Weather Records on 21 May 1922

39 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 21 May 1922. Highest significance: Guy Fawkes 2, AU.

Key Facts for 21 May 1922

On 21 May 1922, 39 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
19 were record highs and 1 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 0 were all-time records, 0 monthly and 39 daily.
Guy Fawkes 2 set a daily record precipitation of 78.7 mm (3.1 in) on 21 May 1922.
Across 156 earlier years (1793 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 463 records.

Record Map

39 stations

39 station records on 21 May 1922 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 21 May 1922: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Guy Fawkes 2	Australia	Record daily precipitation	78.7 mm (3.1 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Camden 1	United States	Record daily precipitation	62.7 mm (2.5 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Deniliquin (Wilkinson St)	Australia	Record high maximum temperature	22.8 C (73.0 F)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Astoria	United States	Record daily precipitation	28.7 mm (1.1 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Aberdeen	United States	Record daily precipitation	30.5 mm (1.2 in)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Melbourne Regional Office	Australia	Record high maximum temperature	21.5 C (70.7 F)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Jakutsk	Russia	Record daily precipitation	4.6 mm (0.18 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Sydney (Observatory Hill)	Australia	Record high minimum temperature	16.8 C (62.2 F)	16 of 100 (Routine)
Maclean (McLachlan Street)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	26.4 mm (1.0 in)	15 of 100 (Routine)
Anticosti SW Point	Canada	Record high minimum temperature	6.7 C (44.1 F)	15 of 100 (Routine)
Bird Rocks	Canada	Record high minimum temperature	5.6 C (42.1 F)	15 of 100 (Routine)
Junsele	Sweden	Record daily precipitation	9.6 mm (0.38 in)	15 of 100 (Routine)
Oxford	United Kingdom	Record high maximum temperature	29.2 C (84.6 F)	15 of 100 (Routine)
Pine Bluff	United States	Record daily precipitation	34.8 mm (1.4 in)	15 of 100 (Routine)
Beenleigh Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	21.6 mm (0.9 in)	14 of 100 (Routine)
Battleford	Canada	Record high maximum temperature	26.7 C (80.1 F)	14 of 100 (Routine)
Malvern	United States	Record high maximum temperature	35.6 C (96.1 F)	14 of 100 (Routine)
Robe Comparison	Australia	Record high maximum temperature	17.8 C (64.0 F)	13 of 100 (Routine)
Prince Albert	Canada	Record high minimum temperature	11.1 C (52.0 F)	13 of 100 (Routine)
Forbes (Camp Street)	Australia	Record high maximum temperature	23.3 C (73.9 F)	12 of 100 (Routine)
Battleford	Canada	Record high minimum temperature	12.8 C (55.0 F)	12 of 100 (Routine)
Battleford	Canada	Record daily precipitation	6.6 mm (0.26 in)	12 of 100 (Routine)
Malvern	United States	Record daily precipitation	27.9 mm (1.1 in)	12 of 100 (Routine)
Southport Ridgeway Ave	Australia	Record daily precipitation	22.6 mm (0.9 in)	11 of 100 (Routine)
Condong Sugar Mill	Australia	Record daily precipitation	22.9 mm (0.9 in)	11 of 100 (Routine)
Adelaide West Terrace	Australia	Record high maximum temperature	25.7 C (78.3 F)	10 of 100 (Routine)
Landsborough Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	8.4 mm (0.33 in)	10 of 100 (Routine)
Cudgen Plantation	Australia	Record daily precipitation	17.3 mm (0.7 in)	10 of 100 (Routine)
Uccle	Belgium	Record high maximum temperature	29.9 C (85.8 F)	10 of 100 (Routine)
Orleansville (Chlef)	Algeria	Record high minimum temperature	19.0 C (66.2 F)	8 of 100 (Routine)
Ebor (Kotupna)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	23.1 mm (0.9 in)	8 of 100 (Routine)
Budgerum	Australia	Record daily precipitation	6.1 mm (0.24 in)	6 of 100 (Routine)
Karesuando	Sweden	Record high minimum temperature	4.0 C (39.2 F)	3 of 100 (Routine)
Wagga Wagga (Kooringal)	Australia	Record high maximum temperature	21.1 C (70.0 F)	2 of 100 (Routine)
Surgut	Russia	Record daily precipitation	3.6 mm (0.14 in)	2 of 100 (Routine)
Ulmarra (Newsagency)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	10.2 mm (0.4 in)	1 of 100 (Routine)
New Westminster	Canada	Record low maximum temperature	12.2 C (54.0 F)	1 of 100 (Routine)
Cet Central England	United Kingdom	Record high minimum temperature	11.9 C (53.4 F)	1 of 100 (Routine)
Sheffield	United Kingdom	Record high minimum temperature	14.4 C (57.9 F)	1 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

39 records

Records set or tied on 21 May 1922 by type: Highest daily maximum 10, Lowest daily maximum 1, Highest daily minimum 9, Heaviest daily rainfall 19.

Records on 21 May 1922 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	10
Lowest daily maximum	1
Highest daily minimum	9
Lowest daily minimum	0
Heaviest daily rainfall	19
Heaviest daily snowfall	0
Deepest snow cover	0

Records on 21 May 1922 by timescale: all-time 0, monthly 0, daily 39.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

32 broken records

Margins by which the 32 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 67.5. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

21 May 1922

Top 20 records on 21 May 1922 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
21 May 1922	Guy Fawkes 2, AU	daily rain	78.7 mm (3.1 in)	67.5 mm (2.7 in)	19 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
21 May 1922	Camden 1, US	daily rain	62.7 mm (2.5 in)	42.4 mm (1.7 in)	23 years	35 of 100 (Notable)
21 May 1922	Deniliquin (Wilkinson St), AU	daily high max	22.8 C (73.0 F)	0.4 C (0.7 F)	61 years	25 of 100 (Routine)
21 May 1922	Astoria, US	daily rain	28.7 mm (1.1 in)	14.5 mm (0.6 in)	16 years	25 of 100 (Routine)
21 May 1922	Aberdeen, US	daily rain	30.5 mm (1.2 in)	17.0 mm (0.7 in)	9 years	24 of 100 (Routine)
21 May 1922	Melbourne Regional Office, AU	daily high max	21.5 C (70.7 F)	1.2 C (2.2 F)	42 years	22 of 100 (Routine)
21 May 1922	Jakutsk, RU	daily rain	4.6 mm (0.18 in)	3.9 mm (0.15 in)	11 years	20 of 100 (Routine)
21 May 1922	Sydney (Observatory Hill), AU	daily high min	16.8 C (62.2 F)	1.1 C (2.0 F)	20 years	16 of 100 (Routine)
21 May 1922	Maclean (McLachlan Street), AU	daily rain	26.4 mm (1.0 in)	8.6 mm (0.34 in)	30 years	15 of 100 (Routine)
21 May 1922	Anticosti SW Point, CA	daily high min	6.7 C (44.1 F)	0.6 C (1.1 F)	32 years	15 of 100 (Routine)
21 May 1922	Bird Rocks, CA	daily high min	5.6 C (42.1 F)	0.6 C (1.1 F)	32 years	15 of 100 (Routine)
21 May 1922	Junsele, SE	daily rain	9.6 mm (0.38 in)	4.0 mm (0.16 in)	9 years	15 of 100 (Routine)
21 May 1922	Oxford, GB	daily high max	29.2 C (84.6 F)	1.6 C (2.9 F)	4 years	15 of 100 (Routine)
21 May 1922	Pine Bluff, US	daily rain	34.8 mm (1.4 in)	3.0 mm (0.12 in)	37 years	15 of 100 (Routine)
21 May 1922	Beenleigh Post Office, AU	daily rain	21.6 mm (0.9 in)	3.6 mm (0.14 in)	29 years	14 of 100 (Routine)
21 May 1922	Battleford, CA	daily high max	26.7 C (80.1 F)	1.7 C (3.1 F)	27 years	14 of 100 (Routine)
21 May 1922	Malvern, US	daily high max	35.6 C (96.1 F)	1.7 C (3.1 F)	20 years	14 of 100 (Routine)
21 May 1922	Robe Comparison, AU	daily high max	17.8 C (64.0 F)	0.1 C (0.2 F)	33 years	13 of 100 (Routine)
21 May 1922	Prince Albert, CA	daily high min	11.1 C (52.0 F)	2.2 C (4.0 F)	20 years	13 of 100 (Routine)
21 May 1922	Forbes (Camp Street), AU	daily high max	23.3 C (73.9 F)	1.1 C (2.0 F)	15 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

1793 to 1922

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1793 to 1922. 1922 had 39 records.

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

Records on 05-21 in each year
Year	Records
1793	1
1795	1
1811	1
1837	2
1842	1
1847	2
1854	1
1857	1
1858	1
1865	1
1866	1
1870	2
1875	1
1876	1
1880	2
1882	1
1885	1
1886	2
1887	3
1889	5
1890	3
1891	6
1892	1
1893	1
1894	4
1895	4
1896	5
1897	2
1898	1
1899	5
1900	1
1901	3
1902	4
1903	26
1904	8
1905	7
1906	12
1907	36
1908	13
1909	13
1910	14
1911	87
1912	24
1913	13
1914	26
1915	24
1916	13
1917	76
1918	51
1919	170
1920	39
1921	158
1922	39
1923	125
1924	148
1925	250
1926	221
1927	207
1928	173
1929	247
1930	133
1931	488
1932	343
1933	290
1934	590
1935	190
1936	328
1937	227
1938	348
1939	355
1940	456
1941	525
1942	482
1943	463
1944	310
1945	515
1946	324
1947	485
1948	312
1949	593
1950	403
1951	271
1952	385
1953	501
1954	961
1955	507
1956	409
1957	709
1958	511
1959	684
1960	615
1961	306
1962	553
1963	598
1964	788
1965	238
1966	296
1967	1,022
1968	549
1969	832
1970	449
1971	536
1972	557
1973	493
1974	847
1975	1,160
1976	393
1977	756
1978	575
1979	787
1980	857
1981	1,550
1982	599
1983	1,106
1984	950
1985	610
1986	908
1987	1,242
1988	819
1989	671
1990	947
1991	1,065
1992	1,143
1993	1,197
1994	656
1995	749
1996	1,461
1997	953
1998	1,200
1999	544
2000	897
2001	1,187
2002	2,048
2003	807
2004	898
2005	1,020
2006	810
2007	894
2008	740
2009	1,315
2010	962
2011	959
2012	848
2013	884
2014	522
2015	956
2016	567
2017	780
2018	525
2019	1,668
2020	707
2021	1,131
2022	1,512
2023	794
2024	751
2025	776
2026	356

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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 2026-10-15 (15 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 10	28
10 to 20	2
20 to 30	0
30 to 40	0
40 to 50	1
50 to 60	0
60 to 70	1