Weather Records on 22 March 1980

571 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 22 March 1980. Highest significance: Chesterfield, US.

Key Facts for 22 March 1980

On 22 March 1980, 571 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
135 were record highs and 72 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 1 were all-time records, 54 monthly and 516 daily.
Chesterfield set a monthly record daily precipitation of 114.3 mm (4.5 in) on 22 March 1980.
Across 164 earlier years (1794 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 473 records.

Record Map

571 stations

571 station records on 22 March 1980 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 22 March 1980: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Chesterfield	United States	Record daily precipitation	114.3 mm (4.5 in)	68 of 100 (Major)
Port Hastings	Canada	Record daily precipitation	48.0 mm (1.9 in)	63 of 100 (Major)
Burlington	United States	Record daily precipitation	121.7 mm (4.8 in)	62 of 100 (Major)
Elmira	United States	Record daily precipitation	63.2 mm (2.5 in)	58 of 100 (Notable)
Pleasantville	United States	Record daily precipitation	139.7 mm (5.5 in)	58 of 100 (Notable)
Hanksville	United States	Record daily precipitation	29.2 mm (1.1 in)	58 of 100 (Notable)
Middletown 4 W	United States	Record daily precipitation	95.3 mm (3.8 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
W Otis	United States	Record daily precipitation	88.6 mm (3.5 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Liberty 1 NE	United States	Record daily precipitation	61.7 mm (2.4 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Windham 3 E	United States	Record daily precipitation	115.3 mm (4.5 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
West Hartford Nepp	United States	Record daily precipitation	125.2 mm (4.9 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Ellenville	United States	Record daily precipitation	124.7 mm (4.9 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Grahamsville	United States	Record daily precipitation	87.6 mm (3.4 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Slide Mtn	United States	Record daily precipitation	189.5 mm (7.5 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Falls Village	United States	Record daily precipitation	66.0 mm (2.6 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Knightville Dam	United States	Record daily precipitation	106.7 mm (4.2 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Newton	United States	Record daily precipitation	38.6 mm (1.5 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Ringwood	United States	Record daily precipitation	68.3 mm (2.7 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Alcove Dam	United States	Record daily precipitation	136.7 mm (5.4 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
English Ctr	United States	Record daily precipitation	62.7 mm (2.5 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Long Valley	United States	Record daily precipitation	74.2 mm (2.9 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Northville	United States	Record daily precipitation	62.2 mm (2.4 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Matamoras	United States	Record daily precipitation	68.3 mm (2.7 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Shuttle Meadow Rsvr	United States	Record daily precipitation	102.9 mm (4.1 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Clinton	United States	Record daily precipitation	60.5 mm (2.4 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Heath	United States	Record daily precipitation	82.6 mm (3.3 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Charlotteburg Rsvr	United States	Record daily precipitation	100.6 mm (4.0 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Cedar Run (River)	United States	Record daily precipitation	45.5 mm (1.8 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Gouldsboro	United States	Record daily precipitation	56.4 mm (2.2 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Searsburg STN	United States	Record daily precipitation	68.8 mm (2.7 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Bulls Brg Dam	United States	Record daily precipitation	83.1 mm (3.3 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Artichoke Lake 1 E	United States	Record daily snowfall	22.9 cm (9.0 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Millbrook	United States	Record daily precipitation	66.0 mm (2.6 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Kingston	United States	Record daily precipitation	95.0 mm (3.7 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Barkhamsted	United States	Record daily precipitation	109.0 mm (4.3 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Phoenicia	United States	Record daily precipitation	149.9 mm (5.9 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Hollisterville	United States	Record daily precipitation	48.0 mm (1.9 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Long Pond Pocono Lake	United States	Record daily precipitation	71.6 mm (2.8 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Manchester	United States	Record daily precipitation	48.8 mm (1.9 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Readsboro 1 SE	United States	Record daily precipitation	83.8 mm (3.3 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Little Falls Mill St	United States	Record daily precipitation	42.7 mm (1.7 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Middletown 2 NW	United States	Record daily precipitation	59.9 mm (2.4 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Nashua 2 NNW	United States	Record daily precipitation	53.1 mm (2.1 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Manorkill	United States	Record daily precipitation	47.8 mm (1.9 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
New Kingston	United States	Record daily precipitation	41.7 mm (1.6 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Essex Fells Svc Bldg	United States	Record daily precipitation	79.0 mm (3.1 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Carmel	United States	Record daily precipitation	93.5 mm (3.7 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Leola	United States	Record daily snowfall	17.8 cm (7.0 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Lowell	United States	Record daily precipitation	49.5 mm (1.9 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Dolgeville	United States	Record daily precipitation	38.1 mm (1.5 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Millheim	United States	Record daily precipitation	48.0 mm (1.9 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Pleasant Mt 1 W	United States	Record daily precipitation	47.8 mm (1.9 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Huntingdon	Canada	Record high minimum temperature	3.0 C (37.4 F)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Goedehoop	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	48.0 mm (1.9 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Velva	United States	Record daily snowfall	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Kane 1NNE	United States	Record daily precipitation	38.1 mm (1.5 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Canistear Rsvr	United States	Record daily precipitation	112.8 mm (4.4 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Little Falls	United States	Record daily precipitation	67.8 mm (2.7 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Freeland	United States	Record daily precipitation	44.5 mm (1.8 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Richmond	Canada	Record high minimum temperature	3.0 C (37.4 F)	37 of 100 (Notable)

Counts by Type and Timescale

571 records

Records set or tied on 22 March 1980 by type: Highest daily maximum 46, Lowest daily maximum 32, Highest daily minimum 89, Lowest daily minimum 40, Heaviest daily rainfall 267, Heaviest daily snowfall 74, Deepest snow cover 23.

Records on 22 March 1980 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	46
Lowest daily maximum	32
Highest daily minimum	89
Lowest daily minimum	40
Heaviest daily rainfall	267
Heaviest daily snowfall	74
Deepest snow cover	23

Records on 22 March 1980 by timescale: all-time 1, monthly 54, daily 516.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

496 broken records

Margins by which the 496 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 381.0. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

22 March 1980

Top 20 records on 22 March 1980 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
22 March 1980	Chesterfield, US	monthly rain	114.3 mm (4.5 in)	49.0 mm (1.9 in)	44 years	68 of 100 (Major)
22 March 1980	Port Hastings, CA	daily rain	48.0 mm (1.9 in)	25.1 mm (1.0 in)	102 years	63 of 100 (Major)
22 March 1980	Burlington, US	monthly rain	121.7 mm (4.8 in)	41.9 mm (1.6 in)	44 years	62 of 100 (Major)
22 March 1980	Elmira, US	daily rain	63.2 mm (2.5 in)	36.5 mm (1.4 in)	35 years	58 of 100 (Notable)
22 March 1980	Pleasantville, US	monthly rain	139.7 mm (5.5 in)	47.0 mm (1.9 in)	28 years	58 of 100 (Notable)
22 March 1980	Hanksville, US	monthly rain	29.2 mm (1.1 in)	7.4 mm (0.29 in)	68 years	58 of 100 (Notable)
22 March 1980	Middletown 4 W, US	monthly rain	95.3 mm (3.8 in)	5.6 mm (0.22 in)	104 years	54 of 100 (Notable)
22 March 1980	W Otis, US	monthly rain	88.6 mm (3.5 in)	25.1 mm (1.0 in)	44 years	54 of 100 (Notable)
22 March 1980	Liberty 1 NE, US	daily rain	61.7 mm (2.4 in)	38.3 mm (1.5 in)	32 years	54 of 100 (Notable)
22 March 1980	Windham 3 E, US	monthly rain	115.3 mm (4.5 in)	35.0 mm (1.4 in)	2 years	54 of 100 (Notable)
22 March 1980	West Hartford Nepp, US	monthly rain	125.2 mm (4.9 in)	66.8 mm (2.6 in)	2 years	53 of 100 (Notable)
22 March 1980	Ellenville, US	monthly rain	124.7 mm (4.9 in)	44.9 mm (1.8 in)	2 years	53 of 100 (Notable)
22 March 1980	Grahamsville, US	monthly rain	87.6 mm (3.4 in)	29.4 mm (1.2 in)	28 years	53 of 100 (Notable)
22 March 1980	Slide Mtn, US	monthly rain	189.5 mm (7.5 in)	113.6 mm (4.5 in)	2 years	53 of 100 (Notable)
22 March 1980	Falls Village, US	daily rain	66.0 mm (2.6 in)	30.7 mm (1.2 in)	38 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
22 March 1980	Knightville Dam, US	monthly rain	106.7 mm (4.2 in)	38.1 mm (1.5 in)	5 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
22 March 1980	Newton, US	daily rain	38.6 mm (1.5 in)	16.5 mm (0.6 in)	80 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
22 March 1980	Ringwood, US	daily rain	68.3 mm (2.7 in)	23.8 mm (0.9 in)	77 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
22 March 1980	Alcove Dam, US	all-time rain	136.7 mm (5.4 in)	20.9 mm (0.8 in)	8 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
22 March 1980	English Ctr, US	daily rain	62.7 mm (2.5 in)	39.8 mm (1.6 in)	20 years	49 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 1980

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1794 to 1980. 1980 had 571 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	462
50 to 100	25
100 to 150	7
150 to 200	1
200 to 250	0
250 to 300	0
300 to 350	0
350 to 400	1