Weather Records on 19 May 1994

883 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 19 May 1994. Highest significance: Potsdam, DE.

Key Facts for 19 May 1994

On 19 May 1994, 883 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
264 were record highs and 402 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 0 were all-time records, 25 monthly and 858 daily.
Potsdam set a daily record precipitation of 36.4 mm (1.4 in) on 19 May 1994.
Across 161 earlier years (1798 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 458 records.

Record Map

883 stations

883 station records on 19 May 1994 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 19 May 1994: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Potsdam	Germany	Record daily precipitation	36.4 mm (1.4 in)	65 of 100 (Major)
Cando 1E	United States	Record daily precipitation	57.4 mm (2.3 in)	64 of 100 (Major)
Rugby	United States	Record daily precipitation	39.1 mm (1.5 in)	62 of 100 (Major)
Berlin-Dahlem	Germany	Record daily precipitation	33.4 mm (1.3 in)	61 of 100 (Major)
Berlin-Tempelhof	Germany	Record daily precipitation	35.3 mm (1.4 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Berlin-Tegel	Germany	Record daily precipitation	33.6 mm (1.3 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Center 4SE	United States	Record daily precipitation	42.7 mm (1.7 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Angermunde	Germany	Record daily precipitation	33.9 mm (1.3 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Juterbog	Germany	Record daily precipitation	46.5 mm (1.8 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Berlin-Schonefeld	Germany	Record daily precipitation	44.8 mm (1.8 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Berlin-Zehlendorf	Germany	Record daily precipitation	30.8 mm (1.2 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Augusta	United States	Record daily precipitation	46.5 mm (1.8 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Dresden-Hosterwitz	Germany	Record daily precipitation	31.0 mm (1.2 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Bad Lauchstadt	Germany	Record daily precipitation	32.6 mm (1.3 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Lindenberg	Germany	Record daily precipitation	32.9 mm (1.3 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Kota Kinabalu Intl	Malaysia	Record daily precipitation	182.1 mm (7.2 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Lake City	United States	Record high minimum temperature	8.3 C (46.9 F)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Wittenberg	Germany	Record daily precipitation	40.5 mm (1.6 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Doberlug-Kirchhain	Germany	Record daily precipitation	28.3 mm (1.1 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Berlin-Buch	Germany	Record daily precipitation	30.5 mm (1.2 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Blowing Rock 1NW	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-2.2 C (28.0 F)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Roxboro 7 ESE	United States	Record low maximum temperature	17.8 C (64.0 F)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Choteau	United States	Record daily precipitation	38.1 mm (1.5 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Wytheville	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-0.6 C (30.9 F)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Leipzig-Schkeuditz	Germany	Record daily precipitation	28.1 mm (1.1 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Marienberg	Germany	Record daily precipitation	32.1 mm (1.3 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Shelbyville 1 E	United States	Record low minimum temperature	1.7 C (35.1 F)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Springview 2NW	United States	Record high minimum temperature	16.7 C (62.1 F)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Turtle Lake	United States	Record daily precipitation	34.8 mm (1.4 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Cadiz	United States	Record low maximum temperature	11.1 C (52.0 F)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Beckley Va Hospital	United States	Record low maximum temperature	10.6 C (51.1 F)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Spencer	United States	Record low minimum temperature	2.2 C (36.0 F)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Altgeringswalde	Germany	Record daily precipitation	28.8 mm (1.1 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Garsebach Bei Meissen	Germany	Record daily precipitation	35.8 mm (1.4 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Dos Bocas	Puerto Rico [United States]	Record low minimum temperature	14.4 C (57.9 F)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Mt Adams Rs	United States	Record daily precipitation	27.4 mm (1.1 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Palmerville	Australia	Record high maximum temperature	37.0 C (98.6 F)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Simferopol	Ukraine	Record high maximum temperature	32.0 C (89.6 F)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Staunton Wtp	United States	Record low maximum temperature	15.6 C (60.1 F)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Zeitz	Germany	Record daily precipitation	25.8 mm (1.0 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Rantoul	United States	Record low minimum temperature	3.9 C (39.0 F)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Qionghai	China	Record daily precipitation	76.1 mm (3.0 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Calarasi	Romania	Record high minimum temperature	19.3 C (66.7 F)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Lewisburg 3 N	United States	Record low maximum temperature	13.3 C (55.9 F)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Eagle	United States	Record high minimum temperature	8.9 C (48.0 F)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Berge	Germany	Record daily precipitation	26.5 mm (1.0 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Hillsboro 3 N	United States	Record high minimum temperature	18.3 C (64.9 F)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Stephan 2 NW	United States	Record high minimum temperature	16.7 C (62.1 F)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Marfa 3W	United States	Record daily precipitation	30.0 mm (1.2 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Dwtn Charleston	United States	Record low maximum temperature	20.0 C (68.0 F)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Gaddede	Sweden	Record low maximum temperature	3.8 C (38.8 F)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Visalia	United States	Record low maximum temperature	16.7 C (62.1 F)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Roy	United States	Record daily precipitation	52.1 mm (2.1 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Tarboro 1 S	United States	Record low maximum temperature	18.3 C (64.9 F)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Hamburg	United States	Record low maximum temperature	14.4 C (57.9 F)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Purcellville	United States	Record low minimum temperature	3.9 C (39.0 F)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Cape Leeuwin	Australia	Record high minimum temperature	18.1 C (64.6 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Vasilevici	Belarus	Record high minimum temperature	16.5 C (61.7 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Ferros	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	26.1 mm (1.0 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Bad Reichenhall	Germany	Record daily precipitation	53.8 mm (2.1 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

883 records

Records set or tied on 19 May 1994 by type: Highest daily maximum 71, Lowest daily maximum 228, Highest daily minimum 193, Lowest daily minimum 174, Heaviest daily rainfall 215, Heaviest daily snowfall 1, Deepest snow cover 1.

Records on 19 May 1994 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	71
Lowest daily maximum	228
Highest daily minimum	193
Lowest daily minimum	174
Heaviest daily rainfall	215
Heaviest daily snowfall	1
Deepest snow cover	1

Records on 19 May 1994 by timescale: all-time 0, monthly 25, daily 858.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

664 broken records

Margins by which the 664 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 120.1. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

19 May 1994

Top 20 records on 19 May 1994 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
19 May 1994	Potsdam, DE	daily rain	36.4 mm (1.4 in)	16.6 mm (0.7 in)	88 years	65 of 100 (Major)
19 May 1994	Cando 1E, US	daily rain	57.4 mm (2.3 in)	33.5 mm (1.3 in)	64 years	64 of 100 (Major)
19 May 1994	Rugby, US	daily rain	39.1 mm (1.5 in)	27.4 mm (1.1 in)	44 years	62 of 100 (Major)
19 May 1994	Berlin-Dahlem, DE	daily rain	33.4 mm (1.3 in)	11.8 mm (0.5 in)	106 years	61 of 100 (Major)
19 May 1994	Berlin-Tempelhof, DE	daily rain	35.3 mm (1.4 in)	22.5 mm (0.9 in)	21 years	52 of 100 (Notable)
19 May 1994	Berlin-Tegel, DE	daily rain	33.6 mm (1.3 in)	22.9 mm (0.9 in)	21 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
19 May 1994	Center 4SE, US	daily rain	42.7 mm (1.7 in)	31.3 mm (1.2 in)	32 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
19 May 1994	Angermunde, DE	daily rain	33.9 mm (1.3 in)	17.1 mm (0.7 in)	35 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
19 May 1994	Juterbog, DE	daily rain	46.5 mm (1.8 in)	27.4 mm (1.1 in)	16 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
19 May 1994	Berlin-Schonefeld, DE	daily rain	44.8 mm (1.8 in)	33.2 mm (1.3 in)	21 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
19 May 1994	Berlin-Zehlendorf, DE	daily rain	30.8 mm (1.2 in)	20.7 mm (0.8 in)	24 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
19 May 1994	Augusta, US	daily rain	46.5 mm (1.8 in)	22.6 mm (0.9 in)	49 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
19 May 1994	Dresden-Hosterwitz, DE	daily rain	31.0 mm (1.2 in)	20.1 mm (0.8 in)	32 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
19 May 1994	Bad Lauchstadt, DE	daily rain	32.6 mm (1.3 in)	7.0 mm (0.28 in)	88 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
19 May 1994	Lindenberg, DE	daily rain	32.9 mm (1.3 in)	14.5 mm (0.6 in)	35 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
19 May 1994	Kota Kinabalu Intl, MY	daily rain	182.1 mm (7.2 in)	120.1 mm (4.7 in)	8 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
19 May 1994	Lake City, US	daily high min	8.3 C (46.9 F)	3.9 C (7.0 F)	88 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
19 May 1994	Wittenberg, DE	monthly rain	40.5 mm (1.6 in)	0.4 mm (0.02 in)	85 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
19 May 1994	Doberlug-Kirchhain, DE	daily rain	28.3 mm (1.1 in)	12.3 mm (0.5 in)	36 years	44 of 100 (Notable)
19 May 1994	Berlin-Buch, DE	daily rain	30.5 mm (1.2 in)	20.6 mm (0.8 in)	16 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

1798 to 1994

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1798 to 1994. 1994 had 883 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 20	641
20 to 40	20
40 to 60	2
60 to 80	0
80 to 100	0
100 to 120	0
120 to 140	1