Weather Records on 19 May 1919

42 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 19 May 1919. Highest significance: Anticosti SW Point, CA.

Key Facts for 19 May 1919

On 19 May 1919, 42 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
11 were record highs and 14 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 0 were all-time records, 1 monthly and 41 daily.
Anticosti SW Point set a daily record precipitation of 31.0 mm (1.2 in) on 19 May 1919.
Across 161 earlier years (1798 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 463 records.

Record Map

42 stations

42 station records on 19 May 1919 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 19 May 1919: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Anticosti SW Point	Canada	Record daily precipitation	31.0 mm (1.2 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Sonnblick	Austria	Record low maximum temperature	-9.6 C (14.7 F)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Nikolaevsk-Na-Amure	Russia	Record low minimum temperature	-6.6 C (20.1 F)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Katherine Council	Australia	Record daily precipitation	12.2 mm (0.5 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Battleford	Canada	Record high maximum temperature	30.0 C (86.0 F)	18 of 100 (Routine)
Daly Waters	Australia	Record daily precipitation	0.5 mm (0.02 in)	17 of 100 (Routine)
Calgary Int'l A	Canada	Record high maximum temperature	31.1 C (88.0 F)	17 of 100 (Routine)
Prince Albert	Canada	Record high maximum temperature	28.9 C (84.0 F)	17 of 100 (Routine)
Beatrice	Canada	Record low minimum temperature	-1.1 C (30.0 F)	17 of 100 (Routine)
Gosford (Gertrude Place)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	37.3 mm (1.5 in)	16 of 100 (Routine)
Medicine Hat A	Canada	Record high maximum temperature	33.3 C (91.9 F)	16 of 100 (Routine)
Edmonton	Canada	Record high maximum temperature	30.0 C (86.0 F)	15 of 100 (Routine)
Whitehead	Canada	Record daily precipitation	53.3 mm (2.1 in)	15 of 100 (Routine)
Kristianstad	Sweden	Record low minimum temperature	1.0 C (33.8 F)	15 of 100 (Routine)
Burketown Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	3.3 mm (0.13 in)	14 of 100 (Routine)
Stroud Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	38.1 mm (1.5 in)	14 of 100 (Routine)
Winnemucca AP	United States	Record high maximum temperature	30.6 C (87.1 F)	14 of 100 (Routine)
Donors Hill Station	Australia	Record daily precipitation	1.0 mm (0.04 in)	12 of 100 (Routine)
Wyong (Wyong Golf Club)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	27.4 mm (1.1 in)	12 of 100 (Routine)
Medicine Hat A	Canada	Record high minimum temperature	14.4 C (57.9 F)	12 of 100 (Routine)
Waren	Germany	Record low minimum temperature	1.4 C (34.5 F)	12 of 100 (Routine)
Kvikkjokk-Arrenjarka	Sweden	Record high minimum temperature	6.0 C (42.8 F)	12 of 100 (Routine)
Uman	Ukraine	Record low minimum temperature	-0.4 C (31.3 F)	12 of 100 (Routine)
Tashkent	Uzbekistan	Record low maximum temperature	19.9 C (67.8 F)	12 of 100 (Routine)
Tahlee (Carrington (Church St)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	20.3 mm (0.8 in)	10 of 100 (Routine)
Sonnblick	Austria	Record low minimum temperature	-13.2 C (8.2 F)	10 of 100 (Routine)
Fort Chipewyan	Canada	Record high maximum temperature	27.2 C (81.0 F)	10 of 100 (Routine)
Surgut	Russia	Record daily precipitation	7.8 mm (0.31 in)	10 of 100 (Routine)
Lindsay	Canada	Record low minimum temperature	0.0 C (32.0 F)	9 of 100 (Routine)
Pine Creek	Australia	Record daily precipitation	4.6 mm (0.18 in)	8 of 100 (Routine)
Prospect Reservoir	Australia	Record daily precipitation	14.2 mm (0.6 in)	8 of 100 (Routine)
Kirchdorf/Poel	Germany	Record low minimum temperature	2.0 C (35.6 F)	8 of 100 (Routine)
Taree (Radio Station 2Re)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	9.9 mm (0.39 in)	7 of 100 (Routine)
Dungog (Cooreii)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	19.8 mm (0.8 in)	6 of 100 (Routine)
Sveg	Sweden	Record high minimum temperature	8.0 C (46.4 F)	6 of 100 (Routine)
Wingham (Lanark Close)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	13.0 mm (0.5 in)	5 of 100 (Routine)
Simferopol	Ukraine	Record low minimum temperature	2.0 C (35.6 F)	5 of 100 (Routine)
Groongal (Gundaline)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	9.4 mm (0.37 in)	2 of 100 (Routine)
Bird Rocks	Canada	Record high minimum temperature	3.3 C (37.9 F)	2 of 100 (Routine)
Lucknow	Canada	Record low minimum temperature	-2.2 C (28.0 F)	1 of 100 (Routine)
Haliburton A	Canada	Record low minimum temperature	-1.1 C (30.0 F)	1 of 100 (Routine)
Middletown 4 W	United States	Record low minimum temperature	1.1 C (34.0 F)	1 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

42 records

Records set or tied on 19 May 1919 by type: Highest daily maximum 7, Lowest daily maximum 2, Highest daily minimum 4, Lowest daily minimum 12, Heaviest daily rainfall 17.

Records on 19 May 1919 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	7
Lowest daily maximum	2
Highest daily minimum	4
Lowest daily minimum	12
Heaviest daily rainfall	17
Heaviest daily snowfall	0
Deepest snow cover	0

Records on 19 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 20.3. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

19 May 1919

Top 20 records on 19 May 1919 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
19 May 1919	Anticosti SW Point, CA	daily rain	31.0 mm (1.2 in)	15.8 mm (0.6 in)	12 years	28 of 100 (Routine)
19 May 1919	Sonnblick, AT	daily low max	-9.6 C (14.7 F)	3.8 C (6.8 F)	27 years	22 of 100 (Routine)
19 May 1919	Nikolaevsk-Na-Amure, RU	daily low min	-6.6 C (20.1 F)	2.8 C (5.0 F)	33 years	22 of 100 (Routine)
19 May 1919	Katherine Council, AU	daily rain	12.2 mm (0.5 in)	12.2 mm (0.5 in)	44 years	20 of 100 (Routine)
19 May 1919	Battleford, CA	daily high max	30.0 C (86.0 F)	5.0 C (9.0 F)	21 years	18 of 100 (Routine)
19 May 1919	Daly Waters, AU	daily rain	0.5 mm (0.02 in)	0.5 mm (0.02 in)	43 years	17 of 100 (Routine)
19 May 1919	Calgary Int'l A, CA	daily high max	31.1 C (88.0 F)	3.3 C (5.9 F)	32 years	17 of 100 (Routine)
19 May 1919	Prince Albert, CA	daily high max	28.9 C (84.0 F)	4.5 C (8.1 F)	24 years	17 of 100 (Routine)
19 May 1919	Beatrice, CA	daily low min	-1.1 C (30.0 F)	1.1 C (2.0 F)	36 years	17 of 100 (Routine)
19 May 1919	Gosford (Gertrude Place), AU	daily rain	37.3 mm (1.5 in)	20.3 mm (0.8 in)	16 years	16 of 100 (Routine)
19 May 1919	Medicine Hat A, CA	daily high max	33.3 C (91.9 F)	2.7 C (4.9 F)	32 years	16 of 100 (Routine)
19 May 1919	Edmonton, CA	daily high max	30.0 C (86.0 F)	1.7 C (3.1 F)	32 years	15 of 100 (Routine)
19 May 1919	Whitehead, CA	monthly rain	53.3 mm (2.1 in)	2.5 mm (0.10 in)	1 year	15 of 100 (Routine)
19 May 1919	Kristianstad, SE	daily low min	1.0 C (33.8 F)	0.5 C (0.9 F)	36 years	15 of 100 (Routine)
19 May 1919	Burketown Post Office, AU	daily rain	3.3 mm (0.13 in)	3.0 mm (0.12 in)	27 years	14 of 100 (Routine)
19 May 1919	Stroud Post Office, AU	daily rain	38.1 mm (1.5 in)	16.0 mm (0.6 in)	8 years	14 of 100 (Routine)
19 May 1919	Winnemucca AP, US	daily high max	30.6 C (87.1 F)	0.6 C (1.1 F)	32 years	14 of 100 (Routine)
19 May 1919	Donors Hill Station, AU	daily rain	1.0 mm (0.04 in)	1.0 mm (0.04 in)	28 years	12 of 100 (Routine)
19 May 1919	Wyong (Wyong Golf Club), AU	daily rain	27.4 mm (1.1 in)	17.0 mm (0.7 in)	8 years	12 of 100 (Routine)
19 May 1919	Medicine Hat A, CA	daily high min	14.4 C (57.9 F)	1.6 C (2.9 F)	21 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

1798 to 1919

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1798 to 1919. 1919 had 42 records.

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

Records on 05-19 in each year
Year	Records
1798	1
1802	1
1803	1
1811	1
1825	1
1826	1
1843	1
1845	1
1847	1
1848	1
1861	2
1864	1
1866	2
1868	2
1870	2
1872	2
1873	1
1877	4
1878	1
1879	1
1880	4
1881	2
1885	3
1886	1
1888	4
1890	2
1891	1
1892	1
1893	1
1894	3
1895	1
1896	3
1897	3
1898	1
1899	3
1900	16
1901	5
1902	6
1903	12
1904	5
1905	3
1906	22
1907	23
1908	11
1909	4
1910	34
1911	69
1912	11
1913	20
1914	37
1915	56
1916	44
1917	21
1918	64
1919	42
1920	28
1921	171
1922	48
1923	75
1924	179
1925	258
1926	102
1927	154
1928	118
1929	373
1930	277
1931	268
1932	758
1933	517
1934	476
1935	270
1936	144
1937	295
1938	432
1939	216
1940	306
1941	352
1942	463
1943	852
1944	453
1945	443
1946	329
1947	263
1948	605
1949	950
1950	487
1951	422
1952	568
1953	690
1954	642
1955	560
1956	605
1957	836
1958	369
1959	487
1960	708
1961	273
1962	1,092
1963	542
1964	358
1965	231
1966	483
1967	514
1968	735
1969	912
1970	415
1971	772
1972	478
1973	676
1974	734
1975	616
1976	1,238
1977	726
1978	1,215
1979	516
1980	401
1981	1,264
1982	464
1983	1,014
1984	597
1985	386
1986	1,022
1987	876
1988	726
1989	694
1990	600
1991	1,020
1992	1,017
1993	934
1994	883
1995	1,175
1996	2,038
1997	1,074
1998	1,237
1999	682
2000	1,055
2001	779
2002	2,461
2003	1,523
2004	788
2005	834
2006	1,276
2007	725
2008	950
2009	1,577
2010	959
2011	1,257
2012	509
2013	841
2014	560
2015	1,080
2016	634
2017	1,547
2018	468
2019	1,239
2020	790
2021	579
2022	1,147
2023	709
2024	469
2025	764
2026	1,358

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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	30
5 to 10	2
10 to 15	1
15 to 20	3
20 to 25	1