Weather Records on 22 March 1943

218 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 22 March 1943. Highest significance: Bijni, IN.

Key Facts for 22 March 1943

On 22 March 1943, 218 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
18 were record highs and 104 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 0 were all-time records, 4 monthly and 214 daily.
Bijni set a daily record precipitation of 70.6 mm (2.8 in) on 22 March 1943.
Across 164 earlier years (1794 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 476 records.

Record Map

218 stations

218 station records on 22 March 1943 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 22 March 1943: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Bijni	India	Record daily precipitation	70.6 mm (2.8 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Kluitjeskraal (Bos)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	26.2 mm (1.0 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Rawsonville (Pol)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	31.8 mm (1.3 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Aramboly	India	Record daily precipitation	41.7 mm (1.6 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Dickinson Exp STN	United States	Record snow depth	17.8 cm (7.0 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Williamson	United States	Record daily snowfall	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Bathurst Gaol	Australia	Record high maximum temperature	31.7 C (89.1 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Hajo	India	Record daily precipitation	50.8 mm (2.0 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Alapaha Exp STN	United States	Record daily precipitation	48.3 mm (1.9 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Ironwood	United States	Record snow depth	144.8 cm (57.0 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Dunderlandsdalen	Norway	Record snow depth	230.0 cm (90.6 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Ft Deposit	United States	Record daily precipitation	71.1 mm (2.8 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Nalbari	India	Record daily precipitation	40.6 mm (1.6 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Moores Hill	United States	Record daily snowfall	6.4 cm (2.5 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Thamaraikulam	India	Record daily precipitation	34.3 mm (1.4 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Kulattur	India	Record daily precipitation	39.1 mm (1.5 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Crosby	United States	Record snow depth	43.2 cm (17.0 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Atlantic City Marina	United States	Record daily snowfall	5.1 cm (2.0 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Mokakchung	India	Record daily precipitation	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Rajakkamangalam	India	Record daily precipitation	28.7 mm (1.1 in)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Lake Kachess	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-10.6 C (12.9 F)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Williston Sloulin Fld	United States	Record snow depth	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Piketberg (Pol)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	26.4 mm (1.0 in)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Boras	Sweden	Record high maximum temperature	15.5 C (59.9 F)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Portage la Prairie	Canada	Record high maximum temperature	6.1 C (43.0 F)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Nagarcoil	India	Record daily precipitation	59.7 mm (2.4 in)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Camden 3 W	United States	Record low maximum temperature	6.1 C (43.0 F)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Kindersley	Canada	Record high maximum temperature	5.0 C (41.0 F)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Ponnamaravathi	India	Record daily precipitation	26.9 mm (1.1 in)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Radhapuram	India	Record daily precipitation	27.9 mm (1.1 in)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Waycross 4 NE	United States	Record daily precipitation	46.2 mm (1.8 in)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Sandpoint Exp STN	United States	Record snow depth	30.5 cm (12.0 in)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Moorhead St Teachers C	United States	Record snow depth	22.9 cm (9.0 in)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Worcester	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	21.6 mm (0.9 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Lillooet	Canada	Record daily precipitation	12.7 mm (0.5 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Caledon (Pol)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	24.6 mm (1.0 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Welbedacht	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	10.7 mm (0.4 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Touws River	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	12.7 mm (0.5 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Gordonville	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	21.6 mm (0.9 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Hopefield (Pol)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	20.1 mm (0.8 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Merweville	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	8.9 mm (0.35 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Tulbagh (Pol)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	15.7 mm (0.6 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Saint Ignatius	United States	Record snow depth	7.6 cm (3.0 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Boulia Airport	Australia	Record high maximum temperature	40.9 C (105.6 F)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Bear Creek	Canada	Record daily precipitation	74.9 mm (2.9 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Quitman 2 NW	United States	Record daily precipitation	37.6 mm (1.5 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Nevada Wtp	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-6.1 C (21.0 F)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Greenville Wtp	United States	Record daily snowfall	0.5 cm (0.2 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Clark 4 SW	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-18.9 C (-2.0 F)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Turkestan	Kazakhstan	Record daily precipitation	14.9 mm (0.6 in)	19 of 100 (Routine)
Eufaula	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-5.6 C (21.9 F)	19 of 100 (Routine)
Newport 1 NW	United States	Record daily precipitation	20.8 mm (0.8 in)	19 of 100 (Routine)
St Cloud State Clg	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-20.0 C (-4.0 F)	19 of 100 (Routine)
Vestervig	Denmark	Record high maximum temperature	12.7 C (54.9 F)	18 of 100 (Routine)
Mangaldai	India	Record daily precipitation	32.5 mm (1.3 in)	18 of 100 (Routine)
Margherita	India	Record daily precipitation	36.8 mm (1.4 in)	18 of 100 (Routine)
North Lakhimpur	India	Record daily precipitation	51.8 mm (2.0 in)	18 of 100 (Routine)
The Towers	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	10.4 mm (0.4 in)	18 of 100 (Routine)
Brevard	United States	Record low maximum temperature	4.4 C (39.9 F)	18 of 100 (Routine)
Denman Island	Canada	Record daily precipitation	24.9 mm (1.0 in)	17 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

218 records

Records set or tied on 22 March 1943 by type: Highest daily maximum 10, Lowest daily maximum 57, Highest daily minimum 8, Lowest daily minimum 47, Heaviest daily rainfall 71, Heaviest daily snowfall 11, Deepest snow cover 14.

Records on 22 March 1943 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	10
Lowest daily maximum	57
Highest daily minimum	8
Lowest daily minimum	47
Heaviest daily rainfall	71
Heaviest daily snowfall	11
Deepest snow cover	14

Records on 22 March 1943 by timescale: all-time 0, monthly 4, daily 214.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

185 broken records

Margins by which the 185 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 510.0. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

22 March 1943

Top 20 records on 22 March 1943 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
22 March 1943	Bijni, IN	daily rain	70.6 mm (2.8 in)	45.5 mm (1.8 in)	40 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
22 March 1943	Kluitjeskraal (Bos), ZA	daily rain	26.2 mm (1.0 in)	18.1 mm (0.7 in)	40 years	42 of 100 (Notable)
22 March 1943	Rawsonville (Pol), ZA	daily rain	31.8 mm (1.3 in)	28.5 mm (1.1 in)	40 years	40 of 100 (Notable)
22 March 1943	Aramboly, IN	daily rain	41.7 mm (1.6 in)	34.1 mm (1.3 in)	28 years	36 of 100 (Notable)
22 March 1943	Dickinson Exp STN, US	daily snow depth	17.8 cm (7.0 in)	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	38 years	32 of 100 (Routine)
22 March 1943	Williamson, US	daily snowfall	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	41 years	30 of 100 (Routine)
22 March 1943	Bathurst Gaol, AU	daily high max	31.7 C (89.1 F)	0.5 C (0.9 F)	66 years	29 of 100 (Routine)
22 March 1943	Hajo, IN	daily rain	50.8 mm (2.0 in)	29.0 mm (1.1 in)	36 years	29 of 100 (Routine)
22 March 1943	Alapaha Exp STN, US	daily rain	48.3 mm (1.9 in)	24.9 mm (1.0 in)	25 years	29 of 100 (Routine)
22 March 1943	Ironwood, US	daily snow depth	144.8 cm (57.0 in)	50.8 cm (20.0 in)	25 years	29 of 100 (Routine)
22 March 1943	Dunderlandsdalen, NO	daily snow depth	230.0 cm (90.6 in)	51.0 cm (20.1 in)	37 years	28 of 100 (Routine)
22 March 1943	Ft Deposit, US	daily rain	71.1 mm (2.8 in)	20.3 mm (0.8 in)	45 years	28 of 100 (Routine)
22 March 1943	Nalbari, IN	daily rain	40.6 mm (1.6 in)	20.0 mm (0.8 in)	24 years	27 of 100 (Routine)
22 March 1943	Moores Hill, US	daily snowfall	6.4 cm (2.5 in)	6.1 cm (2.4 in)	18 years	26 of 100 (Routine)
22 March 1943	Thamaraikulam, IN	daily rain	34.3 mm (1.4 in)	31.8 mm (1.3 in)	6 years	25 of 100 (Routine)
22 March 1943	Kulattur, IN	daily rain	39.1 mm (1.5 in)	16.2 mm (0.6 in)	18 years	25 of 100 (Routine)
22 March 1943	Crosby, US	daily snow depth	43.2 cm (17.0 in)	17.8 cm (7.0 in)	24 years	25 of 100 (Routine)
22 March 1943	Atlantic City Marina, US	daily snowfall	5.1 cm (2.0 in)	1.5 cm (0.6 in)	53 years	25 of 100 (Routine)
22 March 1943	Mokakchung, IN	daily rain	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	11.2 mm (0.4 in)	40 years	24 of 100 (Routine)
22 March 1943	Rajakkamangalam, IN	daily rain	28.7 mm (1.1 in)	19.3 mm (0.8 in)	6 years	24 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 1943

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1794 to 1943. 1943 had 218 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	175
100 to 200	6
200 to 300	2
300 to 400	0
400 to 500	0
500 to 600	2