Weather Records on 22 March 1958

540 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 22 March 1958. Highest significance: Winchendon, US.

Key Facts for 22 March 1958

On 22 March 1958, 540 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
42 were record highs and 269 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 0 were all-time records, 3 monthly and 537 daily.
Winchendon set a daily record precipitation of 43.2 mm (1.7 in) on 22 March 1958.
Across 164 earlier years (1794 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 474 records.

Record Map

540 stations

540 station records on 22 March 1958 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 22 March 1958: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Winchendon	United States	Record daily precipitation	43.2 mm (1.7 in)	60 of 100 (Major)
York 3 SSW Pump STN	United States	Record snow depth	50.8 cm (20.0 in)	56 of 100 (Notable)
Gothenburg	United States	Record snow depth	25.4 cm (10.0 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Hawley 1 E	United States	Record snow depth	55.9 cm (22.0 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Weimar	Germany	Record snow depth	17.0 cm (6.7 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Ithaca Cornell UNIV	United States	Record snow depth	40.6 cm (16.0 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Lunawanna	Australia	Record daily precipitation	36.8 mm (1.4 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Friant Government Camp	United States	Record daily precipitation	50.5 mm (2.0 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Wien	Austria	Record low maximum temperature	-3.0 C (26.6 F)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Moorestown 4 E	United States	Record snow depth	20.3 cm (8.0 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Vineland	United States	Record snow depth	25.4 cm (10.0 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Nugent	Australia	Record daily precipitation	43.4 mm (1.7 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Escondido Church Rch	United States	Record daily precipitation	49.3 mm (1.9 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Lancaster 2 NE Pump St	United States	Record snow depth	20.3 cm (8.0 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Beckley Va Hospital	United States	Record daily snowfall	20.3 cm (8.0 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Digby	Canada	Record daily snowfall	6.4 cm (2.5 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
E Stroudsburg	United States	Record snow depth	35.6 cm (14.0 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Southport	Australia	Record daily precipitation	53.3 mm (2.1 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Reading Wb City	United States	Record snow depth	27.9 cm (11.0 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Woodbridge	Australia	Record daily precipitation	36.8 mm (1.4 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Hamburg Fuhlsbuettel	Germany	Record low minimum temperature	-8.8 C (16.2 F)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Gospic	Croatia	Record low maximum temperature	-3.6 C (25.5 F)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Winchendon	United States	Record daily snowfall	25.4 cm (10.0 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Indian Mills 2 W	United States	Record snow depth	20.3 cm (8.0 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Fitchburg 4 SE	United States	Record daily snowfall	17.8 cm (7.0 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Freeland	United States	Record snow depth	71.1 cm (28.0 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Weissenfels	Germany	Record snow depth	10.0 cm (3.9 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Rexton	Canada	Record daily snowfall	25.4 cm (10.0 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Plauen	Germany	Record low maximum temperature	-4.7 C (23.5 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Strathmore	Australia	Record daily precipitation	45.2 mm (1.8 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Port Arthur	Australia	Record daily precipitation	25.9 mm (1.0 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Sonnblick	Austria	Record low maximum temperature	-23.9 C (-11.0 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Geisenheim	Germany	Record low maximum temperature	1.0 C (33.8 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Mahalapye	Botswana	Record daily precipitation	130.1 mm (5.1 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Bamberg	Germany	Record low maximum temperature	-2.0 C (28.4 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Heinersreuth-Vollhof	Germany	Record low maximum temperature	-2.7 C (27.1 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Chemnitz	Germany	Record low maximum temperature	-4.1 C (24.6 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Weissenburg	Germany	Record low maximum temperature	-2.3 C (27.9 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Saentis	Switzerland	Record low minimum temperature	-21.7 C (-7.1 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Telluride 4WNW	United States	Record snow depth	55.9 cm (22.0 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Halle	Germany	Record low minimum temperature	-10.6 C (12.9 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Gorlitz	Germany	Record low minimum temperature	-11.9 C (10.6 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Regensburg	Germany	Record low maximum temperature	-1.4 C (29.5 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Collegeville	Canada	Record daily snowfall	20.3 cm (8.0 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Altastenberg	Germany	Record low maximum temperature	-6.3 C (20.7 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Lichtentanne	Germany	Record snow depth	18.0 cm (7.1 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Clausthal-Zellerfeld	Germany	Record low minimum temperature	-13.6 C (7.5 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Tobolsk	Russia	Record low minimum temperature	-32.4 C (-26.3 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Linkoeping-Malmslaett	Sweden	Record low minimum temperature	-18.4 C (-1.1 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Lead Hill	United States	Record daily precipitation	42.9 mm (1.7 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Bremen-Seefahrtschule	Germany	Record low maximum temperature	-0.7 C (30.7 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Nurnberg	Germany	Record low maximum temperature	-2.4 C (27.7 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Bernburg/Saale (Nord)	Germany	Record low maximum temperature	-1.2 C (29.8 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Osijek	Croatia	Record low maximum temperature	0.0 C (32.0 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Astana	Kazakhstan	Record low minimum temperature	-34.1 C (-29.4 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Orebro	Sweden	Record low minimum temperature	-20.0 C (-4.0 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Kanab	United States	Record daily precipitation	31.2 mm (1.2 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Juneau Dwtn	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-11.1 C (12.0 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Woody Island	Australia	Record daily precipitation	47.8 mm (1.9 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Innsbruck	Austria	Record low maximum temperature	0.3 C (32.5 F)	27 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

540 records

Records set or tied on 22 March 1958 by type: Highest daily maximum 10, Lowest daily maximum 109, Highest daily minimum 32, Lowest daily minimum 160, Heaviest daily rainfall 144, Heaviest daily snowfall 31, Deepest snow cover 54.

Records on 22 March 1958 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	10
Lowest daily maximum	109
Highest daily minimum	32
Lowest daily minimum	160
Heaviest daily rainfall	144
Heaviest daily snowfall	31
Deepest snow cover	54

Records on 22 March 1958 by timescale: all-time 0, monthly 3, daily 537.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

452 broken records

Margins by which the 452 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 457.0. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

22 March 1958

Top 20 records on 22 March 1958 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
22 March 1958	Winchendon, US	daily rain	43.2 mm (1.7 in)	33.8 mm (1.3 in)	58 years	60 of 100 (Major)
22 March 1958	York 3 SSW Pump STN, US	daily snow depth	50.8 cm (20.0 in)	35.6 cm (14.0 in)	33 years	56 of 100 (Notable)
22 March 1958	Gothenburg, US	daily snow depth	25.4 cm (10.0 in)	25.4 cm (10.0 in)	62 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
22 March 1958	Hawley 1 E, US	daily snow depth	55.9 cm (22.0 in)	35.6 cm (14.0 in)	8 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
22 March 1958	Weimar, DE	daily snow depth	17.0 cm (6.7 in)	13.0 cm (5.1 in)	3 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
22 March 1958	Ithaca Cornell UNIV, US	daily snow depth	40.6 cm (16.0 in)	20.3 cm (8.0 in)	52 years	44 of 100 (Notable)
22 March 1958	Lunawanna, AU	daily rain	36.8 mm (1.4 in)	22.1 mm (0.9 in)	36 years	43 of 100 (Notable)
22 March 1958	Friant Government Camp, US	daily rain	50.5 mm (2.0 in)	27.1 mm (1.1 in)	20 years	42 of 100 (Notable)
22 March 1958	Wien, AT	daily low max	-3.0 C (26.6 F)	2.6 C (4.7 F)	92 years	41 of 100 (Notable)
22 March 1958	Moorestown 4 E, US	daily snow depth	20.3 cm (8.0 in)	10.1 cm (4.0 in)	52 years	40 of 100 (Notable)
22 March 1958	Vineland, US	daily snow depth	25.4 cm (10.0 in)	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	44 years	40 of 100 (Notable)
22 March 1958	Nugent, AU	daily rain	43.4 mm (1.7 in)	26.9 mm (1.1 in)	32 years	39 of 100 (Notable)
22 March 1958	Escondido Church Rch, US	daily rain	49.3 mm (1.9 in)	35.8 mm (1.4 in)	12 years	39 of 100 (Notable)
22 March 1958	Lancaster 2 NE Pump St, US	daily snow depth	20.3 cm (8.0 in)	17.8 cm (7.0 in)	25 years	39 of 100 (Notable)
22 March 1958	Beckley Va Hospital, US	daily snowfall	20.3 cm (8.0 in)	13.9 cm (5.5 in)	15 years	39 of 100 (Notable)
22 March 1958	Digby, CA	daily snowfall	6.4 cm (2.5 in)	3.9 cm (1.5 in)	84 years	38 of 100 (Notable)
22 March 1958	E Stroudsburg, US	daily snow depth	35.6 cm (14.0 in)	17.8 cm (7.0 in)	41 years	38 of 100 (Notable)
22 March 1958	Southport, AU	daily rain	53.3 mm (2.1 in)	23.8 mm (0.9 in)	29 years	37 of 100 (Notable)
22 March 1958	Reading Wb City, US	daily snow depth	27.9 cm (11.0 in)	17.7 cm (7.0 in)	1 year	37 of 100 (Notable)
22 March 1958	Woodbridge, AU	daily rain	36.8 mm (1.4 in)	28.4 mm (1.1 in)	27 years	36 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 1958

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1794 to 1958. 1958 had 540 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 100	425
100 to 200	21
200 to 300	3
300 to 400	2
400 to 500	1