Weather Records on 22 May 1928

168 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 22 May 1928. Highest significance: Olands Sodra Udde, SE.

Key Facts for 22 May 1928

On 22 May 1928, 168 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
77 were record highs and 45 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 0 were all-time records, 11 monthly and 157 daily.
Olands Sodra Udde set a monthly record daily precipitation of 56.7 mm (2.2 in) on 22 May 1928.
Across 160 earlier years (1806 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 447 records.

Record Map

168 stations

168 station records on 22 May 1928 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 22 May 1928: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Olands Sodra Udde	Sweden	Record daily precipitation	56.7 mm (2.2 in)	58 of 100 (Notable)
Kristianstad	Sweden	Record daily precipitation	42.8 mm (1.7 in)	57 of 100 (Notable)
Hamburg Fuhlsbuettel	Germany	Record daily precipitation	30.4 mm (1.2 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Orono	United States	Record daily precipitation	49.0 mm (1.9 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Cornwall	United States	Record daily precipitation	61.0 mm (2.4 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Koebenhavn: Landbohojskolen-1	Denmark	Record daily precipitation	26.9 mm (1.1 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Waynesville 1 E	United States	Record daily precipitation	37.6 mm (1.5 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Sandvig	Denmark	Record daily precipitation	28.5 mm (1.1 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Lebanon 2W	United States	Record daily precipitation	71.1 mm (2.8 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Hano_A	Sweden	Record daily precipitation	37.5 mm (1.5 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
State UNIV	United States	Record daily precipitation	71.1 mm (2.8 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Clarksville Wwtp	United States	Record daily precipitation	66.8 mm (2.6 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Rivertree (Myall)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	45.0 mm (1.8 in)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Indian Head Cda	Canada	Record high maximum temperature	34.4 C (93.9 F)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Chaplin	Canada	Record high minimum temperature	15.6 C (60.1 F)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Clemson UNIV	United States	Record daily precipitation	61.0 mm (2.4 in)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Ljungby	Sweden	Record daily precipitation	18.0 mm (0.7 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Tranebjerg	Denmark	Record daily precipitation	17.0 mm (0.7 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Scheveningen	Netherlands	Record daily precipitation	16.0 mm (0.6 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Kalmar_D	Sweden	Record daily precipitation	20.6 mm (0.8 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Putten (Gld)	Netherlands	Record daily precipitation	20.2 mm (0.8 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Hoorn	Netherlands	Record daily precipitation	13.5 mm (0.5 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Ventspils	Latvia	Record daily precipitation	12.2 mm (0.5 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Kerkwerve	Netherlands	Record daily precipitation	18.5 mm (0.7 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Oudenbosch	Netherlands	Record daily precipitation	19.4 mm (0.8 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Olands Norra Udde	Sweden	Record daily precipitation	16.1 mm (0.6 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Weissenburg	Germany	Record daily precipitation	13.8 mm (0.5 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Vestervig	Denmark	Record daily precipitation	12.3 mm (0.5 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Falsterbo	Sweden	Record daily precipitation	15.2 mm (0.6 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Karlshamn	Sweden	Record daily precipitation	38.6 mm (1.5 in)	19 of 100 (Routine)
Carrabelle 1 NNW	United States	Record daily precipitation	31.0 mm (1.2 in)	19 of 100 (Routine)
Fort St James	Canada	Record high maximum temperature	27.8 C (82.0 F)	18 of 100 (Routine)
Agassiz Cda	Canada	Record high minimum temperature	12.8 C (55.0 F)	18 of 100 (Routine)
Elizabethton	United States	Record daily precipitation	30.2 mm (1.2 in)	18 of 100 (Routine)
Georgetown Post Office	Australia	Record low minimum temperature	4.7 C (40.5 F)	17 of 100 (Routine)
Princeton	Canada	Record high minimum temperature	11.1 C (52.0 F)	17 of 100 (Routine)
Chaplin	Canada	Record high maximum temperature	35.0 C (95.0 F)	17 of 100 (Routine)
Minnedosa	Canada	Record high maximum temperature	31.1 C (88.0 F)	17 of 100 (Routine)
Bird Rocks	Canada	Record high minimum temperature	6.1 C (43.0 F)	17 of 100 (Routine)
Manistee 3SE	United States	Record high minimum temperature	16.1 C (61.0 F)	17 of 100 (Routine)
Williston Sloulin Fld	United States	Record high maximum temperature	32.2 C (90.0 F)	17 of 100 (Routine)
Grenfell	Canada	Record high maximum temperature	33.9 C (93.0 F)	16 of 100 (Routine)
Swift Current	Canada	Record high maximum temperature	36.1 C (97.0 F)	16 of 100 (Routine)
Sloan 3 S	United States	Record daily precipitation	50.8 mm (2.0 in)	16 of 100 (Routine)
Jamestown State Hosp	United States	Record high maximum temperature	32.2 C (90.0 F)	16 of 100 (Routine)
Mohall	United States	Record high maximum temperature	32.8 C (91.0 F)	16 of 100 (Routine)
Arapaho	United States	Record low minimum temperature	5.6 C (42.1 F)	16 of 100 (Routine)
Quesnel	Canada	Record daily precipitation	5.6 mm (0.22 in)	15 of 100 (Routine)
Brandon Cda	Canada	Record high maximum temperature	32.8 C (91.0 F)	15 of 100 (Routine)
St Albans	Canada	Record high maximum temperature	34.4 C (93.9 F)	15 of 100 (Routine)
Treherne	Canada	Record high maximum temperature	31.7 C (89.1 F)	15 of 100 (Routine)
Lake City 2 E	United States	Record low maximum temperature	23.3 C (73.9 F)	15 of 100 (Routine)
Tarpon Spgs Sewage Plt	United States	Record daily precipitation	46.7 mm (1.8 in)	15 of 100 (Routine)
Robeline	United States	Record low maximum temperature	23.9 C (75.0 F)	15 of 100 (Routine)
Ellensburg	United States	Record daily precipitation	1.3 mm (0.05 in)	15 of 100 (Routine)
Quesnel	Canada	Record high maximum temperature	31.7 C (89.1 F)	14 of 100 (Routine)
Fort Macleod	Canada	Record high maximum temperature	30.6 C (87.1 F)	14 of 100 (Routine)
Koebenhavn: Landbohojskolen-1	Denmark	Record low maximum temperature	8.8 C (47.8 F)	14 of 100 (Routine)
Larimore 4SW	United States	Record high maximum temperature	35.6 C (96.1 F)	14 of 100 (Routine)
Columbia	United States	Record daily precipitation	52.1 mm (2.1 in)	14 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

168 records

Records set or tied on 22 May 1928 by type: Highest daily maximum 49, Lowest daily maximum 22, Highest daily minimum 28, Lowest daily minimum 23, Heaviest daily rainfall 46.

Records on 22 May 1928 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	49
Lowest daily maximum	22
Highest daily minimum	28
Lowest daily minimum	23
Heaviest daily rainfall	46
Heaviest daily snowfall	0
Deepest snow cover	0

Records on 22 May 1928 by timescale: all-time 0, monthly 11, daily 157.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

135 broken records

Margins by which the 135 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 41.9. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

22 May 1928

Top 20 records on 22 May 1928 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
22 May 1928	Olands Sodra Udde, SE	monthly rain	56.7 mm (2.2 in)	32.1 mm (1.3 in)	13 years	58 of 100 (Notable)
22 May 1928	Kristianstad, SE	daily rain	42.8 mm (1.7 in)	26.3 mm (1.0 in)	40 years	57 of 100 (Notable)
22 May 1928	Hamburg Fuhlsbuettel, DE	daily rain	30.4 mm (1.2 in)	19.4 mm (0.8 in)	12 years	44 of 100 (Notable)
22 May 1928	Orono, US	daily rain	49.0 mm (1.9 in)	39.1 mm (1.5 in)	15 years	44 of 100 (Notable)
22 May 1928	Cornwall, US	monthly rain	61.0 mm (2.4 in)	13.5 mm (0.5 in)	39 years	41 of 100 (Notable)
22 May 1928	Koebenhavn: Landbohojskolen-1, DK	daily rain	26.9 mm (1.1 in)	8.1 mm (0.32 in)	40 years	36 of 100 (Notable)
22 May 1928	Waynesville 1 E, US	daily rain	37.6 mm (1.5 in)	26.7 mm (1.1 in)	19 years	32 of 100 (Routine)
22 May 1928	Sandvig, DK	daily rain	28.5 mm (1.1 in)	6.2 mm (0.24 in)	40 years	31 of 100 (Routine)
22 May 1928	Lebanon 2W, US	daily rain	71.1 mm (2.8 in)	41.9 mm (1.6 in)	11 years	31 of 100 (Routine)
22 May 1928	Hano_A, SE	monthly rain	37.5 mm (1.5 in)	6.2 mm (0.24 in)	3 years	30 of 100 (Routine)
22 May 1928	State UNIV, US	daily rain	71.1 mm (2.8 in)	31.5 mm (1.2 in)	29 years	29 of 100 (Routine)
22 May 1928	Clarksville Wwtp, US	daily rain	66.8 mm (2.6 in)	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	13 years	25 of 100 (Routine)
22 May 1928	Rivertree (Myall), AU	monthly rain	45.0 mm (1.8 in)	4.9 mm (0.19 in)	8 years	21 of 100 (Routine)
22 May 1928	Indian Head Cda, CA	daily high max	34.4 C (93.9 F)	5.0 C (9.0 F)	35 years	21 of 100 (Routine)
22 May 1928	Chaplin, CA	daily high min	15.6 C (60.1 F)	4.5 C (8.1 F)	27 years	21 of 100 (Routine)
22 May 1928	Clemson UNIV, US	daily rain	61.0 mm (2.4 in)	22.4 mm (0.9 in)	12 years	21 of 100 (Routine)
22 May 1928	Ljungby, SE	daily rain	18.0 mm (0.7 in)	10.3 mm (0.4 in)	47 years	20 of 100 (Routine)
22 May 1928	Tranebjerg, DK	daily rain	17.0 mm (0.7 in)	6.5 mm (0.26 in)	47 years	20 of 100 (Routine)
22 May 1928	Scheveningen, NL	daily rain	16.0 mm (0.6 in)	7.6 mm (0.30 in)	48 years	20 of 100 (Routine)
22 May 1928	Kalmar_D, SE	daily rain	20.6 mm (0.8 in)	4.5 mm (0.18 in)	60 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 1928

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1806 to 1928. 1928 had 168 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).