Weather Records on 22 March 1949

374 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 22 March 1949. Highest significance: Mt Howitt, AU.

Key Facts for 22 March 1949

On 22 March 1949, 374 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
34 were record highs and 20 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 2 were all-time records, 5 monthly and 367 daily.
Mt Howitt set a daily record precipitation of 101.3 mm (4.0 in) on 22 March 1949.
Across 164 earlier years (1794 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 475 records.

Record Map

374 stations

374 station records on 22 March 1949 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 22 March 1949: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Mt Howitt	Australia	Record daily precipitation	101.3 mm (4.0 in)	62 of 100 (Major)
Lucinda Township	Australia	Record daily precipitation	229.9 mm (9.1 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Townsville Pilot Station	Australia	Record daily precipitation	153.7 mm (6.1 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Currawilla Station	Australia	Record daily precipitation	45.7 mm (1.8 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Mather 3 NW	United States	Record daily precipitation	28.2 mm (1.1 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Coldwater	Canada	Record daily precipitation	38.1 mm (1.5 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Hale Loud Dam	United States	Record daily precipitation	38.1 mm (1.5 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Goalpara	India	Record daily precipitation	68.1 mm (2.7 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Atchison	United States	Record daily precipitation	37.8 mm (1.5 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Ellenview	Australia	Record daily precipitation	196.9 mm (7.8 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Tobermorey Station	Australia	Record daily precipitation	148.6 mm (5.9 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Beatrice	Canada	Record daily precipitation	40.9 mm (1.6 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Kitchener	Canada	Record daily precipitation	36.6 mm (1.4 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Bottineau	United States	Record snow depth	33.0 cm (13.0 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Clinton Forestry HQ	United States	Record daily precipitation	100.3 mm (3.9 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Oak Hills Station	Australia	Record daily precipitation	99.1 mm (3.9 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Norley Station	Australia	Record daily precipitation	53.3 mm (2.1 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Meadow Valley Rs	United States	Record daily precipitation	28.7 mm (1.1 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Grinnell 3 SW	United States	Record daily precipitation	30.0 mm (1.2 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Bulloo Downs	Australia	Record daily precipitation	40.9 mm (1.6 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Sfax El-Maou	Tunisia	Record low minimum temperature	1.6 C (34.9 F)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Brighton Downs	Australia	Record daily precipitation	125.7 mm (4.9 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Emsdale	Canada	Record daily precipitation	25.9 mm (1.0 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Mackinaw City 2	United States	Record daily precipitation	26.7 mm (1.1 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Kalamia Estate	Australia	Record daily precipitation	102.4 mm (4.0 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Coorabulka	Australia	Record daily precipitation	72.9 mm (2.9 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Macknade Sugar Mill	Australia	Record daily precipitation	132.8 mm (5.2 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Albia 3 NNE	United States	Record daily precipitation	25.9 mm (1.0 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Knoxville	United States	Record daily precipitation	31.5 mm (1.2 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Merrill	United States	Record daily precipitation	105.7 mm (4.2 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Shubuta	United States	Record daily precipitation	81.5 mm (3.2 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Cardwell Marine Pde	Australia	Record daily precipitation	165.4 mm (6.5 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Cape Leveque	Australia	Record daily precipitation	81.5 mm (3.2 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Halifax Macrossan St	Australia	Record daily precipitation	156.0 mm (6.1 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Llanrheidol Station	Australia	Record daily precipitation	67.3 mm (2.6 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Springvale	Australia	Record daily precipitation	30.7 mm (1.2 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Paducah 2 WNW	United States	Record daily precipitation	29.7 mm (1.2 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Durham Downs	Australia	Record daily precipitation	76.2 mm (3.0 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Oskaloosa	United States	Record daily precipitation	26.4 mm (1.0 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Roanoke	United States	Record daily precipitation	40.9 mm (1.6 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Roseberth Station	Australia	Record daily precipitation	30.5 mm (1.2 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Mackinaw City 2	United States	Record daily snowfall	8.9 cm (3.5 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Boulia Airport	Australia	Record daily precipitation	25.1 mm (1.0 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Woodstock Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	62.5 mm (2.5 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Lake Arthur 7 SW	United States	Record daily precipitation	44.7 mm (1.8 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Uniontown	United States	Record daily precipitation	58.4 mm (2.3 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Diamantina Lakes	Australia	Record daily precipitation	64.0 mm (2.5 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Collins	United States	Record daily precipitation	76.2 mm (3.0 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Hattiesburg 5SW	United States	Record daily precipitation	87.1 mm (3.4 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Burdekin Shire Council	Australia	Record daily precipitation	49.3 mm (1.9 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Durham	United Kingdom	Record high minimum temperature	8.9 C (48.0 F)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Leavenworth	United States	Record daily precipitation	28.4 mm (1.1 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Franklinton	United States	Record daily precipitation	72.6 mm (2.9 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Minot Exp STN	United States	Record snow depth	66.0 cm (26.0 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Indiana	United States	Record high minimum temperature	11.1 C (52.0 F)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Liberty	United States	Record daily precipitation	71.1 mm (2.8 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Cashmere	Australia	Record daily precipitation	61.2 mm (2.4 in)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Helwan (Cairo)	Egypt	Record high minimum temperature	23.0 C (73.4 F)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Sfax El-Maou	Tunisia	Record low maximum temperature	14.8 C (58.6 F)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Jeanerette 5 NW	United States	Record daily precipitation	49.8 mm (2.0 in)	24 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

374 records

Records set or tied on 22 March 1949 by type: Highest daily maximum 3, Lowest daily maximum 9, Highest daily minimum 31, Lowest daily minimum 11, Heaviest daily rainfall 306, Heaviest daily snowfall 10, Deepest snow cover 4.

Records on 22 March 1949 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	3
Lowest daily maximum	9
Highest daily minimum	31
Lowest daily minimum	11
Heaviest daily rainfall	306
Heaviest daily snowfall	10
Deepest snow cover	4

Records on 22 March 1949 by timescale: all-time 2, monthly 5, daily 367.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

345 broken records

Margins by which the 345 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 355.0. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

22 March 1949

Top 20 records on 22 March 1949 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
22 March 1949	Mt Howitt, AU	daily rain	101.3 mm (4.0 in)	101.3 mm (4.0 in)	53 years	62 of 100 (Major)
22 March 1949	Lucinda Township, AU	daily rain	229.9 mm (9.1 in)	147.3 mm (5.8 in)	54 years	54 of 100 (Notable)
22 March 1949	Townsville Pilot Station, AU	daily rain	153.7 mm (6.1 in)	133.1 mm (5.2 in)	24 years	54 of 100 (Notable)
22 March 1949	Currawilla Station, AU	daily rain	45.7 mm (1.8 in)	42.9 mm (1.7 in)	23 years	52 of 100 (Notable)
22 March 1949	Mather 3 NW, US	daily rain	28.2 mm (1.1 in)	21.3 mm (0.8 in)	44 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
22 March 1949	Coldwater, CA	daily rain	38.1 mm (1.5 in)	21.6 mm (0.9 in)	38 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
22 March 1949	Hale Loud Dam, US	daily rain	38.1 mm (1.5 in)	34.0 mm (1.3 in)	16 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
22 March 1949	Goalpara, IN	daily rain	68.1 mm (2.7 in)	47.5 mm (1.9 in)	46 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
22 March 1949	Atchison, US	daily rain	37.8 mm (1.5 in)	29.4 mm (1.2 in)	50 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
22 March 1949	Ellenview, AU	daily rain	196.9 mm (7.8 in)	144.1 mm (5.7 in)	8 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
22 March 1949	Tobermorey Station, AU	all-time rain	148.6 mm (5.9 in)	40.6 mm (1.6 in)	2 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
22 March 1949	Beatrice, CA	daily rain	40.9 mm (1.6 in)	15.5 mm (0.6 in)	60 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
22 March 1949	Kitchener, CA	daily rain	36.6 mm (1.4 in)	26.4 mm (1.0 in)	16 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
22 March 1949	Bottineau, US	daily snow depth	33.0 cm (13.0 in)	27.9 cm (11.0 in)	8 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
22 March 1949	Clinton Forestry HQ, US	daily rain	100.3 mm (3.9 in)	58.4 mm (2.3 in)	51 years	43 of 100 (Notable)
22 March 1949	Oak Hills Station, AU	daily rain	99.1 mm (3.9 in)	78.8 mm (3.1 in)	10 years	41 of 100 (Notable)
22 March 1949	Norley Station, AU	daily rain	53.3 mm (2.1 in)	38.8 mm (1.5 in)	23 years	41 of 100 (Notable)
22 March 1949	Meadow Valley Rs, US	daily rain	28.7 mm (1.1 in)	18.0 mm (0.7 in)	20 years	41 of 100 (Notable)
22 March 1949	Grinnell 3 SW, US	daily rain	30.0 mm (1.2 in)	21.1 mm (0.8 in)	26 years	40 of 100 (Notable)
22 March 1949	Bulloo Downs, AU	daily rain	40.9 mm (1.6 in)	33.5 mm (1.3 in)	23 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 1949

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1794 to 1949. 1949 had 374 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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Data for records on 1949-03-22: CSV or JSON. Field meanings are on the data page.

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	324
50 to 100	14
100 to 150	5
150 to 200	0
200 to 250	0
250 to 300	1
300 to 350	0
350 to 400	1