Weather Records on 26 May 1965

621 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 26 May 1965. Highest significance: Wilsonville, US.

Key Facts for 26 May 1965

On 26 May 1965, 621 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
244 were record highs and 222 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 0 were all-time records, 4 monthly and 617 daily.
Wilsonville set a daily record precipitation of 86.4 mm (3.4 in) on 26 May 1965.
Across 161 earlier years (1814 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 430 records.

Record Map

621 stations

621 station records on 26 May 1965 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 26 May 1965: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Wilsonville	United States	Record daily precipitation	86.4 mm (3.4 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Maatsuyker Island Lighthouse	Australia	Record daily precipitation	32.8 mm (1.3 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Great Brak River	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	45.4 mm (1.8 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Sparta	United States	Record daily precipitation	56.1 mm (2.2 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Independence #1	United States	Record daily precipitation	43.7 mm (1.7 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Allison	United States	Record daily precipitation	85.1 mm (3.4 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Taua	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	63.3 mm (2.5 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Atlantic City Marina	United States	Record high maximum temperature	33.3 C (91.9 F)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Decorah	United States	Record daily precipitation	67.3 mm (2.6 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Rockwell City	United States	Record daily precipitation	53.8 mm (2.1 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Oberlin	United States	Record daily precipitation	40.6 mm (1.6 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Kearney 4 NE	United States	Record daily precipitation	65.5 mm (2.6 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Glen Lyn	United States	Record daily precipitation	37.6 mm (1.5 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Cypress River	Canada	Record daily snowfall	7.6 cm (3.0 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Dillon 1 E	United States	Record daily snowfall	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Iowa Falls	United States	Record daily precipitation	54.6 mm (2.1 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Schuyler	United States	Record daily precipitation	55.1 mm (2.2 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Grenora	United States	Record daily snowfall	7.6 cm (3.0 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
New England	United States	Record daily snowfall	5.1 cm (2.0 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Toronto	Canada	Record high minimum temperature	17.2 C (63.0 F)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Crawfordsville Pwr Plt	United States	Record daily precipitation	34.0 mm (1.3 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Dumont	United States	Record daily precipitation	44.5 mm (1.8 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Jonkoping	Sweden	Record low minimum temperature	0.7 C (33.3 F)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Lincoln 1 SE	United States	Record daily precipitation	40.6 mm (1.6 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Dardanup East	Australia	Record daily precipitation	59.7 mm (2.4 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Marrecas	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	42.5 mm (1.7 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Spring Grove	United States	Record daily precipitation	67.1 mm (2.6 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Plattsburgh AFB	United States	Record high minimum temperature	20.0 C (68.0 F)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Cambridge Galt Moe	Canada	Record high maximum temperature	31.1 C (88.0 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Cortez	United States	Record low maximum temperature	14.4 C (57.9 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Independence	United States	Record daily precipitation	45.7 mm (1.8 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Fichtelberg	Germany	Record snow depth	30.0 cm (11.8 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Carroll	United States	Record daily precipitation	58.9 mm (2.3 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Cresco 1 NE	United States	Record daily precipitation	57.9 mm (2.3 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Humboldt 3 W	United States	Record daily precipitation	50.8 mm (2.0 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Rockport 1 ESE	United States	Record high minimum temperature	20.0 C (68.0 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Versailles	United States	Record daily precipitation	49.8 mm (2.0 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Radyr Park	Australia	Record daily precipitation	64.8 mm (2.6 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Mirtna	Australia	Record daily precipitation	47.8 mm (1.9 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Souris	Canada	Record daily snowfall	5.1 cm (2.0 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Willcox	United States	Record low minimum temperature	0.6 C (33.1 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Bertrand	United States	Record daily precipitation	48.5 mm (1.9 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Crosby	United States	Record low maximum temperature	2.8 C (37.0 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Watford City	United States	Record daily snowfall	5.1 cm (2.0 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Maybrook	Australia	Record daily precipitation	34.8 mm (1.4 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Warren 2 ENE	United States	Record high minimum temperature	24.4 C (75.9 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Rangely 1E	United States	Record low maximum temperature	15.6 C (60.1 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Ft Scott	United States	Record daily precipitation	70.6 mm (2.8 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Somerville 4 NW	United States	Record high maximum temperature	33.9 C (93.0 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Moab	United States	Record low maximum temperature	18.9 C (66.0 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Chilton	United States	Record high minimum temperature	17.2 C (63.0 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Newcastle	United States	Record low maximum temperature	7.2 C (45.0 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Cambridge Galt Moe	Canada	Record high minimum temperature	17.2 C (63.0 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Bancroft	Canada	Record high maximum temperature	30.6 C (87.1 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Culbertson	United States	Record low maximum temperature	6.7 C (44.1 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Cape May 2 NW	United States	Record high maximum temperature	31.1 C (88.0 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Hatch	United States	Record low maximum temperature	25.6 C (78.1 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Chanute Martin Johnson AP	United States	Record daily precipitation	56.4 mm (2.2 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Marble Bar Comparison	Australia	Record high maximum temperature	34.9 C (94.8 F)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Arthur River	Australia	Record daily precipitation	26.7 mm (1.1 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

621 records

Records set or tied on 26 May 1965 by type: Highest daily maximum 111, Lowest daily maximum 141, Highest daily minimum 133, Lowest daily minimum 81, Heaviest daily rainfall 119, Heaviest daily snowfall 31, Deepest snow cover 5.

Records on 26 May 1965 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	111
Lowest daily maximum	141
Highest daily minimum	133
Lowest daily minimum	81
Heaviest daily rainfall	119
Heaviest daily snowfall	31
Deepest snow cover	5

Records on 26 May 1965 by timescale: all-time 0, monthly 4, daily 617.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

466 broken records

Margins by which the 466 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 1100.0. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

26 May 1965

Top 20 records on 26 May 1965 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
26 May 1965	Wilsonville, US	daily rain	86.4 mm (3.4 in)	65.8 mm (2.6 in)	15 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
26 May 1965	Maatsuyker Island Lighthouse, AU	daily rain	32.8 mm (1.3 in)	15.0 mm (0.6 in)	55 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
26 May 1965	Great Brak River, ZA	daily rain	45.4 mm (1.8 in)	35.2 mm (1.4 in)	24 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
26 May 1965	Sparta, US	daily rain	56.1 mm (2.2 in)	32.0 mm (1.3 in)	28 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
26 May 1965	Independence #1, US	daily rain	43.7 mm (1.7 in)	24.6 mm (1.0 in)	75 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
26 May 1965	Allison, US	monthly rain	85.1 mm (3.4 in)	20.8 mm (0.8 in)	46 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
26 May 1965	Taua, BR	daily rain	63.3 mm (2.5 in)	58.0 mm (2.3 in)	0 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
26 May 1965	Atlantic City Marina, US	daily high max	33.3 C (91.9 F)	4.4 C (7.9 F)	84 years	43 of 100 (Notable)
26 May 1965	Decorah, US	daily rain	67.3 mm (2.6 in)	19.3 mm (0.8 in)	62 years	42 of 100 (Notable)
26 May 1965	Rockwell City, US	daily rain	53.8 mm (2.1 in)	21.3 mm (0.8 in)	62 years	42 of 100 (Notable)
26 May 1965	Oberlin, US	daily rain	40.6 mm (1.6 in)	16.2 mm (0.6 in)	58 years	42 of 100 (Notable)
26 May 1965	Kearney 4 NE, US	daily rain	65.5 mm (2.6 in)	35.8 mm (1.4 in)	26 years	41 of 100 (Notable)
26 May 1965	Glen Lyn, US	daily rain	37.6 mm (1.5 in)	18.8 mm (0.7 in)	44 years	41 of 100 (Notable)
26 May 1965	Cypress River, CA	daily snowfall	7.6 cm (3.0 in)	7.6 cm (3.0 in)	60 years	39 of 100 (Notable)
26 May 1965	Dillon 1 E, US	daily snowfall	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	56 years	39 of 100 (Notable)
26 May 1965	Iowa Falls, US	daily rain	54.6 mm (2.1 in)	16.0 mm (0.6 in)	60 years	38 of 100 (Notable)
26 May 1965	Schuyler, US	daily rain	55.1 mm (2.2 in)	24.6 mm (1.0 in)	44 years	38 of 100 (Notable)
26 May 1965	Grenora, US	daily snowfall	7.6 cm (3.0 in)	7.6 cm (3.0 in)	58 years	38 of 100 (Notable)
26 May 1965	New England, US	daily snowfall	5.1 cm (2.0 in)	5.1 cm (2.0 in)	68 years	37 of 100 (Notable)
26 May 1965	Toronto, CA	daily high min	17.2 C (63.0 F)	0.5 C (0.9 F)	84 years	36 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 1965

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1814 to 1965. 1965 had 621 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 1965-05-26: 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 200	464
200 to 400	1
400 to 600	0
600 to 800	0
800 to 1000	0
1000 to 1200	1