Weather Records on 15 May 1926

161 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 15 May 1926. Highest significance: Yuleba Garden St, AU.

Key Facts for 15 May 1926

On 15 May 1926, 161 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
28 were record highs and 80 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 0 were all-time records, 1 monthly and 160 daily.
Yuleba Garden St set a daily record precipitation of 53.6 mm (2.1 in) on 15 May 1926.
Across 162 earlier years (1820 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 432 records.

Record Map

161 stations

161 station records on 15 May 1926 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 15 May 1926: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Yuleba Garden St	Australia	Record daily precipitation	53.6 mm (2.1 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
St George Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	42.2 mm (1.7 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Miles Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	35.6 mm (1.4 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Tewantin Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	83.8 mm (3.3 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Chatillon-Sur-Seine	France	Record daily precipitation	33.0 mm (1.3 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Sable Island	Canada	Record daily precipitation	37.6 mm (1.5 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Nuwara Eliya	Sri Lanka	Record low maximum temperature	17.1 C (62.8 F)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Ventspils	Latvia	Record daily precipitation	31.4 mm (1.2 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Clayton 1 SSW	United States	Record low maximum temperature	8.9 C (48.0 F)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Sydney (Observatory Hill)	Australia	Record low minimum temperature	6.5 C (43.7 F)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Uccle	Belgium	Record low maximum temperature	8.8 C (47.8 F)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Hyannis	United States	Record daily precipitation	34.8 mm (1.4 in)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Kingston	United States	Record daily precipitation	33.8 mm (1.3 in)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Roma Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	26.9 mm (1.1 in)	21 of 100 (Routine)
St Cloud State Clg	United States	Record high maximum temperature	33.9 C (93.0 F)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Loudon 1 E	United States	Record daily precipitation	20.8 mm (0.8 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Clinton	United States	Record daily precipitation	22.9 mm (0.9 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Scotland Neck	United States	Record daily precipitation	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Rugby	United States	Record daily precipitation	45.7 mm (1.8 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Bourke Post Office	Australia	Record low maximum temperature	15.0 C (59.0 F)	19 of 100 (Routine)
Hallettsville 2 N	United States	Record low minimum temperature	9.4 C (48.9 F)	19 of 100 (Routine)
Dunwich Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	62.2 mm (2.4 in)	18 of 100 (Routine)
Clarke River Telecom	Australia	Record daily precipitation	7.6 mm (0.30 in)	17 of 100 (Routine)
Woody Island	Australia	Record daily precipitation	31.5 mm (1.2 in)	17 of 100 (Routine)
Goondiwindi Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	17 of 100 (Routine)
Bungunya School	Australia	Record daily precipitation	24.9 mm (1.0 in)	17 of 100 (Routine)
Pakri	Estonia	Record daily precipitation	13.1 mm (0.5 in)	17 of 100 (Routine)
Genoa	Italy	Record daily precipitation	61.2 mm (2.4 in)	17 of 100 (Routine)
Biskra	Algeria	Record high minimum temperature	27.0 C (80.6 F)	16 of 100 (Routine)
Westwood Store	Australia	Record daily precipitation	6.6 mm (0.26 in)	16 of 100 (Routine)
Oxenford (Oberon Way)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	40.1 mm (1.6 in)	16 of 100 (Routine)
Moose Jaw Chab	Canada	Record high minimum temperature	12.2 C (54.0 F)	16 of 100 (Routine)
Blakely	United States	Record low maximum temperature	22.2 C (72.0 F)	16 of 100 (Routine)
Crohamhurst	Australia	Record daily precipitation	16.8 mm (0.7 in)	15 of 100 (Routine)
Palmwoods Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	33.8 mm (1.3 in)	15 of 100 (Routine)
Spring Bluff Railway STN	Australia	Record daily precipitation	12.7 mm (0.5 in)	15 of 100 (Routine)
Walgett Council Depot	Australia	Record low maximum temperature	11.9 C (53.4 F)	15 of 100 (Routine)
Austin	United States	Record low minimum temperature	7.2 C (45.0 F)	15 of 100 (Routine)
Temple	United States	Record low minimum temperature	6.7 C (44.1 F)	15 of 100 (Routine)
Marshall	United States	Record low minimum temperature	1.7 C (35.1 F)	15 of 100 (Routine)
St Helena Island	Australia	Record daily precipitation	28.4 mm (1.1 in)	14 of 100 (Routine)
Dalby Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	10.9 mm (0.4 in)	14 of 100 (Routine)
Yantabulla (Brindingabba)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	5.8 mm (0.23 in)	14 of 100 (Routine)
Eastport	United States	Record high maximum temperature	20.0 C (68.0 F)	14 of 100 (Routine)
Grand Forks UNIV (NWS)	United States	Record high maximum temperature	31.1 C (88.0 F)	14 of 100 (Routine)
Southport Ridgeway Ave	Australia	Record daily precipitation	58.7 mm (2.3 in)	13 of 100 (Routine)
Warra Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	12.2 mm (0.5 in)	13 of 100 (Routine)
Boggabilla Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	20.8 mm (0.8 in)	13 of 100 (Routine)
Casino Airport	Australia	Record daily precipitation	15.2 mm (0.6 in)	13 of 100 (Routine)
Regina Int'l A	Canada	Record high minimum temperature	10.6 C (51.1 F)	13 of 100 (Routine)
Tallinn	Estonia	Record daily precipitation	12.5 mm (0.5 in)	13 of 100 (Routine)
Montgomery Wb City	United States	Record low maximum temperature	18.3 C (64.9 F)	13 of 100 (Routine)
Malvern	United States	Record low minimum temperature	3.9 C (39.0 F)	13 of 100 (Routine)
Keosauqua	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-0.6 C (30.9 F)	13 of 100 (Routine)
Crookston NW Exp STN	United States	Record high maximum temperature	32.2 C (90.0 F)	13 of 100 (Routine)
St Charles Elm Pt	United States	Record low minimum temperature	3.3 C (37.9 F)	13 of 100 (Routine)
Grafton	United States	Record high maximum temperature	31.7 C (89.1 F)	13 of 100 (Routine)
Asheville	United States	Record low maximum temperature	14.4 C (57.9 F)	13 of 100 (Routine)
Beenleigh Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	24.6 mm (1.0 in)	12 of 100 (Routine)
Muckadilla Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	12 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

161 records

Records set or tied on 15 May 1926 by type: Highest daily maximum 20, Lowest daily maximum 32, Highest daily minimum 8, Lowest daily minimum 48, Heaviest daily rainfall 52, Deepest snow cover 1.

Records on 15 May 1926 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	20
Lowest daily maximum	32
Highest daily minimum	8
Lowest daily minimum	48
Heaviest daily rainfall	52
Heaviest daily snowfall	0
Deepest snow cover	1

Records on 15 May 1926 by timescale: all-time 0, monthly 1, daily 160.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

127 broken records

Margins by which the 127 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 55.9. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

15 May 1926

Top 20 records on 15 May 1926 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
15 May 1926	Yuleba Garden St, AU	daily rain	53.6 mm (2.1 in)	37.1 mm (1.5 in)	26 years	41 of 100 (Notable)
15 May 1926	St George Post Office, AU	daily rain	42.2 mm (1.7 in)	30.5 mm (1.2 in)	25 years	36 of 100 (Notable)
15 May 1926	Miles Post Office, AU	daily rain	35.6 mm (1.4 in)	27.5 mm (1.1 in)	16 years	35 of 100 (Notable)
15 May 1926	Tewantin Post Office, AU	daily rain	83.8 mm (3.3 in)	55.9 mm (2.2 in)	25 years	33 of 100 (Routine)
15 May 1926	Chatillon-Sur-Seine, FR	daily rain	33.0 mm (1.3 in)	18.0 mm (0.7 in)	4 years	33 of 100 (Routine)
15 May 1926	Sable Island, CA	daily rain	37.6 mm (1.5 in)	24.9 mm (1.0 in)	0 years	31 of 100 (Routine)
15 May 1926	Nuwara Eliya, LK	daily low max	17.1 C (62.8 F)	1.2 C (2.2 F)	54 years	27 of 100 (Routine)
15 May 1926	Ventspils, LV	daily rain	31.4 mm (1.2 in)	11.3 mm (0.4 in)	3 years	27 of 100 (Routine)
15 May 1926	Clayton 1 SSW, US	monthly low max	8.9 C (48.0 F)	2.2 C (4.0 F)	28 years	26 of 100 (Routine)
15 May 1926	Sydney (Observatory Hill), AU	daily low min	6.5 C (43.7 F)	0.9 C (1.6 F)	53 years	25 of 100 (Routine)
15 May 1926	Uccle, BE	daily low max	8.8 C (47.8 F)	0.8 C (1.4 F)	46 years	24 of 100 (Routine)
15 May 1926	Hyannis, US	daily rain	34.8 mm (1.4 in)	25.1 mm (1.0 in)	9 years	24 of 100 (Routine)
15 May 1926	Kingston, US	daily rain	33.8 mm (1.3 in)	20.8 mm (0.8 in)	1 year	23 of 100 (Routine)
15 May 1926	Roma Post Office, AU	daily rain	26.9 mm (1.1 in)	8.6 mm (0.34 in)	25 years	21 of 100 (Routine)
15 May 1926	St Cloud State Clg, US	daily high max	33.9 C (93.0 F)	5.6 C (10.1 F)	31 years	21 of 100 (Routine)
15 May 1926	Loudon 1 E, US	daily rain	20.8 mm (0.8 in)	13.2 mm (0.5 in)	32 years	20 of 100 (Routine)
15 May 1926	Clinton, US	daily rain	22.9 mm (0.9 in)	14.5 mm (0.6 in)	20 years	20 of 100 (Routine)
15 May 1926	Scotland Neck, US	daily rain	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	2.0 mm (0.08 in)	47 years	20 of 100 (Routine)
15 May 1926	Rugby, US	daily rain	45.7 mm (1.8 in)	13.9 mm (0.5 in)	17 years	20 of 100 (Routine)
15 May 1926	Bourke Post Office, AU	daily low max	15.0 C (59.0 F)	0.3 C (0.5 F)	46 years	19 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

1820 to 1926

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1820 to 1926. 1926 had 161 records.

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

Records on 05-15 in each year
Year	Records
1820	1
1825	1
1831	1
1832	1
1837	2
1845	1
1847	2
1848	1
1855	2
1857	2
1859	1
1862	1
1863	1
1865	1
1866	2
1867	1
1868	2
1870	1
1871	3
1874	2
1876	4
1878	1
1879	2
1881	1
1883	1
1885	1
1886	2
1888	3
1891	3
1893	5
1894	2
1895	4
1896	2
1897	4
1898	3
1899	9
1900	9
1901	2
1902	9
1903	4
1904	13
1905	16
1906	10
1907	27
1908	25
1909	89
1910	27
1911	27
1912	26
1913	60
1914	16
1915	236
1916	27
1917	80
1918	133
1919	25
1920	58
1921	92
1922	30
1923	125
1924	174
1925	100
1926	161
1927	191
1928	144
1929	161
1930	136
1931	459
1932	368
1933	439
1934	227
1935	288
1936	372
1937	373
1938	393
1939	351
1940	179
1941	454
1942	701
1943	568
1944	630
1945	588
1946	238
1947	334
1948	264
1949	363
1950	260
1951	736
1952	476
1953	426
1954	355
1955	538
1956	466
1957	521
1958	605
1959	764
1960	291
1961	508
1962	1,128
1963	782
1964	347
1965	320
1966	389
1967	609
1968	1,019
1969	790
1970	512
1971	351
1972	484
1973	818
1974	1,230
1975	372
1976	803
1977	1,186
1978	922
1979	404
1980	625
1981	586
1982	500
1983	1,215
1984	1,059
1985	649
1986	679
1987	1,073
1988	643
1989	552
1990	776
1991	1,179
1992	944
1993	784
1994	910
1995	1,750
1996	1,452
1997	1,175
1998	1,641
1999	810
2000	850
2001	1,280
2002	801
2003	1,023
2004	1,046
2005	767
2006	955
2007	949
2008	995
2009	675
2010	1,088
2011	1,298
2012	751
2013	1,081
2014	1,411
2015	717
2016	890
2017	435
2018	1,074
2019	627
2020	472
2021	412
2022	847
2023	566
2024	596
2025	801
2026	481

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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	109
10 to 20	10
20 to 30	5
30 to 40	2
40 to 50	0
50 to 60	1