Weather Records on 26 May 1980

909 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 26 May 1980. Highest significance: Heron 2 NW, US.

Key Facts for 26 May 1980

On 26 May 1980, 909 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
242 were record highs and 407 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 2 were all-time records, 36 monthly and 871 daily.
Heron 2 NW set a daily record precipitation of 39.1 mm (1.5 in) on 26 May 1980.
Across 161 earlier years (1814 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 429 records.

Record Map

909 stations

909 station records on 26 May 1980 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 26 May 1980: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Heron 2 NW	United States	Record daily precipitation	39.1 mm (1.5 in)	61 of 100 (Major)
Vjazemskaja	Russia	Record daily precipitation	55.4 mm (2.2 in)	56 of 100 (Notable)
Timiryazevskij	Russia	Record daily precipitation	44.0 mm (1.7 in)	55 of 100 (Notable)
Stevensville	United States	Record daily precipitation	29.5 mm (1.2 in)	55 of 100 (Notable)
Moscow U of I	United States	Record daily precipitation	36.1 mm (1.4 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Troickoe	Russia	Record daily precipitation	33.3 mm (1.3 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Dandaraga	Australia	Record daily precipitation	36.2 mm (1.4 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Bayview Model Basin	United States	Record daily precipitation	37.6 mm (1.5 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Rosalia	United States	Record daily precipitation	35.1 mm (1.4 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Polebridge	United States	Record daily precipitation	34.8 mm (1.4 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Korsakov	Russia	Record daily precipitation	27.3 mm (1.1 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Wallace	United States	Record daily precipitation	63.8 mm (2.5 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Calamocha-Vor	Spain	Record daily precipitation	43.3 mm (1.7 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Pedro Velho (Dnocs)	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	98.6 mm (3.9 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Krasnyj Jar	Russia	Record daily precipitation	33.4 mm (1.3 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Laurel	United States	Record daily precipitation	82.8 mm (3.3 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Mill Creek Dam	United States	Record daily precipitation	30.5 mm (1.2 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Barras	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	48.2 mm (1.9 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Sassandra	Cote D'Ivoire	Record daily precipitation	143.6 mm (5.7 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Sovetskaja Gavan	Russia	Record daily precipitation	41.8 mm (1.6 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Lome	Togo	Record daily precipitation	76.0 mm (3.0 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Heppner	United States	Record daily precipitation	26.9 mm (1.1 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Palmer 3 ESE	United States	Record daily precipitation	50.8 mm (2.0 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Man	Cote D'Ivoire	Record high maximum temperature	39.8 C (103.6 F)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Kellogg	United States	Record daily precipitation	57.7 mm (2.3 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Creston	United States	Record daily precipitation	28.2 mm (1.1 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Lincoln Rs	United States	Record daily precipitation	26.4 mm (1.0 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Pullman 2 NW	United States	Record daily precipitation	25.7 mm (1.0 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Las Enramadas	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	74.9 mm (2.9 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Kirovskij	Russia	Record daily precipitation	29.8 mm (1.2 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Ernabella	Australia	Record daily precipitation	27.6 mm (1.1 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Newton	United States	Record high minimum temperature	23.9 C (75.0 F)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Dayton 1 WSW	United States	Record daily precipitation	25.1 mm (1.0 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Mascote	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	48.0 mm (1.9 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Port Lincoln	Australia	Record high minimum temperature	15.2 C (59.4 F)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Komsomolsk-Na-Amure	Russia	Record daily precipitation	34.7 mm (1.4 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Dalnerechensk	Russia	Record daily precipitation	36.1 mm (1.4 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Melnichnoe	Russia	Record daily precipitation	34.3 mm (1.4 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Munday	United States	Record daily precipitation	108.0 mm (4.3 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Svijagino	Russia	Record daily precipitation	30.7 mm (1.2 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Linkoeping-Malmslaett	Sweden	Record low maximum temperature	7.4 C (45.3 F)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Duncan	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-0.6 C (30.9 F)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Saint Maries	United States	Record low maximum temperature	8.9 C (48.0 F)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Carson City	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-2.8 C (27.0 F)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Heppner	United States	Record low maximum temperature	11.1 C (52.0 F)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Richland	United States	Record low maximum temperature	12.2 C (54.0 F)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Escalante	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-3.3 C (26.1 F)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Olga 2 SE	United States	Record low maximum temperature	11.7 C (53.1 F)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Neran	Russia	Record daily precipitation	34.4 mm (1.4 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Zolotoj	Russia	Record daily precipitation	40.5 mm (1.6 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Independence	United States	Record low maximum temperature	16.1 C (61.0 F)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Fenn Rs	United States	Record daily precipitation	49.3 mm (1.9 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Sallisaw 2 NW	United States	Record high minimum temperature	22.2 C (72.0 F)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Lees Ferry	United States	Record low minimum temperature	4.4 C (39.9 F)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Winkelman 6 S	United States	Record low minimum temperature	3.3 C (37.9 F)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Ozark	United States	Record high minimum temperature	22.2 C (72.0 F)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Babb 6 NE	United States	Record daily precipitation	47.0 mm (1.9 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Ethridge	United States	Record daily precipitation	37.3 mm (1.5 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Bremerton	United States	Record low maximum temperature	13.3 C (55.9 F)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Mountain View	Canada	Record daily precipitation	50.0 mm (2.0 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

909 records

Records set or tied on 26 May 1980 by type: Highest daily maximum 86, Lowest daily maximum 226, Highest daily minimum 156, Lowest daily minimum 181, Heaviest daily rainfall 252, Heaviest daily snowfall 6, Deepest snow cover 2.

Records on 26 May 1980 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	86
Lowest daily maximum	226
Highest daily minimum	156
Lowest daily minimum	181
Heaviest daily rainfall	252
Heaviest daily snowfall	6
Deepest snow cover	2

Records on 26 May 1980 by timescale: all-time 2, monthly 36, daily 871.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

696 broken records

Margins by which the 696 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 102.0. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

26 May 1980

Top 20 records on 26 May 1980 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
26 May 1980	Heron 2 NW, US	daily rain	39.1 mm (1.5 in)	20.3 mm (0.8 in)	68 years	61 of 100 (Major)
26 May 1980	Vjazemskaja, RU	monthly rain	55.4 mm (2.2 in)	21.8 mm (0.9 in)	9 years	56 of 100 (Notable)
26 May 1980	Timiryazevskij, RU	daily rain	44.0 mm (1.7 in)	22.8 mm (0.9 in)	45 years	55 of 100 (Notable)
26 May 1980	Stevensville, US	daily rain	29.5 mm (1.2 in)	15.3 mm (0.6 in)	68 years	55 of 100 (Notable)
26 May 1980	Moscow U of I, US	daily rain	36.1 mm (1.4 in)	13.2 mm (0.5 in)	77 years	54 of 100 (Notable)
26 May 1980	Troickoe, RU	daily rain	33.3 mm (1.3 in)	21.4 mm (0.8 in)	38 years	53 of 100 (Notable)
26 May 1980	Dandaraga, AU	daily rain	36.2 mm (1.4 in)	23.5 mm (0.9 in)	59 years	52 of 100 (Notable)
26 May 1980	Bayview Model Basin, US	daily rain	37.6 mm (1.5 in)	31.0 mm (1.2 in)	27 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
26 May 1980	Rosalia, US	daily rain	35.1 mm (1.4 in)	9.7 mm (0.38 in)	84 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
26 May 1980	Polebridge, US	daily rain	34.8 mm (1.4 in)	28.4 mm (1.1 in)	21 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
26 May 1980	Korsakov, RU	daily rain	27.3 mm (1.1 in)	19.5 mm (0.8 in)	38 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
26 May 1980	Wallace, US	monthly rain	63.8 mm (2.5 in)	16.0 mm (0.6 in)	23 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
26 May 1980	Calamocha-Vor, ES	daily rain	43.3 mm (1.7 in)	34.3 mm (1.4 in)	18 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
26 May 1980	Pedro Velho (Dnocs), BR	daily rain	98.6 mm (3.9 in)	58.4 mm (2.3 in)	5 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
26 May 1980	Krasnyj Jar, RU	daily rain	33.4 mm (1.3 in)	20.6 mm (0.8 in)	38 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
26 May 1980	Laurel, US	daily rain	82.8 mm (3.3 in)	53.8 mm (2.1 in)	7 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
26 May 1980	Mill Creek Dam, US	daily rain	30.5 mm (1.2 in)	20.3 mm (0.8 in)	19 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
26 May 1980	Barras, BR	daily rain	48.2 mm (1.9 in)	35.0 mm (1.4 in)	55 years	44 of 100 (Notable)
26 May 1980	Sassandra, CI	daily rain	143.6 mm (5.7 in)	80.9 mm (3.2 in)	23 years	44 of 100 (Notable)
26 May 1980	Sovetskaja Gavan, RU	daily rain	41.8 mm (1.6 in)	19.7 mm (0.8 in)	48 years	44 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 1980

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1814 to 1980. 1980 had 909 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	656
20 to 40	30
40 to 60	8
60 to 80	0
80 to 100	1
100 to 120	1