Weather Records on 12 May 1919

42 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 12 May 1919. Highest significance: Storrs, US.

Key Facts for 12 May 1919

On 12 May 1919, 42 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
5 were record highs and 8 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 0 were all-time records, 1 monthly and 41 daily.
Storrs set a monthly record daily precipitation of 104.1 mm (4.1 in) on 12 May 1919.
Across 164 earlier years (1814 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 455 records.

Record Map

42 stations

42 station records on 12 May 1919 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 12 May 1919: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Storrs	United States	Record daily precipitation	104.1 mm (4.1 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Gravesend Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	42.2 mm (1.7 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Lake Cochituate	United States	Record daily precipitation	51.3 mm (2.0 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Neilrex (Caigan)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	40.6 mm (1.6 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Bollon Mary St	Australia	Record daily precipitation	20.6 mm (0.8 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Clover Creek	Australia	Record daily precipitation	12.7 mm (0.5 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Tobolsk	Russia	Record daily precipitation	7.2 mm (0.28 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Cunnamulla Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	19 of 100 (Routine)
Langmorn	Australia	Record daily precipitation	20.3 mm (0.8 in)	18 of 100 (Routine)
Roma Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	10.9 mm (0.4 in)	18 of 100 (Routine)
Eulo Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	12.2 mm (0.5 in)	17 of 100 (Routine)
Woolgoolga (Clear Place)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	28.4 mm (1.1 in)	17 of 100 (Routine)
Moose Factory	Canada	Record high maximum temperature	23.3 C (73.9 F)	17 of 100 (Routine)
Little Rock St Capitol	United States	Record low maximum temperature	16.1 C (61.0 F)	17 of 100 (Routine)
Innisfail	Australia	Record daily precipitation	69.1 mm (2.7 in)	16 of 100 (Routine)
Rolleston	Australia	Record daily precipitation	29.2 mm (1.1 in)	16 of 100 (Routine)
Barkerville	Canada	Record daily snowfall	1.5 cm (0.6 in)	15 of 100 (Routine)
Lichtentanne	Germany	Record daily precipitation	19.7 mm (0.8 in)	15 of 100 (Routine)
Tashkent	Uzbekistan	Record daily precipitation	13.0 mm (0.5 in)	15 of 100 (Routine)
Gympie	Australia	Record daily precipitation	12.7 mm (0.5 in)	13 of 100 (Routine)
M.R.A.	Australia	Record daily precipitation	10.2 mm (0.4 in)	13 of 100 (Routine)
Port Campbell Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	14.5 mm (0.6 in)	12 of 100 (Routine)
Newport	United States	Record low maximum temperature	18.3 C (64.9 F)	11 of 100 (Routine)
Picton Council Depot	Australia	Record daily precipitation	13.5 mm (0.5 in)	10 of 100 (Routine)
Clontarf	Canada	Record daily precipitation	5.8 mm (0.23 in)	10 of 100 (Routine)
Weissenburg	Germany	Record high minimum temperature	10.9 C (51.6 F)	10 of 100 (Routine)
Florida Station	Australia	Record daily precipitation	14.5 mm (0.6 in)	9 of 100 (Routine)
Nyngan (Merryanbone)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	15.7 mm (0.6 in)	9 of 100 (Routine)
Harrisburg - Coop	United States	Record low maximum temperature	12.8 C (55.0 F)	8 of 100 (Routine)
Cowell	Australia	Record daily precipitation	7.4 mm (0.29 in)	7 of 100 (Routine)
Gnomery	Australia	Record daily precipitation	10.9 mm (0.4 in)	7 of 100 (Routine)
Lowell	United States	Record low maximum temperature	10.6 C (51.1 F)	6 of 100 (Routine)
Culbertson	United States	Record daily precipitation	10.2 mm (0.4 in)	6 of 100 (Routine)
Goorimpa	Australia	Record daily precipitation	1.8 mm (0.07 in)	5 of 100 (Routine)
Enngonia (Belalie)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	3.6 mm (0.14 in)	5 of 100 (Routine)
Cet Central England	United Kingdom	Record high maximum temperature	23.2 C (73.8 F)	5 of 100 (Routine)
Setauket Strong	United States	Record low maximum temperature	10.6 C (51.1 F)	5 of 100 (Routine)
Durham	United Kingdom	Record high maximum temperature	23.3 C (73.9 F)	3 of 100 (Routine)
Malvern	United States	Record low maximum temperature	20.0 C (68.0 F)	2 of 100 (Routine)
State College	United States	Record low maximum temperature	10.6 C (51.1 F)	2 of 100 (Routine)
Kristianstad	Sweden	Record high maximum temperature	22.5 C (72.5 F)	1 of 100 (Routine)
Blue Hill Coop	United States	Record low maximum temperature	6.7 C (44.1 F)	0 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

42 records

Records set or tied on 12 May 1919 by type: Highest daily maximum 4, Lowest daily maximum 8, Highest daily minimum 1, Heaviest daily rainfall 28, Heaviest daily snowfall 1.

Records on 12 May 1919 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	4
Lowest daily maximum	8
Highest daily minimum	1
Lowest daily minimum	0
Heaviest daily rainfall	28
Heaviest daily snowfall	1
Deepest snow cover	0

Records on 12 May 1919 by timescale: all-time 0, monthly 1, daily 41.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

37 broken records

Margins by which the 37 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 42.2. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

12 May 1919

Top 20 records on 12 May 1919 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
12 May 1919	Storrs, US	monthly rain	104.1 mm (4.1 in)	30.9 mm (1.2 in)	26 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
12 May 1919	Gravesend Post Office, AU	daily rain	42.2 mm (1.7 in)	42.2 mm (1.7 in)	32 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
12 May 1919	Lake Cochituate, US	daily rain	51.3 mm (2.0 in)	34.5 mm (1.4 in)	23 years	34 of 100 (Routine)
12 May 1919	Neilrex (Caigan), AU	daily rain	40.6 mm (1.6 in)	17.7 mm (0.7 in)	30 years	31 of 100 (Routine)
12 May 1919	Bollon Mary St, AU	daily rain	20.6 mm (0.8 in)	13.7 mm (0.5 in)	30 years	20 of 100 (Routine)
12 May 1919	Clover Creek, AU	daily rain	12.7 mm (0.5 in)	9.4 mm (0.37 in)	29 years	20 of 100 (Routine)
12 May 1919	Tobolsk, RU	daily rain	7.2 mm (0.28 in)	3.9 mm (0.15 in)	33 years	20 of 100 (Routine)
12 May 1919	Cunnamulla Post Office, AU	daily rain	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	6.9 mm (0.27 in)	29 years	19 of 100 (Routine)
12 May 1919	Langmorn, AU	daily rain	20.3 mm (0.8 in)	12.7 mm (0.5 in)	21 years	18 of 100 (Routine)
12 May 1919	Roma Post Office, AU	daily rain	10.9 mm (0.4 in)	5.3 mm (0.21 in)	30 years	18 of 100 (Routine)
12 May 1919	Eulo Post Office, AU	daily rain	12.2 mm (0.5 in)	5.3 mm (0.21 in)	30 years	17 of 100 (Routine)
12 May 1919	Woolgoolga (Clear Place), AU	daily rain	28.4 mm (1.1 in)	14.9 mm (0.6 in)	19 years	17 of 100 (Routine)
12 May 1919	Moose Factory, CA	daily high max	23.3 C (73.9 F)	3.9 C (7.0 F)	27 years	17 of 100 (Routine)
12 May 1919	Little Rock St Capitol, US	daily low max	16.1 C (61.0 F)	1.1 C (2.0 F)	36 years	17 of 100 (Routine)
12 May 1919	Innisfail, AU	daily rain	69.1 mm (2.7 in)	31.0 mm (1.2 in)	6 years	16 of 100 (Routine)
12 May 1919	Rolleston, AU	daily rain	29.2 mm (1.1 in)	8.9 mm (0.35 in)	24 years	16 of 100 (Routine)
12 May 1919	Barkerville, CA	daily snowfall	1.5 cm (0.6 in)	1.5 cm (0.6 in)	30 years	15 of 100 (Routine)
12 May 1919	Lichtentanne, DE	daily rain	19.7 mm (0.8 in)	4.8 mm (0.19 in)	13 years	15 of 100 (Routine)
12 May 1919	Tashkent, UZ	daily rain	13.0 mm (0.5 in)	0.9 mm (0.04 in)	36 years	15 of 100 (Routine)
12 May 1919	Gympie, AU	daily rain	12.7 mm (0.5 in)	5.6 mm (0.22 in)	19 years	13 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 1919

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1814 to 1919. 1919 had 42 records.

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

Records on 05-12 in each year
Year	Records
1814	2
1823	1
1825	1
1827	1
1834	1
1837	1
1838	1
1845	1
1847	1
1848	1
1849	2
1851	1
1855	2
1860	2
1862	2
1863	1
1867	1
1868	1
1872	2
1874	1
1877	1
1878	1
1879	1
1881	4
1882	5
1884	3
1885	2
1886	3
1887	1
1888	1
1889	1
1890	1
1891	4
1894	1
1895	1
1896	1
1897	7
1898	3
1900	3
1901	6
1902	5
1903	7
1904	11
1905	10
1906	20
1907	53
1908	12
1909	4
1910	9
1911	37
1912	46
1913	6
1914	36
1915	50
1916	42
1917	54
1918	113
1919	42
1920	19
1921	64
1922	43
1923	109
1924	245
1925	275
1926	121
1927	167
1928	192
1929	172
1930	500
1931	350
1932	199
1933	476
1934	293
1935	404
1936	329
1937	214
1938	394
1939	233
1940	440
1941	568
1942	418
1943	803
1944	368
1945	389
1946	653
1947	286
1948	390
1949	414
1950	283
1951	427
1952	711
1953	891
1954	305
1955	265
1956	1,568
1957	454
1958	714
1959	740
1960	1,583
1961	381
1962	713
1963	777
1964	401
1965	196
1966	909
1967	810
1968	890
1969	506
1970	698
1971	668
1972	641
1973	393
1974	702
1975	418
1976	541
1977	855
1978	802
1979	763
1980	684
1981	855
1982	763
1983	1,281
1984	887
1985	1,199
1986	473
1987	1,295
1988	619
1989	856
1990	617
1991	1,177
1992	1,022
1993	1,208
1994	738
1995	1,190
1996	1,420
1997	921
1998	1,576
1999	881
2000	1,486
2001	1,015
2002	1,027
2003	861
2004	1,054
2005	1,369
2006	797
2007	630
2008	858
2009	687
2010	1,250
2011	1,119
2012	660
2013	689
2014	949
2015	958
2016	421
2017	529
2018	819
2019	784
2020	1,338
2021	712
2022	1,930
2023	429
2024	447
2025	940
2026	1,110

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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).

Histogram of margins by which records were beaten on 12 May 1919
Margin	Records
0 to 10	28
10 to 20	5
20 to 30	0
30 to 40	3
40 to 50	1