Weather Records on 12 May 1922

43 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 12 May 1922. Highest significance: Battleford, CA.

Key Facts for 12 May 1922

On 12 May 1922, 43 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
13 were record highs and 6 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 0 were all-time records, 1 monthly and 42 daily.
Battleford set a daily record precipitation of 30.5 mm (1.2 in) on 12 May 1922.
Across 164 earlier years (1814 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 455 records.

Record Map

43 stations

43 station records on 12 May 1922 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 12 May 1922: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Battleford	Canada	Record daily precipitation	30.5 mm (1.2 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Uccle	Belgium	Record low maximum temperature	7.8 C (46.0 F)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Table.Mtn Platteklip	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	44.5 mm (1.8 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
San Diego Wbo	United States	Record high maximum temperature	26.1 C (79.0 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Atyrau	Kazakhstan	Record daily precipitation	25.0 mm (1.0 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Tabl.Mtn Molteno Rsv	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	31.0 mm (1.2 in)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Tuttlingen	Germany	Record daily precipitation	26.2 mm (1.0 in)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Palmerville	Australia	Record daily precipitation	7.9 mm (0.31 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Moreton Telegraph Station	Australia	Record daily precipitation	8.9 mm (0.35 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Warthausen-Birkenhard	Germany	Record daily precipitation	23.7 mm (0.9 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Lexington Bluegrass AP	United States	Record high minimum temperature	18.9 C (66.0 F)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Bremen-Seefahrtschule	Germany	Record low minimum temperature	0.4 C (32.7 F)	18 of 100 (Routine)
Kazan	Russia	Record daily precipitation	12.8 mm (0.5 in)	18 of 100 (Routine)
Yan Yean	Australia	Record daily precipitation	13.7 mm (0.5 in)	17 of 100 (Routine)
Thomas River (Sar)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	5.6 mm (0.22 in)	17 of 100 (Routine)
Stuttgart	United States	Record high minimum temperature	21.7 C (71.1 F)	17 of 100 (Routine)
Pointe Riche	Canada	Record daily precipitation	38.1 mm (1.5 in)	16 of 100 (Routine)
Pentland Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	3.0 mm (0.12 in)	15 of 100 (Routine)
Butchers Ridge Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	17.5 mm (0.7 in)	14 of 100 (Routine)
Qu'appelle	Canada	Record low maximum temperature	6.7 C (44.1 F)	14 of 100 (Routine)
St Albans	Canada	Record daily precipitation	20.8 mm (0.8 in)	14 of 100 (Routine)
Merrywinbone (Oreel)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	0.8 mm (0.03 in)	13 of 100 (Routine)
Hamburg Fuhlsbuettel	Germany	Record low minimum temperature	1.7 C (35.1 F)	13 of 100 (Routine)
Lady Grey (Pol)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	0.3 mm (0.01 in)	13 of 100 (Routine)
Federal Pt	United States	Record high maximum temperature	34.4 C (93.9 F)	13 of 100 (Routine)
Bonang	Australia	Record daily precipitation	24.4 mm (1.0 in)	12 of 100 (Routine)
Point Escuminac	Canada	Record daily precipitation	10.7 mm (0.4 in)	12 of 100 (Routine)
Kologha (Bos)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	4.3 mm (0.17 in)	11 of 100 (Routine)
Kalamazoo State Hospital	United States	Record high minimum temperature	17.2 C (63.0 F)	11 of 100 (Routine)
Tallahassee	United States	Record high minimum temperature	21.1 C (70.0 F)	10 of 100 (Routine)
Blayney Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	13.5 mm (0.5 in)	9 of 100 (Routine)
Muenster	Germany	Record low minimum temperature	1.6 C (34.9 F)	9 of 100 (Routine)
Jakutsk	Russia	Record low minimum temperature	-7.2 C (19.0 F)	9 of 100 (Routine)
Malvern	United States	Record high minimum temperature	23.9 C (75.0 F)	8 of 100 (Routine)
Adrian 2 NNE	United States	Record high minimum temperature	15.0 C (59.0 F)	8 of 100 (Routine)
Weldon	United States	Record high minimum temperature	20.0 C (68.0 F)	8 of 100 (Routine)
College STN 6 SW	United States	Record high maximum temperature	33.9 C (93.0 F)	8 of 100 (Routine)
Bigga (Woolbrook)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	8.6 mm (0.34 in)	7 of 100 (Routine)
Anticosti Heath Point	Canada	Record daily precipitation	6.9 mm (0.27 in)	6 of 100 (Routine)
Putten (Gld)	Netherlands	Record daily precipitation	14.0 mm (0.6 in)	5 of 100 (Routine)
Mena	United States	Record high maximum temperature	31.1 C (88.0 F)	2 of 100 (Routine)
Adrian 2 NNE	United States	Record high maximum temperature	31.1 C (88.0 F)	2 of 100 (Routine)
Kalamazoo State Hospital	United States	Record high maximum temperature	28.3 C (82.9 F)	2 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

43 records

Records set or tied on 12 May 1922 by type: Highest daily maximum 6, Lowest daily maximum 2, Highest daily minimum 7, Lowest daily minimum 4, Heaviest daily rainfall 24.

Records on 12 May 1922 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	6
Lowest daily maximum	2
Highest daily minimum	7
Lowest daily minimum	4
Heaviest daily rainfall	24
Heaviest daily snowfall	0
Deepest snow cover	0

Records on 12 May 1922 by timescale: all-time 0, monthly 1, daily 42.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

40 broken records

Margins by which the 40 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 24.2. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

12 May 1922

Top 20 records on 12 May 1922 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
12 May 1922	Battleford, CA	daily rain	30.5 mm (1.2 in)	20.8 mm (0.8 in)	25 years	41 of 100 (Notable)
12 May 1922	Uccle, BE	daily low max	7.8 C (46.0 F)	1.4 C (2.5 F)	76 years	35 of 100 (Notable)
12 May 1922	Table.Mtn Platteklip, ZA	daily rain	44.5 mm (1.8 in)	24.2 mm (1.0 in)	37 years	32 of 100 (Routine)
12 May 1922	San Diego Wbo, US	daily high max	26.1 C (79.0 F)	3.3 C (5.9 F)	42 years	30 of 100 (Routine)
12 May 1922	Atyrau, KZ	monthly rain	25.0 mm (1.0 in)	2.9 mm (0.11 in)	17 years	25 of 100 (Routine)
12 May 1922	Tabl.Mtn Molteno Rsv, ZA	daily rain	31.0 mm (1.2 in)	16.5 mm (0.6 in)	20 years	22 of 100 (Routine)
12 May 1922	Tuttlingen, DE	daily rain	26.2 mm (1.0 in)	6.4 mm (0.25 in)	31 years	21 of 100 (Routine)
12 May 1922	Palmerville, AU	daily rain	7.9 mm (0.31 in)	7.9 mm (0.31 in)	31 years	20 of 100 (Routine)
12 May 1922	Moreton Telegraph Station, AU	daily rain	8.9 mm (0.35 in)	6.9 mm (0.27 in)	13 years	20 of 100 (Routine)
12 May 1922	Warthausen-Birkenhard, DE	daily rain	23.7 mm (0.9 in)	9.7 mm (0.38 in)	16 years	20 of 100 (Routine)
12 May 1922	Lexington Bluegrass AP, US	daily high min	18.9 C (66.0 F)	0.6 C (1.1 F)	47 years	20 of 100 (Routine)
12 May 1922	Bremen-Seefahrtschule, DE	daily low min	0.4 C (32.7 F)	2.7 C (4.9 F)	29 years	18 of 100 (Routine)
12 May 1922	Kazan, RU	daily rain	12.8 mm (0.5 in)	3.3 mm (0.13 in)	21 years	18 of 100 (Routine)
12 May 1922	Yan Yean, AU	daily rain	13.7 mm (0.5 in)	2.3 mm (0.09 in)	25 years	17 of 100 (Routine)
12 May 1922	Thomas River (Sar), ZA	daily rain	5.6 mm (0.22 in)	4.8 mm (0.19 in)	25 years	17 of 100 (Routine)
12 May 1922	Stuttgart, US	daily high min	21.7 C (71.1 F)	3.4 C (6.1 F)	22 years	17 of 100 (Routine)
12 May 1922	Pointe Riche, CA	daily rain	38.1 mm (1.5 in)	7.6 mm (0.30 in)	12 years	16 of 100 (Routine)
12 May 1922	Pentland Post Office, AU	daily rain	3.0 mm (0.12 in)	3.0 mm (0.12 in)	35 years	15 of 100 (Routine)
12 May 1922	Butchers Ridge Post Office, AU	daily rain	17.5 mm (0.7 in)	6.6 mm (0.26 in)	25 years	14 of 100 (Routine)
12 May 1922	Qu'appelle, CA	daily low max	6.7 C (44.1 F)	0.5 C (0.9 F)	33 years	14 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

1814 to 1922

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1814 to 1922. 1922 had 43 records.

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

Records on 05-12 in each year
Year	Records
1814	2
1823	1
1825	1
1827	1
1834	1
1837	1
1838	1
1845	1
1847	1
1848	1
1849	2
1851	1
1855	2
1860	2
1862	2
1863	1
1867	1
1868	1
1872	2
1874	1
1877	1
1878	1
1879	1
1881	4
1882	5
1884	3
1885	2
1886	3
1887	1
1888	1
1889	1
1890	1
1891	4
1894	1
1895	1
1896	1
1897	7
1898	3
1900	3
1901	6
1902	5
1903	7
1904	11
1905	10
1906	20
1907	53
1908	12
1909	4
1910	9
1911	37
1912	46
1913	6
1914	36
1915	50
1916	42
1917	54
1918	113
1919	42
1920	19
1921	64
1922	43
1923	109
1924	245
1925	275
1926	121
1927	167
1928	192
1929	172
1930	500
1931	350
1932	199
1933	476
1934	293
1935	404
1936	329
1937	214
1938	394
1939	233
1940	440
1941	568
1942	418
1943	803
1944	368
1945	389
1946	653
1947	286
1948	390
1949	414
1950	283
1951	427
1952	711
1953	891
1954	305
1955	265
1956	1,568
1957	454
1958	714
1959	740
1960	1,583
1961	381
1962	713
1963	777
1964	401
1965	196
1966	909
1967	810
1968	890
1969	506
1970	698
1971	668
1972	641
1973	393
1974	702
1975	418
1976	541
1977	855
1978	802
1979	763
1980	684
1981	855
1982	763
1983	1,281
1984	887
1985	1,199
1986	473
1987	1,295
1988	619
1989	856
1990	617
1991	1,177
1992	1,022
1993	1,208
1994	738
1995	1,190
1996	1,420
1997	921
1998	1,576
1999	881
2000	1,486
2001	1,015
2002	1,027
2003	861
2004	1,054
2005	1,369
2006	797
2007	630
2008	858
2009	687
2010	1,250
2011	1,119
2012	660
2013	689
2014	949
2015	958
2016	421
2017	529
2018	819
2019	784
2020	1,338
2021	712
2022	1,930
2023	429
2024	447
2025	940
2026	1,110

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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 5	29
5 to 10	8
10 to 15	0
15 to 20	1
20 to 25	2