Weather Records on 22 May 1934

292 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 22 May 1934. Highest significance: Anticosti SW Point, CA.

Key Facts for 22 May 1934

On 22 May 1934, 292 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
199 were record highs and 14 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 0 were all-time records, 6 monthly and 286 daily.
Anticosti SW Point set a daily record precipitation of 45.7 mm (1.8 in) on 22 May 1934.
Across 160 earlier years (1806 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 447 records.

Record Map

292 stations

292 station records on 22 May 1934 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 22 May 1934: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Anticosti SW Point	Canada	Record daily precipitation	45.7 mm (1.8 in)	58 of 100 (Notable)
Pointe Au Pere	Canada	Record daily precipitation	34.5 mm (1.4 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Darjeeling	India	Record daily precipitation	68.6 mm (2.7 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Princess Anne	United States	Record daily precipitation	36.6 mm (1.4 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Yemassee 1 N	United States	Record daily precipitation	62.7 mm (2.5 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Jena Sternwarte	Germany	Record high minimum temperature	15.4 C (59.7 F)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Gillsville	United States	Record daily precipitation	108.0 mm (4.3 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Monierkhal	India	Record daily precipitation	106.7 mm (4.2 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Hvar	Croatia	Record high minimum temperature	21.6 C (70.9 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Simferopol	Ukraine	Record daily precipitation	27.1 mm (1.1 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Winnsboro	United States	Record daily precipitation	40.6 mm (1.6 in)	24 of 100 (Routine)
La Ctr	United States	Record high maximum temperature	31.7 C (89.1 F)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Hobart (Ellerslie Road)	Australia	Record high minimum temperature	12.3 C (54.1 F)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Launceston (Pumping Station)	Australia	Record high maximum temperature	19.4 C (66.9 F)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Austin #2	United States	Record high minimum temperature	12.8 C (55.0 F)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Coldwater	United States	Record daily precipitation	43.9 mm (1.7 in)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Hinton 1	United States	Record high maximum temperature	36.1 C (97.0 F)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Winnemucca AP	United States	Record high maximum temperature	33.3 C (91.9 F)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Albany 1 N	United States	Record high maximum temperature	31.1 C (88.0 F)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Santuck	United States	Record daily precipitation	36.8 mm (1.4 in)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Port Townsend	United States	Record high minimum temperature	12.2 C (54.0 F)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Willapa Harbor	United States	Record high maximum temperature	30.0 C (86.0 F)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Portland Rfc City	United States	Record high maximum temperature	32.2 C (90.0 F)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Norddal	Norway	Record daily precipitation	17.0 mm (0.7 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Noupoort	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	14.5 mm (0.6 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Contest	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	7.4 mm (0.29 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Jamestown	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	4.1 mm (0.16 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Hornindal	Norway	Record daily precipitation	18.5 mm (0.7 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Colesberg (Tnk)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	14.0 mm (0.6 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Buffelsfontein 14	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	10.7 mm (0.4 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Moorestown 4 E	United States	Record high minimum temperature	18.3 C (64.9 F)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Cascade Locks	United States	Record high maximum temperature	31.1 C (88.0 F)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Doraville	United States	Record high maximum temperature	31.1 C (88.0 F)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Vashon Island	United States	Record high minimum temperature	11.7 C (53.1 F)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Lancaster 4 WSW	United States	Record high minimum temperature	21.7 C (71.1 F)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Ladner	Canada	Record high maximum temperature	24.4 C (75.9 F)	19 of 100 (Routine)
Magdeburg	Germany	Record high minimum temperature	15.8 C (60.4 F)	19 of 100 (Routine)
Myklebust I Breim	Norway	Record daily precipitation	20.3 mm (0.8 in)	19 of 100 (Routine)
Irkutsk	Russia	Record high maximum temperature	27.5 C (81.5 F)	19 of 100 (Routine)
Manor Holme	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	3.6 mm (0.14 in)	19 of 100 (Routine)
Ashland	United States	Record high maximum temperature	33.3 C (91.9 F)	19 of 100 (Routine)
Eugene	United States	Record high maximum temperature	30.0 C (86.0 F)	19 of 100 (Routine)
Winthrop UNIV	United States	Record daily precipitation	35.1 mm (1.4 in)	19 of 100 (Routine)
Henichesk	Ukraine	Record high minimum temperature	17.4 C (63.3 F)	18 of 100 (Routine)
Drain	United States	Record high maximum temperature	32.2 C (90.0 F)	18 of 100 (Routine)
Deseret	United States	Record high maximum temperature	32.2 C (90.0 F)	18 of 100 (Routine)
Vancouver 4 NNE	United States	Record high maximum temperature	30.0 C (86.0 F)	18 of 100 (Routine)
Norway House	Canada	Record low minimum temperature	-5.6 C (21.9 F)	17 of 100 (Routine)
Reitz 36	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	11.2 mm (0.4 in)	17 of 100 (Routine)
Forest Grove	United States	Record high maximum temperature	30.6 C (87.1 F)	17 of 100 (Routine)
Calhoun Falls	United States	Record daily precipitation	23.1 mm (0.9 in)	17 of 100 (Routine)
Robe Comparison	Australia	Record high maximum temperature	19.4 C (66.9 F)	16 of 100 (Routine)
Mt Garnet Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	17.3 mm (0.7 in)	16 of 100 (Routine)
Tenali	India	Record daily precipitation	9.4 mm (0.37 in)	16 of 100 (Routine)
Samnanger	Norway	Record daily precipitation	38.0 mm (1.5 in)	16 of 100 (Routine)
Jhb-Joubert Park	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	5.6 mm (0.22 in)	16 of 100 (Routine)
Las Animas	United States	Record high minimum temperature	15.6 C (60.1 F)	16 of 100 (Routine)
Alapaha Exp STN	United States	Record daily precipitation	22.9 mm (0.9 in)	16 of 100 (Routine)
Oneonta 1 S	United States	Record daily precipitation	12.7 mm (0.5 in)	16 of 100 (Routine)
Dayton Mcd	United States	Record high minimum temperature	20.6 C (69.1 F)	16 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

292 records

Records set or tied on 22 May 1934 by type: Highest daily maximum 119, Lowest daily maximum 1, Highest daily minimum 80, Lowest daily minimum 13, Heaviest daily rainfall 79.

Records on 22 May 1934 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	119
Lowest daily maximum	1
Highest daily minimum	80
Lowest daily minimum	13
Heaviest daily rainfall	79
Heaviest daily snowfall	0
Deepest snow cover	0

Records on 22 May 1934 by timescale: all-time 0, monthly 6, daily 286.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

216 broken records

Margins by which the 216 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 56.4. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

22 May 1934

Top 20 records on 22 May 1934 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
22 May 1934	Anticosti SW Point, CA	daily rain	45.7 mm (1.8 in)	26.6 mm (1.0 in)	57 years	58 of 100 (Notable)
22 May 1934	Pointe Au Pere, CA	daily rain	34.5 mm (1.4 in)	20.3 mm (0.8 in)	53 years	52 of 100 (Notable)
22 May 1934	Darjeeling, IN	daily rain	68.6 mm (2.7 in)	45.0 mm (1.8 in)	4 years	40 of 100 (Notable)
22 May 1934	Princess Anne, US	daily rain	36.6 mm (1.4 in)	25.7 mm (1.0 in)	25 years	38 of 100 (Notable)
22 May 1934	Yemassee 1 N, US	daily rain	62.7 mm (2.5 in)	38.3 mm (1.5 in)	28 years	38 of 100 (Notable)
22 May 1934	Jena Sternwarte, DE	daily high min	15.4 C (59.7 F)	0.1 C (0.2 F)	92 years	37 of 100 (Notable)
22 May 1934	Gillsville, US	monthly rain	108.0 mm (4.3 in)	34.3 mm (1.4 in)	0 years	37 of 100 (Notable)
22 May 1934	Monierkhal, IN	daily rain	106.7 mm (4.2 in)	56.4 mm (2.2 in)	11 years	33 of 100 (Routine)
22 May 1934	Hvar, HR	daily high min	21.6 C (70.9 F)	2.5 C (4.5 F)	49 years	29 of 100 (Routine)
22 May 1934	Simferopol, UA	daily rain	27.1 mm (1.1 in)	11.7 mm (0.5 in)	20 years	28 of 100 (Routine)
22 May 1934	Winnsboro, US	daily rain	40.6 mm (1.6 in)	22.6 mm (0.9 in)	28 years	24 of 100 (Routine)
22 May 1934	La Ctr, US	daily high max	31.7 C (89.1 F)	5.0 C (9.0 F)	36 years	24 of 100 (Routine)
22 May 1934	Hobart (Ellerslie Road), AU	daily high min	12.3 C (54.1 F)	1.5 C (2.7 F)	45 years	23 of 100 (Routine)
22 May 1934	Launceston (Pumping Station), AU	daily high max	19.4 C (66.9 F)	2.2 C (4.0 F)	27 years	22 of 100 (Routine)
22 May 1934	Austin #2, US	daily high min	12.8 C (55.0 F)	2.8 C (5.0 F)	41 years	22 of 100 (Routine)
22 May 1934	Coldwater, US	daily rain	43.9 mm (1.7 in)	18.5 mm (0.7 in)	17 years	22 of 100 (Routine)
22 May 1934	Hinton 1, US	monthly high max	36.1 C (97.0 F)	1.1 C (2.0 F)	23 years	22 of 100 (Routine)
22 May 1934	Winnemucca AP, US	daily high max	33.3 C (91.9 F)	2.2 C (4.0 F)	47 years	22 of 100 (Routine)
22 May 1934	Albany 1 N, US	daily high max	31.1 C (88.0 F)	3.3 C (5.9 F)	39 years	21 of 100 (Routine)
22 May 1934	Santuck, US	daily rain	36.8 mm (1.4 in)	8.4 mm (0.33 in)	34 years	21 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 1934

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1806 to 1934. 1934 had 292 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	199
10 to 20	9
20 to 30	4
30 to 40	2
40 to 50	1
50 to 60	1