Weather Records on 22 May 1961

446 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 22 May 1961. Highest significance: Alton 1 W, US.

Key Facts for 22 May 1961

On 22 May 1961, 446 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
83 were record highs and 110 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 1 were all-time records, 15 monthly and 430 daily.
Alton 1 W set an all-time record daily precipitation of 156.2 mm (6.1 in) on 22 May 1961.
Across 160 earlier years (1806 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 446 records.

Record Map

446 stations

446 station records on 22 May 1961 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 22 May 1961: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Alton 1 W	United States	Record daily precipitation	156.2 mm (6.1 in)	68 of 100 (Major)
Patur	India	Record daily precipitation	45.7 mm (1.8 in)	64 of 100 (Major)
Sirsi	India	Record daily precipitation	161.3 mm (6.4 in)	59 of 100 (Notable)
Yellapur	India	Record daily precipitation	158.7 mm (6.2 in)	56 of 100 (Notable)
Supa	India	Record daily precipitation	169.4 mm (6.7 in)	56 of 100 (Notable)
Nanaimo	Canada	Record daily precipitation	29.7 mm (1.2 in)	55 of 100 (Notable)
Powell River	Canada	Record daily precipitation	50.3 mm (2.0 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Barh	India	Record daily precipitation	49.0 mm (1.9 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Beloit	United States	Record daily precipitation	73.9 mm (2.9 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Haliyal	India	Record daily precipitation	105.4 mm (4.1 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Siddapur	India	Record daily precipitation	116.3 mm (4.6 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Sechelt	Canada	Record daily precipitation	36.3 mm (1.4 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Bhatkal	India	Record daily precipitation	194.6 mm (7.7 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Goondi Mill Csr	Australia	Record daily precipitation	95.5 mm (3.8 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Herington	United States	Record daily precipitation	82.6 mm (3.3 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Stillwater Power House	Canada	Record daily precipitation	31.0 mm (1.2 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Baindur	India	Record daily precipitation	188.2 mm (7.4 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Kalghatgi	India	Record daily precipitation	129.5 mm (5.1 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Madhepur	India	Record daily precipitation	64.0 mm (2.5 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Jamkhed	India	Record daily precipitation	47.0 mm (1.9 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Islampur	India	Record daily precipitation	57.2 mm (2.3 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Guide Rock	United States	Record daily precipitation	64.8 mm (2.6 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Gargoti	India	Record daily precipitation	64.0 mm (2.5 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Kamiesberg	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	44.9 mm (1.8 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Springbok	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	27.5 mm (1.1 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Cottonwood Falls	United States	Record daily precipitation	57.4 mm (2.3 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Lois River Dam	Canada	Record daily precipitation	32.3 mm (1.3 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Karwar	India	Record daily precipitation	210.0 mm (8.3 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Hangal	India	Record daily precipitation	115.3 mm (4.5 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Haringhata	India	Record daily precipitation	67.6 mm (2.7 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Clifton	United States	Record daily precipitation	59.7 mm (2.4 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Cawker City	United States	Record daily precipitation	66.0 mm (2.6 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Eureka 1E	United States	Record daily precipitation	68.6 mm (2.7 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Lamar 7N	United States	Record daily precipitation	70.6 mm (2.8 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Saunur(Savnur)	India	Record daily precipitation	78.2 mm (3.1 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Dindori	India	Record daily precipitation	25.7 mm (1.0 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Chandgad	India	Record daily precipitation	46.0 mm (1.8 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Healdton 3 E	United States	Record daily precipitation	48.5 mm (1.9 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Eskridge	United States	Record daily precipitation	55.9 mm (2.2 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Junction City	United States	Record daily precipitation	97.3 mm (3.8 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Florence	United States	Record daily precipitation	60.2 mm (2.4 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Plainville 4WNW	United States	Record daily precipitation	75.7 mm (3.0 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Bertrand	United States	Record daily precipitation	53.1 mm (2.1 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Reasi	India	Record daily precipitation	44.7 mm (1.8 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Perumpavur	India	Record daily precipitation	152.4 mm (6.0 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Beaver City	United States	Record daily precipitation	43.9 mm (1.7 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Bruning	United States	Record daily precipitation	95.0 mm (3.7 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Kumta	India	Record daily precipitation	203.2 mm (8.0 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Mukundapuram	India	Record daily precipitation	170.2 mm (6.7 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Wilsonville	United States	Record daily precipitation	45.2 mm (1.8 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Partapganj	India	Record daily precipitation	38.0 mm (1.5 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Khanpur	India	Record daily precipitation	53.3 mm (2.1 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Malvan	India	Record daily precipitation	85.0 mm (3.3 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Bhagwanpur	India	Record daily precipitation	50.0 mm (2.0 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Aurora	United States	Record daily precipitation	48.5 mm (1.9 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Minnedosa	Canada	Record high minimum temperature	13.3 C (55.9 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Clay Ctr 6 ESE	United States	Record daily precipitation	44.5 mm (1.8 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Shirala	India	Record daily precipitation	129.3 mm (5.1 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Manhattan	United States	Record daily precipitation	72.9 mm (2.9 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Orleans 2 W	United States	Record daily precipitation	43.7 mm (1.7 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

446 records

Records set or tied on 22 May 1961 by type: Highest daily maximum 38, Lowest daily maximum 50, Highest daily minimum 45, Lowest daily minimum 60, Heaviest daily rainfall 253.

Records on 22 May 1961 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	38
Lowest daily maximum	50
Highest daily minimum	45
Lowest daily minimum	60
Heaviest daily rainfall	253
Heaviest daily snowfall	0
Deepest snow cover	0

Records on 22 May 1961 by timescale: all-time 1, monthly 15, daily 430.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

384 broken records

Margins by which the 384 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 95.2. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

22 May 1961

Top 20 records on 22 May 1961 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
22 May 1961	Alton 1 W, US	all-time rain	156.2 mm (6.1 in)	32.5 mm (1.3 in)	48 years	68 of 100 (Major)
22 May 1961	Patur, IN	daily rain	45.7 mm (1.8 in)	45.7 mm (1.8 in)	60 years	64 of 100 (Major)
22 May 1961	Sirsi, IN	monthly rain	161.3 mm (6.4 in)	65.8 mm (2.6 in)	11 years	59 of 100 (Notable)
22 May 1961	Yellapur, IN	monthly rain	158.7 mm (6.2 in)	85.0 mm (3.3 in)	0 years	56 of 100 (Notable)
22 May 1961	Supa, IN	monthly rain	169.4 mm (6.7 in)	88.1 mm (3.5 in)	3 years	56 of 100 (Notable)
22 May 1961	Nanaimo, CA	daily rain	29.7 mm (1.2 in)	16.0 mm (0.6 in)	46 years	55 of 100 (Notable)
22 May 1961	Powell River, CA	monthly rain	50.3 mm (2.0 in)	20.8 mm (0.8 in)	4 years	54 of 100 (Notable)
22 May 1961	Barh, IN	daily rain	49.0 mm (1.9 in)	33.8 mm (1.3 in)	59 years	54 of 100 (Notable)
22 May 1961	Beloit, US	daily rain	73.9 mm (2.9 in)	39.1 mm (1.5 in)	55 years	54 of 100 (Notable)
22 May 1961	Haliyal, IN	daily rain	105.4 mm (4.1 in)	61.7 mm (2.4 in)	18 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
22 May 1961	Siddapur, IN	daily rain	116.3 mm (4.6 in)	81.2 mm (3.2 in)	18 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
22 May 1961	Sechelt, CA	daily rain	36.3 mm (1.4 in)	35.0 mm (1.4 in)	24 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
22 May 1961	Bhatkal, IN	daily rain	194.6 mm (7.7 in)	82.8 mm (3.3 in)	58 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
22 May 1961	Goondi Mill Csr, AU	daily rain	95.5 mm (3.8 in)	46.5 mm (1.8 in)	65 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
22 May 1961	Herington, US	daily rain	82.6 mm (3.3 in)	54.7 mm (2.2 in)	22 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
22 May 1961	Stillwater Power House, CA	daily rain	31.0 mm (1.2 in)	23.1 mm (0.9 in)	10 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
22 May 1961	Baindur, IN	daily rain	188.2 mm (7.4 in)	95.2 mm (3.7 in)	39 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
22 May 1961	Kalghatgi, IN	monthly rain	129.5 mm (5.1 in)	34.5 mm (1.4 in)	18 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
22 May 1961	Madhepur, IN	daily rain	64.0 mm (2.5 in)	39.6 mm (1.6 in)	51 years	44 of 100 (Notable)
22 May 1961	Jamkhed, IN	daily rain	47.0 mm (1.9 in)	24.1 mm (0.9 in)	58 years	44 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 1961

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1806 to 1961. 1961 had 446 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 1961-05-22: 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	315
20 to 40	49
40 to 60	11
60 to 80	4
80 to 100	5