Weather Records on 19 May 1949

950 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 19 May 1949. Highest significance: Copley, AU.

Key Facts for 19 May 1949

On 19 May 1949, 950 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
196 were record highs and 81 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 1 were all-time records, 19 monthly and 930 daily.
Copley set a daily record precipitation of 57.2 mm (2.3 in) on 19 May 1949.
Across 161 earlier years (1798 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 458 records.

Record Map

950 stations

950 station records on 19 May 1949 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 19 May 1949: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Copley	Australia	Record daily precipitation	57.2 mm (2.3 in)	65 of 100 (Major)
Copley (Myrtle Springs)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	57.7 mm (2.3 in)	60 of 100 (Major)
Aachen	Germany	Record daily precipitation	39.8 mm (1.6 in)	59 of 100 (Notable)
Marree (Witchelina)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	39.4 mm (1.6 in)	58 of 100 (Notable)
Mannanarie Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	28.2 mm (1.1 in)	58 of 100 (Notable)
Geisenheim	Germany	Record daily precipitation	59.1 mm (2.3 in)	58 of 100 (Notable)
Chikodi	India	Record daily precipitation	79.5 mm (3.1 in)	57 of 100 (Notable)
Carrieton (Eurelia)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	56 of 100 (Notable)
Quorn (Depot Flat)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	40.1 mm (1.6 in)	55 of 100 (Notable)
White Cliffs (Tarella)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	31.5 mm (1.2 in)	55 of 100 (Notable)
Toledo Blade	United States	Record daily precipitation	52.8 mm (2.1 in)	55 of 100 (Notable)
Port Augusta Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	29.5 mm (1.2 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Quorn	Australia	Record daily precipitation	32.0 mm (1.3 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Amyton (Pinda Section 63)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	31.0 mm (1.2 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Atalaia	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	210.5 mm (8.3 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Durg(Drug)	India	Record daily precipitation	40.6 mm (1.6 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Gobindgarh	India	Record daily precipitation	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Port Augusta (Carriewerloo STN	Australia	Record daily precipitation	32.0 mm (1.3 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Milparinka Hotel	Australia	Record daily precipitation	26.2 mm (1.0 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Trier-Zewen	Germany	Record daily precipitation	45.9 mm (1.8 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Carrieton	Australia	Record daily precipitation	29.2 mm (1.1 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Defiance	United States	Record daily precipitation	51.3 mm (2.0 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Woomera (Purple Downs)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	33.0 mm (1.3 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Booleroo (Wimont)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	35.6 mm (1.4 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Cradock (Kanyaka)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	38.9 mm (1.5 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Wilpena Head Station	Australia	Record daily precipitation	42.2 mm (1.7 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Woocalla	Australia	Record daily precipitation	27.9 mm (1.1 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Oodla Wirra	Australia	Record daily precipitation	37.8 mm (1.5 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Hawker (Warcowie)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	37.3 mm (1.5 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Booleroo Centre (Willowie)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	29.5 mm (1.2 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Uniao Dos Palmares	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	166.0 mm (6.5 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Carrieton (Yackara)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	29.2 mm (1.1 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Charlevoix	United States	Record daily precipitation	46.0 mm (1.8 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Guthrie 5S	United States	Record daily precipitation	137.2 mm (5.4 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Mount Eba	Australia	Record daily precipitation	32.0 mm (1.3 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Port Augusta West	Australia	Record daily precipitation	25.1 mm (1.0 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Wirrappa	Australia	Record daily precipitation	25.9 mm (1.0 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Hookina	Australia	Record daily precipitation	37.8 mm (1.5 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Nullawil	Australia	Record daily precipitation	52.8 mm (2.1 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Ridgley	Australia	Record daily precipitation	48.3 mm (1.9 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Quorn (Round Hill)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	29.0 mm (1.1 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Quorn (Olive Grove)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	34.3 mm (1.4 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Ucolta Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	26.2 mm (1.0 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Belton (Shadow Vale)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	29.0 mm (1.1 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Mundallio	Australia	Record daily precipitation	28.2 mm (1.1 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Brushgrove Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	57.2 mm (2.3 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Deloraine (Athol)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	46.2 mm (1.8 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Irkutsk	Russia	Record daily precipitation	30.3 mm (1.2 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Diapur (Bleak House)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	25.9 mm (1.0 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Yolla (Sea View)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	56.4 mm (2.2 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Dindori	India	Record daily precipitation	31.8 mm (1.3 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Hastings	United States	Record daily precipitation	43.2 mm (1.7 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Ft Reno	United States	Record daily precipitation	98.3 mm (3.9 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Grafton City Council	Australia	Record daily precipitation	44.5 mm (1.8 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Charam	Australia	Record daily precipitation	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Weilerswist-Lommersum	Germany	Record daily precipitation	78.2 mm (3.1 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Jamestown	United States	Record daily precipitation	48.3 mm (1.9 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Hawker (Wilson)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	30.0 mm (1.2 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Morgan Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	34.5 mm (1.4 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Audley National Park Bottom St	Australia	Record daily precipitation	76.2 mm (3.0 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)

Counts by Type and Timescale

950 records

Records set or tied on 19 May 1949 by type: Highest daily maximum 50, Lowest daily maximum 70, Highest daily minimum 146, Lowest daily minimum 11, Heaviest daily rainfall 669, Heaviest daily snowfall 4.

Records on 19 May 1949 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	50
Lowest daily maximum	70
Highest daily minimum	146
Lowest daily minimum	11
Heaviest daily rainfall	669
Heaviest daily snowfall	4
Deepest snow cover	0

Records on 19 May 1949 by timescale: all-time 1, monthly 19, daily 930.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

838 broken records

Margins by which the 838 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 185.0. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

19 May 1949

Top 20 records on 19 May 1949 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
19 May 1949	Copley, AU	daily rain	57.2 mm (2.3 in)	42.7 mm (1.7 in)	63 years	65 of 100 (Major)
19 May 1949	Copley (Myrtle Springs), AU	monthly rain	57.7 mm (2.3 in)	30.8 mm (1.2 in)	17 years	60 of 100 (Major)
19 May 1949	Aachen, DE	daily rain	39.8 mm (1.6 in)	31.0 mm (1.2 in)	47 years	59 of 100 (Notable)
19 May 1949	Marree (Witchelina), AU	monthly rain	39.4 mm (1.6 in)	17.3 mm (0.7 in)	17 years	58 of 100 (Notable)
19 May 1949	Mannanarie Post Office, AU	daily rain	28.2 mm (1.1 in)	23.1 mm (0.9 in)	52 years	58 of 100 (Notable)
19 May 1949	Geisenheim, DE	monthly rain	59.1 mm (2.3 in)	24.8 mm (1.0 in)	7 years	58 of 100 (Notable)
19 May 1949	Chikodi, IN	daily rain	79.5 mm (3.1 in)	61.7 mm (2.4 in)	44 years	57 of 100 (Notable)
19 May 1949	Carrieton (Eurelia), AU	daily rain	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	22.9 mm (0.9 in)	62 years	56 of 100 (Notable)
19 May 1949	Quorn (Depot Flat), AU	daily rain	40.1 mm (1.6 in)	31.2 mm (1.2 in)	54 years	55 of 100 (Notable)
19 May 1949	White Cliffs (Tarella), AU	daily rain	31.5 mm (1.2 in)	29.7 mm (1.2 in)	69 years	55 of 100 (Notable)
19 May 1949	Toledo Blade, US	daily rain	52.8 mm (2.1 in)	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	64 years	55 of 100 (Notable)
19 May 1949	Port Augusta Post Office, AU	daily rain	29.5 mm (1.2 in)	18.8 mm (0.7 in)	54 years	54 of 100 (Notable)
19 May 1949	Quorn, AU	daily rain	32.0 mm (1.3 in)	26.9 mm (1.1 in)	62 years	54 of 100 (Notable)
19 May 1949	Amyton (Pinda Section 63), AU	daily rain	31.0 mm (1.2 in)	25.7 mm (1.0 in)	32 years	53 of 100 (Notable)
19 May 1949	Atalaia, BR	daily rain	210.5 mm (8.3 in)	185.0 mm (7.3 in)	35 years	53 of 100 (Notable)
19 May 1949	Durg(Drug), IN	daily rain	40.6 mm (1.6 in)	38.1 mm (1.5 in)	32 years	53 of 100 (Notable)
19 May 1949	Gobindgarh, IN	daily rain	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	48 years	53 of 100 (Notable)
19 May 1949	Port Augusta (Carriewerloo STN, AU	daily rain	32.0 mm (1.3 in)	26.4 mm (1.0 in)	54 years	52 of 100 (Notable)
19 May 1949	Milparinka Hotel, AU	daily rain	26.2 mm (1.0 in)	21.4 mm (0.8 in)	65 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
19 May 1949	Trier-Zewen, DE	monthly rain	45.9 mm (1.8 in)	15.1 mm (0.6 in)	23 years	49 of 100 (Notable)

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 1949

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1798 to 1949. 1949 had 950 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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Data for records on 1949-05-19: 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 25	802
25 to 50	31
50 to 75	3
75 to 100	0
100 to 125	0
125 to 150	1
150 to 175	0
175 to 200	1