Weather Records on 22 July 1981

1,551 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 22 July 1981. Highest significance: Bathurst Gaol, AU.

Key Facts for 22 July 1981

On 22 July 1981, 1,551 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
405 were record highs and 206 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 6 were all-time records, 43 monthly and 1,502 daily.
Bathurst Gaol set a daily record precipitation of 41.0 mm (1.6 in) on 22 July 1981.
Across 171 earlier years (1793 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 427 records.

Record Map

1,551 stations

1,551 station records on 22 July 1981 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 22 July 1981: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Bathurst Gaol	Australia	Record daily precipitation	41.0 mm (1.6 in)	79 of 100 (Major)
Cumnock (Willow Park)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	50.0 mm (2.0 in)	75 of 100 (Major)
Young Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	40.0 mm (1.6 in)	72 of 100 (Major)
Orange (McLaughlin St)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	54.2 mm (2.1 in)	71 of 100 (Major)
Houghton (Glen Ewin)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	56.0 mm (2.2 in)	70 of 100 (Major)
Trangie (Old Bundemar)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	42.5 mm (1.7 in)	69 of 100 (Major)
Clare (Hill River)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	41.6 mm (1.6 in)	68 of 100 (Major)
Bangalore	India	Record daily precipitation	70.1 mm (2.8 in)	68 of 100 (Major)
Watervale	Australia	Record daily precipitation	40.0 mm (1.6 in)	67 of 100 (Major)
Rutherglen Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	52.8 mm (2.1 in)	66 of 100 (Major)
Brinkworth	Australia	Record daily precipitation	32.0 mm (1.3 in)	65 of 100 (Major)
Charters Towers Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	52.9 mm (2.1 in)	65 of 100 (Major)
Pinjarra	Australia	Record daily precipitation	73.9 mm (2.9 in)	64 of 100 (Major)
Sheringa (Lake Hamilton)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	34.6 mm (1.4 in)	64 of 100 (Major)
Lochiel Saltworks	Australia	Record daily precipitation	38.0 mm (1.5 in)	64 of 100 (Major)
Clare Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	31.4 mm (1.2 in)	63 of 100 (Major)
Rutherglen Research	Australia	Record daily precipitation	44.4 mm (1.7 in)	63 of 100 (Major)
Einasleigh Township	Australia	Record daily precipitation	33.5 mm (1.3 in)	61 of 100 (Major)
Avington	Australia	Record daily precipitation	54.2 mm (2.1 in)	61 of 100 (Major)
Batlow Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	67.2 mm (2.6 in)	60 of 100 (Major)
Corryong (Parish Lane)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	44.2 mm (1.7 in)	59 of 100 (Notable)
Maryvale Station	Australia	Record daily precipitation	50.2 mm (2.0 in)	58 of 100 (Notable)
Beau Maison	Australia	Record daily precipitation	48.6 mm (1.9 in)	58 of 100 (Notable)
Bathurst Agricultural Station	Australia	Record daily precipitation	33.4 mm (1.3 in)	58 of 100 (Notable)
Manildra (George St)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	36.6 mm (1.4 in)	58 of 100 (Notable)
Croydon Township	Australia	Record daily precipitation	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	57 of 100 (Notable)
Millmerran Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	43.0 mm (1.7 in)	57 of 100 (Notable)
Manildra (Hazeldale)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	36.8 mm (1.4 in)	57 of 100 (Notable)
Williamstown	Australia	Record daily precipitation	36.6 mm (1.4 in)	56 of 100 (Notable)
Milray Station Wrc	Australia	Record daily precipitation	56.2 mm (2.2 in)	56 of 100 (Notable)
Elgin Downs	Australia	Record daily precipitation	72.0 mm (2.8 in)	56 of 100 (Notable)
Cracow Store	Australia	Record daily precipitation	49.0 mm (1.9 in)	56 of 100 (Notable)
Dubbo (Darling Street)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	39.0 mm (1.5 in)	56 of 100 (Notable)
Wando Vale Station	Australia	Record daily precipitation	61.6 mm (2.4 in)	55 of 100 (Notable)
Western Creek	Australia	Record daily precipitation	41.0 mm (1.6 in)	55 of 100 (Notable)
Hargraves (the Elders)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	73.0 mm (2.9 in)	55 of 100 (Notable)
Cudal Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	41.4 mm (1.6 in)	55 of 100 (Notable)
Cleve	Australia	Record daily precipitation	33.8 mm (1.3 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Homestead Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	85.0 mm (3.3 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Hillgrove Station	Australia	Record daily precipitation	40.0 mm (1.6 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Onoto	Australia	Record daily precipitation	33.0 mm (1.3 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Jingi Jingi	Australia	Record daily precipitation	47.2 mm (1.9 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Somerset	Australia	Record daily precipitation	56.4 mm (2.2 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Warrumbungle (Cheddington)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	52.0 mm (2.0 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Cobbora (Ellismayne)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	56.0 mm (2.2 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Fairlight Station	Australia	Record daily precipitation	65.0 mm (2.6 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Belconnen (Weetangerra)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	49.4 mm (1.9 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Warra Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	46.0 mm (1.8 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Orange (Canobolas Public Schoo	Australia	Record daily precipitation	63.2 mm (2.5 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Gulgong Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	57.2 mm (2.3 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Millthorpe (Inala)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	48.2 mm (1.9 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Mendooran Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	45.0 mm (1.8 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Yeoval Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	56.4 mm (2.2 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Nariel Creek (Simpson)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	65.0 mm (2.6 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Chinchilla Water Treatment Pla	Australia	Record daily precipitation	66.4 mm (2.6 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Tara Shire Council	Australia	Record daily precipitation	48.2 mm (1.9 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Turallin	Australia	Record daily precipitation	43.0 mm (1.7 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Barakula Forest STN	Australia	Record daily precipitation	61.0 mm (2.4 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Wellington (Agrowplow)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	42.6 mm (1.7 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Frogmore	Australia	Record daily precipitation	36.0 mm (1.4 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)

Counts by Type and Timescale

1,551 records

Records set or tied on 22 July 1981 by type: Highest daily maximum 223, Lowest daily maximum 107, Highest daily minimum 182, Lowest daily minimum 99, Heaviest daily rainfall 940.

Records on 22 July 1981 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	223
Lowest daily maximum	107
Highest daily minimum	182
Lowest daily minimum	99
Heaviest daily rainfall	940
Heaviest daily snowfall	0
Deepest snow cover	0

Records on 22 July 1981 by timescale: all-time 6, monthly 43, daily 1,502.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

1,321 broken records

Margins by which the 1,321 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 62.6. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

22 July 1981

Top 20 records on 22 July 1981 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
22 July 1981	Bathurst Gaol, AU	daily rain	41.0 mm (1.6 in)	27.5 mm (1.1 in)	108 years	79 of 100 (Major)
22 July 1981	Cumnock (Willow Park), AU	daily rain	50.0 mm (2.0 in)	40.9 mm (1.6 in)	86 years	75 of 100 (Major)
22 July 1981	Young Post Office, AU	daily rain	40.0 mm (1.6 in)	23.7 mm (0.9 in)	86 years	72 of 100 (Major)
22 July 1981	Orange (McLaughlin St), AU	daily rain	54.2 mm (2.1 in)	34.6 mm (1.4 in)	82 years	71 of 100 (Major)
22 July 1981	Houghton (Glen Ewin), AU	daily rain	56.0 mm (2.2 in)	36.9 mm (1.5 in)	74 years	70 of 100 (Major)
22 July 1981	Trangie (Old Bundemar), AU	daily rain	42.5 mm (1.7 in)	31.1 mm (1.2 in)	68 years	69 of 100 (Major)
22 July 1981	Clare (Hill River), AU	daily rain	41.6 mm (1.6 in)	23.3 mm (0.9 in)	82 years	68 of 100 (Major)
22 July 1981	Bangalore, IN	daily rain	70.1 mm (2.8 in)	45.0 mm (1.8 in)	71 years	68 of 100 (Major)
22 July 1981	Watervale, AU	daily rain	40.0 mm (1.6 in)	21.2 mm (0.8 in)	85 years	67 of 100 (Major)
22 July 1981	Rutherglen Post Office, AU	daily rain	52.8 mm (2.1 in)	38.6 mm (1.5 in)	60 years	66 of 100 (Major)
22 July 1981	Brinkworth, AU	daily rain	32.0 mm (1.3 in)	17.3 mm (0.7 in)	59 years	65 of 100 (Major)
22 July 1981	Charters Towers Post Office, AU	daily rain	52.9 mm (2.1 in)	45.5 mm (1.8 in)	54 years	65 of 100 (Major)
22 July 1981	Pinjarra, AU	daily rain	73.9 mm (2.9 in)	40.9 mm (1.6 in)	63 years	64 of 100 (Major)
22 July 1981	Sheringa (Lake Hamilton), AU	daily rain	34.6 mm (1.4 in)	17.8 mm (0.7 in)	75 years	64 of 100 (Major)
22 July 1981	Lochiel Saltworks, AU	daily rain	38.0 mm (1.5 in)	22.8 mm (0.9 in)	59 years	64 of 100 (Major)
22 July 1981	Clare Post Office, AU	daily rain	31.4 mm (1.2 in)	14.6 mm (0.6 in)	117 years	63 of 100 (Major)
22 July 1981	Rutherglen Research, AU	daily rain	44.4 mm (1.7 in)	34.0 mm (1.3 in)	56 years	63 of 100 (Major)
22 July 1981	Einasleigh Township, AU	daily rain	33.5 mm (1.3 in)	33.5 mm (1.3 in)	72 years	61 of 100 (Major)
22 July 1981	Avington, AU	daily rain	54.2 mm (2.1 in)	44.8 mm (1.8 in)	54 years	61 of 100 (Major)
22 July 1981	Batlow Post Office, AU	daily rain	67.2 mm (2.6 in)	35.4 mm (1.4 in)	82 years	60 of 100 (Major)

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 1981

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1793 to 1981. 1981 had 1,551 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	874

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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 2026-10-14 (14 October 2026). Records are computed by this site and are not official.

Data as of 2026-10-12. Last revised 12 October 2026 (2026-10-12).

Margin	Records
0 to 10	929
10 to 20	232
20 to 30	96
30 to 40	47
40 to 50	14
50 to 60	2
60 to 70	1