Weather Records on 26 May 1981

1,077 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 26 May 1981. Highest significance: Orbost (Comparison), AU.

Key Facts for 26 May 1981

On 26 May 1981, 1,077 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
327 were record highs and 143 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 1 were all-time records, 26 monthly and 1,050 daily.
Orbost (Comparison) set a daily record precipitation of 107.0 mm (4.2 in) on 26 May 1981.
Across 161 earlier years (1814 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 428 records.

Record Map

1,077 stations

1,077 station records on 26 May 1981 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 26 May 1981: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Orbost (Comparison)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	107.0 mm (4.2 in)	78 of 100 (Major)
Coranderrk Badger Weir	Australia	Record daily precipitation	76.6 mm (3.0 in)	77 of 100 (Major)
Gisborne	Australia	Record daily precipitation	55.2 mm (2.2 in)	76 of 100 (Major)
Sunbury (Salesian College )	Australia	Record daily precipitation	50.0 mm (2.0 in)	75 of 100 (Major)
Melton	Australia	Record daily precipitation	47.7 mm (1.9 in)	74 of 100 (Major)
Maroondah Weir (Melbourne Wate	Australia	Record daily precipitation	71.2 mm (2.8 in)	72 of 100 (Major)
Keilor (Arundel)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	40.0 mm (1.6 in)	72 of 100 (Major)
Bindi	Australia	Record daily precipitation	80.8 mm (3.2 in)	71 of 100 (Major)
Maffra Forestry Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	47.4 mm (1.9 in)	71 of 100 (Major)
Mickleham	Australia	Record daily precipitation	49.8 mm (2.0 in)	71 of 100 (Major)
Whittlesea	Australia	Record daily precipitation	43.0 mm (1.7 in)	71 of 100 (Major)
Bruthen (Post Office)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	55.8 mm (2.2 in)	70 of 100 (Major)
Melbourne Regional Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	44.0 mm (1.7 in)	70 of 100 (Major)
Yan Yean	Australia	Record daily precipitation	40.6 mm (1.6 in)	70 of 100 (Major)
Gogland	Russia	Record daily precipitation	29.5 mm (1.2 in)	70 of 100 (Major)
Nicholson (Yendalock)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	58.0 mm (2.3 in)	67 of 100 (Major)
Flemington Racecourse	Australia	Record daily precipitation	45.8 mm (1.8 in)	67 of 100 (Major)
Narre Warren North (Narre Warr	Australia	Record daily precipitation	56.2 mm (2.2 in)	66 of 100 (Major)
Clydebank	Australia	Record daily precipitation	40.4 mm (1.6 in)	64 of 100 (Major)
Lilydale	Australia	Record daily precipitation	38.6 mm (1.5 in)	62 of 100 (Major)
Outtrim	Australia	Record daily precipitation	47.0 mm (1.9 in)	60 of 100 (Major)
Epping	Australia	Record daily precipitation	46.4 mm (1.8 in)	59 of 100 (Notable)
Krumbach-Edenhausen	Germany	Record daily precipitation	51.9 mm (2.0 in)	59 of 100 (Notable)
Rosedale	Australia	Record daily precipitation	35.6 mm (1.4 in)	58 of 100 (Notable)
Mount Best (Upper Toora)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	45.6 mm (1.8 in)	57 of 100 (Notable)
Garfield	Australia	Record daily precipitation	40.2 mm (1.6 in)	57 of 100 (Notable)
Kinglake West (Wallaby Creek)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	43.6 mm (1.7 in)	57 of 100 (Notable)
Ensay	Australia	Record daily precipitation	61.6 mm (2.4 in)	55 of 100 (Notable)
Fish Creek (Hoddle Range)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	46.0 mm (1.8 in)	55 of 100 (Notable)
Lindenow	Australia	Record daily precipitation	43.6 mm (1.7 in)	55 of 100 (Notable)
Little River (Mount Rothwell)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	30.8 mm (1.2 in)	55 of 100 (Notable)
Warthausen-Birkenhard	Germany	Record daily precipitation	42.6 mm (1.7 in)	55 of 100 (Notable)
Ulm	Germany	Record daily precipitation	37.0 mm (1.5 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Ida	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	29.5 mm (1.2 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Highlands	United States	Record daily precipitation	102.4 mm (4.0 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Low Head (Comparison)	Australia	Record high maximum temperature	21.5 C (70.7 F)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Kempten	Germany	Record daily precipitation	41.5 mm (1.6 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Reimlingen	Germany	Record daily precipitation	32.5 mm (1.3 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Omeo Comparison	Australia	Record daily precipitation	47.8 mm (1.9 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Drouin Bowling Club	Australia	Record daily precipitation	36.8 mm (1.4 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Tarwin Lower (Riverside)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	37.0 mm (1.5 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Eltham	Australia	Record daily precipitation	43.0 mm (1.7 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Deer Park	Australia	Record daily precipitation	38.4 mm (1.5 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Nowa Nowa (Wairewa)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	112.0 mm (4.4 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Prahran (Como House)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	42.5 mm (1.7 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Ringwood	Australia	Record daily precipitation	55.0 mm (2.2 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Essendon Airport	Australia	Record daily precipitation	51.7 mm (2.0 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Maribyrnong Explosives Factory	Australia	Record daily precipitation	48.0 mm (1.9 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Sydenham	Australia	Record daily precipitation	42.6 mm (1.7 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Niederstotzingen	Germany	Record daily precipitation	44.3 mm (1.7 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Marianna 2 S	United States	Record daily precipitation	69.9 mm (2.8 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Cabbage Tree Creek	Australia	Record daily precipitation	74.6 mm (2.9 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Madalya	Australia	Record daily precipitation	56.6 mm (2.2 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Montrose	Australia	Record daily precipitation	57.0 mm (2.2 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Preston Reservoir	Australia	Record daily precipitation	46.0 mm (1.8 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Laverton Raaf	Australia	Record daily precipitation	34.8 mm (1.4 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Oaklands Junction	Australia	Record daily precipitation	49.5 mm (1.9 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Ipiau	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	70.2 mm (2.8 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Kr. Ravensburg Weingarten	Germany	Record daily precipitation	46.2 mm (1.8 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Dillingen/Donau	Germany	Record daily precipitation	36.9 mm (1.5 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)

Counts by Type and Timescale

1,077 records

Records set or tied on 26 May 1981 by type: Highest daily maximum 82, Lowest daily maximum 110, Highest daily minimum 245, Lowest daily minimum 33, Heaviest daily rainfall 604, Heaviest daily snowfall 2, Deepest snow cover 1.

Records on 26 May 1981 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	82
Lowest daily maximum	110
Highest daily minimum	245
Lowest daily minimum	33
Heaviest daily rainfall	604
Heaviest daily snowfall	2
Deepest snow cover	1

Records on 26 May 1981 by timescale: all-time 1, monthly 26, daily 1,050.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

927 broken records

Margins by which the 927 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 220.0. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

26 May 1981

Top 20 records on 26 May 1981 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
26 May 1981	Orbost (Comparison), AU	daily rain	107.0 mm (4.2 in)	71.9 mm (2.8 in)	97 years	78 of 100 (Major)
26 May 1981	Coranderrk Badger Weir, AU	daily rain	76.6 mm (3.0 in)	50.4 mm (2.0 in)	90 years	77 of 100 (Major)
26 May 1981	Gisborne, AU	daily rain	55.2 mm (2.2 in)	41.0 mm (1.6 in)	92 years	76 of 100 (Major)
26 May 1981	Sunbury (Salesian College ), AU	daily rain	50.0 mm (2.0 in)	30.2 mm (1.2 in)	83 years	75 of 100 (Major)
26 May 1981	Melton, AU	daily rain	47.7 mm (1.9 in)	36.3 mm (1.4 in)	83 years	74 of 100 (Major)
26 May 1981	Maroondah Weir (Melbourne Wate, AU	daily rain	71.2 mm (2.8 in)	44.5 mm (1.8 in)	78 years	72 of 100 (Major)
26 May 1981	Keilor (Arundel), AU	daily rain	40.0 mm (1.6 in)	26.0 mm (1.0 in)	78 years	72 of 100 (Major)
26 May 1981	Bindi, AU	daily rain	80.8 mm (3.2 in)	54.6 mm (2.1 in)	75 years	71 of 100 (Major)
26 May 1981	Maffra Forestry Office, AU	daily rain	47.4 mm (1.9 in)	36.7 mm (1.4 in)	80 years	71 of 100 (Major)
26 May 1981	Mickleham, AU	daily rain	49.8 mm (2.0 in)	38.4 mm (1.5 in)	78 years	71 of 100 (Major)
26 May 1981	Whittlesea, AU	daily rain	43.0 mm (1.7 in)	31.1 mm (1.2 in)	78 years	71 of 100 (Major)
26 May 1981	Bruthen (Post Office), AU	daily rain	55.8 mm (2.2 in)	45.1 mm (1.8 in)	68 years	70 of 100 (Major)
26 May 1981	Melbourne Regional Office, AU	daily rain	44.0 mm (1.7 in)	29.8 mm (1.2 in)	68 years	70 of 100 (Major)
26 May 1981	Yan Yean, AU	daily rain	40.6 mm (1.6 in)	29.4 mm (1.2 in)	68 years	70 of 100 (Major)
26 May 1981	Gogland, RU	daily rain	29.5 mm (1.2 in)	14.8 mm (0.6 in)	90 years	70 of 100 (Major)
26 May 1981	Nicholson (Yendalock), AU	daily rain	58.0 mm (2.3 in)	47.1 mm (1.9 in)	68 years	67 of 100 (Major)
26 May 1981	Flemington Racecourse, AU	daily rain	45.8 mm (1.8 in)	33.6 mm (1.3 in)	68 years	67 of 100 (Major)
26 May 1981	Narre Warren North (Narre Warr, AU	daily rain	56.2 mm (2.2 in)	25.7 mm (1.0 in)	75 years	66 of 100 (Major)
26 May 1981	Clydebank, AU	daily rain	40.4 mm (1.6 in)	28.5 mm (1.1 in)	80 years	64 of 100 (Major)
26 May 1981	Lilydale, AU	daily rain	38.6 mm (1.5 in)	21.3 mm (0.8 in)	78 years	62 of 100 (Major)

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 1981

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1814 to 1981. 1981 had 1,077 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 1981-05-26: 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 2026-10-16 (16 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 50	910
50 to 100	14
100 to 150	1
150 to 200	1
200 to 250	1