Weather Records on 26 May 1911

42 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 26 May 1911. Highest significance: Melrose Plains, AU.

Key Facts for 26 May 1911

On 26 May 1911, 42 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
18 were record highs and 3 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 0 were all-time records, 1 monthly and 41 daily.
Melrose Plains set a daily record precipitation of 16.8 mm (0.7 in) on 26 May 1911.
Across 161 earlier years (1814 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 434 records.

Record Map

42 stations

42 station records on 26 May 1911 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 26 May 1911: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Melrose Plains	Australia	Record daily precipitation	16.8 mm (0.7 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Oxford	United Kingdom	Record daily precipitation	20.7 mm (0.8 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Yarmouth	Canada	Record high maximum temperature	22.2 C (72.0 F)	19 of 100 (Routine)
Bamberg (Sternwarte)	Germany	Record daily precipitation	15.6 mm (0.6 in)	18 of 100 (Routine)
La Crosse Wb City	United States	Record high maximum temperature	32.8 C (91.0 F)	18 of 100 (Routine)
Bridgewater (Memsie)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	5.6 mm (0.22 in)	16 of 100 (Routine)
Milwaukee Wb City	United States	Record high maximum temperature	30.0 C (86.0 F)	16 of 100 (Routine)
Milwaukee Wb City	United States	Record high minimum temperature	18.3 C (64.9 F)	16 of 100 (Routine)
Balranald (Rsl)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	4.1 mm (0.16 in)	15 of 100 (Routine)
Saint John	Canada	Record high maximum temperature	20.0 C (68.0 F)	15 of 100 (Routine)
San Diego Wbo	United States	Record low minimum temperature	10.0 C (50.0 F)	15 of 100 (Routine)
Dubuque River	United States	Record high minimum temperature	21.7 C (71.1 F)	15 of 100 (Routine)
Oudtshoorn	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	7.9 mm (0.31 in)	14 of 100 (Routine)
Seymour (Mag)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	14.0 mm (0.6 in)	14 of 100 (Routine)
Roto Station	Australia	Record daily precipitation	15.0 mm (0.6 in)	13 of 100 (Routine)
Wallaloo	Australia	Record daily precipitation	11.4 mm (0.4 in)	13 of 100 (Routine)
Wahgunyah	Australia	Record daily precipitation	7.6 mm (0.30 in)	13 of 100 (Routine)
Huron Rgnl AP	United States	Record daily precipitation	21.1 mm (0.8 in)	13 of 100 (Routine)
Horsham Polkemmet Rd	Australia	Record daily precipitation	8.6 mm (0.34 in)	12 of 100 (Routine)
Madison Wb City	United States	Record high maximum temperature	31.1 C (88.0 F)	12 of 100 (Routine)
Cornalla	Australia	Record daily precipitation	4.3 mm (0.17 in)	11 of 100 (Routine)
Zagreb-Gric	Croatia	Record low minimum temperature	8.8 C (47.8 F)	11 of 100 (Routine)
Dubuque River	United States	Record high maximum temperature	32.2 C (90.0 F)	11 of 100 (Routine)
Curnomona (Curnamona)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	10.4 mm (0.4 in)	10 of 100 (Routine)
Menindee (Weinteriga)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	12.7 mm (0.5 in)	10 of 100 (Routine)
St Arnaud	Australia	Record daily precipitation	10.9 mm (0.4 in)	10 of 100 (Routine)
Minnedosa	Canada	Record low maximum temperature	7.2 C (45.0 F)	9 of 100 (Routine)
Little Rock St Capitol	United States	Record high maximum temperature	32.8 C (91.0 F)	9 of 100 (Routine)
Stratford	Canada	Record high minimum temperature	18.9 C (66.0 F)	8 of 100 (Routine)
Buffalo	United States	Record high maximum temperature	27.8 C (82.0 F)	8 of 100 (Routine)
Kaarimba	Australia	Record daily precipitation	5.6 mm (0.22 in)	7 of 100 (Routine)
Huron Rgnl AP	United States	Record high maximum temperature	32.8 C (91.0 F)	7 of 100 (Routine)
Puckawidgee Back	Australia	Record daily precipitation	4.1 mm (0.16 in)	6 of 100 (Routine)
Goulburn River @ Shepparton	Australia	Record daily precipitation	5.1 mm (0.20 in)	6 of 100 (Routine)
Minnedosa	Canada	Record daily precipitation	14.5 mm (0.6 in)	6 of 100 (Routine)
Toledo Blade	United States	Record high minimum temperature	20.6 C (69.1 F)	5 of 100 (Routine)
Toledo Blade	United States	Record high maximum temperature	33.9 C (93.0 F)	4 of 100 (Routine)
Seymour Shire Depot	Australia	Record daily precipitation	7.4 mm (0.29 in)	3 of 100 (Routine)
Montgomery Wb City	United States	Record high maximum temperature	35.6 C (96.1 F)	3 of 100 (Routine)
La Crosse Wb City	United States	Record high minimum temperature	21.1 C (70.0 F)	3 of 100 (Routine)
Escanaba	United States	Record high minimum temperature	12.2 C (54.0 F)	3 of 100 (Routine)
Chattanooga Wb City	United States	Record high maximum temperature	33.3 C (91.9 F)	2 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

42 records

Records set or tied on 26 May 1911 by type: Highest daily maximum 12, Lowest daily maximum 1, Highest daily minimum 6, Lowest daily minimum 2, Heaviest daily rainfall 21.

Records on 26 May 1911 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	12
Lowest daily maximum	1
Highest daily minimum	6
Lowest daily minimum	2
Heaviest daily rainfall	21
Heaviest daily snowfall	0
Deepest snow cover	0

Records on 26 May 1911 by timescale: all-time 0, monthly 1, daily 41.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

36 broken records

Margins by which the 36 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 14.3. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

26 May 1911

Top 20 records on 26 May 1911 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
26 May 1911	Melrose Plains, AU	daily rain	16.8 mm (0.7 in)	14.3 mm (0.6 in)	27 years	20 of 100 (Routine)
26 May 1911	Oxford, GB	daily rain	20.7 mm (0.8 in)	5.2 mm (0.20 in)	18 years	20 of 100 (Routine)
26 May 1911	Yarmouth, CA	daily high max	22.2 C (72.0 F)	1.6 C (2.9 F)	37 years	19 of 100 (Routine)
26 May 1911	Bamberg (Sternwarte), DE	daily rain	15.6 mm (0.6 in)	6.7 mm (0.26 in)	4 years	18 of 100 (Routine)
26 May 1911	La Crosse Wb City, US	daily high max	32.8 C (91.0 F)	2.2 C (4.0 F)	36 years	18 of 100 (Routine)
26 May 1911	Bridgewater (Memsie), AU	daily rain	5.6 mm (0.22 in)	4.6 mm (0.18 in)	29 years	16 of 100 (Routine)
26 May 1911	Milwaukee Wb City, US	daily high max	30.0 C (86.0 F)	1.7 C (3.1 F)	34 years	16 of 100 (Routine)
26 May 1911	Milwaukee Wb City, US	daily high min	18.3 C (64.9 F)	0.5 C (0.9 F)	39 years	16 of 100 (Routine)
26 May 1911	Balranald (Rsl), AU	daily rain	4.1 mm (0.16 in)	3.6 mm (0.14 in)	31 years	15 of 100 (Routine)
26 May 1911	Saint John, CA	daily high max	20.0 C (68.0 F)	0.6 C (1.1 F)	35 years	15 of 100 (Routine)
26 May 1911	San Diego Wbo, US	daily low min	10.0 C (50.0 F)	0.6 C (1.1 F)	30 years	15 of 100 (Routine)
26 May 1911	Dubuque River, US	daily high min	21.7 C (71.1 F)	2.3 C (4.1 F)	29 years	15 of 100 (Routine)
26 May 1911	Oudtshoorn, ZA	daily rain	7.9 mm (0.31 in)	4.9 mm (0.19 in)	18 years	14 of 100 (Routine)
26 May 1911	Seymour (Mag), ZA	daily rain	14.0 mm (0.6 in)	8.9 mm (0.35 in)	11 years	14 of 100 (Routine)
26 May 1911	Roto Station, AU	daily rain	15.0 mm (0.6 in)	6.6 mm (0.26 in)	13 years	13 of 100 (Routine)
26 May 1911	Wallaloo, AU	daily rain	11.4 mm (0.4 in)	2.5 mm (0.10 in)	25 years	13 of 100 (Routine)
26 May 1911	Wahgunyah, AU	daily rain	7.6 mm (0.30 in)	1.0 mm (0.04 in)	31 years	13 of 100 (Routine)
26 May 1911	Huron Rgnl AP, US	daily rain	21.1 mm (0.8 in)	4.3 mm (0.17 in)	22 years	13 of 100 (Routine)
26 May 1911	Horsham Polkemmet Rd, AU	daily rain	8.6 mm (0.34 in)	4.5 mm (0.18 in)	10 years	12 of 100 (Routine)
26 May 1911	Madison Wb City, US	daily high max	31.1 C (88.0 F)	0.5 C (0.9 F)	29 years	12 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

1814 to 1911

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1814 to 1911. 1911 had 42 records.

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

Records on 05-26 in each year
Year	Records
1814	1
1817	1
1839	1
1841	1
1843	1
1845	1
1847	2
1852	1
1858	1
1864	3
1866	1
1867	2
1868	3
1869	1
1870	1
1871	1
1876	1
1877	1
1879	3
1880	6
1882	2
1883	1
1884	1
1886	2
1887	1
1888	1
1889	5
1890	7
1891	2
1892	5
1894	3
1895	2
1896	1
1898	1
1899	3
1900	11
1901	12
1902	5
1903	16
1904	10
1905	10
1906	9
1907	24
1908	20
1909	9
1910	47
1911	42
1912	40
1913	49
1914	86
1915	13
1916	24
1917	33
1918	29
1919	37
1920	54
1921	63
1922	64
1923	74
1924	122
1925	570
1926	188
1927	141
1928	144
1929	110
1930	201
1931	289
1932	299
1933	475
1934	247
1935	191
1936	340
1937	255
1938	624
1939	253
1940	242
1941	322
1942	782
1943	473
1944	469
1945	279
1946	385
1947	587
1948	308
1949	438
1950	1,010
1951	542
1952	243
1953	996
1954	427
1955	1,208
1956	549
1957	351
1958	548
1959	391
1960	293
1961	800
1962	450
1963	398
1964	590
1965	621
1966	403
1967	954
1968	518
1969	621
1970	404
1971	533
1972	438
1973	609
1974	662
1975	495
1976	476
1977	561
1978	648
1979	1,243
1980	909
1981	1,077
1982	662
1983	1,173
1984	798
1985	582
1986	629
1987	913
1988	810
1989	1,173
1990	750
1991	1,352
1992	1,733
1993	998
1994	785
1995	936
1996	1,389
1997	967
1998	1,065
1999	581
2000	1,181
2001	848
2002	574
2003	1,069
2004	934
2005	827
2006	966
2007	1,180
2008	812
2009	938
2010	1,083
2011	1,109
2012	1,422
2013	905
2014	696
2015	502
2016	648
2017	483
2018	1,052
2019	779
2020	792
2021	566
2022	753
2023	376
2024	688
2025	546
2026	1,330

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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 2026-10-15. Last revised 15 October 2026 (2026-10-15).

Margin	Records
0 to 2	19
2 to 4	7
4 to 6	5
6 to 8	3
8 to 10	1
10 to 12	0
12 to 14	0
14 to 16	1