Weather Records on 22 March 1950

588 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 22 March 1950. Highest significance: Nainital, IN.

Key Facts for 22 March 1950

On 22 March 1950, 588 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
33 were record highs and 15 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 2 were all-time records, 21 monthly and 565 daily.
Nainital set a monthly record daily precipitation of 156.5 mm (6.2 in) on 22 March 1950.
Across 164 earlier years (1794 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 473 records.

Record Map

588 stations

588 station records on 22 March 1950 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 22 March 1950: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Nainital	India	Record daily precipitation	156.5 mm (6.2 in)	65 of 100 (Major)
Parkes (Nelungaloo (Nelungaloo	Australia	Record daily precipitation	60.2 mm (2.4 in)	63 of 100 (Major)
Pupri	India	Record daily precipitation	101.1 mm (4.0 in)	63 of 100 (Major)
Antwerp	Australia	Record daily precipitation	43.2 mm (1.7 in)	60 of 100 (Major)
Chand	India	Record daily precipitation	63.5 mm (2.5 in)	58 of 100 (Notable)
Kaithal	India	Record daily precipitation	55.4 mm (2.2 in)	57 of 100 (Notable)
Cotter River	Australia	Record daily precipitation	66.0 mm (2.6 in)	55 of 100 (Notable)
Natimuk	Australia	Record daily precipitation	59.4 mm (2.3 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Penola Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	33.8 mm (1.3 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Laen	Australia	Record daily precipitation	54.1 mm (2.1 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Meningie	Australia	Record daily precipitation	30.5 mm (1.2 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Harrow (Pine Hills)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	48.3 mm (1.9 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Daltonganj	India	Record daily precipitation	34.3 mm (1.4 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Naracoorte	Australia	Record daily precipitation	34.8 mm (1.4 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Adaminaby Alpine Tourist Park	Australia	Record daily precipitation	71.4 mm (2.8 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Jeparit	Australia	Record daily precipitation	71.1 mm (2.8 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Cooma Lambie Street	Australia	Record daily precipitation	56.9 mm (2.2 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Edenhope (Post Office)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	54.9 mm (2.2 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Oukraal	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	64.8 mm (2.6 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Burrinjuck Dam	Australia	Record daily precipitation	67.8 mm (2.7 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Katyil	Australia	Record daily precipitation	45.5 mm (1.8 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Jammu (In-AFB)	India	Record daily precipitation	63.0 mm (2.5 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Coomandook (Malinong)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	33.0 mm (1.3 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Warraweena	Australia	Record daily precipitation	51.1 mm (2.0 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Wantiool (Caithness)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	43.7 mm (1.7 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Goroke (Kangawall)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	44.5 mm (1.8 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Coomandook	Australia	Record daily precipitation	39.6 mm (1.6 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Jung Jung	Australia	Record daily precipitation	30.5 mm (1.2 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Sursand	India	Record daily precipitation	35.6 mm (1.4 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Chatrapur	India	Record daily precipitation	29.2 mm (1.1 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Khariar	India	Record daily precipitation	30.5 mm (1.2 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Karnak (Rosedale)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	38.6 mm (1.5 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Penola (Comaum Park)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	37.3 mm (1.5 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Maragle Station	Australia	Record daily precipitation	65.5 mm (2.6 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Galong	Australia	Record daily precipitation	82.8 mm (3.3 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Stockinbingal General Store	Australia	Record daily precipitation	43.2 mm (1.7 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Nhill	Australia	Record daily precipitation	40.6 mm (1.6 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Telangatuk (Scholfield)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	36.1 mm (1.4 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Khamaria	India	Record daily precipitation	47.0 mm (1.9 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Kairana	India	Record daily precipitation	74.9 mm (2.9 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Fairlight Station	Australia	Record daily precipitation	81.3 mm (3.2 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Cooma (Gurrabeal)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	64.0 mm (2.5 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Jimenbuen	Australia	Record daily precipitation	38.6 mm (1.5 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Wantabadgery	Australia	Record daily precipitation	50.8 mm (2.0 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Moonambel	Australia	Record daily precipitation	35.8 mm (1.4 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Poolaijelo	Australia	Record daily precipitation	34.5 mm (1.4 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Sucesso	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	102.5 mm (4.0 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Keith	Australia	Record daily precipitation	31.0 mm (1.2 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Binalong Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	71.1 mm (2.8 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Young Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	59.7 mm (2.4 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Glenorchy	Australia	Record daily precipitation	56.6 mm (2.2 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Minimay (Booroopki)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	33.8 mm (1.3 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Narrung (Yalkuri)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	26.2 mm (1.0 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Grenfell (Quondong Rd)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	57.7 mm (2.3 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Sheep Hills	Australia	Record daily precipitation	39.6 mm (1.6 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Maryborough	Australia	Record daily precipitation	27.9 mm (1.1 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Balanpur	India	Record daily precipitation	50.8 mm (2.0 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Hartington	United States	Record snow depth	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Lillimur Estate	Australia	Record daily precipitation	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Lorquon	Australia	Record daily precipitation	26.4 mm (1.0 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)

Counts by Type and Timescale

588 records

Records set or tied on 22 March 1950 by type: Highest daily maximum 13, Lowest daily maximum 5, Highest daily minimum 20, Lowest daily minimum 10, Heaviest daily rainfall 501, Heaviest daily snowfall 31, Deepest snow cover 8.

Records on 22 March 1950 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	13
Lowest daily maximum	5
Highest daily minimum	20
Lowest daily minimum	10
Heaviest daily rainfall	501
Heaviest daily snowfall	31
Deepest snow cover	8

Records on 22 March 1950 by timescale: all-time 2, monthly 21, daily 565.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

548 broken records

Margins by which the 548 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 254.0. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

22 March 1950

Top 20 records on 22 March 1950 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
22 March 1950	Nainital, IN	monthly rain	156.5 mm (6.2 in)	89.2 mm (3.5 in)	36 years	65 of 100 (Major)
22 March 1950	Parkes (Nelungaloo (Nelungaloo, AU	daily rain	60.2 mm (2.4 in)	51.8 mm (2.0 in)	56 years	63 of 100 (Major)
22 March 1950	Pupri, IN	monthly rain	101.1 mm (4.0 in)	43.9 mm (1.7 in)	29 years	63 of 100 (Major)
22 March 1950	Antwerp, AU	daily rain	43.2 mm (1.7 in)	35.1 mm (1.4 in)	55 years	60 of 100 (Major)
22 March 1950	Chand, IN	monthly rain	63.5 mm (2.5 in)	31.7 mm (1.2 in)	23 years	58 of 100 (Notable)
22 March 1950	Kaithal, IN	daily rain	55.4 mm (2.2 in)	46.5 mm (1.8 in)	43 years	57 of 100 (Notable)
22 March 1950	Cotter River, AU	daily rain	66.0 mm (2.6 in)	60.7 mm (2.4 in)	36 years	55 of 100 (Notable)
22 March 1950	Natimuk, AU	monthly rain	59.4 mm (2.3 in)	20.8 mm (0.8 in)	20 years	54 of 100 (Notable)
22 March 1950	Penola Post Office, AU	daily rain	33.8 mm (1.3 in)	27.2 mm (1.1 in)	55 years	53 of 100 (Notable)
22 March 1950	Laen, AU	daily rain	54.1 mm (2.1 in)	52.3 mm (2.1 in)	23 years	53 of 100 (Notable)
22 March 1950	Meningie, AU	daily rain	30.5 mm (1.2 in)	28.7 mm (1.1 in)	15 years	52 of 100 (Notable)
22 March 1950	Harrow (Pine Hills), AU	daily rain	48.3 mm (1.9 in)	41.7 mm (1.6 in)	23 years	52 of 100 (Notable)
22 March 1950	Daltonganj, IN	daily rain	34.3 mm (1.4 in)	26.4 mm (1.0 in)	29 years	52 of 100 (Notable)
22 March 1950	Naracoorte, AU	daily rain	34.8 mm (1.4 in)	29.5 mm (1.2 in)	23 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
22 March 1950	Adaminaby Alpine Tourist Park, AU	monthly rain	71.4 mm (2.8 in)	17.6 mm (0.7 in)	57 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
22 March 1950	Jeparit, AU	daily rain	71.1 mm (2.8 in)	68.6 mm (2.7 in)	23 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
22 March 1950	Cooma Lambie Street, AU	daily rain	56.9 mm (2.2 in)	32.8 mm (1.3 in)	24 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
22 March 1950	Edenhope (Post Office), AU	daily rain	54.9 mm (2.2 in)	45.8 mm (1.8 in)	15 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
22 March 1950	Oukraal, ZA	daily rain	64.8 mm (2.6 in)	45.5 mm (1.8 in)	24 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
22 March 1950	Burrinjuck Dam, AU	daily rain	67.8 mm (2.7 in)	40.6 mm (1.6 in)	24 years	49 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 1950

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1794 to 1950. 1950 had 588 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	531
50 to 100	14
100 to 150	2
150 to 200	0
200 to 250	0
250 to 300	1