Weather Records on 22 August 1951

452 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 22 August 1951. Highest significance: Murrungowar, AU.

Key Facts for 22 August 1951

On 22 August 1951, 452 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
146 were record highs and 111 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 1 were all-time records, 7 monthly and 444 daily.
Murrungowar set a daily record precipitation of 58.4 mm (2.3 in) on 22 August 1951.
Across 167 earlier years (1802 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 437 records.

Record Map

452 stations

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

Weather records on 22 August 1951: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Murrungowar	Australia	Record daily precipitation	58.4 mm (2.3 in)	59 of 100 (Notable)
Kamasin	India	Record daily precipitation	137.2 mm (5.4 in)	59 of 100 (Notable)
Alberton Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	49.0 mm (1.9 in)	57 of 100 (Notable)
Bruthen (Post Office)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	49.3 mm (1.9 in)	55 of 100 (Notable)
Dehradun	India	Record daily precipitation	332.2 mm (13.1 in)	55 of 100 (Notable)
Winchelsea (Post Office)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	28.4 mm (1.1 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Demagiri	India	Record daily precipitation	114.3 mm (4.5 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Ensay	Australia	Record daily precipitation	31.5 mm (1.2 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Brownfield	United States	Record daily precipitation	74.4 mm (2.9 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Sandila	India	Record daily precipitation	107.2 mm (4.2 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Pachora	India	Record daily precipitation	65.0 mm (2.6 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
University	United States	Record daily precipitation	78.5 mm (3.1 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Water Valley	United States	Record daily precipitation	87.1 mm (3.4 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Buchan (Gillingall)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	52.1 mm (2.1 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Buchan	Australia	Record daily precipitation	40.6 mm (1.6 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Bairnsdale Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	29.2 mm (1.1 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Beaconsfield Upper	Australia	Record daily precipitation	34.5 mm (1.4 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Farmerville	United States	Record daily precipitation	53.3 mm (2.1 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Nowa Nowa (Wairewa)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	58.4 mm (2.3 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Ambari	India	Record daily precipitation	238.8 mm (9.4 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Bairnsdale 1	Australia	Record daily precipitation	29.2 mm (1.1 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Etah	India	Record daily precipitation	103.9 mm (4.1 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Butchers Ridge Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	67.3 mm (2.6 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Sarsfield	Australia	Record daily precipitation	38.9 mm (1.5 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Amos	Canada	Record daily precipitation	44.2 mm (1.7 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Nappan Cda	Canada	Record daily precipitation	40.4 mm (1.6 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Yerevan	Armenia	Record high minimum temperature	24.5 C (76.1 F)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Banjar(Saraj-Teh)	India	Record daily precipitation	105.4 mm (4.1 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Rajpur	India	Record daily precipitation	294.9 mm (11.6 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Malda	India	Record daily precipitation	121.4 mm (4.8 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Holly	United States	Record low maximum temperature	20.6 C (69.1 F)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Eden (Timbillica)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	49.3 mm (1.9 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Genoa	Australia	Record daily precipitation	51.6 mm (2.0 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Lungleh	India	Record daily precipitation	129.8 mm (5.1 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Moth	India	Record daily precipitation	95.3 mm (3.8 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Dalmau	India	Record daily precipitation	108.5 mm (4.3 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Oneonta	United States	Record high maximum temperature	37.8 C (100.0 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Parbhani	India	Record daily precipitation	47.2 mm (1.9 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Kalsia	India	Record daily precipitation	101.6 mm (4.0 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Cidra 1 E	Puerto Rico [United States]	Record high minimum temperature	25.6 C (78.1 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Lubbock 9N	United States	Record daily precipitation	49.0 mm (1.9 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Reedy Flat	Australia	Record daily precipitation	37.6 mm (1.5 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Annapolis Royal	Canada	Record daily precipitation	40.1 mm (1.6 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Digby	Canada	Record daily precipitation	48.3 mm (1.9 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Lake Providence	United States	Record daily precipitation	35.1 mm (1.4 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Nurpur	India	Record daily precipitation	119.9 mm (4.7 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Kulu	India	Record daily precipitation	79.8 mm (3.1 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Sohagpur	India	Record daily precipitation	116.8 mm (4.6 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Faridpur	India	Record daily precipitation	82.6 mm (3.3 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Durham	United States	Record high minimum temperature	27.2 C (81.0 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Kisinev	Moldova	Record high minimum temperature	23.5 C (74.3 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Holly Bluff	United States	Record daily precipitation	27.9 mm (1.1 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
New Iberia AP - Acadiana Rgnl	United States	Record high maximum temperature	36.1 C (97.0 F)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Saint Ignatius	United States	Record high minimum temperature	16.7 C (62.1 F)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Munday	United States	Record daily precipitation	35.6 mm (1.4 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Dehra Gopipur	India	Record daily precipitation	116.8 mm (4.6 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Kangra	India	Record daily precipitation	135.9 mm (5.4 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Deoband	India	Record daily precipitation	53.3 mm (2.1 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Ozark 6 NNW	United States	Record high maximum temperature	38.9 C (102.0 F)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Pushmataha	United States	Record high maximum temperature	37.8 C (100.0 F)	26 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

452 records

Records set or tied on 22 August 1951 by type: Highest daily maximum 59, Lowest daily maximum 84, Highest daily minimum 87, Lowest daily minimum 27, Heaviest daily rainfall 195.

Records on 22 August 1951 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	59
Lowest daily maximum	84
Highest daily minimum	87
Lowest daily minimum	27
Heaviest daily rainfall	195
Heaviest daily snowfall	0
Deepest snow cover	0

Records on 22 August 1951 by timescale: all-time 1, monthly 7, daily 444.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

350 broken records

Margins by which the 350 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 119.6. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

22 August 1951

Top 20 records on 22 August 1951 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
22 August 1951	Murrungowar, AU	daily rain	58.4 mm (2.3 in)	32.7 mm (1.3 in)	49 years	59 of 100 (Notable)
22 August 1951	Kamasin, IN	daily rain	137.2 mm (5.4 in)	94.8 mm (3.7 in)	49 years	59 of 100 (Notable)
22 August 1951	Alberton Post Office, AU	daily rain	49.0 mm (1.9 in)	34.8 mm (1.4 in)	42 years	57 of 100 (Notable)
22 August 1951	Bruthen (Post Office), AU	daily rain	49.3 mm (1.9 in)	32.3 mm (1.3 in)	49 years	55 of 100 (Notable)
22 August 1951	Dehradun, IN	all-time rain	332.2 mm (13.1 in)	68.8 mm (2.7 in)	39 years	55 of 100 (Notable)
22 August 1951	Winchelsea (Post Office), AU	daily rain	28.4 mm (1.1 in)	18.2 mm (0.7 in)	38 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
22 August 1951	Demagiri, IN	daily rain	114.3 mm (4.5 in)	72.6 mm (2.9 in)	36 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
22 August 1951	Ensay, AU	daily rain	31.5 mm (1.2 in)	27.7 mm (1.1 in)	37 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
22 August 1951	Brownfield, US	daily rain	74.4 mm (2.9 in)	61.4 mm (2.4 in)	28 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
22 August 1951	Sandila, IN	daily rain	107.2 mm (4.2 in)	79.8 mm (3.1 in)	21 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
22 August 1951	Pachora, IN	daily rain	65.0 mm (2.6 in)	41.4 mm (1.6 in)	33 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
22 August 1951	University, US	daily rain	78.5 mm (3.1 in)	54.1 mm (2.1 in)	13 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
22 August 1951	Water Valley, US	monthly rain	87.1 mm (3.4 in)	26.6 mm (1.0 in)	42 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
22 August 1951	Buchan (Gillingall), AU	daily rain	52.1 mm (2.1 in)	22.4 mm (0.9 in)	49 years	43 of 100 (Notable)
22 August 1951	Buchan, AU	daily rain	40.6 mm (1.6 in)	15.2 mm (0.6 in)	64 years	43 of 100 (Notable)
22 August 1951	Bairnsdale Post Office, AU	daily rain	29.2 mm (1.1 in)	16.0 mm (0.6 in)	49 years	43 of 100 (Notable)
22 August 1951	Beaconsfield Upper, AU	daily rain	34.5 mm (1.4 in)	16.0 mm (0.6 in)	33 years	43 of 100 (Notable)
22 August 1951	Farmerville, US	daily rain	53.3 mm (2.1 in)	40.1 mm (1.6 in)	42 years	43 of 100 (Notable)
22 August 1951	Nowa Nowa (Wairewa), AU	daily rain	58.4 mm (2.3 in)	38.3 mm (1.5 in)	13 years	42 of 100 (Notable)
22 August 1951	Ambari, IN	daily rain	238.8 mm (9.4 in)	80.6 mm (3.2 in)	49 years	42 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

1802 to 1951

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1802 to 1951. 1951 had 452 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 20	295
20 to 40	39
40 to 60	8
60 to 80	5
80 to 100	2
100 to 120	1