Weather Records on 22 March 1937

174 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 22 March 1937. Highest significance: Folsom, US.

Key Facts for 22 March 1937

On 22 March 1937, 174 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
12 were record highs and 34 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 0 were all-time records, 8 monthly and 166 daily.
Folsom set a daily record precipitation of 64.3 mm (2.5 in) on 22 March 1937.
Across 164 earlier years (1794 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 476 records.

Record Map

174 stations

174 station records on 22 March 1937 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 22 March 1937: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Folsom	United States	Record daily precipitation	64.3 mm (2.5 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Represa	United States	Record daily precipitation	62.7 mm (2.5 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Anakapalli	India	Record daily precipitation	67.8 mm (2.7 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Swellendam (Tnk)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	41.7 mm (1.6 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Chanute Martin Johnson AP	United States	Record daily precipitation	53.1 mm (2.1 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Hollister 1 SW	United States	Record daily precipitation	29.5 mm (1.2 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Dolphin@S Nose Obsy	India	Record daily precipitation	26.7 mm (1.1 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Rio Vista	United States	Record daily precipitation	42.2 mm (1.7 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Milan	Italy	Record daily precipitation	31.2 mm (1.2 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Yellamanchili	India	Record daily precipitation	41.9 mm (1.6 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Storm Lake	United States	Record daily snowfall	7.6 cm (3.0 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Lodi	United States	Record daily precipitation	47.5 mm (1.9 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Strawberry Hill (Bos)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	38.1 mm (1.5 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Oroville 1 N	United States	Record daily precipitation	49.5 mm (1.9 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Mestad I Oddernes	Norway	Record snow depth	178.0 cm (70.1 in)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Colgate Powerhouse	United States	Record daily precipitation	62.5 mm (2.5 in)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Knights Landing	United States	Record daily precipitation	38.9 mm (1.5 in)	24 of 100 (Routine)
N Fk Rs	United States	Record daily precipitation	57.4 mm (2.3 in)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Queenton	Australia	Record daily precipitation	32.0 mm (1.3 in)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Mayaguez City	Puerto Rico [United States]	Record high minimum temperature	20.0 C (68.0 F)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Karlstad	Sweden	Record snow depth	41.0 cm (16.1 in)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Simferopol	Ukraine	Record high minimum temperature	10.6 C (51.1 F)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Lakeside	United States	Record low maximum temperature	1.7 C (35.1 F)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Medicine Hat A	Canada	Record daily snowfall	6.4 cm (2.5 in)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Sydney	Canada	Record daily snowfall	10.7 cm (4.2 in)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Lathrop San Joaquin Bd	United States	Record daily precipitation	40.9 mm (1.6 in)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Manti	United States	Record high minimum temperature	7.2 C (45.0 F)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Paso Robles	United States	Record daily precipitation	51.1 mm (2.0 in)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Putten (Gld)	Netherlands	Record daily precipitation	22.0 mm (0.9 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Leeuwarden_1	Netherlands	Record daily precipitation	20.5 mm (0.8 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Battle Mtn	United States	Record daily precipitation	18.5 mm (0.7 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Gavle	Sweden	Record daily precipitation	17.8 mm (0.7 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Rasipuram	India	Record daily precipitation	24.9 mm (1.0 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Wenatchee 6 SW	United States	Record daily precipitation	22.1 mm (0.9 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
St. Petersburg	Russia	Record daily precipitation	16.7 mm (0.7 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Malakapuram	India	Record daily precipitation	21.1 mm (0.8 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Pitea	Sweden	Record daily precipitation	9.8 mm (0.39 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
West Terschelling	Netherlands	Record daily precipitation	23.9 mm (0.9 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Lakeside	United States	Record daily precipitation	17.8 mm (0.7 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Trinidad 2 SSE	United States	Record daily precipitation	10.2 mm (0.4 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Muenster	Germany	Record daily precipitation	16.7 mm (0.7 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Mahbubnagar	India	Record daily precipitation	15.2 mm (0.6 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Holmogadd A	Sweden	Record daily precipitation	9.5 mm (0.37 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Svenska Hogarna	Sweden	Record daily precipitation	11.7 mm (0.5 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Bjuroklubb	Sweden	Record daily precipitation	14.8 mm (0.6 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Polavaram	India	Record daily precipitation	18.0 mm (0.7 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Gajapathinagaram	India	Record daily precipitation	10.2 mm (0.4 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Storm Lake	United States	Record daily precipitation	6.4 mm (0.25 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Denekamp	Netherlands	Record daily precipitation	13.2 mm (0.5 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
East Anaconda	United States	Record daily precipitation	10.4 mm (0.4 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Waterville	United States	Record daily precipitation	16.0 mm (0.6 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Bakersfield	United States	Record daily precipitation	22.4 mm (0.9 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Davis 2 WSW Exp Farm	United States	Record daily precipitation	22.4 mm (0.9 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Denair 3 NNE	United States	Record daily precipitation	21.6 mm (0.9 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Carnarvon Post Office	Australia	Record low minimum temperature	17.8 C (64.0 F)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Mount Magnet	Australia	Record daily precipitation	25.7 mm (1.0 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Orje	Norway	Record snow depth	105.0 cm (41.3 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Orskar_A	Sweden	Record daily precipitation	9.7 mm (0.38 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Rocklin	United States	Record low maximum temperature	8.3 C (46.9 F)	20 of 100 (Routine)
San Bernardino F S 226	United States	Record low maximum temperature	8.3 C (46.9 F)	20 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

174 records

Records set or tied on 22 March 1937 by type: Highest daily maximum 5, Lowest daily maximum 29, Highest daily minimum 7, Lowest daily minimum 5, Heaviest daily rainfall 107, Heaviest daily snowfall 13, Deepest snow cover 8.

Records on 22 March 1937 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	5
Lowest daily maximum	29
Highest daily minimum	7
Lowest daily minimum	5
Heaviest daily rainfall	107
Heaviest daily snowfall	13
Deepest snow cover	8

Records on 22 March 1937 by timescale: all-time 0, monthly 8, daily 166.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

151 broken records

Margins by which the 151 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 700.0. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

22 March 1937

Top 20 records on 22 March 1937 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
22 March 1937	Folsom, US	daily rain	64.3 mm (2.5 in)	40.7 mm (1.6 in)	16 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
22 March 1937	Represa, US	daily rain	62.7 mm (2.5 in)	35.0 mm (1.4 in)	37 years	44 of 100 (Notable)
22 March 1937	Anakapalli, IN	monthly rain	67.8 mm (2.7 in)	28.7 mm (1.1 in)	10 years	41 of 100 (Notable)
22 March 1937	Swellendam (Tnk), ZA	daily rain	41.7 mm (1.6 in)	31.0 mm (1.2 in)	30 years	37 of 100 (Notable)
22 March 1937	Chanute Martin Johnson AP, US	daily rain	53.1 mm (2.1 in)	41.7 mm (1.6 in)	16 years	37 of 100 (Notable)
22 March 1937	Hollister 1 SW, US	daily rain	29.5 mm (1.2 in)	16.5 mm (0.6 in)	28 years	36 of 100 (Notable)
22 March 1937	Dolphin@S Nose Obsy, IN	daily rain	26.7 mm (1.1 in)	26.7 mm (1.1 in)	36 years	35 of 100 (Notable)
22 March 1937	Rio Vista, US	daily rain	42.2 mm (1.7 in)	19.8 mm (0.8 in)	27 years	33 of 100 (Routine)
22 March 1937	Milan, IT	daily rain	31.2 mm (1.2 in)	2.5 mm (0.10 in)	71 years	31 of 100 (Routine)
22 March 1937	Yellamanchili, IN	daily rain	41.9 mm (1.6 in)	27.4 mm (1.1 in)	32 years	29 of 100 (Routine)
22 March 1937	Storm Lake, US	daily snowfall	7.6 cm (3.0 in)	7.6 cm (3.0 in)	37 years	29 of 100 (Routine)
22 March 1937	Lodi, US	daily rain	47.5 mm (1.9 in)	14.5 mm (0.6 in)	37 years	28 of 100 (Routine)
22 March 1937	Strawberry Hill (Bos), ZA	daily rain	38.1 mm (1.5 in)	16.8 mm (0.7 in)	35 years	25 of 100 (Routine)
22 March 1937	Oroville 1 N, US	daily rain	49.5 mm (1.9 in)	16.0 mm (0.6 in)	30 years	25 of 100 (Routine)
22 March 1937	Mestad I Oddernes, NO	daily snow depth	178.0 cm (70.1 in)	70.0 cm (27.6 in)	0 years	24 of 100 (Routine)
22 March 1937	Colgate Powerhouse, US	daily rain	62.5 mm (2.5 in)	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	16 years	24 of 100 (Routine)
22 March 1937	Knights Landing, US	daily rain	38.9 mm (1.5 in)	11.5 mm (0.5 in)	27 years	24 of 100 (Routine)
22 March 1937	N Fk Rs, US	daily rain	57.4 mm (2.3 in)	29.5 mm (1.2 in)	16 years	24 of 100 (Routine)
22 March 1937	Queenton, AU	daily rain	32.0 mm (1.3 in)	24.4 mm (1.0 in)	36 years	23 of 100 (Routine)
22 March 1937	Mayaguez City, PR	daily high min	20.0 C (68.0 F)	1.7 C (3.1 F)	36 years	23 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 1937

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1794 to 1937. 1937 had 174 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 100	145
100 to 200	3
200 to 300	1
300 to 400	0
400 to 500	1
500 to 600	0
600 to 700	1