Weather Records on 19 May 1995

1,175 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 19 May 1995. Highest significance: Dandong, CN.

Key Facts for 19 May 1995

On 19 May 1995, 1,175 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
546 were record highs and 307 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 17 were all-time records, 49 monthly and 1,109 daily.
Dandong set a monthly record daily precipitation of 151.2 mm (6.0 in) on 19 May 1995.
Across 161 earlier years (1798 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 456 records.

Record Map

1,175 stations

1,175 station records on 19 May 1995 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 19 May 1995: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Dandong	China	Record daily precipitation	151.2 mm (6.0 in)	60 of 100 (Major)
Liberty	United States	Record daily precipitation	99.1 mm (3.9 in)	57 of 100 (Notable)
Ostuta	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	137.9 mm (5.4 in)	56 of 100 (Notable)
Shanghai/Hongqiao	China	Record daily precipitation	68.2 mm (2.7 in)	55 of 100 (Notable)
Chengshantou	China	Record daily precipitation	64.8 mm (2.6 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Clarksburg 1	United States	Record daily precipitation	41.7 mm (1.6 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Gar	Russia	Record daily precipitation	52.6 mm (2.1 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Castelo	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	47.0 mm (1.9 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Nanjing	China	Record daily precipitation	140.5 mm (5.5 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Srednjaja Olekma	Russia	Record daily precipitation	40.2 mm (1.6 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Mazanovo	Russia	Record daily precipitation	34.0 mm (1.3 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Elsinore	United States	Record high minimum temperature	20.0 C (68.0 F)	45 of 100 (Notable)
New Castle 3 SW	United States	Record daily precipitation	58.4 mm (2.3 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Winnsboro	United States	Record high minimum temperature	24.4 C (75.9 F)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Malvern	United States	Record low maximum temperature	18.9 C (66.0 F)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Columbus	United States	Record low maximum temperature	15.6 C (60.1 F)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Parsons 2 NW	United States	Record low maximum temperature	13.3 C (55.9 F)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Lamar 7N	United States	Record low maximum temperature	15.6 C (60.1 F)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Hatteras	United States	Record high minimum temperature	23.3 C (73.9 F)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Salekhard	Russia	Record daily precipitation	36.1 mm (1.4 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Podor	Senegal	Record high maximum temperature	45.5 C (113.9 F)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Venice	United States	Record high minimum temperature	26.7 C (80.1 F)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Elberton 2 N	United States	Record high minimum temperature	21.1 C (70.0 F)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Talbotton	United States	Record high minimum temperature	20.6 C (69.1 F)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Oberlin	United States	Record low maximum temperature	10.0 C (50.0 F)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Bowie	United States	Record low maximum temperature	20.6 C (69.1 F)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Middlebourne 3 ESE	United States	Record daily precipitation	36.3 mm (1.4 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Jasso	Mexico	Record high minimum temperature	16.7 C (62.1 F)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Tarpon Spgs Sewage Plt	United States	Record high minimum temperature	26.7 C (80.1 F)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Newton 6 SSE	United States	Record daily precipitation	41.9 mm (1.6 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Marshall	United States	Record low maximum temperature	12.2 C (54.0 F)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Utsira Fyr	Norway	Record low minimum temperature	2.0 C (35.6 F)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Ytre Solund	Norway	Record daily precipitation	35.0 mm (1.4 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Chippewa Lake	United States	Record low maximum temperature	10.6 C (51.1 F)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Claremore 2 ENE	United States	Record low minimum temperature	6.7 C (44.1 F)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Camden 3 W	United States	Record high minimum temperature	22.8 C (73.0 F)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Narooma Rvcp	Australia	Record daily precipitation	56.0 mm (2.2 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Kleve	Germany	Record low minimum temperature	-0.1 C (31.8 F)	37 of 100 (Notable)
La Piedad de Cabadas (Dge)	Mexico	Record high minimum temperature	23.9 C (75.0 F)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Temascal	Mexico	Record high minimum temperature	27.2 C (81.0 F)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Fall Rvr Lake	United States	Record low maximum temperature	15.6 C (60.1 F)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Ft Scott	United States	Record low maximum temperature	12.2 C (54.0 F)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Louisburg	United States	Record high minimum temperature	21.7 C (71.1 F)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Okmulgee Wtr Wks	United States	Record low maximum temperature	17.2 C (63.0 F)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Pearsall	United States	Record high maximum temperature	38.3 C (100.9 F)	37 of 100 (Notable)
St. Petersburg	Russia	Record high minimum temperature	16.1 C (61.0 F)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Waterdale	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-5.0 C (23.0 F)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Huntsville	United States	Record low minimum temperature	8.9 C (48.0 F)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Guacui	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	33.8 mm (1.3 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Ribeirao Do Campo	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	56.6 mm (2.2 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Zhijiang	China	Record daily precipitation	80.2 mm (3.2 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Jalcomulco (Cfe)	Mexico	Record high minimum temperature	25.6 C (78.1 F)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Soyland I Gjesdal	Norway	Record daily precipitation	36.5 mm (1.4 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Winchester Airport 3 E	United States	Record daily precipitation	50.5 mm (2.0 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Huoshan	China	Record daily precipitation	90.7 mm (3.6 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Morelos 77	Mexico	Record high minimum temperature	16.7 C (62.1 F)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Benxi	China	Record daily precipitation	47.6 mm (1.9 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Pabellon Campo Experimental	Mexico	Record high minimum temperature	20.0 C (68.0 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Humacao 2 SSE	Puerto Rico [United States]	Record high maximum temperature	33.3 C (91.9 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Live Oak	United States	Record high minimum temperature	22.8 C (73.0 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

1,175 records

Records set or tied on 19 May 1995 by type: Highest daily maximum 158, Lowest daily maximum 129, Highest daily minimum 388, Lowest daily minimum 178, Heaviest daily rainfall 295, Deepest snow cover 27.

Records on 19 May 1995 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	158
Lowest daily maximum	129
Highest daily minimum	388
Lowest daily minimum	178
Heaviest daily rainfall	295
Heaviest daily snowfall	0
Deepest snow cover	27

Records on 19 May 1995 by timescale: all-time 17, monthly 49, daily 1,109.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

857 broken records

Margins by which the 857 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 400.0. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

19 May 1995

Top 20 records on 19 May 1995 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
19 May 1995	Dandong, CN	monthly rain	151.2 mm (6.0 in)	68.9 mm (2.7 in)	20 years	60 of 100 (Major)
19 May 1995	Liberty, US	daily rain	99.1 mm (3.9 in)	64.8 mm (2.6 in)	41 years	57 of 100 (Notable)
19 May 1995	Ostuta, MX	daily rain	137.9 mm (5.4 in)	89.6 mm (3.5 in)	40 years	56 of 100 (Notable)
19 May 1995	Shanghai/Hongqiao, CN	daily rain	68.2 mm (2.7 in)	47.0 mm (1.9 in)	40 years	55 of 100 (Notable)
19 May 1995	Chengshantou, CN	daily rain	64.8 mm (2.6 in)	55.9 mm (2.2 in)	20 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
19 May 1995	Clarksburg 1, US	daily rain	41.7 mm (1.6 in)	19.9 mm (0.8 in)	65 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
19 May 1995	Gar, RU	monthly rain	52.6 mm (2.1 in)	15.1 mm (0.6 in)	32 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
19 May 1995	Castelo, BR	daily rain	47.0 mm (1.9 in)	23.8 mm (0.9 in)	54 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
19 May 1995	Nanjing, CN	monthly rain	140.5 mm (5.5 in)	42.5 mm (1.7 in)	6 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
19 May 1995	Srednjaja Olekma, RU	daily rain	40.2 mm (1.6 in)	24.7 mm (1.0 in)	32 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
19 May 1995	Mazanovo, RU	daily rain	34.0 mm (1.3 in)	17.9 mm (0.7 in)	26 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
19 May 1995	Elsinore, US	daily high min	20.0 C (68.0 F)	3.9 C (7.0 F)	80 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
19 May 1995	New Castle 3 SW, US	daily rain	58.4 mm (2.3 in)	35.0 mm (1.4 in)	37 years	44 of 100 (Notable)
19 May 1995	Winnsboro, US	daily high min	24.4 C (75.9 F)	2.2 C (4.0 F)	98 years	44 of 100 (Notable)
19 May 1995	Malvern, US	daily low max	18.9 C (66.0 F)	0.5 C (0.9 F)	100 years	41 of 100 (Notable)
19 May 1995	Columbus, US	daily low max	15.6 C (60.1 F)	0.5 C (0.9 F)	100 years	41 of 100 (Notable)
19 May 1995	Parsons 2 NW, US	daily low max	13.3 C (55.9 F)	6.7 C (12.1 F)	64 years	41 of 100 (Notable)
19 May 1995	Lamar 7N, US	daily low max	15.6 C (60.1 F)	0.5 C (0.9 F)	100 years	41 of 100 (Notable)
19 May 1995	Hatteras, US	daily high min	23.3 C (73.9 F)	1.6 C (2.9 F)	92 years	41 of 100 (Notable)
19 May 1995	Salekhard, RU	monthly rain	36.1 mm (1.4 in)	1.5 mm (0.06 in)	56 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

1798 to 1995

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1798 to 1995. 1995 had 1,175 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 50	835
50 to 100	7
100 to 150	5
150 to 200	5
200 to 250	3
250 to 300	1
300 to 350	0
350 to 400	1