Weather Records on 22 August 1976

722 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 22 August 1976. Highest significance: Maatsuyker Island Lighthouse, AU.

Key Facts for 22 August 1976

On 22 August 1976, 722 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
347 were record highs and 201 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 4 were all-time records, 25 monthly and 693 daily.
Maatsuyker Island Lighthouse set a daily record precipitation of 46.4 mm (1.8 in) on 22 August 1976.
Across 167 earlier years (1802 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 435 records.

Record Map

722 stations

722 station records on 22 August 1976 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 22 August 1976: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Maatsuyker Island Lighthouse	Australia	Record daily precipitation	46.4 mm (1.8 in)	59 of 100 (Notable)
Leipzig-Holzhausen	Germany	Record low minimum temperature	3.1 C (37.6 F)	59 of 100 (Notable)
Gorodovikovsk	Russia	Record daily precipitation	72.6 mm (2.9 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Santa Cruz Juventino Rosas (S	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	56.9 mm (2.2 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Sumy	Ukraine	Record daily precipitation	54.1 mm (2.1 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Gigant	Russia	Record daily precipitation	27.9 mm (1.1 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Pointe Au Pere	Canada	Record high maximum temperature	30.0 C (86.0 F)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Eastport	United States	Record high minimum temperature	19.4 C (66.9 F)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Galway	Ireland	Record high maximum temperature	26.7 C (80.1 F)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Santiago de Compostela/Labacol	Spain	Record daily precipitation	42.6 mm (1.7 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Moncton	Canada	Record high minimum temperature	19.4 C (66.9 F)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Livny	Russia	Record daily precipitation	33.0 mm (1.3 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Conway	United States	Record low maximum temperature	22.2 C (72.0 F)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Montevideo 1SW	United States	Record high maximum temperature	37.2 C (99.0 F)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Yellowstone Park Mammoth	United States	Record high maximum temperature	32.2 C (90.0 F)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Pointe Au Pere	Canada	Record high minimum temperature	21.7 C (71.1 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Comondu	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	47.0 mm (1.9 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Zimovniki	Russia	Record daily precipitation	35.8 mm (1.4 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Rockport 1 ESE	United States	Record high minimum temperature	22.2 C (72.0 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Farmington 3NW	United States	Record high maximum temperature	35.0 C (95.0 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Turgaj	Kazakhstan	Record high maximum temperature	37.9 C (100.2 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Valle de Santiago	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	37.1 mm (1.5 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Houlton	United States	Record high maximum temperature	34.4 C (93.9 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Orono	United States	Record high maximum temperature	35.0 C (95.0 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Corner Brook	Canada	Record high maximum temperature	32.8 C (91.0 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Oberstdorf	Germany	Record low minimum temperature	3.6 C (38.5 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Weaverville	United States	Record high minimum temperature	15.6 C (60.1 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Bar Harbor 3 NW	United States	Record high maximum temperature	32.8 C (91.0 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Setauket Strong	United States	Record high maximum temperature	32.2 C (90.0 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Uil	Kazakhstan	Record high maximum temperature	39.6 C (103.3 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Beaver Is	United States	Record high maximum temperature	29.4 C (84.9 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Plainfield	United States	Record high maximum temperature	35.6 C (96.1 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Palmerton	United States	Record high maximum temperature	36.7 C (98.1 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Greenwood	United States	Record low maximum temperature	23.9 C (75.0 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Superior	United States	Record high minimum temperature	22.2 C (72.0 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)
San Francisco Dwtn	United States	Record high minimum temperature	16.7 C (62.1 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Pereque	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	56.2 mm (2.2 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Lambton	Canada	Record high minimum temperature	18.9 C (66.0 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Gander Int'l A	Canada	Record high maximum temperature	33.3 C (91.9 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Flahult	Sweden	Record low minimum temperature	-1.1 C (30.0 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Gotska Sandon	Sweden	Record low minimum temperature	4.7 C (40.5 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Musquash	Canada	Record high maximum temperature	34.4 C (93.9 F)	27 of 100 (Routine)
St George	Canada	Record high maximum temperature	34.4 C (93.9 F)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Glenwood	Canada	Record high maximum temperature	33.9 C (93.0 F)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Nicosia	Cyprus	Record low maximum temperature	30.2 C (86.4 F)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Zagreb-Gric	Croatia	Record low maximum temperature	15.9 C (60.6 F)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Irgiz	Kazakhstan	Record high maximum temperature	41.0 C (105.8 F)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Arhangelsk	Russia	Record low maximum temperature	9.2 C (48.6 F)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Niznij Novgorod	Russia	Record low maximum temperature	9.8 C (49.6 F)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Chita	Russia	Record low minimum temperature	-1.4 C (29.5 F)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Chandler	United States	Record daily precipitation	25.7 mm (1.0 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Eastport	United States	Record high maximum temperature	34.4 C (93.9 F)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Lake City 2 SE	United States	Record low maximum temperature	22.2 C (72.0 F)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Ocean Falls	Canada	Record low minimum temperature	3.3 C (37.9 F)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Natashquan A	Canada	Record high maximum temperature	22.8 C (73.0 F)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Woodstock	Canada	Record high maximum temperature	35.6 C (96.1 F)	26 of 100 (Routine)
St Margaret's Bay	Canada	Record high maximum temperature	30.6 C (87.1 F)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Aktobe	Kazakhstan	Record high maximum temperature	38.2 C (100.8 F)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Guanacevi (Smn)	Mexico	Record low maximum temperature	18.9 C (66.0 F)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Kargopol	Russia	Record low maximum temperature	9.3 C (48.7 F)	26 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

722 records

Records set or tied on 22 August 1976 by type: Highest daily maximum 226, Lowest daily maximum 80, Highest daily minimum 121, Lowest daily minimum 121, Heaviest daily rainfall 174.

Records on 22 August 1976 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	226
Lowest daily maximum	80
Highest daily minimum	121
Lowest daily minimum	121
Heaviest daily rainfall	174
Heaviest daily snowfall	0
Deepest snow cover	0

Records on 22 August 1976 by timescale: all-time 4, monthly 25, daily 693.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

568 broken records

Margins by which the 568 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 33.9. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

22 August 1976

Top 20 records on 22 August 1976 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
22 August 1976	Maatsuyker Island Lighthouse, AU	daily rain	46.4 mm (1.8 in)	18.7 mm (0.7 in)	58 years	59 of 100 (Notable)
22 August 1976	Leipzig-Holzhausen, DE	monthly low min	3.1 C (37.6 F)	2.5 C (4.5 F)	104 years	59 of 100 (Notable)
22 August 1976	Gorodovikovsk, RU	all-time rain	72.6 mm (2.9 in)	12.4 mm (0.5 in)	38 years	53 of 100 (Notable)
22 August 1976	Santa Cruz Juventino Rosas (S, MX	daily rain	56.9 mm (2.2 in)	32.5 mm (1.3 in)	42 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
22 August 1976	Sumy, UA	daily rain	54.1 mm (2.1 in)	31.1 mm (1.2 in)	18 years	44 of 100 (Notable)
22 August 1976	Gigant, RU	daily rain	27.9 mm (1.1 in)	22.4 mm (0.9 in)	26 years	43 of 100 (Notable)
22 August 1976	Pointe Au Pere, CA	daily high max	30.0 C (86.0 F)	3.9 C (7.0 F)	72 years	42 of 100 (Notable)
22 August 1976	Eastport, US	monthly high min	19.4 C (66.9 F)	0.5 C (0.9 F)	70 years	41 of 100 (Notable)
22 August 1976	Galway, IE	daily high max	26.7 C (80.1 F)	1.7 C (3.1 F)	77 years	39 of 100 (Notable)
22 August 1976	Santiago de Compostela/Labacol, ES	daily rain	42.6 mm (1.7 in)	29.1 mm (1.1 in)	31 years	39 of 100 (Notable)
22 August 1976	Moncton, CA	daily high min	19.4 C (66.9 F)	0.5 C (0.9 F)	94 years	38 of 100 (Notable)
22 August 1976	Livny, RU	daily rain	33.0 mm (1.3 in)	18.7 mm (0.7 in)	24 years	38 of 100 (Notable)
22 August 1976	Conway, US	daily low max	22.2 C (72.0 F)	4.5 C (8.1 F)	46 years	36 of 100 (Notable)
22 August 1976	Montevideo 1SW, US	daily high max	37.2 C (99.0 F)	1.6 C (2.9 F)	77 years	34 of 100 (Routine)
22 August 1976	Yellowstone Park Mammoth, US	daily high max	32.2 C (90.0 F)	1.1 C (2.0 F)	81 years	34 of 100 (Routine)
22 August 1976	Pointe Au Pere, CA	all-time high min	21.7 C (71.1 F)	0.6 C (1.1 F)	5 years	33 of 100 (Routine)
22 August 1976	Comondu, MX	daily rain	47.0 mm (1.9 in)	31.5 mm (1.2 in)	19 years	33 of 100 (Routine)
22 August 1976	Zimovniki, RU	daily rain	35.8 mm (1.4 in)	19.7 mm (0.8 in)	28 years	33 of 100 (Routine)
22 August 1976	Rockport 1 ESE, US	daily high min	22.2 C (72.0 F)	1.6 C (2.9 F)	70 years	33 of 100 (Routine)
22 August 1976	Farmington 3NW, US	daily high max	35.0 C (95.0 F)	0.6 C (1.1 F)	81 years	33 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

1802 to 1976

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1802 to 1976. 1976 had 722 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 5	498
5 to 10	41
10 to 15	10
15 to 20	12
20 to 25	2
25 to 30	1
30 to 35	4