Weather Records on 22 May 1929

210 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 22 May 1929. Highest significance: Teriberka, RU.

Key Facts for 22 May 1929

On 22 May 1929, 210 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
37 were record highs and 93 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 0 were all-time records, 1 monthly and 209 daily.
Teriberka set a monthly record daily precipitation of 34.4 mm (1.4 in) on 22 May 1929.
Across 160 earlier years (1806 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 447 records.

Record Map

210 stations

210 station records on 22 May 1929 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 22 May 1929: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Teriberka	Russia	Record daily precipitation	34.4 mm (1.4 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Espanola	United States	Record daily precipitation	26.4 mm (1.0 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Georgetown	Australia	Record daily precipitation	27.4 mm (1.1 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Gladstone	Australia	Record daily precipitation	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Willunga	Australia	Record daily precipitation	31.5 mm (1.2 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Beetaloo Reservoir Old Site	Australia	Record daily precipitation	29.7 mm (1.2 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Deniliquin (Wilkinson St)	Australia	Record low maximum temperature	11.1 C (52.0 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Victor Harbor Comparison	Australia	Record daily precipitation	26.2 mm (1.0 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Port Fairy Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	33.0 mm (1.3 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Nullawarre	Australia	Record daily precipitation	29.7 mm (1.2 in)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Agricultural College	United States	Record daily precipitation	19.1 mm (0.8 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Bosque del Apache	United States	Record daily precipitation	20.8 mm (0.8 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Deming	United States	Record daily precipitation	24.1 mm (0.9 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Kola-In-Murman	Russia	Record daily precipitation	13.8 mm (0.5 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Crystal Brook	Australia	Record daily precipitation	23.1 mm (0.9 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Caltowie	Australia	Record daily precipitation	20.3 mm (0.8 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Socorro	United States	Record daily precipitation	19.1 mm (0.8 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Los Lunas	United States	Record daily precipitation	10.2 mm (0.4 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Jamestown	Australia	Record daily precipitation	18.0 mm (0.7 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Cleve	Australia	Record daily precipitation	12.7 mm (0.5 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Yacka	Australia	Record daily precipitation	11.2 mm (0.4 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Edithburgh Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	16.0 mm (0.6 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Clare Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	25.9 mm (1.0 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Port Broughton	Australia	Record daily precipitation	11.4 mm (0.4 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Walgett Council Depot	Australia	Record high minimum temperature	15.6 C (60.1 F)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Cape Willoughby	Australia	Record daily precipitation	18.3 mm (0.7 in)	19 of 100 (Routine)
Port Fairy (Griffiths Island)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	25.1 mm (1.0 in)	19 of 100 (Routine)
Pointe Riche	Canada	Record daily snowfall	1.3 cm (0.5 in)	19 of 100 (Routine)
El Paso	United States	Record daily precipitation	5.1 mm (0.20 in)	19 of 100 (Routine)
Wandearah North	Australia	Record daily precipitation	8.9 mm (0.35 in)	18 of 100 (Routine)
Port Victoria	Australia	Record daily precipitation	14.2 mm (0.6 in)	18 of 100 (Routine)
Yardea	Australia	Record daily precipitation	6.6 mm (0.26 in)	17 of 100 (Routine)
Port Pirie (Valencia)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	7.9 mm (0.31 in)	17 of 100 (Routine)
Aldinga Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	13.7 mm (0.5 in)	17 of 100 (Routine)
Mildura Post Office	Australia	Record low maximum temperature	12.8 C (55.0 F)	17 of 100 (Routine)
Little Mtn	United States	Record low minimum temperature	7.8 C (46.0 F)	17 of 100 (Routine)
Moorefield 1 SSE	United States	Record low maximum temperature	14.4 C (57.9 F)	17 of 100 (Routine)
Roswell Muni AP	United States	Record low maximum temperature	14.4 C (57.9 F)	17 of 100 (Routine)
Narridy Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	16.0 mm (0.6 in)	16 of 100 (Routine)
Stonyfell	Australia	Record daily precipitation	25.7 mm (1.0 in)	16 of 100 (Routine)
Brinkley	United States	Record low minimum temperature	6.7 C (44.1 F)	16 of 100 (Routine)
Espanola	United States	Record high minimum temperature	15.6 C (60.1 F)	16 of 100 (Routine)
Bute	Australia	Record daily precipitation	8.9 mm (0.35 in)	15 of 100 (Routine)
Thomasville	United States	Record low minimum temperature	10.6 C (51.1 F)	15 of 100 (Routine)
Ruston la Tech	United States	Record low minimum temperature	10.0 C (50.0 F)	15 of 100 (Routine)
Cowles	United States	Record daily precipitation	16.8 mm (0.7 in)	15 of 100 (Routine)
Quakertown	United States	Record low minimum temperature	0.6 C (33.1 F)	15 of 100 (Routine)
Wheeling (1)	United States	Record low minimum temperature	0.6 C (33.1 F)	15 of 100 (Routine)
Blyth	Australia	Record daily precipitation	17.8 mm (0.7 in)	14 of 100 (Routine)
Spalding (Bundaleer Reservoir)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	14.7 mm (0.6 in)	14 of 100 (Routine)
Laura	Australia	Record daily precipitation	14.0 mm (0.6 in)	14 of 100 (Routine)
Terowie	Australia	Record daily precipitation	8.6 mm (0.34 in)	14 of 100 (Routine)
Coonalpyn	Australia	Record daily precipitation	15.2 mm (0.6 in)	14 of 100 (Routine)
Husum	Germany	Record low minimum temperature	2.1 C (35.8 F)	14 of 100 (Routine)
St Augustine	United States	Record low maximum temperature	23.9 C (75.0 F)	14 of 100 (Routine)
E Tawas	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-3.9 C (25.0 F)	14 of 100 (Routine)
Lake	United States	Record low minimum temperature	8.9 C (48.0 F)	14 of 100 (Routine)
Pontotoc	United States	Record low minimum temperature	8.9 C (48.0 F)	14 of 100 (Routine)
Corvallis State UNIV	United States	Record high maximum temperature	27.8 C (82.0 F)	14 of 100 (Routine)
Redhill	Australia	Record daily precipitation	9.7 mm (0.38 in)	13 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

210 records

Records set or tied on 22 May 1929 by type: Highest daily maximum 25, Lowest daily maximum 18, Highest daily minimum 12, Lowest daily minimum 75, Heaviest daily rainfall 79, Heaviest daily snowfall 1.

Records on 22 May 1929 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	25
Lowest daily maximum	18
Highest daily minimum	12
Lowest daily minimum	75
Heaviest daily rainfall	79
Heaviest daily snowfall	1
Deepest snow cover	0

Records on 22 May 1929 by timescale: all-time 0, monthly 1, daily 209.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

162 broken records

Margins by which the 162 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 23.3. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

22 May 1929

Top 20 records on 22 May 1929 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
22 May 1929	Teriberka, RU	monthly rain	34.4 mm (1.4 in)	9.1 mm (0.36 in)	9 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
22 May 1929	Espanola, US	daily rain	26.4 mm (1.0 in)	21.8 mm (0.9 in)	8 years	43 of 100 (Notable)
22 May 1929	Georgetown, AU	daily rain	27.4 mm (1.1 in)	18.8 mm (0.7 in)	44 years	40 of 100 (Notable)
22 May 1929	Gladstone, AU	daily rain	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	20.3 mm (0.8 in)	4 years	39 of 100 (Notable)
22 May 1929	Willunga, AU	daily rain	31.5 mm (1.2 in)	14.0 mm (0.6 in)	43 years	37 of 100 (Notable)
22 May 1929	Beetaloo Reservoir Old Site, AU	daily rain	29.7 mm (1.2 in)	17.0 mm (0.7 in)	18 years	31 of 100 (Routine)
22 May 1929	Deniliquin (Wilkinson St), AU	daily low max	11.1 C (52.0 F)	1.5 C (2.7 F)	69 years	31 of 100 (Routine)
22 May 1929	Victor Harbor Comparison, AU	daily rain	26.2 mm (1.0 in)	11.5 mm (0.5 in)	22 years	27 of 100 (Routine)
22 May 1929	Port Fairy Post Office, AU	daily rain	33.0 mm (1.3 in)	15.2 mm (0.6 in)	6 years	27 of 100 (Routine)
22 May 1929	Nullawarre, AU	daily rain	29.7 mm (1.2 in)	10.1 mm (0.4 in)	14 years	21 of 100 (Routine)
22 May 1929	Agricultural College, US	daily rain	19.1 mm (0.8 in)	17.6 mm (0.7 in)	33 years	20 of 100 (Routine)
22 May 1929	Bosque del Apache, US	daily rain	20.8 mm (0.8 in)	18.3 mm (0.7 in)	28 years	20 of 100 (Routine)
22 May 1929	Deming, US	daily rain	24.1 mm (0.9 in)	23.3 mm (0.9 in)	10 years	20 of 100 (Routine)
22 May 1929	Kola-In-Murman, RU	daily rain	13.8 mm (0.5 in)	6.2 mm (0.24 in)	31 years	20 of 100 (Routine)
22 May 1929	Crystal Brook, AU	daily rain	23.1 mm (0.9 in)	20.3 mm (0.8 in)	4 years	20 of 100 (Routine)
22 May 1929	Caltowie, AU	daily rain	20.3 mm (0.8 in)	13.7 mm (0.5 in)	4 years	20 of 100 (Routine)
22 May 1929	Socorro, US	daily rain	19.1 mm (0.8 in)	11.5 mm (0.5 in)	8 years	20 of 100 (Routine)
22 May 1929	Los Lunas, US	daily rain	10.2 mm (0.4 in)	10.2 mm (0.4 in)	35 years	20 of 100 (Routine)
22 May 1929	Jamestown, AU	daily rain	18.0 mm (0.7 in)	9.6 mm (0.38 in)	22 years	20 of 100 (Routine)
22 May 1929	Cleve, AU	daily rain	12.7 mm (0.5 in)	7.4 mm (0.29 in)	24 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 1929

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1806 to 1929. 1929 had 210 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 5	127
5 to 10	17
10 to 15	9
15 to 20	5
20 to 25	4