Weather Records on 22 July 1955

618 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 22 July 1955. Highest significance: Tarabganj, IN.

Key Facts for 22 July 1955

On 22 July 1955, 618 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
298 were record highs and 59 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 2 were all-time records, 8 monthly and 608 daily.
Tarabganj set a monthly record daily precipitation of 231.6 mm (9.1 in) on 22 July 1955.
Across 171 earlier years (1793 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 432 records.

Record Map

618 stations

618 station records on 22 July 1955 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 22 July 1955: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Tarabganj	India	Record daily precipitation	231.6 mm (9.1 in)	58 of 100 (Notable)
Kirov	Russia	Record daily precipitation	33.7 mm (1.3 in)	55 of 100 (Notable)
Ekalaka	United States	Record daily precipitation	30.7 mm (1.2 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Virginia	United States	Record daily precipitation	93.2 mm (3.7 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Kenogami	Canada	Record daily precipitation	54.6 mm (2.1 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Alamogordo	United States	Record daily precipitation	36.8 mm (1.4 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Chicoutimi	Canada	Record daily precipitation	38.9 mm (1.5 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Bikapur	India	Record daily precipitation	191.8 mm (7.6 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Ulm	Germany	Record daily precipitation	53.9 mm (2.1 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Spencer 1 N	United States	Record daily precipitation	51.1 mm (2.0 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Mtn Park	United States	Record daily precipitation	49.5 mm (1.9 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Clarksdale	United States	Record daily precipitation	60.5 mm (2.4 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Clinton Forestry HQ	United States	Record daily precipitation	80.8 mm (3.2 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Pecs Pogany	Hungary	Record daily precipitation	29.9 mm (1.2 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Piketberg (Pol)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	25.0 mm (1.0 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Kremsmuenster	Austria	Record daily precipitation	110.0 mm (4.3 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Royal Observatory	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	32.0 mm (1.3 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Lebanon (Bos)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	35.2 mm (1.4 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Oelrichs	United States	Record daily precipitation	49.5 mm (1.9 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Haidargarh	India	Record daily precipitation	153.7 mm (6.1 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Eersterivier (Bos)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	30.0 mm (1.2 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Cloudskraal	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	43.6 mm (1.7 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Grand Rapids Forestry Lab	United States	Record daily precipitation	34.5 mm (1.4 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Orofino	United States	Record high minimum temperature	22.2 C (72.0 F)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Cuero	United States	Record low minimum temperature	18.9 C (66.0 F)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Kaiserganj	India	Record daily precipitation	107.7 mm (4.2 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
La Motte (Bos)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	43.5 mm (1.7 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Cloudcroft	United States	Record daily precipitation	50.8 mm (2.0 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Mahendraganj	India	Record daily precipitation	101.6 mm (4.0 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Mackinaw City 2	United States	Record high minimum temperature	24.4 C (75.9 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Meadowlands 9 S	United States	Record daily precipitation	41.9 mm (1.6 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Engle	United States	Record daily precipitation	29.2 mm (1.1 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Karlshamn	Sweden	Record high maximum temperature	31.0 C (87.8 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Trenton 2	United States	Record high maximum temperature	37.8 C (100.0 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Poughkeepsie	United States	Record high maximum temperature	36.1 C (97.0 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Chute A Murdock	Canada	Record daily precipitation	33.8 mm (1.3 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Pakur	India	Record daily precipitation	106.7 mm (4.2 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Ft Lupton 2 SE	United States	Record high minimum temperature	22.8 C (73.0 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Auburn	United States	Record high maximum temperature	36.1 C (97.0 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Escanaba	United States	Record high maximum temperature	31.7 C (89.1 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Toronto	Canada	Record high maximum temperature	35.0 C (95.0 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Provincetown 3 NW	United States	Record high maximum temperature	33.3 C (91.9 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Manchester	United States	Record high maximum temperature	33.3 C (91.9 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)
De Smet	United States	Record daily precipitation	87.6 mm (3.4 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Minersville	United States	Record daily precipitation	29.0 mm (1.1 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Escanaba	United States	Record high minimum temperature	22.8 C (73.0 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Mau	India	Record daily precipitation	86.1 mm (3.4 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Tussenbeide	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	25.5 mm (1.0 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Hyannis	United States	Record high maximum temperature	32.8 C (91.0 F)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Maple Plain	United States	Record daily precipitation	30.5 mm (1.2 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Richland	United States	Record high minimum temperature	18.3 C (64.9 F)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Forestburg 4 NNE	United States	Record daily precipitation	29.7 mm (1.2 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Canton 4 SE	United States	Record high maximum temperature	33.9 C (93.0 F)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Les Cedres	Canada	Record high maximum temperature	33.9 C (93.0 F)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Nappan Cda	Canada	Record low minimum temperature	5.6 C (42.1 F)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Sigourney	United States	Record high minimum temperature	25.6 C (78.1 F)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Chatham Exp Fa	United States	Record high minimum temperature	20.0 C (68.0 F)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Ft Stanton	United States	Record low maximum temperature	18.3 C (64.9 F)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Montreal McGill	Canada	Record high maximum temperature	35.6 C (96.1 F)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Nieuwoudville (Pol)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	25.5 mm (1.0 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

618 records

Records set or tied on 22 July 1955 by type: Highest daily maximum 163, Lowest daily maximum 27, Highest daily minimum 135, Lowest daily minimum 32, Heaviest daily rainfall 261.

Records on 22 July 1955 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	163
Lowest daily maximum	27
Highest daily minimum	135
Lowest daily minimum	32
Heaviest daily rainfall	261
Heaviest daily snowfall	0
Deepest snow cover	0

Records on 22 July 1955 by timescale: all-time 2, monthly 8, daily 608.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

487 broken records

Margins by which the 487 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 103.9. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

22 July 1955

Top 20 records on 22 July 1955 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
22 July 1955	Tarabganj, IN	monthly rain	231.6 mm (9.1 in)	77.2 mm (3.0 in)	41 years	58 of 100 (Notable)
22 July 1955	Kirov, RU	daily rain	33.7 mm (1.3 in)	22.2 mm (0.9 in)	61 years	55 of 100 (Notable)
22 July 1955	Ekalaka, US	daily rain	30.7 mm (1.2 in)	24.3 mm (1.0 in)	49 years	53 of 100 (Notable)
22 July 1955	Virginia, US	monthly rain	93.2 mm (3.7 in)	31.5 mm (1.2 in)	26 years	52 of 100 (Notable)
22 July 1955	Kenogami, CA	daily rain	54.6 mm (2.1 in)	37.3 mm (1.5 in)	21 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
22 July 1955	Alamogordo, US	daily rain	36.8 mm (1.4 in)	31.0 mm (1.2 in)	17 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
22 July 1955	Chicoutimi, CA	daily rain	38.9 mm (1.5 in)	22.1 mm (0.9 in)	44 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
22 July 1955	Bikapur, IN	daily rain	191.8 mm (7.6 in)	103.9 mm (4.1 in)	14 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
22 July 1955	Ulm, DE	daily rain	53.9 mm (2.1 in)	25.1 mm (1.0 in)	10 years	41 of 100 (Notable)
22 July 1955	Spencer 1 N, US	daily rain	51.1 mm (2.0 in)	27.5 mm (1.1 in)	41 years	41 of 100 (Notable)
22 July 1955	Mtn Park, US	daily rain	49.5 mm (1.9 in)	25.6 mm (1.0 in)	13 years	41 of 100 (Notable)
22 July 1955	Clarksdale, US	daily rain	60.5 mm (2.4 in)	36.4 mm (1.4 in)	29 years	40 of 100 (Notable)
22 July 1955	Clinton Forestry HQ, US	daily rain	80.8 mm (3.2 in)	39.4 mm (1.6 in)	26 years	39 of 100 (Notable)
22 July 1955	Pecs Pogany, HU	daily rain	29.9 mm (1.2 in)	13.5 mm (0.5 in)	53 years	38 of 100 (Notable)
22 July 1955	Piketberg (Pol), ZA	daily rain	25.0 mm (1.0 in)	9.3 mm (0.37 in)	73 years	38 of 100 (Notable)
22 July 1955	Kremsmuenster, AT	all-time rain	110.0 mm (4.3 in)	2.0 mm (0.08 in)	27 years	37 of 100 (Notable)
22 July 1955	Royal Observatory, ZA	daily rain	32.0 mm (1.3 in)	9.3 mm (0.37 in)	56 years	37 of 100 (Notable)
22 July 1955	Lebanon (Bos), ZA	daily rain	35.2 mm (1.4 in)	22.8 mm (0.9 in)	30 years	36 of 100 (Notable)
22 July 1955	Oelrichs, US	daily rain	49.5 mm (1.9 in)	25.6 mm (1.0 in)	28 years	36 of 100 (Notable)
22 July 1955	Haidargarh, IN	daily rain	153.7 mm (6.1 in)	51.8 mm (2.0 in)	33 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

1793 to 1955

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1793 to 1955. 1955 had 618 records.

Counts for years before the ledger starts come from the same station rules.

Records on 07-22 in each year
Year	Records
1793	1
1794	1
1796	1
1797	2
1806	2
1808	1
1809	1
1811	1
1813	1
1836	1
1838	1
1839	1
1844	1
1845	1
1850	1
1854	2
1855	1
1856	1
1857	1
1859	1
1867	1
1868	5
1870	1
1871	1
1874	1
1875	1
1876	2
1878	2
1879	2
1880	2
1881	2
1883	1
1885	3
1886	5
1887	2
1889	5
1890	5
1891	3
1892	3
1893	2
1894	3
1895	2
1896	5
1897	2
1898	4
1900	4
1901	12
1902	3
1903	10
1904	4
1905	12
1906	20
1907	11
1908	9
1909	7
1910	30
1911	26
1912	40
1913	38
1914	52
1915	28
1916	39
1917	34
1918	212
1919	36
1920	71
1921	172
1922	54
1923	107
1924	342
1925	268
1926	345
1927	329
1928	200
1929	267
1930	282
1931	367
1932	291
1933	307
1934	805
1935	250
1936	331
1937	368
1938	404
1939	345
1940	470
1941	236
1942	278
1943	392
1944	633
1945	280
1946	455
1947	1,196
1948	533
1949	419
1950	738
1951	384
1952	797
1953	404
1954	668
1955	618
1956	350
1957	544
1958	450
1959	581
1960	419
1961	519
1962	393
1963	504
1964	418
1965	543
1966	541
1967	295
1968	473
1969	454
1970	1,105
1971	449
1972	715
1973	981
1974	602
1975	335
1976	521
1977	478
1978	1,172
1979	646
1980	844
1981	1,551
1982	710
1983	1,025
1984	945
1985	712
1986	784
1987	1,234
1988	1,001
1989	838
1990	1,026
1991	810
1992	1,393
1993	1,193
1994	1,075
1995	1,241
1996	1,062
1997	1,106
1998	989
1999	756
2000	1,020
2001	1,183
2002	1,002
2003	1,536
2004	805
2005	1,197
2006	1,938
2007	1,190
2008	839
2009	1,294
2010	1,350
2011	1,940
2012	675
2013	604
2014	669
2015	661
2016	895
2017	509
2018	910
2019	513
2020	453
2021	558
2022	782
2023	676
2024	718
2025	877
2026	873

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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 20	462
20 to 40	19
40 to 60	3
60 to 80	2
80 to 100	0
100 to 120	1