Weather Records on 26 May 2013

905 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 26 May 2013. Highest significance: Grinnell 3 SW, US.

Key Facts for 26 May 2013

On 26 May 2013, 905 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
187 were record highs and 460 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 0 were all-time records, 31 monthly and 874 daily.
Grinnell 3 SW set a monthly record daily precipitation of 171.2 mm (6.7 in) on 26 May 2013.
Across 161 earlier years (1814 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 429 records.

Record Map

905 stations

905 station records on 26 May 2013 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 26 May 2013: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Grinnell 3 SW	United States	Record daily precipitation	171.2 mm (6.7 in)	88 of 100 (Exceptional)
Primghar	United States	Record daily precipitation	120.7 mm (4.8 in)	82 of 100 (Exceptional)
Sanborn	United States	Record daily precipitation	128.0 mm (5.0 in)	80 of 100 (Exceptional)
Sioux Ctr 2 SE	United States	Record daily precipitation	88.9 mm (3.5 in)	75 of 100 (Major)
Beeville 5 NE	United States	Record daily precipitation	127.0 mm (5.0 in)	75 of 100 (Major)
Brocken	Germany	Record daily precipitation	70.4 mm (2.8 in)	69 of 100 (Major)
Spencer 1 N	United States	Record daily precipitation	82.8 mm (3.3 in)	67 of 100 (Major)
Metten	Germany	Record daily precipitation	44.9 mm (1.8 in)	66 of 100 (Major)
Marion	United States	Record daily precipitation	68.1 mm (2.7 in)	66 of 100 (Major)
Marshalltown	United States	Record daily precipitation	84.1 mm (3.3 in)	65 of 100 (Major)
Miller	United States	Record daily precipitation	78.7 mm (3.1 in)	64 of 100 (Major)
Montezuma 1 W	United States	Record daily precipitation	100.6 mm (4.0 in)	62 of 100 (Major)
Boxian	China	Record daily precipitation	102.6 mm (4.0 in)	61 of 100 (Major)
Celle (Stadt)	Germany	Record daily precipitation	43.3 mm (1.7 in)	61 of 100 (Major)
Gilman	United States	Record daily precipitation	55.9 mm (2.2 in)	60 of 100 (Major)
Hawarden	United States	Record daily precipitation	64.8 mm (2.6 in)	60 of 100 (Major)
Rock Is L&D 15	United States	Record daily precipitation	92.5 mm (3.6 in)	58 of 100 (Notable)
Yanzhou	China	Record daily precipitation	80.8 mm (3.2 in)	56 of 100 (Notable)
Howard	United States	Record daily precipitation	50.0 mm (2.0 in)	56 of 100 (Notable)
Waltershausen	Germany	Record daily precipitation	38.8 mm (1.5 in)	55 of 100 (Notable)
Kislovodsk	Russia	Record daily precipitation	52.0 mm (2.0 in)	55 of 100 (Notable)
Bamberg	Germany	Record daily precipitation	32.9 mm (1.3 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Xuzhou	China	Record daily precipitation	101.3 mm (4.0 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Seesen	Germany	Record daily precipitation	53.1 mm (2.1 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Ellenburg Depot	United States	Record daily precipitation	52.8 mm (2.1 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Ebrach	Germany	Record daily precipitation	60.3 mm (2.4 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Wolfsburg (Sudwest)	Germany	Record daily precipitation	36.7 mm (1.4 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Braunlage	Germany	Record daily precipitation	45.2 mm (1.8 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Montrose	United States	Record daily precipitation	101.6 mm (4.0 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Port Blair	India	Record daily precipitation	202.9 mm (8.0 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Cherokee	United States	Record daily precipitation	66.3 mm (2.6 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Le Mars	United States	Record daily precipitation	60.5 mm (2.4 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Huitzuco (Dge)	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	81.8 mm (3.2 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Rock Rapids	United States	Record daily precipitation	59.4 mm (2.3 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Martinroda	Germany	Record daily precipitation	39.6 mm (1.6 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Sigourney	United States	Record daily precipitation	63.5 mm (2.5 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Coleman	Germany	Record daily precipitation	30.3 mm (1.2 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Highmore	United States	Record daily precipitation	49.5 mm (1.9 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Huron Rgnl AP	United States	Record daily precipitation	48.5 mm (1.9 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Memphis	United States	Record daily precipitation	58.4 mm (2.3 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Bad Lippspringe	Germany	Record daily precipitation	47.8 mm (1.9 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Teuschnitz	Germany	Record daily precipitation	35.2 mm (1.4 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Hvar	Croatia	Record low maximum temperature	17.2 C (63.0 F)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Edina	United States	Record daily precipitation	58.7 mm (2.3 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Hannover	Germany	Record daily precipitation	39.1 mm (1.5 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Neukirchen-Hauptschwenda	Germany	Record daily precipitation	53.4 mm (2.1 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Osijek	Croatia	Record low maximum temperature	13.3 C (55.9 F)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Lake Placid 2 S	United States	Record low maximum temperature	6.1 C (43.0 F)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Hohenpeissenberg	Germany	Record low maximum temperature	4.8 C (40.6 F)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Braunschweig	Germany	Record daily precipitation	34.8 mm (1.4 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Brighton	United States	Record daily precipitation	76.2 mm (3.0 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Newton	United States	Record daily precipitation	79.8 mm (3.1 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Parkersburg	United States	Record daily precipitation	70.6 mm (2.8 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Sheldon	United States	Record daily precipitation	83.3 mm (3.3 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Gollhofen	Germany	Record daily precipitation	31.5 mm (1.2 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Celle	Germany	Record daily precipitation	51.7 mm (2.0 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Perm	Russia	Record high minimum temperature	18.3 C (64.9 F)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Portsmouth-Sciotoville	United States	Record low minimum temperature	0.0 C (32.0 F)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Lindenberg	Germany	Record low maximum temperature	10.7 C (51.3 F)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Mohrendorf-Kleinseebach	Germany	Record daily precipitation	37.2 mm (1.5 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)

Counts by Type and Timescale

905 records

Records set or tied on 26 May 2013 by type: Highest daily maximum 66, Lowest daily maximum 259, Highest daily minimum 121, Lowest daily minimum 201, Heaviest daily rainfall 250, Heaviest daily snowfall 3, Deepest snow cover 5.

Records on 26 May 2013 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	66
Lowest daily maximum	259
Highest daily minimum	121
Lowest daily minimum	201
Heaviest daily rainfall	250
Heaviest daily snowfall	3
Deepest snow cover	5

Records on 26 May 2013 by timescale: all-time 0, monthly 31, daily 874.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

775 broken records

Margins by which the 775 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 1193.0. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

26 May 2013

Top 20 records on 26 May 2013 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
26 May 2013	Grinnell 3 SW, US	monthly rain	171.2 mm (6.7 in)	69.6 mm (2.7 in)	95 years	88 of 100 (Exceptional)
26 May 2013	Primghar, US	monthly rain	120.7 mm (4.8 in)	43.2 mm (1.7 in)	76 years	82 of 100 (Exceptional)
26 May 2013	Sanborn, US	monthly rain	128.0 mm (5.0 in)	49.3 mm (1.9 in)	69 years	80 of 100 (Exceptional)
26 May 2013	Sioux Ctr 2 SE, US	daily rain	88.9 mm (3.5 in)	41.9 mm (1.6 in)	107 years	75 of 100 (Major)
26 May 2013	Beeville 5 NE, US	daily rain	127.0 mm (5.0 in)	90.7 mm (3.6 in)	84 years	75 of 100 (Major)
26 May 2013	Brocken, DE	daily rain	70.4 mm (2.8 in)	35.7 mm (1.4 in)	64 years	69 of 100 (Major)
26 May 2013	Spencer 1 N, US	daily rain	82.8 mm (3.3 in)	54.9 mm (2.2 in)	58 years	67 of 100 (Major)
26 May 2013	Metten, DE	daily rain	44.9 mm (1.8 in)	22.1 mm (0.9 in)	78 years	66 of 100 (Major)
26 May 2013	Marion, US	daily rain	68.1 mm (2.7 in)	36.6 mm (1.4 in)	92 years	66 of 100 (Major)
26 May 2013	Marshalltown, US	daily rain	84.1 mm (3.3 in)	53.1 mm (2.1 in)	52 years	65 of 100 (Major)
26 May 2013	Miller, US	daily rain	78.7 mm (3.1 in)	40.3 mm (1.6 in)	58 years	64 of 100 (Major)
26 May 2013	Montezuma 1 W, US	monthly rain	100.6 mm (4.0 in)	27.7 mm (1.1 in)	62 years	62 of 100 (Major)
26 May 2013	Boxian, CN	daily rain	102.6 mm (4.0 in)	94.2 mm (3.7 in)	50 years	61 of 100 (Major)
26 May 2013	Celle (Stadt), DE	daily rain	43.3 mm (1.7 in)	27.6 mm (1.1 in)	47 years	61 of 100 (Major)
26 May 2013	Gilman, US	daily rain	55.9 mm (2.2 in)	26.2 mm (1.0 in)	110 years	60 of 100 (Major)
26 May 2013	Hawarden, US	daily rain	64.8 mm (2.6 in)	31.3 mm (1.2 in)	80 years	60 of 100 (Major)
26 May 2013	Rock Is L&D 15, US	monthly rain	92.5 mm (3.6 in)	11.2 mm (0.4 in)	137 years	58 of 100 (Notable)
26 May 2013	Yanzhou, CN	daily rain	80.8 mm (3.2 in)	41.9 mm (1.6 in)	54 years	56 of 100 (Notable)
26 May 2013	Howard, US	daily rain	50.0 mm (2.0 in)	18.5 mm (0.7 in)	96 years	56 of 100 (Notable)
26 May 2013	Waltershausen, DE	daily rain	38.8 mm (1.5 in)	19.3 mm (0.8 in)	52 years	55 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 2013

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1814 to 2013. 2013 had 905 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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Data for records on 2013-05-26: CSV or JSON. Field meanings are on the data page.

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 200	773
200 to 400	1
400 to 600	0
600 to 800	0
800 to 1000	0
1000 to 1200	1