Weather Records on 22 May 1941

640 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 22 May 1941. Highest significance: Carlsbad, US.

Key Facts for 22 May 1941

On 22 May 1941, 640 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
490 were record highs and 47 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 0 were all-time records, 84 monthly and 556 daily.
Carlsbad set a monthly record daily precipitation of 74.7 mm (2.9 in) on 22 May 1941.
Across 160 earlier years (1806 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 444 records.

Record Map

640 stations

640 station records on 22 May 1941 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 22 May 1941: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Carlsbad	United States	Record daily precipitation	74.7 mm (2.9 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Raymondville	United States	Record daily precipitation	94.0 mm (3.7 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Ellsworth	United States	Record daily precipitation	108.0 mm (4.3 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Siwan	India	Record daily precipitation	45.0 mm (1.8 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Bethany	United States	Record daily precipitation	54.9 mm (2.2 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Tucumcari 4 NE	United States	Record daily precipitation	45.5 mm (1.8 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Sydney (Observatory Hill)	Australia	Record high maximum temperature	25.1 C (77.2 F)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Black Rock	United States	Record low maximum temperature	8.9 C (48.0 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Ft Sumner	United States	Record daily precipitation	50.8 mm (2.0 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Minneapolis	United States	Record daily precipitation	71.1 mm (2.8 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Nuwara Eliya	Sri Lanka	Record high minimum temperature	16.1 C (61.0 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
San Jon	United States	Record daily precipitation	42.4 mm (1.7 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Lynchburg - Coop	United States	Record high maximum temperature	37.8 C (100.0 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Onda	India	Record daily precipitation	28.4 mm (1.1 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Valley Head	United States	Record high minimum temperature	22.8 C (73.0 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Limon 10 SSW	United States	Record daily precipitation	27.9 mm (1.1 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Greensburg	United States	Record high minimum temperature	21.7 C (71.1 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Woodstock	United States	Record high maximum temperature	35.6 C (96.1 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Setauket Strong	United States	Record high maximum temperature	33.3 C (91.9 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Charlotte Wb City	United States	Record high maximum temperature	36.7 C (98.1 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Henderson 2 NNW	United States	Record high maximum temperature	37.2 C (99.0 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Falfurrias	United States	Record daily precipitation	62.2 mm (2.4 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Eubank	United States	Record high maximum temperature	36.1 C (97.0 F)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Salisbury	United States	Record high maximum temperature	38.9 C (102.0 F)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Marlinton	United States	Record high maximum temperature	36.1 C (97.0 F)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Cumberland	United States	Record daily precipitation	48.0 mm (1.9 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Trenton	United States	Record daily precipitation	48.8 mm (1.9 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Babb 6 NE	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-5.6 C (21.9 F)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Santuck	United States	Record high minimum temperature	23.9 C (75.0 F)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Bluefield 2 NW	United States	Record high maximum temperature	33.3 C (91.9 F)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Gunnedah Pool	Australia	Record high maximum temperature	26.1 C (79.0 F)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Lamesa 1 SSE	United States	Record daily precipitation	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Woodstock 2 NE	United States	Record high maximum temperature	36.7 C (98.1 F)	25 of 100 (Routine)
New Bedford Coop	United States	Record high maximum temperature	33.3 C (91.9 F)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Charlottesville 2W	United States	Record high maximum temperature	37.2 C (99.0 F)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Warsaw 2 NW	United States	Record high maximum temperature	36.7 C (98.1 F)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Banff	Canada	Record low minimum temperature	-5.6 C (21.9 F)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Kanjirapally	India	Record daily precipitation	137.2 mm (5.4 in)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Farmland 5 NNW	United States	Record high maximum temperature	35.0 C (95.0 F)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Indianola 1SW	United States	Record daily precipitation	48.3 mm (1.9 in)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Mt Sterling	United States	Record high maximum temperature	36.1 C (97.0 F)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Great Falls	United States	Record high maximum temperature	37.2 C (99.0 F)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Somerville 4 NW	United States	Record high minimum temperature	17.2 C (63.0 F)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Louisburg	United States	Record high maximum temperature	38.3 C (100.9 F)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Catawba Hospital	United States	Record high maximum temperature	33.3 C (91.9 F)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Goldsboro 4 SE	United States	Record high maximum temperature	38.3 C (100.9 F)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Lake Moraine	United States	Record daily precipitation	29.7 mm (1.2 in)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Lovelock	United States	Record high minimum temperature	13.9 C (57.0 F)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Albemarle	United States	Record high maximum temperature	38.9 C (102.0 F)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Charlotte Wb City	United States	Record high minimum temperature	21.7 C (71.1 F)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Tarboro 1 S	United States	Record high maximum temperature	36.7 C (98.1 F)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Knoxville AP	United States	Record high maximum temperature	35.6 C (96.1 F)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Clayton Muni Air Pk	United States	Record daily precipitation	26.7 mm (1.1 in)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Bourke Post Office	Australia	Record high maximum temperature	28.3 C (82.9 F)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Holbrook	United States	Record low maximum temperature	17.8 C (64.0 F)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Manassa	United States	Record low maximum temperature	11.1 C (52.0 F)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Brockton	United States	Record high maximum temperature	34.4 C (93.9 F)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Bridgeton 1 NE	United States	Record high maximum temperature	36.1 C (97.0 F)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Mt Airy 2 W	United States	Record high maximum temperature	36.1 C (97.0 F)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Clemson UNIV	United States	Record high maximum temperature	36.7 C (98.1 F)	21 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

640 records

Records set or tied on 22 May 1941 by type: Highest daily maximum 390, Lowest daily maximum 27, Highest daily minimum 100, Lowest daily minimum 20, Heaviest daily rainfall 103.

Records on 22 May 1941 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	390
Lowest daily maximum	27
Highest daily minimum	100
Lowest daily minimum	20
Heaviest daily rainfall	103
Heaviest daily snowfall	0
Deepest snow cover	0

Records on 22 May 1941 by timescale: all-time 0, monthly 84, daily 556.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

466 broken records

Margins by which the 466 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 73.7. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

22 May 1941

Top 20 records on 22 May 1941 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
22 May 1941	Carlsbad, US	monthly rain	74.7 mm (2.9 in)	39.1 mm (1.5 in)	0 years	54 of 100 (Notable)
22 May 1941	Raymondville, US	daily rain	94.0 mm (3.7 in)	73.7 mm (2.9 in)	28 years	39 of 100 (Notable)
22 May 1941	Ellsworth, US	monthly rain	108.0 mm (4.3 in)	29.3 mm (1.2 in)	2 years	37 of 100 (Notable)
22 May 1941	Siwan, IN	daily rain	45.0 mm (1.8 in)	27.7 mm (1.1 in)	28 years	35 of 100 (Notable)
22 May 1941	Bethany, US	daily rain	54.9 mm (2.2 in)	33.3 mm (1.3 in)	23 years	35 of 100 (Notable)
22 May 1941	Tucumcari 4 NE, US	daily rain	45.5 mm (1.8 in)	37.1 mm (1.5 in)	22 years	35 of 100 (Notable)
22 May 1941	Sydney (Observatory Hill), AU	daily high max	25.1 C (77.2 F)	2.2 C (4.0 F)	60 years	34 of 100 (Routine)
22 May 1941	Black Rock, US	daily low max	8.9 C (48.0 F)	10.5 C (18.9 F)	20 years	33 of 100 (Routine)
22 May 1941	Ft Sumner, US	daily rain	50.8 mm (2.0 in)	36.8 mm (1.4 in)	15 years	32 of 100 (Routine)
22 May 1941	Minneapolis, US	daily rain	71.1 mm (2.8 in)	25.1 mm (1.0 in)	23 years	31 of 100 (Routine)
22 May 1941	Nuwara Eliya, LK	daily high min	16.1 C (61.0 F)	0.5 C (0.9 F)	71 years	30 of 100 (Routine)
22 May 1941	San Jon, US	daily rain	42.4 mm (1.7 in)	26.7 mm (1.1 in)	0 years	30 of 100 (Routine)
22 May 1941	Lynchburg - Coop, US	monthly high max	37.8 C (100.0 F)	1.7 C (3.1 F)	45 years	30 of 100 (Routine)
22 May 1941	Onda, IN	daily rain	28.4 mm (1.1 in)	14.4 mm (0.6 in)	40 years	28 of 100 (Routine)
22 May 1941	Valley Head, US	monthly high min	22.8 C (73.0 F)	0.6 C (1.1 F)	44 years	28 of 100 (Routine)
22 May 1941	Limon 10 SSW, US	daily rain	27.9 mm (1.1 in)	17.7 mm (0.7 in)	18 years	28 of 100 (Routine)
22 May 1941	Greensburg, US	monthly high min	21.7 C (71.1 F)	0.6 C (1.1 F)	44 years	28 of 100 (Routine)
22 May 1941	Woodstock, US	monthly high max	35.6 C (96.1 F)	0.6 C (1.1 F)	45 years	28 of 100 (Routine)
22 May 1941	Setauket Strong, US	monthly high max	33.3 C (91.9 F)	0.5 C (0.9 F)	41 years	28 of 100 (Routine)
22 May 1941	Charlotte Wb City, US	monthly high max	36.7 C (98.1 F)	0.6 C (1.1 F)	45 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

1806 to 1941

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1806 to 1941. 1941 had 640 records.

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

Records on 05-22 in each year
Year	Records
1806	1
1837	4
1840	1
1841	1
1845	1
1846	1
1847	2
1857	1
1861	1
1862	1
1864	1
1865	1
1866	5
1867	3
1870	2
1872	1
1874	2
1875	1
1877	1
1881	1
1883	3
1885	1
1886	5
1887	3
1889	2
1890	4
1891	1
1892	2
1894	3
1895	2
1896	5
1897	3
1898	3
1899	3
1900	2
1901	3
1902	5
1903	7
1904	6
1905	11
1906	15
1907	45
1908	20
1909	19
1910	6
1911	77
1912	20
1913	15
1914	30
1915	23
1916	22
1917	43
1918	50
1919	402
1920	27
1921	85
1922	60
1923	63
1924	196
1925	382
1926	165
1927	250
1928	168
1929	210
1930	121
1931	489
1932	306
1933	307
1934	292
1935	162
1936	490
1937	192
1938	313
1939	407
1940	364
1941	640
1942	379
1943	385
1944	490
1945	334
1946	277
1947	340
1948	322
1949	534
1950	456
1951	294
1952	442
1953	632
1954	558
1955	556
1956	617
1957	774
1958	584
1959	713
1960	455
1961	446
1962	662
1963	1,149
1964	775
1965	367
1966	434
1967	1,222
1968	502
1969	593
1970	306
1971	479
1972	462
1973	446
1974	613
1975	772
1976	476
1977	648
1978	558
1979	674
1980	997
1981	1,427
1982	558
1983	1,025
1984	907
1985	736
1986	724
1987	810
1988	641
1989	722
1990	1,193
1991	1,200
1992	1,159
1993	922
1994	517
1995	823
1996	1,139
1997	1,154
1998	995
1999	610
2000	1,124
2001	1,371
2002	2,020
2003	822
2004	1,111
2005	1,002
2006	1,174
2007	1,113
2008	967
2009	1,075
2010	1,051
2011	745
2012	1,039
2013	1,216
2014	828
2015	938
2016	807
2017	613
2018	495
2019	1,372
2020	631
2021	915
2022	1,248
2023	400
2024	861
2025	778
2026	473

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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	432
10 to 20	18
20 to 30	8
30 to 40	5
40 to 50	1
50 to 60	1
60 to 70	0
70 to 80	1