Weather Records on 22 May 1994

517 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 22 May 1994. Highest significance: Cagil, TM.

Key Facts for 22 May 1994

On 22 May 1994, 517 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
147 were record highs and 233 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 1 were all-time records, 15 monthly and 501 daily.
Cagil set a monthly record daily precipitation of 103.1 mm (4.1 in) on 22 May 1994.
Across 160 earlier years (1806 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 445 records.

Record Map

517 stations

517 station records on 22 May 1994 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 22 May 1994: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Cagil	Turkmenistan	Record daily precipitation	103.1 mm (4.1 in)	61 of 100 (Major)
Liubashivka	Ukraine	Record daily precipitation	82.0 mm (3.2 in)	60 of 100 (Major)
Guantanamo Bay NAS	Cuba	Record daily precipitation	157.5 mm (6.2 in)	56 of 100 (Notable)
Bel'cy	Moldova	Record daily precipitation	47.0 mm (1.9 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Ponce 4 E	Puerto Rico [United States]	Record high minimum temperature	28.3 C (82.9 F)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Inverness 3 SE	United States	Record low minimum temperature	8.3 C (46.9 F)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Cape Naturaliste	Australia	Record daily precipitation	42.0 mm (1.7 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Mae Hong Son	Thailand	Record daily precipitation	102.1 mm (4.0 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Southport 5 N	United States	Record low maximum temperature	18.9 C (66.0 F)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Cimbaj	Uzbekistan	Record daily precipitation	43.2 mm (1.7 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Brockton	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-0.6 C (30.9 F)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Hechi	China	Record daily precipitation	132.0 mm (5.2 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Taos	United States	Record high minimum temperature	10.6 C (51.1 F)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Zamora	Spain	Record daily precipitation	28.2 mm (1.1 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Hurdsfield 8 SW	United States	Record daily precipitation	45.7 mm (1.8 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Hatteras	United States	Record low maximum temperature	16.1 C (61.0 F)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Cape May 2 NW	United States	Record low minimum temperature	5.0 C (41.0 F)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Vanersborg	Sweden	Record low minimum temperature	-0.5 C (31.1 F)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Kinston 7 SE	United States	Record low maximum temperature	17.2 C (63.0 F)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Fredericksburg Np	United States	Record low minimum temperature	3.3 C (37.9 F)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Kirup	Australia	Record daily precipitation	35.8 mm (1.4 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Bencuti (Bos)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	43.0 mm (1.7 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Santa Maria de Itabira	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	40.4 mm (1.6 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Oktjabrskij-Gorodok	Russia	Record high minimum temperature	16.7 C (62.1 F)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Butte 5SE	United States	Record daily precipitation	36.1 mm (1.4 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Porto Firme	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	50.1 mm (2.0 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Gage	United States	Record high minimum temperature	17.2 C (63.0 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Hanty-Mansijsk	Russia	Record low minimum temperature	-5.0 C (23.0 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Winston	United States	Record daily precipitation	31.8 mm (1.3 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
La Tuna 1 S	United States	Record daily precipitation	27.4 mm (1.1 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Puente Jula	Mexico	Record low maximum temperature	23.9 C (75.0 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Waukesha Wwtp	United States	Record high maximum temperature	32.8 C (91.0 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Whitby Falls	Australia	Record daily precipitation	32.4 mm (1.3 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Lake Alfred Exp STN	United States	Record low minimum temperature	11.1 C (52.0 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Belleplain STN Forest	United States	Record low minimum temperature	1.1 C (34.0 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Altamirano (Smn)	Mexico	Record low maximum temperature	20.6 C (69.1 F)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Toliman	Mexico	Record high minimum temperature	17.8 C (64.0 F)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Yalta	Ukraine	Record high maximum temperature	29.7 C (85.5 F)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Hankey (Pol)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	30.5 mm (1.2 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Homburg/Saar	Germany	Record daily precipitation	26.1 mm (1.0 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Inza	Russia	Record high minimum temperature	16.8 C (62.2 F)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Everglades	United States	Record low minimum temperature	14.4 C (57.9 F)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Pinopolis Dam	United States	Record low maximum temperature	20.6 C (69.1 F)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Cornudas Svc STN	United States	Record low maximum temperature	21.1 C (70.0 F)	25 of 100 (Routine)
La Boquilla	Mexico	Record low maximum temperature	25.6 C (78.1 F)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Tapachula (Dge)	Mexico	Record high minimum temperature	24.4 C (75.9 F)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Bezenchuk	Russia	Record high minimum temperature	18.1 C (64.6 F)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Severnoe	Russia	Record low maximum temperature	3.7 C (38.7 F)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Lafayette 2W	United States	Record low minimum temperature	5.0 C (41.0 F)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Wauchula	United States	Record low minimum temperature	12.8 C (55.0 F)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Henderson 2 NNW	United States	Record low minimum temperature	4.4 C (39.9 F)	23 of 100 (Routine)
La Tuna 1 S	United States	Record low maximum temperature	23.3 C (73.9 F)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Joinville (Rvpsc)	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	41.0 mm (1.6 in)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Catus	France	Record daily precipitation	26.2 mm (1.0 in)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Culpanovo	Russia	Record high minimum temperature	17.1 C (62.8 F)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Keams Canyon	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-1.1 C (30.0 F)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Belle Glade	United States	Record low minimum temperature	13.9 C (57.0 F)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Norseman	Australia	Record high maximum temperature	28.4 C (83.1 F)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Juncos 1 SE	Puerto Rico [United States]	Record high minimum temperature	25.0 C (77.0 F)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Bandon 2 NNE	United States	Record high minimum temperature	16.7 C (62.1 F)	21 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

517 records

Records set or tied on 22 May 1994 by type: Highest daily maximum 70, Lowest daily maximum 106, Highest daily minimum 77, Lowest daily minimum 127, Heaviest daily rainfall 136, Deepest snow cover 1.

Records on 22 May 1994 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	70
Lowest daily maximum	106
Highest daily minimum	77
Lowest daily minimum	127
Heaviest daily rainfall	136
Heaviest daily snowfall	0
Deepest snow cover	1

Records on 22 May 1994 by timescale: all-time 1, monthly 15, daily 501.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

374 broken records

Margins by which the 374 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 97.7. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

22 May 1994

Top 20 records on 22 May 1994 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
22 May 1994	Cagil, TM	monthly rain	103.1 mm (4.1 in)	72.8 mm (2.9 in)	22 years	61 of 100 (Major)
22 May 1994	Liubashivka, UA	monthly rain	82.0 mm (3.2 in)	40.9 mm (1.6 in)	20 years	60 of 100 (Major)
22 May 1994	Guantanamo Bay NAS, CU	daily rain	157.5 mm (6.2 in)	78.3 mm (3.1 in)	45 years	56 of 100 (Notable)
22 May 1994	Bel'cy, MD	monthly rain	47.0 mm (1.9 in)	14.1 mm (0.6 in)	43 years	52 of 100 (Notable)
22 May 1994	Ponce 4 E, PR	monthly high min	28.3 C (82.9 F)	2.2 C (4.0 F)	63 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
22 May 1994	Inverness 3 SE, US	daily low min	8.3 C (46.9 F)	4.5 C (8.1 F)	89 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
22 May 1994	Cape Naturaliste, AU	daily rain	42.0 mm (1.7 in)	23.5 mm (0.9 in)	48 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
22 May 1994	Mae Hong Son, TH	daily rain	102.1 mm (4.0 in)	67.4 mm (2.7 in)	19 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
22 May 1994	Southport 5 N, US	daily low max	18.9 C (66.0 F)	2.8 C (5.0 F)	98 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
22 May 1994	Cimbaj, UZ	all-time rain	43.2 mm (1.7 in)	9.9 mm (0.39 in)	5 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
22 May 1994	Brockton, US	daily low min	-0.6 C (30.9 F)	3.4 C (6.1 F)	99 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
22 May 1994	Hechi, CN	daily rain	132.0 mm (5.2 in)	97.7 mm (3.8 in)	4 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
22 May 1994	Taos, US	daily high min	10.6 C (51.1 F)	1.7 C (3.1 F)	99 years	44 of 100 (Notable)
22 May 1994	Zamora, ES	daily rain	28.2 mm (1.1 in)	10.0 mm (0.4 in)	59 years	43 of 100 (Notable)
22 May 1994	Hurdsfield 8 SW, US	daily rain	45.7 mm (1.8 in)	35.3 mm (1.4 in)	1 year	43 of 100 (Notable)
22 May 1994	Hatteras, US	daily low max	16.1 C (61.0 F)	2.2 C (4.0 F)	87 years	43 of 100 (Notable)
22 May 1994	Cape May 2 NW, US	daily low min	5.0 C (41.0 F)	1.1 C (2.0 F)	98 years	42 of 100 (Notable)
22 May 1994	Vanersborg, SE	daily low min	-0.5 C (31.1 F)	0.5 C (0.9 F)	94 years	39 of 100 (Notable)
22 May 1994	Kinston 7 SE, US	daily low max	17.2 C (63.0 F)	2.2 C (4.0 F)	84 years	39 of 100 (Notable)
22 May 1994	Fredericksburg Np, US	daily low min	3.3 C (37.9 F)	1.1 C (2.0 F)	87 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

1806 to 1994

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1806 to 1994. 1994 had 517 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 20	364
20 to 40	5
40 to 60	1
60 to 80	3
80 to 100	1