Weather Records on 22 April 1949

377 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 22 April 1949. Highest significance: Tobolsk, RU.

Key Facts for 22 April 1949

On 22 April 1949, 377 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
164 were record highs and 27 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 0 were all-time records, 15 monthly and 362 daily.
Tobolsk set a monthly record daily precipitation of 39.5 mm (1.6 in) on 22 April 1949.
Across 164 earlier years (1800 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 445 records.

Record Map

377 stations

377 station records on 22 April 1949 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 22 April 1949: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Tobolsk	Russia	Record daily precipitation	39.5 mm (1.6 in)	61 of 100 (Major)
Freshwater	Australia	Record daily precipitation	37.3 mm (1.5 in)	57 of 100 (Notable)
Ghatsila Sr	India	Record daily precipitation	105.9 mm (4.2 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Brindley Park 2	Australia	Record daily precipitation	50.5 mm (2.0 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Weilmoringle (Caringle)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	44.5 mm (1.8 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Chakradhanpur	India	Record daily precipitation	47.2 mm (1.9 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Attunga (Garthowen)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	34.3 mm (1.4 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Collarenebri (Goondoobluie)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	31.8 mm (1.3 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Black Creek	Australia	Record daily precipitation	32.8 mm (1.3 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Weetaliba (Weetalabah)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	56.6 mm (2.2 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Cassilis Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	33.8 mm (1.3 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Spring Hill	United States	Record daily precipitation	89.4 mm (3.5 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Hammond	United States	Record daily precipitation	95.5 mm (3.8 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Toulby	Australia	Record daily precipitation	40.9 mm (1.6 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Nelson Bay (Nelson Head)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	125.7 mm (4.9 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Boulia Airport	Australia	Record low minimum temperature	1.7 C (35.1 F)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Scone (Philip Street)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	30.0 mm (1.2 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Cassilis (Dalkeith)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	31.0 mm (1.2 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Cheneyville 1 NE	United States	Record daily precipitation	161.3 mm (6.4 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Fairhope 2 NE	United States	Record daily precipitation	83.8 mm (3.3 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Silda Belpahari	India	Record daily precipitation	45.7 mm (1.8 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Williamsburg 1E	United States	Record daily snowfall	5.1 cm (2.0 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
New Ulm 2 SE	United States	Record daily precipitation	29.7 mm (1.2 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Sedgefield (Bundajon)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	41.9 mm (1.6 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Nandoura	Australia	Record daily precipitation	36.1 mm (1.4 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Zagreb-Gric	Croatia	Record high maximum temperature	27.0 C (80.6 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Bahragora	India	Record daily precipitation	32.0 mm (1.3 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Midnapore	India	Record daily precipitation	78.2 mm (3.1 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Tahlee (Carrington (Church St)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	67.6 mm (2.7 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Angola	United States	Record daily precipitation	102.9 mm (4.1 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Pierce 1 E	United States	Record daily precipitation	39.1 mm (1.5 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Merriwa (Gummun Place)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	28.2 mm (1.1 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Pachet(Kharai)	India	Record daily precipitation	74.2 mm (2.9 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Raiganj	India	Record daily precipitation	38.1 mm (1.5 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Independence	United States	Record high maximum temperature	32.2 C (90.0 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Mullaley (Bando)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	40.6 mm (1.6 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Walcha Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	25.9 mm (1.0 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Merriwa (Cranbourne)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	27.4 mm (1.1 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Stroud Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	68.1 mm (2.7 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Laramie	United States	Record high minimum temperature	7.2 C (45.0 F)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Willow Tree (Yarrabah)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	54.6 mm (2.1 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Chilliwack	Canada	Record low maximum temperature	6.7 C (44.1 F)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Bay Saint Louis	United States	Record daily precipitation	92.5 mm (3.6 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Port Alberni	Canada	Record daily precipitation	42.7 mm (1.7 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Lennoxville	Canada	Record high minimum temperature	7.2 C (45.0 F)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Delphi 2 N	United States	Record high minimum temperature	18.3 C (64.9 F)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Jennings	United States	Record daily precipitation	40.6 mm (1.6 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Walgett (Goangra)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	38.1 mm (1.5 in)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Bendemeer (Caroline St)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Ellerston (Hunters Vale)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	38.1 mm (1.5 in)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Boggabri (Penryn)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	27.2 mm (1.1 in)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Nashua 2 NNW	United States	Record high maximum temperature	27.2 C (81.0 F)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Newark Liberty Intl AP	United States	Record daily precipitation	25.7 mm (1.0 in)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Willow Tree (Valais)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	38.1 mm (1.5 in)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Osijek	Croatia	Record high maximum temperature	29.0 C (84.2 F)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Amta	India	Record daily precipitation	34.8 mm (1.4 in)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Kukrahati	India	Record daily precipitation	57.2 mm (2.3 in)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Irkutsk	Russia	Record high minimum temperature	2.2 C (36.0 F)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Searchlight	United States	Record high maximum temperature	34.4 C (93.9 F)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Hanover	United States	Record high maximum temperature	25.0 C (77.0 F)	22 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

377 records

Records set or tied on 22 April 1949 by type: Highest daily maximum 94, Lowest daily maximum 19, Highest daily minimum 70, Lowest daily minimum 8, Heaviest daily rainfall 183, Heaviest daily snowfall 3.

Records on 22 April 1949 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	94
Lowest daily maximum	19
Highest daily minimum	70
Lowest daily minimum	8
Heaviest daily rainfall	183
Heaviest daily snowfall	3
Deepest snow cover	0

Records on 22 April 1949 by timescale: all-time 0, monthly 15, daily 362.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

306 broken records

Margins by which the 306 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 59.7. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

22 April 1949

Top 20 records on 22 April 1949 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
22 April 1949	Tobolsk, RU	monthly rain	39.5 mm (1.6 in)	15.2 mm (0.6 in)	18 years	61 of 100 (Major)
22 April 1949	Freshwater, AU	daily rain	37.3 mm (1.5 in)	32.7 mm (1.3 in)	43 years	57 of 100 (Notable)
22 April 1949	Ghatsila Sr, IN	monthly rain	105.9 mm (4.2 in)	48.7 mm (1.9 in)	0 years	54 of 100 (Notable)
22 April 1949	Brindley Park 2, AU	daily rain	50.5 mm (2.0 in)	34.8 mm (1.4 in)	48 years	53 of 100 (Notable)
22 April 1949	Weilmoringle (Caringle), AU	daily rain	44.5 mm (1.8 in)	36.4 mm (1.4 in)	31 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
22 April 1949	Chakradhanpur, IN	daily rain	47.2 mm (1.9 in)	38.3 mm (1.5 in)	6 years	43 of 100 (Notable)
22 April 1949	Attunga (Garthowen), AU	daily rain	34.3 mm (1.4 in)	23.4 mm (0.9 in)	40 years	41 of 100 (Notable)
22 April 1949	Collarenebri (Goondoobluie), AU	daily rain	31.8 mm (1.3 in)	20.9 mm (0.8 in)	52 years	40 of 100 (Notable)
22 April 1949	Black Creek, AU	daily rain	32.8 mm (1.3 in)	29.0 mm (1.1 in)	32 years	40 of 100 (Notable)
22 April 1949	Weetaliba (Weetalabah), AU	daily rain	56.6 mm (2.2 in)	28.2 mm (1.1 in)	52 years	39 of 100 (Notable)
22 April 1949	Cassilis Post Office, AU	daily rain	33.8 mm (1.3 in)	17.3 mm (0.7 in)	48 years	38 of 100 (Notable)
22 April 1949	Spring Hill, US	daily rain	89.4 mm (3.5 in)	58.9 mm (2.3 in)	42 years	38 of 100 (Notable)
22 April 1949	Hammond, US	daily rain	95.5 mm (3.8 in)	55.6 mm (2.2 in)	23 years	38 of 100 (Notable)
22 April 1949	Toulby, AU	daily rain	40.9 mm (1.6 in)	17.5 mm (0.7 in)	59 years	37 of 100 (Notable)
22 April 1949	Nelson Bay (Nelson Head), AU	monthly rain	125.7 mm (4.9 in)	3.8 mm (0.15 in)	63 years	37 of 100 (Notable)
22 April 1949	Boulia Airport, AU	monthly low min	1.7 C (35.1 F)	1.8 C (3.2 F)	55 years	36 of 100 (Notable)
22 April 1949	Scone (Philip Street), AU	daily rain	30.0 mm (1.2 in)	18.6 mm (0.7 in)	35 years	36 of 100 (Notable)
22 April 1949	Cassilis (Dalkeith), AU	daily rain	31.0 mm (1.2 in)	13.2 mm (0.5 in)	48 years	34 of 100 (Routine)
22 April 1949	Cheneyville 1 NE, US	daily rain	161.3 mm (6.4 in)	59.7 mm (2.4 in)	20 years	34 of 100 (Routine)
22 April 1949	Fairhope 2 NE, US	daily rain	83.8 mm (3.3 in)	58.4 mm (2.3 in)	20 years	33 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

1800 to 1949

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1800 to 1949. 1949 had 377 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 10	238
10 to 20	41
20 to 30	14
30 to 40	6
40 to 50	2
50 to 60	5