Weather Records on 22 May 1931

489 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 22 May 1931. Highest significance: Bulgoo, AU.

Key Facts for 22 May 1931

On 22 May 1931, 489 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
31 were record highs and 334 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 0 were all-time records, 6 monthly and 483 daily.
Bulgoo set a daily record precipitation of 41.4 mm (1.6 in) on 22 May 1931.
Across 160 earlier years (1806 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 445 records.

Record Map

489 stations

489 station records on 22 May 1931 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 22 May 1931: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Bulgoo	Australia	Record daily precipitation	41.4 mm (1.6 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Perumbalur	India	Record daily precipitation	58.9 mm (2.3 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Hiasen I Sigdal	Norway	Record daily precipitation	27.8 mm (1.1 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Cobar (Lerida)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	31.2 mm (1.2 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Anakapalli	India	Record daily precipitation	46.2 mm (1.8 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Kallara	Australia	Record daily precipitation	27.9 mm (1.1 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Adanakottai	India	Record daily precipitation	66.0 mm (2.6 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Society Hill 6 S	United States	Record daily precipitation	59.7 mm (2.4 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Condobolin (Ringwood)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	35.6 mm (1.4 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Lifjell	Norway	Record daily precipitation	27.0 mm (1.1 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Podili(Podile)	India	Record daily precipitation	48.5 mm (1.9 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Sagar Island	India	Record daily precipitation	84.3 mm (3.3 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Hambantota	Sri Lanka	Record high minimum temperature	27.2 C (81.0 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Amta	India	Record daily precipitation	61.0 mm (2.4 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Garden City	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-2.2 C (28.0 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Puri	India	Record daily precipitation	37.6 mm (1.5 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Khurda	India	Record daily precipitation	47.0 mm (1.9 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Batlow Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	51.8 mm (2.0 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Port Dover	Canada	Record low minimum temperature	-6.1 C (21.0 F)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Summerville 4W	United States	Record daily precipitation	32.0 mm (1.3 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Hoxie	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-1.1 C (30.0 F)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Jefferson 3SE	United States	Record low minimum temperature	2.2 C (36.0 F)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Tottenham (Woodlands 1)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	27.9 mm (1.1 in)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Bumberry	Australia	Record daily precipitation	35.6 mm (1.4 in)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Tartu	Estonia	Record daily precipitation	33.2 mm (1.3 in)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Banki Bankigarh	India	Record daily precipitation	32.0 mm (1.3 in)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Budge Budge	India	Record daily precipitation	86.6 mm (3.4 in)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Ulysses 3NE	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-0.6 C (30.9 F)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Srivilliputhur	India	Record daily precipitation	26.7 mm (1.1 in)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Neosho	United States	Record low maximum temperature	16.1 C (61.0 F)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Haskell	United States	Record low minimum temperature	7.2 C (45.0 F)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Ashland	United States	Record low minimum temperature	0.0 C (32.0 F)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Independence	United States	Record low minimum temperature	3.9 C (39.0 F)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Concordia ASOS	United States	Record low minimum temperature	2.8 C (37.0 F)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Vastervik	Sweden	Record daily precipitation	13.6 mm (0.5 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Tolarno	Australia	Record daily precipitation	22.9 mm (0.9 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Tilcha	Australia	Record daily precipitation	16.5 mm (0.6 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Cobar Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	22.4 mm (0.9 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Pithoragarh	India	Record daily precipitation	20.3 mm (0.8 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Carabost	Australia	Record daily precipitation	29.2 mm (1.1 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Trentham (Post Office)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	22.4 mm (0.9 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Sydney	Canada	Record high maximum temperature	24.4 C (75.9 F)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Tiruppathur	India	Record daily precipitation	26.4 mm (1.0 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Rasipuram	India	Record daily precipitation	24.6 mm (1.0 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Colby	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-1.7 C (28.9 F)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Norton 9SSE	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-1.1 C (30.0 F)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Norwich	United States	Record low minimum temperature	2.2 C (36.0 F)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Harrisonville	United States	Record low minimum temperature	4.4 C (39.9 F)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Lamar 7N	United States	Record low maximum temperature	17.2 C (63.0 F)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Columbus 3 NE	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-1.7 C (28.9 F)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Milparinka (Yandama Downs)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	10.7 mm (0.4 in)	19 of 100 (Routine)
Barmedman Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	30.0 mm (1.2 in)	19 of 100 (Routine)
Barduar	India	Record daily precipitation	63.5 mm (2.5 in)	19 of 100 (Routine)
Postmyr I Drangedal	Norway	Record daily precipitation	18.9 mm (0.7 in)	19 of 100 (Routine)
Healy	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-2.8 C (27.0 F)	19 of 100 (Routine)
Syracuse	United States	Record low minimum temperature	1.1 C (34.0 F)	19 of 100 (Routine)
Rogers	United States	Record low maximum temperature	16.7 C (62.1 F)	18 of 100 (Routine)
San Jose	United States	Record high minimum temperature	15.0 C (59.0 F)	18 of 100 (Routine)
Cheyenne Wells 2NE	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-2.2 C (28.0 F)	18 of 100 (Routine)
Wray	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-2.8 C (27.0 F)	18 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

489 records

Records set or tied on 22 May 1931 by type: Highest daily maximum 12, Lowest daily maximum 124, Highest daily minimum 19, Lowest daily minimum 210, Heaviest daily rainfall 124.

Records on 22 May 1931 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	12
Lowest daily maximum	124
Highest daily minimum	19
Lowest daily minimum	210
Heaviest daily rainfall	124
Heaviest daily snowfall	0
Deepest snow cover	0

Records on 22 May 1931 by timescale: all-time 0, monthly 6, daily 483.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

419 broken records

Margins by which the 419 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 62.2. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

22 May 1931

Top 20 records on 22 May 1931 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
22 May 1931	Bulgoo, AU	daily rain	41.4 mm (1.6 in)	32.0 mm (1.3 in)	26 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
22 May 1931	Perumbalur, IN	daily rain	58.9 mm (2.3 in)	44.2 mm (1.7 in)	24 years	40 of 100 (Notable)
22 May 1931	Hiasen I Sigdal, NO	daily rain	27.8 mm (1.1 in)	16.0 mm (0.6 in)	30 years	35 of 100 (Notable)
22 May 1931	Cobar (Lerida), AU	daily rain	31.2 mm (1.2 in)	19.5 mm (0.8 in)	24 years	34 of 100 (Routine)
22 May 1931	Anakapalli, IN	daily rain	46.2 mm (1.8 in)	45.4 mm (1.8 in)	12 years	34 of 100 (Routine)
22 May 1931	Kallara, AU	daily rain	27.9 mm (1.1 in)	17.7 mm (0.7 in)	26 years	32 of 100 (Routine)
22 May 1931	Adanakottai, IN	daily rain	66.0 mm (2.6 in)	62.2 mm (2.4 in)	10 years	32 of 100 (Routine)
22 May 1931	Society Hill 6 S, US	daily rain	59.7 mm (2.4 in)	37.3 mm (1.5 in)	8 years	31 of 100 (Routine)
22 May 1931	Condobolin (Ringwood), AU	monthly rain	35.6 mm (1.4 in)	7.9 mm (0.31 in)	17 years	30 of 100 (Routine)
22 May 1931	Lifjell, NO	daily rain	27.0 mm (1.1 in)	13.0 mm (0.5 in)	30 years	30 of 100 (Routine)
22 May 1931	Podili(Podile), IN	daily rain	48.5 mm (1.9 in)	26.7 mm (1.1 in)	28 years	29 of 100 (Routine)
22 May 1931	Sagar Island, IN	monthly rain	84.3 mm (3.3 in)	17.2 mm (0.7 in)	14 years	29 of 100 (Routine)
22 May 1931	Hambantota, LK	daily high min	27.2 C (81.0 F)	0.5 C (0.9 F)	61 years	28 of 100 (Routine)
22 May 1931	Amta, IN	daily rain	61.0 mm (2.4 in)	39.9 mm (1.6 in)	13 years	28 of 100 (Routine)
22 May 1931	Garden City, US	daily low min	-2.2 C (28.0 F)	6.6 C (11.9 F)	36 years	28 of 100 (Routine)
22 May 1931	Puri, IN	daily rain	37.6 mm (1.5 in)	32.0 mm (1.3 in)	4 years	26 of 100 (Routine)
22 May 1931	Khurda, IN	daily rain	47.0 mm (1.9 in)	33.0 mm (1.3 in)	6 years	26 of 100 (Routine)
22 May 1931	Batlow Post Office, AU	daily rain	51.8 mm (2.0 in)	17.3 mm (0.7 in)	34 years	25 of 100 (Routine)
22 May 1931	Port Dover, CA	monthly low min	-6.1 C (21.0 F)	1.7 C (3.1 F)	24 years	25 of 100 (Routine)
22 May 1931	Summerville 4W, US	daily rain	32.0 mm (1.3 in)	24.4 mm (1.0 in)	6 years	25 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 1931

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1806 to 1931. 1931 had 489 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	382
10 to 20	23
20 to 30	5
30 to 40	6
40 to 50	2
50 to 60	0
60 to 70	1