Weather Records on 26 May 2006

966 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 26 May 2006. Highest significance: Union City, US.

Key Facts for 26 May 2006

On 26 May 2006, 966 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
525 were record highs and 174 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 1 were all-time records, 52 monthly and 913 daily.
Union City set a daily record precipitation of 91.7 mm (3.6 in) on 26 May 2006.
Across 161 earlier years (1814 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 428 records.

Record Map

966 stations

966 station records on 26 May 2006 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 26 May 2006: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Union City	United States	Record daily precipitation	91.7 mm (3.6 in)	63 of 100 (Major)
Mauth-Finsterau	Germany	Record daily precipitation	69.7 mm (2.7 in)	58 of 100 (Notable)
Grainet-Rehberg	Germany	Record daily precipitation	63.2 mm (2.5 in)	55 of 100 (Notable)
Schmalkalden	Germany	Record daily precipitation	34.3 mm (1.4 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Fladungen-Heufurt	Germany	Record daily precipitation	32.0 mm (1.3 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Beverly Stp	United States	Record daily precipitation	36.6 mm (1.4 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Tuulos Teuro	Finland	Record daily precipitation	25.0 mm (1.0 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Gossweinstein	Germany	Record daily precipitation	34.3 mm (1.4 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Pemfling-Pitzling	Germany	Record daily precipitation	27.0 mm (1.1 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Bad-Sohl Elster	Germany	Record daily precipitation	31.4 mm (1.2 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Amberg-Unterammersricht	Germany	Record daily precipitation	25.7 mm (1.0 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Koski Sorvasto	Finland	Record daily precipitation	34.7 mm (1.4 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Ostheim V.D. Rhon	Germany	Record daily precipitation	30.2 mm (1.2 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Bell Ranch	United States	Record high minimum temperature	20.6 C (69.1 F)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Meiningen	Germany	Record daily precipitation	27.0 mm (1.1 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Kronach	Germany	Record daily precipitation	28.9 mm (1.1 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Leusi	Russia	Record daily precipitation	27.0 mm (1.1 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Bonneville Dam	United States	Record daily precipitation	59.2 mm (2.3 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Stearns 2S	United States	Record daily precipitation	61.0 mm (2.4 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Anchorage Merrill Fld	United States	Record high maximum temperature	23.3 C (73.9 F)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Hollenstein (Kraftwerk)	Germany	Record daily precipitation	30.3 mm (1.2 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Galena	United States	Record daily precipitation	72.4 mm (2.9 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Ratnagiri	India	Record daily precipitation	47.0 mm (1.9 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Bolonchen	Mexico	Record low minimum temperature	15.0 C (59.0 F)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Wallace	United States	Record daily precipitation	81.3 mm (3.2 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Eldorado Springs	United States	Record high minimum temperature	21.1 C (70.0 F)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Dusseldorf	Germany	Record daily precipitation	27.0 mm (1.1 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Guadalupe Grijalva	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	72.9 mm (2.9 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Palo Verde	Mexico	Record low minimum temperature	3.9 C (39.0 F)	40 of 100 (Notable)
X-Pichil	Mexico	Record low minimum temperature	13.9 C (57.0 F)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Columbus	United States	Record high minimum temperature	22.2 C (72.0 F)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Ardmore 1 NW	United States	Record high minimum temperature	15.0 C (59.0 F)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Camp Crook	United States	Record high minimum temperature	18.3 C (64.9 F)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Ft Duchesne	United States	Record high maximum temperature	32.2 C (90.0 F)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Schmucke	Germany	Record daily precipitation	40.6 mm (1.6 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
San Mateo Acuitlapilco	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	44.5 mm (1.8 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Corning	United States	Record high maximum temperature	35.0 C (95.0 F)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Madrid	United States	Record high minimum temperature	16.1 C (61.0 F)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Guthrie 5S	United States	Record high maximum temperature	37.8 C (100.0 F)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Spearfish	United States	Record high minimum temperature	19.4 C (66.9 F)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Jackson McKellar- Sipes AP	United States	Record daily precipitation	73.7 mm (2.9 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Palo Blanco	Mexico	Record low minimum temperature	3.9 C (39.0 F)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Tlaltenango Sanchez Roman	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	25.1 mm (1.0 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Hardy	United States	Record high minimum temperature	21.1 C (70.0 F)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Charlevoix	United States	Record high maximum temperature	26.1 C (79.0 F)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Lead	United States	Record high minimum temperature	16.1 C (61.0 F)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Vega 2NW	United States	Record high minimum temperature	20.0 C (68.0 F)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Bartlesville Muni AP	United States	Record high maximum temperature	36.7 C (98.1 F)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Clayton Muni Air Pk	United States	Record high minimum temperature	15.6 C (60.1 F)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Grosser Arber	Germany	Record daily precipitation	68.2 mm (2.7 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Wasserkuppe	Germany	Record daily precipitation	52.6 mm (2.1 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
El Puesto	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	27.7 mm (1.1 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
San Juan Tlacotenco	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	54.4 mm (2.1 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Plainview	United States	Record high minimum temperature	19.4 C (66.9 F)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Riverton	United States	Record high maximum temperature	31.7 C (89.1 F)	37 of 100 (Notable)
King Salmon	United States	Record high maximum temperature	29.4 C (84.9 F)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Lautertal-Oberlauter	Germany	Record daily precipitation	28.7 mm (1.1 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Pbo Anantapur	India	Record daily precipitation	75.9 mm (3.0 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Morrilton	United States	Record high minimum temperature	23.3 C (73.9 F)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Mc Intosh 6 SE	United States	Record high maximum temperature	37.2 C (99.0 F)	36 of 100 (Notable)

Counts by Type and Timescale

966 records

Records set or tied on 26 May 2006 by type: Highest daily maximum 282, Lowest daily maximum 64, Highest daily minimum 243, Lowest daily minimum 110, Heaviest daily rainfall 266, Deepest snow cover 1.

Records on 26 May 2006 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	282
Lowest daily maximum	64
Highest daily minimum	243
Lowest daily minimum	110
Heaviest daily rainfall	266
Heaviest daily snowfall	0
Deepest snow cover	1

Records on 26 May 2006 by timescale: all-time 1, monthly 52, daily 913.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

734 broken records

Margins by which the 734 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 81.6. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

26 May 2006

Top 20 records on 26 May 2006 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
26 May 2006	Union City, US	daily rain	91.7 mm (3.6 in)	45.5 mm (1.8 in)	76 years	63 of 100 (Major)
26 May 2006	Mauth-Finsterau, DE	daily rain	69.7 mm (2.7 in)	37.2 mm (1.5 in)	40 years	58 of 100 (Notable)
26 May 2006	Grainet-Rehberg, DE	monthly rain	63.2 mm (2.5 in)	27.7 mm (1.1 in)	0 years	55 of 100 (Notable)
26 May 2006	Schmalkalden, DE	daily rain	34.3 mm (1.4 in)	18.1 mm (0.7 in)	55 years	52 of 100 (Notable)
26 May 2006	Fladungen-Heufurt, DE	daily rain	32.0 mm (1.3 in)	13.3 mm (0.5 in)	71 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
26 May 2006	Beverly Stp, US	daily rain	36.6 mm (1.4 in)	16.0 mm (0.6 in)	84 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
26 May 2006	Tuulos Teuro, FI	daily rain	25.0 mm (1.0 in)	16.9 mm (0.7 in)	32 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
26 May 2006	Gossweinstein, DE	daily rain	34.3 mm (1.4 in)	13.1 mm (0.5 in)	71 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
26 May 2006	Pemfling-Pitzling, DE	daily rain	27.0 mm (1.1 in)	13.0 mm (0.5 in)	71 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
26 May 2006	Bad-Sohl Elster, DE	daily rain	31.4 mm (1.2 in)	16.7 mm (0.7 in)	40 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
26 May 2006	Amberg-Unterammersricht, DE	daily rain	25.7 mm (1.0 in)	15.3 mm (0.6 in)	40 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
26 May 2006	Koski Sorvasto, FI	monthly rain	34.7 mm (1.4 in)	10.2 mm (0.4 in)	22 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
26 May 2006	Ostheim V.D. Rhon, DE	daily rain	30.2 mm (1.2 in)	14.8 mm (0.6 in)	44 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
26 May 2006	Bell Ranch, US	daily high min	20.6 C (69.1 F)	2.8 C (5.0 F)	95 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
26 May 2006	Meiningen, DE	daily rain	27.0 mm (1.1 in)	15.5 mm (0.6 in)	24 years	44 of 100 (Notable)
26 May 2006	Kronach, DE	daily rain	28.9 mm (1.1 in)	10.2 mm (0.4 in)	68 years	44 of 100 (Notable)
26 May 2006	Leusi, RU	daily rain	27.0 mm (1.1 in)	8.6 mm (0.34 in)	55 years	44 of 100 (Notable)
26 May 2006	Bonneville Dam, US	daily rain	59.2 mm (2.3 in)	24.9 mm (1.0 in)	21 years	44 of 100 (Notable)
26 May 2006	Stearns 2S, US	daily rain	61.0 mm (2.4 in)	30.5 mm (1.2 in)	37 years	43 of 100 (Notable)
26 May 2006	Anchorage Merrill Fld, US	daily high max	23.3 C (73.9 F)	3.3 C (5.9 F)	85 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

1814 to 2006

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1814 to 2006. 2006 had 966 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 2006-05-26: 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	710
20 to 40	19
40 to 60	4
60 to 80	0
80 to 100	1