Weather Records on 22 March 1916

58 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 22 March 1916. Highest significance: Toledo Blade, US.

Key Facts for 22 March 1916

On 22 March 1916, 58 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
2 were record highs and 17 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 0 were all-time records, 1 monthly and 57 daily.
Toledo Blade set a daily record precipitation of 38.1 mm (1.5 in) on 22 March 1916.
Across 164 earlier years (1794 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 477 records.

Record Map

58 stations

58 station records on 22 March 1916 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 22 March 1916: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Toledo Blade	United States	Record daily precipitation	38.1 mm (1.5 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Windsor Riverside	Canada	Record daily snowfall	17.8 cm (7.0 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Yarmouth	Canada	Record daily snowfall	26.7 cm (10.5 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Milwaukee Wb City	United States	Record daily snowfall	25.4 cm (10.0 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Chatham 2	Canada	Record daily snowfall	20.3 cm (8.0 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Morgantown 1	United States	Record daily precipitation	30.2 mm (1.2 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Madison Wb City	United States	Record daily precipitation	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Cottam	Canada	Record daily snowfall	20.3 cm (8.0 in)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Fredericton Unb	Canada	Record low minimum temperature	-27.2 C (-17.0 F)	23 of 100 (Routine)
St. Petersburg	Russia	Record low maximum temperature	-10.9 C (12.4 F)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Kei Road (Pol)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	31.8 mm (1.3 in)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Port Jervis	United States	Record daily snowfall	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Munchen-Nymphenburg	Germany	Record daily precipitation	13.6 mm (0.5 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Buffalo	United States	Record daily precipitation	14.0 mm (0.6 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Dubuque River	United States	Record daily snowfall	16.5 cm (6.5 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Windsor Riverside	Canada	Record daily precipitation	17.8 mm (0.7 in)	19 of 100 (Routine)
Yarmouth	Canada	Record daily precipitation	26.7 mm (1.1 in)	19 of 100 (Routine)
Rowlesburg 1	United States	Record daily precipitation	31.5 mm (1.2 in)	19 of 100 (Routine)
Chicoutimi	Canada	Record low minimum temperature	-30.0 C (-22.0 F)	17 of 100 (Routine)
Jokkmokk	Sweden	Record low minimum temperature	-31.0 C (-23.8 F)	17 of 100 (Routine)
Chatham 2	Canada	Record daily precipitation	20.3 mm (0.8 in)	16 of 100 (Routine)
Quebec	Canada	Record low minimum temperature	-21.1 C (-6.0 F)	15 of 100 (Routine)
Lake Cochituate	United States	Record daily precipitation	19.8 mm (0.8 in)	15 of 100 (Routine)
Reading Wb City	United States	Record daily precipitation	23.1 mm (0.9 in)	15 of 100 (Routine)
Plauen	Germany	Record daily precipitation	8.4 mm (0.33 in)	14 of 100 (Routine)
Buffalo	United States	Record daily snowfall	9.7 cm (3.8 in)	14 of 100 (Routine)
Dubuque River	United States	Record daily precipitation	24.1 mm (0.9 in)	14 of 100 (Routine)
Moose Factory	Canada	Record low minimum temperature	-32.8 C (-27.0 F)	13 of 100 (Routine)
Tobolsk	Russia	Record daily precipitation	2.9 mm (0.11 in)	13 of 100 (Routine)
Cullendale	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	21.1 mm (0.8 in)	13 of 100 (Routine)
Vasteras-Hasslo	Sweden	Record low maximum temperature	-8.2 C (17.2 F)	13 of 100 (Routine)
Concord	United States	Record daily snowfall	13.5 cm (5.3 in)	13 of 100 (Routine)
Chatham	Canada	Record low minimum temperature	-24.4 C (-11.9 F)	12 of 100 (Routine)
Newark Liberty Intl AP	United States	Record daily snowfall	8.4 cm (3.3 in)	12 of 100 (Routine)
Cottam	Canada	Record daily precipitation	20.3 mm (0.8 in)	11 of 100 (Routine)
Heinersreuth-Vollhof	Germany	Record high minimum temperature	5.0 C (41.0 F)	11 of 100 (Routine)
Colesberg (Tnk)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	8.9 mm (0.35 in)	11 of 100 (Routine)
Philadelphia City	United States	Record daily precipitation	23.1 mm (0.9 in)	11 of 100 (Routine)
Cet Central England	United Kingdom	Record low maximum temperature	2.7 C (36.9 F)	10 of 100 (Routine)
Milwaukee Wb City	United States	Record daily precipitation	20.3 mm (0.8 in)	10 of 100 (Routine)
Dubuque River	United States	Record snow depth	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	10 of 100 (Routine)
Uccle	Belgium	Record daily precipitation	9.8 mm (0.39 in)	9 of 100 (Routine)
Venterstad	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	7.6 mm (0.30 in)	9 of 100 (Routine)
Table.Mtn Platteklip	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	31.0 mm (1.2 in)	8 of 100 (Routine)
Haparanda	Sweden	Record low maximum temperature	-13.0 C (8.6 F)	7 of 100 (Routine)
Haparanda	Sweden	Record low minimum temperature	-30.0 C (-22.0 F)	7 of 100 (Routine)
Pitea	Sweden	Record low minimum temperature	-27.5 C (-17.5 F)	6 of 100 (Routine)
Houston Wb City	United States	Record high maximum temperature	31.7 C (89.1 F)	6 of 100 (Routine)
Madison Wb City	United States	Record daily snowfall	27.9 cm (11.0 in)	5 of 100 (Routine)
Moose Factory	Canada	Record low maximum temperature	-13.9 C (7.0 F)	3 of 100 (Routine)
Charlottetown	Canada	Record low minimum temperature	-17.8 C (0.0 F)	3 of 100 (Routine)
Vasteras-Hasslo	Sweden	Record low minimum temperature	-14.5 C (5.9 F)	3 of 100 (Routine)
Concord	United States	Record low maximum temperature	-2.8 C (27.0 F)	3 of 100 (Routine)
Portland Rfc City	United States	Record daily snowfall	0.5 cm (0.2 in)	3 of 100 (Routine)
Port Stanley	Canada	Record daily snowfall	9.7 cm (3.8 in)	2 of 100 (Routine)
Sydney	Canada	Record daily snowfall	7.6 cm (3.0 in)	2 of 100 (Routine)
Gorki	Belarus	Record daily precipitation	8.0 mm (0.31 in)	1 of 100 (Routine)
Portland	United States	Record low maximum temperature	-2.2 C (28.0 F)	1 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

58 records

Records set or tied on 22 March 1916 by type: Highest daily maximum 1, Lowest daily maximum 7, Highest daily minimum 1, Lowest daily minimum 10, Heaviest daily rainfall 24, Heaviest daily snowfall 14, Deepest snow cover 1.

Records on 22 March 1916 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	1
Lowest daily maximum	7
Highest daily minimum	1
Lowest daily minimum	10
Heaviest daily rainfall	24
Heaviest daily snowfall	14
Deepest snow cover	1

Records on 22 March 1916 by timescale: all-time 0, monthly 1, daily 57.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

49 broken records

Margins by which the 49 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 165.0. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

22 March 1916

Top 20 records on 22 March 1916 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
22 March 1916	Toledo Blade, US	daily rain	38.1 mm (1.5 in)	21.8 mm (0.9 in)	23 years	44 of 100 (Notable)
22 March 1916	Windsor Riverside, CA	daily snowfall	17.8 cm (7.0 in)	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	48 years	36 of 100 (Notable)
22 March 1916	Yarmouth, CA	daily snowfall	26.7 cm (10.5 in)	16.5 cm (6.5 in)	18 years	34 of 100 (Routine)
22 March 1916	Milwaukee Wb City, US	daily snowfall	25.4 cm (10.0 in)	11.4 cm (4.5 in)	22 years	32 of 100 (Routine)
22 March 1916	Chatham 2, CA	daily snowfall	20.3 cm (8.0 in)	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	2 years	30 of 100 (Routine)
22 March 1916	Morgantown 1, US	daily rain	30.2 mm (1.2 in)	12.2 mm (0.5 in)	36 years	28 of 100 (Routine)
22 March 1916	Madison Wb City, US	daily rain	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	11.7 mm (0.5 in)	22 years	26 of 100 (Routine)
22 March 1916	Cottam, CA	daily snowfall	20.3 cm (8.0 in)	10.1 cm (4.0 in)	2 years	23 of 100 (Routine)
22 March 1916	Fredericton Unb, CA	daily low min	-27.2 C (-17.0 F)	7.2 C (13.0 F)	30 years	23 of 100 (Routine)
22 March 1916	St. Petersburg, RU	daily low max	-10.9 C (12.4 F)	3.8 C (6.8 F)	34 years	21 of 100 (Routine)
22 March 1916	Kei Road (Pol), ZA	daily rain	31.8 mm (1.3 in)	8.9 mm (0.35 in)	31 years	21 of 100 (Routine)
22 March 1916	Port Jervis, US	daily snowfall	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	7.7 cm (3.0 in)	16 years	21 of 100 (Routine)
22 March 1916	Munchen-Nymphenburg, DE	daily rain	13.6 mm (0.5 in)	4.2 mm (0.17 in)	29 years	20 of 100 (Routine)
22 March 1916	Buffalo, US	daily rain	14.0 mm (0.6 in)	5.6 mm (0.22 in)	21 years	20 of 100 (Routine)
22 March 1916	Dubuque River, US	daily snowfall	16.5 cm (6.5 in)	5.1 cm (2.0 in)	22 years	20 of 100 (Routine)
22 March 1916	Windsor Riverside, CA	daily rain	17.8 mm (0.7 in)	7.1 mm (0.28 in)	16 years	19 of 100 (Routine)
22 March 1916	Yarmouth, CA	daily rain	26.7 mm (1.1 in)	12.2 mm (0.5 in)	13 years	19 of 100 (Routine)
22 March 1916	Rowlesburg 1, US	daily rain	31.5 mm (1.2 in)	7.1 mm (0.28 in)	25 years	19 of 100 (Routine)
22 March 1916	Chicoutimi, CA	daily low min	-30.0 C (-22.0 F)	4.4 C (7.9 F)	30 years	17 of 100 (Routine)
22 March 1916	Jokkmokk, SE	daily low min	-31.0 C (-23.8 F)	5.0 C (9.0 F)	29 years	17 of 100 (Routine)

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

1794 to 1916

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1794 to 1916. 1916 had 58 records.

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

Records on 03-22 in each year
Year	Records
1794	1
1797	1
1808	1
1818	1
1822	2
1828	1
1836	1
1837	1
1844	1
1845	1
1846	1
1852	1
1857	1
1858	1
1865	6
1867	1
1871	1
1872	1
1874	1
1875	2
1876	1
1877	2
1879	1
1880	1
1881	1
1883	3
1884	2
1885	4
1886	2
1887	1
1889	1
1892	2
1893	1
1894	2
1896	8
1897	9
1898	4
1899	10
1900	2
1901	5
1902	15
1903	19
1904	10
1905	5
1906	14
1907	43
1908	4
1909	8
1910	23
1911	11
1912	13
1913	54
1914	59
1915	21
1916	58
1917	33
1918	38
1919	15
1920	42
1921	27
1922	164
1923	70
1924	62
1925	222
1926	415
1927	399
1928	156
1929	384
1930	199
1931	294
1932	260
1933	149
1934	287
1935	469
1936	301
1937	174
1938	868
1939	585
1940	440
1941	352
1942	277
1943	218
1944	546
1945	340
1946	362
1947	235
1948	666
1949	374
1950	588
1951	370
1952	1,763
1953	332
1954	445
1955	1,315
1956	450
1957	348
1958	540
1959	333
1960	926
1961	260
1962	303
1963	518
1964	492
1965	1,034
1966	635
1967	561
1968	923
1969	271
1970	563
1971	476
1972	691
1973	512
1974	838
1975	695
1976	353
1977	574
1978	814
1979	1,068
1980	571
1981	895
1982	716
1983	1,760
1984	611
1985	538
1986	1,673
1987	861
1988	949
1989	821
1990	1,428
1991	1,484
1992	975
1993	890
1994	796
1995	1,486
1996	862
1997	1,019
1998	1,136
1999	930
2000	1,221
2001	1,326
2002	1,748
2003	989
2004	1,591
2005	865
2006	1,080
2007	1,497
2008	816
2009	769
2010	1,083
2011	1,265
2012	2,655
2013	1,329
2014	508
2015	458
2016	566
2017	1,038
2018	1,022
2019	552
2020	372
2021	568
2022	1,005
2023	1,202
2024	486
2025	720
2026	2,228

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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 2026-10-15. Last revised 15 October 2026 (2026-10-15).

Margin	Records
0 to 25	40
25 to 50	2
50 to 75	1
75 to 100	1
100 to 125	3
125 to 150	0
150 to 175	2