Weather Records on 22 May 1950

456 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 22 May 1950. Highest significance: Avoca (Railway House), AU.

Key Facts for 22 May 1950

On 22 May 1950, 456 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
144 were record highs and 91 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 1 were all-time records, 16 monthly and 439 daily.
Avoca (Railway House) set a daily record precipitation of 36.8 mm (1.4 in) on 22 May 1950.
Across 160 earlier years (1806 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 446 records.

Record Map

456 stations

456 station records on 22 May 1950 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 22 May 1950: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Avoca (Railway House)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	36.8 mm (1.4 in)	59 of 100 (Notable)
Victoria Sugar Mill	Australia	Record daily precipitation	75.9 mm (3.0 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Pioneer (Main Road)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	53.8 mm (2.1 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Ormley	Australia	Record daily precipitation	36.8 mm (1.4 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Mundau	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	130.0 mm (5.1 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
St Marys (Clive Street)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	91.2 mm (3.6 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Cranbrook	Australia	Record daily precipitation	36.6 mm (1.4 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Bharthana	India	Record daily precipitation	46.0 mm (1.8 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Dug (Dag)	India	Record daily precipitation	39.4 mm (1.6 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Tower Hill	Australia	Record daily precipitation	91.2 mm (3.6 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Sobral	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	130.8 mm (5.1 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Cape de Couedic	Australia	Record daily precipitation	53.3 mm (2.1 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Cape Riche	Australia	Record daily precipitation	51.3 mm (2.0 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Goodwood Rail STN	Australia	Record daily precipitation	96.3 mm (3.8 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Girvan Vale	Australia	Record daily precipitation	52.3 mm (2.1 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Nordegg	Canada	Record daily snowfall	18.8 cm (7.4 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Howard Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	57.4 mm (2.3 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Imbil Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	92.2 mm (3.6 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Moorina (Frome Dam)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	51.3 mm (2.0 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Triabunna (3 Boyle Street)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	34.8 mm (1.4 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Hopetoun	Australia	Record daily precipitation	34.5 mm (1.4 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Gladysvale	Australia	Record daily precipitation	37.6 mm (1.5 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Boynedale	Australia	Record daily precipitation	53.1 mm (2.1 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Gayndah Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	43.7 mm (1.7 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
York Plains (Handroyd)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	41.9 mm (1.6 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Piracuruca	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	58.3 mm (2.3 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
White Gums	Australia	Record daily precipitation	37.1 mm (1.5 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Heinersreuth-Vollhof	Germany	Record high minimum temperature	16.8 C (62.2 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Harmati	India	Record daily precipitation	135.6 mm (5.3 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Verhojansk	Russia	Record low minimum temperature	-19.0 C (-2.2 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Fernandina Beach	United States	Record daily precipitation	54.9 mm (2.2 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Swansea (Kelvedon)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Sonnblick	Austria	Record high maximum temperature	7.8 C (46.0 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Praha-Klementinum	Czech Republic	Record high maximum temperature	30.3 C (86.5 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Jena Sternwarte	Germany	Record high maximum temperature	31.7 C (89.1 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Leipzig-Holzhausen	Germany	Record high maximum temperature	31.0 C (87.8 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Hawkinsville	United States	Record low maximum temperature	17.2 C (63.0 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Kailua 446	United States	Record low maximum temperature	20.6 C (69.1 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Warriup	Australia	Record daily precipitation	33.0 mm (1.3 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Wallaville- Mill Street	Australia	Record daily precipitation	54.6 mm (2.1 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Pialba Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	53.3 mm (2.1 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Hill End Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	43.2 mm (1.7 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Campbell Town Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	31.0 mm (1.2 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Augsburg (Sankt Stephan)	Germany	Record high minimum temperature	14.6 C (58.3 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Amelup	Australia	Record daily precipitation	34.3 mm (1.4 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Mathinna (Fingal Road)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	82.6 mm (3.3 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Gorlitz	Germany	Record high minimum temperature	18.8 C (65.8 F)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Maristova	Norway	Record daily precipitation	25.0 mm (1.0 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Scottsburg	United States	Record daily precipitation	38.1 mm (1.5 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Shelbyville Sewage Plt	United States	Record daily precipitation	31.8 mm (1.3 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Barfield	Australia	Record daily precipitation	37.1 mm (1.5 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Fingal (Legge Street)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	27.2 mm (1.1 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Kingston	Australia	Record daily precipitation	33.0 mm (1.3 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Auburn	United States	Record low maximum temperature	18.9 C (66.0 F)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Griffin	United States	Record low maximum temperature	19.4 C (66.9 F)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Tarboro 1 S	United States	Record low minimum temperature	7.2 C (45.0 F)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Haiku 490	United States	Record low minimum temperature	15.6 C (60.1 F)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Booyal Central State School	Australia	Record daily precipitation	43.4 mm (1.7 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Woody Island	Australia	Record daily precipitation	46.5 mm (1.8 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Yengarie Railway Station	Australia	Record daily precipitation	38.1 mm (1.5 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

456 records

Records set or tied on 22 May 1950 by type: Highest daily maximum 80, Lowest daily maximum 35, Highest daily minimum 64, Lowest daily minimum 56, Heaviest daily rainfall 214, Heaviest daily snowfall 7.

Records on 22 May 1950 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	80
Lowest daily maximum	35
Highest daily minimum	64
Lowest daily minimum	56
Heaviest daily rainfall	214
Heaviest daily snowfall	7
Deepest snow cover	0

Records on 22 May 1950 by timescale: all-time 1, monthly 16, daily 439.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

390 broken records

Margins by which the 390 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 188.0. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

22 May 1950

Top 20 records on 22 May 1950 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
22 May 1950	Avoca (Railway House), AU	daily rain	36.8 mm (1.4 in)	25.6 mm (1.0 in)	45 years	59 of 100 (Notable)
22 May 1950	Victoria Sugar Mill, AU	daily rain	75.9 mm (3.0 in)	59.4 mm (2.3 in)	21 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
22 May 1950	Pioneer (Main Road), AU	daily rain	53.8 mm (2.1 in)	35.8 mm (1.4 in)	20 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
22 May 1950	Ormley, AU	daily rain	36.8 mm (1.4 in)	23.1 mm (0.9 in)	11 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
22 May 1950	Mundau, BR	daily rain	130.0 mm (5.1 in)	105.5 mm (4.2 in)	12 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
22 May 1950	St Marys (Clive Street), AU	daily rain	91.2 mm (3.6 in)	54.4 mm (2.1 in)	41 years	44 of 100 (Notable)
22 May 1950	Cranbrook, AU	daily rain	36.6 mm (1.4 in)	19.1 mm (0.8 in)	13 years	43 of 100 (Notable)
22 May 1950	Bharthana, IN	monthly rain	46.0 mm (1.8 in)	11.7 mm (0.5 in)	33 years	43 of 100 (Notable)
22 May 1950	Dug (Dag), IN	monthly rain	39.4 mm (1.6 in)	13.0 mm (0.5 in)	24 years	42 of 100 (Notable)
22 May 1950	Tower Hill, AU	monthly rain	91.2 mm (3.6 in)	26.2 mm (1.0 in)	7 years	41 of 100 (Notable)
22 May 1950	Sobral, BR	all-time rain	130.8 mm (5.1 in)	20.6 mm (0.8 in)	2 years	41 of 100 (Notable)
22 May 1950	Cape de Couedic, AU	monthly rain	53.3 mm (2.1 in)	10.1 mm (0.4 in)	29 years	40 of 100 (Notable)
22 May 1950	Cape Riche, AU	daily rain	51.3 mm (2.0 in)	26.4 mm (1.0 in)	13 years	39 of 100 (Notable)
22 May 1950	Goodwood Rail STN, AU	daily rain	96.3 mm (3.8 in)	53.1 mm (2.1 in)	44 years	39 of 100 (Notable)
22 May 1950	Girvan Vale, AU	daily rain	52.3 mm (2.1 in)	36.0 mm (1.4 in)	31 years	38 of 100 (Notable)
22 May 1950	Nordegg, CA	daily snowfall	18.8 cm (7.4 in)	18.8 cm (7.4 in)	33 years	38 of 100 (Notable)
22 May 1950	Howard Post Office, AU	daily rain	57.4 mm (2.3 in)	29.5 mm (1.2 in)	44 years	37 of 100 (Notable)
22 May 1950	Imbil Post Office, AU	daily rain	92.2 mm (3.6 in)	51.6 mm (2.0 in)	28 years	37 of 100 (Notable)
22 May 1950	Moorina (Frome Dam), AU	daily rain	51.3 mm (2.0 in)	29.7 mm (1.2 in)	20 years	37 of 100 (Notable)
22 May 1950	Triabunna (3 Boyle Street), AU	daily rain	34.8 mm (1.4 in)	15.5 mm (0.6 in)	39 years	35 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

1806 to 1950

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1806 to 1950. 1950 had 456 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).

Margin	Records
0 to 25	368
25 to 50	14
50 to 75	5
75 to 100	1
100 to 125	1
125 to 150	0
150 to 175	0
175 to 200	1