Weather Records on 22 March 1957

348 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 22 March 1957. Highest significance: Gangapur, IN.

Key Facts for 22 March 1957

On 22 March 1957, 348 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
42 were record highs and 50 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 0 were all-time records, 9 monthly and 339 daily.
Gangapur set a daily record precipitation of 42.4 mm (1.7 in) on 22 March 1957.
Across 164 earlier years (1794 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 475 records.

Record Map

348 stations

348 station records on 22 March 1957 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 22 March 1957: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Gangapur	India	Record daily precipitation	42.4 mm (1.7 in)	56 of 100 (Notable)
Vlakfontein	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	53.8 mm (2.1 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Guna	India	Record daily precipitation	52.8 mm (2.1 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Panna	India	Record daily precipitation	34.5 mm (1.4 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Chadron 3SW	United States	Record daily snowfall	17.8 cm (7.0 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Bridgeport	United States	Record daily snowfall	14.0 cm (5.5 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Potgietersrus	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	54.5 mm (2.1 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Waco	United States	Record daily precipitation	64.3 mm (2.5 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Humboldt	Canada	Record daily snowfall	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Amiandos	Cyprus	Record daily precipitation	74.0 mm (2.9 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Kimball 2NE	United States	Record daily snowfall	7.6 cm (3.0 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Doornbult	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	50.0 mm (2.0 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Morena	India	Record daily precipitation	35.6 mm (1.4 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Lake Alfred Exp STN	United States	Record daily precipitation	72.9 mm (2.9 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Ardmore 1 NW	United States	Record daily snowfall	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Lead	United States	Record daily snowfall	20.3 cm (8.0 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Dixon	United States	Record daily snowfall	20.3 cm (8.0 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Luz (Estacao)	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	48.0 mm (1.9 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Plant City	United States	Record daily precipitation	100.6 mm (4.0 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Ft Robinson	United States	Record daily snowfall	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Harrison	United States	Record daily snowfall	17.8 cm (7.0 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Mainpuri	India	Record daily precipitation	33.3 mm (1.3 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Springs-Olympia Park	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	53.0 mm (2.1 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Kayenta	United States	Record daily snowfall	5.6 cm (2.2 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Georgetown 2 E	United States	Record daily precipitation	38.6 mm (1.5 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Collbran	United States	Record daily snowfall	22.9 cm (9.0 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Arcoverde (Rio Branco)	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	38.5 mm (1.5 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Turffontein	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	31.0 mm (1.2 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Alliance 1WNW	United States	Record daily snowfall	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Torrington Exp Farm	United States	Record daily snowfall	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Timovskoe	Russia	Record low maximum temperature	-13.4 C (7.9 F)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Oakland	United States	Record low minimum temperature	2.2 C (36.0 F)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Black Rock	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-16.7 C (1.9 F)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Tropic	United States	Record low maximum temperature	0.0 C (32.0 F)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Laramie	United States	Record daily snowfall	8.4 cm (3.3 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Brejo da Madre de Deus	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	47.1 mm (1.9 in)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Gospic	Croatia	Record high maximum temperature	19.3 C (66.7 F)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Dholpur	India	Record daily precipitation	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Paragonah	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-14.4 C (6.1 F)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Graz	Austria	Record high minimum temperature	9.7 C (49.5 F)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Szombathely	Hungary	Record high minimum temperature	8.1 C (46.6 F)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Chandia Nallah	India	Record daily precipitation	38.1 mm (1.5 in)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Lugano	Switzerland	Record high minimum temperature	8.8 C (47.8 F)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Oshkosh	United States	Record daily snowfall	14.0 cm (5.5 in)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Manila	United States	Record low maximum temperature	-2.8 C (27.0 F)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Bijawar	India	Record daily precipitation	29.2 mm (1.1 in)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Cheesman	United States	Record daily snowfall	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Leroy 5 WSW	United States	Record daily snowfall	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Spicer	United States	Record daily snowfall	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Ponte Guatapara	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	54.0 mm (2.1 in)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Strasbourg	Canada	Record daily snowfall	16.5 cm (6.5 in)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Zagreb-Gric	Croatia	Record high minimum temperature	11.2 C (52.2 F)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Sandbaken	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	26.5 mm (1.0 in)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Springs (Rwb)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	26.5 mm (1.0 in)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Hawthorne	United States	Record daily snowfall	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Sparta 1 W	United States	Record daily snowfall	5.1 cm (2.0 in)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Towner 2 NE	United States	Record high minimum temperature	1.1 C (34.0 F)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Valley City 3 NNW	United States	Record high minimum temperature	1.7 C (35.1 F)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Khilchipur	India	Record daily precipitation	10.4 mm (0.4 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Kurwai	India	Record daily precipitation	20.3 mm (0.8 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

348 records

Records set or tied on 22 March 1957 by type: Highest daily maximum 16, Lowest daily maximum 29, Highest daily minimum 26, Lowest daily minimum 21, Heaviest daily rainfall 212, Heaviest daily snowfall 41, Deepest snow cover 3.

Records on 22 March 1957 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	16
Lowest daily maximum	29
Highest daily minimum	26
Lowest daily minimum	21
Heaviest daily rainfall	212
Heaviest daily snowfall	41
Deepest snow cover	3

Records on 22 March 1957 by timescale: all-time 0, monthly 9, daily 339.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

306 broken records

Margins by which the 306 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 152.0. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

22 March 1957

Top 20 records on 22 March 1957 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
22 March 1957	Gangapur, IN	daily rain	42.4 mm (1.7 in)	42.4 mm (1.7 in)	56 years	56 of 100 (Notable)
22 March 1957	Vlakfontein, ZA	daily rain	53.8 mm (2.1 in)	30.4 mm (1.2 in)	36 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
22 March 1957	Guna, IN	daily rain	52.8 mm (2.1 in)	51.8 mm (2.0 in)	3 years	44 of 100 (Notable)
22 March 1957	Panna, IN	monthly rain	34.5 mm (1.4 in)	14.2 mm (0.6 in)	0 years	43 of 100 (Notable)
22 March 1957	Chadron 3SW, US	daily snowfall	17.8 cm (7.0 in)	13.5 cm (5.3 in)	28 years	43 of 100 (Notable)
22 March 1957	Bridgeport, US	daily snowfall	14.0 cm (5.5 in)	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	54 years	42 of 100 (Notable)
22 March 1957	Potgietersrus, ZA	daily rain	54.5 mm (2.1 in)	32.9 mm (1.3 in)	36 years	39 of 100 (Notable)
22 March 1957	Waco, US	daily rain	64.3 mm (2.5 in)	35.1 mm (1.4 in)	27 years	39 of 100 (Notable)
22 March 1957	Humboldt, CA	daily snowfall	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	11.9 cm (4.7 in)	2 years	38 of 100 (Notable)
22 March 1957	Amiandos, CY	daily rain	74.0 mm (2.9 in)	34.0 mm (1.3 in)	18 years	37 of 100 (Notable)
22 March 1957	Kimball 2NE, US	daily snowfall	7.6 cm (3.0 in)	5.1 cm (2.0 in)	59 years	35 of 100 (Notable)
22 March 1957	Doornbult, ZA	daily rain	50.0 mm (2.0 in)	30.9 mm (1.2 in)	32 years	34 of 100 (Routine)
22 March 1957	Morena, IN	monthly rain	35.6 mm (1.4 in)	5.1 mm (0.20 in)	42 years	33 of 100 (Routine)
22 March 1957	Lake Alfred Exp STN, US	daily rain	72.9 mm (2.9 in)	36.1 mm (1.4 in)	16 years	33 of 100 (Routine)
22 March 1957	Ardmore 1 NW, US	daily snowfall	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	7.6 cm (3.0 in)	32 years	33 of 100 (Routine)
22 March 1957	Lead, US	daily snowfall	20.3 cm (8.0 in)	13.9 cm (5.5 in)	24 years	33 of 100 (Routine)
22 March 1957	Dixon, US	daily snowfall	20.3 cm (8.0 in)	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	11 years	33 of 100 (Routine)
22 March 1957	Luz (Estacao), BR	daily rain	48.0 mm (1.9 in)	25.6 mm (1.0 in)	34 years	32 of 100 (Routine)
22 March 1957	Plant City, US	daily rain	100.6 mm (4.0 in)	14.2 mm (0.6 in)	54 years	30 of 100 (Routine)
22 March 1957	Ft Robinson, US	daily snowfall	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	7.7 cm (3.0 in)	24 years	29 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 1957

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1794 to 1957. 1957 had 348 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 2026-10-16. Last revised 16 October 2026 (2026-10-16).

Margin	Records
0 to 20	260
20 to 40	27
40 to 60	8
60 to 80	5
80 to 100	0
100 to 120	3
120 to 140	2
140 to 160	1