Weather Records on 17 May 2022

479 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 17 May 2022. Highest significance: Maraza, AZ.

Key Facts for 17 May 2022

On 17 May 2022, 479 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
360 were record highs and 74 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 0 were all-time records, 4 monthly and 475 daily.
Maraza set a daily record precipitation of 99.6 mm (3.9 in) on 17 May 2022.
Across 167 earlier years (1802 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 434 records.

Record Map

479 stations

479 station records on 17 May 2022 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 17 May 2022: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Maraza	Azerbaijan	Record daily precipitation	99.6 mm (3.9 in)	64 of 100 (Major)
Purnea	India	Record daily precipitation	87.1 mm (3.4 in)	61 of 100 (Major)
Mount Florance	Australia	Record daily precipitation	31.0 mm (1.2 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Sultan Ismail Petra	Malaysia	Record daily precipitation	63.2 mm (2.5 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Randolph	United States	Record high maximum temperature	27.8 C (82.0 F)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Laurel	United States	Record high maximum temperature	34.4 C (93.9 F)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Cerro	United States	Record high maximum temperature	29.4 C (84.9 F)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Black Rock	United States	Record high maximum temperature	34.4 C (93.9 F)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Loa	United States	Record high maximum temperature	30.0 C (86.0 F)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Green Rvr	United States	Record high maximum temperature	30.6 C (87.1 F)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Luling	United States	Record high maximum temperature	36.7 C (98.1 F)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Coolawanyah	Australia	Record daily precipitation	25.0 mm (1.0 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Pannawonica	Australia	Record daily precipitation	37.6 mm (1.5 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Ilyinskiy	Russia	Record low minimum temperature	-5.4 C (22.3 F)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Kemmerer 2N	United States	Record high maximum temperature	27.2 C (81.0 F)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Montelimar	France	Record high maximum temperature	32.9 C (91.2 F)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Manston	United Kingdom	Record high minimum temperature	12.9 C (55.2 F)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Caen-Carpiquet	France	Record high maximum temperature	28.7 C (83.7 F)	34 of 100 (Routine)
McCamey	United States	Record high minimum temperature	23.9 C (75.0 F)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Millstream	Australia	Record daily precipitation	29.4 mm (1.2 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Guangzhou	China	Record low minimum temperature	14.5 C (58.1 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Rennes-St Jacques	France	Record high maximum temperature	30.0 C (86.0 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Minicoy Obsy	India	Record daily precipitation	79.0 mm (3.1 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Wink FAA AP	United States	Record high minimum temperature	25.6 C (78.1 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Dengqen	China	Record daily precipitation	31.2 mm (1.2 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Key West NAS	United States	Record high maximum temperature	33.3 C (91.9 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
New Roads 5 NE	United States	Record high maximum temperature	34.4 C (93.9 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Gaoua	Burkina Faso	Record high maximum temperature	39.0 C (102.2 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Karratha Aero	Australia	Record daily precipitation	36.4 mm (1.4 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Qu Xian	China	Record low minimum temperature	11.3 C (52.3 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Nancheng	China	Record low minimum temperature	12.9 C (55.2 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Valley	United Kingdom	Record high minimum temperature	12.5 C (54.5 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Mtn Dell Dam	United States	Record high minimum temperature	11.7 C (53.1 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Peru	United States	Record daily precipitation	58.2 mm (2.3 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
El Paso Intl AP	United States	Record high minimum temperature	24.4 C (75.9 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Reykjavik	Iceland	Record high minimum temperature	9.7 C (49.5 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Mangalore/Bajpe	India	Record daily precipitation	92.7 mm (3.6 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Sakon Nakhon	Thailand	Record low minimum temperature	21.4 C (70.5 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Cuba	United States	Record high maximum temperature	28.9 C (84.0 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Balmorhea	United States	Record high minimum temperature	23.9 C (75.0 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Scofield Dam	United States	Record high maximum temperature	23.3 C (73.9 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Clinton-Sherman AP	United States	Record high minimum temperature	21.7 C (71.1 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Fuzhou	China	Record low minimum temperature	11.6 C (52.9 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Tazovskoe	Russia	Record high maximum temperature	16.5 C (61.7 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Omolon	Russia	Record high minimum temperature	3.0 C (37.4 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)
George Airport	South Africa	Record high minimum temperature	20.7 C (69.3 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Silverton	United States	Record high maximum temperature	22.2 C (72.0 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Topeka Forbes Fld	United States	Record daily precipitation	25.1 mm (1.0 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Yalleen	Australia	Record daily precipitation	27.0 mm (1.1 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Lady Elliot Island	Australia	Record high minimum temperature	23.9 C (75.0 F)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Nanchong	China	Record low minimum temperature	14.7 C (58.5 F)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Embrun	France	Record high maximum temperature	27.7 C (81.9 F)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Markovo	Russia	Record high minimum temperature	3.6 C (38.5 F)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Aztec Ruins Nm	United States	Record high maximum temperature	32.8 C (91.0 F)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Llano	United States	Record high maximum temperature	37.8 C (100.0 F)	27 of 100 (Routine)
El Centro Naf	United States	Record high minimum temperature	24.4 C (75.9 F)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Villa Dolores	Argentina	Record low minimum temperature	-0.6 C (30.9 F)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Jian	China	Record low minimum temperature	14.2 C (57.6 F)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Heyuan	China	Record low minimum temperature	15.5 C (59.9 F)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Puerto Montt	Chile	Record low minimum temperature	-1.4 C (29.5 F)	26 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

479 records

Records set or tied on 17 May 2022 by type: Highest daily maximum 218, Lowest daily maximum 20, Highest daily minimum 142, Lowest daily minimum 54, Heaviest daily rainfall 44, Deepest snow cover 1.

Records on 17 May 2022 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	218
Lowest daily maximum	20
Highest daily minimum	142
Lowest daily minimum	54
Heaviest daily rainfall	44
Heaviest daily snowfall	0
Deepest snow cover	1

Records on 17 May 2022 by timescale: all-time 0, monthly 4, daily 475.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

363 broken records

Margins by which the 363 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 87.5. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

17 May 2022

Top 20 records on 17 May 2022 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
17 May 2022	Maraza, AZ	daily rain	99.6 mm (3.9 in)	87.5 mm (3.4 in)	61 years	64 of 100 (Major)
17 May 2022	Purnea, IN	daily rain	87.1 mm (3.4 in)	40.9 mm (1.6 in)	115 years	61 of 100 (Major)
17 May 2022	Mount Florance, AU	daily rain	31.0 mm (1.2 in)	14.5 mm (0.6 in)	80 years	43 of 100 (Notable)
17 May 2022	Sultan Ismail Petra, MY	daily rain	63.2 mm (2.5 in)	32.2 mm (1.3 in)	37 years	42 of 100 (Notable)
17 May 2022	Randolph, US	daily high max	27.8 C (82.0 F)	1.7 C (3.1 F)	128 years	42 of 100 (Notable)
17 May 2022	Laurel, US	daily high max	34.4 C (93.9 F)	0.5 C (0.9 F)	111 years	41 of 100 (Notable)
17 May 2022	Cerro, US	daily high max	29.4 C (84.9 F)	1.1 C (2.0 F)	93 years	40 of 100 (Notable)
17 May 2022	Black Rock, US	daily high max	34.4 C (93.9 F)	1.6 C (2.9 F)	95 years	40 of 100 (Notable)
17 May 2022	Loa, US	daily high max	30.0 C (86.0 F)	1.1 C (2.0 F)	95 years	40 of 100 (Notable)
17 May 2022	Green Rvr, US	daily high max	30.6 C (87.1 F)	0.6 C (1.1 F)	95 years	39 of 100 (Notable)
17 May 2022	Luling, US	daily high max	36.7 C (98.1 F)	0.6 C (1.1 F)	88 years	37 of 100 (Notable)
17 May 2022	Coolawanyah, AU	daily rain	25.0 mm (1.0 in)	9.3 mm (0.37 in)	67 years	36 of 100 (Notable)
17 May 2022	Pannawonica, AU	daily rain	37.6 mm (1.5 in)	26.0 mm (1.0 in)	37 years	36 of 100 (Notable)
17 May 2022	Ilyinskiy, RU	daily low min	-5.4 C (22.3 F)	4.0 C (7.2 F)	49 years	36 of 100 (Notable)
17 May 2022	Kemmerer 2N, US	daily high max	27.2 C (81.0 F)	1.1 C (2.0 F)	84 years	36 of 100 (Notable)
17 May 2022	Montelimar, FR	daily high max	32.9 C (91.2 F)	0.9 C (1.6 F)	76 years	35 of 100 (Notable)
17 May 2022	Manston, GB	daily high min	12.9 C (55.2 F)	0.7 C (1.3 F)	85 years	35 of 100 (Notable)
17 May 2022	Caen-Carpiquet, FR	daily high max	28.7 C (83.7 F)	2.1 C (3.8 F)	73 years	34 of 100 (Routine)
17 May 2022	McCamey, US	daily high min	23.9 C (75.0 F)	1.1 C (2.0 F)	79 years	34 of 100 (Routine)
17 May 2022	Millstream, AU	daily rain	29.4 mm (1.2 in)	8.6 mm (0.34 in)	60 years	33 of 100 (Routine)

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

1802 to 2022

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1802 to 2022. 2022 had 479 records.

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

Records on 05-17 in each year
Year	Records
1802	2
1803	1
1808	1
1816	1
1834	1
1837	1
1839	1
1847	2
1848	1
1851	1
1853	1
1855	1
1858	1
1859	1
1861	2
1862	2
1863	2
1864	1
1871	2
1872	2
1873	2
1874	4
1877	1
1878	1
1879	2
1880	1
1881	1
1882	2
1883	3
1885	1
1887	1
1888	2
1889	3
1891	8
1892	4
1893	3
1895	8
1896	2
1897	3
1898	6
1899	7
1900	12
1901	2
1902	3
1903	9
1904	12
1905	10
1906	22
1907	10
1908	5
1909	33
1910	16
1911	30
1912	16
1913	24
1914	24
1915	53
1916	49
1917	18
1918	56
1919	35
1920	46
1921	50
1922	30
1923	95
1924	80
1925	326
1926	133
1927	264
1928	127
1929	168
1930	421
1931	201
1932	288
1933	365
1934	373
1935	341
1936	270
1937	183
1938	340
1939	285
1940	338
1941	408
1942	589
1943	855
1944	521
1945	799
1946	586
1947	249
1948	412
1949	544
1950	371
1951	373
1952	777
1953	441
1954	298
1955	570
1956	1,166
1957	469
1958	331
1959	488
1960	402
1961	291
1962	1,325
1963	368
1964	417
1965	462
1966	489
1967	644
1968	564
1969	638
1970	711
1971	723
1972	610
1973	1,016
1974	1,302
1975	365
1976	426
1977	1,078
1978	872
1979	459
1980	768
1981	940
1982	476
1983	1,326
1984	925
1985	561
1986	921
1987	1,054
1988	1,096
1989	1,307
1990	1,135
1991	1,237
1992	1,025
1993	495
1994	858
1995	1,734
1996	1,706
1997	1,619
1998	1,080
1999	795
2000	825
2001	960
2002	964
2003	1,127
2004	769
2005	784
2006	1,522
2007	742
2008	1,309
2009	1,050
2010	880
2011	1,483
2012	711
2013	739
2014	1,062
2015	824
2016	741
2017	1,302
2018	726
2019	686
2020	496
2021	443
2022	479
2023	385
2024	566
2025	928
2026	745

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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 20	352
20 to 40	6
40 to 60	4
60 to 80	0
80 to 100	1