Weather Records on 26 May 1936

340 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 26 May 1936. Highest significance: Dawson, CA.

Key Facts for 26 May 1936

On 26 May 1936, 340 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
162 were record highs and 40 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 1 were all-time records, 29 monthly and 310 daily.
Dawson set an all-time record daily precipitation of 50.8 mm (2.0 in) on 26 May 1936.
Across 161 earlier years (1814 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 432 records.

Record Map

340 stations

340 station records on 26 May 1936 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 26 May 1936: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Dawson	Canada	Record daily precipitation	50.8 mm (2.0 in)	72 of 100 (Major)
Ramnagar	India	Record daily precipitation	98.8 mm (3.9 in)	58 of 100 (Notable)
Shahabad	India	Record daily precipitation	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Sirathu	India	Record daily precipitation	52.1 mm (2.1 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Dantan	India	Record daily precipitation	100.8 mm (4.0 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Bhogpur	India	Record daily precipitation	38.1 mm (1.5 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Aryankavu	India	Record daily precipitation	129.5 mm (5.1 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Dharmasala	India	Record daily precipitation	64.0 mm (2.5 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Puri	India	Record daily precipitation	86.6 mm (3.4 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Bhadrak	India	Record daily precipitation	83.1 mm (3.3 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Baramati	India	Record daily precipitation	69.9 mm (2.8 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Akhuapada	India	Record daily precipitation	66.0 mm (2.6 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Dehradun	India	Record daily precipitation	48.8 mm (1.9 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Tortosa - Observatorio del Ebr	Spain	Record daily precipitation	40.4 mm (1.6 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Chatrapur	India	Record daily precipitation	74.2 mm (2.9 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Akbarpur	India	Record daily precipitation	34.0 mm (1.3 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Aramboly	India	Record daily precipitation	56.4 mm (2.2 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Karnaprayag	India	Record daily precipitation	32.0 mm (1.3 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Hedley	Canada	Record high minimum temperature	16.7 C (62.1 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Chipurupally	India	Record daily precipitation	70.6 mm (2.8 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Sironcha	India	Record daily precipitation	36.3 mm (1.4 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Jaipur	India	Record daily precipitation	75.7 mm (3.0 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Rath	India	Record daily precipitation	30.7 mm (1.2 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Kerakat	India	Record daily precipitation	31.2 mm (1.2 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Pundi	India	Record daily precipitation	41.9 mm (1.6 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Hardwar Mayapur	India	Record daily precipitation	33.0 mm (1.3 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Sirur	India	Record daily precipitation	40.6 mm (1.6 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Russelkonda	India	Record daily precipitation	38.9 mm (1.5 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Forbes (Camp Street)	Australia	Record high maximum temperature	23.9 C (75.0 F)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Hanamkonda	India	Record daily precipitation	29.7 mm (1.2 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Kukrahati	India	Record daily precipitation	77.7 mm (3.1 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Soro	India	Record daily precipitation	78.7 mm (3.1 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Las Vegas	United States	Record high minimum temperature	21.1 C (70.0 F)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Centralia	United States	Record high maximum temperature	33.3 C (91.9 F)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Chandur Railway	India	Record daily precipitation	33.0 mm (1.3 in)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Kendrapara	India	Record daily precipitation	52.6 mm (2.1 in)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Mt Sterling	United States	Record high minimum temperature	21.7 C (71.1 F)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Bobbili	India	Record daily precipitation	38.4 mm (1.5 in)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Talcher	India	Record daily precipitation	25.7 mm (1.0 in)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Contai	India	Record daily precipitation	61.0 mm (2.4 in)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Albany 1 N	United States	Record high minimum temperature	13.9 C (57.0 F)	23 of 100 (Routine)
New Orleans Audubon	United States	Record low maximum temperature	22.8 C (73.0 F)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Roswell Muni AP	United States	Record low maximum temperature	18.9 C (66.0 F)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Battleford	Canada	Record high maximum temperature	33.9 C (93.0 F)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Pottangi	India	Record daily precipitation	42.9 mm (1.7 in)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Porthill	United States	Record high maximum temperature	31.7 C (89.1 F)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Mottinger	United States	Record high maximum temperature	37.8 C (100.0 F)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Nilambur	India	Record daily precipitation	86.1 mm (3.4 in)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Berhampur	India	Record daily precipitation	33.3 mm (1.3 in)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Kalna	India	Record daily precipitation	58.2 mm (2.3 in)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Tamluk	India	Record daily precipitation	55.4 mm (2.2 in)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Willcox	United States	Record high minimum temperature	16.1 C (61.0 F)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Carlsbad	United States	Record low maximum temperature	22.2 C (72.0 F)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Joseph	United States	Record high minimum temperature	13.9 C (57.0 F)	21 of 100 (Routine)
St Georges	Canada	Record daily precipitation	12.4 mm (0.5 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Armori	India	Record daily precipitation	22.1 mm (0.9 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Savanne	Canada	Record daily precipitation	21.3 mm (0.8 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Sivagiri	India	Record daily precipitation	21.6 mm (0.9 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Mul	India	Record daily precipitation	23.1 mm (0.9 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Waraseoni	India	Record daily precipitation	11.2 mm (0.4 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

340 records

Records set or tied on 26 May 1936 by type: Highest daily maximum 108, Lowest daily maximum 35, Highest daily minimum 54, Lowest daily minimum 5, Heaviest daily rainfall 138.

Records on 26 May 1936 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	108
Lowest daily maximum	35
Highest daily minimum	54
Lowest daily minimum	5
Heaviest daily rainfall	138
Heaviest daily snowfall	0
Deepest snow cover	0

Records on 26 May 1936 by timescale: all-time 1, monthly 29, daily 310.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

269 broken records

Margins by which the 269 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 79.5. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

26 May 1936

Top 20 records on 26 May 1936 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
26 May 1936	Dawson, CA	all-time rain	50.8 mm (2.0 in)	19.0 mm (0.7 in)	26 years	72 of 100 (Major)
26 May 1936	Ramnagar, IN	monthly rain	98.8 mm (3.9 in)	49.3 mm (1.9 in)	19 years	58 of 100 (Notable)
26 May 1936	Shahabad, IN	daily rain	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	22.1 mm (0.9 in)	19 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
26 May 1936	Sirathu, IN	monthly rain	52.1 mm (2.1 in)	21.6 mm (0.9 in)	23 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
26 May 1936	Dantan, IN	daily rain	100.8 mm (4.0 in)	79.5 mm (3.1 in)	8 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
26 May 1936	Bhogpur, IN	daily rain	38.1 mm (1.5 in)	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	26 years	42 of 100 (Notable)
26 May 1936	Aryankavu, IN	daily rain	129.5 mm (5.1 in)	74.9 mm (2.9 in)	9 years	41 of 100 (Notable)
26 May 1936	Dharmasala, IN	daily rain	64.0 mm (2.5 in)	45.2 mm (1.8 in)	16 years	41 of 100 (Notable)
26 May 1936	Puri, IN	daily rain	86.6 mm (3.4 in)	52.6 mm (2.1 in)	18 years	41 of 100 (Notable)
26 May 1936	Bhadrak, IN	daily rain	83.1 mm (3.3 in)	42.0 mm (1.7 in)	25 years	38 of 100 (Notable)
26 May 1936	Baramati, IN	monthly rain	69.9 mm (2.8 in)	20.4 mm (0.8 in)	18 years	37 of 100 (Notable)
26 May 1936	Akhuapada, IN	daily rain	66.0 mm (2.6 in)	35.0 mm (1.4 in)	26 years	37 of 100 (Notable)
26 May 1936	Dehradun, IN	daily rain	48.8 mm (1.9 in)	26.4 mm (1.0 in)	26 years	36 of 100 (Notable)
26 May 1936	Tortosa - Observatorio del Ebr, ES	daily rain	40.4 mm (1.6 in)	36.9 mm (1.5 in)	4 years	36 of 100 (Notable)
26 May 1936	Chatrapur, IN	daily rain	74.2 mm (2.9 in)	38.4 mm (1.5 in)	18 years	34 of 100 (Routine)
26 May 1936	Akbarpur, IN	daily rain	34.0 mm (1.3 in)	26.1 mm (1.0 in)	29 years	33 of 100 (Routine)
26 May 1936	Aramboly, IN	daily rain	56.4 mm (2.2 in)	40.7 mm (1.6 in)	3 years	30 of 100 (Routine)
26 May 1936	Karnaprayag, IN	daily rain	32.0 mm (1.3 in)	20.6 mm (0.8 in)	4 years	30 of 100 (Routine)
26 May 1936	Hedley, CA	monthly high min	16.7 C (62.1 F)	2.3 C (4.1 F)	30 years	29 of 100 (Routine)
26 May 1936	Chipurupally, IN	daily rain	70.6 mm (2.8 in)	33.3 mm (1.3 in)	32 years	29 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 1936

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1814 to 1936. 1936 had 340 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 1936-05-26: 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 10	202
10 to 20	30
20 to 30	21
30 to 40	7
40 to 50	5
50 to 60	2
60 to 70	0
70 to 80	2