Weather Records on 21 March 2014

639 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 21 March 2014. Highest significance: Intl Falls Intl AP, US.

Key Facts for 21 March 2014

On 21 March 2014, 639 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
409 were record highs and 57 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 0 were all-time records, 18 monthly and 621 daily.
Intl Falls Intl AP set a daily record snowfall of 26.4 cm (10.4 in) on 21 March 2014.
Across 157 earlier years (1797 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 482 records.

Record Map

639 stations

639 station records on 21 March 2014 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 21 March 2014: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Intl Falls Intl AP	United States	Record daily snowfall	26.4 cm (10.4 in)	69 of 100 (Major)
Indus 3 W	United States	Record daily snowfall	20.1 cm (7.9 in)	64 of 100 (Major)
Gilman	United States	Record snow depth	73.7 cm (29.0 in)	61 of 100 (Major)
Thorhult	United States	Record daily snowfall	20.3 cm (8.0 in)	60 of 100 (Major)
Goldbutte 7 N	United States	Record daily snowfall	35.6 cm (14.0 in)	58 of 100 (Notable)
Shonkin 7 S	United States	Record daily snowfall	48.3 cm (19.0 in)	56 of 100 (Notable)
Yap Island WSO AP	Federated States of Micronesia	Record daily precipitation	93.0 mm (3.7 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Bemidji	United States	Record daily snowfall	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Yap Island WSO AP	Federated States of Micronesia	Record low maximum temperature	27.0 C (80.6 F)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Two Harbors	United States	Record daily snowfall	14.0 cm (5.5 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Valentine	United States	Record daily snowfall	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Kelliher	United States	Record daily snowfall	14.7 cm (5.8 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Trenton Falls	United States	Record snow depth	48.3 cm (19.0 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Visby_Flygplats	Sweden	Record high minimum temperature	7.2 C (45.0 F)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Narrabri West Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	25.0 mm (1.0 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Ft Benton	United States	Record daily snowfall	14.5 cm (5.7 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Great Falls 16St	United States	Record daily snowfall	8.1 cm (3.2 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Gull Lake Biological STN	United States	Record snow depth	40.6 cm (16.0 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Baudette	United States	Record daily snowfall	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Duluth	United States	Record daily snowfall	17.5 cm (6.9 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Olekminsk	Russia	Record high maximum temperature	4.3 C (39.7 F)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Skovorodino	Russia	Record high maximum temperature	9.2 C (48.6 F)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Linkoeping-Malmslaett	Sweden	Record high minimum temperature	7.1 C (44.8 F)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Cass Lake	United States	Record daily snowfall	8.9 cm (3.5 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Inhambane	Mozambique	Record daily precipitation	72.9 mm (2.9 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Brimson 2S	United States	Record daily snowfall	12.2 cm (4.8 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Grand Rapids Forestry Lab	United States	Record daily snowfall	9.1 cm (3.6 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Fishtail	United States	Record snow depth	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Koutiala	Mali	Record high maximum temperature	43.2 C (109.8 F)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Soljanka	Russia	Record high minimum temperature	1.6 C (34.9 F)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Bogucany	Russia	Record high minimum temperature	3.0 C (37.4 F)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Kirensk	Russia	Record high maximum temperature	11.2 C (52.2 F)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Nerchinskij Zavod	Russia	Record high maximum temperature	9.9 C (49.8 F)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Argyle	United States	Record daily snowfall	8.1 cm (3.2 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Tartu-Toravere	Estonia	Record high maximum temperature	13.2 C (55.8 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Cottbus	Germany	Record high maximum temperature	22.6 C (72.7 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Kaliningrad	Russia	Record high minimum temperature	7.9 C (46.2 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Enisejsk	Russia	Record high maximum temperature	10.4 C (50.7 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Tunka	Russia	Record high maximum temperature	14.5 C (58.1 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Halle	Germany	Record high maximum temperature	21.8 C (71.2 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Berlin-Dahlem	Germany	Record high maximum temperature	22.0 C (71.6 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Potsdam	Germany	Record high maximum temperature	22.0 C (71.6 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Dresden-Strehlen	Germany	Record high maximum temperature	23.4 C (74.1 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Chemnitz	Germany	Record high maximum temperature	19.3 C (66.7 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Bogucany	Russia	Record high maximum temperature	12.3 C (54.1 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Vitim	Russia	Record high maximum temperature	9.6 C (49.3 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Ust-Njukzha	Russia	Record high minimum temperature	-3.3 C (26.1 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Nizhneangarsk	Russia	Record high maximum temperature	6.5 C (43.7 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Mogoca	Russia	Record high maximum temperature	9.1 C (48.4 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Erofej Pavlovic	Russia	Record high maximum temperature	9.7 C (49.5 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Borzja	Russia	Record high maximum temperature	10.2 C (50.4 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Landsort	Sweden	Record high minimum temperature	4.7 C (40.5 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Stockholm	Sweden	Record high minimum temperature	7.0 C (44.6 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Waskish 4NE	United States	Record daily snowfall	25.4 cm (10.0 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Pendleton	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-3.8 C (25.2 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Cairns Aero	Australia	Record daily precipitation	115.2 mm (4.5 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Bad Muskau	Germany	Record high maximum temperature	22.9 C (73.2 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Oschatz	Germany	Record high maximum temperature	21.4 C (70.5 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Chara	Russia	Record high maximum temperature	5.9 C (42.6 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Troickij Priisk	Russia	Record high maximum temperature	4.8 C (40.6 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

639 records

Records set or tied on 21 March 2014 by type: Highest daily maximum 259, Lowest daily maximum 15, Highest daily minimum 150, Lowest daily minimum 42, Heaviest daily rainfall 109, Heaviest daily snowfall 38, Deepest snow cover 26.

Records on 21 March 2014 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	259
Lowest daily maximum	15
Highest daily minimum	150
Lowest daily minimum	42
Heaviest daily rainfall	109
Heaviest daily snowfall	38
Deepest snow cover	26

Records on 21 March 2014 by timescale: all-time 0, monthly 18, daily 621.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

576 broken records

Margins by which the 576 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 534.0. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

21 March 2014

Top 20 records on 21 March 2014 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
21 March 2014	Intl Falls Intl AP, US	daily snowfall	26.4 cm (10.4 in)	19.3 cm (7.6 in)	64 years	69 of 100 (Major)
21 March 2014	Indus 3 W, US	daily snowfall	20.1 cm (7.9 in)	17.6 cm (6.9 in)	64 years	64 of 100 (Major)
21 March 2014	Gilman, US	daily snow depth	73.7 cm (29.0 in)	53.4 cm (21.0 in)	80 years	61 of 100 (Major)
21 March 2014	Thorhult, US	daily snowfall	20.3 cm (8.0 in)	16.5 cm (6.5 in)	64 years	60 of 100 (Major)
21 March 2014	Goldbutte 7 N, US	daily snowfall	35.6 cm (14.0 in)	20.4 cm (8.0 in)	28 years	58 of 100 (Notable)
21 March 2014	Shonkin 7 S, US	daily snowfall	48.3 cm (19.0 in)	38.1 cm (15.0 in)	48 years	56 of 100 (Notable)
21 March 2014	Yap Island WSO AP, FM	daily rain	93.0 mm (3.7 in)	59.5 mm (2.3 in)	24 years	52 of 100 (Notable)
21 March 2014	Bemidji, US	daily snowfall	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	4.6 cm (1.8 in)	114 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
21 March 2014	Yap Island WSO AP, FM	daily low max	27.0 C (80.6 F)	2.4 C (4.3 F)	56 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
21 March 2014	Two Harbors, US	daily snowfall	14.0 cm (5.5 in)	3.8 cm (1.5 in)	109 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
21 March 2014	Valentine, US	daily snowfall	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	6.4 cm (2.5 in)	76 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
21 March 2014	Kelliher, US	daily snowfall	14.7 cm (5.8 in)	9.6 cm (3.8 in)	47 years	44 of 100 (Notable)
21 March 2014	Trenton Falls, US	daily snow depth	48.3 cm (19.0 in)	17.8 cm (7.0 in)	85 years	44 of 100 (Notable)
21 March 2014	Visby_Flygplats, SE	monthly high min	7.2 C (45.0 F)	0.4 C (0.7 F)	76 years	43 of 100 (Notable)
21 March 2014	Narrabri West Post Office, AU	daily rain	25.0 mm (1.0 in)	4.7 mm (0.19 in)	115 years	42 of 100 (Notable)
21 March 2014	Ft Benton, US	daily snowfall	14.5 cm (5.7 in)	8.1 cm (3.2 in)	48 years	42 of 100 (Notable)
21 March 2014	Great Falls 16St, US	daily snowfall	8.1 cm (3.2 in)	1.0 cm (0.4 in)	117 years	42 of 100 (Notable)
21 March 2014	Gull Lake Biological STN, US	daily snow depth	40.6 cm (16.0 in)	20.3 cm (8.0 in)	31 years	41 of 100 (Notable)
21 March 2014	Baudette, US	daily snowfall	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	5.0 cm (2.0 in)	64 years	40 of 100 (Notable)
21 March 2014	Duluth, US	daily snowfall	17.5 cm (6.9 in)	8.6 cm (3.4 in)	59 years	39 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 2014

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1797 to 2014. 2014 had 639 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 100	560
100 to 200	10
200 to 300	3
300 to 400	2
400 to 500	0
500 to 600	1