Weather Records on 15 March 1922

39 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 15 March 1922. Highest significance: George Airport, ZA.

Key Facts for 15 March 1922

On 15 March 1922, 39 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
10 were record highs and 3 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 0 were all-time records, 3 monthly and 36 daily.
George Airport set a monthly record daily precipitation of 76.7 mm (3.0 in) on 15 March 1922.
Across 161 earlier years (1810 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 489 records.

Record Map

39 stations

39 station records on 15 March 1922 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 15 March 1922: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
George Airport	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	76.7 mm (3.0 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Barkly West (Tnk)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	53.3 mm (2.1 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Bologna	Italy	Record high minimum temperature	12.6 C (54.7 F)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Grafton 1 NE	United States	Record daily precipitation	54.6 mm (2.1 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Rowlesburg 1	United States	Record daily precipitation	53.8 mm (2.1 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Fairmont	United States	Record daily precipitation	45.7 mm (1.8 in)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Jacksonville Wb City	United States	Record daily precipitation	30.2 mm (1.2 in)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Junsele	Sweden	Record daily precipitation	12.1 mm (0.5 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Tartu	Estonia	Record daily precipitation	6.1 mm (0.24 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Prince Albert Road (Sar)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	8.6 mm (0.34 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Salekhard	Russia	Record daily precipitation	5.4 mm (0.21 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Stornoway Airport	United Kingdom	Record high maximum temperature	11.1 C (52.0 F)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Glenville	United States	Record daily precipitation	36.8 mm (1.4 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Point Pleasant	United States	Record daily precipitation	35.6 mm (1.4 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Ottawa	Canada	Record high maximum temperature	8.9 C (48.0 F)	19 of 100 (Routine)
Mt Carmel	United States	Record daily precipitation	50.8 mm (2.0 in)	19 of 100 (Routine)
Ida	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	27.4 mm (1.1 in)	18 of 100 (Routine)
Tunis	Tunisia	Record high minimum temperature	14.0 C (57.2 F)	18 of 100 (Routine)
Zanesville Wwtp	United States	Record daily precipitation	31.0 mm (1.2 in)	18 of 100 (Routine)
Falmouth	United States	Record daily precipitation	44.2 mm (1.7 in)	17 of 100 (Routine)
Innsbruck	Austria	Record high maximum temperature	17.7 C (63.9 F)	16 of 100 (Routine)
Tobolsk	Russia	Record high minimum temperature	-1.3 C (29.7 F)	15 of 100 (Routine)
Mt Vernon	United States	Record daily precipitation	26.4 mm (1.0 in)	14 of 100 (Routine)
Engcobo (Tnk)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	28.4 mm (1.1 in)	13 of 100 (Routine)
Greensboro Lock 7	United States	Record daily precipitation	32.5 mm (1.3 in)	13 of 100 (Routine)
Stanthorpe Leslie Parade	Australia	Record daily precipitation	14.7 mm (0.6 in)	11 of 100 (Routine)
Ottawa Cda	Canada	Record high maximum temperature	6.1 C (43.0 F)	10 of 100 (Routine)
Astoria	United States	Record low maximum temperature	6.1 C (43.0 F)	10 of 100 (Routine)
Aberdeen	United States	Record low maximum temperature	5.0 C (41.0 F)	10 of 100 (Routine)
Cobar Post Office	Australia	Record high minimum temperature	22.8 C (73.0 F)	8 of 100 (Routine)
Tallinn	Estonia	Record daily precipitation	4.8 mm (0.19 in)	8 of 100 (Routine)
Powell Creek	Australia	Record daily precipitation	29.7 mm (1.2 in)	7 of 100 (Routine)
Needles	United States	Record low minimum temperature	3.9 C (39.0 F)	7 of 100 (Routine)
Harpers Ferry River	United States	Record daily precipitation	21.6 mm (0.9 in)	7 of 100 (Routine)
Lock #4	United States	Record daily precipitation	21.6 mm (0.9 in)	5 of 100 (Routine)
Bredasdorp	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	15.2 mm (0.6 in)	3 of 100 (Routine)
Quebec	Canada	Record high minimum temperature	-1.1 C (30.0 F)	2 of 100 (Routine)
Kingston Queens U	Canada	Record high maximum temperature	10.0 C (50.0 F)	1 of 100 (Routine)
Confluence 1 NW	United States	Record daily precipitation	18.3 mm (0.7 in)	1 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

39 records

Records set or tied on 15 March 1922 by type: Highest daily maximum 5, Lowest daily maximum 2, Highest daily minimum 5, Lowest daily minimum 1, Heaviest daily rainfall 26.

Records on 15 March 1922 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	5
Lowest daily maximum	2
Highest daily minimum	5
Lowest daily minimum	1
Heaviest daily rainfall	26
Heaviest daily snowfall	0
Deepest snow cover	0

Records on 15 March 1922 by timescale: all-time 0, monthly 3, daily 36.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

35 broken records

Margins by which the 35 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 32.5. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

15 March 1922

Top 20 records on 15 March 1922 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
15 March 1922	George Airport, ZA	monthly rain	76.7 mm (3.0 in)	20.6 mm (0.8 in)	42 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
15 March 1922	Barkly West (Tnk), ZA	daily rain	53.3 mm (2.1 in)	32.5 mm (1.3 in)	30 years	43 of 100 (Notable)
15 March 1922	Bologna, IT	daily high min	12.6 C (54.7 F)	1.6 C (2.9 F)	95 years	42 of 100 (Notable)
15 March 1922	Grafton 1 NE, US	daily rain	54.6 mm (2.1 in)	27.2 mm (1.1 in)	9 years	34 of 100 (Routine)
15 March 1922	Rowlesburg 1, US	monthly rain	53.8 mm (2.1 in)	9.6 mm (0.38 in)	13 years	29 of 100 (Routine)
15 March 1922	Fairmont, US	monthly rain	45.7 mm (1.8 in)	4.3 mm (0.17 in)	15 years	22 of 100 (Routine)
15 March 1922	Jacksonville Wb City, US	daily rain	30.2 mm (1.2 in)	15.0 mm (0.6 in)	16 years	22 of 100 (Routine)
15 March 1922	Junsele, SE	daily rain	12.1 mm (0.5 in)	6.7 mm (0.26 in)	5 years	20 of 100 (Routine)
15 March 1922	Tartu, EE	daily rain	6.1 mm (0.24 in)	2.1 mm (0.08 in)	44 years	20 of 100 (Routine)
15 March 1922	Prince Albert Road (Sar), ZA	daily rain	8.6 mm (0.34 in)	8.6 mm (0.34 in)	40 years	20 of 100 (Routine)
15 March 1922	Salekhard, RU	daily rain	5.4 mm (0.21 in)	2.6 mm (0.10 in)	13 years	20 of 100 (Routine)
15 March 1922	Stornoway Airport, GB	daily high max	11.1 C (52.0 F)	0.5 C (0.9 F)	47 years	20 of 100 (Routine)
15 March 1922	Glenville, US	daily rain	36.8 mm (1.4 in)	8.1 mm (0.32 in)	26 years	20 of 100 (Routine)
15 March 1922	Point Pleasant, US	daily rain	35.6 mm (1.4 in)	7.9 mm (0.31 in)	26 years	20 of 100 (Routine)
15 March 1922	Ottawa, CA	daily high max	8.9 C (48.0 F)	1.7 C (3.1 F)	40 years	19 of 100 (Routine)
15 March 1922	Mt Carmel, US	daily rain	50.8 mm (2.0 in)	15.2 mm (0.6 in)	25 years	19 of 100 (Routine)
15 March 1922	Ida, ZA	daily rain	27.4 mm (1.1 in)	8.3 mm (0.33 in)	22 years	18 of 100 (Routine)
15 March 1922	Tunis, TN	daily high min	14.0 C (57.2 F)	2.0 C (3.6 F)	28 years	18 of 100 (Routine)
15 March 1922	Zanesville Wwtp, US	daily rain	31.0 mm (1.2 in)	10.7 mm (0.4 in)	9 years	18 of 100 (Routine)
15 March 1922	Falmouth, US	daily rain	44.2 mm (1.7 in)	14.2 mm (0.6 in)	5 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

1810 to 1922

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1810 to 1922. 1922 had 39 records.

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

Records on 03-15 in each year
Year	Records
1810	1
1813	1
1825	1
1826	1
1828	1
1835	1
1836	2
1839	1
1840	1
1845	3
1846	1
1850	1
1852	2
1854	1
1859	3
1863	1
1867	1
1869	1
1878	1
1882	3
1883	1
1884	3
1886	1
1887	1
1888	3
1889	3
1890	3
1891	5
1892	6
1893	5
1894	1
1895	4
1896	5
1898	3
1899	5
1900	12
1901	11
1902	14
1903	9
1904	6
1905	14
1906	36
1907	16
1908	43
1909	13
1910	23
1911	27
1912	51
1913	79
1914	32
1915	11
1916	34
1917	36
1918	81
1919	40
1920	43
1921	140
1922	39
1923	134
1924	145
1925	72
1926	169
1927	332
1928	193
1929	267
1930	240
1931	122
1932	610
1933	167
1934	298
1935	617
1936	298
1937	711
1938	505
1939	336
1940	340
1941	259
1942	399
1943	639
1944	622
1945	895
1946	915
1947	374
1948	198
1949	409
1950	249
1951	334
1952	358
1953	298
1954	340
1955	419
1956	534
1957	485
1958	431
1959	348
1960	972
1961	430
1962	585
1963	297
1964	411
1965	174
1966	893
1967	831
1968	545
1969	933
1970	541
1971	772
1972	814
1973	1,074
1974	439
1975	713
1976	220
1977	787
1978	566
1979	997
1980	503
1981	799
1982	997
1983	844
1984	638
1985	519
1986	771
1987	687
1988	1,599
1989	1,221
1990	2,255
1991	852
1992	1,131
1993	3,353
1994	1,405
1995	1,372
1996	706
1997	1,500
1998	847
1999	1,269
2000	458
2001	930
2002	1,317
2003	1,157
2004	1,046
2005	1,099
2006	688
2007	1,420
2008	903
2009	744
2010	675
2011	730
2012	2,297
2013	1,486
2014	397
2015	1,573
2016	948
2017	1,497
2018	538
2019	861
2020	1,128
2021	916
2022	491
2023	768
2024	1,401
2025	1,162
2026	877

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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 5	19
5 to 10	9
10 to 15	2
15 to 20	2
20 to 25	1
25 to 30	1
30 to 35	1