Weather Records on 22 August 2022

781 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 22 August 2022. Highest significance: Winnsboro 5 NNE, US.

Key Facts for 22 August 2022

On 22 August 2022, 781 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
447 were record highs and 134 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 3 were all-time records, 16 monthly and 762 daily.
Winnsboro 5 NNE set a monthly record daily precipitation of 146.8 mm (5.8 in) on 22 August 2022.
Across 167 earlier years (1802 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 435 records.

Record Map

781 stations

781 station records on 22 August 2022 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 22 August 2022: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Winnsboro 5 NNE	United States	Record daily precipitation	146.8 mm (5.8 in)	74 of 100 (Major)
Snyder	United States	Record daily precipitation	80.0 mm (3.1 in)	72 of 100 (Major)
Dallas FAA AP	United States	Record daily precipitation	161.3 mm (6.4 in)	69 of 100 (Major)
Ft Worth Wsfo	United States	Record daily precipitation	145.5 mm (5.7 in)	68 of 100 (Major)
Antlers	United States	Record daily precipitation	87.6 mm (3.4 in)	66 of 100 (Major)
Calhoun 2 N	United States	Record daily precipitation	91.7 mm (3.6 in)	64 of 100 (Major)
Grapevine Dam	United States	Record daily precipitation	89.4 mm (3.5 in)	61 of 100 (Major)
Paducah 7E	United States	Record daily precipitation	97.8 mm (3.9 in)	61 of 100 (Major)
Mt Vernon	United States	Record daily precipitation	130.0 mm (5.1 in)	60 of 100 (Major)
Monroe Rgnl AP	United States	Record daily precipitation	66.5 mm (2.6 in)	59 of 100 (Notable)
Selinsgrove 2 S	United States	Record daily precipitation	49.5 mm (1.9 in)	58 of 100 (Notable)
Kota Aerodrome	India	Record daily precipitation	224.0 mm (8.8 in)	57 of 100 (Notable)
Sulphur Springs	United States	Record daily precipitation	64.3 mm (2.5 in)	57 of 100 (Notable)
Tg Jiu	Romania	Record daily precipitation	61.4 mm (2.4 in)	56 of 100 (Notable)
Hachita 1W	United States	Record low maximum temperature	22.2 C (72.0 F)	56 of 100 (Notable)
Williamsburg	United States	Record daily precipitation	72.9 mm (2.9 in)	56 of 100 (Notable)
Burleson	United States	Record daily precipitation	235.7 mm (9.3 in)	55 of 100 (Notable)
Dal-Ftw Wscmo AP	United States	Record daily precipitation	143.8 mm (5.7 in)	55 of 100 (Notable)
Camden	United States	Record daily precipitation	82.8 mm (3.3 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Meadows of Dan 5 SW	United States	Record daily precipitation	85.1 mm (3.4 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Texarkana Webb Fld	United States	Record daily precipitation	74.2 mm (2.9 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Cooper	United States	Record daily precipitation	64.3 mm (2.5 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Sinton	United States	Record daily precipitation	99.6 mm (3.9 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Springfield Wtp	United States	Record daily precipitation	86.4 mm (3.4 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Lake Fk Rsvr	United States	Record daily precipitation	82.0 mm (3.2 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Weatherford	United States	Record daily precipitation	69.9 mm (2.8 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Ashdown 4 SSE	United States	Record daily precipitation	50.8 mm (2.0 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Acmetonia Lock 3	United States	Record daily precipitation	43.9 mm (1.7 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Bowie	United States	Record daily precipitation	81.3 mm (3.2 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Arcadia	United States	Record daily precipitation	112.8 mm (4.4 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
McGee Creek Dam	United States	Record daily precipitation	75.9 mm (3.0 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Ft Worth NAS	United States	Record daily precipitation	93.5 mm (3.7 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Vardoe	Norway	Record high minimum temperature	13.6 C (56.5 F)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Haskell	United States	Record daily precipitation	50.0 mm (2.0 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Rosser	United States	Record daily precipitation	126.5 mm (5.0 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Shreveport	United States	Record daily precipitation	112.0 mm (4.4 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Inverloch	Australia	Record daily precipitation	30.0 mm (1.2 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Ebensburg Sewage Plt	United States	Record daily precipitation	65.0 mm (2.6 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Lewistown	United States	Record daily precipitation	64.3 mm (2.5 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Tyler Pounds Fld	United States	Record low maximum temperature	26.1 C (79.0 F)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Prince Gallitzin Sp	United States	Record daily precipitation	88.4 mm (3.5 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Honey Grove	United States	Record daily precipitation	72.6 mm (2.9 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Tyler Pounds Fld	United States	Record daily precipitation	59.7 mm (2.4 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Vardo	Norway	Record high minimum temperature	13.6 C (56.5 F)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Emsworth L/D Ohio Rvr	United States	Record daily precipitation	47.5 mm (1.9 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Union City Filtration Plt	United States	Record daily precipitation	63.2 mm (2.5 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Bonham 3NNE	United States	Record low maximum temperature	25.0 C (77.0 F)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Jefferson	United States	Record daily precipitation	94.0 mm (3.7 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Lake Kemp	United States	Record daily precipitation	63.2 mm (2.5 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Paducah 15S	United States	Record daily precipitation	57.2 mm (2.3 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Sherman	United States	Record low maximum temperature	25.0 C (77.0 F)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Sagar	India	Record daily precipitation	174.0 mm (6.9 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Eden	United States	Record daily precipitation	71.1 mm (2.8 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Austin-Camp Mabry	United States	Record daily precipitation	94.7 mm (3.7 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Alamosa-Bergman Fld	United States	Record daily precipitation	40.6 mm (1.6 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Wallace 2 E	United States	Record daily precipitation	77.5 mm (3.1 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Paradise	United States	Record low maximum temperature	22.2 C (72.0 F)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Landsburg	United States	Record high maximum temperature	33.3 C (91.9 F)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Ft Worth Meacham Fld	United States	Record low maximum temperature	26.1 C (79.0 F)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Conchas Dam	United States	Record low maximum temperature	19.4 C (66.9 F)	40 of 100 (Notable)

Counts by Type and Timescale

781 records

Records set or tied on 22 August 2022 by type: Highest daily maximum 140, Lowest daily maximum 97, Highest daily minimum 307, Lowest daily minimum 37, Heaviest daily rainfall 200.

Records on 22 August 2022 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	140
Lowest daily maximum	97
Highest daily minimum	307
Lowest daily minimum	37
Heaviest daily rainfall	200
Heaviest daily snowfall	0
Deepest snow cover	0

Records on 22 August 2022 by timescale: all-time 3, monthly 16, daily 762.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

622 broken records

Margins by which the 622 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 121.7. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

22 August 2022

Top 20 records on 22 August 2022 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
22 August 2022	Winnsboro 5 NNE, US	monthly rain	146.8 mm (5.8 in)	60.9 mm (2.4 in)	66 years	74 of 100 (Major)
22 August 2022	Snyder, US	daily rain	80.0 mm (3.1 in)	52.3 mm (2.1 in)	101 years	72 of 100 (Major)
22 August 2022	Dallas FAA AP, US	daily rain	161.3 mm (6.4 in)	121.7 mm (4.8 in)	71 years	69 of 100 (Major)
22 August 2022	Ft Worth Wsfo, US	daily rain	145.5 mm (5.7 in)	104.9 mm (4.1 in)	72 years	68 of 100 (Major)
22 August 2022	Antlers, US	daily rain	87.6 mm (3.4 in)	58.4 mm (2.3 in)	80 years	66 of 100 (Major)
22 August 2022	Calhoun 2 N, US	daily rain	91.7 mm (3.6 in)	53.1 mm (2.1 in)	71 years	64 of 100 (Major)
22 August 2022	Grapevine Dam, US	daily rain	89.4 mm (3.5 in)	43.4 mm (1.7 in)	72 years	61 of 100 (Major)
22 August 2022	Paducah 7E, US	daily rain	97.8 mm (3.9 in)	66.0 mm (2.6 in)	49 years	61 of 100 (Major)
22 August 2022	Mt Vernon, US	daily rain	130.0 mm (5.1 in)	109.2 mm (4.3 in)	52 years	60 of 100 (Major)
22 August 2022	Monroe Rgnl AP, US	daily rain	66.5 mm (2.6 in)	46.9 mm (1.8 in)	60 years	59 of 100 (Notable)
22 August 2022	Selinsgrove 2 S, US	daily rain	49.5 mm (1.9 in)	22.8 mm (0.9 in)	107 years	58 of 100 (Notable)
22 August 2022	Kota Aerodrome, IN	all-time rain	224.0 mm (8.8 in)	43.9 mm (1.7 in)	43 years	57 of 100 (Notable)
22 August 2022	Sulphur Springs, US	daily rain	64.3 mm (2.5 in)	36.6 mm (1.4 in)	87 years	57 of 100 (Notable)
22 August 2022	Tg Jiu, RO	daily rain	61.4 mm (2.4 in)	29.9 mm (1.2 in)	64 years	56 of 100 (Notable)
22 August 2022	Hachita 1W, US	daily low max	22.2 C (72.0 F)	4.5 C (8.1 F)	101 years	56 of 100 (Notable)
22 August 2022	Williamsburg, US	daily rain	72.9 mm (2.9 in)	38.9 mm (1.5 in)	56 years	56 of 100 (Notable)
22 August 2022	Burleson, US	all-time rain	235.7 mm (9.3 in)	37.8 mm (1.5 in)	33 years	55 of 100 (Notable)
22 August 2022	Dal-Ftw Wscmo AP, US	monthly rain	143.8 mm (5.7 in)	40.9 mm (1.6 in)	45 years	55 of 100 (Notable)
22 August 2022	Camden, US	daily rain	82.8 mm (3.3 in)	35.8 mm (1.4 in)	57 years	53 of 100 (Notable)
22 August 2022	Meadows of Dan 5 SW, US	daily rain	85.1 mm (3.4 in)	52.1 mm (2.1 in)	55 years	52 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

1802 to 2022

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1802 to 2022. 2022 had 781 records.

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

Records on 08-22 in each year
Year	Records
1802	2
1803	1
1805	1
1812	1
1816	1
1835	1
1839	2
1843	1
1846	2
1849	1
1850	1
1853	1
1857	1
1863	1
1864	1
1867	1
1868	1
1869	1
1870	4
1872	1
1875	1
1876	3
1877	3
1878	2
1882	1
1883	1
1884	1
1885	1
1886	1
1887	2
1888	2
1889	3
1891	2
1892	6
1893	3
1894	7
1895	6
1896	2
1897	4
1898	6
1899	5
1900	1
1901	5
1902	6
1903	3
1904	8
1905	7
1906	24
1907	7
1908	29
1909	5
1910	19
1911	20
1912	39
1913	30
1914	18
1915	31
1916	75
1917	47
1918	85
1919	18
1920	60
1921	64
1922	44
1923	279
1924	148
1925	219
1926	144
1927	154
1928	134
1929	240
1930	276
1931	388
1932	222
1933	367
1934	234
1935	337
1936	954
1937	421
1938	501
1939	517
1940	503
1941	249
1942	500
1943	517
1944	526
1945	475
1946	410
1947	1,034
1948	297
1949	570
1950	460
1951	452
1952	372
1953	348
1954	466
1955	553
1956	785
1957	371
1958	511
1959	547
1960	612
1961	562
1962	329
1963	419
1964	686
1965	423
1966	830
1967	404
1968	1,091
1969	727
1970	368
1971	1,021
1972	436
1973	611
1974	628
1975	597
1976	722
1977	655
1978	529
1979	547
1980	640
1981	795
1982	912
1983	1,366
1984	739
1985	793
1986	1,073
1987	801
1988	1,133
1989	753
1990	808
1991	808
1992	994
1993	845
1994	803
1995	1,002
1996	942
1997	1,381
1998	1,016
1999	756
2000	867
2001	940
2002	1,385
2003	1,550
2004	1,029
2005	887
2006	832
2007	1,801
2008	869
2009	1,347
2010	1,397
2011	1,255
2012	831
2013	450
2014	911
2015	529
2016	730
2017	537
2018	752
2019	558
2020	1,041
2021	683
2022	781
2023	1,525
2024	803
2025	1,359
2026	992

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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	557
20 to 40	37
40 to 60	19
60 to 80	6
80 to 100	0
100 to 120	2
120 to 140	1