Weather Records on 26 May 1951

542 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 26 May 1951. Highest significance: Kursk, RU.

Key Facts for 26 May 1951

On 26 May 1951, 542 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
321 were record highs and 64 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 0 were all-time records, 51 monthly and 491 daily.
Kursk set a daily record precipitation of 39.9 mm (1.6 in) on 26 May 1951.
Across 161 earlier years (1814 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 431 records.

Record Map

542 stations

542 station records on 26 May 1951 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 26 May 1951: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Kursk	Russia	Record daily precipitation	39.9 mm (1.6 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Durham	United Kingdom	Record daily precipitation	29.1 mm (1.1 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Cedar Rapids #1	United States	Record daily precipitation	51.3 mm (2.0 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Banda	India	Record daily precipitation	29.0 mm (1.1 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Williamsburg 1E	United States	Record daily precipitation	63.5 mm (2.5 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Montelimar	France	Record daily precipitation	76.5 mm (3.0 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Faridpur	India	Record daily precipitation	32.0 mm (1.3 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Cedar Rapids 2	United States	Record daily precipitation	50.8 mm (2.0 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Hull	United Kingdom	Record daily precipitation	27.2 mm (1.1 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Geneve Observatoire	Switzerland	Record daily precipitation	34.8 mm (1.4 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Grinnell 3 SW	United States	Record daily precipitation	58.4 mm (2.3 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Washington	United States	Record daily precipitation	59.2 mm (2.3 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Superior	United States	Record daily precipitation	50.8 mm (2.0 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Kankey	India	Record daily precipitation	34.5 mm (1.4 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Fairhope 2 NE	United States	Record daily precipitation	156.2 mm (6.1 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Winkelman 6 S	United States	Record high maximum temperature	43.3 C (109.9 F)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Marysville	United States	Record high minimum temperature	24.4 C (75.9 F)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Tipton	United States	Record daily precipitation	57.4 mm (2.3 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Quixeramobim	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	57.0 mm (2.2 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Lyon - St Exupery	France	Record daily precipitation	43.7 mm (1.7 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Montcornet	France	Record daily precipitation	29.4 mm (1.2 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Astana	Kazakhstan	Record high minimum temperature	17.6 C (63.7 F)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Col du Grand St-Bernard	Switzerland	Record daily precipitation	67.0 mm (2.6 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Cuyamaca	United States	Record high minimum temperature	17.2 C (63.0 F)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Mercara Obsy Sr	India	Record daily precipitation	52.8 mm (2.1 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Sigourney	United States	Record daily precipitation	37.1 mm (1.5 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Prentice #2	United States	Record daily precipitation	38.9 mm (1.5 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Piracuruca	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	65.0 mm (2.6 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Newman	United States	Record high maximum temperature	43.3 C (109.9 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Ft Bayard 4W	United States	Record high minimum temperature	18.3 C (64.9 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Bogoroditskoye-Fenino	Russia	Record daily precipitation	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Sacramento 5 ESE	United States	Record high minimum temperature	20.6 C (69.1 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Chatra	India	Record daily precipitation	27.4 mm (1.1 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Two Harbors	United States	Record daily precipitation	31.5 mm (1.2 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Los Gatos	United States	Record high minimum temperature	18.9 C (66.0 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Park Falls Dnr HQ	United States	Record daily precipitation	42.9 mm (1.7 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Stanley Wwtp	United States	Record daily precipitation	39.6 mm (1.6 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Dubuque River	United States	Record daily precipitation	48.3 mm (1.9 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Blackwarry	Australia	Record daily precipitation	31.0 mm (1.2 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Visby_Flygplats	Sweden	Record low minimum temperature	-1.0 C (30.2 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Lodi	United States	Record high maximum temperature	37.8 C (100.0 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Ironwood	United States	Record daily precipitation	28.4 mm (1.1 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Ljubljana Bezigrad	Slovenia	Record high minimum temperature	16.6 C (61.9 F)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Clifton	United States	Record high maximum temperature	41.7 C (107.1 F)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Cloudcroft	United States	Record high maximum temperature	27.2 C (81.0 F)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Santa Fe	United States	Record high minimum temperature	13.9 C (57.0 F)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Ashland Exp Farm	United States	Record daily precipitation	36.1 mm (1.4 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Vastervik	Sweden	Record low minimum temperature	-0.2 C (31.6 F)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Ozark 6 NNW	United States	Record daily precipitation	38.1 mm (1.5 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Vacaville	United States	Record high maximum temperature	38.3 C (100.9 F)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Watsonville Wtr Wks	United States	Record high maximum temperature	34.4 C (93.9 F)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Panguitch	United States	Record high maximum temperature	31.7 C (89.1 F)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Whroo	Australia	Record daily precipitation	32.0 mm (1.3 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Cape Race (Aut)	Canada	Record high minimum temperature	6.1 C (43.0 F)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Tandwa	India	Record daily precipitation	33.0 mm (1.3 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Bisbee	United States	Record high minimum temperature	21.7 C (71.1 F)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Snowflake	United States	Record high maximum temperature	34.4 C (93.9 F)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Los Gatos	United States	Record high maximum temperature	36.7 C (98.1 F)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Nevada City	United States	Record high minimum temperature	12.2 C (54.0 F)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Paso Robles	United States	Record high minimum temperature	13.3 C (55.9 F)	25 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

542 records

Records set or tied on 26 May 1951 by type: Highest daily maximum 221, Lowest daily maximum 29, Highest daily minimum 100, Lowest daily minimum 35, Heaviest daily rainfall 156, Heaviest daily snowfall 1.

Records on 26 May 1951 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	221
Lowest daily maximum	29
Highest daily minimum	100
Lowest daily minimum	35
Heaviest daily rainfall	156
Heaviest daily snowfall	1
Deepest snow cover	0

Records on 26 May 1951 by timescale: all-time 0, monthly 51, daily 491.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

434 broken records

Margins by which the 434 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 50.5. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

26 May 1951

Top 20 records on 26 May 1951 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
26 May 1951	Kursk, RU	daily rain	39.9 mm (1.6 in)	22.3 mm (0.9 in)	37 years	53 of 100 (Notable)
26 May 1951	Durham, GB	daily rain	29.1 mm (1.1 in)	10.6 mm (0.4 in)	70 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
26 May 1951	Cedar Rapids #1, US	daily rain	51.3 mm (2.0 in)	30.5 mm (1.2 in)	48 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
26 May 1951	Banda, IN	daily rain	29.0 mm (1.1 in)	28.5 mm (1.1 in)	46 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
26 May 1951	Williamsburg 1E, US	daily rain	63.5 mm (2.5 in)	44.7 mm (1.8 in)	13 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
26 May 1951	Montelimar, FR	daily rain	76.5 mm (3.0 in)	50.5 mm (2.0 in)	9 years	44 of 100 (Notable)
26 May 1951	Faridpur, IN	daily rain	32.0 mm (1.3 in)	18.0 mm (0.7 in)	48 years	44 of 100 (Notable)
26 May 1951	Cedar Rapids 2, US	daily rain	50.8 mm (2.0 in)	30.2 mm (1.2 in)	36 years	43 of 100 (Notable)
26 May 1951	Hull, GB	daily rain	27.2 mm (1.1 in)	16.0 mm (0.6 in)	18 years	42 of 100 (Notable)
26 May 1951	Geneve Observatoire, CH	daily rain	34.8 mm (1.4 in)	17.8 mm (0.7 in)	34 years	41 of 100 (Notable)
26 May 1951	Grinnell 3 SW, US	daily rain	58.4 mm (2.3 in)	28.2 mm (1.1 in)	48 years	40 of 100 (Notable)
26 May 1951	Washington, US	daily rain	59.2 mm (2.3 in)	26.7 mm (1.1 in)	36 years	38 of 100 (Notable)
26 May 1951	Superior, US	daily rain	50.8 mm (2.0 in)	36.3 mm (1.4 in)	8 years	37 of 100 (Notable)
26 May 1951	Kankey, IN	daily rain	34.5 mm (1.4 in)	27.9 mm (1.1 in)	32 years	36 of 100 (Notable)
26 May 1951	Fairhope 2 NE, US	monthly rain	156.2 mm (6.1 in)	40.4 mm (1.6 in)	11 years	36 of 100 (Notable)
26 May 1951	Winkelman 6 S, US	monthly high max	43.3 C (109.9 F)	2.2 C (4.0 F)	56 years	36 of 100 (Notable)
26 May 1951	Marysville, US	daily high min	24.4 C (75.9 F)	5.5 C (9.9 F)	44 years	35 of 100 (Notable)
26 May 1951	Tipton, US	daily rain	57.4 mm (2.3 in)	33.3 mm (1.3 in)	12 years	35 of 100 (Notable)
26 May 1951	Quixeramobim, BR	daily rain	57.0 mm (2.2 in)	39.0 mm (1.5 in)	10 years	34 of 100 (Routine)
26 May 1951	Lyon - St Exupery, FR	daily rain	43.7 mm (1.7 in)	27.0 mm (1.1 in)	9 years	34 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 1951

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1814 to 1951. 1951 had 542 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 1951-05-26: 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	388
10 to 20	27
20 to 30	10
30 to 40	6
40 to 50	2
50 to 60	1