Weather Records on 22 April 1940

434 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 22 April 1940. Highest significance: Sussex, CA.

Key Facts for 22 April 1940

On 22 April 1940, 434 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
85 were record highs and 182 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 0 were all-time records, 11 monthly and 423 daily.
Sussex set a monthly record daily snowfall of 36.3 cm (14.3 in) on 22 April 1940.
Across 164 earlier years (1800 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 445 records.

Record Map

434 stations

434 station records on 22 April 1940 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 22 April 1940: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Sussex	Canada	Record daily snowfall	36.3 cm (14.3 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Dickinson Exp STN	United States	Record daily precipitation	45.0 mm (1.8 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Penukonda	India	Record daily precipitation	59.7 mm (2.4 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Kangra	India	Record daily precipitation	48.3 mm (1.9 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Alur	India	Record daily precipitation	69.1 mm (2.7 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Holbrook (Annandayle)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	34.0 mm (1.3 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Puttur	India	Record daily precipitation	49.5 mm (1.9 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Gannapan	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	29.2 mm (1.1 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Shiggaon	India	Record daily precipitation	58.4 mm (2.3 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Portland	United States	Record daily snowfall	17.8 cm (7.0 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Le Mars	United States	Record daily precipitation	27.2 mm (1.1 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Madakasira	India	Record daily precipitation	42.2 mm (1.7 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Somwarpet	India	Record daily precipitation	44.5 mm (1.8 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Sunticoppa	India	Record daily precipitation	48.8 mm (1.9 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Bathurst	Canada	Record daily snowfall	7.6 cm (3.0 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Parrsboro	Canada	Record daily snowfall	20.3 cm (8.0 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Palampur	India	Record daily precipitation	39.6 mm (1.6 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Turuvekere	India	Record daily precipitation	48.5 mm (1.9 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Wokha	India	Record daily precipitation	35.1 mm (1.4 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Auburn	United States	Record daily snowfall	5.1 cm (2.0 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Rayadurg	India	Record daily precipitation	30.5 mm (1.2 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Chittur	India	Record daily precipitation	56.9 mm (2.2 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Eastport	United States	Record low maximum temperature	0.6 C (33.1 F)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Wilmington Wb City	United States	Record low minimum temperature	4.4 C (39.9 F)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Windsor Kings College	Canada	Record daily precipitation	32.0 mm (1.3 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Gorlitz	Germany	Record high maximum temperature	23.6 C (74.5 F)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Farmington	United States	Record daily precipitation	41.9 mm (1.6 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Hanover	United States	Record low maximum temperature	2.2 C (36.0 F)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Saunur(Savnur)	India	Record daily precipitation	28.4 mm (1.1 in)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Blue Hill Coop	United States	Record daily snowfall	7.6 cm (3.0 in)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Lake Cochituate	United States	Record low maximum temperature	3.9 C (39.0 F)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Uccle	Belgium	Record high maximum temperature	25.6 C (78.1 F)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Sussex	Canada	Record daily precipitation	36.3 mm (1.4 in)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Karlsruhe	Germany	Record high maximum temperature	25.4 C (77.7 F)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Fichtelberg	Germany	Record high minimum temperature	8.0 C (46.4 F)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Napoklu	India	Record daily precipitation	48.8 mm (1.9 in)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Tumkur	India	Record daily precipitation	37.3 mm (1.5 in)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Lares	Puerto Rico [United States]	Record high minimum temperature	25.0 C (77.0 F)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Moncton	Canada	Record daily snowfall	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Saint John	Canada	Record daily snowfall	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Tadpatri	India	Record daily precipitation	30.0 mm (1.2 in)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Buskala Rch	United States	Record daily snowfall	16.5 cm (6.5 in)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Mudigere	India	Record daily precipitation	43.2 mm (1.7 in)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Sanivarsanthe	India	Record daily precipitation	55.9 mm (2.2 in)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Tyndall	United States	Record daily precipitation	37.3 mm (1.5 in)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Chernjaevo	Russia	Record daily precipitation	17.3 mm (0.7 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Storm Lake	United States	Record daily precipitation	16.5 mm (0.6 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Belleville	Canada	Record daily snowfall	0.5 cm (0.2 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Dehra Gopipur	India	Record daily precipitation	22.1 mm (0.9 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Stanton	United States	Record daily precipitation	23.9 mm (0.9 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Hiriyur	India	Record daily precipitation	12.7 mm (0.5 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Alton	United States	Record daily precipitation	17.3 mm (0.7 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Galway	Ireland	Record daily precipitation	12.2 mm (0.5 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Malur	India	Record daily precipitation	24.9 mm (1.0 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Kudligi	India	Record daily precipitation	22.6 mm (0.9 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Columbus 3 NE	United States	Record daily precipitation	16.3 mm (0.6 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Kurgan	Russia	Record daily precipitation	6.2 mm (0.24 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Kolar	India	Record daily precipitation	10.7 mm (0.4 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Ashley	United States	Record daily precipitation	16.8 mm (0.7 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Lead	United States	Record daily precipitation	19.6 mm (0.8 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

434 records

Records set or tied on 22 April 1940 by type: Highest daily maximum 61, Lowest daily maximum 135, Highest daily minimum 24, Lowest daily minimum 47, Heaviest daily rainfall 143, Heaviest daily snowfall 21, Deepest snow cover 3.

Records on 22 April 1940 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	61
Lowest daily maximum	135
Highest daily minimum	24
Lowest daily minimum	47
Heaviest daily rainfall	143
Heaviest daily snowfall	21
Deepest snow cover	3

Records on 22 April 1940 by timescale: all-time 0, monthly 11, daily 423.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

361 broken records

Margins by which the 361 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 163.0. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

22 April 1940

Top 20 records on 22 April 1940 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
22 April 1940	Sussex, CA	monthly snowfall	36.3 cm (14.3 in)	16.0 cm (6.3 in)	23 years	54 of 100 (Notable)
22 April 1940	Dickinson Exp STN, US	daily rain	45.0 mm (1.8 in)	22.1 mm (0.9 in)	36 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
22 April 1940	Penukonda, IN	daily rain	59.7 mm (2.4 in)	40.6 mm (1.6 in)	31 years	43 of 100 (Notable)
22 April 1940	Kangra, IN	daily rain	48.3 mm (1.9 in)	35.3 mm (1.4 in)	10 years	43 of 100 (Notable)
22 April 1940	Alur, IN	daily rain	69.1 mm (2.7 in)	56.9 mm (2.2 in)	18 years	43 of 100 (Notable)
22 April 1940	Holbrook (Annandayle), AU	daily rain	34.0 mm (1.3 in)	20.8 mm (0.8 in)	43 years	39 of 100 (Notable)
22 April 1940	Puttur, IN	daily rain	49.5 mm (1.9 in)	41.1 mm (1.6 in)	15 years	38 of 100 (Notable)
22 April 1940	Gannapan, ZA	daily rain	29.2 mm (1.1 in)	17.8 mm (0.7 in)	40 years	38 of 100 (Notable)
22 April 1940	Shiggaon, IN	monthly rain	58.4 mm (2.3 in)	18.5 mm (0.7 in)	18 years	37 of 100 (Notable)
22 April 1940	Portland, US	daily snowfall	17.8 cm (7.0 in)	16.3 cm (6.4 in)	12 years	34 of 100 (Routine)
22 April 1940	Le Mars, US	daily rain	27.2 mm (1.1 in)	22.9 mm (0.9 in)	20 years	32 of 100 (Routine)
22 April 1940	Madakasira, IN	daily rain	42.2 mm (1.7 in)	39.7 mm (1.6 in)	3 years	31 of 100 (Routine)
22 April 1940	Somwarpet, IN	daily rain	44.5 mm (1.8 in)	22.1 mm (0.9 in)	11 years	30 of 100 (Routine)
22 April 1940	Sunticoppa, IN	daily rain	48.8 mm (1.9 in)	26.7 mm (1.1 in)	15 years	30 of 100 (Routine)
22 April 1940	Bathurst, CA	daily snowfall	7.6 cm (3.0 in)	5.1 cm (2.0 in)	46 years	29 of 100 (Routine)
22 April 1940	Parrsboro, CA	daily snowfall	20.3 cm (8.0 in)	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	7 years	29 of 100 (Routine)
22 April 1940	Palampur, IN	daily rain	39.6 mm (1.6 in)	26.4 mm (1.0 in)	15 years	29 of 100 (Routine)
22 April 1940	Turuvekere, IN	monthly rain	48.5 mm (1.9 in)	10.4 mm (0.4 in)	11 years	28 of 100 (Routine)
22 April 1940	Wokha, IN	daily rain	35.1 mm (1.4 in)	19.4 mm (0.8 in)	38 years	28 of 100 (Routine)
22 April 1940	Auburn, US	daily snowfall	5.1 cm (2.0 in)	5.1 cm (2.0 in)	40 years	28 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

1800 to 1940

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1800 to 1940. 1940 had 434 records.

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

Records on 04-22 in each year
Year	Records
1800	1
1815	1
1817	1
1838	1
1842	1
1846	1
1849	1
1851	1
1852	2
1854	2
1855	2
1857	1
1861	1
1862	1
1864	1
1865	2
1868	1
1872	2
1873	1
1874	2
1875	1
1877	1
1879	1
1880	1
1881	1
1883	1
1884	3
1885	3
1888	4
1890	1
1891	1
1892	2
1893	2
1895	4
1896	1
1897	1
1898	4
1899	3
1900	4
1901	26
1902	13
1903	9
1904	6
1905	8
1906	11
1907	12
1908	14
1909	25
1910	27
1911	29
1912	35
1913	22
1914	79
1915	14
1916	56
1917	29
1918	63
1919	45
1920	55
1921	75
1922	81
1923	119
1924	132
1925	421
1926	148
1927	547
1928	380
1929	194
1930	207
1931	561
1932	266
1933	189
1934	340
1935	298
1936	543
1937	368
1938	243
1939	210
1940	434
1941	287
1942	286
1943	519
1944	565
1945	250
1946	555
1947	552
1948	454
1949	377
1950	584
1951	556
1952	636
1953	384
1954	545
1955	783
1956	249
1957	705
1958	411
1959	412
1960	1,107
1961	492
1962	329
1963	887
1964	1,109
1965	512
1966	534
1967	1,227
1968	870
1969	500
1970	1,048
1971	420
1972	780
1973	850
1974	647
1975	390
1976	363
1977	818
1978	765
1979	430
1980	1,632
1981	959
1982	1,073
1983	938
1984	1,128
1985	1,426
1986	1,381
1987	1,054
1988	971
1989	1,467
1990	815
1991	1,272
1992	1,155
1993	1,327
1994	812
1995	1,129
1996	1,051
1997	975
1998	1,174
1999	941
2000	1,202
2001	1,325
2002	1,406
2003	529
2004	647
2005	666
2006	797
2007	650
2008	844
2009	959
2010	902
2011	1,017
2012	1,212
2013	985
2014	437
2015	529
2016	593
2017	470
2018	688
2019	498
2020	598
2021	1,320
2022	505
2023	539
2024	663
2025	403
2026	727

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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 25	337
25 to 50	14
50 to 75	5
75 to 100	1
100 to 125	0
125 to 150	1
150 to 175	3