Weather Records on 22 May 1957

774 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 22 May 1957. Highest significance: Harrisburg, US.

Key Facts for 22 May 1957

On 22 May 1957, 774 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
166 were record highs and 269 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 5 were all-time records, 42 monthly and 727 daily.
Harrisburg set an all-time record daily precipitation of 187.5 mm (7.4 in) on 22 May 1957.
Across 160 earlier years (1806 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 444 records.

Record Map

774 stations

774 station records on 22 May 1957 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 22 May 1957: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Harrisburg	United States	Record daily precipitation	187.5 mm (7.4 in)	77 of 100 (Major)
Shawneetown Old Town	United States	Record daily precipitation	151.1 mm (5.9 in)	67 of 100 (Major)
Mettupalayam	India	Record daily precipitation	139.7 mm (5.5 in)	63 of 100 (Major)
New Burnside	United States	Record daily precipitation	97.3 mm (3.8 in)	62 of 100 (Major)
Magdeburg	Germany	Record daily precipitation	29.4 mm (1.2 in)	57 of 100 (Notable)
Jackson	United States	Record daily precipitation	89.9 mm (3.5 in)	57 of 100 (Notable)
Srirangpatnam	India	Record daily precipitation	167.6 mm (6.6 in)	56 of 100 (Notable)
Ketty	India	Record daily precipitation	109.0 mm (4.3 in)	56 of 100 (Notable)
Paoli	United States	Record daily precipitation	71.1 mm (2.8 in)	56 of 100 (Notable)
Gospic	Croatia	Record daily precipitation	63.9 mm (2.5 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Sulur	India	Record daily precipitation	73.7 mm (2.9 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Rushville	United States	Record daily precipitation	61.0 mm (2.4 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Morehouse	United States	Record daily precipitation	93.5 mm (3.7 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Brahmapuri	India	Record daily precipitation	44.2 mm (1.7 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Coimbatore	India	Record daily precipitation	69.3 mm (2.7 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Kotagiri	India	Record daily precipitation	127.0 mm (5.0 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Kodanand	India	Record daily precipitation	150.6 mm (5.9 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Carrollton Lock 1	United States	Record daily precipitation	64.3 mm (2.5 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Chamarajnagar	India	Record daily precipitation	80.0 mm (3.1 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Greenville 2 W	United States	Record daily precipitation	65.0 mm (2.6 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Arukutty	India	Record daily precipitation	221.0 mm (8.7 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Satyamangalam	India	Record daily precipitation	102.4 mm (4.0 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
St John Bethlehem Aca	United States	Record daily precipitation	55.9 mm (2.2 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Eaton	United States	Record daily precipitation	59.7 mm (2.4 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Vasilevici	Belarus	Record daily precipitation	30.1 mm (1.2 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Cairo River	United States	Record daily precipitation	59.2 mm (2.3 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Henryville Sf	United States	Record daily precipitation	71.1 mm (2.8 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Ramnagaram	India	Record daily precipitation	86.4 mm (3.4 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Paducah	United States	Record daily precipitation	72.4 mm (2.9 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Xenia 6 SSE	United States	Record daily precipitation	49.5 mm (1.9 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Jeffersonville	United States	Record daily precipitation	60.5 mm (2.4 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Anchorage	United States	Record daily precipitation	55.6 mm (2.2 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Nanjangud	India	Record daily precipitation	81.3 mm (3.2 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Vaikom	India	Record daily precipitation	156.2 mm (6.1 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Eldon	United States	Record daily precipitation	76.2 mm (3.0 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Karjat	India	Record daily precipitation	37.1 mm (1.5 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Shoals 8 S	United States	Record daily precipitation	44.7 mm (1.8 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Annur	India	Record daily precipitation	114.8 mm (4.5 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Madison Sewage Plt	United States	Record daily precipitation	50.8 mm (2.0 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Mt Vernon	United States	Record daily precipitation	107.2 mm (4.2 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Princeton	United States	Record daily precipitation	74.9 mm (2.9 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
London State Fish Hatchery	United States	Record daily precipitation	45.5 mm (1.8 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Aleppo	Australia	Record daily precipitation	27.4 mm (1.1 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Falmouth	United States	Record daily precipitation	42.9 mm (1.7 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Ottapalam	India	Record daily precipitation	120.7 mm (4.8 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Salem	United States	Record daily precipitation	63.2 mm (2.5 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Williamsburg 2	United States	Record daily precipitation	50.8 mm (2.0 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Sherthala	India	Record daily precipitation	139.4 mm (5.5 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Westcliffe	United States	Record daily snowfall	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Carbondale Sewage Plt	United States	Record daily precipitation	146.6 mm (5.8 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Munfordville 5 NW	United States	Record daily precipitation	34.5 mm (1.4 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Wilmington 3 N	United States	Record daily precipitation	46.2 mm (1.8 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Holdenville 2SSE	United States	Record daily precipitation	148.8 mm (5.9 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Alattur	India	Record daily precipitation	161.0 mm (6.3 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Fayetteville	United States	Record daily precipitation	53.3 mm (2.1 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Huntingburg AP	United States	Record daily precipitation	65.5 mm (2.6 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Scottsburg	United States	Record daily precipitation	65.8 mm (2.6 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Gest Lock 3	United States	Record daily precipitation	46.0 mm (1.8 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Hamilton Fairfield	United States	Record daily precipitation	48.3 mm (1.9 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Washington Court House	United States	Record daily precipitation	36.8 mm (1.4 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

774 records

Records set or tied on 22 May 1957 by type: Highest daily maximum 26, Lowest daily maximum 217, Highest daily minimum 140, Lowest daily minimum 52, Heaviest daily rainfall 331, Heaviest daily snowfall 8.

Records on 22 May 1957 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	26
Lowest daily maximum	217
Highest daily minimum	140
Lowest daily minimum	52
Heaviest daily rainfall	331
Heaviest daily snowfall	8
Deepest snow cover	0

Records on 22 May 1957 by timescale: all-time 5, monthly 42, daily 727.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

633 broken records

Margins by which the 633 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 127.0. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

22 May 1957

Top 20 records on 22 May 1957 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
22 May 1957	Harrisburg, US	all-time rain	187.5 mm (7.4 in)	48.6 mm (1.9 in)	46 years	77 of 100 (Major)
22 May 1957	Shawneetown Old Town, US	monthly rain	151.1 mm (5.9 in)	49.5 mm (1.9 in)	39 years	67 of 100 (Major)
22 May 1957	Mettupalayam, IN	monthly rain	139.7 mm (5.5 in)	54.1 mm (2.1 in)	27 years	63 of 100 (Major)
22 May 1957	New Burnside, US	daily rain	97.3 mm (3.8 in)	48.8 mm (1.9 in)	60 years	62 of 100 (Major)
22 May 1957	Magdeburg, DE	daily rain	29.4 mm (1.2 in)	18.2 mm (0.7 in)	48 years	57 of 100 (Notable)
22 May 1957	Jackson, US	daily rain	89.9 mm (3.5 in)	51.8 mm (2.0 in)	52 years	57 of 100 (Notable)
22 May 1957	Srirangpatnam, IN	all-time rain	167.6 mm (6.6 in)	38.1 mm (1.5 in)	27 years	56 of 100 (Notable)
22 May 1957	Ketty, IN	monthly rain	109.0 mm (4.3 in)	33.1 mm (1.3 in)	48 years	56 of 100 (Notable)
22 May 1957	Paoli, US	daily rain	71.1 mm (2.8 in)	45.7 mm (1.8 in)	42 years	56 of 100 (Notable)
22 May 1957	Gospic, HR	daily rain	63.9 mm (2.5 in)	44.4 mm (1.7 in)	31 years	54 of 100 (Notable)
22 May 1957	Sulur, IN	daily rain	73.7 mm (2.9 in)	51.9 mm (2.0 in)	36 years	54 of 100 (Notable)
22 May 1957	Rushville, US	daily rain	61.0 mm (2.4 in)	33.6 mm (1.3 in)	54 years	54 of 100 (Notable)
22 May 1957	Morehouse, US	daily rain	93.5 mm (3.7 in)	63.0 mm (2.5 in)	30 years	52 of 100 (Notable)
22 May 1957	Brahmapuri, IN	daily rain	44.2 mm (1.7 in)	26.9 mm (1.1 in)	54 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
22 May 1957	Coimbatore, IN	daily rain	69.3 mm (2.7 in)	57.9 mm (2.3 in)	20 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
22 May 1957	Kotagiri, IN	daily rain	127.0 mm (5.0 in)	93.0 mm (3.7 in)	20 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
22 May 1957	Kodanand, IN	daily rain	150.6 mm (5.9 in)	85.6 mm (3.4 in)	20 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
22 May 1957	Carrollton Lock 1, US	daily rain	64.3 mm (2.5 in)	33.8 mm (1.3 in)	55 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
22 May 1957	Chamarajnagar, IN	daily rain	80.0 mm (3.1 in)	42.4 mm (1.7 in)	52 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
22 May 1957	Greenville 2 W, US	daily rain	65.0 mm (2.6 in)	36.3 mm (1.4 in)	40 years	49 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 1957

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1806 to 1957. 1957 had 774 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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Data for records on 1957-05-22: CSV or JSON. Field meanings are on the data page.

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	542
20 to 40	62
40 to 60	18
60 to 80	6
80 to 100	3
100 to 120	1
120 to 140	1