Weather Records on 22 August 1994

803 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 22 August 1994. Highest significance: Wharton, US.

Key Facts for 22 August 1994

On 22 August 1994, 803 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
281 were record highs and 246 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 2 were all-time records, 21 monthly and 780 daily.
Wharton set a daily record precipitation of 84.1 mm (3.3 in) on 22 August 1994.
Across 167 earlier years (1802 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 435 records.

Record Map

803 stations

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

Weather records on 22 August 1994: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Wharton	United States	Record daily precipitation	84.1 mm (3.3 in)	74 of 100 (Major)
Mae Sot	Thailand	Record daily precipitation	321.1 mm (12.6 in)	64 of 100 (Major)
Mae Sariang	Thailand	Record daily precipitation	89.9 mm (3.5 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Minsk	Belarus	Record daily precipitation	45.8 mm (1.8 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
West Hartford Nepp	United States	Record daily precipitation	101.6 mm (4.0 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Lnai Culture & Heritage Ctr	United States	Record daily precipitation	34.5 mm (1.4 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Amite	United States	Record low maximum temperature	25.6 C (78.1 F)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Hingham	United States	Record daily precipitation	64.3 mm (2.5 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Middletown 2 NW	United States	Record daily precipitation	53.3 mm (2.1 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
South Weymouth NAS	United States	Record daily precipitation	64.5 mm (2.5 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Weinbiet	Germany	Record daily precipitation	48.8 mm (1.9 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Guajataca Dam	Puerto Rico [United States]	Record daily precipitation	109.7 mm (4.3 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Tarko-Sale	Russia	Record daily precipitation	45.5 mm (1.8 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
W Pt	United States	Record daily precipitation	48.5 mm (1.9 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Landisville 2 NW	United States	Record daily precipitation	72.1 mm (2.8 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
San Saba	United States	Record low maximum temperature	28.3 C (82.9 F)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Anahuac	United States	Record daily precipitation	68.3 mm (2.7 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
West Burke	United States	Record daily precipitation	38.9 mm (1.5 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Galway	Ireland	Record daily precipitation	41.7 mm (1.6 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Wenzhou	China	Record daily precipitation	112.8 mm (4.4 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Mys Alevina	Russia	Record daily precipitation	32.0 mm (1.3 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Aksakovo	Russia	Record daily precipitation	28.3 mm (1.1 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Bowhill	United Kingdom	Record daily precipitation	34.5 mm (1.4 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Elberton 2 N	United States	Record daily precipitation	34.5 mm (1.4 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Middleton	United States	Record daily precipitation	41.7 mm (1.6 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Ny City Cntrl Park	United States	Record daily precipitation	47.0 mm (1.9 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Tortosa - Observatorio del Ebr	Spain	Record high minimum temperature	24.4 C (75.9 F)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Millington 1 SE	United States	Record daily precipitation	72.4 mm (2.9 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Canaan	United States	Record daily precipitation	42.2 mm (1.7 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Gardiner	United States	Record daily precipitation	26.4 mm (1.0 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Fedor 3SE	United States	Record daily precipitation	64.5 mm (2.5 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Lampasas	United States	Record low maximum temperature	25.6 C (78.1 F)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Boquilla Numero Uno	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	56.9 mm (2.2 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Aledo	United States	Record low maximum temperature	21.7 C (71.1 F)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Rochester	United States	Record low maximum temperature	21.1 C (70.0 F)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Lancaster	United States	Record daily precipitation	28.2 mm (1.1 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Chittenden	United States	Record daily precipitation	53.3 mm (2.1 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Fredericksburg Np	United States	Record daily precipitation	61.2 mm (2.4 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Presa la Duquesa	Mexico	Record high minimum temperature	18.9 C (66.0 F)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Mimbres 4NNW	United States	Record high maximum temperature	33.3 C (91.9 F)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Washington Sp	United States	Record low maximum temperature	26.1 C (79.0 F)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Bethel 4 N	United States	Record daily precipitation	44.5 mm (1.8 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Kozmodemyansk	Russia	Record daily precipitation	25.9 mm (1.0 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Wigwam Rsvr	United States	Record daily precipitation	64.8 mm (2.6 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Monticello	United States	Record low maximum temperature	27.8 C (82.0 F)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Greensboro Lock 7	United States	Record daily precipitation	33.0 mm (1.3 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Selmer	United States	Record daily precipitation	40.6 mm (1.6 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
South Newbury	United States	Record daily precipitation	34.3 mm (1.4 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Marlinton	United States	Record high maximum temperature	31.7 C (89.1 F)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Drevsjo	Norway	Record daily precipitation	26.1 mm (1.0 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Mayaguez City	Puerto Rico [United States]	Record low minimum temperature	17.2 C (63.0 F)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Towson	United States	Record daily precipitation	51.1 mm (2.0 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
New Berlin	United States	Record daily precipitation	30.5 mm (1.2 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Giddings 5E	United States	Record daily precipitation	61.5 mm (2.4 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Gorjacij Kljuc	Russia	Record daily precipitation	42.1 mm (1.7 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Jarrell	United States	Record daily precipitation	70.4 mm (2.8 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Olsdorf	Germany	Record daily precipitation	26.7 mm (1.1 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Blankenrath	Germany	Record daily precipitation	32.5 mm (1.3 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
E Brimfield Lake	United States	Record daily precipitation	38.1 mm (1.5 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
S Mtn	United States	Record daily precipitation	57.2 mm (2.3 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

803 records

Records set or tied on 22 August 1994 by type: Highest daily maximum 122, Lowest daily maximum 127, Highest daily minimum 159, Lowest daily minimum 119, Heaviest daily rainfall 276.

Records on 22 August 1994 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	122
Lowest daily maximum	127
Highest daily minimum	159
Lowest daily minimum	119
Heaviest daily rainfall	276
Heaviest daily snowfall	0
Deepest snow cover	0

Records on 22 August 1994 by timescale: all-time 2, monthly 21, daily 780.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

571 broken records

Margins by which the 571 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 114.1. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

22 August 1994

Top 20 records on 22 August 1994 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
22 August 1994	Wharton, US	daily rain	84.1 mm (3.3 in)	73.2 mm (2.9 in)	85 years	74 of 100 (Major)
22 August 1994	Mae Sot, TH	all-time rain	321.1 mm (12.6 in)	114.1 mm (4.5 in)	0 years	64 of 100 (Major)
22 August 1994	Mae Sariang, TH	daily rain	89.9 mm (3.5 in)	49.2 mm (1.9 in)	33 years	54 of 100 (Notable)
22 August 1994	Minsk, BY	daily rain	45.8 mm (1.8 in)	14.6 mm (0.6 in)	76 years	53 of 100 (Notable)
22 August 1994	West Hartford Nepp, US	daily rain	101.6 mm (4.0 in)	75.2 mm (3.0 in)	43 years	53 of 100 (Notable)
22 August 1994	Lnai Culture & Heritage Ctr, US	daily rain	34.5 mm (1.4 in)	23.3 mm (0.9 in)	47 years	52 of 100 (Notable)
22 August 1994	Amite, US	daily low max	25.6 C (78.1 F)	2.2 C (4.0 F)	96 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
22 August 1994	Hingham, US	daily rain	64.3 mm (2.5 in)	57.9 mm (2.3 in)	29 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
22 August 1994	Middletown 2 NW, US	daily rain	53.3 mm (2.1 in)	22.3 mm (0.9 in)	89 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
22 August 1994	South Weymouth NAS, US	daily rain	64.5 mm (2.5 in)	56.4 mm (2.2 in)	29 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
22 August 1994	Weinbiet, DE	daily rain	48.8 mm (1.9 in)	35.0 mm (1.4 in)	7 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
22 August 1994	Guajataca Dam, PR	daily rain	109.7 mm (4.3 in)	56.4 mm (2.2 in)	15 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
22 August 1994	Tarko-Sale, RU	daily rain	45.5 mm (1.8 in)	34.5 mm (1.4 in)	4 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
22 August 1994	W Pt, US	daily rain	48.5 mm (1.9 in)	19.0 mm (0.7 in)	80 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
22 August 1994	Landisville 2 NW, US	daily rain	72.1 mm (2.8 in)	42.6 mm (1.7 in)	28 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
22 August 1994	San Saba, US	daily low max	28.3 C (82.9 F)	3.4 C (6.1 F)	80 years	43 of 100 (Notable)
22 August 1994	Anahuac, US	daily rain	68.3 mm (2.7 in)	38.6 mm (1.5 in)	61 years	42 of 100 (Notable)
22 August 1994	West Burke, US	daily rain	38.9 mm (1.5 in)	24.7 mm (1.0 in)	43 years	42 of 100 (Notable)
22 August 1994	Galway, IE	daily rain	41.7 mm (1.6 in)	0.9 mm (0.04 in)	132 years	41 of 100 (Notable)
22 August 1994	Wenzhou, CN	daily rain	112.8 mm (4.4 in)	80.6 mm (3.2 in)	25 years	40 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 1994

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1802 to 1994. 1994 had 803 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 1994-08-22: 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 20	514
20 to 40	46
40 to 60	7
60 to 80	2
80 to 100	1
100 to 120	1