Weather Records on 22 March 2001

1,326 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 22 March 2001. Highest significance: Haverhill, US.

Key Facts for 22 March 2001

On 22 March 2001, 1,326 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
516 were record highs and 239 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 0 were all-time records, 56 monthly and 1,270 daily.
Haverhill set a monthly record daily precipitation of 126.5 mm (5.0 in) on 22 March 2001.
Across 164 earlier years (1794 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 469 records.

Record Map

1,326 stations

1,326 station records on 22 March 2001 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 22 March 2001: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Haverhill	United States	Record daily precipitation	126.5 mm (5.0 in)	90 of 100 (Exceptional)
Bowling Alley Point (Poplars)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	44.8 mm (1.8 in)	65 of 100 (Major)
Rutland	United States	Record daily precipitation	52.8 mm (2.1 in)	65 of 100 (Major)
Middleton	United States	Record daily precipitation	122.7 mm (4.8 in)	63 of 100 (Major)
Booroondarra	Australia	Record daily precipitation	81.0 mm (3.2 in)	58 of 100 (Notable)
Bedford	United States	Record daily precipitation	119.9 mm (4.7 in)	57 of 100 (Notable)
E Wareham	United States	Record daily precipitation	94.0 mm (3.7 in)	55 of 100 (Notable)
Reading	United States	Record daily precipitation	122.7 mm (4.8 in)	55 of 100 (Notable)
Riverslea Tm	Australia	Record daily precipitation	54.0 mm (2.1 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Plymouth-Kingston	United States	Record daily precipitation	83.6 mm (3.3 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Middleboro	United States	Record daily precipitation	88.9 mm (3.5 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Indian Lake 2SW	United States	Record snow depth	109.2 cm (43.0 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Biskra	Algeria	Record high maximum temperature	33.5 C (92.3 F)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Jajome Alto	Puerto Rico [United States]	Record daily precipitation	71.1 mm (2.8 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Blue Hill Lcd	United States	Record daily precipitation	88.4 mm (3.5 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Toowong Bowls Club	Australia	Record daily precipitation	58.0 mm (2.3 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Greifswald	Germany	Record snow depth	14.0 cm (5.5 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Weddingstedt	Germany	Record snow depth	20.0 cm (7.9 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Rio Blanco Lower	Puerto Rico [United States]	Record daily precipitation	78.7 mm (3.1 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Mt Mee	Australia	Record daily precipitation	112.6 mm (4.4 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Hingham	United States	Record daily precipitation	106.9 mm (4.2 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Lake Placid 2 S	United States	Record daily snowfall	40.6 cm (16.0 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Biggenden Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	36.4 mm (1.4 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Jackson Community Postal Agen	Australia	Record daily precipitation	57.0 mm (2.2 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Daylesford	Australia	Record daily precipitation	36.6 mm (1.4 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Brockton	United States	Record daily precipitation	71.6 mm (2.8 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Rochester	United States	Record daily precipitation	89.7 mm (3.5 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Taunton	United States	Record daily precipitation	78.7 mm (3.1 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Ganadero	Australia	Record daily precipitation	50.0 mm (2.0 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Stevensville	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-16.1 C (3.0 F)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Freehold-Marlboro	United States	Record daily precipitation	64.5 mm (2.5 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
State College	United States	Record daily precipitation	27.9 mm (1.1 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Uralla (Salisbury Court)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	44.2 mm (1.7 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Gospic	Croatia	Record high minimum temperature	9.0 C (48.2 F)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Iroquois	United States	Record snow depth	48.3 cm (19.0 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Wrangell AP	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-11.1 C (12.0 F)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Walterhall	Australia	Record daily precipitation	51.6 mm (2.0 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Didcot	Australia	Record daily precipitation	29.0 mm (1.1 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Danglemah (Rutherglen)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	43.2 mm (1.7 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Geelong Salines (Moolap)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	54.2 mm (2.1 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Lewiston	United States	Record daily precipitation	66.0 mm (2.6 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Setauket Strong	United States	Record daily precipitation	51.3 mm (2.0 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Carpentaria Downs Station	Australia	Record daily precipitation	52.0 mm (2.0 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Balliang East	Australia	Record daily precipitation	48.2 mm (1.9 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Skaneateles	United States	Record daily precipitation	45.0 mm (1.8 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Undoolya	Australia	Record daily precipitation	29.0 mm (1.1 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Netherton (Desert Fringe)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	42.6 mm (1.7 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Mount Lebanon	Australia	Record daily precipitation	56.8 mm (2.2 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Dundee (Karinga)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	46.0 mm (1.8 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Glenwood Spgs #2	United States	Record high minimum temperature	2.2 C (36.0 F)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Samsonvale	Australia	Record daily precipitation	62.8 mm (2.5 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Kazalinsk	Kazakhstan	Record high maximum temperature	22.8 C (73.0 F)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Oujda	Morocco	Record high maximum temperature	35.0 C (95.0 F)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Juncos 1 SE	Puerto Rico [United States]	Record daily precipitation	41.9 mm (1.6 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Lawrence	United States	Record daily precipitation	66.0 mm (2.6 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Lahontan Dam	United States	Record high minimum temperature	9.4 C (48.9 F)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Boston	United States	Record daily precipitation	65.8 mm (2.6 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Essex	Australia	Record daily precipitation	61.0 mm (2.4 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Cleveland Bowls Club	Australia	Record daily precipitation	95.2 mm (3.7 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Chuuk WSO AP	Federated States of Micronesia	Record daily precipitation	114.3 mm (4.5 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)

Counts by Type and Timescale

1,326 records

Records set or tied on 22 March 2001 by type: Highest daily maximum 246, Lowest daily maximum 98, Highest daily minimum 270, Lowest daily minimum 141, Heaviest daily rainfall 476, Heaviest daily snowfall 23, Deepest snow cover 72.

Records on 22 March 2001 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	246
Lowest daily maximum	98
Highest daily minimum	270
Lowest daily minimum	141
Heaviest daily rainfall	476
Heaviest daily snowfall	23
Deepest snow cover	72

Records on 22 March 2001 by timescale: all-time 0, monthly 56, daily 1,270.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

1,095 broken records

Margins by which the 1,095 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 381.0. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

22 March 2001

Top 20 records on 22 March 2001 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
22 March 2001	Haverhill, US	monthly rain	126.5 mm (5.0 in)	55.1 mm (2.2 in)	101 years	90 of 100 (Exceptional)
22 March 2001	Bowling Alley Point (Poplars), AU	daily rain	44.8 mm (1.8 in)	32.9 mm (1.3 in)	100 years	65 of 100 (Major)
22 March 2001	Rutland, US	daily rain	52.8 mm (2.1 in)	29.2 mm (1.1 in)	59 years	65 of 100 (Major)
22 March 2001	Middleton, US	monthly rain	122.7 mm (4.8 in)	41.9 mm (1.6 in)	33 years	63 of 100 (Major)
22 March 2001	Booroondarra, AU	daily rain	81.0 mm (3.2 in)	67.5 mm (2.7 in)	48 years	58 of 100 (Notable)
22 March 2001	Bedford, US	monthly rain	119.9 mm (4.7 in)	39.1 mm (1.5 in)	33 years	57 of 100 (Notable)
22 March 2001	E Wareham, US	daily rain	94.0 mm (3.7 in)	61.2 mm (2.4 in)	20 years	55 of 100 (Notable)
22 March 2001	Reading, US	monthly rain	122.7 mm (4.8 in)	37.4 mm (1.5 in)	33 years	55 of 100 (Notable)
22 March 2001	Riverslea Tm, AU	daily rain	54.0 mm (2.1 in)	42.1 mm (1.7 in)	63 years	54 of 100 (Notable)
22 March 2001	Plymouth-Kingston, US	daily rain	83.6 mm (3.3 in)	21.6 mm (0.9 in)	98 years	54 of 100 (Notable)
22 March 2001	Middleboro, US	daily rain	88.9 mm (3.5 in)	47.5 mm (1.9 in)	20 years	53 of 100 (Notable)
22 March 2001	Indian Lake 2SW, US	daily snow depth	109.2 cm (43.0 in)	38.1 cm (15.0 in)	100 years	53 of 100 (Notable)
22 March 2001	Biskra, DZ	monthly high max	33.5 C (92.3 F)	0.5 C (0.9 F)	120 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
22 March 2001	Jajome Alto, PR	daily rain	71.1 mm (2.8 in)	48.2 mm (1.9 in)	30 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
22 March 2001	Blue Hill Lcd, US	daily rain	88.4 mm (3.5 in)	55.4 mm (2.2 in)	24 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
22 March 2001	Toowong Bowls Club, AU	daily rain	58.0 mm (2.3 in)	20.4 mm (0.8 in)	100 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
22 March 2001	Greifswald, DE	daily snow depth	14.0 cm (5.5 in)	7.0 cm (2.8 in)	95 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
22 March 2001	Weddingstedt, DE	daily snow depth	20.0 cm (7.9 in)	18.0 cm (7.1 in)	48 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
22 March 2001	Rio Blanco Lower, PR	daily rain	78.7 mm (3.1 in)	58.4 mm (2.3 in)	10 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
22 March 2001	Mt Mee, AU	daily rain	112.6 mm (4.4 in)	83.2 mm (3.3 in)	16 years	46 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 2001

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1794 to 2001. 2001 had 1,326 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 2026-10-18. Last revised 18 October 2026 (2026-10-18).

Margin	Records
0 to 50	1,056
50 to 100	25
100 to 150	7
150 to 200	1
200 to 250	1
250 to 300	1
300 to 350	3
350 to 400	1