Weather Records on 26 May 2007

1,180 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 26 May 2007. Highest significance: Alice, US.

Key Facts for 26 May 2007

On 26 May 2007, 1,180 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
670 were record highs and 267 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 1 were all-time records, 74 monthly and 1,105 daily.
Alice set a monthly record daily precipitation of 168.7 mm (6.6 in) on 26 May 2007.
Across 161 earlier years (1814 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 427 records.

Record Map

1,180 stations

1,180 station records on 26 May 2007 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 26 May 2007: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Alice	United States	Record daily precipitation	168.7 mm (6.6 in)	77 of 100 (Major)
Whitney Dam	United States	Record daily precipitation	165.1 mm (6.5 in)	69 of 100 (Major)
Kjahta	Russia	Record daily precipitation	29.9 mm (1.2 in)	63 of 100 (Major)
Zolotoj	Russia	Record daily precipitation	108.2 mm (4.3 in)	58 of 100 (Notable)
McGregor	United States	Record daily precipitation	96.5 mm (3.8 in)	58 of 100 (Notable)
Sarita 7 E	United States	Record daily precipitation	82.3 mm (3.2 in)	56 of 100 (Notable)
Waco Rgnl AP	United States	Record daily precipitation	83.6 mm (3.3 in)	55 of 100 (Notable)
Ternaard	Netherlands	Record daily precipitation	34.6 mm (1.4 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Joure	Netherlands	Record daily precipitation	34.7 mm (1.4 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Petersburg 2 N	United States	Record daily precipitation	40.6 mm (1.6 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Sotchi	Russia	Record high maximum temperature	34.7 C (94.5 F)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Storrs	United States	Record high minimum temperature	21.1 C (70.0 F)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Evant 1SSW	United States	Record daily precipitation	83.8 mm (3.3 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Kingsville	United States	Record low maximum temperature	22.8 C (73.0 F)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Vega 2NW	United States	Record daily precipitation	74.9 mm (2.9 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Poltava	Ukraine	Record high maximum temperature	34.2 C (93.6 F)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Troy	United States	Record daily precipitation	115.8 mm (4.6 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Galesburg	United States	Record daily precipitation	51.6 mm (2.0 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Lampasas	United States	Record low maximum temperature	18.3 C (64.9 F)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Ganca	Azerbaijan	Record high maximum temperature	39.5 C (103.1 F)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Hobart (Ellerslie Road)	Australia	Record high maximum temperature	20.7 C (69.3 F)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Vladikavkaz	Russia	Record high minimum temperature	19.0 C (66.2 F)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Kutchan	Japan	Record daily precipitation	39.9 mm (1.6 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Dalnerechensk	Russia	Record daily precipitation	58.9 mm (2.3 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Faywood	United States	Record daily precipitation	29.2 mm (1.1 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Falfurrias	United States	Record low maximum temperature	23.3 C (73.9 F)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Adams 7 SSW	United States	Record daily precipitation	59.7 mm (2.4 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Mc Henry 3W	United States	Record daily precipitation	44.5 mm (1.8 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Ocampo	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	30.0 mm (1.2 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Eernewoude	Netherlands	Record daily precipitation	27.1 mm (1.1 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Blanco	United States	Record low maximum temperature	21.1 C (70.0 F)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Victoria Rgnl AP	United States	Record daily precipitation	112.0 mm (4.4 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Dokkum	Netherlands	Record daily precipitation	32.5 mm (1.3 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Edmore 4NW	United States	Record daily precipitation	45.7 mm (1.8 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Tanana AP	United States	Record high maximum temperature	27.8 C (82.0 F)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Bourges	France	Record daily precipitation	79.0 mm (3.1 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Jakutsk	Russia	Record high minimum temperature	10.5 C (50.9 F)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Round Spring 2SW	United States	Record daily precipitation	42.7 mm (1.7 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Rugby	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-1.7 C (28.9 F)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Davilla 2N	United States	Record daily precipitation	106.4 mm (4.2 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Roanoke-Blacksburg Rgnl AP	United States	Record daily precipitation	34.0 mm (1.3 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Guadalajara (Dge)	Mexico	Record low maximum temperature	25.0 C (77.0 F)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Sheffield	United Kingdom	Record low maximum temperature	8.5 C (47.3 F)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Fessenden	United States	Record daily precipitation	36.8 mm (1.4 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Dublin 2SE	United States	Record low maximum temperature	20.6 C (69.1 F)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Hallettsville 2 N	United States	Record low maximum temperature	25.0 C (77.0 F)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Hondo	United States	Record low maximum temperature	25.6 C (78.1 F)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Limoges - Bellegarde	France	Record daily precipitation	66.0 mm (2.6 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Playa Vicente	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	85.9 mm (3.4 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Bogoroditskoye-Fenino	Russia	Record high maximum temperature	31.6 C (88.9 F)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Cando 1E	United States	Record daily precipitation	38.4 mm (1.5 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Bishop	United States	Record daily precipitation	67.3 mm (2.6 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Port Mansfield	United States	Record daily precipitation	68.1 mm (2.7 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Zapata 1 S	United States	Record low minimum temperature	18.3 C (64.9 F)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Weissenburg	Germany	Record high maximum temperature	30.5 C (86.9 F)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Choshi	Japan	Record daily precipitation	94.5 mm (3.7 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Tripoli Sidi El Mesri	Libya	Record high minimum temperature	24.8 C (76.6 F)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Meeker	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-6.1 C (21.0 F)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Ft Kent	United States	Record high minimum temperature	16.7 C (62.1 F)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Millinocket	United States	Record high maximum temperature	33.3 C (91.9 F)	40 of 100 (Notable)

Counts by Type and Timescale

1,180 records

Records set or tied on 26 May 2007 by type: Highest daily maximum 344, Lowest daily maximum 145, Highest daily minimum 326, Lowest daily minimum 122, Heaviest daily rainfall 235, Heaviest daily snowfall 5, Deepest snow cover 3.

Records on 26 May 2007 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	344
Lowest daily maximum	145
Highest daily minimum	326
Lowest daily minimum	122
Heaviest daily rainfall	235
Heaviest daily snowfall	5
Deepest snow cover	3

Records on 26 May 2007 by timescale: all-time 1, monthly 74, daily 1,105.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

981 broken records

Margins by which the 981 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 84.3. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

26 May 2007

Top 20 records on 26 May 2007 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
26 May 2007	Alice, US	monthly rain	168.7 mm (6.6 in)	64.6 mm (2.5 in)	71 years	77 of 100 (Major)
26 May 2007	Whitney Dam, US	monthly rain	165.1 mm (6.5 in)	68.8 mm (2.7 in)	48 years	69 of 100 (Major)
26 May 2007	Kjahta, RU	daily rain	29.9 mm (1.2 in)	17.4 mm (0.7 in)	92 years	63 of 100 (Major)
26 May 2007	Zolotoj, RU	monthly rain	108.2 mm (4.3 in)	29.0 mm (1.1 in)	52 years	58 of 100 (Notable)
26 May 2007	McGregor, US	daily rain	96.5 mm (3.8 in)	38.1 mm (1.5 in)	92 years	58 of 100 (Notable)
26 May 2007	Sarita 7 E, US	daily rain	82.3 mm (3.2 in)	53.1 mm (2.1 in)	73 years	56 of 100 (Notable)
26 May 2007	Waco Rgnl AP, US	daily rain	83.6 mm (3.3 in)	59.5 mm (2.3 in)	56 years	55 of 100 (Notable)
26 May 2007	Ternaard, NL	daily rain	34.6 mm (1.4 in)	19.7 mm (0.8 in)	34 years	54 of 100 (Notable)
26 May 2007	Joure, NL	daily rain	34.7 mm (1.4 in)	18.7 mm (0.7 in)	38 years	54 of 100 (Notable)
26 May 2007	Petersburg 2 N, US	daily rain	40.6 mm (1.6 in)	17.7 mm (0.7 in)	74 years	53 of 100 (Notable)
26 May 2007	Sotchi, RU	monthly high max	34.7 C (94.5 F)	0.4 C (0.7 F)	107 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
26 May 2007	Storrs, US	daily high min	21.1 C (70.0 F)	4.4 C (7.9 F)	102 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
26 May 2007	Evant 1SSW, US	daily rain	83.8 mm (3.3 in)	52.0 mm (2.0 in)	33 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
26 May 2007	Kingsville, US	daily low max	22.8 C (73.0 F)	3.3 C (5.9 F)	104 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
26 May 2007	Vega 2NW, US	daily rain	74.9 mm (2.9 in)	42.9 mm (1.7 in)	28 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
26 May 2007	Poltava, UA	monthly high max	34.2 C (93.6 F)	0.1 C (0.2 F)	101 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
26 May 2007	Troy, US	daily rain	115.8 mm (4.6 in)	69.1 mm (2.7 in)	33 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
26 May 2007	Galesburg, US	daily rain	51.6 mm (2.0 in)	10.2 mm (0.4 in)	107 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
26 May 2007	Lampasas, US	daily low max	18.3 C (64.9 F)	5.0 C (9.0 F)	92 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
26 May 2007	Ganca, AZ	monthly high max	39.5 C (103.1 F)	2.0 C (3.6 F)	81 years	48 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 2007

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1814 to 2007. 2007 had 1,180 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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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).