Weather Records on 14 March 2021

1,037 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 14 March 2021. Highest significance: Seward, US.

Key Facts for 14 March 2021

On 14 March 2021, 1,037 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
225 were record highs and 163 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 5 were all-time records, 96 monthly and 936 daily.
Seward set a monthly record daily precipitation of 86.1 mm (3.4 in) on 14 March 2021.
Across 156 earlier years (1810 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 503 records.

Record Map

1,037 stations

1,037 station records on 14 March 2021 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 14 March 2021: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Seward	United States	Record daily precipitation	86.1 mm (3.4 in)	84 of 100 (Exceptional)
Lenora Coop	United States	Record daily precipitation	88.9 mm (3.5 in)	83 of 100 (Exceptional)
Osceola	United States	Record daily precipitation	96.8 mm (3.8 in)	83 of 100 (Exceptional)
Cheyenne	United States	Record daily precipitation	49.5 mm (1.9 in)	82 of 100 (Exceptional)
Healy	United States	Record daily precipitation	56.6 mm (2.2 in)	80 of 100 (Exceptional)
Wallace	United States	Record daily precipitation	47.8 mm (1.9 in)	80 of 100 (Exceptional)
Syracuse 1NE	United States	Record daily precipitation	34.5 mm (1.4 in)	79 of 100 (Major)
Scottsbluff W B Heilig Fld AP	United States	Record daily precipitation	29.5 mm (1.2 in)	79 of 100 (Major)
Scottsbluff W B Heilig Fld AP	United States	Record daily snowfall	27.9 cm (11.0 in)	79 of 100 (Major)
Julesburg	United States	Record daily precipitation	45.7 mm (1.8 in)	78 of 100 (Major)
Gresham 3W	United States	Record daily precipitation	96.0 mm (3.8 in)	78 of 100 (Major)
Mc Cook	United States	Record daily precipitation	44.2 mm (1.7 in)	76 of 100 (Major)
Polk	United States	Record daily precipitation	104.4 mm (4.1 in)	75 of 100 (Major)
Elwood 8 S	United States	Record daily precipitation	68.6 mm (2.7 in)	74 of 100 (Major)
Booker	United States	Record daily precipitation	61.5 mm (2.4 in)	72 of 100 (Major)
Holly	United States	Record daily precipitation	32.3 mm (1.3 in)	71 of 100 (Major)
Casper-Natrona Co AP	United States	Record daily snowfall	53.8 cm (21.2 in)	71 of 100 (Major)
Hays 1 S	United States	Record daily precipitation	62.5 mm (2.5 in)	70 of 100 (Major)
Columbus 3 NE	United States	Record daily precipitation	90.7 mm (3.6 in)	70 of 100 (Major)
Naponee	United States	Record daily precipitation	104.4 mm (4.1 in)	70 of 100 (Major)
Purdum	United States	Record daily precipitation	177.8 mm (7.0 in)	70 of 100 (Major)
Utica	United States	Record daily precipitation	109.7 mm (4.3 in)	70 of 100 (Major)
Superior	United States	Record daily precipitation	55.6 mm (2.2 in)	69 of 100 (Major)
Richfield	United States	Record daily precipitation	30.5 mm (1.2 in)	68 of 100 (Major)
Gothenburg	United States	Record daily precipitation	32.0 mm (1.3 in)	68 of 100 (Major)
Lincoln AP	United States	Record daily precipitation	75.4 mm (3.0 in)	68 of 100 (Major)
Hays	United States	Record daily precipitation	55.9 mm (2.2 in)	67 of 100 (Major)
Hachinohe	Japan	Record daily precipitation	67.1 mm (2.6 in)	66 of 100 (Major)
Norton 9SSE	United States	Record daily precipitation	54.1 mm (2.1 in)	66 of 100 (Major)
Sidney 6NNW	United States	Record daily precipitation	76.2 mm (3.0 in)	66 of 100 (Major)
Stockville	United States	Record daily precipitation	69.6 mm (2.7 in)	66 of 100 (Major)
Lamar	United States	Record daily precipitation	37.8 mm (1.5 in)	65 of 100 (Major)
Burwell 2WSW	United States	Record daily precipitation	44.7 mm (1.8 in)	65 of 100 (Major)
N Platte Rgnl AP	United States	Record daily precipitation	41.7 mm (1.6 in)	65 of 100 (Major)
Boulder	United States	Record daily snowfall	44.5 cm (17.5 in)	64 of 100 (Major)
Benkelman 1N	United States	Record daily precipitation	56.6 mm (2.2 in)	64 of 100 (Major)
N Platte Exp Farm	United States	Record daily precipitation	66.3 mm (2.6 in)	64 of 100 (Major)
Boulder	United States	Record snow depth	45.7 cm (18.0 in)	63 of 100 (Major)
Crescent Lake Nwr	United States	Record daily precipitation	61.0 mm (2.4 in)	63 of 100 (Major)
Gruver	United States	Record daily precipitation	51.3 mm (2.0 in)	63 of 100 (Major)
Miyako	Japan	Record daily precipitation	87.1 mm (3.4 in)	62 of 100 (Major)
Loretta 1W	United States	Record daily precipitation	61.0 mm (2.4 in)	62 of 100 (Major)
Ulysses 3NE	United States	Record daily precipitation	26.9 mm (1.1 in)	62 of 100 (Major)
Hastings 4N	United States	Record daily precipitation	56.4 mm (2.2 in)	62 of 100 (Major)
Dresden	United States	Record daily precipitation	52.1 mm (2.1 in)	61 of 100 (Major)
Curtis	United States	Record daily precipitation	59.7 mm (2.4 in)	61 of 100 (Major)
Milford	United States	Record snow depth	40.6 cm (16.0 in)	61 of 100 (Major)
Fremont	United States	Record daily precipitation	46.5 mm (1.8 in)	60 of 100 (Major)
Bailey	United States	Record daily snowfall	49.0 cm (19.3 in)	59 of 100 (Notable)
Plainville 4WNW	United States	Record daily precipitation	72.1 mm (2.8 in)	59 of 100 (Notable)
Franklin #2	United States	Record daily precipitation	95.3 mm (3.8 in)	59 of 100 (Notable)
Minden	United States	Record daily precipitation	104.1 mm (4.1 in)	59 of 100 (Notable)
Orleans 2 W	United States	Record daily precipitation	69.1 mm (2.7 in)	59 of 100 (Notable)
Longmont 2 ESE	United States	Record daily snowfall	26.2 cm (10.3 in)	58 of 100 (Notable)
Ness City	United States	Record daily precipitation	48.3 mm (1.9 in)	58 of 100 (Notable)
Quinter	United States	Record daily precipitation	78.5 mm (3.1 in)	58 of 100 (Notable)
N Loup	United States	Record daily precipitation	58.2 mm (2.3 in)	58 of 100 (Notable)
Surprise	United States	Record daily precipitation	95.3 mm (3.8 in)	58 of 100 (Notable)
Sioux City AP	United States	Record daily precipitation	36.6 mm (1.4 in)	58 of 100 (Notable)
Hayes Center 1NW	United States	Record daily precipitation	45.2 mm (1.8 in)	58 of 100 (Notable)

Counts by Type and Timescale

1,037 records

Records set or tied on 14 March 2021 by type: Highest daily maximum 154, Lowest daily maximum 99, Highest daily minimum 71, Lowest daily minimum 64, Heaviest daily rainfall 552, Heaviest daily snowfall 61, Deepest snow cover 36.

Records on 14 March 2021 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	154
Lowest daily maximum	99
Highest daily minimum	71
Lowest daily minimum	64
Heaviest daily rainfall	552
Heaviest daily snowfall	61
Deepest snow cover	36

Records on 14 March 2021 by timescale: all-time 5, monthly 96, daily 936.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

938 broken records

Margins by which the 938 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 383.0. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

14 March 2021

Top 20 records on 14 March 2021 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
14 March 2021	Seward, US	monthly rain	86.1 mm (3.4 in)	28.2 mm (1.1 in)	106 years	84 of 100 (Exceptional)
14 March 2021	Lenora Coop, US	monthly rain	88.9 mm (3.5 in)	39.1 mm (1.5 in)	77 years	83 of 100 (Exceptional)
14 March 2021	Osceola, US	monthly rain	96.8 mm (3.8 in)	29.5 mm (1.2 in)	98 years	83 of 100 (Exceptional)
14 March 2021	Cheyenne, US	monthly rain	49.5 mm (1.9 in)	16.7 mm (0.7 in)	75 years	82 of 100 (Exceptional)
14 March 2021	Healy, US	daily rain	56.6 mm (2.2 in)	41.4 mm (1.6 in)	108 years	80 of 100 (Exceptional)
14 March 2021	Wallace, US	daily rain	47.8 mm (1.9 in)	37.6 mm (1.5 in)	108 years	80 of 100 (Exceptional)
14 March 2021	Syracuse 1NE, US	daily rain	34.5 mm (1.4 in)	24.3 mm (1.0 in)	96 years	79 of 100 (Major)
14 March 2021	Scottsbluff W B Heilig Fld AP, US	daily rain	29.5 mm (1.2 in)	19.3 mm (0.8 in)	121 years	79 of 100 (Major)
14 March 2021	Scottsbluff W B Heilig Fld AP, US	daily snowfall	27.9 cm (11.0 in)	17.7 cm (7.0 in)	121 years	79 of 100 (Major)
14 March 2021	Julesburg, US	daily rain	45.7 mm (1.8 in)	27.4 mm (1.1 in)	108 years	78 of 100 (Major)
14 March 2021	Gresham 3W, US	monthly rain	96.0 mm (3.8 in)	43.4 mm (1.7 in)	61 years	78 of 100 (Major)
14 March 2021	Mc Cook, US	daily rain	44.2 mm (1.7 in)	29.0 mm (1.1 in)	124 years	76 of 100 (Major)
14 March 2021	Polk, US	monthly rain	104.4 mm (4.1 in)	46.0 mm (1.8 in)	61 years	75 of 100 (Major)
14 March 2021	Elwood 8 S, US	monthly rain	68.6 mm (2.7 in)	17.8 mm (0.7 in)	119 years	74 of 100 (Major)
14 March 2021	Booker, US	daily rain	61.5 mm (2.4 in)	38.6 mm (1.5 in)	91 years	72 of 100 (Major)
14 March 2021	Holly, US	daily rain	32.3 mm (1.3 in)	20.4 mm (0.8 in)	92 years	71 of 100 (Major)
14 March 2021	Casper-Natrona Co AP, US	monthly snowfall	53.8 cm (21.2 in)	16.7 cm (6.6 in)	66 years	71 of 100 (Major)
14 March 2021	Hays 1 S, US	daily rain	62.5 mm (2.5 in)	51.1 mm (2.0 in)	68 years	70 of 100 (Major)
14 March 2021	Columbus 3 NE, US	monthly rain	90.7 mm (3.6 in)	41.2 mm (1.6 in)	33 years	70 of 100 (Major)
14 March 2021	Naponee, US	monthly rain	104.4 mm (4.1 in)	34.5 mm (1.4 in)	41 years	70 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

1810 to 2021

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1810 to 2021. 2021 had 1,037 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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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	870
50 to 100	33
100 to 150	14
150 to 200	7
200 to 250	4
250 to 300	6
300 to 350	1
350 to 400	3