Weather Records on 1 March 2021

824 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 1 March 2021. Highest significance: Russellville, US.

Key Facts for 1 March 2021

On 1 March 2021, 824 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
489 were record highs and 73 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 1 were all-time records, 30 monthly and 793 daily.
Russellville set a daily record precipitation of 91.4 mm (3.6 in) on 1 March 2021.
Across 159 earlier years (1808 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 520 records.

Record Map

824 stations

824 station records on 1 March 2021 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 1 March 2021: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Russellville	United States	Record daily precipitation	91.4 mm (3.6 in)	79 of 100 (Major)
Paintsville 1E	United States	Record daily precipitation	98.0 mm (3.9 in)	67 of 100 (Major)
Vaernes	Norway	Record daily precipitation	37.6 mm (1.5 in)	65 of 100 (Major)
Ostas I Hegra	Norway	Record daily precipitation	36.5 mm (1.4 in)	61 of 100 (Major)
Pt Marion Lock 8	United States	Record daily precipitation	54.4 mm (2.1 in)	60 of 100 (Major)
Dunlow 1 SW	United States	Record daily precipitation	85.1 mm (3.4 in)	60 of 100 (Major)
Williamson	United States	Record daily precipitation	74.7 mm (2.9 in)	59 of 100 (Notable)
Confluence 1 SW Dam	United States	Record daily precipitation	59.2 mm (2.3 in)	58 of 100 (Notable)
Hot Springs 1 NNE	United States	Record daily precipitation	108.7 mm (4.3 in)	57 of 100 (Notable)
Telenning Hill	Australia	Record daily precipitation	28.0 mm (1.1 in)	56 of 100 (Notable)
Trondheim - Voll	Norway	Record daily precipitation	31.5 mm (1.2 in)	55 of 100 (Notable)
Leinstrand	Norway	Record daily precipitation	34.6 mm (1.4 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Buran	Norway	Record daily precipitation	28.3 mm (1.1 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Upper Stone Exelby	Australia	Record daily precipitation	125.0 mm (4.9 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Peebles	United States	Record daily precipitation	39.9 mm (1.6 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Kingston Springs	United States	Record daily precipitation	101.6 mm (4.0 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Smola - Moldstad	Norway	Record daily precipitation	44.1 mm (1.7 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Loksmyr	Norway	Record daily precipitation	37.5 mm (1.5 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Summerville 4W	United States	Record high minimum temperature	18.3 C (64.9 F)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Orlando Executive AP	United States	Record high minimum temperature	22.2 C (72.0 F)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Visby_Flygplats	Sweden	Record high maximum temperature	9.1 C (48.4 F)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Ashland	United States	Record daily precipitation	55.9 mm (2.2 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Greeneville Exp STN	United States	Record high minimum temperature	12.8 C (55.0 F)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Velikie Luki	Russia	Record high maximum temperature	8.7 C (47.7 F)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Greensboro	United States	Record high maximum temperature	28.9 C (84.0 F)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Bowling Green	United States	Record daily precipitation	156.0 mm (6.1 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Hammonton 1 NE	United States	Record daily precipitation	33.8 mm (1.3 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Yemassee 1 N	United States	Record high minimum temperature	18.3 C (64.9 F)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Dover 1 W	United States	Record daily precipitation	54.6 mm (2.1 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Hot Springs	United States	Record high minimum temperature	7.8 C (46.0 F)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Hanksville	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-12.8 C (9.0 F)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Ponce 4 E	Puerto Rico [United States]	Record high minimum temperature	23.9 C (75.0 F)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Selma	United States	Record high minimum temperature	18.9 C (66.0 F)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Deland 1 SSE	United States	Record high maximum temperature	31.1 C (88.0 F)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Plant City	United States	Record high minimum temperature	21.7 C (71.1 F)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Hazard Wtr Wks	United States	Record daily precipitation	78.7 mm (3.1 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Schenley Lock 5	United States	Record daily precipitation	32.0 mm (1.3 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Batesburg	United States	Record high maximum temperature	27.8 C (82.0 F)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Logan	United States	Record daily precipitation	66.0 mm (2.6 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Bumping Ridge	United States	Record daily precipitation	78.7 mm (3.1 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Winslow AP	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-13.8 C (7.2 F)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Daly Waters AWS	Australia	Record low minimum temperature	17.8 C (64.0 F)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Uppsala_Aut	Sweden	Record high maximum temperature	9.9 C (49.8 F)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Inverness 3 SE	United States	Record high maximum temperature	32.2 C (90.0 F)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Cleveland	United States	Record daily precipitation	58.7 mm (2.3 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Henderson	United States	Record daily precipitation	58.9 mm (2.3 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Madison 3NNW	United States	Record daily precipitation	55.9 mm (2.2 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Uliastai	China	Record daily precipitation	50.0 mm (2.0 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Kuusiku	Estonia	Record high maximum temperature	8.6 C (47.5 F)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Park Falls Dnr HQ	United States	Record daily snowfall	17.0 cm (6.7 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Halifax Macrossan St	Australia	Record daily precipitation	160.0 mm (6.3 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Orland	Norway	Record daily precipitation	25.5 mm (1.0 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Harrisburg	United States	Record daily precipitation	50.8 mm (2.0 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Buckhorn Lake	United States	Record daily precipitation	94.7 mm (3.7 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Oneida	United States	Record daily precipitation	101.6 mm (4.0 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Beckley Va Hospital	United States	Record daily precipitation	36.6 mm (1.4 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Aleppo	Australia	Record daily precipitation	45.0 mm (1.8 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Bellata Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	67.0 mm (2.6 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Ekimchan	Russia	Record low maximum temperature	-21.5 C (-6.7 F)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Linden	United States	Record daily precipitation	63.2 mm (2.5 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)

Counts by Type and Timescale

824 records

Records set or tied on 1 March 2021 by type: Highest daily maximum 279, Lowest daily maximum 21, Highest daily minimum 210, Lowest daily minimum 52, Heaviest daily rainfall 244, Heaviest daily snowfall 12, Deepest snow cover 6.

Records on 1 March 2021 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	279
Lowest daily maximum	21
Highest daily minimum	210
Lowest daily minimum	52
Heaviest daily rainfall	244
Heaviest daily snowfall	12
Deepest snow cover	6

Records on 1 March 2021 by timescale: all-time 1, monthly 30, daily 793.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

709 broken records

Margins by which the 709 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 152.0. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

1 March 2021

Top 20 records on 1 March 2021 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
1 March 2021	Russellville, US	daily rain	91.4 mm (3.6 in)	60.2 mm (2.4 in)	99 years	79 of 100 (Major)
1 March 2021	Paintsville 1E, US	monthly rain	98.0 mm (3.9 in)	33.7 mm (1.3 in)	57 years	67 of 100 (Major)
1 March 2021	Vaernes, NO	daily rain	37.6 mm (1.5 in)	24.7 mm (1.0 in)	63 years	65 of 100 (Major)
1 March 2021	Ostas I Hegra, NO	daily rain	36.5 mm (1.4 in)	18.2 mm (0.7 in)	78 years	61 of 100 (Major)
1 March 2021	Pt Marion Lock 8, US	daily rain	54.4 mm (2.1 in)	26.5 mm (1.0 in)	67 years	60 of 100 (Major)
1 March 2021	Dunlow 1 SW, US	monthly rain	85.1 mm (3.4 in)	31.3 mm (1.2 in)	31 years	60 of 100 (Major)
1 March 2021	Williamson, US	daily rain	74.7 mm (2.9 in)	32.8 mm (1.3 in)	67 years	59 of 100 (Notable)
1 March 2021	Confluence 1 SW Dam, US	daily rain	59.2 mm (2.3 in)	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	67 years	58 of 100 (Notable)
1 March 2021	Hot Springs 1 NNE, US	daily rain	108.7 mm (4.3 in)	30.7 mm (1.2 in)	104 years	57 of 100 (Notable)
1 March 2021	Telenning Hill, AU	daily rain	28.0 mm (1.1 in)	19.6 mm (0.8 in)	104 years	56 of 100 (Notable)
1 March 2021	Trondheim - Voll, NO	daily rain	31.5 mm (1.2 in)	12.5 mm (0.5 in)	78 years	55 of 100 (Notable)
1 March 2021	Leinstrand, NO	daily rain	34.6 mm (1.4 in)	20.2 mm (0.8 in)	19 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
1 March 2021	Buran, NO	daily rain	28.3 mm (1.1 in)	20.5 mm (0.8 in)	8 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
1 March 2021	Upper Stone Exelby, AU	daily rain	125.0 mm (4.9 in)	48.8 mm (1.9 in)	78 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
1 March 2021	Peebles, US	daily rain	39.9 mm (1.6 in)	28.2 mm (1.1 in)	55 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
1 March 2021	Kingston Springs, US	daily rain	101.6 mm (4.0 in)	51.6 mm (2.0 in)	10 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
1 March 2021	Smola - Moldstad, NO	daily rain	44.1 mm (1.7 in)	29.7 mm (1.2 in)	2 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
1 March 2021	Loksmyr, NO	daily rain	37.5 mm (1.5 in)	21.4 mm (0.8 in)	19 years	44 of 100 (Notable)
1 March 2021	Summerville 4W, US	daily high min	18.3 C (64.9 F)	2.2 C (4.0 F)	111 years	44 of 100 (Notable)
1 March 2021	Orlando Executive AP, US	daily high min	22.2 C (72.0 F)	2.2 C (4.0 F)	108 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

1808 to 2021

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1808 to 2021. 2021 had 824 records.

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

Records on 03-01 in each year
Year	Records
1808	1
1814	1
1817	1
1827	1
1836	2
1844	1
1846	4
1858	1
1859	1
1863	2
1868	1
1870	3
1872	1
1875	4
1876	3
1877	1
1878	2
1881	1
1882	2
1883	1
1884	6
1886	10
1888	3
1889	1
1890	1
1891	3
1892	1
1893	1
1894	1
1896	2
1897	2
1898	8
1899	1
1900	7
1901	1
1902	14
1903	11
1904	13
1905	4
1906	30
1907	5
1908	14
1909	19
1910	14
1911	20
1912	64
1913	26
1914	23
1915	21
1916	34
1917	15
1918	16
1919	57
1920	98
1921	411
1922	139
1923	127
1924	44
1925	100
1926	86
1927	203
1928	61
1929	181
1930	90
1931	140
1932	462
1933	94
1934	401
1935	167
1936	232
1937	220
1938	308
1939	565
1940	513
1941	644
1942	391
1943	256
1944	155
1945	178
1946	358
1947	933
1948	893
1949	250
1950	249
1951	564
1952	564
1953	615
1954	893
1955	1,028
1956	523
1957	293
1958	459
1959	463
1960	1,530
1961	548
1962	2,067
1963	532
1964	563
1965	696
1966	575
1967	731
1968	966
1969	439
1970	725
1971	943
1972	1,524
1973	613
1974	954
1975	411
1976	1,612
1977	317
1978	1,065
1979	507
1980	2,040
1981	550
1982	918
1983	1,048
1984	720
1985	676
1986	1,317
1987	2,042
1988	722
1989	924
1990	1,000
1991	926
1992	1,827
1993	1,189
1994	1,339
1995	1,214
1996	641
1997	1,924
1998	957
1999	1,150
2000	1,211
2001	1,081
2002	1,012
2003	756
2004	1,363
2005	1,294
2006	1,376
2007	1,418
2008	887
2009	1,030
2010	890
2011	868
2012	1,776
2013	782
2014	1,149
2015	1,279
2016	622
2017	1,212
2018	1,197
2019	747
2020	494
2021	824
2022	1,096
2023	1,232
2024	642
2025	841
2026	1,153

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Data for records on 2021-03-01: 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 20	663
20 to 40	36
40 to 60	2
60 to 80	4
80 to 100	0
100 to 120	3
120 to 140	0
140 to 160	1