Weather Records on 26 May 1939

253 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 26 May 1939. Highest significance: Cairo River, US.

Key Facts for 26 May 1939

On 26 May 1939, 253 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
119 were record highs and 28 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 0 were all-time records, 4 monthly and 249 daily.
Cairo River set a daily record precipitation of 45.7 mm (1.8 in) on 26 May 1939.
Across 161 earlier years (1814 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 433 records.

Record Map

253 stations

253 station records on 26 May 1939 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 26 May 1939: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Cairo River	United States	Record daily precipitation	45.7 mm (1.8 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Hoxie	United States	Record daily precipitation	56.4 mm (2.2 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Lebanon 2W	United States	Record daily precipitation	73.9 mm (2.9 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Palladam	India	Record daily precipitation	95.3 mm (3.8 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Periakulam	India	Record daily precipitation	33.3 mm (1.3 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Gangarampur	India	Record daily precipitation	76.2 mm (3.0 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Yuma	United States	Record daily precipitation	33.8 mm (1.3 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Colby	United States	Record daily precipitation	33.0 mm (1.3 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Elkhart	United States	Record daily precipitation	36.8 mm (1.4 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Udumalpet	India	Record daily precipitation	50.3 mm (2.0 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Aurora	United States	Record daily precipitation	96.5 mm (3.8 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Springview 2NW	United States	Record daily precipitation	48.8 mm (1.9 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Kuttiadi	India	Record daily precipitation	142.2 mm (5.6 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Asheville Pearson St	United States	Record daily precipitation	28.2 mm (1.1 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
New Ulm 2 SE	United States	Record daily precipitation	36.8 mm (1.4 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Orleans 2 W	United States	Record daily precipitation	61.7 mm (2.4 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Goodland	United States	Record daily precipitation	25.9 mm (1.0 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Harrison	United States	Record daily precipitation	62.2 mm (2.4 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Estherville 4E	United States	Record daily precipitation	31.8 mm (1.3 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Rasipuram	India	Record daily precipitation	55.1 mm (2.2 in)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Two Buttes	United States	Record low maximum temperature	11.7 C (53.1 F)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Oberlin	United States	Record daily precipitation	32.3 mm (1.3 in)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Monticello	United States	Record daily precipitation	92.7 mm (3.6 in)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Little Rock St Capitol	United States	Record daily precipitation	50.3 mm (2.0 in)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Ashley	United States	Record daily precipitation	46.0 mm (1.8 in)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Waukomis	United States	Record daily precipitation	34.5 mm (1.4 in)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Kulgam	India	Record daily precipitation	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Sierra Madre Henszey	United States	Record high minimum temperature	18.9 C (66.0 F)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Cheyenne Wells 2NE	United States	Record daily precipitation	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Stratton	United States	Record daily precipitation	30.2 mm (1.2 in)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Portsmouth-Sciotoville	United States	Record daily precipitation	33.0 mm (1.3 in)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Jefferson 3SE	United States	Record daily precipitation	65.3 mm (2.6 in)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Newkirk 5NE	United States	Record daily precipitation	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Ilulissat (Jakobshavn)	Greenland [Denmark]	Record high maximum temperature	12.5 C (54.5 F)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Canon City	United States	Record low minimum temperature	2.2 C (36.0 F)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Clarinda	United States	Record daily precipitation	41.9 mm (1.6 in)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Waverly	United States	Record daily precipitation	35.8 mm (1.4 in)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Beardsley	United States	Record daily precipitation	30.2 mm (1.2 in)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Columbus Ohio St UNIV	United States	Record daily precipitation	34.5 mm (1.4 in)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Feodosiia	Ukraine	Record daily precipitation	19.4 mm (0.8 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Urjupinsk	Russia	Record daily precipitation	18.4 mm (0.7 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Schreiber	Canada	Record daily precipitation	11.7 mm (0.5 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Hiasen I Sigdal	Norway	Record daily precipitation	17.7 mm (0.7 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Yerevan	Armenia	Record daily precipitation	7.4 mm (0.29 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Wakeeney	United States	Record daily precipitation	19.8 mm (0.8 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Tirumangalam	India	Record daily precipitation	35.3 mm (1.4 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Alton 1 W	United States	Record daily precipitation	42.4 mm (1.7 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Arkansas City	United States	Record daily precipitation	26.4 mm (1.0 in)	19 of 100 (Routine)
Enid	United States	Record daily precipitation	32.8 mm (1.3 in)	19 of 100 (Routine)
Niulii 179	United States	Record high minimum temperature	22.2 C (72.0 F)	19 of 100 (Routine)
Watertown Rgnl AP	United States	Record daily precipitation	24.9 mm (1.0 in)	19 of 100 (Routine)
Sendamangalam	India	Record daily precipitation	74.9 mm (2.9 in)	18 of 100 (Routine)
Claremont Pomona Clg	United States	Record high maximum temperature	37.2 C (99.0 F)	18 of 100 (Routine)
Stockton 2	United States	Record high minimum temperature	15.6 C (60.1 F)	18 of 100 (Routine)
Burlington	United States	Record daily precipitation	28.7 mm (1.1 in)	18 of 100 (Routine)
Eureka 1E	United States	Record daily precipitation	43.4 mm (1.7 in)	18 of 100 (Routine)
Healy	United States	Record daily precipitation	13.2 mm (0.5 in)	18 of 100 (Routine)
Norton 9SSE	United States	Record daily precipitation	32.5 mm (1.3 in)	18 of 100 (Routine)
Saint Francis	United States	Record daily precipitation	15.0 mm (0.6 in)	18 of 100 (Routine)
Koshkonong	United States	Record daily precipitation	31.2 mm (1.2 in)	18 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

253 records

Records set or tied on 26 May 1939 by type: Highest daily maximum 61, Lowest daily maximum 17, Highest daily minimum 58, Lowest daily minimum 11, Heaviest daily rainfall 106.

Records on 26 May 1939 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	61
Lowest daily maximum	17
Highest daily minimum	58
Lowest daily minimum	11
Heaviest daily rainfall	106
Heaviest daily snowfall	0
Deepest snow cover	0

Records on 26 May 1939 by timescale: all-time 0, monthly 4, daily 249.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

193 broken records

Margins by which the 193 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 66.8. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

26 May 1939

Top 20 records on 26 May 1939 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
26 May 1939	Cairo River, US	daily rain	45.7 mm (1.8 in)	35.5 mm (1.4 in)	32 years	42 of 100 (Notable)
26 May 1939	Hoxie, US	daily rain	56.4 mm (2.2 in)	47.5 mm (1.9 in)	12 years	42 of 100 (Notable)
26 May 1939	Lebanon 2W, US	daily rain	73.9 mm (2.9 in)	45.2 mm (1.8 in)	42 years	42 of 100 (Notable)
26 May 1939	Palladam, IN	daily rain	95.3 mm (3.8 in)	60.8 mm (2.4 in)	1 year	41 of 100 (Notable)
26 May 1939	Periakulam, IN	daily rain	33.3 mm (1.3 in)	22.4 mm (0.9 in)	34 years	32 of 100 (Routine)
26 May 1939	Gangarampur, IN	daily rain	76.2 mm (3.0 in)	38.1 mm (1.5 in)	33 years	32 of 100 (Routine)
26 May 1939	Yuma, US	daily rain	33.8 mm (1.3 in)	23.6 mm (0.9 in)	18 years	32 of 100 (Routine)
26 May 1939	Colby, US	daily rain	33.0 mm (1.3 in)	16.5 mm (0.6 in)	40 years	32 of 100 (Routine)
26 May 1939	Elkhart, US	daily rain	36.8 mm (1.4 in)	17.7 mm (0.7 in)	33 years	31 of 100 (Routine)
26 May 1939	Udumalpet, IN	daily rain	50.3 mm (2.0 in)	29.5 mm (1.2 in)	25 years	30 of 100 (Routine)
26 May 1939	Aurora, US	monthly rain	96.5 mm (3.8 in)	17.5 mm (0.7 in)	9 years	30 of 100 (Routine)
26 May 1939	Springview 2NW, US	daily rain	48.8 mm (1.9 in)	17.0 mm (0.7 in)	26 years	30 of 100 (Routine)
26 May 1939	Kuttiadi, IN	daily rain	142.2 mm (5.6 in)	66.8 mm (2.6 in)	25 years	29 of 100 (Routine)
26 May 1939	Asheville Pearson St, US	daily rain	28.2 mm (1.1 in)	14.0 mm (0.6 in)	34 years	28 of 100 (Routine)
26 May 1939	New Ulm 2 SE, US	daily rain	36.8 mm (1.4 in)	11.4 mm (0.4 in)	36 years	26 of 100 (Routine)
26 May 1939	Orleans 2 W, US	daily rain	61.7 mm (2.4 in)	21.6 mm (0.9 in)	28 years	26 of 100 (Routine)
26 May 1939	Goodland, US	daily rain	25.9 mm (1.0 in)	16.0 mm (0.6 in)	28 years	26 of 100 (Routine)
26 May 1939	Harrison, US	daily rain	62.2 mm (2.4 in)	23.3 mm (0.9 in)	24 years	25 of 100 (Routine)
26 May 1939	Estherville 4E, US	daily rain	31.8 mm (1.3 in)	12.7 mm (0.5 in)	36 years	25 of 100 (Routine)
26 May 1939	Rasipuram, IN	daily rain	55.1 mm (2.2 in)	17.0 mm (0.7 in)	36 years	24 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 1939

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1814 to 1939. 1939 had 253 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 1939-05-26: 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	149
10 to 20	29
20 to 30	8
30 to 40	3
40 to 50	2
50 to 60	0
60 to 70	2