Weather Records on 22 March 1982

716 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 22 March 1982. Highest significance: Elliston, AU.

Key Facts for 22 March 1982

On 22 March 1982, 716 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
171 were record highs and 75 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 0 were all-time records, 19 monthly and 697 daily.
Elliston set a daily record precipitation of 42.6 mm (1.7 in) on 22 March 1982.
Across 164 earlier years (1794 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 473 records.

Record Map

716 stations

716 station records on 22 March 1982 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 22 March 1982: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Elliston	Australia	Record daily precipitation	42.6 mm (1.7 in)	66 of 100 (Major)
Streaky Bay	Australia	Record daily precipitation	37.4 mm (1.5 in)	66 of 100 (Major)
Smoky Bay (Puntabie)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	34.8 mm (1.4 in)	62 of 100 (Major)
Sheringa (Lake Hamilton)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	33.0 mm (1.3 in)	59 of 100 (Notable)
Yardea	Australia	Record daily precipitation	46.6 mm (1.8 in)	58 of 100 (Notable)
Coulta	Australia	Record daily precipitation	34.0 mm (1.3 in)	57 of 100 (Notable)
Thurlga	Australia	Record daily precipitation	42.0 mm (1.7 in)	56 of 100 (Notable)
Kondoolka	Australia	Record daily precipitation	36.4 mm (1.4 in)	55 of 100 (Notable)
Paulista	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	98.2 mm (3.9 in)	55 of 100 (Notable)
Mkambati	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	140.0 mm (5.5 in)	55 of 100 (Notable)
Karcultaby	Australia	Record daily precipitation	29.4 mm (1.2 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Serrana	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	102.6 mm (4.0 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Gatesville	United States	Record daily precipitation	70.4 mm (2.8 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Bond Springs Homestead	Australia	Record daily precipitation	73.6 mm (2.9 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Minnipa Agricultural Centre	Australia	Record daily precipitation	38.6 mm (1.5 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Poochera	Australia	Record daily precipitation	31.0 mm (1.2 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
North Shields (Port Lincoln Ae	Australia	Record daily precipitation	30.0 mm (1.2 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Port Lincoln (Woolga)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	37.0 mm (1.5 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Kimba (Cortlinye Rocks STN)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	40.0 mm (1.6 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Minnipa	Australia	Record daily precipitation	35.4 mm (1.4 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Maitland (Weetulta)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	26.0 mm (1.0 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Yap Island WSO AP	Federated States of Micronesia	Record daily precipitation	97.3 mm (3.8 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Darke Peak	Australia	Record daily precipitation	30.0 mm (1.2 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Port Lincoln (White Flat)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	26.4 mm (1.0 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Kadina	Australia	Record daily precipitation	27.2 mm (1.1 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Yaninee	Australia	Record daily precipitation	39.0 mm (1.5 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Dobra Scritia	Australia	Record daily precipitation	34.8 mm (1.4 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Mount Hope (Fairview)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	32.6 mm (1.3 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Kimba (Cortlinye)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	42.7 mm (1.7 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Cape Otway Lighthouse	Australia	Record high minimum temperature	25.4 C (77.7 F)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Ibitinga	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	100.0 mm (3.9 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Groblershoop;Boegoeb	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	60.5 mm (2.4 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Mansfield 4 NW	United States	Record daily precipitation	35.1 mm (1.4 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Aiken 5SE	United States	Record high minimum temperature	20.6 C (69.1 F)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Smoky Bay	Australia	Record daily precipitation	28.2 mm (1.1 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Huamantla	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	39.9 mm (1.6 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Kimba (Curtinye)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	33.8 mm (1.3 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Mount Hope	Australia	Record daily precipitation	32.0 mm (1.3 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Parndana (Pioneer Bend)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	27.0 mm (1.1 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Usina Pari	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	72.3 mm (2.8 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Magiscatzin (Smn)	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	31.0 mm (1.2 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Cleve	Australia	Record daily precipitation	27.8 mm (1.1 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Cleve (Mangalo)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Ribeirao Bonito	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	68.7 mm (2.7 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Tarcoola (Mulgathing)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	39.2 mm (1.5 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Wirrulla (Petina)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	30.0 mm (1.2 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Rudall	Australia	Record daily precipitation	27.6 mm (1.1 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Wirrulla	Australia	Record daily precipitation	25.0 mm (1.0 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Cradock	Australia	Record daily precipitation	25.0 mm (1.0 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Port Lincoln (Big Swamp)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	29.6 mm (1.2 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Port Kenny (Mount Cooper)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	29.8 mm (1.2 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Wirrulla (Nunjikompita)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	27.0 mm (1.1 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Marilia	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	109.0 mm (4.3 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Pollock	United States	Record snow depth	30.5 cm (12.0 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Yallunda Flat (Meetigilly)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	26.0 mm (1.0 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Fazenda Capao da Cruz	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	69.7 mm (2.7 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Usina Gaviao Peixoto (Cpfl)	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	68.9 mm (2.7 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Frost	United States	Record daily precipitation	34.8 mm (1.4 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Kielpa	Australia	Record daily precipitation	35.0 mm (1.4 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Kimba	Australia	Record daily precipitation	43.1 mm (1.7 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)

Counts by Type and Timescale

716 records

Records set or tied on 22 March 1982 by type: Highest daily maximum 103, Lowest daily maximum 27, Highest daily minimum 68, Lowest daily minimum 48, Heaviest daily rainfall 399, Heaviest daily snowfall 27, Deepest snow cover 44.

Records on 22 March 1982 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	103
Lowest daily maximum	27
Highest daily minimum	68
Lowest daily minimum	48
Heaviest daily rainfall	399
Heaviest daily snowfall	27
Deepest snow cover	44

Records on 22 March 1982 by timescale: all-time 0, monthly 19, daily 697.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

631 broken records

Margins by which the 631 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 1982

Top 20 records on 22 March 1982 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
22 March 1982	Elliston, AU	daily rain	42.6 mm (1.7 in)	28.4 mm (1.1 in)	55 years	66 of 100 (Major)
22 March 1982	Streaky Bay, AU	daily rain	37.4 mm (1.5 in)	24.4 mm (1.0 in)	55 years	66 of 100 (Major)
22 March 1982	Smoky Bay (Puntabie), AU	daily rain	34.8 mm (1.4 in)	32.0 mm (1.3 in)	60 years	62 of 100 (Major)
22 March 1982	Sheringa (Lake Hamilton), AU	daily rain	33.0 mm (1.3 in)	20.6 mm (0.8 in)	60 years	59 of 100 (Notable)
22 March 1982	Yardea, AU	daily rain	46.6 mm (1.8 in)	35.7 mm (1.4 in)	27 years	58 of 100 (Notable)
22 March 1982	Coulta, AU	daily rain	34.0 mm (1.3 in)	18.0 mm (0.7 in)	55 years	57 of 100 (Notable)
22 March 1982	Thurlga, AU	daily rain	42.0 mm (1.7 in)	34.4 mm (1.4 in)	27 years	56 of 100 (Notable)
22 March 1982	Kondoolka, AU	daily rain	36.4 mm (1.4 in)	30.0 mm (1.2 in)	55 years	55 of 100 (Notable)
22 March 1982	Paulista, BR	daily rain	98.2 mm (3.9 in)	81.0 mm (3.2 in)	41 years	55 of 100 (Notable)
22 March 1982	Mkambati, ZA	daily rain	140.0 mm (5.5 in)	92.8 mm (3.7 in)	36 years	55 of 100 (Notable)
22 March 1982	Karcultaby, AU	daily rain	29.4 mm (1.2 in)	22.5 mm (0.9 in)	55 years	53 of 100 (Notable)
22 March 1982	Serrana, BR	daily rain	102.6 mm (4.0 in)	64.3 mm (2.5 in)	33 years	53 of 100 (Notable)
22 March 1982	Gatesville, US	daily rain	70.4 mm (2.8 in)	34.8 mm (1.4 in)	69 years	53 of 100 (Notable)
22 March 1982	Bond Springs Homestead, AU	daily rain	73.6 mm (2.9 in)	40.6 mm (1.6 in)	77 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
22 March 1982	Minnipa Agricultural Centre, AU	daily rain	38.6 mm (1.5 in)	23.1 mm (0.9 in)	55 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
22 March 1982	Poochera, AU	daily rain	31.0 mm (1.2 in)	21.3 mm (0.8 in)	55 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
22 March 1982	North Shields (Port Lincoln Ae, AU	daily rain	30.0 mm (1.2 in)	27.5 mm (1.1 in)	27 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
22 March 1982	Port Lincoln (Woolga), AU	daily rain	37.0 mm (1.5 in)	20.5 mm (0.8 in)	55 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
22 March 1982	Kimba (Cortlinye Rocks STN), AU	daily rain	40.0 mm (1.6 in)	23.5 mm (0.9 in)	55 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
22 March 1982	Minnipa, AU	daily rain	35.4 mm (1.4 in)	28.8 mm (1.1 in)	27 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 1982

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1794 to 1982. 1982 had 716 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 2026-10-15 (15 October 2026). Records are computed by this site and are not official.

Data as of 2026-10-15. Last revised 15 October 2026 (2026-10-15).

Margin	Records
0 to 50	587
50 to 100	26
100 to 150	8
150 to 200	3
200 to 250	3
250 to 300	3
300 to 350	0
350 to 400	1