Weather Records on 22 March 1942

277 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 22 March 1942. Highest significance: Girona (Antic Institut), ES.

Key Facts for 22 March 1942

On 22 March 1942, 277 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
12 were record highs and 71 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 2 were all-time records, 1 monthly and 274 daily.
Girona (Antic Institut) set an all-time record daily precipitation of 256.5 mm (10.1 in) on 22 March 1942.
Across 164 earlier years (1794 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 475 records.

Record Map

277 stations

277 station records on 22 March 1942 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 22 March 1942: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Girona (Antic Institut)	Spain	Record daily precipitation	256.5 mm (10.1 in)	70 of 100 (Major)
Wyee (Wyee Farms Rd)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	152.4 mm (6.0 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Glens Falls Fire STN	United States	Record daily precipitation	48.8 mm (1.9 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Quebec	Canada	Record daily snowfall	25.4 cm (10.0 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Shawinigan	Canada	Record daily precipitation	28.4 mm (1.1 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
La Pocatiere Cda	Canada	Record daily snowfall	53.3 cm (21.0 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Quebec	Canada	Record daily precipitation	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Perpignan	France	Record daily precipitation	148.5 mm (5.8 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Shawinigan	Canada	Record daily snowfall	28.4 cm (11.2 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Paterson Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	75.2 mm (3.0 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Pine Brush	Australia	Record daily precipitation	66.3 mm (2.6 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Wamberal Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	69.9 mm (2.8 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Morpeth Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	57.9 mm (2.3 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Medowie Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	62.7 mm (2.5 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Spier Falls	United States	Record daily precipitation	52.8 mm (2.1 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Clarence Town (Grey St)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	48.8 mm (1.9 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Wollong	Australia	Record daily precipitation	55.6 mm (2.2 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Brome	Canada	Record daily precipitation	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Cream Hill	United States	Record daily precipitation	32.8 mm (1.3 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Milly Milly	Australia	Record daily precipitation	44.5 mm (1.8 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Raymond Terrace (Kinross)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	67.1 mm (2.6 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Prattville	United States	Record daily precipitation	93.5 mm (3.7 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Branxton (Dalwood Vineyard)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	40.6 mm (1.6 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Namdalseid	Norway	Record daily precipitation	26.5 mm (1.0 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Buzau	Romania	Record low minimum temperature	-11.8 C (10.8 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Byro	Australia	Record daily precipitation	51.1 mm (2.0 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Acarape	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	62.6 mm (2.5 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Turnu Magurele	Romania	Record low minimum temperature	-10.5 C (13.1 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Glencliff	United States	Record daily precipitation	29.5 mm (1.2 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Somerville 4 NW	United States	Record daily precipitation	33.0 mm (1.3 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Blackville 3 W	United States	Record daily precipitation	47.8 mm (1.9 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Greenfield Ctr	United States	Record daily precipitation	40.6 mm (1.6 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Williambury	Australia	Record daily precipitation	33.8 mm (1.3 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
La Pocatiere Cda	Canada	Record daily precipitation	53.3 mm (2.1 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Tg Jiu	Romania	Record low minimum temperature	-14.6 C (5.7 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Macon	United States	Record daily precipitation	48.0 mm (1.9 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Plymouth	United States	Record daily precipitation	38.6 mm (1.5 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Boonton 1 SE	United States	Record daily precipitation	39.9 mm (1.6 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Camden 3 W	United States	Record daily precipitation	43.7 mm (1.7 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Vanersborg	Sweden	Record low minimum temperature	-18.8 C (-1.8 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Grafton	United States	Record daily precipitation	29.7 mm (1.2 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Chatham	United States	Record daily precipitation	32.0 mm (1.3 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Sedgefield (Bundajon)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	37.8 mm (1.5 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Fredericton Unb	Canada	Record daily snowfall	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Sandvig	Denmark	Record low minimum temperature	-11.6 C (11.1 F)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Karlstad	Sweden	Record low minimum temperature	-20.0 C (-4.0 F)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Franklin	United States	Record daily precipitation	36.8 mm (1.4 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
W Pt	United States	Record daily precipitation	33.0 mm (1.3 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Pennant Hills (Yarrara Road)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	39.9 mm (1.6 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Drobeta Turnu Severin	Romania	Record low minimum temperature	-13.0 C (8.6 F)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Zametchino	Russia	Record low minimum temperature	-30.3 C (-22.5 F)	26 of 100 (Routine)
North Bridgton	United States	Record daily precipitation	34.0 mm (1.3 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Durham	United States	Record daily precipitation	37.1 mm (1.5 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Pokolbin 1 Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	27.9 mm (1.1 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Colchester 2 W	United States	Record daily precipitation	40.4 mm (1.6 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Farmington	United States	Record daily precipitation	36.6 mm (1.4 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Madison	United States	Record daily precipitation	32.0 mm (1.3 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Carmel	United States	Record daily precipitation	33.3 mm (1.3 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Fayetteville (Pwc)	United States	Record daily precipitation	49.5 mm (1.9 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Eutawville	United States	Record daily precipitation	33.0 mm (1.3 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

277 records

Records set or tied on 22 March 1942 by type: Highest daily maximum 2, Lowest daily maximum 25, Highest daily minimum 10, Lowest daily minimum 46, Heaviest daily rainfall 174, Heaviest daily snowfall 16, Deepest snow cover 4.

Records on 22 March 1942 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	2
Lowest daily maximum	25
Highest daily minimum	10
Lowest daily minimum	46
Heaviest daily rainfall	174
Heaviest daily snowfall	16
Deepest snow cover	4

Records on 22 March 1942 by timescale: all-time 2, monthly 1, daily 274.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

261 broken records

Margins by which the 261 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 226.0. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

22 March 1942

Top 20 records on 22 March 1942 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
22 March 1942	Girona (Antic Institut), ES	all-time rain	256.5 mm (10.1 in)	100.6 mm (4.0 in)	20 years	70 of 100 (Major)
22 March 1942	Wyee (Wyee Farms Rd), AU	daily rain	152.4 mm (6.0 in)	127.0 mm (5.0 in)	29 years	52 of 100 (Notable)
22 March 1942	Glens Falls Fire STN, US	daily rain	48.8 mm (1.9 in)	31.5 mm (1.2 in)	39 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
22 March 1942	Quebec, CA	daily snowfall	25.4 cm (10.0 in)	14.0 cm (5.5 in)	53 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
22 March 1942	Shawinigan, CA	daily rain	28.4 mm (1.1 in)	22.3 mm (0.9 in)	39 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
22 March 1942	La Pocatiere Cda, CA	all-time snowfall	53.3 cm (21.0 in)	7.6 cm (3.0 in)	42 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
22 March 1942	Quebec, CA	daily rain	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	14.0 mm (0.6 in)	53 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
22 March 1942	Perpignan, FR	daily rain	148.5 mm (5.8 in)	140.1 mm (5.5 in)	5 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
22 March 1942	Shawinigan, CA	daily snowfall	28.4 cm (11.2 in)	22.6 cm (8.9 in)	9 years	44 of 100 (Notable)
22 March 1942	Paterson Post Office, AU	daily rain	75.2 mm (3.0 in)	62.5 mm (2.5 in)	28 years	42 of 100 (Notable)
22 March 1942	Pine Brush, AU	daily rain	66.3 mm (2.6 in)	45.7 mm (1.8 in)	24 years	41 of 100 (Notable)
22 March 1942	Wamberal Post Office, AU	daily rain	69.9 mm (2.8 in)	54.9 mm (2.2 in)	13 years	41 of 100 (Notable)
22 March 1942	Morpeth Post Office, AU	daily rain	57.9 mm (2.3 in)	41.6 mm (1.6 in)	47 years	40 of 100 (Notable)
22 March 1942	Medowie Post Office, AU	daily rain	62.7 mm (2.5 in)	55.8 mm (2.2 in)	13 years	37 of 100 (Notable)
22 March 1942	Spier Falls, US	daily rain	52.8 mm (2.1 in)	34.0 mm (1.3 in)	9 years	37 of 100 (Notable)
22 March 1942	Clarence Town (Grey St), AU	daily rain	48.8 mm (1.9 in)	32.5 mm (1.3 in)	41 years	36 of 100 (Notable)
22 March 1942	Wollong, AU	daily rain	55.6 mm (2.2 in)	44.2 mm (1.7 in)	24 years	35 of 100 (Notable)
22 March 1942	Brome, CA	daily rain	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	10.2 mm (0.4 in)	44 years	34 of 100 (Routine)
22 March 1942	Cream Hill, US	daily rain	32.8 mm (1.3 in)	22.6 mm (0.9 in)	13 years	34 of 100 (Routine)
22 March 1942	Milly Milly, AU	daily rain	44.5 mm (1.8 in)	32.3 mm (1.3 in)	20 years	33 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 1942

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1794 to 1942. 1942 had 277 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 50	245
50 to 100	9
100 to 150	5
150 to 200	0
200 to 250	2