Weather Records on 26 May 1968

518 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 26 May 1968. Highest significance: Adrian 2 NNE, US.

Key Facts for 26 May 1968

On 26 May 1968, 518 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
84 were record highs and 157 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 0 were all-time records, 10 monthly and 508 daily.
Adrian 2 NNE set a daily record precipitation of 80.3 mm (3.2 in) on 26 May 1968.
Across 161 earlier years (1814 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 431 records.

Record Map

518 stations

518 station records on 26 May 1968 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 26 May 1968: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Adrian 2 NNE	United States	Record daily precipitation	80.3 mm (3.2 in)	64 of 100 (Major)
Kenton	United States	Record daily precipitation	58.9 mm (2.3 in)	63 of 100 (Major)
Darwin Loco Works	Australia	Record daily precipitation	37.3 mm (1.5 in)	60 of 100 (Major)
Resaca	United States	Record daily precipitation	72.6 mm (2.9 in)	60 of 100 (Major)
Anchorage	United States	Record daily precipitation	69.3 mm (2.7 in)	56 of 100 (Notable)
Leamington	Canada	Record daily precipitation	53.3 mm (2.1 in)	55 of 100 (Notable)
Beaver Dam	United States	Record daily precipitation	69.9 mm (2.8 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Norwalk Wwtp	United States	Record daily precipitation	51.8 mm (2.0 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Carthage	United States	Record daily precipitation	58.4 mm (2.3 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Palmeiro Dos Indios	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	67.3 mm (2.6 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Jeffersonville	United States	Record daily precipitation	61.0 mm (2.4 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Irvington	United States	Record daily precipitation	54.6 mm (2.1 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Munfordville 5 NW	United States	Record daily precipitation	47.5 mm (1.9 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Dequeen	United States	Record daily precipitation	106.7 mm (4.2 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
De Soto	United States	Record daily precipitation	61.0 mm (2.4 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Ivanhoe Station	Australia	Record daily precipitation	47.2 mm (1.9 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Cartersville	United States	Record daily precipitation	63.0 mm (2.5 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Kewaunee	United States	Record daily precipitation	62.5 mm (2.5 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Harrow Cda	Canada	Record daily precipitation	54.4 mm (2.1 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Franklin	United States	Record daily precipitation	54.1 mm (2.1 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Tullahoma	United States	Record daily precipitation	64.5 mm (2.5 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Vergemont	Australia	Record daily precipitation	46.2 mm (1.8 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Waterloo 6SW	United States	Record daily precipitation	57.7 mm (2.3 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Madison Sewage Plt	United States	Record daily precipitation	63.0 mm (2.5 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Edwardsville 2 W	United States	Record daily precipitation	60.5 mm (2.4 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Lake Providence	United States	Record daily precipitation	61.5 mm (2.4 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Cape Don	Australia	Record daily precipitation	30.0 mm (1.2 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Saint John	Canada	Record low minimum temperature	1.7 C (35.1 F)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Winterset 4N	United States	Record low maximum temperature	12.2 C (54.0 F)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Lexington Bluegrass AP	United States	Record daily precipitation	40.1 mm (1.6 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Adairsville	United States	Record daily precipitation	41.4 mm (1.6 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Quitman 2 NW	United States	Record daily precipitation	40.9 mm (1.6 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Greensburg	United States	Record daily precipitation	57.9 mm (2.3 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Farmerville	United States	Record daily precipitation	50.8 mm (2.0 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Lewisburg Exp STN	United States	Record daily precipitation	55.4 mm (2.2 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Mt Ida 3 SE	United States	Record daily precipitation	56.4 mm (2.2 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Macon	United States	Record daily precipitation	39.9 mm (1.6 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Batesville	United States	Record daily precipitation	51.3 mm (2.0 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Oenpelli	Australia	Record daily precipitation	39.9 mm (1.6 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Tyrone Lock 5	United States	Record daily precipitation	31.0 mm (1.2 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Redlands	United States	Record high maximum temperature	38.3 C (100.9 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Jefferson	United States	Record low maximum temperature	11.7 C (53.1 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Reedsburg Wwtp	United States	Record low maximum temperature	11.1 C (52.0 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Nappan Cda	Canada	Record low minimum temperature	-2.2 C (28.0 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Audubon	United States	Record low maximum temperature	11.7 C (53.1 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Fayette	United States	Record low maximum temperature	11.1 C (52.0 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Mammoth Cave	United States	Record daily precipitation	61.0 mm (2.4 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Franklin Sewage Plt	United States	Record daily precipitation	26.2 mm (1.0 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Bloomfield	United States	Record low maximum temperature	13.9 C (57.0 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Charles City	United States	Record low maximum temperature	11.7 C (53.1 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Mason City	United States	Record low maximum temperature	9.4 C (48.9 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Glasgow	United States	Record daily precipitation	41.9 mm (1.6 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Fairmont	United States	Record low maximum temperature	10.0 C (50.0 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Sallisaw 2 NW	United States	Record daily precipitation	49.3 mm (1.9 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Mc Minnville	United States	Record daily precipitation	48.3 mm (1.9 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Broederstroom (Bos)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	45.0 mm (1.8 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Pine Ridge	United States	Record daily precipitation	58.4 mm (2.3 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
San Bernardino F S 226	United States	Record high maximum temperature	38.9 C (102.0 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
San Jacinto	United States	Record high maximum temperature	40.6 C (105.1 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Edmonton 3 W	United States	Record daily precipitation	45.2 mm (1.8 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

518 records

Records set or tied on 26 May 1968 by type: Highest daily maximum 49, Lowest daily maximum 121, Highest daily minimum 35, Lowest daily minimum 36, Heaviest daily rainfall 272, Heaviest daily snowfall 2, Deepest snow cover 3.

Records on 26 May 1968 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	49
Lowest daily maximum	121
Highest daily minimum	35
Lowest daily minimum	36
Heaviest daily rainfall	272
Heaviest daily snowfall	2
Deepest snow cover	3

Records on 26 May 1968 by timescale: all-time 0, monthly 10, daily 508.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

454 broken records

Margins by which the 454 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 1968

Top 20 records on 26 May 1968 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
26 May 1968	Adrian 2 NNE, US	daily rain	80.3 mm (3.2 in)	55.4 mm (2.2 in)	55 years	64 of 100 (Major)
26 May 1968	Kenton, US	daily rain	58.9 mm (2.3 in)	41.1 mm (1.6 in)	55 years	63 of 100 (Major)
26 May 1968	Darwin Loco Works, AU	daily rain	37.3 mm (1.5 in)	37.3 mm (1.5 in)	67 years	60 of 100 (Major)
26 May 1968	Resaca, US	daily rain	72.6 mm (2.9 in)	43.4 mm (1.7 in)	62 years	60 of 100 (Major)
26 May 1968	Anchorage, US	daily rain	69.3 mm (2.7 in)	46.7 mm (1.8 in)	41 years	56 of 100 (Notable)
26 May 1968	Leamington, CA	daily rain	53.3 mm (2.1 in)	35.5 mm (1.4 in)	36 years	55 of 100 (Notable)
26 May 1968	Beaver Dam, US	daily rain	69.9 mm (2.8 in)	44.5 mm (1.8 in)	53 years	53 of 100 (Notable)
26 May 1968	Norwalk Wwtp, US	daily rain	51.8 mm (2.0 in)	34.8 mm (1.4 in)	21 years	53 of 100 (Notable)
26 May 1968	Carthage, US	daily rain	58.4 mm (2.3 in)	34.3 mm (1.4 in)	51 years	53 of 100 (Notable)
26 May 1968	Palmeiro Dos Indios, BR	daily rain	67.3 mm (2.6 in)	43.5 mm (1.7 in)	37 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
26 May 1968	Jeffersonville, US	daily rain	61.0 mm (2.4 in)	37.9 mm (1.5 in)	35 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
26 May 1968	Irvington, US	daily rain	54.6 mm (2.1 in)	27.9 mm (1.1 in)	63 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
26 May 1968	Munfordville 5 NW, US	daily rain	47.5 mm (1.9 in)	28.7 mm (1.1 in)	39 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
26 May 1968	Dequeen, US	daily rain	106.7 mm (4.2 in)	64.8 mm (2.6 in)	24 years	44 of 100 (Notable)
26 May 1968	De Soto, US	daily rain	61.0 mm (2.4 in)	45.8 mm (1.8 in)	9 years	44 of 100 (Notable)
26 May 1968	Ivanhoe Station, AU	daily rain	47.2 mm (1.9 in)	43.1 mm (1.7 in)	6 years	43 of 100 (Notable)
26 May 1968	Cartersville, US	daily rain	63.0 mm (2.5 in)	37.6 mm (1.5 in)	22 years	43 of 100 (Notable)
26 May 1968	Kewaunee, US	daily rain	62.5 mm (2.5 in)	23.1 mm (0.9 in)	50 years	43 of 100 (Notable)
26 May 1968	Harrow Cda, CA	monthly rain	54.4 mm (2.1 in)	8.4 mm (0.33 in)	51 years	42 of 100 (Notable)
26 May 1968	Franklin, US	daily rain	54.1 mm (2.1 in)	19.8 mm (0.8 in)	72 years	42 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 1968

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1814 to 1968. 1968 had 518 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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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	402
20 to 40	38
40 to 60	11
60 to 80	1
80 to 100	0
100 to 120	0
120 to 140	1
140 to 160	1