Weather Records on 15 August 1922

86 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 15 August 1922. Highest significance: Praha-Klementinum, CZ.

Key Facts for 15 August 1922

On 15 August 1922, 86 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
50 were record highs and 9 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 1 were all-time records, 3 monthly and 82 daily.
Praha-Klementinum set a daily record precipitation of 36.7 mm (1.4 in) on 15 August 1922.
Across 168 earlier years (1793 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 457 records.

Record Map

86 stations

86 station records on 15 August 1922 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 15 August 1922: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Praha-Klementinum	Czech Republic	Record daily precipitation	36.7 mm (1.4 in)	56 of 100 (Notable)
Battleford	Canada	Record daily precipitation	31.0 mm (1.2 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Frankfurt/Main (Feldbergstr.)	Germany	Record daily precipitation	77.6 mm (3.1 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Toronto	Canada	Record high maximum temperature	31.1 C (88.0 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Bamberg (Sternwarte)	Germany	Record daily precipitation	25.6 mm (1.0 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Federal Pt	United States	Record daily precipitation	41.9 mm (1.6 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Chaplin	Canada	Record daily precipitation	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Plauen	Germany	Record daily precipitation	55.6 mm (2.2 in)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Lichtentanne	Germany	Record daily precipitation	28.0 mm (1.1 in)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Milwaukee Wb City	United States	Record high minimum temperature	22.2 C (72.0 F)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Ottawa	Canada	Record high maximum temperature	33.3 C (91.9 F)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Port Dover	Canada	Record high maximum temperature	31.1 C (88.0 F)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Stratford	Canada	Record high maximum temperature	31.1 C (88.0 F)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Freiburg	Germany	Record daily precipitation	28.7 mm (1.1 in)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Jena Sternwarte	Germany	Record daily precipitation	23.2 mm (0.9 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Dromana	Australia	Record daily precipitation	22.6 mm (0.9 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Wartook Reservoir	Australia	Record daily precipitation	18.3 mm (0.7 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Quebec	Canada	Record high maximum temperature	30.0 C (86.0 F)	20 of 100 (Routine)
New Iberia AP - Acadiana Rgnl	United States	Record low minimum temperature	21.1 C (70.0 F)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Wittenberg	Germany	Record daily precipitation	19.1 mm (0.8 in)	19 of 100 (Routine)
Prescott 2 NNW	United States	Record daily precipitation	26.4 mm (1.0 in)	19 of 100 (Routine)
Lenoir	United States	Record daily precipitation	21.3 mm (0.8 in)	19 of 100 (Routine)
Carrathool (Uardry)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	13.0 mm (0.5 in)	18 of 100 (Routine)
Watford	Canada	Record daily precipitation	42.2 mm (1.7 in)	18 of 100 (Routine)
Ohringen	Germany	Record daily precipitation	20.6 mm (0.8 in)	18 of 100 (Routine)
Bancroft	Canada	Record high maximum temperature	31.7 C (89.1 F)	17 of 100 (Routine)
Bancroft	Canada	Record high minimum temperature	15.6 C (60.1 F)	17 of 100 (Routine)
Calumet	United States	Record high minimum temperature	22.2 C (72.0 F)	17 of 100 (Routine)
Heinersreuth-Vollhof	Germany	Record daily precipitation	32.4 mm (1.3 in)	16 of 100 (Routine)
Nossen	Germany	Record daily precipitation	19.7 mm (0.8 in)	16 of 100 (Routine)
Tunis	Tunisia	Record high minimum temperature	24.0 C (75.2 F)	16 of 100 (Routine)
Buangor 1	Australia	Record daily precipitation	14.7 mm (0.6 in)	15 of 100 (Routine)
Ottawa Cda	Canada	Record high maximum temperature	34.4 C (93.9 F)	15 of 100 (Routine)
Zagreb-Gric	Croatia	Record high maximum temperature	36.1 C (97.0 F)	15 of 100 (Routine)
Stockholm	Sweden	Record daily precipitation	22.6 mm (0.9 in)	15 of 100 (Routine)
Alma	United States	Record high maximum temperature	35.6 C (96.1 F)	15 of 100 (Routine)
Agricultural College	United States	Record high minimum temperature	22.8 C (73.0 F)	15 of 100 (Routine)
Barkerville	Canada	Record high minimum temperature	8.3 C (46.9 F)	14 of 100 (Routine)
White River	Canada	Record high minimum temperature	19.4 C (66.9 F)	14 of 100 (Routine)
Port Arthur	Canada	Record high maximum temperature	33.3 C (91.9 F)	13 of 100 (Routine)
Nicosia	Cyprus	Record high maximum temperature	41.7 C (107.1 F)	13 of 100 (Routine)
Northfield	United States	Record high maximum temperature	31.1 C (88.0 F)	13 of 100 (Routine)
Gainesville UNIV of Fl	United States	Record low maximum temperature	29.4 C (84.9 F)	12 of 100 (Routine)
Trawalla	Australia	Record daily precipitation	12.4 mm (0.5 in)	11 of 100 (Routine)
Benwerrin	Australia	Record daily precipitation	24.9 mm (1.0 in)	11 of 100 (Routine)
Port Dover	Canada	Record high minimum temperature	22.2 C (72.0 F)	11 of 100 (Routine)
Adelaide West Terrace	Australia	Record low maximum temperature	11.9 C (53.4 F)	10 of 100 (Routine)
Howell Wwtp	United States	Record high maximum temperature	35.0 C (95.0 F)	10 of 100 (Routine)
Huron Rgnl AP	United States	Record high minimum temperature	22.8 C (73.0 F)	10 of 100 (Routine)
Kaisersbach-Cronhutte	Germany	Record daily precipitation	21.7 mm (0.9 in)	9 of 100 (Routine)
Kalamazoo State Hospital	United States	Record high maximum temperature	35.0 C (95.0 F)	9 of 100 (Routine)
Medicine Hat A	Canada	Record daily precipitation	7.6 mm (0.30 in)	8 of 100 (Routine)
New Iberia AP - Acadiana Rgnl	United States	Record low maximum temperature	28.3 C (82.9 F)	8 of 100 (Routine)
Blue Hill Coop	United States	Record high minimum temperature	21.7 C (71.1 F)	8 of 100 (Routine)
Burlington	United States	Record high maximum temperature	30.0 C (86.0 F)	8 of 100 (Routine)
Enosburg Falls	United States	Record high maximum temperature	31.7 C (89.1 F)	8 of 100 (Routine)
Green Bay	United States	Record high maximum temperature	33.3 C (91.9 F)	8 of 100 (Routine)
Port Lincoln	Australia	Record low maximum temperature	12.7 C (54.9 F)	7 of 100 (Routine)
Bass (Kilcunda)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	11.9 mm (0.5 in)	7 of 100 (Routine)
Jakutsk	Russia	Record low minimum temperature	2.4 C (36.3 F)	7 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

86 records

Records set or tied on 15 August 1922 by type: Highest daily maximum 32, Lowest daily maximum 5, Highest daily minimum 18, Lowest daily minimum 4, Heaviest daily rainfall 27.

Records on 15 August 1922 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	32
Lowest daily maximum	5
Highest daily minimum	18
Lowest daily minimum	4
Heaviest daily rainfall	27
Heaviest daily snowfall	0
Deepest snow cover	0

Records on 15 August 1922 by timescale: all-time 1, monthly 3, daily 82.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

65 broken records

Margins by which the 65 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 24.1. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

15 August 1922

Top 20 records on 15 August 1922 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
15 August 1922	Praha-Klementinum, CZ	daily rain	36.7 mm (1.4 in)	10.1 mm (0.4 in)	103 years	56 of 100 (Notable)
15 August 1922	Battleford, CA	daily rain	31.0 mm (1.2 in)	19.1 mm (0.8 in)	22 years	36 of 100 (Notable)
15 August 1922	Frankfurt/Main (Feldbergstr.), DE	all-time rain	77.6 mm (3.1 in)	6.3 mm (0.25 in)	0 years	35 of 100 (Notable)
15 August 1922	Toronto, CA	daily high max	31.1 C (88.0 F)	0.5 C (0.9 F)	73 years	31 of 100 (Routine)
15 August 1922	Bamberg (Sternwarte), DE	daily rain	25.6 mm (1.0 in)	9.6 mm (0.38 in)	33 years	31 of 100 (Routine)
15 August 1922	Federal Pt, US	daily rain	41.9 mm (1.6 in)	24.1 mm (0.9 in)	28 years	28 of 100 (Routine)
15 August 1922	Chaplin, CA	daily rain	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	15.5 mm (0.6 in)	15 years	27 of 100 (Routine)
15 August 1922	Plauen, DE	monthly rain	55.6 mm (2.2 in)	6.7 mm (0.26 in)	1 year	24 of 100 (Routine)
15 August 1922	Lichtentanne, DE	daily rain	28.0 mm (1.1 in)	2.1 mm (0.08 in)	52 years	23 of 100 (Routine)
15 August 1922	Milwaukee Wb City, US	daily high min	22.2 C (72.0 F)	1.1 C (2.0 F)	50 years	23 of 100 (Routine)
15 August 1922	Ottawa, CA	daily high max	33.3 C (91.9 F)	2.2 C (4.0 F)	37 years	21 of 100 (Routine)
15 August 1922	Port Dover, CA	daily high max	31.1 C (88.0 F)	1.1 C (2.0 F)	46 years	21 of 100 (Routine)
15 August 1922	Stratford, CA	daily high max	31.1 C (88.0 F)	0.5 C (0.9 F)	50 years	21 of 100 (Routine)
15 August 1922	Freiburg, DE	daily rain	28.7 mm (1.1 in)	7.0 mm (0.28 in)	34 years	21 of 100 (Routine)
15 August 1922	Jena Sternwarte, DE	daily rain	23.2 mm (0.9 in)	10.5 mm (0.4 in)	37 years	20 of 100 (Routine)
15 August 1922	Dromana, AU	daily rain	22.6 mm (0.9 in)	11.7 mm (0.5 in)	33 years	20 of 100 (Routine)
15 August 1922	Wartook Reservoir, AU	daily rain	18.3 mm (0.7 in)	10.7 mm (0.4 in)	29 years	20 of 100 (Routine)
15 August 1922	Quebec, CA	daily high max	30.0 C (86.0 F)	1.1 C (2.0 F)	45 years	20 of 100 (Routine)
15 August 1922	New Iberia AP - Acadiana Rgnl, US	daily low min	21.1 C (70.0 F)	1.1 C (2.0 F)	29 years	20 of 100 (Routine)
15 August 1922	Wittenberg, DE	daily rain	19.1 mm (0.8 in)	7.0 mm (0.28 in)	8 years	19 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 86 records.

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

Records on 08-15 in each year
Year	Records
1793	2
1802	1
1805	1
1812	1
1821	1
1838	2
1839	1
1841	1
1844	1
1845	3
1852	1
1854	1
1856	1
1858	1
1861	3
1867	1
1868	2
1869	1
1873	2
1875	1
1876	2
1877	1
1878	1
1879	1
1880	3
1881	2
1882	2
1883	1
1884	2
1885	3
1886	1
1887	1
1888	3
1890	2
1891	2
1892	3
1893	3
1895	1
1896	9
1897	3
1898	1
1899	2
1900	6
1901	5
1902	10
1903	5
1904	17
1905	26
1906	8
1907	14
1908	15
1909	30
1910	16
1911	26
1912	34
1913	42
1914	11
1915	26
1916	223
1917	32
1918	23
1919	22
1920	59
1921	55
1922	86
1923	116
1924	220
1925	91
1926	115
1927	223
1928	271
1929	586
1930	274
1931	351
1932	368
1933	268
1934	992
1935	414
1936	867
1937	574
1938	681
1939	450
1940	372
1941	289
1942	377
1943	426
1944	610
1945	433
1946	285
1947	559
1948	366
1949	559
1950	317
1951	597
1952	596
1953	449
1954	481
1955	539
1956	390
1957	355
1958	1,092
1959	515
1960	417
1961	704
1962	1,052
1963	972
1964	1,185
1965	535
1966	340
1967	687
1968	1,002
1969	583
1970	382
1971	899
1972	613
1973	499
1974	512
1975	490
1976	1,345
1977	550
1978	841
1979	1,788
1980	745
1981	588
1982	479
1983	955
1984	622
1985	915
1986	1,283
1987	1,098
1988	1,479
1989	495
1990	758
1991	778
1992	1,638
1993	831
1994	1,073
1995	1,298
1996	929
1997	927
1998	861
1999	956
2000	932
2001	1,254
2002	1,307
2003	1,248
2004	1,424
2005	1,067
2006	923
2007	1,317
2008	964
2009	1,038
2010	1,622
2011	770
2012	654
2013	711
2014	583
2015	759
2016	707
2017	532
2018	328
2019	435
2020	1,327
2021	900
2022	692
2023	1,414
2024	729
2025	772
2026	975

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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	46
5 to 10	10
10 to 15	4
15 to 20	4
20 to 25	1