Weather Records on 22 March 1947

235 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 22 March 1947. Highest significance: Booleroo (Wimont), AU.

Key Facts for 22 March 1947

On 22 March 1947, 235 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
99 were record highs and 18 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 0 were all-time records, 4 monthly and 231 daily.
Booleroo (Wimont) set a daily record precipitation of 32.8 mm (1.3 in) on 22 March 1947.
Across 164 earlier years (1794 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 476 records.

Record Map

235 stations

235 station records on 22 March 1947 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 22 March 1947: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Booleroo (Wimont)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	32.8 mm (1.3 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Warenda	Australia	Record daily precipitation	91.4 mm (3.6 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Anthony Lagoon	Australia	Record daily precipitation	74.9 mm (2.9 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Zuerich/Fluntern	Switzerland	Record daily precipitation	28.4 mm (1.1 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Pine Creek	Australia	Record daily precipitation	71.1 mm (2.8 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Reitz 36	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	43.2 mm (1.7 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Malmesbury	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	27.2 mm (1.1 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Argoon	Australia	Record daily precipitation	51.1 mm (2.0 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Frei Paulo	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	49.6 mm (2.0 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Zeekoevlei	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	45.0 mm (1.8 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Normanton Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	56.4 mm (2.2 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Ganca	Azerbaijan	Record high maximum temperature	24.5 C (76.1 F)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Waterloo	Australia	Record daily precipitation	57.4 mm (2.3 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Aryankavu	India	Record daily precipitation	55.9 mm (2.2 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Sable Island	Canada	Record daily snowfall	18.3 cm (7.2 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Ashland	United States	Record high minimum temperature	9.4 C (48.9 F)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Alton	Canada	Record daily snowfall	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Eersterivier (Bos)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Tulbagh (Pol)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	30.0 mm (1.2 in)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Selwyn Wrc	Australia	Record daily precipitation	39.4 mm (1.6 in)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Weissenburg	Germany	Record high minimum temperature	8.1 C (46.6 F)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Gavle	Sweden	Record low minimum temperature	-20.2 C (-4.4 F)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Geneve Observatoire	Switzerland	Record high minimum temperature	10.0 C (50.0 F)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Chemnitz	Germany	Record high minimum temperature	7.7 C (45.9 F)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Earlington	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-5.6 C (21.9 F)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Drain	United States	Record daily precipitation	26.2 mm (1.0 in)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Clanwilliam (Pol)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	17.8 mm (0.7 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Newgate	Canada	Record daily precipitation	13.0 mm (0.5 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Troicko-Pecherskoe	Russia	Record daily precipitation	5.9 mm (0.23 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Middelpos (Pol)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	18.8 mm (0.7 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Headingly Station	Australia	Record daily precipitation	15.2 mm (0.6 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Warthausen-Birkenhard	Germany	Record daily precipitation	16.7 mm (0.7 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Wittenberg	Germany	Record daily precipitation	7.3 mm (0.29 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Glenormiston	Australia	Record daily precipitation	11.4 mm (0.4 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Hillsboro	United States	Record daily snowfall	2.5 cm (1.0 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Mutooroo	Australia	Record daily precipitation	17.5 mm (0.7 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Frankfurt/Main (Feldbergstr.)	Germany	Record daily precipitation	12.8 mm (0.5 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Kislovodsk	Russia	Record daily precipitation	7.8 mm (0.31 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Ust-Sugor	Russia	Record daily precipitation	4.7 mm (0.19 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Altentreptow	Germany	Record snow depth	3.0 cm (1.2 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Prineville	United States	Record daily precipitation	9.4 mm (0.37 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Newcastle Waters	Australia	Record daily precipitation	11.2 mm (0.4 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Alton	Canada	Record daily precipitation	12.7 mm (0.5 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Huntley Exp STN	United States	Record daily precipitation	9.4 mm (0.37 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Tuttlingen	Germany	Record daily precipitation	17.3 mm (0.7 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Aul	India	Record daily precipitation	17.8 mm (0.7 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Bad Lauchstadt	Germany	Record daily precipitation	5.9 mm (0.23 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Duchess Hotel	Australia	Record daily precipitation	27.9 mm (1.1 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Prickley Range	Australia	Record daily precipitation	25.1 mm (1.0 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Jena Sternwarte	Germany	Record high minimum temperature	7.8 C (46.0 F)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Ebrach	Germany	Record daily precipitation	16.7 mm (0.7 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Orenburg	Russia	Record high maximum temperature	8.2 C (46.8 F)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Saint Ignatius	United States	Record high minimum temperature	7.2 C (45.0 F)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Tropic	United States	Record high minimum temperature	3.9 C (39.0 F)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Carlton Hill	Australia	Record daily precipitation	39.6 mm (1.6 in)	19 of 100 (Routine)
Karratha Station	Australia	Record daily precipitation	10.2 mm (0.4 in)	19 of 100 (Routine)
Riachao Do Jacuipe	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	56.5 mm (2.2 in)	19 of 100 (Routine)
Leipzig-Schkeuditz	Germany	Record daily precipitation	5.6 mm (0.22 in)	19 of 100 (Routine)
Namdalseid	Norway	Record snow depth	105.0 cm (41.3 in)	19 of 100 (Routine)
Grangeville	United States	Record daily precipitation	16.0 mm (0.6 in)	19 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

235 records

Records set or tied on 22 March 1947 by type: Highest daily maximum 15, Lowest daily maximum 1, Highest daily minimum 84, Lowest daily minimum 17, Heaviest daily rainfall 107, Heaviest daily snowfall 7, Deepest snow cover 4.

Records on 22 March 1947 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	15
Lowest daily maximum	1
Highest daily minimum	84
Lowest daily minimum	17
Heaviest daily rainfall	107
Heaviest daily snowfall	7
Deepest snow cover	4

Records on 22 March 1947 by timescale: all-time 0, monthly 4, daily 231.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

196 broken records

Margins by which the 196 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 310.0. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

22 March 1947

Top 20 records on 22 March 1947 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
22 March 1947	Booleroo (Wimont), AU	daily rain	32.8 mm (1.3 in)	27.2 mm (1.1 in)	20 years	53 of 100 (Notable)
22 March 1947	Warenda, AU	monthly rain	91.4 mm (3.6 in)	21.3 mm (0.8 in)	52 years	43 of 100 (Notable)
22 March 1947	Anthony Lagoon, AU	daily rain	74.9 mm (2.9 in)	61.4 mm (2.4 in)	9 years	40 of 100 (Notable)
22 March 1947	Zuerich/Fluntern, CH	daily rain	28.4 mm (1.1 in)	13.9 mm (0.5 in)	44 years	40 of 100 (Notable)
22 March 1947	Pine Creek, AU	daily rain	71.1 mm (2.8 in)	44.9 mm (1.8 in)	37 years	39 of 100 (Notable)
22 March 1947	Reitz 36, ZA	daily rain	43.2 mm (1.7 in)	26.4 mm (1.0 in)	33 years	39 of 100 (Notable)
22 March 1947	Malmesbury, ZA	daily rain	27.2 mm (1.1 in)	5.6 mm (0.22 in)	68 years	36 of 100 (Notable)
22 March 1947	Argoon, AU	monthly rain	51.1 mm (2.0 in)	2.3 mm (0.09 in)	52 years	32 of 100 (Routine)
22 March 1947	Frei Paulo, BR	daily rain	49.6 mm (2.0 in)	26.0 mm (1.0 in)	32 years	31 of 100 (Routine)
22 March 1947	Zeekoevlei, ZA	monthly rain	45.0 mm (1.8 in)	11.2 mm (0.4 in)	12 years	29 of 100 (Routine)
22 March 1947	Normanton Post Office, AU	daily rain	56.4 mm (2.2 in)	35.1 mm (1.4 in)	21 years	28 of 100 (Routine)
22 March 1947	Ganca, AZ	daily high max	24.5 C (76.1 F)	3.5 C (6.3 F)	52 years	27 of 100 (Routine)
22 March 1947	Waterloo, AU	daily rain	57.4 mm (2.3 in)	45.5 mm (1.8 in)	20 years	27 of 100 (Routine)
22 March 1947	Aryankavu, IN	daily rain	55.9 mm (2.2 in)	34.1 mm (1.3 in)	22 years	27 of 100 (Routine)
22 March 1947	Sable Island, CA	daily snowfall	18.3 cm (7.2 in)	5.6 cm (2.2 in)	41 years	26 of 100 (Routine)
22 March 1947	Ashland, US	daily high min	9.4 C (48.9 F)	2.2 C (4.0 F)	50 years	26 of 100 (Routine)
22 March 1947	Alton, CA	daily snowfall	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	7.6 cm (3.0 in)	14 years	25 of 100 (Routine)
22 March 1947	Eersterivier (Bos), ZA	daily rain	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	4.3 mm (0.17 in)	44 years	25 of 100 (Routine)
22 March 1947	Tulbagh (Pol), ZA	daily rain	30.0 mm (1.2 in)	14.3 mm (0.6 in)	4 years	24 of 100 (Routine)
22 March 1947	Selwyn Wrc, AU	daily rain	39.4 mm (1.6 in)	26.7 mm (1.1 in)	21 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 1947

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1794 to 1947. 1947 had 235 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	190
50 to 100	5
100 to 150	0
150 to 200	0
200 to 250	0
250 to 300	0
300 to 350	1