2011	Wamuran, AU	daily rain	97.0 mm (3.8 in)	68.8 mm (2.7 in)	34 years	56 of 100 (Notable)
14 March 2011	Onaga, US	daily snowfall	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	56 years	56 of 100 (Notable)
14 March 2011	Wamego 4 W, US	daily snowfall	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	10.1 cm (4.0 in)	98 years	55 of 100 (Notable)
14 March 2011	Nemours (Ghazaouet), DZ	daily high max	26.4 C (79.5 F)	3.9 C (7.0 F)	129 years	54 of 100 (Notable)
14 March 2011	Argadargada, AU	daily rain	77.0 mm (3.0 in)	62.2 mm (2.4 in)	26 years	52 of 100 (Notable)
14 March 2011	Urana (Nowranie), AU	daily rain	57.2 mm (2.3 in)	21.6 mm (0.9 in)	82 years	52 of 100 (Notable)
14 March 2011	Clay Ctr, US	daily snowfall	17.8 cm (7.0 in)	7.6 cm (3.0 in)	98 years	52 of 100 (Notable)
14 March 2011	Columbia Rgnl AP, US	daily snowfall	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	40 years	52 of 100 (Notable)
14 March 2011	Minneapolis, US	daily snowfall	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	5.0 cm (2.0 in)	98 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
14 March 2011	Arltunga, AU	daily rain	37.2 mm (1.5 in)	33.1 mm (1.3 in)	88 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
14 March 2011	De Soto, US	daily rain	38.1 mm (1.5 in)	25.7 mm (1.0 in)	54 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
14 March 2011	Brunette Downs, AU	daily rain	45.6 mm (1.8 in)	10.8 mm (0.4 in)	109 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
14 March 2011	Yuendumu, AU	daily rain	108.0 mm (4.3 in)	91.0 mm (3.6 in)	0 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
14 March 2011	Wellingrove (Wangalea), AU	daily rain	48.0 mm (1.9 in)	8.4 mm (0.33 in)	100 years	46 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

1810 to 2011

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1810 to 2011. 2011 had 888 records.

Counts for years before the ledger starts come from the same station rules.

Records on 03-14 in each year
Year	Records
1810	2
1817	1
1827	1
1828	1
1845	4
1846	2
1847	1
1848	1
1850	1
1852	2
1859	2
1863	1
1867	1
1883	1
1884	2
1885	1
1886	4
1887	1
1888	3
1889	1
1890	1
1891	4
1892	3
1893	2
1894	4
1895	4
1896	4
1897	4
1898	4
1899	3
1900	1
1901	5
1902	3
1903	16
1904	9
1905	16
1906	24
1907	16
1908	16
1909	4
1910	29
1911	67
1912	14
1913	109
1914	37
1915	14
1916	17
1917	147
1918	244
1919	21
1920	30
1921	66
1922	79
1923	50
1924	169
1925	140
1926	448
1927	224
1928	156
1929	310
1930	170
1931	258
1932	440
1933	383
1934	227
1935	498
1936	178
1937	427
1938	317
1939	267
1940	393
1941	296
1942	470
1943	414
1944	705
1945	590
1946	893
1947	368
1948	319
1949	302
1950	372
1951	524
1952	345
1953	416
1954	598
1955	288
1956	820
1957	873
1958	514
1959	211
1960	968
1961	501
1962	633
1963	332
1964	322
1965	235
1966	436
1967	914
1968	645
1969	742
1970	489
1971	658
1972	763
1973	1,537
1974	378
1975	1,073
1976	291
1977	827
1978	669
1979	668
1980	780
1981	1,068
1982	860
1983	803
1984	1,060
1985	580
1986	580
1987	631
1988	1,098
1989	1,468
1990	2,475
1991	844
1992	1,109
1993	4,380
1994	1,207
1995	1,436
1996	615
1997	1,490
1998	627
1999	1,187
2000	558
2001	745
2002	1,087
2003	1,534
2004	678
2005	980
2006	1,179
2007	1,565
2008	845
2009	971
2010	691
2011	888
2012	1,565
2013	1,014
2014	892
2015	1,224
2016	911
2017	1,179
2018	646
2019	1,219
2020	934
2021	1,037
2022	507
2023	700
2024	938
2025	1,386
2026	793

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Data for records on 2011-03-14: 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 2026-10-17 (17 October 2026). Records are computed by this site and are not official.

Data as of 2026-10-16. Last revised 16 October 2026 (2026-10-16).

Margin	Records
0 to 50	658
50 to 100	40
100 to 150	16
150 to 200	3
200 to 250	1
250 to 300	4
300 to 350	1
350 to 400	1