Weather Records on 16 July 1922

303 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 16 July 1922. Highest significance: Sandvig, DK.

Key Facts for 16 July 1922

On 16 July 1922, 303 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
8 were record highs and 17 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 2 were all-time records, 0 monthly and 301 daily.
Sandvig set an all-time record daily precipitation of 68.8 mm (2.7 in) on 16 July 1922.
Across 162 earlier years (1798 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 441 records.

Record Map

303 stations

303 station records on 16 July 1922 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 16 July 1922: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Sandvig	Denmark	Record daily precipitation	68.8 mm (2.7 in)	66 of 100 (Major)
Teterow	Germany	Record daily precipitation	55.0 mm (2.2 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Queanbeyan (Mount Campbell)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	35.6 mm (1.4 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Wallan (Walnarring)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	29.7 mm (1.2 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Queanbeyan 2	Australia	Record daily precipitation	27.7 mm (1.1 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Praha-Klementinum	Czech Republic	Record low maximum temperature	15.6 C (60.1 F)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Michelago (Soglio)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	36.3 mm (1.4 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Young Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	41.9 mm (1.6 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Fairlight Station	Australia	Record daily precipitation	38.1 mm (1.5 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Granville (Kentucky)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	33.3 mm (1.3 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Lancefield	Australia	Record daily precipitation	30.5 mm (1.2 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Belconnen (Weetangerra)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	31.8 mm (1.3 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Beechworth Composite	Australia	Record daily precipitation	45.0 mm (1.8 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Bungendore (Gidleigh)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	30.5 mm (1.2 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Queanbeyan Bowling Club	Australia	Record daily precipitation	25.9 mm (1.0 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Bungendore (Douglas)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	40.1 mm (1.6 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Kilmore Assumption College	Australia	Record daily precipitation	28.4 mm (1.1 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Metcalfe	Australia	Record daily precipitation	26.2 mm (1.0 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Somerton (Bective Estate)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	26.2 mm (1.0 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Chiltern (Post Office)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	35.3 mm (1.4 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Mount McDonald	Australia	Record daily precipitation	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Cobbora (Ellismayne)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	30.5 mm (1.2 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Harden (East St)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	32.0 mm (1.3 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Jindera (Wadilock)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	33.8 mm (1.3 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Hano_A	Sweden	Record daily precipitation	27.3 mm (1.1 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Gobarralong	Australia	Record daily precipitation	28.7 mm (1.1 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Cudgewa North	Australia	Record daily precipitation	37.8 mm (1.5 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Kergunyah South	Australia	Record daily precipitation	42.9 mm (1.7 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Biskra	Algeria	Record high minimum temperature	32.0 C (89.6 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Gulargambone (Yalcogrin St)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	25.9 mm (1.0 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Burrundulla	Australia	Record daily precipitation	26.9 mm (1.1 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Rutherglen Netherby Wine	Australia	Record daily precipitation	28.7 mm (1.1 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Gudgenby	Australia	Record daily precipitation	31.8 mm (1.3 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Barkers Creek Reservoir	Australia	Record daily precipitation	27.9 mm (1.1 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Tallinn	Estonia	Record daily precipitation	27.4 mm (1.1 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Bad Muskau	Germany	Record daily precipitation	35.0 mm (1.4 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Adelong Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	36.8 mm (1.4 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Corryong (Parish Lane)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	25.7 mm (1.0 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Cavan	Australia	Record daily precipitation	30.7 mm (1.2 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Albury	Australia	Record daily precipitation	35.8 mm (1.4 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Arundel	Australia	Record daily precipitation	27.9 mm (1.1 in)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Quorn (Olive Grove)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	25.1 mm (1.0 in)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Gundagai	Australia	Record daily precipitation	30.5 mm (1.2 in)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Kristianstad	Sweden	Record daily precipitation	27.1 mm (1.1 in)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Yellowin	Australia	Record daily precipitation	41.7 mm (1.6 in)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Pushmataha	United States	Record low maximum temperature	27.8 C (82.0 F)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Toorourrong Reservoir (Toorour	Australia	Record daily precipitation	20.8 mm (0.8 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Baku	Azerbaijan	Record daily precipitation	9.3 mm (0.37 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Mintaro	Australia	Record daily precipitation	23.4 mm (0.9 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Benjeroop (Davey)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	18.0 mm (0.7 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Stockwell	Australia	Record daily precipitation	17.0 mm (0.7 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Pooncarie Mail Agency	Australia	Record daily precipitation	15.2 mm (0.6 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Majura 2	Australia	Record daily precipitation	24.1 mm (0.9 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Cantara	Australia	Record daily precipitation	21.6 mm (0.9 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Warroo	Australia	Record daily precipitation	21.1 mm (0.8 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Milliwindi	Australia	Record daily precipitation	16.0 mm (0.6 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Moolpa	Australia	Record daily precipitation	12.4 mm (0.5 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Goulburn (Kippilaw)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	22.6 mm (0.9 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Euabolong (Brotherony)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	17.5 mm (0.7 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Condobolin Retirement Village	Australia	Record daily precipitation	22.9 mm (0.9 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

303 records

Records set or tied on 16 July 1922 by type: Highest daily maximum 3, Lowest daily maximum 10, Highest daily minimum 5, Lowest daily minimum 7, Heaviest daily rainfall 278.

Records on 16 July 1922 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	3
Lowest daily maximum	10
Highest daily minimum	5
Lowest daily minimum	7
Heaviest daily rainfall	278
Heaviest daily snowfall	0
Deepest snow cover	0

Records on 16 July 1922 by timescale: all-time 2, monthly 0, daily 301.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

289 broken records

Margins by which the 289 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 39.4. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

16 July 1922

Top 20 records on 16 July 1922 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
16 July 1922	Sandvig, DK	all-time rain	68.8 mm (2.7 in)	14.7 mm (0.6 in)	42 years	66 of 100 (Major)
16 July 1922	Teterow, DE	daily rain	55.0 mm (2.2 in)	39.4 mm (1.6 in)	24 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
16 July 1922	Queanbeyan (Mount Campbell), AU	daily rain	35.6 mm (1.4 in)	29.8 mm (1.2 in)	19 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
16 July 1922	Wallan (Walnarring), AU	daily rain	29.7 mm (1.2 in)	20.6 mm (0.8 in)	29 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
16 July 1922	Queanbeyan 2, AU	daily rain	27.7 mm (1.1 in)	21.1 mm (0.8 in)	28 years	41 of 100 (Notable)
16 July 1922	Praha-Klementinum, CZ	daily low max	15.6 C (60.1 F)	0.7 C (1.3 F)	126 years	41 of 100 (Notable)
16 July 1922	Michelago (Soglio), AU	daily rain	36.3 mm (1.4 in)	26.1 mm (1.0 in)	19 years	40 of 100 (Notable)
16 July 1922	Young Post Office, AU	daily rain	41.9 mm (1.6 in)	20.1 mm (0.8 in)	19 years	39 of 100 (Notable)
16 July 1922	Fairlight Station, AU	daily rain	38.1 mm (1.5 in)	27.2 mm (1.1 in)	19 years	38 of 100 (Notable)
16 July 1922	Granville (Kentucky), AU	daily rain	33.3 mm (1.3 in)	20.1 mm (0.8 in)	19 years	38 of 100 (Notable)
16 July 1922	Lancefield, AU	daily rain	30.5 mm (1.2 in)	18.3 mm (0.7 in)	16 years	38 of 100 (Notable)
16 July 1922	Belconnen (Weetangerra), AU	daily rain	31.8 mm (1.3 in)	21.4 mm (0.8 in)	19 years	37 of 100 (Notable)
16 July 1922	Beechworth Composite, AU	daily rain	45.0 mm (1.8 in)	24.2 mm (1.0 in)	12 years	37 of 100 (Notable)
16 July 1922	Bungendore (Gidleigh), AU	daily rain	30.5 mm (1.2 in)	21.9 mm (0.9 in)	19 years	34 of 100 (Routine)
16 July 1922	Queanbeyan Bowling Club, AU	daily rain	25.9 mm (1.0 in)	16.2 mm (0.6 in)	27 years	34 of 100 (Routine)
16 July 1922	Bungendore (Douglas), AU	daily rain	40.1 mm (1.6 in)	16.2 mm (0.6 in)	19 years	33 of 100 (Routine)
16 July 1922	Kilmore Assumption College, AU	daily rain	28.4 mm (1.1 in)	15.7 mm (0.6 in)	16 years	33 of 100 (Routine)
16 July 1922	Metcalfe, AU	daily rain	26.2 mm (1.0 in)	13.0 mm (0.5 in)	36 years	33 of 100 (Routine)
16 July 1922	Somerton (Bective Estate), AU	daily rain	26.2 mm (1.0 in)	13.5 mm (0.5 in)	39 years	32 of 100 (Routine)
16 July 1922	Chiltern (Post Office), AU	daily rain	35.3 mm (1.4 in)	15.0 mm (0.6 in)	27 years	32 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 303 records.

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

Records on 07-16 in each year
Year	Records
1798	1
1801	1
1802	1
1808	1
1819	1
1829	1
1832	1
1833	1
1840	2
1845	1
1852	2
1862	1
1863	1
1865	3
1866	1
1868	2
1870	1
1871	1
1875	2
1876	2
1878	1
1879	2
1880	1
1881	2
1883	4
1886	1
1887	2
1888	2
1890	5
1891	2
1892	5
1894	6
1896	1
1897	2
1898	2
1899	2
1900	5
1901	9
1902	2
1903	18
1904	20
1905	4
1906	23
1907	7
1908	21
1909	17
1910	9
1911	24
1912	28
1913	23
1914	53
1915	41
1916	39
1917	90
1918	18
1919	56
1920	46
1921	66
1922	303
1923	180
1924	75
1925	179
1926	295
1927	170
1928	405
1929	192
1930	402
1931	527
1932	446
1933	224
1934	432
1935	284
1936	715
1937	307
1938	213
1939	599
1940	255
1941	363
1942	321
1943	297
1944	193
1945	702
1946	454
1947	568
1948	259
1949	417
1950	542
1951	537
1952	560
1953	366
1954	592
1955	548
1956	417
1957	221
1958	1,270
1959	341
1960	329
1961	402
1962	538
1963	251
1964	341
1965	437
1966	415
1967	1,067
1968	788
1969	702
1970	674
1971	766
1972	641
1973	880
1974	666
1975	742
1976	840
1977	829
1978	1,095
1979	543
1980	1,457
1981	569
1982	985
1983	1,362
1984	937
1985	528
1986	845
1987	916
1988	1,306
1989	1,074
1990	955
1991	627
1992	943
1993	1,053
1994	730
1995	929
1996	739
1997	707
1998	1,051
1999	998
2000	1,207
2001	1,073
2002	1,029
2003	1,492
2004	724
2005	1,023
2006	1,527
2007	1,186
2008	669
2009	839
2010	927
2011	1,221
2012	829
2013	853
2014	1,448
2015	605
2016	706
2017	419
2018	694
2019	476
2020	464
2021	661
2022	538
2023	1,150
2024	938
2025	764
2026	727

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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	152
5 to 10	65
10 to 15	39
15 to 20	20
20 to 25	9
25 to 30	3
30 to 35	0
35 to 40	1