Weather Records on 26 May 1959

391 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 26 May 1959. Highest significance: Hobart Muni AP, US.

Key Facts for 26 May 1959

On 26 May 1959, 391 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
92 were record highs and 127 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 3 were all-time records, 2 monthly and 386 daily.
Hobart Muni AP set a daily record precipitation of 87.4 mm (3.4 in) on 26 May 1959.
Across 161 earlier years (1814 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 432 records.

Record Map

391 stations

391 station records on 26 May 1959 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 26 May 1959: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Hobart Muni AP	United States	Record daily precipitation	87.4 mm (3.4 in)	58 of 100 (Notable)
Tryon	United States	Record daily precipitation	152.9 mm (6.0 in)	55 of 100 (Notable)
Attur	India	Record daily precipitation	90.0 mm (3.5 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Cheyenne 1 WSW	United States	Record daily precipitation	98.0 mm (3.9 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Hammon 3 SSW	United States	Record daily precipitation	127.0 mm (5.0 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Shamrock	United States	Record daily precipitation	101.1 mm (4.0 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Bhaisalotan	India	Record daily precipitation	88.9 mm (3.5 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Great Falls	Canada	Record daily precipitation	37.6 mm (1.5 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Bellary	India	Record daily precipitation	65.6 mm (2.6 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Holalkhere	India	Record daily precipitation	73.7 mm (2.9 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Washington 2 ESE	United States	Record daily precipitation	66.3 mm (2.6 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Apache	United States	Record daily precipitation	112.0 mm (4.4 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Purnea	India	Record daily precipitation	63.8 mm (2.5 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Startup 1 E	United States	Record daily precipitation	41.1 mm (1.6 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Morden Cda	Canada	Record daily precipitation	30.0 mm (1.2 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Thirthahalli	India	Record daily precipitation	64.3 mm (2.5 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Edmore 4NW	United States	Record daily precipitation	30.2 mm (1.2 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Warrenton	United States	Record daily precipitation	59.7 mm (2.4 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Summerville 4W	United States	Record daily precipitation	55.1 mm (2.2 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Weyerhaeuser 1N	United States	Record daily precipitation	37.8 mm (1.5 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Challakire	India	Record daily precipitation	88.9 mm (3.5 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Ashville 4 W	United States	Record daily precipitation	50.8 mm (2.0 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Langdon Exp Farm	United States	Record daily precipitation	34.8 mm (1.4 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Oakwood 3 SW	United States	Record daily precipitation	112.3 mm (4.4 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Athens	United States	Record low maximum temperature	21.1 C (70.0 F)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Elk City 4 W	United States	Record daily precipitation	132.6 mm (5.2 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Samastipur	India	Record daily precipitation	45.4 mm (1.8 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Alur	India	Record daily precipitation	48.8 mm (1.9 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Elkader 6 SSW	United States	Record daily precipitation	47.2 mm (1.9 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Madakasira	India	Record daily precipitation	111.8 mm (4.4 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Caroleen	United States	Record daily precipitation	55.4 mm (2.2 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Hannah 2 N	United States	Record daily precipitation	33.5 mm (1.3 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Halaula 1110	United States	Record daily precipitation	38.9 mm (1.5 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Calhoun Falls	United States	Record daily precipitation	58.4 mm (2.3 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Waynesboro 2 S	United States	Record daily precipitation	43.2 mm (1.7 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Lisbon	United States	Record daily precipitation	26.7 mm (1.1 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Moloaa 1145	United States	Record daily precipitation	30.5 mm (1.2 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Goderich Township	Canada	Record high minimum temperature	21.7 C (71.1 F)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Rayachoti	India	Record daily precipitation	31.7 mm (1.2 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Satgawan	India	Record daily precipitation	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Saint Bernard	United States	Record daily precipitation	26.4 mm (1.0 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Leech Lake	United States	Record high minimum temperature	16.1 C (61.0 F)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Two Harbors	United States	Record high minimum temperature	10.0 C (50.0 F)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Lenoir	United States	Record low maximum temperature	18.3 C (64.9 F)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Cloud Chief 2 SE	United States	Record daily precipitation	52.1 mm (2.1 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Devrukh	India	Record daily precipitation	33.3 mm (1.3 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Loweth	United States	Record daily snowfall	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Cordova AP	United States	Record high maximum temperature	20.0 C (68.0 F)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Seward AP	United States	Record high minimum temperature	10.6 C (51.1 F)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Launceston (Pumping Station)	Australia	Record high maximum temperature	19.1 C (66.4 F)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Sangli	India	Record daily precipitation	53.0 mm (2.1 in)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Clanton	United States	Record daily precipitation	56.6 mm (2.2 in)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Osceola	United States	Record high minimum temperature	18.9 C (66.0 F)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Grand Rapids Forestry Lab	United States	Record daily precipitation	27.4 mm (1.1 in)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Weeping Water	United States	Record daily precipitation	31.0 mm (1.2 in)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Amenia	United States	Record daily precipitation	32.3 mm (1.3 in)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Caesars Head	United States	Record daily precipitation	44.5 mm (1.8 in)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Bowie	United States	Record high minimum temperature	23.3 C (73.9 F)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Valdez WSO	United States	Record high minimum temperature	9.4 C (48.9 F)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Valdez WSO	United States	Record high maximum temperature	21.1 C (70.0 F)	23 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

391 records

Records set or tied on 26 May 1959 by type: Highest daily maximum 32, Lowest daily maximum 85, Highest daily minimum 60, Lowest daily minimum 42, Heaviest daily rainfall 170, Heaviest daily snowfall 2.

Records on 26 May 1959 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	32
Lowest daily maximum	85
Highest daily minimum	60
Lowest daily minimum	42
Heaviest daily rainfall	170
Heaviest daily snowfall	2
Deepest snow cover	0

Records on 26 May 1959 by timescale: all-time 3, monthly 2, daily 386.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

322 broken records

Margins by which the 322 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 102.0. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

26 May 1959

Top 20 records on 26 May 1959 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
26 May 1959	Hobart Muni AP, US	daily rain	87.4 mm (3.4 in)	65.8 mm (2.6 in)	44 years	58 of 100 (Notable)
26 May 1959	Tryon, US	monthly rain	152.9 mm (6.0 in)	48.5 mm (1.9 in)	17 years	55 of 100 (Notable)
26 May 1959	Attur, IN	daily rain	90.0 mm (3.5 in)	60.0 mm (2.4 in)	40 years	54 of 100 (Notable)
26 May 1959	Cheyenne 1 WSW, US	daily rain	98.0 mm (3.9 in)	86.6 mm (3.4 in)	24 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
26 May 1959	Hammon 3 SSW, US	all-time rain	127.0 mm (5.0 in)	24.6 mm (1.0 in)	35 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
26 May 1959	Shamrock, US	daily rain	101.1 mm (4.0 in)	66.8 mm (2.6 in)	24 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
26 May 1959	Bhaisalotan, IN	daily rain	88.9 mm (3.5 in)	62.2 mm (2.4 in)	28 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
26 May 1959	Great Falls, CA	daily rain	37.6 mm (1.5 in)	30.2 mm (1.2 in)	0 years	43 of 100 (Notable)
26 May 1959	Bellary, IN	daily rain	65.6 mm (2.6 in)	49.9 mm (2.0 in)	12 years	43 of 100 (Notable)
26 May 1959	Holalkhere, IN	daily rain	73.7 mm (2.9 in)	46.8 mm (1.8 in)	36 years	41 of 100 (Notable)
26 May 1959	Washington 2 ESE, US	daily rain	66.3 mm (2.6 in)	40.4 mm (1.6 in)	16 years	41 of 100 (Notable)
26 May 1959	Apache, US	daily rain	112.0 mm (4.4 in)	63.7 mm (2.5 in)	8 years	41 of 100 (Notable)
26 May 1959	Purnea, IN	daily rain	63.8 mm (2.5 in)	36.9 mm (1.5 in)	40 years	40 of 100 (Notable)
26 May 1959	Startup 1 E, US	daily rain	41.1 mm (1.6 in)	29.9 mm (1.2 in)	4 years	40 of 100 (Notable)
26 May 1959	Morden Cda, CA	daily rain	30.0 mm (1.2 in)	18.8 mm (0.7 in)	38 years	39 of 100 (Notable)
26 May 1959	Thirthahalli, IN	daily rain	64.3 mm (2.5 in)	37.6 mm (1.5 in)	45 years	39 of 100 (Notable)
26 May 1959	Edmore 4NW, US	daily rain	30.2 mm (1.2 in)	12.4 mm (0.5 in)	48 years	39 of 100 (Notable)
26 May 1959	Warrenton, US	daily rain	59.7 mm (2.4 in)	38.1 mm (1.5 in)	16 years	38 of 100 (Notable)
26 May 1959	Summerville 4W, US	daily rain	55.1 mm (2.2 in)	20.8 mm (0.8 in)	53 years	38 of 100 (Notable)
26 May 1959	Weyerhaeuser 1N, US	daily rain	37.8 mm (1.5 in)	23.8 mm (0.9 in)	37 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

1814 to 1959

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1814 to 1959. 1959 had 391 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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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	287
20 to 40	22
40 to 60	6
60 to 80	5
80 to 100	1
100 to 120	1