Weather Records on 17 May 1926

133 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 17 May 1926. Highest significance: Camboon Station, AU.

Key Facts for 17 May 1926

On 17 May 1926, 133 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
31 were record highs and 33 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 2 were all-time records, 11 monthly and 120 daily.
Camboon Station set a monthly record daily precipitation of 119.4 mm (4.7 in) on 17 May 1926.
Across 167 earlier years (1802 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 436 records.

Record Map

133 stations

133 station records on 17 May 1926 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 17 May 1926: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Camboon Station	Australia	Record daily precipitation	119.4 mm (4.7 in)	66 of 100 (Major)
Eidsvold Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	150.6 mm (5.9 in)	65 of 100 (Major)
Taroom Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	87.4 mm (3.4 in)	59 of 100 (Notable)
Bundaberg Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	218.4 mm (8.6 in)	59 of 100 (Notable)
Mt Perry the Pines	Australia	Record daily precipitation	240.8 mm (9.5 in)	59 of 100 (Notable)
Sandy Cape Lighthouse	Australia	Record daily precipitation	254.0 mm (10.0 in)	58 of 100 (Notable)
Maryborough	Australia	Record daily precipitation	202.2 mm (8.0 in)	57 of 100 (Notable)
Hawkwood Station	Australia	Record daily precipitation	65.0 mm (2.6 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Childers Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	98.6 mm (3.9 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Mungar Junction	Australia	Record daily precipitation	161.8 mm (6.4 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Tiaro	Australia	Record daily precipitation	127.8 mm (5.0 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Guy Fawkes 2	Australia	Record daily precipitation	96.5 mm (3.8 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Bustard Head Lighthouse	Australia	Record daily precipitation	102.1 mm (4.0 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Gympie	Australia	Record daily precipitation	56.6 mm (2.2 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Isis Junction Railway STN	Australia	Record daily precipitation	142.2 mm (5.6 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Degilbo Rail STN	Australia	Record daily precipitation	76.2 mm (3.0 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Stroud Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	83.8 mm (3.3 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Cooran Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	59.7 mm (2.4 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Banana Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	36.3 mm (1.4 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Cooroy Composite	Australia	Record daily precipitation	73.9 mm (2.9 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Gigoomgan	Australia	Record daily precipitation	127.0 mm (5.0 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Miriam Vale	Australia	Record daily precipitation	148.8 mm (5.9 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Bowraville Recreation Club	Australia	Record daily precipitation	65.5 mm (2.6 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Taree (Radio Station 2Re)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	58.4 mm (2.3 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Nerang Gilston Rd	Australia	Record daily precipitation	61.0 mm (2.4 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Yandina Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	56.1 mm (2.2 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Roma Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	37.3 mm (1.5 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Nambour Bowling Club	Australia	Record daily precipitation	56.1 mm (2.2 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Plymouth-Kingston	United States	Record daily precipitation	54.4 mm (2.1 in)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Woolgoolga (Clear Place)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	53.8 mm (2.1 in)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Warthausen-Birkenhard	Germany	Record daily precipitation	33.5 mm (1.3 in)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Santa Cruz	United States	Record high maximum temperature	31.1 C (88.0 F)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Maclean (McLachlan Street)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	59.2 mm (2.3 in)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Macksville Country Club	Australia	Record daily precipitation	41.7 mm (1.6 in)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Aberdeen (Main Rd)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	24.1 mm (0.9 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Goorangoola	Australia	Record daily precipitation	23.6 mm (0.9 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Langmorn	Australia	Record daily precipitation	19.1 mm (0.8 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Cleveland Bowls Club	Australia	Record daily precipitation	27.9 mm (1.1 in)	19 of 100 (Routine)
Sandgate Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	29.2 mm (1.1 in)	18 of 100 (Routine)
Corvallis State UNIV	United States	Record high minimum temperature	13.3 C (55.9 F)	18 of 100 (Routine)
Portland Rfc City	United States	Record high minimum temperature	13.9 C (57.0 F)	18 of 100 (Routine)
Tizi Ouzou	Algeria	Record low minimum temperature	5.0 C (41.0 F)	17 of 100 (Routine)
Orleansville (Chlef)	Algeria	Record low maximum temperature	19.0 C (66.2 F)	17 of 100 (Routine)
Blagovescensk	Russia	Record daily precipitation	12.5 mm (0.5 in)	17 of 100 (Routine)
Jonkoping	Sweden	Record low maximum temperature	6.5 C (43.7 F)	17 of 100 (Routine)
Stockton 2	United States	Record high minimum temperature	15.6 C (60.1 F)	17 of 100 (Routine)
Robe Comparison	Australia	Record low minimum temperature	5.0 C (41.0 F)	16 of 100 (Routine)
Surat	Australia	Record daily precipitation	35.6 mm (1.4 in)	16 of 100 (Routine)
Enngonia (Shearer Street)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	17.8 mm (0.7 in)	16 of 100 (Routine)
Tabulam Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	19.1 mm (0.8 in)	16 of 100 (Routine)
Redding Fire STN 2	United States	Record high minimum temperature	19.4 C (66.9 F)	16 of 100 (Routine)
Holly	United States	Record daily precipitation	12.7 mm (0.5 in)	16 of 100 (Routine)
Huntington	United States	Record high minimum temperature	20.0 C (68.0 F)	16 of 100 (Routine)
Eugene	United States	Record high minimum temperature	12.8 C (55.0 F)	16 of 100 (Routine)
Burlington	United States	Record high minimum temperature	21.7 C (71.1 F)	16 of 100 (Routine)
Arnsberg	Germany	Record low maximum temperature	7.8 C (46.0 F)	15 of 100 (Routine)
Franklin 3 NW	United States	Record low maximum temperature	25.6 C (78.1 F)	15 of 100 (Routine)
Sidi-Bel-Abbes	Algeria	Record low maximum temperature	15.0 C (59.0 F)	14 of 100 (Routine)
Colby	United States	Record daily precipitation	10.2 mm (0.4 in)	14 of 100 (Routine)
Stratton	United States	Record daily precipitation	8.6 mm (0.34 in)	14 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

133 records

Records set or tied on 17 May 1926 by type: Highest daily maximum 13, Lowest daily maximum 13, Highest daily minimum 18, Lowest daily minimum 20, Heaviest daily rainfall 68, Deepest snow cover 1.

Records on 17 May 1926 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	13
Lowest daily maximum	13
Highest daily minimum	18
Lowest daily minimum	20
Heaviest daily rainfall	68
Heaviest daily snowfall	0
Deepest snow cover	1

Records on 17 May 1926 by timescale: all-time 2, monthly 11, daily 120.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

114 broken records

Margins by which the 114 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 149.1. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

17 May 1926

Top 20 records on 17 May 1926 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
17 May 1926	Camboon Station, AU	monthly rain	119.4 mm (4.7 in)	71.1 mm (2.8 in)	36 years	66 of 100 (Major)
17 May 1926	Eidsvold Post Office, AU	all-time rain	150.6 mm (5.9 in)	32.2 mm (1.3 in)	33 years	65 of 100 (Major)
17 May 1926	Taroom Post Office, AU	monthly rain	87.4 mm (3.4 in)	39.9 mm (1.6 in)	22 years	59 of 100 (Notable)
17 May 1926	Bundaberg Post Office, AU	monthly rain	218.4 mm (8.6 in)	99.0 mm (3.9 in)	19 years	59 of 100 (Notable)
17 May 1926	Mt Perry the Pines, AU	monthly rain	240.8 mm (9.5 in)	149.1 mm (5.9 in)	19 years	59 of 100 (Notable)
17 May 1926	Sandy Cape Lighthouse, AU	all-time rain	254.0 mm (10.0 in)	43.2 mm (1.7 in)	5 years	58 of 100 (Notable)
17 May 1926	Maryborough, AU	monthly rain	202.2 mm (8.0 in)	96.5 mm (3.8 in)	10 years	57 of 100 (Notable)
17 May 1926	Hawkwood Station, AU	daily rain	65.0 mm (2.6 in)	47.2 mm (1.9 in)	33 years	54 of 100 (Notable)
17 May 1926	Childers Post Office, AU	daily rain	98.6 mm (3.9 in)	61.8 mm (2.4 in)	25 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
17 May 1926	Mungar Junction, AU	monthly rain	161.8 mm (6.4 in)	51.1 mm (2.0 in)	12 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
17 May 1926	Tiaro, AU	monthly rain	127.8 mm (5.0 in)	44.0 mm (1.7 in)	12 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
17 May 1926	Guy Fawkes 2, AU	daily rain	96.5 mm (3.8 in)	86.3 mm (3.4 in)	19 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
17 May 1926	Bustard Head Lighthouse, AU	daily rain	102.1 mm (4.0 in)	49.0 mm (1.9 in)	33 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
17 May 1926	Gympie, AU	daily rain	56.6 mm (2.2 in)	34.2 mm (1.3 in)	33 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
17 May 1926	Isis Junction Railway STN, AU	monthly rain	142.2 mm (5.6 in)	46.2 mm (1.8 in)	19 years	44 of 100 (Notable)
17 May 1926	Degilbo Rail STN, AU	daily rain	76.2 mm (3.0 in)	43.9 mm (1.7 in)	25 years	43 of 100 (Notable)
17 May 1926	Stroud Post Office, AU	daily rain	83.8 mm (3.3 in)	66.0 mm (2.6 in)	1 year	43 of 100 (Notable)
17 May 1926	Cooran Post Office, AU	daily rain	59.7 mm (2.4 in)	47.5 mm (1.9 in)	20 years	40 of 100 (Notable)
17 May 1926	Banana Post Office, AU	daily rain	36.3 mm (1.4 in)	22.3 mm (0.9 in)	33 years	38 of 100 (Notable)
17 May 1926	Cooroy Composite, AU	daily rain	73.9 mm (2.9 in)	56.4 mm (2.2 in)	25 years	37 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

1802 to 1926

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1802 to 1926. 1926 had 133 records.

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

Records on 05-17 in each year
Year	Records
1802	2
1803	1
1808	1
1816	1
1834	1
1837	1
1839	1
1847	2
1848	1
1851	1
1853	1
1855	1
1858	1
1859	1
1861	2
1862	2
1863	2
1864	1
1871	2
1872	2
1873	2
1874	4
1877	1
1878	1
1879	2
1880	1
1881	1
1882	2
1883	3
1885	1
1887	1
1888	2
1889	3
1891	8
1892	4
1893	3
1895	8
1896	2
1897	3
1898	6
1899	7
1900	12
1901	2
1902	3
1903	9
1904	12
1905	10
1906	22
1907	10
1908	5
1909	33
1910	16
1911	30
1912	16
1913	24
1914	24
1915	53
1916	49
1917	18
1918	56
1919	35
1920	46
1921	50
1922	30
1923	95
1924	80
1925	326
1926	133
1927	264
1928	127
1929	168
1930	421
1931	201
1932	288
1933	365
1934	373
1935	341
1936	270
1937	183
1938	340
1939	285
1940	338
1941	408
1942	589
1943	855
1944	521
1945	799
1946	586
1947	249
1948	412
1949	544
1950	371
1951	373
1952	777
1953	441
1954	298
1955	570
1956	1,166
1957	469
1958	331
1959	488
1960	402
1961	291
1962	1,325
1963	368
1964	417
1965	462
1966	489
1967	644
1968	564
1969	638
1970	711
1971	723
1972	610
1973	1,016
1974	1,302
1975	365
1976	426
1977	1,078
1978	872
1979	459
1980	768
1981	940
1982	476
1983	1,326
1984	925
1985	561
1986	921
1987	1,054
1988	1,096
1989	1,307
1990	1,135
1991	1,237
1992	1,025
1993	495
1994	858
1995	1,734
1996	1,706
1997	1,619
1998	1,080
1999	795
2000	825
2001	960
2002	964
2003	1,127
2004	769
2005	784
2006	1,522
2007	742
2008	1,309
2009	1,050
2010	880
2011	1,483
2012	711
2013	739
2014	1,062
2015	824
2016	741
2017	1,302
2018	726
2019	686
2020	496
2021	443
2022	479
2023	385
2024	566
2025	928
2026	745

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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 20	82
20 to 40	14
40 to 60	10
60 to 80	3
80 to 100	4
100 to 120	0
120 to 140	0
140 to 160	1