Weather Records on 22 August 1950

460 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 22 August 1950. Highest significance: Valapady, IN.

Key Facts for 22 August 1950

On 22 August 1950, 460 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
61 were record highs and 268 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 0 were all-time records, 17 monthly and 443 daily.
Valapady set a monthly record daily precipitation of 139.7 mm (5.5 in) on 22 August 1950.
Across 167 earlier years (1802 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 437 records.

Record Map

460 stations

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

Weather records on 22 August 1950: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Valapady	India	Record daily precipitation	139.7 mm (5.5 in)	61 of 100 (Major)
Croydon Township	Australia	Record daily precipitation	38.1 mm (1.5 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Valmora	United States	Record daily precipitation	57.2 mm (2.3 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Thalli	India	Record daily precipitation	71.1 mm (2.8 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Charters Towers Post Office	Australia	Record low maximum temperature	14.3 C (57.7 F)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Bridgeport	United States	Record daily precipitation	54.9 mm (2.2 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Vernon Coldstream Ranch	Canada	Record daily precipitation	25.1 mm (1.0 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Truro Nsac	Canada	Record daily precipitation	44.7 mm (1.8 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Krishnarajnagar	India	Record daily precipitation	77.2 mm (3.0 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Wichita Falls Muni AP	United States	Record daily precipitation	57.2 mm (2.3 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Adirampatanam	India	Record daily precipitation	46.2 mm (1.8 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Neidavasal	India	Record daily precipitation	69.9 mm (2.8 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Haveri	India	Record daily precipitation	36.1 mm (1.4 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Kodanand	India	Record daily precipitation	42.9 mm (1.7 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Prairie Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	27.7 mm (1.1 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Glendower Station	Australia	Record daily precipitation	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Seleng	India	Record daily precipitation	81.8 mm (3.2 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Ramnagaram	India	Record daily precipitation	61.0 mm (2.4 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
San Diego de la Union	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	25.9 mm (1.0 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Koshkonong	United States	Record low maximum temperature	17.2 C (63.0 F)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Seymour 3NW	United States	Record daily precipitation	46.2 mm (1.8 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Gayndah Post Office	Australia	Record low maximum temperature	14.3 C (57.7 F)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Nelson	Canada	Record high minimum temperature	15.6 C (60.1 F)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Wilton	India	Record daily precipitation	103.6 mm (4.1 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Kanakapura	India	Record daily precipitation	59.7 mm (2.4 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Pattukkottai	India	Record daily precipitation	53.6 mm (2.1 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Huntingburg AP	United States	Record low minimum temperature	6.7 C (44.1 F)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Cheboygan	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-1.7 C (28.9 F)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Dalby Post Office	Australia	Record low maximum temperature	13.9 C (57.0 F)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Barrie	Canada	Record low minimum temperature	5.6 C (42.1 F)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Pennagaram	India	Record daily precipitation	65.8 mm (2.6 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Westcliffe	United States	Record low minimum temperature	0.0 C (32.0 F)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Magdalena	United States	Record high minimum temperature	18.9 C (66.0 F)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Chidambaram	India	Record daily precipitation	53.3 mm (2.1 in)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Haringhata	India	Record daily precipitation	73.7 mm (2.9 in)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Talladega	United States	Record low minimum temperature	10.0 C (50.0 F)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Flora 5 NW	United States	Record low minimum temperature	7.2 C (45.0 F)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Ashland	United States	Record daily precipitation	30.5 mm (1.2 in)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Spooner Ag Rsch STN	United States	Record low minimum temperature	1.1 C (34.0 F)	24 of 100 (Routine)
White River	Canada	Record low minimum temperature	-4.4 C (24.1 F)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Satara	India	Record daily precipitation	38.1 mm (1.5 in)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Denkanikottah	India	Record daily precipitation	57.2 mm (2.3 in)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Pachet(Kharai)	India	Record daily precipitation	86.1 mm (3.4 in)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Kokpekty	Kazakhstan	Record high minimum temperature	16.2 C (61.2 F)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Monticello 5 SE	United States	Record low minimum temperature	16.7 C (62.1 F)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Anna 4 N	United States	Record low minimum temperature	9.4 C (48.9 F)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Hillsboro	United States	Record low minimum temperature	6.7 C (44.1 F)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Oconto 4 W	United States	Record low minimum temperature	3.3 C (37.9 F)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Emerald Post Office	Australia	Record low maximum temperature	14.6 C (58.3 F)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Masset Airport	Canada	Record high maximum temperature	25.0 C (77.0 F)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Vestervig	Denmark	Record high maximum temperature	27.6 C (81.7 F)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Vanur	India	Record daily precipitation	88.9 mm (3.5 in)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Ootacamund Obsy Sr	India	Record daily precipitation	25.7 mm (1.0 in)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Sankari	India	Record daily precipitation	54.6 mm (2.1 in)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Harrisburg	United States	Record low minimum temperature	7.8 C (46.0 F)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Mt Sterling	United States	Record low minimum temperature	9.4 C (48.9 F)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Chestertown	United States	Record low maximum temperature	21.1 C (70.0 F)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Brunswick	United States	Record low minimum temperature	7.8 C (46.0 F)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Buffalo 2 SSW	United States	Record low maximum temperature	23.9 C (75.0 F)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Union City	United States	Record low maximum temperature	23.9 C (75.0 F)	22 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

460 records

Records set or tied on 22 August 1950 by type: Highest daily maximum 38, Lowest daily maximum 55, Highest daily minimum 23, Lowest daily minimum 213, Heaviest daily rainfall 131.

Records on 22 August 1950 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	38
Lowest daily maximum	55
Highest daily minimum	23
Lowest daily minimum	213
Heaviest daily rainfall	131
Heaviest daily snowfall	0
Deepest snow cover	0

Records on 22 August 1950 by timescale: all-time 0, monthly 17, daily 443.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

351 broken records

Margins by which the 351 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 58.2. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

22 August 1950

Top 20 records on 22 August 1950 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
22 August 1950	Valapady, IN	monthly rain	139.7 mm (5.5 in)	58.2 mm (2.3 in)	33 years	61 of 100 (Major)
22 August 1950	Croydon Township, AU	daily rain	38.1 mm (1.5 in)	31.5 mm (1.2 in)	56 years	54 of 100 (Notable)
22 August 1950	Valmora, US	daily rain	57.2 mm (2.3 in)	47.3 mm (1.9 in)	7 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
22 August 1950	Thalli, IN	daily rain	71.1 mm (2.8 in)	43.2 mm (1.7 in)	25 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
22 August 1950	Charters Towers Post Office, AU	monthly low max	14.3 C (57.7 F)	2.3 C (4.1 F)	51 years	38 of 100 (Notable)
22 August 1950	Bridgeport, US	daily rain	54.9 mm (2.2 in)	42.7 mm (1.7 in)	12 years	37 of 100 (Notable)
22 August 1950	Vernon Coldstream Ranch, CA	daily rain	25.1 mm (1.0 in)	12.1 mm (0.5 in)	24 years	36 of 100 (Notable)
22 August 1950	Truro Nsac, CA	daily rain	44.7 mm (1.8 in)	37.6 mm (1.5 in)	4 years	36 of 100 (Notable)
22 August 1950	Krishnarajnagar, IN	monthly rain	77.2 mm (3.0 in)	16.7 mm (0.7 in)	17 years	36 of 100 (Notable)
22 August 1950	Wichita Falls Muni AP, US	daily rain	57.2 mm (2.3 in)	29.3 mm (1.2 in)	33 years	35 of 100 (Notable)
22 August 1950	Adirampatanam, IN	daily rain	46.2 mm (1.8 in)	31.0 mm (1.2 in)	35 years	34 of 100 (Routine)
22 August 1950	Neidavasal, IN	daily rain	69.9 mm (2.8 in)	31.8 mm (1.3 in)	29 years	33 of 100 (Routine)
22 August 1950	Haveri, IN	daily rain	36.1 mm (1.4 in)	17.3 mm (0.7 in)	25 years	32 of 100 (Routine)
22 August 1950	Kodanand, IN	daily rain	42.9 mm (1.7 in)	18.8 mm (0.7 in)	37 years	32 of 100 (Routine)
22 August 1950	Prairie Post Office, AU	monthly rain	27.7 mm (1.1 in)	0.5 mm (0.02 in)	51 years	31 of 100 (Routine)
22 August 1950	Glendower Station, AU	daily rain	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	21.1 mm (0.8 in)	9 years	29 of 100 (Routine)
22 August 1950	Seleng, IN	daily rain	81.8 mm (3.2 in)	38.6 mm (1.5 in)	8 years	28 of 100 (Routine)
22 August 1950	Ramnagaram, IN	daily rain	61.0 mm (2.4 in)	17.8 mm (0.7 in)	37 years	27 of 100 (Routine)
22 August 1950	San Diego de la Union, MX	daily rain	25.9 mm (1.0 in)	16.0 mm (0.6 in)	16 years	27 of 100 (Routine)
22 August 1950	Koshkonong, US	monthly low max	17.2 C (63.0 F)	1.1 C (2.0 F)	34 years	27 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

1802 to 1950

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1802 to 1950. 1950 had 460 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 10	302
10 to 20	29
20 to 30	9
30 to 40	6
40 to 50	4
50 to 60	1