Weather Records on 22 May 1937

192 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 22 May 1937. Highest significance: Walnut 4S, US.

Key Facts for 22 May 1937

On 22 May 1937, 192 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
88 were record highs and 19 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 0 were all-time records, 6 monthly and 186 daily.
Walnut 4S set a daily record precipitation of 72.4 mm (2.9 in) on 22 May 1937.
Across 160 earlier years (1806 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 447 records.

Record Map

192 stations

192 station records on 22 May 1937 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 22 May 1937: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Walnut 4S	United States	Record daily precipitation	72.4 mm (2.9 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Nevada Wtp	United States	Record daily precipitation	76.2 mm (3.0 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Harrisville	United States	Record daily precipitation	70.6 mm (2.8 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Pitea	Sweden	Record high minimum temperature	12.5 C (54.5 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Iola	United States	Record daily precipitation	56.4 mm (2.2 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Chanute Martin Johnson AP	United States	Record daily precipitation	55.9 mm (2.2 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Washington	United States	Record daily precipitation	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Oestersund-Froesoen	Sweden	Record high minimum temperature	11.1 C (52.0 F)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Parnu	Estonia	Record high minimum temperature	16.7 C (62.1 F)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Ft Scott	United States	Record daily precipitation	68.1 mm (2.7 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Newton	United States	Record daily precipitation	61.0 mm (2.4 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Jefferson City Wtp	United States	Record daily precipitation	38.1 mm (1.5 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Budapest	Hungary	Record high minimum temperature	19.8 C (67.6 F)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Kharsawan	India	Record daily precipitation	42.2 mm (1.7 in)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Storlien	Sweden	Record high minimum temperature	6.0 C (42.8 F)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Escondido	United States	Record low maximum temperature	14.4 C (57.9 F)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Ravenna	United States	Record daily precipitation	42.4 mm (1.7 in)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Kuturi	India	Record daily precipitation	43.2 mm (1.7 in)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Nazira	India	Record daily precipitation	53.3 mm (2.1 in)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Harrisonville	United States	Record daily precipitation	42.9 mm (1.7 in)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Szeged	Hungary	Record high minimum temperature	20.2 C (68.4 F)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Kvikkjokk-Arrenjarka	Sweden	Record high minimum temperature	6.5 C (43.7 F)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Pleasanton	United States	Record daily precipitation	118.9 mm (4.7 in)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Appleton City	United States	Record daily precipitation	51.1 mm (2.0 in)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Lien I Selbu	Norway	Record daily precipitation	22.1 mm (0.9 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Storlien	Sweden	Record daily precipitation	19.3 mm (0.8 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Orenburg	Russia	Record daily precipitation	16.8 mm (0.7 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Maristova	Norway	Record daily precipitation	8.5 mm (0.33 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Reading Wb City	United States	Record daily snowfall	0.3 cm (0.1 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Ulan-Ude	Russia	Record daily precipitation	6.1 mm (0.24 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Gorki	Belarus	Record daily precipitation	9.7 mm (0.38 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Skjak	Norway	Record daily precipitation	18.0 mm (0.7 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Bamberg	Germany	Record daily precipitation	13.2 mm (0.5 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Osijek	Croatia	Record daily precipitation	25.1 mm (1.0 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Tarnaby	Sweden	Record high minimum temperature	8.0 C (46.4 F)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Perpignan	France	Record low minimum temperature	6.8 C (44.2 F)	19 of 100 (Routine)
Ostas I Hegra	Norway	Record daily precipitation	18.3 mm (0.7 in)	19 of 100 (Routine)
Barguzin	Russia	Record daily precipitation	3.5 mm (0.14 in)	19 of 100 (Routine)
Storlien	Sweden	Record high maximum temperature	20.9 C (69.6 F)	19 of 100 (Routine)
Gaddede	Sweden	Record daily precipitation	7.1 mm (0.28 in)	19 of 100 (Routine)
Escondido	United States	Record daily precipitation	2.8 mm (0.11 in)	19 of 100 (Routine)
Louisville	United States	Record high maximum temperature	35.0 C (95.0 F)	19 of 100 (Routine)
Dhakuakhana	India	Record daily precipitation	72.4 mm (2.9 in)	18 of 100 (Routine)
Keonjhargarh	India	Record daily precipitation	23.6 mm (0.9 in)	18 of 100 (Routine)
Tiruvallur	India	Record daily precipitation	9.1 mm (0.36 in)	18 of 100 (Routine)
Skara 1	Sweden	Record high minimum temperature	11.8 C (53.2 F)	18 of 100 (Routine)
Mena	United States	Record daily precipitation	26.4 mm (1.0 in)	18 of 100 (Routine)
Turnu Magurele	Romania	Record high minimum temperature	16.6 C (61.9 F)	17 of 100 (Routine)
Gaddede	Sweden	Record high minimum temperature	8.0 C (46.4 F)	17 of 100 (Routine)
Orofino	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-1.7 C (28.9 F)	17 of 100 (Routine)
Carlinville	United States	Record daily precipitation	30.0 mm (1.2 in)	17 of 100 (Routine)
Griggsville	United States	Record daily precipitation	23.9 mm (0.9 in)	17 of 100 (Routine)
Haiku 490	United States	Record low maximum temperature	22.2 C (72.0 F)	17 of 100 (Routine)
Baltimore Customs House	United States	Record high maximum temperature	34.4 C (93.9 F)	17 of 100 (Routine)
Tadpatri	India	Record daily precipitation	22.1 mm (0.9 in)	16 of 100 (Routine)
Sonari	India	Record daily precipitation	44.7 mm (1.8 in)	16 of 100 (Routine)
Kollegal	India	Record daily precipitation	44.2 mm (1.7 in)	16 of 100 (Routine)
Ust Tzilma	Russia	Record high minimum temperature	10.1 C (50.2 F)	16 of 100 (Routine)
Easton	United States	Record high maximum temperature	33.3 C (91.9 F)	16 of 100 (Routine)
Takoma Park # 1	United States	Record high maximum temperature	33.9 C (93.0 F)	16 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

192 records

Records set or tied on 22 May 1937 by type: Highest daily maximum 54, Lowest daily maximum 11, Highest daily minimum 34, Lowest daily minimum 8, Heaviest daily rainfall 84, Heaviest daily snowfall 1.

Records on 22 May 1937 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	54
Lowest daily maximum	11
Highest daily minimum	34
Lowest daily minimum	8
Heaviest daily rainfall	84
Heaviest daily snowfall	1
Deepest snow cover	0

Records on 22 May 1937 by timescale: all-time 0, monthly 6, daily 186.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

150 broken records

Margins by which the 150 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 44.2. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

22 May 1937

Top 20 records on 22 May 1937 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
22 May 1937	Walnut 4S, US	daily rain	72.4 mm (2.9 in)	44.2 mm (1.7 in)	15 years	37 of 100 (Notable)
22 May 1937	Nevada Wtp, US	daily rain	76.2 mm (3.0 in)	36.1 mm (1.4 in)	35 years	36 of 100 (Notable)
22 May 1937	Harrisville, US	monthly rain	70.6 mm (2.8 in)	7.1 mm (0.28 in)	43 years	33 of 100 (Routine)
22 May 1937	Pitea, SE	monthly high min	12.5 C (54.5 F)	1.0 C (1.8 F)	47 years	31 of 100 (Routine)
22 May 1937	Iola, US	daily rain	56.4 mm (2.2 in)	29.7 mm (1.2 in)	28 years	31 of 100 (Routine)
22 May 1937	Chanute Martin Johnson AP, US	daily rain	55.9 mm (2.2 in)	39.1 mm (1.5 in)	7 years	28 of 100 (Routine)
22 May 1937	Washington, US	daily rain	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	3.0 mm (0.12 in)	60 years	28 of 100 (Routine)
22 May 1937	Oestersund-Froesoen, SE	daily high min	11.1 C (52.0 F)	2.6 C (4.7 F)	49 years	26 of 100 (Routine)
22 May 1937	Parnu, EE	daily high min	16.7 C (62.1 F)	2.3 C (4.1 F)	49 years	25 of 100 (Routine)
22 May 1937	Ft Scott, US	daily rain	68.1 mm (2.7 in)	16.0 mm (0.6 in)	35 years	25 of 100 (Routine)
22 May 1937	Newton, US	daily rain	61.0 mm (2.4 in)	24.2 mm (1.0 in)	14 years	25 of 100 (Routine)
22 May 1937	Jefferson City Wtp, US	daily rain	38.1 mm (1.5 in)	18.8 mm (0.7 in)	20 years	25 of 100 (Routine)
22 May 1937	Budapest, HU	monthly high min	19.8 C (67.6 F)	0.8 C (1.4 F)	29 years	23 of 100 (Routine)
22 May 1937	Kharsawan, IN	daily rain	42.2 mm (1.7 in)	18.3 mm (0.7 in)	24 years	23 of 100 (Routine)
22 May 1937	Storlien, SE	daily high min	6.0 C (42.8 F)	3.0 C (5.4 F)	36 years	23 of 100 (Routine)
22 May 1937	Escondido, US	daily low max	14.4 C (57.9 F)	5.0 C (9.0 F)	28 years	23 of 100 (Routine)
22 May 1937	Ravenna, US	daily rain	42.4 mm (1.7 in)	7.3 mm (0.29 in)	43 years	23 of 100 (Routine)
22 May 1937	Kuturi, IN	daily rain	43.2 mm (1.7 in)	14.5 mm (0.6 in)	34 years	22 of 100 (Routine)
22 May 1937	Nazira, IN	daily rain	53.3 mm (2.1 in)	16.5 mm (0.6 in)	35 years	22 of 100 (Routine)
22 May 1937	Harrisonville, US	daily rain	42.9 mm (1.7 in)	11.1 mm (0.4 in)	35 years	22 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 1937

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1806 to 1937. 1937 had 192 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	130
10 to 20	14
20 to 30	3
30 to 40	2
40 to 50	1