Weather Records on 26 May 1992

1,733 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 26 May 1992. Highest significance: Guayama 1SW, PR.

Key Facts for 26 May 1992

On 26 May 1992, 1,733 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
407 were record highs and 1,173 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 2 were all-time records, 32 monthly and 1,699 daily.
Guayama 1SW set a monthly record daily precipitation of 173.2 mm (6.8 in) on 26 May 1992.
Across 161 earlier years (1814 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 423 records.

Record Map

1,733 stations

1,733 station records on 26 May 1992 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 26 May 1992: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Guayama 1SW	Puerto Rico [United States]	Record daily precipitation	173.2 mm (6.8 in)	62 of 100 (Major)
Juana Diaz Camp	Puerto Rico [United States]	Record daily precipitation	192.0 mm (7.6 in)	56 of 100 (Notable)
Ura-Tyube	Tajikistan	Record daily precipitation	46.0 mm (1.8 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Aguirre	Puerto Rico [United States]	Record daily precipitation	165.1 mm (6.5 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Cayey 1 E	Puerto Rico [United States]	Record daily precipitation	96.8 mm (3.8 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Kupiansk	Ukraine	Record daily precipitation	36.1 mm (1.4 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Albion	United States	Record low maximum temperature	12.2 C (54.0 F)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Norwich	United States	Record low maximum temperature	15.0 C (59.0 F)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Perry	United States	Record low maximum temperature	16.1 C (61.0 F)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Temple	United States	Record low maximum temperature	18.9 C (66.0 F)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Utsira Fyr	Norway	Record high minimum temperature	13.7 C (56.7 F)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Grinnell 3 SW	United States	Record low maximum temperature	6.7 C (44.1 F)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Kharkiv	Ukraine	Record daily precipitation	30.4 mm (1.2 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Glenwood 3SW	United States	Record low maximum temperature	12.8 C (55.0 F)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Washington	United States	Record low maximum temperature	13.3 C (55.9 F)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Unionville	United States	Record low maximum temperature	11.1 C (52.0 F)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Almaty	Kazakhstan	Record daily precipitation	37.0 mm (1.5 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Fayetteville Exp STN	United States	Record low maximum temperature	16.7 C (62.1 F)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Atchison	United States	Record low maximum temperature	11.7 C (53.1 F)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Horton	United States	Record low maximum temperature	12.8 C (55.0 F)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Mankato	United States	Record low minimum temperature	2.2 C (36.0 F)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Tribune 1W	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-1.1 C (30.0 F)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Springview 2NW	United States	Record low maximum temperature	6.1 C (43.0 F)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Tecumseh 1S	United States	Record low maximum temperature	12.2 C (54.0 F)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Chapel Hill 2 W	United States	Record low maximum temperature	16.7 C (62.1 F)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Pendleton Dwtn	United States	Record high minimum temperature	16.7 C (62.1 F)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Sherman	United States	Record low minimum temperature	7.8 C (46.0 F)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Leroy 5 WSW	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-2.2 C (28.0 F)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Greensburg	United States	Record low maximum temperature	13.3 C (55.9 F)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Estherville 4E	United States	Record low maximum temperature	5.6 C (42.1 F)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Hampton	United States	Record low maximum temperature	7.2 C (45.0 F)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Mt Ayr	United States	Record low maximum temperature	11.1 C (52.0 F)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Leavenworth	United States	Record low maximum temperature	13.3 C (55.9 F)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Scott City	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-2.2 C (28.0 F)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Smith Ctr	United States	Record low maximum temperature	12.2 C (54.0 F)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Bethany	United States	Record low maximum temperature	11.7 C (53.1 F)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Dyer 5S	United States	Record high minimum temperature	15.0 C (59.0 F)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Mt Ida 3 SE	United States	Record low maximum temperature	20.6 C (69.1 F)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Crete 4ESE	United States	Record low maximum temperature	11.7 C (53.1 F)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Vermillion 2 SE	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-3.3 C (26.1 F)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Waialua 847	United States	Record low maximum temperature	21.7 C (71.1 F)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Huron Rgnl AP	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-2.2 C (28.0 F)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Ganca	Azerbaijan	Record low minimum temperature	6.9 C (44.4 F)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Zapotitlan Palmas (Smn)	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	46.5 mm (1.8 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Wray	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-1.7 C (28.9 F)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Iowa City	United States	Record low maximum temperature	13.3 C (55.9 F)	40 of 100 (Notable)
El Dorado	United States	Record low maximum temperature	12.8 C (55.0 F)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Yates Ctr	United States	Record low maximum temperature	13.3 C (55.9 F)	40 of 100 (Notable)
College Park	United States	Record low maximum temperature	12.2 C (54.0 F)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Princeton	United States	Record low maximum temperature	12.2 C (54.0 F)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Seward	United States	Record low maximum temperature	11.7 C (53.1 F)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Alva 1W	United States	Record low maximum temperature	15.6 C (60.1 F)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Healdton 3 E	United States	Record low maximum temperature	19.4 C (66.9 F)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Menno	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-1.1 C (30.0 F)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Bowie	United States	Record low maximum temperature	19.4 C (66.9 F)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Concordia ASOS	United States	Record low maximum temperature	11.7 C (53.1 F)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Maltrata (Smn)	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	37.8 mm (1.5 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Mayaguez City	Puerto Rico [United States]	Record high minimum temperature	23.9 C (75.0 F)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Keosauqua	United States	Record low maximum temperature	13.9 C (57.0 F)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Chestertown	United States	Record low maximum temperature	11.1 C (52.0 F)	39 of 100 (Notable)

Counts by Type and Timescale

1,733 records

Records set or tied on 26 May 1992 by type: Highest daily maximum 142, Lowest daily maximum 781, Highest daily minimum 265, Lowest daily minimum 392, Heaviest daily rainfall 152, Heaviest daily snowfall 1.

Records on 26 May 1992 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	142
Lowest daily maximum	781
Highest daily minimum	265
Lowest daily minimum	392
Heaviest daily rainfall	152
Heaviest daily snowfall	1
Deepest snow cover	0

Records on 26 May 1992 by timescale: all-time 2, monthly 32, daily 1,699.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

1,346 broken records

Margins by which the 1,346 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 68.9. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

26 May 1992

Top 20 records on 26 May 1992 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
26 May 1992	Guayama 1SW, PR	monthly rain	173.2 mm (6.8 in)	37.3 mm (1.5 in)	64 years	62 of 100 (Major)
26 May 1992	Juana Diaz Camp, PR	monthly rain	192.0 mm (7.6 in)	49.8 mm (2.0 in)	47 years	56 of 100 (Notable)
26 May 1992	Ura-Tyube, TJ	daily rain	46.0 mm (1.8 in)	32.0 mm (1.3 in)	32 years	54 of 100 (Notable)
26 May 1992	Aguirre, PR	monthly rain	165.1 mm (6.5 in)	55.9 mm (2.2 in)	0 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
26 May 1992	Cayey 1 E, PR	daily rain	96.8 mm (3.8 in)	68.9 mm (2.7 in)	28 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
26 May 1992	Kupiansk, UA	daily rain	36.1 mm (1.4 in)	22.2 mm (0.9 in)	18 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
26 May 1992	Albion, US	daily low max	12.2 C (54.0 F)	4.5 C (8.1 F)	91 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
26 May 1992	Norwich, US	daily low max	15.0 C (59.0 F)	5.0 C (9.0 F)	91 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
26 May 1992	Perry, US	daily low max	16.1 C (61.0 F)	4.5 C (8.1 F)	91 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
26 May 1992	Temple, US	daily low max	18.9 C (66.0 F)	3.3 C (5.9 F)	91 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
26 May 1992	Utsira Fyr, NO	daily high min	13.7 C (56.7 F)	2.6 C (4.7 F)	81 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
26 May 1992	Grinnell 3 SW, US	daily low max	6.7 C (44.1 F)	3.3 C (5.9 F)	98 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
26 May 1992	Kharkiv, UA	daily rain	30.4 mm (1.2 in)	23.0 mm (0.9 in)	8 years	44 of 100 (Notable)
26 May 1992	Glenwood 3SW, US	daily low max	12.8 C (55.0 F)	2.8 C (5.0 F)	98 years	44 of 100 (Notable)
26 May 1992	Washington, US	daily low max	13.3 C (55.9 F)	2.8 C (5.0 F)	98 years	44 of 100 (Notable)
26 May 1992	Unionville, US	daily low max	11.1 C (52.0 F)	2.8 C (5.0 F)	98 years	44 of 100 (Notable)
26 May 1992	Almaty, KZ	daily rain	37.0 mm (1.5 in)	17.5 mm (0.7 in)	64 years	43 of 100 (Notable)
26 May 1992	Fayetteville Exp STN, US	daily low max	16.7 C (62.1 F)	2.7 C (4.9 F)	91 years	43 of 100 (Notable)
26 May 1992	Atchison, US	daily low max	11.7 C (53.1 F)	2.2 C (4.0 F)	98 years	43 of 100 (Notable)
26 May 1992	Horton, US	daily low max	12.8 C (55.0 F)	2.2 C (4.0 F)	98 years	43 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 1992

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1814 to 1992. 1992 had 1,733 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 1992-05-26: 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 2026-10-17 (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 10	1,305
10 to 20	18
20 to 30	15
30 to 40	3
40 to 50	2
50 to 60	2
60 to 70	1