Weather Records on 26 May 1962

450 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 26 May 1962. Highest significance: 1 N McLeansboro, US.

Key Facts for 26 May 1962

On 26 May 1962, 450 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
121 were record highs and 99 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 0 were all-time records, 8 monthly and 442 daily.
1 N McLeansboro set a daily record precipitation of 78.7 mm (3.1 in) on 26 May 1962.
Across 161 earlier years (1814 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 431 records.

Record Map

450 stations

450 station records on 26 May 1962 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 26 May 1962: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
1 N McLeansboro	United States	Record daily precipitation	78.7 mm (3.1 in)	60 of 100 (Major)
Harlan	United States	Record daily precipitation	63.2 mm (2.5 in)	60 of 100 (Major)
Reit Im Winkl	Germany	Record snow depth	15.0 cm (5.9 in)	56 of 100 (Notable)
La Harpe	United States	Record daily precipitation	99.1 mm (3.9 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Wingaroo	Australia	Record daily precipitation	49.0 mm (1.9 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Timber Creek Police	Australia	Record daily precipitation	33.0 mm (1.3 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Lady Barron (Franklin Parade)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	41.1 mm (1.6 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Mahad	India	Record daily precipitation	85.0 mm (3.3 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Halsey 2 W	United States	Record daily precipitation	73.2 mm (2.9 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Parkersburg	United States	Record daily precipitation	45.2 mm (1.8 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Columbus	United States	Record daily precipitation	53.8 mm (2.1 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Pinjarra	Australia	Record daily precipitation	65.0 mm (2.6 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Malyalling	Australia	Record daily precipitation	28.4 mm (1.1 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Lughrata	Australia	Record daily precipitation	37.1 mm (1.5 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Jenna Pullin	Australia	Record daily precipitation	33.3 mm (1.3 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Col du Grand St-Bernard	Switzerland	Record low minimum temperature	-9.0 C (15.8 F)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Rapelje	United States	Record daily precipitation	39.9 mm (1.6 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Sandsprings	Australia	Record daily precipitation	27.2 mm (1.1 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Carlton Hill	Australia	Record daily precipitation	27.9 mm (1.1 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Kremsmuenster	Austria	Record low minimum temperature	5.0 C (41.0 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Big Timber	United States	Record daily precipitation	37.1 mm (1.5 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Riva	Italy	Record low minimum temperature	9.0 C (48.2 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Iowa City	United States	Record daily precipitation	46.0 mm (1.8 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
King City	United States	Record daily precipitation	85.3 mm (3.4 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Ajan	Russia	Record daily precipitation	40.7 mm (1.6 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Jonesboro 3 SSE	United States	Record high minimum temperature	23.3 C (73.9 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Ocampo	Mexico	Record high maximum temperature	37.8 C (100.0 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Newport	United States	Record high minimum temperature	23.9 C (75.0 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Toodyay	Australia	Record daily precipitation	29.7 mm (1.2 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Wynrock	Australia	Record daily precipitation	29.7 mm (1.2 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Salem	United States	Record daily precipitation	35.3 mm (1.4 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Ft Madison	United States	Record daily precipitation	51.3 mm (2.0 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Midland	Australia	Record daily precipitation	30.5 mm (1.2 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Whitby Falls	Australia	Record daily precipitation	48.3 mm (1.9 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Springfields	Australia	Record daily precipitation	37.6 mm (1.5 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Fairbridge	Australia	Record daily precipitation	49.5 mm (1.9 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Hambantota	Sri Lanka	Record high minimum temperature	27.1 C (80.8 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Steigen	Norway	Record daily precipitation	29.1 mm (1.1 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Eufaula	United States	Record high maximum temperature	36.7 C (98.1 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Corvallis State UNIV	United States	Record low maximum temperature	13.3 C (55.9 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Kasargod	India	Record daily precipitation	86.9 mm (3.4 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Albany 3 SE	United States	Record high maximum temperature	38.3 C (100.9 F)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Indianola 1SW	United States	Record daily precipitation	31.2 mm (1.2 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Trenton	United States	Record daily precipitation	70.9 mm (2.8 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Elkins- Randolph Co AP	United States	Record daily precipitation	30.2 mm (1.2 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Wickepin	Australia	Record daily precipitation	27.9 mm (1.1 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Swan Island Lighthouse	Australia	Record daily precipitation	25.1 mm (1.0 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Olekminsk	Russia	Record low minimum temperature	-3.3 C (26.1 F)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Niznij Novgorod	Russia	Record high minimum temperature	16.9 C (62.4 F)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Watseka Public Works	United States	Record daily precipitation	31.5 mm (1.2 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Salamonia	United States	Record daily precipitation	36.8 mm (1.4 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Grass Valley	Australia	Record daily precipitation	25.9 mm (1.0 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Basel Binningen	Switzerland	Record low minimum temperature	3.0 C (37.4 F)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Riverside Fire STN 3	United States	Record low maximum temperature	19.4 C (66.9 F)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Corinth 5 WSW	United States	Record high maximum temperature	35.0 C (95.0 F)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Marradong	Australia	Record daily precipitation	28.4 mm (1.1 in)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Greifswald	Germany	Record low minimum temperature	4.0 C (39.2 F)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Kayenta	United States	Record low maximum temperature	17.8 C (64.0 F)	24 of 100 (Routine)
O'Neill	United States	Record low maximum temperature	14.4 C (57.9 F)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Albany 1 N	United States	Record low maximum temperature	11.1 C (52.0 F)	24 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

450 records

Records set or tied on 26 May 1962 by type: Highest daily maximum 60, Lowest daily maximum 62, Highest daily minimum 61, Lowest daily minimum 37, Heaviest daily rainfall 227, Deepest snow cover 3.

Records on 26 May 1962 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	60
Lowest daily maximum	62
Highest daily minimum	61
Lowest daily minimum	37
Heaviest daily rainfall	227
Heaviest daily snowfall	0
Deepest snow cover	3

Records on 26 May 1962 by timescale: all-time 0, monthly 8, daily 442.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

345 broken records

Margins by which the 345 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 150.0. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

26 May 1962

Top 20 records on 26 May 1962 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
26 May 1962	1 N McLeansboro, US	daily rain	78.7 mm (3.1 in)	44.9 mm (1.8 in)	68 years	60 of 100 (Major)
26 May 1962	Harlan, US	daily rain	63.2 mm (2.5 in)	41.9 mm (1.6 in)	59 years	60 of 100 (Major)
26 May 1962	Reit Im Winkl, DE	daily snow depth	15.0 cm (5.9 in)	15.0 cm (5.9 in)	62 years	56 of 100 (Notable)
26 May 1962	La Harpe, US	daily rain	99.1 mm (3.9 in)	47.0 mm (1.9 in)	28 years	53 of 100 (Notable)
26 May 1962	Wingaroo, AU	daily rain	49.0 mm (1.9 in)	24.9 mm (1.0 in)	28 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
26 May 1962	Timber Creek Police, AU	daily rain	33.0 mm (1.3 in)	33.0 mm (1.3 in)	40 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
26 May 1962	Lady Barron (Franklin Parade), AU	daily rain	41.1 mm (1.6 in)	33.0 mm (1.3 in)	11 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
26 May 1962	Mahad, IN	daily rain	85.0 mm (3.3 in)	49.4 mm (1.9 in)	44 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
26 May 1962	Halsey 2 W, US	daily rain	73.2 mm (2.9 in)	50.3 mm (2.0 in)	7 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
26 May 1962	Parkersburg, US	daily rain	45.2 mm (1.8 in)	30.2 mm (1.2 in)	16 years	44 of 100 (Notable)
26 May 1962	Columbus, US	daily rain	53.8 mm (2.1 in)	47.2 mm (1.9 in)	3 years	43 of 100 (Notable)
26 May 1962	Pinjarra, AU	daily rain	65.0 mm (2.6 in)	37.6 mm (1.5 in)	8 years	42 of 100 (Notable)
26 May 1962	Malyalling, AU	daily rain	28.4 mm (1.1 in)	18.7 mm (0.7 in)	44 years	41 of 100 (Notable)
26 May 1962	Lughrata, AU	daily rain	37.1 mm (1.5 in)	23.4 mm (0.9 in)	4 years	39 of 100 (Notable)
26 May 1962	Jenna Pullin, AU	daily rain	33.3 mm (1.3 in)	13.0 mm (0.5 in)	44 years	35 of 100 (Notable)
26 May 1962	Col du Grand St-Bernard, CH	daily low min	-9.0 C (15.8 F)	2.0 C (3.6 F)	70 years	35 of 100 (Notable)
26 May 1962	Rapelje, US	daily rain	39.9 mm (1.6 in)	12.7 mm (0.5 in)	51 years	35 of 100 (Notable)
26 May 1962	Sandsprings, AU	daily rain	27.2 mm (1.1 in)	11.2 mm (0.4 in)	55 years	34 of 100 (Routine)
26 May 1962	Carlton Hill, AU	daily rain	27.9 mm (1.1 in)	26.6 mm (1.0 in)	4 years	33 of 100 (Routine)
26 May 1962	Kremsmuenster, AT	daily low min	5.0 C (41.0 F)	0.2 C (0.4 F)	84 years	33 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 1962

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1814 to 1962. 1962 had 450 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 1962-05-26: 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	322
20 to 40	14
40 to 60	7
60 to 80	0
80 to 100	0
100 to 120	1
120 to 140	0
140 to 160	1