Weather Records on 26 May 1946

385 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 26 May 1946. Highest significance: Hoorn, NL.

Key Facts for 26 May 1946

On 26 May 1946, 385 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
107 were record highs and 93 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 0 were all-time records, 7 monthly and 378 daily.
Hoorn set a monthly record daily precipitation of 47.3 mm (1.9 in) on 26 May 1946.
Across 161 earlier years (1814 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 432 records.

Record Map

385 stations

385 station records on 26 May 1946 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 26 May 1946: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Hoorn	Netherlands	Record daily precipitation	47.3 mm (1.9 in)	64 of 100 (Major)
Santa Cruz	United States	Record daily precipitation	38.4 mm (1.5 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Bloserville 1 N	United States	Record daily precipitation	63.5 mm (2.5 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Gunupur	India	Record daily precipitation	71.1 mm (2.8 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Marietta Wtr Wks	United States	Record daily precipitation	43.2 mm (1.7 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Kalyandrug	India	Record daily precipitation	53.6 mm (2.1 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Dudleys	United States	Record daily precipitation	30.2 mm (1.2 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Rotenburg (Wumme)	Germany	Record daily precipitation	45.6 mm (1.8 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Wanakena Rngr School	United States	Record daily precipitation	29.5 mm (1.2 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Canfield 1 S	United States	Record daily precipitation	40.6 mm (1.6 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Orofino	United States	Record daily precipitation	26.9 mm (1.1 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Wooster 2 SE	United States	Record daily precipitation	27.9 mm (1.1 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Layton 3 NW	United States	Record daily precipitation	30.5 mm (1.2 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Tarpon Spgs Sewage Plt	United States	Record high minimum temperature	26.7 C (80.1 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Toccoa	United States	Record daily precipitation	50.8 mm (2.0 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Tiger Creek Ph	United States	Record daily precipitation	39.9 mm (1.6 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Sugar Land	United States	Record daily precipitation	63.5 mm (2.5 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Middletown 4 W	United States	Record high minimum temperature	17.2 C (63.0 F)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Walhalla	United States	Record daily precipitation	47.5 mm (1.9 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Goliad	United States	Record daily precipitation	64.8 mm (2.6 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Quantico 1 S	United States	Record daily precipitation	40.1 mm (1.6 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
West Branch	United States	Record daily precipitation	27.9 mm (1.1 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Flora 5 NW	United States	Record low maximum temperature	14.4 C (57.9 F)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Lowell	United States	Record high minimum temperature	20.0 C (68.0 F)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Cadiz	United States	Record daily precipitation	26.7 mm (1.1 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Rpf 180 Mile	Australia	Record daily precipitation	36.1 mm (1.4 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Inskip Inn	United States	Record daily precipitation	27.7 mm (1.1 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Effingham 3SW	United States	Record low maximum temperature	14.4 C (57.9 F)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Franklin 3 NW	United States	Record daily precipitation	44.2 mm (1.7 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Anna 4 N	United States	Record low maximum temperature	15.0 C (59.0 F)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Coleman 3 WNW	United States	Record daily precipitation	34.3 mm (1.4 in)	24 of 100 (Routine)
De Sabla	United States	Record daily precipitation	28.4 mm (1.1 in)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Johnson 11 ESE	United States	Record low minimum temperature	2.2 C (36.0 F)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Brookings	United States	Record daily precipitation	26.7 mm (1.1 in)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Williamsburg 2 NW	United States	Record daily precipitation	36.1 mm (1.4 in)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Newport	United States	Record high maximum temperature	22.8 C (73.0 F)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Peddapuram	India	Record daily precipitation	46.0 mm (1.8 in)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Nandikottur	India	Record daily precipitation	53.1 mm (2.1 in)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Electra P H	United States	Record daily precipitation	26.4 mm (1.0 in)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Carlinville	United States	Record low maximum temperature	17.2 C (63.0 F)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Hillsboro	United States	Record low maximum temperature	16.1 C (61.0 F)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Greensburg	United States	Record low minimum temperature	5.6 C (42.1 F)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Jackson	United States	Record low maximum temperature	17.8 C (64.0 F)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Atlin	Canada	Record high maximum temperature	21.1 C (70.0 F)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Denair 3 NNE	United States	Record daily precipitation	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	21 of 100 (Routine)
New Burnside	United States	Record low maximum temperature	16.7 C (62.1 F)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Pana	United States	Record low maximum temperature	15.0 C (59.0 F)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Settle	United States	Record daily precipitation	32.0 mm (1.3 in)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Sealy	United States	Record daily precipitation	43.7 mm (1.7 in)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Stockton 2	United States	Record daily precipitation	23.1 mm (0.9 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Lathrop San Joaquin Bd	United States	Record daily precipitation	24.6 mm (1.0 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Wisley	United Kingdom	Record daily precipitation	22.6 mm (0.9 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Drain	United States	Record daily precipitation	20.3 mm (0.8 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Lodi	United States	Record daily precipitation	16.8 mm (0.7 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Yerevan	Armenia	Record daily precipitation	19.2 mm (0.8 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Los Gatos	United States	Record daily precipitation	20.3 mm (0.8 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Newman	United States	Record daily precipitation	12.4 mm (0.5 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Santa Clara UNIV	United States	Record daily precipitation	14.5 mm (0.6 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Aachen	Germany	Record daily precipitation	12.7 mm (0.5 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Oakland	United States	Record daily precipitation	14.7 mm (0.6 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

385 records

Records set or tied on 26 May 1946 by type: Highest daily maximum 27, Lowest daily maximum 66, Highest daily minimum 80, Lowest daily minimum 27, Heaviest daily rainfall 185.

Records on 26 May 1946 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	27
Lowest daily maximum	66
Highest daily minimum	80
Lowest daily minimum	27
Heaviest daily rainfall	185
Heaviest daily snowfall	0
Deepest snow cover	0

Records on 26 May 1946 by timescale: all-time 0, monthly 7, daily 378.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

299 broken records

Margins by which the 299 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 46.2. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

26 May 1946

Top 20 records on 26 May 1946 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
26 May 1946	Hoorn, NL	monthly rain	47.3 mm (1.9 in)	16.5 mm (0.6 in)	31 years	64 of 100 (Major)
26 May 1946	Santa Cruz, US	daily rain	38.4 mm (1.5 in)	27.7 mm (1.1 in)	51 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
26 May 1946	Bloserville 1 N, US	daily rain	63.5 mm (2.5 in)	45.5 mm (1.8 in)	28 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
26 May 1946	Gunupur, IN	daily rain	71.1 mm (2.8 in)	46.2 mm (1.8 in)	33 years	42 of 100 (Notable)
26 May 1946	Marietta Wtr Wks, US	daily rain	43.2 mm (1.7 in)	19.6 mm (0.8 in)	44 years	41 of 100 (Notable)
26 May 1946	Kalyandrug, IN	daily rain	53.6 mm (2.1 in)	44.7 mm (1.8 in)	32 years	40 of 100 (Notable)
26 May 1946	Dudleys, US	daily rain	30.2 mm (1.2 in)	23.8 mm (0.9 in)	33 years	39 of 100 (Notable)
26 May 1946	Rotenburg (Wumme), DE	monthly rain	45.6 mm (1.8 in)	6.0 mm (0.24 in)	39 years	37 of 100 (Notable)
26 May 1946	Wanakena Rngr School, US	daily rain	29.5 mm (1.2 in)	17.6 mm (0.7 in)	31 years	37 of 100 (Notable)
26 May 1946	Canfield 1 S, US	daily rain	40.6 mm (1.6 in)	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	8 years	36 of 100 (Notable)
26 May 1946	Orofino, US	daily rain	26.9 mm (1.1 in)	17.5 mm (0.7 in)	4 years	33 of 100 (Routine)
26 May 1946	Wooster 2 SE, US	daily rain	27.9 mm (1.1 in)	19.8 mm (0.8 in)	19 years	31 of 100 (Routine)
26 May 1946	Layton 3 NW, US	daily rain	30.5 mm (1.2 in)	21.6 mm (0.9 in)	8 years	30 of 100 (Routine)
26 May 1946	Tarpon Spgs Sewage Plt, US	monthly high min	26.7 C (80.1 F)	1.7 C (3.1 F)	28 years	29 of 100 (Routine)
26 May 1946	Toccoa, US	daily rain	50.8 mm (2.0 in)	26.4 mm (1.0 in)	25 years	29 of 100 (Routine)
26 May 1946	Tiger Creek Ph, US	daily rain	39.9 mm (1.6 in)	13.5 mm (0.5 in)	33 years	28 of 100 (Routine)
26 May 1946	Sugar Land, US	daily rain	63.5 mm (2.5 in)	32.8 mm (1.3 in)	39 years	28 of 100 (Routine)
26 May 1946	Middletown 4 W, US	daily high min	17.2 C (63.0 F)	0.7 C (1.3 F)	65 years	27 of 100 (Routine)
26 May 1946	Walhalla, US	daily rain	47.5 mm (1.9 in)	14.7 mm (0.6 in)	40 years	27 of 100 (Routine)
26 May 1946	Goliad, US	daily rain	64.8 mm (2.6 in)	39.1 mm (1.5 in)	16 years	27 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 1946

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1814 to 1946. 1946 had 385 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 1946-05-26: 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	250
10 to 20	35
20 to 30	8
30 to 40	3
40 to 50	3