Weather Records on 17 March 1922

49 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 17 March 1922. Highest significance: Minnedosa, CA.

Key Facts for 17 March 1922

On 17 March 1922, 49 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
11 were record highs and 4 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 0 were all-time records, 2 monthly and 47 daily.
Minnedosa set a daily record snowfall of 20.3 cm (8.0 in) on 17 March 1922.
Across 161 earlier years (1825 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 478 records.

Record Map

49 stations

49 station records on 17 March 1922 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 17 March 1922: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Minnedosa	Canada	Record daily snowfall	20.3 cm (8.0 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Calitzdorp Pol	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	44.5 mm (1.8 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Oudtshoorn	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	45.2 mm (1.8 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Halifax	Canada	Record daily snowfall	24.1 cm (9.5 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Robertson	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	55.9 mm (2.2 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Ladismith (Tnk)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	34.8 mm (1.4 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Alexandria (Pol)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	33.0 mm (1.3 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Battleford	Canada	Record daily snowfall	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Buffelsnek (Bos)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	66.0 mm (2.6 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Harkerville (Bos)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	61.0 mm (2.4 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Goudveld (Bos)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	46.5 mm (1.8 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Uniondale (Tnk)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	32.8 mm (1.3 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Klipfontein	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	27.2 mm (1.1 in)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Melbourne Regional Office	Australia	Record high maximum temperature	33.5 C (92.3 F)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Montagu (Pol)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	34.0 mm (1.3 in)	22 of 100 (Routine)
George Airport	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	46.2 mm (1.8 in)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Minnedosa	Canada	Record daily precipitation	20.3 mm (0.8 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Battleford	Canada	Record daily precipitation	10.2 mm (0.4 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Kendrew Estates	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	19.1 mm (0.8 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Leeu Gamka (Sar)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	21.3 mm (0.8 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Port Alfred	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	22.4 mm (0.9 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Worcester	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	19.1 mm (0.8 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Fort Chipewyan	Canada	Record daily precipitation	7.6 mm (0.30 in)	19 of 100 (Routine)
Fort Chipewyan	Canada	Record daily snowfall	7.6 cm (3.0 in)	19 of 100 (Routine)
Bloukrans (Bos)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	44.5 mm (1.8 in)	17 of 100 (Routine)
Winterhoek	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	19.1 mm (0.8 in)	17 of 100 (Routine)
Great Falls 16St	United States	Record daily precipitation	4.3 mm (0.17 in)	15 of 100 (Routine)
Hobart (Ellerslie Road)	Australia	Record high maximum temperature	29.9 C (85.8 F)	14 of 100 (Routine)
Treherne	Canada	Record daily precipitation	8.1 mm (0.32 in)	14 of 100 (Routine)
Port Lincoln	Australia	Record high maximum temperature	34.4 C (93.9 F)	13 of 100 (Routine)
Walsingham 1	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	7.9 mm (0.31 in)	13 of 100 (Routine)
Huron Rgnl AP	United States	Record high minimum temperature	3.9 C (39.0 F)	13 of 100 (Routine)
Goondiwindi Post Office	Australia	Record high maximum temperature	36.7 C (98.1 F)	12 of 100 (Routine)
Charleville Post Office	Australia	Record high maximum temperature	38.4 C (101.1 F)	12 of 100 (Routine)
Zametchino	Russia	Record daily precipitation	3.5 mm (0.14 in)	12 of 100 (Routine)
Mackay Post Office	Australia	Record low minimum temperature	17.8 C (64.0 F)	11 of 100 (Routine)
Adelaide West Terrace	Australia	Record high maximum temperature	37.6 C (99.7 F)	10 of 100 (Routine)
Forbes (Camp Street)	Australia	Record high maximum temperature	35.6 C (96.1 F)	10 of 100 (Routine)
Minneapolis	United States	Record high minimum temperature	10.0 C (50.0 F)	8 of 100 (Routine)
Piketberg (Pol)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	3.3 mm (0.13 in)	7 of 100 (Routine)
Franklin	United States	Record high minimum temperature	8.9 C (48.0 F)	7 of 100 (Routine)
Swellendam (Tnk)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	36.8 mm (1.4 in)	5 of 100 (Routine)
Medicine Hat A	Canada	Record daily precipitation	0.5 mm (0.02 in)	3 of 100 (Routine)
Medicine Hat A	Canada	Record daily snowfall	0.5 cm (0.2 in)	3 of 100 (Routine)
Barkerville	Canada	Record low maximum temperature	-2.2 C (28.0 F)	2 of 100 (Routine)
San Diego Wbo	United States	Record low maximum temperature	13.3 C (55.9 F)	2 of 100 (Routine)
Agassiz Cda	Canada	Record low maximum temperature	5.0 C (41.0 F)	1 of 100 (Routine)
Brandon Cda	Canada	Record daily snowfall	5.1 cm (2.0 in)	1 of 100 (Routine)
Concordia ASOS	United States	Record high minimum temperature	9.4 C (48.9 F)	0 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

49 records

Records set or tied on 17 March 1922 by type: Highest daily maximum 7, Lowest daily maximum 3, Highest daily minimum 4, Lowest daily minimum 1, Heaviest daily rainfall 28, Heaviest daily snowfall 6.

Records on 17 March 1922 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	7
Lowest daily maximum	3
Highest daily minimum	4
Lowest daily minimum	1
Heaviest daily rainfall	28
Heaviest daily snowfall	6
Deepest snow cover	0

Records on 17 March 1922 by timescale: all-time 0, monthly 2, daily 47.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

42 broken records

Margins by which the 42 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 124.0. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

17 March 1922

Top 20 records on 17 March 1922 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
17 March 1922	Minnedosa, CA	daily snowfall	20.3 cm (8.0 in)	12.4 cm (4.9 in)	21 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
17 March 1922	Calitzdorp Pol, ZA	daily rain	44.5 mm (1.8 in)	31.3 mm (1.2 in)	40 years	44 of 100 (Notable)
17 March 1922	Oudtshoorn, ZA	daily rain	45.2 mm (1.8 in)	24.1 mm (0.9 in)	40 years	39 of 100 (Notable)
17 March 1922	Halifax, CA	daily snowfall	24.1 cm (9.5 in)	10.1 cm (4.0 in)	44 years	38 of 100 (Notable)
17 March 1922	Robertson, ZA	monthly rain	55.9 mm (2.2 in)	9.7 mm (0.38 in)	38 years	37 of 100 (Notable)
17 March 1922	Ladismith (Tnk), ZA	daily rain	34.8 mm (1.4 in)	17.0 mm (0.7 in)	40 years	34 of 100 (Routine)
17 March 1922	Alexandria (Pol), ZA	daily rain	33.0 mm (1.3 in)	22.8 mm (0.9 in)	5 years	28 of 100 (Routine)
17 March 1922	Battleford, CA	daily snowfall	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	5.6 cm (2.2 in)	25 years	27 of 100 (Routine)
17 March 1922	Buffelsnek (Bos), ZA	daily rain	66.0 mm (2.6 in)	29.7 mm (1.2 in)	5 years	27 of 100 (Routine)
17 March 1922	Harkerville (Bos), ZA	monthly rain	61.0 mm (2.4 in)	11.0 mm (0.4 in)	1 year	25 of 100 (Routine)
17 March 1922	Goudveld (Bos), ZA	daily rain	46.5 mm (1.8 in)	22.4 mm (0.9 in)	5 years	25 of 100 (Routine)
17 March 1922	Uniondale (Tnk), ZA	daily rain	32.8 mm (1.3 in)	9.9 mm (0.39 in)	40 years	25 of 100 (Routine)
17 March 1922	Klipfontein, ZA	daily rain	27.2 mm (1.1 in)	18.3 mm (0.7 in)	3 years	23 of 100 (Routine)
17 March 1922	Melbourne Regional Office, AU	daily high max	33.5 C (92.3 F)	0.2 C (0.4 F)	54 years	22 of 100 (Routine)
17 March 1922	Montagu (Pol), ZA	daily rain	34.0 mm (1.3 in)	23.6 mm (0.9 in)	27 years	22 of 100 (Routine)
17 March 1922	George Airport, ZA	daily rain	46.2 mm (1.8 in)	16.0 mm (0.6 in)	5 years	21 of 100 (Routine)
17 March 1922	Minnedosa, CA	daily rain	20.3 mm (0.8 in)	12.4 mm (0.5 in)	21 years	20 of 100 (Routine)
17 March 1922	Battleford, CA	daily rain	10.2 mm (0.4 in)	5.6 mm (0.22 in)	25 years	20 of 100 (Routine)
17 March 1922	Kendrew Estates, ZA	daily rain	19.1 mm (0.8 in)	15.8 mm (0.6 in)	20 years	20 of 100 (Routine)
17 March 1922	Leeu Gamka (Sar), ZA	daily rain	21.3 mm (0.8 in)	13.7 mm (0.5 in)	12 years	20 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

1825 to 1922

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1825 to 1922. 1922 had 49 records.

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

Records on 03-17 in each year
Year	Records
1825	2
1839	1
1845	1
1850	2
1852	1
1853	1
1856	1
1857	1
1863	1
1866	2
1867	1
1869	1
1870	1
1872	1
1874	3
1876	1
1877	2
1878	3
1879	1
1881	1
1882	4
1883	1
1884	3
1885	3
1886	1
1887	3
1888	2
1889	3
1890	2
1892	1
1895	5
1896	2
1897	9
1898	14
1899	5
1900	5
1901	4
1902	16
1903	10
1904	11
1905	10
1906	15
1907	14
1908	20
1909	20
1910	17
1911	7
1912	7
1913	31
1914	28
1915	22
1916	40
1917	52
1918	26
1919	86
1920	50
1921	96
1922	49
1923	130
1924	78
1925	143
1926	185
1927	369
1928	230
1929	85
1930	306
1931	124
1932	484
1933	198
1934	368
1935	259
1936	601
1937	455
1938	394
1939	583
1940	250
1941	689
1942	783
1943	500
1944	288
1945	1,345
1946	810
1947	332
1948	340
1949	178
1950	1,105
1951	489
1952	527
1953	236
1954	365
1955	385
1956	573
1957	327
1958	535
1959	471
1960	814
1961	679
1962	321
1963	738
1964	241
1965	1,115
1966	970
1967	856
1968	849
1969	651
1970	768
1971	361
1972	1,013
1973	943
1974	837
1975	475
1976	534
1977	479
1978	787
1979	507
1980	658
1981	679
1982	1,315
1983	912
1984	599
1985	662
1986	551
1987	1,362
1988	1,325
1989	1,082
1990	1,916
1991	756
1992	740
1993	1,608
1994	822
1995	989
1996	689
1997	895
1998	972
1999	688
2000	792
2001	1,349
2002	1,210
2003	1,244
2004	1,406
2005	1,475
2006	579
2007	1,470
2008	955
2009	717
2010	584
2011	926
2012	2,715
2013	723
2014	1,039
2015	1,145
2016	545
2017	847
2018	891
2019	738
2020	454
2021	502
2022	452
2023	875
2024	668
2025	722
2026	2,522

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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 20	32
20 to 40	7
40 to 60	1
60 to 80	0
80 to 100	0
100 to 120	1
120 to 140	1