Weather Records on 26 May 2008

812 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 26 May 2008. Highest significance: Alton - Melvin Price L&D, US.

Key Facts for 26 May 2008

On 26 May 2008, 812 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
390 were record highs and 244 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 3 were all-time records, 32 monthly and 777 daily.
Alton - Melvin Price L&D set a daily record precipitation of 93.7 mm (3.7 in) on 26 May 2008.
Across 161 earlier years (1814 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 429 records.

Record Map

812 stations

812 station records on 26 May 2008 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 26 May 2008: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Alton - Melvin Price L&D	United States	Record daily precipitation	93.7 mm (3.7 in)	76 of 100 (Major)
Mont-Aigoual	France	Record daily precipitation	129.3 mm (5.1 in)	70 of 100 (Major)
Bolshoe Goloustnoe	Russia	Record daily precipitation	29.4 mm (1.2 in)	65 of 100 (Major)
Udon Thani	Thailand	Record daily precipitation	107.2 mm (4.2 in)	65 of 100 (Major)
Manston	United Kingdom	Record daily precipitation	31.8 mm (1.3 in)	60 of 100 (Major)
Hebron	United States	Record snow depth	48.3 cm (19.0 in)	57 of 100 (Notable)
Jersey: Airport	United Kingdom	Record daily precipitation	36.8 mm (1.4 in)	56 of 100 (Notable)
Wellington	United States	Record daily precipitation	118.9 mm (4.7 in)	55 of 100 (Notable)
Ajaccio	France	Record high minimum temperature	26.3 C (79.3 F)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Kazachinskoe	Russia	Record daily precipitation	31.2 mm (1.2 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Medora 1 S	United States	Record daily precipitation	84.1 mm (3.3 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Lemon Cove	United States	Record low maximum temperature	12.8 C (55.0 F)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Daytona Beach	United States	Record high maximum temperature	36.7 C (98.1 F)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Hamlin 1SW	United States	Record daily precipitation	81.8 mm (3.2 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Bellegarde	France	Record daily precipitation	40.4 mm (1.6 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
St Louis Lambert Intl AP	United States	Record daily precipitation	55.6 mm (2.2 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Searchlight	United States	Record low maximum temperature	17.8 C (64.0 F)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Nanchong	China	Record daily precipitation	73.0 mm (2.9 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Merced	United States	Record low maximum temperature	18.9 C (66.0 F)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Madison	United States	Record daily precipitation	80.3 mm (3.2 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Crockett	United States	Record high maximum temperature	36.7 C (98.1 F)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Bolshoj Ushkanij Ostrov	Russia	Record daily precipitation	25.3 mm (1.0 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Brinkley	United States	Record high minimum temperature	23.9 C (75.0 F)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Mena	United States	Record high minimum temperature	22.2 C (72.0 F)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Hansboro 4 NNE	United States	Record low maximum temperature	2.8 C (37.0 F)	41 of 100 (Notable)
New Braunfels	United States	Record high minimum temperature	25.0 C (77.0 F)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Escanaba	United States	Record daily precipitation	43.9 mm (1.7 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Mt Carroll	United States	Record daily precipitation	45.0 mm (1.8 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Hernando	United States	Record high maximum temperature	35.6 C (96.1 F)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Crandall Creek	United States	Record low maximum temperature	5.6 C (42.1 F)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Tibooburra Post Office	Australia	Record high maximum temperature	27.9 C (82.2 F)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Lindsay	United States	Record low maximum temperature	13.3 C (55.9 F)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Jerseyville 2 SW	United States	Record daily precipitation	115.1 mm (4.5 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Bison 3NW	United States	Record daily precipitation	94.5 mm (3.7 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Snake Creek Powerhouse	United States	Record low maximum temperature	7.8 C (46.0 F)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Black Rvr Falls Sewage	United States	Record daily precipitation	29.0 mm (1.1 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Sacaton	United States	Record low maximum temperature	26.7 C (80.1 F)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Belleville Siu Rsch	United States	Record daily precipitation	48.8 mm (1.9 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Manston	United Kingdom	Record daily precipitation	37.6 mm (1.5 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Independence	United States	Record daily precipitation	44.2 mm (1.7 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Koebenhavn: Botanisk Have	Denmark	Record daily precipitation	32.2 mm (1.3 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Sotchi	Russia	Record daily precipitation	63.2 mm (2.5 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Mt Olive 1 E	United States	Record daily precipitation	99.6 mm (3.9 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Waltonville	United States	Record daily precipitation	56.6 mm (2.2 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Ponca City Muni AP	United States	Record daily precipitation	77.7 mm (3.1 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Fulton L&D #13	United States	Record daily precipitation	36.8 mm (1.4 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Red Bud 2 S	United States	Record daily precipitation	83.8 mm (3.3 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Maquoketa	United States	Record daily precipitation	55.1 mm (2.2 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Burbank	United States	Record daily precipitation	83.3 mm (3.3 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Campo Dell Oro	France	Record high minimum temperature	26.3 C (79.3 F)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Perelyub	Russia	Record high minimum temperature	20.0 C (68.0 F)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Paw Paw 2S	United States	Record daily precipitation	52.3 mm (2.1 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Waterloo 6SW	United States	Record daily precipitation	95.3 mm (3.8 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
San Juan del Rio	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	80.0 mm (3.1 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Loretta 1W	United States	Record daily precipitation	108.0 mm (4.3 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Wichita	United States	Record daily precipitation	82.0 mm (3.2 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Quito	Mexico	Record high maximum temperature	40.0 C (104.0 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Jesus del Monte	Mexico	Record high minimum temperature	22.8 C (73.0 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
San Isidro	Mexico	Record low maximum temperature	23.9 C (75.0 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Yelabuga	Russia	Record daily precipitation	28.3 mm (1.1 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

812 records

Records set or tied on 26 May 2008 by type: Highest daily maximum 159, Lowest daily maximum 142, Highest daily minimum 231, Lowest daily minimum 102, Heaviest daily rainfall 173, Heaviest daily snowfall 4, Deepest snow cover 1.

Records on 26 May 2008 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	159
Lowest daily maximum	142
Highest daily minimum	231
Lowest daily minimum	102
Heaviest daily rainfall	173
Heaviest daily snowfall	4
Deepest snow cover	1

Records on 26 May 2008 by timescale: all-time 3, monthly 32, daily 777.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

615 broken records

Margins by which the 615 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 483.0. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

26 May 2008

Top 20 records on 26 May 2008 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
26 May 2008	Alton - Melvin Price L&D, US	daily rain	93.7 mm (3.7 in)	50.5 mm (2.0 in)	114 years	76 of 100 (Major)
26 May 2008	Mont-Aigoual, FR	daily rain	129.3 mm (5.1 in)	93.3 mm (3.7 in)	73 years	70 of 100 (Major)
26 May 2008	Bolshoe Goloustnoe, RU	daily rain	29.4 mm (1.2 in)	15.9 mm (0.6 in)	61 years	65 of 100 (Major)
26 May 2008	Udon Thani, TH	daily rain	107.2 mm (4.2 in)	70.1 mm (2.8 in)	64 years	65 of 100 (Major)
26 May 2008	Manston, GB	daily rain	31.8 mm (1.3 in)	20.6 mm (0.8 in)	50 years	60 of 100 (Major)
26 May 2008	Hebron, US	daily snow depth	48.3 cm (19.0 in)	48.3 cm (19.0 in)	44 years	57 of 100 (Notable)
26 May 2008	Jersey: Airport, GB	daily rain	36.8 mm (1.4 in)	27.0 mm (1.1 in)	41 years	56 of 100 (Notable)
26 May 2008	Wellington, US	monthly rain	118.9 mm (4.7 in)	10.2 mm (0.4 in)	96 years	55 of 100 (Notable)
26 May 2008	Ajaccio, FR	monthly high min	26.3 C (79.3 F)	7.7 C (13.9 F)	37 years	54 of 100 (Notable)
26 May 2008	Kazachinskoe, RU	monthly rain	31.2 mm (1.2 in)	8.9 mm (0.35 in)	16 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
26 May 2008	Medora 1 S, US	daily rain	84.1 mm (3.3 in)	40.2 mm (1.6 in)	43 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
26 May 2008	Lemon Cove, US	daily low max	12.8 C (55.0 F)	5.0 C (9.0 F)	107 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
26 May 2008	Daytona Beach, US	monthly high max	36.7 C (98.1 F)	1.1 C (2.0 F)	83 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
26 May 2008	Hamlin 1SW, US	daily rain	81.8 mm (3.2 in)	34.6 mm (1.4 in)	58 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
26 May 2008	Bellegarde, FR	daily rain	40.4 mm (1.6 in)	29.5 mm (1.2 in)	24 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
26 May 2008	St Louis Lambert Intl AP, US	daily rain	55.6 mm (2.2 in)	25.9 mm (1.0 in)	58 years	44 of 100 (Notable)
26 May 2008	Searchlight, US	daily low max	17.8 C (64.0 F)	3.3 C (5.9 F)	91 years	43 of 100 (Notable)
26 May 2008	Nanchong, CN	daily rain	73.0 mm (2.9 in)	38.9 mm (1.5 in)	26 years	42 of 100 (Notable)
26 May 2008	Merced, US	daily low max	18.9 C (66.0 F)	1.1 C (2.0 F)	102 years	42 of 100 (Notable)
26 May 2008	Madison, US	daily rain	80.3 mm (3.2 in)	40.9 mm (1.6 in)	18 years	42 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 2008

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1814 to 2008. 2008 had 812 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).

Margin	Records
0 to 100	614
100 to 200	0
200 to 300	0
300 to 400	0
400 to 500	1