Weather Records on 22 March 1938

868 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 22 March 1938. Highest significance: Orleans, US.

Key Facts for 22 March 1938

On 22 March 1938, 868 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
652 were record highs and 61 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 0 were all-time records, 87 monthly and 781 daily.
Orleans set a daily record precipitation of 73.7 mm (2.9 in) on 22 March 1938.
Across 164 earlier years (1794 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 472 records.

Record Map

868 stations

868 station records on 22 March 1938 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 22 March 1938: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Orleans	United States	Record daily precipitation	73.7 mm (2.9 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Panruti	India	Record daily precipitation	45.7 mm (1.8 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Srimushnam	India	Record daily precipitation	52.1 mm (2.1 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Yreka	United States	Record daily precipitation	49.5 mm (1.9 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Huntsville	Canada	Record high maximum temperature	19.4 C (66.9 F)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Praha-Klementinum	Czech Republic	Record high maximum temperature	19.1 C (66.4 F)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Pamban	India	Record daily precipitation	58.4 mm (2.3 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Paravur	India	Record daily precipitation	64.8 mm (2.6 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Southampton	Canada	Record high maximum temperature	23.3 C (73.9 F)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Seward	United States	Record daily precipitation	27.4 mm (1.1 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Buffalo	United States	Record high minimum temperature	15.0 C (59.0 F)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Pelee Island	Canada	Record high maximum temperature	23.9 C (75.0 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Ulundurpet	India	Record daily precipitation	31.5 mm (1.2 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Tiskilwa 2 SE	United States	Record daily precipitation	36.8 mm (1.4 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Jacksonville	United States	Record daily precipitation	30.0 mm (1.2 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Brockville	Canada	Record high maximum temperature	22.8 C (73.0 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Lucknow	Canada	Record high maximum temperature	24.4 C (75.9 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Sandvig	Denmark	Record high minimum temperature	8.1 C (46.6 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Hart 3 WSW	United States	Record high minimum temperature	12.8 C (55.0 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Petoskey	United States	Record high maximum temperature	23.3 C (73.9 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Traverse Cy Cherry Capital AP	United States	Record high minimum temperature	15.6 C (60.1 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Peterborough	Canada	Record high maximum temperature	24.4 C (75.9 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Redding Fire STN 2	United States	Record daily precipitation	81.8 mm (3.2 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Port Orford 2	United States	Record daily precipitation	53.1 mm (2.1 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Aberdeen	United States	Record daily precipitation	45.2 mm (1.8 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Nuwara Eliya	Sri Lanka	Record high minimum temperature	13.7 C (56.7 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Streator 2SE	United States	Record daily precipitation	27.4 mm (1.1 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Welland	Canada	Record high maximum temperature	25.6 C (78.1 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Stratford	Canada	Record high maximum temperature	22.8 C (73.0 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Jayamkondam	India	Record daily precipitation	89.2 mm (3.5 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Howe	United States	Record high minimum temperature	13.3 C (55.9 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)
St Joseph	United States	Record high minimum temperature	13.3 C (55.9 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Denman Island	Canada	Record daily snowfall	7.6 cm (3.0 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Coldwater	Canada	Record high maximum temperature	23.9 C (75.0 F)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Owen Sound	Canada	Record high maximum temperature	23.3 C (73.9 F)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Parry Sound	Canada	Record high maximum temperature	21.1 C (70.0 F)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Toronto	Canada	Record high maximum temperature	22.8 C (73.0 F)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Tittagudi	India	Record daily precipitation	27.4 mm (1.1 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Visby_Flygplats	Sweden	Record high maximum temperature	13.0 C (55.4 F)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Mt Carroll	United States	Record high minimum temperature	15.0 C (59.0 F)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Grayling	United States	Record high minimum temperature	12.8 C (55.0 F)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Hastings	United States	Record high minimum temperature	13.9 C (57.0 F)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Onaway 12 S	United States	Record high minimum temperature	12.8 C (55.0 F)	27 of 100 (Routine)
W Branch 3SE	United States	Record high maximum temperature	23.9 C (75.0 F)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Watertown	United States	Record high maximum temperature	26.1 C (79.0 F)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Johnstown	United States	Record high maximum temperature	29.4 C (84.9 F)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Racine Wwtp	United States	Record high minimum temperature	16.1 C (61.0 F)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Byron Bay (Jacaranda Drive)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	83.6 mm (3.3 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Ridgetown	Canada	Record high maximum temperature	23.9 C (75.0 F)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Simcoe	Canada	Record high maximum temperature	26.1 C (79.0 F)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Wallaceburg	Canada	Record high minimum temperature	12.8 C (55.0 F)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Paris	Canada	Record high maximum temperature	24.4 C (75.9 F)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Kurinjipadi	India	Record daily precipitation	25.9 mm (1.0 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Ramanathapuram	India	Record daily precipitation	63.2 mm (2.5 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Viralimalai	India	Record daily precipitation	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Mackinac Island	United States	Record high maximum temperature	16.7 C (62.1 F)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Angelica	United States	Record high maximum temperature	28.3 C (82.9 F)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Beloit	United States	Record high minimum temperature	15.0 C (59.0 F)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Milwaukee Wb City	United States	Record daily precipitation	31.0 mm (1.2 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Saginaw Mbs Intl AP	United States	Record high minimum temperature	15.6 C (60.1 F)	26 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

868 records

Records set or tied on 22 March 1938 by type: Highest daily maximum 376, Lowest daily maximum 35, Highest daily minimum 276, Lowest daily minimum 26, Heaviest daily rainfall 149, Heaviest daily snowfall 4, Deepest snow cover 2.

Records on 22 March 1938 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	376
Lowest daily maximum	35
Highest daily minimum	276
Lowest daily minimum	26
Heaviest daily rainfall	149
Heaviest daily snowfall	4
Deepest snow cover	2

Records on 22 March 1938 by timescale: all-time 0, monthly 87, daily 781.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

736 broken records

Margins by which the 736 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 76.0. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

22 March 1938

Top 20 records on 22 March 1938 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
22 March 1938	Orleans, US	daily rain	73.7 mm (2.9 in)	43.7 mm (1.7 in)	33 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
22 March 1938	Panruti, IN	daily rain	45.7 mm (1.8 in)	43.9 mm (1.7 in)	13 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
22 March 1938	Srimushnam, IN	daily rain	52.1 mm (2.1 in)	41.9 mm (1.6 in)	13 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
22 March 1938	Yreka, US	monthly rain	49.5 mm (1.9 in)	13.2 mm (0.5 in)	31 years	44 of 100 (Notable)
22 March 1938	Huntsville, CA	daily high max	19.4 C (66.9 F)	10.5 C (18.9 F)	53 years	40 of 100 (Notable)
22 March 1938	Praha-Klementinum, CZ	daily high max	19.1 C (66.4 F)	0.1 C (0.2 F)	101 years	40 of 100 (Notable)
22 March 1938	Pamban, IN	daily rain	58.4 mm (2.3 in)	27.4 mm (1.1 in)	13 years	36 of 100 (Notable)
22 March 1938	Paravur, IN	daily rain	64.8 mm (2.6 in)	54.6 mm (2.1 in)	13 years	35 of 100 (Notable)
22 March 1938	Southampton, CA	daily high max	23.3 C (73.9 F)	10.0 C (18.0 F)	39 years	34 of 100 (Routine)
22 March 1938	Seward, US	daily rain	27.4 mm (1.1 in)	17.2 mm (0.7 in)	41 years	34 of 100 (Routine)
22 March 1938	Buffalo, US	daily high min	15.0 C (59.0 F)	9.4 C (16.9 F)	39 years	34 of 100 (Routine)
22 March 1938	Pelee Island, CA	monthly high max	23.9 C (75.0 F)	2.8 C (5.0 F)	44 years	33 of 100 (Routine)
22 March 1938	Ulundurpet, IN	daily rain	31.5 mm (1.2 in)	26.2 mm (1.0 in)	15 years	33 of 100 (Routine)
22 March 1938	Tiskilwa 2 SE, US	daily rain	36.8 mm (1.4 in)	17.7 mm (0.7 in)	33 years	33 of 100 (Routine)
22 March 1938	Jacksonville, US	daily rain	30.0 mm (1.2 in)	12.2 mm (0.5 in)	33 years	33 of 100 (Routine)
22 March 1938	Brockville, CA	daily high max	22.8 C (73.0 F)	11.1 C (20.0 F)	20 years	31 of 100 (Routine)
22 March 1938	Lucknow, CA	daily high max	24.4 C (75.9 F)	9.4 C (16.9 F)	39 years	31 of 100 (Routine)
22 March 1938	Sandvig, DK	monthly high min	8.1 C (46.6 F)	0.1 C (0.2 F)	51 years	31 of 100 (Routine)
22 March 1938	Hart 3 WSW, US	daily high min	12.8 C (55.0 F)	8.4 C (15.1 F)	43 years	31 of 100 (Routine)
22 March 1938	Petoskey, US	daily high max	23.3 C (73.9 F)	10.5 C (18.9 F)	35 years	31 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 1938

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1794 to 1938. 1938 had 868 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 10	674
10 to 20	40
20 to 30	13
30 to 40	2
40 to 50	5
50 to 60	1
60 to 70	0
70 to 80	1