Weather Records on 22 May 2018

495 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 22 May 2018. Highest significance: Center 4SE, US.

Key Facts for 22 May 2018

On 22 May 2018, 495 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
272 were record highs and 64 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 0 were all-time records, 5 monthly and 490 daily.
Center 4SE set a daily record precipitation of 55.9 mm (2.2 in) on 22 May 2018.
Across 160 earlier years (1806 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 445 records.

Record Map

495 stations

495 station records on 22 May 2018 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 22 May 2018: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Center 4SE	United States	Record daily precipitation	55.9 mm (2.2 in)	64 of 100 (Major)
Shache	China	Record daily precipitation	38.4 mm (1.5 in)	62 of 100 (Major)
Lensk	Russia	Record daily precipitation	31.2 mm (1.2 in)	61 of 100 (Major)
Langebaan	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	35.1 mm (1.4 in)	61 of 100 (Major)
Elmira Corning Rgnl AP	United States	Record daily precipitation	30.7 mm (1.2 in)	56 of 100 (Notable)
Echt	Netherlands	Record daily precipitation	51.5 mm (2.0 in)	55 of 100 (Notable)
Kleiner Feldberg/Taunus	Germany	Record daily precipitation	56.0 mm (2.2 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Maastricht	Netherlands	Record daily precipitation	49.7 mm (2.0 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Washington Court House	United States	Record daily precipitation	58.9 mm (2.3 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Camperdown Donalds Hill	Australia	Record daily precipitation	25.6 mm (1.0 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Kim 10SSE	United States	Record daily precipitation	60.5 mm (2.4 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Lewiston	United States	Record daily precipitation	86.6 mm (3.4 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Disaster Peak	United States	Record daily precipitation	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Cape Leeuwin	Australia	Record high maximum temperature	25.8 C (78.4 F)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Ft Pierce	United States	Record daily precipitation	45.0 mm (1.8 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Morgantown Muni AP	United States	Record daily precipitation	28.7 mm (1.1 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Chickamauga 2 SW	United States	Record high minimum temperature	20.6 C (69.1 F)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Wellsboro 4 SW	United States	Record daily precipitation	31.5 mm (1.2 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Belle Fourche	United States	Record high minimum temperature	18.3 C (64.9 F)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Mount Barker	Australia	Record high maximum temperature	24.6 C (76.3 F)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Valley Head	United States	Record daily precipitation	39.4 mm (1.6 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Newport	United States	Record daily precipitation	38.6 mm (1.5 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Crossville Ed & Rsch STN	United States	Record high minimum temperature	18.3 C (64.9 F)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Williamsport Rgnl AP	United States	Record daily precipitation	48.3 mm (1.9 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Danevang 1 W	United States	Record low maximum temperature	25.6 C (78.1 F)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Danevang 1 W	United States	Record daily precipitation	56.6 mm (2.2 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Enshi	China	Record daily precipitation	47.2 mm (1.9 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Ben Gurion	Israel	Record high minimum temperature	23.5 C (74.3 F)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Hon	Libya	Record high minimum temperature	30.0 C (86.0 F)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Rheezerveen	Netherlands	Record daily precipitation	30.1 mm (1.2 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Krasnodar	Russia	Record daily precipitation	44.0 mm (1.7 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Myakka Rvr Sp	United States	Record low maximum temperature	25.6 C (78.1 F)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Trinity Mtn.	United States	Record daily precipitation	33.0 mm (1.3 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Eersel	Netherlands	Record daily precipitation	32.0 mm (1.3 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Two Harbors	United States	Record high minimum temperature	12.8 C (55.0 F)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Delaware Lake	United States	Record daily precipitation	34.0 mm (1.3 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Sutton Lake	United States	Record daily precipitation	43.4 mm (1.7 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Cakir	Russia	Record low minimum temperature	-8.8 C (16.2 F)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Brady	United States	Record high minimum temperature	22.8 C (73.0 F)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Schinnen	Netherlands	Record daily precipitation	26.3 mm (1.0 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Aginskoe	Russia	Record low maximum temperature	7.4 C (45.3 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Sovetskaja Gavan	Russia	Record high maximum temperature	29.6 C (85.3 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Borisoglebsk	Russia	Record daily precipitation	26.9 mm (1.1 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Saint Anthony	United States	Record high minimum temperature	9.4 C (48.9 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Ouesso	Congo (Brazzaville)	Record high minimum temperature	23.6 C (74.5 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Haukedal	Norway	Record snow depth	25.0 cm (9.8 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Drobeta Turnu Severin	Romania	Record daily precipitation	52.2 mm (2.1 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Clanton	United States	Record daily precipitation	50.3 mm (2.0 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Crossett 2 SSE	United States	Record high maximum temperature	33.9 C (93.0 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Vero Beach Intl AP	United States	Record low maximum temperature	25.6 C (78.1 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Pemberton	Australia	Record high maximum temperature	24.5 C (76.1 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Dolisie	Congo (Brazzaville)	Record high maximum temperature	33.5 C (92.3 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Usher Twr	United States	Record low maximum temperature	25.0 C (77.0 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Marietta Wwtp	United States	Record daily precipitation	41.7 mm (1.6 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Piketon	United States	Record daily precipitation	40.6 mm (1.6 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Monterey	United States	Record high minimum temperature	19.4 C (66.9 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Chattanooga AP	United States	Record high minimum temperature	21.1 C (70.0 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Bouake	Cote D'Ivoire	Record high minimum temperature	24.0 C (75.2 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)
King Hussein	Jordan	Record high minimum temperature	19.6 C (67.3 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Tilburg	Netherlands	Record daily precipitation	34.5 mm (1.4 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

495 records

Records set or tied on 22 May 2018 by type: Highest daily maximum 104, Lowest daily maximum 40, Highest daily minimum 168, Lowest daily minimum 24, Heaviest daily rainfall 158, Deepest snow cover 1.

Records on 22 May 2018 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	104
Lowest daily maximum	40
Highest daily minimum	168
Lowest daily minimum	24
Heaviest daily rainfall	158
Heaviest daily snowfall	0
Deepest snow cover	1

Records on 22 May 2018 by timescale: all-time 0, monthly 5, daily 490.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

394 broken records

Margins by which the 394 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 250.0. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

22 May 2018

Top 20 records on 22 May 2018 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
22 May 2018	Center 4SE, US	daily rain	55.9 mm (2.2 in)	36.3 mm (1.4 in)	56 years	64 of 100 (Major)
22 May 2018	Shache, CN	daily rain	38.4 mm (1.5 in)	28.0 mm (1.1 in)	53 years	62 of 100 (Major)
22 May 2018	Lensk, RU	daily rain	31.2 mm (1.2 in)	15.2 mm (0.6 in)	48 years	61 of 100 (Major)
22 May 2018	Langebaan, ZA	daily rain	35.1 mm (1.4 in)	27.6 mm (1.1 in)	37 years	61 of 100 (Major)
22 May 2018	Elmira Corning Rgnl AP, US	daily rain	30.7 mm (1.2 in)	22.3 mm (0.9 in)	68 years	56 of 100 (Notable)
22 May 2018	Echt, NL	monthly rain	51.5 mm (2.0 in)	15.0 mm (0.6 in)	33 years	55 of 100 (Notable)
22 May 2018	Kleiner Feldberg/Taunus, DE	daily rain	56.0 mm (2.2 in)	38.4 mm (1.5 in)	12 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
22 May 2018	Maastricht, NL	monthly rain	49.7 mm (2.0 in)	7.9 mm (0.31 in)	58 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
22 May 2018	Washington Court House, US	daily rain	58.9 mm (2.3 in)	22.1 mm (0.9 in)	60 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
22 May 2018	Camperdown Donalds Hill, AU	daily rain	25.6 mm (1.0 in)	17.0 mm (0.7 in)	55 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
22 May 2018	Kim 10SSE, US	daily rain	60.5 mm (2.4 in)	39.2 mm (1.5 in)	8 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
22 May 2018	Lewiston, US	daily rain	86.6 mm (3.4 in)	40.4 mm (1.6 in)	28 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
22 May 2018	Disaster Peak, US	daily rain	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	20.3 mm (0.8 in)	9 years	44 of 100 (Notable)
22 May 2018	Cape Leeuwin, AU	daily high max	25.8 C (78.4 F)	2.2 C (4.0 F)	83 years	43 of 100 (Notable)
22 May 2018	Ft Pierce, US	daily rain	45.0 mm (1.8 in)	5.6 mm (0.22 in)	112 years	43 of 100 (Notable)
22 May 2018	Morgantown Muni AP, US	daily rain	28.7 mm (1.1 in)	3.0 mm (0.12 in)	135 years	43 of 100 (Notable)
22 May 2018	Chickamauga 2 SW, US	daily high min	20.6 C (69.1 F)	1.2 C (2.2 F)	107 years	42 of 100 (Notable)
22 May 2018	Wellsboro 4 SW, US	daily rain	31.5 mm (1.2 in)	10.4 mm (0.4 in)	71 years	42 of 100 (Notable)
22 May 2018	Belle Fourche, US	daily high min	18.3 C (64.9 F)	3.3 C (5.9 F)	85 years	42 of 100 (Notable)
22 May 2018	Mount Barker, AU	daily high max	24.6 C (76.3 F)	0.2 C (0.4 F)	103 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 2018

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1806 to 2018. 2018 had 495 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 50	393
50 to 100	0
100 to 150	0
150 to 200	0
200 to 250	1