Weather Records on 22 August 1991

808 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 22 August 1991. Highest significance: Campina Grande, BR.

Key Facts for 22 August 1991

On 22 August 1991, 808 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
557 were record highs and 147 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 3 were all-time records, 21 monthly and 784 daily.
Campina Grande set a monthly record daily precipitation of 97.0 mm (3.8 in) on 22 August 1991.
Across 167 earlier years (1802 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 435 records.

Record Map

808 stations

808 station records on 22 August 1991 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 22 August 1991: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Campina Grande	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	97.0 mm (3.8 in)	78 of 100 (Major)
Arhangelsk	Russia	Record daily precipitation	60.8 mm (2.4 in)	67 of 100 (Major)
Hoseda Hard	Russia	Record daily precipitation	32.2 mm (1.3 in)	58 of 100 (Notable)
Aginskoe	Russia	Record daily precipitation	73.8 mm (2.9 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Warren 2 ENE	United States	Record low maximum temperature	21.7 C (71.1 F)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Monticello Muni AP	United States	Record low maximum temperature	21.1 C (70.0 F)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Padthaway (Marcollat)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	35.0 mm (1.4 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Arkadelphia 2 N	United States	Record daily precipitation	78.7 mm (3.1 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Astana	Kazakhstan	Record low minimum temperature	3.2 C (37.8 F)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Ocampo	Mexico	Record high minimum temperature	15.6 C (60.1 F)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Homutovo	Russia	Record daily precipitation	38.9 mm (1.5 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Gaoua	Burkina Faso	Record daily precipitation	106.9 mm (4.2 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Dzitas	Mexico	Record high minimum temperature	26.1 C (79.0 F)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Svetlolobovo	Russia	Record daily precipitation	55.7 mm (2.2 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Barguzinskij Zapovednik	Russia	Record daily precipitation	34.1 mm (1.3 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Pine Bluff	United States	Record low maximum temperature	22.2 C (72.0 F)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Paradise Valley 1 NW	United States	Record high maximum temperature	39.4 C (102.9 F)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Bhubaneswar	India	Record daily precipitation	115.3 mm (4.5 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Ulken Nary	Kazakhstan	Record daily precipitation	28.8 mm (1.1 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Perry	United States	Record low minimum temperature	16.1 C (61.0 F)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Ripley	United States	Record low maximum temperature	26.1 C (79.0 F)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Blue Mtn Dam	United States	Record daily precipitation	33.8 mm (1.3 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Tasiilaq	Greenland [Denmark]	Record high maximum temperature	17.1 C (62.8 F)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Atbasar	Kazakhstan	Record low minimum temperature	2.0 C (35.6 F)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Tooele	United States	Record high maximum temperature	36.1 C (97.0 F)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Fishs Eddy	United States	Record daily precipitation	49.8 mm (2.0 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Levan	United States	Record high maximum temperature	36.7 C (98.1 F)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Tropic	United States	Record high minimum temperature	17.2 C (63.0 F)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Temixco	Mexico	Record high maximum temperature	35.0 C (95.0 F)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Kotel'nikovo	Russia	Record daily precipitation	45.9 mm (1.8 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Helena	United States	Record low maximum temperature	23.9 C (75.0 F)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Quitman 2 NW	United States	Record low minimum temperature	16.1 C (61.0 F)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Tasiilaq	Greenland [Denmark]	Record high minimum temperature	8.0 C (46.4 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Dzitas	Mexico	Record high maximum temperature	38.9 C (102.0 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Crossett 2 SSE	United States	Record low maximum temperature	23.3 C (73.9 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Richfield	United States	Record high maximum temperature	36.7 C (98.1 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Garnett 1 E	United States	Record high maximum temperature	37.8 C (100.0 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Camp Hill 2NW	United States	Record low minimum temperature	13.3 C (55.9 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Hot Springs 1 NNE	United States	Record low maximum temperature	23.9 C (75.0 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Talbotton	United States	Record low minimum temperature	12.8 C (55.0 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Manti	United States	Record high minimum temperature	17.2 C (63.0 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Freiburg	Germany	Record high maximum temperature	33.7 C (92.7 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Kumamoto	Japan	Record high minimum temperature	28.8 C (83.8 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Pueblo Nuevo	Mexico	Record high maximum temperature	38.9 C (102.0 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Velyka Oleksandrivk	Ukraine	Record daily precipitation	80.0 mm (3.1 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Fordyce	United States	Record daily precipitation	48.8 mm (1.9 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Albany 3 SE	United States	Record low minimum temperature	15.6 C (60.1 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Canton 5 W	United States	Record daily precipitation	58.4 mm (2.3 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Sachkhere	Georgia	Record daily precipitation	48.1 mm (1.9 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Stuttgart-Stadt	Germany	Record high maximum temperature	32.2 C (90.0 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Paonia 1SW	United States	Record high maximum temperature	35.0 C (95.0 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Bainbridge 2 E	United States	Record daily precipitation	33.0 mm (1.3 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Bulverde	United States	Record daily precipitation	33.5 mm (1.3 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Tenosique (Smn)	Mexico	Record high maximum temperature	38.3 C (100.9 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Dolinsk	Russia	Record daily precipitation	51.8 mm (2.0 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Rothamsted	United Kingdom	Record high minimum temperature	16.5 C (61.7 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Kojnas	Russia	Record daily precipitation	25.2 mm (1.0 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Lees Ferry	United States	Record high maximum temperature	42.2 C (108.0 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Crossett 2 SSE	United States	Record daily precipitation	55.4 mm (2.2 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Lyons Falls	United States	Record daily precipitation	49.5 mm (1.9 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

808 records

Records set or tied on 22 August 1991 by type: Highest daily maximum 336, Lowest daily maximum 67, Highest daily minimum 221, Lowest daily minimum 80, Heaviest daily rainfall 104.

Records on 22 August 1991 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	336
Lowest daily maximum	67
Highest daily minimum	221
Lowest daily minimum	80
Heaviest daily rainfall	104
Heaviest daily snowfall	0
Deepest snow cover	0

Records on 22 August 1991 by timescale: all-time 3, monthly 21, daily 784.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

589 broken records

Margins by which the 589 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 67.0. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

22 August 1991

Top 20 records on 22 August 1991 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
22 August 1991	Campina Grande, BR	monthly rain	97.0 mm (3.8 in)	46.5 mm (1.8 in)	68 years	78 of 100 (Major)
22 August 1991	Arhangelsk, RU	daily rain	60.8 mm (2.4 in)	39.2 mm (1.5 in)	56 years	67 of 100 (Major)
22 August 1991	Hoseda Hard, RU	daily rain	32.2 mm (1.3 in)	17.8 mm (0.7 in)	52 years	58 of 100 (Notable)
22 August 1991	Aginskoe, RU	daily rain	73.8 mm (2.9 in)	67.0 mm (2.6 in)	36 years	54 of 100 (Notable)
22 August 1991	Warren 2 ENE, US	monthly low max	21.7 C (71.1 F)	2.2 C (4.0 F)	95 years	54 of 100 (Notable)
22 August 1991	Monticello Muni AP, US	monthly low max	21.1 C (70.0 F)	0.6 C (1.1 F)	108 years	52 of 100 (Notable)
22 August 1991	Padthaway (Marcollat), AU	daily rain	35.0 mm (1.4 in)	20.8 mm (0.8 in)	8 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
22 August 1991	Arkadelphia 2 N, US	daily rain	78.7 mm (3.1 in)	22.8 mm (0.9 in)	78 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
22 August 1991	Astana, KZ	daily low min	3.2 C (37.8 F)	0.1 C (0.2 F)	105 years	40 of 100 (Notable)
22 August 1991	Ocampo, MX	monthly high min	15.6 C (60.1 F)	0.6 C (1.1 F)	66 years	40 of 100 (Notable)
22 August 1991	Homutovo, RU	daily rain	38.9 mm (1.5 in)	24.1 mm (0.9 in)	28 years	40 of 100 (Notable)
22 August 1991	Gaoua, BF	daily rain	106.9 mm (4.2 in)	44.5 mm (1.8 in)	28 years	40 of 100 (Notable)
22 August 1991	Dzitas, MX	daily high min	26.1 C (79.0 F)	3.3 C (5.9 F)	30 years	39 of 100 (Notable)
22 August 1991	Svetlolobovo, RU	monthly rain	55.7 mm (2.2 in)	15.1 mm (0.6 in)	5 years	39 of 100 (Notable)
22 August 1991	Barguzinskij Zapovednik, RU	daily rain	34.1 mm (1.3 in)	18.6 mm (0.7 in)	17 years	39 of 100 (Notable)
22 August 1991	Pine Bluff, US	daily low max	22.2 C (72.0 F)	2.8 C (5.0 F)	72 years	39 of 100 (Notable)
22 August 1991	Paradise Valley 1 NW, US	daily high max	39.4 C (102.9 F)	0.5 C (0.9 F)	96 years	39 of 100 (Notable)
22 August 1991	Bhubaneswar, IN	daily rain	115.3 mm (4.5 in)	28.9 mm (1.1 in)	64 years	38 of 100 (Notable)
22 August 1991	Ulken Nary, KZ	daily rain	28.8 mm (1.1 in)	17.0 mm (0.7 in)	8 years	38 of 100 (Notable)
22 August 1991	Perry, US	daily low min	16.1 C (61.0 F)	1.7 C (3.1 F)	60 years	38 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 1991

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1802 to 1991. 1991 had 808 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 1991-08-22: 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	551
10 to 20	23
20 to 30	8
30 to 40	4
40 to 50	2
50 to 60	0
60 to 70	1