Weather Records on 22 August 1939

517 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 22 August 1939. Highest significance: Prince Albert Road (Sar), ZA.

Key Facts for 22 August 1939

On 22 August 1939, 517 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
141 were record highs and 109 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 0 were all-time records, 13 monthly and 504 daily.
Prince Albert Road (Sar) set a monthly record daily precipitation of 32.3 mm (1.3 in) on 22 August 1939.
Across 167 earlier years (1802 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 436 records.

Record Map

517 stations

517 station records on 22 August 1939 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 22 August 1939: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Prince Albert Road (Sar)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	32.3 mm (1.3 in)	66 of 100 (Major)
Willowmore	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	41.9 mm (1.6 in)	61 of 100 (Major)
George Airport	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	78.7 mm (3.1 in)	57 of 100 (Notable)
Prince Albert Road	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	27.2 mm (1.1 in)	57 of 100 (Notable)
Millwood (Bos)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	69.3 mm (2.7 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Kamferskraal	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	35.1 mm (1.4 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Goudveld (Bos)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	53.8 mm (2.1 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Middelwater	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	28.2 mm (1.1 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Caveside	Australia	Record daily precipitation	50.8 mm (2.0 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Harkerville (Bos)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	53.3 mm (2.1 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Klipplaat (Sar)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	26.9 mm (1.1 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Sheffield	Australia	Record daily precipitation	54.4 mm (2.1 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Steytlerville (Mag)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	30.5 mm (1.2 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Fairlight Station	Australia	Record daily precipitation	36.1 mm (1.4 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Laurel Hill (Kundiewa)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	55.9 mm (2.2 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Mount Pleasant	Australia	Record daily precipitation	39.6 mm (1.6 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Buffelsnek (Bos)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	51.1 mm (2.0 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Collingrove	Australia	Record daily precipitation	31.0 mm (1.2 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Great Brak River	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	33.0 mm (1.3 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Taralga Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	28.2 mm (1.1 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Marseille Obs. Palais-Lonchamp	France	Record daily precipitation	29.8 mm (1.2 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Ridgley	Australia	Record daily precipitation	42.4 mm (1.7 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Burrinjuck Dam	Australia	Record daily precipitation	38.1 mm (1.5 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Irishtown	Australia	Record daily precipitation	28.7 mm (1.1 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Yolla (Sea View)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	46.2 mm (1.8 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Bakensrug	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	47.5 mm (1.9 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Franklin Sewage Plt	United States	Record low minimum temperature	8.3 C (46.9 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Gundagai	Australia	Record daily precipitation	26.9 mm (1.1 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Bowning (Wanganui)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	31.2 mm (1.2 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Somwarpet	India	Record daily precipitation	118.1 mm (4.6 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Tranebjerg	Denmark	Record high maximum temperature	26.0 C (78.8 F)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Witelsbos (Bos)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	50.0 mm (2.0 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Jingellic	Australia	Record daily precipitation	27.2 mm (1.1 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Fazilka	India	Record daily precipitation	61.7 mm (2.4 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Mackay Lost Rvr Rs	United States	Record high maximum temperature	38.3 C (100.9 F)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Pearl River	United States	Record daily precipitation	40.6 mm (1.6 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Mackay Post Office	Australia	Record high maximum temperature	29.2 C (84.6 F)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Cavan	Australia	Record daily precipitation	28.2 mm (1.1 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Ringarooma (Charles Street)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	50.5 mm (2.0 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Scottsdale	Australia	Record daily precipitation	37.8 mm (1.5 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Nordby (Fano)	Denmark	Record high minimum temperature	18.1 C (64.6 F)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Koebenhavn: Landbohojskolen-1	Denmark	Record high minimum temperature	18.8 C (65.8 F)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Mount Best (Upper Toora)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	33.8 mm (1.3 in)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Branxholm (Stoke Street)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	40.4 mm (1.6 in)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Schreiber	Canada	Record daily precipitation	35.6 mm (1.4 in)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Elkader 6 SSW	United States	Record low maximum temperature	20.6 C (69.1 F)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Tumut (Wattle Cres)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	31.8 mm (1.3 in)	23 of 100 (Routine)
St Georges	Canada	Record high maximum temperature	26.7 C (80.1 F)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Koebenhavn: Landbohojskolen-1	Denmark	Record high maximum temperature	27.7 C (81.9 F)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Aberdeen (Tnk)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	28.2 mm (1.1 in)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Ft Bidwell	United States	Record high maximum temperature	35.6 C (96.1 F)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Kiandra Chalet	Australia	Record daily precipitation	39.4 mm (1.6 in)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Waratah (Mount Road)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	43.4 mm (1.7 in)	22 of 100 (Routine)
New Westminster	Canada	Record high maximum temperature	30.6 C (87.1 F)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Lubeck-Werft	Germany	Record high minimum temperature	18.5 C (65.3 F)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Narasimharajapura	India	Record daily precipitation	58.9 mm (2.3 in)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Tipton	United States	Record low maximum temperature	18.3 C (64.9 F)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Frankford (Rossville)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	30.2 mm (1.2 in)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Waren	Germany	Record high maximum temperature	32.0 C (89.6 F)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Linkoeping-Malmslaett	Sweden	Record high maximum temperature	28.3 C (82.9 F)	21 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

517 records

Records set or tied on 22 August 1939 by type: Highest daily maximum 67, Lowest daily maximum 42, Highest daily minimum 74, Lowest daily minimum 67, Heaviest daily rainfall 267.

Records on 22 August 1939 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	67
Lowest daily maximum	42
Highest daily minimum	74
Lowest daily minimum	67
Heaviest daily rainfall	267
Heaviest daily snowfall	0
Deepest snow cover	0

Records on 22 August 1939 by timescale: all-time 0, monthly 13, daily 504.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

424 broken records

Margins by which the 424 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 55.6. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

22 August 1939

Top 20 records on 22 August 1939 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
22 August 1939	Prince Albert Road (Sar), ZA	monthly rain	32.3 mm (1.3 in)	14.5 mm (0.6 in)	48 years	66 of 100 (Major)
22 August 1939	Willowmore, ZA	daily rain	41.9 mm (1.6 in)	27.9 mm (1.1 in)	52 years	61 of 100 (Major)
22 August 1939	George Airport, ZA	daily rain	78.7 mm (3.1 in)	55.6 mm (2.2 in)	37 years	57 of 100 (Notable)
22 August 1939	Prince Albert Road, ZA	daily rain	27.2 mm (1.1 in)	24.7 mm (1.0 in)	39 years	57 of 100 (Notable)
22 August 1939	Millwood (Bos), ZA	daily rain	69.3 mm (2.7 in)	39.1 mm (1.5 in)	51 years	54 of 100 (Notable)
22 August 1939	Kamferskraal, ZA	daily rain	35.1 mm (1.4 in)	30.0 mm (1.2 in)	24 years	52 of 100 (Notable)
22 August 1939	Goudveld (Bos), ZA	daily rain	53.8 mm (2.1 in)	34.7 mm (1.4 in)	44 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
22 August 1939	Middelwater, ZA	daily rain	28.2 mm (1.1 in)	26.7 mm (1.1 in)	34 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
22 August 1939	Caveside, AU	daily rain	50.8 mm (2.0 in)	32.0 mm (1.3 in)	30 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
22 August 1939	Harkerville (Bos), ZA	daily rain	53.3 mm (2.1 in)	37.8 mm (1.5 in)	24 years	44 of 100 (Notable)
22 August 1939	Klipplaat (Sar), ZA	daily rain	26.9 mm (1.1 in)	25.1 mm (1.0 in)	28 years	43 of 100 (Notable)
22 August 1939	Sheffield, AU	daily rain	54.4 mm (2.1 in)	37.1 mm (1.5 in)	10 years	41 of 100 (Notable)
22 August 1939	Steytlerville (Mag), ZA	daily rain	30.5 mm (1.2 in)	28.2 mm (1.1 in)	24 years	39 of 100 (Notable)
22 August 1939	Fairlight Station, AU	daily rain	36.1 mm (1.4 in)	17.8 mm (0.7 in)	44 years	37 of 100 (Notable)
22 August 1939	Laurel Hill (Kundiewa), AU	daily rain	55.9 mm (2.2 in)	21.6 mm (0.9 in)	44 years	36 of 100 (Notable)
22 August 1939	Mount Pleasant, AU	daily rain	39.6 mm (1.6 in)	17.5 mm (0.7 in)	13 years	35 of 100 (Notable)
22 August 1939	Buffelsnek (Bos), ZA	daily rain	51.1 mm (2.0 in)	22.9 mm (0.9 in)	33 years	34 of 100 (Routine)
22 August 1939	Collingrove, AU	daily rain	31.0 mm (1.2 in)	8.9 mm (0.35 in)	46 years	33 of 100 (Routine)
22 August 1939	Great Brak River, ZA	daily rain	33.0 mm (1.3 in)	14.2 mm (0.6 in)	37 years	33 of 100 (Routine)
22 August 1939	Taralga Post Office, AU	daily rain	28.2 mm (1.1 in)	16.0 mm (0.6 in)	20 years	32 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

1802 to 1939

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1802 to 1939. 1939 had 517 records.

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

Records on 08-22 in each year
Year	Records
1802	2
1803	1
1805	1
1812	1
1816	1
1835	1
1839	2
1843	1
1846	2
1849	1
1850	1
1853	1
1857	1
1863	1
1864	1
1867	1
1868	1
1869	1
1870	4
1872	1
1875	1
1876	3
1877	3
1878	2
1882	1
1883	1
1884	1
1885	1
1886	1
1887	2
1888	2
1889	3
1891	2
1892	6
1893	3
1894	7
1895	6
1896	2
1897	4
1898	6
1899	5
1900	1
1901	5
1902	6
1903	3
1904	8
1905	7
1906	24
1907	7
1908	29
1909	5
1910	19
1911	20
1912	39
1913	30
1914	18
1915	31
1916	75
1917	47
1918	85
1919	18
1920	60
1921	64
1922	44
1923	279
1924	148
1925	219
1926	144
1927	154
1928	134
1929	240
1930	276
1931	388
1932	222
1933	367
1934	234
1935	337
1936	954
1937	421
1938	501
1939	517
1940	503
1941	249
1942	500
1943	517
1944	526
1945	475
1946	410
1947	1,034
1948	297
1949	570
1950	460
1951	452
1952	372
1953	348
1954	466
1955	553
1956	785
1957	371
1958	511
1959	547
1960	612
1961	562
1962	329
1963	419
1964	686
1965	423
1966	830
1967	404
1968	1,091
1969	727
1970	368
1971	1,021
1972	436
1973	611
1974	628
1975	597
1976	722
1977	655
1978	529
1979	547
1980	640
1981	795
1982	912
1983	1,366
1984	739
1985	793
1986	1,073
1987	801
1988	1,133
1989	753
1990	808
1991	808
1992	994
1993	845
1994	803
1995	1,002
1996	942
1997	1,381
1998	1,016
1999	756
2000	867
2001	940
2002	1,385
2003	1,550
2004	1,029
2005	887
2006	832
2007	1,801
2008	869
2009	1,347
2010	1,397
2011	1,255
2012	831
2013	450
2014	911
2015	529
2016	730
2017	537
2018	752
2019	558
2020	1,041
2021	683
2022	781
2023	1,525
2024	803
2025	1,359
2026	992

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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	350
10 to 20	51
20 to 30	14
30 to 40	6
40 to 50	2
50 to 60	1