Weather Records on 22 May 1948

322 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 22 May 1948. Highest significance: Union, US.

Key Facts for 22 May 1948

On 22 May 1948, 322 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
163 were record highs and 58 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 0 were all-time records, 10 monthly and 312 daily.
Union set a daily record precipitation of 33.0 mm (1.3 in) on 22 May 1948.
Across 160 earlier years (1806 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 446 records.

Record Map

322 stations

322 station records on 22 May 1948 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 22 May 1948: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Union	United States	Record daily precipitation	33.0 mm (1.3 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
New Meadows Rs	United States	Record daily precipitation	34.3 mm (1.4 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Bathurst	Canada	Record daily precipitation	32.3 mm (1.3 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
McCall	United States	Record daily precipitation	48.3 mm (1.9 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Barcelona -Fabra Observatory	Spain	Record daily precipitation	32.2 mm (1.3 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Coleman	Canada	Record daily precipitation	34.8 mm (1.4 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Hanty-Mansijsk	Russia	Record daily precipitation	26.5 mm (1.0 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Cottonwood	United States	Record daily precipitation	39.6 mm (1.6 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Riggins	United States	Record daily precipitation	33.8 mm (1.3 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Thursday Island Township	Australia	Record daily precipitation	45.2 mm (1.8 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Wolfville	Canada	Record daily precipitation	27.4 mm (1.1 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Lumding	India	Record daily precipitation	60.5 mm (2.4 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Beeville 5 NE	United States	Record high minimum temperature	27.8 C (82.0 F)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Caldwell	Canada	Record daily precipitation	39.4 mm (1.6 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Saint John	Canada	Record daily precipitation	33.0 mm (1.3 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Glomfjord	Norway	Record daily precipitation	41.0 mm (1.6 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Triunfo	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	66.3 mm (2.6 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Fernie	Canada	Record daily precipitation	41.1 mm (1.6 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Beaver Mines	Canada	Record daily precipitation	50.3 mm (2.0 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Point Escuminac	Canada	Record daily precipitation	30.7 mm (1.2 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Kalispell Glacier AP	United States	Record daily precipitation	35.1 mm (1.4 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Kentville Cda	Canada	Record daily precipitation	27.9 mm (1.1 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Simferopol	Ukraine	Record high minimum temperature	15.0 C (59.0 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Alapaha Exp STN	United States	Record high minimum temperature	25.6 C (78.1 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)
La Malbaie	Canada	Record low minimum temperature	-8.9 C (16.0 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Fredericton Cda	Canada	Record daily precipitation	26.7 mm (1.1 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Orofino	United States	Record daily precipitation	31.8 mm (1.3 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Wilton	India	Record daily precipitation	102.6 mm (4.0 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
New Bedford Coop	United States	Record daily precipitation	34.5 mm (1.4 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Oelrichs	United States	Record high minimum temperature	17.8 C (64.0 F)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Wapashoe	Canada	Record daily precipitation	27.4 mm (1.1 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Shillong	India	Record daily precipitation	64.0 mm (2.5 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Glasgow #2	United States	Record daily precipitation	45.0 mm (1.8 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Fredericton Unb	Canada	Record daily precipitation	27.4 mm (1.1 in)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Berlin-Dahlem	Germany	Record low minimum temperature	2.3 C (36.1 F)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Kurgan	Russia	Record high minimum temperature	17.5 C (63.5 F)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Abbeville	United States	Record high maximum temperature	35.0 C (95.0 F)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Woodland	United States	Record daily precipitation	27.9 mm (1.1 in)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Gillette 3SE	United States	Record high minimum temperature	16.1 C (61.0 F)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Serampore	India	Record daily precipitation	59.4 mm (2.3 in)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Digby	Canada	Record daily precipitation	26.7 mm (1.1 in)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Hamburg Fuhlsbuettel	Germany	Record low minimum temperature	2.4 C (36.3 F)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Sheboygan	United States	Record high maximum temperature	31.1 C (88.0 F)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Wausau Record Herald	United States	Record high maximum temperature	29.4 C (84.9 F)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Lowestoft	United Kingdom	Record low minimum temperature	2.8 C (37.0 F)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Grangeville	United States	Record daily precipitation	44.7 mm (1.8 in)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Big Timber	United States	Record high minimum temperature	12.8 C (55.0 F)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Bethlehem	United States	Record low maximum temperature	6.7 C (44.1 F)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Engle	United States	Record high maximum temperature	34.4 C (93.9 F)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Hiram	United States	Record low minimum temperature	0.0 C (32.0 F)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Hamirpur	India	Record daily precipitation	22.9 mm (0.9 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Moscow U of I	United States	Record daily precipitation	23.9 mm (0.9 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Nappan Cda	Canada	Record daily precipitation	24.1 mm (0.9 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Annapolis Royal	Canada	Record daily precipitation	22.9 mm (0.9 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Svirica	Russia	Record daily precipitation	15.3 mm (0.6 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Sussex	Canada	Record daily precipitation	24.1 mm (0.9 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Benipatti	India	Record daily precipitation	15.2 mm (0.6 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Lahar	India	Record daily precipitation	5.1 mm (0.20 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Alturas	United States	Record daily precipitation	11.9 mm (0.5 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Heron 2 NW	United States	Record daily precipitation	23.9 mm (0.9 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

322 records

Records set or tied on 22 May 1948 by type: Highest daily maximum 84, Lowest daily maximum 35, Highest daily minimum 79, Lowest daily minimum 23, Heaviest daily rainfall 101.

Records on 22 May 1948 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	84
Lowest daily maximum	35
Highest daily minimum	79
Lowest daily minimum	23
Heaviest daily rainfall	101
Heaviest daily snowfall	0
Deepest snow cover	0

Records on 22 May 1948 by timescale: all-time 0, monthly 10, daily 312.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

241 broken records

Margins by which the 241 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 41.4. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

22 May 1948

Top 20 records on 22 May 1948 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
22 May 1948	Union, US	daily rain	33.0 mm (1.3 in)	29.7 mm (1.2 in)	34 years	53 of 100 (Notable)
22 May 1948	New Meadows Rs, US	daily rain	34.3 mm (1.4 in)	26.7 mm (1.1 in)	16 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
22 May 1948	Bathurst, CA	daily rain	32.3 mm (1.3 in)	17.1 mm (0.7 in)	67 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
22 May 1948	McCall, US	monthly rain	48.3 mm (1.9 in)	15.3 mm (0.6 in)	27 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
22 May 1948	Barcelona -Fabra Observatory, ES	daily rain	32.2 mm (1.3 in)	26.1 mm (1.0 in)	33 years	43 of 100 (Notable)
22 May 1948	Coleman, CA	daily rain	34.8 mm (1.4 in)	24.9 mm (1.0 in)	24 years	42 of 100 (Notable)
22 May 1948	Hanty-Mansijsk, RU	daily rain	26.5 mm (1.0 in)	13.9 mm (0.5 in)	8 years	42 of 100 (Notable)
22 May 1948	Cottonwood, US	monthly rain	39.6 mm (1.6 in)	10.4 mm (0.4 in)	27 years	42 of 100 (Notable)
22 May 1948	Riggins, US	daily rain	33.8 mm (1.3 in)	17.5 mm (0.7 in)	16 years	40 of 100 (Notable)
22 May 1948	Thursday Island Township, AU	daily rain	45.2 mm (1.8 in)	32.5 mm (1.3 in)	21 years	36 of 100 (Notable)
22 May 1948	Wolfville, CA	daily rain	27.4 mm (1.1 in)	18.5 mm (0.7 in)	19 years	36 of 100 (Notable)
22 May 1948	Lumding, IN	daily rain	60.5 mm (2.4 in)	36.6 mm (1.4 in)	32 years	35 of 100 (Notable)
22 May 1948	Beeville 5 NE, US	monthly high min	27.8 C (82.0 F)	2.2 C (4.0 F)	46 years	34 of 100 (Routine)
22 May 1948	Caldwell, CA	daily rain	39.4 mm (1.6 in)	21.6 mm (0.9 in)	18 years	31 of 100 (Routine)
22 May 1948	Saint John, CA	daily rain	33.0 mm (1.3 in)	4.0 mm (0.16 in)	66 years	31 of 100 (Routine)
22 May 1948	Glomfjord, NO	daily rain	41.0 mm (1.6 in)	14.8 mm (0.6 in)	27 years	31 of 100 (Routine)
22 May 1948	Triunfo, BR	daily rain	66.3 mm (2.6 in)	41.4 mm (1.6 in)	3 years	30 of 100 (Routine)
22 May 1948	Fernie, CA	monthly rain	41.1 mm (1.6 in)	6.6 mm (0.26 in)	24 years	30 of 100 (Routine)
22 May 1948	Beaver Mines, CA	daily rain	50.3 mm (2.0 in)	19.3 mm (0.8 in)	31 years	30 of 100 (Routine)
22 May 1948	Point Escuminac, CA	daily rain	30.7 mm (1.2 in)	14.7 mm (0.6 in)	27 years	30 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 1948

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1806 to 1948. 1948 had 322 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).

Histogram of margins by which records were beaten on 22 May 1948
Margin	Records
0 to 10	198
10 to 20	29
20 to 30	9
30 to 40	4
40 to 50	1