Weather Records on 19 May 2012

509 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 19 May 2012. Highest significance: Chuuk WSO AP, FM.

Key Facts for 19 May 2012

On 19 May 2012, 509 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
325 were record highs and 118 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 0 were all-time records, 8 monthly and 501 daily.
Chuuk WSO AP set a daily record precipitation of 152.1 mm (6.0 in) on 19 May 2012.
Across 161 earlier years (1798 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 460 records.

Record Map

509 stations

509 station records on 19 May 2012 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 19 May 2012: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Chuuk WSO AP	Federated States of Micronesia	Record daily precipitation	152.1 mm (6.0 in)	61 of 100 (Major)
Gourdon	France	Record daily precipitation	63.6 mm (2.5 in)	60 of 100 (Major)
Kostroma	Russia	Record daily precipitation	30.7 mm (1.2 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Calarasi	Romania	Record daily precipitation	30.8 mm (1.2 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Tasiilaq	Greenland [Denmark]	Record daily precipitation	75.9 mm (3.0 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Mobridge 2NNW	United States	Record daily precipitation	25.1 mm (1.0 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Phrae	Thailand	Record daily precipitation	73.9 mm (2.9 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Szombathely	Hungary	Record low minimum temperature	2.2 C (36.0 F)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Canakkale	Turkey	Record daily precipitation	59.4 mm (2.3 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Zumbrota	United States	Record high minimum temperature	18.9 C (66.0 F)	42 of 100 (Notable)
W Pt	United States	Record high minimum temperature	20.6 C (69.1 F)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Antalya	Turkey	Record daily precipitation	32.0 mm (1.3 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Sioux Ctr 2 SE	United States	Record high minimum temperature	18.9 C (66.0 F)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Beloit	United States	Record high minimum temperature	20.6 C (69.1 F)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Burr Oak 4S	United States	Record high minimum temperature	18.9 C (66.0 F)	41 of 100 (Notable)
St Peter	United States	Record high minimum temperature	17.8 C (64.0 F)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Green Bay	United States	Record high maximum temperature	31.7 C (89.1 F)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Timber Lake	United States	Record daily precipitation	29.0 mm (1.1 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Bucuresti-Baneasa	Romania	Record daily precipitation	39.8 mm (1.6 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Cundancito	Mexico	Record low minimum temperature	10.6 C (51.1 F)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Molinito	Mexico	Record low minimum temperature	1.1 C (34.0 F)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Tillabery	Niger	Record low minimum temperature	19.0 C (66.2 F)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Oasis Rs	United States	Record daily precipitation	104.6 mm (4.1 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Flandreau	United States	Record high minimum temperature	19.4 C (66.9 F)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Asuncion Nochixtlan	Mexico	Record low maximum temperature	20.0 C (68.0 F)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Constanta	Romania	Record daily precipitation	60.1 mm (2.4 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Indiga	Russia	Record high maximum temperature	18.9 C (66.0 F)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Indiga	Russia	Record high minimum temperature	4.8 C (40.6 F)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Pamplona (Observatorio)	Spain	Record daily precipitation	36.2 mm (1.4 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Mora	United States	Record high minimum temperature	16.7 C (62.1 F)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Siwa	Egypt	Record low minimum temperature	10.5 C (50.9 F)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Pamplona	Spain	Record daily precipitation	36.2 mm (1.4 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Lake Park 3SSE	United States	Record high minimum temperature	19.4 C (66.9 F)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Canby	United States	Record high minimum temperature	21.1 C (70.0 F)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Montevideo 1SW	United States	Record high minimum temperature	21.1 C (70.0 F)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Crete 4ESE	United States	Record high minimum temperature	21.7 C (71.1 F)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Red Cloud	United States	Record high minimum temperature	18.9 C (66.0 F)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Pte de Chassiron	France	Record low maximum temperature	12.3 C (54.1 F)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Kolguev Severnyi	Russia	Record high maximum temperature	12.0 C (53.6 F)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Shenkursk	Russia	Record high maximum temperature	27.6 C (81.7 F)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Troicko-Pecherskoe	Russia	Record high minimum temperature	15.8 C (60.4 F)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Cherokee	United States	Record high minimum temperature	18.9 C (66.0 F)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Marshall	United States	Record high minimum temperature	21.7 C (71.1 F)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Wheaton	United States	Record high maximum temperature	34.4 C (93.9 F)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Richfield	United States	Record high maximum temperature	37.2 C (99.0 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Wheaton	United States	Record high minimum temperature	19.4 C (66.9 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Menno	United States	Record high minimum temperature	18.3 C (64.9 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Savusavu Airfield	Fiji	Record daily precipitation	73.2 mm (2.9 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Hawarden	United States	Record high minimum temperature	19.4 C (66.9 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Tonsina	United States	Record snow depth	27.9 cm (11.0 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Rheinau-Memprechtshofen	Germany	Record daily precipitation	26.8 mm (1.1 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Krasnaja Poljana	Russia	Record high maximum temperature	30.3 C (86.5 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Simferopol	Ukraine	Record high minimum temperature	16.0 C (60.8 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Pokegama Dam	United States	Record high minimum temperature	16.1 C (61.0 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
St Paul Dwtn AP	United States	Record high minimum temperature	18.3 C (64.9 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Chichi Jima Bonin Is	Japan	Record low minimum temperature	15.0 C (59.0 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Chambers	United States	Record high minimum temperature	16.1 C (61.0 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Goodwell Rsch STN	United States	Record high maximum temperature	36.1 C (97.0 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Pichucalco (Smn)	Mexico	Record low minimum temperature	12.8 C (55.0 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Isparta	Turkey	Record low maximum temperature	12.6 C (54.7 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

509 records

Records set or tied on 19 May 2012 by type: Highest daily maximum 152, Lowest daily maximum 46, Highest daily minimum 173, Lowest daily minimum 72, Heaviest daily rainfall 64, Deepest snow cover 2.

Records on 19 May 2012 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	152
Lowest daily maximum	46
Highest daily minimum	173
Lowest daily minimum	72
Heaviest daily rainfall	64
Heaviest daily snowfall	0
Deepest snow cover	2

Records on 19 May 2012 by timescale: all-time 0, monthly 8, daily 501.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

389 broken records

Margins by which the 389 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 280.0. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

19 May 2012

Top 20 records on 19 May 2012 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
19 May 2012	Chuuk WSO AP, FM	daily rain	152.1 mm (6.0 in)	74.9 mm (2.9 in)	57 years	61 of 100 (Major)
19 May 2012	Gourdon, FR	monthly rain	63.6 mm (2.5 in)	22.5 mm (0.9 in)	46 years	60 of 100 (Major)
19 May 2012	Kostroma, RU	daily rain	30.7 mm (1.2 in)	23.7 mm (0.9 in)	18 years	53 of 100 (Notable)
19 May 2012	Calarasi, RO	daily rain	30.8 mm (1.2 in)	16.6 mm (0.7 in)	65 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
19 May 2012	Tasiilaq, GL	daily rain	75.9 mm (3.0 in)	7.7 mm (0.30 in)	109 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
19 May 2012	Mobridge 2NNW, US	daily rain	25.1 mm (1.0 in)	7.3 mm (0.29 in)	100 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
19 May 2012	Phrae, TH	daily rain	73.9 mm (2.9 in)	46.9 mm (1.8 in)	38 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
19 May 2012	Szombathely, HU	daily low min	2.2 C (36.0 F)	0.8 C (1.4 F)	109 years	42 of 100 (Notable)
19 May 2012	Canakkale, TR	daily rain	59.4 mm (2.3 in)	47.5 mm (1.9 in)	5 years	42 of 100 (Notable)
19 May 2012	Zumbrota, US	daily high min	18.9 C (66.0 F)	1.1 C (2.0 F)	110 years	42 of 100 (Notable)
19 May 2012	W Pt, US	daily high min	20.6 C (69.1 F)	1.2 C (2.2 F)	114 years	42 of 100 (Notable)
19 May 2012	Antalya, TR	daily rain	32.0 mm (1.3 in)	24.1 mm (0.9 in)	48 years	41 of 100 (Notable)
19 May 2012	Sioux Ctr 2 SE, US	daily high min	18.9 C (66.0 F)	0.6 C (1.1 F)	110 years	41 of 100 (Notable)
19 May 2012	Beloit, US	daily high min	20.6 C (69.1 F)	0.6 C (1.1 F)	114 years	41 of 100 (Notable)
19 May 2012	Burr Oak 4S, US	daily high min	18.9 C (66.0 F)	0.6 C (1.1 F)	101 years	41 of 100 (Notable)
19 May 2012	St Peter, US	daily high min	17.8 C (64.0 F)	0.6 C (1.1 F)	101 years	41 of 100 (Notable)
19 May 2012	Green Bay, US	daily high max	31.7 C (89.1 F)	0.6 C (1.1 F)	101 years	41 of 100 (Notable)
19 May 2012	Timber Lake, US	daily rain	29.0 mm (1.1 in)	8.7 mm (0.34 in)	73 years	40 of 100 (Notable)
19 May 2012	Bucuresti-Baneasa, RO	daily rain	39.8 mm (1.6 in)	12.9 mm (0.5 in)	58 years	39 of 100 (Notable)
19 May 2012	Cundancito, MX	daily low min	10.6 C (51.1 F)	5.5 C (9.9 F)	36 years	38 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

1798 to 2012

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1798 to 2012. 2012 had 509 records.

Counts for years before the ledger starts come from the same station rules.

Records on 05-19 in each year
Year	Records
1798	1
1802	1
1803	1
1811	1
1825	1
1826	1
1843	1
1845	1
1847	1
1848	1
1861	2
1864	1
1866	2
1868	2
1870	2
1872	2
1873	1
1877	4
1878	1
1879	1
1880	4
1881	2
1885	3
1886	1
1888	4
1890	2
1891	1
1892	1
1893	1
1894	3
1895	1
1896	3
1897	3
1898	1
1899	3
1900	16
1901	5
1902	6
1903	12
1904	5
1905	3
1906	22
1907	23
1908	11
1909	4
1910	34
1911	69
1912	11
1913	20
1914	37
1915	56
1916	44
1917	21
1918	64
1919	42
1920	28
1921	171
1922	48
1923	75
1924	179
1925	258
1926	102
1927	154
1928	118
1929	373
1930	277
1931	268
1932	758
1933	517
1934	476
1935	270
1936	144
1937	295
1938	432
1939	216
1940	306
1941	352
1942	463
1943	852
1944	453
1945	443
1946	329
1947	263
1948	605
1949	950
1950	487
1951	422
1952	568
1953	690
1954	642
1955	560
1956	605
1957	836
1958	369
1959	487
1960	708
1961	273
1962	1,092
1963	542
1964	358
1965	231
1966	483
1967	514
1968	735
1969	912
1970	415
1971	772
1972	478
1973	676
1974	734
1975	616
1976	1,238
1977	726
1978	1,215
1979	516
1980	401
1981	1,264
1982	464
1983	1,014
1984	597
1985	386
1986	1,022
1987	876
1988	726
1989	694
1990	600
1991	1,020
1992	1,017
1993	934
1994	883
1995	1,175
1996	2,038
1997	1,074
1998	1,237
1999	682
2000	1,055
2001	779
2002	2,461
2003	1,523
2004	788
2005	834
2006	1,276
2007	725
2008	950
2009	1,577
2010	959
2011	1,257
2012	509
2013	841
2014	560
2015	1,080
2016	634
2017	1,547
2018	468
2019	1,239
2020	790
2021	579
2022	1,147
2023	709
2024	469
2025	764
2026	1,358

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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 2026-10-16 (16 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 50	385
50 to 100	2
100 to 150	0
150 to 200	0
200 to 250	1
250 to 300	1