Weather Records on 22 May 1927

250 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 22 May 1927. Highest significance: Grand Coteau, US.

Key Facts for 22 May 1927

On 22 May 1927, 250 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
154 were record highs and 43 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 1 were all-time records, 11 monthly and 238 daily.
Grand Coteau set an all-time record daily precipitation of 304.8 mm (12.0 in) on 22 May 1927.
Across 160 earlier years (1806 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 447 records.

Record Map

250 stations

250 station records on 22 May 1927 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 22 May 1927: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Grand Coteau	United States	Record daily precipitation	304.8 mm (12.0 in)	65 of 100 (Major)
Geilo	Norway	Record snow depth	128.0 cm (50.4 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Bee Branch	United States	Record daily precipitation	139.7 mm (5.5 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Clausthal-Zellerfeld	Germany	Record daily precipitation	31.7 mm (1.2 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Calumet	United States	Record daily precipitation	30.0 mm (1.2 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Helena Wb City	United States	Record daily snowfall	6.4 cm (2.5 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Watford	Canada	Record daily precipitation	32.0 mm (1.3 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Brandon Cda	Canada	Record daily precipitation	40.6 mm (1.6 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Fulton	United States	Record daily precipitation	57.9 mm (2.3 in)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Cape York Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	47.2 mm (1.9 in)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Gloversville	United States	Record daily precipitation	28.2 mm (1.1 in)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Independence	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-2.2 C (28.0 F)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Gavle	Sweden	Record daily precipitation	16.4 mm (0.6 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Harnosand	Sweden	Record daily precipitation	13.2 mm (0.5 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Malung	Sweden	Record daily precipitation	20.4 mm (0.8 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Vaexjoe	Sweden	Record daily precipitation	10.4 mm (0.4 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Vasteras-Hasslo	Sweden	Record daily precipitation	8.8 mm (0.35 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Godegard	Sweden	Record daily precipitation	16.5 mm (0.6 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Fredericton Unb	Canada	Record low minimum temperature	-1.1 C (30.0 F)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Gotska Sandon	Sweden	Record daily precipitation	8.8 mm (0.35 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Little Rock St Capitol	United States	Record daily precipitation	44.5 mm (1.8 in)	19 of 100 (Routine)
San Jacinto	United States	Record low minimum temperature	2.2 C (36.0 F)	19 of 100 (Routine)
Broken Bow 2 W	United States	Record high minimum temperature	19.4 C (66.9 F)	19 of 100 (Routine)
Oran-Hopital Militaire	Algeria	Record high maximum temperature	31.0 C (87.8 F)	18 of 100 (Routine)
Indian Head Cda	Canada	Record daily precipitation	34.8 mm (1.4 in)	18 of 100 (Routine)
Granite Reef Dam	United States	Record low minimum temperature	7.2 C (45.0 F)	18 of 100 (Routine)
Winnibigoshish Dam	United States	Record daily precipitation	31.5 mm (1.2 in)	18 of 100 (Routine)
Austin	United States	Record daily precipitation	71.4 mm (2.8 in)	17 of 100 (Routine)
Bay Saint Louis	United States	Record daily precipitation	119.9 mm (4.7 in)	17 of 100 (Routine)
Lodgepole	United States	Record high minimum temperature	16.7 C (62.1 F)	17 of 100 (Routine)
Austin #2	United States	Record daily precipitation	9.4 mm (0.37 in)	17 of 100 (Routine)
Perryville	United States	Record high minimum temperature	23.3 C (73.9 F)	17 of 100 (Routine)
Helena Wb City	United States	Record daily precipitation	19.6 mm (0.8 in)	17 of 100 (Routine)
Tarpon Spgs Sewage Plt	United States	Record high maximum temperature	36.1 C (97.0 F)	16 of 100 (Routine)
Dickinson Exp STN	United States	Record low maximum temperature	8.3 C (46.9 F)	16 of 100 (Routine)
Schwerin	Germany	Record daily precipitation	7.9 mm (0.31 in)	15 of 100 (Routine)
Boras	Sweden	Record low maximum temperature	9.0 C (48.2 F)	15 of 100 (Routine)
Parker	United States	Record low minimum temperature	5.6 C (42.1 F)	15 of 100 (Routine)
Mexico	United States	Record high minimum temperature	20.0 C (68.0 F)	15 of 100 (Routine)
Lakeview 2 NNW	United States	Record daily precipitation	10.2 mm (0.4 in)	15 of 100 (Routine)
Hohenwald	United States	Record high minimum temperature	21.1 C (70.0 F)	15 of 100 (Routine)
Logan Utah St UNIV	United States	Record low minimum temperature	0.0 C (32.0 F)	15 of 100 (Routine)
Helena Wb City	United States	Record low maximum temperature	3.9 C (39.0 F)	15 of 100 (Routine)
Helena Wb City	United States	Record snow depth	2.5 cm (1.0 in)	15 of 100 (Routine)
Laghouat	Algeria	Record high minimum temperature	24.0 C (75.2 F)	14 of 100 (Routine)
Lucinda Township	Australia	Record daily precipitation	16.0 mm (0.6 in)	14 of 100 (Routine)
Nikolaevsk-Na-Amure	Russia	Record low minimum temperature	-3.2 C (26.2 F)	14 of 100 (Routine)
Ulricehamn	Sweden	Record low maximum temperature	7.0 C (44.6 F)	14 of 100 (Routine)
Bisbee	United States	Record high minimum temperature	17.8 C (64.0 F)	14 of 100 (Routine)
Decatur Wtp	United States	Record high minimum temperature	19.4 C (66.9 F)	14 of 100 (Routine)
Poplar 2 E	United States	Record low maximum temperature	7.8 C (46.0 F)	14 of 100 (Routine)
Blanco	United States	Record high maximum temperature	35.6 C (96.1 F)	14 of 100 (Routine)
Morgantown 1	United States	Record high maximum temperature	31.7 C (89.1 F)	14 of 100 (Routine)
Butte Bert Mooney AP	United States	Record daily precipitation	15.2 mm (0.6 in)	14 of 100 (Routine)
Linkoeping-Malmslaett	Sweden	Record low maximum temperature	8.4 C (47.1 F)	13 of 100 (Routine)
Camden 1	United States	Record daily precipitation	40.6 mm (1.6 in)	13 of 100 (Routine)
Las Animas	United States	Record high maximum temperature	36.1 C (97.0 F)	13 of 100 (Routine)
Soldier Creek Adm Site	United States	Record low maximum temperature	6.1 C (43.0 F)	13 of 100 (Routine)
Mt Vernon 3 NE	United States	Record high minimum temperature	21.1 C (70.0 F)	13 of 100 (Routine)
Earlington	United States	Record high minimum temperature	22.2 C (72.0 F)	13 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

250 records

Records set or tied on 22 May 1927 by type: Highest daily maximum 36, Lowest daily maximum 29, Highest daily minimum 118, Lowest daily minimum 14, Heaviest daily rainfall 48, Heaviest daily snowfall 2, Deepest snow cover 3.

Records on 22 May 1927 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	36
Lowest daily maximum	29
Highest daily minimum	118
Lowest daily minimum	14
Heaviest daily rainfall	48
Heaviest daily snowfall	2
Deepest snow cover	3

Records on 22 May 1927 by timescale: all-time 1, monthly 11, daily 238.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

168 broken records

Margins by which the 168 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 1130.0. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

22 May 1927

Top 20 records on 22 May 1927 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
22 May 1927	Grand Coteau, US	all-time rain	304.8 mm (12.0 in)	101.6 mm (4.0 in)	14 years	65 of 100 (Major)
22 May 1927	Geilo, NO	daily snow depth	128.0 cm (50.4 in)	113.0 cm (44.5 in)	0 years	43 of 100 (Notable)
22 May 1927	Bee Branch, US	monthly rain	139.7 mm (5.5 in)	38.1 mm (1.5 in)	7 years	35 of 100 (Notable)
22 May 1927	Clausthal-Zellerfeld, DE	daily rain	31.7 mm (1.2 in)	13.6 mm (0.5 in)	35 years	34 of 100 (Routine)
22 May 1927	Calumet, US	daily rain	30.0 mm (1.2 in)	19.1 mm (0.8 in)	33 years	33 of 100 (Routine)
22 May 1927	Helena Wb City, US	daily snowfall	6.4 cm (2.5 in)	6.4 cm (2.5 in)	33 years	31 of 100 (Routine)
22 May 1927	Watford, CA	daily rain	32.0 mm (1.3 in)	11.7 mm (0.5 in)	43 years	29 of 100 (Routine)
22 May 1927	Brandon Cda, CA	monthly rain	40.6 mm (1.6 in)	2.5 mm (0.10 in)	37 years	27 of 100 (Routine)
22 May 1927	Fulton, US	daily rain	57.9 mm (2.3 in)	24.9 mm (1.0 in)	21 years	24 of 100 (Routine)
22 May 1927	Cape York Post Office, AU	daily rain	47.2 mm (1.9 in)	21.0 mm (0.8 in)	8 years	23 of 100 (Routine)
22 May 1927	Gloversville, US	daily rain	28.2 mm (1.1 in)	16.5 mm (0.6 in)	9 years	23 of 100 (Routine)
22 May 1927	Independence, US	daily low min	-2.2 C (28.0 F)	5.5 C (9.9 F)	14 years	21 of 100 (Routine)
22 May 1927	Gavle, SE	daily rain	16.4 mm (0.6 in)	6.3 mm (0.25 in)	36 years	20 of 100 (Routine)
22 May 1927	Harnosand, SE	daily rain	13.2 mm (0.5 in)	6.0 mm (0.24 in)	34 years	20 of 100 (Routine)
22 May 1927	Malung, SE	daily rain	20.4 mm (0.8 in)	5.4 mm (0.21 in)	35 years	20 of 100 (Routine)
22 May 1927	Vaexjoe, SE	daily rain	10.4 mm (0.4 in)	0.7 mm (0.03 in)	62 years	20 of 100 (Routine)
22 May 1927	Vasteras-Hasslo, SE	daily rain	8.8 mm (0.35 in)	0.5 mm (0.02 in)	54 years	20 of 100 (Routine)
22 May 1927	Godegard, SE	daily rain	16.5 mm (0.6 in)	9.7 mm (0.38 in)	2 years	20 of 100 (Routine)
22 May 1927	Fredericton Unb, CA	daily low min	-1.1 C (30.0 F)	1.7 C (3.1 F)	39 years	20 of 100 (Routine)
22 May 1927	Gotska Sandon, SE	daily rain	8.8 mm (0.35 in)	3.5 mm (0.14 in)	28 years	20 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 1927

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1806 to 1927. 1927 had 250 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 200	167
200 to 400	0
400 to 600	0
600 to 800	0
800 to 1000	0
1000 to 1200	1