Weather Records on 19 May 1936

144 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 19 May 1936. Highest significance: Shawinigan, CA.

Key Facts for 19 May 1936

On 19 May 1936, 144 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
54 were record highs and 20 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 0 were all-time records, 2 monthly and 142 daily.
Shawinigan set a daily record precipitation of 42.7 mm (1.7 in) on 19 May 1936.
Across 161 earlier years (1798 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 463 records.

Record Map

144 stations

144 station records on 19 May 1936 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 19 May 1936: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Shawinigan	Canada	Record daily precipitation	42.7 mm (1.7 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Jamui	India	Record daily precipitation	86.4 mm (3.4 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Quebec	Canada	Record daily precipitation	25.9 mm (1.0 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Newport	United States	Record daily precipitation	47.0 mm (1.9 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Ebrach	Germany	Record daily precipitation	44.0 mm (1.7 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Montreal McGill	Canada	Record daily precipitation	36.8 mm (1.4 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Layton 3 NW	United States	Record daily precipitation	33.8 mm (1.3 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Ridgway	United States	Record daily precipitation	26.7 mm (1.1 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Rockport 1 ESE	United States	Record high minimum temperature	16.7 C (62.1 F)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Gospic	Croatia	Record daily precipitation	30.6 mm (1.2 in)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Elwood 8 S	United States	Record daily precipitation	56.6 mm (2.2 in)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Cape Otway Lighthouse	Australia	Record high minimum temperature	15.6 C (60.1 F)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Greensboro Lock 7	United States	Record daily precipitation	29.7 mm (1.2 in)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Mitchell 2 N	United States	Record daily precipitation	32.0 mm (1.3 in)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Snoqualmie Falls	United States	Record daily precipitation	27.9 mm (1.1 in)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Berhampur	India	Record daily precipitation	41.4 mm (1.6 in)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Lugansk	Ukraine	Record low minimum temperature	0.0 C (32.0 F)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Montreal McGill	Canada	Record daily snowfall	2.5 cm (1.0 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
New Westminster	Canada	Record daily precipitation	17.5 mm (0.7 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Bhavnathpur	India	Record daily precipitation	15.2 mm (0.6 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Parry Sound	Canada	Record daily snowfall	0.3 cm (0.1 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Mc Minnville	United States	Record daily precipitation	14.7 mm (0.6 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Gavar	Armenia	Record daily precipitation	17.4 mm (0.7 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Weissenburg	Germany	Record daily precipitation	22.7 mm (0.9 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Arrah Obsy Sr	India	Record daily precipitation	14.0 mm (0.6 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Nabinagar	India	Record daily precipitation	10.2 mm (0.4 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Henichesk	Ukraine	Record low minimum temperature	5.2 C (41.4 F)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Raquette Lake	United States	Record daily precipitation	30.5 mm (1.2 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Ft Myers Page Fld AP	United States	Record daily precipitation	39.9 mm (1.6 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Kanas	India	Record daily precipitation	13.2 mm (0.5 in)	19 of 100 (Routine)
Plymouth-Kingston	United States	Record high maximum temperature	31.7 C (89.1 F)	19 of 100 (Routine)
Dannemora	United States	Record daily precipitation	17.8 mm (0.7 in)	19 of 100 (Routine)
Ballinger 2 NW	United States	Record daily precipitation	29.2 mm (1.1 in)	19 of 100 (Routine)
Algiers-Ville/Universite	Algeria	Record low minimum temperature	9.0 C (48.2 F)	18 of 100 (Routine)
W Pt	United States	Record high minimum temperature	16.1 C (61.0 F)	18 of 100 (Routine)
Astoria	United States	Record daily precipitation	34.3 mm (1.4 in)	18 of 100 (Routine)
Brookville	United States	Record daily precipitation	34.0 mm (1.3 in)	18 of 100 (Routine)
Riverton	United States	Record daily precipitation	22.9 mm (0.9 in)	18 of 100 (Routine)
N Bend SW Oregon Rgnl AP	United States	Record low maximum temperature	10.6 C (51.1 F)	18 of 100 (Routine)
Nhill	Australia	Record high maximum temperature	25.7 C (78.3 F)	17 of 100 (Routine)
Framingham	United States	Record high minimum temperature	17.2 C (63.0 F)	17 of 100 (Routine)
Scottsbluff W B Heilig Fld AP	United States	Record high minimum temperature	13.3 C (55.9 F)	17 of 100 (Routine)
N Bend SW Oregon Rgnl AP	United States	Record daily precipitation	31.5 mm (1.2 in)	17 of 100 (Routine)
Beberu	India	Record daily precipitation	3.0 mm (0.12 in)	16 of 100 (Routine)
Auburn	United States	Record daily precipitation	28.7 mm (1.1 in)	16 of 100 (Routine)
Port Lincoln	Australia	Record high maximum temperature	23.3 C (73.9 F)	15 of 100 (Routine)
Ottawa Cda	Canada	Record daily precipitation	27.9 mm (1.1 in)	15 of 100 (Routine)
Debrecen Airport	Hungary	Record daily precipitation	9.5 mm (0.37 in)	15 of 100 (Routine)
Viljujsk	Russia	Record high minimum temperature	7.8 C (46.0 F)	15 of 100 (Routine)
Ft Bidwell	United States	Record low maximum temperature	8.3 C (46.9 F)	15 of 100 (Routine)
Farmington	United States	Record high minimum temperature	14.4 C (57.9 F)	15 of 100 (Routine)
Dillon U of Montana Western	United States	Record daily precipitation	15.7 mm (0.6 in)	15 of 100 (Routine)
Gettysburg	United States	Record high minimum temperature	17.8 C (64.0 F)	15 of 100 (Routine)
Vancouver Pmo	Canada	Record daily precipitation	17.5 mm (0.7 in)	14 of 100 (Routine)
Sherbrooke	Canada	Record daily precipitation	29.2 mm (1.1 in)	14 of 100 (Routine)
Hambantota	Sri Lanka	Record low maximum temperature	27.2 C (81.0 F)	14 of 100 (Routine)
Simferopol	Ukraine	Record low minimum temperature	0.3 C (32.5 F)	14 of 100 (Routine)
Millinocket	United States	Record daily precipitation	16.0 mm (0.6 in)	14 of 100 (Routine)
North Bridgton	United States	Record high minimum temperature	14.4 C (57.9 F)	14 of 100 (Routine)
Durham	United States	Record high minimum temperature	15.0 C (59.0 F)	14 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

144 records

Records set or tied on 19 May 1936 by type: Highest daily maximum 11, Lowest daily maximum 11, Highest daily minimum 43, Lowest daily minimum 9, Heaviest daily rainfall 68, Heaviest daily snowfall 2.

Records on 19 May 1936 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	11
Lowest daily maximum	11
Highest daily minimum	43
Lowest daily minimum	9
Heaviest daily rainfall	68
Heaviest daily snowfall	2
Deepest snow cover	0

Records on 19 May 1936 by timescale: all-time 0, monthly 2, daily 142.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

117 broken records

Margins by which the 117 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 28.7. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

19 May 1936

Top 20 records on 19 May 1936 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
19 May 1936	Shawinigan, CA	daily rain	42.7 mm (1.7 in)	28.7 mm (1.1 in)	32 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
19 May 1936	Jamui, IN	monthly rain	86.4 mm (3.4 in)	26.5 mm (1.0 in)	30 years	42 of 100 (Notable)
19 May 1936	Quebec, CA	daily rain	25.9 mm (1.0 in)	8.1 mm (0.32 in)	61 years	35 of 100 (Notable)
19 May 1936	Newport, US	daily rain	47.0 mm (1.9 in)	25.2 mm (1.0 in)	2 years	34 of 100 (Routine)
19 May 1936	Ebrach, DE	monthly rain	44.0 mm (1.7 in)	7.7 mm (0.30 in)	14 years	31 of 100 (Routine)
19 May 1936	Montreal McGill, CA	daily rain	36.8 mm (1.4 in)	10.9 mm (0.4 in)	32 years	30 of 100 (Routine)
19 May 1936	Layton 3 NW, US	daily rain	33.8 mm (1.3 in)	20.8 mm (0.8 in)	7 years	28 of 100 (Routine)
19 May 1936	Ridgway, US	daily rain	26.7 mm (1.1 in)	8.7 mm (0.34 in)	41 years	26 of 100 (Routine)
19 May 1936	Rockport 1 ESE, US	daily high min	16.7 C (62.1 F)	3.9 C (7.0 F)	33 years	25 of 100 (Routine)
19 May 1936	Gospic, HR	daily rain	30.6 mm (1.2 in)	1.7 mm (0.07 in)	57 years	24 of 100 (Routine)
19 May 1936	Elwood 8 S, US	daily rain	56.6 mm (2.2 in)	19.3 mm (0.8 in)	21 years	23 of 100 (Routine)
19 May 1936	Cape Otway Lighthouse, AU	daily high min	15.6 C (60.1 F)	1.7 C (3.1 F)	29 years	22 of 100 (Routine)
19 May 1936	Greensboro Lock 7, US	daily rain	29.7 mm (1.2 in)	6.8 mm (0.27 in)	36 years	22 of 100 (Routine)
19 May 1936	Mitchell 2 N, US	daily rain	32.0 mm (1.3 in)	14.2 mm (0.6 in)	23 years	22 of 100 (Routine)
19 May 1936	Snoqualmie Falls, US	daily rain	27.9 mm (1.1 in)	7.6 mm (0.30 in)	33 years	22 of 100 (Routine)
19 May 1936	Berhampur, IN	daily rain	41.4 mm (1.6 in)	16.8 mm (0.7 in)	17 years	21 of 100 (Routine)
19 May 1936	Lugansk, UA	daily low min	0.0 C (32.0 F)	4.0 C (7.2 F)	32 years	21 of 100 (Routine)
19 May 1936	Montreal McGill, CA	daily snowfall	2.5 cm (1.0 in)	2.5 cm (1.0 in)	63 years	20 of 100 (Routine)
19 May 1936	New Westminster, CA	daily rain	17.5 mm (0.7 in)	2.3 mm (0.09 in)	58 years	20 of 100 (Routine)
19 May 1936	Bhavnathpur, IN	daily rain	15.2 mm (0.6 in)	15.2 mm (0.6 in)	31 years	20 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 1936

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1798 to 1936. 1936 had 144 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 5	79
5 to 10	19
10 to 15	10
15 to 20	3
20 to 25	2
25 to 30	4