Weather Records on 22 August 1986

1,073 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 22 August 1986. Highest significance: Hatch, US.

Key Facts for 22 August 1986

On 22 August 1986, 1,073 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
192 were record highs and 227 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 1 were all-time records, 96 monthly and 976 daily.
Hatch set a daily record precipitation of 47.8 mm (1.9 in) on 22 August 1986.
Across 167 earlier years (1802 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 433 records.

Record Map

1,073 stations

1,073 station records on 22 August 1986 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 22 August 1986: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Hatch	United States	Record daily precipitation	47.8 mm (1.9 in)	62 of 100 (Major)
Usina Esmeril (Cpfl) B4-005	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	40.9 mm (1.6 in)	59 of 100 (Notable)
Caconde	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	54.6 mm (2.1 in)	59 of 100 (Notable)
Aguai	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	55.3 mm (2.2 in)	58 of 100 (Notable)
Lencois Paulista	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	76.0 mm (3.0 in)	58 of 100 (Notable)
Usina Do Chicao	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	35.3 mm (1.4 in)	57 of 100 (Notable)
Fazenda Acude	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	43.5 mm (1.7 in)	57 of 100 (Notable)
Baependi	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	36.4 mm (1.4 in)	56 of 100 (Notable)
Conceicao Do Rio Verde	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	51.1 mm (2.0 in)	56 of 100 (Notable)
Sao Pedro	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	82.5 mm (3.2 in)	56 of 100 (Notable)
Helmond	Netherlands	Record daily precipitation	28.5 mm (1.1 in)	56 of 100 (Notable)
Coroaci	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	25.1 mm (1.0 in)	55 of 100 (Notable)
Barra de Sao Francisco	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	41.2 mm (1.6 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Laranja da Terra	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	30.3 mm (1.2 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Conceicao Do Castelo (Dnos)	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	70.0 mm (2.8 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Sao Jose Do Rio Pardo	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	46.3 mm (1.8 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Agudos	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	78.0 mm (3.1 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Hudiksvall	Sweden	Record daily precipitation	55.0 mm (2.2 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Caiana	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	92.0 mm (3.6 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Eleuterio	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	42.7 mm (1.7 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Itauninhas	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	38.0 mm (1.5 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Itaiquara	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	55.0 mm (2.2 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Fazenda Guaxupe	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	55.7 mm (2.2 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Franca	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	27.6 mm (1.1 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Quata	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	57.8 mm (2.3 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
McKinley Park	United States	Record daily precipitation	58.7 mm (2.3 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Santa Barbara	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	25.9 mm (1.0 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Ponte Nova Do Paraopeba	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	27.6 mm (1.1 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Muniz Freire (Dnos)	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	34.2 mm (1.3 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Santana Do Jacare	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	32.4 mm (1.3 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Sitio Sao Sebastiao	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	42.7 mm (1.7 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Scheveningen	Netherlands	Record daily precipitation	25.0 mm (1.0 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Aleksandrov Gaj	Russia	Record daily precipitation	39.7 mm (1.6 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Sao Pedro Do Suacui	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	28.0 mm (1.1 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Rothamsted	United Kingdom	Record daily precipitation	32.1 mm (1.3 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Lake Yellowstone	United States	Record daily precipitation	29.2 mm (1.1 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Lamounier	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	33.6 mm (1.3 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Oxford	United Kingdom	Record daily precipitation	25.7 mm (1.0 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Austin 3 S	United States	Record daily precipitation	43.2 mm (1.7 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Castelo	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	44.3 mm (1.7 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Conceicao Dos Ouros	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	33.6 mm (1.3 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Fazenda Santa Amelia	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	43.2 mm (1.7 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Salto Grande (Cpfl)	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	53.7 mm (2.1 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Baixo Guandu	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Armagh	United Kingdom	Record low maximum temperature	11.4 C (52.5 F)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Bell Ranch	United States	Record daily precipitation	55.9 mm (2.2 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Dores Do Manhumirim	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	30.8 mm (1.2 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Clube de Regatas	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	36.7 mm (1.4 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Serrana	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	43.7 mm (1.7 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Analandia	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	48.4 mm (1.9 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Galia	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	59.4 mm (2.3 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Ft Sumner 5 S	United States	Record daily precipitation	85.1 mm (3.4 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Usina Paineiras (Dnos)	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	45.6 mm (1.8 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Fazenda Das Flores	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	47.3 mm (1.9 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Santa Gertrudes	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	62.3 mm (2.5 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Duartina	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	56.6 mm (2.2 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Bosque del Apache	United States	Record high minimum temperature	21.1 C (70.0 F)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Mineracao Morro Velho	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	32.0 mm (1.3 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Desterro Do Melo	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	34.0 mm (1.3 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Monsenhor Paulo	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	36.0 mm (1.4 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)

Counts by Type and Timescale

1,073 records

Records set or tied on 22 August 1986 by type: Highest daily maximum 90, Lowest daily maximum 153, Highest daily minimum 102, Lowest daily minimum 74, Heaviest daily rainfall 654.

Records on 22 August 1986 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	90
Lowest daily maximum	153
Highest daily minimum	102
Lowest daily minimum	74
Heaviest daily rainfall	654
Heaviest daily snowfall	0
Deepest snow cover	0

Records on 22 August 1986 by timescale: all-time 1, monthly 96, daily 976.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

925 broken records

Margins by which the 925 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 55.0. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

22 August 1986

Top 20 records on 22 August 1986 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
22 August 1986	Hatch, US	daily rain	47.8 mm (1.9 in)	25.2 mm (1.0 in)	80 years	62 of 100 (Major)
22 August 1986	Usina Esmeril (Cpfl) B4-005, BR	daily rain	40.9 mm (1.6 in)	40.9 mm (1.6 in)	49 years	59 of 100 (Notable)
22 August 1986	Caconde, BR	daily rain	54.6 mm (2.1 in)	54.6 mm (2.1 in)	48 years	59 of 100 (Notable)
22 August 1986	Aguai, BR	daily rain	55.3 mm (2.2 in)	55.0 mm (2.2 in)	47 years	58 of 100 (Notable)
22 August 1986	Lencois Paulista, BR	monthly rain	76.0 mm (3.0 in)	41.4 mm (1.6 in)	18 years	58 of 100 (Notable)
22 August 1986	Usina Do Chicao, BR	daily rain	35.3 mm (1.4 in)	35.3 mm (1.4 in)	44 years	57 of 100 (Notable)
22 August 1986	Fazenda Acude, BR	daily rain	43.5 mm (1.7 in)	43.5 mm (1.7 in)	45 years	57 of 100 (Notable)
22 August 1986	Baependi, BR	daily rain	36.4 mm (1.4 in)	36.4 mm (1.4 in)	44 years	56 of 100 (Notable)
22 August 1986	Conceicao Do Rio Verde, BR	daily rain	51.1 mm (2.0 in)	42.2 mm (1.7 in)	43 years	56 of 100 (Notable)
22 August 1986	Sao Pedro, BR	monthly rain	82.5 mm (3.2 in)	35.5 mm (1.4 in)	15 years	56 of 100 (Notable)
22 August 1986	Helmond, NL	daily rain	28.5 mm (1.1 in)	10.1 mm (0.4 in)	97 years	56 of 100 (Notable)
22 August 1986	Coroaci, BR	daily rain	25.1 mm (1.0 in)	21.7 mm (0.9 in)	40 years	55 of 100 (Notable)
22 August 1986	Barra de Sao Francisco, BR	daily rain	41.2 mm (1.6 in)	35.9 mm (1.4 in)	33 years	54 of 100 (Notable)
22 August 1986	Laranja da Terra, BR	daily rain	30.3 mm (1.2 in)	30.3 mm (1.2 in)	39 years	54 of 100 (Notable)
22 August 1986	Conceicao Do Castelo (Dnos), BR	monthly rain	70.0 mm (2.8 in)	27.0 mm (1.1 in)	4 years	54 of 100 (Notable)
22 August 1986	Sao Jose Do Rio Pardo, BR	daily rain	46.3 mm (1.8 in)	46.1 mm (1.8 in)	35 years	54 of 100 (Notable)
22 August 1986	Agudos, BR	monthly rain	78.0 mm (3.1 in)	41.1 mm (1.6 in)	2 years	54 of 100 (Notable)
22 August 1986	Hudiksvall, SE	daily rain	55.0 mm (2.2 in)	37.1 mm (1.5 in)	32 years	53 of 100 (Notable)
22 August 1986	Caiana, BR	monthly rain	92.0 mm (3.6 in)	34.0 mm (1.3 in)	14 years	52 of 100 (Notable)
22 August 1986	Eleuterio, BR	daily rain	42.7 mm (1.7 in)	39.2 mm (1.5 in)	36 years	52 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

1802 to 1986

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1802 to 1986. 1986 had 1,073 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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Data for records on 1986-08-22: 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 10	589
10 to 20	186
20 to 30	89
30 to 40	44
40 to 50	14
50 to 60	3