Weather Records on 22 March 1944

546 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 22 March 1944. Highest significance: Lalitpur, IN.

Key Facts for 22 March 1944

On 22 March 1944, 546 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
18 were record highs and 100 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 1 were all-time records, 17 monthly and 528 daily.
Lalitpur set a monthly record daily precipitation of 59.7 mm (2.4 in) on 22 March 1944.
Across 164 earlier years (1794 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 474 records.

Record Map

546 stations

546 station records on 22 March 1944 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 22 March 1944: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Lalitpur	India	Record daily precipitation	59.7 mm (2.4 in)	66 of 100 (Major)
Devala	India	Record daily precipitation	104.1 mm (4.1 in)	65 of 100 (Major)
Simga	India	Record daily precipitation	80.0 mm (3.1 in)	59 of 100 (Notable)
Fairbury 7S	United States	Record daily snowfall	25.4 cm (10.0 in)	56 of 100 (Notable)
Albion	United States	Record snow depth	76.2 cm (30.0 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Nalgonda	India	Record daily precipitation	57.2 mm (2.3 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Goldstream Lake	Canada	Record daily precipitation	63.8 mm (2.5 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Ranka	India	Record daily precipitation	64.3 mm (2.5 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Betul(Badnur)	India	Record daily precipitation	48.8 mm (1.9 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Bolaram	India	Record daily precipitation	62.7 mm (2.5 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Butler	United States	Record daily precipitation	117.1 mm (4.6 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Hastings 4N	United States	Record daily snowfall	21.6 cm (8.5 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Fairmont	United States	Record daily snowfall	20.3 cm (8.0 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Montgomery Wb City	United States	Record daily precipitation	105.9 mm (4.2 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Hanamkonda	India	Record daily precipitation	35.8 mm (1.4 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Baihar	India	Record daily precipitation	47.0 mm (1.9 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Clay Ctr	United States	Record daily precipitation	38.9 mm (1.5 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Braidwood (Wallace Street)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	51.6 mm (2.0 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Garhwa	India	Record daily precipitation	28.4 mm (1.1 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Hammond	United States	Record daily precipitation	78.2 mm (3.1 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Bear Creek	Canada	Record daily precipitation	147.3 mm (5.8 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Hope Little Mountain	Canada	Record daily precipitation	63.0 mm (2.5 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Sultan Bazar	India	Record daily precipitation	40.6 mm (1.6 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Sattur	India	Record daily precipitation	59.7 mm (2.4 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Logan 1 WNW	United States	Record daily snowfall	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Onawa 3NW	United States	Record daily snowfall	17.8 cm (7.0 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Clay Ctr	United States	Record daily snowfall	17.8 cm (7.0 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Colby	United States	Record snow depth	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Guide Rock	United States	Record daily precipitation	27.9 mm (1.1 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Arang	India	Record daily precipitation	39.4 mm (1.6 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Virudhunagar	India	Record daily precipitation	47.2 mm (1.9 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Sakti	India	Record daily precipitation	30.5 mm (1.2 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Bay Saint Louis	United States	Record daily precipitation	90.2 mm (3.6 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Franklin	United States	Record daily snowfall	20.3 cm (8.0 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Tekamah	United States	Record daily precipitation	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Eureka	United States	Record snow depth	27.9 cm (11.0 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
West Bend	United States	Record daily snowfall	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Agassiz Cda	Canada	Record daily precipitation	35.8 mm (1.4 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
New Westminster	Canada	Record daily precipitation	35.3 mm (1.4 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Nuguru(Venkitapu)	India	Record daily precipitation	32.5 mm (1.3 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Chandrapur	India	Record daily precipitation	32.5 mm (1.3 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Atru	India	Record daily precipitation	29.2 mm (1.1 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Kalpi	India	Record daily precipitation	26.4 mm (1.0 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Niulii 179	United States	Record daily precipitation	48.3 mm (1.9 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
River Jordan	Canada	Record daily precipitation	45.7 mm (1.8 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Begumpet Obsy	India	Record daily precipitation	46.0 mm (1.8 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Lacombe Cda	Canada	Record daily snowfall	17.8 cm (7.0 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Adur	India	Record daily precipitation	73.7 mm (2.9 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Blue Rapids	United States	Record daily precipitation	27.9 mm (1.1 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Kimball 2NE	United States	Record snow depth	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
West Wyalong Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	35.8 mm (1.4 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Mundo Novo	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	54.0 mm (2.1 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Chainpur	India	Record daily precipitation	31.8 mm (1.3 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Little Sioux	United States	Record daily snowfall	17.8 cm (7.0 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Paradis 7 S	United States	Record daily precipitation	49.3 mm (1.9 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Boerne	United States	Record daily precipitation	31.5 mm (1.2 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Sabinal	United States	Record daily precipitation	41.1 mm (1.6 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Salzburg	Austria	Record low maximum temperature	-1.4 C (29.5 F)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Beaver Lake	Canada	Record daily precipitation	32.5 mm (1.3 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Britannia Beach Furry Cr	Canada	Record daily precipitation	62.7 mm (2.5 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

546 records

Records set or tied on 22 March 1944 by type: Highest daily maximum 4, Lowest daily maximum 20, Highest daily minimum 14, Lowest daily minimum 80, Heaviest daily rainfall 355, Heaviest daily snowfall 55, Deepest snow cover 18.

Records on 22 March 1944 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	4
Lowest daily maximum	20
Highest daily minimum	14
Lowest daily minimum	80
Heaviest daily rainfall	355
Heaviest daily snowfall	55
Deepest snow cover	18

Records on 22 March 1944 by timescale: all-time 1, monthly 17, daily 528.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

492 broken records

Margins by which the 492 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 203.0. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

22 March 1944

Top 20 records on 22 March 1944 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
22 March 1944	Lalitpur, IN	monthly rain	59.7 mm (2.4 in)	36.3 mm (1.4 in)	40 years	66 of 100 (Major)
22 March 1944	Devala, IN	monthly rain	104.1 mm (4.1 in)	58.1 mm (2.3 in)	39 years	65 of 100 (Major)
22 March 1944	Simga, IN	monthly rain	80.0 mm (3.1 in)	50.8 mm (2.0 in)	18 years	59 of 100 (Notable)
22 March 1944	Fairbury 7S, US	daily snowfall	25.4 cm (10.0 in)	20.3 cm (8.0 in)	41 years	56 of 100 (Notable)
22 March 1944	Albion, US	all-time snow depth	76.2 cm (30.0 in)	20.3 cm (8.0 in)	32 years	54 of 100 (Notable)
22 March 1944	Nalgonda, IN	monthly rain	57.2 mm (2.3 in)	23.2 mm (0.9 in)	29 years	53 of 100 (Notable)
22 March 1944	Goldstream Lake, CA	daily rain	63.8 mm (2.5 in)	40.9 mm (1.6 in)	27 years	52 of 100 (Notable)
22 March 1944	Ranka, IN	monthly rain	64.3 mm (2.5 in)	24.2 mm (1.0 in)	17 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
22 March 1944	Betul(Badnur), IN	daily rain	48.8 mm (1.9 in)	47.3 mm (1.9 in)	24 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
22 March 1944	Bolaram, IN	monthly rain	62.7 mm (2.5 in)	25.9 mm (1.0 in)	6 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
22 March 1944	Butler, US	daily rain	117.1 mm (4.6 in)	94.5 mm (3.7 in)	13 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
22 March 1944	Hastings 4N, US	daily snowfall	21.6 cm (8.5 in)	14.0 cm (5.5 in)	46 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
22 March 1944	Fairmont, US	daily snowfall	20.3 cm (8.0 in)	17.8 cm (7.0 in)	12 years	43 of 100 (Notable)
22 March 1944	Montgomery Wb City, US	daily rain	105.9 mm (4.2 in)	55.6 mm (2.2 in)	36 years	42 of 100 (Notable)
22 March 1944	Hanamkonda, IN	daily rain	35.8 mm (1.4 in)	32.8 mm (1.3 in)	38 years	40 of 100 (Notable)
22 March 1944	Baihar, IN	daily rain	47.0 mm (1.9 in)	27.9 mm (1.1 in)	24 years	40 of 100 (Notable)
22 March 1944	Clay Ctr, US	daily rain	38.9 mm (1.5 in)	21.4 mm (0.8 in)	41 years	40 of 100 (Notable)
22 March 1944	Braidwood (Wallace Street), AU	daily rain	51.6 mm (2.0 in)	24.9 mm (1.0 in)	49 years	39 of 100 (Notable)
22 March 1944	Garhwa, IN	daily rain	28.4 mm (1.1 in)	15.4 mm (0.6 in)	37 years	39 of 100 (Notable)
22 March 1944	Hammond, US	daily rain	78.2 mm (3.1 in)	39.6 mm (1.6 in)	46 years	39 of 100 (Notable)

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 1944

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1794 to 1944. 1944 had 546 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	455
50 to 100	24
100 to 150	7
150 to 200	4
200 to 250	2