Weather Records on 22 May 2021

915 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 22 May 2021. Highest significance: Gullspang, SE.

Key Facts for 22 May 2021

On 22 May 2021, 915 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
364 were record highs and 380 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 0 were all-time records, 30 monthly and 885 daily.
Gullspang set a daily record precipitation of 29.3 mm (1.2 in) on 22 May 2021.
Across 160 earlier years (1806 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 443 records.

Record Map

915 stations

915 station records on 22 May 2021 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 22 May 2021: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Gullspang	Sweden	Record daily precipitation	29.3 mm (1.2 in)	68 of 100 (Major)
Choteau	United States	Record snow depth	20.3 cm (8.0 in)	66 of 100 (Major)
Soderkoping	Sweden	Record daily precipitation	30.2 mm (1.2 in)	63 of 100 (Major)
Beowawe	United States	Record daily precipitation	25.7 mm (1.0 in)	59 of 100 (Notable)
Trinidad AP	United States	Record daily precipitation	53.6 mm (2.1 in)	58 of 100 (Notable)
Suomussalmi Naljanka	Finland	Record daily precipitation	29.0 mm (1.1 in)	56 of 100 (Notable)
Padun	Russia	Record daily precipitation	26.9 mm (1.1 in)	56 of 100 (Notable)
Ely AP	United States	Record snow depth	10.0 cm (3.9 in)	56 of 100 (Notable)
Pohnpei WSO	Federated States of Micronesia	Record daily precipitation	154.2 mm (6.1 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Chester	United States	Record low maximum temperature	0.6 C (33.1 F)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Gibson Dam	United States	Record low maximum temperature	-2.2 C (28.0 F)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Sun Rvr 4 S	United States	Record daily snowfall	10.7 cm (4.2 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Ennis	United States	Record low maximum temperature	-0.6 C (30.9 F)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Lovozero	Russia	Record daily precipitation	31.0 mm (1.2 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Mott	United States	Record daily precipitation	38.1 mm (1.5 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Ft Assiniboine	United States	Record low maximum temperature	0.6 C (33.1 F)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Canyonlands-the Neck	United States	Record daily precipitation	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Old Faithful	United States	Record daily snowfall	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Helena AP ASOS	United States	Record snow depth	15.0 cm (5.9 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Trinidad	United States	Record daily precipitation	66.0 mm (2.6 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Dunkirk 19NNE	United States	Record low maximum temperature	1.1 C (34.0 F)	46 of 100 (Notable)
McDermitt	United States	Record low maximum temperature	7.8 C (46.0 F)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Turtle Lake	United States	Record daily precipitation	31.8 mm (1.3 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Jackson	United States	Record daily precipitation	31.8 mm (1.3 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Great Falls AP	United States	Record snow depth	10.0 cm (3.9 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Bozeman Montana State UNIV	United States	Record low maximum temperature	2.2 C (36.0 F)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Bozeman Montana State UNIV	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-3.3 C (26.1 F)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Chinook	United States	Record low maximum temperature	2.2 C (36.0 F)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Ft Assiniboine	United States	Record snow depth	17.8 cm (7.0 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Bridger 2 N	United States	Record low maximum temperature	1.7 C (35.1 F)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Pahrump 4 NW	United States	Record low minimum temperature	2.2 C (36.0 F)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Charlevoix	United States	Record high minimum temperature	17.2 C (63.0 F)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Lake City Exp Farm	United States	Record high minimum temperature	17.2 C (63.0 F)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Chester	United States	Record daily snowfall	18.0 cm (7.1 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Pahrump 4 NW	United States	Record low maximum temperature	17.2 C (63.0 F)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Yellowstone Park Mammoth	United States	Record low maximum temperature	2.8 C (37.0 F)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Bhagalpur	India	Record daily precipitation	45.0 mm (1.8 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Red Lake Indian Agcy	United States	Record high minimum temperature	20.0 C (68.0 F)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Conrad	United States	Record low maximum temperature	3.3 C (37.9 F)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Goldbutte 7 N	United States	Record low maximum temperature	2.2 C (36.0 F)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Maquoketa	United States	Record high minimum temperature	18.9 C (66.0 F)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Wallace	United States	Record high minimum temperature	17.8 C (64.0 F)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Harbor Beach 1 SSE	United States	Record high minimum temperature	17.2 C (63.0 F)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Winnebago	United States	Record high minimum temperature	18.9 C (66.0 F)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Bynum 4 SSE	United States	Record daily snowfall	5.6 cm (2.2 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Lima	United States	Record low maximum temperature	-1.1 C (30.0 F)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Medicine Lake 3 SE	United States	Record low maximum temperature	6.1 C (43.0 F)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Beowawe 49S - U of N Rch	United States	Record daily snowfall	11.4 cm (4.5 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Dayton Mcd	United States	Record high maximum temperature	33.9 C (93.0 F)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Zion Np	United States	Record low minimum temperature	0.0 C (32.0 F)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Hayward Rs	United States	Record high minimum temperature	19.4 C (66.9 F)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Cody	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-3.3 C (26.1 F)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Bodie California St Historic P	United States	Record low maximum temperature	0.6 C (33.1 F)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Fairfield	United States	Record snow depth	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
First Connecticut Lake	United States	Record high minimum temperature	14.4 C (57.9 F)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Mohall	United States	Record low maximum temperature	7.8 C (46.0 F)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Ladysmith 3W	United States	Record high minimum temperature	16.1 C (61.0 F)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Vallecito Dam	United States	Record daily precipitation	40.6 mm (1.6 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Hale Loud Dam	United States	Record high minimum temperature	17.8 C (64.0 F)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Escalante	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-2.8 C (27.0 F)	39 of 100 (Notable)

Counts by Type and Timescale

915 records

Records set or tied on 22 May 2021 by type: Highest daily maximum 131, Lowest daily maximum 232, Highest daily minimum 233, Lowest daily minimum 148, Heaviest daily rainfall 113, Heaviest daily snowfall 26, Deepest snow cover 32.

Records on 22 May 2021 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	131
Lowest daily maximum	232
Highest daily minimum	233
Lowest daily minimum	148
Heaviest daily rainfall	113
Heaviest daily snowfall	26
Deepest snow cover	32

Records on 22 May 2021 by timescale: all-time 0, monthly 30, daily 885.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

720 broken records

Margins by which the 720 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 203.0. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

22 May 2021

Top 20 records on 22 May 2021 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
22 May 2021	Gullspang, SE	daily rain	29.3 mm (1.2 in)	19.8 mm (0.8 in)	71 years	68 of 100 (Major)
22 May 2021	Choteau, US	daily snow depth	20.3 cm (8.0 in)	20.3 cm (8.0 in)	116 years	66 of 100 (Major)
22 May 2021	Soderkoping, SE	daily rain	30.2 mm (1.2 in)	22.0 mm (0.9 in)	59 years	63 of 100 (Major)
22 May 2021	Beowawe, US	daily rain	25.7 mm (1.0 in)	16.8 mm (0.7 in)	75 years	59 of 100 (Notable)
22 May 2021	Trinidad AP, US	daily rain	53.6 mm (2.1 in)	39.9 mm (1.6 in)	38 years	58 of 100 (Notable)
22 May 2021	Suomussalmi Naljanka, FI	daily rain	29.0 mm (1.1 in)	19.5 mm (0.8 in)	38 years	56 of 100 (Notable)
22 May 2021	Padun, RU	daily rain	26.9 mm (1.1 in)	10.3 mm (0.4 in)	51 years	56 of 100 (Notable)
22 May 2021	Ely AP, US	daily snow depth	10.0 cm (3.9 in)	10.0 cm (3.9 in)	82 years	56 of 100 (Notable)
22 May 2021	Pohnpei WSO, FM	daily rain	154.2 mm (6.1 in)	74.4 mm (2.9 in)	44 years	52 of 100 (Notable)
22 May 2021	Chester, US	daily low max	0.6 C (33.1 F)	7.2 C (13.0 F)	119 years	52 of 100 (Notable)
22 May 2021	Gibson Dam, US	daily low max	-2.2 C (28.0 F)	7.8 C (14.0 F)	94 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
22 May 2021	Sun Rvr 4 S, US	daily snowfall	10.7 cm (4.2 in)	10.7 cm (4.2 in)	79 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
22 May 2021	Ennis, US	daily low max	-0.6 C (30.9 F)	7.3 C (13.1 F)	94 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
22 May 2021	Lovozero, RU	monthly rain	31.0 mm (1.2 in)	2.6 mm (0.10 in)	76 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
22 May 2021	Mott, US	daily rain	38.1 mm (1.5 in)	12.7 mm (0.5 in)	88 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
22 May 2021	Ft Assiniboine, US	daily low max	0.6 C (33.1 F)	6.6 C (11.9 F)	94 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
22 May 2021	Canyonlands-the Neck, US	daily rain	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	19.6 mm (0.8 in)	12 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
22 May 2021	Old Faithful, US	daily snowfall	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	5.0 cm (2.0 in)	104 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
22 May 2021	Helena AP ASOS, US	daily snow depth	15.0 cm (5.9 in)	15.0 cm (5.9 in)	80 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
22 May 2021	Trinidad, US	daily rain	66.0 mm (2.6 in)	29.9 mm (1.2 in)	7 years	46 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 2021

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1806 to 2021. 2021 had 915 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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Data for records on 2021-05-22: CSV or JSON. Field meanings are on the data page.

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	699
50 to 100	11
100 to 150	7
150 to 200	2
200 to 250	1