Weather Records on 22 March 2015

458 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 22 March 2015. Highest significance: Orange, US.

Key Facts for 22 March 2015

On 22 March 2015, 458 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
211 were record highs and 33 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 1 were all-time records, 9 monthly and 448 daily.
Orange set a daily record precipitation of 142.5 mm (5.6 in) on 22 March 2015.
Across 164 earlier years (1794 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 474 records.

Record Map

458 stations

458 station records on 22 March 2015 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 22 March 2015: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Orange	United States	Record daily precipitation	142.5 mm (5.6 in)	69 of 100 (Major)
Woodenbong (Unumgar St)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	120.2 mm (4.7 in)	66 of 100 (Major)
Castellon	Spain	Record daily precipitation	133.8 mm (5.3 in)	63 of 100 (Major)
Duaringa Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	89.2 mm (3.5 in)	61 of 100 (Major)
Danevang 1 W	United States	Record daily precipitation	55.6 mm (2.2 in)	56 of 100 (Notable)
Verescagino	Russia	Record daily precipitation	50.0 mm (2.0 in)	55 of 100 (Notable)
Carinya	Australia	Record daily precipitation	116.5 mm (4.6 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Brigalow Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	72.0 mm (2.8 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Jandowae Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	77.8 mm (3.1 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Melva	Australia	Record daily precipitation	52.0 mm (2.0 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Falfurrias	United States	Record daily precipitation	31.8 mm (1.3 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Cotonou	Benin	Record daily precipitation	97.0 mm (3.8 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Baytown	United States	Record daily precipitation	88.9 mm (3.5 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Lanark	Australia	Record daily precipitation	65.0 mm (2.6 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Toogoolawah Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	57.4 mm (2.3 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Britton	United States	Record daily snowfall	8.6 cm (3.4 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Bawnduggie	Australia	Record daily precipitation	80.0 mm (3.1 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Fulton	United States	Record snow depth	35.6 cm (14.0 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Anchorage Merrill Fld	United States	Record high maximum temperature	9.4 C (48.9 F)	45 of 100 (Notable)
McCook	United States	Record daily precipitation	31.0 mm (1.2 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
La Palma	Australia	Record daily precipitation	53.0 mm (2.1 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Utsira Fyr	Norway	Record daily precipitation	30.2 mm (1.2 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Anahuac	United States	Record daily precipitation	66.0 mm (2.6 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Austwell	United States	Record daily precipitation	30.7 mm (1.2 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Valentine 10 WSW	United States	Record daily precipitation	28.2 mm (1.1 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Quendon	Australia	Record daily precipitation	46.0 mm (1.8 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Marnhull	Australia	Record daily precipitation	56.0 mm (2.2 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Tahiti-Faaa	French Polynesia	Record daily precipitation	80.0 mm (3.1 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Husnes	Norway	Record daily precipitation	78.2 mm (3.1 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Nix Store 1 W	United States	Record daily precipitation	54.9 mm (2.2 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Sunnybank Bowls Club	Australia	Record daily precipitation	93.0 mm (3.7 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Taree (Radio Station 2Re)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	148.2 mm (5.8 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Santa Barbara	United States	Record high minimum temperature	14.4 C (57.9 F)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Fairmont	United States	Record high minimum temperature	15.6 C (60.1 F)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Matagorda #2	United States	Record daily precipitation	50.8 mm (2.0 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Laurieton (Elouera St)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	131.0 mm (5.2 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Jingi Jingi	Australia	Record daily precipitation	45.6 mm (1.8 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Collins	United States	Record high maximum temperature	31.1 C (88.0 F)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Bauhinia Downs Store	Australia	Record daily precipitation	69.0 mm (2.7 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Dar Es Salaam Airpo	Tanzania	Record daily precipitation	75.9 mm (3.0 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Payette	United States	Record high minimum temperature	8.9 C (48.0 F)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Norton W	United States	Record snow depth	38.1 cm (15.0 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Angleton 2 W	United States	Record daily precipitation	48.3 mm (1.9 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Moran 5WNW	United States	Record high maximum temperature	15.0 C (59.0 F)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Mt Nebo Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	90.2 mm (3.6 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Bergen Florida	Norway	Record daily precipitation	66.5 mm (2.6 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Red Bluff Crossing	United States	Record daily precipitation	48.5 mm (1.9 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Duchesne	United States	Record high minimum temperature	2.8 C (37.0 F)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Cheyenne	United States	Record high minimum temperature	5.0 C (41.0 F)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Glenroy	Australia	Record daily precipitation	63.8 mm (2.5 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Wondalli	Australia	Record daily precipitation	35.8 mm (1.4 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Colstrip	United States	Record high minimum temperature	5.0 C (41.0 F)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Sheridan Fld STN	United States	Record high minimum temperature	3.9 C (39.0 F)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Wingham (Lanark Close)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	138.4 mm (5.4 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Killawarra (Uralba)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	150.0 mm (5.9 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Lifton Pumping STN	United States	Record high maximum temperature	16.1 C (61.0 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Machias	United States	Record snow depth	96.5 cm (38.0 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Palmdale AP	United States	Record high minimum temperature	10.6 C (51.1 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Hannam Vale (Hannam Vale Road)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	114.0 mm (4.5 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Bogorodskoe	Russia	Record high minimum temperature	-3.0 C (26.6 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

458 records

Records set or tied on 22 March 2015 by type: Highest daily maximum 74, Lowest daily maximum 22, Highest daily minimum 137, Lowest daily minimum 11, Heaviest daily rainfall 196, Heaviest daily snowfall 3, Deepest snow cover 15.

Records on 22 March 2015 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	74
Lowest daily maximum	22
Highest daily minimum	137
Lowest daily minimum	11
Heaviest daily rainfall	196
Heaviest daily snowfall	3
Deepest snow cover	15

Records on 22 March 2015 by timescale: all-time 1, monthly 9, daily 448.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

370 broken records

Margins by which the 370 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 229.0. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

22 March 2015

Top 20 records on 22 March 2015 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
22 March 2015	Orange, US	daily rain	142.5 mm (5.6 in)	81.8 mm (3.2 in)	65 years	69 of 100 (Major)
22 March 2015	Woodenbong (Unumgar St), AU	daily rain	120.2 mm (4.7 in)	96.1 mm (3.8 in)	62 years	66 of 100 (Major)
22 March 2015	Castellon, ES	monthly rain	133.8 mm (5.3 in)	51.9 mm (2.0 in)	32 years	63 of 100 (Major)
22 March 2015	Duaringa Post Office, AU	daily rain	89.2 mm (3.5 in)	39.7 mm (1.6 in)	116 years	61 of 100 (Major)
22 March 2015	Danevang 1 W, US	daily rain	55.6 mm (2.2 in)	27.4 mm (1.1 in)	114 years	56 of 100 (Notable)
22 March 2015	Verescagino, RU	monthly rain	50.0 mm (2.0 in)	23.1 mm (0.9 in)	1 year	55 of 100 (Notable)
22 March 2015	Carinya, AU	daily rain	116.5 mm (4.6 in)	92.3 mm (3.6 in)	28 years	54 of 100 (Notable)
22 March 2015	Brigalow Post Office, AU	daily rain	72.0 mm (2.8 in)	52.4 mm (2.1 in)	44 years	52 of 100 (Notable)
22 March 2015	Jandowae Post Office, AU	daily rain	77.8 mm (3.1 in)	43.0 mm (1.7 in)	44 years	52 of 100 (Notable)
22 March 2015	Melva, AU	daily rain	52.0 mm (2.0 in)	28.1 mm (1.1 in)	73 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
22 March 2015	Falfurrias, US	daily rain	31.8 mm (1.3 in)	25.2 mm (1.0 in)	58 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
22 March 2015	Cotonou, BJ	daily rain	97.0 mm (3.8 in)	42.1 mm (1.7 in)	70 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
22 March 2015	Baytown, US	daily rain	88.9 mm (3.5 in)	57.1 mm (2.2 in)	25 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
22 March 2015	Lanark, AU	daily rain	65.0 mm (2.6 in)	39.6 mm (1.6 in)	61 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
22 March 2015	Toogoolawah Post Office, AU	daily rain	57.4 mm (2.3 in)	22.9 mm (0.9 in)	76 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
22 March 2015	Britton, US	daily snowfall	8.6 cm (3.4 in)	3.5 cm (1.4 in)	121 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
22 March 2015	Bawnduggie, AU	daily rain	80.0 mm (3.1 in)	44.4 mm (1.7 in)	45 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
22 March 2015	Fulton, US	daily snow depth	35.6 cm (14.0 in)	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	114 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
22 March 2015	Anchorage Merrill Fld, US	daily high max	9.4 C (48.9 F)	2.7 C (4.9 F)	98 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
22 March 2015	McCook, US	daily rain	31.0 mm (1.2 in)	28.5 mm (1.1 in)	36 years	44 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 2015

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1794 to 2015. 2015 had 458 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	350
50 to 100	14
100 to 150	2
150 to 200	3
200 to 250	1