Weather Records on 22 July 1986

784 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 22 July 1986. Highest significance: Alice Springs Post Office, AU.

Key Facts for 22 July 1986

On 22 July 1986, 784 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
153 were record highs and 284 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 4 were all-time records, 27 monthly and 753 daily.
Alice Springs Post Office set a monthly record daily precipitation of 77.4 mm (3.0 in) on 22 July 1986.
Across 171 earlier years (1793 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 432 records.

Record Map

784 stations

784 station records on 22 July 1986 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 22 July 1986: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Alice Springs Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	77.4 mm (3.0 in)	72 of 100 (Major)
Carlindie	Australia	Record daily precipitation	41.4 mm (1.6 in)	71 of 100 (Major)
Kaufman 3 SE	United States	Record daily precipitation	100.3 mm (3.9 in)	68 of 100 (Major)
De Grey	Australia	Record daily precipitation	27.0 mm (1.1 in)	67 of 100 (Major)
Dillingham FAA AP	United States	Record daily precipitation	110.7 mm (4.4 in)	66 of 100 (Major)
Mulyie	Australia	Record daily precipitation	27.0 mm (1.1 in)	62 of 100 (Major)
Villa Ahumada	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	47.8 mm (1.9 in)	57 of 100 (Notable)
Yarrie	Australia	Record daily precipitation	43.0 mm (1.7 in)	56 of 100 (Notable)
Roseberth Station	Australia	Record daily precipitation	41.0 mm (1.6 in)	56 of 100 (Notable)
Homer AP	United States	Record daily precipitation	25.7 mm (1.0 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Fazenda Jucuruaba	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	44.5 mm (1.8 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Sevenum	Netherlands	Record daily precipitation	44.8 mm (1.8 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Childs	United States	Record low maximum temperature	23.9 C (75.0 F)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Aneth Plt	United States	Record low maximum temperature	23.9 C (75.0 F)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Barra Do Itapemirim (Dnos)	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	40.1 mm (1.6 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Elba	United States	Record daily precipitation	110.7 mm (4.4 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Riacho	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	43.6 mm (1.7 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Paranapiacaba (Alto da Serra)	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	134.2 mm (5.3 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Bloomfield 3 SE	United States	Record low maximum temperature	25.0 C (77.0 F)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Ueno	Japan	Record daily precipitation	124.5 mm (4.9 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Sugartown	United States	Record daily precipitation	52.3 mm (2.1 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Nanning	China	Record daily precipitation	115.5 mm (4.5 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Lumpkin 2 SE	United States	Record high minimum temperature	26.1 C (79.0 F)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Copley (Yankaninna)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	50.0 mm (2.0 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Piacaguera (Efsj)	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	67.4 mm (2.7 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Henbury	Australia	Record daily precipitation	30.0 mm (1.2 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Wickenburg	United States	Record daily precipitation	38.1 mm (1.5 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Hosston	United States	Record daily precipitation	99.6 mm (3.9 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Marion 7 SE	United States	Record daily precipitation	74.2 mm (2.9 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Dongtai	China	Record daily precipitation	118.0 mm (4.6 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Carrollton	United States	Record high minimum temperature	27.2 C (81.0 F)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Aztec Ruins Nm	United States	Record low maximum temperature	25.0 C (77.0 F)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Carangola	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	32.6 mm (1.3 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Represa Itatinga	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	111.9 mm (4.4 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Seward AP	United States	Record daily precipitation	27.2 mm (1.1 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Uman	Ukraine	Record daily precipitation	34.7 mm (1.4 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Wanneroo	Australia	Record daily precipitation	32.2 mm (1.3 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Lidice	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	25.0 mm (1.0 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Evangelista de Souza	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	39.0 mm (1.5 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Cubatao	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	49.4 mm (1.9 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Arteaga	Mexico	Record low minimum temperature	12.8 C (55.0 F)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Fillmore	United States	Record low maximum temperature	24.4 C (75.9 F)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Dongara	Australia	Record daily precipitation	34.6 mm (1.4 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Roosevelt 1 S	United States	Record low maximum temperature	24.4 C (75.9 F)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Superior	United States	Record low maximum temperature	23.9 C (75.0 F)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Galdinopolis	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	48.2 mm (1.9 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Simao	China	Record daily precipitation	78.0 mm (3.1 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Supai	United States	Record low maximum temperature	27.2 C (81.0 F)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Window Rock 4 SW	United States	Record daily precipitation	43.9 mm (1.7 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Parker Rsvr	United States	Record low minimum temperature	17.8 C (64.0 F)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Alpharetta 4 SSW	United States	Record high maximum temperature	38.9 C (102.0 F)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Casa Grande	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	33.9 mm (1.3 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Caete	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	84.7 mm (3.3 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Mongagua	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	98.3 mm (3.9 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Karesuando	Sweden	Record low minimum temperature	2.0 C (35.6 F)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Ubon Ratchathani	Thailand	Record low maximum temperature	24.7 C (76.5 F)	34 of 100 (Routine)
El Vado Dam	United States	Record low maximum temperature	20.0 C (68.0 F)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Terrell	United States	Record daily precipitation	120.7 mm (4.8 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Rodovia Anchieta-Cota 400	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	42.8 mm (1.7 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Lompoc	United States	Record high minimum temperature	15.6 C (60.1 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

784 records

Records set or tied on 22 July 1986 by type: Highest daily maximum 82, Lowest daily maximum 189, Highest daily minimum 71, Lowest daily minimum 95, Heaviest daily rainfall 347.

Records on 22 July 1986 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	82
Lowest daily maximum	189
Highest daily minimum	71
Lowest daily minimum	95
Heaviest daily rainfall	347
Heaviest daily snowfall	0
Deepest snow cover	0

Records on 22 July 1986 by timescale: all-time 4, monthly 27, daily 753.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

637 broken records

Margins by which the 637 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 83.0. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

22 July 1986

Top 20 records on 22 July 1986 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
22 July 1986	Alice Springs Post Office, AU	monthly rain	77.4 mm (3.0 in)	22.3 mm (0.9 in)	106 years	72 of 100 (Major)
22 July 1986	Carlindie, AU	daily rain	41.4 mm (1.6 in)	41.4 mm (1.6 in)	77 years	71 of 100 (Major)
22 July 1986	Kaufman 3 SE, US	daily rain	100.3 mm (3.9 in)	83.0 mm (3.3 in)	80 years	68 of 100 (Major)
22 July 1986	De Grey, AU	daily rain	27.0 mm (1.1 in)	27.0 mm (1.1 in)	97 years	67 of 100 (Major)
22 July 1986	Dillingham FAA AP, US	all-time rain	110.7 mm (4.4 in)	26.1 mm (1.0 in)	0 years	66 of 100 (Major)
22 July 1986	Mulyie, AU	daily rain	27.0 mm (1.1 in)	27.0 mm (1.1 in)	97 years	62 of 100 (Major)
22 July 1986	Villa Ahumada, MX	daily rain	47.8 mm (1.9 in)	30.0 mm (1.2 in)	44 years	57 of 100 (Notable)
22 July 1986	Yarrie, AU	daily rain	43.0 mm (1.7 in)	43.0 mm (1.7 in)	87 years	56 of 100 (Notable)
22 July 1986	Roseberth Station, AU	daily rain	41.0 mm (1.6 in)	39.2 mm (1.5 in)	31 years	56 of 100 (Notable)
22 July 1986	Homer AP, US	daily rain	25.7 mm (1.0 in)	17.1 mm (0.7 in)	28 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
22 July 1986	Fazenda Jucuruaba, BR	daily rain	44.5 mm (1.8 in)	34.0 mm (1.3 in)	32 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
22 July 1986	Sevenum, NL	daily rain	44.8 mm (1.8 in)	30.2 mm (1.2 in)	19 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
22 July 1986	Childs, US	daily low max	23.9 C (75.0 F)	7.2 C (13.0 F)	67 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
22 July 1986	Aneth Plt, US	daily low max	23.9 C (75.0 F)	5.5 C (9.9 F)	73 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
22 July 1986	Barra Do Itapemirim (Dnos), BR	daily rain	40.1 mm (1.6 in)	29.9 mm (1.2 in)	39 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
22 July 1986	Elba, US	monthly rain	110.7 mm (4.4 in)	29.4 mm (1.2 in)	28 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
22 July 1986	Riacho, BR	daily rain	43.6 mm (1.7 in)	31.6 mm (1.2 in)	27 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
22 July 1986	Paranapiacaba (Alto da Serra), BR	daily rain	134.2 mm (5.3 in)	78.4 mm (3.1 in)	19 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
22 July 1986	Bloomfield 3 SE, US	daily low max	25.0 C (77.0 F)	3.9 C (7.0 F)	73 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
22 July 1986	Ueno, JP	daily rain	124.5 mm (4.9 in)	70.1 mm (2.8 in)	20 years	44 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

1793 to 1986

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1793 to 1986. 1986 had 784 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	873

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Data for records on 1986-07-22: CSV or JSON. Field meanings are on the data page.

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 20	587
20 to 40	35
40 to 60	9
60 to 80	5
80 to 100	1