Weather Records on 26 May 1921

63 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 26 May 1921. Highest significance: Helmond, NL.

Key Facts for 26 May 1921

On 26 May 1921, 63 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
32 were record highs and 3 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 0 were all-time records, 3 monthly and 60 daily.
Helmond set a daily record precipitation of 26.6 mm (1.0 in) on 26 May 1921.
Across 161 earlier years (1814 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 434 records.

Record Map

63 stations

63 station records on 26 May 1921 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 26 May 1921: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Helmond	Netherlands	Record daily precipitation	26.6 mm (1.0 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Husum	Germany	Record daily precipitation	27.6 mm (1.1 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Barkerville	Canada	Record daily snowfall	5.1 cm (2.0 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Carrieton (Eurelia)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	14.7 mm (0.6 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Ekaterinburg	Russia	Record daily precipitation	9.2 mm (0.36 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Kirchdorf/Poel	Germany	Record high maximum temperature	31.5 C (88.7 F)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Bjornholt	Norway	Record daily precipitation	21.4 mm (0.8 in)	19 of 100 (Routine)
Alexandria (Pol)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	20.6 mm (0.8 in)	19 of 100 (Routine)
Killalpaninna	Australia	Record daily precipitation	3.3 mm (0.13 in)	17 of 100 (Routine)
Bremen-Seefahrtschule	Germany	Record high minimum temperature	18.0 C (64.4 F)	17 of 100 (Routine)
Teterow	Germany	Record daily precipitation	19.5 mm (0.8 in)	17 of 100 (Routine)
Jonkoping	Sweden	Record high maximum temperature	27.0 C (80.6 F)	17 of 100 (Routine)
Curraweena	Australia	Record daily precipitation	22.9 mm (0.9 in)	16 of 100 (Routine)
San Remo	Australia	Record daily precipitation	16.5 mm (0.6 in)	16 of 100 (Routine)
Tuttlingen	Germany	Record daily precipitation	26.8 mm (1.1 in)	16 of 100 (Routine)
Wrixum/Fohr	Germany	Record high minimum temperature	16.3 C (61.3 F)	16 of 100 (Routine)
Humansdorp (Pol)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	25.9 mm (1.0 in)	16 of 100 (Routine)
Port Alfred	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	16.5 mm (0.6 in)	16 of 100 (Routine)
Edmonton	Canada	Record daily snowfall	0.3 cm (0.1 in)	15 of 100 (Routine)
Oestersund-Froesoen	Sweden	Record high maximum temperature	24.5 C (76.1 F)	15 of 100 (Routine)
Vanersborg	Sweden	Record high maximum temperature	27.0 C (80.6 F)	15 of 100 (Routine)
Fergana	Uzbekistan	Record daily precipitation	3.3 mm (0.13 in)	15 of 100 (Routine)
Bolagamy	Australia	Record daily precipitation	7.1 mm (0.28 in)	14 of 100 (Routine)
Muenster	Germany	Record high minimum temperature	16.3 C (61.3 F)	14 of 100 (Routine)
Vasteras-Hasslo	Sweden	Record high maximum temperature	27.5 C (81.5 F)	14 of 100 (Routine)
Goudveld (Bos)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	16.5 mm (0.6 in)	13 of 100 (Routine)
Mackay Post Office	Australia	Record high maximum temperature	27.3 C (81.1 F)	12 of 100 (Routine)
Outtrim	Australia	Record daily precipitation	19.3 mm (0.8 in)	12 of 100 (Routine)
Hambantota	Sri Lanka	Record high maximum temperature	33.5 C (92.3 F)	12 of 100 (Routine)
Hamburg Fuhlsbuettel	Germany	Record high maximum temperature	27.3 C (81.1 F)	12 of 100 (Routine)
Wrixum/Fohr	Germany	Record high maximum temperature	25.1 C (77.2 F)	12 of 100 (Routine)
Olympia Priest Pt Park	United States	Record low minimum temperature	0.6 C (33.1 F)	12 of 100 (Routine)
Boulia Airport	Australia	Record high minimum temperature	16.6 C (61.9 F)	11 of 100 (Routine)
Torrumbarry	Australia	Record daily precipitation	8.1 mm (0.32 in)	11 of 100 (Routine)
Vestervig	Denmark	Record high maximum temperature	25.3 C (77.5 F)	11 of 100 (Routine)
Lubeck-Werft	Germany	Record high minimum temperature	14.5 C (58.1 F)	11 of 100 (Routine)
Whyte Yarcowie	Australia	Record daily precipitation	8.6 mm (0.34 in)	10 of 100 (Routine)
Barkerville	Canada	Record low maximum temperature	5.6 C (42.1 F)	10 of 100 (Routine)
Linkoeping-Malmslaett	Sweden	Record high maximum temperature	28.0 C (82.4 F)	10 of 100 (Routine)
La Crosse Wb City	United States	Record daily precipitation	32.8 mm (1.3 in)	9 of 100 (Routine)
Pine Lodge 1	Australia	Record daily precipitation	1.8 mm (0.07 in)	8 of 100 (Routine)
Grenfell	Canada	Record high minimum temperature	10.6 C (51.1 F)	8 of 100 (Routine)
Heinersreuth-Vollhof	Germany	Record high minimum temperature	14.0 C (57.2 F)	8 of 100 (Routine)
Somerset East	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	12.7 mm (0.5 in)	8 of 100 (Routine)
Sveg	Sweden	Record high maximum temperature	25.0 C (77.0 F)	8 of 100 (Routine)
Mt Carmel	United States	Record daily precipitation	27.9 mm (1.1 in)	8 of 100 (Routine)
Charlotte Waters	Australia	Record daily precipitation	2.5 mm (0.10 in)	7 of 100 (Routine)
Tranebjerg	Denmark	Record high minimum temperature	13.7 C (56.7 F)	7 of 100 (Routine)
Weissenburg	Germany	Record high minimum temperature	14.8 C (58.6 F)	7 of 100 (Routine)
Bloukrans (Bos)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	18.5 mm (0.7 in)	7 of 100 (Routine)
Burketown Post Office	Australia	Record high maximum temperature	32.8 C (91.0 F)	6 of 100 (Routine)
Bamberg	Germany	Record high minimum temperature	14.5 C (58.1 F)	6 of 100 (Routine)
St Germains	Australia	Record daily precipitation	5.1 mm (0.20 in)	5 of 100 (Routine)
Nurnberg	Germany	Record high minimum temperature	16.1 C (61.0 F)	5 of 100 (Routine)
Kirchdorf/Poel	Germany	Record high minimum temperature	14.2 C (57.6 F)	4 of 100 (Routine)
Haparanda	Sweden	Record high minimum temperature	7.0 C (44.6 F)	3 of 100 (Routine)
Skara 1	Sweden	Record high maximum temperature	28.5 C (83.3 F)	3 of 100 (Routine)
Sonnblick	Austria	Record high maximum temperature	4.0 C (39.2 F)	2 of 100 (Routine)
Clausthal-Zellerfeld	Germany	Record high minimum temperature	14.9 C (58.8 F)	2 of 100 (Routine)
Umea	Sweden	Record high minimum temperature	8.0 C (46.4 F)	2 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

63 records

Records set or tied on 26 May 1921 by type: Highest daily maximum 16, Lowest daily maximum 1, Highest daily minimum 16, Lowest daily minimum 2, Heaviest daily rainfall 26, Heaviest daily snowfall 2.

Records on 26 May 1921 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	16
Lowest daily maximum	1
Highest daily minimum	16
Lowest daily minimum	2
Heaviest daily rainfall	26
Heaviest daily snowfall	2
Deepest snow cover	0

Records on 26 May 1921 by timescale: all-time 0, monthly 3, daily 60.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

55 broken records

Margins by which the 55 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 51.0. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

26 May 1921

Top 20 records on 26 May 1921 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
26 May 1921	Helmond, NL	daily rain	26.6 mm (1.0 in)	16.2 mm (0.6 in)	39 years	53 of 100 (Notable)
26 May 1921	Husum, DE	daily rain	27.6 mm (1.1 in)	14.9 mm (0.6 in)	20 years	42 of 100 (Notable)
26 May 1921	Barkerville, CA	daily snowfall	5.1 cm (2.0 in)	5.1 cm (2.0 in)	32 years	26 of 100 (Routine)
26 May 1921	Carrieton (Eurelia), AU	daily rain	14.7 mm (0.6 in)	11.1 mm (0.4 in)	16 years	20 of 100 (Routine)
26 May 1921	Ekaterinburg, RU	daily rain	9.2 mm (0.36 in)	4.8 mm (0.19 in)	26 years	20 of 100 (Routine)
26 May 1921	Kirchdorf/Poel, DE	daily high max	31.5 C (88.7 F)	4.4 C (7.9 F)	28 years	20 of 100 (Routine)
26 May 1921	Bjornholt, NO	daily rain	21.4 mm (0.8 in)	5.9 mm (0.23 in)	26 years	19 of 100 (Routine)
26 May 1921	Alexandria (Pol), ZA	daily rain	20.6 mm (0.8 in)	10.4 mm (0.4 in)	30 years	19 of 100 (Routine)
26 May 1921	Killalpaninna, AU	daily rain	3.3 mm (0.13 in)	3.3 mm (0.13 in)	35 years	17 of 100 (Routine)
26 May 1921	Bremen-Seefahrtschule, DE	monthly high min	18.0 C (64.4 F)	0.7 C (1.3 F)	7 years	17 of 100 (Routine)
26 May 1921	Teterow, DE	daily rain	19.5 mm (0.8 in)	7.9 mm (0.31 in)	7 years	17 of 100 (Routine)
26 May 1921	Jonkoping, SE	daily high max	27.0 C (80.6 F)	2.0 C (3.6 F)	31 years	17 of 100 (Routine)
26 May 1921	Curraweena, AU	daily rain	22.9 mm (0.9 in)	9.4 mm (0.37 in)	10 years	16 of 100 (Routine)
26 May 1921	San Remo, AU	daily rain	16.5 mm (0.6 in)	5.3 mm (0.21 in)	20 years	16 of 100 (Routine)
26 May 1921	Tuttlingen, DE	daily rain	26.8 mm (1.1 in)	9.0 mm (0.35 in)	0 years	16 of 100 (Routine)
26 May 1921	Wrixum/Fohr, DE	monthly high min	16.3 C (61.3 F)	0.9 C (1.6 F)	3 years	16 of 100 (Routine)
26 May 1921	Humansdorp (Pol), ZA	daily rain	25.9 mm (1.0 in)	5.3 mm (0.21 in)	27 years	16 of 100 (Routine)
26 May 1921	Port Alfred, ZA	daily rain	16.5 mm (0.6 in)	6.8 mm (0.27 in)	27 years	16 of 100 (Routine)
26 May 1921	Edmonton, CA	daily snowfall	0.3 cm (0.1 in)	0.3 cm (0.1 in)	39 years	15 of 100 (Routine)
26 May 1921	Oestersund-Froesoen, SE	daily high max	24.5 C (76.1 F)	1.5 C (2.7 F)	31 years	15 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 1921

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1814 to 1921. 1921 had 63 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 10	50
10 to 20	4
20 to 30	0
30 to 40	0
40 to 50	0
50 to 60	1