Weather Records on 26 May 1914

86 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 26 May 1914. Highest significance: Ferntree Gully, AU.

Key Facts for 26 May 1914

On 26 May 1914, 86 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
36 were record highs and 15 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 1 were all-time records, 4 monthly and 81 daily.
Ferntree Gully set a daily record precipitation of 53.1 mm (2.1 in) on 26 May 1914.
Across 161 earlier years (1814 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 434 records.

Record Map

86 stations

86 station records on 26 May 1914 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 26 May 1914: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Ferntree Gully	Australia	Record daily precipitation	53.1 mm (2.1 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Parnu	Estonia	Record daily precipitation	37.2 mm (1.5 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Galway	Ireland	Record low minimum temperature	1.1 C (34.0 F)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Portland	United States	Record high maximum temperature	33.3 C (91.9 F)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Escanaba	United States	Record high maximum temperature	32.8 C (91.0 F)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Melbourne Regional Office	Australia	Record low maximum temperature	10.6 C (51.1 F)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Jena Sternwarte	Germany	Record low maximum temperature	9.9 C (49.8 F)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Tizi Ouzou	Algeria	Record daily precipitation	42.0 mm (1.7 in)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Marseille Obs. Palais-Lonchamp	France	Record daily precipitation	26.3 mm (1.0 in)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Port Arthur	Canada	Record high minimum temperature	12.2 C (54.0 F)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Berlin-Dahlem	Germany	Record daily precipitation	27.0 mm (1.1 in)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Hoburg	Sweden	Record daily precipitation	24.1 mm (0.9 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Olands Norra Udde	Sweden	Record daily precipitation	13.4 mm (0.5 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Fraserburg	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	17.8 mm (0.7 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Sterling	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	15.2 mm (0.6 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Svenska Hogarna	Sweden	Record daily precipitation	16.3 mm (0.6 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Tallinn	Estonia	Record daily precipitation	14.7 mm (0.6 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Barrie	Canada	Record high minimum temperature	19.4 C (66.9 F)	19 of 100 (Routine)
Brantford	Canada	Record high minimum temperature	18.3 C (64.9 F)	19 of 100 (Routine)
Fredericton Unb	Canada	Record high maximum temperature	32.2 C (90.0 F)	19 of 100 (Routine)
Olands Sodra Udde	Sweden	Record daily precipitation	24.6 mm (1.0 in)	19 of 100 (Routine)
Morgantown 1	United States	Record high minimum temperature	21.7 C (71.1 F)	19 of 100 (Routine)
Escanaba	United States	Record high minimum temperature	14.4 C (57.9 F)	19 of 100 (Routine)
Toronto	Canada	Record high maximum temperature	30.6 C (87.1 F)	18 of 100 (Routine)
Truro	Canada	Record high maximum temperature	25.6 C (78.1 F)	18 of 100 (Routine)
Tartu	Estonia	Record daily precipitation	21.8 mm (0.9 in)	18 of 100 (Routine)
Ilulissat (Jakobshavn)	Greenland [Denmark]	Record daily precipitation	5.9 mm (0.23 in)	18 of 100 (Routine)
Port Arthur	Canada	Record high maximum temperature	31.1 C (88.0 F)	17 of 100 (Routine)
Windsor Riverside	Canada	Record high minimum temperature	18.9 C (66.0 F)	17 of 100 (Routine)
Lindsay	Canada	Record high minimum temperature	17.8 C (64.0 F)	17 of 100 (Routine)
Freiburg	Germany	Record low maximum temperature	8.4 C (47.1 F)	17 of 100 (Routine)
Woodstock	Canada	Record high minimum temperature	17.8 C (64.0 F)	16 of 100 (Routine)
Baltimore Customs House	United States	Record high maximum temperature	34.4 C (93.9 F)	16 of 100 (Routine)
Portland	Australia	Record daily precipitation	17.3 mm (0.7 in)	15 of 100 (Routine)
Chatham	Canada	Record high maximum temperature	32.8 C (91.0 F)	15 of 100 (Routine)
Middleton (Sar)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	1.8 mm (0.07 in)	15 of 100 (Routine)
Durham	United Kingdom	Record low minimum temperature	-1.7 C (28.9 F)	15 of 100 (Routine)
Tyntynder Station	Australia	Record daily precipitation	4.1 mm (0.16 in)	14 of 100 (Routine)
Uccle	Belgium	Record daily precipitation	8.7 mm (0.34 in)	14 of 100 (Routine)
Sandvig	Denmark	Record daily precipitation	16.1 mm (0.6 in)	14 of 100 (Routine)
Mantova	Italy	Record daily precipitation	25.0 mm (1.0 in)	14 of 100 (Routine)
Stockholm	Sweden	Record low maximum temperature	7.0 C (44.6 F)	14 of 100 (Routine)
London South	Canada	Record high minimum temperature	19.4 C (66.9 F)	13 of 100 (Routine)
Lindsay	Canada	Record high maximum temperature	30.6 C (87.1 F)	13 of 100 (Routine)
Quebec	Canada	Record high maximum temperature	28.9 C (84.0 F)	13 of 100 (Routine)
Quebec	Canada	Record high minimum temperature	14.4 C (57.9 F)	13 of 100 (Routine)
Karlsruhe	Germany	Record low maximum temperature	9.6 C (49.3 F)	13 of 100 (Routine)
Plauen	Germany	Record daily precipitation	17.6 mm (0.7 in)	13 of 100 (Routine)
Pesaro	Italy	Record daily precipitation	26.5 mm (1.0 in)	13 of 100 (Routine)
Baku	Azerbaijan	Record daily precipitation	3.4 mm (0.13 in)	12 of 100 (Routine)
Bic	Canada	Record daily precipitation	12.7 mm (0.5 in)	12 of 100 (Routine)
Pointe Au Pere	Canada	Record high maximum temperature	23.3 C (73.9 F)	12 of 100 (Routine)
Berlin-Dahlem	Germany	Record low maximum temperature	11.4 C (52.5 F)	12 of 100 (Routine)
Magdeburg	Germany	Record low maximum temperature	11.0 C (51.8 F)	12 of 100 (Routine)
Frankfurt/Main (Feldbergstr.)	Germany	Record daily precipitation	12.9 mm (0.5 in)	12 of 100 (Routine)
Freiburg	Germany	Record low minimum temperature	4.8 C (40.6 F)	12 of 100 (Routine)
Stonecliffe	Canada	Record high minimum temperature	16.1 C (61.0 F)	11 of 100 (Routine)
Chicoutimi	Canada	Record high maximum temperature	30.0 C (86.0 F)	11 of 100 (Routine)
Dalhousie	Canada	Record high maximum temperature	32.2 C (90.0 F)	11 of 100 (Routine)
Cet Central England	United Kingdom	Record low minimum temperature	1.5 C (34.7 F)	11 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

86 records

Records set or tied on 26 May 1914 by type: Highest daily maximum 18, Lowest daily maximum 10, Highest daily minimum 18, Lowest daily minimum 5, Heaviest daily rainfall 35.

Records on 26 May 1914 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	18
Lowest daily maximum	10
Highest daily minimum	18
Lowest daily minimum	5
Heaviest daily rainfall	35
Heaviest daily snowfall	0
Deepest snow cover	0

Records on 26 May 1914 by timescale: all-time 1, monthly 4, daily 81.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

76 broken records

Margins by which the 76 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 29.7. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

26 May 1914

Top 20 records on 26 May 1914 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
26 May 1914	Ferntree Gully, AU	daily rain	53.1 mm (2.1 in)	29.7 mm (1.2 in)	31 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
26 May 1914	Parnu, EE	monthly rain	37.2 mm (1.5 in)	9.9 mm (0.39 in)	25 years	44 of 100 (Notable)
26 May 1914	Galway, IE	daily low min	1.1 C (34.0 F)	2.2 C (4.0 F)	44 years	26 of 100 (Routine)
26 May 1914	Portland, US	daily high max	33.3 C (91.9 F)	6.6 C (11.9 F)	33 years	26 of 100 (Routine)
26 May 1914	Escanaba, US	monthly high max	32.8 C (91.0 F)	3.9 C (7.0 F)	14 years	26 of 100 (Routine)
26 May 1914	Melbourne Regional Office, AU	daily low max	10.6 C (51.1 F)	0.9 C (1.6 F)	50 years	24 of 100 (Routine)
26 May 1914	Jena Sternwarte, DE	daily low max	9.9 C (49.8 F)	0.2 C (0.4 F)	49 years	23 of 100 (Routine)
26 May 1914	Tizi Ouzou, DZ	daily rain	42.0 mm (1.7 in)	22.0 mm (0.9 in)	8 years	22 of 100 (Routine)
26 May 1914	Marseille Obs. Palais-Lonchamp, FR	daily rain	26.3 mm (1.0 in)	8.9 mm (0.35 in)	32 years	22 of 100 (Routine)
26 May 1914	Port Arthur, CA	daily high min	12.2 C (54.0 F)	3.3 C (5.9 F)	32 years	21 of 100 (Routine)
26 May 1914	Berlin-Dahlem, DE	daily rain	27.0 mm (1.1 in)	10.1 mm (0.4 in)	4 years	21 of 100 (Routine)
26 May 1914	Hoburg, SE	daily rain	24.1 mm (0.9 in)	16.5 mm (0.6 in)	14 years	20 of 100 (Routine)
26 May 1914	Olands Norra Udde, SE	daily rain	13.4 mm (0.5 in)	10.0 mm (0.4 in)	19 years	20 of 100 (Routine)
26 May 1914	Fraserburg, ZA	daily rain	17.8 mm (0.7 in)	11.7 mm (0.5 in)	25 years	20 of 100 (Routine)
26 May 1914	Sterling, ZA	daily rain	15.2 mm (0.6 in)	11.4 mm (0.4 in)	25 years	20 of 100 (Routine)
26 May 1914	Svenska Hogarna, SE	daily rain	16.3 mm (0.6 in)	6.7 mm (0.26 in)	4 years	20 of 100 (Routine)
26 May 1914	Tallinn, EE	daily rain	14.7 mm (0.6 in)	8.2 mm (0.32 in)	4 years	20 of 100 (Routine)
26 May 1914	Barrie, CA	daily high min	19.4 C (66.9 F)	2.7 C (4.9 F)	33 years	19 of 100 (Routine)
26 May 1914	Brantford, CA	daily high min	18.3 C (64.9 F)	3.3 C (5.9 F)	30 years	19 of 100 (Routine)
26 May 1914	Fredericton Unb, CA	daily high max	32.2 C (90.0 F)	3.9 C (7.0 F)	28 years	19 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 1914

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1814 to 1914. 1914 had 86 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 5	60
5 to 10	9
10 to 15	4
15 to 20	1
20 to 25	1
25 to 30	1