Weather Records on 22 July 1966

541 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 22 July 1966. Highest significance: Japaratuba, BR.

Key Facts for 22 July 1966

On 22 July 1966, 541 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
79 were record highs and 260 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 1 were all-time records, 12 monthly and 528 daily.
Japaratuba set a daily record precipitation of 93.2 mm (3.7 in) on 22 July 1966.
Across 171 earlier years (1793 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 433 records.

Record Map

541 stations

541 station records on 22 July 1966 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 22 July 1966: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Japaratuba	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	93.2 mm (3.7 in)	59 of 100 (Notable)
Ft Robinson	United States	Record daily precipitation	43.2 mm (1.7 in)	58 of 100 (Notable)
Bowdle	United States	Record daily precipitation	48.3 mm (1.9 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Chinaganjam	India	Record daily precipitation	111.8 mm (4.4 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Ponneri	India	Record daily precipitation	68.0 mm (2.7 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Hohenpeissenberg	Germany	Record daily precipitation	46.2 mm (1.8 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Dupree	United States	Record daily precipitation	50.8 mm (2.0 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Tenali	India	Record daily precipitation	94.0 mm (3.7 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Ordway 4 W	United States	Record daily precipitation	47.0 mm (1.9 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Guthrie 5S	United States	Record daily precipitation	86.4 mm (3.4 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Podili(Podile)	India	Record daily precipitation	88.0 mm (3.5 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Sathenapalli	India	Record daily precipitation	78.0 mm (3.1 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Wishek	United States	Record daily precipitation	57.2 mm (2.3 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Martin	United States	Record daily precipitation	50.8 mm (2.0 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Tasiilaq	Greenland [Denmark]	Record high minimum temperature	15.0 C (59.0 F)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Krishnapatnam	India	Record daily precipitation	56.2 mm (2.2 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Estancia	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	53.4 mm (2.1 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Yerragondapalem	India	Record daily precipitation	54.6 mm (2.1 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Edenton	United States	Record low minimum temperature	8.3 C (46.9 F)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Alton	United States	Record daily precipitation	45.2 mm (1.8 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
St Andrews	Canada	Record low minimum temperature	8.3 C (46.9 F)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Lodgepole	United States	Record daily precipitation	42.2 mm (1.7 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Gillette 3SE	United States	Record daily precipitation	27.9 mm (1.1 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Kempten	Germany	Record daily precipitation	63.9 mm (2.5 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Kandukur	India	Record daily precipitation	42.0 mm (1.7 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Goodwell Rsch STN	United States	Record daily precipitation	26.7 mm (1.1 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Kanuparthi	India	Record daily precipitation	61.0 mm (2.4 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Kollegal	India	Record daily precipitation	26.4 mm (1.0 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Mangalgiri	India	Record daily precipitation	104.1 mm (4.1 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Brunswick	United States	Record daily precipitation	109.7 mm (4.3 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Akron	United States	Record daily precipitation	52.1 mm (2.1 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Eclipse Island	Australia	Record daily precipitation	35.6 mm (1.4 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Praha-Klementinum	Czech Republic	Record daily precipitation	39.0 mm (1.5 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Rasipuram	India	Record daily precipitation	39.0 mm (1.5 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Sirkali	India	Record daily precipitation	28.6 mm (1.1 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Pogranichnyj	Russia	Record low minimum temperature	9.4 C (48.9 F)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Mt Vernon	United States	Record low minimum temperature	11.7 C (53.1 F)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Matanuska Exp Farm	United States	Record high minimum temperature	15.6 C (60.1 F)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Western 2W	United States	Record daily precipitation	58.4 mm (2.3 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Carson	United States	Record daily precipitation	35.6 mm (1.4 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Kolosib	India	Record daily precipitation	105.4 mm (4.1 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Atbasar	Kazakhstan	Record daily precipitation	28.6 mm (1.1 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Farmland 5 NNW	United States	Record low minimum temperature	8.3 C (46.9 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Tucumcari 4 NE	United States	Record high minimum temperature	23.9 C (75.0 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Joao Pessoa	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	78.6 mm (3.1 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Cicero Dantas	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	38.1 mm (1.5 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Hamburg Fuhlsbuettel	Germany	Record daily precipitation	32.3 mm (1.3 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Tittagudi	India	Record daily precipitation	40.6 mm (1.6 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Vevay	United States	Record low minimum temperature	10.6 C (51.1 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Sidney 6NNW	United States	Record daily precipitation	56.6 mm (2.2 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Onida 4 NW	United States	Record daily precipitation	37.6 mm (1.5 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Kavali	India	Record daily precipitation	47.0 mm (1.9 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Pudino	Russia	Record daily precipitation	39.7 mm (1.6 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Blagovescensk	Russia	Record low minimum temperature	8.4 C (47.1 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Stockholm	Sweden	Record high maximum temperature	31.1 C (88.0 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Ranfurly	Canada	Record low minimum temperature	0.0 C (32.0 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Humboldt	Canada	Record low minimum temperature	1.7 C (35.1 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Bayana Biana	India	Record daily precipitation	66.0 mm (2.6 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Penrose	United States	Record daily precipitation	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Fleming	United States	Record daily precipitation	32.5 mm (1.3 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

541 records

Records set or tied on 22 July 1966 by type: Highest daily maximum 27, Lowest daily maximum 49, Highest daily minimum 52, Lowest daily minimum 211, Heaviest daily rainfall 202.

Records on 22 July 1966 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	27
Lowest daily maximum	49
Highest daily minimum	52
Lowest daily minimum	211
Heaviest daily rainfall	202
Heaviest daily snowfall	0
Deepest snow cover	0

Records on 22 July 1966 by timescale: all-time 1, monthly 12, daily 528.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

416 broken records

Margins by which the 416 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 87.7. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

22 July 1966

Top 20 records on 22 July 1966 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
22 July 1966	Japaratuba, BR	daily rain	93.2 mm (3.7 in)	69.8 mm (2.7 in)	47 years	59 of 100 (Notable)
22 July 1966	Ft Robinson, US	daily rain	43.2 mm (1.7 in)	38.6 mm (1.5 in)	40 years	58 of 100 (Notable)
22 July 1966	Bowdle, US	daily rain	48.3 mm (1.9 in)	38.6 mm (1.5 in)	32 years	53 of 100 (Notable)
22 July 1966	Chinaganjam, IN	daily rain	111.8 mm (4.4 in)	87.7 mm (3.5 in)	20 years	52 of 100 (Notable)
22 July 1966	Ponneri, IN	daily rain	68.0 mm (2.7 in)	42.9 mm (1.7 in)	28 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
22 July 1966	Hohenpeissenberg, DE	daily rain	46.2 mm (1.8 in)	10.4 mm (0.4 in)	131 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
22 July 1966	Dupree, US	daily rain	50.8 mm (2.0 in)	48.8 mm (1.9 in)	19 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
22 July 1966	Tenali, IN	daily rain	94.0 mm (3.7 in)	43.2 mm (1.7 in)	44 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
22 July 1966	Ordway 4 W, US	daily rain	47.0 mm (1.9 in)	34.0 mm (1.3 in)	40 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
22 July 1966	Guthrie 5S, US	daily rain	86.4 mm (3.4 in)	57.2 mm (2.3 in)	8 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
22 July 1966	Podili(Podile), IN	monthly rain	88.0 mm (3.5 in)	22.0 mm (0.9 in)	44 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
22 July 1966	Sathenapalli, IN	daily rain	78.0 mm (3.1 in)	40.4 mm (1.6 in)	44 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
22 July 1966	Wishek, US	daily rain	57.2 mm (2.3 in)	38.7 mm (1.5 in)	12 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
22 July 1966	Martin, US	daily rain	50.8 mm (2.0 in)	37.1 mm (1.5 in)	12 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
22 July 1966	Tasiilaq, GL	all-time high min	15.0 C (59.0 F)	0.6 C (1.1 F)	51 years	44 of 100 (Notable)
22 July 1966	Krishnapatnam, IN	daily rain	56.2 mm (2.2 in)	31.8 mm (1.3 in)	41 years	44 of 100 (Notable)
22 July 1966	Estancia, BR	daily rain	53.4 mm (2.1 in)	30.4 mm (1.2 in)	44 years	43 of 100 (Notable)
22 July 1966	Yerragondapalem, IN	daily rain	54.6 mm (2.1 in)	38.3 mm (1.5 in)	13 years	43 of 100 (Notable)
22 July 1966	Edenton, US	monthly low min	8.3 C (46.9 F)	2.8 C (5.0 F)	53 years	41 of 100 (Notable)
22 July 1966	Alton, US	monthly rain	45.2 mm (1.8 in)	7.1 mm (0.28 in)	49 years	41 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 1966

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1793 to 1966. 1966 had 541 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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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	376
20 to 40	31
40 to 60	7
60 to 80	1
80 to 100	1