Weather Records on 17 March 2022

452 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 17 March 2022. Highest significance: Goychay, AZ.

Key Facts for 17 March 2022

On 17 March 2022, 452 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
185 were record highs and 71 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 1 were all-time records, 6 monthly and 445 daily.
Goychay set a daily record precipitation of 99.1 mm (3.9 in) on 17 March 2022.
Across 161 earlier years (1825 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 475 records.

Record Map

452 stations

452 station records on 17 March 2022 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 17 March 2022: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Goychay	Azerbaijan	Record daily precipitation	99.1 mm (3.9 in)	67 of 100 (Major)
Ashgabat	Turkmenistan	Record daily precipitation	34.0 mm (1.3 in)	63 of 100 (Major)
Sargents	United States	Record snow depth	55.9 cm (22.0 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Cheraw	United States	Record daily precipitation	86.4 mm (3.4 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Kealakekua 26.2	United States	Record high maximum temperature	30.6 C (87.1 F)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Sturt Vale	Australia	Record daily precipitation	64.5 mm (2.5 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Bandon 2 NNE	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-6.1 C (21.0 F)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Kassler	United States	Record daily precipitation	31.5 mm (1.2 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Castle Rock	United States	Record daily snowfall	17.8 cm (7.0 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Grant	United States	Record daily snowfall	30.5 cm (12.0 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Sumter	United States	Record daily precipitation	106.7 mm (4.2 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Hampshire (Neena Road)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	87.0 mm (3.4 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Glomfjord	Norway	Record high minimum temperature	6.6 C (43.9 F)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Oujda	Morocco	Record daily precipitation	30.0 mm (1.2 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Beira	Mozambique	Record daily precipitation	178.1 mm (7.0 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Sidney 6NNW	United States	Record daily snowfall	7.6 cm (3.0 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Mykland	Norway	Record daily precipitation	27.1 mm (1.1 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Graham 2 ENE	United States	Record daily precipitation	64.8 mm (2.6 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Sanford 8 NE	United States	Record daily precipitation	51.3 mm (2.0 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Murrayville (Carina)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	29.0 mm (1.1 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Lillington	United States	Record daily precipitation	37.6 mm (1.5 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Sedalia 4 SSE	United States	Record daily snowfall	17.8 cm (7.0 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Bucyrus	United States	Record high maximum temperature	22.8 C (73.0 F)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Apsley (Post Office)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	34.8 mm (1.4 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Tafjord	Norway	Record high minimum temperature	8.6 C (47.5 F)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Eastonville 2 NNW	United States	Record daily snowfall	28.4 cm (11.2 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Ghost Rch	United States	Record daily snowfall	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Derbent	Russia	Record low maximum temperature	1.5 C (34.7 F)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Gaoua	Burkina Faso	Record low maximum temperature	32.7 C (90.9 F)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Eudunda	Australia	Record daily precipitation	46.2 mm (1.8 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Edenton	United States	Record daily precipitation	54.4 mm (2.1 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Hamamatsu	Japan	Record high maximum temperature	23.6 C (74.5 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Stehekin 4 NW	United States	Record low maximum temperature	1.1 C (34.0 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
McKinley Park	United States	Record snow depth	134.6 cm (53.0 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Mineral-Nye-Vody	Russia	Record low minimum temperature	-14.3 C (6.3 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Maatsuyker Island Lighthouse	Australia	Record high minimum temperature	17.7 C (63.9 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Sivas	Turkey	Record low maximum temperature	-2.5 C (27.5 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Canjilon R/S	United States	Record daily snowfall	7.6 cm (3.0 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Grapevine Dam	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-4.4 C (24.1 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Kahuku 912	United States	Record high maximum temperature	30.0 C (86.0 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Patuxent River NAS	United States	Record daily precipitation	61.0 mm (2.4 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Deqen	China	Record high maximum temperature	16.9 C (62.4 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Ikerasassuaq	Greenland [Denmark]	Record low maximum temperature	-10.0 C (14.0 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Kahuku 912	United States	Record high minimum temperature	22.8 C (73.0 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Troitsk	Russia	Record low minimum temperature	-29.5 C (-21.1 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Bailey	United States	Record daily snowfall	17.8 cm (7.0 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Ralston Rsvr	United States	Record daily precipitation	26.9 mm (1.1 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Baytown	United States	Record low minimum temperature	0.6 C (33.1 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Pingliang	China	Record high minimum temperature	5.4 C (41.7 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Yibin	China	Record high maximum temperature	30.3 C (86.5 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Miyakejima	Japan	Record high maximum temperature	20.9 C (69.6 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Gafsa	Tunisia	Record high minimum temperature	14.5 C (58.1 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Winter Park	United States	Record daily snowfall	26.4 cm (10.4 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Key West NAS	United States	Record high minimum temperature	25.6 C (78.1 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Bobo Dioulasso	Burkina Faso	Record low maximum temperature	31.2 C (88.2 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Grootfontein	Namibia	Record low minimum temperature	11.7 C (53.1 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Hangzhou	China	Record high maximum temperature	29.8 C (85.6 F)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Nanchang	China	Record high maximum temperature	28.3 C (82.9 F)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Masirah	Oman	Record high maximum temperature	36.8 C (98.2 F)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Bodoe VI	Norway	Record high minimum temperature	5.7 C (42.3 F)	27 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

452 records

Records set or tied on 17 March 2022 by type: Highest daily maximum 83, Lowest daily maximum 34, Highest daily minimum 102, Lowest daily minimum 37, Heaviest daily rainfall 160, Heaviest daily snowfall 26, Deepest snow cover 10.

Records on 17 March 2022 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	83
Lowest daily maximum	34
Highest daily minimum	102
Lowest daily minimum	37
Heaviest daily rainfall	160
Heaviest daily snowfall	26
Deepest snow cover	10

Records on 17 March 2022 by timescale: all-time 1, monthly 6, daily 445.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

395 broken records

Margins by which the 395 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 254.0. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

17 March 2022

Top 20 records on 17 March 2022 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
17 March 2022	Goychay, AZ	daily rain	99.1 mm (3.9 in)	86.8 mm (3.4 in)	65 years	67 of 100 (Major)
17 March 2022	Ashgabat, TM	daily rain	34.0 mm (1.3 in)	24.3 mm (1.0 in)	57 years	63 of 100 (Major)
17 March 2022	Sargents, US	daily snow depth	55.9 cm (22.0 in)	25.4 cm (10.0 in)	120 years	52 of 100 (Notable)
17 March 2022	Cheraw, US	daily rain	86.4 mm (3.4 in)	43.2 mm (1.7 in)	15 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
17 March 2022	Kealakekua 26.2, US	daily high max	30.6 C (87.1 F)	1.7 C (3.1 F)	113 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
17 March 2022	Sturt Vale, AU	monthly rain	64.5 mm (2.5 in)	6.8 mm (0.27 in)	72 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
17 March 2022	Bandon 2 NNE, US	monthly low min	-6.1 C (21.0 F)	2.8 C (5.0 F)	75 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
17 March 2022	Kassler, US	daily rain	31.5 mm (1.2 in)	21.1 mm (0.8 in)	41 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
17 March 2022	Castle Rock, US	daily snowfall	17.8 cm (7.0 in)	5.1 cm (2.0 in)	125 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
17 March 2022	Grant, US	daily snowfall	30.5 cm (12.0 in)	20.3 cm (8.0 in)	20 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
17 March 2022	Sumter, US	monthly rain	106.7 mm (4.2 in)	15.0 mm (0.6 in)	51 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
17 March 2022	Hampshire (Neena Road), AU	daily rain	87.0 mm (3.4 in)	28.8 mm (1.1 in)	20 years	44 of 100 (Notable)
17 March 2022	Glomfjord, NO	monthly high min	6.6 C (43.9 F)	0.1 C (0.2 F)	76 years	43 of 100 (Notable)
17 March 2022	Oujda, MA	daily rain	30.0 mm (1.2 in)	10.0 mm (0.4 in)	67 years	42 of 100 (Notable)
17 March 2022	Beira, MZ	daily rain	178.1 mm (7.0 in)	62.6 mm (2.5 in)	49 years	41 of 100 (Notable)
17 March 2022	Sidney 6NNW, US	daily snowfall	7.6 cm (3.0 in)	2.5 cm (1.0 in)	92 years	41 of 100 (Notable)
17 March 2022	Mykland, NO	daily rain	27.1 mm (1.1 in)	3.1 mm (0.12 in)	88 years	40 of 100 (Notable)
17 March 2022	Graham 2 ENE, US	daily rain	64.8 mm (2.6 in)	28.0 mm (1.1 in)	21 years	40 of 100 (Notable)
17 March 2022	Sanford 8 NE, US	daily rain	51.3 mm (2.0 in)	36.1 mm (1.4 in)	16 years	40 of 100 (Notable)
17 March 2022	Murrayville (Carina), AU	daily rain	29.0 mm (1.1 in)	23.0 mm (0.9 in)	20 years	39 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

1825 to 2022

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1825 to 2022. 2022 had 452 records.

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

Records on 03-17 in each year
Year	Records
1825	2
1839	1
1845	1
1850	2
1852	1
1853	1
1856	1
1857	1
1863	1
1866	2
1867	1
1869	1
1870	1
1872	1
1874	3
1876	1
1877	2
1878	3
1879	1
1881	1
1882	4
1883	1
1884	3
1885	3
1886	1
1887	3
1888	2
1889	3
1890	2
1892	1
1895	5
1896	2
1897	9
1898	14
1899	5
1900	5
1901	4
1902	16
1903	10
1904	11
1905	10
1906	15
1907	14
1908	20
1909	20
1910	17
1911	7
1912	7
1913	31
1914	28
1915	22
1916	40
1917	52
1918	26
1919	86
1920	50
1921	96
1922	49
1923	130
1924	78
1925	143
1926	185
1927	369
1928	230
1929	85
1930	306
1931	124
1932	484
1933	198
1934	368
1935	259
1936	601
1937	455
1938	394
1939	583
1940	250
1941	689
1942	783
1943	500
1944	288
1945	1,345
1946	810
1947	332
1948	340
1949	178
1950	1,105
1951	489
1952	527
1953	236
1954	365
1955	385
1956	573
1957	327
1958	535
1959	471
1960	814
1961	679
1962	321
1963	738
1964	241
1965	1,115
1966	970
1967	856
1968	849
1969	651
1970	768
1971	361
1972	1,013
1973	943
1974	837
1975	475
1976	534
1977	479
1978	787
1979	507
1980	658
1981	679
1982	1,315
1983	912
1984	599
1985	662
1986	551
1987	1,362
1988	1,325
1989	1,082
1990	1,916
1991	756
1992	740
1993	1,608
1994	822
1995	989
1996	689
1997	895
1998	972
1999	688
2000	792
2001	1,349
2002	1,210
2003	1,244
2004	1,406
2005	1,475
2006	579
2007	1,470
2008	955
2009	717
2010	584
2011	926
2012	2,715
2013	723
2014	1,039
2015	1,145
2016	545
2017	847
2018	891
2019	738
2020	454
2021	502
2022	452
2023	875
2024	668
2025	722
2026	2,522

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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	379
50 to 100	10
100 to 150	1
150 to 200	1
200 to 250	3
250 to 300	1