Weather Records on 15 May 1985

649 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 15 May 1985. Highest significance: Cressy House, AU.

Key Facts for 15 May 1985

On 15 May 1985, 649 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
254 were record highs and 149 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 3 were all-time records, 14 monthly and 632 daily.
Cressy House set a monthly record daily precipitation of 72.4 mm (2.9 in) on 15 May 1985.
Across 162 earlier years (1820 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 429 records.

Record Map

649 stations

649 station records on 15 May 1985 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 15 May 1985: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Cressy House	Australia	Record daily precipitation	72.4 mm (2.9 in)	65 of 100 (Major)
Ross (Macquarie River)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	26.0 mm (1.0 in)	64 of 100 (Major)
Miena Dam	Australia	Record daily precipitation	28.4 mm (1.1 in)	60 of 100 (Major)
Meander	Australia	Record daily precipitation	67.0 mm (2.6 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Graz	Austria	Record daily precipitation	47.2 mm (1.9 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Selbourne (Kirnbrae)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	112.6 mm (4.4 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Carrick (Oaks Road)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	88.0 mm (3.5 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Little Port Walter	United States	Record daily precipitation	119.4 mm (4.7 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Epping Forest (Forton)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	29.8 mm (1.2 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Frankford (Rossville)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	60.0 mm (2.4 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
McCook	United States	Record daily precipitation	113.5 mm (4.5 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Cressy Research Station (Main	Australia	Record daily precipitation	98.8 mm (3.9 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Greensburg	United States	Record daily precipitation	66.0 mm (2.6 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Bourneville 1 SSW	United States	Record daily precipitation	66.0 mm (2.6 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Guadalajara (Dge)	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	38.9 mm (1.5 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Beloit	United States	Record daily precipitation	36.8 mm (1.4 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Wien	Austria	Record high minimum temperature	16.8 C (62.2 F)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Creighton	United States	Record low maximum temperature	12.2 C (54.0 F)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Statesville 2 NNE	United States	Record daily precipitation	76.2 mm (3.0 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Longford (Denton Close)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	31.6 mm (1.2 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Lake Mills Wwtp	United States	Record daily precipitation	32.5 mm (1.3 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Tracy	United States	Record daily precipitation	38.4 mm (1.5 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Portsmouth-Sciotoville	United States	Record daily precipitation	42.7 mm (1.7 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Woodbury (Warringa)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	26.0 mm (1.0 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Bedford	United States	Record high minimum temperature	19.4 C (66.9 F)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Orono	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-5.6 C (21.9 F)	37 of 100 (Notable)
St Patricks River (Targa Farm)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	43.0 mm (1.7 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Amealco	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	31.0 mm (1.2 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Rio Grande City	United States	Record daily precipitation	76.5 mm (3.0 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Vancouver 4 NNE	United States	Record low minimum temperature	1.1 C (34.0 F)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Gumri	Armenia	Record high minimum temperature	11.8 C (53.2 F)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Columbia 2SSE	United States	Record high maximum temperature	35.0 C (95.0 F)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Nochistlan	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	45.0 mm (1.8 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
De Smet	United States	Record low maximum temperature	8.9 C (48.0 F)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Fairmont	United States	Record daily precipitation	49.8 mm (2.0 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Penjamo	Mexico	Record low maximum temperature	22.8 C (73.0 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Clinton 2	United States	Record daily precipitation	28.4 mm (1.1 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Garfield	United States	Record daily precipitation	25.1 mm (1.0 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Mather 3 NW	United States	Record daily precipitation	39.4 mm (1.6 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Blackwood Creek (Kopanica)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	47.8 mm (1.9 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Presa Jaripo	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	30.0 mm (1.2 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Axel	Netherlands	Record daily precipitation	34.9 mm (1.4 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Storm Lake	United States	Record daily precipitation	44.7 mm (1.8 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Tekamah	United States	Record daily precipitation	28.4 mm (1.1 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Pittsville	United States	Record daily precipitation	44.7 mm (1.8 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Low Head (Comparison)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	26.8 mm (1.1 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Live Oak	United States	Record high maximum temperature	36.7 C (98.1 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Pearisburg 4 SSE	United States	Record daily precipitation	32.8 mm (1.3 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Muscoda	United States	Record daily precipitation	80.0 mm (3.1 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Stoughton Wwtp	United States	Record daily precipitation	34.5 mm (1.4 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Jetsonville ( Muskfield )	Australia	Record daily precipitation	29.8 mm (1.2 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Liawenee Hec	Australia	Record daily precipitation	33.4 mm (1.3 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Crescent City	United States	Record high maximum temperature	33.9 C (93.0 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Inverness 3 SE	United States	Record high maximum temperature	36.7 C (98.1 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Ida Grove 5NW	United States	Record daily precipitation	30.7 mm (1.2 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Tooele	United States	Record daily precipitation	32.3 mm (1.3 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Fargo Hector Intl AP	United States	Record daily precipitation	31.8 mm (1.3 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Deddington (Marathon)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	26.0 mm (1.0 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Pedras de Abelhas (Dnocs)	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	42.0 mm (1.7 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Nkhata Bay	Malawi	Record daily precipitation	75.0 mm (3.0 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

649 records

Records set or tied on 15 May 1985 by type: Highest daily maximum 126, Lowest daily maximum 71, Highest daily minimum 128, Lowest daily minimum 78, Heaviest daily rainfall 238, Heaviest daily snowfall 3, Deepest snow cover 5.

Records on 15 May 1985 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	126
Lowest daily maximum	71
Highest daily minimum	128
Lowest daily minimum	78
Heaviest daily rainfall	238
Heaviest daily snowfall	3
Deepest snow cover	5

Records on 15 May 1985 by timescale: all-time 3, monthly 14, daily 632.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

496 broken records

Margins by which the 496 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 152.0. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

15 May 1985

Top 20 records on 15 May 1985 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
15 May 1985	Cressy House, AU	monthly rain	72.4 mm (2.9 in)	29.2 mm (1.1 in)	37 years	65 of 100 (Major)
15 May 1985	Ross (Macquarie River), AU	daily rain	26.0 mm (1.0 in)	19.9 mm (0.8 in)	64 years	64 of 100 (Major)
15 May 1985	Miena Dam, AU	daily rain	28.4 mm (1.1 in)	17.2 mm (0.7 in)	70 years	60 of 100 (Major)
15 May 1985	Meander, AU	daily rain	67.0 mm (2.6 in)	39.1 mm (1.5 in)	32 years	53 of 100 (Notable)
15 May 1985	Graz, AT	daily rain	47.2 mm (1.9 in)	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	44 years	53 of 100 (Notable)
15 May 1985	Selbourne (Kirnbrae), AU	all-time rain	112.6 mm (4.4 in)	8.5 mm (0.33 in)	54 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
15 May 1985	Carrick (Oaks Road), AU	all-time rain	88.0 mm (3.5 in)	8.8 mm (0.35 in)	39 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
15 May 1985	Little Port Walter, US	daily rain	119.4 mm (4.7 in)	83.8 mm (3.3 in)	28 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
15 May 1985	Epping Forest (Forton), AU	daily rain	29.8 mm (1.2 in)	19.1 mm (0.8 in)	36 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
15 May 1985	Frankford (Rossville), AU	daily rain	60.0 mm (2.4 in)	20.9 mm (0.8 in)	76 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
15 May 1985	McCook, US	daily rain	113.5 mm (4.5 in)	90.1 mm (3.5 in)	18 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
15 May 1985	Cressy Research Station (Main, AU	all-time rain	98.8 mm (3.9 in)	7.9 mm (0.31 in)	39 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
15 May 1985	Greensburg, US	daily rain	66.0 mm (2.6 in)	23.1 mm (0.9 in)	62 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
15 May 1985	Bourneville 1 SSW, US	daily rain	66.0 mm (2.6 in)	43.1 mm (1.7 in)	2 years	43 of 100 (Notable)
15 May 1985	Guadalajara (Dge), MX	daily rain	38.9 mm (1.5 in)	29.0 mm (1.1 in)	28 years	42 of 100 (Notable)
15 May 1985	Beloit, US	daily rain	36.8 mm (1.4 in)	16.0 mm (0.6 in)	62 years	42 of 100 (Notable)
15 May 1985	Wien, AT	daily high min	16.8 C (62.2 F)	0.5 C (0.9 F)	119 years	41 of 100 (Notable)
15 May 1985	Creighton, US	daily low max	12.2 C (54.0 F)	3.4 C (6.1 F)	91 years	41 of 100 (Notable)
15 May 1985	Statesville 2 NNE, US	daily rain	76.2 mm (3.0 in)	19.3 mm (0.8 in)	60 years	41 of 100 (Notable)
15 May 1985	Longford (Denton Close), AU	daily rain	31.6 mm (1.2 in)	7.0 mm (0.28 in)	70 years	40 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

1820 to 1985

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1820 to 1985. 1985 had 649 records.

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

Records on 05-15 in each year
Year	Records
1820	1
1825	1
1831	1
1832	1
1837	2
1845	1
1847	2
1848	1
1855	2
1857	2
1859	1
1862	1
1863	1
1865	1
1866	2
1867	1
1868	2
1870	1
1871	3
1874	2
1876	4
1878	1
1879	2
1881	1
1883	1
1885	1
1886	2
1888	3
1891	3
1893	5
1894	2
1895	4
1896	2
1897	4
1898	3
1899	9
1900	9
1901	2
1902	9
1903	4
1904	13
1905	16
1906	10
1907	27
1908	25
1909	89
1910	27
1911	27
1912	26
1913	60
1914	16
1915	236
1916	27
1917	80
1918	133
1919	25
1920	58
1921	92
1922	30
1923	125
1924	174
1925	100
1926	161
1927	191
1928	144
1929	161
1930	136
1931	459
1932	368
1933	439
1934	227
1935	288
1936	372
1937	373
1938	393
1939	351
1940	179
1941	454
1942	701
1943	568
1944	630
1945	588
1946	238
1947	334
1948	264
1949	363
1950	260
1951	736
1952	476
1953	426
1954	355
1955	538
1956	466
1957	521
1958	605
1959	764
1960	291
1961	508
1962	1,128
1963	782
1964	347
1965	320
1966	389
1967	609
1968	1,019
1969	790
1970	512
1971	351
1972	484
1973	818
1974	1,230
1975	372
1976	803
1977	1,186
1978	922
1979	404
1980	625
1981	586
1982	500
1983	1,215
1984	1,059
1985	649
1986	679
1987	1,073
1988	643
1989	552
1990	776
1991	1,179
1992	944
1993	784
1994	910
1995	1,750
1996	1,452
1997	1,175
1998	1,641
1999	810
2000	850
2001	1,280
2002	801
2003	1,023
2004	1,046
2005	767
2006	955
2007	949
2008	995
2009	675
2010	1,088
2011	1,298
2012	751
2013	1,081
2014	1,411
2015	717
2016	890
2017	435
2018	1,074
2019	627
2020	472
2021	412
2022	847
2023	566
2024	596
2025	801
2026	481

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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	469
20 to 40	20
40 to 60	4
60 to 80	0
80 to 100	2
100 to 120	0
120 to 140	0
140 to 160	1