Weather Records on 22 May 1984

907 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 22 May 1984. Highest significance: Wangerooge, DE.

Key Facts for 22 May 1984

On 22 May 1984, 907 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
466 were record highs and 131 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 1 were all-time records, 26 monthly and 880 daily.
Wangerooge set a daily record precipitation of 28.9 mm (1.1 in) on 22 May 1984.
Across 160 earlier years (1806 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 443 records.

Record Map

907 stations

907 station records on 22 May 1984 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 22 May 1984: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Wangerooge	Germany	Record daily precipitation	28.9 mm (1.1 in)	68 of 100 (Major)
Greenville 2 NNE	United States	Record daily precipitation	74.2 mm (2.9 in)	60 of 100 (Major)
Collins	United States	Record daily precipitation	137.9 mm (5.4 in)	60 of 100 (Major)
Big Rapids Wtp	United States	Record daily precipitation	49.0 mm (1.9 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Langeoog	Germany	Record daily precipitation	26.5 mm (1.0 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Frisco City 3 SSW	United States	Record daily precipitation	120.7 mm (4.8 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Grand Haven Fire Dept	United States	Record daily precipitation	44.2 mm (1.7 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Schwerin	Germany	Record daily precipitation	39.0 mm (1.5 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Livingston 2 NNE	United States	Record daily precipitation	103.4 mm (4.1 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Danbury	United States	Record daily precipitation	61.2 mm (2.4 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Unterluss	Germany	Record daily precipitation	28.7 mm (1.1 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Juchitan de Zaragoza	Mexico	Record low minimum temperature	15.6 C (60.1 F)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Mt Pulaski	United States	Record daily precipitation	30.5 mm (1.2 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Gordon	United States	Record daily precipitation	69.9 mm (2.8 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Happy Valley Reservoir	Australia	Record daily precipitation	25.6 mm (1.0 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Brest-Guipavas	France	Record daily precipitation	33.2 mm (1.3 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Chatom	United States	Record daily precipitation	107.2 mm (4.2 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Coromandel Valley (Branden)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	29.0 mm (1.1 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Ulken Nary	Kazakhstan	Record daily precipitation	32.5 mm (1.3 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Milford Gm Proving Ground	United States	Record daily precipitation	55.9 mm (2.2 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Warren 2 S	United States	Record daily precipitation	89.4 mm (3.5 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Anklam	Germany	Record daily precipitation	25.1 mm (1.0 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Geneseo	United States	Record daily precipitation	52.3 mm (2.1 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Valparaiso Wtr Wks	United States	Record daily precipitation	55.4 mm (2.2 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Landsburg	United States	Record daily precipitation	26.7 mm (1.1 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
American River	Australia	Record daily precipitation	31.8 mm (1.3 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Laporte	United States	Record daily precipitation	49.5 mm (1.9 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Murrays Lagoon (Bayside)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	28.2 mm (1.1 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Harnosand	Sweden	Record high maximum temperature	21.0 C (69.8 F)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Wallace 2 E	United States	Record daily precipitation	184.2 mm (7.3 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Ft Ross	United States	Record high maximum temperature	21.1 C (70.0 F)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Harbor Beach 1 SSE	United States	Record daily precipitation	37.3 mm (1.5 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Capitan	United States	Record high minimum temperature	15.6 C (60.1 F)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Flagstaff AP	United States	Record high maximum temperature	29.4 C (84.9 F)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Holbrook	United States	Record high maximum temperature	35.0 C (95.0 F)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Solon Springs	United States	Record daily precipitation	38.4 mm (1.5 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Bederkesa	Germany	Record daily precipitation	25.5 mm (1.0 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Evergreen	United States	Record daily precipitation	86.1 mm (3.4 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Capitan	United States	Record high maximum temperature	32.8 C (91.0 F)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Richland	United States	Record high minimum temperature	13.3 C (55.9 F)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Arecibo 3 ESE	Puerto Rico [United States]	Record low minimum temperature	16.7 C (62.1 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Paoli	United States	Record high minimum temperature	20.6 C (69.1 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Mt Ayr	United States	Record daily precipitation	30.7 mm (1.2 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Winnsboro	United States	Record high minimum temperature	21.1 C (70.0 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Nice	France	Record daily precipitation	60.6 mm (2.4 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Rockville 1 NE	United States	Record high maximum temperature	34.4 C (93.9 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Eaton Rapids	United States	Record daily precipitation	25.9 mm (1.0 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Evart	United States	Record daily precipitation	26.2 mm (1.0 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Luna Rs	United States	Record high maximum temperature	29.4 C (84.9 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Brackettville	United States	Record high maximum temperature	38.9 C (102.0 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Pierce 1 E	United States	Record high minimum temperature	23.9 C (75.0 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Tashir	Armenia	Record daily precipitation	31.9 mm (1.3 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Pao de Acucar	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	27.2 mm (1.1 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Sao Sepe	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	125.3 mm (4.9 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Boizenburg	Germany	Record daily precipitation	37.4 mm (1.5 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Oujda	Morocco	Record low maximum temperature	18.2 C (64.8 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Oksoey Fyr	Norway	Record high maximum temperature	20.5 C (68.9 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Utsira Fyr	Norway	Record high minimum temperature	11.0 C (51.8 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Brewton 3 SSE	United States	Record daily precipitation	127.0 mm (5.0 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Supai	United States	Record high minimum temperature	19.4 C (66.9 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

907 records

Records set or tied on 22 May 1984 by type: Highest daily maximum 258, Lowest daily maximum 74, Highest daily minimum 208, Lowest daily minimum 57, Heaviest daily rainfall 309, Deepest snow cover 1.

Records on 22 May 1984 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	258
Lowest daily maximum	74
Highest daily minimum	208
Lowest daily minimum	57
Heaviest daily rainfall	309
Heaviest daily snowfall	0
Deepest snow cover	1

Records on 22 May 1984 by timescale: all-time 1, monthly 26, daily 880.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

728 broken records

Margins by which the 728 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 78.8. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

22 May 1984

Top 20 records on 22 May 1984 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
22 May 1984	Wangerooge, DE	daily rain	28.9 mm (1.1 in)	17.9 mm (0.7 in)	61 years	68 of 100 (Major)
22 May 1984	Greenville 2 NNE, US	daily rain	74.2 mm (2.9 in)	56.9 mm (2.2 in)	44 years	60 of 100 (Major)
22 May 1984	Collins, US	daily rain	137.9 mm (5.4 in)	64.2 mm (2.5 in)	71 years	60 of 100 (Major)
22 May 1984	Big Rapids Wtp, US	daily rain	49.0 mm (1.9 in)	21.6 mm (0.9 in)	58 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
22 May 1984	Langeoog, DE	daily rain	26.5 mm (1.0 in)	21.0 mm (0.8 in)	21 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
22 May 1984	Frisco City 3 SSW, US	daily rain	120.7 mm (4.8 in)	78.8 mm (3.1 in)	17 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
22 May 1984	Grand Haven Fire Dept, US	daily rain	44.2 mm (1.7 in)	31.0 mm (1.2 in)	33 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
22 May 1984	Schwerin, DE	daily rain	39.0 mm (1.5 in)	26.9 mm (1.1 in)	2 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
22 May 1984	Livingston 2 NNE, US	daily rain	103.4 mm (4.1 in)	65.3 mm (2.6 in)	39 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
22 May 1984	Danbury, US	daily rain	61.2 mm (2.4 in)	26.9 mm (1.1 in)	64 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
22 May 1984	Unterluss, DE	daily rain	28.7 mm (1.1 in)	20.5 mm (0.8 in)	10 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
22 May 1984	Juchitan de Zaragoza, MX	daily low min	15.6 C (60.1 F)	5.0 C (9.0 F)	44 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
22 May 1984	Mt Pulaski, US	daily rain	30.5 mm (1.2 in)	12.7 mm (0.5 in)	84 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
22 May 1984	Gordon, US	daily rain	69.9 mm (2.8 in)	42.0 mm (1.7 in)	7 years	44 of 100 (Notable)
22 May 1984	Happy Valley Reservoir, AU	daily rain	25.6 mm (1.0 in)	10.6 mm (0.4 in)	58 years	42 of 100 (Notable)
22 May 1984	Brest-Guipavas, FR	daily rain	33.2 mm (1.3 in)	16.7 mm (0.7 in)	35 years	42 of 100 (Notable)
22 May 1984	Chatom, US	daily rain	107.2 mm (4.2 in)	74.2 mm (2.9 in)	4 years	42 of 100 (Notable)
22 May 1984	Coromandel Valley (Branden), AU	daily rain	29.0 mm (1.1 in)	12.0 mm (0.5 in)	58 years	41 of 100 (Notable)
22 May 1984	Ulken Nary, KZ	daily rain	32.5 mm (1.3 in)	15.8 mm (0.6 in)	27 years	41 of 100 (Notable)
22 May 1984	Milford Gm Proving Ground, US	daily rain	55.9 mm (2.2 in)	25.7 mm (1.0 in)	29 years	41 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 1984

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1806 to 1984. 1984 had 907 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	658
10 to 20	44
20 to 30	12
30 to 40	4
40 to 50	2
50 to 60	2
60 to 70	3
70 to 80	3