2 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 22 May 1900. Highest significance: Brisbane Regional Office, AU.
Key Facts for 22 May 1900
On 22 May 1900, 2 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
1 were record highs and 0 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 0 were all-time records, 0 monthly and 2 daily.
Brisbane Regional Office set a daily record precipitation of 42.2 mm (1.7 in) on 22 May 1900.
Across 160 earlier years (1806 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 448 records.
Record Map
2 stations
Highest daily maximumHeaviest daily rainfall
2 station records on 22 May 1900 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.
Weather records on 22 May 1900: highest significance records shown on the map
Station
Country
Type
Value
Significance
Brisbane Regional Office
Australia
Record daily precipitation
42.2 mm (1.7 in)
26 of 100 (Routine)
Toronto
Canada
Record high maximum temperature
26.1 C (79.0 F)
4 of 100 (Routine)
Counts by Type and Timescale
2 records
Records set or tied on 22 May 1900 by type: Highest daily maximum 1, Heaviest daily rainfall 1.
Records on 22 May 1900 by type
Record type
Records
Highest daily maximum
1
Lowest daily maximum
0
Highest daily minimum
0
Lowest daily minimum
0
Heaviest daily rainfall
1
Heaviest daily snowfall
0
Deepest snow cover
0
Records on 22 May 1900 by timescale: all-time 0, monthly 0, daily 2.
Records on 22 May 1900 by timescale
Timescale
Records
all-time
0
monthly
0
daily
2
How Much Records Were Beaten By
1 broken records
Margins by which the 1 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 30.0. Ties are not counted.
Histogram of margins by which records were beaten on 22 May 1900
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
1806 to 1900
1900
Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1806 to 1900. 1900 had 2 records.
Counts for years before the ledger starts come from the same station rules.
Records on 05-22 in each year
Year
Records
1806
1
1837
4
1840
1
1841
1
1845
1
1846
1
1847
2
1857
1
1861
1
1862
1
1864
1
1865
1
1866
5
1867
3
1870
2
1872
1
1874
2
1875
1
1877
1
1881
1
1883
3
1885
1
1886
5
1887
3
1889
2
1890
4
1891
1
1892
2
1894
3
1895
2
1896
5
1897
3
1898
3
1899
3
1900
2
1901
3
1902
5
1903
7
1904
6
1905
11
1906
15
1907
45
1908
20
1909
19
1910
6
1911
77
1912
20
1913
15
1914
30
1915
23
1916
22
1917
43
1918
50
1919
402
1920
27
1921
85
1922
60
1923
63
1924
196
1925
382
1926
165
1927
250
1928
168
1929
210
1930
121
1931
489
1932
306
1933
307
1934
292
1935
162
1936
490
1937
192
1938
313
1939
407
1940
364
1941
640
1942
379
1943
385
1944
490
1945
334
1946
277
1947
340
1948
322
1949
534
1950
456
1951
294
1952
442
1953
632
1954
558
1955
556
1956
617
1957
774
1958
584
1959
713
1960
455
1961
446
1962
662
1963
1,149
1964
775
1965
367
1966
434
1967
1,222
1968
502
1969
593
1970
306
1971
479
1972
462
1973
446
1974
613
1975
772
1976
476
1977
648
1978
558
1979
674
1980
997
1981
1,427
1982
558
1983
1,025
1984
907
1985
736
1986
724
1987
810
1988
641
1989
722
1990
1,193
1991
1,200
1992
1,159
1993
922
1994
517
1995
823
1996
1,139
1997
1,154
1998
995
1999
610
2000
1,124
2001
1,371
2002
2,020
2003
822
2004
1,111
2005
1,002
2006
1,174
2007
1,113
2008
967
2009
1,075
2010
1,051
2011
745
2012
1,039
2013
1,216
2014
828
2015
938
2016
807
2017
613
2018
495
2019
1,372
2020
631
2021
915
2022
1,248
2023
400
2024
861
2025
778
2026
473
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Data for records on 1900-05-22: CSV or JSON. Field meanings are on the data page.
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.