Weather Records on 22 May 2005

1,002 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 22 May 2005. Highest significance: Ajana, AU.

Key Facts for 22 May 2005

On 22 May 2005, 1,002 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
753 were record highs and 141 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 1 were all-time records, 37 monthly and 964 daily.
Ajana set a daily record precipitation of 75.0 mm (3.0 in) on 22 May 2005.
Across 160 earlier years (1806 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 442 records.

Record Map

1,002 stations

1,002 station records on 22 May 2005 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 22 May 2005: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Ajana	Australia	Record daily precipitation	75.0 mm (3.0 in)	73 of 100 (Major)
Princeton	United States	Record daily precipitation	42.9 mm (1.7 in)	61 of 100 (Major)
Mount Phillip	Australia	Record daily precipitation	36.0 mm (1.4 in)	56 of 100 (Notable)
Paris 5 S	United States	Record daily precipitation	63.5 mm (2.5 in)	56 of 100 (Notable)
Colorado	Australia	Record daily precipitation	48.0 mm (1.9 in)	55 of 100 (Notable)
Quelimane	Mozambique	Record daily precipitation	117.1 mm (4.6 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Climax	United States	Record high maximum temperature	20.0 C (68.0 F)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Billabalong	Australia	Record daily precipitation	26.4 mm (1.0 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Giessen/Wettenberg	Germany	Record daily precipitation	32.2 mm (1.3 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Conway	United States	Record low minimum temperature	3.3 C (37.9 F)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Lake Arthur 7 SW	United States	Record high maximum temperature	37.2 C (99.0 F)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Sulphur Springs	United States	Record high maximum temperature	36.7 C (98.1 F)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Rancho Viejo	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	54.4 mm (2.1 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Beaufort Wwtp	United States	Record low maximum temperature	20.6 C (69.1 F)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Twin Peaks	Australia	Record daily precipitation	32.0 mm (1.3 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Yealering	Australia	Record daily precipitation	31.6 mm (1.2 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Jerome	United States	Record high minimum temperature	21.1 C (70.0 F)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Metten	Germany	Record daily precipitation	35.9 mm (1.4 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Tyler Pounds Fld	United States	Record high maximum temperature	35.6 C (96.1 F)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Sugarloaf Rsvr	United States	Record high maximum temperature	22.2 C (72.0 F)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Tizi Ouzou	Algeria	Record high minimum temperature	17.5 C (63.5 F)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Chiricahua Nm	United States	Record high maximum temperature	37.2 C (99.0 F)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Tombstone	United States	Record high minimum temperature	19.4 C (66.9 F)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Amite	United States	Record high maximum temperature	34.4 C (93.9 F)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Jennings	United States	Record high maximum temperature	35.6 C (96.1 F)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Red Cloud	United States	Record high maximum temperature	37.8 C (100.0 F)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Moyale	Kenya	Record daily precipitation	59.9 mm (2.4 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Bowie	United States	Record high maximum temperature	40.6 C (105.1 F)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Fairmont	United States	Record high maximum temperature	35.6 C (96.1 F)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Seward	United States	Record high maximum temperature	33.3 C (91.9 F)	40 of 100 (Notable)
York	United States	Record high maximum temperature	36.7 C (98.1 F)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Coloso	Puerto Rico [United States]	Record high minimum temperature	23.9 C (75.0 F)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Kem-Port	Russia	Record high maximum temperature	22.7 C (72.9 F)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Poltava	Ukraine	Record high maximum temperature	30.1 C (86.2 F)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Clifton	United States	Record high maximum temperature	41.7 C (107.1 F)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Aurora	United States	Record high maximum temperature	34.4 C (93.9 F)	39 of 100 (Notable)
McAlester Rgnl AP	United States	Record high maximum temperature	34.4 C (93.9 F)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Tekirdag	Turkey	Record daily precipitation	34.3 mm (1.4 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Saint Johns	United States	Record high minimum temperature	13.3 C (55.9 F)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Castle Rock	United States	Record high minimum temperature	12.8 C (55.0 F)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Tuba City	United States	Record high maximum temperature	36.1 C (97.0 F)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Montrose #2	United States	Record high maximum temperature	32.2 C (90.0 F)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Shoshone	United States	Record high maximum temperature	32.2 C (90.0 F)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Daytona Beach	United States	Record daily precipitation	43.2 mm (1.7 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Healy	United States	Record high maximum temperature	38.9 C (102.0 F)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Ness City	United States	Record high maximum temperature	40.6 C (105.1 F)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Wellington	United States	Record high maximum temperature	36.7 C (98.1 F)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Bay City Wtr Wks	United States	Record high maximum temperature	33.3 C (91.9 F)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Corsicana	United States	Record high maximum temperature	37.2 C (99.0 F)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Centennial 1NE	United States	Record high maximum temperature	24.4 C (75.9 F)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Pindathuna	Australia	Record daily precipitation	33.0 mm (1.3 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Binnu	Australia	Record daily precipitation	32.0 mm (1.3 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Riverside	Australia	Record daily precipitation	26.6 mm (1.0 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Maridalsoset	Norway	Record daily precipitation	31.5 mm (1.2 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Poretskoye	Russia	Record high minimum temperature	19.8 C (67.6 F)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Lakin	United States	Record high maximum temperature	39.4 C (102.9 F)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Aztec Ruins Nm	United States	Record high maximum temperature	33.3 C (91.9 F)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Paris	United States	Record high maximum temperature	35.6 C (96.1 F)	36 of 100 (Notable)
San Javier	Mexico	Record high minimum temperature	20.0 C (68.0 F)	35 of 100 (Notable)
San Carlos Rsvr	United States	Record high maximum temperature	41.1 C (106.0 F)	35 of 100 (Notable)

Counts by Type and Timescale

1,002 records

Records set or tied on 22 May 2005 by type: Highest daily maximum 544, Lowest daily maximum 72, Highest daily minimum 209, Lowest daily minimum 69, Heaviest daily rainfall 107, Deepest snow cover 1.

Records on 22 May 2005 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	544
Lowest daily maximum	72
Highest daily minimum	209
Lowest daily minimum	69
Heaviest daily rainfall	107
Heaviest daily snowfall	0
Deepest snow cover	1

Records on 22 May 2005 by timescale: all-time 1, monthly 37, daily 964.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

749 broken records

Margins by which the 749 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 508.0. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

22 May 2005

Top 20 records on 22 May 2005 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
22 May 2005	Ajana, AU	daily rain	75.0 mm (3.0 in)	46.3 mm (1.8 in)	84 years	73 of 100 (Major)
22 May 2005	Princeton, US	daily rain	42.9 mm (1.7 in)	24.4 mm (1.0 in)	102 years	61 of 100 (Major)
22 May 2005	Mount Phillip, AU	daily rain	36.0 mm (1.4 in)	23.0 mm (0.9 in)	87 years	56 of 100 (Notable)
22 May 2005	Paris 5 S, US	daily rain	63.5 mm (2.5 in)	36.6 mm (1.4 in)	68 years	56 of 100 (Notable)
22 May 2005	Colorado, AU	daily rain	48.0 mm (1.9 in)	19.3 mm (0.8 in)	72 years	55 of 100 (Notable)
22 May 2005	Quelimane, MZ	daily rain	117.1 mm (4.6 in)	72.7 mm (2.9 in)	28 years	53 of 100 (Notable)
22 May 2005	Climax, US	daily high max	20.0 C (68.0 F)	5.6 C (10.1 F)	108 years	53 of 100 (Notable)
22 May 2005	Billabalong, AU	daily rain	26.4 mm (1.0 in)	16.7 mm (0.7 in)	84 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
22 May 2005	Giessen/Wettenberg, DE	daily rain	32.2 mm (1.3 in)	22.0 mm (0.9 in)	20 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
22 May 2005	Conway, US	daily low min	3.3 C (37.9 F)	4.5 C (8.1 F)	98 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
22 May 2005	Lake Arthur 7 SW, US	monthly high max	37.2 C (99.0 F)	0.5 C (0.9 F)	93 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
22 May 2005	Sulphur Springs, US	daily high max	36.7 C (98.1 F)	3.4 C (6.1 F)	106 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
22 May 2005	Rancho Viejo, MX	daily rain	54.4 mm (2.1 in)	49.6 mm (2.0 in)	24 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
22 May 2005	Beaufort Wwtp, US	daily low max	20.6 C (69.1 F)	2.2 C (4.0 F)	109 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
22 May 2005	Twin Peaks, AU	daily rain	32.0 mm (1.3 in)	20.8 mm (0.8 in)	42 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
22 May 2005	Yealering, AU	daily rain	31.6 mm (1.2 in)	12.5 mm (0.5 in)	68 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
22 May 2005	Jerome, US	daily high min	21.1 C (70.0 F)	2.2 C (4.0 F)	106 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
22 May 2005	Metten, DE	daily rain	35.9 mm (1.4 in)	6.8 mm (0.27 in)	79 years	43 of 100 (Notable)
22 May 2005	Tyler Pounds Fld, US	daily high max	35.6 C (96.1 F)	1.2 C (2.2 F)	108 years	43 of 100 (Notable)
22 May 2005	Sugarloaf Rsvr, US	daily high max	22.2 C (72.0 F)	1.1 C (2.0 F)	104 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

1806 to 2005

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1806 to 2005. 2005 had 1,002 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	748
100 to 200	0
200 to 300	0
300 to 400	0
400 to 500	0
500 to 600	1