Weather Records on 22 May 1959

713 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 22 May 1959. Highest significance: Devoncourt Station, AU.

Key Facts for 22 May 1959

On 22 May 1959, 713 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
247 were record highs and 201 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 0 were all-time records, 21 monthly and 692 daily.
Devoncourt Station set a daily record precipitation of 56.4 mm (2.2 in) on 22 May 1959.
Across 160 earlier years (1806 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 444 records.

Record Map

713 stations

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

Weather records on 22 May 1959: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Devoncourt Station	Australia	Record daily precipitation	56.4 mm (2.2 in)	66 of 100 (Major)
Calton Hills Station	Australia	Record daily precipitation	51.3 mm (2.0 in)	62 of 100 (Major)
Addison Dam 45	United States	Record daily precipitation	141.2 mm (5.6 in)	60 of 100 (Major)
Genoa	Italy	Record daily precipitation	69.2 mm (2.7 in)	58 of 100 (Notable)
Centennial 1NE	United States	Record daily snowfall	22.9 cm (9.0 in)	56 of 100 (Notable)
Kirov	Russia	Record daily precipitation	28.9 mm (1.1 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Baratria	Australia	Record daily precipitation	32.8 mm (1.3 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Bloomington Normal	United States	Record daily precipitation	70.9 mm (2.8 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Kaanapali AP 453.1	United States	Record daily precipitation	34.3 mm (1.4 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Mahinahina 466	United States	Record daily precipitation	54.4 mm (2.1 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Monroe City	United States	Record daily precipitation	48.8 mm (1.9 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Mantova	Italy	Record daily precipitation	36.0 mm (1.4 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Nieuwoudville (Pol)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	34.5 mm (1.4 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Zhizdra	Russia	Record daily precipitation	29.7 mm (1.2 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Old Banchory Station	Australia	Record daily precipitation	41.4 mm (1.6 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Huetamo	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	44.5 mm (1.8 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Ny City Cntrl Park	United States	Record high minimum temperature	22.2 C (72.0 F)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Brassua Dam	United States	Record daily precipitation	35.8 mm (1.4 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Newark Liberty Intl AP	United States	Record high minimum temperature	21.7 C (71.1 F)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Bladensburg	Australia	Record daily precipitation	43.7 mm (1.7 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Plainfield	United States	Record high minimum temperature	20.6 C (69.1 F)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Paauhau 217	United States	Record daily precipitation	70.9 mm (2.8 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Poitiers - Biard	France	Record daily precipitation	29.5 mm (1.2 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Tupper Lake Sunmount	United States	Record high minimum temperature	18.3 C (64.9 F)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Summerville 4W	United States	Record daily precipitation	59.4 mm (2.3 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Longmont 2 ESE	United States	Record daily precipitation	42.9 mm (1.7 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Dillon	United States	Record daily precipitation	53.8 mm (2.1 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Cloncurry McIllwraith St	Australia	Record daily precipitation	50.8 mm (2.0 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Coreena	Australia	Record daily precipitation	31.8 mm (1.3 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Barkly Downs	Australia	Record daily precipitation	50.3 mm (2.0 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Buffalo 2 SSW	United States	Record daily precipitation	34.3 mm (1.4 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Frederick	United States	Record daily precipitation	57.2 mm (2.3 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Chugwater	United States	Record daily snowfall	7.6 cm (3.0 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Philadelphia City	United States	Record high minimum temperature	22.2 C (72.0 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Jackson 4 NW	United States	Record daily precipitation	65.5 mm (2.6 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Paterson	United States	Record high minimum temperature	21.1 C (70.0 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Tewantin Post Office	Australia	Record low maximum temperature	16.7 C (62.1 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Mokhada	India	Record daily precipitation	30.5 mm (1.2 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Quakertown	United States	Record high minimum temperature	20.0 C (68.0 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Undilla Station	Australia	Record daily precipitation	40.6 mm (1.6 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Camooweal Township	Australia	Record daily precipitation	30.0 mm (1.2 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Duchess Hotel	Australia	Record daily precipitation	50.3 mm (2.0 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Freehold-Marlboro	United States	Record high minimum temperature	20.0 C (68.0 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Newton	United States	Record high minimum temperature	20.0 C (68.0 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Bedford Hills	United States	Record high minimum temperature	21.1 C (70.0 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Hansboro 4 NNE	United States	Record daily snowfall	5.1 cm (2.0 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Hecla	United States	Record daily snowfall	5.1 cm (2.0 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Adelaide West Terrace	Australia	Record low minimum temperature	4.5 C (40.1 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Stradbroke Station	Australia	Record daily precipitation	32.8 mm (1.3 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Newark Ag Farm	United States	Record high minimum temperature	21.1 C (70.0 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Primghar	United States	Record low maximum temperature	12.8 C (55.0 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Red Oak	United States	Record low maximum temperature	13.9 C (57.0 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Jackman	United States	Record daily precipitation	36.8 mm (1.4 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Cape May 2 NW	United States	Record high maximum temperature	31.1 C (88.0 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Chillicothe	United States	Record daily precipitation	53.3 mm (2.1 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Mount Isa Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	45.7 mm (1.8 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Boulia Airport	Australia	Record low maximum temperature	12.8 C (55.0 F)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Grover 10 W	United States	Record low maximum temperature	10.0 C (50.0 F)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Norton 9SSE	United States	Record low maximum temperature	13.3 C (55.9 F)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Lowell	United States	Record high minimum temperature	20.0 C (68.0 F)	27 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

713 records

Records set or tied on 22 May 1959 by type: Highest daily maximum 22, Lowest daily maximum 151, Highest daily minimum 225, Lowest daily minimum 50, Heaviest daily rainfall 253, Heaviest daily snowfall 12.

Records on 22 May 1959 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	22
Lowest daily maximum	151
Highest daily minimum	225
Lowest daily minimum	50
Heaviest daily rainfall	253
Heaviest daily snowfall	12
Deepest snow cover	0

Records on 22 May 1959 by timescale: all-time 0, monthly 21, daily 692.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

589 broken records

Margins by which the 589 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 229.0. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

22 May 1959

Top 20 records on 22 May 1959 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
22 May 1959	Devoncourt Station, AU	daily rain	56.4 mm (2.2 in)	56.4 mm (2.2 in)	64 years	66 of 100 (Major)
22 May 1959	Calton Hills Station, AU	daily rain	51.3 mm (2.0 in)	51.3 mm (2.0 in)	56 years	62 of 100 (Major)
22 May 1959	Addison Dam 45, US	monthly rain	141.2 mm (5.6 in)	67.0 mm (2.6 in)	24 years	60 of 100 (Major)
22 May 1959	Genoa, IT	daily rain	69.2 mm (2.7 in)	35.7 mm (1.4 in)	57 years	58 of 100 (Notable)
22 May 1959	Centennial 1NE, US	daily snowfall	22.9 cm (9.0 in)	22.9 cm (9.0 in)	59 years	56 of 100 (Notable)
22 May 1959	Kirov, RU	daily rain	28.9 mm (1.1 in)	12.1 mm (0.5 in)	62 years	52 of 100 (Notable)
22 May 1959	Baratria, AU	daily rain	32.8 mm (1.3 in)	32.8 mm (1.3 in)	45 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
22 May 1959	Bloomington Normal, US	daily rain	70.9 mm (2.8 in)	48.0 mm (1.9 in)	9 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
22 May 1959	Kaanapali AP 453.1, US	daily rain	34.3 mm (1.4 in)	30.5 mm (1.2 in)	12 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
22 May 1959	Mahinahina 466, US	daily rain	54.4 mm (2.1 in)	31.0 mm (1.2 in)	12 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
22 May 1959	Monroe City, US	daily rain	48.8 mm (1.9 in)	31.0 mm (1.2 in)	56 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
22 May 1959	Mantova, IT	daily rain	36.0 mm (1.4 in)	5.5 mm (0.22 in)	91 years	44 of 100 (Notable)
22 May 1959	Nieuwoudville (Pol), ZA	daily rain	34.5 mm (1.4 in)	29.4 mm (1.2 in)	32 years	42 of 100 (Notable)
22 May 1959	Zhizdra, RU	daily rain	29.7 mm (1.2 in)	17.1 mm (0.7 in)	8 years	41 of 100 (Notable)
22 May 1959	Old Banchory Station, AU	daily rain	41.4 mm (1.6 in)	31.2 mm (1.2 in)	40 years	39 of 100 (Notable)
22 May 1959	Huetamo, MX	daily rain	44.5 mm (1.8 in)	41.7 mm (1.6 in)	30 years	39 of 100 (Notable)
22 May 1959	Ny City Cntrl Park, US	daily high min	22.2 C (72.0 F)	1.6 C (2.9 F)	83 years	38 of 100 (Notable)
22 May 1959	Brassua Dam, US	daily rain	35.8 mm (1.4 in)	22.6 mm (0.9 in)	4 years	37 of 100 (Notable)
22 May 1959	Newark Liberty Intl AP, US	daily high min	21.7 C (71.1 F)	1.1 C (2.0 F)	83 years	37 of 100 (Notable)
22 May 1959	Bladensburg, AU	daily rain	43.7 mm (1.7 in)	41.7 mm (1.6 in)	26 years	36 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 1959

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1806 to 1959. 1959 had 713 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 50	581
50 to 100	7
100 to 150	0
150 to 200	0
200 to 250	1