Weather Records on 22 August 1966

830 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 22 August 1966. Highest significance: Kampur, IN.

Key Facts for 22 August 1966

On 22 August 1966, 830 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
68 were record highs and 517 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 3 were all-time records, 35 monthly and 792 daily.
Kampur set a daily record precipitation of 162.0 mm (6.4 in) on 22 August 1966.
Across 167 earlier years (1802 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 435 records.

Record Map

830 stations

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

Weather records on 22 August 1966: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Kampur	India	Record daily precipitation	162.0 mm (6.4 in)	61 of 100 (Major)
Winterswijk	Netherlands	Record daily precipitation	51.0 mm (2.0 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Norman 3SSE	United States	Record daily precipitation	96.8 mm (3.8 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Lingen	Germany	Record daily precipitation	44.5 mm (1.8 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Glenwood 4 NNE	United States	Record daily precipitation	122.4 mm (4.8 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Healdton 3 E	United States	Record daily precipitation	100.8 mm (4.0 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Bederkesa	Germany	Record daily precipitation	47.5 mm (1.9 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Beardstown	United States	Record daily precipitation	59.2 mm (2.3 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Valentine 10 WSW	United States	Record daily precipitation	92.5 mm (3.6 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Rotenburg (Wumme)	Germany	Record daily precipitation	48.3 mm (1.9 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Hillsdale	United States	Record daily precipitation	55.6 mm (2.2 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Walsenburg 1 NW	United States	Record daily precipitation	40.1 mm (1.6 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Jal	United States	Record daily precipitation	101.3 mm (4.0 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Ft Davis	United States	Record daily precipitation	72.4 mm (2.9 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Kleve	Germany	Record daily precipitation	30.6 mm (1.2 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Neukirchen-Hauptschwenda	Germany	Record daily precipitation	43.5 mm (1.7 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Mt Locke	United States	Record daily precipitation	80.0 mm (3.1 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
E Tawas	United States	Record daily precipitation	43.2 mm (1.7 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Colac (Shire Office)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	25.7 mm (1.0 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Peterborough	Canada	Record low maximum temperature	15.6 C (60.1 F)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Muenster	Germany	Record daily precipitation	31.8 mm (1.3 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Ust Tzilma	Russia	Record daily precipitation	27.7 mm (1.1 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Greer	United States	Record daily precipitation	27.9 mm (1.1 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Amity	United States	Record daily precipitation	154.7 mm (6.1 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Goshen 3SW	United States	Record daily precipitation	54.4 mm (2.1 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Pennyroyal Creek	Australia	Record daily precipitation	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Nordhorn	Germany	Record daily precipitation	28.3 mm (1.1 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Wheatfield	United States	Record daily precipitation	48.3 mm (1.9 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Atlantic 1 NE	United States	Record low maximum temperature	17.8 C (64.0 F)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Atoka	United States	Record daily precipitation	77.0 mm (3.0 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Bassum (A)	Germany	Record daily precipitation	37.2 mm (1.5 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Corona	United States	Record low maximum temperature	13.9 C (57.0 F)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Crossroads 2	United States	Record daily precipitation	101.6 mm (4.0 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Waurika	United States	Record daily precipitation	82.8 mm (3.3 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Soltau	Germany	Record daily precipitation	46.3 mm (1.8 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Dhubri	India	Record daily precipitation	101.2 mm (4.0 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Morris W Cntrl Rsch & Outreach	United States	Record low maximum temperature	13.3 C (55.9 F)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Primghar	United States	Record low maximum temperature	17.8 C (64.0 F)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Long Prairie	United States	Record low maximum temperature	15.0 C (59.0 F)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Jordan	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-0.6 C (30.9 F)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Okemah	United States	Record daily precipitation	58.4 mm (2.3 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Bijni	India	Record daily precipitation	99.1 mm (3.9 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Bettiah	India	Record daily precipitation	104.0 mm (4.1 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Caledonia	United States	Record low maximum temperature	16.7 C (62.1 F)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Ozark Beach 2 NNE	United States	Record daily precipitation	74.9 mm (2.9 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Defiance	United States	Record daily precipitation	38.6 mm (1.5 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Fremont	United States	Record daily precipitation	35.3 mm (1.4 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Marlow 1 WSW	United States	Record daily precipitation	35.3 mm (1.4 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Beckum-Unterberg	Germany	Record daily precipitation	57.0 mm (2.2 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Algona	United States	Record low maximum temperature	16.1 C (61.0 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Forest City 2 NNE	United States	Record low maximum temperature	16.1 C (61.0 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Farmington 3NW	United States	Record low maximum temperature	17.2 C (63.0 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Manchester	United States	Record daily precipitation	25.7 mm (1.0 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Lincoln UNIV Pwr Plt	United States	Record low maximum temperature	20.0 C (68.0 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Denekamp	Netherlands	Record daily precipitation	33.3 mm (1.3 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Oden 1 SE	United States	Record daily precipitation	74.7 mm (2.9 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Carroll	United States	Record low maximum temperature	17.2 C (63.0 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Estherville 4E	United States	Record low maximum temperature	15.6 C (60.1 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Knoxville	United States	Record low maximum temperature	19.4 C (66.9 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Charlotte	United States	Record daily precipitation	36.6 mm (1.4 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

830 records

Records set or tied on 22 August 1966 by type: Highest daily maximum 25, Lowest daily maximum 371, Highest daily minimum 43, Lowest daily minimum 146, Heaviest daily rainfall 245.

Records on 22 August 1966 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	25
Lowest daily maximum	371
Highest daily minimum	43
Lowest daily minimum	146
Heaviest daily rainfall	245
Heaviest daily snowfall	0
Deepest snow cover	0

Records on 22 August 1966 by timescale: all-time 3, monthly 35, daily 792.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

674 broken records

Margins by which the 674 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 August 1966

Top 20 records on 22 August 1966 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
22 August 1966	Kampur, IN	daily rain	162.0 mm (6.4 in)	93.4 mm (3.7 in)	53 years	61 of 100 (Major)
22 August 1966	Winterswijk, NL	daily rain	51.0 mm (2.0 in)	20.0 mm (0.8 in)	37 years	54 of 100 (Notable)
22 August 1966	Norman 3SSE, US	daily rain	96.8 mm (3.8 in)	60.0 mm (2.4 in)	32 years	52 of 100 (Notable)
22 August 1966	Lingen, DE	daily rain	44.5 mm (1.8 in)	29.6 mm (1.2 in)	28 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
22 August 1966	Glenwood 4 NNE, US	monthly rain	122.4 mm (4.8 in)	43.9 mm (1.7 in)	23 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
22 August 1966	Healdton 3 E, US	daily rain	100.8 mm (4.0 in)	79.0 mm (3.1 in)	16 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
22 August 1966	Bederkesa, DE	daily rain	47.5 mm (1.9 in)	28.7 mm (1.1 in)	12 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
22 August 1966	Beardstown, US	daily rain	59.2 mm (2.3 in)	38.9 mm (1.5 in)	49 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
22 August 1966	Valentine 10 WSW, US	monthly rain	92.5 mm (3.6 in)	30.3 mm (1.2 in)	8 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
22 August 1966	Rotenburg (Wumme), DE	daily rain	48.3 mm (1.9 in)	21.2 mm (0.8 in)	40 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
22 August 1966	Hillsdale, US	daily rain	55.6 mm (2.2 in)	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	60 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
22 August 1966	Walsenburg 1 NW, US	daily rain	40.1 mm (1.6 in)	35.0 mm (1.4 in)	13 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
22 August 1966	Jal, US	monthly rain	101.3 mm (4.0 in)	24.1 mm (0.9 in)	46 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
22 August 1966	Ft Davis, US	daily rain	72.4 mm (2.9 in)	46.2 mm (1.8 in)	5 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
22 August 1966	Kleve, DE	daily rain	30.6 mm (1.2 in)	17.9 mm (0.7 in)	40 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
22 August 1966	Neukirchen-Hauptschwenda, DE	daily rain	43.5 mm (1.7 in)	26.3 mm (1.0 in)	12 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
22 August 1966	Mt Locke, US	monthly rain	80.0 mm (3.1 in)	23.6 mm (0.9 in)	21 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
22 August 1966	E Tawas, US	daily rain	43.2 mm (1.7 in)	33.8 mm (1.3 in)	24 years	43 of 100 (Notable)
22 August 1966	Colac (Shire Office), AU	daily rain	25.7 mm (1.0 in)	14.3 mm (0.6 in)	27 years	41 of 100 (Notable)
22 August 1966	Peterborough, CA	daily low max	15.6 C (60.1 F)	0.5 C (0.9 F)	99 years	40 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

1802 to 1966

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1802 to 1966. 1966 had 830 records.

Counts for years before the ledger starts come from the same station rules.

Records on 08-22 in each year
Year	Records
1802	2
1803	1
1805	1
1812	1
1816	1
1835	1
1839	2
1843	1
1846	2
1849	1
1850	1
1853	1
1857	1
1863	1
1864	1
1867	1
1868	1
1869	1
1870	4
1872	1
1875	1
1876	3
1877	3
1878	2
1882	1
1883	1
1884	1
1885	1
1886	1
1887	2
1888	2
1889	3
1891	2
1892	6
1893	3
1894	7
1895	6
1896	2
1897	4
1898	6
1899	5
1900	1
1901	5
1902	6
1903	3
1904	8
1905	7
1906	24
1907	7
1908	29
1909	5
1910	19
1911	20
1912	39
1913	30
1914	18
1915	31
1916	75
1917	47
1918	85
1919	18
1920	60
1921	64
1922	44
1923	279
1924	148
1925	219
1926	144
1927	154
1928	134
1929	240
1930	276
1931	388
1932	222
1933	367
1934	234
1935	337
1936	954
1937	421
1938	501
1939	517
1940	503
1941	249
1942	500
1943	517
1944	526
1945	475
1946	410
1947	1,034
1948	297
1949	570
1950	460
1951	452
1952	372
1953	348
1954	466
1955	553
1956	785
1957	371
1958	511
1959	547
1960	612
1961	562
1962	329
1963	419
1964	686
1965	423
1966	830
1967	404
1968	1,091
1969	727
1970	368
1971	1,021
1972	436
1973	611
1974	628
1975	597
1976	722
1977	655
1978	529
1979	547
1980	640
1981	795
1982	912
1983	1,366
1984	739
1985	793
1986	1,073
1987	801
1988	1,133
1989	753
1990	808
1991	808
1992	994
1993	845
1994	803
1995	1,002
1996	942
1997	1,381
1998	1,016
1999	756
2000	867
2001	940
2002	1,385
2003	1,550
2004	1,029
2005	887
2006	832
2007	1,801
2008	869
2009	1,347
2010	1,397
2011	1,255
2012	831
2013	450
2014	911
2015	529
2016	730
2017	537
2018	752
2019	558
2020	1,041
2021	683
2022	781
2023	1,525
2024	803
2025	1,359
2026	992

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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	633
20 to 40	30
40 to 60	8
60 to 80	2
80 to 100	1