Weather Records on 22 April 1943

519 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 22 April 1943. Highest significance: New Market, ZA.

Key Facts for 22 April 1943

On 22 April 1943, 519 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
125 were record highs and 75 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 0 were all-time records, 18 monthly and 501 daily.
New Market set a monthly record daily precipitation of 126.0 mm (5.0 in) on 22 April 1943.
Across 164 earlier years (1800 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 444 records.

Record Map

519 stations

519 station records on 22 April 1943 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 22 April 1943: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
New Market	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	126.0 mm (5.0 in)	57 of 100 (Notable)
Twyfelspoort	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	82.3 mm (3.2 in)	56 of 100 (Notable)
Genoa	Italy	Record daily precipitation	91.8 mm (3.6 in)	55 of 100 (Notable)
Nanaimo	Canada	Record daily precipitation	29.2 mm (1.1 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Hermannsburg	Australia	Record daily precipitation	54.6 mm (2.1 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Umzimkulu (Tnk)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	54.1 mm (2.1 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Wilsons Promontory Lighthouse	Australia	Record daily precipitation	61.5 mm (2.4 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Zevenfontein	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	46.5 mm (1.8 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Derby	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	73.9 mm (2.9 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Karnaprayag	India	Record daily precipitation	41.1 mm (1.6 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Industria	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	35.1 mm (1.4 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Partapganj	India	Record daily precipitation	50.8 mm (2.0 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Bothaville (Mun)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	42.2 mm (1.7 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Dordrecht - Tnk 14	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	31.2 mm (1.2 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Henbury	Australia	Record daily precipitation	40.9 mm (1.6 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Elandshoek, Boston	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	63.0 mm (2.5 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Sikandarabad	India	Record daily precipitation	25.7 mm (1.0 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Khutar	India	Record daily precipitation	50.8 mm (2.0 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Steynsburg	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	38.1 mm (1.5 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Hillside	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	43.2 mm (1.7 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Syfergat (Sar)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	52.8 mm (2.1 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Poortjie	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	37.6 mm (1.5 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Cata (Bos)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	57.2 mm (2.3 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Botanic Gardens - Pmb	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	70.1 mm (2.8 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Isidinge (Bos)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	66.3 mm (2.6 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Douglas	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	27.2 mm (1.1 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Koster (Pol)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	50.8 mm (2.0 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Durban-Botanical Gardens	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	91.4 mm (3.6 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Hollowaysrust	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	35.1 mm (1.4 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Likatlong	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	44.7 mm (1.8 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Innsbruck	Austria	Record high minimum temperature	15.0 C (59.0 F)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Pretoria-Burgerspark	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	40.6 mm (1.6 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Potchefstroom;Braksp	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	38.1 mm (1.5 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Dinokana	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	43.7 mm (1.7 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Burdwan	India	Record daily precipitation	66.5 mm (2.6 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Gingindlovu	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	88.4 mm (3.5 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Ottosdal	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	44.5 mm (1.8 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Campbell (Mun)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	27.4 mm (1.1 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Belmont	Australia	Record daily precipitation	26.7 mm (1.1 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Dandongadale (Mountain View)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	47.2 mm (1.9 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Mangalore (Mangalore Farm)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	30.0 mm (1.2 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Kotalpur	India	Record daily precipitation	78.7 mm (3.1 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Dewetsdorp (Pol)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	29.2 mm (1.1 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Bloemfontein Airpor	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	49.5 mm (1.9 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Mount Buffalo Chalet	Australia	Record daily precipitation	80.0 mm (3.1 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Leipzig-Holzhausen	Germany	Record high maximum temperature	27.0 C (80.6 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Bagodar I	India	Record daily precipitation	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Brandfort (Mag)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	47.5 mm (1.9 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Nelsdrift	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	44.5 mm (1.8 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Thomas River (Sar)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	37.6 mm (1.5 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Mazelspoort Dam	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	37.3 mm (1.5 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Tweespruit	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	44.5 mm (1.8 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Potchefstroom	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	33.5 mm (1.3 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Lichtenburg	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	42.4 mm (1.7 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Bright Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	37.3 mm (1.5 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Waverley	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	38.1 mm (1.5 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Elandsheuwel	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	39.1 mm (1.5 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Samastipur	India	Record daily precipitation	27.9 mm (1.1 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Fountain Head	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	54.4 mm (2.1 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Wonderboom	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	31.8 mm (1.3 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

519 records

Records set or tied on 22 April 1943 by type: Highest daily maximum 57, Lowest daily maximum 21, Highest daily minimum 68, Lowest daily minimum 54, Heaviest daily rainfall 314, Heaviest daily snowfall 2, Deepest snow cover 3.

Records on 22 April 1943 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	57
Lowest daily maximum	21
Highest daily minimum	68
Lowest daily minimum	54
Heaviest daily rainfall	314
Heaviest daily snowfall	2
Deepest snow cover	3

Records on 22 April 1943 by timescale: all-time 0, monthly 18, daily 501.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

443 broken records

Margins by which the 443 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 140.0. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

22 April 1943

Top 20 records on 22 April 1943 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
22 April 1943	New Market, ZA	monthly rain	126.0 mm (5.0 in)	71.4 mm (2.8 in)	10 years	57 of 100 (Notable)
22 April 1943	Twyfelspoort, ZA	monthly rain	82.3 mm (3.2 in)	30.5 mm (1.2 in)	10 years	56 of 100 (Notable)
22 April 1943	Genoa, IT	daily rain	91.8 mm (3.6 in)	42.4 mm (1.7 in)	40 years	55 of 100 (Notable)
22 April 1943	Nanaimo, CA	daily rain	29.2 mm (1.1 in)	17.0 mm (0.7 in)	49 years	54 of 100 (Notable)
22 April 1943	Hermannsburg, AU	daily rain	54.6 mm (2.1 in)	46.2 mm (1.8 in)	20 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
22 April 1943	Umzimkulu (Tnk), ZA	daily rain	54.1 mm (2.1 in)	41.4 mm (1.6 in)	17 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
22 April 1943	Wilsons Promontory Lighthouse, AU	daily rain	61.5 mm (2.4 in)	29.5 mm (1.2 in)	28 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
22 April 1943	Zevenfontein, ZA	daily rain	46.5 mm (1.8 in)	36.8 mm (1.4 in)	21 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
22 April 1943	Derby, ZA	daily rain	73.9 mm (2.9 in)	65.0 mm (2.6 in)	21 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
22 April 1943	Karnaprayag, IN	daily rain	41.1 mm (1.6 in)	30.9 mm (1.2 in)	25 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
22 April 1943	Industria, ZA	daily rain	35.1 mm (1.4 in)	30.8 mm (1.2 in)	21 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
22 April 1943	Partapganj, IN	daily rain	50.8 mm (2.0 in)	36.8 mm (1.4 in)	37 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
22 April 1943	Bothaville (Mun), ZA	daily rain	42.2 mm (1.7 in)	36.6 mm (1.4 in)	26 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
22 April 1943	Dordrecht - Tnk 14, ZA	daily rain	31.2 mm (1.2 in)	19.5 mm (0.8 in)	32 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
22 April 1943	Henbury, AU	daily rain	40.9 mm (1.6 in)	34.3 mm (1.4 in)	20 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
22 April 1943	Elandshoek, Boston, ZA	daily rain	63.0 mm (2.5 in)	47.5 mm (1.9 in)	8 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
22 April 1943	Sikandarabad, IN	monthly rain	25.7 mm (1.0 in)	7.9 mm (0.31 in)	36 years	43 of 100 (Notable)
22 April 1943	Khutar, IN	monthly rain	50.8 mm (2.0 in)	27.2 mm (1.1 in)	10 years	43 of 100 (Notable)
22 April 1943	Steynsburg, ZA	daily rain	38.1 mm (1.5 in)	27.4 mm (1.1 in)	18 years	42 of 100 (Notable)
22 April 1943	Hillside, ZA	daily rain	43.2 mm (1.7 in)	25.9 mm (1.0 in)	18 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

1800 to 1943

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1800 to 1943. 1943 had 519 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 20	384
20 to 40	49
40 to 60	5
60 to 80	4
80 to 100	0
100 to 120	0
120 to 140	1