Weather Records on 18 May 2022

711 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 18 May 2022. Highest significance: Bangalore, IN.

Key Facts for 18 May 2022

On 18 May 2022, 711 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
547 were record highs and 67 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 0 were all-time records, 8 monthly and 703 daily.
Bangalore set a daily record precipitation of 114.6 mm (4.5 in) on 18 May 2022.
Across 164 earlier years (1796 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 441 records.

Record Map

711 stations

711 station records on 18 May 2022 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 18 May 2022: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Bangalore	India	Record daily precipitation	114.6 mm (4.5 in)	74 of 100 (Major)
Goychay	Azerbaijan	Record daily precipitation	99.1 mm (3.9 in)	73 of 100 (Major)
Idjevan	Armenia	Record daily precipitation	99.1 mm (3.9 in)	64 of 100 (Major)
Tangadee	Australia	Record daily precipitation	52.6 mm (2.1 in)	64 of 100 (Major)
Kazan	Russia	Record daily precipitation	27.9 mm (1.1 in)	63 of 100 (Major)
Yalleen	Australia	Record daily precipitation	61.0 mm (2.4 in)	61 of 100 (Major)
Kozhikode	India	Record daily precipitation	115.1 mm (4.5 in)	57 of 100 (Notable)
West Terschelling	Netherlands	Record daily precipitation	28.5 mm (1.1 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Council Grove Lake	United States	Record daily precipitation	73.7 mm (2.9 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Onslow Airport	Australia	Record daily precipitation	87.6 mm (3.4 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Rainbow Beach	Australia	Record daily precipitation	155.2 mm (6.1 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Formerum	Netherlands	Record daily precipitation	25.9 mm (1.0 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Mount Vernon	Australia	Record daily precipitation	42.0 mm (1.7 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Port Blair	India	Record daily precipitation	138.9 mm (5.5 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
San Sebastian - Igueldo	Spain	Record high maximum temperature	32.0 C (89.6 F)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Perry Lake	United States	Record daily precipitation	80.0 mm (3.1 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Hua Hin	Thailand	Record daily precipitation	52.1 mm (2.1 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Telfer Aero	Australia	Record daily precipitation	37.4 mm (1.5 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
White City	United States	Record daily precipitation	66.0 mm (2.6 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Bremen-Seefahrtschule	Germany	Record high maximum temperature	29.4 C (84.9 F)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Chornomorske	Ukraine	Record daily precipitation	26.9 mm (1.1 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Orly	France	Record high maximum temperature	28.9 C (84.0 F)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Hamburg Fuhlsbuettel	Germany	Record high maximum temperature	28.0 C (82.4 F)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Emporia 3 NW	United States	Record daily precipitation	69.9 mm (2.8 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Poitiers - Biard	France	Record high maximum temperature	30.6 C (87.1 F)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Hvar	Croatia	Record high minimum temperature	20.3 C (68.5 F)	41 of 100 (Notable)
West Souburg	Netherlands	Record high minimum temperature	15.9 C (60.6 F)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Sugarloaf Rsvr	United States	Record high maximum temperature	20.6 C (69.1 F)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Boerne	United States	Record high maximum temperature	36.7 C (98.1 F)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Laghouat	Algeria	Record high maximum temperature	37.4 C (99.3 F)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Perpignan	France	Record high maximum temperature	31.6 C (88.9 F)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Wakefield 4 W	United States	Record daily precipitation	68.6 mm (2.7 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Karratha Aero	Australia	Record daily precipitation	39.4 mm (1.6 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Dampier Salt	Australia	Record daily precipitation	40.0 mm (1.6 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Memphis	United States	Record high maximum temperature	38.9 C (102.0 F)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Mount Joseph	Australia	Record daily precipitation	28.8 mm (1.1 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Sherlock	Australia	Record daily precipitation	30.6 mm (1.2 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Shaoguan	China	Record low minimum temperature	14.6 C (58.3 F)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Breckenridge	United States	Record high minimum temperature	23.3 C (73.9 F)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Conroe	United States	Record high maximum temperature	35.6 C (96.1 F)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Bourges	France	Record high maximum temperature	30.7 C (87.3 F)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Canon City	United States	Record high maximum temperature	32.2 C (90.0 F)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Ndjamena	Chad	Record low maximum temperature	31.3 C (88.3 F)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Tura	Russia	Record high minimum temperature	7.5 C (45.5 F)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Herington	United States	Record daily precipitation	63.5 mm (2.5 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Luling	United States	Record high maximum temperature	38.3 C (100.9 F)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Kahuku 912	United States	Record high maximum temperature	31.7 C (89.1 F)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Warambie	Australia	Record daily precipitation	38.0 mm (1.5 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Ganzhou	China	Record low minimum temperature	14.0 C (57.2 F)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Guangzhou	China	Record low minimum temperature	17.0 C (62.6 F)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Kaiserslautern	Germany	Record high maximum temperature	30.2 C (86.4 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Schneifelforsthaus	Germany	Record high maximum temperature	26.4 C (79.5 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Kolonga	Australia	Record daily precipitation	57.0 mm (2.2 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Lille-Lesquin	France	Record high maximum temperature	27.1 C (80.8 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Olsdorf	Germany	Record high maximum temperature	29.5 C (85.1 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Trier-Zewen	Germany	Record high maximum temperature	30.6 C (87.1 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Gotnja	Russia	Record low minimum temperature	1.6 C (34.9 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Tuttle Creek Lake	United States	Record daily precipitation	48.3 mm (1.9 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Lihue WSO AP 1020.1	United States	Record low maximum temperature	23.9 C (75.0 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Minderoo	Australia	Record daily precipitation	28.0 mm (1.1 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

711 records

Records set or tied on 18 May 2022 by type: Highest daily maximum 346, Lowest daily maximum 24, Highest daily minimum 201, Lowest daily minimum 43, Heaviest daily rainfall 96, Deepest snow cover 1.

Records on 18 May 2022 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	346
Lowest daily maximum	24
Highest daily minimum	201
Lowest daily minimum	43
Heaviest daily rainfall	96
Heaviest daily snowfall	0
Deepest snow cover	1

Records on 18 May 2022 by timescale: all-time 0, monthly 8, daily 703.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

584 broken records

Margins by which the 584 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 203.0. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

18 May 2022

Top 20 records on 18 May 2022 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
18 May 2022	Bangalore, IN	daily rain	114.6 mm (4.5 in)	62.3 mm (2.5 in)	81 years	74 of 100 (Major)
18 May 2022	Goychay, AZ	daily rain	99.1 mm (3.9 in)	74.1 mm (2.9 in)	85 years	73 of 100 (Major)
18 May 2022	Idjevan, AM	daily rain	99.1 mm (3.9 in)	80.2 mm (3.2 in)	49 years	64 of 100 (Major)
18 May 2022	Tangadee, AU	daily rain	52.6 mm (2.1 in)	52.6 mm (2.1 in)	61 years	64 of 100 (Major)
18 May 2022	Kazan, RU	daily rain	27.9 mm (1.1 in)	10.7 mm (0.4 in)	104 years	63 of 100 (Major)
18 May 2022	Yalleen, AU	daily rain	61.0 mm (2.4 in)	61.0 mm (2.4 in)	87 years	61 of 100 (Major)
18 May 2022	Kozhikode, IN	daily rain	115.1 mm (4.5 in)	51.1 mm (2.0 in)	104 years	57 of 100 (Notable)
18 May 2022	West Terschelling, NL	daily rain	28.5 mm (1.1 in)	16.5 mm (0.6 in)	28 years	53 of 100 (Notable)
18 May 2022	Council Grove Lake, US	daily rain	73.7 mm (2.9 in)	52.4 mm (2.1 in)	40 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
18 May 2022	Onslow Airport, AU	daily rain	87.6 mm (3.4 in)	83.2 mm (3.3 in)	7 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
18 May 2022	Rainbow Beach, AU	daily rain	155.2 mm (6.1 in)	141.6 mm (5.6 in)	25 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
18 May 2022	Formerum, NL	daily rain	25.9 mm (1.0 in)	16.6 mm (0.7 in)	28 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
18 May 2022	Mount Vernon, AU	daily rain	42.0 mm (1.7 in)	21.7 mm (0.9 in)	69 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
18 May 2022	Port Blair, IN	daily rain	138.9 mm (5.5 in)	48.0 mm (1.9 in)	64 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
18 May 2022	San Sebastian - Igueldo, ES	daily high max	32.0 C (89.6 F)	3.5 C (6.3 F)	105 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
18 May 2022	Perry Lake, US	daily rain	80.0 mm (3.1 in)	42.9 mm (1.7 in)	40 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
18 May 2022	Hua Hin, TH	daily rain	52.1 mm (2.1 in)	33.5 mm (1.3 in)	57 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
18 May 2022	Telfer Aero, AU	daily rain	37.4 mm (1.5 in)	37.2 mm (1.5 in)	37 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
18 May 2022	White City, US	daily rain	66.0 mm (2.6 in)	47.2 mm (1.9 in)	27 years	44 of 100 (Notable)
18 May 2022	Bremen-Seefahrtschule, DE	daily high max	29.4 C (84.9 F)	1.6 C (2.9 F)	104 years	43 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

1796 to 2022

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1796 to 2022. 2022 had 711 records.

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

Records on 05-18 in each year
Year	Records
1796	1
1798	1
1802	2
1832	1
1833	1
1845	1
1847	1
1848	1
1855	1
1859	1
1861	2
1863	3
1864	1
1866	2
1868	2
1869	1
1870	1
1871	2
1872	1
1874	2
1877	4
1878	1
1879	1
1881	1
1883	2
1884	2
1885	1
1887	1
1888	4
1889	2
1891	1
1893	2
1894	4
1895	5
1896	2
1897	2
1898	1
1899	1
1900	13
1901	6
1902	9
1903	7
1904	11
1905	2
1906	24
1907	18
1908	5
1909	12
1910	50
1911	64
1912	5
1913	11
1914	45
1915	55
1916	74
1917	30
1918	42
1919	30
1920	26
1921	41
1922	33
1923	61
1924	92
1925	220
1926	133
1927	180
1928	160
1929	193
1930	475
1931	191
1932	460
1933	380
1934	390
1935	400
1936	282
1937	348
1938	382
1939	169
1940	315
1941	334
1942	421
1943	744
1944	496
1945	706
1946	651
1947	231
1948	426
1949	597
1950	473
1951	279
1952	493
1953	393
1954	498
1955	848
1956	795
1957	595
1958	334
1959	435
1960	404
1961	187
1962	1,199
1963	477
1964	329
1965	345
1966	438
1967	410
1968	817
1969	865
1970	703
1971	666
1972	499
1973	1,233
1974	1,097
1975	383
1976	733
1977	1,126
1978	1,090
1979	399
1980	614
1981	1,218
1982	452
1983	1,093
1984	717
1985	498
1986	1,131
1987	823
1988	1,154
1989	721
1990	753
1991	1,218
1992	921
1993	707
1994	1,015
1995	1,849
1996	1,767
1997	1,115
1998	1,060
1999	584
2000	922
2001	898
2002	1,833
2003	1,270
2004	847
2005	630
2006	1,493
2007	1,133
2008	999
2009	1,368
2010	894
2011	1,406
2012	523
2013	816
2014	609
2015	785
2016	597
2017	1,855
2018	557
2019	810
2020	706
2021	418
2022	711
2023	554
2024	551
2025	619
2026	1,131

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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	574
50 to 100	8
100 to 150	1
150 to 200	0
200 to 250	1