Weather Records on 22 July 1959

581 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 22 July 1959. Highest significance: Goulburn, AU.

Key Facts for 22 July 1959

On 22 July 1959, 581 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
146 were record highs and 43 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 1 were all-time records, 9 monthly and 571 daily.
Goulburn set a daily record precipitation of 36.1 mm (1.4 in) on 22 July 1959.
Across 171 earlier years (1793 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 433 records.

Record Map

581 stations

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

Weather records on 22 July 1959: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Goulburn	Australia	Record daily precipitation	36.1 mm (1.4 in)	66 of 100 (Major)
Yarra (Rowe's Lagoon)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	42.4 mm (1.7 in)	64 of 100 (Major)
Tarago (Kildare)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	39.1 mm (1.5 in)	63 of 100 (Major)
Bombala (Therry Street)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	53.3 mm (2.1 in)	61 of 100 (Major)
Braidwood (Wallace Street)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	61.0 mm (2.4 in)	59 of 100 (Notable)
Collector (Brookdale)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	53.6 mm (2.1 in)	58 of 100 (Notable)
Cathcart (Old Post Office)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	104.1 mm (4.1 in)	58 of 100 (Notable)
Araluen Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	113.5 mm (4.5 in)	57 of 100 (Notable)
Bemboka Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	99.3 mm (3.9 in)	57 of 100 (Notable)
Brodribb River	Australia	Record daily precipitation	86.9 mm (3.4 in)	57 of 100 (Notable)
Brinkworth (Anama Park)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	26.2 mm (1.0 in)	56 of 100 (Notable)
Majors Creek (the Old School)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	92.2 mm (3.6 in)	56 of 100 (Notable)
Sangli	India	Record daily precipitation	200.0 mm (7.9 in)	55 of 100 (Notable)
Goulburn (Kippilaw)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	33.3 mm (1.3 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Whitemark	Australia	Record daily precipitation	46.5 mm (1.8 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Cathcart (Mount Darragh)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	95.0 mm (3.7 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Bukalong Station	Australia	Record daily precipitation	55.4 mm (2.2 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Woodhouselee (Leeston)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	34.0 mm (1.3 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Vitoria de Santo Antao	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	56.7 mm (2.2 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Wapengo Lake Road	Australia	Record daily precipitation	83.8 mm (3.3 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Bungendore (Gidleigh)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	34.8 mm (1.4 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Tiruvur(Tiruvvru)	India	Record daily precipitation	196.5 mm (7.7 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Swan Island Lighthouse	Australia	Record daily precipitation	25.9 mm (1.0 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Eden (Timbillica)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	71.1 mm (2.8 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Ajmer	India	Record daily precipitation	139.6 mm (5.5 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Captains Flat (Foxlow St)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	53.6 mm (2.1 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Braidwood (Krawarree)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	72.4 mm (2.9 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Eddystone Point	Australia	Record daily precipitation	45.0 mm (1.8 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Stillwater 2 W	United States	Record daily precipitation	78.2 mm (3.1 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Gabo Island Lighthouse	Australia	Record daily precipitation	36.1 mm (1.4 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Orbost (Comparison)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	61.0 mm (2.4 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Cottbus	Germany	Record daily precipitation	60.6 mm (2.4 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Bhimunipatnam	India	Record daily precipitation	71.1 mm (2.8 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Thule	Australia	Record daily precipitation	38.6 mm (1.5 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Chatham Exp Fa	United States	Record daily precipitation	53.3 mm (2.1 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Jaisalmer	India	Record daily precipitation	84.3 mm (3.3 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Bettowynd (Condry)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	62.7 mm (2.5 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Pambula Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	71.6 mm (2.8 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Blackwell 1 W	United States	Record daily precipitation	120.7 mm (4.8 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Canyon	United States	Record daily precipitation	78.7 mm (3.1 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Borenore Store	Australia	Record daily precipitation	33.5 mm (1.3 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Batemans Bay Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	88.6 mm (3.5 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Paupong Station	Australia	Record daily precipitation	38.1 mm (1.5 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Drobeta Turnu Severin	Romania	Record daily precipitation	49.9 mm (2.0 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Lewisburg Exp STN	United States	Record daily precipitation	43.4 mm (1.7 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Bartlesville Muni AP	United States	Record daily precipitation	76.2 mm (3.0 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Chatsbury (Maryland)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	53.3 mm (2.1 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Yass (Linton Hostel)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	32.3 mm (1.3 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Doberlug-Kirchhain	Germany	Record daily precipitation	50.6 mm (2.0 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Lower Boro (Calderwood)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	39.6 mm (1.6 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Potsdam	Germany	Record daily precipitation	34.7 mm (1.4 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Hudson	United States	Record daily precipitation	75.2 mm (3.0 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Hohenwald	United States	Record daily precipitation	65.5 mm (2.6 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Taralga (Grathawai)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	33.3 mm (1.3 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Murrungowar	Australia	Record daily precipitation	114.3 mm (4.5 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Suratgarh	India	Record daily precipitation	68.3 mm (2.7 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Blayney Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	26.2 mm (1.0 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Washim	India	Record daily precipitation	109.2 mm (4.3 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Hanty-Mansijsk	Russia	Record daily precipitation	29.1 mm (1.1 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Narooma Rvcp	Australia	Record daily precipitation	43.9 mm (1.7 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)

Counts by Type and Timescale

581 records

Records set or tied on 22 July 1959 by type: Highest daily maximum 96, Lowest daily maximum 27, Highest daily minimum 50, Lowest daily minimum 16, Heaviest daily rainfall 392.

Records on 22 July 1959 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	96
Lowest daily maximum	27
Highest daily minimum	50
Lowest daily minimum	16
Heaviest daily rainfall	392
Heaviest daily snowfall	0
Deepest snow cover	0

Records on 22 July 1959 by timescale: all-time 1, monthly 9, daily 571.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

492 broken records

Margins by which the 492 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 93.4. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

22 July 1959

Top 20 records on 22 July 1959 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
22 July 1959	Goulburn, AU	daily rain	36.1 mm (1.4 in)	22.4 mm (0.9 in)	98 years	66 of 100 (Major)
22 July 1959	Yarra (Rowe's Lagoon), AU	daily rain	42.4 mm (1.7 in)	35.3 mm (1.4 in)	60 years	64 of 100 (Major)
22 July 1959	Tarago (Kildare), AU	daily rain	39.1 mm (1.5 in)	28.9 mm (1.1 in)	71 years	63 of 100 (Major)
22 July 1959	Bombala (Therry Street), AU	daily rain	53.3 mm (2.1 in)	39.8 mm (1.6 in)	46 years	61 of 100 (Major)
22 July 1959	Braidwood (Wallace Street), AU	daily rain	61.0 mm (2.4 in)	46.8 mm (1.8 in)	40 years	59 of 100 (Notable)
22 July 1959	Collector (Brookdale), AU	daily rain	53.6 mm (2.1 in)	37.3 mm (1.5 in)	40 years	58 of 100 (Notable)
22 July 1959	Cathcart (Old Post Office), AU	daily rain	104.1 mm (4.1 in)	91.9 mm (3.6 in)	40 years	58 of 100 (Notable)
22 July 1959	Araluen Post Office, AU	daily rain	113.5 mm (4.5 in)	82.3 mm (3.2 in)	40 years	57 of 100 (Notable)
22 July 1959	Bemboka Post Office, AU	daily rain	99.3 mm (3.9 in)	87.4 mm (3.4 in)	37 years	57 of 100 (Notable)
22 July 1959	Brodribb River, AU	daily rain	86.9 mm (3.4 in)	46.0 mm (1.8 in)	48 years	57 of 100 (Notable)
22 July 1959	Brinkworth (Anama Park), AU	daily rain	26.2 mm (1.0 in)	11.7 mm (0.5 in)	71 years	56 of 100 (Notable)
22 July 1959	Majors Creek (the Old School), AU	daily rain	92.2 mm (3.6 in)	69.3 mm (2.7 in)	40 years	56 of 100 (Notable)
22 July 1959	Sangli, IN	monthly rain	200.0 mm (7.9 in)	40.0 mm (1.6 in)	0 years	55 of 100 (Notable)
22 July 1959	Goulburn (Kippilaw), AU	daily rain	33.3 mm (1.3 in)	23.1 mm (0.9 in)	68 years	54 of 100 (Notable)
22 July 1959	Whitemark, AU	daily rain	46.5 mm (1.8 in)	34.6 mm (1.4 in)	32 years	54 of 100 (Notable)
22 July 1959	Cathcart (Mount Darragh), AU	daily rain	95.0 mm (3.7 in)	79.8 mm (3.1 in)	34 years	53 of 100 (Notable)
22 July 1959	Bukalong Station, AU	daily rain	55.4 mm (2.2 in)	33.0 mm (1.3 in)	46 years	53 of 100 (Notable)
22 July 1959	Woodhouselee (Leeston), AU	daily rain	34.0 mm (1.3 in)	26.9 mm (1.1 in)	74 years	53 of 100 (Notable)
22 July 1959	Vitoria de Santo Antao, BR	daily rain	56.7 mm (2.2 in)	49.8 mm (2.0 in)	32 years	53 of 100 (Notable)
22 July 1959	Wapengo Lake Road, AU	daily rain	83.8 mm (3.3 in)	74.7 mm (2.9 in)	32 years	52 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 1959

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1793 to 1959. 1959 had 581 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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Data for records on 1959-07-22: 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	403
20 to 40	59
40 to 60	16
60 to 80	9
80 to 100	5