Weather Records on 15 May 2022

847 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 15 May 2022. Highest significance: Cooch Behar, IN.

Key Facts for 15 May 2022

On 15 May 2022, 847 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
731 were record highs and 55 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 0 were all-time records, 13 monthly and 834 daily.
Cooch Behar set a daily record precipitation of 145.0 mm (5.7 in) on 15 May 2022.
Across 162 earlier years (1820 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 428 records.

Record Map

847 stations

847 station records on 15 May 2022 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 15 May 2022: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Cooch Behar	India	Record daily precipitation	145.0 mm (5.7 in)	63 of 100 (Major)
Zakatala	Azerbaijan	Record daily precipitation	99.1 mm (3.9 in)	61 of 100 (Major)
Brookville	United States	Record daily precipitation	71.1 mm (2.8 in)	58 of 100 (Notable)
Rutland	United States	Record daily precipitation	60.2 mm (2.4 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Gardiner	United States	Record high maximum temperature	31.7 C (89.1 F)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Brassua Dam	United States	Record high maximum temperature	31.7 C (89.1 F)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Blue Hill Coop	United States	Record high minimum temperature	16.7 C (62.1 F)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Cuero	United States	Record high maximum temperature	38.3 C (100.9 F)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Thunder Basin	United States	Record daily precipitation	35.6 mm (1.4 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Brockton	United States	Record high minimum temperature	18.3 C (64.9 F)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Ica	Russia	Record high maximum temperature	18.3 C (64.9 F)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Greenville Muni AP	United States	Record high minimum temperature	10.6 C (51.1 F)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Nashua 2 NNW	United States	Record high minimum temperature	17.8 C (64.0 F)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Cerro	United States	Record high maximum temperature	30.6 C (87.1 F)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Elgin Water	United States	Record high minimum temperature	17.2 C (63.0 F)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Colville	United States	Record low maximum temperature	11.7 C (53.1 F)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Massena Intl AP	United States	Record daily precipitation	38.1 mm (1.5 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Col du Grand St-Bernard	Switzerland	Record high maximum temperature	11.3 C (52.3 F)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Storrs	United States	Record high minimum temperature	16.7 C (62.1 F)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Beeville 5 NE	United States	Record high maximum temperature	35.6 C (96.1 F)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Bishop AP	United States	Record high maximum temperature	33.9 C (93.0 F)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Natural Brg	United States	Record high maximum temperature	33.3 C (91.9 F)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Boerne	United States	Record high maximum temperature	35.6 C (96.1 F)	40 of 100 (Notable)
First Connecticut Lake	United States	Record daily precipitation	30.7 mm (1.2 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Elephant Butte Dam	United States	Record high maximum temperature	36.7 C (98.1 F)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Pinkham Notch	United States	Record high maximum temperature	28.9 C (84.0 F)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Newport	United States	Record high minimum temperature	15.6 C (60.1 F)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Landsburg	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-2.2 C (28.0 F)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Tezpur	India	Record daily precipitation	47.0 mm (1.9 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Saint Johns	United States	Record high maximum temperature	33.9 C (93.0 F)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Corinna	United States	Record high maximum temperature	33.9 C (93.0 F)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Spavinaw	United States	Record high maximum temperature	32.8 C (91.0 F)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Tarko-Sale	Russia	Record high minimum temperature	7.8 C (46.0 F)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Jackman	United States	Record high maximum temperature	31.7 C (89.1 F)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Oswego	United States	Record high minimum temperature	17.8 C (64.0 F)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Selinsgrove 2 S	United States	Record high minimum temperature	17.2 C (63.0 F)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Ft Worth NAS	United States	Record high maximum temperature	36.7 C (98.1 F)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Bordeaux-Merignac	France	Record high maximum temperature	30.6 C (87.1 F)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Pasighat	India	Record daily precipitation	71.1 mm (2.8 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Manistique Wwtp	United States	Record high maximum temperature	25.6 C (78.1 F)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Cuba	United States	Record high maximum temperature	31.1 C (88.0 F)	34 of 100 (Routine)
White Sands Natl Mon	United States	Record high maximum temperature	37.8 C (100.0 F)	34 of 100 (Routine)
McKinley Park	United States	Record snow depth	83.8 cm (33.0 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
New Delhi/Safdarjun	India	Record high maximum temperature	45.6 C (114.1 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Norfolk 2 SW	United States	Record high minimum temperature	15.6 C (60.1 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Woodland	United States	Record high minimum temperature	13.3 C (55.9 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Chittenden	United States	Record daily precipitation	50.8 mm (2.0 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Galveston Scholes Fld	United States	Record high maximum temperature	31.7 C (89.1 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Harrisburg Capital City AP	United States	Record high minimum temperature	20.0 C (68.0 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Coominya Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	43.0 mm (1.7 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Goloson Intl	Honduras	Record low minimum temperature	16.3 C (61.3 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Bucuresti-Baneasa	Romania	Record high minimum temperature	16.8 C (62.2 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Belfast	United States	Record high maximum temperature	28.9 C (84.0 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Woodland	United States	Record high maximum temperature	34.4 C (93.9 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Imlay	United States	Record high minimum temperature	14.4 C (57.9 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Berlin	United States	Record high minimum temperature	13.3 C (55.9 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Daly Waters AWS	Australia	Record high maximum temperature	36.8 C (98.2 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Tenterfield (Federation Park)	Australia	Record high maximum temperature	25.1 C (77.2 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Brassua Dam	United States	Record high minimum temperature	15.6 C (60.1 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Grand Lake Stream	United States	Record high maximum temperature	31.7 C (89.1 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

847 records

Records set or tied on 15 May 2022 by type: Highest daily maximum 427, Lowest daily maximum 22, Highest daily minimum 304, Lowest daily minimum 33, Heaviest daily rainfall 60, Deepest snow cover 1.

Records on 15 May 2022 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	427
Lowest daily maximum	22
Highest daily minimum	304
Lowest daily minimum	33
Heaviest daily rainfall	60
Heaviest daily snowfall	0
Deepest snow cover	1

Records on 15 May 2022 by timescale: all-time 0, monthly 13, daily 834.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

671 broken records

Margins by which the 671 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 305.0. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

15 May 2022

Top 20 records on 15 May 2022 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
15 May 2022	Cooch Behar, IN	daily rain	145.0 mm (5.7 in)	71.6 mm (2.8 in)	117 years	63 of 100 (Major)
15 May 2022	Zakatala, AZ	daily rain	99.1 mm (3.9 in)	55.3 mm (2.2 in)	84 years	61 of 100 (Major)
15 May 2022	Brookville, US	daily rain	71.1 mm (2.8 in)	38.3 mm (1.5 in)	55 years	58 of 100 (Notable)
15 May 2022	Rutland, US	daily rain	60.2 mm (2.4 in)	13.5 mm (0.5 in)	84 years	52 of 100 (Notable)
15 May 2022	Gardiner, US	daily high max	31.7 C (89.1 F)	3.9 C (7.0 F)	121 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
15 May 2022	Brassua Dam, US	monthly high max	31.7 C (89.1 F)	0.6 C (1.1 F)	89 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
15 May 2022	Blue Hill Coop, US	daily high min	16.7 C (62.1 F)	2.3 C (4.1 F)	125 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
15 May 2022	Cuero, US	daily high max	38.3 C (100.9 F)	2.2 C (4.0 F)	105 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
15 May 2022	Thunder Basin, US	daily rain	35.6 mm (1.4 in)	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	11 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
15 May 2022	Brockton, US	daily high min	18.3 C (64.9 F)	2.2 C (4.0 F)	125 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
15 May 2022	Ica, RU	daily high max	18.3 C (64.9 F)	4.2 C (7.6 F)	79 years	44 of 100 (Notable)
15 May 2022	Greenville Muni AP, US	daily high min	10.6 C (51.1 F)	2.3 C (4.1 F)	97 years	44 of 100 (Notable)
15 May 2022	Nashua 2 NNW, US	daily high min	17.8 C (64.0 F)	2.2 C (4.0 F)	131 years	44 of 100 (Notable)
15 May 2022	Cerro, US	daily high max	30.6 C (87.1 F)	2.8 C (5.0 F)	93 years	44 of 100 (Notable)
15 May 2022	Elgin Water, US	daily high min	17.2 C (63.0 F)	1.1 C (2.0 F)	105 years	42 of 100 (Notable)
15 May 2022	Colville, US	daily low max	11.7 C (53.1 F)	1.1 C (2.0 F)	119 years	42 of 100 (Notable)
15 May 2022	Massena Intl AP, US	daily rain	38.1 mm (1.5 in)	11.7 mm (0.5 in)	64 years	42 of 100 (Notable)
15 May 2022	Col du Grand St-Bernard, CH	daily high max	11.3 C (52.3 F)	0.6 C (1.1 F)	141 years	41 of 100 (Notable)
15 May 2022	Storrs, US	daily high min	16.7 C (62.1 F)	0.6 C (1.1 F)	121 years	41 of 100 (Notable)
15 May 2022	Beeville 5 NE, US	daily high max	35.6 C (96.1 F)	0.6 C (1.1 F)	105 years	41 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

1820 to 2022

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1820 to 2022. 2022 had 847 records.

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

Records on 05-15 in each year
Year	Records
1820	1
1825	1
1831	1
1832	1
1837	2
1845	1
1847	2
1848	1
1855	2
1857	2
1859	1
1862	1
1863	1
1865	1
1866	2
1867	1
1868	2
1870	1
1871	3
1874	2
1876	4
1878	1
1879	2
1881	1
1883	1
1885	1
1886	2
1888	3
1891	3
1893	5
1894	2
1895	4
1896	2
1897	4
1898	3
1899	9
1900	9
1901	2
1902	9
1903	4
1904	13
1905	16
1906	10
1907	27
1908	25
1909	89
1910	27
1911	27
1912	26
1913	60
1914	16
1915	236
1916	27
1917	80
1918	133
1919	25
1920	58
1921	92
1922	30
1923	125
1924	174
1925	100
1926	161
1927	191
1928	144
1929	161
1930	136
1931	459
1932	368
1933	439
1934	227
1935	288
1936	372
1937	373
1938	393
1939	351
1940	179
1941	454
1942	701
1943	568
1944	630
1945	588
1946	238
1947	334
1948	264
1949	363
1950	260
1951	736
1952	476
1953	426
1954	355
1955	538
1956	466
1957	521
1958	605
1959	764
1960	291
1961	508
1962	1,128
1963	782
1964	347
1965	320
1966	389
1967	609
1968	1,019
1969	790
1970	512
1971	351
1972	484
1973	818
1974	1,230
1975	372
1976	803
1977	1,186
1978	922
1979	404
1980	625
1981	586
1982	500
1983	1,215
1984	1,059
1985	649
1986	679
1987	1,073
1988	643
1989	552
1990	776
1991	1,179
1992	944
1993	784
1994	910
1995	1,750
1996	1,452
1997	1,175
1998	1,641
1999	810
2000	850
2001	1,280
2002	801
2003	1,023
2004	1,046
2005	767
2006	955
2007	949
2008	995
2009	675
2010	1,088
2011	1,298
2012	751
2013	1,081
2014	1,411
2015	717
2016	890
2017	435
2018	1,074
2019	627
2020	472
2021	412
2022	847
2023	566
2024	596
2025	801
2026	481

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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	668
50 to 100	2
100 to 150	0
150 to 200	0
200 to 250	0
250 to 300	0
300 to 350	1