Weather Records on 22 April 1920

55 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 22 April 1920. Highest significance: Townsville Pilot Station, AU.

Key Facts for 22 April 1920

On 22 April 1920, 55 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
9 were record highs and 11 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 0 were all-time records, 1 monthly and 54 daily.
Townsville Pilot Station set a daily record precipitation of 156.5 mm (6.2 in) on 22 April 1920.
Across 164 earlier years (1800 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 447 records.

Record Map

55 stations

55 station records on 22 April 1920 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 22 April 1920: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Townsville Pilot Station	Australia	Record daily precipitation	156.5 mm (6.2 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Alpha Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	63.5 mm (2.5 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Zagreb-Gric	Croatia	Record daily precipitation	41.2 mm (1.6 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Bogantungan Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	81.3 mm (3.2 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Burdekin Shire Council	Australia	Record daily precipitation	112.5 mm (4.4 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Ravenswood Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	37.3 mm (1.5 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Cardwell Marine Pde	Australia	Record daily precipitation	98.3 mm (3.9 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Atlantic City Marina	United States	Record high maximum temperature	26.7 C (80.1 F)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Cape May 2 NW	United States	Record high maximum temperature	25.6 C (78.1 F)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Lichtentanne	Germany	Record daily precipitation	14.4 mm (0.6 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Visby_Flygplats	Sweden	Record daily precipitation	9.2 mm (0.36 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Gravenhurst	Canada	Record daily snowfall	2.5 cm (1.0 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Yarmouth	Canada	Record high maximum temperature	17.8 C (64.0 F)	19 of 100 (Routine)
Wilmington Wb City	United States	Record high maximum temperature	31.1 C (88.0 F)	19 of 100 (Routine)
Owen Sound	Canada	Record daily precipitation	22.9 mm (0.9 in)	18 of 100 (Routine)
Plauen	Germany	Record daily precipitation	11.7 mm (0.5 in)	17 of 100 (Routine)
Jacksonville Wb City	United States	Record high minimum temperature	22.2 C (72.0 F)	17 of 100 (Routine)
Calgary Int'l A	Canada	Record low maximum temperature	5.6 C (42.1 F)	16 of 100 (Routine)
Baltimore Customs House	United States	Record high minimum temperature	15.6 C (60.1 F)	16 of 100 (Routine)
Alice Springs Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	1.3 mm (0.05 in)	15 of 100 (Routine)
Taroom Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	13.7 mm (0.5 in)	15 of 100 (Routine)
Gunnedah Pool	Australia	Record low maximum temperature	18.9 C (66.0 F)	15 of 100 (Routine)
Cumbalum (Fairview)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	44.7 mm (1.8 in)	15 of 100 (Routine)
Sacramento 5 ESE	United States	Record low minimum temperature	3.9 C (39.0 F)	15 of 100 (Routine)
Clermont Sirius St	Australia	Record daily precipitation	35.1 mm (1.4 in)	14 of 100 (Routine)
Springsure Comet St	Australia	Record daily precipitation	34.5 mm (1.4 in)	14 of 100 (Routine)
Merrywinbone (Oreel)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	2.5 mm (0.10 in)	14 of 100 (Routine)
Kremsmuenster	Austria	Record daily precipitation	14.4 mm (0.6 in)	14 of 100 (Routine)
Medicine Hat A	Canada	Record daily precipitation	6.1 mm (0.24 in)	14 of 100 (Routine)
Cottam	Canada	Record daily precipitation	24.1 mm (0.9 in)	14 of 100 (Routine)
St John's	Canada	Record daily precipitation	10.2 mm (0.4 in)	14 of 100 (Routine)
Gotska Sandon	Sweden	Record daily precipitation	14.0 mm (0.6 in)	14 of 100 (Routine)
Berlin-Dahlem (Lfag)	Germany	Record daily precipitation	10.1 mm (0.4 in)	13 of 100 (Routine)
Pentland Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	56.1 mm (2.2 in)	12 of 100 (Routine)
Svenska Hogarna	Sweden	Record daily precipitation	5.3 mm (0.21 in)	11 of 100 (Routine)
Cornwall	United States	Record daily precipitation	16.5 mm (0.6 in)	11 of 100 (Routine)
Chattanooga Wb City	United States	Record high maximum temperature	29.4 C (84.9 F)	11 of 100 (Routine)
Sfax El-Maou	Tunisia	Record low minimum temperature	9.0 C (48.2 F)	10 of 100 (Routine)
Kiev	Ukraine	Record high maximum temperature	19.7 C (67.5 F)	10 of 100 (Routine)
Malvern	United States	Record high minimum temperature	17.2 C (63.0 F)	10 of 100 (Routine)
Nebo	Australia	Record daily precipitation	12.2 mm (0.5 in)	9 of 100 (Routine)
Emerald Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	20.8 mm (0.8 in)	9 of 100 (Routine)
Bauhinia Downs Store	Australia	Record daily precipitation	14.2 mm (0.6 in)	8 of 100 (Routine)
Peak Downs	Australia	Record daily precipitation	34.3 mm (1.4 in)	8 of 100 (Routine)
Lake Cochituate	United States	Record daily precipitation	17.3 mm (0.7 in)	8 of 100 (Routine)
Port Douglas - Warner St	Australia	Record daily precipitation	89.9 mm (3.5 in)	7 of 100 (Routine)
St Helena Island	Australia	Record daily precipitation	22.9 mm (0.9 in)	7 of 100 (Routine)
Concordia ASOS	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-0.6 C (30.9 F)	7 of 100 (Routine)
Oestersund-Froesoen	Sweden	Record low maximum temperature	0.5 C (32.9 F)	6 of 100 (Routine)
Roma Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	5.1 mm (0.20 in)	5 of 100 (Routine)
Algiers-Ville/Universite	Algeria	Record low minimum temperature	10.0 C (50.0 F)	3 of 100 (Routine)
Mackay Post Office	Australia	Record low maximum temperature	23.8 C (74.8 F)	3 of 100 (Routine)
Portland Rfc City	United States	Record low maximum temperature	10.6 C (51.1 F)	2 of 100 (Routine)
Fort National	Algeria	Record low minimum temperature	2.0 C (35.6 F)	1 of 100 (Routine)
Tunis	Tunisia	Record low maximum temperature	16.0 C (60.8 F)	1 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

55 records

Records set or tied on 22 April 1920 by type: Highest daily maximum 6, Lowest daily maximum 6, Highest daily minimum 3, Lowest daily minimum 5, Heaviest daily rainfall 34, Heaviest daily snowfall 1.

Records on 22 April 1920 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	6
Lowest daily maximum	6
Highest daily minimum	3
Lowest daily minimum	5
Heaviest daily rainfall	34
Heaviest daily snowfall	1
Deepest snow cover	0

Records on 22 April 1920 by timescale: all-time 0, monthly 1, daily 54.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

51 broken records

Margins by which the 51 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 118.7. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

22 April 1920

Top 20 records on 22 April 1920 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
22 April 1920	Townsville Pilot Station, AU	daily rain	156.5 mm (6.2 in)	118.7 mm (4.7 in)	6 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
22 April 1920	Alpha Post Office, AU	daily rain	63.5 mm (2.5 in)	45.7 mm (1.8 in)	30 years	34 of 100 (Routine)
22 April 1920	Zagreb-Gric, HR	monthly rain	41.2 mm (1.6 in)	1.5 mm (0.06 in)	51 years	33 of 100 (Routine)
22 April 1920	Bogantungan Post Office, AU	daily rain	81.3 mm (3.2 in)	35.6 mm (1.4 in)	28 years	31 of 100 (Routine)
22 April 1920	Burdekin Shire Council, AU	daily rain	112.5 mm (4.4 in)	35.5 mm (1.4 in)	30 years	29 of 100 (Routine)
22 April 1920	Ravenswood Post Office, AU	daily rain	37.3 mm (1.5 in)	31.5 mm (1.2 in)	6 years	28 of 100 (Routine)
22 April 1920	Cardwell Marine Pde, AU	daily rain	98.3 mm (3.9 in)	43.7 mm (1.7 in)	30 years	25 of 100 (Routine)
22 April 1920	Atlantic City Marina, US	daily high max	26.7 C (80.1 F)	4.5 C (8.1 F)	34 years	24 of 100 (Routine)
22 April 1920	Cape May 2 NW, US	daily high max	25.6 C (78.1 F)	3.9 C (7.0 F)	34 years	23 of 100 (Routine)
22 April 1920	Lichtentanne, DE	daily rain	14.4 mm (0.6 in)	4.6 mm (0.18 in)	36 years	20 of 100 (Routine)
22 April 1920	Visby_Flygplats, SE	daily rain	9.2 mm (0.36 in)	1.3 mm (0.05 in)	48 years	20 of 100 (Routine)
22 April 1920	Gravenhurst, CA	daily snowfall	2.5 cm (1.0 in)	1.2 cm (0.5 in)	47 years	20 of 100 (Routine)
22 April 1920	Yarmouth, CA	daily high max	17.8 C (64.0 F)	1.7 C (3.1 F)	33 years	19 of 100 (Routine)
22 April 1920	Wilmington Wb City, US	daily high max	31.1 C (88.0 F)	1.7 C (3.1 F)	41 years	19 of 100 (Routine)
22 April 1920	Owen Sound, CA	daily rain	22.9 mm (0.9 in)	5.1 mm (0.20 in)	21 years	18 of 100 (Routine)
22 April 1920	Plauen, DE	daily rain	11.7 mm (0.5 in)	2.9 mm (0.11 in)	29 years	17 of 100 (Routine)
22 April 1920	Jacksonville Wb City, US	daily high min	22.2 C (72.0 F)	0.5 C (0.9 F)	37 years	17 of 100 (Routine)
22 April 1920	Calgary Int'l A, CA	daily low max	5.6 C (42.1 F)	1.6 C (2.9 F)	34 years	16 of 100 (Routine)
22 April 1920	Baltimore Customs House, US	daily high min	15.6 C (60.1 F)	1.2 C (2.2 F)	34 years	16 of 100 (Routine)
22 April 1920	Alice Springs Post Office, AU	daily rain	1.3 mm (0.05 in)	1.0 mm (0.04 in)	37 years	15 of 100 (Routine)

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

1800 to 1920

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1800 to 1920. 1920 had 55 records.

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

Records on 04-22 in each year
Year	Records
1800	1
1815	1
1817	1
1838	1
1842	1
1846	1
1849	1
1851	1
1852	2
1854	2
1855	2
1857	1
1861	1
1862	1
1864	1
1865	2
1868	1
1872	2
1873	1
1874	2
1875	1
1877	1
1879	1
1880	1
1881	1
1883	1
1884	3
1885	3
1888	4
1890	1
1891	1
1892	2
1893	2
1895	4
1896	1
1897	1
1898	4
1899	3
1900	4
1901	26
1902	13
1903	9
1904	6
1905	8
1906	11
1907	12
1908	14
1909	25
1910	27
1911	29
1912	35
1913	22
1914	79
1915	14
1916	56
1917	29
1918	63
1919	45
1920	55
1921	75
1922	81
1923	119
1924	132
1925	421
1926	148
1927	547
1928	380
1929	194
1930	207
1931	561
1932	266
1933	189
1934	340
1935	298
1936	543
1937	368
1938	243
1939	210
1940	434
1941	287
1942	286
1943	519
1944	565
1945	250
1946	555
1947	552
1948	454
1949	377
1950	584
1951	556
1952	636
1953	384
1954	545
1955	783
1956	249
1957	705
1958	411
1959	412
1960	1,107
1961	492
1962	329
1963	887
1964	1,109
1965	512
1966	534
1967	1,227
1968	870
1969	500
1970	1,048
1971	420
1972	780
1973	850
1974	647
1975	390
1976	363
1977	818
1978	765
1979	430
1980	1,632
1981	959
1982	1,073
1983	938
1984	1,128
1985	1,426
1986	1,381
1987	1,054
1988	971
1989	1,467
1990	815
1991	1,272
1992	1,155
1993	1,327
1994	812
1995	1,129
1996	1,051
1997	975
1998	1,174
1999	941
2000	1,202
2001	1,325
2002	1,406
2003	529
2004	647
2005	666
2006	797
2007	650
2008	844
2009	959
2010	902
2011	1,017
2012	1,212
2013	985
2014	437
2015	529
2016	593
2017	470
2018	688
2019	498
2020	598
2021	1,320
2022	505
2023	539
2024	663
2025	403
2026	727

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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 2026-10-15. Last revised 15 October 2026 (2026-10-15).

Margin	Records
0 to 20	45
20 to 40	3
40 to 60	2
60 to 80	0
80 to 100	0
100 to 120	1