Weather Records on 26 May 1999

581 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 26 May 1999. Highest significance: Paynes Find, AU.

Key Facts for 26 May 1999

On 26 May 1999, 581 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
231 were record highs and 166 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 1 were all-time records, 26 monthly and 554 daily.
Paynes Find set a daily record precipitation of 53.0 mm (2.1 in) on 26 May 1999.
Across 161 earlier years (1814 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 431 records.

Record Map

581 stations

581 station records on 26 May 1999 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 26 May 1999: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Paynes Find	Australia	Record daily precipitation	53.0 mm (2.1 in)	60 of 100 (Major)
Canna	Australia	Record daily precipitation	53.4 mm (2.1 in)	55 of 100 (Notable)
Jiulong	China	Record daily precipitation	40.9 mm (1.6 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Forestburg 5 S	United States	Record daily precipitation	64.3 mm (2.5 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Nanping	China	Record daily precipitation	122.1 mm (4.8 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Mullewa	Australia	Record daily precipitation	41.7 mm (1.6 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Round Hill	Australia	Record daily precipitation	27.0 mm (1.1 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Narra Tarra	Australia	Record daily precipitation	78.5 mm (3.1 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Pindawa	Australia	Record daily precipitation	55.2 mm (2.2 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Strawberry North	Australia	Record daily precipitation	55.0 mm (2.2 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Tonala (Dge)	Mexico	Record high minimum temperature	30.0 C (86.0 F)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Bowgada	Australia	Record daily precipitation	59.6 mm (2.3 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Tardun	Australia	Record daily precipitation	47.0 mm (1.9 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Nuwara Eliya	Sri Lanka	Record low maximum temperature	15.5 C (59.9 F)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Lynton	Australia	Record daily precipitation	62.0 mm (2.4 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Mallee Vale	Australia	Record daily precipitation	47.6 mm (1.9 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Mingenew	Australia	Record daily precipitation	40.6 mm (1.6 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Perenjori	Australia	Record daily precipitation	53.0 mm (2.1 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Carterville	Australia	Record daily precipitation	38.0 mm (1.5 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Tura	Russia	Record high maximum temperature	30.4 C (86.7 F)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Geraldton Airport	Australia	Record daily precipitation	75.8 mm (3.0 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Coolangatta	Australia	Record daily precipitation	44.0 mm (1.7 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Cerro de Ortega	Mexico	Record low minimum temperature	11.7 C (53.1 F)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Samnanger	Norway	Record daily precipitation	52.2 mm (2.1 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Placerville	United States	Record high minimum temperature	16.7 C (62.1 F)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Rapelje	United States	Record high minimum temperature	15.0 C (59.0 F)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Fairfield	Australia	Record daily precipitation	37.6 mm (1.5 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Koobabbie	Australia	Record daily precipitation	29.2 mm (1.1 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Chelsea	Australia	Record daily precipitation	43.0 mm (1.7 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Yongan	China	Record daily precipitation	74.1 mm (2.9 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Irkutsk	Russia	Record high maximum temperature	33.5 C (92.3 F)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Ketchikan AP	United States	Record low maximum temperature	6.7 C (44.1 F)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Shelleyvale	Australia	Record daily precipitation	55.6 mm (2.2 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Eradu	Australia	Record daily precipitation	41.0 mm (1.6 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Malvern	United Kingdom	Record high maximum temperature	25.1 C (77.2 F)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Clontarf Farm	Australia	Record daily precipitation	41.8 mm (1.6 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Highfields	Australia	Record daily precipitation	40.4 mm (1.6 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Moora	Australia	Record daily precipitation	32.8 mm (1.3 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Perangery	Australia	Record daily precipitation	48.0 mm (1.9 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Coppin Rock	Australia	Record daily precipitation	25.0 mm (1.0 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Mammoth Spring	United States	Record low maximum temperature	17.2 C (63.0 F)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Bridgeport	United States	Record daily precipitation	39.9 mm (1.6 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Sandsprings	Australia	Record daily precipitation	58.4 mm (2.3 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Pskov	Russia	Record daily precipitation	36.1 mm (1.4 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Ninghan Station	Australia	Record daily precipitation	42.2 mm (1.7 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Mumby	Australia	Record daily precipitation	53.6 mm (2.1 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Ytiniche	Australia	Record daily precipitation	31.4 mm (1.2 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Five Gums	Australia	Record daily precipitation	39.6 mm (1.6 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Tara Hills	New Zealand	Record high maximum temperature	20.0 C (68.0 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
San Sebastian - Igueldo	Spain	Record high maximum temperature	30.8 C (87.4 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Coorow	Australia	Record daily precipitation	30.0 mm (1.2 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Yarragadee	Australia	Record daily precipitation	47.4 mm (1.9 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
La Cabaa	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	48.3 mm (1.9 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Teriberka	Russia	Record low maximum temperature	1.1 C (34.0 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Cet Central England	United Kingdom	Record high maximum temperature	23.8 C (74.8 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Bely Island	Russia	Record low maximum temperature	-11.5 C (11.3 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Bajkit	Russia	Record high maximum temperature	29.0 C (84.2 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Minaru	Australia	Record daily precipitation	25.0 mm (1.0 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Yuna	Australia	Record daily precipitation	41.2 mm (1.6 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
San Nicolas	Mexico	Record low minimum temperature	12.8 C (55.0 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

581 records

Records set or tied on 26 May 1999 by type: Highest daily maximum 143, Lowest daily maximum 84, Highest daily minimum 88, Lowest daily minimum 82, Heaviest daily rainfall 182, Deepest snow cover 2.

Records on 26 May 1999 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	143
Lowest daily maximum	84
Highest daily minimum	88
Lowest daily minimum	82
Heaviest daily rainfall	182
Heaviest daily snowfall	0
Deepest snow cover	2

Records on 26 May 1999 by timescale: all-time 1, monthly 26, daily 554.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

454 broken records

Margins by which the 454 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 762.0. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

26 May 1999

Top 20 records on 26 May 1999 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
26 May 1999	Paynes Find, AU	daily rain	53.0 mm (2.1 in)	27.3 mm (1.1 in)	77 years	60 of 100 (Major)
26 May 1999	Canna, AU	daily rain	53.4 mm (2.1 in)	29.3 mm (1.2 in)	44 years	55 of 100 (Notable)
26 May 1999	Jiulong, CN	daily rain	40.9 mm (1.6 in)	25.3 mm (1.0 in)	38 years	53 of 100 (Notable)
26 May 1999	Forestburg 5 S, US	daily rain	64.3 mm (2.5 in)	26.2 mm (1.0 in)	98 years	53 of 100 (Notable)
26 May 1999	Nanping, CN	daily rain	122.1 mm (4.8 in)	80.3 mm (3.2 in)	24 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
26 May 1999	Mullewa, AU	daily rain	41.7 mm (1.6 in)	15.8 mm (0.6 in)	77 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
26 May 1999	Round Hill, AU	daily rain	27.0 mm (1.1 in)	10.7 mm (0.4 in)	92 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
26 May 1999	Narra Tarra, AU	monthly rain	78.5 mm (3.1 in)	10.7 mm (0.4 in)	62 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
26 May 1999	Pindawa, AU	daily rain	55.2 mm (2.2 in)	36.2 mm (1.4 in)	14 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
26 May 1999	Strawberry North, AU	daily rain	55.0 mm (2.2 in)	26.0 mm (1.0 in)	24 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
26 May 1999	Tonala (Dge), MX	daily high min	30.0 C (86.0 F)	4.4 C (7.9 F)	36 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
26 May 1999	Bowgada, AU	daily rain	59.6 mm (2.3 in)	32.6 mm (1.3 in)	14 years	44 of 100 (Notable)
26 May 1999	Tardun, AU	daily rain	47.0 mm (1.9 in)	22.4 mm (0.9 in)	36 years	43 of 100 (Notable)
26 May 1999	Nuwara Eliya, LK	daily low max	15.5 C (59.9 F)	0.6 C (1.1 F)	125 years	42 of 100 (Notable)
26 May 1999	Lynton, AU	daily rain	62.0 mm (2.4 in)	22.9 mm (0.9 in)	44 years	41 of 100 (Notable)
26 May 1999	Mallee Vale, AU	daily rain	47.6 mm (1.9 in)	24.5 mm (1.0 in)	36 years	41 of 100 (Notable)
26 May 1999	Mingenew, AU	daily rain	40.6 mm (1.6 in)	13.7 mm (0.5 in)	44 years	40 of 100 (Notable)
26 May 1999	Perenjori, AU	daily rain	53.0 mm (2.1 in)	20.0 mm (0.8 in)	44 years	40 of 100 (Notable)
26 May 1999	Carterville, AU	daily rain	38.0 mm (1.5 in)	14.9 mm (0.6 in)	36 years	40 of 100 (Notable)
26 May 1999	Tura, RU	daily high max	30.4 C (86.7 F)	8.5 C (15.3 F)	61 years	39 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 1999

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1814 to 1999. 1999 had 581 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 1999-05-26: 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 100	453
100 to 200	0
200 to 300	0
300 to 400	0
400 to 500	0
500 to 600	0
600 to 700	0
700 to 800	1