Weather Records on 22 May 1958

584 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 22 May 1958. Highest significance: Rosewood, AU.

Key Facts for 22 May 1958

On 22 May 1958, 584 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
326 were record highs and 68 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 0 were all-time records, 11 monthly and 573 daily.
Rosewood set a daily record precipitation of 50.3 mm (2.0 in) on 22 May 1958.
Across 160 earlier years (1806 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 445 records.

Record Map

584 stations

584 station records on 22 May 1958 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 22 May 1958: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Rosewood	Australia	Record daily precipitation	50.3 mm (2.0 in)	64 of 100 (Major)
Mornington Mills	Australia	Record daily precipitation	82.8 mm (3.3 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Luz (Estacao)	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	47.0 mm (1.9 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Deeside	Australia	Record daily precipitation	57.9 mm (2.3 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Donnybrook	Australia	Record daily precipitation	48.8 mm (1.9 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
McKenzie Rvr Rs	United States	Record daily precipitation	29.2 mm (1.1 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Bowelling	Australia	Record daily precipitation	51.8 mm (2.0 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Cherry Tree	Australia	Record daily precipitation	49.3 mm (1.9 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Broomehill	Australia	Record daily precipitation	39.4 mm (1.6 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Boyanup	Australia	Record daily precipitation	46.2 mm (1.8 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Katanning Comparison	Australia	Record daily precipitation	44.7 mm (1.8 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Lakin	United States	Record daily precipitation	33.0 mm (1.3 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Westbourne	Australia	Record daily precipitation	40.4 mm (1.6 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Masset Airport	Canada	Record high minimum temperature	13.9 C (57.0 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Napa State Hospital	United States	Record daily precipitation	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Boogardie	Australia	Record daily precipitation	31.5 mm (1.2 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Blackfoot Dam	United States	Record high maximum temperature	30.0 C (86.0 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Upper Sandusky	United States	Record daily precipitation	35.1 mm (1.4 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Balingup	Australia	Record daily precipitation	42.9 mm (1.7 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Glen Warren	Australia	Record daily precipitation	31.8 mm (1.3 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Duranillin	Australia	Record daily precipitation	43.9 mm (1.7 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Woodperry	Australia	Record daily precipitation	41.1 mm (1.6 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Enisejsk	Russia	Record high maximum temperature	26.3 C (79.3 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Casa Grande	United States	Record high minimum temperature	22.2 C (72.0 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Green Bay	United States	Record low minimum temperature	0.6 C (33.1 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Manjimup	Australia	Record daily precipitation	35.1 mm (1.4 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Mohall	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-3.9 C (25.0 F)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Chirelillup	Australia	Record daily precipitation	34.5 mm (1.4 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Gnowangerup	Australia	Record daily precipitation	40.4 mm (1.6 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Port Lincoln	Australia	Record high minimum temperature	17.2 C (63.0 F)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Brandon Cda	Canada	Record low minimum temperature	-2.8 C (27.0 F)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Everglades	United States	Record daily precipitation	79.2 mm (3.1 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Mount Narryer	Australia	Record daily precipitation	36.3 mm (1.4 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Walebing	Australia	Record high minimum temperature	16.7 C (62.1 F)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Boyup Brook	Australia	Record daily precipitation	30.5 mm (1.2 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Nannup	Australia	Record daily precipitation	34.5 mm (1.4 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Darkan	Australia	Record daily precipitation	42.4 mm (1.7 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Enisejsk	Russia	Record high minimum temperature	16.0 C (60.8 F)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Poronajsk	Russia	Record high minimum temperature	6.7 C (44.1 F)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Weaverville	United States	Record high minimum temperature	10.6 C (51.1 F)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Longmont 2 ESE	United States	Record high minimum temperature	12.2 C (54.0 F)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Harlingen	United States	Record low maximum temperature	25.6 C (78.1 F)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Cle Elum	United States	Record high maximum temperature	35.0 C (95.0 F)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Odessa	United States	Record high maximum temperature	35.6 C (96.1 F)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Kojonup	Australia	Record daily precipitation	27.7 mm (1.1 in)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Osceola	United States	Record high minimum temperature	17.8 C (64.0 F)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Coupeville 1 S	United States	Record high maximum temperature	27.8 C (82.0 F)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Davenport	United States	Record high maximum temperature	32.2 C (90.0 F)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Trinidad 2 SSE	United States	Record high maximum temperature	37.8 C (100.0 F)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Gayndah Post Office	Australia	Record high minimum temperature	17.8 C (64.0 F)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Birtle	Canada	Record low minimum temperature	-2.8 C (27.0 F)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Souris	Canada	Record low minimum temperature	-5.0 C (23.0 F)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Cuyamaca	United States	Record high minimum temperature	11.7 C (53.1 F)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Northport	United States	Record high maximum temperature	35.0 C (95.0 F)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Woodanilling	Australia	Record daily precipitation	38.9 mm (1.5 in)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Zwartmodder	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	26.5 mm (1.0 in)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Lugano	Switzerland	Record high minimum temperature	16.4 C (61.5 F)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Irwin 2 SE	United States	Record high minimum temperature	10.0 C (50.0 F)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Condon	United States	Record high maximum temperature	30.6 C (87.1 F)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Bangalup	Australia	Record daily precipitation	32.0 mm (1.3 in)	21 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

584 records

Records set or tied on 22 May 1958 by type: Highest daily maximum 176, Lowest daily maximum 23, Highest daily minimum 150, Lowest daily minimum 45, Heaviest daily rainfall 189, Heaviest daily snowfall 1.

Records on 22 May 1958 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	176
Lowest daily maximum	23
Highest daily minimum	150
Lowest daily minimum	45
Heaviest daily rainfall	189
Heaviest daily snowfall	1
Deepest snow cover	0

Records on 22 May 1958 by timescale: all-time 0, monthly 11, daily 573.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

458 broken records

Margins by which the 458 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 58.7. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

22 May 1958

Top 20 records on 22 May 1958 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
22 May 1958	Rosewood, AU	daily rain	50.3 mm (2.0 in)	50.3 mm (2.0 in)	62 years	64 of 100 (Major)
22 May 1958	Mornington Mills, AU	daily rain	82.8 mm (3.3 in)	58.7 mm (2.3 in)	24 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
22 May 1958	Luz (Estacao), BR	daily rain	47.0 mm (1.9 in)	26.7 mm (1.1 in)	55 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
22 May 1958	Deeside, AU	daily rain	57.9 mm (2.3 in)	35.0 mm (1.4 in)	4 years	42 of 100 (Notable)
22 May 1958	Donnybrook, AU	daily rain	48.8 mm (1.9 in)	28.5 mm (1.1 in)	48 years	41 of 100 (Notable)
22 May 1958	McKenzie Rvr Rs, US	daily rain	29.2 mm (1.1 in)	17.5 mm (0.7 in)	45 years	41 of 100 (Notable)
22 May 1958	Bowelling, AU	daily rain	51.8 mm (2.0 in)	31.7 mm (1.2 in)	24 years	40 of 100 (Notable)
22 May 1958	Cherry Tree, AU	monthly rain	49.3 mm (1.9 in)	12.7 mm (0.5 in)	17 years	38 of 100 (Notable)
22 May 1958	Broomehill, AU	daily rain	39.4 mm (1.6 in)	16.3 mm (0.6 in)	21 years	36 of 100 (Notable)
22 May 1958	Boyanup, AU	daily rain	46.2 mm (1.8 in)	25.1 mm (1.0 in)	24 years	32 of 100 (Routine)
22 May 1958	Katanning Comparison, AU	daily rain	44.7 mm (1.8 in)	14.5 mm (0.6 in)	24 years	32 of 100 (Routine)
22 May 1958	Lakin, US	daily rain	33.0 mm (1.3 in)	15.2 mm (0.6 in)	48 years	32 of 100 (Routine)
22 May 1958	Westbourne, AU	daily rain	40.4 mm (1.6 in)	17.5 mm (0.7 in)	24 years	31 of 100 (Routine)
22 May 1958	Masset Airport, CA	daily high min	13.9 C (57.0 F)	2.8 C (5.0 F)	51 years	31 of 100 (Routine)
22 May 1958	Napa State Hospital, US	daily rain	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	13.2 mm (0.5 in)	19 years	31 of 100 (Routine)
22 May 1958	Boogardie, AU	daily rain	31.5 mm (1.2 in)	12.7 mm (0.5 in)	36 years	30 of 100 (Routine)
22 May 1958	Blackfoot Dam, US	monthly high max	30.0 C (86.0 F)	0.6 C (1.1 F)	47 years	30 of 100 (Routine)
22 May 1958	Upper Sandusky, US	daily rain	35.1 mm (1.4 in)	9.7 mm (0.38 in)	48 years	30 of 100 (Routine)
22 May 1958	Balingup, AU	daily rain	42.9 mm (1.7 in)	24.9 mm (1.0 in)	24 years	29 of 100 (Routine)
22 May 1958	Glen Warren, AU	daily rain	31.8 mm (1.3 in)	17.1 mm (0.7 in)	31 years	29 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

1806 to 1958

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1806 to 1958. 1958 had 584 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 1958-05-22: 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 10	410
10 to 20	37
20 to 30	7
30 to 40	2
40 to 50	0
50 to 60	2