Weather Records on 22 May 2020

631 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 22 May 2020. Highest significance: Kosch-Agach, RU.

Key Facts for 22 May 2020

On 22 May 2020, 631 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
280 were record highs and 136 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 0 were all-time records, 21 monthly and 610 daily.
Kosch-Agach set a monthly record daily precipitation of 25.9 mm (1.0 in) on 22 May 2020.
Across 160 earlier years (1806 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 445 records.

Record Map

631 stations

631 station records on 22 May 2020 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 22 May 2020: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Kosch-Agach	Russia	Record daily precipitation	25.9 mm (1.0 in)	72 of 100 (Major)
Ohansk	Russia	Record daily precipitation	51.1 mm (2.0 in)	63 of 100 (Major)
Tarboro 1 S	United States	Record daily precipitation	49.3 mm (1.9 in)	55 of 100 (Notable)
Hesston	United States	Record daily precipitation	45.2 mm (1.8 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Minden	United States	Record daily precipitation	88.9 mm (3.5 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Tazovskoe	Russia	Record high maximum temperature	20.6 C (69.1 F)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Genoa 2 W	United States	Record daily precipitation	58.2 mm (2.3 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Perm	Russia	Record daily precipitation	42.9 mm (1.7 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Copper Hill	United States	Record daily precipitation	67.3 mm (2.6 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Hughenden Station	Australia	Record daily precipitation	40.0 mm (1.6 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Wisley	United Kingdom	Record high minimum temperature	15.9 C (60.6 F)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Darwin Airport Comparison	Australia	Record low maximum temperature	26.5 C (79.7 F)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Sans Souci (Public School)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	48.0 mm (1.9 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Aibonito 1 S	Puerto Rico [United States]	Record high maximum temperature	30.6 C (87.1 F)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Hardy	United States	Record low maximum temperature	16.7 C (62.1 F)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Mittagong (Beatrice Street)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	42.8 mm (1.7 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Newton Rigg	United Kingdom	Record high minimum temperature	11.9 C (53.4 F)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Moore Haven Lock 1	United States	Record daily precipitation	38.1 mm (1.5 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Rocky Mt 8 ESE	United States	Record daily precipitation	54.6 mm (2.1 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Alva 1W	United States	Record daily precipitation	36.6 mm (1.4 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Marrickville Golf Club	Australia	Record daily precipitation	31.0 mm (1.2 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Oujda	Morocco	Record high maximum temperature	33.7 C (92.7 F)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Durham	United Kingdom	Record high minimum temperature	12.5 C (54.5 F)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Quemado	United States	Record high minimum temperature	20.6 C (69.1 F)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Kununurra Aero	Australia	Record low maximum temperature	20.4 C (68.7 F)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Moss Vale (Hoskins Street)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	45.6 mm (1.8 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Oakdale (Cooyong Park)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	40.0 mm (1.6 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Crooked Rvr (Crooked River (Ha	Australia	Record daily precipitation	79.0 mm (3.1 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Poitiers - Biard	France	Record high minimum temperature	15.3 C (59.5 F)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Rothamsted	United Kingdom	Record high minimum temperature	15.5 C (59.9 F)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Wedderburn (Booalbyn)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	54.0 mm (2.1 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Montelimar	France	Record high maximum temperature	30.5 C (86.9 F)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Marre-Sale	Russia	Record high maximum temperature	12.1 C (53.8 F)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Cet Central England	United Kingdom	Record high minimum temperature	13.6 C (56.5 F)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Flagler 1S	United States	Record high minimum temperature	15.0 C (59.0 F)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Cuero	United States	Record high minimum temperature	25.6 C (78.1 F)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Halenanaho 1006	United States	Record daily precipitation	39.1 mm (1.5 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Bakko I Hol	Norway	Record snow depth	115.0 cm (45.3 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Boylefoss	Norway	Record daily precipitation	41.0 mm (1.6 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Tindal Raaf	Australia	Record low maximum temperature	20.9 C (69.6 F)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Barrengarry (the Old School Ho	Australia	Record daily precipitation	43.2 mm (1.7 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Kinlochewe	United Kingdom	Record daily precipitation	48.0 mm (1.9 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Great Salt Plains Dam	United States	Record daily precipitation	41.7 mm (1.6 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
McArthur River Mine	Australia	Record low maximum temperature	21.3 C (70.3 F)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Bundanoon Bowling Club	Australia	Record daily precipitation	41.6 mm (1.6 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Culburra Treatment Works	Australia	Record daily precipitation	80.0 mm (3.1 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Berrima West (Medway (Wombat C	Australia	Record daily precipitation	36.2 mm (1.4 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Hopper	United States	Record daily precipitation	101.6 mm (4.0 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Kinston Ag Rsch	United States	Record daily precipitation	54.6 mm (2.1 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Buxton (Amaroo)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	39.2 mm (1.5 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Dikson	Russia	Record high maximum temperature	9.4 C (48.9 F)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Samary	Russia	Record daily precipitation	25.9 mm (1.0 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Karesuando	Sweden	Record snow depth	56.0 cm (22.0 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
New Castle	United States	Record daily precipitation	45.5 mm (1.8 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Jabiru Airport	Australia	Record low maximum temperature	27.2 C (81.0 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Horse Shoe Bend	Australia	Record daily precipitation	106.0 mm (4.2 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Gmo Im.E.K.Fedorova	Russia	Record high minimum temperature	-1.4 C (29.5 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Greenville Muni AP	United States	Record high minimum temperature	15.0 C (59.0 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Victoria River Downs	Australia	Record low maximum temperature	19.5 C (67.1 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Tennant Creek Airport	Australia	Record low maximum temperature	14.6 C (58.3 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

631 records

Records set or tied on 22 May 2020 by type: Highest daily maximum 133, Lowest daily maximum 88, Highest daily minimum 147, Lowest daily minimum 48, Heaviest daily rainfall 212, Deepest snow cover 3.

Records on 22 May 2020 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	133
Lowest daily maximum	88
Highest daily minimum	147
Lowest daily minimum	48
Heaviest daily rainfall	212
Heaviest daily snowfall	0
Deepest snow cover	3

Records on 22 May 2020 by timescale: all-time 0, monthly 21, daily 610.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

552 broken records

Margins by which the 552 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 500.0. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

22 May 2020

Top 20 records on 22 May 2020 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
22 May 2020	Kosch-Agach, RU	monthly rain	25.9 mm (1.0 in)	15.0 mm (0.6 in)	47 years	72 of 100 (Major)
22 May 2020	Ohansk, RU	daily rain	51.1 mm (2.0 in)	30.3 mm (1.2 in)	56 years	63 of 100 (Major)
22 May 2020	Tarboro 1 S, US	daily rain	49.3 mm (1.9 in)	18.8 mm (0.7 in)	147 years	55 of 100 (Notable)
22 May 2020	Hesston, US	daily rain	45.2 mm (1.8 in)	31.2 mm (1.2 in)	83 years	54 of 100 (Notable)
22 May 2020	Minden, US	daily rain	88.9 mm (3.5 in)	36.8 mm (1.4 in)	55 years	53 of 100 (Notable)
22 May 2020	Tazovskoe, RU	daily high max	20.6 C (69.1 F)	9.9 C (17.8 F)	79 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
22 May 2020	Genoa 2 W, US	daily rain	58.2 mm (2.3 in)	18.3 mm (0.7 in)	81 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
22 May 2020	Perm, RU	daily rain	42.9 mm (1.7 in)	16.1 mm (0.6 in)	16 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
22 May 2020	Copper Hill, US	daily rain	67.3 mm (2.6 in)	18.3 mm (0.7 in)	78 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
22 May 2020	Hughenden Station, AU	daily rain	40.0 mm (1.6 in)	27.8 mm (1.1 in)	55 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
22 May 2020	Wisley, GB	daily high min	15.9 C (60.6 F)	2.6 C (4.7 F)	96 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
22 May 2020	Darwin Airport Comparison, AU	daily low max	26.5 C (79.7 F)	2.9 C (5.2 F)	64 years	44 of 100 (Notable)
22 May 2020	Sans Souci (Public School), AU	daily rain	48.0 mm (1.9 in)	6.6 mm (0.26 in)	101 years	44 of 100 (Notable)
22 May 2020	Aibonito 1 S, PR	daily high max	30.6 C (87.1 F)	0.6 C (1.1 F)	106 years	43 of 100 (Notable)
22 May 2020	Hardy, US	daily low max	16.7 C (62.1 F)	1.6 C (2.9 F)	120 years	43 of 100 (Notable)
22 May 2020	Mittagong (Beatrice Street), AU	daily rain	42.8 mm (1.7 in)	4.2 mm (0.17 in)	101 years	42 of 100 (Notable)
22 May 2020	Newton Rigg, GB	daily high min	11.9 C (53.4 F)	0.8 C (1.4 F)	102 years	42 of 100 (Notable)
22 May 2020	Moore Haven Lock 1, US	daily rain	38.1 mm (1.5 in)	6.1 mm (0.24 in)	97 years	42 of 100 (Notable)
22 May 2020	Rocky Mt 8 ESE, US	daily rain	54.6 mm (2.1 in)	8.1 mm (0.32 in)	87 years	42 of 100 (Notable)
22 May 2020	Alva 1W, US	daily rain	36.6 mm (1.4 in)	6.1 mm (0.24 in)	98 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 2020

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1806 to 2020. 2020 had 631 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	549
100 to 200	1
200 to 300	1
300 to 400	0
400 to 500	1