Weather Records on 22 March 1991

1,484 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 22 March 1991. Highest significance: Jasper, US.

Key Facts for 22 March 1991

On 22 March 1991, 1,484 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
737 were record highs and 171 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 4 were all-time records, 53 monthly and 1,427 daily.
Jasper set a daily record precipitation of 51.6 mm (2.0 in) on 22 March 1991.
Across 164 earlier years (1794 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 468 records.

Record Map

1,484 stations

1,484 station records on 22 March 1991 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 22 March 1991: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Jasper	United States	Record daily precipitation	51.6 mm (2.0 in)	60 of 100 (Major)
Salto Grande (Cpfl)	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	177.3 mm (7.0 in)	57 of 100 (Notable)
Bicheno (Council Depot)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	77.0 mm (3.0 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Beer Sheva	Israel	Record daily precipitation	33.1 mm (1.3 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Bouake	Cote D'Ivoire	Record daily precipitation	115.1 mm (4.5 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Pedrinhas	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	183.5 mm (7.2 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Terre Haute Indiana State	United States	Record daily precipitation	41.9 mm (1.6 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Tishomingo Natl Wr	United States	Record daily precipitation	66.0 mm (2.6 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Indianapolis	United States	Record daily precipitation	47.2 mm (1.9 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Daisy 4 ENE	United States	Record daily precipitation	72.6 mm (2.9 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Parma	United States	Record daily precipitation	96.8 mm (3.8 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Rio Das Pedras	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	71.2 mm (2.8 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Cornubia	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	89.5 mm (3.5 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Subauma	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	158.2 mm (6.2 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Nicosia	Cyprus	Record high minimum temperature	13.4 C (56.1 F)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Shimonoseki	Japan	Record daily precipitation	71.1 mm (2.8 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Izuhara	Japan	Record daily precipitation	87.9 mm (3.5 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Kagoshima	Japan	Record daily precipitation	106.9 mm (4.2 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Atlantic 1 NE	United States	Record daily precipitation	48.8 mm (1.9 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Tuskahoma	United States	Record daily precipitation	85.1 mm (3.4 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Huntington Tri-State AP	United States	Record daily precipitation	62.2 mm (2.4 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Barroso	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	85.3 mm (3.4 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Shanwei	China	Record daily precipitation	54.7 mm (2.2 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Webbers Falls 5 WSW	United States	Record daily precipitation	40.6 mm (1.6 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Nagasaki	Japan	Record daily precipitation	63.0 mm (2.5 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Blackburn	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	93.0 mm (3.7 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Collins	United States	Record high minimum temperature	21.7 C (71.1 F)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Marble Hill	United States	Record daily precipitation	54.4 mm (2.1 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Couderay 7 W	United States	Record daily precipitation	31.8 mm (1.3 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Pereiras	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	144.9 mm (5.7 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Bairro Represa	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	74.3 mm (2.9 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Pocahontas 1	United States	Record daily precipitation	47.0 mm (1.9 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Palisade	United States	Record daily snowfall	6.4 cm (2.5 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
La Grange 1N	United States	Record high minimum temperature	18.3 C (64.9 F)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Hanna	United States	Record daily precipitation	48.0 mm (1.9 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Rive	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	146.0 mm (5.7 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Capivari	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	72.4 mm (2.9 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Pedro Beicht	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	50.2 mm (2.0 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Atibaia	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	75.5 mm (3.0 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Mitt. Narsarsuaq	Greenland [Denmark]	Record daily precipitation	36.0 mm (1.4 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Redington	United States	Record daily precipitation	26.7 mm (1.1 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Du Quoin 4 SE	United States	Record daily precipitation	41.9 mm (1.6 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
1 ENE Fairfield	United States	Record daily precipitation	58.2 mm (2.3 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Willow Sprg Radio Kuku	United States	Record daily precipitation	33.5 mm (1.3 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Asheville	United States	Record high minimum temperature	15.0 C (59.0 F)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Santa Cruz-Caparao (Dnos)	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	78.4 mm (3.1 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Jambeiro	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	84.6 mm (3.3 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Qaqortoq	Greenland [Denmark]	Record daily precipitation	47.4 mm (1.9 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Coloso	Puerto Rico [United States]	Record low maximum temperature	25.0 C (77.0 F)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Ft Ross	United States	Record low minimum temperature	1.1 C (34.0 F)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Boonville 1S	United States	Record daily precipitation	61.5 mm (2.4 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Iowa City	United States	Record daily precipitation	32.0 mm (1.3 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Eufaula 6 SSW	United States	Record daily precipitation	53.3 mm (2.1 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Tullahoma	United States	Record high minimum temperature	18.9 C (66.0 F)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Fazenda da Barra	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	122.5 mm (4.8 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Cambridge City 3 N	United States	Record daily precipitation	37.3 mm (1.5 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Washington 1 W	United States	Record daily precipitation	39.1 mm (1.5 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Elkton	United States	Record daily precipitation	52.8 mm (2.1 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Henderson 8 SSW	United States	Record daily precipitation	63.5 mm (2.5 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Manistique Wwtp	United States	Record daily precipitation	33.0 mm (1.3 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)

Counts by Type and Timescale

1,484 records

Records set or tied on 22 March 1991 by type: Highest daily maximum 290, Lowest daily maximum 116, Highest daily minimum 447, Lowest daily minimum 55, Heaviest daily rainfall 536, Heaviest daily snowfall 27, Deepest snow cover 13.

Records on 22 March 1991 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	290
Lowest daily maximum	116
Highest daily minimum	447
Lowest daily minimum	55
Heaviest daily rainfall	536
Heaviest daily snowfall	27
Deepest snow cover	13

Records on 22 March 1991 by timescale: all-time 4, monthly 53, daily 1,427.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

1,228 broken records

Margins by which the 1,228 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 204.0. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

22 March 1991

Top 20 records on 22 March 1991 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
22 March 1991	Jasper, US	daily rain	51.6 mm (2.0 in)	32.5 mm (1.3 in)	93 years	60 of 100 (Major)
22 March 1991	Salto Grande (Cpfl), BR	monthly rain	177.3 mm (7.0 in)	68.1 mm (2.7 in)	4 years	57 of 100 (Notable)
22 March 1991	Bicheno (Council Depot), AU	daily rain	77.0 mm (3.0 in)	60.2 mm (2.4 in)	24 years	54 of 100 (Notable)
22 March 1991	Beer Sheva, IL	daily rain	33.1 mm (1.3 in)	25.0 mm (1.0 in)	30 years	54 of 100 (Notable)
22 March 1991	Bouake, CI	daily rain	115.1 mm (4.5 in)	74.6 mm (2.9 in)	41 years	52 of 100 (Notable)
22 March 1991	Pedrinhas, BR	daily rain	183.5 mm (7.2 in)	142.6 mm (5.6 in)	25 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
22 March 1991	Terre Haute Indiana State, US	daily rain	41.9 mm (1.6 in)	34.3 mm (1.4 in)	36 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
22 March 1991	Tishomingo Natl Wr, US	daily rain	66.0 mm (2.6 in)	37.6 mm (1.5 in)	56 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
22 March 1991	Indianapolis, US	daily rain	47.2 mm (1.9 in)	35.0 mm (1.4 in)	38 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
22 March 1991	Daisy 4 ENE, US	daily rain	72.6 mm (2.9 in)	58.6 mm (2.3 in)	37 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
22 March 1991	Parma, US	daily rain	96.8 mm (3.8 in)	51.8 mm (2.0 in)	38 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
22 March 1991	Rio Das Pedras, BR	daily rain	71.2 mm (2.8 in)	46.2 mm (1.8 in)	42 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
22 March 1991	Cornubia, ZA	daily rain	89.5 mm (3.5 in)	46.8 mm (1.8 in)	54 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
22 March 1991	Subauma, BR	daily rain	158.2 mm (6.2 in)	114.1 mm (4.5 in)	6 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
22 March 1991	Nicosia, CY	daily high min	13.4 C (56.1 F)	1.7 C (3.1 F)	102 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
22 March 1991	Shimonoseki, JP	daily rain	71.1 mm (2.8 in)	37.1 mm (1.5 in)	10 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
22 March 1991	Izuhara, JP	daily rain	87.9 mm (3.5 in)	59.9 mm (2.4 in)	13 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
22 March 1991	Kagoshima, JP	daily rain	106.9 mm (4.2 in)	53.3 mm (2.1 in)	24 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
22 March 1991	Atlantic 1 NE, US	daily rain	48.8 mm (1.9 in)	28.5 mm (1.1 in)	12 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
22 March 1991	Tuskahoma, US	monthly rain	85.1 mm (3.4 in)	15.2 mm (0.6 in)	52 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 1991

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1794 to 1991. 1991 had 1,484 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	1,205
50 to 100	17
100 to 150	4
150 to 200	1
200 to 250	1