Weather Records on 26 May 1966

403 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 26 May 1966. Highest significance: Newberry, US.

Key Facts for 26 May 1966

On 26 May 1966, 403 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
210 were record highs and 62 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 0 were all-time records, 13 monthly and 390 daily.
Newberry set a daily record precipitation of 94.7 mm (3.7 in) on 26 May 1966.
Across 161 earlier years (1814 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 432 records.

Record Map

403 stations

403 station records on 26 May 1966 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 26 May 1966: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Newberry	United States	Record daily precipitation	94.7 mm (3.7 in)	60 of 100 (Major)
Schierke	Germany	Record daily precipitation	25.7 mm (1.0 in)	59 of 100 (Notable)
Federal Pt	United States	Record daily precipitation	76.5 mm (3.0 in)	57 of 100 (Notable)
Irara	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	73.7 mm (2.9 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Elizabeth City	United States	Record daily precipitation	67.8 mm (2.7 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Esplanada	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	128.2 mm (5.0 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Huajuapan de Leon (Smn)	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	55.9 mm (2.2 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Bikrampur	India	Record daily precipitation	211.4 mm (8.3 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Kizljar	Russia	Record daily precipitation	27.8 mm (1.1 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
St Augustine	United States	Record daily precipitation	53.8 mm (2.1 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Sotchi	Russia	Record daily precipitation	45.2 mm (1.8 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Salvador	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	102.2 mm (4.0 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Feira de Santana	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	43.8 mm (1.7 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Darlington	United States	Record daily precipitation	57.2 mm (2.3 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Wallaceton-Lake Drummond	United States	Record daily precipitation	65.0 mm (2.6 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Fichtelberg	Germany	Record daily precipitation	33.3 mm (1.3 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Lenoir	United States	Record daily precipitation	51.1 mm (2.0 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Zitacuaro	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	46.5 mm (1.8 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Serrinha	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	40.0 mm (1.6 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Fitzgerald	United States	Record daily precipitation	54.6 mm (2.1 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Isla Perez	Mexico	Record high maximum temperature	37.2 C (99.0 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Sandbackshult	Sweden	Record daily precipitation	27.1 mm (1.1 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Columbus 4 ESE	United States	Record daily precipitation	37.6 mm (1.5 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Belhaven 1 SE	United States	Record daily precipitation	135.4 mm (5.3 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Winnemucca AP	United States	Record high maximum temperature	33.3 C (91.9 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Flamengo	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	25.3 mm (1.0 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Austin #2	United States	Record high minimum temperature	13.9 C (57.0 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
New Bern 3 NW	United States	Record daily precipitation	57.2 mm (2.3 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Zacapu (Smn)	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	39.4 mm (1.6 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Clayton 1 SSW	United States	Record daily precipitation	54.9 mm (2.2 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Riggins	United States	Record high minimum temperature	15.0 C (59.0 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Zugspitze	Germany	Record daily precipitation	44.4 mm (1.7 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Milbank 4 NW	United States	Record high maximum temperature	32.8 C (91.0 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Yellowstone Park Mammoth	United States	Record high maximum temperature	26.7 C (80.1 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Euclides da Cunha (Cumbe)	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	37.2 mm (1.5 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Troicko-Pecherskoe	Russia	Record high minimum temperature	12.6 C (54.7 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Cresco 1 NE	United States	Record high maximum temperature	30.6 C (87.1 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Ellendale	United States	Record high minimum temperature	15.0 C (59.0 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Altastenberg	Germany	Record daily precipitation	27.8 mm (1.1 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Garden Valley	United States	Record high maximum temperature	37.2 C (99.0 F)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Red Oak	United States	Record high maximum temperature	31.7 C (89.1 F)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Arlington	United States	Record high minimum temperature	18.9 C (66.0 F)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Sandvig	Denmark	Record low maximum temperature	8.9 C (48.0 F)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Sioux Ctr 2 SE	United States	Record high maximum temperature	33.3 C (91.9 F)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Ft Meade	United States	Record high maximum temperature	30.6 C (87.1 F)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Cicero Dantas	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	40.6 mm (1.6 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Tobias Barreto	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	88.7 mm (3.5 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
San Luis de la Paz	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	32.3 mm (1.3 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Alturas	United States	Record high maximum temperature	33.3 C (91.9 F)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Cedarville	United States	Record high minimum temperature	15.0 C (59.0 F)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Golconda	United States	Record high maximum temperature	35.6 C (96.1 F)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Pine Ridge	United States	Record high maximum temperature	33.3 C (91.9 F)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Bull Harbour	Canada	Record low maximum temperature	7.8 C (46.0 F)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Iguala (Smn)	Mexico	Record low maximum temperature	26.7 C (80.1 F)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Marion 1 N	United States	Record daily precipitation	45.0 mm (1.8 in)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Wadena 3 S	United States	Record high maximum temperature	30.0 C (86.0 F)	24 of 100 (Routine)
De Smet	United States	Record high maximum temperature	32.8 C (91.0 F)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Estancia	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	69.5 mm (2.7 in)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Tkvarcheli	Georgia	Record daily precipitation	56.0 mm (2.2 in)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Silchar	India	Record daily precipitation	114.8 mm (4.5 in)	23 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

403 records

Records set or tied on 26 May 1966 by type: Highest daily maximum 156, Lowest daily maximum 39, Highest daily minimum 54, Lowest daily minimum 23, Heaviest daily rainfall 131.

Records on 26 May 1966 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	156
Lowest daily maximum	39
Highest daily minimum	54
Lowest daily minimum	23
Heaviest daily rainfall	131
Heaviest daily snowfall	0
Deepest snow cover	0

Records on 26 May 1966 by timescale: all-time 0, monthly 13, daily 390.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

302 broken records

Margins by which the 302 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 97.1. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

26 May 1966

Top 20 records on 26 May 1966 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
26 May 1966	Newberry, US	daily rain	94.7 mm (3.7 in)	49.0 mm (1.9 in)	60 years	60 of 100 (Major)
26 May 1966	Schierke, DE	daily rain	25.7 mm (1.0 in)	15.9 mm (0.6 in)	78 years	59 of 100 (Notable)
26 May 1966	Federal Pt, US	daily rain	76.5 mm (3.0 in)	49.1 mm (1.9 in)	52 years	57 of 100 (Notable)
26 May 1966	Irara, BR	daily rain	73.7 mm (2.9 in)	37.1 mm (1.5 in)	36 years	54 of 100 (Notable)
26 May 1966	Elizabeth City, US	daily rain	67.8 mm (2.7 in)	39.9 mm (1.6 in)	51 years	54 of 100 (Notable)
26 May 1966	Esplanada, BR	monthly rain	128.2 mm (5.0 in)	42.2 mm (1.7 in)	21 years	53 of 100 (Notable)
26 May 1966	Huajuapan de Leon (Smn), MX	daily rain	55.9 mm (2.2 in)	42.9 mm (1.7 in)	25 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
26 May 1966	Bikrampur, IN	daily rain	211.4 mm (8.3 in)	97.1 mm (3.8 in)	49 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
26 May 1966	Kizljar, RU	daily rain	27.8 mm (1.1 in)	22.5 mm (0.9 in)	16 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
26 May 1966	St Augustine, US	daily rain	53.8 mm (2.1 in)	30.9 mm (1.2 in)	70 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
26 May 1966	Sotchi, RU	daily rain	45.2 mm (1.8 in)	17.2 mm (0.7 in)	81 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
26 May 1966	Salvador, BR	daily rain	102.2 mm (4.0 in)	44.2 mm (1.7 in)	52 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
26 May 1966	Feira de Santana, BR	daily rain	43.8 mm (1.7 in)	27.2 mm (1.1 in)	20 years	43 of 100 (Notable)
26 May 1966	Darlington, US	daily rain	57.2 mm (2.3 in)	24.2 mm (1.0 in)	64 years	43 of 100 (Notable)
26 May 1966	Wallaceton-Lake Drummond, US	daily rain	65.0 mm (2.6 in)	38.1 mm (1.5 in)	37 years	41 of 100 (Notable)
26 May 1966	Fichtelberg, DE	daily rain	33.3 mm (1.3 in)	10.9 mm (0.4 in)	56 years	39 of 100 (Notable)
26 May 1966	Lenoir, US	daily rain	51.1 mm (2.0 in)	14.3 mm (0.6 in)	64 years	39 of 100 (Notable)
26 May 1966	Zitacuaro, MX	daily rain	46.5 mm (1.8 in)	23.9 mm (0.9 in)	19 years	38 of 100 (Notable)
26 May 1966	Serrinha, BR	daily rain	40.0 mm (1.6 in)	17.8 mm (0.7 in)	31 years	36 of 100 (Notable)
26 May 1966	Fitzgerald, US	daily rain	54.6 mm (2.1 in)	33.0 mm (1.3 in)	15 years	35 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 1966

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1814 to 1966. 1966 had 403 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 1966-05-26: 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	283
20 to 40	13
40 to 60	5
60 to 80	0
80 to 100	1