Weather Records on 26 May 1963

398 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 26 May 1963. Highest significance: Houston, US.

Key Facts for 26 May 1963

On 26 May 1963, 398 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
78 were record highs and 131 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 0 were all-time records, 16 monthly and 382 daily.
Houston set a daily record precipitation of 72.9 mm (2.9 in) on 26 May 1963.
Across 161 earlier years (1814 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 432 records.

Record Map

398 stations

398 station records on 26 May 1963 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 26 May 1963: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Houston	United States	Record daily precipitation	72.9 mm (2.9 in)	58 of 100 (Notable)
Bolivar Wtr Wks	United States	Record daily precipitation	104.4 mm (4.1 in)	58 of 100 (Notable)
Booneville	United States	Record daily precipitation	117.9 mm (4.6 in)	56 of 100 (Notable)
Osceola	United States	Record daily precipitation	78.7 mm (3.1 in)	55 of 100 (Notable)
Ripley	United States	Record daily precipitation	79.0 mm (3.1 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Fisk	United States	Record daily precipitation	86.4 mm (3.4 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
El Salto (Smn)	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	54.4 mm (2.1 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Mammoth Spring	United States	Record daily precipitation	77.2 mm (3.0 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Birch Tree	United States	Record daily precipitation	66.0 mm (2.6 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Abjorsbraten	Norway	Record daily precipitation	40.2 mm (1.6 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Saint Francis	United States	Record daily precipitation	69.1 mm (2.7 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Chickamauga 2 SW	United States	Record daily precipitation	36.8 mm (1.4 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Mtn Grove 2 N	United States	Record daily precipitation	65.8 mm (2.6 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Salem	United States	Record daily precipitation	75.2 mm (3.0 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Petropavlovsk-Kamchatskij	Russia	Record daily precipitation	80.0 mm (3.1 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Newport	United States	Record daily precipitation	49.8 mm (2.0 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Madison	United States	Record daily precipitation	50.8 mm (2.0 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Aberdeen	United States	Record daily precipitation	57.2 mm (2.3 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Jackson Exp STN	United States	Record daily precipitation	68.6 mm (2.7 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Milan Exp STN	United States	Record daily precipitation	58.4 mm (2.3 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Corinth 5 WSW	United States	Record daily precipitation	56.4 mm (2.2 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Macon 2 NE	United States	Record daily precipitation	52.1 mm (2.1 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Chickamauga 2 SW	United States	Record low maximum temperature	16.1 C (61.0 F)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Towanda 1 S	United States	Record daily precipitation	43.2 mm (1.7 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Neosho Rapids	United States	Record daily precipitation	90.9 mm (3.6 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Okolona	United States	Record daily precipitation	53.1 mm (2.1 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Buffalo 2N	United States	Record daily precipitation	82.3 mm (3.2 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Bartow 1SE	United States	Record daily precipitation	87.6 mm (3.4 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Fulton 3 W	United States	Record daily precipitation	59.7 mm (2.4 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Poplar Bluff	United States	Record daily precipitation	73.4 mm (2.9 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
New Madrid	United States	Record daily precipitation	46.2 mm (1.8 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Winfield 2 SW	United States	Record daily precipitation	49.5 mm (1.9 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Guntersville	United States	Record daily precipitation	51.6 mm (2.0 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Black Rock	United States	Record daily precipitation	55.9 mm (2.2 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Appleton City	United States	Record daily precipitation	73.2 mm (2.9 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Bolivar 1 NE	United States	Record daily precipitation	74.4 mm (2.9 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Parma	United States	Record daily precipitation	57.2 mm (2.3 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Marshall	United States	Record low maximum temperature	13.9 C (57.0 F)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Bolton	United States	Record daily precipitation	135.9 mm (5.4 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Jokkmokk	Sweden	Record high minimum temperature	10.0 C (50.0 F)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Florence	United States	Record daily precipitation	51.3 mm (2.0 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Corning	United States	Record daily precipitation	49.3 mm (1.9 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Marble Hill	United States	Record daily precipitation	50.8 mm (2.0 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Polur	India	Record daily precipitation	74.0 mm (2.9 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Fayette	United States	Record daily precipitation	49.8 mm (2.0 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Caruthersville	United States	Record daily precipitation	62.5 mm (2.5 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Brownsville	United States	Record daily precipitation	72.4 mm (2.9 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Greensboro	United States	Record daily precipitation	46.5 mm (1.8 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Blytheville	United States	Record daily precipitation	91.4 mm (3.6 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Conconully	United States	Record high minimum temperature	15.6 C (60.1 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Uthankarai	India	Record daily precipitation	33.2 mm (1.3 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Renovo	United States	Record daily precipitation	44.2 mm (1.7 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Carthage	United States	Record low maximum temperature	18.9 C (66.0 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Lynnville 4 SSW	United States	Record daily precipitation	27.9 mm (1.1 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Tropic	United States	Record high minimum temperature	10.6 C (51.1 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Belair (State Flora Nursery)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	44.2 mm (1.7 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Pocahontas 1	United States	Record daily precipitation	42.4 mm (1.7 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Williamsville	United States	Record daily precipitation	56.4 mm (2.2 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Leola	United States	Record daily precipitation	31.8 mm (1.3 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Palmetto	United States	Record daily precipitation	33.0 mm (1.3 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

398 records

Records set or tied on 26 May 1963 by type: Highest daily maximum 27, Lowest daily maximum 107, Highest daily minimum 51, Lowest daily minimum 24, Heaviest daily rainfall 189.

Records on 26 May 1963 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	27
Lowest daily maximum	107
Highest daily minimum	51
Lowest daily minimum	24
Heaviest daily rainfall	189
Heaviest daily snowfall	0
Deepest snow cover	0

Records on 26 May 1963 by timescale: all-time 0, monthly 16, daily 382.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

329 broken records

Margins by which the 329 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 71.2. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

26 May 1963

Top 20 records on 26 May 1963 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
26 May 1963	Houston, US	daily rain	72.9 mm (2.9 in)	47.5 mm (1.9 in)	66 years	58 of 100 (Notable)
26 May 1963	Bolivar Wtr Wks, US	daily rain	104.4 mm (4.1 in)	47.2 mm (1.9 in)	69 years	58 of 100 (Notable)
26 May 1963	Booneville, US	monthly rain	117.9 mm (4.6 in)	41.7 mm (1.6 in)	24 years	56 of 100 (Notable)
26 May 1963	Osceola, US	daily rain	78.7 mm (3.1 in)	55.6 mm (2.2 in)	60 years	55 of 100 (Notable)
26 May 1963	Ripley, US	daily rain	79.0 mm (3.1 in)	48.5 mm (1.9 in)	53 years	54 of 100 (Notable)
26 May 1963	Fisk, US	daily rain	86.4 mm (3.4 in)	71.2 mm (2.8 in)	32 years	52 of 100 (Notable)
26 May 1963	El Salto (Smn), MX	monthly rain	54.4 mm (2.1 in)	18.8 mm (0.7 in)	40 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
26 May 1963	Mammoth Spring, US	daily rain	77.2 mm (3.0 in)	50.5 mm (2.0 in)	45 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
26 May 1963	Birch Tree, US	daily rain	66.0 mm (2.6 in)	37.8 mm (1.5 in)	60 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
26 May 1963	Abjorsbraten, NO	monthly rain	40.2 mm (1.6 in)	15.1 mm (0.6 in)	9 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
26 May 1963	Saint Francis, US	daily rain	69.1 mm (2.7 in)	51.8 mm (2.0 in)	33 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
26 May 1963	Chickamauga 2 SW, US	daily rain	36.8 mm (1.4 in)	28.4 mm (1.1 in)	53 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
26 May 1963	Mtn Grove 2 N, US	daily rain	65.8 mm (2.6 in)	44.5 mm (1.8 in)	30 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
26 May 1963	Salem, US	daily rain	75.2 mm (3.0 in)	44.0 mm (1.7 in)	30 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
26 May 1963	Petropavlovsk-Kamchatskij, RU	monthly rain	80.0 mm (3.1 in)	8.9 mm (0.35 in)	59 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
26 May 1963	Newport, US	daily rain	49.8 mm (2.0 in)	29.0 mm (1.1 in)	56 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
26 May 1963	Madison, US	daily rain	50.8 mm (2.0 in)	20.3 mm (0.8 in)	66 years	43 of 100 (Notable)
26 May 1963	Aberdeen, US	daily rain	57.2 mm (2.3 in)	29.5 mm (1.2 in)	53 years	43 of 100 (Notable)
26 May 1963	Jackson Exp STN, US	daily rain	68.6 mm (2.7 in)	22.9 mm (0.9 in)	69 years	43 of 100 (Notable)
26 May 1963	Milan Exp STN, US	daily rain	58.4 mm (2.3 in)	35.0 mm (1.4 in)	33 years	43 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 1963

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1814 to 1963. 1963 had 398 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 1963-05-26: 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 10	242
10 to 20	38
20 to 30	27
30 to 40	8
40 to 50	9
50 to 60	4
60 to 70	0
70 to 80	1