Weather Records on 22 April 1944

565 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 22 April 1944. Highest significance: St Louis Eads Brg, US.

Key Facts for 22 April 1944

On 22 April 1944, 565 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
143 were record highs and 110 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 0 were all-time records, 35 monthly and 530 daily.
St Louis Eads Brg set a monthly record daily precipitation of 148.1 mm (5.8 in) on 22 April 1944.
Across 164 earlier years (1800 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 444 records.

Record Map

565 stations

565 station records on 22 April 1944 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 22 April 1944: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
St Louis Eads Brg	United States	Record daily precipitation	148.1 mm (5.8 in)	70 of 100 (Major)
Ottawa	United States	Record daily precipitation	108.5 mm (4.3 in)	65 of 100 (Major)
Flora 5 NW	United States	Record daily precipitation	114.6 mm (4.5 in)	62 of 100 (Major)
Lawrence	United States	Record daily precipitation	59.7 mm (2.4 in)	62 of 100 (Major)
Edwardsville 2 W	United States	Record daily precipitation	130.3 mm (5.1 in)	61 of 100 (Major)
Harrisonville	United States	Record daily precipitation	93.0 mm (3.7 in)	60 of 100 (Major)
Greenville	United States	Record daily precipitation	80.0 mm (3.1 in)	59 of 100 (Notable)
Wichita	United States	Record daily precipitation	152.9 mm (6.0 in)	59 of 100 (Notable)
Palmyra	United States	Record daily precipitation	60.2 mm (2.4 in)	58 of 100 (Notable)
Trenton	United States	Record daily precipitation	79.8 mm (3.1 in)	58 of 100 (Notable)
St Louis St Louis UNIV	United States	Record daily precipitation	187.7 mm (7.4 in)	57 of 100 (Notable)
Olathe 3E	United States	Record daily precipitation	130.3 mm (5.1 in)	56 of 100 (Notable)
Woodward	United States	Record daily precipitation	144.8 mm (5.7 in)	56 of 100 (Notable)
Albia 3 NNE	United States	Record daily precipitation	38.6 mm (1.5 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Columbia Wb City	United States	Record daily precipitation	68.3 mm (2.7 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Appleton City	United States	Record daily precipitation	67.3 mm (2.6 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Copper	United States	Record daily precipitation	38.1 mm (1.5 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Danville	United States	Record daily precipitation	48.3 mm (1.9 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
St Joseph	United States	Record daily precipitation	44.7 mm (1.8 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Grafton	United States	Record daily precipitation	63.8 mm (2.5 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Morrisonville 4 SE	United States	Record daily precipitation	89.2 mm (3.5 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Pana	United States	Record daily precipitation	72.4 mm (2.9 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
El Dorado	United States	Record daily precipitation	84.1 mm (3.3 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Hutchinson River	United States	Record daily precipitation	77.5 mm (3.1 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Topeka	United States	Record daily precipitation	37.6 mm (1.5 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Wellington	United States	Record daily precipitation	88.4 mm (3.5 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Marshall	United States	Record daily precipitation	57.2 mm (2.3 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Le Roy	United States	Record daily precipitation	83.8 mm (3.3 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Wamego 4 W	United States	Record daily precipitation	44.5 mm (1.8 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Chapman	United States	Record daily precipitation	46.5 mm (1.8 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
McPherson	United States	Record daily precipitation	53.3 mm (2.1 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Keosauqua	United States	Record daily precipitation	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Cottonwood Falls	United States	Record daily precipitation	55.6 mm (2.2 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Emmett	United States	Record daily precipitation	62.5 mm (2.5 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Gallatin 1W	United States	Record daily precipitation	49.8 mm (2.0 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Rocky Ford 2 SE	United States	Record daily snowfall	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Shelbina	United States	Record daily precipitation	56.1 mm (2.2 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Horton	United States	Record daily precipitation	47.5 mm (1.9 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Lexington 3E	United States	Record daily precipitation	88.4 mm (3.5 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Windsor	United States	Record daily precipitation	62.7 mm (2.5 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Macomb	United States	Record daily precipitation	45.2 mm (1.8 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Mt Hope	United States	Record daily precipitation	62.7 mm (2.5 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Hayes Center 1NW	United States	Record daily precipitation	58.9 mm (2.3 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Eastman 1 W	United States	Record daily precipitation	76.7 mm (3.0 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Pontiac	United States	Record daily precipitation	53.3 mm (2.1 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Springview 2NW	United States	Record daily precipitation	29.5 mm (1.2 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Olney 2S	United States	Record daily precipitation	46.7 mm (1.8 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Palestine	United States	Record daily precipitation	43.2 mm (1.7 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Waterloo 6SW	United States	Record daily precipitation	51.3 mm (2.0 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Lebo	United States	Record daily precipitation	90.9 mm (3.6 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
St Joseph Wbo	United States	Record daily precipitation	44.7 mm (1.8 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Decatur Wtp	United States	Record daily precipitation	44.7 mm (1.8 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Hillsboro	United States	Record daily precipitation	91.9 mm (3.6 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Holton	United States	Record daily precipitation	49.8 mm (2.0 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Golden	United States	Record daily precipitation	41.1 mm (1.6 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
White Hall 1 E	United States	Record daily precipitation	57.9 mm (2.3 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Rochester	United States	Record daily precipitation	29.7 mm (1.2 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Warsaw 1	United States	Record daily precipitation	62.2 mm (2.4 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Council Grove	United States	Record daily precipitation	74.4 mm (2.9 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Kenton	United States	Record daily snowfall	6.4 cm (2.5 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)

Counts by Type and Timescale

565 records

Records set or tied on 22 April 1944 by type: Highest daily maximum 46, Lowest daily maximum 73, Highest daily minimum 97, Lowest daily minimum 37, Heaviest daily rainfall 269, Heaviest daily snowfall 36, Deepest snow cover 7.

Records on 22 April 1944 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	46
Lowest daily maximum	73
Highest daily minimum	97
Lowest daily minimum	37
Heaviest daily rainfall	269
Heaviest daily snowfall	36
Deepest snow cover	7

Records on 22 April 1944 by timescale: all-time 0, monthly 35, daily 530.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

470 broken records

Margins by which the 470 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 200.0. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

22 April 1944

Top 20 records on 22 April 1944 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
22 April 1944	St Louis Eads Brg, US	monthly rain	148.1 mm (5.8 in)	75.5 mm (3.0 in)	50 years	70 of 100 (Major)
22 April 1944	Ottawa, US	monthly rain	108.5 mm (4.3 in)	54.1 mm (2.1 in)	36 years	65 of 100 (Major)
22 April 1944	Flora 5 NW, US	monthly rain	114.6 mm (4.5 in)	38.4 mm (1.5 in)	51 years	62 of 100 (Major)
22 April 1944	Lawrence, US	daily rain	59.7 mm (2.4 in)	36.8 mm (1.4 in)	67 years	62 of 100 (Major)
22 April 1944	Edwardsville 2 W, US	monthly rain	130.3 mm (5.1 in)	66.5 mm (2.6 in)	22 years	61 of 100 (Major)
22 April 1944	Harrisonville, US	monthly rain	93.0 mm (3.7 in)	43.2 mm (1.7 in)	17 years	60 of 100 (Major)
22 April 1944	Greenville, US	daily rain	80.0 mm (3.1 in)	67.3 mm (2.6 in)	46 years	59 of 100 (Notable)
22 April 1944	Wichita, US	monthly rain	152.9 mm (6.0 in)	95.5 mm (3.8 in)	19 years	59 of 100 (Notable)
22 April 1944	Palmyra, US	daily rain	60.2 mm (2.4 in)	37.8 mm (1.5 in)	44 years	58 of 100 (Notable)
22 April 1944	Trenton, US	daily rain	79.8 mm (3.1 in)	49.8 mm (2.0 in)	45 years	58 of 100 (Notable)
22 April 1944	St Louis St Louis UNIV, US	monthly rain	187.7 mm (7.4 in)	118.9 mm (4.7 in)	15 years	57 of 100 (Notable)
22 April 1944	Olathe 3E, US	monthly rain	130.3 mm (5.1 in)	59.2 mm (2.3 in)	3 years	56 of 100 (Notable)
22 April 1944	Woodward, US	monthly rain	144.8 mm (5.7 in)	66.8 mm (2.6 in)	5 years	56 of 100 (Notable)
22 April 1944	Albia 3 NNE, US	daily rain	38.6 mm (1.5 in)	32.8 mm (1.3 in)	40 years	54 of 100 (Notable)
22 April 1944	Columbia Wb City, US	daily rain	68.3 mm (2.7 in)	38.8 mm (1.5 in)	44 years	54 of 100 (Notable)
22 April 1944	Appleton City, US	daily rain	67.3 mm (2.6 in)	49.0 mm (1.9 in)	44 years	53 of 100 (Notable)
22 April 1944	Copper, US	monthly rain	38.1 mm (1.5 in)	12.7 mm (0.5 in)	28 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
22 April 1944	Danville, US	daily rain	48.3 mm (1.9 in)	34.1 mm (1.3 in)	45 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
22 April 1944	St Joseph, US	daily rain	44.7 mm (1.8 in)	33.0 mm (1.3 in)	45 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
22 April 1944	Grafton, US	daily rain	63.8 mm (2.5 in)	43.2 mm (1.7 in)	23 years	49 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 1944

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1800 to 1944. 1944 had 565 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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Data for records on 1944-04-22: CSV or JSON. Field meanings are on the data page.

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 25	379
25 to 50	52
50 to 75	22
75 to 100	9
100 to 125	2
125 to 150	3
150 to 175	1
175 to 200	2