Weather Records on 22 July 2011

1,940 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 22 July 2011. Highest significance: Goldberg, DE.

Key Facts for 22 July 2011

On 22 July 2011, 1,940 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
1,320 were record highs and 238 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 79 were all-time records, 69 monthly and 1,792 daily.
Goldberg set a daily record precipitation of 43.8 mm (1.7 in) on 22 July 2011.
Across 171 earlier years (1793 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 425 records.

Record Map

1,940 stations

1,940 station records on 22 July 2011 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 22 July 2011: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Goldberg	Germany	Record daily precipitation	43.8 mm (1.7 in)	80 of 100 (Exceptional)
Madalya	Australia	Record daily precipitation	62.0 mm (2.4 in)	79 of 100 (Major)
Riverview Observatory	Australia	Record daily precipitation	106.8 mm (4.2 in)	77 of 100 (Major)
Turramurra (Kissing Point Road	Australia	Record daily precipitation	102.0 mm (4.0 in)	77 of 100 (Major)
Rostock-Warnemunde	Germany	Record daily precipitation	111.4 mm (4.4 in)	77 of 100 (Major)
Teterow	Germany	Record daily precipitation	62.8 mm (2.5 in)	76 of 100 (Major)
Mount Best (Upper Toora)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	75.0 mm (3.0 in)	75 of 100 (Major)
Toora	Australia	Record daily precipitation	64.2 mm (2.5 in)	75 of 100 (Major)
Marrickville Golf Club	Australia	Record daily precipitation	105.0 mm (4.1 in)	73 of 100 (Major)
Fokstua	Norway	Record daily precipitation	36.0 mm (1.4 in)	73 of 100 (Major)
Seal Rocks Camping Reserve	Australia	Record daily precipitation	111.0 mm (4.4 in)	72 of 100 (Major)
Gross Lusewitz	Germany	Record daily precipitation	97.0 mm (3.8 in)	72 of 100 (Major)
Foster (Post Office)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	53.0 mm (2.1 in)	70 of 100 (Major)
Colville	United States	Record daily precipitation	28.4 mm (1.1 in)	70 of 100 (Major)
Pennant Hills (Yarrara Road)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	76.8 mm (3.0 in)	69 of 100 (Major)
Darkes Forest (Kintyre)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	109.0 mm (4.3 in)	69 of 100 (Major)
Sans Souci (Public School)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	101.0 mm (4.0 in)	68 of 100 (Major)
Koorikin	Australia	Record daily precipitation	36.4 mm (1.4 in)	67 of 100 (Major)
Sydney Airport AMO	Australia	Record daily precipitation	91.0 mm (3.6 in)	64 of 100 (Major)
Randwick Bowling Club	Australia	Record daily precipitation	81.8 mm (3.2 in)	62 of 100 (Major)
Randwick Racecourse	Australia	Record daily precipitation	85.4 mm (3.4 in)	61 of 100 (Major)
Waverly	United States	Record high maximum temperature	39.4 C (102.9 F)	61 of 100 (Major)
Defiance	United States	Record high minimum temperature	26.1 C (79.0 F)	61 of 100 (Major)
Newark Liberty Intl AP	United States	Record high maximum temperature	42.2 C (108.0 F)	61 of 100 (Major)
Potts Hill Reservoir	Australia	Record daily precipitation	62.6 mm (2.5 in)	60 of 100 (Major)
Moe Gippsland Water	Australia	Record daily precipitation	37.4 mm (1.5 in)	60 of 100 (Major)
Notodden	Norway	Record daily precipitation	52.1 mm (2.1 in)	60 of 100 (Major)
Cape May 2 NW	United States	Record high maximum temperature	38.9 C (102.0 F)	60 of 100 (Major)
The Entrance (Eloora Street)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	78.0 mm (3.1 in)	59 of 100 (Notable)
Pymble (Canisius College)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	84.2 mm (3.3 in)	59 of 100 (Notable)
Nelligen (Thule Road)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	65.2 mm (2.6 in)	59 of 100 (Notable)
Clarence Town (Grey St)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	72.0 mm (2.8 in)	58 of 100 (Notable)
Castle Cove (Rosebridge Ave)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	129.0 mm (5.1 in)	58 of 100 (Notable)
Frenchs Forest (Frenchs Forest	Australia	Record daily precipitation	115.2 mm (4.5 in)	58 of 100 (Notable)
East Sale Airport	Australia	Record daily precipitation	40.6 mm (1.6 in)	58 of 100 (Notable)
Tionesta 2 SE Lake	United States	Record high minimum temperature	23.3 C (73.9 F)	58 of 100 (Notable)
Barth	Germany	Record daily precipitation	78.8 mm (3.1 in)	57 of 100 (Notable)
Rose Bay (Royal Sydney Golf Cl	Australia	Record daily precipitation	81.6 mm (3.2 in)	56 of 100 (Notable)
Tarwin Lower (Riverside)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	28.8 mm (1.1 in)	56 of 100 (Notable)
Liberec	Czech Republic	Record daily precipitation	57.2 mm (2.3 in)	56 of 100 (Notable)
Gosford (Narara Research Stati	Australia	Record daily precipitation	82.0 mm (3.2 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Brooklyn (Sandbrook Inlet)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	110.8 mm (4.4 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Rookwood (Hawthorne Ave)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	69.8 mm (2.7 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Fish Creek	Australia	Record daily precipitation	43.8 mm (1.7 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Pennyroyal Creek	Australia	Record daily precipitation	34.0 mm (1.3 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Shippensburg	United States	Record high maximum temperature	40.6 C (105.1 F)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Glasgow	United States	Record daily precipitation	39.4 mm (1.6 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Paterson (Tocal AWS)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	38.4 mm (1.5 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Avoca Beach Bowling Club	Australia	Record daily precipitation	74.0 mm (2.9 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Toronto Wwtp	Australia	Record daily precipitation	61.0 mm (2.4 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Sydney (Observatory Hill)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	88.2 mm (3.5 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Palm Beach (Sunrise Road)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	76.0 mm (3.0 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Peakhurst Golf Club	Australia	Record daily precipitation	72.0 mm (2.8 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Macquarie Park (Willandra Vill	Australia	Record daily precipitation	88.2 mm (3.5 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Kirchdorf/Poel	Germany	Record daily precipitation	30.3 mm (1.2 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Elkader 6 SSW	United States	Record daily precipitation	49.0 mm (1.9 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Shippensburg	United States	Record high minimum temperature	27.8 C (82.0 F)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Nelson Bay (Nelson Head)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	80.6 mm (3.2 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Wisemans Ferry (Old Po)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	49.0 mm (1.9 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Dungog (Leawood)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	39.6 mm (1.6 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)

Counts by Type and Timescale

1,940 records

Records set or tied on 22 July 2011 by type: Highest daily maximum 479, Lowest daily maximum 141, Highest daily minimum 841, Lowest daily minimum 97, Heaviest daily rainfall 382.

Records on 22 July 2011 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	479
Lowest daily maximum	141
Highest daily minimum	841
Lowest daily minimum	97
Heaviest daily rainfall	382
Heaviest daily snowfall	0
Deepest snow cover	0

Records on 22 July 2011 by timescale: all-time 79, monthly 69, daily 1,792.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

1,387 broken records

Margins by which the 1,387 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 112.5. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

22 July 2011

Top 20 records on 22 July 2011 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
22 July 2011	Goldberg, DE	daily rain	43.8 mm (1.7 in)	29.0 mm (1.1 in)	100 years	80 of 100 (Exceptional)
22 July 2011	Madalya, AU	daily rain	62.0 mm (2.4 in)	36.6 mm (1.4 in)	105 years	79 of 100 (Major)
22 July 2011	Riverview Observatory, AU	daily rain	106.8 mm (4.2 in)	70.0 mm (2.8 in)	92 years	77 of 100 (Major)
22 July 2011	Turramurra (Kissing Point Road, AU	daily rain	102.0 mm (4.0 in)	68.0 mm (2.7 in)	92 years	77 of 100 (Major)
22 July 2011	Rostock-Warnemunde, DE	all-time rain	111.4 mm (4.4 in)	18.4 mm (0.7 in)	73 years	77 of 100 (Major)
22 July 2011	Teterow, DE	daily rain	62.8 mm (2.5 in)	29.3 mm (1.2 in)	88 years	76 of 100 (Major)
22 July 2011	Mount Best (Upper Toora), AU	daily rain	75.0 mm (3.0 in)	43.2 mm (1.7 in)	84 years	75 of 100 (Major)
22 July 2011	Toora, AU	daily rain	64.2 mm (2.5 in)	39.6 mm (1.6 in)	84 years	75 of 100 (Major)
22 July 2011	Marrickville Golf Club, AU	daily rain	105.0 mm (4.1 in)	66.9 mm (2.6 in)	98 years	73 of 100 (Major)
22 July 2011	Fokstua, NO	daily rain	36.0 mm (1.4 in)	22.1 mm (0.9 in)	84 years	73 of 100 (Major)
22 July 2011	Seal Rocks Camping Reserve, AU	daily rain	111.0 mm (4.4 in)	75.7 mm (3.0 in)	73 years	72 of 100 (Major)
22 July 2011	Gross Lusewitz, DE	all-time rain	97.0 mm (3.8 in)	25.0 mm (1.0 in)	39 years	72 of 100 (Major)
22 July 2011	Foster (Post Office), AU	daily rain	53.0 mm (2.1 in)	22.8 mm (0.9 in)	109 years	70 of 100 (Major)
22 July 2011	Colville, US	daily rain	28.4 mm (1.1 in)	17.7 mm (0.7 in)	98 years	70 of 100 (Major)
22 July 2011	Pennant Hills (Yarrara Road), AU	daily rain	76.8 mm (3.0 in)	53.7 mm (2.1 in)	98 years	69 of 100 (Major)
22 July 2011	Darkes Forest (Kintyre), AU	daily rain	109.0 mm (4.3 in)	73.2 mm (2.9 in)	98 years	69 of 100 (Major)
22 July 2011	Sans Souci (Public School), AU	daily rain	101.0 mm (4.0 in)	56.5 mm (2.2 in)	92 years	68 of 100 (Major)
22 July 2011	Koorikin, AU	daily rain	36.4 mm (1.4 in)	19.6 mm (0.8 in)	66 years	67 of 100 (Major)
22 July 2011	Sydney Airport AMO, AU	daily rain	91.0 mm (3.6 in)	71.7 mm (2.8 in)	56 years	64 of 100 (Major)
22 July 2011	Randwick Bowling Club, AU	daily rain	81.8 mm (3.2 in)	37.9 mm (1.5 in)	98 years	62 of 100 (Major)

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

1793 to 2011

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1793 to 2011. 2011 had 1,940 records.

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

Records on 07-22 in each year
Year	Records
1793	1
1794	1
1796	1
1797	2
1806	2
1808	1
1809	1
1811	1
1813	1
1836	1
1838	1
1839	1
1844	1
1845	1
1850	1
1854	2
1855	1
1856	1
1857	1
1859	1
1867	1
1868	5
1870	1
1871	1
1874	1
1875	1
1876	2
1878	2
1879	2
1880	2
1881	2
1883	1
1885	3
1886	5
1887	2
1889	5
1890	5
1891	3
1892	3
1893	2
1894	3
1895	2
1896	5
1897	2
1898	4
1900	4
1901	12
1902	3
1903	10
1904	4
1905	12
1906	20
1907	11
1908	9
1909	7
1910	30
1911	26
1912	40
1913	38
1914	52
1915	28
1916	39
1917	34
1918	212
1919	36
1920	71
1921	172
1922	54
1923	107
1924	342
1925	268
1926	345
1927	329
1928	200
1929	267
1930	282
1931	367
1932	291
1933	307
1934	805
1935	250
1936	331
1937	368
1938	404
1939	345
1940	470
1941	236
1942	278
1943	392
1944	633
1945	280
1946	455
1947	1,196
1948	533
1949	419
1950	738
1951	384
1952	797
1953	404
1954	668
1955	618
1956	350
1957	544
1958	450
1959	581
1960	419
1961	519
1962	393
1963	504
1964	418
1965	543
1966	541
1967	295
1968	473
1969	454
1970	1,105
1971	449
1972	715
1973	981
1974	602
1975	335
1976	521
1977	478
1978	1,172
1979	646
1980	844
1981	1,551
1982	710
1983	1,025
1984	945
1985	712
1986	784
1987	1,234
1988	1,001
1989	838
1990	1,026
1991	810
1992	1,393
1993	1,193
1994	1,075
1995	1,241
1996	1,062
1997	1,106
1998	989
1999	756
2000	1,020
2001	1,183
2002	1,002
2003	1,536
2004	805
2005	1,197
2006	1,938
2007	1,190
2008	839
2009	1,294
2010	1,350
2011	1,940
2012	675
2013	604
2014	669
2015	661
2016	895
2017	509
2018	910
2019	513
2020	453
2021	558
2022	782
2023	676
2024	718
2025	877
2026	874

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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 2026-10-13 (13 October 2026). Records are computed by this site and are not official.

Data as of 2026-10-12. Last revised 12 October 2026 (2026-10-12).

Margin	Records
0 to 20	1,285
20 to 40	61
40 to 60	20
60 to 80	19
80 to 100	1
100 to 120	1