Weather Records on 22 May 1999

610 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 22 May 1999. Highest significance: Takle, NO.

Key Facts for 22 May 1999

On 22 May 1999, 610 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
348 were record highs and 135 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 1 were all-time records, 28 monthly and 581 daily.
Takle set a monthly record daily precipitation of 112.4 mm (4.4 in) on 22 May 1999.
Across 160 earlier years (1806 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 445 records.

Record Map

610 stations

610 station records on 22 May 1999 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 22 May 1999: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Takle	Norway	Record daily precipitation	112.4 mm (4.4 in)	65 of 100 (Major)
Sogndal - Selseng	Norway	Record daily precipitation	36.4 mm (1.4 in)	65 of 100 (Major)
Sandane	Norway	Record daily precipitation	47.0 mm (1.9 in)	64 of 100 (Major)
Utica Starved Rock Dam	United States	Record daily precipitation	76.7 mm (3.0 in)	58 of 100 (Notable)
Bhuj-Rudramata	India	Record daily precipitation	96.0 mm (3.8 in)	57 of 100 (Notable)
Bulken	Norway	Record daily precipitation	35.7 mm (1.4 in)	57 of 100 (Notable)
Botnen I Forde	Norway	Record daily precipitation	69.4 mm (2.7 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Ashgabat	Turkmenistan	Record low minimum temperature	0.2 C (32.4 F)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Gullbra	Norway	Record daily precipitation	71.4 mm (2.8 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Bremo Bluff	United States	Record daily precipitation	57.2 mm (2.3 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Setauket Strong	United States	Record high minimum temperature	21.1 C (70.0 F)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Rorvikvatn Ved Vadheim	Norway	Record daily precipitation	72.8 mm (2.9 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Zugspitze	Germany	Record daily precipitation	45.3 mm (1.8 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Palmerville	Australia	Record high maximum temperature	34.0 C (93.2 F)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Astana	Kazakhstan	Record high maximum temperature	35.2 C (95.4 F)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Wuhan	China	Record daily precipitation	106.7 mm (4.2 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Hornindal	Norway	Record daily precipitation	25.6 mm (1.0 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Vik I Sogn III	Norway	Record daily precipitation	41.7 mm (1.6 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Bajramaly	Turkmenistan	Record low maximum temperature	21.8 C (71.2 F)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Brekke I Sogn	Norway	Record daily precipitation	85.5 mm (3.4 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Chapman	United States	Record daily precipitation	101.1 mm (4.0 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
New Stanton 1 SW	United States	Record daily precipitation	37.1 mm (1.5 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Pecs Pogany	Hungary	Record daily precipitation	26.5 mm (1.0 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Mtn Park	United States	Record high minimum temperature	14.4 C (57.9 F)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Ratnagiri	India	Record daily precipitation	134.1 mm (5.3 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Verhneimbatsk	Russia	Record high minimum temperature	13.7 C (56.7 F)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Bowling Green 1 W	United States	Record daily precipitation	52.1 mm (2.1 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Roseau	United States	Record low maximum temperature	10.0 C (50.0 F)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Roldal	Norway	Record daily precipitation	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Hovlandsdal	Norway	Record daily precipitation	92.5 mm (3.6 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Vacaville	United States	Record high minimum temperature	18.9 C (66.0 F)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Split Marjan	Croatia	Record daily precipitation	45.2 mm (1.8 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Eksingedal	Norway	Record daily precipitation	58.8 mm (2.3 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Alfoten II	Norway	Record daily precipitation	57.1 mm (2.2 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Ust-Hairyuzovo	Russia	Record high minimum temperature	7.5 C (45.5 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Toledo Express AP	United States	Record daily precipitation	35.3 mm (1.4 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Pianco	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	47.8 mm (1.9 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Glomfjord	Norway	Record high minimum temperature	14.3 C (57.7 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Chardzhev	Turkmenistan	Record low maximum temperature	21.2 C (70.2 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Palestine	United States	Record daily precipitation	55.4 mm (2.2 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Moab	United States	Record high maximum temperature	36.1 C (97.0 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Red Bluff Muni AP	United States	Record high minimum temperature	21.7 C (71.1 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Wheaton 3 SE	United States	Record daily precipitation	34.0 mm (1.3 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Maatsuyker Island Lighthouse	Australia	Record high maximum temperature	20.0 C (68.0 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Peon Blanco	Mexico	Record low minimum temperature	2.8 C (37.0 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Gold Beach Rs	United States	Record high maximum temperature	25.0 C (77.0 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Progreso	Mexico	Record low minimum temperature	6.7 C (44.1 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Koosharem	United States	Record high maximum temperature	32.8 C (91.0 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Nesflaten	Norway	Record daily precipitation	25.6 mm (1.0 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Ica	Russia	Record high minimum temperature	6.5 C (43.7 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Gaddede	Sweden	Record high minimum temperature	8.6 C (47.5 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Semej	Kazakhstan	Record high maximum temperature	35.2 C (95.4 F)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Santa Maria del Monte	Mexico	Record high minimum temperature	15.0 C (59.0 F)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Macuspana (Dge)	Mexico	Record high maximum temperature	42.8 C (109.0 F)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Lajas Substn	Puerto Rico [United States]	Record high maximum temperature	34.4 C (93.9 F)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Omsk	Russia	Record high maximum temperature	34.4 C (93.9 F)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Sobolevo	Russia	Record high minimum temperature	5.8 C (42.4 F)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Waterloo 2 NW	United States	Record daily precipitation	33.0 mm (1.3 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Red Rock	United States	Record daily precipitation	79.8 mm (3.1 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Buenavista de Loreto	Mexico	Record high maximum temperature	36.7 C (98.1 F)	26 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

610 records

Records set or tied on 22 May 1999 by type: Highest daily maximum 190, Lowest daily maximum 53, Highest daily minimum 158, Lowest daily minimum 82, Heaviest daily rainfall 124, Heaviest daily snowfall 1, Deepest snow cover 2.

Records on 22 May 1999 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	190
Lowest daily maximum	53
Highest daily minimum	158
Lowest daily minimum	82
Heaviest daily rainfall	124
Heaviest daily snowfall	1
Deepest snow cover	2

Records on 22 May 1999 by timescale: all-time 1, monthly 28, daily 581.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

506 broken records

Margins by which the 506 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 787.0. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

22 May 1999

Top 20 records on 22 May 1999 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
22 May 1999	Takle, NO	monthly rain	112.4 mm (4.4 in)	42.4 mm (1.7 in)	35 years	65 of 100 (Major)
22 May 1999	Sogndal - Selseng, NO	daily rain	36.4 mm (1.4 in)	15.1 mm (0.6 in)	98 years	65 of 100 (Major)
22 May 1999	Sandane, NO	monthly rain	47.0 mm (1.9 in)	23.1 mm (0.9 in)	35 years	64 of 100 (Major)
22 May 1999	Utica Starved Rock Dam, US	daily rain	76.7 mm (3.0 in)	57.6 mm (2.3 in)	45 years	58 of 100 (Notable)
22 May 1999	Bhuj-Rudramata, IN	daily rain	96.0 mm (3.8 in)	96.0 mm (3.8 in)	44 years	57 of 100 (Notable)
22 May 1999	Bulken, NO	daily rain	35.7 mm (1.4 in)	10.1 mm (0.4 in)	98 years	57 of 100 (Notable)
22 May 1999	Botnen I Forde, NO	daily rain	69.4 mm (2.7 in)	38.5 mm (1.5 in)	16 years	54 of 100 (Notable)
22 May 1999	Ashgabat, TM	daily low min	0.2 C (32.4 F)	10.9 C (19.6 F)	64 years	54 of 100 (Notable)
22 May 1999	Gullbra, NO	monthly rain	71.4 mm (2.8 in)	21.6 mm (0.9 in)	20 years	53 of 100 (Notable)
22 May 1999	Bremo Bluff, US	daily rain	57.2 mm (2.3 in)	34.6 mm (1.4 in)	52 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
22 May 1999	Setauket Strong, US	daily high min	21.1 C (70.0 F)	3.9 C (7.0 F)	96 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
22 May 1999	Rorvikvatn Ved Vadheim, NO	monthly rain	72.8 mm (2.9 in)	19.1 mm (0.8 in)	41 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
22 May 1999	Zugspitze, DE	daily rain	45.3 mm (1.8 in)	5.1 mm (0.20 in)	96 years	44 of 100 (Notable)
22 May 1999	Palmerville, AU	daily high max	34.0 C (93.2 F)	0.7 C (1.3 F)	98 years	43 of 100 (Notable)
22 May 1999	Astana, KZ	daily high max	35.2 C (95.4 F)	5.3 C (9.5 F)	82 years	42 of 100 (Notable)
22 May 1999	Wuhan, CN	daily rain	106.7 mm (4.2 in)	63.1 mm (2.5 in)	8 years	41 of 100 (Notable)
22 May 1999	Hornindal, NO	daily rain	25.6 mm (1.0 in)	7.1 mm (0.28 in)	64 years	41 of 100 (Notable)
22 May 1999	Vik I Sogn III, NO	monthly rain	41.7 mm (1.6 in)	4.8 mm (0.19 in)	35 years	41 of 100 (Notable)
22 May 1999	Bajramaly, TM	daily low max	21.8 C (71.2 F)	1.6 C (2.9 F)	94 years	41 of 100 (Notable)
22 May 1999	Brekke I Sogn, NO	monthly rain	85.5 mm (3.4 in)	13.8 mm (0.5 in)	41 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

1806 to 1999

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1806 to 1999. 1999 had 610 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 100	504
100 to 200	1
200 to 300	0
300 to 400	0
400 to 500	0
500 to 600	0
600 to 700	0
700 to 800	1