Weather Records on 22 April 1951

556 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 22 April 1951. Highest significance: Mochudi, BW.

Key Facts for 22 April 1951

On 22 April 1951, 556 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
23 were record highs and 269 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 1 were all-time records, 8 monthly and 547 daily.
Mochudi set a monthly record daily precipitation of 104.7 mm (4.1 in) on 22 April 1951.
Across 164 earlier years (1800 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 444 records.

Record Map

556 stations

556 station records on 22 April 1951 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 22 April 1951: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Mochudi	Botswana	Record daily precipitation	104.7 mm (4.1 in)	61 of 100 (Major)
Khed	India	Record daily precipitation	50.8 mm (2.0 in)	59 of 100 (Notable)
Antenor Navarro	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	199.3 mm (7.8 in)	56 of 100 (Notable)
Ottoshoop (Pol)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	54.6 mm (2.1 in)	56 of 100 (Notable)
Machadodorp	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	60.5 mm (2.4 in)	56 of 100 (Notable)
Jackson Exp STN	United States	Record daily precipitation	110.7 mm (4.4 in)	56 of 100 (Notable)
Cairo River	United States	Record daily precipitation	65.8 mm (2.6 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Dover 1 W	United States	Record daily precipitation	48.5 mm (1.9 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Huntsville	Canada	Record daily precipitation	32.3 mm (1.3 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Scott	United States	Record daily precipitation	124.5 mm (4.9 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Brownsville	United States	Record daily precipitation	85.9 mm (3.4 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
New Madrid	United States	Record daily precipitation	72.4 mm (2.9 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Pearl River	United States	Record daily precipitation	139.7 mm (5.5 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Dwarsfontein	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	41.1 mm (1.6 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Rooiberg	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	42.2 mm (1.7 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Murfreesboro 5 N	United States	Record daily precipitation	57.2 mm (2.3 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Risnes I Fjotland	Norway	Record snow depth	110.0 cm (43.3 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Leeupoort	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	50.3 mm (2.0 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Mykland	Norway	Record snow depth	138.0 cm (54.3 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Riachao Do Jacuipe	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	77.2 mm (3.0 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Burlington	United States	Record daily snowfall	8.9 cm (3.5 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Jonesboro 3 SSE	United States	Record daily precipitation	50.8 mm (2.0 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Wymah (Gwandallen)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	30.5 mm (1.2 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Vicosa	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	42.8 mm (1.7 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Bancroft	Canada	Record daily precipitation	33.5 mm (1.3 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Winter	United States	Record daily snowfall	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Welbedacht Agric Office	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	34.8 mm (1.4 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Black Rock	United States	Record daily precipitation	57.4 mm (2.3 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Sikeston	United States	Record daily precipitation	48.8 mm (1.9 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Tuddal	Norway	Record snow depth	128.0 cm (50.4 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Limoeiro de Anadia	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	63.5 mm (2.5 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Aseral	Norway	Record snow depth	128.0 cm (50.4 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Maniwaki 2	Canada	Record daily precipitation	34.3 mm (1.4 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Golconda River	United States	Record daily precipitation	41.4 mm (1.6 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Greenfield	United States	Record daily precipitation	27.9 mm (1.1 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Kalispell Glacier AP	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-7.2 C (19.0 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Thermopolis	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-11.7 C (10.9 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Magdeburg	Germany	Record low minimum temperature	-3.2 C (26.2 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Nes Pa Hedmark	Norway	Record snow depth	38.0 cm (15.0 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Hedal I Valdres	Norway	Record snow depth	122.0 cm (48.0 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Grenada	United States	Record daily precipitation	66.3 mm (2.6 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Lewisburg Exp STN	United States	Record daily precipitation	50.8 mm (2.0 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Postmyr I Drangedal	Norway	Record snow depth	164.0 cm (64.6 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Rienzi	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	44.5 mm (1.8 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Cordova 2 ENE	United States	Record daily precipitation	43.7 mm (1.7 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Seymour 1 WSW	United States	Record daily precipitation	42.7 mm (1.7 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Johnsonville	United States	Record daily precipitation	49.3 mm (1.9 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Perryville	United States	Record daily precipitation	59.4 mm (2.3 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Saboeiro	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	42.3 mm (1.7 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Parnamirim (Leopoldina)	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	43.2 mm (1.7 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Trenton Ont Hydro	Canada	Record daily precipitation	28.2 mm (1.1 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Nord Odal	Norway	Record snow depth	55.0 cm (21.7 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Bronkhorstfontein	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	27.4 mm (1.1 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Uniontown	United States	Record daily precipitation	42.9 mm (1.7 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Grinnell 3 SW	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-6.7 C (19.9 F)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Duck Hill	United States	Record daily precipitation	68.6 mm (2.7 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Glasgow #2	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-11.7 C (10.9 F)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Polson	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-7.2 C (19.0 F)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Ft Robinson	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-13.3 C (8.1 F)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Douglas 1 SE	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-12.2 C (10.0 F)	27 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

556 records

Records set or tied on 22 April 1951 by type: Highest daily maximum 13, Lowest daily maximum 70, Highest daily minimum 10, Lowest daily minimum 199, Heaviest daily rainfall 228, Heaviest daily snowfall 15, Deepest snow cover 21.

Records on 22 April 1951 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	13
Lowest daily maximum	70
Highest daily minimum	10
Lowest daily minimum	199
Heaviest daily rainfall	228
Heaviest daily snowfall	15
Deepest snow cover	21

Records on 22 April 1951 by timescale: all-time 1, monthly 8, daily 547.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

478 broken records

Margins by which the 478 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 730.0. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

22 April 1951

Top 20 records on 22 April 1951 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
22 April 1951	Mochudi, BW	monthly rain	104.7 mm (4.1 in)	53.4 mm (2.1 in)	25 years	61 of 100 (Major)
22 April 1951	Khed, IN	daily rain	50.8 mm (2.0 in)	50.8 mm (2.0 in)	49 years	59 of 100 (Notable)
22 April 1951	Antenor Navarro, BR	all-time rain	199.3 mm (7.8 in)	55.1 mm (2.2 in)	11 years	56 of 100 (Notable)
22 April 1951	Ottoshoop (Pol), ZA	daily rain	54.6 mm (2.1 in)	46.7 mm (1.8 in)	41 years	56 of 100 (Notable)
22 April 1951	Machadodorp, ZA	daily rain	60.5 mm (2.4 in)	52.6 mm (2.1 in)	41 years	56 of 100 (Notable)
22 April 1951	Jackson Exp STN, US	daily rain	110.7 mm (4.4 in)	66.5 mm (2.6 in)	36 years	56 of 100 (Notable)
22 April 1951	Cairo River, US	daily rain	65.8 mm (2.6 in)	55.1 mm (2.2 in)	29 years	54 of 100 (Notable)
22 April 1951	Dover 1 W, US	daily rain	48.5 mm (1.9 in)	38.6 mm (1.5 in)	51 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
22 April 1951	Huntsville, CA	daily rain	32.3 mm (1.3 in)	17.1 mm (0.7 in)	54 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
22 April 1951	Scott, US	daily rain	124.5 mm (4.9 in)	86.9 mm (3.4 in)	22 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
22 April 1951	Brownsville, US	daily rain	85.9 mm (3.4 in)	58.2 mm (2.3 in)	29 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
22 April 1951	New Madrid, US	daily rain	72.4 mm (2.9 in)	45.7 mm (1.8 in)	29 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
22 April 1951	Pearl River, US	daily rain	139.7 mm (5.5 in)	67.1 mm (2.6 in)	44 years	43 of 100 (Notable)
22 April 1951	Dwarsfontein, ZA	daily rain	41.1 mm (1.6 in)	28.4 mm (1.1 in)	29 years	42 of 100 (Notable)
22 April 1951	Rooiberg, ZA	daily rain	42.2 mm (1.7 in)	29.0 mm (1.1 in)	18 years	42 of 100 (Notable)
22 April 1951	Murfreesboro 5 N, US	daily rain	57.2 mm (2.3 in)	37.9 mm (1.5 in)	22 years	42 of 100 (Notable)
22 April 1951	Risnes I Fjotland, NO	daily snow depth	110.0 cm (43.3 in)	50.0 cm (19.7 in)	33 years	40 of 100 (Notable)
22 April 1951	Leeupoort, ZA	daily rain	50.3 mm (2.0 in)	39.4 mm (1.6 in)	8 years	39 of 100 (Notable)
22 April 1951	Mykland, NO	daily snow depth	138.0 cm (54.3 in)	73.0 cm (28.7 in)	33 years	38 of 100 (Notable)
22 April 1951	Riachao Do Jacuipe, BR	monthly rain	77.2 mm (3.0 in)	17.0 mm (0.7 in)	6 years	37 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 1951

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1800 to 1951. 1951 had 556 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 100	463
100 to 200	5
200 to 300	0
300 to 400	4
400 to 500	3
500 to 600	2
600 to 700	0
700 to 800	1