Weather Records on 26 May 1933

475 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 26 May 1933. Highest significance: Parur, IN.

Key Facts for 26 May 1933

On 26 May 1933, 475 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
115 were record highs and 33 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 2 were all-time records, 9 monthly and 464 daily.
Parur set a monthly record daily precipitation of 223.5 mm (8.8 in) on 26 May 1933.
Across 161 earlier years (1814 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 431 records.

Record Map

475 stations

475 station records on 26 May 1933 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 26 May 1933: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Parur	India	Record daily precipitation	223.5 mm (8.8 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Ponnani	India	Record daily precipitation	162.8 mm (6.4 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Quilandi	India	Record daily precipitation	226.6 mm (8.9 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Kozhikode	India	Record daily precipitation	215.1 mm (8.5 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Naracoorte Cave Range	Australia	Record daily precipitation	39.4 mm (1.6 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Triprayar	India	Record daily precipitation	259.1 mm (10.2 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Trichur	India	Record daily precipitation	198.9 mm (7.8 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Lobethal	Australia	Record daily precipitation	61.0 mm (2.4 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Saraipali	India	Record daily precipitation	45.7 mm (1.8 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Davenport L&D 15	United States	Record daily precipitation	45.7 mm (1.8 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Vaikom	India	Record daily precipitation	162.6 mm (6.4 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Perumpavur	India	Record daily precipitation	123.2 mm (4.9 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Monmouth	United States	Record daily precipitation	49.5 mm (1.9 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Shelbyville 1 E	United States	Record daily precipitation	47.0 mm (1.9 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Brenham	United States	Record daily precipitation	62.5 mm (2.5 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Hahndorf	Australia	Record daily precipitation	62.7 mm (2.5 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Poolaijelo	Australia	Record daily precipitation	29.2 mm (1.1 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Chowghat	India	Record daily precipitation	290.1 mm (11.4 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Farukhnagar	India	Record daily precipitation	38.1 mm (1.5 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Naracoorte	Australia	Record daily precipitation	29.7 mm (1.2 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Sherthala	India	Record daily precipitation	160.0 mm (6.3 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Dingo Vale	Australia	Record daily precipitation	61.2 mm (2.4 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Jabalpur	India	Record daily precipitation	43.7 mm (1.7 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Greenville Wtp	United States	Record daily precipitation	30.5 mm (1.2 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Lakin	United States	Record daily precipitation	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Morrison	United States	Record daily precipitation	49.8 mm (2.0 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Bridgewater	Australia	Record daily precipitation	80.0 mm (3.1 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Nairne	Australia	Record daily precipitation	43.4 mm (1.7 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Apsley	Australia	Record daily precipitation	26.9 mm (1.1 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Point Amour	Canada	Record daily snowfall	5.1 cm (2.0 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Hambantota	Sri Lanka	Record low maximum temperature	27.2 C (81.0 F)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Clinton #1	United States	Record daily precipitation	45.2 mm (1.8 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Le Claire	United States	Record daily precipitation	53.6 mm (2.1 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Worsham	United States	Record daily precipitation	49.8 mm (2.0 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Racine Wwtp	United States	Record daily precipitation	45.7 mm (1.8 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Aledo	United States	Record daily precipitation	47.8 mm (1.9 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Walnut	United States	Record daily precipitation	41.1 mm (1.6 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Woodside	Australia	Record daily precipitation	50.3 mm (2.0 in)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Fort Cochin	India	Record daily precipitation	185.7 mm (7.3 in)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Mantova	Italy	Record daily precipitation	32.8 mm (1.3 in)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Warsaw	United States	Record daily precipitation	74.7 mm (2.9 in)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Cambridge City 3 N	United States	Record daily precipitation	32.0 mm (1.3 in)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Launceston (Pumping Station)	Australia	Record low maximum temperature	8.4 C (47.1 F)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Kerrville	United States	Record daily precipitation	62.2 mm (2.4 in)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Stansbury	Australia	Record daily precipitation	44.7 mm (1.8 in)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Badagara	India	Record daily precipitation	105.4 mm (4.1 in)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Stirling	Australia	Record daily precipitation	69.6 mm (2.7 in)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Nurnberg	Germany	Record low maximum temperature	11.1 C (52.0 F)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Henderson 2 NNW	United States	Record high maximum temperature	35.0 C (95.0 F)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Litchfield	Australia	Record daily precipitation	20.3 mm (0.8 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Bendigo Prison	Australia	Record daily precipitation	15.0 mm (0.6 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Avoca (Post Office)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	17.8 mm (0.7 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Barkers Creek Reservoir	Australia	Record daily precipitation	21.6 mm (0.9 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Warracknabeal Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	17.8 mm (0.7 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Telangatuk (Scholfield)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	19.1 mm (0.8 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Tohana	India	Record daily precipitation	20.8 mm (0.8 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Birchip (Woodlands)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	22.1 mm (0.9 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Laanecoorie Weir	Australia	Record daily precipitation	16.8 mm (0.7 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Hopetoun	Australia	Record daily precipitation	19.3 mm (0.8 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Inglewood (Post Office)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	14.5 mm (0.6 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

475 records

Records set or tied on 26 May 1933 by type: Highest daily maximum 43, Lowest daily maximum 21, Highest daily minimum 72, Lowest daily minimum 12, Heaviest daily rainfall 326, Heaviest daily snowfall 1.

Records on 26 May 1933 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	43
Lowest daily maximum	21
Highest daily minimum	72
Lowest daily minimum	12
Heaviest daily rainfall	326
Heaviest daily snowfall	1
Deepest snow cover	0

Records on 26 May 1933 by timescale: all-time 2, monthly 9, daily 464.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

402 broken records

Margins by which the 402 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 159.5. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

26 May 1933

Top 20 records on 26 May 1933 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
26 May 1933	Parur, IN	monthly rain	223.5 mm (8.8 in)	71.1 mm (2.8 in)	28 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
26 May 1933	Ponnani, IN	daily rain	162.8 mm (6.4 in)	118.3 mm (4.7 in)	10 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
26 May 1933	Quilandi, IN	daily rain	226.6 mm (8.9 in)	157.8 mm (6.2 in)	8 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
26 May 1933	Kozhikode, IN	daily rain	215.1 mm (8.5 in)	159.5 mm (6.3 in)	0 years	43 of 100 (Notable)
26 May 1933	Naracoorte Cave Range, AU	daily rain	39.4 mm (1.6 in)	19.6 mm (0.8 in)	23 years	42 of 100 (Notable)
26 May 1933	Triprayar, IN	all-time rain	259.1 mm (10.2 in)	40.2 mm (1.6 in)	8 years	42 of 100 (Notable)
26 May 1933	Trichur, IN	monthly rain	198.9 mm (7.8 in)	60.2 mm (2.4 in)	3 years	39 of 100 (Notable)
26 May 1933	Lobethal, AU	daily rain	61.0 mm (2.4 in)	28.2 mm (1.1 in)	23 years	38 of 100 (Notable)
26 May 1933	Saraipali, IN	daily rain	45.7 mm (1.8 in)	29.4 mm (1.2 in)	28 years	38 of 100 (Notable)
26 May 1933	Davenport L&D 15, US	daily rain	45.7 mm (1.8 in)	23.6 mm (0.9 in)	30 years	38 of 100 (Notable)
26 May 1933	Vaikom, IN	daily rain	162.6 mm (6.4 in)	86.1 mm (3.4 in)	0 years	35 of 100 (Notable)
26 May 1933	Perumpavur, IN	daily rain	123.2 mm (4.9 in)	57.9 mm (2.3 in)	31 years	34 of 100 (Routine)
26 May 1933	Monmouth, US	daily rain	49.5 mm (1.9 in)	19.3 mm (0.8 in)	33 years	34 of 100 (Routine)
26 May 1933	Shelbyville 1 E, US	daily rain	47.0 mm (1.9 in)	19.1 mm (0.8 in)	36 years	33 of 100 (Routine)
26 May 1933	Brenham, US	daily rain	62.5 mm (2.5 in)	45.0 mm (1.8 in)	24 years	33 of 100 (Routine)
26 May 1933	Hahndorf, AU	daily rain	62.7 mm (2.5 in)	21.3 mm (0.8 in)	23 years	32 of 100 (Routine)
26 May 1933	Poolaijelo, AU	daily rain	29.2 mm (1.1 in)	14.0 mm (0.6 in)	23 years	32 of 100 (Routine)
26 May 1933	Chowghat, IN	all-time rain	290.1 mm (11.4 in)	19.6 mm (0.8 in)	8 years	32 of 100 (Routine)
26 May 1933	Farukhnagar, IN	daily rain	38.1 mm (1.5 in)	38.1 mm (1.5 in)	32 years	31 of 100 (Routine)
26 May 1933	Naracoorte, AU	daily rain	29.7 mm (1.2 in)	10.1 mm (0.4 in)	23 years	30 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 1933

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1814 to 1933. 1933 had 475 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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Data for records on 1933-05-26: CSV or JSON. Field meanings are on the data page.

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	377
20 to 40	13
40 to 60	5
60 to 80	3
80 to 100	1
100 to 120	1
120 to 140	0
140 to 160	2