Weather Records on 22 April 1997

975 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 22 April 1997. Highest significance: Kleinfontein, ZA.

Key Facts for 22 April 1997

On 22 April 1997, 975 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
340 were record highs and 304 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 0 were all-time records, 42 monthly and 933 daily.
Kleinfontein set a daily record precipitation of 37.0 mm (1.5 in) on 22 April 1997.
Across 164 earlier years (1800 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 441 records.

Record Map

975 stations

975 station records on 22 April 1997 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 22 April 1997: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Kleinfontein	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	37.0 mm (1.5 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Driekop	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	55.0 mm (2.2 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Kirklington	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	46.0 mm (1.8 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Pampa #2	United States	Record daily precipitation	61.7 mm (2.4 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Ficksburg	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	36.5 mm (1.4 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Lambertina	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	52.5 mm (2.1 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Krakmo	Norway	Record snow depth	148.0 cm (58.3 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Paso Robles	United States	Record high minimum temperature	12.8 C (55.0 F)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Zadar	Croatia	Record daily precipitation	44.1 mm (1.7 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Springfontein (Mun)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	36.0 mm (1.4 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Swartkoppie	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	42.0 mm (1.7 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Chengdu	China	Record daily precipitation	32.3 mm (1.3 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Moreson	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	51.5 mm (2.0 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Adamsonsvlei	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	42.0 mm (1.7 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Bosduiwekop	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	43.0 mm (1.7 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Adamantina	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	73.5 mm (2.9 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Kisinev	Moldova	Record daily precipitation	26.9 mm (1.1 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Westminter Estate	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	41.0 mm (1.6 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Ankenes	Norway	Record snow depth	127.0 cm (50.0 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Middelplaats	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	28.0 mm (1.1 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Campo 7 S	United States	Record daily precipitation	37.6 mm (1.5 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Tomsk	Russia	Record high minimum temperature	8.4 C (47.1 F)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Pearston (Pol)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	32.2 mm (1.3 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Molteno (Mun)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	33.5 mm (1.3 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Bishop AP	United States	Record high minimum temperature	10.0 C (50.0 F)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Mucuri	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	55.2 mm (2.2 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Philippolis (Pol)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	33.0 mm (1.3 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Doornpoort	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	56.0 mm (2.2 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Hughenden	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	25.5 mm (1.0 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Witsieshoek	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	33.0 mm (1.3 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Theunissen (Mun)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	55.5 mm (2.2 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Welgeleven	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	38.0 mm (1.5 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Woodland Hills Pierce College	United States	Record high minimum temperature	19.4 C (66.9 F)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Isabela Substn	Puerto Rico [United States]	Record high maximum temperature	33.3 C (91.9 F)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Den Haag	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	36.1 mm (1.4 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Haparanda	Sweden	Record snow depth	77.0 cm (30.3 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Saint Leo	United States	Record high minimum temperature	22.2 C (72.0 F)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Marlinton	United States	Record low maximum temperature	4.4 C (39.9 F)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Hvar	Croatia	Record low maximum temperature	12.5 C (54.5 F)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Ellesmere	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	27.5 mm (1.1 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Coloso	Puerto Rico [United States]	Record low maximum temperature	27.2 C (81.0 F)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Belmont	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	43.5 mm (1.7 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Chula Vista	United States	Record high minimum temperature	17.8 C (64.0 F)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Houmoed	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	47.0 mm (1.9 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Santa Paula	United States	Record high minimum temperature	17.2 C (63.0 F)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Greeneville Exp STN	United States	Record daily precipitation	35.8 mm (1.4 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Natitingou	Benin	Record low maximum temperature	27.2 C (81.0 F)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Soledad de Graciano	Mexico	Record low minimum temperature	0.6 C (33.1 F)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Miravania	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	34.6 mm (1.4 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Gospic	Croatia	Record low maximum temperature	1.0 C (33.8 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Suntar	Russia	Record high maximum temperature	19.4 C (66.9 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Olivine	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	43.5 mm (1.7 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Odendaalsrus	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	43.0 mm (1.7 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Oxford Hydro STN	United States	Record daily precipitation	53.6 mm (2.1 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Francisco Sa (Efbm)	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	56.1 mm (2.2 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Villa Purificacion (Dge)	Mexico	Record low minimum temperature	8.9 C (48.0 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Rouxville (Pol)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	27.0 mm (1.1 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Steynsrus (Mun)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	47.0 mm (1.9 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Heilbron (Tnk)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	26.0 mm (1.0 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Ljubljana Bezigrad	Slovenia	Record low maximum temperature	5.6 C (42.1 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

975 records

Records set or tied on 22 April 1997 by type: Highest daily maximum 172, Lowest daily maximum 123, Highest daily minimum 168, Lowest daily minimum 181, Heaviest daily rainfall 292, Heaviest daily snowfall 8, Deepest snow cover 31.

Records on 22 April 1997 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	172
Lowest daily maximum	123
Highest daily minimum	168
Lowest daily minimum	181
Heaviest daily rainfall	292
Heaviest daily snowfall	8
Deepest snow cover	31

Records on 22 April 1997 by timescale: all-time 0, monthly 42, daily 933.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

799 broken records

Margins by which the 799 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 700.0. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

22 April 1997

Top 20 records on 22 April 1997 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
22 April 1997	Kleinfontein, ZA	daily rain	37.0 mm (1.5 in)	26.8 mm (1.1 in)	60 years	54 of 100 (Notable)
22 April 1997	Driekop, ZA	daily rain	55.0 mm (2.2 in)	30.4 mm (1.2 in)	54 years	53 of 100 (Notable)
22 April 1997	Kirklington, ZA	daily rain	46.0 mm (1.8 in)	24.7 mm (1.0 in)	56 years	52 of 100 (Notable)
22 April 1997	Pampa #2, US	daily rain	61.7 mm (2.4 in)	40.9 mm (1.6 in)	31 years	52 of 100 (Notable)
22 April 1997	Ficksburg, ZA	daily rain	36.5 mm (1.4 in)	20.2 mm (0.8 in)	76 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
22 April 1997	Lambertina, ZA	daily rain	52.5 mm (2.1 in)	24.6 mm (1.0 in)	54 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
22 April 1997	Krakmo, NO	daily snow depth	148.0 cm (58.3 in)	28.0 cm (11.0 in)	92 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
22 April 1997	Paso Robles, US	daily high min	12.8 C (55.0 F)	2.8 C (5.0 F)	102 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
22 April 1997	Zadar, HR	daily rain	44.1 mm (1.7 in)	36.3 mm (1.4 in)	16 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
22 April 1997	Springfontein (Mun), ZA	daily rain	36.0 mm (1.4 in)	19.5 mm (0.8 in)	72 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
22 April 1997	Swartkoppie, ZA	daily rain	42.0 mm (1.7 in)	27.8 mm (1.1 in)	54 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
22 April 1997	Chengdu, CN	daily rain	32.3 mm (1.3 in)	21.2 mm (0.8 in)	24 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
22 April 1997	Moreson, ZA	daily rain	51.5 mm (2.0 in)	24.6 mm (1.0 in)	54 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
22 April 1997	Adamsonsvlei, ZA	daily rain	42.0 mm (1.7 in)	30.3 mm (1.2 in)	42 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
22 April 1997	Bosduiwekop, ZA	daily rain	43.0 mm (1.7 in)	26.5 mm (1.0 in)	63 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
22 April 1997	Adamantina, BR	daily rain	73.5 mm (2.9 in)	55.0 mm (2.2 in)	11 years	44 of 100 (Notable)
22 April 1997	Kisinev, MD	daily rain	26.9 mm (1.1 in)	2.4 mm (0.09 in)	105 years	44 of 100 (Notable)
22 April 1997	Westminter Estate, ZA	daily rain	41.0 mm (1.6 in)	16.9 mm (0.7 in)	76 years	44 of 100 (Notable)
22 April 1997	Ankenes, NO	daily snow depth	127.0 cm (50.0 in)	22.0 cm (8.7 in)	86 years	43 of 100 (Notable)
22 April 1997	Middelplaats, ZA	daily rain	28.0 mm (1.1 in)	12.5 mm (0.5 in)	72 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

1800 to 1997

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1800 to 1997. 1997 had 975 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 100	785
100 to 200	3
200 to 300	5
300 to 400	3
400 to 500	1
500 to 600	0
600 to 700	2