Weather Records on 22 July 1971

449 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 22 July 1971. Highest significance: Verma, NO.

Key Facts for 22 July 1971

On 22 July 1971, 449 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
90 were record highs and 144 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 2 were all-time records, 2 monthly and 445 daily.
Verma set a daily record precipitation of 25.0 mm (1.0 in) on 22 July 1971.
Across 171 earlier years (1793 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 433 records.

Record Map

449 stations

449 station records on 22 July 1971 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 22 July 1971: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Verma	Norway	Record daily precipitation	25.0 mm (1.0 in)	57 of 100 (Notable)
Fort McPherson	Canada	Record daily precipitation	29.7 mm (1.2 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Hvojnaja	Russia	Record daily precipitation	41.6 mm (1.6 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Shoshone	United States	Record daily precipitation	28.2 mm (1.1 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Tobermory	Canada	Record daily precipitation	34.5 mm (1.4 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Novomirgorod	Ukraine	Record daily precipitation	42.4 mm (1.7 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Onaway 4N	United States	Record daily precipitation	66.8 mm (2.6 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Rogers City 3 S	United States	Record daily precipitation	40.6 mm (1.6 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Centerville	United States	Record daily precipitation	66.8 mm (2.6 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Kirensk	Russia	Record daily precipitation	36.2 mm (1.4 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Sandia Park	United States	Record daily precipitation	43.9 mm (1.7 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Ljusnedal	Sweden	Record daily precipitation	32.1 mm (1.3 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Durham	Canada	Record daily precipitation	59.2 mm (2.3 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Viljujsk	Russia	Record daily precipitation	35.9 mm (1.4 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Safford	United States	Record low maximum temperature	27.2 C (81.0 F)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Bemerside	Australia	Record daily precipitation	31.0 mm (1.2 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Talia	Australia	Record daily precipitation	26.4 mm (1.0 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Nicosia	Cyprus	Record daily precipitation	26.9 mm (1.1 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Vestervig	Denmark	Record low maximum temperature	13.8 C (56.8 F)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Lien I Selbu	Norway	Record daily precipitation	29.4 mm (1.2 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Poretskoye	Russia	Record high minimum temperature	20.8 C (69.4 F)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Turner	United States	Record daily precipitation	32.5 mm (1.3 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Alpena Co Rgnl AP	United States	Record daily precipitation	43.9 mm (1.7 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Harnosand	Sweden	Record low minimum temperature	5.4 C (41.7 F)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Ekaterinburg	Russia	Record high minimum temperature	19.3 C (66.7 F)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Ripley	United States	Record low minimum temperature	13.3 C (55.9 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Kirov	Russia	Record high minimum temperature	20.0 C (68.0 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Kazan	Russia	Record high minimum temperature	21.3 C (70.3 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Saratow	Russia	Record high maximum temperature	40.8 C (105.4 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Cheboygan	United States	Record daily precipitation	49.5 mm (1.9 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Lamar Rs	United States	Record low maximum temperature	17.8 C (64.0 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
The Valley	Australia	Record daily precipitation	31.8 mm (1.3 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Bella Coola	Canada	Record high minimum temperature	15.6 C (60.1 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Camp Hill 2NW	United States	Record low minimum temperature	13.9 C (57.0 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Pinega	Russia	Record daily precipitation	48.7 mm (1.9 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Elatma	Russia	Record high minimum temperature	21.5 C (70.7 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Suhobuzimskoe	Russia	Record daily precipitation	36.8 mm (1.4 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Livingston	United States	Record low minimum temperature	16.1 C (61.0 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Goldsboro 4 SE	United States	Record low maximum temperature	25.6 C (78.1 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Concordia ASOS	United States	Record daily precipitation	39.1 mm (1.5 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Lincoln UNIV Pwr Plt	United States	Record daily precipitation	37.3 mm (1.5 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Jaransk	Russia	Record high minimum temperature	21.4 C (70.5 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Junsele	Sweden	Record low minimum temperature	2.8 C (37.0 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Newnan 7 WNW	United States	Record low minimum temperature	15.0 C (59.0 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Chapel Hill 2 W	United States	Record low maximum temperature	22.8 C (73.0 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Calarasi	Romania	Record low maximum temperature	20.7 C (69.3 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Leliekloof	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	26.5 mm (1.0 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Forse	Sweden	Record low minimum temperature	1.5 C (34.7 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Central City	United States	Record daily precipitation	38.1 mm (1.5 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Lebanon	United States	Record low minimum temperature	12.2 C (54.0 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Newport News Press Bld	United States	Record low minimum temperature	16.7 C (62.1 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Arbovale 2	United States	Record daily precipitation	35.8 mm (1.4 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Chiricahua Nm	United States	Record high minimum temperature	18.9 C (66.0 F)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Umbarger	United States	Record daily precipitation	47.5 mm (1.9 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Boolcarrol	Australia	Record daily precipitation	30.5 mm (1.2 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Bjelasnica	Bosnia and Herzegovina	Record low minimum temperature	0.4 C (32.7 F)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Brooklet 1 W	United States	Record daily precipitation	41.7 mm (1.6 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Waynesboro 2 W	United States	Record low minimum temperature	15.0 C (59.0 F)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Ganca	Azerbaijan	Record high maximum temperature	39.0 C (102.2 F)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Rookwood	Australia	Record daily precipitation	26.2 mm (1.0 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

449 records

Records set or tied on 22 July 1971 by type: Highest daily maximum 29, Lowest daily maximum 57, Highest daily minimum 61, Lowest daily minimum 87, Heaviest daily rainfall 214, Deepest snow cover 1.

Records on 22 July 1971 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	29
Lowest daily maximum	57
Highest daily minimum	61
Lowest daily minimum	87
Heaviest daily rainfall	214
Heaviest daily snowfall	0
Deepest snow cover	1

Records on 22 July 1971 by timescale: all-time 2, monthly 2, daily 445.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

369 broken records

Margins by which the 369 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 432.0. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

22 July 1971

Top 20 records on 22 July 1971 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
22 July 1971	Verma, NO	daily rain	25.0 mm (1.0 in)	14.9 mm (0.6 in)	48 years	57 of 100 (Notable)
22 July 1971	Fort McPherson, CA	daily rain	29.7 mm (1.2 in)	22.1 mm (0.9 in)	18 years	53 of 100 (Notable)
22 July 1971	Hvojnaja, RU	daily rain	41.6 mm (1.6 in)	27.1 mm (1.1 in)	28 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
22 July 1971	Shoshone, US	daily rain	28.2 mm (1.1 in)	12.5 mm (0.5 in)	60 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
22 July 1971	Tobermory, CA	daily rain	34.5 mm (1.4 in)	16.7 mm (0.7 in)	81 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
22 July 1971	Novomirgorod, UA	daily rain	42.4 mm (1.7 in)	33.5 mm (1.3 in)	21 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
22 July 1971	Onaway 4N, US	daily rain	66.8 mm (2.6 in)	40.4 mm (1.6 in)	24 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
22 July 1971	Rogers City 3 S, US	daily rain	40.6 mm (1.6 in)	17.7 mm (0.7 in)	73 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
22 July 1971	Centerville, US	daily rain	66.8 mm (2.6 in)	46.5 mm (1.8 in)	24 years	43 of 100 (Notable)
22 July 1971	Kirensk, RU	daily rain	36.2 mm (1.4 in)	18.8 mm (0.7 in)	34 years	42 of 100 (Notable)
22 July 1971	Sandia Park, US	daily rain	43.9 mm (1.7 in)	27.9 mm (1.1 in)	21 years	41 of 100 (Notable)
22 July 1971	Ljusnedal, SE	daily rain	32.1 mm (1.3 in)	21.2 mm (0.8 in)	18 years	40 of 100 (Notable)
22 July 1971	Durham, CA	daily rain	59.2 mm (2.3 in)	28.0 mm (1.1 in)	9 years	39 of 100 (Notable)
22 July 1971	Viljujsk, RU	daily rain	35.9 mm (1.4 in)	19.0 mm (0.7 in)	4 years	38 of 100 (Notable)
22 July 1971	Safford, US	daily low max	27.2 C (81.0 F)	4.5 C (8.1 F)	57 years	38 of 100 (Notable)
22 July 1971	Bemerside, AU	daily rain	31.0 mm (1.2 in)	26.4 mm (1.0 in)	24 years	37 of 100 (Notable)
22 July 1971	Talia, AU	daily rain	26.4 mm (1.0 in)	8.6 mm (0.34 in)	44 years	36 of 100 (Notable)
22 July 1971	Nicosia, CY	daily rain	26.9 mm (1.1 in)	13.7 mm (0.5 in)	49 years	36 of 100 (Notable)
22 July 1971	Vestervig, DK	daily low max	13.8 C (56.8 F)	0.9 C (1.6 F)	85 years	36 of 100 (Notable)
22 July 1971	Lien I Selbu, NO	daily rain	29.4 mm (1.2 in)	9.6 mm (0.38 in)	48 years	36 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 1971

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1793 to 1971. 1971 had 449 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).

Histogram of margins by which records were beaten on 22 July 1971
Margin	Records
0 to 100	368
100 to 200	0
200 to 300	0
300 to 400	0
400 to 500	1