Weather Records on 15 May 1995

1,750 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 15 May 1995. Highest significance: Kisinev, MD.

Key Facts for 15 May 1995

On 15 May 1995, 1,750 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
900 were record highs and 565 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 15 were all-time records, 56 monthly and 1,679 daily.
Kisinev set a daily record precipitation of 32.0 mm (1.3 in) on 15 May 1995.
Across 162 earlier years (1820 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 423 records.

Record Map

1,750 stations

1,750 station records on 15 May 1995 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 15 May 1995: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Kisinev	Moldova	Record daily precipitation	32.0 mm (1.3 in)	60 of 100 (Major)
Franklin Sewage Plt	United States	Record daily precipitation	165.9 mm (6.5 in)	55 of 100 (Notable)
Sveg	Sweden	Record snow depth	28.0 cm (11.0 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Ojai	United States	Record daily precipitation	28.7 mm (1.1 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Bhubaneswar	India	Record daily precipitation	111.5 mm (4.4 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Modesto AP	United States	Record daily precipitation	35.1 mm (1.4 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Olenja Rechka	Russia	Record daily precipitation	33.0 mm (1.3 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Juncal Dam	United States	Record daily precipitation	38.6 mm (1.5 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Murfreesboro 5 N	United States	Record daily precipitation	76.5 mm (3.0 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Greenville	United States	Record daily precipitation	28.7 mm (1.1 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Litang	China	Record daily precipitation	27.2 mm (1.1 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Bolivar	United States	Record daily precipitation	28.7 mm (1.1 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
San Felipe Usila	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	142.5 mm (5.6 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Malung	Sweden	Record snow depth	22.0 cm (8.7 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
W Pt	United States	Record daily precipitation	42.7 mm (1.7 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Bucks Creek	United States	Record daily precipitation	52.6 mm (2.1 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Lechuza Ptrl St Fc352B	United States	Record daily precipitation	35.6 mm (1.4 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Dailey 1 SE	United States	Record daily precipitation	39.4 mm (1.6 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
San Miguel Sola de Vega (Cfe)	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	67.3 mm (2.6 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Peitas	Mexico	Record low maximum temperature	25.6 C (78.1 F)	43 of 100 (Notable)
St Petersburg	United States	Record high maximum temperature	34.4 C (93.9 F)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Covington 3 SW	United States	Record high minimum temperature	21.7 C (71.1 F)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Basel Binningen	Switzerland	Record low minimum temperature	1.6 C (34.9 F)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Arad	Romania	Record low maximum temperature	12.6 C (54.7 F)	39 of 100 (Notable)
San Juan L M Marin Intl AP	Puerto Rico [United States]	Record daily precipitation	100.3 mm (3.9 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Zuerich/Fluntern	Switzerland	Record low minimum temperature	0.4 C (32.7 F)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Helena	United States	Record high minimum temperature	23.3 C (73.9 F)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Happy Camp Rs	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-4.4 C (24.1 F)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Fredericksburg	United States	Record high minimum temperature	23.9 C (75.0 F)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Hallettsville 2 N	United States	Record high minimum temperature	24.4 C (75.9 F)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Miami Beach	United States	Record high maximum temperature	33.3 C (91.9 F)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Stuttgart-Stadt	Germany	Record low minimum temperature	0.0 C (32.0 F)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Halle	Germany	Record low minimum temperature	0.5 C (32.9 F)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Presa El Giron	Mexico	Record high maximum temperature	35.6 C (96.1 F)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Vanersborg	Sweden	Record low minimum temperature	-1.5 C (29.3 F)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Ripley	United States	Record high minimum temperature	21.1 C (70.0 F)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Brackettville	United States	Record high minimum temperature	24.4 C (75.9 F)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Lewisburg 3 N	United States	Record daily precipitation	32.8 mm (1.3 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Kon-Kolodez	Russia	Record high minimum temperature	18.3 C (64.9 F)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Vladikavkaz	Russia	Record high minimum temperature	19.6 C (67.3 F)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Harnosand	Sweden	Record low maximum temperature	3.7 C (38.7 F)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Troy	United States	Record high minimum temperature	22.8 C (73.0 F)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Chico UNIV Farm	United States	Record low maximum temperature	18.3 C (64.9 F)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Mojave	United States	Record low maximum temperature	15.0 C (59.0 F)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Hopkinsville	United States	Record high minimum temperature	18.3 C (64.9 F)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Clarksdale	United States	Record high minimum temperature	22.8 C (73.0 F)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Caragabal Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	36.0 mm (1.4 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Bernburg/Saale (Nord)	Germany	Record low minimum temperature	0.5 C (32.9 F)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Roros	Norway	Record snow depth	30.0 cm (11.8 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Boverdal	Norway	Record snow depth	18.0 cm (7.1 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Bridgeport	United States	Record low maximum temperature	7.2 C (45.0 F)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Americus	United States	Record high minimum temperature	21.7 C (71.1 F)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Oberlin Fire Twr	United States	Record high maximum temperature	37.2 C (99.0 F)	35 of 100 (Notable)
New Bedford Coop	United States	Record low maximum temperature	10.6 C (51.1 F)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Bolivar Wtr Wks	United States	Record high minimum temperature	20.6 C (69.1 F)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Brownsville	United States	Record high minimum temperature	21.7 C (71.1 F)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Savannah 6 SW	United States	Record high minimum temperature	20.6 C (69.1 F)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Olekminsk	Russia	Record low minimum temperature	-6.9 C (19.6 F)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Brinkley	United States	Record high minimum temperature	22.2 C (72.0 F)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Belle Glade	United States	Record high maximum temperature	36.1 C (97.0 F)	34 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

1,750 records

Records set or tied on 15 May 1995 by type: Highest daily maximum 332, Lowest daily maximum 282, Highest daily minimum 568, Lowest daily minimum 283, Heaviest daily rainfall 253, Heaviest daily snowfall 4, Deepest snow cover 28.

Records on 15 May 1995 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	332
Lowest daily maximum	282
Highest daily minimum	568
Lowest daily minimum	283
Heaviest daily rainfall	253
Heaviest daily snowfall	4
Deepest snow cover	28

Records on 15 May 1995 by timescale: all-time 15, monthly 56, daily 1,679.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

1,314 broken records

Margins by which the 1,314 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 260.0. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

15 May 1995

Top 20 records on 15 May 1995 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
15 May 1995	Kisinev, MD	daily rain	32.0 mm (1.3 in)	18.1 mm (0.7 in)	80 years	60 of 100 (Major)
15 May 1995	Franklin Sewage Plt, US	daily rain	165.9 mm (6.5 in)	113.3 mm (4.5 in)	18 years	55 of 100 (Notable)
15 May 1995	Sveg, SE	daily snow depth	28.0 cm (11.0 in)	26.0 cm (10.2 in)	85 years	54 of 100 (Notable)
15 May 1995	Ojai, US	daily rain	28.7 mm (1.1 in)	27.4 mm (1.1 in)	56 years	54 of 100 (Notable)
15 May 1995	Bhubaneswar, IN	daily rain	111.5 mm (4.4 in)	73.4 mm (2.9 in)	68 years	53 of 100 (Notable)
15 May 1995	Modesto AP, US	monthly rain	35.1 mm (1.4 in)	7.9 mm (0.31 in)	63 years	53 of 100 (Notable)
15 May 1995	Olenja Rechka, RU	daily rain	33.0 mm (1.3 in)	18.0 mm (0.7 in)	65 years	52 of 100 (Notable)
15 May 1995	Juncal Dam, US	daily rain	38.6 mm (1.5 in)	38.6 mm (1.5 in)	52 years	52 of 100 (Notable)
15 May 1995	Murfreesboro 5 N, US	daily rain	76.5 mm (3.0 in)	17.3 mm (0.7 in)	101 years	52 of 100 (Notable)
15 May 1995	Greenville, US	daily rain	28.7 mm (1.1 in)	17.8 mm (0.7 in)	50 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
15 May 1995	Litang, CN	daily rain	27.2 mm (1.1 in)	16.1 mm (0.6 in)	38 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
15 May 1995	Bolivar, US	daily rain	28.7 mm (1.1 in)	11.4 mm (0.4 in)	85 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
15 May 1995	San Felipe Usila, MX	daily rain	142.5 mm (5.6 in)	67.1 mm (2.6 in)	38 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
15 May 1995	Malung, SE	daily snow depth	22.0 cm (8.7 in)	14.0 cm (5.5 in)	85 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
15 May 1995	W Pt, US	daily rain	42.7 mm (1.7 in)	20.3 mm (0.8 in)	52 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
15 May 1995	Bucks Creek, US	daily rain	52.6 mm (2.1 in)	41.2 mm (1.6 in)	16 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
15 May 1995	Lechuza Ptrl St Fc352B, US	daily rain	35.6 mm (1.4 in)	31.3 mm (1.2 in)	32 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
15 May 1995	Dailey 1 SE, US	daily rain	39.4 mm (1.6 in)	23.4 mm (0.9 in)	44 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
15 May 1995	San Miguel Sola de Vega (Cfe), MX	daily rain	67.3 mm (2.6 in)	43.9 mm (1.7 in)	17 years	44 of 100 (Notable)
15 May 1995	Peitas, MX	daily low max	25.6 C (78.1 F)	7.7 C (13.9 F)	0 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

1820 to 1995

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1820 to 1995. 1995 had 1,750 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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Data for records on 1995-05-15: 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 50	1,295
50 to 100	8
100 to 150	5
150 to 200	2
200 to 250	3
250 to 300	1