Weather Records on 19 May 2017

1,547 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 19 May 2017. Highest significance: Jena Sternwarte, DE.

Key Facts for 19 May 2017

On 19 May 2017, 1,547 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
680 were record highs and 389 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 2 were all-time records, 69 monthly and 1,476 daily.
Jena Sternwarte set a daily record precipitation of 53.9 mm (2.1 in) on 19 May 2017.
Across 161 earlier years (1798 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 454 records.

Record Map

1,547 stations

1,547 station records on 19 May 2017 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 19 May 2017: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Jena Sternwarte	Germany	Record daily precipitation	53.9 mm (2.1 in)	80 of 100 (Exceptional)
Croydon Township	Australia	Record daily precipitation	118.0 mm (4.6 in)	78 of 100 (Major)
Strathmore	Australia	Record daily precipitation	121.6 mm (4.8 in)	78 of 100 (Major)
Hillston (Cowl Cowl)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	47.0 mm (1.9 in)	76 of 100 (Major)
Hay (Mulberrygong)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	49.0 mm (1.9 in)	75 of 100 (Major)
Grambek	Germany	Record daily precipitation	46.3 mm (1.8 in)	73 of 100 (Major)
Georgetown	United States	Record snow depth	35.6 cm (14.0 in)	72 of 100 (Major)
Kalamia Estate	Australia	Record daily precipitation	103.4 mm (4.1 in)	70 of 100 (Major)
Wanganella (Zara)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	42.2 mm (1.7 in)	70 of 100 (Major)
Booroorban (Ramsay)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	43.4 mm (1.7 in)	69 of 100 (Major)
Yabulu Qld Nickel	Australia	Record daily precipitation	105.2 mm (4.1 in)	68 of 100 (Major)
Lethebrook	Australia	Record daily precipitation	108.0 mm (4.3 in)	68 of 100 (Major)
Pleystowe Sugar Mill	Australia	Record daily precipitation	85.0 mm (3.3 in)	68 of 100 (Major)
Home Hill Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	119.4 mm (4.7 in)	67 of 100 (Major)
Upper Stone Exelby	Australia	Record daily precipitation	91.8 mm (3.6 in)	66 of 100 (Major)
Chiang Mai	Thailand	Record daily precipitation	124.7 mm (4.9 in)	65 of 100 (Major)
Merriwagga (Devon Street)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	53.0 mm (2.1 in)	64 of 100 (Major)
Roscoe	United States	Record daily precipitation	98.3 mm (3.9 in)	64 of 100 (Major)
Robin Hood Station	Australia	Record daily precipitation	129.0 mm (5.1 in)	63 of 100 (Major)
Bambaroo	Australia	Record daily precipitation	88.4 mm (3.5 in)	62 of 100 (Major)
Gregory Springs Station	Australia	Record daily precipitation	54.2 mm (2.1 in)	61 of 100 (Major)
Lake Marmal	Australia	Record daily precipitation	39.0 mm (1.5 in)	61 of 100 (Major)
Bagstowe Station	Australia	Record daily precipitation	65.0 mm (2.6 in)	60 of 100 (Major)
Trafalgar Station	Australia	Record daily precipitation	56.0 mm (2.2 in)	60 of 100 (Major)
Canary Island	Australia	Record daily precipitation	34.0 mm (1.3 in)	60 of 100 (Major)
Mackay Aero	Australia	Record daily precipitation	71.4 mm (2.8 in)	59 of 100 (Notable)
Booligal (Belmont)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	44.2 mm (1.7 in)	59 of 100 (Notable)
St Arnaud (Coonooer Bridge)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	38.0 mm (1.5 in)	59 of 100 (Notable)
Gladfield Hopefield Estate	Australia	Record daily precipitation	38.2 mm (1.5 in)	58 of 100 (Notable)
Castle Rock	United States	Record daily precipitation	73.7 mm (2.9 in)	58 of 100 (Notable)
Lyndhurst Station	Australia	Record daily precipitation	102.0 mm (4.0 in)	57 of 100 (Notable)
Burdekin Shire Council	Australia	Record daily precipitation	98.0 mm (3.9 in)	57 of 100 (Notable)
Ayr Dpi Research STN	Australia	Record daily precipitation	107.8 mm (4.2 in)	57 of 100 (Notable)
Mount McConnell	Australia	Record daily precipitation	50.2 mm (2.0 in)	57 of 100 (Notable)
Boort (Gredgwin)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	35.2 mm (1.4 in)	57 of 100 (Notable)
Victoria Sugar Mill	Australia	Record daily precipitation	66.4 mm (2.6 in)	56 of 100 (Notable)
Mount Jukes	Australia	Record daily precipitation	127.0 mm (5.0 in)	56 of 100 (Notable)
Hay (Corrong)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	38.0 mm (1.5 in)	56 of 100 (Notable)
Boort	Australia	Record daily precipitation	34.8 mm (1.4 in)	56 of 100 (Notable)
Wolfsburg (Sudwest)	Germany	Record daily precipitation	38.7 mm (1.5 in)	56 of 100 (Notable)
Rossville	United States	Record daily precipitation	104.1 mm (4.1 in)	56 of 100 (Notable)
Cheyenne	United States	Record snow depth	20.0 cm (7.9 in)	56 of 100 (Notable)
Townsville Aero	Australia	Record daily precipitation	120.8 mm (4.8 in)	55 of 100 (Notable)
Mutarnee Store	Australia	Record daily precipitation	140.0 mm (5.5 in)	55 of 100 (Notable)
Maude Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	37.2 mm (1.5 in)	55 of 100 (Notable)
Wanganella General Store	Australia	Record daily precipitation	40.0 mm (1.6 in)	55 of 100 (Notable)
Uelzen	Germany	Record daily precipitation	28.4 mm (1.1 in)	55 of 100 (Notable)
Elphinstone Pocket No1	Australia	Record daily precipitation	63.4 mm (2.5 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Gross Rsvr	United States	Record daily snowfall	30.5 cm (12.0 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Green Hills	Australia	Record daily precipitation	119.4 mm (4.7 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Halifax Macrossan St	Australia	Record daily precipitation	69.0 mm (2.7 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Mackay M.O	Australia	Record daily precipitation	82.2 mm (3.2 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Lansdown Csiro	Australia	Record daily precipitation	141.2 mm (5.6 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Breckenridge	United States	Record snow depth	58.4 cm (23.0 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Gunnison 3SW	United States	Record daily snowfall	7.6 cm (3.0 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Freehold-Marlboro	United States	Record high minimum temperature	27.8 C (82.0 F)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Bemerside	Australia	Record daily precipitation	76.4 mm (3.0 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Hecate	Australia	Record daily precipitation	85.4 mm (3.4 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Watchem	Australia	Record daily precipitation	33.0 mm (1.3 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Korong Vale (Burnbank)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	34.6 mm (1.4 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)

Counts by Type and Timescale

1,547 records

Records set or tied on 19 May 2017 by type: Highest daily maximum 238, Lowest daily maximum 235, Highest daily minimum 442, Lowest daily minimum 154, Heaviest daily rainfall 370, Heaviest daily snowfall 55, Deepest snow cover 53.

Records on 19 May 2017 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	238
Lowest daily maximum	235
Highest daily minimum	442
Lowest daily minimum	154
Heaviest daily rainfall	370
Heaviest daily snowfall	55
Deepest snow cover	53

Records on 19 May 2017 by timescale: all-time 2, monthly 69, daily 1,476.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

1,280 broken records

Margins by which the 1,280 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

19 May 2017

Top 20 records on 19 May 2017 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
19 May 2017	Jena Sternwarte, DE	daily rain	53.9 mm (2.1 in)	31.1 mm (1.2 in)	173 years	80 of 100 (Exceptional)
19 May 2017	Croydon Township, AU	monthly rain	118.0 mm (4.6 in)	54.5 mm (2.1 in)	61 years	78 of 100 (Major)
19 May 2017	Strathmore, AU	daily rain	121.6 mm (4.8 in)	118.6 mm (4.7 in)	96 years	78 of 100 (Major)
19 May 2017	Hillston (Cowl Cowl), AU	daily rain	47.0 mm (1.9 in)	34.3 mm (1.4 in)	96 years	76 of 100 (Major)
19 May 2017	Hay (Mulberrygong), AU	daily rain	49.0 mm (1.9 in)	36.3 mm (1.4 in)	84 years	75 of 100 (Major)
19 May 2017	Grambek, DE	monthly rain	46.3 mm (1.8 in)	17.5 mm (0.7 in)	65 years	73 of 100 (Major)
19 May 2017	Georgetown, US	daily snow depth	35.6 cm (14.0 in)	25.4 cm (10.0 in)	102 years	72 of 100 (Major)
19 May 2017	Kalamia Estate, AU	daily rain	103.4 mm (4.1 in)	65.3 mm (2.6 in)	96 years	70 of 100 (Major)
19 May 2017	Wanganella (Zara), AU	daily rain	42.2 mm (1.7 in)	25.2 mm (1.0 in)	146 years	70 of 100 (Major)
19 May 2017	Booroorban (Ramsay), AU	daily rain	43.4 mm (1.7 in)	29.4 mm (1.2 in)	84 years	69 of 100 (Major)
19 May 2017	Yabulu Qld Nickel, AU	daily rain	105.2 mm (4.1 in)	79.3 mm (3.1 in)	66 years	68 of 100 (Major)
19 May 2017	Lethebrook, AU	daily rain	108.0 mm (4.3 in)	85.6 mm (3.4 in)	66 years	68 of 100 (Major)
19 May 2017	Pleystowe Sugar Mill, AU	daily rain	85.0 mm (3.3 in)	51.7 mm (2.0 in)	66 years	68 of 100 (Major)
19 May 2017	Home Hill Post Office, AU	daily rain	119.4 mm (4.7 in)	89.9 mm (3.5 in)	66 years	67 of 100 (Major)
19 May 2017	Upper Stone Exelby, AU	daily rain	91.8 mm (3.6 in)	73.5 mm (2.9 in)	66 years	66 of 100 (Major)
19 May 2017	Chiang Mai, TH	daily rain	124.7 mm (4.9 in)	79.1 mm (3.1 in)	60 years	65 of 100 (Major)
19 May 2017	Merriwagga (Devon Street), AU	daily rain	53.0 mm (2.1 in)	35.7 mm (1.4 in)	54 years	64 of 100 (Major)
19 May 2017	Roscoe, US	daily rain	98.3 mm (3.9 in)	60.2 mm (2.4 in)	56 years	64 of 100 (Major)
19 May 2017	Robin Hood Station, AU	monthly rain	129.0 mm (5.1 in)	80.0 mm (3.1 in)	26 years	63 of 100 (Major)
19 May 2017	Bambaroo, AU	daily rain	88.4 mm (3.5 in)	56.6 mm (2.2 in)	46 years	62 of 100 (Major)

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 2017

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1798 to 2017. 2017 had 1,547 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 100	1,247
100 to 200	21
200 to 300	8
300 to 400	3
400 to 500	1