Weather Records on 12 May 1926

121 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 12 May 1926. Highest significance: Mullaley (Bando), AU.

Key Facts for 12 May 1926

On 12 May 1926, 121 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
27 were record highs and 30 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 0 were all-time records, 3 monthly and 118 daily.
Mullaley (Bando) set a daily record precipitation of 61.0 mm (2.4 in) on 12 May 1926.
Across 164 earlier years (1814 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 455 records.

Record Map

121 stations

121 station records on 12 May 1926 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 12 May 1926: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Mullaley (Bando)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	61.0 mm (2.4 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Anticosti SW Point	Canada	Record daily snowfall	7.6 cm (3.0 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Cap Madeleine	Canada	Record daily snowfall	24.1 cm (9.5 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Bathurst	Canada	Record daily precipitation	26.7 mm (1.1 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Ebor (Wongwibinda)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	33.0 mm (1.3 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Waverley (Belltrees 2)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	34.0 mm (1.3 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Wilkie	Australia	Record daily precipitation	37.3 mm (1.5 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Burra (Poonunda)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	38.9 mm (1.5 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Ostas I Hegra	Norway	Record daily precipitation	35.4 mm (1.4 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Kickerbell	Australia	Record daily precipitation	41.4 mm (1.6 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Anticosti Heath Point	Canada	Record daily snowfall	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Humansdorp (Pol)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	25.7 mm (1.0 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Burketown Post Office	Australia	Record low maximum temperature	20.6 C (69.1 F)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Gayndah Post Office	Australia	Record low maximum temperature	15.8 C (60.4 F)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Barraba (Mount Lindsay)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	41.9 mm (1.6 in)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Springvale	Australia	Record daily precipitation	36.1 mm (1.4 in)	23 of 100 (Routine)
New Westminster	Canada	Record high minimum temperature	12.2 C (54.0 F)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Cap Madeleine	Canada	Record daily precipitation	43.2 mm (1.7 in)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Olga 2 SE	United States	Record high maximum temperature	26.7 C (80.1 F)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Alice Springs Post Office	Australia	Record low maximum temperature	13.3 C (55.9 F)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Nerchinskij Zavod	Russia	Record high minimum temperature	16.0 C (60.8 F)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Drift Sands (Bos)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	34.3 mm (1.4 in)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Roros	Norway	Record daily precipitation	9.0 mm (0.35 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Vanrhysdorp	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	16.3 mm (0.6 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Nymagee (Wirchilleba)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	17.5 mm (0.7 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Cambooya Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	9.9 mm (0.39 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Dalby Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	8.9 mm (0.35 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Toowoomba	Australia	Record daily precipitation	10.7 mm (0.4 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Jokkmokk	Sweden	Record daily precipitation	9.1 mm (0.36 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Bundaberg Post Office	Australia	Record low maximum temperature	18.9 C (66.0 F)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Seattle Urban Site	United States	Record high minimum temperature	14.4 C (57.9 F)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Pittsworth	Australia	Record daily precipitation	8.1 mm (0.32 in)	19 of 100 (Routine)
Woomera (Oakden Hills)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	7.1 mm (0.28 in)	18 of 100 (Routine)
Coen Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	3.8 mm (0.15 in)	18 of 100 (Routine)
Warwick Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	3.6 mm (0.14 in)	18 of 100 (Routine)
Bathurst	Canada	Record low maximum temperature	6.1 C (43.0 F)	18 of 100 (Routine)
Lien I Selbu	Norway	Record daily precipitation	21.5 mm (0.8 in)	18 of 100 (Routine)
Santa Fe	United States	Record low maximum temperature	8.9 C (48.0 F)	18 of 100 (Routine)
Springer	United States	Record low maximum temperature	10.6 C (51.1 F)	17 of 100 (Routine)
Seattle Urban Site	United States	Record high maximum temperature	31.1 C (88.0 F)	17 of 100 (Routine)
Allora Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	3.0 mm (0.12 in)	16 of 100 (Routine)
Wandoo Wandong	Australia	Record daily precipitation	19.8 mm (0.8 in)	16 of 100 (Routine)
Steveston	Canada	Record high maximum temperature	22.8 C (73.0 F)	16 of 100 (Routine)
Sarna	Sweden	Record daily precipitation	8.3 mm (0.33 in)	16 of 100 (Routine)
Loudon 1 E	United States	Record daily precipitation	28.4 mm (1.1 in)	16 of 100 (Routine)
Crown St. Reservoir	Australia	Record daily precipitation	33.8 mm (1.3 in)	15 of 100 (Routine)
Bella Coola	Canada	Record high minimum temperature	9.4 C (48.9 F)	15 of 100 (Routine)
Enisejsk	Russia	Record low minimum temperature	-5.8 C (21.6 F)	15 of 100 (Routine)
Irkutsk	Russia	Record low maximum temperature	4.7 C (40.5 F)	15 of 100 (Routine)
Sotchi	Russia	Record high minimum temperature	19.1 C (66.4 F)	15 of 100 (Routine)
Bee Branch	United States	Record low maximum temperature	20.0 C (68.0 F)	15 of 100 (Routine)
Miltalie (Poodra)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	11.7 mm (0.5 in)	14 of 100 (Routine)
Tallong	Australia	Record daily precipitation	42.7 mm (1.7 in)	14 of 100 (Routine)
Anticosti Heath Point	Canada	Record daily precipitation	16.5 mm (0.6 in)	14 of 100 (Routine)
Witelsbos (Bos)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	32.3 mm (1.3 in)	14 of 100 (Routine)
Murfreesboro 5 N	United States	Record low minimum temperature	4.4 C (39.9 F)	14 of 100 (Routine)
College STN 6 SW	United States	Record low maximum temperature	20.6 C (69.1 F)	14 of 100 (Routine)
Willapa Harbor	United States	Record high maximum temperature	31.1 C (88.0 F)	14 of 100 (Routine)
Mundallio	Australia	Record daily precipitation	12.7 mm (0.5 in)	13 of 100 (Routine)
Clifton Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	6.6 mm (0.26 in)	13 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

121 records

Records set or tied on 12 May 1926 by type: Highest daily maximum 13, Lowest daily maximum 24, Highest daily minimum 14, Lowest daily minimum 6, Heaviest daily rainfall 60, Heaviest daily snowfall 4.

Records on 12 May 1926 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	13
Lowest daily maximum	24
Highest daily minimum	14
Lowest daily minimum	6
Heaviest daily rainfall	60
Heaviest daily snowfall	4
Deepest snow cover	0

Records on 12 May 1926 by timescale: all-time 0, monthly 3, daily 118.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

106 broken records

Margins by which the 106 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 203.0. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

12 May 1926

Top 20 records on 12 May 1926 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
12 May 1926	Mullaley (Bando), AU	daily rain	61.0 mm (2.4 in)	54.4 mm (2.1 in)	41 years	52 of 100 (Notable)
12 May 1926	Anticosti SW Point, CA	daily snowfall	7.6 cm (3.0 in)	7.1 cm (2.8 in)	19 years	35 of 100 (Notable)
12 May 1926	Cap Madeleine, CA	daily snowfall	24.1 cm (9.5 in)	20.3 cm (8.0 in)	12 years	35 of 100 (Notable)
12 May 1926	Bathurst, CA	daily rain	26.7 mm (1.1 in)	14.3 mm (0.6 in)	52 years	35 of 100 (Notable)
12 May 1926	Ebor (Wongwibinda), AU	daily rain	33.0 mm (1.3 in)	28.7 mm (1.1 in)	8 years	34 of 100 (Routine)
12 May 1926	Waverley (Belltrees 2), AU	daily rain	34.0 mm (1.3 in)	20.3 mm (0.8 in)	29 years	34 of 100 (Routine)
12 May 1926	Wilkie, AU	daily rain	37.3 mm (1.5 in)	16.0 mm (0.6 in)	37 years	33 of 100 (Routine)
12 May 1926	Burra (Poonunda), AU	daily rain	38.9 mm (1.5 in)	13.0 mm (0.5 in)	41 years	32 of 100 (Routine)
12 May 1926	Ostas I Hegra, NO	daily rain	35.4 mm (1.4 in)	11.7 mm (0.5 in)	13 years	30 of 100 (Routine)
12 May 1926	Kickerbell, AU	daily rain	41.4 mm (1.6 in)	19.6 mm (0.8 in)	29 years	28 of 100 (Routine)
12 May 1926	Anticosti Heath Point, CA	daily snowfall	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	11.4 cm (4.5 in)	3 years	26 of 100 (Routine)
12 May 1926	Humansdorp (Pol), ZA	daily rain	25.7 mm (1.0 in)	11.5 mm (0.5 in)	43 years	26 of 100 (Routine)
12 May 1926	Burketown Post Office, AU	daily low max	20.6 C (69.1 F)	4.5 C (8.1 F)	15 years	25 of 100 (Routine)
12 May 1926	Gayndah Post Office, AU	daily low max	15.8 C (60.4 F)	3.8 C (6.8 F)	27 years	24 of 100 (Routine)
12 May 1926	Barraba (Mount Lindsay), AU	daily rain	41.9 mm (1.6 in)	13.7 mm (0.5 in)	37 years	24 of 100 (Routine)
12 May 1926	Springvale, AU	daily rain	36.1 mm (1.4 in)	13.7 mm (0.5 in)	29 years	23 of 100 (Routine)
12 May 1926	New Westminster, CA	daily high min	12.2 C (54.0 F)	1.1 C (2.0 F)	47 years	23 of 100 (Routine)
12 May 1926	Cap Madeleine, CA	daily rain	43.2 mm (1.7 in)	12.7 mm (0.5 in)	8 years	23 of 100 (Routine)
12 May 1926	Olga 2 SE, US	daily high max	26.7 C (80.1 F)	3.4 C (6.1 F)	30 years	23 of 100 (Routine)
12 May 1926	Alice Springs Post Office, AU	daily low max	13.3 C (55.9 F)	2.3 C (4.1 F)	47 years	22 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 1926

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1814 to 1926. 1926 had 121 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).

Margin	Records
0 to 50	102
50 to 100	2
100 to 150	1
150 to 200	0
200 to 250	1