Weather Records on 21 March 2023

815 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 21 March 2023. Highest significance: Bareilly, IN.

Key Facts for 21 March 2023

On 21 March 2023, 815 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
223 were record highs and 266 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 1 were all-time records, 12 monthly and 802 daily.
Bareilly set a daily record precipitation of 63.0 mm (2.5 in) on 21 March 2023.
Across 157 earlier years (1797 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 481 records.

Record Map

815 stations

815 station records on 21 March 2023 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 21 March 2023: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Bareilly	India	Record daily precipitation	63.0 mm (2.5 in)	78 of 100 (Major)
Guba	Azerbaijan	Record daily precipitation	99.3 mm (3.9 in)	74 of 100 (Major)
Goychay	Azerbaijan	Record daily precipitation	99.1 mm (3.9 in)	72 of 100 (Major)
Shoshoni	United States	Record snow depth	20.3 cm (8.0 in)	70 of 100 (Major)
Shimla	India	Record daily precipitation	31.0 mm (1.2 in)	60 of 100 (Major)
Ruby Lake Nwr	United States	Record snow depth	78.7 cm (31.0 in)	60 of 100 (Major)
Flagstaff AP	United States	Record daily precipitation	60.5 mm (2.4 in)	59 of 100 (Notable)
Jalpaiguri	India	Record daily precipitation	74.9 mm (2.9 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Cumbres Trestle	United States	Record daily precipitation	50.8 mm (2.0 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Rapa	French Polynesia	Record daily precipitation	130.0 mm (5.1 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Dhubri	India	Record daily precipitation	39.9 mm (1.6 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Chilly Barton Flat	United States	Record snow depth	33.0 cm (13.0 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Leadore #2	United States	Record daily snowfall	16.3 cm (6.4 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Preston	United States	Record snow depth	25.4 cm (10.0 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Big Falls	United States	Record daily snowfall	16.5 cm (6.5 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Jerome	United States	Record daily precipitation	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Mc Intosh 6 SE	United States	Record daily snowfall	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Promontory	United States	Record daily precipitation	91.4 mm (3.6 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Sugar City	United States	Record snow depth	58.4 cm (23.0 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Litchfield	United States	Record daily snowfall	31.0 cm (12.2 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Natural Brg	United States	Record daily precipitation	43.2 mm (1.7 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Port of Morgan	United States	Record snow depth	50.8 cm (20.0 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Uromiyeh	Iran	Record daily precipitation	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Lee Vining	United States	Record snow depth	121.9 cm (48.0 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Mackay Lost Rvr Rs	United States	Record snow depth	78.7 cm (31.0 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Morgan	United States	Record snow depth	45.7 cm (18.0 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Misurata	Libya	Record high minimum temperature	18.3 C (64.9 F)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Bonham Rsvr	United States	Record daily precipitation	50.8 mm (2.0 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Maybell	United States	Record snow depth	53.3 cm (21.0 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Livingston 12 S	United States	Record daily snowfall	20.3 cm (8.0 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Blanding	United States	Record daily snowfall	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Baggs	United States	Record snow depth	68.6 cm (27.0 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Buffalo	United States	Record daily snowfall	5.1 cm (2.0 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
March AFB	United States	Record daily precipitation	26.4 mm (1.0 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Tezpur	India	Record daily precipitation	43.9 mm (1.7 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Nogliki	Russia	Record high maximum temperature	10.2 C (50.4 F)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Lemmon	United States	Record snow depth	45.7 cm (18.0 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Heber	United States	Record daily precipitation	66.0 mm (2.6 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Heber (Black Mesa) Rs	United States	Record daily precipitation	37.1 mm (1.5 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Wamsutter	United States	Record snow depth	20.3 cm (8.0 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Wolf Creek Summit	United States	Record daily precipitation	58.4 mm (2.3 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Hayden	United States	Record snow depth	99.1 cm (39.0 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Osijek	Croatia	Record high minimum temperature	9.5 C (49.1 F)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Crystal Springs Exp STN	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-5.0 C (23.0 F)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Bowdle	United States	Record daily snowfall	6.4 cm (2.5 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Dupree	United States	Record daily snowfall	7.6 cm (3.0 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Shell	United States	Record snow depth	22.9 cm (9.0 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Vallecito	United States	Record daily precipitation	38.1 mm (1.5 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Whitewater	United States	Record snow depth	43.2 cm (17.0 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Bison	United States	Record daily snowfall	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Lemmon	United States	Record daily snowfall	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Laketown	United States	Record snow depth	48.3 cm (19.0 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
White Horse Lake	United States	Record daily precipitation	61.0 mm (2.4 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
San Diego Intl AP	United States	Record daily precipitation	26.9 mm (1.1 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Wheaton	United States	Record snow depth	76.2 cm (30.0 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Hinsdale 4 SW	United States	Record snow depth	25.4 cm (10.0 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Saint Ignatius	United States	Record high minimum temperature	7.8 C (46.0 F)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Alta	United States	Record snow depth	396.2 cm (156.0 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Rairden 2WSW	United States	Record daily snowfall	6.4 cm (2.5 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Riverton	United States	Record snow depth	25.4 cm (10.0 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)

Counts by Type and Timescale

815 records

Records set or tied on 21 March 2023 by type: Highest daily maximum 104, Lowest daily maximum 125, Highest daily minimum 119, Lowest daily minimum 141, Heaviest daily rainfall 181, Heaviest daily snowfall 50, Deepest snow cover 95.

Records on 21 March 2023 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	104
Lowest daily maximum	125
Highest daily minimum	119
Lowest daily minimum	141
Heaviest daily rainfall	181
Heaviest daily snowfall	50
Deepest snow cover	95

Records on 21 March 2023 by timescale: all-time 1, monthly 12, daily 802.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

672 broken records

Margins by which the 672 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 813.0. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

21 March 2023

Top 20 records on 21 March 2023 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
21 March 2023	Bareilly, IN	daily rain	63.0 mm (2.5 in)	58.4 mm (2.3 in)	104 years	78 of 100 (Major)
21 March 2023	Guba, AZ	daily rain	99.3 mm (3.9 in)	95.5 mm (3.8 in)	86 years	74 of 100 (Major)
21 March 2023	Goychay, AZ	daily rain	99.1 mm (3.9 in)	91.0 mm (3.6 in)	82 years	72 of 100 (Major)
21 March 2023	Shoshoni, US	daily snow depth	20.3 cm (8.0 in)	20.3 cm (8.0 in)	72 years	70 of 100 (Major)
21 March 2023	Shimla, IN	daily rain	31.0 mm (1.2 in)	18.0 mm (0.7 in)	120 years	60 of 100 (Major)
21 March 2023	Ruby Lake Nwr, US	daily snow depth	78.7 cm (31.0 in)	48.2 cm (19.0 in)	40 years	60 of 100 (Major)
21 March 2023	Flagstaff AP, US	daily rain	60.5 mm (2.4 in)	34.6 mm (1.4 in)	32 years	59 of 100 (Notable)
21 March 2023	Jalpaiguri, IN	monthly rain	74.9 mm (2.9 in)	6.3 mm (0.25 in)	97 years	54 of 100 (Notable)
21 March 2023	Cumbres Trestle, US	daily rain	50.8 mm (2.0 in)	33.0 mm (1.3 in)	40 years	54 of 100 (Notable)
21 March 2023	Rapa, PF	daily rain	130.0 mm (5.1 in)	96.0 mm (3.8 in)	28 years	53 of 100 (Notable)
21 March 2023	Dhubri, IN	daily rain	39.9 mm (1.6 in)	13.0 mm (0.5 in)	120 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
21 March 2023	Chilly Barton Flat, US	daily snow depth	33.0 cm (13.0 in)	25.4 cm (10.0 in)	12 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
21 March 2023	Leadore #2, US	daily snowfall	16.3 cm (6.4 in)	16.0 cm (6.3 in)	16 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
21 March 2023	Preston, US	daily snow depth	25.4 cm (10.0 in)	20.3 cm (8.0 in)	53 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
21 March 2023	Big Falls, US	daily snowfall	16.5 cm (6.5 in)	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	48 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
21 March 2023	Jerome, US	daily rain	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	8.1 mm (0.32 in)	106 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
21 March 2023	Mc Intosh 6 SE, US	daily snowfall	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	5.1 cm (2.0 in)	106 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
21 March 2023	Promontory, US	daily rain	91.4 mm (3.6 in)	55.8 mm (2.2 in)	32 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
21 March 2023	Sugar City, US	daily snow depth	58.4 cm (23.0 in)	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	105 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
21 March 2023	Litchfield, US	daily snowfall	31.0 cm (12.2 in)	18.3 cm (7.2 in)	30 years	48 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 2023

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1797 to 2023. 2023 had 815 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	2,615

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Data for records on 2023-03-21: 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 2026-10-14 (14 October 2026). Records are computed by this site and are not official.

Data as of 2026-10-13. Last revised 13 October 2026 (2026-10-13).

Margin	Records
0 to 200	647
200 to 400	20
400 to 600	3
600 to 800	1
800 to 1000	1