Weather Records on 26 May 1972

438 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 26 May 1972. Highest significance: Buxton, GB.

Key Facts for 26 May 1972

On 26 May 1972, 438 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
103 were record highs and 185 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 0 were all-time records, 12 monthly and 426 daily.
Buxton set a daily record precipitation of 34.6 mm (1.4 in) on 26 May 1972.
Across 161 earlier years (1814 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 431 records.

Record Map

438 stations

438 station records on 26 May 1972 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 26 May 1972: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Buxton	United Kingdom	Record daily precipitation	34.6 mm (1.4 in)	55 of 100 (Notable)
Gravelbourg	Canada	Record daily precipitation	39.6 mm (1.6 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Shaunavon	Canada	Record daily precipitation	36.6 mm (1.4 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Regina Int'l A	Canada	Record daily precipitation	33.8 mm (1.3 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Goldbutte 7 N	United States	Record daily precipitation	36.1 mm (1.4 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Ralph 1 N	United States	Record daily precipitation	66.0 mm (2.6 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Center 4SE	United States	Record daily precipitation	47.8 mm (1.9 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Kunzelsau	Germany	Record daily precipitation	32.9 mm (1.3 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Jerome 2 S	United States	Record daily precipitation	54.1 mm (2.1 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
St Andrews	Canada	Record low minimum temperature	0.0 C (32.0 F)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Gove 4W	United States	Record daily precipitation	32.3 mm (1.3 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Berlin	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-7.8 C (18.0 F)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Gudauri	Georgia	Record daily precipitation	40.1 mm (1.6 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Winterset 4N	United States	Record daily precipitation	50.8 mm (2.0 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Selbu-Stubbe	Norway	Record daily precipitation	25.2 mm (1.0 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Collyer 10 S	United States	Record daily precipitation	79.0 mm (3.1 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Kendall Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	91.4 mm (3.6 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Montague 4 NW	United States	Record high maximum temperature	30.0 C (86.0 F)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Hundseid I Vikedal	Norway	Record daily precipitation	50.1 mm (2.0 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Chestertown	United States	Record low minimum temperature	5.0 C (41.0 F)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Aneroid	Canada	Record daily precipitation	30.0 mm (1.2 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Garden Head	Canada	Record daily precipitation	29.5 mm (1.2 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Colchester 2 W	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-1.7 C (28.9 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Selfridge 2 NE	United States	Record daily precipitation	33.3 mm (1.3 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Lorne (Lorne Road)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	71.1 mm (2.8 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Stanley 3 NNW	United States	Record daily precipitation	41.9 mm (1.6 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Booker	United States	Record daily precipitation	34.0 mm (1.3 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Moorland (Denro-An)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	67.3 mm (2.6 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Chaplin	Canada	Record daily precipitation	27.2 mm (1.1 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Parrsboro	Canada	Record low minimum temperature	-5.0 C (23.0 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Fitchburg 4 SE	United States	Record low minimum temperature	0.0 C (32.0 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Frankfort 2NE	United States	Record high minimum temperature	17.8 C (64.0 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Tarboro 1 S	United States	Record low maximum temperature	15.6 C (60.1 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Powers Lake 1N	United States	Record daily precipitation	63.5 mm (2.5 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Haverhill	United States	Record low minimum temperature	1.7 C (35.1 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Durham	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-2.2 C (28.0 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Peterboro 2 S	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-3.3 C (26.1 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Edenton	United States	Record low maximum temperature	16.1 C (61.0 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Bowbells	United States	Record daily precipitation	30.0 mm (1.2 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Silverton	United States	Record daily precipitation	35.6 mm (1.4 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
White River	Canada	Record high maximum temperature	30.6 C (87.1 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Risnes I Fjotland	Norway	Record daily precipitation	39.8 mm (1.6 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Baldwin	United States	Record high maximum temperature	30.0 C (86.0 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Fayette 4 SW	United States	Record high maximum temperature	26.1 C (79.0 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Telegraph Point (Farrawells Ro	Australia	Record daily precipitation	64.8 mm (2.6 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
San Juan de Los Lagos	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	40.1 mm (1.6 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Plymouth-Kingston	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-1.1 C (30.0 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Sussex	Canada	Record low minimum temperature	-3.9 C (25.0 F)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Mount Uniacke	Canada	Record low minimum temperature	-4.4 C (24.1 F)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Dwtn Charleston	United States	Record low maximum temperature	18.9 C (66.0 F)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Sackville	Canada	Record low minimum temperature	-3.9 C (25.0 F)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Mulege	Mexico	Record high minimum temperature	25.6 C (78.1 F)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Titusville	United States	Record low maximum temperature	23.9 C (75.0 F)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Crosby	United States	Record daily precipitation	41.9 mm (1.6 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Beerfelden	Germany	Record daily precipitation	29.4 mm (1.2 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Pabellon Campo Experimental	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	59.9 mm (2.4 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
La Piedad de Cabadas (Dge)	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	35.8 mm (1.4 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Sauda	Norway	Record daily precipitation	44.3 mm (1.7 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Loxahatchee	United States	Record daily precipitation	68.3 mm (2.7 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Anchorage	United States	Record high maximum temperature	33.9 C (93.0 F)	25 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

438 records

Records set or tied on 26 May 1972 by type: Highest daily maximum 58, Lowest daily maximum 43, Highest daily minimum 45, Lowest daily minimum 142, Heaviest daily rainfall 149, Deepest snow cover 1.

Records on 26 May 1972 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	58
Lowest daily maximum	43
Highest daily minimum	45
Lowest daily minimum	142
Heaviest daily rainfall	149
Heaviest daily snowfall	0
Deepest snow cover	1

Records on 26 May 1972 by timescale: all-time 0, monthly 12, daily 426.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

340 broken records

Margins by which the 340 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 788.0. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

26 May 1972

Top 20 records on 26 May 1972 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
26 May 1972	Buxton, GB	daily rain	34.6 mm (1.4 in)	19.1 mm (0.8 in)	46 years	55 of 100 (Notable)
26 May 1972	Gravelbourg, CA	daily rain	39.6 mm (1.6 in)	29.7 mm (1.2 in)	18 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
26 May 1972	Shaunavon, CA	daily rain	36.6 mm (1.4 in)	27.7 mm (1.1 in)	18 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
26 May 1972	Regina Int'l A, CA	daily rain	33.8 mm (1.3 in)	17.3 mm (0.7 in)	52 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
26 May 1972	Goldbutte 7 N, US	daily rain	36.1 mm (1.4 in)	23.4 mm (0.9 in)	31 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
26 May 1972	Ralph 1 N, US	monthly rain	66.0 mm (2.6 in)	21.5 mm (0.8 in)	18 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
26 May 1972	Center 4SE, US	daily rain	47.8 mm (1.9 in)	42.5 mm (1.7 in)	7 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
26 May 1972	Kunzelsau, DE	daily rain	32.9 mm (1.3 in)	19.3 mm (0.8 in)	26 years	44 of 100 (Notable)
26 May 1972	Jerome 2 S, US	daily rain	54.1 mm (2.1 in)	39.6 mm (1.6 in)	28 years	44 of 100 (Notable)
26 May 1972	St Andrews, CA	daily low min	0.0 C (32.0 F)	2.2 C (4.0 F)	92 years	43 of 100 (Notable)
26 May 1972	Gove 4W, US	daily rain	32.3 mm (1.3 in)	17.1 mm (0.7 in)	73 years	43 of 100 (Notable)
26 May 1972	Berlin, US	monthly low min	-7.8 C (18.0 F)	0.6 C (1.1 F)	80 years	43 of 100 (Notable)
26 May 1972	Gudauri, GE	daily rain	40.1 mm (1.6 in)	5.4 mm (0.21 in)	83 years	38 of 100 (Notable)
26 May 1972	Winterset 4N, US	daily rain	50.8 mm (2.0 in)	12.7 mm (0.5 in)	69 years	38 of 100 (Notable)
26 May 1972	Selbu-Stubbe, NO	daily rain	25.2 mm (1.0 in)	11.8 mm (0.5 in)	12 years	37 of 100 (Notable)
26 May 1972	Collyer 10 S, US	monthly rain	79.0 mm (3.1 in)	17.8 mm (0.7 in)	28 years	37 of 100 (Notable)
26 May 1972	Kendall Post Office, AU	daily rain	91.4 mm (3.6 in)	45.2 mm (1.8 in)	18 years	35 of 100 (Notable)
26 May 1972	Montague 4 NW, US	daily high max	30.0 C (86.0 F)	4.4 C (7.9 F)	64 years	35 of 100 (Notable)
26 May 1972	Hundseid I Vikedal, NO	daily rain	50.1 mm (2.0 in)	24.1 mm (0.9 in)	24 years	34 of 100 (Routine)
26 May 1972	Chestertown, US	daily low min	5.0 C (41.0 F)	2.2 C (4.0 F)	72 years	34 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 1972

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1814 to 1972. 1972 had 438 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 100	339
100 to 200	0
200 to 300	0
300 to 400	0
400 to 500	0
500 to 600	0
600 to 700	0
700 to 800	1