Weather Records on 22 May 1972

462 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 22 May 1972. Highest significance: Fessenden, US.

Key Facts for 22 May 1972

On 22 May 1972, 462 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
175 were record highs and 161 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 3 were all-time records, 11 monthly and 448 daily.
Fessenden set a daily record precipitation of 58.4 mm (2.3 in) on 22 May 1972.
Across 160 earlier years (1806 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 446 records.

Record Map

462 stations

462 station records on 22 May 1972 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 22 May 1972: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Fessenden	United States	Record daily precipitation	58.4 mm (2.3 in)	64 of 100 (Major)
N Loup	United States	Record daily precipitation	85.1 mm (3.4 in)	57 of 100 (Notable)
Tagus	United States	Record daily precipitation	127.0 mm (5.0 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Whitesand Dam	Canada	Record daily precipitation	32.0 mm (1.3 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Edmore 4NW	United States	Record daily precipitation	31.0 mm (1.2 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Watertown Rgnl AP	United States	Record daily precipitation	63.0 mm (2.5 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Madruskat	Tajikistan	Record daily precipitation	38.6 mm (1.5 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Othello 6 ESE	United States	Record daily precipitation	38.9 mm (1.5 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Huron Rgnl AP	United States	Record daily precipitation	33.5 mm (1.3 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Samarkand	Uzbekistan	Record daily precipitation	29.9 mm (1.2 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Stanley 3 NNW	United States	Record daily precipitation	46.5 mm (1.8 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Montague 4 NW	United States	Record high maximum temperature	31.1 C (88.0 F)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Academy 2NE	United States	Record daily precipitation	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Canton	United States	Record daily precipitation	33.8 mm (1.3 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Plevna	United States	Record daily precipitation	33.5 mm (1.3 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Dupree	United States	Record daily precipitation	93.2 mm (3.7 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Sharon	United States	Record daily precipitation	66.0 mm (2.6 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Conway	United States	Record low maximum temperature	21.1 C (70.0 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Lumberton	United States	Record low maximum temperature	20.0 C (68.0 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Cheraw	United States	Record low maximum temperature	19.4 C (66.9 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Indian Head Cda	Canada	Record high minimum temperature	13.3 C (55.9 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Harrington Harbour	Canada	Record low maximum temperature	1.1 C (34.0 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Tasiilaq	Greenland [Denmark]	Record high minimum temperature	4.9 C (40.8 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Windom	United States	Record high minimum temperature	17.2 C (63.0 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Parshall	United States	Record daily precipitation	36.8 mm (1.4 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Lnai Culture & Heritage Ctr	United States	Record low minimum temperature	12.2 C (54.0 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Humboldt	Canada	Record high minimum temperature	15.0 C (59.0 F)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Paonia 1SW	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-1.1 C (30.0 F)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Frankfort 2NE	United States	Record high maximum temperature	26.1 C (79.0 F)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Kingstree	United States	Record low maximum temperature	23.3 C (73.9 F)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Sretensk	Russia	Record high maximum temperature	33.3 C (91.9 F)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Douglas Smelter	United States	Record low minimum temperature	5.0 C (41.0 F)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Arlington 1 W	United States	Record daily precipitation	43.2 mm (1.7 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Davenport	United States	Record low maximum temperature	11.1 C (52.0 F)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Songiston (Mtn STN)	Tajikistan	Record daily precipitation	27.0 mm (1.1 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Downieville	United States	Record low maximum temperature	8.9 C (48.0 F)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Tashkent	Uzbekistan	Record low maximum temperature	17.5 C (63.5 F)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Ravenna	United States	Record high minimum temperature	21.1 C (70.0 F)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Mc Henry 3W	United States	Record high minimum temperature	15.6 C (60.1 F)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Park River	United States	Record high minimum temperature	16.1 C (61.0 F)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Richardton Abbey	United States	Record daily precipitation	51.6 mm (2.0 in)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Mtunzini	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	96.0 mm (3.8 in)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Laurens	United States	Record low maximum temperature	21.1 C (70.0 F)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Narrogin	Australia	Record high minimum temperature	13.1 C (55.6 F)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Emerson	Canada	Record high minimum temperature	15.6 C (60.1 F)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Morden Cda	Canada	Record high minimum temperature	15.0 C (59.0 F)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Morris	Canada	Record high minimum temperature	15.0 C (59.0 F)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Haidarakan	Kyrgyzstan	Record daily precipitation	30.6 mm (1.2 in)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Hayden	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-3.3 C (26.1 F)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Sidney	United States	Record high minimum temperature	13.3 C (55.9 F)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Linton	United States	Record high minimum temperature	15.6 C (60.1 F)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Westhope	United States	Record high minimum temperature	13.9 C (57.0 F)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Cuitzeo	Mexico	Record high maximum temperature	35.0 C (95.0 F)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Sredny Vasjugan	Russia	Record low minimum temperature	-5.3 C (22.5 F)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Springerville	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-5.6 C (21.9 F)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Wynne	United States	Record high maximum temperature	35.0 C (95.0 F)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Towner 2 NE	United States	Record daily precipitation	29.2 mm (1.1 in)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Blair	United States	Record daily precipitation	42.2 mm (1.7 in)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Parkston 8 ENE	United States	Record daily precipitation	52.1 mm (2.1 in)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Holmogadd A	Sweden	Record daily precipitation	12.3 mm (0.5 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

462 records

Records set or tied on 22 May 1972 by type: Highest daily maximum 90, Lowest daily maximum 80, Highest daily minimum 85, Lowest daily minimum 81, Heaviest daily rainfall 122, Heaviest daily snowfall 2, Deepest snow cover 2.

Records on 22 May 1972 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	90
Lowest daily maximum	80
Highest daily minimum	85
Lowest daily minimum	81
Heaviest daily rainfall	122
Heaviest daily snowfall	2
Deepest snow cover	2

Records on 22 May 1972 by timescale: all-time 3, monthly 11, daily 448.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

331 broken records

Margins by which the 331 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 458.0. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

22 May 1972

Top 20 records on 22 May 1972 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
22 May 1972	Fessenden, US	daily rain	58.4 mm (2.3 in)	39.9 mm (1.6 in)	60 years	64 of 100 (Major)
22 May 1972	N Loup, US	daily rain	85.1 mm (3.4 in)	49.0 mm (1.9 in)	33 years	57 of 100 (Notable)
22 May 1972	Tagus, US	all-time rain	127.0 mm (5.0 in)	16.8 mm (0.7 in)	23 years	54 of 100 (Notable)
22 May 1972	Whitesand Dam, CA	daily rain	32.0 mm (1.3 in)	21.1 mm (0.8 in)	25 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
22 May 1972	Edmore 4NW, US	daily rain	31.0 mm (1.2 in)	21.6 mm (0.9 in)	39 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
22 May 1972	Watertown Rgnl AP, US	daily rain	63.0 mm (2.5 in)	41.4 mm (1.6 in)	26 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
22 May 1972	Madruskat, TJ	daily rain	38.6 mm (1.5 in)	29.1 mm (1.1 in)	14 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
22 May 1972	Othello 6 ESE, US	all-time rain	38.9 mm (1.5 in)	5.1 mm (0.20 in)	30 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
22 May 1972	Huron Rgnl AP, US	daily rain	33.5 mm (1.3 in)	10.1 mm (0.4 in)	83 years	44 of 100 (Notable)
22 May 1972	Samarkand, UZ	daily rain	29.9 mm (1.2 in)	17.7 mm (0.7 in)	23 years	40 of 100 (Notable)
22 May 1972	Stanley 3 NNW, US	daily rain	46.5 mm (1.8 in)	27.2 mm (1.1 in)	10 years	39 of 100 (Notable)
22 May 1972	Montague 4 NW, US	monthly high max	31.1 C (88.0 F)	0.5 C (0.9 F)	63 years	37 of 100 (Notable)
22 May 1972	Academy 2NE, US	daily rain	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	11.2 mm (0.4 in)	61 years	35 of 100 (Notable)
22 May 1972	Canton, US	daily rain	33.8 mm (1.3 in)	12.5 mm (0.5 in)	56 years	33 of 100 (Routine)
22 May 1972	Plevna, US	daily rain	33.5 mm (1.3 in)	21.6 mm (0.9 in)	6 years	33 of 100 (Routine)
22 May 1972	Dupree, US	monthly rain	93.2 mm (3.7 in)	16.7 mm (0.7 in)	0 years	33 of 100 (Routine)
22 May 1972	Sharon, US	monthly rain	66.0 mm (2.6 in)	10.1 mm (0.4 in)	22 years	32 of 100 (Routine)
22 May 1972	Conway, US	daily low max	21.1 C (70.0 F)	2.2 C (4.0 F)	65 years	32 of 100 (Routine)
22 May 1972	Lumberton, US	daily low max	20.0 C (68.0 F)	2.2 C (4.0 F)	65 years	31 of 100 (Routine)
22 May 1972	Cheraw, US	daily low max	19.4 C (66.9 F)	1.7 C (3.1 F)	67 years	31 of 100 (Routine)

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 1972

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1806 to 1972. 1972 had 462 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 100	330
100 to 200	0
200 to 300	0
300 to 400	0
400 to 500	1