Weather Records on 19 May 1922

48 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 19 May 1922. Highest significance: Harrington (Oxley Anchorage Ca, AU.

Key Facts for 19 May 1922

On 19 May 1922, 48 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
14 were record highs and 5 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 0 were all-time records, 0 monthly and 48 daily.
Harrington (Oxley Anchorage Ca set a daily record precipitation of 66.0 mm (2.6 in) on 19 May 1922.
Across 161 earlier years (1798 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 463 records.

Record Map

48 stations

48 station records on 19 May 1922 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 19 May 1922: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Harrington (Oxley Anchorage Ca	Australia	Record daily precipitation	66.0 mm (2.6 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Adrian 2 NNE	United States	Record daily precipitation	55.9 mm (2.2 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Zanesville Wwtp	United States	Record daily precipitation	32.0 mm (1.3 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Tarnaby	Sweden	Record daily precipitation	17.0 mm (0.7 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Yamba Pilot Station	Australia	Record daily precipitation	46.0 mm (1.8 in)	18 of 100 (Routine)
Moorland (Denro-An)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	33.5 mm (1.3 in)	18 of 100 (Routine)
Anticosti SW Point	Canada	Record high minimum temperature	6.1 C (43.0 F)	16 of 100 (Routine)
Sacramento 5 ESE	United States	Record daily precipitation	5.6 mm (0.22 in)	16 of 100 (Routine)
Rutherglen	Canada	Record daily precipitation	10.7 mm (0.4 in)	15 of 100 (Routine)
Eastport	United States	Record daily precipitation	21.1 mm (0.8 in)	15 of 100 (Routine)
Howell Wwtp	United States	Record daily precipitation	24.9 mm (1.0 in)	15 of 100 (Routine)
College STN 6 SW	United States	Record high maximum temperature	33.3 C (91.9 F)	15 of 100 (Routine)
Ottawa	Canada	Record daily precipitation	21.1 mm (0.8 in)	14 of 100 (Routine)
Chicoutimi	Canada	Record high minimum temperature	13.3 C (55.9 F)	14 of 100 (Routine)
Yarmouth	Canada	Record high minimum temperature	10.6 C (51.1 F)	14 of 100 (Routine)
Brogers Creek Upper (Cookville	Australia	Record daily precipitation	45.5 mm (1.8 in)	13 of 100 (Routine)
Fort Chipewyan	Canada	Record daily precipitation	6.9 mm (0.27 in)	13 of 100 (Routine)
Ottawa Cda	Canada	Record daily precipitation	22.1 mm (0.9 in)	13 of 100 (Routine)
Bird Rocks	Canada	Record high minimum temperature	3.9 C (39.0 F)	12 of 100 (Routine)
New Iberia AP - Acadiana Rgnl	United States	Record daily precipitation	23.4 mm (0.9 in)	12 of 100 (Routine)
Kalamazoo State Hospital	United States	Record daily precipitation	23.9 mm (0.9 in)	12 of 100 (Routine)
Plymouth	United States	Record daily precipitation	32.0 mm (1.3 in)	12 of 100 (Routine)
Aberdeen	United States	Record low minimum temperature	0.6 C (33.1 F)	12 of 100 (Routine)
Helensburgh (Sawan St)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	28.2 mm (1.1 in)	11 of 100 (Routine)
Warren (Eenaweena)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	6.6 mm (0.26 in)	10 of 100 (Routine)
Bowraville Recreation Club	Australia	Record daily precipitation	12.7 mm (0.5 in)	9 of 100 (Routine)
Guy Fawkes 2	Australia	Record daily precipitation	11.7 mm (0.5 in)	9 of 100 (Routine)
Wauchope (Avondale Street)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	25.7 mm (1.0 in)	9 of 100 (Routine)
Berry Masonic Village	Australia	Record daily precipitation	34.3 mm (1.4 in)	8 of 100 (Routine)
Oestersund-Froesoen	Sweden	Record high minimum temperature	8.5 C (47.3 F)	8 of 100 (Routine)
Lake Cochituate	United States	Record high minimum temperature	14.4 C (57.9 F)	8 of 100 (Routine)
Plymouth	United States	Record high minimum temperature	11.7 C (53.1 F)	8 of 100 (Routine)
Portage Wwtp	United States	Record daily precipitation	21.1 mm (0.8 in)	8 of 100 (Routine)
Macksville Country Club	Australia	Record daily precipitation	14.2 mm (0.6 in)	7 of 100 (Routine)
Taree (Radio Station 2Re)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	17.5 mm (0.7 in)	7 of 100 (Routine)
Bogoroditskoye-Fenino	Russia	Record high minimum temperature	14.0 C (57.2 F)	7 of 100 (Routine)
Jamberoo (Lorna)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	17.3 mm (0.7 in)	6 of 100 (Routine)
Sveg	Sweden	Record high minimum temperature	8.5 C (47.3 F)	5 of 100 (Routine)
Wingham (Lanark Close)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	13.7 mm (0.5 in)	3 of 100 (Routine)
Barkerville	Canada	Record low minimum temperature	-5.0 C (23.0 F)	3 of 100 (Routine)
Port Arthur	Canada	Record high minimum temperature	9.4 C (48.9 F)	3 of 100 (Routine)
Nemours (Ghazaouet)	Algeria	Record low minimum temperature	9.0 C (48.2 F)	2 of 100 (Routine)
Blackville (Krui Vale)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	8.4 mm (0.33 in)	2 of 100 (Routine)
Pointe Au Pere	Canada	Record high maximum temperature	19.4 C (66.9 F)	2 of 100 (Routine)
Highland Home	United States	Record low maximum temperature	23.9 C (75.0 F)	2 of 100 (Routine)
Lexington	United States	Record low maximum temperature	18.3 C (64.9 F)	2 of 100 (Routine)
Olympia Priest Pt Park	United States	Record high maximum temperature	28.9 C (84.0 F)	2 of 100 (Routine)
Gavle	Sweden	Record high minimum temperature	11.0 C (51.8 F)	1 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

48 records

Records set or tied on 19 May 1922 by type: Highest daily maximum 3, Lowest daily maximum 2, Highest daily minimum 11, Lowest daily minimum 3, Heaviest daily rainfall 29.

Records on 19 May 1922 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	3
Lowest daily maximum	2
Highest daily minimum	11
Lowest daily minimum	3
Heaviest daily rainfall	29
Heaviest daily snowfall	0
Deepest snow cover	0

Records on 19 May 1922 by timescale: all-time 0, monthly 0, daily 48.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

39 broken records

Margins by which the 39 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 46.9. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

19 May 1922

Top 20 records on 19 May 1922 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
19 May 1922	Harrington (Oxley Anchorage Ca, AU	daily rain	66.0 mm (2.6 in)	46.9 mm (1.8 in)	27 years	38 of 100 (Notable)
19 May 1922	Adrian 2 NNE, US	daily rain	55.9 mm (2.2 in)	28.0 mm (1.1 in)	26 years	33 of 100 (Routine)
19 May 1922	Zanesville Wwtp, US	daily rain	32.0 mm (1.3 in)	11.4 mm (0.4 in)	33 years	25 of 100 (Routine)
19 May 1922	Tarnaby, SE	daily rain	17.0 mm (0.7 in)	10.2 mm (0.4 in)	22 years	20 of 100 (Routine)
19 May 1922	Yamba Pilot Station, AU	daily rain	46.0 mm (1.8 in)	2.8 mm (0.11 in)	43 years	18 of 100 (Routine)
19 May 1922	Moorland (Denro-An), AU	daily rain	33.5 mm (1.3 in)	16.2 mm (0.6 in)	27 years	18 of 100 (Routine)
19 May 1922	Anticosti SW Point, CA	daily high min	6.1 C (43.0 F)	0.5 C (0.9 F)	36 years	16 of 100 (Routine)
19 May 1922	Sacramento 5 ESE, US	daily rain	5.6 mm (0.22 in)	0.3 mm (0.01 in)	42 years	16 of 100 (Routine)
19 May 1922	Rutherglen, CA	daily rain	10.7 mm (0.4 in)	5.4 mm (0.21 in)	17 years	15 of 100 (Routine)
19 May 1922	Eastport, US	daily rain	21.1 mm (0.8 in)	4.8 mm (0.19 in)	21 years	15 of 100 (Routine)
19 May 1922	Howell Wwtp, US	daily rain	24.9 mm (1.0 in)	4.1 mm (0.16 in)	29 years	15 of 100 (Routine)
19 May 1922	College STN 6 SW, US	daily high max	33.3 C (91.9 F)	1.1 C (2.0 F)	31 years	15 of 100 (Routine)
19 May 1922	Ottawa, CA	daily rain	21.1 mm (0.8 in)	3.6 mm (0.14 in)	17 years	14 of 100 (Routine)
19 May 1922	Chicoutimi, CA	daily high min	13.3 C (55.9 F)	0.5 C (0.9 F)	32 years	14 of 100 (Routine)
19 May 1922	Yarmouth, CA	daily high min	10.6 C (51.1 F)	1.2 C (2.2 F)	19 years	14 of 100 (Routine)
19 May 1922	Brogers Creek Upper (Cookville, AU	daily rain	45.5 mm (1.8 in)	23.7 mm (0.9 in)	12 years	13 of 100 (Routine)
19 May 1922	Fort Chipewyan, CA	daily rain	6.9 mm (0.27 in)	3.3 mm (0.13 in)	12 years	13 of 100 (Routine)
19 May 1922	Ottawa Cda, CA	daily rain	22.1 mm (0.9 in)	2.3 mm (0.09 in)	27 years	13 of 100 (Routine)
19 May 1922	Bird Rocks, CA	daily high min	3.9 C (39.0 F)	0.6 C (1.1 F)	20 years	12 of 100 (Routine)
19 May 1922	New Iberia AP - Acadiana Rgnl, US	daily rain	23.4 mm (0.9 in)	13.2 mm (0.5 in)	12 years	12 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

1798 to 1922

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1798 to 1922. 1922 had 48 records.

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

Records on 05-19 in each year
Year	Records
1798	1
1802	1
1803	1
1811	1
1825	1
1826	1
1843	1
1845	1
1847	1
1848	1
1861	2
1864	1
1866	2
1868	2
1870	2
1872	2
1873	1
1877	4
1878	1
1879	1
1880	4
1881	2
1885	3
1886	1
1888	4
1890	2
1891	1
1892	1
1893	1
1894	3
1895	1
1896	3
1897	3
1898	1
1899	3
1900	16
1901	5
1902	6
1903	12
1904	5
1905	3
1906	22
1907	23
1908	11
1909	4
1910	34
1911	69
1912	11
1913	20
1914	37
1915	56
1916	44
1917	21
1918	64
1919	42
1920	28
1921	171
1922	48
1923	75
1924	179
1925	258
1926	102
1927	154
1928	118
1929	373
1930	277
1931	268
1932	758
1933	517
1934	476
1935	270
1936	144
1937	295
1938	432
1939	216
1940	306
1941	352
1942	463
1943	852
1944	453
1945	443
1946	329
1947	263
1948	605
1949	950
1950	487
1951	422
1952	568
1953	690
1954	642
1955	560
1956	605
1957	836
1958	369
1959	487
1960	708
1961	273
1962	1,092
1963	542
1964	358
1965	231
1966	483
1967	514
1968	735
1969	912
1970	415
1971	772
1972	478
1973	676
1974	734
1975	616
1976	1,238
1977	726
1978	1,215
1979	516
1980	401
1981	1,264
1982	464
1983	1,014
1984	597
1985	386
1986	1,022
1987	876
1988	726
1989	694
1990	600
1991	1,020
1992	1,017
1993	934
1994	883
1995	1,175
1996	2,038
1997	1,074
1998	1,237
1999	682
2000	1,055
2001	779
2002	2,461
2003	1,523
2004	788
2005	834
2006	1,276
2007	725
2008	950
2009	1,577
2010	959
2011	1,257
2012	509
2013	841
2014	560
2015	1,080
2016	634
2017	1,547
2018	468
2019	1,239
2020	790
2021	579
2022	1,147
2023	709
2024	469
2025	764
2026	1,358

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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).

Histogram of margins by which records were beaten on 19 May 1922
Margin	Records
0 to 10	31
10 to 20	5
20 to 30	2
30 to 40	0
40 to 50	1