Weather Records on 22 May 1962

662 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 22 May 1962. Highest significance: Collegeville St John's, US.

Key Facts for 22 May 1962

On 22 May 1962, 662 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
146 were record highs and 96 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 2 were all-time records, 13 monthly and 647 daily.
Collegeville St John's set an all-time record daily precipitation of 148.3 mm (5.8 in) on 22 May 1962.
Across 160 earlier years (1806 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 444 records.

Record Map

662 stations

662 station records on 22 May 1962 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 22 May 1962: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Collegeville St John's	United States	Record daily precipitation	148.3 mm (5.8 in)	70 of 100 (Major)
Beito	Norway	Record daily precipitation	35.5 mm (1.4 in)	58 of 100 (Notable)
Curramulka	Australia	Record daily precipitation	25.1 mm (1.0 in)	56 of 100 (Notable)
Linton	United States	Record daily precipitation	46.5 mm (1.8 in)	56 of 100 (Notable)
Belle Fourche	United States	Record daily precipitation	39.6 mm (1.6 in)	56 of 100 (Notable)
Ashbourne	Australia	Record daily precipitation	47.5 mm (1.9 in)	55 of 100 (Notable)
Artichoke Lake 1 E	United States	Record daily precipitation	51.1 mm (2.0 in)	55 of 100 (Notable)
Laverton Salines	Australia	Record daily precipitation	25.7 mm (1.0 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Mariyna Gorka	Belarus	Record daily precipitation	29.5 mm (1.2 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Redfield	United States	Record daily precipitation	50.8 mm (2.0 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Cambridge	United States	Record daily precipitation	69.3 mm (2.7 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
St Peter	United States	Record daily precipitation	68.6 mm (2.7 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Nkhota Kota	Malawi	Record daily precipitation	75.9 mm (3.0 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
New Ulm 2 SE	United States	Record daily precipitation	64.8 mm (2.6 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Spearfish 9 WNW	United States	Record daily precipitation	42.9 mm (1.7 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Waterville	United States	Record daily precipitation	28.7 mm (1.1 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Emo	Canada	Record daily precipitation	38.1 mm (1.5 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Strathalbyn	Australia	Record daily precipitation	26.2 mm (1.0 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Indian Bay	Canada	Record daily precipitation	33.0 mm (1.3 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Toorourrong Reservoir (Toorour	Australia	Record daily precipitation	32.8 mm (1.3 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Aldinga Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	30.2 mm (1.2 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Mount Pleasant	Australia	Record daily precipitation	32.0 mm (1.3 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Beechworth Composite	Australia	Record daily precipitation	27.9 mm (1.1 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Lucyvale	Australia	Record daily precipitation	29.2 mm (1.1 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Santa Maria (Smn)	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	38.9 mm (1.5 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Hillsboro	United States	Record daily precipitation	106.7 mm (4.2 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Victor 4 N	United States	Record daily precipitation	74.2 mm (2.9 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Yeelanna	Australia	Record daily precipitation	34.5 mm (1.4 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Mount Barker	Australia	Record daily precipitation	29.5 mm (1.2 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Kingston SE	Australia	Record daily precipitation	25.7 mm (1.0 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Grand Lake 1 NW	United States	Record daily snowfall	8.9 cm (3.5 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Richardton Abbey	United States	Record daily precipitation	32.0 mm (1.3 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Ashton	United States	Record daily precipitation	55.4 mm (2.2 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Hahndorf	Australia	Record daily precipitation	28.2 mm (1.1 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Mount Compass	Australia	Record daily precipitation	45.2 mm (1.8 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Baramati	India	Record daily precipitation	37.0 mm (1.5 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Vale	United States	Record daily precipitation	36.8 mm (1.4 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Valencia Creek (Bulgar Park)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	41.4 mm (1.6 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Lancefield	Australia	Record daily precipitation	33.8 mm (1.3 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Heathcote Junction	Australia	Record daily precipitation	29.2 mm (1.1 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Pipestone	United States	Record daily precipitation	48.0 mm (1.9 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Vermillion 2 SE	United States	Record daily precipitation	51.6 mm (2.0 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Clare (Hill River)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	43.7 mm (1.7 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Jasdan	India	Record daily precipitation	36.1 mm (1.4 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Tracy	United States	Record daily precipitation	35.3 mm (1.4 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
White Lake	United States	Record daily precipitation	31.8 mm (1.3 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Winner	United States	Record daily precipitation	29.7 mm (1.2 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Gumeracha	Australia	Record daily precipitation	35.3 mm (1.4 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Burrowye	Australia	Record daily precipitation	31.5 mm (1.2 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Nevasa	India	Record daily precipitation	36.7 mm (1.4 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Santa Fe	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-2.2 C (28.0 F)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Courela (Challner)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	30.2 mm (1.2 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Maitland	Australia	Record daily precipitation	29.2 mm (1.1 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Bison	United States	Record daily precipitation	42.2 mm (1.7 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Ludlow 3 SSE	United States	Record daily precipitation	26.2 mm (1.0 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Colony	United States	Record daily precipitation	36.1 mm (1.4 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Lobethal	Australia	Record daily precipitation	41.1 mm (1.6 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Macclesfield	Australia	Record daily precipitation	31.2 mm (1.2 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Stirling	Australia	Record daily precipitation	32.8 mm (1.3 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Tumbarumba Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	30.5 mm (1.2 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

662 records

Records set or tied on 22 May 1962 by type: Highest daily maximum 76, Lowest daily maximum 34, Highest daily minimum 70, Lowest daily minimum 62, Heaviest daily rainfall 416, Heaviest daily snowfall 2, Deepest snow cover 2.

Records on 22 May 1962 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	76
Lowest daily maximum	34
Highest daily minimum	70
Lowest daily minimum	62
Heaviest daily rainfall	416
Heaviest daily snowfall	2
Deepest snow cover	2

Records on 22 May 1962 by timescale: all-time 2, monthly 13, daily 647.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

547 broken records

Margins by which the 547 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 200.0. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

22 May 1962

Top 20 records on 22 May 1962 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
22 May 1962	Collegeville St John's, US	all-time rain	148.3 mm (5.8 in)	28.2 mm (1.1 in)	58 years	70 of 100 (Major)
22 May 1962	Beito, NO	daily rain	35.5 mm (1.4 in)	21.3 mm (0.8 in)	61 years	58 of 100 (Notable)
22 May 1962	Curramulka, AU	daily rain	25.1 mm (1.0 in)	17.0 mm (0.7 in)	61 years	56 of 100 (Notable)
22 May 1962	Linton, US	daily rain	46.5 mm (1.8 in)	34.6 mm (1.4 in)	40 years	56 of 100 (Notable)
22 May 1962	Belle Fourche, US	daily rain	39.6 mm (1.6 in)	30.7 mm (1.2 in)	45 years	56 of 100 (Notable)
22 May 1962	Ashbourne, AU	daily rain	47.5 mm (1.9 in)	27.9 mm (1.1 in)	59 years	55 of 100 (Notable)
22 May 1962	Artichoke Lake 1 E, US	daily rain	51.1 mm (2.0 in)	41.2 mm (1.6 in)	36 years	55 of 100 (Notable)
22 May 1962	Laverton Salines, AU	daily rain	25.7 mm (1.0 in)	17.8 mm (0.7 in)	36 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
22 May 1962	Mariyna Gorka, BY	daily rain	29.5 mm (1.2 in)	14.2 mm (0.6 in)	59 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
22 May 1962	Redfield, US	daily rain	50.8 mm (2.0 in)	29.2 mm (1.1 in)	36 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
22 May 1962	Cambridge, US	daily rain	69.3 mm (2.7 in)	39.3 mm (1.5 in)	28 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
22 May 1962	St Peter, US	daily rain	68.6 mm (2.7 in)	30.0 mm (1.2 in)	41 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
22 May 1962	Nkhota Kota, MW	daily rain	75.9 mm (3.0 in)	74.1 mm (2.9 in)	12 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
22 May 1962	New Ulm 2 SE, US	daily rain	64.8 mm (2.6 in)	26.7 mm (1.1 in)	45 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
22 May 1962	Spearfish 9 WNW, US	daily rain	42.9 mm (1.7 in)	27.2 mm (1.1 in)	45 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
22 May 1962	Waterville, US	daily rain	28.7 mm (1.1 in)	12.4 mm (0.5 in)	60 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
22 May 1962	Emo, CA	daily rain	38.1 mm (1.5 in)	25.1 mm (1.0 in)	35 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
22 May 1962	Strathalbyn, AU	daily rain	26.2 mm (1.0 in)	16.5 mm (0.6 in)	32 years	44 of 100 (Notable)
22 May 1962	Indian Bay, CA	daily rain	33.0 mm (1.3 in)	21.1 mm (0.8 in)	41 years	44 of 100 (Notable)
22 May 1962	Toorourrong Reservoir (Toorour, AU	daily rain	32.8 mm (1.3 in)	16.8 mm (0.7 in)	43 years	43 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 1962

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1806 to 1962. 1962 had 662 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 25	523
25 to 50	20
50 to 75	2
75 to 100	1
100 to 125	0
125 to 150	0
150 to 175	0
175 to 200	1