Weather Records on 26 May 2001

848 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 26 May 2001. Highest significance: Eldon, US.

Key Facts for 26 May 2001

On 26 May 2001, 848 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
421 were record highs and 277 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 0 were all-time records, 25 monthly and 823 daily.
Eldon set a monthly record low minimum temperature of -3.9 C (25.0 F) on 26 May 2001.
Across 161 earlier years (1814 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 429 records.

Record Map

848 stations

848 station records on 26 May 2001 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 26 May 2001: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Eldon	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-3.9 C (25.0 F)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Heber	United States	Record high maximum temperature	33.3 C (91.9 F)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Chicago Midway AP 3SW	United States	Record daily precipitation	37.8 mm (1.5 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Ashland	United States	Record daily precipitation	53.8 mm (2.1 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Warrenton 1 N	United States	Record low maximum temperature	12.2 C (54.0 F)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Vera	Norway	Record daily precipitation	32.8 mm (1.3 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Orland	Norway	Record daily precipitation	25.7 mm (1.0 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Nanning	China	Record daily precipitation	117.4 mm (4.6 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Mancos 1SW	United States	Record high maximum temperature	28.9 C (84.0 F)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Sparta 1 W	United States	Record low maximum temperature	15.0 C (59.0 F)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Chestertown	United States	Record daily precipitation	67.1 mm (2.6 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Sarajevo	Bosnia and Herzegovina	Record daily precipitation	39.8 mm (1.6 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Mt Vernon 3 NE	United States	Record low maximum temperature	13.9 C (57.0 F)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Saint Ignatius	United States	Record high minimum temperature	13.9 C (57.0 F)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Paradise Valley 1 NW	United States	Record high minimum temperature	11.7 C (53.1 F)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Wilmington New Castle Co AP	United States	Record daily precipitation	59.4 mm (2.3 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Mahackala	Russia	Record low minimum temperature	7.4 C (45.3 F)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Marcus Hook	United States	Record daily precipitation	53.8 mm (2.1 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Ostas I Hegra	Norway	Record daily precipitation	28.4 mm (1.1 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Allentown Lehigh Vly Intl AP	United States	Record daily precipitation	35.6 mm (1.4 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Liafoss	Norway	Record daily precipitation	32.1 mm (1.3 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Moab	United States	Record high maximum temperature	37.2 C (99.0 F)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Kislovodsk	Russia	Record low minimum temperature	3.5 C (38.3 F)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Falls Village	United States	Record daily precipitation	37.3 mm (1.5 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Wilmington Porter Rsch	United States	Record daily precipitation	62.5 mm (2.5 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Canal Pt USDA	United States	Record daily precipitation	95.8 mm (3.8 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Lovell	United States	Record high minimum temperature	13.3 C (55.9 F)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Barrow AP	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-15.0 C (5.0 F)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Achinsk	Russia	Record high minimum temperature	16.1 C (61.0 F)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Petaluma AP	United States	Record low maximum temperature	15.0 C (59.0 F)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Arrowrock Dam	United States	Record high maximum temperature	35.6 C (96.1 F)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Emblem	United States	Record high minimum temperature	13.9 C (57.0 F)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Port Alsworth	United States	Record daily snowfall	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Astana	Kazakhstan	Record high maximum temperature	33.8 C (92.8 F)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Asuncion Nochixtlan	Mexico	Record high maximum temperature	38.9 C (102.0 F)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Alvaro Obregon	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	108.0 mm (4.3 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Paraiso	Mexico	Record low maximum temperature	25.6 C (78.1 F)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Hustadvatn	Norway	Record daily precipitation	40.8 mm (1.6 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Vytegra	Russia	Record low maximum temperature	2.5 C (36.5 F)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Sandnas	Sweden	Record daily precipitation	28.1 mm (1.1 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Pittsfield Muni AP	United States	Record daily precipitation	35.1 mm (1.4 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Gulkana AP	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-3.9 C (25.0 F)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Presa El Bosque (Cfe)	Mexico	Record low minimum temperature	10.0 C (50.0 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Tenosique (Smn)	Mexico	Record low minimum temperature	20.0 C (68.0 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Balancan de Dominguez (Dge)	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	84.8 mm (3.3 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Omsk	Russia	Record high maximum temperature	34.7 C (94.5 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Payette	United States	Record high minimum temperature	16.7 C (62.1 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Holland Wtp	United States	Record daily precipitation	29.5 mm (1.2 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Louisa	United States	Record daily precipitation	29.7 mm (1.2 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Madang W.O.	Papua New Guinea	Record low maximum temperature	27.6 C (81.7 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Mys Shmidta	Russia	Record low maximum temperature	-8.6 C (16.5 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Miami	United States	Record high minimum temperature	21.7 C (71.1 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Huntington	United States	Record high minimum temperature	20.6 C (69.1 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Tooele	United States	Record high maximum temperature	33.9 C (93.0 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Corbin	United States	Record daily precipitation	55.9 mm (2.2 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Villa Purificacion (Dge)	Mexico	Record low minimum temperature	10.0 C (50.0 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Buhta Providenja	Russia	Record low minimum temperature	-10.6 C (12.9 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Ischim Amsg	Russia	Record high minimum temperature	20.4 C (68.7 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Augustine 2E	United States	Record high minimum temperature	12.8 C (55.0 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Provo Byu	United States	Record high minimum temperature	14.4 C (57.9 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

848 records

Records set or tied on 26 May 2001 by type: Highest daily maximum 246, Lowest daily maximum 130, Highest daily minimum 175, Lowest daily minimum 147, Heaviest daily rainfall 147, Heaviest daily snowfall 3.

Records on 26 May 2001 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	246
Lowest daily maximum	130
Highest daily minimum	175
Lowest daily minimum	147
Heaviest daily rainfall	147
Heaviest daily snowfall	3
Deepest snow cover	0

Records on 26 May 2001 by timescale: all-time 0, monthly 25, daily 823.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

624 broken records

Margins by which the 624 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 102.0. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

26 May 2001

Top 20 records on 26 May 2001 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
26 May 2001	Eldon, US	monthly low min	-3.9 C (25.0 F)	1.7 C (3.1 F)	98 years	52 of 100 (Notable)
26 May 2001	Heber, US	monthly high max	33.3 C (91.9 F)	1.1 C (2.0 F)	104 years	52 of 100 (Notable)
26 May 2001	Chicago Midway AP 3SW, US	daily rain	37.8 mm (1.5 in)	24.1 mm (0.9 in)	68 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
26 May 2001	Ashland, US	daily rain	53.8 mm (2.1 in)	11.1 mm (0.4 in)	105 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
26 May 2001	Warrenton 1 N, US	daily low max	12.2 C (54.0 F)	3.4 C (6.1 F)	103 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
26 May 2001	Vera, NO	monthly rain	32.8 mm (1.3 in)	10.1 mm (0.4 in)	30 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
26 May 2001	Orland, NO	daily rain	25.7 mm (1.0 in)	10.9 mm (0.4 in)	44 years	44 of 100 (Notable)
26 May 2001	Nanning, CN	daily rain	117.4 mm (4.6 in)	56.9 mm (2.2 in)	14 years	42 of 100 (Notable)
26 May 2001	Mancos 1SW, US	daily high max	28.9 C (84.0 F)	1.1 C (2.0 F)	100 years	42 of 100 (Notable)
26 May 2001	Sparta 1 W, US	daily low max	15.0 C (59.0 F)	1.1 C (2.0 F)	103 years	42 of 100 (Notable)
26 May 2001	Chestertown, US	daily rain	67.1 mm (2.6 in)	31.3 mm (1.2 in)	11 years	42 of 100 (Notable)
26 May 2001	Sarajevo, BA	daily rain	39.8 mm (1.6 in)	10.0 mm (0.4 in)	58 years	41 of 100 (Notable)
26 May 2001	Mt Vernon 3 NE, US	daily low max	13.9 C (57.0 F)	1.7 C (3.1 F)	94 years	41 of 100 (Notable)
26 May 2001	Saint Ignatius, US	daily high min	13.9 C (57.0 F)	0.6 C (1.1 F)	102 years	41 of 100 (Notable)
26 May 2001	Paradise Valley 1 NW, US	daily high min	11.7 C (53.1 F)	0.6 C (1.1 F)	106 years	41 of 100 (Notable)
26 May 2001	Wilmington New Castle Co AP, US	daily rain	59.4 mm (2.3 in)	23.6 mm (0.9 in)	44 years	41 of 100 (Notable)
26 May 2001	Mahackala, RU	daily low min	7.4 C (45.3 F)	0.6 C (1.1 F)	99 years	40 of 100 (Notable)
26 May 2001	Marcus Hook, US	daily rain	53.8 mm (2.1 in)	19.3 mm (0.8 in)	54 years	40 of 100 (Notable)
26 May 2001	Ostas I Hegra, NO	daily rain	28.4 mm (1.1 in)	9.4 mm (0.37 in)	43 years	39 of 100 (Notable)
26 May 2001	Allentown Lehigh Vly Intl AP, US	daily rain	35.6 mm (1.4 in)	22.9 mm (0.9 in)	48 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 2001

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1814 to 2001. 2001 had 848 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 2001-05-26: 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 20	606
20 to 40	14
40 to 60	3
60 to 80	0
80 to 100	0
100 to 120	1