Weather Records on 22 August 1943

517 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 22 August 1943. Highest significance: Mnt Fletcher (Tnk), ZA.

Key Facts for 22 August 1943

On 22 August 1943, 517 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
168 were record highs and 69 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 2 were all-time records, 15 monthly and 500 daily.
Mnt Fletcher (Tnk) set a monthly record daily precipitation of 68.6 mm (2.7 in) on 22 August 1943.
Across 167 earlier years (1802 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 436 records.

Record Map

517 stations

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

Weather records on 22 August 1943: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Mnt Fletcher (Tnk)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	68.6 mm (2.7 in)	62 of 100 (Major)
Mqanduli (Tnk)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	36.1 mm (1.4 in)	59 of 100 (Notable)
Matatiele	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	52.1 mm (2.1 in)	59 of 100 (Notable)
Greenfield	United States	Record daily precipitation	82.3 mm (3.2 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Hana 354	United States	Record daily precipitation	69.9 mm (2.8 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Engcobo (Tnk)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	32.8 mm (1.3 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Mbabane	Swaziland	Record daily precipitation	48.3 mm (1.9 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Praha-Klementinum	Czech Republic	Record high maximum temperature	34.0 C (93.2 F)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Elliotdale (Tnk)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	27.9 mm (1.1 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Amersfoort (Pol)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	27.2 mm (1.1 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Umtata	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	38.6 mm (1.5 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Schoonoord	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	38.1 mm (1.5 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Kukuiula 935	United States	Record daily precipitation	38.1 mm (1.5 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Braunschweig (T.H.)	Germany	Record daily precipitation	30.2 mm (1.2 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Badplaas (Pol)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	38.1 mm (1.5 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Vlaklaagte	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	25.1 mm (1.0 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Oorschot	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	27.2 mm (1.1 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Ewing	United States	Record daily precipitation	36.8 mm (1.4 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Halle	Germany	Record daily precipitation	32.8 mm (1.3 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Bad Lauchstadt	Germany	Record daily precipitation	31.2 mm (1.2 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Zerbst	Germany	Record daily precipitation	25.6 mm (1.0 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Rajakhera	India	Record daily precipitation	86.4 mm (3.4 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Buckland Downs	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	25.9 mm (1.0 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Bergplaats	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	29.2 mm (1.1 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Weissenfels	Germany	Record daily precipitation	28.1 mm (1.1 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Wilgerivier (Sar)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	38.6 mm (1.5 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Mount McIntyre	Australia	Record daily precipitation	31.0 mm (1.2 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Aschersleben	Germany	Record daily precipitation	28.5 mm (1.1 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Keanae 346	United States	Record daily precipitation	119.6 mm (4.7 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Putbus	Germany	Record high maximum temperature	29.3 C (84.7 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Palampur	India	Record daily precipitation	210.1 mm (8.3 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Berrings	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	49.5 mm (1.9 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Lacombe Cda	Canada	Record daily precipitation	27.2 mm (1.1 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Fichtelberg	Germany	Record high minimum temperature	19.0 C (66.2 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Shivpuri	India	Record daily precipitation	116.8 mm (4.6 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Elandshoek, Boston	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	29.2 mm (1.1 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Pilgrims Rest (Pol)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	31.0 mm (1.2 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Afton	United States	Record daily precipitation	67.8 mm (2.7 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Kingston SE	Australia	Record daily precipitation	30.2 mm (1.2 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Stanton	United States	Record daily precipitation	35.1 mm (1.4 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Campsie	Canada	Record daily precipitation	27.9 mm (1.1 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Willowvale (Tnk)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	35.6 mm (1.4 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Machadodorp	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	49.5 mm (1.9 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Hallettsville 2 N	United States	Record high minimum temperature	28.9 C (84.0 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Wien	Austria	Record high maximum temperature	34.0 C (93.2 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Potsdam	Germany	Record high minimum temperature	20.9 C (69.6 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Ebrach	Germany	Record daily precipitation	31.5 mm (1.2 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Carmichael (Tnk)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	35.1 mm (1.4 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Koloa 936	United States	Record daily precipitation	35.6 mm (1.4 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Graz	Austria	Record high maximum temperature	33.2 C (91.8 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Kamalpur	India	Record daily precipitation	94.0 mm (3.7 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Sriperumbudur	India	Record daily precipitation	83.3 mm (3.3 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Angermunde	Germany	Record high maximum temperature	36.8 C (98.2 F)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Kirchdorf/Poel	Germany	Record high minimum temperature	19.2 C (66.6 F)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Bushy Vales, Margate	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	26.4 mm (1.0 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Salzburg	Austria	Record high minimum temperature	20.1 C (68.2 F)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Leipzig-Holzhausen	Germany	Record high maximum temperature	32.5 C (90.5 F)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Salzburg	Austria	Record high maximum temperature	33.8 C (92.8 F)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Mottinger	United States	Record low minimum temperature	7.2 C (45.0 F)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Lake Leake (Kooeeyong)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	30.2 mm (1.2 in)	23 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

517 records

Records set or tied on 22 August 1943 by type: Highest daily maximum 88, Lowest daily maximum 34, Highest daily minimum 80, Lowest daily minimum 35, Heaviest daily rainfall 280.

Records on 22 August 1943 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	88
Lowest daily maximum	34
Highest daily minimum	80
Lowest daily minimum	35
Heaviest daily rainfall	280
Heaviest daily snowfall	0
Deepest snow cover	0

Records on 22 August 1943 by timescale: all-time 2, monthly 15, daily 500.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

407 broken records

Margins by which the 407 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 109.8. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

22 August 1943

Top 20 records on 22 August 1943 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
22 August 1943	Mnt Fletcher (Tnk), ZA	monthly rain	68.6 mm (2.7 in)	33.0 mm (1.3 in)	24 years	62 of 100 (Major)
22 August 1943	Mqanduli (Tnk), ZA	daily rain	36.1 mm (1.4 in)	34.3 mm (1.4 in)	46 years	59 of 100 (Notable)
22 August 1943	Matatiele, ZA	daily rain	52.1 mm (2.1 in)	51.1 mm (2.0 in)	48 years	59 of 100 (Notable)
22 August 1943	Greenfield, US	daily rain	82.3 mm (3.2 in)	60.5 mm (2.4 in)	37 years	53 of 100 (Notable)
22 August 1943	Hana 354, US	daily rain	69.9 mm (2.8 in)	40.7 mm (1.6 in)	32 years	52 of 100 (Notable)
22 August 1943	Engcobo (Tnk), ZA	daily rain	32.8 mm (1.3 in)	28.5 mm (1.1 in)	48 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
22 August 1943	Mbabane, SZ	daily rain	48.3 mm (1.9 in)	31.8 mm (1.3 in)	34 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
22 August 1943	Praha-Klementinum, CZ	daily high max	34.0 C (93.2 F)	2.6 C (4.7 F)	140 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
22 August 1943	Elliotdale (Tnk), ZA	daily rain	27.9 mm (1.1 in)	25.1 mm (1.0 in)	48 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
22 August 1943	Amersfoort (Pol), ZA	daily rain	27.2 mm (1.1 in)	26.2 mm (1.0 in)	34 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
22 August 1943	Umtata, ZA	daily rain	38.6 mm (1.5 in)	37.4 mm (1.5 in)	4 years	44 of 100 (Notable)
22 August 1943	Schoonoord, ZA	monthly rain	38.1 mm (1.5 in)	14.5 mm (0.6 in)	34 years	44 of 100 (Notable)
22 August 1943	Kukuiula 935, US	daily rain	38.1 mm (1.5 in)	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	30 years	43 of 100 (Notable)
22 August 1943	Braunschweig (T.H.), DE	daily rain	30.2 mm (1.2 in)	17.7 mm (0.7 in)	10 years	40 of 100 (Notable)
22 August 1943	Badplaas (Pol), ZA	daily rain	38.1 mm (1.5 in)	38.1 mm (1.5 in)	32 years	40 of 100 (Notable)
22 August 1943	Vlaklaagte, ZA	daily rain	25.1 mm (1.0 in)	25.1 mm (1.0 in)	36 years	39 of 100 (Notable)
22 August 1943	Oorschot, ZA	daily rain	27.2 mm (1.1 in)	26.7 mm (1.1 in)	28 years	39 of 100 (Notable)
22 August 1943	Ewing, US	daily rain	36.8 mm (1.4 in)	27.1 mm (1.1 in)	40 years	39 of 100 (Notable)
22 August 1943	Halle, DE	daily rain	32.8 mm (1.3 in)	14.7 mm (0.6 in)	32 years	37 of 100 (Notable)
22 August 1943	Bad Lauchstadt, DE	daily rain	31.2 mm (1.2 in)	14.4 mm (0.6 in)	32 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

1802 to 1943

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1802 to 1943. 1943 had 517 records.

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

Records on 08-22 in each year
Year	Records
1802	2
1803	1
1805	1
1812	1
1816	1
1835	1
1839	2
1843	1
1846	2
1849	1
1850	1
1853	1
1857	1
1863	1
1864	1
1867	1
1868	1
1869	1
1870	4
1872	1
1875	1
1876	3
1877	3
1878	2
1882	1
1883	1
1884	1
1885	1
1886	1
1887	2
1888	2
1889	3
1891	2
1892	6
1893	3
1894	7
1895	6
1896	2
1897	4
1898	6
1899	5
1900	1
1901	5
1902	6
1903	3
1904	8
1905	7
1906	24
1907	7
1908	29
1909	5
1910	19
1911	20
1912	39
1913	30
1914	18
1915	31
1916	75
1917	47
1918	85
1919	18
1920	60
1921	64
1922	44
1923	279
1924	148
1925	219
1926	144
1927	154
1928	134
1929	240
1930	276
1931	388
1932	222
1933	367
1934	234
1935	337
1936	954
1937	421
1938	501
1939	517
1940	503
1941	249
1942	500
1943	517
1944	526
1945	475
1946	410
1947	1,034
1948	297
1949	570
1950	460
1951	452
1952	372
1953	348
1954	466
1955	553
1956	785
1957	371
1958	511
1959	547
1960	612
1961	562
1962	329
1963	419
1964	686
1965	423
1966	830
1967	404
1968	1,091
1969	727
1970	368
1971	1,021
1972	436
1973	611
1974	628
1975	597
1976	722
1977	655
1978	529
1979	547
1980	640
1981	795
1982	912
1983	1,366
1984	739
1985	793
1986	1,073
1987	801
1988	1,133
1989	753
1990	808
1991	808
1992	994
1993	845
1994	803
1995	1,002
1996	942
1997	1,381
1998	1,016
1999	756
2000	867
2001	940
2002	1,385
2003	1,550
2004	1,029
2005	887
2006	832
2007	1,801
2008	869
2009	1,347
2010	1,397
2011	1,255
2012	831
2013	450
2014	911
2015	529
2016	730
2017	537
2018	752
2019	558
2020	1,041
2021	683
2022	781
2023	1,525
2024	803
2025	1,359
2026	992

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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	369
20 to 40	30
40 to 60	3
60 to 80	4
80 to 100	0
100 to 120	1