Weather Records on 19 May 1974

734 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 19 May 1974. Highest significance: Indian Bay, CA.

Key Facts for 19 May 1974

On 19 May 1974, 734 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
247 were record highs and 253 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 0 were all-time records, 21 monthly and 713 daily.
Indian Bay set a daily record precipitation of 48.0 mm (1.9 in) on 19 May 1974.
Across 161 earlier years (1798 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 459 records.

Record Map

734 stations

734 station records on 19 May 1974 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 19 May 1974: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Indian Bay	Canada	Record daily precipitation	48.0 mm (1.9 in)	62 of 100 (Major)
Augusta	United States	Record daily precipitation	108.7 mm (4.3 in)	56 of 100 (Notable)
Morris	Canada	Record daily precipitation	32.8 mm (1.3 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Golden	United States	Record daily precipitation	88.1 mm (3.5 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Ellsworth	United States	Record daily precipitation	138.7 mm (5.5 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Warrensburg 4NW	United States	Record daily precipitation	83.8 mm (3.3 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Velva	United States	Record daily precipitation	38.1 mm (1.5 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Winnipeg Richardson Int'l A	Canada	Record daily precipitation	54.4 mm (2.1 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Decatur Wtp	United States	Record daily precipitation	107.2 mm (4.2 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Rogersville 1 NE	United States	Record daily precipitation	53.3 mm (2.1 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Mt Sterling	United States	Record daily precipitation	57.2 mm (2.3 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Rainier Paradise Rs	United States	Record daily precipitation	48.8 mm (1.9 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Charleston	United States	Record daily precipitation	63.5 mm (2.5 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Mt Pulaski	United States	Record daily precipitation	56.4 mm (2.2 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Tobias Barreto	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	70.0 mm (2.8 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Tehachapi	United States	Record daily snowfall	5.8 cm (2.3 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Mc Clusky	United States	Record daily precipitation	45.2 mm (1.8 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Shelbyville Sewage Plt	United States	Record daily precipitation	36.3 mm (1.4 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Lumberton	United States	Record daily precipitation	75.4 mm (3.0 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Devils Lake Kdlr	United States	Record daily precipitation	56.4 mm (2.2 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Grangeville	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-3.3 C (26.1 F)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Tekamah	United States	Record daily precipitation	42.4 mm (1.7 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Fessenden	United States	Record daily precipitation	66.3 mm (2.6 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Cypress River	Canada	Record daily precipitation	27.7 mm (1.1 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Haden Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	38.0 mm (1.5 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Emerson	Canada	Record daily precipitation	35.8 mm (1.4 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Gibson City	United States	Record daily precipitation	66.3 mm (2.6 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Lindsborg 3E	United States	Record daily precipitation	62.2 mm (2.4 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Vancouver 4 NNE	United States	Record low maximum temperature	8.3 C (46.9 F)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Morden Cda	Canada	Record daily precipitation	37.3 mm (1.5 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Mineral	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-8.9 C (16.0 F)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Walnut Creek 2 ESE	United States	Record low minimum temperature	1.1 C (34.0 F)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Langdon Exp Farm	United States	Record daily precipitation	51.1 mm (2.0 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Goodland	United States	Record high minimum temperature	16.7 C (62.1 F)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Great Falls	Canada	Record daily precipitation	49.0 mm (1.9 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Canton L&D 20	United States	Record daily precipitation	43.2 mm (1.7 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Taloga	United States	Record high minimum temperature	21.1 C (70.0 F)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Conway	United States	Record daily precipitation	48.0 mm (1.9 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Bullara	Australia	Record daily precipitation	33.0 mm (1.3 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Sarutaia (US.Boa Vista-Clfsc)	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	54.6 mm (2.1 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Ft Ross	United States	Record low minimum temperature	3.9 C (39.0 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Dyer 5S	United States	Record low maximum temperature	11.7 C (53.1 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Anadarko 3 E	United States	Record high minimum temperature	21.1 C (70.0 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Ibirarema	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	99.8 mm (3.9 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Santa Paula	United States	Record low minimum temperature	4.4 C (39.9 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Paris Stp	United States	Record daily precipitation	66.5 mm (2.6 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Milan	United States	Record daily precipitation	52.8 mm (2.1 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
N Loup	United States	Record high minimum temperature	20.0 C (68.0 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Crosbyton	United States	Record high minimum temperature	18.9 C (66.0 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Tiger Creek Ph	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-1.1 C (30.0 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Greensburg	United States	Record daily precipitation	54.1 mm (2.1 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Edina	United States	Record daily precipitation	47.5 mm (1.9 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Fayette	United States	Record high minimum temperature	20.6 C (69.1 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Labelle	United States	Record daily precipitation	43.9 mm (1.7 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Gage AP	United States	Record high minimum temperature	20.6 C (69.1 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Salto Do Itarare	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	72.6 mm (2.9 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Indlunkulu (Bos)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	30.0 mm (1.2 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Lowestoft	United Kingdom	Record high maximum temperature	22.3 C (72.1 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Alturas	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-6.7 C (19.9 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Independence	United States	Record low minimum temperature	1.1 C (34.0 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

734 records

Records set or tied on 19 May 1974 by type: Highest daily maximum 61, Lowest daily maximum 131, Highest daily minimum 186, Lowest daily minimum 122, Heaviest daily rainfall 225, Heaviest daily snowfall 7, Deepest snow cover 2.

Records on 19 May 1974 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	61
Lowest daily maximum	131
Highest daily minimum	186
Lowest daily minimum	122
Heaviest daily rainfall	225
Heaviest daily snowfall	7
Deepest snow cover	2

Records on 19 May 1974 by timescale: all-time 0, monthly 21, daily 713.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

548 broken records

Margins by which the 548 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 838.0. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

19 May 1974

Top 20 records on 19 May 1974 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
19 May 1974	Indian Bay, CA	daily rain	48.0 mm (1.9 in)	32.3 mm (1.3 in)	56 years	62 of 100 (Major)
19 May 1974	Augusta, US	monthly rain	108.7 mm (4.3 in)	45.2 mm (1.8 in)	11 years	56 of 100 (Notable)
19 May 1974	Morris, CA	daily rain	32.8 mm (1.3 in)	20.1 mm (0.8 in)	56 years	53 of 100 (Notable)
19 May 1974	Golden, US	daily rain	88.1 mm (3.5 in)	37.3 mm (1.5 in)	43 years	52 of 100 (Notable)
19 May 1974	Ellsworth, US	monthly rain	138.7 mm (5.5 in)	30.7 mm (1.2 in)	32 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
19 May 1974	Warrensburg 4NW, US	daily rain	83.8 mm (3.3 in)	42.7 mm (1.7 in)	43 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
19 May 1974	Velva, US	daily rain	38.1 mm (1.5 in)	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	44 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
19 May 1974	Winnipeg Richardson Int'l A, CA	monthly rain	54.4 mm (2.1 in)	17.8 mm (0.7 in)	26 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
19 May 1974	Decatur Wtp, US	monthly rain	107.2 mm (4.2 in)	22.6 mm (0.9 in)	31 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
19 May 1974	Rogersville 1 NE, US	daily rain	53.3 mm (2.1 in)	13.9 mm (0.5 in)	79 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
19 May 1974	Mt Sterling, US	daily rain	57.2 mm (2.3 in)	40.4 mm (1.6 in)	13 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
19 May 1974	Rainier Paradise Rs, US	daily rain	48.8 mm (1.9 in)	20.9 mm (0.8 in)	47 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
19 May 1974	Charleston, US	daily rain	63.5 mm (2.5 in)	18.3 mm (0.7 in)	75 years	44 of 100 (Notable)
19 May 1974	Mt Pulaski, US	daily rain	56.4 mm (2.2 in)	29.2 mm (1.1 in)	24 years	44 of 100 (Notable)
19 May 1974	Tobias Barreto, BR	daily rain	70.0 mm (2.8 in)	24.1 mm (0.9 in)	47 years	42 of 100 (Notable)
19 May 1974	Tehachapi, US	daily snowfall	5.8 cm (2.3 in)	5.8 cm (2.3 in)	79 years	42 of 100 (Notable)
19 May 1974	Mc Clusky, US	daily rain	45.2 mm (1.8 in)	28.9 mm (1.1 in)	12 years	42 of 100 (Notable)
19 May 1974	Shelbyville Sewage Plt, US	daily rain	36.3 mm (1.4 in)	12.4 mm (0.5 in)	73 years	41 of 100 (Notable)
19 May 1974	Lumberton, US	daily rain	75.4 mm (3.0 in)	24.6 mm (1.0 in)	48 years	41 of 100 (Notable)
19 May 1974	Devils Lake Kdlr, US	daily rain	56.4 mm (2.2 in)	25.9 mm (1.0 in)	12 years	41 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

1798 to 1974

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1798 to 1974. 1974 had 734 records.

Counts for years before the ledger starts come from the same station rules.

Records on 05-19 in each year
Year	Records
1798	1
1802	1
1803	1
1811	1
1825	1
1826	1
1843	1
1845	1
1847	1
1848	1
1861	2
1864	1
1866	2
1868	2
1870	2
1872	2
1873	1
1877	4
1878	1
1879	1
1880	4
1881	2
1885	3
1886	1
1888	4
1890	2
1891	1
1892	1
1893	1
1894	3
1895	1
1896	3
1897	3
1898	1
1899	3
1900	16
1901	5
1902	6
1903	12
1904	5
1905	3
1906	22
1907	23
1908	11
1909	4
1910	34
1911	69
1912	11
1913	20
1914	37
1915	56
1916	44
1917	21
1918	64
1919	42
1920	28
1921	171
1922	48
1923	75
1924	179
1925	258
1926	102
1927	154
1928	118
1929	373
1930	277
1931	268
1932	758
1933	517
1934	476
1935	270
1936	144
1937	295
1938	432
1939	216
1940	306
1941	352
1942	463
1943	852
1944	453
1945	443
1946	329
1947	263
1948	605
1949	950
1950	487
1951	422
1952	568
1953	690
1954	642
1955	560
1956	605
1957	836
1958	369
1959	487
1960	708
1961	273
1962	1,092
1963	542
1964	358
1965	231
1966	483
1967	514
1968	735
1969	912
1970	415
1971	772
1972	478
1973	676
1974	734
1975	616
1976	1,238
1977	726
1978	1,215
1979	516
1980	401
1981	1,264
1982	464
1983	1,014
1984	597
1985	386
1986	1,022
1987	876
1988	726
1989	694
1990	600
1991	1,020
1992	1,017
1993	934
1994	883
1995	1,175
1996	2,038
1997	1,074
1998	1,237
1999	682
2000	1,055
2001	779
2002	2,461
2003	1,523
2004	788
2005	834
2006	1,276
2007	725
2008	950
2009	1,577
2010	959
2011	1,257
2012	509
2013	841
2014	560
2015	1,080
2016	634
2017	1,547
2018	468
2019	1,239
2020	790
2021	579
2022	1,147
2023	709
2024	469
2025	764
2026	1,358

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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 200	547
200 to 400	0
400 to 600	0
600 to 800	0
800 to 1000	1