Weather Records on 22 March 1970

563 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 22 March 1970. Highest significance: Narre Warren North (Narre Warr, AU.

Key Facts for 22 March 1970

On 22 March 1970, 563 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
72 were record highs and 87 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 2 were all-time records, 39 monthly and 522 daily.
Narre Warren North (Narre Warr set an all-time record daily precipitation of 165.4 mm (6.5 in) on 22 March 1970.
Across 164 earlier years (1794 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 474 records.

Record Map

563 stations

563 station records on 22 March 1970 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 22 March 1970: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Narre Warren North (Narre Warr	Australia	Record daily precipitation	165.4 mm (6.5 in)	80 of 100 (Exceptional)
Lovely Banks (Reservoir)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	36.6 mm (1.4 in)	67 of 100 (Major)
Hatteras	United States	Record daily precipitation	48.5 mm (1.9 in)	64 of 100 (Major)
Morrisons (Ballark)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	96.0 mm (3.8 in)	63 of 100 (Major)
Durdidwarrah	Australia	Record daily precipitation	86.9 mm (3.4 in)	62 of 100 (Major)
Alderley	Australia	Record daily precipitation	101.6 mm (4.0 in)	60 of 100 (Major)
San Remo	Australia	Record daily precipitation	53.1 mm (2.1 in)	59 of 100 (Notable)
Watsonia Loyola	Australia	Record daily precipitation	80.3 mm (3.2 in)	59 of 100 (Notable)
Lake Leake (Elizabeth River)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	114.3 mm (4.5 in)	59 of 100 (Notable)
Poowong (Post Office)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	104.9 mm (4.1 in)	58 of 100 (Notable)
Loch	Australia	Record daily precipitation	85.6 mm (3.4 in)	56 of 100 (Notable)
Mitcham	Australia	Record daily precipitation	80.0 mm (3.1 in)	55 of 100 (Notable)
Yannathan	Australia	Record daily precipitation	72.6 mm (2.9 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Lancefield	Australia	Record daily precipitation	70.9 mm (2.8 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Fish Creek (Hoddle Range)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	87.6 mm (3.4 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Whittlesea	Australia	Record daily precipitation	72.4 mm (2.9 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Scotsburn (Mount Boninyong)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	73.7 mm (2.9 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Tower Hill	Australia	Record daily precipitation	85.6 mm (3.4 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Bull Harbour	Canada	Record daily precipitation	60.7 mm (2.4 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Strathmore	Australia	Record daily precipitation	108.7 mm (4.3 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Essendon Airport	Australia	Record daily precipitation	36.6 mm (1.4 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Coranderrk Badger Weir	Australia	Record daily precipitation	36.1 mm (1.4 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Mornington	Australia	Record daily precipitation	34.8 mm (1.4 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Bungaree (Kirks Reservoir)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	59.2 mm (2.3 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Ormley	Australia	Record daily precipitation	111.3 mm (4.4 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Needles Eye (Ventnor)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	58.9 mm (2.3 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Inverloch	Australia	Record daily precipitation	56.1 mm (2.2 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Bentleigh	Australia	Record daily precipitation	46.7 mm (1.8 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Budgeree East (Claremont)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	72.4 mm (2.9 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Port Albert	Australia	Record daily precipitation	90.9 mm (3.6 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Epping	Australia	Record daily precipitation	55.4 mm (2.2 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Batesburg	United States	Record daily precipitation	86.9 mm (3.4 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Beales Reservoir	Australia	Record daily precipitation	57.2 mm (2.3 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Rossarden (Aberfoyle)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	67.3 mm (2.6 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Avoca (Railway House)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	48.8 mm (1.9 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Tifton	United States	Record daily precipitation	81.8 mm (3.2 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Toorourrong Reservoir (Toorour	Australia	Record daily precipitation	53.6 mm (2.1 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Deddington (Marathon)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	38.6 mm (1.5 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Branxholm (Stoke Street)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	53.8 mm (2.1 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Pioneer (Main Road)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	72.1 mm (2.8 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Officer (Jesmond Dene)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	81.3 mm (3.2 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Coliban Upper	Australia	Record daily precipitation	43.4 mm (1.7 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Kilmore Assumption College	Australia	Record daily precipitation	89.9 mm (3.5 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Pascoe Vale	Australia	Record daily precipitation	43.9 mm (1.7 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Moorabool Reservoir	Australia	Record daily precipitation	53.3 mm (2.1 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Broadford Golf Course	Australia	Record daily precipitation	46.7 mm (1.8 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Woodend (Carlisle Street)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	79.8 mm (3.1 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Lefroy	Australia	Record daily precipitation	29.5 mm (1.2 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Lewis Hill (St Pauls River)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	108.7 mm (4.3 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Stonehouse	Australia	Record daily precipitation	56.9 mm (2.2 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Shoreham	Australia	Record daily precipitation	41.7 mm (1.6 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Mount Macedon (Burncranna)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	66.0 mm (2.6 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Portarlington	Australia	Record daily precipitation	41.7 mm (1.6 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Fingal (Legge Street)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	79.2 mm (3.1 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Governador Dix-Sept Rosado	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	110.0 mm (4.3 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Fitzgerald	United States	Record daily precipitation	43.4 mm (1.7 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Melbourne Regional Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	45.2 mm (1.8 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Schierke	Germany	Record snow depth	115.0 cm (45.3 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Kingstree	United States	Record daily precipitation	59.7 mm (2.4 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Lake City 2 SE	United States	Record daily precipitation	106.9 mm (4.2 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)

Counts by Type and Timescale

563 records

Records set or tied on 22 March 1970 by type: Highest daily maximum 32, Lowest daily maximum 63, Highest daily minimum 40, Lowest daily minimum 24, Heaviest daily rainfall 376, Heaviest daily snowfall 15, Deepest snow cover 13.

Records on 22 March 1970 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	32
Lowest daily maximum	63
Highest daily minimum	40
Lowest daily minimum	24
Heaviest daily rainfall	376
Heaviest daily snowfall	15
Deepest snow cover	13

Records on 22 March 1970 by timescale: all-time 2, monthly 39, daily 522.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

514 broken records

Margins by which the 514 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 480.0. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

22 March 1970

Top 20 records on 22 March 1970 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
22 March 1970	Narre Warren North (Narre Warr, AU	all-time rain	165.4 mm (6.5 in)	42.2 mm (1.7 in)	35 years	80 of 100 (Exceptional)
22 March 1970	Lovely Banks (Reservoir), AU	daily rain	36.6 mm (1.4 in)	27.7 mm (1.1 in)	70 years	67 of 100 (Major)
22 March 1970	Hatteras, US	daily rain	48.5 mm (1.9 in)	37.8 mm (1.5 in)	67 years	64 of 100 (Major)
22 March 1970	Morrisons (Ballark), AU	monthly rain	96.0 mm (3.8 in)	28.9 mm (1.1 in)	51 years	63 of 100 (Major)
22 March 1970	Durdidwarrah, AU	daily rain	86.9 mm (3.4 in)	52.9 mm (2.1 in)	44 years	62 of 100 (Major)
22 March 1970	Alderley, AU	daily rain	101.6 mm (4.0 in)	77.0 mm (3.0 in)	56 years	60 of 100 (Major)
22 March 1970	San Remo, AU	daily rain	53.1 mm (2.1 in)	39.1 mm (1.5 in)	39 years	59 of 100 (Notable)
22 March 1970	Watsonia Loyola, AU	monthly rain	80.3 mm (3.2 in)	36.4 mm (1.4 in)	21 years	59 of 100 (Notable)
22 March 1970	Lake Leake (Elizabeth River), AU	daily rain	114.3 mm (4.5 in)	60.5 mm (2.4 in)	39 years	59 of 100 (Notable)
22 March 1970	Poowong (Post Office), AU	monthly rain	104.9 mm (4.1 in)	41.7 mm (1.6 in)	0 years	58 of 100 (Notable)
22 March 1970	Loch, AU	monthly rain	85.6 mm (3.4 in)	29.7 mm (1.2 in)	24 years	56 of 100 (Notable)
22 March 1970	Mitcham, AU	monthly rain	80.0 mm (3.1 in)	27.2 mm (1.1 in)	21 years	55 of 100 (Notable)
22 March 1970	Yannathan, AU	daily rain	72.6 mm (2.9 in)	43.4 mm (1.7 in)	17 years	52 of 100 (Notable)
22 March 1970	Lancefield, AU	daily rain	70.9 mm (2.8 in)	43.5 mm (1.7 in)	17 years	52 of 100 (Notable)
22 March 1970	Fish Creek (Hoddle Range), AU	daily rain	87.6 mm (3.4 in)	32.5 mm (1.3 in)	44 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
22 March 1970	Whittlesea, AU	daily rain	72.4 mm (2.9 in)	48.3 mm (1.9 in)	17 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
22 March 1970	Scotsburn (Mount Boninyong), AU	monthly rain	73.7 mm (2.9 in)	3.1 mm (0.12 in)	95 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
22 March 1970	Tower Hill, AU	daily rain	85.6 mm (3.4 in)	48.5 mm (1.9 in)	39 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
22 March 1970	Bull Harbour, CA	daily rain	60.7 mm (2.4 in)	46.5 mm (1.8 in)	20 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
22 March 1970	Strathmore, AU	daily rain	108.7 mm (4.3 in)	82.0 mm (3.2 in)	36 years	50 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 1970

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1794 to 1970. 1970 had 563 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	510
100 to 200	2
200 to 300	0
300 to 400	1
400 to 500	1