Weather Records on 19 May 1941

352 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 19 May 1941. Highest significance: Chemnitz, DE.

Key Facts for 19 May 1941

On 19 May 1941, 352 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
127 were record highs and 118 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 1 were all-time records, 6 monthly and 345 daily.
Chemnitz set a daily record precipitation of 35.2 mm (1.4 in) on 19 May 1941.
Across 161 earlier years (1798 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 461 records.

Record Map

352 stations

352 station records on 19 May 1941 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 19 May 1941: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Chemnitz	Germany	Record daily precipitation	35.2 mm (1.4 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Ravenna	United States	Record daily precipitation	80.0 mm (3.1 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Bakhtiarpur	India	Record daily precipitation	76.2 mm (3.0 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Hay River	Canada	Record daily precipitation	36.1 mm (1.4 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Manti	United States	Record daily precipitation	29.0 mm (1.1 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Fichtelberg	Germany	Record snow depth	70.0 cm (27.6 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Greiz-Dolau	Germany	Record daily precipitation	31.4 mm (1.2 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Fort Vermilion Cda	Canada	Record daily precipitation	59.9 mm (2.4 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Begusarai	India	Record daily precipitation	30.0 mm (1.2 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Levan	United States	Record daily snowfall	25.4 cm (10.0 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Fillmore	United States	Record daily precipitation	27.2 mm (1.1 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Winslow AP	United States	Record low maximum temperature	13.3 C (55.9 F)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Escalante	United States	Record low maximum temperature	7.2 C (45.0 F)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Garsebach Bei Meissen	Germany	Record daily precipitation	25.9 mm (1.0 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Steveston	Canada	Record low minimum temperature	0.0 C (32.0 F)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Nossen	Germany	Record daily precipitation	54.4 mm (2.1 in)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Vastervik	Sweden	Record low minimum temperature	-0.8 C (30.6 F)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Madhubani	India	Record daily precipitation	32.3 mm (1.3 in)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Akhuapada	India	Record daily precipitation	48.3 mm (1.9 in)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Barkerville	Canada	Record low maximum temperature	4.4 C (39.9 F)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Savanne	Canada	Record high maximum temperature	31.1 C (88.0 F)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Guelph Oac	Canada	Record low minimum temperature	-2.2 C (28.0 F)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Oberstdorf	Germany	Record daily precipitation	37.0 mm (1.5 in)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Kotdwara	India	Record daily precipitation	26.4 mm (1.0 in)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Kvikkjokk-Arrenjarka	Sweden	Record low minimum temperature	-7.0 C (19.4 F)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Poplar Bluff	United States	Record high maximum temperature	35.6 C (96.1 F)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Cherdyn'	Russia	Record daily precipitation	19.0 mm (0.7 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Unnao	India	Record daily precipitation	16.5 mm (0.6 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Challa	Australia	Record daily precipitation	18.5 mm (0.7 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Bhognipur	India	Record daily precipitation	10.7 mm (0.4 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Muccan	Australia	Record daily precipitation	9.7 mm (0.38 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Troicko-Pecherskoe	Russia	Record daily precipitation	20.7 mm (0.8 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Kjahta	Russia	Record daily precipitation	11.2 mm (0.4 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Mainpuri	India	Record daily precipitation	19.1 mm (0.8 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Auraiya	India	Record daily precipitation	9.7 mm (0.38 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Leipzig-Schkeuditz	Germany	Record daily precipitation	18.7 mm (0.7 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Osijek	Croatia	Record daily precipitation	24.7 mm (1.0 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Mungeli	India	Record daily precipitation	12.2 mm (0.5 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Etawah	India	Record daily precipitation	3.6 mm (0.14 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Barwon Heads (Jirrahlinga)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	12.2 mm (0.5 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Jamalpur	India	Record daily precipitation	22.1 mm (0.9 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Marsrakh	India	Record daily precipitation	15.2 mm (0.6 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Sri Ranbirsingh	India	Record daily precipitation	8.4 mm (0.33 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Jamkhandi	India	Record daily precipitation	20.3 mm (0.8 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Hay River	Canada	Record daily snowfall	0.8 cm (0.3 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Bah	India	Record daily precipitation	2.8 mm (0.11 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Linkoeping-Malmslaett	Sweden	Record low minimum temperature	-0.2 C (31.6 F)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Crookston NW Exp STN	United States	Record high minimum temperature	20.0 C (68.0 F)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Atkinson 3SW	United States	Record high minimum temperature	16.7 C (62.1 F)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Levan	United States	Record low maximum temperature	4.4 C (39.9 F)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Kamloops	Canada	Record low maximum temperature	12.2 C (54.0 F)	19 of 100 (Routine)
Magdeburg	Germany	Record daily precipitation	12.8 mm (0.5 in)	19 of 100 (Routine)
Kakinada	India	Record daily precipitation	27.4 mm (1.1 in)	19 of 100 (Routine)
Sagar Island	India	Record daily precipitation	26.4 mm (1.0 in)	19 of 100 (Routine)
Coloso	Puerto Rico [United States]	Record high maximum temperature	35.0 C (95.0 F)	19 of 100 (Routine)
Cedarville	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-3.9 C (25.0 F)	19 of 100 (Routine)
Clark	United States	Record high minimum temperature	15.6 C (60.1 F)	19 of 100 (Routine)
Emery	United States	Record low maximum temperature	6.1 C (43.0 F)	19 of 100 (Routine)
Staunton Wtp	United States	Record low minimum temperature	3.3 C (37.9 F)	19 of 100 (Routine)
Niulii 179	United States	Record high minimum temperature	22.2 C (72.0 F)	19 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

352 records

Records set or tied on 19 May 1941 by type: Highest daily maximum 70, Lowest daily maximum 36, Highest daily minimum 57, Lowest daily minimum 82, Heaviest daily rainfall 104, Heaviest daily snowfall 2, Deepest snow cover 1.

Records on 19 May 1941 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	70
Lowest daily maximum	36
Highest daily minimum	57
Lowest daily minimum	82
Heaviest daily rainfall	104
Heaviest daily snowfall	2
Deepest snow cover	1

Records on 19 May 1941 by timescale: all-time 1, monthly 6, daily 345.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

264 broken records

Margins by which the 264 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 400.0. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

19 May 1941

Top 20 records on 19 May 1941 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
19 May 1941	Chemnitz, DE	daily rain	35.2 mm (1.4 in)	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	48 years	54 of 100 (Notable)
19 May 1941	Ravenna, US	daily rain	80.0 mm (3.1 in)	45.2 mm (1.8 in)	26 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
19 May 1941	Bakhtiarpur, IN	daily rain	76.2 mm (3.0 in)	65.5 mm (2.6 in)	34 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
19 May 1941	Hay River, CA	monthly rain	36.1 mm (1.4 in)	11.7 mm (0.5 in)	8 years	42 of 100 (Notable)
19 May 1941	Manti, US	daily rain	29.0 mm (1.1 in)	18.8 mm (0.7 in)	3 years	39 of 100 (Notable)
19 May 1941	Fichtelberg, DE	daily snow depth	70.0 cm (27.6 in)	40.0 cm (15.7 in)	45 years	36 of 100 (Notable)
19 May 1941	Greiz-Dolau, DE	daily rain	31.4 mm (1.2 in)	12.4 mm (0.5 in)	35 years	35 of 100 (Notable)
19 May 1941	Fort Vermilion Cda, CA	all-time rain	59.9 mm (2.4 in)	7.1 mm (0.28 in)	1 year	34 of 100 (Routine)
19 May 1941	Begusarai, IN	daily rain	30.0 mm (1.2 in)	29.0 mm (1.1 in)	32 years	33 of 100 (Routine)
19 May 1941	Levan, US	monthly snowfall	25.4 cm (10.0 in)	5.1 cm (2.0 in)	33 years	33 of 100 (Routine)
19 May 1941	Fillmore, US	daily rain	27.2 mm (1.1 in)	10.2 mm (0.4 in)	39 years	28 of 100 (Routine)
19 May 1941	Winslow AP, US	daily low max	13.3 C (55.9 F)	5.0 C (9.0 F)	41 years	27 of 100 (Routine)
19 May 1941	Escalante, US	daily low max	7.2 C (45.0 F)	5.6 C (10.1 F)	39 years	26 of 100 (Routine)
19 May 1941	Garsebach Bei Meissen, DE	daily rain	25.9 mm (1.0 in)	9.1 mm (0.36 in)	32 years	25 of 100 (Routine)
19 May 1941	Steveston, CA	daily low min	0.0 C (32.0 F)	2.8 C (5.0 F)	36 years	24 of 100 (Routine)
19 May 1941	Nossen, DE	daily rain	54.4 mm (2.1 in)	7.3 mm (0.29 in)	35 years	23 of 100 (Routine)
19 May 1941	Vastervik, SE	daily low min	-0.8 C (30.6 F)	0.3 C (0.5 F)	58 years	23 of 100 (Routine)
19 May 1941	Madhubani, IN	daily rain	32.3 mm (1.3 in)	13.8 mm (0.5 in)	34 years	22 of 100 (Routine)
19 May 1941	Akhuapada, IN	daily rain	48.3 mm (1.9 in)	12.7 mm (0.5 in)	35 years	22 of 100 (Routine)
19 May 1941	Barkerville, CA	daily low max	4.4 C (39.9 F)	1.2 C (2.2 F)	49 years	21 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 1941

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1798 to 1941. 1941 had 352 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 50	261
50 to 100	2
100 to 150	0
150 to 200	0
200 to 250	0
250 to 300	0
300 to 350	0
350 to 400	1