Weather Records on 22 May 1980

997 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 22 May 1980. Highest significance: Nkhata Bay, MW.

Key Facts for 22 May 1980

On 22 May 1980, 997 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
621 were record highs and 189 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 4 were all-time records, 114 monthly and 879 daily.
Nkhata Bay set a daily record precipitation of 87.6 mm (3.4 in) on 22 May 1980.
Across 160 earlier years (1806 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 442 records.

Record Map

997 stations

997 station records on 22 May 1980 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 22 May 1980: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Nkhata Bay	Malawi	Record daily precipitation	87.6 mm (3.4 in)	56 of 100 (Notable)
Russell	Canada	Record high maximum temperature	36.5 C (97.7 F)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Bartow 1SE	United States	Record daily precipitation	83.8 mm (3.3 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Minnedosa	Canada	Record high maximum temperature	36.0 C (96.8 F)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Swan River	Canada	Record high maximum temperature	39.0 C (102.2 F)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Brandon Cda	Canada	Record high maximum temperature	38.5 C (101.3 F)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Kirchdorf/Poel	Germany	Record low minimum temperature	0.0 C (32.0 F)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Dzankoj	Ukraine	Record daily precipitation	37.4 mm (1.5 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Homestead Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	27.0 mm (1.1 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Teberda	Russia	Record daily precipitation	51.2 mm (2.0 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Goondiwindi Post Office	Australia	Record low maximum temperature	12.4 C (54.3 F)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Ljubljana Bezigrad	Slovenia	Record daily precipitation	57.2 mm (2.3 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Poplar 2 E	United States	Record high maximum temperature	40.6 C (105.1 F)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Bayfield 6 N	United States	Record high minimum temperature	20.0 C (68.0 F)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Bordeaux-Merignac	France	Record daily precipitation	29.8 mm (1.2 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Tbilisi	Georgia	Record high minimum temperature	19.3 C (66.7 F)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Vastervik	Sweden	Record low minimum temperature	-2.3 C (27.9 F)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Gumlu Days Road	Australia	Record daily precipitation	65.0 mm (2.6 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Stamps	United States	Record daily precipitation	26.2 mm (1.0 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Klepinino	Ukraine	Record daily precipitation	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Schwerin	Germany	Record low minimum temperature	0.4 C (32.7 F)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Broadus	United States	Record high maximum temperature	38.3 C (100.9 F)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Midland	United States	Record high minimum temperature	18.3 C (64.9 F)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Regina Int'l A	Canada	Record high minimum temperature	16.7 C (62.1 F)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Kirchdorf/Poel	Germany	Record low maximum temperature	10.0 C (50.0 F)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Visby_Flygplats	Sweden	Record low minimum temperature	0.3 C (32.5 F)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Tallulah	United States	Record daily precipitation	76.7 mm (3.0 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Cargoon Station	Australia	Record daily precipitation	28.0 mm (1.1 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Strasbourg	Canada	Record high minimum temperature	18.0 C (64.4 F)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Portage Southport A	Canada	Record high maximum temperature	37.8 C (100.0 F)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Emerson	Canada	Record high maximum temperature	36.5 C (97.7 F)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Indian Bay	Canada	Record high maximum temperature	35.5 C (95.9 F)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Jaransk	Russia	Record daily precipitation	29.4 mm (1.2 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Peakvale Station	Australia	Record daily precipitation	42.0 mm (1.7 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Bulliwallah	Australia	Record daily precipitation	26.0 mm (1.0 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Indian Head Cda	Canada	Record high maximum temperature	38.0 C (100.4 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Whitewood	Canada	Record high minimum temperature	17.2 C (63.0 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Livingston	United States	Record high minimum temperature	15.6 C (60.1 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Ellendale	United States	Record high maximum temperature	32.8 C (91.0 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Willow City	United States	Record high maximum temperature	37.2 C (99.0 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Clare	Australia	Record daily precipitation	59.0 mm (2.3 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Grenfell	Canada	Record high maximum temperature	37.2 C (99.0 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Moosomin	Canada	Record high maximum temperature	36.5 C (97.7 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Birtle	Canada	Record high maximum temperature	36.5 C (97.7 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Jumatan (Cfe)	Mexico	Record low minimum temperature	11.7 C (53.1 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Walden	United States	Record high maximum temperature	25.0 C (77.0 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Chatham Exp Fa	United States	Record high maximum temperature	31.7 C (89.1 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Rolla 1NE	United States	Record high minimum temperature	18.9 C (66.0 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Williston Sloulin Fld	United States	Record high minimum temperature	19.4 C (66.9 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Yellow Grass	Canada	Record high maximum temperature	39.0 C (102.2 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Pierson	Canada	Record high maximum temperature	38.0 C (100.4 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Graysville	Canada	Record high minimum temperature	20.0 C (68.0 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Parnu	Estonia	Record low minimum temperature	-1.6 C (29.1 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Ulricehamn	Sweden	Record low minimum temperature	-2.0 C (28.4 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Cambridge	United States	Record high minimum temperature	13.9 C (57.0 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Medicine Lake 3 SE	United States	Record high minimum temperature	18.9 C (66.0 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Miles City	United States	Record high maximum temperature	38.9 C (102.0 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Foxholm 7 N	United States	Record high maximum temperature	36.7 C (98.1 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Larimore 4SW	United States	Record high minimum temperature	18.9 C (66.0 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
New England	United States	Record high maximum temperature	36.1 C (97.0 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

997 records

Records set or tied on 22 May 1980 by type: Highest daily maximum 327, Lowest daily maximum 88, Highest daily minimum 294, Lowest daily minimum 101, Heaviest daily rainfall 184, Heaviest daily snowfall 2, Deepest snow cover 1.

Records on 22 May 1980 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	327
Lowest daily maximum	88
Highest daily minimum	294
Lowest daily minimum	101
Heaviest daily rainfall	184
Heaviest daily snowfall	2
Deepest snow cover	1

Records on 22 May 1980 by timescale: all-time 4, monthly 114, daily 879.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

845 broken records

Margins by which the 845 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 72.9. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

22 May 1980

Top 20 records on 22 May 1980 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
22 May 1980	Nkhata Bay, MW	daily rain	87.6 mm (3.4 in)	72.9 mm (2.9 in)	27 years	56 of 100 (Notable)
22 May 1980	Russell, CA	monthly high max	36.5 C (97.7 F)	1.5 C (2.7 F)	89 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
22 May 1980	Bartow 1SE, US	daily rain	83.8 mm (3.3 in)	44.4 mm (1.7 in)	49 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
22 May 1980	Minnedosa, CA	monthly high max	36.0 C (96.8 F)	0.4 C (0.7 F)	89 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
22 May 1980	Swan River, CA	all-time high max	39.0 C (102.2 F)	0.1 C (0.2 F)	60 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
22 May 1980	Brandon Cda, CA	monthly high max	38.5 C (101.3 F)	1.3 C (2.3 F)	80 years	44 of 100 (Notable)
22 May 1980	Kirchdorf/Poel, DE	daily low min	0.0 C (32.0 F)	2.7 C (4.9 F)	87 years	44 of 100 (Notable)
22 May 1980	Dzankoj, UA	daily rain	37.4 mm (1.5 in)	24.5 mm (1.0 in)	10 years	44 of 100 (Notable)
22 May 1980	Homestead Post Office, AU	daily rain	27.0 mm (1.1 in)	21.4 mm (0.8 in)	61 years	43 of 100 (Notable)
22 May 1980	Teberda, RU	monthly rain	51.2 mm (2.0 in)	12.0 mm (0.5 in)	27 years	43 of 100 (Notable)
22 May 1980	Goondiwindi Post Office, AU	daily low max	12.4 C (54.3 F)	3.2 C (5.8 F)	80 years	42 of 100 (Notable)
22 May 1980	Ljubljana Bezigrad, SI	daily rain	57.2 mm (2.3 in)	19.4 mm (0.8 in)	50 years	42 of 100 (Notable)
22 May 1980	Poplar 2 E, US	monthly high max	40.6 C (105.1 F)	0.6 C (1.1 F)	79 years	41 of 100 (Notable)
22 May 1980	Bayfield 6 N, US	monthly high min	20.0 C (68.0 F)	1.7 C (3.1 F)	66 years	41 of 100 (Notable)
22 May 1980	Bordeaux-Merignac, FR	daily rain	29.8 mm (1.2 in)	8.8 mm (0.35 in)	61 years	40 of 100 (Notable)
22 May 1980	Tbilisi, GE	daily high min	19.3 C (66.7 F)	1.6 C (2.9 F)	82 years	40 of 100 (Notable)
22 May 1980	Vastervik, SE	daily low min	-2.3 C (27.9 F)	2.3 C (4.1 F)	79 years	39 of 100 (Notable)
22 May 1980	Gumlu Days Road, AU	daily rain	65.0 mm (2.6 in)	53.6 mm (2.1 in)	48 years	38 of 100 (Notable)
22 May 1980	Stamps, US	daily rain	26.2 mm (1.0 in)	11.5 mm (0.5 in)	80 years	38 of 100 (Notable)
22 May 1980	Klepinino, UA	daily rain	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	17.4 mm (0.7 in)	10 years	37 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 1980

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1806 to 1980. 1980 had 997 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 10	782
10 to 20	34
20 to 30	22
30 to 40	3
40 to 50	1
50 to 60	2
60 to 70	0
70 to 80	1