Weather Records on 22 August 1993

845 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 22 August 1993. Highest significance: Vila Terra Branca-Jusante, BR.

Key Facts for 22 August 1993

On 22 August 1993, 845 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
313 were record highs and 259 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 2 were all-time records, 23 monthly and 820 daily.
Vila Terra Branca-Jusante set a monthly record daily precipitation of 35.0 mm (1.4 in) on 22 August 1993.
Across 167 earlier years (1802 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 435 records.

Record Map

845 stations

845 station records on 22 August 1993 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 22 August 1993: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Vila Terra Branca-Jusante	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	35.0 mm (1.4 in)	62 of 100 (Major)
Williston Exp Farm	United States	Record daily precipitation	95.8 mm (3.8 in)	62 of 100 (Major)
Pontotoc	United States	Record daily precipitation	56.6 mm (2.2 in)	61 of 100 (Major)
Paxton	United States	Record daily precipitation	64.8 mm (2.6 in)	59 of 100 (Notable)
Culbertson	United States	Record daily precipitation	39.9 mm (1.6 in)	57 of 100 (Notable)
Tioga 1E	United States	Record daily precipitation	109.2 mm (4.3 in)	57 of 100 (Notable)
Nanning	China	Record daily precipitation	122.3 mm (4.8 in)	56 of 100 (Notable)
Haigler	United States	Record daily precipitation	44.5 mm (1.8 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Tomatlan	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	80.3 mm (3.2 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Hershey 5 SSE	United States	Record daily precipitation	49.0 mm (1.9 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
San Jose de Raices	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	45.0 mm (1.8 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Amazar	Russia	Record daily precipitation	57.9 mm (2.3 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Joplin	United States	Record daily precipitation	34.3 mm (1.4 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Judith Gap	United States	Record daily precipitation	39.4 mm (1.6 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
N Platte Exp Farm	United States	Record daily precipitation	51.1 mm (2.0 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Gracedieu	Australia	Record daily precipitation	50.0 mm (2.0 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Norrby_S	Sweden	Record daily precipitation	41.9 mm (1.6 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Jersey: Airport	United Kingdom	Record daily precipitation	31.5 mm (1.2 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Medicine Lake 3 SE	United States	Record daily precipitation	25.9 mm (1.0 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Granville	United States	Record daily precipitation	50.8 mm (2.0 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Walterboro 1 SW	United States	Record high minimum temperature	25.0 C (77.0 F)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Cerro de Ortega	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	156.0 mm (6.1 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Gavle	Sweden	Record low maximum temperature	12.2 C (54.0 F)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Stornoway Airport	United Kingdom	Record low maximum temperature	11.2 C (52.2 F)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Wallace 2W	United States	Record daily precipitation	31.0 mm (1.2 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Towner 2 NE	United States	Record daily precipitation	28.7 mm (1.1 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Risinge	Sweden	Record daily precipitation	43.6 mm (1.7 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Caitas de Felipe Pescador	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	48.8 mm (1.9 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Pagosa Springs 1SE	United States	Record low maximum temperature	16.7 C (62.1 F)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Montevideo 1SW	United States	Record daily precipitation	29.2 mm (1.1 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Mitt. Paamiut	Greenland [Denmark]	Record daily precipitation	82.0 mm (3.2 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Trenton Dam 1N	United States	Record daily precipitation	30.7 mm (1.2 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Liepaja	Latvia	Record daily precipitation	30.0 mm (1.2 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Armeria	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	125.2 mm (4.9 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
San Jose	United States	Record high maximum temperature	33.9 C (93.0 F)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Delta	United States	Record low maximum temperature	19.4 C (66.9 F)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Erofej Pavlovic	Russia	Record daily precipitation	41.9 mm (1.6 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Ft Peck Pwr Plt	United States	Record daily precipitation	68.6 mm (2.7 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Lustre 4 NNW	United States	Record daily precipitation	33.0 mm (1.3 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Plentywood	United States	Record daily precipitation	51.6 mm (2.0 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Ostrov Vize	Russia	Record low minimum temperature	-9.2 C (15.4 F)	34 of 100 (Routine)
New London	United States	Record daily precipitation	27.9 mm (1.1 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Mc Cook	United States	Record daily precipitation	35.8 mm (1.4 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Medicine Creek Dam	United States	Record daily precipitation	26.7 mm (1.1 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Creel (Cfe)	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	32.3 mm (1.3 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Apazulco	Mexico	Record low maximum temperature	25.6 C (78.1 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Ejutla	Mexico	Record low maximum temperature	20.6 C (69.1 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Mohall	United States	Record daily precipitation	26.7 mm (1.1 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Colville	United States	Record high minimum temperature	12.2 C (54.0 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Boca del Salado	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	64.8 mm (2.6 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Tacotan	Mexico	Record low maximum temperature	20.0 C (68.0 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Antunez	Mexico	Record low minimum temperature	15.6 C (60.1 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Selma	United States	Record daily precipitation	38.1 mm (1.5 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Willow City	United States	Record daily precipitation	43.2 mm (1.7 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Robe Comparison	Australia	Record high minimum temperature	12.9 C (55.2 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Santa Cruz de Alaya	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	66.3 mm (2.6 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Crested Butte	United States	Record low maximum temperature	15.0 C (59.0 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Simpson 6 N - Wildhorse	United States	Record daily precipitation	27.2 mm (1.1 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Paris	United States	Record high maximum temperature	41.7 C (107.1 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Kremsmuenster	Austria	Record high maximum temperature	32.7 C (90.9 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

845 records

Records set or tied on 22 August 1993 by type: Highest daily maximum 165, Lowest daily maximum 177, Highest daily minimum 148, Lowest daily minimum 82, Heaviest daily rainfall 273.

Records on 22 August 1993 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	165
Lowest daily maximum	177
Highest daily minimum	148
Lowest daily minimum	82
Heaviest daily rainfall	273
Heaviest daily snowfall	0
Deepest snow cover	0

Records on 22 August 1993 by timescale: all-time 2, monthly 23, daily 820.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

629 broken records

Margins by which the 629 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 90.8. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

22 August 1993

Top 20 records on 22 August 1993 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
22 August 1993	Vila Terra Branca-Jusante, BR	monthly rain	35.0 mm (1.4 in)	19.8 mm (0.8 in)	29 years	62 of 100 (Major)
22 August 1993	Williston Exp Farm, US	monthly rain	95.8 mm (3.8 in)	39.2 mm (1.5 in)	32 years	62 of 100 (Major)
22 August 1993	Pontotoc, US	daily rain	56.6 mm (2.2 in)	31.2 mm (1.2 in)	98 years	61 of 100 (Major)
22 August 1993	Paxton, US	daily rain	64.8 mm (2.6 in)	37.4 mm (1.5 in)	58 years	59 of 100 (Notable)
22 August 1993	Culbertson, US	daily rain	39.9 mm (1.6 in)	20.8 mm (0.8 in)	100 years	57 of 100 (Notable)
22 August 1993	Tioga 1E, US	all-time rain	109.2 mm (4.3 in)	22.6 mm (0.9 in)	18 years	57 of 100 (Notable)
22 August 1993	Nanning, CN	daily rain	122.3 mm (4.8 in)	90.8 mm (3.6 in)	42 years	56 of 100 (Notable)
22 August 1993	Haigler, US	daily rain	44.5 mm (1.8 in)	34.1 mm (1.3 in)	52 years	53 of 100 (Notable)
22 August 1993	Tomatlan, MX	daily rain	80.3 mm (3.2 in)	55.4 mm (2.2 in)	52 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
22 August 1993	Hershey 5 SSE, US	daily rain	49.0 mm (1.9 in)	32.7 mm (1.3 in)	47 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
22 August 1993	San Jose de Raices, MX	daily rain	45.0 mm (1.8 in)	25.2 mm (1.0 in)	40 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
22 August 1993	Amazar, RU	daily rain	57.9 mm (2.3 in)	30.5 mm (1.2 in)	36 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
22 August 1993	Joplin, US	daily rain	34.3 mm (1.4 in)	21.6 mm (0.9 in)	35 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
22 August 1993	Judith Gap, US	daily rain	39.4 mm (1.6 in)	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	32 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
22 August 1993	N Platte Exp Farm, US	daily rain	51.1 mm (2.0 in)	41.7 mm (1.6 in)	6 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
22 August 1993	Gracedieu, AU	daily rain	50.0 mm (2.0 in)	40.9 mm (1.6 in)	22 years	44 of 100 (Notable)
22 August 1993	Norrby_S, SE	daily rain	41.9 mm (1.6 in)	20.8 mm (0.8 in)	40 years	44 of 100 (Notable)
22 August 1993	Jersey: Airport, GB	daily rain	31.5 mm (1.2 in)	21.2 mm (0.8 in)	8 years	44 of 100 (Notable)
22 August 1993	Medicine Lake 3 SE, US	daily rain	25.9 mm (1.0 in)	9.4 mm (0.37 in)	79 years	44 of 100 (Notable)
22 August 1993	Granville, US	daily rain	50.8 mm (2.0 in)	34.3 mm (1.4 in)	10 years	43 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 1993

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1802 to 1993. 1993 had 845 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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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	595
20 to 40	26
40 to 60	6
60 to 80	1
80 to 100	1