Weather Records on 15 May 1949

363 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 15 May 1949. Highest significance: Jena Sternwarte, DE.

Key Facts for 15 May 1949

On 15 May 1949, 363 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
106 were record highs and 59 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 0 were all-time records, 5 monthly and 358 daily.
Jena Sternwarte set a daily record precipitation of 29.5 mm (1.2 in) on 15 May 1949.
Across 162 earlier years (1820 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 431 records.

Record Map

363 stations

363 station records on 15 May 1949 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 15 May 1949: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Jena Sternwarte	Germany	Record daily precipitation	29.5 mm (1.2 in)	71 of 100 (Major)
Ft Lupton 2 SE	United States	Record daily precipitation	93.0 mm (3.7 in)	56 of 100 (Notable)
Amlagora	India	Record daily precipitation	78.7 mm (3.1 in)	55 of 100 (Notable)
Srivilliputhur	India	Record daily precipitation	101.1 mm (4.0 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Dinhata	India	Record daily precipitation	173.0 mm (6.8 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Sedan 7 NW	United States	Record daily precipitation	73.7 mm (2.9 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Naracoopa	Australia	Record daily precipitation	29.7 mm (1.2 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Clear Lake Dam	United States	Record daily precipitation	27.7 mm (1.1 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Currie Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	31.0 mm (1.2 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Kayatnur	India	Record daily precipitation	66.0 mm (2.6 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Itaporanga Dajuda	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	99.4 mm (3.9 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Heinersreuth-Vollhof	Germany	Record daily precipitation	28.7 mm (1.1 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Clayton Muni Air Pk	United States	Record daily precipitation	99.1 mm (3.9 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Tirunelveli	India	Record daily precipitation	63.2 mm (2.5 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Kadayam	India	Record daily precipitation	30.0 mm (1.2 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Cape Otway Lighthouse	Australia	Record daily precipitation	26.4 mm (1.0 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Garden City	United States	Record daily precipitation	59.7 mm (2.4 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Cape Sorell	Australia	Record daily precipitation	26.7 mm (1.1 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Ebrach	Germany	Record daily precipitation	28.2 mm (1.1 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Farias Brito	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	35.6 mm (1.4 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Pullman Exp STN	United States	Record high minimum temperature	15.6 C (60.1 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Osmanabad	India	Record daily precipitation	29.5 mm (1.2 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Wellsburg Wtr Trmt Pl	United States	Record daily precipitation	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Johanna Glen	Australia	Record daily precipitation	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Itabaianinha	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	35.1 mm (1.4 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Benton City 2 NW	United States	Record high minimum temperature	16.7 C (62.1 F)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Rosalia	United States	Record high minimum temperature	13.3 C (55.9 F)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Gormanston (Gould Street)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	43.2 mm (1.7 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Philadelphia Shawmont	United States	Record high minimum temperature	17.2 C (63.0 F)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Sarajevo	Bosnia and Herzegovina	Record low minimum temperature	-2.0 C (28.4 F)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Usilampatti	India	Record daily precipitation	34.5 mm (1.4 in)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Oestersund-Froesoen	Sweden	Record high maximum temperature	21.2 C (70.2 F)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Hailey 3 NNW	United States	Record high minimum temperature	9.4 C (48.9 F)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Sunnyside	United States	Record high minimum temperature	16.7 C (62.1 F)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Quatsino	Canada	Record high maximum temperature	23.3 C (73.9 F)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Vajda-Guba	Russia	Record high minimum temperature	5.0 C (41.0 F)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Teriberka	Russia	Record high minimum temperature	4.7 C (40.5 F)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Tortosa - Observatorio del Ebr	Spain	Record daily precipitation	48.4 mm (1.9 in)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Mohawk	United States	Record low maximum temperature	28.9 C (84.0 F)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Warm Springs Agency	United States	Record high minimum temperature	15.0 C (59.0 F)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Trinidad 2 SSE	United States	Record high minimum temperature	20.0 C (68.0 F)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Deloraine (Athol)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	30.5 mm (1.2 in)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Aracaju	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	80.5 mm (3.2 in)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Serrinha	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	27.0 mm (1.1 in)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Palayankottai	India	Record daily precipitation	47.0 mm (1.9 in)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Alturas	United States	Record high minimum temperature	9.4 C (48.9 F)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Hatton 9 SE	United States	Record high minimum temperature	14.4 C (57.9 F)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Odessa	United States	Record high minimum temperature	15.6 C (60.1 F)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Richmond Chimborazo Pk	United States	Record daily precipitation	33.3 mm (1.3 in)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Sand Pass	United States	Record daily precipitation	20.3 mm (0.8 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Evanston 1 E	United States	Record daily precipitation	18.5 mm (0.7 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Akot	India	Record daily precipitation	21.8 mm (0.9 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Achalpur	India	Record daily precipitation	16.5 mm (0.6 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Tejon Rancho	United States	Record daily precipitation	12.7 mm (0.5 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Washington	United States	Record daily precipitation	23.4 mm (0.9 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Cuyamaca	United States	Record daily precipitation	22.6 mm (0.9 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Bordeaux-Merignac	France	Record daily precipitation	23.8 mm (0.9 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Chuda	India	Record daily precipitation	12.7 mm (0.5 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Farson 2NNE	United States	Record daily precipitation	17.8 mm (0.7 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Alturas	United States	Record daily precipitation	16.5 mm (0.6 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

363 records

Records set or tied on 15 May 1949 by type: Highest daily maximum 18, Lowest daily maximum 50, Highest daily minimum 88, Lowest daily minimum 9, Heaviest daily rainfall 198.

Records on 15 May 1949 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	18
Lowest daily maximum	50
Highest daily minimum	88
Lowest daily minimum	9
Heaviest daily rainfall	198
Heaviest daily snowfall	0
Deepest snow cover	0

Records on 15 May 1949 by timescale: all-time 0, monthly 5, daily 358.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

306 broken records

Margins by which the 306 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 106.5. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

15 May 1949

Top 20 records on 15 May 1949 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
15 May 1949	Jena Sternwarte, DE	daily rain	29.5 mm (1.2 in)	17.4 mm (0.7 in)	113 years	71 of 100 (Major)
15 May 1949	Ft Lupton 2 SE, US	monthly rain	93.0 mm (3.7 in)	46.8 mm (1.8 in)	8 years	56 of 100 (Notable)
15 May 1949	Amlagora, IN	daily rain	78.7 mm (3.1 in)	63.0 mm (2.5 in)	36 years	55 of 100 (Notable)
15 May 1949	Srivilliputhur, IN	monthly rain	101.1 mm (4.0 in)	35.8 mm (1.4 in)	30 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
15 May 1949	Dinhata, IN	daily rain	173.0 mm (6.8 in)	106.5 mm (4.2 in)	10 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
15 May 1949	Sedan 7 NW, US	daily rain	73.7 mm (2.9 in)	49.3 mm (1.9 in)	28 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
15 May 1949	Naracoopa, AU	daily rain	29.7 mm (1.2 in)	20.3 mm (0.8 in)	32 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
15 May 1949	Clear Lake Dam, US	daily rain	27.7 mm (1.1 in)	23.4 mm (0.9 in)	4 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
15 May 1949	Currie Post Office, AU	daily rain	31.0 mm (1.2 in)	18.8 mm (0.7 in)	28 years	44 of 100 (Notable)
15 May 1949	Kayatnur, IN	daily rain	66.0 mm (2.6 in)	48.2 mm (1.9 in)	2 years	42 of 100 (Notable)
15 May 1949	Itaporanga Dajuda, BR	daily rain	99.4 mm (3.9 in)	50.4 mm (2.0 in)	12 years	39 of 100 (Notable)
15 May 1949	Heinersreuth-Vollhof, DE	daily rain	28.7 mm (1.1 in)	15.2 mm (0.6 in)	14 years	37 of 100 (Notable)
15 May 1949	Clayton Muni Air Pk, US	monthly rain	99.1 mm (3.9 in)	14.0 mm (0.6 in)	35 years	37 of 100 (Notable)
15 May 1949	Tirunelveli, IN	daily rain	63.2 mm (2.5 in)	28.9 mm (1.1 in)	36 years	35 of 100 (Notable)
15 May 1949	Kadayam, IN	daily rain	30.0 mm (1.2 in)	30.0 mm (1.2 in)	42 years	34 of 100 (Routine)
15 May 1949	Cape Otway Lighthouse, AU	daily rain	26.4 mm (1.0 in)	7.9 mm (0.31 in)	40 years	33 of 100 (Routine)
15 May 1949	Garden City, US	daily rain	59.7 mm (2.4 in)	34.3 mm (1.4 in)	14 years	33 of 100 (Routine)
15 May 1949	Cape Sorell, AU	daily rain	26.7 mm (1.1 in)	11.2 mm (0.4 in)	40 years	32 of 100 (Routine)
15 May 1949	Ebrach, DE	daily rain	28.2 mm (1.1 in)	12.1 mm (0.5 in)	20 years	31 of 100 (Routine)
15 May 1949	Farias Brito, BR	daily rain	35.6 mm (1.4 in)	19.2 mm (0.8 in)	36 years	28 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 1949

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1820 to 1949. 1949 had 363 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 20	289
20 to 40	11
40 to 60	4
60 to 80	1
80 to 100	0
100 to 120	1