Weather Records on 22 May 1926

165 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 22 May 1926. Highest significance: Lichtentanne, DE.

Key Facts for 22 May 1926

On 22 May 1926, 165 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
31 were record highs and 44 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 0 were all-time records, 2 monthly and 163 daily.
Lichtentanne set a daily record precipitation of 61.0 mm (2.4 in) on 22 May 1926.
Across 160 earlier years (1806 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 447 records.

Record Map

165 stations

165 station records on 22 May 1926 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 22 May 1926: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Lichtentanne	Germany	Record daily precipitation	61.0 mm (2.4 in)	63 of 100 (Major)
Tbilisi	Georgia	Record daily precipitation	53.9 mm (2.1 in)	55 of 100 (Notable)
Deal Island	Australia	Record daily precipitation	40.6 mm (1.6 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Kremsmuenster	Austria	Record daily precipitation	44.0 mm (1.7 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Plauen	Germany	Record daily precipitation	39.9 mm (1.6 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Weimar	Germany	Record daily precipitation	25.3 mm (1.0 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Uraidla	Australia	Record daily precipitation	55.9 mm (2.2 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Metten	Germany	Record daily precipitation	29.1 mm (1.1 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Williamstown	Australia	Record daily precipitation	35.1 mm (1.4 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Lyndoch (Pewsey Vale)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	32.3 mm (1.3 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Belair (State Flora Nursery)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	30.0 mm (1.2 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Chemnitz	Germany	Record daily precipitation	41.0 mm (1.6 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Woodside	Australia	Record daily precipitation	37.1 mm (1.5 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Millington 3 SE	United States	Record daily precipitation	37.6 mm (1.5 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Yankalilla (Woodvale)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	35.6 mm (1.4 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Mitcham Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	27.9 mm (1.1 in)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Collingrove	Australia	Record daily precipitation	40.6 mm (1.6 in)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Mount Torrens	Australia	Record daily precipitation	34.5 mm (1.4 in)	23 of 100 (Routine)
S Bend AP	United States	Record daily precipitation	29.2 mm (1.1 in)	23 of 100 (Routine)
San Diego Wbo	United States	Record high minimum temperature	16.1 C (61.0 F)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Uman	Ukraine	Record daily precipitation	26.5 mm (1.0 in)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Hallett	Australia	Record daily precipitation	18.8 mm (0.7 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Manoora	Australia	Record daily precipitation	22.9 mm (0.9 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Hoburg	Sweden	Record daily precipitation	13.4 mm (0.5 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Clare (Hill River)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	21.3 mm (0.8 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Watervale	Australia	Record daily precipitation	24.9 mm (1.0 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Tarlee	Australia	Record daily precipitation	17.5 mm (0.7 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Przhevalsk	Kyrgyzstan	Record daily precipitation	24.6 mm (1.0 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Farrell Flat	Australia	Record daily precipitation	22.9 mm (0.9 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Vasilevici	Belarus	Record daily precipitation	14.0 mm (0.6 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Kapunda Water Works	Australia	Record daily precipitation	16.0 mm (0.6 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Worcester	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	18.5 mm (0.7 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Mintaro	Australia	Record daily precipitation	26.2 mm (1.0 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Kapunda	Australia	Record daily precipitation	13.2 mm (0.5 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Stockport	Australia	Record daily precipitation	15.2 mm (0.6 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Quatsino	Canada	Record daily precipitation	22.9 mm (0.9 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Lobethal	Australia	Record daily precipitation	25.1 mm (1.0 in)	19 of 100 (Routine)
Chatham 2	Canada	Record low maximum temperature	11.1 C (52.0 F)	19 of 100 (Routine)
Broken Bow 2 W	United States	Record high maximum temperature	37.8 C (100.0 F)	19 of 100 (Routine)
Heinersreuth-Vollhof	Germany	Record daily precipitation	22.2 mm (0.9 in)	18 of 100 (Routine)
Buffalo	United States	Record low minimum temperature	2.2 C (36.0 F)	18 of 100 (Routine)
Gospic	Croatia	Record daily precipitation	19.5 mm (0.8 in)	17 of 100 (Routine)
Grand Meadow	United States	Record low minimum temperature	0.0 C (32.0 F)	17 of 100 (Routine)
Scottsbluff W B Heilig Fld AP	United States	Record high maximum temperature	31.7 C (89.1 F)	17 of 100 (Routine)
Trunkey Creek (Trunkey (Black	Australia	Record daily precipitation	25.1 mm (1.0 in)	16 of 100 (Routine)
Weissenburg	Germany	Record daily precipitation	3.8 mm (0.15 in)	16 of 100 (Routine)
Piketberg (Pol)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	19.3 mm (0.8 in)	16 of 100 (Routine)
Paskeville	Australia	Record daily precipitation	11.4 mm (0.4 in)	15 of 100 (Routine)
Bridgewater	Australia	Record daily precipitation	68.6 mm (2.7 in)	15 of 100 (Routine)
Ottawa 4SW	United States	Record daily precipitation	29.0 mm (1.1 in)	15 of 100 (Routine)
Ashland	United States	Record low minimum temperature	2.8 C (37.0 F)	15 of 100 (Routine)
Auburn	Australia	Record daily precipitation	13.5 mm (0.5 in)	14 of 100 (Routine)
Balaklava	Australia	Record daily precipitation	8.1 mm (0.32 in)	14 of 100 (Routine)
Hallett (Old Canowie)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	8.9 mm (0.35 in)	14 of 100 (Routine)
Happy Valley Reservoir	Australia	Record daily precipitation	15.0 mm (0.6 in)	14 of 100 (Routine)
Tobolsk	Russia	Record low minimum temperature	-3.0 C (26.6 F)	14 of 100 (Routine)
Gallivare_A	Sweden	Record high minimum temperature	4.1 C (39.4 F)	14 of 100 (Routine)
Escondido	United States	Record high minimum temperature	18.3 C (64.9 F)	14 of 100 (Routine)
Austin #2	United States	Record high maximum temperature	30.6 C (87.1 F)	14 of 100 (Routine)
Lancaster 4 WSW	United States	Record low minimum temperature	3.3 C (37.9 F)	14 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

165 records

Records set or tied on 22 May 1926 by type: Highest daily maximum 22, Lowest daily maximum 6, Highest daily minimum 9, Lowest daily minimum 38, Heaviest daily rainfall 89, Deepest snow cover 1.

Records on 22 May 1926 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	22
Lowest daily maximum	6
Highest daily minimum	9
Lowest daily minimum	38
Heaviest daily rainfall	89
Heaviest daily snowfall	0
Deepest snow cover	1

Records on 22 May 1926 by timescale: all-time 0, monthly 2, daily 163.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

136 broken records

Margins by which the 136 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 49.7. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

22 May 1926

Top 20 records on 22 May 1926 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
22 May 1926	Lichtentanne, DE	daily rain	61.0 mm (2.4 in)	49.7 mm (2.0 in)	58 years	63 of 100 (Major)
22 May 1926	Tbilisi, GE	daily rain	53.9 mm (2.1 in)	33.8 mm (1.3 in)	36 years	55 of 100 (Notable)
22 May 1926	Deal Island, AU	daily rain	40.6 mm (1.6 in)	24.9 mm (1.0 in)	26 years	52 of 100 (Notable)
22 May 1926	Kremsmuenster, AT	daily rain	44.0 mm (1.7 in)	28.8 mm (1.1 in)	13 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
22 May 1926	Plauen, DE	daily rain	39.9 mm (1.6 in)	26.1 mm (1.0 in)	0 years	41 of 100 (Notable)
22 May 1926	Weimar, DE	daily rain	25.3 mm (1.0 in)	16.2 mm (0.6 in)	35 years	40 of 100 (Notable)
22 May 1926	Uraidla, AU	daily rain	55.9 mm (2.2 in)	37.6 mm (1.5 in)	19 years	37 of 100 (Notable)
22 May 1926	Metten, DE	daily rain	29.1 mm (1.1 in)	14.5 mm (0.6 in)	20 years	35 of 100 (Notable)
22 May 1926	Williamstown, AU	daily rain	35.1 mm (1.4 in)	21.9 mm (0.9 in)	27 years	34 of 100 (Routine)
22 May 1926	Lyndoch (Pewsey Vale), AU	daily rain	32.3 mm (1.3 in)	20.6 mm (0.8 in)	23 years	33 of 100 (Routine)
22 May 1926	Belair (State Flora Nursery), AU	daily rain	30.0 mm (1.2 in)	14.8 mm (0.6 in)	40 years	33 of 100 (Routine)
22 May 1926	Chemnitz, DE	daily rain	41.0 mm (1.6 in)	11.8 mm (0.5 in)	35 years	31 of 100 (Routine)
22 May 1926	Woodside, AU	daily rain	37.1 mm (1.5 in)	14.7 mm (0.6 in)	40 years	30 of 100 (Routine)
22 May 1926	Millington 3 SE, US	daily rain	37.6 mm (1.5 in)	23.9 mm (0.9 in)	23 years	28 of 100 (Routine)
22 May 1926	Yankalilla (Woodvale), AU	daily rain	35.6 mm (1.4 in)	9.2 mm (0.36 in)	40 years	26 of 100 (Routine)
22 May 1926	Mitcham Post Office, AU	daily rain	27.9 mm (1.1 in)	17.5 mm (0.7 in)	1 year	24 of 100 (Routine)
22 May 1926	Collingrove, AU	daily rain	40.6 mm (1.6 in)	14.4 mm (0.6 in)	4 years	24 of 100 (Routine)
22 May 1926	Mount Torrens, AU	daily rain	34.5 mm (1.4 in)	14.2 mm (0.6 in)	19 years	23 of 100 (Routine)
22 May 1926	S Bend AP, US	daily rain	29.2 mm (1.1 in)	18.0 mm (0.7 in)	8 years	23 of 100 (Routine)
22 May 1926	San Diego Wbo, US	daily high min	16.1 C (61.0 F)	0.5 C (0.9 F)	50 years	22 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 1926

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1806 to 1926. 1926 had 165 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	110
10 to 20	16
20 to 30	6
30 to 40	2
40 to 50	2