Weather Records on 22 July 1937

368 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 22 July 1937. Highest significance: Raiford State Prison, US.

Key Facts for 22 July 1937

On 22 July 1937, 368 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
87 were record highs and 66 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 2 were all-time records, 2 monthly and 364 daily.
Raiford State Prison set a daily record precipitation of 76.7 mm (3.0 in) on 22 July 1937.
Across 171 earlier years (1793 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 434 records.

Record Map

368 stations

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

Weather records on 22 July 1937: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Raiford State Prison	United States	Record daily precipitation	76.7 mm (3.0 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Athipettu	India	Record daily precipitation	45.7 mm (1.8 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Cumbam	India	Record daily precipitation	45.7 mm (1.8 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Nesbyen	Norway	Record daily precipitation	25.2 mm (1.0 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Forse	Sweden	Record daily precipitation	38.4 mm (1.5 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Tuddal	Norway	Record daily precipitation	43.0 mm (1.7 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Adavale Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Goonoo Goonoo Station	Australia	Record daily precipitation	41.4 mm (1.6 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Lucinda Township	Australia	Record daily precipitation	37.6 mm (1.5 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Halmstad	Sweden	Record daily precipitation	33.3 mm (1.3 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Wangerooge	Germany	Record daily precipitation	27.3 mm (1.1 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Jaggiayapet	India	Record daily precipitation	77.7 mm (3.1 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Sachor	India	Record daily precipitation	111.8 mm (4.4 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Chechat	India	Record daily precipitation	88.9 mm (3.5 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Garah (Bengerang)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	30.0 mm (1.2 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Boorolong	Australia	Record daily precipitation	35.6 mm (1.4 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Tunhovd	Norway	Record daily precipitation	31.0 mm (1.2 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Coloso	Puerto Rico [United States]	Record daily precipitation	61.0 mm (2.4 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Hayward Rs	United States	Record daily precipitation	38.9 mm (1.5 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Tiruvallur	India	Record daily precipitation	36.3 mm (1.4 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Gudur	India	Record daily precipitation	37.6 mm (1.5 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Boggabri (Milchengowrie)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	34.0 mm (1.3 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Kingston	United States	Record low minimum temperature	6.1 C (43.0 F)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Rajgarh	India	Record daily precipitation	87.6 mm (3.4 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Rauland	Norway	Record daily precipitation	27.0 mm (1.1 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Ponneri	India	Record daily precipitation	25.1 mm (1.0 in)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Listowel Downs	Australia	Record daily precipitation	27.7 mm (1.1 in)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Colchester 2 W	United States	Record low minimum temperature	7.2 C (45.0 F)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Kinston 7 SE	United States	Record low maximum temperature	23.9 C (75.0 F)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Charleville Post Office	Australia	Record high minimum temperature	13.9 C (57.0 F)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Nandigama	India	Record daily precipitation	63.8 mm (2.5 in)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Pattikonda	India	Record daily precipitation	42.7 mm (1.7 in)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Chainpur	India	Record daily precipitation	92.7 mm (3.6 in)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Tharad	India	Record daily precipitation	67.1 mm (2.6 in)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Manbazar	India	Record daily precipitation	74.7 mm (2.9 in)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Mayaguez City	Puerto Rico [United States]	Record low maximum temperature	30.0 C (86.0 F)	21 of 100 (Routine)
St. Petersburg	Russia	Record high maximum temperature	28.1 C (82.6 F)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Southern Pines 2 W	United States	Record low minimum temperature	15.6 C (60.1 F)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Collarenebri (Goondoobluie)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	24.6 mm (1.0 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Vanrhysdorp	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	16.5 mm (0.6 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Charleville Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	24.4 mm (1.0 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Breeza (Main Street)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	15.7 mm (0.6 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Philippolis (Pol)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	6.4 mm (0.25 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Napa State Hospital	United States	Record daily precipitation	5.1 mm (0.20 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Hillmoor	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	11.9 mm (0.5 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Molteno (Mun)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	8.6 mm (0.34 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Port Germein	Australia	Record daily precipitation	6.9 mm (0.27 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Cheviot Fells	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	17.8 mm (0.7 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Cairns Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	18.8 mm (0.7 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Pearston (Pol)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	7.9 mm (0.31 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Collarenebri (Dunumbral)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	13.5 mm (0.5 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Lightning Ridge Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	6.1 mm (0.24 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Weilmoringle	Australia	Record daily precipitation	10.9 mm (0.4 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
George Airport	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	5.3 mm (0.21 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Aberdeen Rd (Sar)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	4.6 mm (0.18 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Thomas River (Sar)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	8.6 mm (0.34 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Booleroo Centre	Australia	Record daily precipitation	8.1 mm (0.32 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Beaconsfield	Australia	Record daily precipitation	12.7 mm (0.5 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Kamferskraal	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	3.3 mm (0.13 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Cradock	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	10.4 mm (0.4 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

368 records

Records set or tied on 22 July 1937 by type: Highest daily maximum 39, Lowest daily maximum 18, Highest daily minimum 48, Lowest daily minimum 48, Heaviest daily rainfall 215.

Records on 22 July 1937 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	39
Lowest daily maximum	18
Highest daily minimum	48
Lowest daily minimum	48
Heaviest daily rainfall	215
Heaviest daily snowfall	0
Deepest snow cover	0

Records on 22 July 1937 by timescale: all-time 2, monthly 2, daily 364.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

290 broken records

Margins by which the 290 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 66.8. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

22 July 1937

Top 20 records on 22 July 1937 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
22 July 1937	Raiford State Prison, US	daily rain	76.7 mm (3.0 in)	58.4 mm (2.3 in)	22 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
22 July 1937	Athipettu, IN	daily rain	45.7 mm (1.8 in)	39.1 mm (1.5 in)	16 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
22 July 1937	Cumbam, IN	daily rain	45.7 mm (1.8 in)	32.2 mm (1.3 in)	22 years	42 of 100 (Notable)
22 July 1937	Nesbyen, NO	daily rain	25.2 mm (1.0 in)	18.4 mm (0.7 in)	24 years	41 of 100 (Notable)
22 July 1937	Forse, SE	daily rain	38.4 mm (1.5 in)	24.6 mm (1.0 in)	20 years	41 of 100 (Notable)
22 July 1937	Tuddal, NO	daily rain	43.0 mm (1.7 in)	20.0 mm (0.8 in)	38 years	38 of 100 (Notable)
22 July 1937	Adavale Post Office, AU	daily rain	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	47 years	37 of 100 (Notable)
22 July 1937	Goonoo Goonoo Station, AU	daily rain	41.4 mm (1.6 in)	17.3 mm (0.7 in)	52 years	37 of 100 (Notable)
22 July 1937	Lucinda Township, AU	daily rain	37.6 mm (1.5 in)	33.0 mm (1.3 in)	43 years	36 of 100 (Notable)
22 July 1937	Halmstad, SE	daily rain	33.3 mm (1.3 in)	12.5 mm (0.5 in)	43 years	36 of 100 (Notable)
22 July 1937	Wangerooge, DE	daily rain	27.3 mm (1.1 in)	10.3 mm (0.4 in)	45 years	33 of 100 (Routine)
22 July 1937	Jaggiayapet, IN	daily rain	77.7 mm (3.1 in)	34.8 mm (1.4 in)	15 years	32 of 100 (Routine)
22 July 1937	Sachor, IN	daily rain	111.8 mm (4.4 in)	66.8 mm (2.6 in)	10 years	31 of 100 (Routine)
22 July 1937	Chechat, IN	daily rain	88.9 mm (3.5 in)	50.5 mm (2.0 in)	20 years	31 of 100 (Routine)
22 July 1937	Garah (Bengerang), AU	daily rain	30.0 mm (1.2 in)	20.6 mm (0.8 in)	16 years	30 of 100 (Routine)
22 July 1937	Boorolong, AU	daily rain	35.6 mm (1.4 in)	17.3 mm (0.7 in)	19 years	30 of 100 (Routine)
22 July 1937	Tunhovd, NO	daily rain	31.0 mm (1.2 in)	8.2 mm (0.32 in)	38 years	30 of 100 (Routine)
22 July 1937	Coloso, PR	daily rain	61.0 mm (2.4 in)	38.6 mm (1.5 in)	19 years	30 of 100 (Routine)
22 July 1937	Hayward Rs, US	daily rain	38.9 mm (1.5 in)	24.4 mm (1.0 in)	31 years	30 of 100 (Routine)
22 July 1937	Tiruvallur, IN	daily rain	36.3 mm (1.4 in)	21.8 mm (0.9 in)	30 years	29 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

1793 to 1937

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1793 to 1937. 1937 had 368 records.

Counts for years before the ledger starts come from the same station rules.

Records on 07-22 in each year
Year	Records
1793	1
1794	1
1796	1
1797	2
1806	2
1808	1
1809	1
1811	1
1813	1
1836	1
1838	1
1839	1
1844	1
1845	1
1850	1
1854	2
1855	1
1856	1
1857	1
1859	1
1867	1
1868	5
1870	1
1871	1
1874	1
1875	1
1876	2
1878	2
1879	2
1880	2
1881	2
1883	1
1885	3
1886	5
1887	2
1889	5
1890	5
1891	3
1892	3
1893	2
1894	3
1895	2
1896	5
1897	2
1898	4
1900	4
1901	12
1902	3
1903	10
1904	4
1905	12
1906	20
1907	11
1908	9
1909	7
1910	30
1911	26
1912	40
1913	38
1914	52
1915	28
1916	39
1917	34
1918	212
1919	36
1920	71
1921	172
1922	54
1923	107
1924	342
1925	268
1926	345
1927	329
1928	200
1929	267
1930	282
1931	367
1932	291
1933	307
1934	805
1935	250
1936	331
1937	368
1938	404
1939	345
1940	470
1941	236
1942	278
1943	392
1944	633
1945	280
1946	455
1947	1,196
1948	533
1949	419
1950	738
1951	384
1952	797
1953	404
1954	668
1955	618
1956	350
1957	544
1958	450
1959	581
1960	419
1961	519
1962	393
1963	504
1964	418
1965	543
1966	541
1967	295
1968	473
1969	454
1970	1,105
1971	449
1972	715
1973	981
1974	602
1975	335
1976	521
1977	478
1978	1,172
1979	646
1980	844
1981	1,551
1982	710
1983	1,025
1984	945
1985	712
1986	784
1987	1,234
1988	1,001
1989	838
1990	1,026
1991	810
1992	1,393
1993	1,193
1994	1,075
1995	1,241
1996	1,062
1997	1,106
1998	989
1999	756
2000	1,020
2001	1,183
2002	1,002
2003	1,536
2004	805
2005	1,197
2006	1,938
2007	1,190
2008	839
2009	1,294
2010	1,350
2011	1,940
2012	675
2013	604
2014	669
2015	661
2016	895
2017	509
2018	910
2019	513
2020	453
2021	558
2022	782
2023	676
2024	718
2025	877
2026	873

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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	229
10 to 20	34
20 to 30	13
30 to 40	9
40 to 50	2
50 to 60	2
60 to 70	1