Weather Records on 28 May 1922

80 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 28 May 1922. Highest significance: Jacksonville Wb City, US.

Key Facts for 28 May 1922

On 28 May 1922, 80 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
23 were record highs and 17 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 0 were all-time records, 1 monthly and 79 daily.
Jacksonville Wb City set a daily record precipitation of 113.5 mm (4.5 in) on 28 May 1922.
Across 161 earlier years (1794 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 444 records.

Record Map

80 stations

80 station records on 28 May 1922 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 28 May 1922: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Jacksonville Wb City	United States	Record daily precipitation	113.5 mm (4.5 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Perth Regional Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	63.5 mm (2.5 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Dublin Phoenix Park	Ireland	Record high maximum temperature	22.2 C (72.0 F)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Aberdeen	United States	Record high maximum temperature	28.3 C (82.9 F)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Lake Cochituate	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-1.1 C (30.0 F)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Caltowie	Australia	Record daily precipitation	16.8 mm (0.7 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Crystal Brook	Australia	Record daily precipitation	23.9 mm (0.9 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Mannanarie Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	18.3 mm (0.7 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Mahackala	Russia	Record daily precipitation	9.4 mm (0.37 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Wilmington	Australia	Record daily precipitation	10.9 mm (0.4 in)	18 of 100 (Routine)
Burra (Kooringa)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	10.7 mm (0.4 in)	18 of 100 (Routine)
Gladstone	Australia	Record daily precipitation	19.3 mm (0.8 in)	18 of 100 (Routine)
Jamestown	Australia	Record daily precipitation	10.9 mm (0.4 in)	18 of 100 (Routine)
Appila	Australia	Record daily precipitation	5.6 mm (0.22 in)	17 of 100 (Routine)
Port Broughton	Australia	Record daily precipitation	10.9 mm (0.4 in)	16 of 100 (Routine)
Adelaide (Salisbury Bowling Cl	Australia	Record daily precipitation	20.8 mm (0.8 in)	16 of 100 (Routine)
Nuriootpa	Australia	Record daily precipitation	6.4 mm (0.25 in)	16 of 100 (Routine)
Port Arthur	Canada	Record high maximum temperature	29.4 C (84.9 F)	16 of 100 (Routine)
Melrose	Australia	Record daily precipitation	3.8 mm (0.15 in)	15 of 100 (Routine)
Snowtown	Australia	Record daily precipitation	5.8 mm (0.23 in)	15 of 100 (Routine)
Corny Point	Australia	Record daily precipitation	12.2 mm (0.5 in)	15 of 100 (Routine)
Gavle	Sweden	Record high minimum temperature	9.2 C (48.6 F)	15 of 100 (Routine)
Sheffield	United Kingdom	Record high maximum temperature	25.6 C (78.1 F)	15 of 100 (Routine)
Highland Home	United States	Record low maximum temperature	20.6 C (69.1 F)	15 of 100 (Routine)
Middletown 4 W	United States	Record low minimum temperature	1.7 C (35.1 F)	15 of 100 (Routine)
Orleansville (Chlef)	Algeria	Record high minimum temperature	21.0 C (69.8 F)	14 of 100 (Routine)
Stockwell	Australia	Record daily precipitation	6.9 mm (0.27 in)	14 of 100 (Routine)
Gumeracha	Australia	Record daily precipitation	6.1 mm (0.24 in)	14 of 100 (Routine)
Meningie	Australia	Record daily precipitation	15.2 mm (0.6 in)	14 of 100 (Routine)
Agassiz Cda	Canada	Record high maximum temperature	28.9 C (84.0 F)	14 of 100 (Routine)
New Westminster	Canada	Record high maximum temperature	27.8 C (82.0 F)	14 of 100 (Routine)
Constantine	Algeria	Record high minimum temperature	17.0 C (62.6 F)	13 of 100 (Routine)
Balaklava	Australia	Record daily precipitation	7.6 mm (0.30 in)	13 of 100 (Routine)
Hoyleton	Australia	Record daily precipitation	6.6 mm (0.26 in)	13 of 100 (Routine)
Narridy Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	10.2 mm (0.4 in)	13 of 100 (Routine)
Lowell	United States	Record low minimum temperature	3.9 C (39.0 F)	13 of 100 (Routine)
Ardrossan	Australia	Record daily precipitation	8.9 mm (0.35 in)	12 of 100 (Routine)
Freeling Railway	Australia	Record daily precipitation	8.4 mm (0.33 in)	12 of 100 (Routine)
Tanunda	Australia	Record daily precipitation	7.6 mm (0.30 in)	12 of 100 (Routine)
Cantara	Australia	Record daily precipitation	16.3 mm (0.6 in)	12 of 100 (Routine)
Chicoutimi	Canada	Record high maximum temperature	28.3 C (82.9 F)	12 of 100 (Routine)
Yarmouth	Canada	Record low minimum temperature	1.1 C (34.0 F)	12 of 100 (Routine)
Montgomery Wb City	United States	Record low maximum temperature	21.1 C (70.0 F)	12 of 100 (Routine)
Federal Pt	United States	Record daily precipitation	11.7 mm (0.5 in)	12 of 100 (Routine)
Laura	Australia	Record daily precipitation	13.5 mm (0.5 in)	11 of 100 (Routine)
Maitland (Weetulta)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	12.4 mm (0.5 in)	11 of 100 (Routine)
Hamley Bridge	Australia	Record daily precipitation	7.6 mm (0.30 in)	11 of 100 (Routine)
Marrabel	Australia	Record daily precipitation	12.4 mm (0.5 in)	11 of 100 (Routine)
Clarendon	Australia	Record daily precipitation	8.9 mm (0.35 in)	11 of 100 (Routine)
Milang	Australia	Record daily precipitation	9.7 mm (0.38 in)	11 of 100 (Routine)
Arhangelsk	Russia	Record daily precipitation	8.2 mm (0.32 in)	11 of 100 (Routine)
Columbia	United States	Record daily precipitation	13.7 mm (0.5 in)	11 of 100 (Routine)
Asheville	United States	Record low maximum temperature	17.8 C (64.0 F)	11 of 100 (Routine)
Port Pirie Nyrstar Comparison	Australia	Record daily precipitation	7.4 mm (0.29 in)	10 of 100 (Routine)
Eustis 2 S	United States	Record daily precipitation	20.1 mm (0.8 in)	10 of 100 (Routine)
Mahackala	Russia	Record high minimum temperature	19.2 C (66.6 F)	9 of 100 (Routine)
Augusta	United States	Record daily precipitation	17.5 mm (0.7 in)	9 of 100 (Routine)
Eastport	United States	Record low minimum temperature	3.3 C (37.9 F)	9 of 100 (Routine)
Cape May 2 NW	United States	Record low minimum temperature	7.2 C (45.0 F)	9 of 100 (Routine)
Enosburg Falls	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-1.1 C (30.0 F)	9 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

80 records

Records set or tied on 28 May 1922 by type: Highest daily maximum 12, Lowest daily maximum 5, Highest daily minimum 11, Lowest daily minimum 12, Heaviest daily rainfall 40.

Records on 28 May 1922 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	12
Lowest daily maximum	5
Highest daily minimum	11
Lowest daily minimum	12
Heaviest daily rainfall	40
Heaviest daily snowfall	0
Deepest snow cover	0

Records on 28 May 1922 by timescale: all-time 0, monthly 1, daily 79.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

62 broken records

Margins by which the 62 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 53.0. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

28 May 1922

Top 20 records on 28 May 1922 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
28 May 1922	Jacksonville Wb City, US	daily rain	113.5 mm (4.5 in)	53.0 mm (2.1 in)	31 years	42 of 100 (Notable)
28 May 1922	Perth Regional Office, AU	daily rain	63.5 mm (2.5 in)	31.0 mm (1.2 in)	23 years	41 of 100 (Notable)
28 May 1922	Dublin Phoenix Park, IE	daily high max	22.2 C (72.0 F)	1.0 C (1.8 F)	50 years	23 of 100 (Routine)
28 May 1922	Aberdeen, US	daily high max	28.3 C (82.9 F)	5.5 C (9.9 F)	25 years	23 of 100 (Routine)
28 May 1922	Lake Cochituate, US	daily low min	-1.1 C (30.0 F)	6.1 C (11.0 F)	17 years	21 of 100 (Routine)
28 May 1922	Caltowie, AU	daily rain	16.8 mm (0.7 in)	11.7 mm (0.5 in)	31 years	20 of 100 (Routine)
28 May 1922	Crystal Brook, AU	daily rain	23.9 mm (0.9 in)	11.2 mm (0.4 in)	16 years	20 of 100 (Routine)
28 May 1922	Mannanarie Post Office, AU	daily rain	18.3 mm (0.7 in)	6.9 mm (0.27 in)	16 years	20 of 100 (Routine)
28 May 1922	Mahackala, RU	daily rain	9.4 mm (0.37 in)	3.6 mm (0.14 in)	33 years	20 of 100 (Routine)
28 May 1922	Wilmington, AU	daily rain	10.9 mm (0.4 in)	8.1 mm (0.32 in)	29 years	18 of 100 (Routine)
28 May 1922	Burra (Kooringa), AU	daily rain	10.7 mm (0.4 in)	2.3 mm (0.09 in)	29 years	18 of 100 (Routine)
28 May 1922	Gladstone, AU	daily rain	19.3 mm (0.8 in)	5.6 mm (0.22 in)	16 years	18 of 100 (Routine)
28 May 1922	Jamestown, AU	daily rain	10.9 mm (0.4 in)	5.3 mm (0.21 in)	21 years	18 of 100 (Routine)
28 May 1922	Appila, AU	daily rain	5.6 mm (0.22 in)	3.1 mm (0.12 in)	24 years	17 of 100 (Routine)
28 May 1922	Port Broughton, AU	daily rain	10.9 mm (0.4 in)	1.5 mm (0.06 in)	36 years	16 of 100 (Routine)
28 May 1922	Adelaide (Salisbury Bowling Cl, AU	daily rain	20.8 mm (0.8 in)	3.3 mm (0.13 in)	29 years	16 of 100 (Routine)
28 May 1922	Nuriootpa, AU	daily rain	6.4 mm (0.25 in)	3.6 mm (0.14 in)	24 years	16 of 100 (Routine)
28 May 1922	Port Arthur, CA	daily high max	29.4 C (84.9 F)	1.1 C (2.0 F)	35 years	16 of 100 (Routine)
28 May 1922	Melrose, AU	daily rain	3.8 mm (0.15 in)	1.5 mm (0.06 in)	29 years	15 of 100 (Routine)
28 May 1922	Snowtown, AU	daily rain	5.8 mm (0.23 in)	2.8 mm (0.11 in)	24 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

1794 to 1922

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1794 to 1922. 1922 had 80 records.

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

Records on 05-28 in each year
Year	Records
1794	1
1797	1
1811	1
1824	1
1832	1
1836	5
1840	1
1841	1
1847	2
1848	1
1851	2
1857	1
1858	1
1863	1
1865	1
1868	4
1869	1
1876	1
1879	2
1880	2
1884	3
1885	2
1887	1
1888	3
1889	3
1890	3
1891	2
1892	9
1893	2
1894	9
1895	1
1896	5
1897	6
1898	1
1899	6
1900	4
1901	6
1902	12
1903	9
1904	6
1905	14
1906	31
1907	36
1908	26
1909	7
1910	18
1911	42
1912	19
1913	28
1914	58
1915	27
1916	24
1917	36
1918	43
1919	43
1920	33
1921	87
1922	80
1923	72
1924	109
1925	122
1926	143
1927	301
1928	150
1929	355
1930	131
1931	574
1932	171
1933	212
1934	537
1935	186
1936	337
1937	212
1938	285
1939	433
1940	217
1941	711
1942	279
1943	238
1944	330
1945	331
1946	413
1947	1,049
1948	333
1949	321
1950	276
1951	503
1952	314
1953	392
1954	382
1955	413
1956	456
1957	272
1958	792
1959	557
1960	431
1961	1,026
1962	859
1963	368
1964	394
1965	536
1966	284
1967	350
1968	610
1969	863
1970	310
1971	767
1972	575
1973	834
1974	585
1975	397
1976	914
1977	826
1978	802
1979	521
1980	808
1981	711
1982	1,204
1983	1,666
1984	1,357
1985	914
1986	591
1987	1,139
1988	806
1989	817
1990	1,024
1991	1,647
1992	1,610
1993	870
1994	981
1995	1,078
1996	1,438
1997	1,108
1998	1,043
1999	952
2000	1,229
2001	1,024
2002	612
2003	1,049
2004	875
2005	1,032
2006	1,566
2007	1,084
2008	902
2009	733
2010	937
2011	1,188
2012	1,237
2013	541
2014	781
2015	487
2016	625
2017	710
2018	1,348
2019	973
2020	875
2021	537
2022	476
2023	445
2024	907
2025	663
2026	1,053

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Data for records on 1922-05-28: CSV or JSON. Field meanings are on the data page.

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	58
10 to 20	2
20 to 30	0
30 to 40	1
40 to 50	0
50 to 60	1