Weather Records on 4 March 2022

516 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 4 March 2022. Highest significance: Lipeck, RU.

Key Facts for 4 March 2022

On 4 March 2022, 516 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
362 were record highs and 39 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 4 were all-time records, 14 monthly and 498 daily.
Lipeck set a monthly record daily precipitation of 31.0 mm (1.2 in) on 4 March 2022.
Across 167 earlier years (1801 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 493 records.

Record Map

516 stations

516 station records on 4 March 2022 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 4 March 2022: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Lipeck	Russia	Record daily precipitation	31.0 mm (1.2 in)	73 of 100 (Major)
Goychay	Azerbaijan	Record daily precipitation	99.1 mm (3.9 in)	68 of 100 (Major)
Zerdevka	Russia	Record daily precipitation	26.9 mm (1.1 in)	64 of 100 (Major)
Maraza	Azerbaijan	Record daily precipitation	99.3 mm (3.9 in)	63 of 100 (Major)
Richmond - Uws Hawkesbury	Australia	Record daily precipitation	209.0 mm (8.2 in)	58 of 100 (Notable)
Hunter Springs (Wondecla)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	89.2 mm (3.5 in)	57 of 100 (Notable)
Carnegie	Australia	Record daily precipitation	79.0 mm (3.1 in)	56 of 100 (Notable)
Coolmunda Dam	Australia	Record daily precipitation	94.4 mm (3.7 in)	56 of 100 (Notable)
Alicante	Spain	Record daily precipitation	130.3 mm (5.1 in)	56 of 100 (Notable)
Shell	United States	Record daily snowfall	17.3 cm (6.8 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Cairns Post Office	Australia	Record high maximum temperature	36.1 C (97.0 F)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Basin	United States	Record high maximum temperature	21.7 C (71.1 F)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Fillmore	United States	Record high minimum temperature	7.8 C (46.0 F)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Nundle Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	28.0 mm (1.1 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Cheesman	United States	Record high maximum temperature	20.0 C (68.0 F)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Holly	United States	Record high maximum temperature	28.3 C (82.9 F)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Salmon AP	United States	Record high minimum temperature	0.6 C (33.1 F)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Walhalla	United States	Record high maximum temperature	28.3 C (82.9 F)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Rouchel (Bonnie Doon)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	83.0 mm (3.3 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Scottsboro	United States	Record high maximum temperature	27.8 C (82.0 F)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Eagle	United States	Record snow depth	116.8 cm (46.0 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Carrow Brook	Australia	Record daily precipitation	124.0 mm (4.9 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Chichester Dam	Australia	Record daily precipitation	105.8 mm (4.2 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Trinidad	United States	Record high minimum temperature	7.2 C (45.0 F)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Chickamauga 2 SW	United States	Record high maximum temperature	27.2 C (81.0 F)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Anna Plains	Australia	Record daily precipitation	43.2 mm (1.7 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Cimarron	United States	Record high minimum temperature	9.4 C (48.9 F)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Mackay Aero	Australia	Record high minimum temperature	27.4 C (81.3 F)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Winfield 3NE	United States	Record high maximum temperature	27.8 C (82.0 F)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Spavinaw	United States	Record high maximum temperature	27.8 C (82.0 F)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Aparan	Armenia	Record daily precipitation	36.3 mm (1.4 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Elec	Russia	Record daily precipitation	25.9 mm (1.0 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Cody	United States	Record high maximum temperature	19.4 C (66.9 F)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Glen Morrison (Branga Plains)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	41.0 mm (1.6 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
University	United States	Record high maximum temperature	28.3 C (82.9 F)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Deaver	United States	Record high maximum temperature	21.1 C (70.0 F)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Daly Waters AWS	Australia	Record high minimum temperature	26.5 C (79.7 F)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Rockhampton Aero	Australia	Record high maximum temperature	38.3 C (100.9 F)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Jamestown	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	38.1 mm (1.5 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Saco 1 NNW	United States	Record daily snowfall	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Monterey	United States	Record high maximum temperature	23.3 C (73.9 F)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Moonan Flat (High St)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	45.0 mm (1.8 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Cross City AP	United States	Record high maximum temperature	30.0 C (86.0 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Lostock Dam	Australia	Record daily precipitation	160.0 mm (6.3 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Upper Chichester (Simmonds)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	118.0 mm (4.6 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Glen-Ayle	Australia	Record daily precipitation	75.0 mm (3.0 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Collinsville Post Office	Australia	Record high maximum temperature	40.3 C (104.5 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Waterloo	Australia	Record daily precipitation	50.0 mm (2.0 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Rouchel Brook (Albano)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	66.8 mm (2.6 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Watonga	United States	Record high maximum temperature	27.8 C (82.0 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Dubois	United States	Record high maximum temperature	17.2 C (63.0 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Crestview FAA/AP	United States	Record high maximum temperature	30.0 C (86.0 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Watertown AP	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-28.2 C (-18.8 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Ellerston (Poitrel)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	55.2 mm (2.2 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Mormon Flat	United States	Record high maximum temperature	30.0 C (86.0 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Camooweal Township	Australia	Record high maximum temperature	41.2 C (106.2 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Gyzylarbat	Turkmenistan	Record high minimum temperature	12.2 C (54.0 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Shelby 2 NW	United States	Record high maximum temperature	28.9 C (84.0 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Follett	United States	Record high maximum temperature	28.9 C (84.0 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Marysvale	United States	Record high maximum temperature	19.4 C (66.9 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

516 records

Records set or tied on 4 March 2022 by type: Highest daily maximum 238, Lowest daily maximum 28, Highest daily minimum 124, Lowest daily minimum 11, Heaviest daily rainfall 99, Heaviest daily snowfall 9, Deepest snow cover 7.

Records on 4 March 2022 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	238
Lowest daily maximum	28
Highest daily minimum	124
Lowest daily minimum	11
Heaviest daily rainfall	99
Heaviest daily snowfall	9
Deepest snow cover	7

Records on 4 March 2022 by timescale: all-time 4, monthly 14, daily 498.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

404 broken records

Margins by which the 404 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 132.0. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

4 March 2022

Top 20 records on 4 March 2022 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
4 March 2022	Lipeck, RU	monthly rain	31.0 mm (1.2 in)	11.2 mm (0.4 in)	52 years	73 of 100 (Major)
4 March 2022	Goychay, AZ	daily rain	99.1 mm (3.9 in)	67.7 mm (2.7 in)	69 years	68 of 100 (Major)
4 March 2022	Zerdevka, RU	monthly rain	26.9 mm (1.1 in)	10.6 mm (0.4 in)	27 years	64 of 100 (Major)
4 March 2022	Maraza, AZ	daily rain	99.3 mm (3.9 in)	89.1 mm (3.5 in)	57 years	63 of 100 (Major)
4 March 2022	Richmond - Uws Hawkesbury, AU	all-time rain	209.0 mm (8.2 in)	10.4 mm (0.4 in)	73 years	58 of 100 (Notable)
4 March 2022	Hunter Springs (Wondecla), AU	daily rain	89.2 mm (3.5 in)	62.0 mm (2.4 in)	43 years	57 of 100 (Notable)
4 March 2022	Carnegie, AU	daily rain	79.0 mm (3.1 in)	39.9 mm (1.6 in)	75 years	56 of 100 (Notable)
4 March 2022	Coolmunda Dam, AU	daily rain	94.4 mm (3.7 in)	60.6 mm (2.4 in)	43 years	56 of 100 (Notable)
4 March 2022	Alicante, ES	monthly rain	130.3 mm (5.1 in)	71.4 mm (2.8 in)	4 years	56 of 100 (Notable)
4 March 2022	Shell, US	daily snowfall	17.3 cm (6.8 in)	12.2 cm (4.8 in)	24 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
4 March 2022	Cairns Post Office, AU	daily high max	36.1 C (97.0 F)	0.8 C (1.4 F)	113 years	44 of 100 (Notable)
4 March 2022	Basin, US	daily high max	21.7 C (71.1 F)	2.8 C (5.0 F)	112 years	44 of 100 (Notable)
4 March 2022	Fillmore, US	daily high min	7.8 C (46.0 F)	1.7 C (3.1 F)	112 years	43 of 100 (Notable)
4 March 2022	Nundle Post Office, AU	daily rain	28.0 mm (1.1 in)	4.6 mm (0.18 in)	115 years	42 of 100 (Notable)
4 March 2022	Cheesman, US	daily high max	20.0 C (68.0 F)	1.7 C (3.1 F)	117 years	42 of 100 (Notable)
4 March 2022	Holly, US	daily high max	28.3 C (82.9 F)	1.6 C (2.9 F)	112 years	42 of 100 (Notable)
4 March 2022	Salmon AP, US	daily high min	0.6 C (33.1 F)	1.2 C (2.2 F)	112 years	42 of 100 (Notable)
4 March 2022	Walhalla, US	daily high max	28.3 C (82.9 F)	1.6 C (2.9 F)	116 years	42 of 100 (Notable)
4 March 2022	Rouchel (Bonnie Doon), AU	daily rain	83.0 mm (3.3 in)	34.4 mm (1.4 in)	44 years	41 of 100 (Notable)
4 March 2022	Scottsboro, US	daily high max	27.8 C (82.0 F)	0.6 C (1.1 F)	112 years	41 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

1801 to 2022

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1801 to 2022. 2022 had 516 records.

Counts for years before the ledger starts come from the same station rules.

Records on 03-04 in each year
Year	Records
1801	1
1804	1
1810	1
1814	1
1816	1
1817	1
1837	1
1842	1
1843	1
1845	5
1846	1
1851	1
1852	2
1853	1
1857	1
1859	2
1862	1
1863	1
1868	1
1871	1
1872	1
1873	2
1874	1
1875	2
1876	1
1878	1
1880	6
1881	5
1882	2
1884	1
1886	3
1888	4
1889	3
1890	7
1891	3
1892	1
1893	2
1894	1
1895	2
1896	11
1897	2
1900	1
1901	3
1902	5
1903	18
1904	8
1905	8
1906	14
1907	13
1908	15
1909	23
1910	7
1911	6
1912	46
1913	23
1914	27
1915	27
1916	37
1917	51
1918	79
1919	162
1920	76
1921	99
1922	59
1923	206
1924	139
1925	272
1926	144
1927	132
1928	100
1929	252
1930	148
1931	295
1932	341
1933	357
1934	402
1935	528
1936	171
1937	336
1938	628
1939	278
1940	242
1941	278
1942	266
1943	1,123
1944	564
1945	465
1946	679
1947	407
1948	698
1949	299
1950	638
1951	740
1952	747
1953	540
1954	528
1955	1,317
1956	504
1957	294
1958	414
1959	743
1960	2,289
1961	773
1962	536
1963	502
1964	677
1965	855
1966	1,050
1967	359
1968	1,100
1969	252
1970	332
1971	1,217
1972	632
1973	569
1974	1,456
1975	514
1976	1,696
1977	1,240
1978	1,905
1979	1,100
1980	742
1981	742
1982	758
1983	2,210
1984	671
1985	1,118
1986	1,113
1987	1,577
1988	924
1989	1,369
1990	738
1991	1,343
1992	1,283
1993	749
1994	959
1995	1,062
1996	727
1997	1,013
1998	1,720
1999	990
2000	878
2001	762
2002	2,015
2003	861
2004	1,092
2005	782
2006	711
2007	779
2008	919
2009	1,460
2010	517
2011	682
2012	755
2013	708
2014	1,792
2015	577
2016	748
2017	571
2018	645
2019	2,178
2020	873
2021	492
2022	516
2023	807
2024	1,328
2025	695
2026	747

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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 20	376
20 to 40	14
40 to 60	5
60 to 80	4
80 to 100	1
100 to 120	2
120 to 140	2