Weather Records on 22 April 1996

1,051 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 22 April 1996. Highest significance: McAlester Rgnl AP, US.

Key Facts for 22 April 1996

On 22 April 1996, 1,051 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
522 were record highs and 222 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 1 were all-time records, 52 monthly and 998 daily.
McAlester Rgnl AP set a monthly record daily precipitation of 166.1 mm (6.5 in) on 22 April 1996.
Across 164 earlier years (1800 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 441 records.

Record Map

1,051 stations

1,051 station records on 22 April 1996 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 22 April 1996: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
McAlester Rgnl AP	United States	Record daily precipitation	166.1 mm (6.5 in)	71 of 100 (Major)
Tahlequah	United States	Record daily precipitation	69.9 mm (2.8 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Belleville Siu Rsch	United States	Record daily precipitation	61.0 mm (2.4 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Bolivar 1 NE	United States	Record daily precipitation	67.3 mm (2.6 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Lamar 7N	United States	Record daily precipitation	69.9 mm (2.8 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Pacific	United States	Record daily precipitation	67.1 mm (2.6 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Astoria AP (Port of)	United States	Record daily precipitation	54.9 mm (2.2 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Hennessey 4 ESE	United States	Record daily precipitation	39.4 mm (1.6 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Harrison Boone Co AP	United States	Record daily precipitation	113.0 mm (4.4 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Tranebjerg	Denmark	Record high maximum temperature	22.0 C (71.6 F)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Casey	United States	Record daily precipitation	47.8 mm (1.9 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Belleview 2 E	United States	Record daily precipitation	78.7 mm (3.1 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Perry	United States	Record daily precipitation	52.1 mm (2.1 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Emmet Downs	Australia	Record daily precipitation	41.0 mm (1.6 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
La Encarnacion	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	68.8 mm (2.7 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Columbus	United States	Record daily precipitation	80.5 mm (3.2 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Halmstad	Sweden	Record high maximum temperature	26.1 C (79.0 F)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Houston	United States	Record daily precipitation	82.6 mm (3.3 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Walters	United States	Record daily precipitation	76.2 mm (3.0 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Olympia AP	United States	Record daily precipitation	34.5 mm (1.4 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Eelde	Netherlands	Record high maximum temperature	27.7 C (81.9 F)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Ulricehamn	Sweden	Record high maximum temperature	25.6 C (78.1 F)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Uppsala_Aut	Sweden	Record high maximum temperature	20.9 C (69.6 F)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Chiang Mai	Thailand	Record daily precipitation	56.9 mm (2.2 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Kirchdorf/Poel	Germany	Record high minimum temperature	11.8 C (53.2 F)	40 of 100 (Notable)
San Juan Bautista Cuicatlan (	Mexico	Record low maximum temperature	23.9 C (75.0 F)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Ixtepec	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	45.0 mm (1.8 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
San Juan Acateno (Cfe)	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	146.6 mm (5.8 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Carthage	United States	Record daily precipitation	73.7 mm (2.9 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Seattle Tacoma AP	United States	Record daily precipitation	32.5 mm (1.3 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Mont-Aigoual	France	Record daily precipitation	74.0 mm (2.9 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Fayetteville Exp STN	United States	Record daily precipitation	73.4 mm (2.9 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Du Quoin 4 SE	United States	Record daily precipitation	36.6 mm (1.4 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Paris Stp	United States	Record daily precipitation	47.0 mm (1.9 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Ft Smith Rgnl AP	United States	Record daily precipitation	90.2 mm (3.6 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
De Bilt	Netherlands	Record high minimum temperature	11.3 C (52.3 F)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Flahult	Sweden	Record high maximum temperature	25.4 C (77.7 F)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Wilburton 9 ENE	United States	Record daily precipitation	46.5 mm (1.8 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Mayaguez City	Puerto Rico [United States]	Record daily precipitation	40.9 mm (1.6 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Hemse	Sweden	Record high maximum temperature	24.8 C (76.6 F)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Vanersborg	Sweden	Record high maximum temperature	20.5 C (68.9 F)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Olney 2S	United States	Record daily precipitation	60.7 mm (2.4 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Lockwood	United States	Record daily precipitation	77.5 mm (3.1 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Shelton	United States	Record daily precipitation	31.8 mm (1.3 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Nome AP	United States	Record high minimum temperature	3.9 C (39.0 F)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Tranebjerg	Denmark	Record high minimum temperature	9.0 C (48.2 F)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Arkona	Germany	Record high minimum temperature	12.7 C (54.9 F)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Finca Chayabe	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	55.4 mm (2.2 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Lead Hill	United States	Record daily precipitation	84.8 mm (3.3 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Alexandria	United States	Record high minimum temperature	21.7 C (71.1 F)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Simao	China	Record low maximum temperature	18.4 C (65.1 F)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Putbus	Germany	Record high minimum temperature	12.2 C (54.0 F)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Finca Hamburgo	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	63.0 mm (2.5 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Visby_Flygplats	Sweden	Record high maximum temperature	22.3 C (72.1 F)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Linkoeping-Malmslaett	Sweden	Record high maximum temperature	24.4 C (75.9 F)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Lessebo	Sweden	Record high maximum temperature	26.7 C (80.1 F)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Tecumseh 1W	United States	Record daily precipitation	77.5 mm (3.1 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Okmulgee Wtr Wks	United States	Record daily precipitation	50.8 mm (2.0 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Spiro	United States	Record daily precipitation	55.4 mm (2.2 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Hamburg Fuhlsbuettel	Germany	Record high minimum temperature	12.0 C (53.6 F)	34 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

1,051 records

Records set or tied on 22 April 1996 by type: Highest daily maximum 293, Lowest daily maximum 66, Highest daily minimum 229, Lowest daily minimum 156, Heaviest daily rainfall 292, Heaviest daily snowfall 5, Deepest snow cover 10.

Records on 22 April 1996 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	293
Lowest daily maximum	66
Highest daily minimum	229
Lowest daily minimum	156
Heaviest daily rainfall	292
Heaviest daily snowfall	5
Deepest snow cover	10

Records on 22 April 1996 by timescale: all-time 1, monthly 52, daily 998.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

884 broken records

Margins by which the 884 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 178.0. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

22 April 1996

Top 20 records on 22 April 1996 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
22 April 1996	McAlester Rgnl AP, US	monthly rain	166.1 mm (6.5 in)	56.1 mm (2.2 in)	53 years	71 of 100 (Major)
22 April 1996	Tahlequah, US	daily rain	69.9 mm (2.8 in)	36.9 mm (1.5 in)	68 years	54 of 100 (Notable)
22 April 1996	Belleville Siu Rsch, US	daily rain	61.0 mm (2.4 in)	45.3 mm (1.8 in)	38 years	54 of 100 (Notable)
22 April 1996	Bolivar 1 NE, US	daily rain	67.3 mm (2.6 in)	37.1 mm (1.5 in)	42 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
22 April 1996	Lamar 7N, US	daily rain	69.9 mm (2.8 in)	39.9 mm (1.6 in)	42 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
22 April 1996	Pacific, US	daily rain	67.1 mm (2.6 in)	31.0 mm (1.2 in)	52 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
22 April 1996	Astoria AP (Port of), US	daily rain	54.9 mm (2.2 in)	29.5 mm (1.2 in)	18 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
22 April 1996	Hennessey 4 ESE, US	daily rain	39.4 mm (1.6 in)	9.4 mm (0.37 in)	96 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
22 April 1996	Harrison Boone Co AP, US	monthly rain	113.0 mm (4.4 in)	35.0 mm (1.4 in)	19 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
22 April 1996	Tranebjerg, DK	daily high max	22.0 C (71.6 F)	3.6 C (6.5 F)	82 years	44 of 100 (Notable)
22 April 1996	Casey, US	daily rain	47.8 mm (1.9 in)	21.4 mm (0.8 in)	52 years	44 of 100 (Notable)
22 April 1996	Belleview 2 E, US	daily rain	78.7 mm (3.1 in)	45.7 mm (1.8 in)	22 years	44 of 100 (Notable)
22 April 1996	Perry, US	daily rain	52.1 mm (2.1 in)	9.4 mm (0.37 in)	96 years	44 of 100 (Notable)
22 April 1996	Emmet Downs, AU	daily rain	41.0 mm (1.6 in)	21.4 mm (0.8 in)	78 years	43 of 100 (Notable)
22 April 1996	La Encarnacion, MX	daily rain	68.8 mm (2.7 in)	68.8 mm (2.7 in)	33 years	43 of 100 (Notable)
22 April 1996	Columbus, US	daily rain	80.5 mm (3.2 in)	30.2 mm (1.2 in)	42 years	43 of 100 (Notable)
22 April 1996	Halmstad, SE	daily high max	26.1 C (79.0 F)	5.8 C (10.4 F)	61 years	42 of 100 (Notable)
22 April 1996	Houston, US	daily rain	82.6 mm (3.3 in)	38.9 mm (1.5 in)	22 years	42 of 100 (Notable)
22 April 1996	Walters, US	monthly rain	76.2 mm (3.0 in)	5.1 mm (0.20 in)	71 years	42 of 100 (Notable)
22 April 1996	Olympia AP, US	daily rain	34.5 mm (1.4 in)	18.2 mm (0.7 in)	35 years	42 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

1800 to 1996

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1800 to 1996. 1996 had 1,051 records.

Counts for years before the ledger starts come from the same station rules.

Records on 04-22 in each year
Year	Records
1800	1
1815	1
1817	1
1838	1
1842	1
1846	1
1849	1
1851	1
1852	2
1854	2
1855	2
1857	1
1861	1
1862	1
1864	1
1865	2
1868	1
1872	2
1873	1
1874	2
1875	1
1877	1
1879	1
1880	1
1881	1
1883	1
1884	3
1885	3
1888	4
1890	1
1891	1
1892	2
1893	2
1895	4
1896	1
1897	1
1898	4
1899	3
1900	4
1901	26
1902	13
1903	9
1904	6
1905	8
1906	11
1907	12
1908	14
1909	25
1910	27
1911	29
1912	35
1913	22
1914	79
1915	14
1916	56
1917	29
1918	63
1919	45
1920	55
1921	75
1922	81
1923	119
1924	132
1925	421
1926	148
1927	547
1928	380
1929	194
1930	207
1931	561
1932	266
1933	189
1934	340
1935	298
1936	543
1937	368
1938	243
1939	210
1940	434
1941	287
1942	286
1943	519
1944	565
1945	250
1946	555
1947	552
1948	454
1949	377
1950	584
1951	556
1952	636
1953	384
1954	545
1955	783
1956	249
1957	705
1958	411
1959	412
1960	1,107
1961	492
1962	329
1963	887
1964	1,109
1965	512
1966	534
1967	1,227
1968	870
1969	500
1970	1,048
1971	420
1972	780
1973	850
1974	647
1975	390
1976	363
1977	818
1978	765
1979	430
1980	1,632
1981	959
1982	1,073
1983	938
1984	1,128
1985	1,426
1986	1,381
1987	1,054
1988	971
1989	1,467
1990	815
1991	1,272
1992	1,155
1993	1,327
1994	812
1995	1,129
1996	1,051
1997	975
1998	1,174
1999	941
2000	1,202
2001	1,325
2002	1,406
2003	529
2004	647
2005	666
2006	797
2007	650
2008	844
2009	959
2010	902
2011	1,017
2012	1,212
2013	985
2014	437
2015	529
2016	593
2017	470
2018	688
2019	498
2020	598
2021	1,320
2022	505
2023	539
2024	663
2025	403
2026	727

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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 25	847
25 to 50	25
50 to 75	6
75 to 100	1
100 to 125	2
125 to 150	1
150 to 175	1
175 to 200	1