Weather Records on 22 April 1959

412 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 22 April 1959. Highest significance: Maple Creek, CA.

Key Facts for 22 April 1959

On 22 April 1959, 412 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
45 were record highs and 240 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 0 were all-time records, 3 monthly and 409 daily.
Maple Creek set a daily record snowfall of 20.3 cm (8.0 in) on 22 April 1959.
Across 164 earlier years (1800 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 445 records.

Record Map

412 stations

412 station records on 22 April 1959 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 22 April 1959: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Maple Creek	Canada	Record daily snowfall	20.3 cm (8.0 in)	55 of 100 (Notable)
Entrance	Canada	Record daily precipitation	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Balfour (Pol)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	44.0 mm (1.7 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Florence 8 NE	United States	Record daily precipitation	59.7 mm (2.4 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Lake Louise	Canada	Record daily precipitation	35.6 mm (1.4 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Leader	Canada	Record daily snowfall	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Lake Louise	Canada	Record daily snowfall	35.6 cm (14.0 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Loerie (Sar)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	57.0 mm (2.2 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Jamestown	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	30.0 mm (1.2 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Gangapur	India	Record daily precipitation	26.7 mm (1.1 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Titusville	United States	Record daily precipitation	57.7 mm (2.3 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Karlsruhe	Germany	Record low minimum temperature	-3.1 C (26.4 F)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Badagara	India	Record daily precipitation	85.1 mm (3.4 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Shelby 2 NW	United States	Record daily precipitation	43.7 mm (1.7 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Tarboro 1 S	United States	Record daily precipitation	41.1 mm (1.6 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Entrance	Canada	Record daily snowfall	25.4 cm (10.0 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
New Smyrna Beach	United States	Record daily precipitation	50.8 mm (2.0 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Melbourne Regional Office	Australia	Record high minimum temperature	16.1 C (61.0 F)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Tarpon Spgs Sewage Plt	United States	Record daily precipitation	45.7 mm (1.8 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Rocky Mt	United States	Record daily precipitation	36.6 mm (1.4 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Scotland Neck	United States	Record daily precipitation	36.8 mm (1.4 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Tylden "Tulden"	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	40.0 mm (1.6 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Butterworth (Tnk)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	45.0 mm (1.8 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Enfield	United States	Record daily precipitation	34.0 mm (1.3 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Hanna	Canada	Record daily snowfall	7.6 cm (3.0 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Medicine Hat A	Canada	Record low maximum temperature	2.2 C (36.0 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Talavadi	India	Record daily precipitation	51.6 mm (2.0 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Karkaralinsk	Kazakhstan	Record daily precipitation	59.0 mm (2.3 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
El Reno 1 N	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-1.1 C (30.0 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Smithfield	United States	Record daily precipitation	30.2 mm (1.2 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Brackettville	United States	Record low maximum temperature	20.0 C (68.0 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Fraser	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-22.2 C (-8.0 F)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Cimarron	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-7.8 C (18.0 F)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Webbers Falls 5 WSW	United States	Record low maximum temperature	9.4 C (48.9 F)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Bele (Bos)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	25.5 mm (1.0 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Johnson 11 ESE	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-7.2 C (19.0 F)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Tribune 1W	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-6.7 C (19.9 F)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Elizabethtown	United States	Record daily precipitation	37.1 mm (1.5 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Albany	United States	Record low minimum temperature	0.0 C (32.0 F)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Gatesville	United States	Record low minimum temperature	3.3 C (37.9 F)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Burrwood Wb	United States	Record low maximum temperature	18.9 C (66.0 F)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Pennant	Canada	Record daily snowfall	5.1 cm (2.0 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Baia Mare	Romania	Record low minimum temperature	-3.2 C (26.2 F)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Cheviot Fells	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	29.0 mm (1.1 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Farmington	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-5.6 C (21.9 F)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Eagle Harbor	United States	Record high minimum temperature	10.6 C (51.1 F)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Rocky Mt 8 ESE	United States	Record daily precipitation	42.4 mm (1.7 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Laurens	United States	Record low maximum temperature	16.1 C (61.0 F)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Quesnel	Canada	Record high minimum temperature	6.7 C (44.1 F)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Freiburg	Germany	Record low minimum temperature	-2.3 C (27.9 F)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Burlington	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-8.3 C (17.1 F)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Fall Rvr Lake	United States	Record low minimum temperature	0.6 C (33.1 F)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Greensburg	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-2.8 C (27.0 F)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Ulysses 3NE	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-5.6 C (21.9 F)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Nevada Wtp	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-2.2 C (28.0 F)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Franklinville	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-7.8 C (18.0 F)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Edenton	United States	Record daily precipitation	55.9 mm (2.2 in)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Wagoner	United States	Record low minimum temperature	2.2 C (36.0 F)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Hayes Center 1NW	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-6.1 C (21.0 F)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Melbourne Regional Office	Australia	Record high maximum temperature	29.3 C (84.7 F)	23 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

412 records

Records set or tied on 22 April 1959 by type: Highest daily maximum 18, Lowest daily maximum 104, Highest daily minimum 27, Lowest daily minimum 136, Heaviest daily rainfall 105, Heaviest daily snowfall 22.

Records on 22 April 1959 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	18
Lowest daily maximum	104
Highest daily minimum	27
Lowest daily minimum	136
Heaviest daily rainfall	105
Heaviest daily snowfall	22
Deepest snow cover	0

Records on 22 April 1959 by timescale: all-time 0, monthly 3, daily 409.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

328 broken records

Margins by which the 328 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 204.0. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

22 April 1959

Top 20 records on 22 April 1959 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
22 April 1959	Maple Creek, CA	daily snowfall	20.3 cm (8.0 in)	20.3 cm (8.0 in)	73 years	55 of 100 (Notable)
22 April 1959	Entrance, CA	daily rain	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	17.3 mm (0.7 in)	22 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
22 April 1959	Balfour (Pol), ZA	daily rain	44.0 mm (1.7 in)	29.3 mm (1.2 in)	24 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
22 April 1959	Florence 8 NE, US	daily rain	59.7 mm (2.4 in)	39.4 mm (1.6 in)	41 years	44 of 100 (Notable)
22 April 1959	Lake Louise, CA	daily rain	35.6 mm (1.4 in)	20.4 mm (0.8 in)	4 years	43 of 100 (Notable)
22 April 1959	Leader, CA	daily snowfall	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	36 years	43 of 100 (Notable)
22 April 1959	Lake Louise, CA	daily snowfall	35.6 cm (14.0 in)	20.4 cm (8.0 in)	4 years	42 of 100 (Notable)
22 April 1959	Loerie (Sar), ZA	daily rain	57.0 mm (2.2 in)	35.9 mm (1.4 in)	37 years	42 of 100 (Notable)
22 April 1959	Jamestown, ZA	daily rain	30.0 mm (1.2 in)	12.0 mm (0.5 in)	72 years	42 of 100 (Notable)
22 April 1959	Gangapur, IN	daily rain	26.7 mm (1.1 in)	20.9 mm (0.8 in)	29 years	38 of 100 (Notable)
22 April 1959	Titusville, US	daily rain	57.7 mm (2.3 in)	42.7 mm (1.7 in)	4 years	38 of 100 (Notable)
22 April 1959	Karlsruhe, DE	daily low min	-3.1 C (26.4 F)	2.1 C (3.8 F)	77 years	37 of 100 (Notable)
22 April 1959	Badagara, IN	daily rain	85.1 mm (3.4 in)	35.6 mm (1.4 in)	37 years	37 of 100 (Notable)
22 April 1959	Shelby 2 NW, US	daily rain	43.7 mm (1.7 in)	29.2 mm (1.1 in)	32 years	37 of 100 (Notable)
22 April 1959	Tarboro 1 S, US	daily rain	41.1 mm (1.6 in)	20.0 mm (0.8 in)	40 years	37 of 100 (Notable)
22 April 1959	Entrance, CA	monthly snowfall	25.4 cm (10.0 in)	5.1 cm (2.0 in)	32 years	36 of 100 (Notable)
22 April 1959	New Smyrna Beach, US	daily rain	50.8 mm (2.0 in)	30.0 mm (1.2 in)	28 years	35 of 100 (Notable)
22 April 1959	Melbourne Regional Office, AU	daily high min	16.1 C (61.0 F)	0.5 C (0.9 F)	76 years	34 of 100 (Routine)
22 April 1959	Tarpon Spgs Sewage Plt, US	daily rain	45.7 mm (1.8 in)	26.4 mm (1.0 in)	50 years	34 of 100 (Routine)
22 April 1959	Rocky Mt, US	daily rain	36.6 mm (1.4 in)	18.8 mm (0.7 in)	40 years	33 of 100 (Routine)

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 1959

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1800 to 1959. 1959 had 412 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 2026-10-16. Last revised 16 October 2026 (2026-10-16).

Margin	Records
0 to 50	320
50 to 100	5
100 to 150	1
150 to 200	0
200 to 250	2