Weather Records on 22 May 1954

558 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 22 May 1954. Highest significance: Svirica, RU.

Key Facts for 22 May 1954

On 22 May 1954, 558 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
111 were record highs and 265 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 0 were all-time records, 7 monthly and 551 daily.
Svirica set a monthly record daily precipitation of 61.1 mm (2.4 in) on 22 May 1954.
Across 160 earlier years (1806 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 445 records.

Record Map

558 stations

558 station records on 22 May 1954 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 22 May 1954: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Svirica	Russia	Record daily precipitation	61.1 mm (2.4 in)	64 of 100 (Major)
Port Lincoln (Woolga)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	41.9 mm (1.6 in)	60 of 100 (Major)
Arambagh	India	Record daily precipitation	78.7 mm (3.1 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Cramond, Albert Fall	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	62.0 mm (2.4 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Selonah	India	Record daily precipitation	86.4 mm (3.4 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Vilnius	Lithuania	Record daily precipitation	27.0 mm (1.1 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Chadron 3SW	United States	Record daily precipitation	46.2 mm (1.8 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Baziya (Bos)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	58.9 mm (2.3 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Milan	United States	Record daily precipitation	74.9 mm (2.9 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Fayette	United States	Record daily precipitation	58.7 mm (2.3 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Virden	Canada	Record daily precipitation	32.5 mm (1.3 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Orman Dam	United States	Record daily precipitation	43.4 mm (1.7 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Charters Towers Post Office	Australia	Record low maximum temperature	16.8 C (62.2 F)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Athens	United States	Record low minimum temperature	6.7 C (44.1 F)	39 of 100 (Notable)
San Diego de la Union	Mexico	Record high minimum temperature	20.6 C (69.1 F)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Mechanicville 2 S	United States	Record daily precipitation	40.1 mm (1.6 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Kanosh	United States	Record daily precipitation	27.9 mm (1.1 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Mandya	India	Record daily precipitation	118.1 mm (4.6 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Carrabelle 1 NNW	United States	Record low minimum temperature	6.1 C (43.0 F)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Alapaha Exp STN	United States	Record low minimum temperature	5.6 C (42.1 F)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Big Bend(Wissel Rode)	Swaziland	Record daily precipitation	85.5 mm (3.4 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Serra Talhada	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	61.6 mm (2.4 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Anandpur	India	Record daily precipitation	57.2 mm (2.3 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Berlin (Sar)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	40.5 mm (1.6 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Qunu (Bos)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	72.0 mm (2.8 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Newberry	United States	Record low minimum temperature	5.0 C (41.0 F)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Pilger	Canada	Record daily precipitation	35.8 mm (1.4 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Lake City 2 E	United States	Record low minimum temperature	7.8 C (46.0 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Prathipadu	India	Record daily precipitation	91.4 mm (3.6 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Heavitree, Estcourt	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	34.8 mm (1.4 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Monticello 5 SE	United States	Record low minimum temperature	7.8 C (46.0 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Thomasville 7 NE	United States	Record low minimum temperature	7.2 C (45.0 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Dannemora	United States	Record daily precipitation	38.1 mm (1.5 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Cedar City Powerhouse	United States	Record daily precipitation	28.4 mm (1.1 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Hosur	India	Record daily precipitation	67.6 mm (2.7 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Elandshoek, Boston	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	46.7 mm (1.8 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Aberdeen	United States	Record low minimum temperature	4.4 C (39.9 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Magdeburg	Germany	Record low minimum temperature	0.6 C (33.1 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Haparanda	Sweden	Record high minimum temperature	10.0 C (50.0 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Hawkinsville	United States	Record low minimum temperature	6.7 C (44.1 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Walterboro 1 SW	United States	Record low minimum temperature	6.7 C (44.1 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Lost River	Canada	Record daily precipitation	26.4 mm (1.0 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Biri	Norway	Record daily precipitation	29.5 mm (1.2 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Peddie (Mag)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	36.0 mm (1.4 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Eufaula	United States	Record low minimum temperature	5.6 C (42.1 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Tuskegee	United States	Record low minimum temperature	5.0 C (41.0 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Crescent City	United States	Record low minimum temperature	10.6 C (51.1 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Eustis 2 S	United States	Record low minimum temperature	13.3 C (55.9 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Yemassee 1 N	United States	Record low minimum temperature	6.7 C (44.1 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Beckley Va Hospital	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-2.2 C (28.0 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Mogoca	Russia	Record low minimum temperature	-9.8 C (14.4 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Bizana (Bos)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	58.0 mm (2.3 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Camp Hill 2NW	United States	Record low minimum temperature	5.0 C (41.0 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Blountstown 2 SE	United States	Record low minimum temperature	7.8 C (46.0 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Federal Pt	United States	Record low minimum temperature	10.6 C (51.1 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Richmond	United States	Record low minimum temperature	2.8 C (37.0 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Groton	United States	Record daily precipitation	30.7 mm (1.2 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Brevard	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-1.1 C (30.0 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Beaufort Wwtp	United States	Record low minimum temperature	11.1 C (52.0 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Blackville 3 W	United States	Record low minimum temperature	7.8 C (46.0 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

558 records

Records set or tied on 22 May 1954 by type: Highest daily maximum 45, Lowest daily maximum 41, Highest daily minimum 66, Lowest daily minimum 224, Heaviest daily rainfall 182.

Records on 22 May 1954 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	45
Lowest daily maximum	41
Highest daily minimum	66
Lowest daily minimum	224
Heaviest daily rainfall	182
Heaviest daily snowfall	0
Deepest snow cover	0

Records on 22 May 1954 by timescale: all-time 0, monthly 7, daily 551.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

460 broken records

Margins by which the 460 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 64.2. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

22 May 1954

Top 20 records on 22 May 1954 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
22 May 1954	Svirica, RU	monthly rain	61.1 mm (2.4 in)	28.4 mm (1.1 in)	30 years	64 of 100 (Major)
22 May 1954	Port Lincoln (Woolga), AU	daily rain	41.9 mm (1.6 in)	26.7 mm (1.1 in)	47 years	60 of 100 (Major)
22 May 1954	Arambagh, IN	daily rain	78.7 mm (3.1 in)	52.3 mm (2.1 in)	52 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
22 May 1954	Cramond, Albert Fall, ZA	daily rain	62.0 mm (2.4 in)	56.9 mm (2.2 in)	28 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
22 May 1954	Selonah, IN	daily rain	86.4 mm (3.4 in)	46.3 mm (1.8 in)	48 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
22 May 1954	Vilnius, LT	daily rain	27.0 mm (1.1 in)	13.5 mm (0.5 in)	61 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
22 May 1954	Chadron 3SW, US	daily rain	46.2 mm (1.8 in)	31.0 mm (1.2 in)	32 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
22 May 1954	Baziya (Bos), ZA	daily rain	58.9 mm (2.3 in)	39.1 mm (1.5 in)	17 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
22 May 1954	Milan, US	daily rain	74.9 mm (2.9 in)	64.2 mm (2.5 in)	12 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
22 May 1954	Fayette, US	daily rain	58.7 mm (2.3 in)	29.0 mm (1.1 in)	52 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
22 May 1954	Virden, CA	daily rain	32.5 mm (1.3 in)	22.3 mm (0.9 in)	41 years	43 of 100 (Notable)
22 May 1954	Orman Dam, US	daily rain	43.4 mm (1.7 in)	29.2 mm (1.1 in)	20 years	40 of 100 (Notable)
22 May 1954	Charters Towers Post Office, AU	daily low max	16.8 C (62.2 F)	4.3 C (7.7 F)	54 years	39 of 100 (Notable)
22 May 1954	Athens, US	daily low min	6.7 C (44.1 F)	0.5 C (0.9 F)	96 years	39 of 100 (Notable)
22 May 1954	San Diego de la Union, MX	daily high min	20.6 C (69.1 F)	5.0 C (9.0 F)	48 years	38 of 100 (Notable)
22 May 1954	Mechanicville 2 S, US	daily rain	40.1 mm (1.6 in)	17.5 mm (0.7 in)	35 years	38 of 100 (Notable)
22 May 1954	Kanosh, US	daily rain	27.9 mm (1.1 in)	18.5 mm (0.7 in)	33 years	37 of 100 (Notable)
22 May 1954	Mandya, IN	monthly rain	118.1 mm (4.6 in)	11.4 mm (0.4 in)	46 years	36 of 100 (Notable)
22 May 1954	Carrabelle 1 NNW, US	daily low min	6.1 C (43.0 F)	7.2 C (13.0 F)	35 years	36 of 100 (Notable)
22 May 1954	Alapaha Exp STN, US	daily low min	5.6 C (42.1 F)	6.6 C (11.9 F)	35 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 1954

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1806 to 1954. 1954 had 558 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 2026-10-16. Last revised 16 October 2026 (2026-10-16).

Margin	Records
0 to 10	396
10 to 20	36
20 to 30	16
30 to 40	7
40 to 50	2
50 to 60	2
60 to 70	1