Weather Records on 22 May 1924

196 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 22 May 1924. Highest significance: Uccle, BE.

Key Facts for 22 May 1924

On 22 May 1924, 196 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
17 were record highs and 109 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 0 were all-time records, 2 monthly and 194 daily.
Uccle set a daily record precipitation of 27.0 mm (1.1 in) on 22 May 1924.
Across 160 earlier years (1806 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 447 records.

Record Map

196 stations

196 station records on 22 May 1924 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 22 May 1924: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Uccle	Belgium	Record daily precipitation	27.0 mm (1.1 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Arnsberg	Germany	Record daily precipitation	29.2 mm (1.1 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
St Albans	Canada	Record daily snowfall	5.1 cm (2.0 in)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Jamestown State Hosp	United States	Record low maximum temperature	7.2 C (45.0 F)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Ottawa	Canada	Record low minimum temperature	1.1 C (34.0 F)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Winterswijk	Netherlands	Record daily precipitation	23.9 mm (0.9 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Roermond	Netherlands	Record daily precipitation	13.5 mm (0.5 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Ter Apel	Netherlands	Record daily precipitation	12.6 mm (0.5 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Virginia Sheedy Road	Australia	Record daily precipitation	13.5 mm (0.5 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Dingo Vale	Australia	Record daily precipitation	31.0 mm (1.2 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Glenthompson (Brie Brie)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	9.7 mm (0.38 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Kremsmuenster	Austria	Record high minimum temperature	16.4 C (61.5 F)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Farmland 5 NNW	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-1.7 C (28.9 F)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Bremen-Seefahrtschule	Germany	Record daily precipitation	11.2 mm (0.4 in)	19 of 100 (Routine)
Godegard	Sweden	Record daily precipitation	6.8 mm (0.27 in)	19 of 100 (Routine)
Meningie	Australia	Record daily precipitation	9.1 mm (0.36 in)	18 of 100 (Routine)
Oudenbosch	Netherlands	Record daily precipitation	10.9 mm (0.4 in)	18 of 100 (Routine)
Adelaide (Tea Tree Gully Counc	Australia	Record daily precipitation	18.0 mm (0.7 in)	17 of 100 (Routine)
Troicko-Pecherskoe	Russia	Record daily precipitation	8.1 mm (0.32 in)	17 of 100 (Routine)
Nidingen A	Sweden	Record daily precipitation	11.7 mm (0.5 in)	17 of 100 (Routine)
Delphi 2 N	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-0.6 C (30.9 F)	17 of 100 (Routine)
Crookston NW Exp STN	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-2.2 C (28.0 F)	17 of 100 (Routine)
Bellefontaine	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-2.8 C (27.0 F)	17 of 100 (Routine)
Upper Sandusky	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-2.2 C (28.0 F)	17 of 100 (Routine)
Adelaide (Salisbury Bowling Cl	Australia	Record daily precipitation	8.4 mm (0.33 in)	16 of 100 (Routine)
Adelaide (Pooraka)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	10.9 mm (0.4 in)	16 of 100 (Routine)
Gumeracha	Australia	Record daily precipitation	18.5 mm (0.7 in)	16 of 100 (Routine)
Syktyvkar	Russia	Record daily precipitation	10.2 mm (0.4 in)	16 of 100 (Routine)
Carlinville	United States	Record low minimum temperature	0.6 C (33.1 F)	16 of 100 (Routine)
Keosauqua	United States	Record low minimum temperature	1.1 C (34.0 F)	16 of 100 (Routine)
New London	United States	Record low minimum temperature	0.6 C (33.1 F)	16 of 100 (Routine)
Napoleon	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-7.2 C (19.0 F)	16 of 100 (Routine)
Kenton	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-1.7 C (28.9 F)	16 of 100 (Routine)
Tiffin	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-1.1 C (30.0 F)	16 of 100 (Routine)
Warren 3 S	United States	Record low maximum temperature	10.6 C (51.1 F)	16 of 100 (Routine)
Burra (Poonunda)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	3.8 mm (0.15 in)	15 of 100 (Routine)
Yankalilla	Australia	Record daily precipitation	11.9 mm (0.5 in)	15 of 100 (Routine)
Chaplin	Canada	Record low minimum temperature	-7.2 C (19.0 F)	15 of 100 (Routine)
Weissenburg	Germany	Record high minimum temperature	14.4 C (57.9 F)	15 of 100 (Routine)
Santa Cruz	United States	Record low maximum temperature	13.9 C (57.0 F)	15 of 100 (Routine)
Huntington	United States	Record low maximum temperature	11.1 C (52.0 F)	15 of 100 (Routine)
Seymour 1 WSW	United States	Record low minimum temperature	2.2 C (36.0 F)	15 of 100 (Routine)
Farmington	United States	Record low maximum temperature	11.1 C (52.0 F)	15 of 100 (Routine)
Findlay Wpcc	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-2.8 C (27.0 F)	15 of 100 (Routine)
Vickery 2 NW	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-2.2 C (28.0 F)	15 of 100 (Routine)
Macclesfield	Australia	Record daily precipitation	11.9 mm (0.5 in)	14 of 100 (Routine)
Sedan	Australia	Record daily precipitation	6.1 mm (0.24 in)	14 of 100 (Routine)
Welland	Canada	Record low minimum temperature	-1.7 C (28.9 F)	14 of 100 (Routine)
Yarmouth	Canada	Record low maximum temperature	8.3 C (46.9 F)	14 of 100 (Routine)
Bee Branch	United States	Record low minimum temperature	5.6 C (42.1 F)	14 of 100 (Routine)
Palestine	United States	Record low minimum temperature	4.4 C (39.9 F)	14 of 100 (Routine)
Madison Sewage Plt	United States	Record low minimum temperature	3.3 C (37.9 F)	14 of 100 (Routine)
Plymouth	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-2.2 C (28.0 F)	14 of 100 (Routine)
Willow City	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-2.2 C (28.0 F)	14 of 100 (Routine)
Bowling Green Wwtp	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-2.2 C (28.0 F)	14 of 100 (Routine)
Napoleon	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-1.7 C (28.9 F)	14 of 100 (Routine)
Alexandria	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-1.7 C (28.9 F)	14 of 100 (Routine)
Colton (Boola Boola)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	7.9 mm (0.31 in)	13 of 100 (Routine)
Emerald Post Office	Australia	Record high maximum temperature	30.0 C (86.0 F)	13 of 100 (Routine)
Chatham 2	Canada	Record low minimum temperature	-0.6 C (30.9 F)	13 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

196 records

Records set or tied on 22 May 1924 by type: Highest daily maximum 6, Lowest daily maximum 15, Highest daily minimum 11, Lowest daily minimum 94, Heaviest daily rainfall 69, Heaviest daily snowfall 1.

Records on 22 May 1924 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	6
Lowest daily maximum	15
Highest daily minimum	11
Lowest daily minimum	94
Heaviest daily rainfall	69
Heaviest daily snowfall	1
Deepest snow cover	0

Records on 22 May 1924 by timescale: all-time 0, monthly 2, daily 194.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

157 broken records

Margins by which the 157 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 51.0. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

22 May 1924

Top 20 records on 22 May 1924 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
22 May 1924	Uccle, BE	daily rain	27.0 mm (1.1 in)	18.7 mm (0.7 in)	6 years	43 of 100 (Notable)
22 May 1924	Arnsberg, DE	daily rain	29.2 mm (1.1 in)	12.6 mm (0.5 in)	32 years	35 of 100 (Notable)
22 May 1924	St Albans, CA	daily snowfall	5.1 cm (2.0 in)	5.1 cm (2.0 in)	38 years	24 of 100 (Routine)
22 May 1924	Jamestown State Hosp, US	daily low max	7.2 C (45.0 F)	6.1 C (11.0 F)	30 years	22 of 100 (Routine)
22 May 1924	Ottawa, CA	daily low min	1.1 C (34.0 F)	1.1 C (2.0 F)	47 years	21 of 100 (Routine)
22 May 1924	Winterswijk, NL	daily rain	23.9 mm (0.9 in)	15.9 mm (0.6 in)	41 years	20 of 100 (Routine)
22 May 1924	Roermond, NL	daily rain	13.5 mm (0.5 in)	6.2 mm (0.24 in)	36 years	20 of 100 (Routine)
22 May 1924	Ter Apel, NL	daily rain	12.6 mm (0.5 in)	7.8 mm (0.31 in)	26 years	20 of 100 (Routine)
22 May 1924	Virginia Sheedy Road, AU	daily rain	13.5 mm (0.5 in)	7.7 mm (0.30 in)	17 years	20 of 100 (Routine)
22 May 1924	Dingo Vale, AU	daily rain	31.0 mm (1.2 in)	13.2 mm (0.5 in)	17 years	20 of 100 (Routine)
22 May 1924	Glenthompson (Brie Brie), AU	daily rain	9.7 mm (0.38 in)	1.8 mm (0.07 in)	43 years	20 of 100 (Routine)
22 May 1924	Kremsmuenster, AT	daily high min	16.4 C (61.5 F)	1.9 C (3.4 F)	37 years	20 of 100 (Routine)
22 May 1924	Farmland 5 NNW, US	monthly low min	-1.7 C (28.9 F)	0.6 C (1.1 F)	21 years	20 of 100 (Routine)
22 May 1924	Bremen-Seefahrtschule, DE	daily rain	11.2 mm (0.4 in)	5.6 mm (0.22 in)	16 years	19 of 100 (Routine)
22 May 1924	Godegard, SE	daily rain	6.8 mm (0.27 in)	3.5 mm (0.14 in)	31 years	19 of 100 (Routine)
22 May 1924	Meningie, AU	daily rain	9.1 mm (0.36 in)	0.5 mm (0.02 in)	39 years	18 of 100 (Routine)
22 May 1924	Oudenbosch, NL	daily rain	10.9 mm (0.4 in)	5.5 mm (0.22 in)	12 years	18 of 100 (Routine)
22 May 1924	Adelaide (Tea Tree Gully Counc, AU	daily rain	18.0 mm (0.7 in)	2.3 mm (0.09 in)	38 years	17 of 100 (Routine)
22 May 1924	Troicko-Pecherskoe, RU	daily rain	8.1 mm (0.32 in)	3.6 mm (0.14 in)	24 years	17 of 100 (Routine)
22 May 1924	Nidingen A, SE	daily rain	11.7 mm (0.5 in)	2.3 mm (0.09 in)	28 years	17 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 1924

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1806 to 1924. 1924 had 196 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	152
10 to 20	4
20 to 30	0
30 to 40	0
40 to 50	0
50 to 60	1