Weather Records on 22 May 2011

745 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 22 May 2011. Highest significance: Osijek, HR.

Key Facts for 22 May 2011

On 22 May 2011, 745 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
412 were record highs and 149 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 4 were all-time records, 11 monthly and 730 daily.
Osijek set a daily record precipitation of 50.0 mm (2.0 in) on 22 May 2011.
Across 160 earlier years (1806 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 444 records.

Record Map

745 stations

745 station records on 22 May 2011 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 22 May 2011: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Osijek	Croatia	Record daily precipitation	50.0 mm (2.0 in)	65 of 100 (Major)
Volborg	United States	Record daily precipitation	44.2 mm (1.7 in)	59 of 100 (Notable)
Sigmaringen-Laiz	Germany	Record daily precipitation	47.0 mm (1.9 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Jasper	United States	Record daily precipitation	101.6 mm (4.0 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Bingham Wyman Dam	United States	Record daily precipitation	46.2 mm (1.8 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Buffalo 2NE	United States	Record daily precipitation	73.9 mm (2.9 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Baker	United States	Record daily precipitation	99.1 mm (3.9 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Hissar	India	Record daily precipitation	35.1 mm (1.4 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Miahuatlan (Smn)	Mexico	Record high maximum temperature	40.6 C (105.1 F)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Whitefish Pt	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-3.3 C (26.1 F)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Warroad	United States	Record daily precipitation	32.8 mm (1.3 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Cape Otway Lighthouse	Australia	Record high minimum temperature	16.8 C (62.2 F)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Malta 7 E	United States	Record daily precipitation	75.9 mm (3.0 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Brownsville	United States	Record high minimum temperature	26.7 C (80.1 F)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Drake 9 NE	United States	Record daily precipitation	69.9 mm (2.8 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Hondo	United States	Record high minimum temperature	24.4 C (75.9 F)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Monticello	United States	Record high minimum temperature	22.2 C (72.0 F)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Isle 12N	United States	Record daily precipitation	32.3 mm (1.3 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Hobart (Ellerslie Road)	Australia	Record high maximum temperature	22.0 C (71.6 F)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Foreman	United States	Record daily precipitation	78.7 mm (3.1 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Brusett 3 E	United States	Record daily precipitation	27.7 mm (1.1 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Zortman	United States	Record daily precipitation	88.9 mm (3.5 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Fortuna 1 W	United States	Record daily precipitation	40.6 mm (1.6 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Bendemeer (Glenclair)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	38.0 mm (1.5 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Eskdalemuir	United Kingdom	Record daily precipitation	35.4 mm (1.4 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Shepetivka	Ukraine	Record daily precipitation	32.6 mm (1.3 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Aitkin 2E	United States	Record daily precipitation	36.1 mm (1.4 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
New Hope	United States	Record daily precipitation	52.6 mm (2.1 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Madisonville	United States	Record daily precipitation	49.3 mm (1.9 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Torshavn	Denmark	Record daily precipitation	30.0 mm (1.2 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Las Perlas	Mexico	Record high maximum temperature	43.9 C (111.0 F)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Anapa	Russia	Record daily precipitation	31.3 mm (1.2 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Glennville 3NW	United States	Record high maximum temperature	38.3 C (100.9 F)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Westby	United States	Record daily precipitation	29.7 mm (1.2 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Hulett	United States	Record daily precipitation	72.9 mm (2.9 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
El Arenal	Mexico	Record low minimum temperature	0.0 C (32.0 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Pogibi	Russia	Record low minimum temperature	-5.7 C (21.7 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Dumas	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-2.2 C (28.0 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Belle Fourche 22 NNW	United States	Record daily precipitation	43.2 mm (1.7 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Yibin	China	Record low minimum temperature	13.4 C (56.1 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Ramos Arizpe (Smn)	Mexico	Record high maximum temperature	40.0 C (104.0 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Ajojucar	Mexico	Record high maximum temperature	38.9 C (102.0 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Agata	Russia	Record high maximum temperature	17.7 C (63.9 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Half Moon Bay	United States	Record high minimum temperature	12.8 C (55.0 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Olivia 3E	United States	Record daily precipitation	34.0 mm (1.3 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Mackenzie	United States	Record daily precipitation	25.9 mm (1.0 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Junction Kimble Co AP	United States	Record high minimum temperature	25.6 C (78.1 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Essendon Airport	Australia	Record high minimum temperature	13.3 C (55.9 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Yap Island WSO AP	Federated States of Micronesia	Record low maximum temperature	26.1 C (79.0 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Olenek	Russia	Record high maximum temperature	20.1 C (68.2 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Forest Lake 5NE	United States	Record daily precipitation	34.3 mm (1.4 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Glenwood 2WNW	United States	Record daily precipitation	31.0 mm (1.2 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Canoe Brook	United States	Record high maximum temperature	35.0 C (95.0 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Junction 4SSW	United States	Record high minimum temperature	24.4 C (75.9 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Linden	United States	Record daily precipitation	44.7 mm (1.8 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Savannah Intl AP	United States	Record high maximum temperature	36.7 C (98.1 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Milesovka	Czech Republic	Record high maximum temperature	27.0 C (80.6 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Yichang	China	Record low minimum temperature	12.6 C (54.7 F)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Santa Clara	Mexico	Record low minimum temperature	0.6 C (33.1 F)	27 of 100 (Routine)
San Luis Potosi (Dge)	Mexico	Record high maximum temperature	35.0 C (95.0 F)	27 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

745 records

Records set or tied on 22 May 2011 by type: Highest daily maximum 215, Lowest daily maximum 72, Highest daily minimum 197, Lowest daily minimum 77, Heaviest daily rainfall 178, Heaviest daily snowfall 2, Deepest snow cover 4.

Records on 22 May 2011 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	215
Lowest daily maximum	72
Highest daily minimum	197
Lowest daily minimum	77
Heaviest daily rainfall	178
Heaviest daily snowfall	2
Deepest snow cover	4

Records on 22 May 2011 by timescale: all-time 4, monthly 11, daily 730.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

550 broken records

Margins by which the 550 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 102.0. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

22 May 2011

Top 20 records on 22 May 2011 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
22 May 2011	Osijek, HR	daily rain	50.0 mm (2.0 in)	24.9 mm (1.0 in)	73 years	65 of 100 (Major)
22 May 2011	Volborg, US	daily rain	44.2 mm (1.7 in)	31.2 mm (1.2 in)	53 years	59 of 100 (Notable)
22 May 2011	Sigmaringen-Laiz, DE	daily rain	47.0 mm (1.9 in)	21.9 mm (0.9 in)	32 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
22 May 2011	Jasper, US	daily rain	101.6 mm (4.0 in)	61.2 mm (2.4 in)	25 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
22 May 2011	Bingham Wyman Dam, US	daily rain	46.2 mm (1.8 in)	29.4 mm (1.2 in)	36 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
22 May 2011	Buffalo 2NE, US	monthly rain	73.9 mm (2.9 in)	19.0 mm (0.7 in)	37 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
22 May 2011	Baker, US	monthly rain	99.1 mm (3.9 in)	4.6 mm (0.18 in)	77 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
22 May 2011	Hissar, IN	daily rain	35.1 mm (1.4 in)	21.3 mm (0.8 in)	45 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
22 May 2011	Miahuatlan (Smn), MX	daily high max	40.6 C (105.1 F)	6.7 C (12.1 F)	57 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
22 May 2011	Whitefish Pt, US	daily low min	-3.3 C (26.1 F)	2.2 C (4.0 F)	93 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
22 May 2011	Warroad, US	daily rain	32.8 mm (1.3 in)	6.6 mm (0.26 in)	90 years	44 of 100 (Notable)
22 May 2011	Cape Otway Lighthouse, AU	daily high min	16.8 C (62.2 F)	2.4 C (4.3 F)	76 years	43 of 100 (Notable)
22 May 2011	Malta 7 E, US	monthly rain	75.9 mm (3.0 in)	16.5 mm (0.6 in)	28 years	42 of 100 (Notable)
22 May 2011	Brownsville, US	daily high min	26.7 C (80.1 F)	0.6 C (1.1 F)	102 years	42 of 100 (Notable)
22 May 2011	Drake 9 NE, US	daily rain	69.9 mm (2.8 in)	24.9 mm (1.0 in)	38 years	41 of 100 (Notable)
22 May 2011	Hondo, US	daily high min	24.4 C (75.9 F)	1.1 C (2.0 F)	96 years	41 of 100 (Notable)
22 May 2011	Monticello, US	daily high min	22.2 C (72.0 F)	1.1 C (2.0 F)	93 years	40 of 100 (Notable)
22 May 2011	Isle 12N, US	daily rain	32.3 mm (1.3 in)	22.1 mm (0.9 in)	32 years	39 of 100 (Notable)
22 May 2011	Hobart (Ellerslie Road), AU	daily high max	22.0 C (71.6 F)	1.5 C (2.7 F)	76 years	38 of 100 (Notable)
22 May 2011	Foreman, US	daily rain	78.7 mm (3.1 in)	58.4 mm (2.3 in)	4 years	38 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 2011

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1806 to 2011. 2011 had 745 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 2026-10-16 (16 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	532
20 to 40	12
40 to 60	4
60 to 80	1
80 to 100	0
100 to 120	1