Weather Records on 22 March 1973

512 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 22 March 1973. Highest significance: Corinne, US.

Key Facts for 22 March 1973

On 22 March 1973, 512 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
105 were record highs and 111 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 1 were all-time records, 12 monthly and 499 daily.
Corinne set a daily record snowfall of 26.2 cm (10.3 in) on 22 March 1973.
Across 164 earlier years (1794 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 474 records.

Record Map

512 stations

512 station records on 22 March 1973 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 22 March 1973: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Corinne	United States	Record daily snowfall	26.2 cm (10.3 in)	67 of 100 (Major)
Flagler 1S	United States	Record daily precipitation	38.1 mm (1.5 in)	63 of 100 (Major)
Mitchell 5E	United States	Record daily precipitation	25.9 mm (1.0 in)	60 of 100 (Major)
Arco	United States	Record daily snowfall	14.0 cm (5.5 in)	55 of 100 (Notable)
Ft Robinson	United States	Record daily precipitation	30.7 mm (1.2 in)	55 of 100 (Notable)
Drevja	Norway	Record daily precipitation	64.5 mm (2.5 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Twin Falls 2 NNE	United States	Record daily precipitation	32.3 mm (1.3 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Kapskarmo	Norway	Record daily precipitation	59.9 mm (2.4 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Ft Washakie 1 SE	United States	Record snow depth	35.6 cm (14.0 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Pineview Dam	United States	Record daily snowfall	33.0 cm (13.0 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Cessnock Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	64.8 mm (2.6 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Newcastle Nobbys Signal Statio	Australia	Record daily precipitation	55.4 mm (2.2 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Riverdale	United States	Record daily precipitation	33.0 mm (1.3 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Philip AP	United States	Record daily precipitation	26.2 mm (1.0 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Ardmore 1 NW	United States	Record daily precipitation	25.9 mm (1.0 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Flagstaff AP	United States	Record daily snowfall	31.0 cm (12.2 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Garland 1 NE	United States	Record daily snowfall	20.3 cm (8.0 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Mulbring (Vincent Street)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	95.3 mm (3.8 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Steigen	Norway	Record daily precipitation	30.0 mm (1.2 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Corinne	United States	Record daily precipitation	26.2 mm (1.0 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Ogden Pioneer Ph	United States	Record daily precipitation	29.7 mm (1.2 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Roxboro 7 ESE	United States	Record daily snowfall	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Booby Island Lighthouse	Australia	Record daily precipitation	217.2 mm (8.6 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Silver Lake Brighton	United States	Record daily snowfall	61.0 cm (24.0 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Botnen I Forde	Norway	Record daily precipitation	61.0 mm (2.4 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Garland 1 NE	United States	Record daily precipitation	26.7 mm (1.1 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Nord-Rana	Norway	Record daily precipitation	55.8 mm (2.2 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Biskra	Algeria	Record high minimum temperature	20.0 C (68.0 F)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Dunderlandsdalen	Norway	Record daily precipitation	41.2 mm (1.6 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Roodepoort	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	40.0 mm (1.6 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Gemsbokfontein	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	55.0 mm (2.2 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Farmville	United States	Record daily snowfall	7.6 cm (3.0 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Uruburetama	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	91.8 mm (3.6 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Hovlandsdal	Norway	Record daily precipitation	77.2 mm (3.0 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Luroy	Norway	Record daily precipitation	82.6 mm (3.3 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Pretoria-Fountains	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	60.5 mm (2.4 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Williams	United States	Record daily snowfall	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Darby	United States	Record daily precipitation	27.9 mm (1.1 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Windsor Bowling Club	Australia	Record daily precipitation	54.6 mm (2.1 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Careacu	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	63.5 mm (2.5 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Sao Jose de Mipibu	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	75.2 mm (3.0 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Annapolis US Naval Aca	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-7.8 C (18.0 F)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Brigham City	United States	Record daily precipitation	48.0 mm (1.9 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Fredonia	United States	Record daily snowfall	25.4 cm (10.0 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Twin Falls 3 SE	United States	Record daily precipitation	38.1 mm (1.5 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Williamson	United States	Record daily precipitation	38.6 mm (1.5 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Astolfo Dutra	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	66.2 mm (2.6 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Ogden Sugar Factory	United States	Record daily precipitation	29.0 mm (1.1 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Canguaretama	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	56.3 mm (2.2 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Montpelier Rs	United States	Record daily snowfall	17.0 cm (6.7 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Cockle Creek (Pasminco Metals)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	33.5 mm (1.3 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Tejon Rancho	United States	Record low maximum temperature	7.2 C (45.0 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Diamond Springs	United States	Record daily precipitation	47.2 mm (1.9 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Oberon (Jenolan State Forest)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	40.6 mm (1.6 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Bairro Do Pinheiro	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	44.3 mm (1.7 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Oakley	United States	Record snow depth	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Austin #2	United States	Record daily snowfall	19.1 cm (7.5 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Oksoey Fyr	Norway	Record high minimum temperature	5.1 C (41.2 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Verwoedburg-Mu"Lytteltn"	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	43.0 mm (1.7 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Laersdrift (Pol)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	46.5 mm (1.8 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

512 records

Records set or tied on 22 March 1973 by type: Highest daily maximum 21, Lowest daily maximum 76, Highest daily minimum 84, Lowest daily minimum 35, Heaviest daily rainfall 230, Heaviest daily snowfall 50, Deepest snow cover 16.

Records on 22 March 1973 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	21
Lowest daily maximum	76
Highest daily minimum	84
Lowest daily minimum	35
Heaviest daily rainfall	230
Heaviest daily snowfall	50
Deepest snow cover	16

Records on 22 March 1973 by timescale: all-time 1, monthly 12, daily 499.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

421 broken records

Margins by which the 421 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 356.0. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

22 March 1973

Top 20 records on 22 March 1973 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
22 March 1973	Corinne, US	daily snowfall	26.2 cm (10.3 in)	21.1 cm (8.3 in)	68 years	67 of 100 (Major)
22 March 1973	Flagler 1S, US	monthly rain	38.1 mm (1.5 in)	15.2 mm (0.6 in)	46 years	63 of 100 (Major)
22 March 1973	Mitchell 5E, US	daily rain	25.9 mm (1.0 in)	17.5 mm (0.7 in)	48 years	60 of 100 (Major)
22 March 1973	Arco, US	daily snowfall	14.0 cm (5.5 in)	14.0 cm (5.5 in)	58 years	55 of 100 (Notable)
22 March 1973	Ft Robinson, US	daily rain	30.7 mm (1.2 in)	20.3 mm (0.8 in)	28 years	55 of 100 (Notable)
22 March 1973	Drevja, NO	daily rain	64.5 mm (2.5 in)	28.7 mm (1.1 in)	55 years	53 of 100 (Notable)
22 March 1973	Twin Falls 2 NNE, US	monthly rain	32.3 mm (1.3 in)	6.9 mm (0.27 in)	65 years	53 of 100 (Notable)
22 March 1973	Kapskarmo, NO	daily rain	59.9 mm (2.4 in)	35.9 mm (1.4 in)	28 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
22 March 1973	Ft Washakie 1 SE, US	daily snow depth	35.6 cm (14.0 in)	28.0 cm (11.0 in)	20 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
22 March 1973	Pineview Dam, US	daily snowfall	33.0 cm (13.0 in)	24.9 cm (9.8 in)	38 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
22 March 1973	Cessnock Post Office, AU	daily rain	64.8 mm (2.6 in)	42.7 mm (1.7 in)	20 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
22 March 1973	Newcastle Nobbys Signal Statio, AU	daily rain	55.4 mm (2.2 in)	15.3 mm (0.6 in)	102 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
22 March 1973	Riverdale, US	daily rain	33.0 mm (1.3 in)	23.9 mm (0.9 in)	8 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
22 March 1973	Philip AP, US	daily rain	26.2 mm (1.0 in)	19.6 mm (0.8 in)	7 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
22 March 1973	Ardmore 1 NW, US	daily rain	25.9 mm (1.0 in)	15.7 mm (0.6 in)	16 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
22 March 1973	Flagstaff AP, US	daily snowfall	31.0 cm (12.2 in)	15.8 cm (6.2 in)	79 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
22 March 1973	Garland 1 NE, US	monthly snowfall	20.3 cm (8.0 in)	5.1 cm (2.0 in)	56 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
22 March 1973	Mulbring (Vincent Street), AU	daily rain	95.3 mm (3.8 in)	80.8 mm (3.2 in)	0 years	44 of 100 (Notable)
22 March 1973	Steigen, NO	daily rain	30.0 mm (1.2 in)	11.8 mm (0.5 in)	55 years	43 of 100 (Notable)
22 March 1973	Corinne, US	daily rain	26.2 mm (1.0 in)	11.0 mm (0.4 in)	63 years	43 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 1973

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1794 to 1973. 1973 had 512 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 50	389
50 to 100	19
100 to 150	6
150 to 200	3
200 to 250	2
250 to 300	1
300 to 350	0
350 to 400	1