Weather Records on 22 May 1975

772 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 22 May 1975. Highest significance: Selbu-Stubbe, NO.

Key Facts for 22 May 1975

On 22 May 1975, 772 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
326 were record highs and 282 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 1 were all-time records, 12 monthly and 759 daily.
Selbu-Stubbe set a daily record precipitation of 34.0 mm (1.3 in) on 22 May 1975.
Across 160 earlier years (1806 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 444 records.

Record Map

772 stations

772 station records on 22 May 1975 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 22 May 1975: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Selbu-Stubbe	Norway	Record daily precipitation	34.0 mm (1.3 in)	64 of 100 (Major)
Wichita Falls Muni AP	United States	Record daily precipitation	130.0 mm (5.1 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Rochester	United States	Record daily precipitation	80.0 mm (3.1 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Pierre Rgnl AP	United States	Record daily precipitation	37.1 mm (1.5 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Wichita Mtn Wr	United States	Record daily precipitation	112.8 mm (4.4 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Lawton	United States	Record daily precipitation	94.0 mm (3.7 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Ft Washakie 1 SE	United States	Record snow depth	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Pyramid	United States	Record daily snowfall	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Auburn 2 SSE	United States	Record daily precipitation	31.0 mm (1.2 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Caro Wwtp	United States	Record daily precipitation	45.5 mm (1.8 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Independence	United States	Record daily precipitation	58.9 mm (2.3 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Indio Fire STN	United States	Record low minimum temperature	6.1 C (43.0 F)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Matias Romero (Smn)	Mexico	Record high minimum temperature	27.2 C (81.0 F)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Soldier Summit	United States	Record low maximum temperature	2.8 C (37.0 F)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Haileybury	Canada	Record high minimum temperature	21.7 C (71.1 F)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Walgett Council Depot	Australia	Record high maximum temperature	28.0 C (82.4 F)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Milford 2 SE	United States	Record daily precipitation	44.5 mm (1.8 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Cape Otway Lighthouse	Australia	Record high maximum temperature	21.5 C (70.7 F)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Mazapa	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	63.5 mm (2.5 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
New Hampton	United States	Record daily precipitation	39.4 mm (1.6 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Frederick Police Brks	United States	Record high minimum temperature	21.1 C (70.0 F)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Tropic	United States	Record low maximum temperature	7.8 C (46.0 F)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Alta 1 NNW	United States	Record snow depth	20.3 cm (8.0 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Hyannis	United States	Record high maximum temperature	28.9 C (84.0 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Waverly	United States	Record high minimum temperature	20.6 C (69.1 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Inverell Comparison	Australia	Record high maximum temperature	24.4 C (75.9 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Itapeim	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	75.1 mm (3.0 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Belleville	Canada	Record high maximum temperature	28.9 C (84.0 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Sodankyla AWS	Finland	Record high minimum temperature	10.1 C (50.2 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Ramos Arizpe (Smn)	Mexico	Record high minimum temperature	22.8 C (73.0 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Prescott	United States	Record low maximum temperature	12.2 C (54.0 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Sacaton	United States	Record low maximum temperature	22.2 C (72.0 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Columbus	United States	Record high minimum temperature	20.6 C (69.1 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Harrison 1 NNW	United States	Record daily precipitation	28.4 mm (1.1 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
McCulloch	Canada	Record daily snowfall	7.4 cm (2.9 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Sells	United States	Record low maximum temperature	21.1 C (70.0 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Yampa	United States	Record daily snowfall	8.9 cm (3.5 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Marion 2 N	United States	Record daily precipitation	25.7 mm (1.0 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Manistique Wwtp	United States	Record high minimum temperature	17.2 C (63.0 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Adelaide West Terrace	Australia	Record high minimum temperature	16.0 C (60.8 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Haileybury	Canada	Record high maximum temperature	29.4 C (84.9 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Toronto	Canada	Record high minimum temperature	18.3 C (64.9 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Island Park	United States	Record snow depth	55.9 cm (22.0 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Albion	United States	Record high maximum temperature	34.4 C (93.9 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Newberry-Luce Co Rd Commission	United States	Record high maximum temperature	31.1 C (88.0 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Vernon	United States	Record high maximum temperature	33.9 C (93.0 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Adelaide West Terrace	Australia	Record high maximum temperature	27.0 C (80.6 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Ajo	United States	Record low maximum temperature	21.1 C (70.0 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Palisade	United States	Record low maximum temperature	6.1 C (43.0 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Castle Dale	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-3.9 C (25.0 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Paragonah	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-5.0 C (23.0 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Silver Lake Brighton	United States	Record snow depth	190.5 cm (75.0 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Hayward Rs	United States	Record daily precipitation	64.5 mm (2.5 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Snowtown	Australia	Record high maximum temperature	29.6 C (85.3 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Melbourne Regional Office	Australia	Record high minimum temperature	15.0 C (59.0 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Ottawa Cda	Canada	Record high minimum temperature	18.3 C (64.9 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Salamonia	United States	Record high minimum temperature	23.9 C (75.0 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)
W Lafayette 6 NW	United States	Record daily precipitation	58.4 mm (2.3 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Roosevelt 1 S	United States	Record low minimum temperature	8.3 C (46.9 F)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Saint Anthony	United States	Record low maximum temperature	10.0 C (50.0 F)	27 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

772 records

Records set or tied on 22 May 1975 by type: Highest daily maximum 162, Lowest daily maximum 169, Highest daily minimum 164, Lowest daily minimum 113, Heaviest daily rainfall 139, Heaviest daily snowfall 18, Deepest snow cover 7.

Records on 22 May 1975 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	162
Lowest daily maximum	169
Highest daily minimum	164
Lowest daily minimum	113
Heaviest daily rainfall	139
Heaviest daily snowfall	18
Deepest snow cover	7

Records on 22 May 1975 by timescale: all-time 1, monthly 12, daily 759.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

561 broken records

Margins by which the 561 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 483.0. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

22 May 1975

Top 20 records on 22 May 1975 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
22 May 1975	Selbu-Stubbe, NO	daily rain	34.0 mm (1.3 in)	18.2 mm (0.7 in)	58 years	64 of 100 (Major)
22 May 1975	Wichita Falls Muni AP, US	all-time rain	130.0 mm (5.1 in)	3.0 mm (0.12 in)	74 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
22 May 1975	Rochester, US	daily rain	80.0 mm (3.1 in)	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	64 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
22 May 1975	Pierre Rgnl AP, US	daily rain	37.1 mm (1.5 in)	19.3 mm (0.8 in)	72 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
22 May 1975	Wichita Mtn Wr, US	daily rain	112.8 mm (4.4 in)	37.9 mm (1.5 in)	66 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
22 May 1975	Lawton, US	daily rain	94.0 mm (3.7 in)	52.1 mm (2.1 in)	52 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
22 May 1975	Ft Washakie 1 SE, US	daily snow depth	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	45 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
22 May 1975	Pyramid, US	daily snowfall	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	64 years	44 of 100 (Notable)
22 May 1975	Auburn 2 SSE, US	daily rain	31.0 mm (1.2 in)	20.6 mm (0.8 in)	61 years	44 of 100 (Notable)
22 May 1975	Caro Wwtp, US	daily rain	45.5 mm (1.8 in)	23.1 mm (0.9 in)	30 years	44 of 100 (Notable)
22 May 1975	Independence, US	daily rain	58.9 mm (2.3 in)	20.0 mm (0.8 in)	56 years	43 of 100 (Notable)
22 May 1975	Indio Fire STN, US	daily low min	6.1 C (43.0 F)	6.7 C (12.1 F)	48 years	41 of 100 (Notable)
22 May 1975	Matias Romero (Smn), MX	monthly high min	27.2 C (81.0 F)	2.2 C (4.0 F)	46 years	40 of 100 (Notable)
22 May 1975	Soldier Summit, US	daily low max	2.8 C (37.0 F)	6.1 C (11.0 F)	72 years	39 of 100 (Notable)
22 May 1975	Haileybury, CA	monthly high min	21.7 C (71.1 F)	1.1 C (2.0 F)	60 years	38 of 100 (Notable)
22 May 1975	Walgett Council Depot, AU	daily high max	28.0 C (82.4 F)	0.2 C (0.4 F)	94 years	37 of 100 (Notable)
22 May 1975	Milford 2 SE, US	daily rain	44.5 mm (1.8 in)	7.4 mm (0.29 in)	79 years	37 of 100 (Notable)
22 May 1975	Cape Otway Lighthouse, AU	daily high max	21.5 C (70.7 F)	0.4 C (0.7 F)	83 years	36 of 100 (Notable)
22 May 1975	Mazapa, MX	monthly rain	63.5 mm (2.5 in)	12.7 mm (0.5 in)	17 years	36 of 100 (Notable)
22 May 1975	New Hampton, US	daily rain	39.4 mm (1.6 in)	12.5 mm (0.5 in)	64 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

1806 to 1975

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1806 to 1975. 1975 had 772 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).

Histogram of margins by which records were beaten on 22 May 1975
Margin	Records
0 to 100	556
100 to 200	3
200 to 300	0
300 to 400	1
400 to 500	1