Weather Records on 22 March 2011

1,265 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 22 March 2011. Highest significance: Chester, US.

Key Facts for 22 March 2011

On 22 March 2011, 1,265 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
722 were record highs and 114 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 0 were all-time records, 38 monthly and 1,227 daily.
Chester set a daily record snowfall of 14.0 cm (5.5 in) on 22 March 2011.
Across 164 earlier years (1794 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 469 records.

Record Map

1,265 stations

1,265 station records on 22 March 2011 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 22 March 2011: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Chester	United States	Record daily snowfall	14.0 cm (5.5 in)	80 of 100 (Exceptional)
Albion Park Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	243.4 mm (9.6 in)	79 of 100 (Major)
Gerringong (Mayflower Village)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	153.0 mm (6.0 in)	79 of 100 (Major)
Dunkirk 19NNE	United States	Record daily snowfall	16.8 cm (6.6 in)	77 of 100 (Major)
Dapto Bowling Club	Australia	Record daily precipitation	155.0 mm (6.1 in)	76 of 100 (Major)
Barmedman Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	88.4 mm (3.5 in)	75 of 100 (Major)
Kameruka (Kameruka Estate)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	197.6 mm (7.8 in)	71 of 100 (Major)
Alta 1 NNW	United States	Record daily precipitation	26.2 mm (1.0 in)	70 of 100 (Major)
Big Timber	United States	Record daily precipitation	57.7 mm (2.3 in)	68 of 100 (Major)
Candelo Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	236.4 mm (9.3 in)	64 of 100 (Major)
Columbus	United States	Record daily precipitation	26.2 mm (1.0 in)	64 of 100 (Major)
San Dimas Fire Fc 95	United States	Record daily precipitation	80.8 mm (3.2 in)	62 of 100 (Major)
Wishek	United States	Record snow depth	104.1 cm (41.0 in)	62 of 100 (Major)
Keene 3S	United States	Record daily snowfall	20.6 cm (8.1 in)	61 of 100 (Major)
Abu Hamed	Sudan	Record daily precipitation	70.1 mm (2.8 in)	60 of 100 (Major)
Jordan	United States	Record daily snowfall	7.6 cm (3.0 in)	59 of 100 (Notable)
Rochester Intl AP	United States	Record daily precipitation	55.9 mm (2.2 in)	58 of 100 (Notable)
Livingston 12 S	United States	Record daily precipitation	26.2 mm (1.0 in)	57 of 100 (Notable)
Trempealeau Dam 6	United States	Record daily precipitation	40.6 mm (1.6 in)	57 of 100 (Notable)
Cann River	Australia	Record daily precipitation	112.0 mm (4.4 in)	56 of 100 (Notable)
Bathurst Agricultural Station	Australia	Record daily precipitation	53.6 mm (2.1 in)	55 of 100 (Notable)
Brogo (Hawks Head Road)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	250.0 mm (9.8 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Sidney	United States	Record daily snowfall	22.9 cm (9.0 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Ungarie Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	81.6 mm (3.2 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Yalgogrin North (Roloma)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	95.0 mm (3.7 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Greenwell Point Bowling Club	Australia	Record daily precipitation	133.4 mm (5.3 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Wyalong Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	70.0 mm (2.8 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Melville 4 W	United States	Record daily precipitation	42.2 mm (1.7 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Glasgow	United States	Record daily snowfall	18.3 cm (7.2 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Toolijooa (Nyora)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	153.2 mm (6.0 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Verona (Shiloh)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	262.8 mm (10.3 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Crystal Lake	United States	Record daily precipitation	45.7 mm (1.8 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Mount Remarkable (Alligator Go	Australia	Record daily precipitation	92.0 mm (3.6 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Genoa (Fools Haven)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	95.0 mm (3.7 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Ada	United States	Record daily snowfall	16.0 cm (6.3 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Gibson 2 NE	United States	Record daily snowfall	27.9 cm (11.0 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Bryant	United States	Record daily precipitation	30.5 mm (1.2 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Coojar (Killara)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	66.0 mm (2.6 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Joplin	United States	Record daily snowfall	10.7 cm (4.2 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Ajana	Australia	Record daily precipitation	27.0 mm (1.1 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Green Bay	United States	Record daily precipitation	33.8 mm (1.3 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Lord Howe Island Aero	Australia	Record daily precipitation	99.3 mm (3.9 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Columbus	United States	Record snow depth	35.6 cm (14.0 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Ennis	United States	Record daily snowfall	6.3 cm (2.5 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
West Wyalong Airport	Australia	Record daily precipitation	84.0 mm (3.3 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
El Obeid	Sudan	Record daily precipitation	62.2 mm (2.4 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Big Timber	United States	Record daily snowfall	33.0 cm (13.0 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Columbus	United States	Record daily snowfall	43.4 cm (17.1 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
May 2SSE	United States	Record daily snowfall	7.6 cm (3.0 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
De Smet	United States	Record daily precipitation	38.1 mm (1.5 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Hacker Valley	United States	Record daily precipitation	45.7 mm (1.8 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Brogo (Blanchards Road)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	233.0 mm (9.2 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Glenthompson	Australia	Record daily precipitation	28.0 mm (1.1 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Bowhill	Australia	Record daily precipitation	36.6 mm (1.4 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Lorinna	Australia	Record daily precipitation	59.2 mm (2.3 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Center 4SE	United States	Record daily snowfall	24.1 cm (9.5 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Tioga 1E	United States	Record daily snowfall	7.6 cm (3.0 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Quaama (Merrydale)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	184.0 mm (7.2 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Raymond Border STN	United States	Record daily precipitation	27.9 mm (1.1 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Williston Sloulin Fld	United States	Record daily snowfall	15.7 cm (6.2 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)

Counts by Type and Timescale

1,265 records

Records set or tied on 22 March 2011 by type: Highest daily maximum 386, Lowest daily maximum 70, Highest daily minimum 336, Lowest daily minimum 44, Heaviest daily rainfall 311, Heaviest daily snowfall 88, Deepest snow cover 30.

Records on 22 March 2011 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	386
Lowest daily maximum	70
Highest daily minimum	336
Lowest daily minimum	44
Heaviest daily rainfall	311
Heaviest daily snowfall	88
Deepest snow cover	30

Records on 22 March 2011 by timescale: all-time 0, monthly 38, daily 1,227.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

977 broken records

Margins by which the 977 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 787.0. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

22 March 2011

Top 20 records on 22 March 2011 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
22 March 2011	Chester, US	daily snowfall	14.0 cm (5.5 in)	14.0 cm (5.5 in)	109 years	80 of 100 (Exceptional)
22 March 2011	Albion Park Post Office, AU	daily rain	243.4 mm (9.6 in)	136.7 mm (5.4 in)	96 years	79 of 100 (Major)
22 March 2011	Gerringong (Mayflower Village), AU	daily rain	153.0 mm (6.0 in)	94.6 mm (3.7 in)	96 years	79 of 100 (Major)
22 March 2011	Dunkirk 19NNE, US	daily snowfall	16.8 cm (6.6 in)	14.3 cm (5.6 in)	90 years	77 of 100 (Major)
22 March 2011	Dapto Bowling Club, AU	daily rain	155.0 mm (6.1 in)	90.2 mm (3.6 in)	96 years	76 of 100 (Major)
22 March 2011	Barmedman Post Office, AU	daily rain	88.4 mm (3.5 in)	59.7 mm (2.4 in)	84 years	75 of 100 (Major)
22 March 2011	Kameruka (Kameruka Estate), AU	daily rain	197.6 mm (7.8 in)	71.1 mm (2.8 in)	96 years	71 of 100 (Major)
22 March 2011	Alta 1 NNW, US	daily rain	26.2 mm (1.0 in)	13.5 mm (0.5 in)	100 years	70 of 100 (Major)
22 March 2011	Big Timber, US	monthly rain	57.7 mm (2.3 in)	12.0 mm (0.5 in)	93 years	68 of 100 (Major)
22 March 2011	Candelo Post Office, AU	monthly rain	236.4 mm (9.3 in)	72.2 mm (2.8 in)	36 years	64 of 100 (Major)
22 March 2011	Columbus, US	daily rain	26.2 mm (1.0 in)	13.5 mm (0.5 in)	80 years	64 of 100 (Major)
22 March 2011	San Dimas Fire Fc 95, US	daily rain	80.8 mm (3.2 in)	61.2 mm (2.4 in)	52 years	62 of 100 (Major)
22 March 2011	Wishek, US	daily snow depth	104.1 cm (41.0 in)	78.7 cm (31.0 in)	41 years	62 of 100 (Major)
22 March 2011	Keene 3S, US	daily snowfall	20.6 cm (8.1 in)	18.3 cm (7.2 in)	53 years	61 of 100 (Major)
22 March 2011	Abu Hamed, SD	daily rain	70.1 mm (2.8 in)	70.1 mm (2.8 in)	52 years	60 of 100 (Major)
22 March 2011	Jordan, US	daily snowfall	7.6 cm (3.0 in)	7.6 cm (3.0 in)	104 years	59 of 100 (Notable)
22 March 2011	Rochester Intl AP, US	monthly rain	55.9 mm (2.2 in)	7.6 mm (0.30 in)	93 years	58 of 100 (Notable)
22 March 2011	Livingston 12 S, US	daily rain	26.2 mm (1.0 in)	15.0 mm (0.6 in)	37 years	57 of 100 (Notable)
22 March 2011	Trempealeau Dam 6, US	daily rain	40.6 mm (1.6 in)	31.2 mm (1.2 in)	38 years	57 of 100 (Notable)
22 March 2011	Cann River, AU	monthly rain	112.0 mm (4.4 in)	58.8 mm (2.3 in)	11 years	56 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 2011

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1794 to 2011. 2011 had 1,265 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 2026-10-16 (16 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 100	953
100 to 200	20
200 to 300	3
300 to 400	0
400 to 500	0
500 to 600	0
600 to 700	0
700 to 800	1