Weather Records on 21 March 2025
845 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 21 March 2025. Highest significance: Lake Eildon, AU.
Key Facts for 21 March 2025
- On 21 March 2025, 845 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
- 594 were record highs and 97 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
- By timescale, 1 were all-time records, 33 monthly and 811 daily.
- Lake Eildon set a daily record precipitation of 78.0 mm (3.1 in) on 21 March 2025.
- Across 157 earlier years (1797 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 480 records.
Record Map
845 stations| Station | Country | Type | Value | Significance |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Lake Eildon | Australia | Record daily precipitation | 78.0 mm (3.1 in) | 66 of 100 (Major) |
| Ouyen (Post Office) | Australia | Record daily precipitation | 64.0 mm (2.5 in) | 57 of 100 (Notable) |
| Calvinia | South Africa | Record daily precipitation | 49.0 mm (1.9 in) | 54 of 100 (Notable) |
| White Pass E.S. | United States | Record daily precipitation | 43.2 mm (1.7 in) | 53 of 100 (Notable) |
| Cape Barren Island (Cape Barre | Australia | Record daily precipitation | 38.2 mm (1.5 in) | 52 of 100 (Notable) |
| Beechworth Composite | Australia | Record daily precipitation | 59.0 mm (2.3 in) | 50 of 100 (Notable) |
| Elazig | Turkey | Record daily precipitation | 34.8 mm (1.4 in) | 49 of 100 (Notable) |
| Dandaloo (Tyrie Homestead) | Australia | Record daily precipitation | 70.0 mm (2.8 in) | 48 of 100 (Notable) |
| Irkutsk | Russia | Record high maximum temperature | 19.4 C (66.9 F) | 48 of 100 (Notable) |
| Mulwala Post Office | Australia | Record daily precipitation | 44.0 mm (1.7 in) | 47 of 100 (Notable) |
| Winchelsea (Post Office) | Australia | Record daily precipitation | 35.8 mm (1.4 in) | 47 of 100 (Notable) |
| Danglemah (Rutherglen) | Australia | Record daily precipitation | 36.0 mm (1.4 in) | 46 of 100 (Notable) |
| Trinidad | Australia | Record daily precipitation | 132.5 mm (5.2 in) | 45 of 100 (Notable) |
| Trier-Zewen | Germany | Record high maximum temperature | 22.7 C (72.9 F) | 45 of 100 (Notable) |
| Nizhneudinsk | Russia | Record high maximum temperature | 19.1 C (66.4 F) | 45 of 100 (Notable) |
| Tulun | Russia | Record high maximum temperature | 17.6 C (63.7 F) | 45 of 100 (Notable) |
| Chiltern (Post Office) | Australia | Record daily precipitation | 39.0 mm (1.5 in) | 44 of 100 (Notable) |
| Lancang | China | Record low maximum temperature | 21.3 C (70.3 F) | 44 of 100 (Notable) |
| Maastricht | Netherlands | Record high maximum temperature | 22.8 C (73.0 F) | 44 of 100 (Notable) |
| Vladivostok | Russia | Record high maximum temperature | 14.9 C (58.8 F) | 43 of 100 (Notable) |
| Tullamore (Old Post Office) | Australia | Record daily precipitation | 38.0 mm (1.5 in) | 42 of 100 (Notable) |
| Wakool (Calimo) | Australia | Record daily precipitation | 51.8 mm (2.0 in) | 42 of 100 (Notable) |
| Flinders Island Airport | Australia | Record daily precipitation | 39.0 mm (1.5 in) | 42 of 100 (Notable) |
| Jinzhou | China | Record high maximum temperature | 25.5 C (77.9 F) | 42 of 100 (Notable) |
| Bajandaj | Russia | Record high maximum temperature | 14.2 C (57.6 F) | 42 of 100 (Notable) |
| Somerton (Clermont Park) | Australia | Record daily precipitation | 27.6 mm (1.1 in) | 41 of 100 (Notable) |
| Indigo | Australia | Record daily precipitation | 41.4 mm (1.6 in) | 41 of 100 (Notable) |
| Buckley (Balliwindi) | Australia | Record daily precipitation | 30.2 mm (1.2 in) | 41 of 100 (Notable) |
| Essen-Bredeney | Germany | Record high maximum temperature | 22.6 C (72.7 F) | 41 of 100 (Notable) |
| Leeuwarden | Netherlands | Record high maximum temperature | 20.9 C (69.6 F) | 41 of 100 (Notable) |
| Bajandaj | Russia | Record high minimum temperature | -1.7 C (28.9 F) | 41 of 100 (Notable) |
| Hamar-Daban | Russia | Record high minimum temperature | 0.1 C (32.2 F) | 41 of 100 (Notable) |
| Peak Hill (Bruie Plains) | Australia | Record daily precipitation | 42.8 mm (1.7 in) | 40 of 100 (Notable) |
| Kleve | Germany | Record high maximum temperature | 22.9 C (73.2 F) | 40 of 100 (Notable) |
| Worms | Germany | Record high maximum temperature | 23.7 C (74.7 F) | 40 of 100 (Notable) |
| Den Helder-1 | Netherlands | Record high maximum temperature | 19.3 C (66.7 F) | 40 of 100 (Notable) |
| De Bilt | Netherlands | Record high maximum temperature | 21.9 C (71.4 F) | 40 of 100 (Notable) |
| Tajshet | Russia | Record high maximum temperature | 14.2 C (57.6 F) | 40 of 100 (Notable) |
| Bungowannah (Roseleigh) | Australia | Record daily precipitation | 46.4 mm (1.8 in) | 39 of 100 (Notable) |
| Alexandra (Post Office) | Australia | Record daily precipitation | 73.0 mm (2.9 in) | 39 of 100 (Notable) |
| Highlands (Glentannar) | Australia | Record daily precipitation | 40.0 mm (1.6 in) | 39 of 100 (Notable) |
| Wasserkuppe | Germany | Record high maximum temperature | 16.7 C (62.1 F) | 39 of 100 (Notable) |
| Pendra Road | India | Record low maximum temperature | 23.8 C (74.8 F) | 39 of 100 (Notable) |
| Semej | Kazakhstan | Record high maximum temperature | 14.6 C (58.3 F) | 39 of 100 (Notable) |
| Aginskoe | Russia | Record high maximum temperature | 14.0 C (57.2 F) | 39 of 100 (Notable) |
| Timiryazevskij | Russia | Record high maximum temperature | 16.0 C (60.8 F) | 39 of 100 (Notable) |
| Shrub Oak | United States | Record daily precipitation | 26.2 mm (1.0 in) | 39 of 100 (Notable) |
| Samarkand | Uzbekistan | Record high maximum temperature | 30.2 C (86.4 F) | 39 of 100 (Notable) |
| Manfred Downs Station | Australia | Record daily precipitation | 64.0 mm (2.5 in) | 38 of 100 (Notable) |
| Kaiserslautern | Germany | Record high maximum temperature | 21.4 C (70.5 F) | 38 of 100 (Notable) |
| Dusseldorf | Germany | Record high maximum temperature | 22.9 C (73.2 F) | 38 of 100 (Notable) |
| Koln-Bonn | Germany | Record high maximum temperature | 22.5 C (72.5 F) | 38 of 100 (Notable) |
| Weilerswist-Lommersum | Germany | Record high maximum temperature | 21.8 C (71.2 F) | 38 of 100 (Notable) |
| Schmucke | Germany | Record high maximum temperature | 16.1 C (61.0 F) | 38 of 100 (Notable) |
| Wuppertal-Buchenhofen | Germany | Record high maximum temperature | 22.4 C (72.3 F) | 38 of 100 (Notable) |
| Bremerhaven | Germany | Record high maximum temperature | 19.3 C (66.7 F) | 38 of 100 (Notable) |
| Rhein Main | Germany | Record high maximum temperature | 22.5 C (72.5 F) | 38 of 100 (Notable) |
| Eelde-1 | Netherlands | Record high maximum temperature | 21.0 C (69.8 F) | 38 of 100 (Notable) |
| Springbok | South Africa | Record daily precipitation | 45.0 mm (1.8 in) | 38 of 100 (Notable) |
| Simao | China | Record low maximum temperature | 17.6 C (63.7 F) | 37 of 100 (Notable) |
Counts by Type and Timescale
845 records| Record type | Records |
|---|---|
| Highest daily maximum | 355 |
| Lowest daily maximum | 50 |
| Highest daily minimum | 239 |
| Lowest daily minimum | 47 |
| Heaviest daily rainfall | 151 |
| Heaviest daily snowfall | 1 |
| Deepest snow cover | 2 |
| Timescale | Records |
|---|---|
| all-time | 1 |
| monthly | 33 |
| daily | 811 |
How Much Records Were Beaten By
769 broken records| Margin | Records |
|---|---|
| 0 to 10 | 717 |
| 10 to 20 | 32 |
| 20 to 30 | 13 |
| 30 to 40 | 3 |
| 40 to 50 | 1 |
| 50 to 60 | 2 |
| 60 to 70 | 0 |
| 70 to 80 | 1 |
Top 20 by Significance
21 March 2025| Date | Station | Record | Value | Beat old record by | Old record stood | Significance |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 21 March 2025 | Lake Eildon, AU | daily rain | 78.0 mm (3.1 in) | 28.5 mm (1.1 in) | 96 years | 66 of 100 (Major) |
| 21 March 2025 | Ouyen (Post Office), AU | monthly rain | 64.0 mm (2.5 in) | 12.7 mm (0.5 in) | 75 years | 57 of 100 (Notable) |
| 21 March 2025 | Calvinia, ZA | daily rain | 49.0 mm (1.9 in) | 23.0 mm (0.9 in) | 78 years | 54 of 100 (Notable) |
| 21 March 2025 | White Pass E.S., US | daily rain | 43.2 mm (1.7 in) | 30.5 mm (1.2 in) | 31 years | 53 of 100 (Notable) |
| 21 March 2025 | Cape Barren Island (Cape Barre, AU | daily rain | 38.2 mm (1.5 in) | 17.9 mm (0.7 in) | 94 years | 52 of 100 (Notable) |
| 21 March 2025 | Beechworth Composite, AU | daily rain | 59.0 mm (2.3 in) | 13.3 mm (0.5 in) | 99 years | 50 of 100 (Notable) |
| 21 March 2025 | Elazig, TR | daily rain | 34.8 mm (1.4 in) | 21.3 mm (0.8 in) | 42 years | 49 of 100 (Notable) |
| 21 March 2025 | Dandaloo (Tyrie Homestead), AU | daily rain | 70.0 mm (2.8 in) | 24.0 mm (0.9 in) | 68 years | 48 of 100 (Notable) |
| 21 March 2025 | Irkutsk, RU | daily high max | 19.4 C (66.9 F) | 8.5 C (15.3 F) | 84 years | 48 of 100 (Notable) |
| 21 March 2025 | Mulwala Post Office, AU | daily rain | 44.0 mm (1.7 in) | 10.7 mm (0.4 in) | 99 years | 47 of 100 (Notable) |
| 21 March 2025 | Winchelsea (Post Office), AU | daily rain | 35.8 mm (1.4 in) | 6.6 mm (0.26 in) | 96 years | 47 of 100 (Notable) |
| 21 March 2025 | Danglemah (Rutherglen), AU | daily rain | 36.0 mm (1.4 in) | 26.3 mm (1.0 in) | 55 years | 46 of 100 (Notable) |
| 21 March 2025 | Trinidad, AU | monthly rain | 132.5 mm (5.2 in) | 47.5 mm (1.9 in) | 14 years | 45 of 100 (Notable) |
| 21 March 2025 | Trier-Zewen, DE | daily high max | 22.7 C (72.9 F) | 2.8 C (5.0 F) | 98 years | 45 of 100 (Notable) |
| 21 March 2025 | Nizhneudinsk, RU | daily high max | 19.1 C (66.4 F) | 7.2 C (13.0 F) | 84 years | 45 of 100 (Notable) |
| 21 March 2025 | Tulun, RU | daily high max | 17.6 C (63.7 F) | 7.0 C (12.6 F) | 84 years | 45 of 100 (Notable) |
| 21 March 2025 | Chiltern (Post Office), AU | daily rain | 39.0 mm (1.5 in) | 11.1 mm (0.4 in) | 84 years | 44 of 100 (Notable) |
| 21 March 2025 | Lancang, CN | daily low max | 21.3 C (70.3 F) | 3.7 C (6.7 F) | 71 years | 44 of 100 (Notable) |
| 21 March 2025 | Maastricht, NL | daily high max | 22.8 C (73.0 F) | 2.6 C (4.7 F) | 98 years | 44 of 100 (Notable) |
| 21 March 2025 | Vladivostok, RU | daily high max | 14.9 C (58.8 F) | 5.4 C (9.7 F) | 72 years | 43 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 2025Counts for years before the ledger starts come from the same station rules.
| 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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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 . Last revised (2026-10-13).