Weather Records on 15 May 1935

288 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 15 May 1935. Highest significance: St John's, CA.

Key Facts for 15 May 1935

On 15 May 1935, 288 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
48 were record highs and 160 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 0 were all-time records, 2 monthly and 286 daily.
St John's set a daily record precipitation of 32.3 mm (1.3 in) on 15 May 1935.
Across 162 earlier years (1820 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 432 records.

Record Map

288 stations

288 station records on 15 May 1935 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 15 May 1935: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
St John's	Canada	Record daily precipitation	32.3 mm (1.3 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Rotenburg (Wumme)	Germany	Record daily precipitation	32.8 mm (1.3 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Goudveld (Bos)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	42.2 mm (1.7 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
T.Narsipur	India	Record daily precipitation	49.5 mm (1.9 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Spencer	United States	Record daily precipitation	35.1 mm (1.4 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Marseille Obs. Palais-Lonchamp	France	Record daily precipitation	29.3 mm (1.2 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Nordby (Fano)	Denmark	Record low minimum temperature	-0.9 C (30.4 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Ponce 4 E	Puerto Rico [United States]	Record daily precipitation	46.0 mm (1.8 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Pikeville	United States	Record daily precipitation	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Little Mtn	United States	Record daily precipitation	47.8 mm (1.9 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Lares	Puerto Rico [United States]	Record daily precipitation	58.4 mm (2.3 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Alexandria (Pol)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	41.1 mm (1.6 in)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Dandridge	United States	Record daily precipitation	26.9 mm (1.1 in)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Lares	Puerto Rico [United States]	Record low maximum temperature	24.4 C (75.9 F)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Tortosa - Observatorio del Ebr	Spain	Record daily precipitation	32.2 mm (1.3 in)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Manati 2 E	Puerto Rico [United States]	Record daily precipitation	49.5 mm (1.9 in)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Drift Sands (Bos)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	33.0 mm (1.3 in)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Gallivare_A	Sweden	Record low minimum temperature	-12.2 C (10.0 F)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Arnsberg	Germany	Record low maximum temperature	8.7 C (47.7 F)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Haparanda	Sweden	Record low minimum temperature	-5.8 C (21.6 F)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Kirchdorf/Poel	Germany	Record daily precipitation	20.6 mm (0.8 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
St Georges	Canada	Record daily precipitation	14.2 mm (0.6 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Soltau	Germany	Record daily precipitation	22.9 mm (0.9 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Lund	Sweden	Record daily precipitation	11.2 mm (0.4 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Augsburg (Sankt Stephan)	Germany	Record daily precipitation	18.4 mm (0.7 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Steytlerville (Mag)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	20.1 mm (0.8 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Klipplaat (Sar)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	15.7 mm (0.6 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Winterhoek	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	24.4 mm (1.0 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Potsdam	Germany	Record daily precipitation	14.6 mm (0.6 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Aberdeen Rd (Sar)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	24.9 mm (1.0 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Falsterbo	Sweden	Record daily precipitation	12.0 mm (0.5 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Vasteras-Hasslo	Sweden	Record low minimum temperature	-1.9 C (28.6 F)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Gavle	Sweden	Record low minimum temperature	-2.6 C (27.3 F)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Cet Central England	United Kingdom	Record low maximum temperature	7.9 C (46.2 F)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Amite	United States	Record high minimum temperature	22.8 C (73.0 F)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Lincoln UNIV Pwr Plt	United States	Record low maximum temperature	8.9 C (48.0 F)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Husum	Germany	Record daily precipitation	21.5 mm (0.8 in)	19 of 100 (Routine)
Isabela Substn	Puerto Rico [United States]	Record daily precipitation	57.7 mm (2.3 in)	19 of 100 (Routine)
Bezenchuk	Russia	Record high minimum temperature	16.8 C (62.2 F)	19 of 100 (Routine)
Bancroft	United States	Record daily precipitation	32.5 mm (1.3 in)	19 of 100 (Routine)
Pommelsbrunn	Germany	Record daily precipitation	10.4 mm (0.4 in)	18 of 100 (Routine)
Saguache	United States	Record daily precipitation	23.9 mm (0.9 in)	18 of 100 (Routine)
Soldier Creek Adm Site	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-5.6 C (21.9 F)	18 of 100 (Routine)
Crete 4ESE	United States	Record low maximum temperature	8.9 C (48.0 F)	18 of 100 (Routine)
Wakefield 3NW	United States	Record low maximum temperature	10.0 C (50.0 F)	18 of 100 (Routine)
Beaufort Wwtp	United States	Record high maximum temperature	34.4 C (93.9 F)	18 of 100 (Routine)
Sugar Land	United States	Record high minimum temperature	23.9 C (75.0 F)	18 of 100 (Routine)
Parnu	Estonia	Record low minimum temperature	-2.1 C (28.2 F)	17 of 100 (Routine)
Syracuse	United States	Record low maximum temperature	10.6 C (51.1 F)	17 of 100 (Routine)
Portsmouth-Sciotoville	United States	Record daily precipitation	12.7 mm (0.5 in)	17 of 100 (Routine)
Williamson	United States	Record daily precipitation	23.4 mm (0.9 in)	17 of 100 (Routine)
Lindsay	Canada	Record low minimum temperature	-1.7 C (28.9 F)	16 of 100 (Routine)
Tasiilaq	Greenland [Denmark]	Record high maximum temperature	13.4 C (56.1 F)	16 of 100 (Routine)
Nurnberg	Germany	Record daily precipitation	12.7 mm (0.5 in)	16 of 100 (Routine)
Heinersreuth-Vollhof	Germany	Record daily precipitation	13.5 mm (0.5 in)	16 of 100 (Routine)
Caguas	Puerto Rico [United States]	Record low maximum temperature	26.1 C (79.0 F)	16 of 100 (Routine)
Millwood (Bos)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	50.5 mm (2.0 in)	16 of 100 (Routine)
Karlshamn	Sweden	Record low maximum temperature	8.0 C (46.4 F)	16 of 100 (Routine)
Oxford	United Kingdom	Record low maximum temperature	8.9 C (48.0 F)	16 of 100 (Routine)
Santa Cruz	United States	Record low maximum temperature	13.9 C (57.0 F)	16 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

288 records

Records set or tied on 15 May 1935 by type: Highest daily maximum 24, Lowest daily maximum 111, Highest daily minimum 24, Lowest daily minimum 49, Heaviest daily rainfall 80.

Records on 15 May 1935 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	24
Lowest daily maximum	111
Highest daily minimum	24
Lowest daily minimum	49
Heaviest daily rainfall	80
Heaviest daily snowfall	0
Deepest snow cover	0

Records on 15 May 1935 by timescale: all-time 0, monthly 2, daily 286.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

221 broken records

Margins by which the 221 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 38.1. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

15 May 1935

Top 20 records on 15 May 1935 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
15 May 1935	St John's, CA	daily rain	32.3 mm (1.3 in)	17.1 mm (0.7 in)	45 years	39 of 100 (Notable)
15 May 1935	Rotenburg (Wumme), DE	daily rain	32.8 mm (1.3 in)	15.9 mm (0.6 in)	8 years	39 of 100 (Notable)
15 May 1935	Goudveld (Bos), ZA	daily rain	42.2 mm (1.7 in)	17.8 mm (0.7 in)	36 years	37 of 100 (Notable)
15 May 1935	T.Narsipur, IN	daily rain	49.5 mm (1.9 in)	38.1 mm (1.5 in)	28 years	35 of 100 (Notable)
15 May 1935	Spencer, US	daily rain	35.1 mm (1.4 in)	24.9 mm (1.0 in)	8 years	33 of 100 (Routine)
15 May 1935	Marseille Obs. Palais-Lonchamp, FR	daily rain	29.3 mm (1.2 in)	16.5 mm (0.6 in)	29 years	32 of 100 (Routine)
15 May 1935	Nordby (Fano), DK	daily low min	-0.9 C (30.4 F)	2.5 C (4.5 F)	49 years	28 of 100 (Routine)
15 May 1935	Ponce 4 E, PR	daily rain	46.0 mm (1.8 in)	30.3 mm (1.2 in)	6 years	28 of 100 (Routine)
15 May 1935	Pikeville, US	daily rain	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	18.3 mm (0.7 in)	10 years	28 of 100 (Routine)
15 May 1935	Little Mtn, US	daily rain	47.8 mm (1.9 in)	23.7 mm (0.9 in)	10 years	27 of 100 (Routine)
15 May 1935	Lares, PR	daily rain	58.4 mm (2.3 in)	36.8 mm (1.4 in)	16 years	26 of 100 (Routine)
15 May 1935	Alexandria (Pol), ZA	daily rain	41.1 mm (1.6 in)	10.6 mm (0.4 in)	36 years	24 of 100 (Routine)
15 May 1935	Dandridge, US	daily rain	26.9 mm (1.1 in)	16.5 mm (0.6 in)	10 years	24 of 100 (Routine)
15 May 1935	Lares, PR	daily low max	24.4 C (75.9 F)	2.3 C (4.1 F)	24 years	23 of 100 (Routine)
15 May 1935	Tortosa - Observatorio del Ebr, ES	daily rain	32.2 mm (1.3 in)	23.4 mm (0.9 in)	2 years	23 of 100 (Routine)
15 May 1935	Manati 2 E, PR	daily rain	49.5 mm (1.9 in)	25.9 mm (1.0 in)	21 years	22 of 100 (Routine)
15 May 1935	Drift Sands (Bos), ZA	daily rain	33.0 mm (1.3 in)	22.1 mm (0.9 in)	8 years	22 of 100 (Routine)
15 May 1935	Gallivare_A, SE	daily low min	-12.2 C (10.0 F)	5.2 C (9.4 F)	20 years	22 of 100 (Routine)
15 May 1935	Arnsberg, DE	daily low max	8.7 C (47.7 F)	1.4 C (2.5 F)	49 years	21 of 100 (Routine)
15 May 1935	Haparanda, SE	daily low min	-5.8 C (21.6 F)	0.8 C (1.4 F)	49 years	21 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 1935

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1820 to 1935. 1935 had 288 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 5	177
5 to 10	18
10 to 15	7
15 to 20	11
20 to 25	4
25 to 30	1
30 to 35	1
35 to 40	2