Weather Records on 22 March 1988

949 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 22 March 1988. Highest significance: Mutsu, JP.

Key Facts for 22 March 1988

On 22 March 1988, 949 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
456 were record highs and 316 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 1 were all-time records, 14 monthly and 934 daily.
Mutsu set a daily record precipitation of 53.0 mm (2.1 in) on 22 March 1988.
Across 164 earlier years (1794 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 471 records.

Record Map

949 stations

949 station records on 22 March 1988 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 22 March 1988: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Mutsu	Japan	Record daily precipitation	53.0 mm (2.1 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Mito	Japan	Record daily precipitation	76.5 mm (3.0 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Gardiner	United States	Record low maximum temperature	-8.3 C (17.1 F)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Farmington	United States	Record low maximum temperature	-10.6 C (12.9 F)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Lowell	United States	Record low maximum temperature	-3.9 C (25.0 F)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Chelsea	United States	Record low maximum temperature	-10.0 C (14.0 F)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Buffalo Bill Dam	United States	Record high maximum temperature	24.4 C (75.9 F)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Miyako	Japan	Record daily precipitation	81.5 mm (3.2 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Murotomisaki	Japan	Record daily precipitation	79.5 mm (3.1 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Norfolk 2 SW	United States	Record low maximum temperature	-7.8 C (18.0 F)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Ogulin	Croatia	Record daily precipitation	57.9 mm (2.3 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Sendai	Japan	Record daily precipitation	58.0 mm (2.3 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Coloso	Puerto Rico [United States]	Record low minimum temperature	12.8 C (55.0 F)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Castle Rock	United States	Record high minimum temperature	4.4 C (39.9 F)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Storrs	United States	Record low maximum temperature	-5.0 C (23.0 F)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Nashville 1 E	United States	Record high maximum temperature	25.0 C (77.0 F)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Hagerstown	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-7.8 C (18.0 F)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Framingham	United States	Record low maximum temperature	-4.4 C (24.1 F)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Berlin	United States	Record low maximum temperature	-11.1 C (12.0 F)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Richfield	United States	Record high maximum temperature	27.8 C (82.0 F)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Lawrence	United States	Record low maximum temperature	-5.0 C (23.0 F)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Dyer 5S	United States	Record high maximum temperature	26.1 C (79.0 F)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Clayton Muni Air Pk	United States	Record high maximum temperature	25.6 C (78.1 F)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Wuzhou	China	Record daily precipitation	61.5 mm (2.4 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Zambezi	Zambia	Record daily precipitation	48.4 mm (1.9 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Kazan	Russia	Record high maximum temperature	5.6 C (42.1 F)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Ft Collins	United States	Record high minimum temperature	5.6 C (42.1 F)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Taunton	United States	Record low maximum temperature	-2.2 C (28.0 F)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Kirksville	United States	Record high maximum temperature	28.3 C (82.9 F)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Shirakawa	Japan	Record daily precipitation	32.5 mm (1.3 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Yokosuka	Japan	Record daily precipitation	83.3 mm (3.3 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Zuara	Libya	Record high maximum temperature	32.0 C (89.6 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Dover	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-7.2 C (19.0 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Greenfield	United States	Record high maximum temperature	27.8 C (82.0 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Webster City	United States	Record high maximum temperature	26.7 C (80.1 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Luverne	United States	Record high maximum temperature	23.9 C (75.0 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Tupper Lake Sunmount	United States	Record low maximum temperature	-11.7 C (10.9 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Yamagata	Japan	Record daily precipitation	30.5 mm (1.2 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Marshall	United States	Record high maximum temperature	28.3 C (82.9 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Albia 3 NNE	United States	Record high maximum temperature	28.3 C (82.9 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Belle Plaine	United States	Record high maximum temperature	27.2 C (81.0 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Chariton 1 E	United States	Record high maximum temperature	28.3 C (82.9 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Fairfield	United States	Record high maximum temperature	27.2 C (81.0 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Oskaloosa	United States	Record high maximum temperature	28.3 C (82.9 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Madison	United States	Record low maximum temperature	-9.4 C (15.1 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Tucumcari 4 NE	United States	Record high maximum temperature	29.4 C (84.9 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Oberlin	United States	Record low maximum temperature	-1.7 C (28.9 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Towanda 1 S	United States	Record low maximum temperature	-2.2 C (28.0 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Henrietta	United States	Record high maximum temperature	31.7 C (89.1 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Seymour 3NW	United States	Record high maximum temperature	32.8 C (91.0 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Martinsburg E W Virginia Rgnl	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-8.9 C (16.0 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Musgrave	Australia	Record daily precipitation	38.0 mm (1.5 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Zagreb-Gric	Croatia	Record daily precipitation	36.6 mm (1.4 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Onahama	Japan	Record daily precipitation	62.5 mm (2.5 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Nikko	Japan	Record daily precipitation	52.0 mm (2.0 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Leoti	United States	Record high maximum temperature	27.8 C (82.0 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Hyannis	United States	Record low maximum temperature	-2.8 C (27.0 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Vernon	United States	Record low maximum temperature	-4.4 C (24.1 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Langley AFB	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-3.9 C (25.0 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Wongan Hills Res.Station	Australia	Record high minimum temperature	24.9 C (76.8 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

949 records

Records set or tied on 22 March 1988 by type: Highest daily maximum 308, Lowest daily maximum 116, Highest daily minimum 148, Lowest daily minimum 200, Heaviest daily rainfall 146, Heaviest daily snowfall 5, Deepest snow cover 26.

Records on 22 March 1988 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	308
Lowest daily maximum	116
Highest daily minimum	148
Lowest daily minimum	200
Heaviest daily rainfall	146
Heaviest daily snowfall	5
Deepest snow cover	26

Records on 22 March 1988 by timescale: all-time 1, monthly 14, daily 934.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

733 broken records

Margins by which the 733 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 310.0. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

22 March 1988

Top 20 records on 22 March 1988 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
22 March 1988	Mutsu, JP	daily rain	53.0 mm (2.1 in)	34.9 mm (1.4 in)	21 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
22 March 1988	Mito, JP	daily rain	76.5 mm (3.0 in)	48.2 mm (1.9 in)	21 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
22 March 1988	Gardiner, US	daily low max	-8.3 C (17.1 F)	6.1 C (11.0 F)	88 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
22 March 1988	Farmington, US	daily low max	-10.6 C (12.9 F)	5.0 C (9.0 F)	88 years	44 of 100 (Notable)
22 March 1988	Lowell, US	daily low max	-3.9 C (25.0 F)	4.5 C (8.1 F)	88 years	44 of 100 (Notable)
22 March 1988	Chelsea, US	daily low max	-10.0 C (14.0 F)	5.6 C (10.1 F)	79 years	42 of 100 (Notable)
22 March 1988	Buffalo Bill Dam, US	monthly high max	24.4 C (75.9 F)	1.1 C (2.0 F)	78 years	42 of 100 (Notable)
22 March 1988	Miyako, JP	daily rain	81.5 mm (3.2 in)	58.5 mm (2.3 in)	14 years	40 of 100 (Notable)
22 March 1988	Murotomisaki, JP	daily rain	79.5 mm (3.1 in)	47.5 mm (1.9 in)	11 years	40 of 100 (Notable)
22 March 1988	Norfolk 2 SW, US	daily low max	-7.8 C (18.0 F)	0.6 C (1.1 F)	102 years	40 of 100 (Notable)
22 March 1988	Ogulin, HR	daily rain	57.9 mm (2.3 in)	24.5 mm (1.0 in)	39 years	39 of 100 (Notable)
22 March 1988	Sendai, JP	daily rain	58.0 mm (2.3 in)	31.3 mm (1.2 in)	29 years	39 of 100 (Notable)
22 March 1988	Coloso, PR	daily low min	12.8 C (55.0 F)	1.6 C (2.9 F)	71 years	38 of 100 (Notable)
22 March 1988	Castle Rock, US	daily high min	4.4 C (39.9 F)	3.3 C (5.9 F)	81 years	38 of 100 (Notable)
22 March 1988	Storrs, US	daily low max	-5.0 C (23.0 F)	3.3 C (5.9 F)	76 years	37 of 100 (Notable)
22 March 1988	Nashville 1 E, US	daily high max	25.0 C (77.0 F)	1.7 C (3.1 F)	89 years	37 of 100 (Notable)
22 March 1988	Hagerstown, US	daily low min	-7.8 C (18.0 F)	1.1 C (2.0 F)	88 years	37 of 100 (Notable)
22 March 1988	Framingham, US	daily low max	-4.4 C (24.1 F)	3.8 C (6.8 F)	74 years	37 of 100 (Notable)
22 March 1988	Berlin, US	daily low max	-11.1 C (12.0 F)	6.7 C (12.1 F)	58 years	37 of 100 (Notable)
22 March 1988	Richfield, US	daily high max	27.8 C (82.0 F)	0.6 C (1.1 F)	92 years	36 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 1988

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1794 to 1988. 1988 had 949 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	716
50 to 100	9
100 to 150	5
150 to 200	1
200 to 250	1
250 to 300	0
300 to 350	1