Weather Records on 19 May 1935

270 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 19 May 1935. Highest significance: Hot Springs, US.

Key Facts for 19 May 1935

On 19 May 1935, 270 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
35 were record highs and 107 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 0 were all-time records, 2 monthly and 268 daily.
Hot Springs set a daily record precipitation of 45.0 mm (1.8 in) on 19 May 1935.
Across 161 earlier years (1798 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 462 records.

Record Map

270 stations

270 station records on 19 May 1935 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 19 May 1935: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Hot Springs	United States	Record daily precipitation	45.0 mm (1.8 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Dialville 2 W	United States	Record daily precipitation	68.8 mm (2.7 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Huntsville	United States	Record daily precipitation	96.5 mm (3.8 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
McAlester Rgnl AP	United States	Record daily precipitation	88.6 mm (3.5 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Glenwood 3SW	United States	Record daily precipitation	29.5 mm (1.2 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Alliance 1WNW	United States	Record daily precipitation	33.3 mm (1.3 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Holyoke	United States	Record daily precipitation	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Springview 2NW	United States	Record daily precipitation	33.0 mm (1.3 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Boulder	United States	Record low maximum temperature	5.6 C (42.1 F)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Hutchinson River	United States	Record daily precipitation	49.5 mm (1.9 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Purdum	United States	Record daily precipitation	39.6 mm (1.6 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Innsbruck	Austria	Record low maximum temperature	7.8 C (46.0 F)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Bruning	United States	Record daily precipitation	57.4 mm (2.3 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Greeley	United States	Record daily precipitation	37.8 mm (1.5 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Greeley	United States	Record daily precipitation	34.0 mm (1.3 in)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Lenoir	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-1.1 C (30.0 F)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Setif	Algeria	Record daily precipitation	33.4 mm (1.3 in)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Arcadia	United States	Record daily precipitation	26.7 mm (1.1 in)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Hempstead	United States	Record daily precipitation	77.2 mm (3.0 in)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Sabinal	United States	Record daily precipitation	64.3 mm (2.5 in)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Yarmouth	Canada	Record low maximum temperature	9.4 C (48.9 F)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Gravette	United States	Record daily precipitation	50.0 mm (2.0 in)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Buena Vista 2S	United States	Record low maximum temperature	8.3 C (46.9 F)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Red Lodge	United States	Record daily precipitation	33.5 mm (1.3 in)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Columbus 3 NE	United States	Record low maximum temperature	10.6 C (51.1 F)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Ericson 8 WNW	United States	Record daily precipitation	44.5 mm (1.8 in)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Stanton	United States	Record daily precipitation	31.8 mm (1.3 in)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Kenton	United States	Record daily precipitation	34.0 mm (1.3 in)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Pontotoc	United States	Record daily precipitation	35.6 mm (1.4 in)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Halsey 2 W	United States	Record daily precipitation	33.5 mm (1.3 in)	21 of 100 (Routine)
St Georges	Canada	Record daily precipitation	11.9 mm (0.5 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Khibiny	Russia	Record daily precipitation	18.5 mm (0.7 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Pitea	Sweden	Record daily precipitation	17.7 mm (0.7 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Elizabethtown	United States	Record daily precipitation	15.2 mm (0.6 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Braunschweig (T.H.)	Germany	Record daily precipitation	24.9 mm (1.0 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Junsele	Sweden	Record daily precipitation	18.3 mm (0.7 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Green Rvr	United States	Record daily precipitation	15.5 mm (0.6 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Gunnison 3SW	United States	Record daily precipitation	11.7 mm (0.5 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Katandra North	Australia	Record daily precipitation	4.8 mm (0.19 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Columbus 3 NE	United States	Record daily precipitation	24.1 mm (0.9 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Bjuroklubb	Sweden	Record daily precipitation	14.8 mm (0.6 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Frankfurt/Main (Feldbergstr.)	Germany	Record daily precipitation	14.0 mm (0.6 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Teriberka	Russia	Record daily precipitation	10.7 mm (0.4 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Kazalinsk	Kazakhstan	Record low minimum temperature	4.7 C (40.5 F)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Tortosa - Observatorio del Ebr	Spain	Record low maximum temperature	14.4 C (57.9 F)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Lowestoft	United Kingdom	Record low minimum temperature	0.6 C (33.1 F)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Beaufort	United States	Record low minimum temperature	11.1 C (52.0 F)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Laramie	United States	Record daily snowfall	7.6 cm (3.0 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Makaweli 965	United States	Record high maximum temperature	31.7 C (89.1 F)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Hayes Center 1NW	United States	Record daily precipitation	43.2 mm (1.7 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Dublin Phoenix Park	Ireland	Record daily precipitation	18.3 mm (0.7 in)	19 of 100 (Routine)
Rockwell City	United States	Record daily precipitation	22.1 mm (0.9 in)	19 of 100 (Routine)
Hammond	United States	Record daily precipitation	95.0 mm (3.7 in)	19 of 100 (Routine)
Livingston	United States	Record daily precipitation	16.5 mm (0.6 in)	19 of 100 (Routine)
Madrid	United States	Record low maximum temperature	8.9 C (48.0 F)	19 of 100 (Routine)
N Loup	United States	Record daily precipitation	42.2 mm (1.7 in)	19 of 100 (Routine)
Fairfax	United States	Record daily precipitation	37.3 mm (1.5 in)	19 of 100 (Routine)
Fredericksburg Np	United States	Record low minimum temperature	3.3 C (37.9 F)	19 of 100 (Routine)
Low Head (Comparison)	Australia	Record low maximum temperature	10.6 C (51.1 F)	18 of 100 (Routine)
Prince Albert	Canada	Record high minimum temperature	11.7 C (53.1 F)	18 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

270 records

Records set or tied on 19 May 1935 by type: Highest daily maximum 9, Lowest daily maximum 79, Highest daily minimum 26, Lowest daily minimum 28, Heaviest daily rainfall 126, Heaviest daily snowfall 2.

Records on 19 May 1935 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	9
Lowest daily maximum	79
Highest daily minimum	26
Lowest daily minimum	28
Heaviest daily rainfall	126
Heaviest daily snowfall	2
Deepest snow cover	0

Records on 19 May 1935 by timescale: all-time 0, monthly 2, daily 268.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

223 broken records

Margins by which the 223 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 64.5. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

19 May 1935

Top 20 records on 19 May 1935 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
19 May 1935	Hot Springs, US	daily rain	45.0 mm (1.8 in)	34.8 mm (1.4 in)	20 years	41 of 100 (Notable)
19 May 1935	Dialville 2 W, US	daily rain	68.8 mm (2.7 in)	45.2 mm (1.8 in)	24 years	35 of 100 (Notable)
19 May 1935	Huntsville, US	daily rain	96.5 mm (3.8 in)	64.5 mm (2.5 in)	20 years	35 of 100 (Notable)
19 May 1935	McAlester Rgnl AP, US	daily rain	88.6 mm (3.5 in)	62.2 mm (2.4 in)	8 years	35 of 100 (Notable)
19 May 1935	Glenwood 3SW, US	daily rain	29.5 mm (1.2 in)	29.5 mm (1.2 in)	41 years	34 of 100 (Routine)
19 May 1935	Alliance 1WNW, US	daily rain	33.3 mm (1.3 in)	18.1 mm (0.7 in)	20 years	30 of 100 (Routine)
19 May 1935	Holyoke, US	daily rain	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	15.0 mm (0.6 in)	36 years	29 of 100 (Routine)
19 May 1935	Springview 2NW, US	daily rain	33.0 mm (1.3 in)	13.4 mm (0.5 in)	32 years	27 of 100 (Routine)
19 May 1935	Boulder, US	daily low max	5.6 C (42.1 F)	6.6 C (11.9 F)	36 years	26 of 100 (Routine)
19 May 1935	Hutchinson River, US	daily rain	49.5 mm (1.9 in)	24.1 mm (0.9 in)	14 years	26 of 100 (Routine)
19 May 1935	Purdum, US	daily rain	39.6 mm (1.6 in)	16.0 mm (0.6 in)	32 years	26 of 100 (Routine)
19 May 1935	Innsbruck, AT	daily low max	7.8 C (46.0 F)	2.2 C (4.0 F)	54 years	25 of 100 (Routine)
19 May 1935	Bruning, US	daily rain	57.4 mm (2.3 in)	21.8 mm (0.9 in)	21 years	25 of 100 (Routine)
19 May 1935	Greeley, US	daily rain	37.8 mm (1.5 in)	13.7 mm (0.5 in)	32 years	25 of 100 (Routine)
19 May 1935	Greeley, US	daily rain	34.0 mm (1.3 in)	16.0 mm (0.6 in)	6 years	24 of 100 (Routine)
19 May 1935	Lenoir, US	daily low min	-1.1 C (30.0 F)	6.1 C (11.0 F)	24 years	24 of 100 (Routine)
19 May 1935	Setif, DZ	daily rain	33.4 mm (1.3 in)	10.5 mm (0.4 in)	17 years	23 of 100 (Routine)
19 May 1935	Arcadia, US	daily rain	26.7 mm (1.1 in)	12.7 mm (0.5 in)	36 years	23 of 100 (Routine)
19 May 1935	Hempstead, US	daily rain	77.2 mm (3.0 in)	34.0 mm (1.3 in)	16 years	23 of 100 (Routine)
19 May 1935	Sabinal, US	daily rain	64.3 mm (2.5 in)	34.8 mm (1.4 in)	5 years	23 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

1798 to 1935

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1798 to 1935. 1935 had 270 records.

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

Records on 05-19 in each year
Year	Records
1798	1
1802	1
1803	1
1811	1
1825	1
1826	1
1843	1
1845	1
1847	1
1848	1
1861	2
1864	1
1866	2
1868	2
1870	2
1872	2
1873	1
1877	4
1878	1
1879	1
1880	4
1881	2
1885	3
1886	1
1888	4
1890	2
1891	1
1892	1
1893	1
1894	3
1895	1
1896	3
1897	3
1898	1
1899	3
1900	16
1901	5
1902	6
1903	12
1904	5
1905	3
1906	22
1907	23
1908	11
1909	4
1910	34
1911	69
1912	11
1913	20
1914	37
1915	56
1916	44
1917	21
1918	64
1919	42
1920	28
1921	171
1922	48
1923	75
1924	179
1925	258
1926	102
1927	154
1928	118
1929	373
1930	277
1931	268
1932	758
1933	517
1934	476
1935	270
1936	144
1937	295
1938	432
1939	216
1940	306
1941	352
1942	463
1943	852
1944	453
1945	443
1946	329
1947	263
1948	605
1949	950
1950	487
1951	422
1952	568
1953	690
1954	642
1955	560
1956	605
1957	836
1958	369
1959	487
1960	708
1961	273
1962	1,092
1963	542
1964	358
1965	231
1966	483
1967	514
1968	735
1969	912
1970	415
1971	772
1972	478
1973	676
1974	734
1975	616
1976	1,238
1977	726
1978	1,215
1979	516
1980	401
1981	1,264
1982	464
1983	1,014
1984	597
1985	386
1986	1,022
1987	876
1988	726
1989	694
1990	600
1991	1,020
1992	1,017
1993	934
1994	883
1995	1,175
1996	2,038
1997	1,074
1998	1,237
1999	682
2000	1,055
2001	779
2002	2,461
2003	1,523
2004	788
2005	834
2006	1,276
2007	725
2008	950
2009	1,577
2010	959
2011	1,257
2012	509
2013	841
2014	560
2015	1,080
2016	634
2017	1,547
2018	468
2019	1,239
2020	790
2021	579
2022	1,147
2023	709
2024	469
2025	764
2026	1,358

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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	185
10 to 20	24
20 to 30	5
30 to 40	5
40 to 50	1
50 to 60	1
60 to 70	2