Weather Records on 22 June 1940

556 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 22 June 1940. Highest significance: Douglas Smelter, US.

Key Facts for 22 June 1940

On 22 June 1940, 556 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
67 were record highs and 343 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 7 were all-time records, 7 monthly and 542 daily.
Douglas Smelter set a monthly record daily precipitation of 49.0 mm (1.9 in) on 22 June 1940.
Across 160 earlier years (1794 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 433 records.

Record Map

556 stations

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

Weather records on 22 June 1940: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Douglas Smelter	United States	Record daily precipitation	49.0 mm (1.9 in)	63 of 100 (Major)
Fond du Lac Wwtp	United States	Record daily precipitation	86.4 mm (3.4 in)	56 of 100 (Notable)
Port Arthur	Australia	Record daily precipitation	40.6 mm (1.6 in)	55 of 100 (Notable)
Milwaukee Wb City	United States	Record daily precipitation	114.0 mm (4.5 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Pine River 3 NE	United States	Record daily precipitation	78.0 mm (3.1 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Port Washington	United States	Record daily precipitation	68.1 mm (2.7 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Grand River Lock	United States	Record daily precipitation	135.9 mm (5.4 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Darlington Wwtp	United States	Record daily precipitation	76.2 mm (3.0 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Tada	India	Record daily precipitation	102.9 mm (4.1 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Madison Wb City	United States	Record daily precipitation	67.6 mm (2.7 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Oshkosh	United States	Record daily precipitation	118.1 mm (4.6 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Waukesha Wwtp	United States	Record daily precipitation	102.9 mm (4.1 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Waupaca	United States	Record daily precipitation	115.8 mm (4.6 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Yeola	India	Record daily precipitation	143.5 mm (5.6 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
S Haven	United States	Record daily precipitation	50.0 mm (2.0 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Cape May 2 NW	United States	Record low minimum temperature	8.3 C (46.9 F)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Hosur	India	Record daily precipitation	34.3 mm (1.4 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Ft Davis	United States	Record daily precipitation	35.1 mm (1.4 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Neillsville 3ESE	United States	Record daily precipitation	115.1 mm (4.5 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Racine Wwtp	United States	Record daily precipitation	54.4 mm (2.1 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Timovskoe	Russia	Record daily precipitation	29.6 mm (1.2 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Burnett 3 S	United States	Record daily precipitation	134.9 mm (5.3 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Hancock Exp Farm	United States	Record daily precipitation	128.0 mm (5.0 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Kottarakara	India	Record daily precipitation	227.3 mm (8.9 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Sydney	Canada	Record daily precipitation	53.6 mm (2.1 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Dhone	India	Record daily precipitation	34.0 mm (1.3 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Nogales	United States	Record low maximum temperature	22.2 C (72.0 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Simcoe	Canada	Record low maximum temperature	16.1 C (61.0 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Stanley Wwtp	United States	Record daily precipitation	51.1 mm (2.0 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Hatfield	United States	Record daily precipitation	62.2 mm (2.4 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Bisbee	United States	Record low minimum temperature	8.9 C (48.0 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Tombstone	United States	Record low maximum temperature	22.8 C (73.0 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Cambridge Water Trmt P	United States	Record low minimum temperature	7.8 C (46.0 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Chandor	India	Record daily precipitation	54.9 mm (2.2 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Layton 3 NW	United States	Record low minimum temperature	0.0 C (32.0 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Gage	United States	Record daily precipitation	33.0 mm (1.3 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Menasha	United States	Record daily precipitation	40.9 mm (1.6 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Brockville	Canada	Record low minimum temperature	5.6 C (42.1 F)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Tucson WFO	United States	Record low maximum temperature	29.4 C (84.9 F)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Bridgeville 1 NW	United States	Record low minimum temperature	5.6 C (42.1 F)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Milford 2 SE	United States	Record low minimum temperature	7.2 C (45.0 F)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Cumberland	United States	Record low minimum temperature	6.1 C (43.0 F)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Emmitsburg	United States	Record low minimum temperature	5.0 C (41.0 F)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Turners Falls	United States	Record low minimum temperature	3.3 C (37.9 F)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Moorestown 4 E	United States	Record low minimum temperature	6.1 C (43.0 F)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Greensburg	United States	Record low minimum temperature	7.2 C (45.0 F)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Portland	United States	Record low minimum temperature	7.8 C (46.0 F)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Salisbury	United States	Record low minimum temperature	6.1 C (43.0 F)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Fall River	United States	Record low minimum temperature	6.7 C (44.1 F)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Charlotte	United States	Record daily precipitation	25.9 mm (1.0 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Flemington 5 NNW	United States	Record low minimum temperature	6.1 C (43.0 F)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Belhaven 1 SE	United States	Record low minimum temperature	8.9 C (48.0 F)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Chatra	India	Record daily precipitation	71.9 mm (2.8 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Oracle	United States	Record low maximum temperature	25.6 C (78.1 F)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Darlington	United States	Record low minimum temperature	6.1 C (43.0 F)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Woodstock	United States	Record low minimum temperature	5.0 C (41.0 F)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Lake Cochituate	United States	Record low minimum temperature	0.6 C (33.1 F)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Lowell	United States	Record low minimum temperature	6.1 C (43.0 F)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Hightstown 2 W	United States	Record low minimum temperature	5.6 C (42.1 F)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Indian Mills 2 W	United States	Record low minimum temperature	2.8 C (37.0 F)	25 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

556 records

Records set or tied on 22 June 1940 by type: Highest daily maximum 20, Lowest daily maximum 68, Highest daily minimum 47, Lowest daily minimum 275, Heaviest daily rainfall 146.

Records on 22 June 1940 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	20
Lowest daily maximum	68
Highest daily minimum	47
Lowest daily minimum	275
Heaviest daily rainfall	146
Heaviest daily snowfall	0
Deepest snow cover	0

Records on 22 June 1940 by timescale: all-time 7, monthly 7, daily 542.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

450 broken records

Margins by which the 450 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 96.0. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

22 June 1940

Top 20 records on 22 June 1940 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
22 June 1940	Douglas Smelter, US	monthly rain	49.0 mm (1.9 in)	23.9 mm (0.9 in)	35 years	63 of 100 (Major)
22 June 1940	Fond du Lac Wwtp, US	daily rain	86.4 mm (3.4 in)	60.2 mm (2.4 in)	40 years	56 of 100 (Notable)
22 June 1940	Port Arthur, AU	daily rain	40.6 mm (1.6 in)	17.7 mm (0.7 in)	102 years	55 of 100 (Notable)
22 June 1940	Milwaukee Wb City, US	daily rain	114.0 mm (4.5 in)	75.6 mm (3.0 in)	26 years	54 of 100 (Notable)
22 June 1940	Pine River 3 NE, US	daily rain	78.0 mm (3.1 in)	60.2 mm (2.4 in)	31 years	53 of 100 (Notable)
22 June 1940	Port Washington, US	daily rain	68.1 mm (2.7 in)	54.1 mm (2.1 in)	31 years	53 of 100 (Notable)
22 June 1940	Grand River Lock, US	all-time rain	135.9 mm (5.4 in)	34.8 mm (1.4 in)	1 year	52 of 100 (Notable)
22 June 1940	Darlington Wwtp, US	daily rain	76.2 mm (3.0 in)	54.6 mm (2.1 in)	24 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
22 June 1940	Tada, IN	monthly rain	102.9 mm (4.1 in)	31.0 mm (1.2 in)	17 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
22 June 1940	Madison Wb City, US	daily rain	67.6 mm (2.7 in)	46.3 mm (1.8 in)	9 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
22 June 1940	Oshkosh, US	daily rain	118.1 mm (4.6 in)	96.0 mm (3.8 in)	11 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
22 June 1940	Waukesha Wwtp, US	all-time rain	102.9 mm (4.1 in)	16.5 mm (0.6 in)	24 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
22 June 1940	Waupaca, US	all-time rain	115.8 mm (4.6 in)	24.4 mm (1.0 in)	15 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
22 June 1940	Yeola, IN	all-time rain	143.5 mm (5.6 in)	15.2 mm (0.6 in)	27 years	41 of 100 (Notable)
22 June 1940	S Haven, US	daily rain	50.0 mm (2.0 in)	26.9 mm (1.1 in)	37 years	39 of 100 (Notable)
22 June 1940	Cape May 2 NW, US	daily low min	8.3 C (46.9 F)	4.5 C (8.1 F)	58 years	39 of 100 (Notable)
22 June 1940	Hosur, IN	daily rain	34.3 mm (1.4 in)	24.4 mm (1.0 in)	37 years	37 of 100 (Notable)
22 June 1940	Ft Davis, US	daily rain	35.1 mm (1.4 in)	28.7 mm (1.1 in)	8 years	37 of 100 (Notable)
22 June 1940	Neillsville 3ESE, US	all-time rain	115.1 mm (4.5 in)	12.2 mm (0.5 in)	18 years	37 of 100 (Notable)
22 June 1940	Racine Wwtp, US	daily rain	54.4 mm (2.1 in)	26.0 mm (1.0 in)	26 years	37 of 100 (Notable)

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

1794 to 1940

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1794 to 1940. 1940 had 556 records.

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

Records on 06-22 in each year
Year	Records
1794	1
1795	1
1796	1
1812	1
1814	1
1821	1
1828	1
1834	1
1839	2
1849	1
1853	1
1855	1
1861	5
1866	1
1868	1
1869	2
1871	1
1874	2
1875	1
1881	1
1882	1
1884	2
1885	2
1886	2
1887	3
1888	2
1889	1
1892	3
1893	1
1894	1
1895	3
1896	1
1898	4
1899	4
1900	3
1901	7
1902	7
1903	10
1904	16
1905	18
1906	17
1907	19
1908	23
1909	18
1910	50
1911	13
1912	18
1913	70
1914	21
1915	46
1916	71
1917	42
1918	56
1919	28
1920	59
1921	95
1922	28
1923	159
1924	89
1925	248
1926	199
1927	116
1928	179
1929	132
1930	218
1931	255
1932	171
1933	496
1934	236
1935	292
1936	703
1937	447
1938	294
1939	300
1940	556
1941	411
1942	456
1943	361
1944	371
1945	485
1946	267
1947	828
1948	562
1949	382
1950	403
1951	382
1952	523
1953	587
1954	480
1955	345
1956	376
1957	685
1958	754
1959	352
1960	341
1961	720
1962	257
1963	855
1964	423
1965	493
1966	485
1967	604
1968	325
1969	715
1970	562
1971	315
1972	1,308
1973	654
1974	608
1975	789
1976	645
1977	558
1978	377
1979	476
1980	503
1981	1,055
1982	714
1983	1,096
1984	513
1985	447
1986	505
1987	1,192
1988	2,112
1989	960
1990	778
1991	819
1992	2,071
1993	756
1994	747
1995	840
1996	894
1997	1,010
1998	1,402
1999	724
2000	980
2001	799
2002	971
2003	975
2004	769
2005	1,014
2006	803
2007	954
2008	719
2009	1,029
2010	889
2011	1,018
2012	1,076
2013	482
2014	390
2015	647
2016	798
2017	1,180
2018	511
2019	1,183
2020	517
2021	1,147
2022	714
2023	1,242
2024	749
2025	1,849
2026	837

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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 20	422
20 to 40	20
40 to 60	4
60 to 80	3
80 to 100	1