Weather Records on 26 May 2011

1,109 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 26 May 2011. Highest significance: Shelbyville Dam, US.

Key Facts for 26 May 2011

On 26 May 2011, 1,109 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
597 were record highs and 244 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 22 were all-time records, 66 monthly and 1,021 daily.
Shelbyville Dam set a monthly record daily precipitation of 85.9 mm (3.4 in) on 26 May 2011.
Across 161 earlier years (1814 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 427 records.

Record Map

1,109 stations

1,109 station records on 26 May 2011 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 26 May 2011: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Shelbyville Dam	United States	Record daily precipitation	85.9 mm (3.4 in)	62 of 100 (Major)
Bloomingdale	United States	Record daily precipitation	51.8 mm (2.0 in)	62 of 100 (Major)
Morris 1NW	United States	Record daily precipitation	59.9 mm (2.4 in)	56 of 100 (Notable)
Grosse Pointe Farms	United States	Record daily precipitation	83.8 mm (3.3 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Bear Gap	United States	Record daily precipitation	63.8 mm (2.5 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Aurora Water	United States	Record daily precipitation	58.7 mm (2.3 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Portage Wwtp	United States	Record daily precipitation	45.2 mm (1.8 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Peotone	United States	Record daily precipitation	113.3 mm (4.5 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Philo	United States	Record daily precipitation	57.1 mm (2.2 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Montpelier AP	United States	Record daily precipitation	97.3 mm (3.8 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Kystovka	Russia	Record daily precipitation	25.9 mm (1.0 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Bowman Dam	United States	Record daily snowfall	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Lillis	United States	Record daily precipitation	118.1 mm (4.6 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Dodgeville Wwtp	United States	Record daily precipitation	39.6 mm (1.6 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Pomeroy	United States	Record daily precipitation	26.7 mm (1.1 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Chico UNIV Farm	United States	Record daily precipitation	25.1 mm (1.0 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Noisy Basin	United States	Record daily precipitation	76.2 mm (3.0 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Tahoe City	United States	Record daily snowfall	7.6 cm (3.0 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Priest Rvr Exp STN	United States	Record daily precipitation	38.4 mm (1.5 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Paris Stp	United States	Record daily precipitation	56.9 mm (2.2 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Defiance	United States	Record daily precipitation	88.4 mm (3.5 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Milton Freewater	United States	Record daily precipitation	30.5 mm (1.2 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Chippewa Lake	United States	Record daily precipitation	62.7 mm (2.5 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Fond du Lac Wwtp	United States	Record low maximum temperature	9.4 C (48.9 F)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Richland Ctr	United States	Record daily precipitation	47.2 mm (1.9 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Narjan Mar	Russia	Record high minimum temperature	12.4 C (54.3 F)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Nevada City	United States	Record low maximum temperature	9.4 C (48.9 F)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Knox Wwtp	United States	Record daily precipitation	46.5 mm (1.8 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Chilton	United States	Record daily precipitation	26.7 mm (1.1 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Chico UNIV Farm	United States	Record low maximum temperature	15.6 C (60.1 F)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Blakely	United States	Record high maximum temperature	37.2 C (99.0 F)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Charleston	United States	Record daily precipitation	50.8 mm (2.0 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Kewanee 1E	United States	Record daily precipitation	74.4 mm (2.9 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Chapel Hill 2 W	United States	Record high minimum temperature	21.7 C (71.1 F)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Tiffin	United States	Record daily precipitation	56.1 mm (2.2 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Falls City 2 SSW	United States	Record low maximum temperature	12.2 C (54.0 F)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Cuero	United States	Record high maximum temperature	37.2 C (99.0 F)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Mauston 1 SE	United States	Record low maximum temperature	10.0 C (50.0 F)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Portage Wwtp	United States	Record low maximum temperature	10.0 C (50.0 F)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Ixtlan del Rio	Mexico	Record low maximum temperature	30.0 C (86.0 F)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Ai-Petri	Ukraine	Record daily precipitation	36.0 mm (1.4 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Channahon Dresden Isl Dam	United States	Record daily precipitation	57.9 mm (2.3 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Shippensburg	United States	Record daily precipitation	39.6 mm (1.6 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Vancouver 4 NNE	United States	Record low maximum temperature	11.1 C (52.0 F)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Siwa	Egypt	Record high minimum temperature	26.7 C (80.1 F)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Teul de Gonzalez Ortega (Dge)	Mexico	Record high maximum temperature	38.9 C (102.0 F)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Mattoon	United States	Record daily precipitation	58.2 mm (2.3 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Vincennes 4 E	United States	Record daily precipitation	38.6 mm (1.5 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Preston	United States	Record daily precipitation	51.3 mm (2.0 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Paulding	United States	Record daily precipitation	70.1 mm (2.8 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Brownsville	United States	Record high maximum temperature	35.6 C (96.1 F)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Jaral de Berrios	Mexico	Record high maximum temperature	42.8 C (109.0 F)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Kokomo 5 WSW	United States	Record daily precipitation	50.3 mm (2.0 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Eaton Rapids	United States	Record daily precipitation	40.6 mm (1.6 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Fremont	United States	Record daily precipitation	54.1 mm (2.1 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Huntingdon	United States	Record high minimum temperature	20.0 C (68.0 F)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Rincon de Romos	Mexico	Record high maximum temperature	40.0 C (104.0 F)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Toulon	United States	Record daily precipitation	42.7 mm (1.7 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Knightstown 2 ENE	United States	Record daily precipitation	64.8 mm (2.6 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Warsaw	United States	Record daily precipitation	47.0 mm (1.9 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)

Counts by Type and Timescale

1,109 records

Records set or tied on 26 May 2011 by type: Highest daily maximum 372, Lowest daily maximum 133, Highest daily minimum 225, Lowest daily minimum 111, Heaviest daily rainfall 250, Heaviest daily snowfall 10, Deepest snow cover 8.

Records on 26 May 2011 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	372
Lowest daily maximum	133
Highest daily minimum	225
Lowest daily minimum	111
Heaviest daily rainfall	250
Heaviest daily snowfall	10
Deepest snow cover	8

Records on 26 May 2011 by timescale: all-time 22, monthly 66, daily 1,021.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

776 broken records

Margins by which the 776 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 127.0. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

26 May 2011

Top 20 records on 26 May 2011 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
26 May 2011	Shelbyville Dam, US	monthly rain	85.9 mm (3.4 in)	27.5 mm (1.1 in)	70 years	62 of 100 (Major)
26 May 2011	Bloomingdale, US	daily rain	51.8 mm (2.0 in)	29.2 mm (1.1 in)	78 years	62 of 100 (Major)
26 May 2011	Morris 1NW, US	daily rain	59.9 mm (2.4 in)	18.5 mm (0.7 in)	97 years	56 of 100 (Notable)
26 May 2011	Grosse Pointe Farms, US	monthly rain	83.8 mm (3.3 in)	28.9 mm (1.1 in)	15 years	53 of 100 (Notable)
26 May 2011	Bear Gap, US	daily rain	63.8 mm (2.5 in)	32.0 mm (1.3 in)	64 years	53 of 100 (Notable)
26 May 2011	Aurora Water, US	daily rain	58.7 mm (2.3 in)	13.7 mm (0.5 in)	97 years	52 of 100 (Notable)
26 May 2011	Portage Wwtp, US	daily rain	45.2 mm (1.8 in)	12.2 mm (0.5 in)	108 years	52 of 100 (Notable)
26 May 2011	Peotone, US	daily rain	113.3 mm (4.5 in)	81.5 mm (3.2 in)	14 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
26 May 2011	Philo, US	monthly rain	57.1 mm (2.2 in)	1.7 mm (0.07 in)	117 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
26 May 2011	Montpelier AP, US	daily rain	97.3 mm (3.8 in)	74.7 mm (2.9 in)	16 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
26 May 2011	Kystovka, RU	daily rain	25.9 mm (1.0 in)	14.9 mm (0.6 in)	28 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
26 May 2011	Bowman Dam, US	daily snowfall	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	7.6 cm (3.0 in)	111 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
26 May 2011	Lillis, US	daily rain	118.1 mm (4.6 in)	81.0 mm (3.2 in)	13 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
26 May 2011	Dodgeville Wwtp, US	daily rain	39.6 mm (1.6 in)	11.7 mm (0.5 in)	93 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
26 May 2011	Pomeroy, US	daily rain	26.7 mm (1.1 in)	3.8 mm (0.15 in)	115 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
26 May 2011	Chico UNIV Farm, US	daily rain	25.1 mm (1.0 in)	12.7 mm (0.5 in)	64 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
26 May 2011	Noisy Basin, US	daily rain	76.2 mm (3.0 in)	50.8 mm (2.0 in)	6 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
26 May 2011	Tahoe City, US	daily snowfall	7.6 cm (3.0 in)	5.1 cm (2.0 in)	88 years	44 of 100 (Notable)
26 May 2011	Priest Rvr Exp STN, US	daily rain	38.4 mm (1.5 in)	9.7 mm (0.38 in)	68 years	44 of 100 (Notable)
26 May 2011	Paris Stp, US	daily rain	56.9 mm (2.2 in)	10.4 mm (0.4 in)	89 years	44 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 2011

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1814 to 2011. 2011 had 1,109 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 20	729
20 to 40	36
40 to 60	4
60 to 80	4
80 to 100	2
100 to 120	0
120 to 140	1