Weather Records on 22 July 1940

470 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 22 July 1940. Highest significance: Hathwa, IN.

Key Facts for 22 July 1940

On 22 July 1940, 470 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
236 were record highs and 17 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 1 were all-time records, 11 monthly and 458 daily.
Hathwa set a daily record precipitation of 173.7 mm (6.8 in) on 22 July 1940.
Across 171 earlier years (1793 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 433 records.

Record Map

470 stations

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

Weather records on 22 July 1940: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Hathwa	India	Record daily precipitation	173.7 mm (6.8 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Nanpara	India	Record daily precipitation	247.1 mm (9.7 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Ramnagar Sr	India	Record daily precipitation	335.8 mm (13.2 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Mahul Pnulpur	India	Record daily precipitation	148.1 mm (5.8 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Kerakat	India	Record daily precipitation	137.4 mm (5.4 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Nainital	India	Record daily precipitation	233.2 mm (9.2 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Wooramel	Australia	Record daily precipitation	39.4 mm (1.6 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Tahlee (Carrington (Church St)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	105.2 mm (4.1 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Dhanaha	India	Record daily precipitation	190.5 mm (7.5 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Godda	India	Record daily precipitation	116.8 mm (4.6 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Mongpoo	India	Record daily precipitation	239.3 mm (9.4 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Deogaon Lalganj	India	Record daily precipitation	133.4 mm (5.3 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Jalalpur	India	Record daily precipitation	114.3 mm (4.5 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Frankfurt/Main (Feldbergstr.)	Germany	Record daily precipitation	35.0 mm (1.4 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Darbhanga	India	Record daily precipitation	156.7 mm (6.2 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Siwan	India	Record daily precipitation	215.9 mm (8.5 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Padrauna	India	Record daily precipitation	131.1 mm (5.2 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Springfield	United States	Record daily precipitation	80.3 mm (3.2 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Carnarvon Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	39.1 mm (1.5 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Tanda	India	Record daily precipitation	126.0 mm (5.0 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Arrino	Australia	Record daily precipitation	49.3 mm (1.9 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Silli	India	Record daily precipitation	121.4 mm (4.8 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Haraiya	India	Record daily precipitation	170.2 mm (6.7 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Mariahu	India	Record daily precipitation	98.0 mm (3.9 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Higgins Lake	United States	Record daily precipitation	77.5 mm (3.1 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Mangowine	Australia	Record daily precipitation	27.9 mm (1.1 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Olaa 92	United States	Record daily precipitation	78.7 mm (3.1 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Jaunpur	India	Record daily precipitation	167.6 mm (6.6 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Burlington	United States	Record daily precipitation	42.4 mm (1.7 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Sheohar	India	Record daily precipitation	148.6 mm (5.9 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Boonville	United States	Record daily precipitation	53.6 mm (2.1 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Sikeston	United States	Record daily precipitation	85.6 mm (3.4 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Sitamarhi Sr	India	Record daily precipitation	153.4 mm (6.0 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Deoria	India	Record daily precipitation	138.4 mm (5.4 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Ludhiana	India	Record daily precipitation	156.5 mm (6.2 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Darauli	India	Record daily precipitation	104.1 mm (4.1 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Strawberry North	Australia	Record daily precipitation	34.0 mm (1.3 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Quindalup	Australia	Record daily precipitation	58.4 mm (2.3 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Barharwa	India	Record daily precipitation	156.0 mm (6.1 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Kharar	India	Record daily precipitation	77.5 mm (3.1 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Deols Chateauroux Aerodrome de	France	Record daily precipitation	51.5 mm (2.0 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Marsrakh	India	Record daily precipitation	104.9 mm (4.1 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Belmond	United States	Record high minimum temperature	26.1 C (79.0 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Antigo	United States	Record daily precipitation	52.1 mm (2.1 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Hamilton	Canada	Record high minimum temperature	22.2 C (72.0 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Kamalapuram	India	Record daily precipitation	55.9 mm (2.2 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Borio	India	Record daily precipitation	78.7 mm (3.1 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Akbarpur	India	Record daily precipitation	117.3 mm (4.6 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Gorakhpur	India	Record daily precipitation	114.8 mm (4.5 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Ardmore	United States	Record daily precipitation	58.4 mm (2.3 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Boologooro	Australia	Record daily precipitation	39.4 mm (1.6 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Margaret River 1	Australia	Record daily precipitation	49.5 mm (1.9 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Aurangabad	India	Record daily precipitation	130.0 mm (5.1 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Muhammadabad	India	Record daily precipitation	90.4 mm (3.6 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Basti	India	Record daily precipitation	139.7 mm (5.5 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Najibabad	India	Record daily precipitation	128.3 mm (5.1 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Bagaha	India	Record daily precipitation	201.2 mm (7.9 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Patti	India	Record daily precipitation	116.1 mm (4.6 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Darjeeling	India	Record daily precipitation	172.2 mm (6.8 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Washington	United States	Record high minimum temperature	25.6 C (78.1 F)	27 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

470 records

Records set or tied on 22 July 1940 by type: Highest daily maximum 110, Lowest daily maximum 4, Highest daily minimum 126, Lowest daily minimum 13, Heaviest daily rainfall 217.

Records on 22 July 1940 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	110
Lowest daily maximum	4
Highest daily minimum	126
Lowest daily minimum	13
Heaviest daily rainfall	217
Heaviest daily snowfall	0
Deepest snow cover	0

Records on 22 July 1940 by timescale: all-time 1, monthly 11, daily 458.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

360 broken records

Margins by which the 360 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 157.0. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

22 July 1940

Top 20 records on 22 July 1940 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
22 July 1940	Hathwa, IN	daily rain	173.7 mm (6.8 in)	105.4 mm (4.1 in)	33 years	53 of 100 (Notable)
22 July 1940	Nanpara, IN	daily rain	247.1 mm (9.7 in)	136.6 mm (5.4 in)	31 years	53 of 100 (Notable)
22 July 1940	Ramnagar Sr, IN	monthly rain	335.8 mm (13.2 in)	122.4 mm (4.8 in)	12 years	52 of 100 (Notable)
22 July 1940	Mahul Pnulpur, IN	daily rain	148.1 mm (5.8 in)	104.9 mm (4.1 in)	19 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
22 July 1940	Kerakat, IN	daily rain	137.4 mm (5.4 in)	78.7 mm (3.1 in)	30 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
22 July 1940	Nainital, IN	daily rain	233.2 mm (9.2 in)	157.0 mm (6.2 in)	25 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
22 July 1940	Wooramel, AU	daily rain	39.4 mm (1.6 in)	35.6 mm (1.4 in)	14 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
22 July 1940	Tahlee (Carrington (Church St), AU	daily rain	105.2 mm (4.1 in)	54.1 mm (2.1 in)	40 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
22 July 1940	Dhanaha, IN	daily rain	190.5 mm (7.5 in)	114.3 mm (4.5 in)	30 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
22 July 1940	Godda, IN	daily rain	116.8 mm (4.6 in)	55.3 mm (2.2 in)	39 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
22 July 1940	Mongpoo, IN	daily rain	239.3 mm (9.4 in)	122.5 mm (4.8 in)	26 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
22 July 1940	Deogaon Lalganj, IN	daily rain	133.4 mm (5.3 in)	77.5 mm (3.1 in)	19 years	44 of 100 (Notable)
22 July 1940	Jalalpur, IN	daily rain	114.3 mm (4.5 in)	63.5 mm (2.5 in)	37 years	44 of 100 (Notable)
22 July 1940	Frankfurt/Main (Feldbergstr.), DE	daily rain	35.0 mm (1.4 in)	15.0 mm (0.6 in)	43 years	43 of 100 (Notable)
22 July 1940	Darbhanga, IN	daily rain	156.7 mm (6.2 in)	75.9 mm (3.0 in)	31 years	43 of 100 (Notable)
22 July 1940	Siwan, IN	daily rain	215.9 mm (8.5 in)	74.7 mm (2.9 in)	39 years	43 of 100 (Notable)
22 July 1940	Padrauna, IN	daily rain	131.1 mm (5.2 in)	83.9 mm (3.3 in)	27 years	43 of 100 (Notable)
22 July 1940	Springfield, US	daily rain	80.3 mm (3.2 in)	45.2 mm (1.8 in)	38 years	43 of 100 (Notable)
22 July 1940	Carnarvon Post Office, AU	daily rain	39.1 mm (1.5 in)	23.4 mm (0.9 in)	28 years	42 of 100 (Notable)
22 July 1940	Tanda, IN	daily rain	126.0 mm (5.0 in)	72.4 mm (2.9 in)	33 years	42 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

1793 to 1940

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1793 to 1940. 1940 had 470 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 20	279
20 to 40	40
40 to 60	17
60 to 80	15
80 to 100	2
100 to 120	3
120 to 140	3
140 to 160	1