Weather Records on 21 May 2022

1,512 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 21 May 2022. Highest significance: Magnitogorsk, RU.

Key Facts for 21 May 2022

On 21 May 2022, 1,512 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
754 were record highs and 538 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 2 were all-time records, 70 monthly and 1,440 daily.
Magnitogorsk set a daily record precipitation of 30.0 mm (1.2 in) on 21 May 2022.
Across 156 earlier years (1793 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 454 records.

Record Map

1,512 stations

1,512 station records on 21 May 2022 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 21 May 2022: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Magnitogorsk	Russia	Record daily precipitation	30.0 mm (1.2 in)	72 of 100 (Major)
Columbia UNIV of Sc	United States	Record daily precipitation	75.7 mm (3.0 in)	66 of 100 (Major)
Mae Sot	Thailand	Record daily precipitation	213.1 mm (8.4 in)	65 of 100 (Major)
Chiang Mai	Thailand	Record daily precipitation	107.7 mm (4.2 in)	62 of 100 (Major)
Buena Vista 2S	United States	Record snow depth	22.9 cm (9.0 in)	62 of 100 (Major)
Canon City	United States	Record snow depth	22.9 cm (9.0 in)	62 of 100 (Major)
Westcliffe	United States	Record daily snowfall	33.0 cm (13.0 in)	61 of 100 (Major)
Aneityum	Vanuatu	Record daily precipitation	252.0 mm (9.9 in)	59 of 100 (Notable)
Walsenburg 1 NW	United States	Record snow depth	27.9 cm (11.0 in)	56 of 100 (Notable)
Shoals 8 S	United States	Record high minimum temperature	24.4 C (75.9 F)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Breckenridge	United States	Record daily snowfall	47.2 cm (18.6 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Kremmling	United States	Record daily snowfall	11.4 cm (4.5 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Purnea	India	Record daily precipitation	62.0 mm (2.4 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Georgetown	United States	Record daily snowfall	28.7 cm (11.3 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Chiang Rai	Thailand	Record daily precipitation	105.2 mm (4.1 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Dillon 1 E	United States	Record low maximum temperature	-2.2 C (28.0 F)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Steamboat Springs	United States	Record low maximum temperature	3.3 C (37.9 F)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Monto Township	Australia	Record daily precipitation	43.0 mm (1.7 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Bailey	United States	Record daily precipitation	36.8 mm (1.4 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Buena Vista 2S	United States	Record daily snowfall	22.9 cm (9.0 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Cheesman	United States	Record snow depth	25.4 cm (10.0 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Tacony 13 SE	United States	Record daily snowfall	11.4 cm (4.5 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Inverness 3 SE	United States	Record daily precipitation	118.1 mm (4.6 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Union City	United States	Record daily precipitation	64.8 mm (2.6 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Col du Grand St-Bernard	Switzerland	Record high minimum temperature	8.6 C (47.5 F)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Sivas	Turkey	Record low minimum temperature	-3.9 C (25.0 F)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Cochetopa Creek	United States	Record snow depth	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Westcliffe	United States	Record snow depth	20.3 cm (8.0 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Samburg Wr	United States	Record high minimum temperature	23.9 C (75.0 F)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Kahuku 912	United States	Record high maximum temperature	30.0 C (86.0 F)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Trinidad	United States	Record low maximum temperature	4.4 C (39.9 F)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Cross Village 1E	United States	Record daily precipitation	28.7 mm (1.1 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Winnsboro	United States	Record high minimum temperature	23.9 C (75.0 F)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Cochetopa Creek	United States	Record daily snowfall	11.7 cm (4.6 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Shoshone	United States	Record low maximum temperature	5.0 C (41.0 F)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Hemlock	United States	Record high minimum temperature	20.6 C (69.1 F)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Ibapah	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-8.3 C (17.1 F)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Simao	China	Record daily precipitation	47.0 mm (1.9 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Lugano	Switzerland	Record high minimum temperature	17.8 C (64.0 F)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Hardy	United States	Record high minimum temperature	21.7 C (71.1 F)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Mtn Home 1 NNW	United States	Record high minimum temperature	21.7 C (71.1 F)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Kassler	United States	Record snow depth	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Palisade	United States	Record low maximum temperature	12.2 C (54.0 F)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Mt Sterling	United States	Record high minimum temperature	20.0 C (68.0 F)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Belhaven 1 SE	United States	Record high minimum temperature	23.9 C (75.0 F)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Randolph	United States	Record low maximum temperature	6.7 C (44.1 F)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Minmore	Australia	Record daily precipitation	38.0 mm (1.5 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Lyon - St Exupery	France	Record high maximum temperature	30.5 C (86.9 F)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Zagreb-Gric	Croatia	Record high maximum temperature	30.9 C (87.6 F)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Cheesman	United States	Record daily precipitation	32.0 mm (1.3 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Walsenburg 1 NW	United States	Record daily snowfall	28.7 cm (11.3 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Yampa	United States	Record snow depth	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Raleigh State UNIV	United States	Record high maximum temperature	35.0 C (95.0 F)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Wauseon Wtp	United States	Record high minimum temperature	19.4 C (66.9 F)	42 of 100 (Notable)
E Stroudsburg	United States	Record high minimum temperature	17.8 C (64.0 F)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Lead	United States	Record low maximum temperature	1.7 C (35.1 F)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Vinh	Vietnam	Record daily precipitation	115.3 mm (4.5 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Gladstone Radar	Australia	Record daily precipitation	53.2 mm (2.1 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Newport	United States	Record high minimum temperature	22.8 C (73.0 F)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Climax	United States	Record daily snowfall	46.5 cm (18.3 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)

Counts by Type and Timescale

1,512 records

Records set or tied on 21 May 2022 by type: Highest daily maximum 283, Lowest daily maximum 207, Highest daily minimum 471, Lowest daily minimum 331, Heaviest daily rainfall 135, Heaviest daily snowfall 43, Deepest snow cover 42.

Records on 21 May 2022 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	283
Lowest daily maximum	207
Highest daily minimum	471
Lowest daily minimum	331
Heaviest daily rainfall	135
Heaviest daily snowfall	43
Deepest snow cover	42

Records on 21 May 2022 by timescale: all-time 2, monthly 70, daily 1,440.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

1,187 broken records

Margins by which the 1,187 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 279.0. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

21 May 2022

Top 20 records on 21 May 2022 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
21 May 2022	Magnitogorsk, RU	daily rain	30.0 mm (1.2 in)	20.6 mm (0.8 in)	80 years	72 of 100 (Major)
21 May 2022	Columbia UNIV of Sc, US	daily rain	75.7 mm (3.0 in)	41.2 mm (1.6 in)	80 years	66 of 100 (Major)
21 May 2022	Mae Sot, TH	monthly rain	213.1 mm (8.4 in)	81.0 mm (3.2 in)	28 years	65 of 100 (Major)
21 May 2022	Chiang Mai, TH	daily rain	107.7 mm (4.2 in)	56.8 mm (2.2 in)	61 years	62 of 100 (Major)
21 May 2022	Buena Vista 2S, US	daily snow depth	22.9 cm (9.0 in)	22.9 cm (9.0 in)	116 years	62 of 100 (Major)
21 May 2022	Canon City, US	daily snow depth	22.9 cm (9.0 in)	22.9 cm (9.0 in)	124 years	62 of 100 (Major)
21 May 2022	Westcliffe, US	daily snowfall	33.0 cm (13.0 in)	17.8 cm (7.0 in)	112 years	61 of 100 (Major)
21 May 2022	Aneityum, VU	monthly rain	252.0 mm (9.9 in)	122.0 mm (4.8 in)	8 years	59 of 100 (Notable)
21 May 2022	Walsenburg 1 NW, US	daily snow depth	27.9 cm (11.0 in)	27.9 cm (11.0 in)	72 years	56 of 100 (Notable)
21 May 2022	Shoals 8 S, US	monthly high min	24.4 C (75.9 F)	1.6 C (2.9 F)	105 years	53 of 100 (Notable)
21 May 2022	Breckenridge, US	monthly snowfall	47.2 cm (18.6 in)	1.5 cm (0.6 in)	126 years	52 of 100 (Notable)
21 May 2022	Kremmling, US	daily snowfall	11.4 cm (4.5 in)	6.3 cm (2.5 in)	112 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
21 May 2022	Purnea, IN	daily rain	62.0 mm (2.4 in)	34.6 mm (1.4 in)	73 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
21 May 2022	Georgetown, US	daily snowfall	28.7 cm (11.3 in)	17.3 cm (6.8 in)	63 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
21 May 2022	Chiang Rai, TH	daily rain	105.2 mm (4.1 in)	68.6 mm (2.7 in)	9 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
21 May 2022	Dillon 1 E, US	daily low max	-2.2 C (28.0 F)	5.0 C (9.0 F)	104 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
21 May 2022	Steamboat Springs, US	daily low max	3.3 C (37.9 F)	5.0 C (9.0 F)	104 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
21 May 2022	Monto Township, AU	daily rain	43.0 mm (1.7 in)	16.6 mm (0.7 in)	84 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
21 May 2022	Bailey, US	daily rain	36.8 mm (1.4 in)	10.6 mm (0.4 in)	81 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
21 May 2022	Buena Vista 2S, US	daily snowfall	22.9 cm (9.0 in)	7.7 cm (3.0 in)	112 years	48 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

1793 to 2022

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1793 to 2022. 2022 had 1,512 records.

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

Records on 05-21 in each year
Year	Records
1793	1
1795	1
1811	1
1837	2
1842	1
1847	2
1854	1
1857	1
1858	1
1865	1
1866	1
1870	2
1875	1
1876	1
1880	2
1882	1
1885	1
1886	2
1887	3
1889	5
1890	3
1891	6
1892	1
1893	1
1894	4
1895	4
1896	5
1897	2
1898	1
1899	5
1900	1
1901	3
1902	4
1903	26
1904	8
1905	7
1906	12
1907	36
1908	13
1909	13
1910	14
1911	87
1912	24
1913	13
1914	26
1915	24
1916	13
1917	76
1918	51
1919	170
1920	39
1921	158
1922	39
1923	125
1924	148
1925	250
1926	221
1927	207
1928	173
1929	247
1930	133
1931	488
1932	343
1933	290
1934	590
1935	190
1936	328
1937	227
1938	348
1939	355
1940	456
1941	525
1942	482
1943	463
1944	310
1945	515
1946	324
1947	485
1948	312
1949	593
1950	403
1951	271
1952	385
1953	501
1954	961
1955	507
1956	409
1957	709
1958	511
1959	684
1960	615
1961	306
1962	553
1963	598
1964	788
1965	238
1966	296
1967	1,022
1968	549
1969	832
1970	449
1971	536
1972	557
1973	493
1974	847
1975	1,160
1976	393
1977	756
1978	575
1979	787
1980	857
1981	1,550
1982	599
1983	1,106
1984	950
1985	610
1986	908
1987	1,242
1988	819
1989	671
1990	947
1991	1,065
1992	1,143
1993	1,197
1994	656
1995	749
1996	1,461
1997	953
1998	1,200
1999	544
2000	897
2001	1,187
2002	2,048
2003	807
2004	898
2005	1,020
2006	810
2007	894
2008	740
2009	1,315
2010	962
2011	959
2012	848
2013	884
2014	522
2015	956
2016	567
2017	780
2018	525
2019	1,668
2020	707
2021	1,131
2022	1,512
2023	794
2024	751
2025	776
2026	356

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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 2026-10-14 (14 October 2026). Records are computed by this site and are not official.

Data as of 2026-10-13. Last revised 13 October 2026 (2026-10-13).

Margin	Records
0 to 50	1,134
50 to 100	23
100 to 150	17
150 to 200	7
200 to 250	3
250 to 300	3