Weather Records on 22 March 1961

260 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 22 March 1961. Highest significance: Cheraw, US.

Key Facts for 22 March 1961

On 22 March 1961, 260 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
70 were record highs and 56 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 0 were all-time records, 1 monthly and 259 daily.
Cheraw set a monthly record daily precipitation of 74.9 mm (2.9 in) on 22 March 1961.
Across 164 earlier years (1794 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 475 records.

Record Map

260 stations

260 station records on 22 March 1961 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 22 March 1961: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Cheraw	United States	Record daily precipitation	74.9 mm (2.9 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Huetamo	Mexico	Record low minimum temperature	5.6 C (42.1 F)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Virden	Canada	Record high minimum temperature	-1.7 C (28.9 F)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Norddal	Norway	Record daily precipitation	26.4 mm (1.0 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Moncure 3 SE	United States	Record daily precipitation	47.0 mm (1.9 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Superior	United States	Record daily precipitation	33.8 mm (1.3 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Carire	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	65.0 mm (2.6 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Bayard	United States	Record daily precipitation	43.4 mm (1.7 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Sterling	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	29.0 mm (1.1 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Greenville	United States	Record daily precipitation	39.9 mm (1.6 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Georgetown 2 E	United States	Record daily precipitation	80.3 mm (3.2 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Danville 2 SE	United States	Record daily precipitation	40.9 mm (1.6 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Charlotte Hall	United States	Record daily precipitation	31.0 mm (1.2 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Monsenhor Tabosa	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	52.0 mm (2.0 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Vik I Sogn III	Norway	Record daily precipitation	28.2 mm (1.1 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Dohne (Sar)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	25.0 mm (1.0 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Iguape	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	52.1 mm (2.1 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Picardy	United States	Record daily snowfall	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Chatham	United States	Record daily precipitation	43.4 mm (1.7 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Hopewell	United States	Record daily precipitation	36.1 mm (1.4 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Romney 1 SW	United States	Record daily snowfall	5.1 cm (2.0 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Panskura	India	Record daily precipitation	34.5 mm (1.4 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Dwarsfontein	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	35.0 mm (1.4 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Reidsville	United States	Record daily precipitation	40.1 mm (1.6 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Arachu	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	63.8 mm (2.5 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Uil	Kazakhstan	Record high minimum temperature	1.6 C (34.9 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Klipplaat	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	33.0 mm (1.3 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Gyzylarbat	Turkmenistan	Record high minimum temperature	11.4 C (52.5 F)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Ai-Petri	Ukraine	Record daily precipitation	28.4 mm (1.1 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Ekaterinburg	Russia	Record high minimum temperature	3.0 C (37.4 F)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Leeu Gamka (Sar)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	25.7 mm (1.0 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Palmietfontein"Knap Draai	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	26.5 mm (1.0 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Randleman	United States	Record daily precipitation	41.7 mm (1.6 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Louisa	United States	Record daily precipitation	39.6 mm (1.6 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Warsaw 2 NW	United States	Record daily precipitation	40.6 mm (1.6 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Wytheville	United States	Record daily precipitation	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Martinsburg E W Virginia Rgnl	United States	Record low maximum temperature	0.6 C (33.1 F)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Snydersfontein	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	26.0 mm (1.0 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Nuwara Eliya	Sri Lanka	Record high maximum temperature	24.9 C (76.8 F)	24 of 100 (Routine)
De Vlei "de Kruis"	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	30.0 mm (1.2 in)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Neuse 2 NE	United States	Record daily precipitation	38.1 mm (1.5 in)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Burketown Post Office	Australia	Record high minimum temperature	26.7 C (80.1 F)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Atyrau	Kazakhstan	Record high minimum temperature	4.1 C (39.4 F)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Orenburg	Russia	Record high minimum temperature	1.4 C (34.5 F)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Grafton	United States	Record high minimum temperature	1.1 C (34.0 F)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Culpeper	United States	Record low maximum temperature	1.7 C (35.1 F)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Caracara	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	48.2 mm (1.9 in)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Caldwell	United States	Record high maximum temperature	23.3 C (73.9 F)	22 of 100 (Routine)
La Plata 1 W	United States	Record daily precipitation	34.8 mm (1.4 in)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Bemidji	United States	Record high minimum temperature	0.6 C (33.1 F)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Lumberton	United States	Record daily precipitation	40.6 mm (1.6 in)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Rougemont	United States	Record daily precipitation	31.8 mm (1.3 in)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Forest Grove	United States	Record high minimum temperature	7.8 C (46.0 F)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Dillon	United States	Record daily precipitation	33.3 mm (1.3 in)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Halifax 1 N	United States	Record daily precipitation	33.3 mm (1.3 in)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Sousa	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	70.0 mm (2.8 in)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Kustanai	Kazakhstan	Record high maximum temperature	4.8 C (40.6 F)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Langley AFB	United States	Record daily precipitation	27.4 mm (1.1 in)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Khibiny	Russia	Record daily precipitation	5.1 mm (0.20 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Tarnaby	Sweden	Record daily precipitation	15.2 mm (0.6 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

260 records

Records set or tied on 22 March 1961 by type: Highest daily maximum 15, Lowest daily maximum 39, Highest daily minimum 55, Lowest daily minimum 17, Heaviest daily rainfall 117, Heaviest daily snowfall 11, Deepest snow cover 6.

Records on 22 March 1961 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	15
Lowest daily maximum	39
Highest daily minimum	55
Lowest daily minimum	17
Heaviest daily rainfall	117
Heaviest daily snowfall	11
Deepest snow cover	6

Records on 22 March 1961 by timescale: all-time 0, monthly 1, daily 259.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

210 broken records

Margins by which the 210 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 1961

Top 20 records on 22 March 1961 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
22 March 1961	Cheraw, US	monthly rain	74.9 mm (2.9 in)	13.7 mm (0.5 in)	59 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
22 March 1961	Huetamo, MX	daily low min	5.6 C (42.1 F)	8.8 C (15.8 F)	30 years	42 of 100 (Notable)
22 March 1961	Virden, CA	daily high min	-1.7 C (28.9 F)	14.4 C (25.9 F)	69 years	40 of 100 (Notable)
22 March 1961	Norddal, NO	daily rain	26.4 mm (1.0 in)	12.2 mm (0.5 in)	54 years	40 of 100 (Notable)
22 March 1961	Moncure 3 SE, US	daily rain	47.0 mm (1.9 in)	17.5 mm (0.7 in)	58 years	39 of 100 (Notable)
22 March 1961	Superior, US	daily rain	33.8 mm (1.3 in)	19.1 mm (0.8 in)	8 years	39 of 100 (Notable)
22 March 1961	Carire, BR	daily rain	65.0 mm (2.6 in)	35.0 mm (1.4 in)	32 years	36 of 100 (Notable)
22 March 1961	Bayard, US	daily rain	43.4 mm (1.7 in)	20.5 mm (0.8 in)	24 years	36 of 100 (Notable)
22 March 1961	Sterling, ZA	daily rain	29.0 mm (1.1 in)	15.5 mm (0.6 in)	40 years	35 of 100 (Notable)
22 March 1961	Greenville, US	daily rain	39.9 mm (1.6 in)	18.6 mm (0.7 in)	30 years	34 of 100 (Routine)
22 March 1961	Georgetown 2 E, US	daily rain	80.3 mm (3.2 in)	41.7 mm (1.6 in)	4 years	34 of 100 (Routine)
22 March 1961	Danville 2 SE, US	daily rain	40.9 mm (1.6 in)	17.5 mm (0.7 in)	30 years	34 of 100 (Routine)
22 March 1961	Charlotte Hall, US	daily rain	31.0 mm (1.2 in)	21.1 mm (0.8 in)	19 years	33 of 100 (Routine)
22 March 1961	Monsenhor Tabosa, BR	daily rain	52.0 mm (2.0 in)	26.4 mm (1.0 in)	27 years	31 of 100 (Routine)
22 March 1961	Vik I Sogn III, NO	daily rain	28.2 mm (1.1 in)	7.3 mm (0.29 in)	44 years	31 of 100 (Routine)
22 March 1961	Dohne (Sar), ZA	daily rain	25.0 mm (1.0 in)	3.7 mm (0.15 in)	71 years	31 of 100 (Routine)
22 March 1961	Iguape, BR	daily rain	52.1 mm (2.1 in)	24.1 mm (0.9 in)	42 years	30 of 100 (Routine)
22 March 1961	Picardy, US	daily snowfall	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	32 years	30 of 100 (Routine)
22 March 1961	Chatham, US	daily rain	43.4 mm (1.7 in)	18.0 mm (0.7 in)	28 years	30 of 100 (Routine)
22 March 1961	Hopewell, US	daily rain	36.1 mm (1.4 in)	15.3 mm (0.6 in)	34 years	30 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 1961

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1794 to 1961. 1961 had 260 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	190
20 to 40	13
40 to 60	4
60 to 80	2
80 to 100	0
100 to 120	0
120 to 140	0
140 to 160	1