Weather Records on 26 May 1927

141 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 26 May 1927. Highest significance: Geilo, NO.

Key Facts for 26 May 1927

On 26 May 1927, 141 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
45 were record highs and 32 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 0 were all-time records, 1 monthly and 140 daily.
Geilo set a daily record snow depth of 110.0 cm (43.3 in) on 26 May 1927.
Across 161 earlier years (1814 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 433 records.

Record Map

141 stations

141 station records on 26 May 1927 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 26 May 1927: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Geilo	Norway	Record snow depth	110.0 cm (43.3 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Dandenong Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	27.2 mm (1.1 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Mason City	United States	Record daily precipitation	41.9 mm (1.6 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Elatma	Russia	Record high minimum temperature	17.2 C (63.0 F)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Batlow Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	38.9 mm (1.5 in)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Tumbarumba Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	26.2 mm (1.0 in)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Yarra Junction (Gilderoy)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	37.3 mm (1.5 in)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Yellowin	Australia	Record daily precipitation	35.1 mm (1.4 in)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Wandin (Yallock)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	26.4 mm (1.0 in)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Gorki	Belarus	Record daily precipitation	23.9 mm (0.9 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Bjuroklubb	Sweden	Record daily precipitation	16.0 mm (0.6 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Reading Wb City	United States	Record daily snowfall	0.3 cm (0.1 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Vilnius	Lithuania	Record daily precipitation	12.9 mm (0.5 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Springvale	Australia	Record daily precipitation	31.8 mm (1.3 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Kargopol	Russia	Record high minimum temperature	15.1 C (59.2 F)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Koroit	Australia	Record daily precipitation	25.9 mm (1.0 in)	18 of 100 (Routine)
Yarmouth	Canada	Record daily precipitation	24.1 mm (0.9 in)	18 of 100 (Routine)
Hamburg Fuhlsbuettel	Germany	Record low minimum temperature	3.7 C (38.7 F)	17 of 100 (Routine)
Gorlitz	Germany	Record low maximum temperature	11.3 C (52.3 F)	17 of 100 (Routine)
Columbus 3 NE	United States	Record daily precipitation	55.9 mm (2.2 in)	17 of 100 (Routine)
Happy Valley Reservoir	Australia	Record daily precipitation	17.8 mm (0.7 in)	16 of 100 (Routine)
Hastings Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	18.5 mm (0.7 in)	16 of 100 (Routine)
Lyonville	Australia	Record daily precipitation	10.7 mm (0.4 in)	16 of 100 (Routine)
Weissenburg	Germany	Record low minimum temperature	2.9 C (37.2 F)	16 of 100 (Routine)
Zametchino	Russia	Record high minimum temperature	16.1 C (61.0 F)	16 of 100 (Routine)
Grand Coteau	United States	Record high minimum temperature	23.3 C (73.9 F)	16 of 100 (Routine)
Weldon	United States	Record high minimum temperature	18.3 C (64.9 F)	16 of 100 (Routine)
Bathurst Gaol	Australia	Record low maximum temperature	7.2 C (45.0 F)	15 of 100 (Routine)
Lorquon	Australia	Record daily precipitation	13.2 mm (0.5 in)	15 of 100 (Routine)
Wrixum/Fohr	Germany	Record low maximum temperature	12.0 C (53.6 F)	15 of 100 (Routine)
Kirov	Russia	Record high minimum temperature	14.8 C (58.6 F)	15 of 100 (Routine)
Lamar	United States	Record high maximum temperature	38.3 C (100.9 F)	15 of 100 (Routine)
New Ulm 2 SE	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-1.7 C (28.9 F)	15 of 100 (Routine)
Adelong Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	24.6 mm (1.0 in)	14 of 100 (Routine)
Brungle (Rosemount)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	22.9 mm (0.9 in)	14 of 100 (Routine)
Mittagong Head Station	Australia	Record daily precipitation	13.7 mm (0.5 in)	14 of 100 (Routine)
Queenscliff	Australia	Record daily precipitation	16.5 mm (0.6 in)	14 of 100 (Routine)
Brocken	Germany	Record snow depth	2.0 cm (0.8 in)	14 of 100 (Routine)
Kirensk	Russia	Record daily precipitation	7.7 mm (0.30 in)	14 of 100 (Routine)
Garden City	United States	Record high maximum temperature	38.3 C (100.9 F)	14 of 100 (Routine)
Durham	United States	Record daily precipitation	14.5 mm (0.6 in)	14 of 100 (Routine)
Derry 4 SW	United States	Record daily precipitation	12.2 mm (0.5 in)	14 of 100 (Routine)
Ringtown	United States	Record daily precipitation	7.9 mm (0.31 in)	14 of 100 (Routine)
Bourke Post Office	Australia	Record low maximum temperature	15.0 C (59.0 F)	13 of 100 (Routine)
Warragul (Carbethon)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	17.0 mm (0.7 in)	13 of 100 (Routine)
Victoria Valley	Australia	Record daily precipitation	10.2 mm (0.4 in)	13 of 100 (Routine)
Fichtelberg	Germany	Record low maximum temperature	1.7 C (35.1 F)	13 of 100 (Routine)
Cottbus	Germany	Record low maximum temperature	13.3 C (55.9 F)	13 of 100 (Routine)
Babuskin	Russia	Record daily precipitation	14.0 mm (0.6 in)	13 of 100 (Routine)
Bisbee	United States	Record high maximum temperature	33.3 C (91.9 F)	13 of 100 (Routine)
Rocky Ford 2 SE	United States	Record high maximum temperature	33.3 C (91.9 F)	13 of 100 (Routine)
Kearney 4 NE	United States	Record daily precipitation	25.7 mm (1.0 in)	13 of 100 (Routine)
Newport 1 NW	United States	Record daily precipitation	22.4 mm (0.9 in)	13 of 100 (Routine)
Speers Ferry	United States	Record daily precipitation	14.0 mm (0.6 in)	13 of 100 (Routine)
Waterville	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-1.1 C (30.0 F)	13 of 100 (Routine)
Quambatook South	Australia	Record daily precipitation	8.6 mm (0.34 in)	12 of 100 (Routine)
Tbilisi	Georgia	Record high minimum temperature	16.8 C (62.2 F)	12 of 100 (Routine)
Tot-Ma	Russia	Record high minimum temperature	13.9 C (57.0 F)	12 of 100 (Routine)
Berkeley	United States	Record low maximum temperature	13.3 C (55.9 F)	12 of 100 (Routine)
New Braunfels	United States	Record high maximum temperature	33.9 C (93.0 F)	12 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

141 records

Records set or tied on 26 May 1927 by type: Highest daily maximum 20, Lowest daily maximum 17, Highest daily minimum 25, Lowest daily minimum 15, Heaviest daily rainfall 60, Heaviest daily snowfall 1, Deepest snow cover 3.

Records on 26 May 1927 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	20
Lowest daily maximum	17
Highest daily minimum	25
Lowest daily minimum	15
Heaviest daily rainfall	60
Heaviest daily snowfall	1
Deepest snow cover	3

Records on 26 May 1927 by timescale: all-time 0, monthly 1, daily 140.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

112 broken records

Margins by which the 112 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 1010.0. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

26 May 1927

Top 20 records on 26 May 1927 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
26 May 1927	Geilo, NO	daily snow depth	110.0 cm (43.3 in)	101.0 cm (39.8 in)	0 years	43 of 100 (Notable)
26 May 1927	Dandenong Post Office, AU	daily rain	27.2 mm (1.1 in)	14.0 mm (0.6 in)	26 years	30 of 100 (Routine)
26 May 1927	Mason City, US	daily rain	41.9 mm (1.6 in)	25.1 mm (1.0 in)	21 years	28 of 100 (Routine)
26 May 1927	Elatma, RU	monthly high min	17.2 C (63.0 F)	0.2 C (0.4 F)	35 years	23 of 100 (Routine)
26 May 1927	Batlow Post Office, AU	daily rain	38.9 mm (1.5 in)	15.5 mm (0.6 in)	26 years	22 of 100 (Routine)
26 May 1927	Tumbarumba Post Office, AU	daily rain	26.2 mm (1.0 in)	11.5 mm (0.5 in)	26 years	22 of 100 (Routine)
26 May 1927	Yarra Junction (Gilderoy), AU	daily rain	37.3 mm (1.5 in)	12.7 mm (0.5 in)	24 years	22 of 100 (Routine)
26 May 1927	Yellowin, AU	daily rain	35.1 mm (1.4 in)	10.5 mm (0.4 in)	26 years	21 of 100 (Routine)
26 May 1927	Wandin (Yallock), AU	daily rain	26.4 mm (1.0 in)	7.9 mm (0.31 in)	24 years	21 of 100 (Routine)
26 May 1927	Gorki, BY	daily rain	23.9 mm (0.9 in)	10.2 mm (0.4 in)	21 years	20 of 100 (Routine)
26 May 1927	Bjuroklubb, SE	daily rain	16.0 mm (0.6 in)	4.0 mm (0.16 in)	40 years	20 of 100 (Routine)
26 May 1927	Reading Wb City, US	daily snowfall	0.3 cm (0.1 in)	0.3 cm (0.1 in)	56 years	20 of 100 (Routine)
26 May 1927	Vilnius, LT	daily rain	12.9 mm (0.5 in)	3.7 mm (0.15 in)	42 years	20 of 100 (Routine)
26 May 1927	Springvale, AU	daily rain	31.8 mm (1.3 in)	11.0 mm (0.4 in)	26 years	20 of 100 (Routine)
26 May 1927	Kargopol, RU	daily high min	15.1 C (59.2 F)	4.2 C (7.6 F)	26 years	20 of 100 (Routine)
26 May 1927	Koroit, AU	daily rain	25.9 mm (1.0 in)	7.1 mm (0.28 in)	12 years	18 of 100 (Routine)
26 May 1927	Yarmouth, CA	daily rain	24.1 mm (0.9 in)	2.8 mm (0.11 in)	39 years	18 of 100 (Routine)
26 May 1927	Hamburg Fuhlsbuettel, DE	daily low min	3.7 C (38.7 F)	2.4 C (4.3 F)	24 years	17 of 100 (Routine)
26 May 1927	Gorlitz, DE	daily low max	11.3 C (52.3 F)	1.1 C (2.0 F)	38 years	17 of 100 (Routine)
26 May 1927	Columbus 3 NE, US	daily rain	55.9 mm (2.2 in)	15.5 mm (0.6 in)	9 years	17 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 1927

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1814 to 1927. 1927 had 141 records.

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

Records on 05-26 in each year
Year	Records
1814	1
1817	1
1839	1
1841	1
1843	1
1845	1
1847	2
1852	1
1858	1
1864	3
1866	1
1867	2
1868	3
1869	1
1870	1
1871	1
1876	1
1877	1
1879	3
1880	6
1882	2
1883	1
1884	1
1886	2
1887	1
1888	1
1889	5
1890	7
1891	2
1892	5
1894	3
1895	2
1896	1
1898	1
1899	3
1900	11
1901	12
1902	5
1903	16
1904	10
1905	10
1906	9
1907	24
1908	20
1909	9
1910	47
1911	42
1912	40
1913	49
1914	86
1915	13
1916	24
1917	33
1918	29
1919	37
1920	54
1921	63
1922	64
1923	74
1924	122
1925	570
1926	188
1927	141
1928	144
1929	110
1930	201
1931	289
1932	299
1933	475
1934	247
1935	191
1936	340
1937	255
1938	624
1939	253
1940	242
1941	322
1942	782
1943	473
1944	469
1945	279
1946	385
1947	587
1948	308
1949	438
1950	1,010
1951	542
1952	243
1953	996
1954	427
1955	1,208
1956	549
1957	351
1958	548
1959	391
1960	293
1961	800
1962	450
1963	398
1964	590
1965	621
1966	403
1967	954
1968	518
1969	621
1970	404
1971	533
1972	438
1973	609
1974	662
1975	495
1976	476
1977	561
1978	648
1979	1,243
1980	909
1981	1,077
1982	662
1983	1,173
1984	798
1985	582
1986	629
1987	913
1988	810
1989	1,173
1990	750
1991	1,352
1992	1,733
1993	998
1994	785
1995	936
1996	1,389
1997	967
1998	1,065
1999	581
2000	1,181
2001	848
2002	574
2003	1,069
2004	934
2005	827
2006	966
2007	1,180
2008	812
2009	938
2010	1,083
2011	1,109
2012	1,422
2013	905
2014	696
2015	502
2016	648
2017	483
2018	1,052
2019	779
2020	792
2021	566
2022	753
2023	376
2024	688
2025	546
2026	1,330

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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 200	111
200 to 400	0
400 to 600	0
600 to 800	0
800 to 1000	0
1000 to 1200	1