Weather Records on 1 May 1926

500 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 1 May 1926. Highest significance: Lobethal, AU.

Key Facts for 1 May 1926

On 1 May 1926, 500 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
198 were record highs and 6 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 0 were all-time records, 5 monthly and 495 daily.
Lobethal set a daily record precipitation of 52.8 mm (2.1 in) on 1 May 1926.
Across 165 earlier years (1795 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 442 records.

Record Map

500 stations

500 station records on 1 May 1926 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 1 May 1926: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Lobethal	Australia	Record daily precipitation	52.8 mm (2.1 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Hahndorf	Australia	Record daily precipitation	46.2 mm (1.8 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Kongal	Australia	Record daily precipitation	33.8 mm (1.3 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Mount Pleasant	Australia	Record daily precipitation	40.6 mm (1.6 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Mount Torrens	Australia	Record daily precipitation	43.9 mm (1.7 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Belair (State Flora Nursery)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	38.6 mm (1.5 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Dingo Vale	Australia	Record daily precipitation	53.3 mm (2.1 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Minlaton	Australia	Record daily precipitation	27.9 mm (1.1 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Adelaide (Salisbury Bowling Cl	Australia	Record daily precipitation	30.7 mm (1.2 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Melrose	Australia	Record daily precipitation	34.5 mm (1.4 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Mount Barker	Australia	Record daily precipitation	38.1 mm (1.5 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Woodside	Australia	Record daily precipitation	38.4 mm (1.5 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Glenelg Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	27.9 mm (1.1 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Bridgewater	Australia	Record daily precipitation	59.7 mm (2.4 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Nairne	Australia	Record daily precipitation	30.0 mm (1.2 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Willunga	Australia	Record daily precipitation	26.7 mm (1.1 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Melrose (Para Gums)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	26.7 mm (1.1 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Collingrove	Australia	Record daily precipitation	30.5 mm (1.2 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Birdwood	Australia	Record daily precipitation	36.8 mm (1.4 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Stonyfell	Australia	Record daily precipitation	32.0 mm (1.3 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
North Adelaide	Australia	Record daily precipitation	30.0 mm (1.2 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Clarendon	Australia	Record daily precipitation	34.0 mm (1.3 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Echunga Golf Course	Australia	Record daily precipitation	38.9 mm (1.5 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Adelaide (Pooraka)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	28.7 mm (1.1 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Stirling	Australia	Record daily precipitation	49.5 mm (1.9 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Gumeracha	Australia	Record daily precipitation	35.8 mm (1.4 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Happy Valley Reservoir	Australia	Record daily precipitation	26.2 mm (1.0 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Dublin Phoenix Park	Ireland	Record daily precipitation	26.7 mm (1.1 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Meadows	Australia	Record daily precipitation	26.9 mm (1.1 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Magill Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	30.5 mm (1.2 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Mitcham Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	28.4 mm (1.1 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Uraidla	Australia	Record daily precipitation	41.1 mm (1.6 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Mackay Post Office	Australia	Record high maximum temperature	31.6 C (88.9 F)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Tewantin Post Office	Australia	Record high maximum temperature	31.7 C (89.1 F)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Adelaide (Thorndon Park)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	27.2 mm (1.1 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Moose Factory	Canada	Record daily snowfall	5.1 cm (2.0 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Macclesfield	Australia	Record daily precipitation	25.9 mm (1.0 in)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Adelaide (Tea Tree Gully Counc	Australia	Record daily precipitation	33.3 mm (1.3 in)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Fichtelberg	Germany	Record high minimum temperature	11.0 C (51.8 F)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Weissenburg	Germany	Record high minimum temperature	14.0 C (57.2 F)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Coromandel Valley (Branden)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	26.7 mm (1.1 in)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Charters Towers Post Office	Australia	Record high maximum temperature	34.7 C (94.5 F)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Munchen-Nymphenburg	Germany	Record high minimum temperature	12.9 C (55.2 F)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Santa Barbara	United States	Record high minimum temperature	15.6 C (60.1 F)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Bordertown	Australia	Record daily precipitation	24.9 mm (1.0 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Frances	Australia	Record daily precipitation	21.3 mm (0.8 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Burra (Kooringa)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	22.9 mm (0.9 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Manoora	Australia	Record daily precipitation	21.8 mm (0.9 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Coonalpyn	Australia	Record daily precipitation	19.1 mm (0.8 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Murray Bridge (Tepko)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	20.3 mm (0.8 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Mallala	Australia	Record daily precipitation	24.4 mm (1.0 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Stockport	Australia	Record daily precipitation	17.8 mm (0.7 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Mundulla	Australia	Record daily precipitation	21.8 mm (0.9 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Naracoorte	Australia	Record daily precipitation	19.3 mm (0.8 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Koolunga	Australia	Record daily precipitation	19.3 mm (0.8 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Aldinga Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	20.3 mm (0.8 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Cantara	Australia	Record daily precipitation	20.6 mm (0.8 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Wolseley	Australia	Record daily precipitation	19.1 mm (0.8 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Truro	Australia	Record daily precipitation	20.8 mm (0.8 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Berthong	Australia	Record daily precipitation	21.1 mm (0.8 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

500 records

Records set or tied on 1 May 1926 by type: Highest daily maximum 134, Lowest daily maximum 4, Highest daily minimum 64, Lowest daily minimum 2, Heaviest daily rainfall 295, Heaviest daily snowfall 1.

Records on 1 May 1926 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	134
Lowest daily maximum	4
Highest daily minimum	64
Lowest daily minimum	2
Heaviest daily rainfall	295
Heaviest daily snowfall	1
Deepest snow cover	0

Records on 1 May 1926 by timescale: all-time 0, monthly 5, daily 495.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

438 broken records

Margins by which the 438 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 46.0. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

1 May 1926

Top 20 records on 1 May 1926 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
1 May 1926	Lobethal, AU	daily rain	52.8 mm (2.1 in)	40.1 mm (1.6 in)	32 years	52 of 100 (Notable)
1 May 1926	Hahndorf, AU	daily rain	46.2 mm (1.8 in)	37.3 mm (1.5 in)	32 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
1 May 1926	Kongal, AU	daily rain	33.8 mm (1.3 in)	26.7 mm (1.1 in)	16 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
1 May 1926	Mount Pleasant, AU	daily rain	40.6 mm (1.6 in)	27.9 mm (1.1 in)	32 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
1 May 1926	Mount Torrens, AU	daily rain	43.9 mm (1.7 in)	33.7 mm (1.3 in)	32 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
1 May 1926	Belair (State Flora Nursery), AU	daily rain	38.6 mm (1.5 in)	26.4 mm (1.0 in)	32 years	44 of 100 (Notable)
1 May 1926	Dingo Vale, AU	daily rain	53.3 mm (2.1 in)	35.0 mm (1.4 in)	32 years	44 of 100 (Notable)
1 May 1926	Minlaton, AU	daily rain	27.9 mm (1.1 in)	20.5 mm (0.8 in)	32 years	43 of 100 (Notable)
1 May 1926	Adelaide (Salisbury Bowling Cl, AU	daily rain	30.7 mm (1.2 in)	22.6 mm (0.9 in)	16 years	43 of 100 (Notable)
1 May 1926	Melrose, AU	daily rain	34.5 mm (1.4 in)	31.2 mm (1.2 in)	32 years	42 of 100 (Notable)
1 May 1926	Mount Barker, AU	daily rain	38.1 mm (1.5 in)	29.5 mm (1.2 in)	16 years	42 of 100 (Notable)
1 May 1926	Woodside, AU	daily rain	38.4 mm (1.5 in)	30.0 mm (1.2 in)	32 years	42 of 100 (Notable)
1 May 1926	Glenelg Post Office, AU	daily rain	27.9 mm (1.1 in)	17.5 mm (0.7 in)	32 years	39 of 100 (Notable)
1 May 1926	Bridgewater, AU	daily rain	59.7 mm (2.4 in)	27.9 mm (1.1 in)	38 years	39 of 100 (Notable)
1 May 1926	Nairne, AU	daily rain	30.0 mm (1.2 in)	23.6 mm (0.9 in)	32 years	39 of 100 (Notable)
1 May 1926	Willunga, AU	daily rain	26.7 mm (1.1 in)	17.8 mm (0.7 in)	32 years	39 of 100 (Notable)
1 May 1926	Melrose (Para Gums), AU	daily rain	26.7 mm (1.1 in)	23.1 mm (0.9 in)	32 years	38 of 100 (Notable)
1 May 1926	Collingrove, AU	daily rain	30.5 mm (1.2 in)	17.8 mm (0.7 in)	36 years	38 of 100 (Notable)
1 May 1926	Birdwood, AU	daily rain	36.8 mm (1.4 in)	23.3 mm (0.9 in)	32 years	38 of 100 (Notable)
1 May 1926	Stonyfell, AU	daily rain	32.0 mm (1.3 in)	26.4 mm (1.0 in)	16 years	38 of 100 (Notable)

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

1795 to 1926

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1795 to 1926. 1926 had 500 records.

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

Records on 05-01 in each year
Year	Records
1795	1
1802	1
1804	1
1814	1
1818	1
1835	1
1836	1
1840	1
1846	2
1847	1
1850	1
1851	1
1857	1
1860	1
1861	1
1864	2
1865	1
1868	2
1872	1
1875	4
1878	2
1879	2
1880	3
1881	2
1884	1
1885	1
1886	2
1887	2
1888	2
1889	3
1890	2
1891	5
1892	6
1893	2
1894	5
1896	1
1897	4
1898	1
1899	8
1900	1
1901	5
1902	7
1903	9
1904	9
1905	13
1906	12
1907	31
1908	20
1909	49
1910	13
1911	22
1912	18
1913	54
1914	23
1915	27
1916	27
1917	37
1918	34
1919	150
1920	186
1921	41
1922	92
1923	64
1924	63
1925	118
1926	500
1927	125
1928	190
1929	142
1930	263
1931	537
1932	220
1933	706
1934	305
1935	276
1936	368
1937	218
1938	304
1939	227
1940	731
1941	333
1942	1,036
1943	526
1944	229
1945	350
1946	415
1947	655
1948	774
1949	405
1950	439
1951	894
1952	557
1953	917
1954	1,506
1955	772
1956	1,106
1957	359
1958	448
1959	764
1960	737
1961	588
1962	615
1963	704
1964	312
1965	360
1966	707
1967	948
1968	426
1969	429
1970	1,075
1971	444
1972	562
1973	841
1974	589
1975	286
1976	673
1977	545
1978	1,202
1979	612
1980	507
1981	1,265
1982	508
1983	1,423
1984	640
1985	789
1986	512
1987	1,098
1988	1,058
1989	949
1990	922
1991	633
1992	1,201
1993	1,101
1994	1,210
1995	1,365
1996	1,439
1997	804
1998	951
1999	932
2000	809
2001	1,106
2002	1,221
2003	964
2004	887
2005	1,320
2006	734
2007	857
2008	979
2009	679
2010	1,151
2011	716
2012	796
2013	976
2014	941
2015	550
2016	844
2017	1,163
2018	519
2019	788
2020	1,099
2021	834
2022	319
2023	912
2024	458
2025	430
2026	623

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Data for records on 1926-05-01: CSV or JSON. Field meanings are on the data page.

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 1 May 1926
Margin	Records
0 to 10	351
10 to 20	63
20 to 30	16
30 to 40	6
40 to 50	2