Weather Records on 26 May 1961

800 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 26 May 1961. Highest significance: Sanklespur, IN.

Key Facts for 26 May 1961

On 26 May 1961, 800 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
90 were record highs and 495 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 0 were all-time records, 12 monthly and 788 daily.
Sanklespur set a daily record precipitation of 111.8 mm (4.4 in) on 26 May 1961.
Across 161 earlier years (1814 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 429 records.

Record Map

800 stations

800 station records on 26 May 1961 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 26 May 1961: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Sanklespur	India	Record daily precipitation	111.8 mm (4.4 in)	63 of 100 (Major)
Shirol	India	Record daily precipitation	80.6 mm (3.2 in)	63 of 100 (Major)
Ft Myers Page Fld AP	United States	Record daily precipitation	81.8 mm (3.2 in)	63 of 100 (Major)
Thirthahalli	India	Record daily precipitation	206.5 mm (8.1 in)	61 of 100 (Major)
Ammathy	India	Record daily precipitation	150.2 mm (5.9 in)	60 of 100 (Major)
Ft Pierce	United States	Record daily precipitation	76.7 mm (3.0 in)	58 of 100 (Notable)
Somwarpet	India	Record daily precipitation	145.8 mm (5.7 in)	57 of 100 (Notable)
El-Ton	Russia	Record daily precipitation	43.8 mm (1.7 in)	57 of 100 (Notable)
Sringeri	India	Record daily precipitation	136.6 mm (5.4 in)	55 of 100 (Notable)
Poonampet	India	Record daily precipitation	102.9 mm (4.1 in)	55 of 100 (Notable)
Heggaddevankote	India	Record daily precipitation	69.6 mm (2.7 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Putbus	Germany	Record daily precipitation	28.0 mm (1.1 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Sanivarsanthe	India	Record daily precipitation	81.8 mm (3.2 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Mercara Obsy Sr	India	Record daily precipitation	158.5 mm (6.2 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Napoklu	India	Record daily precipitation	241.3 mm (9.5 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Indapur	India	Record daily precipitation	63.6 mm (2.5 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Bidar	India	Record daily precipitation	32.8 mm (1.3 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Koolau Dam 833	United States	Record daily precipitation	70.4 mm (2.8 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Toronto	Canada	Record low maximum temperature	8.3 C (46.9 F)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Koppa(Balgadi)	India	Record daily precipitation	109.2 mm (4.3 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Sunticoppa	India	Record daily precipitation	59.4 mm (2.3 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Dunlap	United States	Record daily precipitation	35.1 mm (1.4 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Millers Ferry	United States	Record daily precipitation	79.0 mm (3.1 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Welland	Canada	Record low maximum temperature	7.2 C (45.0 F)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Montreal McGill	Canada	Record low maximum temperature	6.1 C (43.0 F)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Fall River	United States	Record daily precipitation	51.8 mm (2.0 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Port Stanley	Canada	Record low maximum temperature	7.2 C (45.0 F)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Woodstock	Canada	Record low maximum temperature	6.7 C (44.1 F)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Huntingdon	Canada	Record low maximum temperature	4.4 C (39.9 F)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Ridgetown	Canada	Record low maximum temperature	8.3 C (46.9 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Hohenpeissenberg	Germany	Record daily precipitation	39.9 mm (1.6 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Greifswald	Germany	Record daily precipitation	27.8 mm (1.1 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Gurjala(Gurujala)	India	Record daily precipitation	74.2 mm (2.9 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Mt Clemens Ang Base	United States	Record low maximum temperature	6.7 C (44.1 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Collingwood	Canada	Record low maximum temperature	7.2 C (45.0 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Causapscal	Canada	Record daily precipitation	29.7 mm (1.2 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Valparaiso Wtr Wks	United States	Record low maximum temperature	8.3 C (46.9 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Mudigere	India	Record daily precipitation	55.4 mm (2.2 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
La Grange 1N	United States	Record low maximum temperature	21.1 C (70.0 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Tuscola	United States	Record low minimum temperature	1.7 C (35.1 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Midland 2	United States	Record low maximum temperature	8.3 C (46.9 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
W Branch 3SE	United States	Record low maximum temperature	6.7 C (44.1 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Findlay Wpcc	United States	Record low maximum temperature	7.8 C (46.0 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Copperhill	United States	Record daily precipitation	47.8 mm (1.9 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Malsiras	India	Record daily precipitation	57.0 mm (2.2 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Watseka Public Works	United States	Record low maximum temperature	10.6 C (51.1 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Bay City	United States	Record low maximum temperature	7.8 C (46.0 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Petoskey	United States	Record low maximum temperature	6.7 C (44.1 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Ft Benton	United States	Record high minimum temperature	15.0 C (59.0 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Louisville 1 E	United States	Record low maximum temperature	21.7 C (71.1 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Adrian 2 NNE	United States	Record low maximum temperature	8.9 C (48.0 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Belzoni	United States	Record daily precipitation	41.4 mm (1.6 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Waynesboro 2 W	United States	Record low maximum temperature	24.4 C (75.9 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Lamar 7N	United States	Record daily precipitation	59.4 mm (2.3 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
St Louis Eads Brg	United States	Record low maximum temperature	14.4 C (57.9 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)
New Westminster	Canada	Record low maximum temperature	11.1 C (52.0 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Belthangady	India	Record daily precipitation	95.5 mm (3.8 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Selma	United States	Record low maximum temperature	21.1 C (70.0 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Arrowrock Dam	United States	Record high minimum temperature	18.9 C (66.0 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Antioch	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-0.6 C (30.9 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

800 records

Records set or tied on 26 May 1961 by type: Highest daily maximum 30, Lowest daily maximum 265, Highest daily minimum 60, Lowest daily minimum 230, Heaviest daily rainfall 211, Heaviest daily snowfall 3, Deepest snow cover 1.

Records on 26 May 1961 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	30
Lowest daily maximum	265
Highest daily minimum	60
Lowest daily minimum	230
Heaviest daily rainfall	211
Heaviest daily snowfall	3
Deepest snow cover	1

Records on 26 May 1961 by timescale: all-time 0, monthly 12, daily 788.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

648 broken records

Margins by which the 648 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 110.8. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

26 May 1961

Top 20 records on 26 May 1961 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
26 May 1961	Sanklespur, IN	daily rain	111.8 mm (4.4 in)	73.7 mm (2.9 in)	59 years	63 of 100 (Major)
26 May 1961	Shirol, IN	daily rain	80.6 mm (3.2 in)	55.5 mm (2.2 in)	56 years	63 of 100 (Major)
26 May 1961	Ft Myers Page Fld AP, US	daily rain	81.8 mm (3.2 in)	61.0 mm (2.4 in)	54 years	63 of 100 (Major)
26 May 1961	Thirthahalli, IN	monthly rain	206.5 mm (8.1 in)	73.1 mm (2.9 in)	18 years	61 of 100 (Major)
26 May 1961	Ammathy, IN	daily rain	150.2 mm (5.9 in)	110.8 mm (4.4 in)	48 years	60 of 100 (Major)
26 May 1961	Ft Pierce, US	daily rain	76.7 mm (3.0 in)	53.6 mm (2.1 in)	60 years	58 of 100 (Notable)
26 May 1961	Somwarpet, IN	daily rain	145.8 mm (5.7 in)	109.0 mm (4.3 in)	38 years	57 of 100 (Notable)
26 May 1961	El-Ton, RU	daily rain	43.8 mm (1.7 in)	30.5 mm (1.2 in)	44 years	57 of 100 (Notable)
26 May 1961	Sringeri, IN	daily rain	136.6 mm (5.4 in)	98.5 mm (3.9 in)	32 years	55 of 100 (Notable)
26 May 1961	Poonampet, IN	daily rain	102.9 mm (4.1 in)	67.8 mm (2.7 in)	31 years	55 of 100 (Notable)
26 May 1961	Heggaddevankote, IN	daily rain	69.6 mm (2.7 in)	43.7 mm (1.7 in)	59 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
26 May 1961	Putbus, DE	daily rain	28.0 mm (1.1 in)	15.8 mm (0.6 in)	28 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
26 May 1961	Sanivarsanthe, IN	daily rain	81.8 mm (3.2 in)	63.5 mm (2.5 in)	10 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
26 May 1961	Mercara Obsy Sr, IN	daily rain	158.5 mm (6.2 in)	99.5 mm (3.9 in)	3 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
26 May 1961	Napoklu, IN	monthly rain	241.3 mm (9.5 in)	24.1 mm (0.9 in)	52 years	44 of 100 (Notable)
26 May 1961	Indapur, IN	daily rain	63.6 mm (2.5 in)	43.1 mm (1.7 in)	0 years	43 of 100 (Notable)
26 May 1961	Bidar, IN	daily rain	32.8 mm (1.3 in)	27.6 mm (1.1 in)	0 years	42 of 100 (Notable)
26 May 1961	Koolau Dam 833, US	daily rain	70.4 mm (2.8 in)	31.5 mm (1.2 in)	32 years	42 of 100 (Notable)
26 May 1961	Toronto, CA	daily low max	8.3 C (46.9 F)	0.6 C (1.1 F)	102 years	41 of 100 (Notable)
26 May 1961	Koppa(Balgadi), IN	daily rain	109.2 mm (4.3 in)	55.6 mm (2.2 in)	32 years	41 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 1961

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1814 to 1961. 1961 had 800 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

Download the Data

Data for records on 1961-05-26: 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 2026-10-16. Last revised 16 October 2026 (2026-10-16).

Margin	Records
0 to 20	614
20 to 40	18
40 to 60	7
60 to 80	5
80 to 100	2
100 to 120	2