Weather Records on 15 May 1934

227 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 15 May 1934. Highest significance: Shimoga, IN.

Key Facts for 15 May 1934

On 15 May 1934, 227 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
88 were record highs and 24 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 0 were all-time records, 10 monthly and 217 daily.
Shimoga set a daily record precipitation of 82.3 mm (3.2 in) on 15 May 1934.
Across 162 earlier years (1820 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 432 records.

Record Map

227 stations

227 station records on 15 May 1934 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 15 May 1934: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Shimoga	India	Record daily precipitation	82.3 mm (3.2 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Ocala	United States	Record daily precipitation	142.2 mm (5.6 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Mhaswad	India	Record daily precipitation	51.8 mm (2.0 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Milford 2 SE	United States	Record daily precipitation	55.6 mm (2.2 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Gainesville	United States	Record daily precipitation	61.0 mm (2.4 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Toccoa	United States	Record daily precipitation	135.9 mm (5.4 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Niznij Novgorod	Russia	Record daily precipitation	35.0 mm (1.4 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Greenville Dwtn AP	United States	Record daily precipitation	53.3 mm (2.1 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Lenoir	United States	Record daily precipitation	43.2 mm (1.7 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Frankfort Downtown	United States	Record daily precipitation	36.1 mm (1.4 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Carlton Brg	United States	Record daily precipitation	50.8 mm (2.0 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Winston Salem Reynolds AP	United States	Record daily precipitation	38.1 mm (1.5 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Princess Anne	United States	Record daily precipitation	43.2 mm (1.7 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Santuck	United States	Record daily precipitation	44.5 mm (1.8 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Stornoway Airport	United Kingdom	Record low maximum temperature	4.4 C (39.9 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Hypoluxo	United States	Record daily precipitation	52.6 mm (2.1 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Orlando Executive AP	United States	Record daily precipitation	62.0 mm (2.4 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Panchgani	India	Record daily precipitation	32.5 mm (1.3 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Cape York Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	30.5 mm (1.2 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Dahlonega 4WSW	United States	Record daily precipitation	56.6 mm (2.2 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Walhalla	United States	Record daily precipitation	89.4 mm (3.5 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Callaville	United States	Record daily precipitation	98.6 mm (3.9 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Cheltenham 1 NW	United States	Record daily precipitation	34.3 mm (1.4 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Elsenburg	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	39.8 mm (1.6 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Gillsville	United States	Record daily precipitation	73.7 mm (2.9 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Henderson 2 NNW	United States	Record daily precipitation	42.7 mm (1.7 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Canton	United States	Record daily precipitation	53.8 mm (2.1 in)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Salisbury	United States	Record daily precipitation	35.6 mm (1.4 in)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Clemson UNIV	United States	Record daily precipitation	88.9 mm (3.5 in)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Tewantin Post Office	Australia	Record low minimum temperature	-0.4 C (31.3 F)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Stellenbosch (Tnk)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	49.8 mm (2.0 in)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Eufaula	United States	Record daily precipitation	42.4 mm (1.7 in)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Easton	United States	Record daily precipitation	31.0 mm (1.2 in)	21 of 100 (Routine)
New England	United States	Record high maximum temperature	37.2 C (99.0 F)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Tashkent	Uzbekistan	Record low maximum temperature	16.2 C (61.2 F)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Moreton Telegraph Station	Australia	Record daily precipitation	22.4 mm (0.9 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Richmond Chimborazo Pk	United States	Record daily precipitation	21.3 mm (0.8 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Leeu Gamka (Sar)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	3.8 mm (0.15 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Greenwood	United States	Record daily precipitation	24.1 mm (0.9 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Edmonton	Canada	Record high maximum temperature	30.0 C (86.0 F)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Bridgeville 1 NW	United States	Record daily precipitation	38.4 mm (1.5 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Clayton 1 SSW	United States	Record daily precipitation	53.3 mm (2.1 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Moscow U of I	United States	Record high minimum temperature	13.3 C (55.9 F)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Raleigh State UNIV	United States	Record daily precipitation	55.6 mm (2.2 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Hood Rvr Exp STN	United States	Record high minimum temperature	12.8 C (55.0 F)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Newberry	United States	Record daily precipitation	46.0 mm (1.8 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Morgantown 1	United States	Record daily precipitation	22.9 mm (0.9 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Earlington	United States	Record daily precipitation	39.4 mm (1.6 in)	19 of 100 (Routine)
Chapel Hill 2 W	United States	Record daily precipitation	40.1 mm (1.6 in)	19 of 100 (Routine)
Chilliwack	Canada	Record high minimum temperature	13.9 C (57.0 F)	18 of 100 (Routine)
Tiruvarur	India	Record daily precipitation	52.8 mm (2.1 in)	18 of 100 (Routine)
Beaufort	United States	Record daily precipitation	35.6 mm (1.4 in)	18 of 100 (Routine)
Caroleen	United States	Record daily precipitation	49.0 mm (1.9 in)	18 of 100 (Routine)
Uniontown 1 NE	United States	Record daily precipitation	21.6 mm (0.9 in)	18 of 100 (Routine)
Lynchburg - Coop	United States	Record daily precipitation	30.5 mm (1.2 in)	18 of 100 (Routine)
Butte Bert Mooney AP	United States	Record high maximum temperature	27.2 C (81.0 F)	18 of 100 (Routine)
Fort Macleod	Canada	Record high minimum temperature	13.3 C (55.9 F)	17 of 100 (Routine)
Tezpur	India	Record daily precipitation	45.5 mm (1.8 in)	17 of 100 (Routine)
Hornindal	Norway	Record daily precipitation	15.2 mm (0.6 in)	17 of 100 (Routine)
Irkutsk	Russia	Record high maximum temperature	26.5 C (79.7 F)	17 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

227 records

Records set or tied on 15 May 1934 by type: Highest daily maximum 30, Lowest daily maximum 6, Highest daily minimum 58, Lowest daily minimum 18, Heaviest daily rainfall 114, Deepest snow cover 1.

Records on 15 May 1934 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	30
Lowest daily maximum	6
Highest daily minimum	58
Lowest daily minimum	18
Heaviest daily rainfall	114
Heaviest daily snowfall	0
Deepest snow cover	1

Records on 15 May 1934 by timescale: all-time 0, monthly 10, daily 217.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

183 broken records

Margins by which the 183 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 66.6. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

15 May 1934

Top 20 records on 15 May 1934 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
15 May 1934	Shimoga, IN	daily rain	82.3 mm (3.2 in)	66.6 mm (2.6 in)	27 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
15 May 1934	Ocala, US	monthly rain	142.2 mm (5.6 in)	49.5 mm (1.9 in)	11 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
15 May 1934	Mhaswad, IN	daily rain	51.8 mm (2.0 in)	35.8 mm (1.4 in)	19 years	43 of 100 (Notable)
15 May 1934	Milford 2 SE, US	daily rain	55.6 mm (2.2 in)	34.5 mm (1.4 in)	28 years	42 of 100 (Notable)
15 May 1934	Gainesville, US	daily rain	61.0 mm (2.4 in)	38.9 mm (1.5 in)	27 years	42 of 100 (Notable)
15 May 1934	Toccoa, US	monthly rain	135.9 mm (5.4 in)	26.7 mm (1.1 in)	25 years	39 of 100 (Notable)
15 May 1934	Niznij Novgorod, RU	monthly rain	35.0 mm (1.4 in)	5.0 mm (0.20 in)	48 years	38 of 100 (Notable)
15 May 1934	Greenville Dwtn AP, US	daily rain	53.3 mm (2.1 in)	39.1 mm (1.5 in)	43 years	38 of 100 (Notable)
15 May 1934	Lenoir, US	daily rain	43.2 mm (1.7 in)	20.3 mm (0.8 in)	55 years	36 of 100 (Notable)
15 May 1934	Frankfort Downtown, US	daily rain	36.1 mm (1.4 in)	17.8 mm (0.7 in)	38 years	34 of 100 (Routine)
15 May 1934	Carlton Brg, US	daily rain	50.8 mm (2.0 in)	26.7 mm (1.1 in)	31 years	33 of 100 (Routine)
15 May 1934	Winston Salem Reynolds AP, US	daily rain	38.1 mm (1.5 in)	28.2 mm (1.1 in)	28 years	33 of 100 (Routine)
15 May 1934	Princess Anne, US	daily rain	43.2 mm (1.7 in)	26.2 mm (1.0 in)	4 years	32 of 100 (Routine)
15 May 1934	Santuck, US	daily rain	44.5 mm (1.8 in)	23.2 mm (0.9 in)	21 years	31 of 100 (Routine)
15 May 1934	Stornoway Airport, GB	monthly low max	4.4 C (39.9 F)	0.6 C (1.1 F)	42 years	30 of 100 (Routine)
15 May 1934	Hypoluxo, US	daily rain	52.6 mm (2.1 in)	31.3 mm (1.2 in)	33 years	30 of 100 (Routine)
15 May 1934	Orlando Executive AP, US	daily rain	62.0 mm (2.4 in)	34.1 mm (1.3 in)	15 years	30 of 100 (Routine)
15 May 1934	Panchgani, IN	daily rain	32.5 mm (1.3 in)	27.9 mm (1.1 in)	16 years	29 of 100 (Routine)
15 May 1934	Cape York Post Office, AU	daily rain	30.5 mm (1.2 in)	17.0 mm (0.7 in)	39 years	28 of 100 (Routine)
15 May 1934	Dahlonega 4WSW, US	daily rain	56.6 mm (2.2 in)	21.5 mm (0.8 in)	28 years	28 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 1934

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1820 to 1934. 1934 had 227 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	134
10 to 20	30
20 to 30	11
30 to 40	6
40 to 50	1
50 to 60	0
60 to 70	1