Weather Records on 15 May 1941

454 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 15 May 1941. Highest significance: Laurieton (Elouera St), AU.

Key Facts for 15 May 1941

On 15 May 1941, 454 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
306 were record highs and 46 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 0 were all-time records, 4 monthly and 450 daily.
Laurieton (Elouera St) set a daily record precipitation of 91.7 mm (3.6 in) on 15 May 1941.
Across 162 earlier years (1820 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 431 records.

Record Map

454 stations

454 station records on 15 May 1941 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 15 May 1941: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Laurieton (Elouera St)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	91.7 mm (3.6 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Point Escuminac	Canada	Record daily precipitation	45.7 mm (1.8 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Fichtelberg	Germany	Record snow depth	100.0 cm (39.4 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Portage Wwtp	United States	Record daily precipitation	36.1 mm (1.4 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Bear Creek	Canada	Record daily precipitation	61.5 mm (2.4 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Frazerpet	India	Record daily precipitation	43.7 mm (1.7 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Napoklu	India	Record daily precipitation	71.9 mm (2.8 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Sandvig	Denmark	Record low maximum temperature	8.0 C (46.4 F)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Yemmiganur	India	Record daily precipitation	57.2 mm (2.3 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Gudur(Guduru)	India	Record daily precipitation	26.9 mm (1.1 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Tipton	United States	Record daily precipitation	40.6 mm (1.6 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Dunvegan	Canada	Record low minimum temperature	-1.7 C (28.9 F)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Pondilafa	India	Record daily precipitation	37.6 mm (1.5 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Federal Pt	United States	Record low minimum temperature	10.0 C (50.0 F)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Indianola 1SW	United States	Record high maximum temperature	35.0 C (95.0 F)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Watertown Wwtp	United States	Record daily precipitation	42.2 mm (1.7 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Appleton City	United States	Record high minimum temperature	20.6 C (69.1 F)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Bagodar I	India	Record daily precipitation	27.9 mm (1.1 in)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Lares	Puerto Rico [United States]	Record low minimum temperature	12.2 C (54.0 F)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Washington	United States	Record high minimum temperature	21.1 C (70.0 F)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Columbus	United States	Record high minimum temperature	20.0 C (68.0 F)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Clinton	United States	Record high minimum temperature	21.1 C (70.0 F)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Kirksville	United States	Record high minimum temperature	21.1 C (70.0 F)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Racine Wwtp	United States	Record daily precipitation	31.2 mm (1.2 in)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Wrixum/Fohr	Germany	Record low minimum temperature	-0.9 C (30.4 F)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Siruguppa	India	Record daily precipitation	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Pratt 3NW	United States	Record high minimum temperature	20.6 C (69.1 F)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Norfolk	United States	Record high maximum temperature	35.6 C (96.1 F)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Bathurst	Canada	Record daily precipitation	28.7 mm (1.1 in)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Belle Plaine	United States	Record high maximum temperature	33.9 C (93.0 F)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Belle Plaine	United States	Record daily precipitation	38.9 mm (1.5 in)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Iowa City	United States	Record high maximum temperature	33.3 C (91.9 F)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Winterset 4N	United States	Record high minimum temperature	21.1 C (70.0 F)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Atchison	United States	Record high maximum temperature	32.8 C (91.0 F)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Brunswick	United States	Record high minimum temperature	20.6 C (69.1 F)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Nevada Wtp	United States	Record high minimum temperature	21.1 C (70.0 F)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Jefferson 3SE	United States	Record high minimum temperature	20.6 C (69.1 F)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Mahoba	India	Record daily precipitation	15.2 mm (0.6 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Astrakan	Russia	Record daily precipitation	22.3 mm (0.9 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Alliance 1WNW	United States	Record daily precipitation	24.4 mm (1.0 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Ambah	India	Record daily precipitation	12.7 mm (0.5 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Kimball 2NE	United States	Record daily precipitation	15.7 mm (0.6 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
University Exp STN	United States	Record daily precipitation	8.9 mm (0.35 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Asifabad(Rev)	India	Record daily precipitation	12.4 mm (0.5 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Namdalseid	Norway	Record snow depth	4.0 cm (1.6 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Darwin Loco Works	Australia	Record daily precipitation	5.1 mm (0.20 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Stewarts River Public School	Australia	Record daily precipitation	53.3 mm (2.1 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Charlottetown Cda	Canada	Record daily precipitation	22.1 mm (0.9 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Hamburg Fuhlsbuettel	Germany	Record low minimum temperature	0.3 C (32.5 F)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Shergarh	India	Record daily precipitation	10.2 mm (0.4 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Chita	Russia	Record high minimum temperature	8.6 C (47.5 F)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Subiaco	United States	Record high minimum temperature	20.0 C (68.0 F)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Ottawa 4SW	United States	Record high minimum temperature	17.8 C (64.0 F)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Columbus Junction	United States	Record high minimum temperature	20.6 C (69.1 F)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Fairfield	United States	Record high minimum temperature	22.2 C (72.0 F)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Iowa City	United States	Record high minimum temperature	21.1 C (70.0 F)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Lamoni	United States	Record high minimum temperature	18.9 C (66.0 F)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Olin	United States	Record high minimum temperature	19.4 C (66.9 F)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Oskaloosa	United States	Record high minimum temperature	21.7 C (71.1 F)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Burlington	United States	Record high minimum temperature	20.6 C (69.1 F)	20 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

454 records

Records set or tied on 15 May 1941 by type: Highest daily maximum 109, Lowest daily maximum 19, Highest daily minimum 197, Lowest daily minimum 27, Heaviest daily rainfall 98, Deepest snow cover 4.

Records on 15 May 1941 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	109
Lowest daily maximum	19
Highest daily minimum	197
Lowest daily minimum	27
Heaviest daily rainfall	98
Heaviest daily snowfall	0
Deepest snow cover	4

Records on 15 May 1941 by timescale: all-time 0, monthly 4, daily 450.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

347 broken records

Margins by which the 347 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 600.0. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

15 May 1941

Top 20 records on 15 May 1941 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
15 May 1941	Laurieton (Elouera St), AU	daily rain	91.7 mm (3.6 in)	77.2 mm (3.0 in)	44 years	52 of 100 (Notable)
15 May 1941	Point Escuminac, CA	daily rain	45.7 mm (1.8 in)	27.7 mm (1.1 in)	40 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
15 May 1941	Fichtelberg, DE	daily snow depth	100.0 cm (39.4 in)	60.0 cm (23.6 in)	43 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
15 May 1941	Portage Wwtp, US	daily rain	36.1 mm (1.4 in)	26.7 mm (1.1 in)	48 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
15 May 1941	Bear Creek, CA	daily rain	61.5 mm (2.4 in)	38.1 mm (1.5 in)	10 years	44 of 100 (Notable)
15 May 1941	Frazerpet, IN	daily rain	43.7 mm (1.7 in)	26.4 mm (1.0 in)	34 years	31 of 100 (Routine)
15 May 1941	Napoklu, IN	daily rain	71.9 mm (2.8 in)	24.9 mm (1.0 in)	38 years	28 of 100 (Routine)
15 May 1941	Sandvig, DK	daily low max	8.0 C (46.4 F)	0.1 C (0.2 F)	66 years	26 of 100 (Routine)
15 May 1941	Yemmiganur, IN	monthly rain	57.2 mm (2.3 in)	3.4 mm (0.13 in)	33 years	26 of 100 (Routine)
15 May 1941	Gudur(Guduru), IN	daily rain	26.9 mm (1.1 in)	23.6 mm (0.9 in)	23 years	26 of 100 (Routine)
15 May 1941	Tipton, US	daily rain	40.6 mm (1.6 in)	17.5 mm (0.7 in)	32 years	26 of 100 (Routine)
15 May 1941	Dunvegan, CA	daily low min	-1.7 C (28.9 F)	0.6 C (1.1 F)	60 years	25 of 100 (Routine)
15 May 1941	Pondilafa, IN	daily rain	37.6 mm (1.5 in)	21.6 mm (0.9 in)	15 years	25 of 100 (Routine)
15 May 1941	Federal Pt, US	daily low min	10.0 C (50.0 F)	2.2 C (4.0 F)	45 years	25 of 100 (Routine)
15 May 1941	Indianola 1SW, US	daily high max	35.0 C (95.0 F)	4.4 C (7.9 F)	46 years	25 of 100 (Routine)
15 May 1941	Watertown Wwtp, US	daily rain	42.2 mm (1.7 in)	13.0 mm (0.5 in)	26 years	25 of 100 (Routine)
15 May 1941	Appleton City, US	daily high min	20.6 C (69.1 F)	2.8 C (5.0 F)	46 years	24 of 100 (Routine)
15 May 1941	Bagodar I, IN	daily rain	27.9 mm (1.1 in)	25.1 mm (1.0 in)	8 years	23 of 100 (Routine)
15 May 1941	Lares, PR	monthly low min	12.2 C (54.0 F)	1.1 C (2.0 F)	13 years	23 of 100 (Routine)
15 May 1941	Washington, US	daily high min	21.1 C (70.0 F)	2.8 C (5.0 F)	46 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

1820 to 1941

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1820 to 1941. 1941 had 454 records.

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

Records on 05-15 in each year
Year	Records
1820	1
1825	1
1831	1
1832	1
1837	2
1845	1
1847	2
1848	1
1855	2
1857	2
1859	1
1862	1
1863	1
1865	1
1866	2
1867	1
1868	2
1870	1
1871	3
1874	2
1876	4
1878	1
1879	2
1881	1
1883	1
1885	1
1886	2
1888	3
1891	3
1893	5
1894	2
1895	4
1896	2
1897	4
1898	3
1899	9
1900	9
1901	2
1902	9
1903	4
1904	13
1905	16
1906	10
1907	27
1908	25
1909	89
1910	27
1911	27
1912	26
1913	60
1914	16
1915	236
1916	27
1917	80
1918	133
1919	25
1920	58
1921	92
1922	30
1923	125
1924	174
1925	100
1926	161
1927	191
1928	144
1929	161
1930	136
1931	459
1932	368
1933	439
1934	227
1935	288
1936	372
1937	373
1938	393
1939	351
1940	179
1941	454
1942	701
1943	568
1944	630
1945	588
1946	238
1947	334
1948	264
1949	363
1950	260
1951	736
1952	476
1953	426
1954	355
1955	538
1956	466
1957	521
1958	605
1959	764
1960	291
1961	508
1962	1,128
1963	782
1964	347
1965	320
1966	389
1967	609
1968	1,019
1969	790
1970	512
1971	351
1972	484
1973	818
1974	1,230
1975	372
1976	803
1977	1,186
1978	922
1979	404
1980	625
1981	586
1982	500
1983	1,215
1984	1,059
1985	649
1986	679
1987	1,073
1988	643
1989	552
1990	776
1991	1,179
1992	944
1993	784
1994	910
1995	1,750
1996	1,452
1997	1,175
1998	1,641
1999	810
2000	850
2001	1,280
2002	801
2003	1,023
2004	1,046
2005	767
2006	955
2007	949
2008	995
2009	675
2010	1,088
2011	1,298
2012	751
2013	1,081
2014	1,411
2015	717
2016	890
2017	435
2018	1,074
2019	627
2020	472
2021	412
2022	847
2023	566
2024	596
2025	801
2026	481

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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 100	346
100 to 200	0
200 to 300	0
300 to 400	0
400 to 500	0
500 to 600	1