Weather Records on 26 May 1937

255 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 26 May 1937. Highest significance: Bhagwanpur, IN.

Key Facts for 26 May 1937

On 26 May 1937, 255 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
89 were record highs and 20 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 0 were all-time records, 9 monthly and 246 daily.
Bhagwanpur set a monthly record daily precipitation of 151.1 mm (5.9 in) on 26 May 1937.
Across 161 earlier years (1814 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 433 records.

Record Map

255 stations

255 station records on 26 May 1937 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 26 May 1937: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Bhagwanpur	India	Record daily precipitation	151.1 mm (5.9 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Namakkal	India	Record daily precipitation	79.8 mm (3.1 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Toledo 3N	United States	Record daily precipitation	59.2 mm (2.3 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Dumka	India	Record daily precipitation	92.7 mm (3.6 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Osceola	United States	Record daily precipitation	78.0 mm (3.1 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Philo 3 SW	United States	Record daily precipitation	53.1 mm (2.1 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Oxford	United Kingdom	Record high minimum temperature	14.4 C (57.9 F)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Philo	United States	Record daily precipitation	53.1 mm (2.1 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Burdwan	India	Record daily precipitation	159.0 mm (6.3 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Gallatin 1W	United States	Record daily precipitation	77.5 mm (3.1 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Muthupet	India	Record daily precipitation	52.1 mm (2.1 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Karambakkudi	India	Record daily precipitation	60.5 mm (2.4 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Bolpur	India	Record daily precipitation	54.9 mm (2.2 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Worcester	United States	Record daily precipitation	29.7 mm (1.2 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Adirampatanam	India	Record daily precipitation	60.5 mm (2.4 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Glenwood 3SW	United States	Record daily precipitation	52.3 mm (2.1 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Chakradhanpur	India	Record daily precipitation	60.7 mm (2.4 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Champhai	India	Record daily precipitation	57.4 mm (2.3 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Satyamangalam	India	Record daily precipitation	41.4 mm (1.6 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Uppiliyapuram	India	Record daily precipitation	68.6 mm (2.7 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Bloomington Normal	United States	Record high minimum temperature	23.9 C (75.0 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Uccle	Belgium	Record high maximum temperature	30.2 C (86.4 F)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Musiri	India	Record daily precipitation	57.9 mm (2.3 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Jefferson	United States	Record daily precipitation	41.7 mm (1.6 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Ottumwa 1 WSW	United States	Record daily precipitation	46.2 mm (1.8 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Urbana Wrf	United States	Record daily precipitation	28.7 mm (1.1 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Fairmont	United States	Record daily precipitation	30.7 mm (1.2 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Den Helder	Netherlands	Record high maximum temperature	27.6 C (81.7 F)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Belle Plaine	United States	Record daily precipitation	56.1 mm (2.2 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Norwich	United States	Record daily precipitation	45.5 mm (1.8 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Magadi	India	Record daily precipitation	36.1 mm (1.4 in)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Hunsur	India	Record daily precipitation	47.0 mm (1.9 in)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Kirksville	United States	Record daily precipitation	58.7 mm (2.3 in)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Kanakapura	India	Record daily precipitation	90.9 mm (3.6 in)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Cambridge St Hospital	United States	Record daily precipitation	30.5 mm (1.2 in)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Tanjavur	India	Record daily precipitation	36.6 mm (1.4 in)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Turaiyur	India	Record daily precipitation	100.3 mm (3.9 in)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Den Helder-1	Netherlands	Record high maximum temperature	27.5 C (81.5 F)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Sonari	India	Record daily precipitation	79.8 mm (3.1 in)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Haskote	India	Record daily precipitation	39.1 mm (1.5 in)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Nidamangalam	India	Record daily precipitation	28.4 mm (1.1 in)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Kulithalai	India	Record daily precipitation	46.0 mm (1.8 in)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Salekhard	Russia	Record low minimum temperature	-13.4 C (7.9 F)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Vastervik	Sweden	Record high minimum temperature	12.8 C (55.0 F)	21 of 100 (Routine)
San Jacinto	United States	Record daily precipitation	11.9 mm (0.5 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Cobar (Meryula)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	17.3 mm (0.7 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Ufa	Russia	Record daily precipitation	19.5 mm (0.8 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Mount Derriwong	Australia	Record daily precipitation	8.9 mm (0.35 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Vedasandur	India	Record daily precipitation	21.1 mm (0.8 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Girilambone (Booroomugga)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	5.1 mm (0.20 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Pet Jorhat	India	Record daily precipitation	72.4 mm (2.9 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Kharagpur	India	Record daily precipitation	10.2 mm (0.4 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Tarikere	India	Record daily precipitation	30.5 mm (1.2 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Nagamangala	India	Record daily precipitation	30.5 mm (1.2 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Usilampatti	India	Record daily precipitation	32.5 mm (1.3 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Pamban	India	Record daily precipitation	12.2 mm (0.5 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Carlsbad	United States	Record daily precipitation	22.9 mm (0.9 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Powell	United States	Record high minimum temperature	16.1 C (61.0 F)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Chendipada	India	Record daily precipitation	22.6 mm (0.9 in)	19 of 100 (Routine)
Palladam	India	Record daily precipitation	34.5 mm (1.4 in)	19 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

255 records

Records set or tied on 26 May 1937 by type: Highest daily maximum 29, Lowest daily maximum 11, Highest daily minimum 60, Lowest daily minimum 9, Heaviest daily rainfall 146.

Records on 26 May 1937 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	29
Lowest daily maximum	11
Highest daily minimum	60
Lowest daily minimum	9
Heaviest daily rainfall	146
Heaviest daily snowfall	0
Deepest snow cover	0

Records on 26 May 1937 by timescale: all-time 0, monthly 9, daily 246.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

196 broken records

Margins by which the 196 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 74.2. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

26 May 1937

Top 20 records on 26 May 1937 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
26 May 1937	Bhagwanpur, IN	monthly rain	151.1 mm (5.9 in)	60.2 mm (2.4 in)	5 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
26 May 1937	Namakkal, IN	daily rain	79.8 mm (3.1 in)	65.8 mm (2.6 in)	30 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
26 May 1937	Toledo 3N, US	daily rain	59.2 mm (2.3 in)	41.4 mm (1.6 in)	28 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
26 May 1937	Dumka, IN	daily rain	92.7 mm (3.6 in)	74.2 mm (2.9 in)	10 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
26 May 1937	Osceola, US	daily rain	78.0 mm (3.1 in)	47.8 mm (1.9 in)	12 years	44 of 100 (Notable)
26 May 1937	Philo 3 SW, US	daily rain	53.1 mm (2.1 in)	27.2 mm (1.1 in)	30 years	44 of 100 (Notable)
26 May 1937	Oxford, GB	daily high min	14.4 C (57.9 F)	1.0 C (1.8 F)	95 years	41 of 100 (Notable)
26 May 1937	Philo, US	daily rain	53.1 mm (2.1 in)	27.7 mm (1.1 in)	30 years	41 of 100 (Notable)
26 May 1937	Burdwan, IN	monthly rain	159.0 mm (6.3 in)	37.1 mm (1.5 in)	23 years	40 of 100 (Notable)
26 May 1937	Gallatin 1W, US	daily rain	77.5 mm (3.1 in)	28.2 mm (1.1 in)	43 years	36 of 100 (Notable)
26 May 1937	Muthupet, IN	daily rain	52.1 mm (2.1 in)	52.1 mm (2.1 in)	36 years	35 of 100 (Notable)
26 May 1937	Karambakkudi, IN	daily rain	60.5 mm (2.4 in)	51.6 mm (2.0 in)	32 years	35 of 100 (Notable)
26 May 1937	Bolpur, IN	daily rain	54.9 mm (2.2 in)	34.6 mm (1.4 in)	35 years	35 of 100 (Notable)
26 May 1937	Worcester, US	daily rain	29.7 mm (1.2 in)	19.0 mm (0.7 in)	35 years	34 of 100 (Routine)
26 May 1937	Adirampatanam, IN	daily rain	60.5 mm (2.4 in)	44.0 mm (1.7 in)	20 years	33 of 100 (Routine)
26 May 1937	Glenwood 3SW, US	daily rain	52.3 mm (2.1 in)	44.7 mm (1.8 in)	4 years	32 of 100 (Routine)
26 May 1937	Chakradhanpur, IN	daily rain	60.7 mm (2.4 in)	39.9 mm (1.6 in)	0 years	30 of 100 (Routine)
26 May 1937	Champhai, IN	daily rain	57.4 mm (2.3 in)	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	34 years	30 of 100 (Routine)
26 May 1937	Satyamangalam, IN	daily rain	41.4 mm (1.6 in)	27.9 mm (1.1 in)	18 years	30 of 100 (Routine)
26 May 1937	Uppiliyapuram, IN	daily rain	68.6 mm (2.7 in)	34.3 mm (1.4 in)	30 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 1937

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1814 to 1937. 1937 had 255 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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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	131
10 to 20	34
20 to 30	14
30 to 40	8
40 to 50	4
50 to 60	2
60 to 70	2
70 to 80	1