Weather Records on 21 May 1926

221 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 21 May 1926. Highest significance: Brinkworth (Anama Park), AU.

Key Facts for 21 May 1926

On 21 May 1926, 221 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
14 were record highs and 52 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 0 were all-time records, 0 monthly and 221 daily.
Brinkworth (Anama Park) set a daily record precipitation of 34.0 mm (1.3 in) on 21 May 1926.
Across 156 earlier years (1793 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 462 records.

Record Map

221 stations

221 station records on 21 May 1926 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 21 May 1926: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Brinkworth (Anama Park)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	34.0 mm (1.3 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Willunga	Australia	Record daily precipitation	34.0 mm (1.3 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Kingscote	Australia	Record daily precipitation	33.8 mm (1.3 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Port Lincoln (Woolga)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	34.3 mm (1.4 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Uraidla	Australia	Record daily precipitation	63.5 mm (2.5 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Wilmington Wb City	United States	Record daily precipitation	55.6 mm (2.2 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Cap Chat	Canada	Record daily snowfall	7.6 cm (3.0 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Cape Willoughby	Australia	Record daily precipitation	26.9 mm (1.1 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Magill Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	29.2 mm (1.1 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Stonyfell	Australia	Record daily precipitation	28.7 mm (1.1 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Clare Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	27.2 mm (1.1 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Belair (State Flora Nursery)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	33.0 mm (1.3 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Stirling	Australia	Record daily precipitation	49.8 mm (2.0 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Farrell Flat	Australia	Record daily precipitation	26.7 mm (1.1 in)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Coromandel Valley (Branden)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	29.2 mm (1.1 in)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Lyndoch	Australia	Record daily precipitation	26.2 mm (1.0 in)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Clarendon	Australia	Record daily precipitation	35.6 mm (1.4 in)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Williamstown	Australia	Record daily precipitation	33.8 mm (1.3 in)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Southport 5 N	United States	Record daily precipitation	42.7 mm (1.7 in)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Chita	Russia	Record daily precipitation	24.3 mm (1.0 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Adelaide West Terrace	Australia	Record daily precipitation	22.9 mm (0.9 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
St Albans	Canada	Record daily precipitation	24.6 mm (1.0 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Snowtown	Australia	Record daily precipitation	21.3 mm (0.8 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Wellington Station	Australia	Record daily precipitation	16.8 mm (0.7 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Cape Borda Comparison	Australia	Record daily precipitation	22.4 mm (0.9 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Eudunda	Australia	Record daily precipitation	18.0 mm (0.7 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Morden	Canada	Record daily precipitation	20.3 mm (0.8 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Waikerie (Ramco)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	16.5 mm (0.6 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Goolwa Council Depot	Australia	Record daily precipitation	17.3 mm (0.7 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Adelaide (Morphett Vale)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	24.4 mm (1.0 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Bjuroklubb	Sweden	Record daily precipitation	9.5 mm (0.37 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Sturt	Australia	Record daily precipitation	21.6 mm (0.9 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Nerchinskij Zavod	Russia	Record daily precipitation	8.5 mm (0.33 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Koolunga	Australia	Record daily precipitation	16.5 mm (0.6 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Marrabel	Australia	Record daily precipitation	21.1 mm (0.8 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Morgan Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	14.5 mm (0.6 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Colton (Boola Boola)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	16.5 mm (0.6 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Melrose	Australia	Record daily precipitation	21.3 mm (0.8 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Cleve	Australia	Record daily precipitation	22.4 mm (0.9 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Aldinga Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	20.3 mm (0.8 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Happy Valley Reservoir	Australia	Record daily precipitation	24.4 mm (1.0 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Orroroo	Australia	Record daily precipitation	13.5 mm (0.5 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Wellington East	Australia	Record daily precipitation	18.0 mm (0.7 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Stokes	Australia	Record daily precipitation	18.8 mm (0.7 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Stansbury	Australia	Record daily precipitation	17.8 mm (0.7 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Sedan	Australia	Record daily precipitation	15.2 mm (0.6 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Tarnaby	Sweden	Record daily precipitation	8.7 mm (0.34 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Yardea	Australia	Record daily precipitation	13.2 mm (0.5 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Blyth	Australia	Record daily precipitation	22.9 mm (0.9 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Port Broughton	Australia	Record daily precipitation	21.3 mm (0.8 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Menasha	United States	Record daily precipitation	42.7 mm (1.7 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Coulta	Australia	Record daily precipitation	18.0 mm (0.7 in)	19 of 100 (Routine)
Orroroo (Black Rock)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	11.9 mm (0.5 in)	19 of 100 (Routine)
Booleroo (Wimont)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	12.7 mm (0.5 in)	19 of 100 (Routine)
Clare (Hill River)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	29.5 mm (1.2 in)	19 of 100 (Routine)
Two Wells	Australia	Record daily precipitation	15.2 mm (0.6 in)	19 of 100 (Routine)
Old Noarlunga Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	19.8 mm (0.8 in)	19 of 100 (Routine)
Needles	United States	Record high maximum temperature	42.2 C (108.0 F)	19 of 100 (Routine)
Georgetown	Australia	Record daily precipitation	16.0 mm (0.6 in)	18 of 100 (Routine)
Watervale	Australia	Record daily precipitation	23.1 mm (0.9 in)	18 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

221 records

Records set or tied on 21 May 1926 by type: Highest daily maximum 6, Lowest daily maximum 17, Highest daily minimum 8, Lowest daily minimum 35, Heaviest daily rainfall 152, Heaviest daily snowfall 2, Deepest snow cover 1.

Records on 21 May 1926 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	6
Lowest daily maximum	17
Highest daily minimum	8
Lowest daily minimum	35
Heaviest daily rainfall	152
Heaviest daily snowfall	2
Deepest snow cover	1

Records on 21 May 1926 by timescale: all-time 0, monthly 0, daily 221.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

196 broken records

Margins by which the 196 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 76.0. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

21 May 1926

Top 20 records on 21 May 1926 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
21 May 1926	Brinkworth (Anama Park), AU	daily rain	34.0 mm (1.3 in)	21.3 mm (0.8 in)	36 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
21 May 1926	Willunga, AU	daily rain	34.0 mm (1.3 in)	20.8 mm (0.8 in)	29 years	42 of 100 (Notable)
21 May 1926	Kingscote, AU	daily rain	33.8 mm (1.3 in)	25.2 mm (1.0 in)	23 years	41 of 100 (Notable)
21 May 1926	Port Lincoln (Woolga), AU	daily rain	34.3 mm (1.4 in)	21.6 mm (0.9 in)	8 years	36 of 100 (Notable)
21 May 1926	Uraidla, AU	daily rain	63.5 mm (2.5 in)	32.5 mm (1.3 in)	23 years	34 of 100 (Routine)
21 May 1926	Wilmington Wb City, US	daily rain	55.6 mm (2.2 in)	20.8 mm (0.8 in)	37 years	32 of 100 (Routine)
21 May 1926	Cap Chat, CA	daily snowfall	7.6 cm (3.0 in)	7.6 cm (3.0 in)	42 years	31 of 100 (Routine)
21 May 1926	Cape Willoughby, AU	daily rain	26.9 mm (1.1 in)	14.5 mm (0.6 in)	4 years	28 of 100 (Routine)
21 May 1926	Magill Post Office, AU	daily rain	29.2 mm (1.1 in)	17.3 mm (0.7 in)	23 years	28 of 100 (Routine)
21 May 1926	Stonyfell, AU	daily rain	28.7 mm (1.1 in)	14.0 mm (0.6 in)	26 years	28 of 100 (Routine)
21 May 1926	Clare Post Office, AU	daily rain	27.2 mm (1.1 in)	5.6 mm (0.22 in)	51 years	27 of 100 (Routine)
21 May 1926	Belair (State Flora Nursery), AU	daily rain	33.0 mm (1.3 in)	10.1 mm (0.4 in)	33 years	26 of 100 (Routine)
21 May 1926	Stirling, AU	daily rain	49.8 mm (2.0 in)	25.2 mm (1.0 in)	8 years	26 of 100 (Routine)
21 May 1926	Farrell Flat, AU	daily rain	26.7 mm (1.1 in)	13.7 mm (0.5 in)	3 years	24 of 100 (Routine)
21 May 1926	Coromandel Valley (Branden), AU	daily rain	29.2 mm (1.1 in)	10.4 mm (0.4 in)	32 years	24 of 100 (Routine)
21 May 1926	Lyndoch, AU	daily rain	26.2 mm (1.0 in)	13.2 mm (0.5 in)	8 years	23 of 100 (Routine)
21 May 1926	Clarendon, AU	daily rain	35.6 mm (1.4 in)	9.7 mm (0.38 in)	21 years	23 of 100 (Routine)
21 May 1926	Williamstown, AU	daily rain	33.8 mm (1.3 in)	13.0 mm (0.5 in)	23 years	23 of 100 (Routine)
21 May 1926	Southport 5 N, US	daily rain	42.7 mm (1.7 in)	20.6 mm (0.8 in)	24 years	21 of 100 (Routine)
21 May 1926	Chita, RU	daily rain	24.3 mm (1.0 in)	13.5 mm (0.5 in)	24 years	20 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

1793 to 1926

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1793 to 1926. 1926 had 221 records.

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

Records on 05-21 in each year
Year	Records
1793	1
1795	1
1811	1
1837	2
1842	1
1847	2
1854	1
1857	1
1858	1
1865	1
1866	1
1870	2
1875	1
1876	1
1880	2
1882	1
1885	1
1886	2
1887	3
1889	5
1890	3
1891	6
1892	1
1893	1
1894	4
1895	4
1896	5
1897	2
1898	1
1899	5
1900	1
1901	3
1902	4
1903	26
1904	8
1905	7
1906	12
1907	36
1908	13
1909	13
1910	14
1911	87
1912	24
1913	13
1914	26
1915	24
1916	13
1917	76
1918	51
1919	170
1920	39
1921	158
1922	39
1923	125
1924	148
1925	250
1926	221
1927	207
1928	173
1929	247
1930	133
1931	488
1932	343
1933	290
1934	590
1935	190
1936	328
1937	227
1938	348
1939	355
1940	456
1941	525
1942	482
1943	463
1944	310
1945	515
1946	324
1947	485
1948	312
1949	593
1950	403
1951	271
1952	385
1953	501
1954	961
1955	507
1956	409
1957	709
1958	511
1959	684
1960	615
1961	306
1962	553
1963	598
1964	788
1965	238
1966	296
1967	1,022
1968	549
1969	832
1970	449
1971	536
1972	557
1973	493
1974	847
1975	1,160
1976	393
1977	756
1978	575
1979	787
1980	857
1981	1,550
1982	599
1983	1,106
1984	950
1985	610
1986	908
1987	1,242
1988	819
1989	671
1990	947
1991	1,065
1992	1,143
1993	1,197
1994	656
1995	749
1996	1,461
1997	953
1998	1,200
1999	544
2000	897
2001	1,187
2002	2,048
2003	807
2004	898
2005	1,020
2006	810
2007	894
2008	740
2009	1,315
2010	962
2011	959
2012	848
2013	884
2014	522
2015	956
2016	567
2017	780
2018	525
2019	1,668
2020	707
2021	1,131
2022	1,512
2023	794
2024	751
2025	776
2026	356

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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 2026-10-14 (14 October 2026). Records are computed by this site and are not official.

Data as of 2026-10-12. Last revised 12 October 2026 (2026-10-12).

Margin	Records
0 to 10	159
10 to 20	27
20 to 30	8
30 to 40	1
40 to 50	0
50 to 60	0
60 to 70	0
70 to 80	1