Weather Records on 22 May 1922

60 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 22 May 1922. Highest significance: Hot Springs 1 NNE, US.

Key Facts for 22 May 1922

On 22 May 1922, 60 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
41 were record highs and 3 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 0 were all-time records, 3 monthly and 57 daily.
Hot Springs 1 NNE set a daily record precipitation of 80.0 mm (3.1 in) on 22 May 1922.
Across 160 earlier years (1806 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 448 records.

Record Map

60 stations

60 station records on 22 May 1922 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 22 May 1922: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Hot Springs 1 NNE	United States	Record daily precipitation	80.0 mm (3.1 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Oxford	United Kingdom	Record high maximum temperature	29.8 C (85.6 F)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Double Island Point Lighthouse	Australia	Record daily precipitation	84.1 mm (3.3 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Uccle	Belgium	Record high maximum temperature	33.3 C (91.9 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Cleveland Bowls Club	Australia	Record daily precipitation	62.5 mm (2.5 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Uccle	Belgium	Record high minimum temperature	17.9 C (64.2 F)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Sandgate Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	59.2 mm (2.3 in)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Sydney (Observatory Hill)	Australia	Record high minimum temperature	16.2 C (61.2 F)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Margate Collins St	Australia	Record daily precipitation	76.2 mm (3.0 in)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Winnipeg St Johns Coll	Canada	Record high minimum temperature	15.0 C (59.0 F)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Bowraville Recreation Club	Australia	Record daily precipitation	43.2 mm (1.7 in)	18 of 100 (Routine)
Arnsberg	Germany	Record high maximum temperature	30.8 C (87.4 F)	17 of 100 (Routine)
Karlsruhe	Germany	Record high maximum temperature	31.8 C (89.2 F)	16 of 100 (Routine)
Karesuando	Sweden	Record high minimum temperature	5.0 C (41.0 F)	16 of 100 (Routine)
Cape Moreton Lighthouse	Australia	Record daily precipitation	68.6 mm (2.7 in)	15 of 100 (Routine)
Hobart (Ellerslie Road)	Australia	Record high maximum temperature	16.5 C (61.7 F)	15 of 100 (Routine)
Adelaide West Terrace	Australia	Record high maximum temperature	24.9 C (76.8 F)	14 of 100 (Routine)
Arnsberg	Germany	Record high minimum temperature	13.7 C (56.7 F)	14 of 100 (Routine)
Needles	United States	Record high maximum temperature	42.2 C (108.0 F)	14 of 100 (Routine)
Cudgen Plantation	Australia	Record daily precipitation	51.3 mm (2.0 in)	13 of 100 (Routine)
Guy Fawkes 2	Australia	Record daily precipitation	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	13 of 100 (Routine)
Bremen-Seefahrtschule	Germany	Record high maximum temperature	30.6 C (87.1 F)	13 of 100 (Routine)
Husum	Germany	Record high maximum temperature	31.9 C (89.4 F)	13 of 100 (Routine)
Cet Central England	United Kingdom	Record high maximum temperature	26.1 C (79.0 F)	13 of 100 (Routine)
Astoria	United States	Record daily precipitation	27.9 mm (1.1 in)	13 of 100 (Routine)
Lubeck-Werft	Germany	Record high minimum temperature	13.5 C (56.3 F)	12 of 100 (Routine)
Mahackala	Russia	Record high minimum temperature	18.1 C (64.6 F)	12 of 100 (Routine)
Wagga Wagga (Kooringal)	Australia	Record high maximum temperature	21.7 C (71.1 F)	11 of 100 (Routine)
Jokkmokk	Sweden	Record high minimum temperature	6.5 C (43.7 F)	11 of 100 (Routine)
Moxee	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-1.1 C (30.0 F)	11 of 100 (Routine)
Yandina Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	92.2 mm (3.6 in)	10 of 100 (Routine)
Lawrence Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	10 of 100 (Routine)
Tweed Heads Golf Club	Australia	Record daily precipitation	64.3 mm (2.5 in)	10 of 100 (Routine)
White River	Canada	Record high maximum temperature	26.7 C (80.1 F)	10 of 100 (Routine)
Oxford	United Kingdom	Record high minimum temperature	15.6 C (60.1 F)	10 of 100 (Routine)
Muenster	Germany	Record high maximum temperature	32.9 C (91.2 F)	9 of 100 (Routine)
Altastenberg	Germany	Record high maximum temperature	29.8 C (85.6 F)	9 of 100 (Routine)
Wrixum/Fohr	Germany	Record high maximum temperature	26.5 C (79.7 F)	9 of 100 (Routine)
Melbourne Regional Office	Australia	Record high maximum temperature	21.6 C (70.9 F)	8 of 100 (Routine)
Brandon Cda	Canada	Record high minimum temperature	13.9 C (57.0 F)	8 of 100 (Routine)
Hamburg Fuhlsbuettel	Germany	Record high maximum temperature	29.0 C (84.2 F)	8 of 100 (Routine)
Karlsruhe	Germany	Record high minimum temperature	15.7 C (60.3 F)	7 of 100 (Routine)
Altastenberg	Germany	Record high minimum temperature	15.1 C (59.2 F)	7 of 100 (Routine)
Lubeck-Werft	Germany	Record high maximum temperature	31.0 C (87.8 F)	7 of 100 (Routine)
Cet Central England	United Kingdom	Record high minimum temperature	13.0 C (55.4 F)	7 of 100 (Routine)
Schwerin	Germany	Record high maximum temperature	30.9 C (87.6 F)	6 of 100 (Routine)
Plauen	Germany	Record high maximum temperature	30.5 C (86.9 F)	6 of 100 (Routine)
Braunschweig (T.H.)	Germany	Record high maximum temperature	31.8 C (89.2 F)	6 of 100 (Routine)
Bellbrook (East Street)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	30.0 mm (1.2 in)	5 of 100 (Routine)
Sheffield	United Kingdom	Record high minimum temperature	15.0 C (59.0 F)	5 of 100 (Routine)
Condong Sugar Mill	Australia	Record daily precipitation	38.9 mm (1.5 in)	4 of 100 (Routine)
Kirchdorf/Poel	Germany	Record high minimum temperature	13.5 C (56.3 F)	4 of 100 (Routine)
Crookston NW Exp STN	United States	Record high maximum temperature	31.1 C (88.0 F)	4 of 100 (Routine)
Portland Rfc City	United States	Record low minimum temperature	4.4 C (39.9 F)	4 of 100 (Routine)
Saentis	Switzerland	Record high minimum temperature	5.8 C (42.4 F)	3 of 100 (Routine)
Orleansville (Chlef)	Algeria	Record high minimum temperature	17.0 C (62.6 F)	2 of 100 (Routine)
Nemours (Ghazaouet)	Algeria	Record low minimum temperature	10.0 C (50.0 F)	2 of 100 (Routine)
St Albans	Canada	Record high minimum temperature	12.8 C (55.0 F)	2 of 100 (Routine)
Morris W Cntrl Rsch & Outreach	United States	Record high maximum temperature	28.9 C (84.0 F)	2 of 100 (Routine)
Wingham (Lanark Close)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	20.3 mm (0.8 in)	0 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

60 records

Records set or tied on 22 May 1922 by type: Highest daily maximum 23, Highest daily minimum 18, Lowest daily minimum 3, Heaviest daily rainfall 16.

Records on 22 May 1922 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	23
Lowest daily maximum	0
Highest daily minimum	18
Lowest daily minimum	3
Heaviest daily rainfall	16
Heaviest daily snowfall	0
Deepest snow cover	0

Records on 22 May 1922 by timescale: all-time 0, monthly 3, daily 57.

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 54.6. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

22 May 1922

Top 20 records on 22 May 1922 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
22 May 1922	Hot Springs 1 NNE, US	daily rain	80.0 mm (3.1 in)	54.6 mm (2.1 in)	45 years	42 of 100 (Notable)
22 May 1922	Oxford, GB	daily high max	29.8 C (85.6 F)	3.1 C (5.6 F)	74 years	40 of 100 (Notable)
22 May 1922	Double Island Point Lighthouse, AU	daily rain	84.1 mm (3.3 in)	45.2 mm (1.8 in)	8 years	33 of 100 (Routine)
22 May 1922	Uccle, BE	monthly high max	33.3 C (91.9 F)	1.5 C (2.7 F)	29 years	30 of 100 (Routine)
22 May 1922	Cleveland Bowls Club, AU	daily rain	62.5 mm (2.5 in)	23.9 mm (0.9 in)	21 years	27 of 100 (Routine)
22 May 1922	Uccle, BE	daily high min	17.9 C (64.2 F)	1.1 C (2.0 F)	51 years	27 of 100 (Routine)
22 May 1922	Sandgate Post Office, AU	daily rain	59.2 mm (2.3 in)	21.1 mm (0.8 in)	21 years	24 of 100 (Routine)
22 May 1922	Sydney (Observatory Hill), AU	daily high min	16.2 C (61.2 F)	1.2 C (2.2 F)	45 years	24 of 100 (Routine)
22 May 1922	Margate Collins St, AU	daily rain	76.2 mm (3.0 in)	20.3 mm (0.8 in)	21 years	23 of 100 (Routine)
22 May 1922	Winnipeg St Johns Coll, CA	daily high min	15.0 C (59.0 F)	1.7 C (3.1 F)	40 years	20 of 100 (Routine)
22 May 1922	Bowraville Recreation Club, AU	daily rain	43.2 mm (1.7 in)	15.3 mm (0.6 in)	30 years	18 of 100 (Routine)
22 May 1922	Arnsberg, DE	daily high max	30.8 C (87.4 F)	1.7 C (3.1 F)	35 years	17 of 100 (Routine)
22 May 1922	Karlsruhe, DE	daily high max	31.8 C (89.2 F)	1.3 C (2.3 F)	35 years	16 of 100 (Routine)
22 May 1922	Karesuando, SE	daily high min	5.0 C (41.0 F)	0.5 C (0.9 F)	39 years	16 of 100 (Routine)
22 May 1922	Cape Moreton Lighthouse, AU	daily rain	68.6 mm (2.7 in)	11.4 mm (0.4 in)	21 years	15 of 100 (Routine)
22 May 1922	Hobart (Ellerslie Road), AU	daily high max	16.5 C (61.7 F)	0.3 C (0.5 F)	39 years	15 of 100 (Routine)
22 May 1922	Adelaide West Terrace, AU	daily high max	24.9 C (76.8 F)	0.7 C (1.3 F)	30 years	14 of 100 (Routine)
22 May 1922	Arnsberg, DE	daily high min	13.7 C (56.7 F)	0.2 C (0.4 F)	35 years	14 of 100 (Routine)
22 May 1922	Needles, US	daily high max	42.2 C (108.0 F)	2.2 C (4.0 F)	21 years	14 of 100 (Routine)
22 May 1922	Cudgen Plantation, AU	daily rain	51.3 mm (2.0 in)	18.3 mm (0.7 in)	8 years	13 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

1806 to 1922

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1806 to 1922. 1922 had 60 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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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 10	42
10 to 20	4
20 to 30	3
30 to 40	0
40 to 50	1
50 to 60	1