Weather Records on 19 May 1959

487 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 19 May 1959. Highest significance: Carandotta Station, AU.

Key Facts for 19 May 1959

On 19 May 1959, 487 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
92 were record highs and 86 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 3 were all-time records, 7 monthly and 477 daily.
Carandotta Station set a daily record precipitation of 58.7 mm (2.3 in) on 19 May 1959.
Across 161 earlier years (1798 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 460 records.

Record Map

487 stations

487 station records on 19 May 1959 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 19 May 1959: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Carandotta Station	Australia	Record daily precipitation	58.7 mm (2.3 in)	69 of 100 (Major)
Charlotte Plains	Australia	Record daily precipitation	38.9 mm (1.5 in)	59 of 100 (Notable)
Southampton	Canada	Record daily precipitation	87.9 mm (3.5 in)	58 of 100 (Notable)
Zerbst	Germany	Record daily precipitation	25.5 mm (1.0 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Chemnitz	Germany	Record daily precipitation	68.6 mm (2.7 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Gibb River	Australia	Record daily precipitation	92.2 mm (3.6 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Hecla	United States	Record daily precipitation	36.6 mm (1.4 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Goroke (Post Office)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	36.8 mm (1.4 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Wanaaring (Yamba)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	32.3 mm (1.3 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Flora Valley Old	Australia	Record daily precipitation	26.9 mm (1.1 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Eugenia	Canada	Record daily precipitation	68.1 mm (2.7 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Wilton	India	Record daily precipitation	185.7 mm (7.3 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Changenachery	India	Record daily precipitation	147.6 mm (5.8 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Ft Ripley	United States	Record daily precipitation	34.3 mm (1.4 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Amreli	India	Record daily precipitation	54.6 mm (2.1 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Beloit	United States	Record daily precipitation	95.3 mm (3.8 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Beeton	Canada	Record daily precipitation	48.3 mm (1.9 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Holyoke	United States	Record daily precipitation	55.6 mm (2.2 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Virginia	United States	Record daily precipitation	39.9 mm (1.6 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Chakradhanpur	India	Record daily precipitation	50.8 mm (2.0 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Yerevan	Armenia	Record daily precipitation	39.0 mm (1.5 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Papane (Bos)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	37.0 mm (1.5 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Sterling	United States	Record daily precipitation	33.3 mm (1.3 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Austral Downs	Australia	Record daily precipitation	31.0 mm (1.2 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Kaniva	Australia	Record daily precipitation	34.3 mm (1.4 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Umberumberka Reservoir	Australia	Record daily precipitation	27.4 mm (1.1 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Gumri	Armenia	Record daily precipitation	25.9 mm (1.0 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Mathoura (Mathoura Station)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	29.2 mm (1.1 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Brodhead Wwtp	United States	Record daily precipitation	40.1 mm (1.6 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Texas Downs	Australia	Record daily precipitation	36.6 mm (1.4 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Klamath Falls 2 SSW	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-6.7 C (19.9 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Broken Hill (Patton Street)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	27.7 mm (1.1 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Jaen (Instituto)	Spain	Record daily precipitation	32.4 mm (1.3 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Anklam	Germany	Record daily precipitation	25.6 mm (1.0 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Mingary	Australia	Record daily precipitation	25.1 mm (1.0 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Stuart Mill State School	Australia	Record daily precipitation	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Orono	Canada	Record daily precipitation	72.1 mm (2.8 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Chillicothe 2S	United States	Record daily precipitation	48.8 mm (1.9 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Tilpa (Tongo Road)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	30.0 mm (1.2 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Galva	United States	Record daily precipitation	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Clarinda	United States	Record daily precipitation	31.2 mm (1.2 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Bedford 2 SE	United States	Record daily snowfall	7.6 cm (3.0 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Cockburn	Australia	Record daily precipitation	27.4 mm (1.1 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Bartow 1SE	United States	Record daily precipitation	37.1 mm (1.5 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Lakeview 2 NNW	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-5.6 C (21.9 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Darlington Wwtp	United States	Record daily precipitation	36.3 mm (1.4 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Winjallok	Australia	Record daily precipitation	26.4 mm (1.0 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Benson	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-0.6 C (30.9 F)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Galena	United States	Record daily precipitation	43.2 mm (1.7 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Syracuse	United States	Record daily precipitation	40.4 mm (1.6 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Martinsburg E W Virginia Rgnl	United States	Record daily precipitation	28.7 mm (1.1 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Spokane Intl AP	United States	Record low maximum temperature	10.6 C (51.1 F)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Vernon Coldstream Ranch	Canada	Record low maximum temperature	11.1 C (52.0 F)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Clearwater	United States	Record low minimum temperature	1.1 C (34.0 F)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Muscatine 2	United States	Record daily precipitation	35.6 mm (1.4 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Erick	United States	Record high minimum temperature	22.8 C (73.0 F)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Texarkana Webb Fld	United States	Record high minimum temperature	21.7 C (71.1 F)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Ord River	Australia	Record daily precipitation	38.1 mm (1.5 in)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Stewart	Canada	Record high minimum temperature	13.3 C (55.9 F)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Supa	India	Record daily precipitation	42.2 mm (1.7 in)	24 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

487 records

Records set or tied on 19 May 1959 by type: Highest daily maximum 21, Lowest daily maximum 47, Highest daily minimum 71, Lowest daily minimum 39, Heaviest daily rainfall 303, Heaviest daily snowfall 5, Deepest snow cover 1.

Records on 19 May 1959 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	21
Lowest daily maximum	47
Highest daily minimum	71
Lowest daily minimum	39
Heaviest daily rainfall	303
Heaviest daily snowfall	5
Deepest snow cover	1

Records on 19 May 1959 by timescale: all-time 3, monthly 7, daily 477.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

418 broken records

Margins by which the 418 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 90.9. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

19 May 1959

Top 20 records on 19 May 1959 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
19 May 1959	Carandotta Station, AU	daily rain	58.7 mm (2.3 in)	58.7 mm (2.3 in)	75 years	69 of 100 (Major)
19 May 1959	Charlotte Plains, AU	daily rain	38.9 mm (1.5 in)	33.8 mm (1.3 in)	48 years	59 of 100 (Notable)
19 May 1959	Southampton, CA	all-time rain	87.9 mm (3.5 in)	13.2 mm (0.5 in)	42 years	58 of 100 (Notable)
19 May 1959	Zerbst, DE	daily rain	25.5 mm (1.0 in)	16.5 mm (0.6 in)	52 years	53 of 100 (Notable)
19 May 1959	Chemnitz, DE	daily rain	68.6 mm (2.7 in)	33.4 mm (1.3 in)	17 years	52 of 100 (Notable)
19 May 1959	Gibb River, AU	daily rain	92.2 mm (3.6 in)	90.9 mm (3.6 in)	28 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
19 May 1959	Hecla, US	daily rain	36.6 mm (1.4 in)	25.2 mm (1.0 in)	41 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
19 May 1959	Goroke (Post Office), AU	daily rain	36.8 mm (1.4 in)	13.7 mm (0.5 in)	69 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
19 May 1959	Wanaaring (Yamba), AU	daily rain	32.3 mm (1.3 in)	26.2 mm (1.0 in)	26 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
19 May 1959	Flora Valley Old, AU	daily rain	26.9 mm (1.1 in)	23.9 mm (0.9 in)	44 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
19 May 1959	Eugenia, CA	monthly rain	68.1 mm (2.7 in)	16.5 mm (0.6 in)	30 years	44 of 100 (Notable)
19 May 1959	Wilton, IN	all-time rain	185.7 mm (7.3 in)	5.4 mm (0.21 in)	56 years	44 of 100 (Notable)
19 May 1959	Changenachery, IN	daily rain	147.6 mm (5.8 in)	72.7 mm (2.9 in)	40 years	44 of 100 (Notable)
19 May 1959	Ft Ripley, US	daily rain	34.3 mm (1.4 in)	17.5 mm (0.7 in)	66 years	42 of 100 (Notable)
19 May 1959	Amreli, IN	monthly rain	54.6 mm (2.1 in)	21.3 mm (0.8 in)	26 years	41 of 100 (Notable)
19 May 1959	Beloit, US	monthly rain	95.3 mm (3.8 in)	15.3 mm (0.6 in)	36 years	41 of 100 (Notable)
19 May 1959	Beeton, CA	daily rain	48.3 mm (1.9 in)	24.2 mm (1.0 in)	30 years	40 of 100 (Notable)
19 May 1959	Holyoke, US	daily rain	55.6 mm (2.2 in)	30.2 mm (1.2 in)	24 years	39 of 100 (Notable)
19 May 1959	Virginia, US	daily rain	39.9 mm (1.6 in)	17.0 mm (0.7 in)	40 years	39 of 100 (Notable)
19 May 1959	Chakradhanpur, IN	daily rain	50.8 mm (2.0 in)	29.5 mm (1.2 in)	40 years	38 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 1959

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1798 to 1959. 1959 had 487 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 2026-10-16. Last revised 16 October 2026 (2026-10-16).

Margin	Records
0 to 20	392
20 to 40	22
40 to 60	2
60 to 80	1
80 to 100	1