Weather Records on 26 May 2012

1,422 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 26 May 2012. Highest significance: Mossman Central Mill, AU.

Key Facts for 26 May 2012

On 26 May 2012, 1,422 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
728 were record highs and 298 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 2 were all-time records, 84 monthly and 1,336 daily.
Mossman Central Mill set a daily record precipitation of 93.0 mm (3.7 in) on 26 May 2012.
Across 161 earlier years (1814 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 425 records.

Record Map

1,422 stations

1,422 station records on 26 May 2012 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 26 May 2012: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Mossman Central Mill	Australia	Record daily precipitation	93.0 mm (3.7 in)	77 of 100 (Major)
Launceston Airport	Australia	Record daily precipitation	67.6 mm (2.7 in)	72 of 100 (Major)
Austin #2	United States	Record daily snowfall	22.9 cm (9.0 in)	72 of 100 (Major)
Maria Island (Darlington)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	107.0 mm (4.2 in)	69 of 100 (Major)
Little Swanport (Lisdillon)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	78.0 mm (3.1 in)	69 of 100 (Major)
Eaglehawk Neck (Jetty Road)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	87.4 mm (3.4 in)	69 of 100 (Major)
Korumburra	Australia	Record daily precipitation	77.2 mm (3.0 in)	67 of 100 (Major)
Wattle Hill	Australia	Record daily precipitation	67.0 mm (2.6 in)	67 of 100 (Major)
Colebrook (the Meadows)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	44.0 mm (1.7 in)	66 of 100 (Major)
Bridger 2 N	United States	Record daily snowfall	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	65 of 100 (Major)
Mount Rumney (Mount Rumney Roa	Australia	Record daily precipitation	60.2 mm (2.4 in)	64 of 100 (Major)
Bridgewater (Treatment Plant)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	33.0 mm (1.3 in)	62 of 100 (Major)
Perth (Forestry Nursery)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	74.2 mm (2.9 in)	61 of 100 (Major)
Hobart Botanical Gardens	Australia	Record daily precipitation	42.5 mm (1.7 in)	61 of 100 (Major)
Launceston (Kings Meadows)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	57.2 mm (2.3 in)	57 of 100 (Notable)
Oatlands Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	50.0 mm (2.0 in)	57 of 100 (Notable)
Richmond (Lowlands)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	36.0 mm (1.4 in)	57 of 100 (Notable)
Premaydena Hatchery	Australia	Record daily precipitation	65.4 mm (2.6 in)	57 of 100 (Notable)
Mount Wellington	Australia	Record daily precipitation	79.6 mm (3.1 in)	57 of 100 (Notable)
Buln Buln	Australia	Record daily precipitation	60.6 mm (2.4 in)	56 of 100 (Notable)
Whyanbeel Valley	Australia	Record daily precipitation	77.4 mm (3.0 in)	55 of 100 (Notable)
Drouin Bowling Club	Australia	Record daily precipitation	74.0 mm (2.9 in)	55 of 100 (Notable)
Epping Forest (Forton)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	58.8 mm (2.3 in)	55 of 100 (Notable)
Orford (Aubin Court)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	87.8 mm (3.5 in)	55 of 100 (Notable)
E Stroudsburg	United States	Record daily precipitation	63.5 mm (2.5 in)	55 of 100 (Notable)
Stonehouse	Australia	Record daily precipitation	85.0 mm (3.3 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Jericho (Bowsden)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	48.8 mm (1.9 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Groznyj	Russia	Record daily precipitation	68.5 mm (2.7 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Queenscliff	Australia	Record daily precipitation	36.4 mm (1.4 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Cressy House	Australia	Record daily precipitation	54.1 mm (2.1 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Quetzala	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	72.9 mm (2.9 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Trafalgar Toseland Road	Australia	Record daily precipitation	74.4 mm (2.9 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Hobart Airport	Australia	Record daily precipitation	46.2 mm (1.8 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Seven Mile Beach (Royal Hobart	Australia	Record daily precipitation	51.0 mm (2.0 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Bodie California St Historic P	United States	Record daily snowfall	7.6 cm (3.0 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Tooms Lake (Tooms River)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	85.4 mm (3.4 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Orielton (East Orielton Road)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	49.0 mm (1.9 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Giffard	Australia	Record daily precipitation	29.0 mm (1.1 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Hobart (Waterworks Reserve)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	49.6 mm (2.0 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Taroona (Taroona Crescent)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	37.6 mm (1.5 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Tower Falls	United States	Record daily snowfall	15.7 cm (6.2 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Yellowstone Park Mammoth	United States	Record daily snowfall	16.5 cm (6.5 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Korumburra Sth Gippsland Water	Australia	Record daily precipitation	68.0 mm (2.7 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Melville 4 W	United States	Record daily snowfall	14.2 cm (5.6 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Huonville (Tutton Avenue)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	36.0 mm (1.4 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Spencer	United States	Record daily snowfall	5.1 cm (2.0 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Warragul	Australia	Record daily precipitation	62.8 mm (2.5 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Selbourne (Kirnbrae)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	52.0 mm (2.0 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Copping	Australia	Record daily precipitation	56.2 mm (2.2 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Sandford (Maydena)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	41.0 mm (1.6 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Imperial	United States	Record low minimum temperature	7.8 C (46.0 F)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Big Timber	United States	Record low maximum temperature	3.3 C (37.9 F)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Pipestone	United States	Record daily precipitation	43.9 mm (1.7 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Low Holm Station	Australia	Record daily precipitation	28.2 mm (1.1 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Mirboo North Water Board	Australia	Record daily precipitation	55.6 mm (2.2 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Stornoway Airport	United Kingdom	Record high maximum temperature	22.5 C (72.5 F)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Mystic Lake	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-10.0 C (14.0 F)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Carlsbad	United States	Record high minimum temperature	21.1 C (70.0 F)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Cornwall	United States	Record high minimum temperature	18.9 C (66.0 F)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Ponce 4 E	Puerto Rico [United States]	Record low minimum temperature	16.7 C (62.1 F)	43 of 100 (Notable)

Counts by Type and Timescale

1,422 records

Records set or tied on 26 May 2012 by type: Highest daily maximum 335, Lowest daily maximum 224, Highest daily minimum 393, Lowest daily minimum 74, Heaviest daily rainfall 336, Heaviest daily snowfall 40, Deepest snow cover 20.

Records on 26 May 2012 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	335
Lowest daily maximum	224
Highest daily minimum	393
Lowest daily minimum	74
Heaviest daily rainfall	336
Heaviest daily snowfall	40
Deepest snow cover	20

Records on 26 May 2012 by timescale: all-time 2, monthly 84, daily 1,336.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

1,113 broken records

Margins by which the 1,113 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 457.0. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

26 May 2012

Top 20 records on 26 May 2012 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
26 May 2012	Mossman Central Mill, AU	daily rain	93.0 mm (3.7 in)	67.3 mm (2.6 in)	92 years	77 of 100 (Major)
26 May 2012	Launceston Airport, AU	monthly rain	67.6 mm (2.7 in)	31.5 mm (1.2 in)	55 years	72 of 100 (Major)
26 May 2012	Austin #2, US	daily snowfall	22.9 cm (9.0 in)	22.1 cm (8.7 in)	101 years	72 of 100 (Major)
26 May 2012	Maria Island (Darlington), AU	daily rain	107.0 mm (4.2 in)	71.2 mm (2.8 in)	65 years	69 of 100 (Major)
26 May 2012	Little Swanport (Lisdillon), AU	daily rain	78.0 mm (3.1 in)	52.6 mm (2.1 in)	65 years	69 of 100 (Major)
26 May 2012	Eaglehawk Neck (Jetty Road), AU	daily rain	87.4 mm (3.4 in)	37.6 mm (1.5 in)	65 years	69 of 100 (Major)
26 May 2012	Korumburra, AU	monthly rain	77.2 mm (3.0 in)	22.3 mm (0.9 in)	68 years	67 of 100 (Major)
26 May 2012	Wattle Hill, AU	daily rain	67.0 mm (2.6 in)	34.5 mm (1.4 in)	65 years	67 of 100 (Major)
26 May 2012	Colebrook (the Meadows), AU	daily rain	44.0 mm (1.7 in)	26.0 mm (1.0 in)	54 years	66 of 100 (Major)
26 May 2012	Bridger 2 N, US	daily snowfall	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	103 years	65 of 100 (Major)
26 May 2012	Mount Rumney (Mount Rumney Roa, AU	monthly rain	60.2 mm (2.4 in)	18.8 mm (0.7 in)	52 years	64 of 100 (Major)
26 May 2012	Bridgewater (Treatment Plant), AU	daily rain	33.0 mm (1.3 in)	18.3 mm (0.7 in)	54 years	62 of 100 (Major)
26 May 2012	Perth (Forestry Nursery), AU	monthly rain	74.2 mm (2.9 in)	33.2 mm (1.3 in)	26 years	61 of 100 (Major)
26 May 2012	Hobart Botanical Gardens, AU	daily rain	42.5 mm (1.7 in)	17.6 mm (0.7 in)	65 years	61 of 100 (Major)
26 May 2012	Launceston (Kings Meadows), AU	monthly rain	57.2 mm (2.3 in)	20.1 mm (0.8 in)	39 years	57 of 100 (Notable)
26 May 2012	Oatlands Post Office, AU	daily rain	50.0 mm (2.0 in)	26.8 mm (1.1 in)	25 years	57 of 100 (Notable)
26 May 2012	Richmond (Lowlands), AU	daily rain	36.0 mm (1.4 in)	15.9 mm (0.6 in)	65 years	57 of 100 (Notable)
26 May 2012	Premaydena Hatchery, AU	daily rain	65.4 mm (2.6 in)	19.7 mm (0.8 in)	65 years	57 of 100 (Notable)
26 May 2012	Mount Wellington, AU	daily rain	79.6 mm (3.1 in)	69.2 mm (2.7 in)	40 years	57 of 100 (Notable)
26 May 2012	Buln Buln, AU	daily rain	60.6 mm (2.4 in)	25.6 mm (1.0 in)	37 years	56 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 2012

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1814 to 2012. 2012 had 1,422 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 2026-10-16 (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 100	1,103
100 to 200	8
200 to 300	1
300 to 400	0
400 to 500	1