Weather Records on 26 May 2017

483 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 26 May 2017. Highest significance: Flemington 5 NNW, US.

Key Facts for 26 May 2017

On 26 May 2017, 483 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
285 were record highs and 106 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 1 were all-time records, 25 monthly and 457 daily.
Flemington 5 NNW set a daily record precipitation of 56.1 mm (2.2 in) on 26 May 2017.
Across 161 earlier years (1814 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 431 records.

Record Map

483 stations

483 station records on 26 May 2017 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 26 May 2017: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Flemington 5 NNW	United States	Record daily precipitation	56.1 mm (2.2 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Gardiner	United States	Record daily precipitation	43.7 mm (1.7 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Hanover	United States	Record daily precipitation	30.5 mm (1.2 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Hambantota	Sri Lanka	Record low minimum temperature	21.3 C (70.3 F)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Vozega	Russia	Record daily precipitation	34.0 mm (1.3 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Brest-Guipavas	France	Record high minimum temperature	18.7 C (65.7 F)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Jackson 3 NW	United States	Record daily precipitation	31.5 mm (1.2 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Skegness	United Kingdom	Record high maximum temperature	26.1 C (79.0 F)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Sheffield	United Kingdom	Record high minimum temperature	14.2 C (57.6 F)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Varfu Omul	Romania	Record daily precipitation	54.0 mm (2.1 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Newton Rigg	United Kingdom	Record high minimum temperature	13.6 C (56.5 F)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Seward AP	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-0.5 C (31.1 F)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Albacete Los Llanos	Spain	Record high maximum temperature	31.8 C (89.2 F)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Karlshamn	Sweden	Record high maximum temperature	25.5 C (77.9 F)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Sheffield	United Kingdom	Record high maximum temperature	25.1 C (77.2 F)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Tombstone	United States	Record high minimum temperature	18.9 C (66.0 F)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Waynesville 1 E	United States	Record low maximum temperature	15.0 C (59.0 F)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Bowie	United States	Record high maximum temperature	37.2 C (99.0 F)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Kirensk	Russia	Record high minimum temperature	13.1 C (55.6 F)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Durham	United Kingdom	Record high maximum temperature	23.8 C (74.8 F)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Cleveland	United States	Record low minimum temperature	4.4 C (39.9 F)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Nagornyj	Russia	Record high maximum temperature	34.5 C (94.1 F)	39 of 100 (Notable)
N Creek 5 SE	United States	Record daily precipitation	32.0 mm (1.3 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Pte de la Hague	France	Record high maximum temperature	24.0 C (75.2 F)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Nantes-Bouguenais	France	Record high maximum temperature	32.8 C (91.0 F)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Ft Hall 1 NNE	United States	Record low maximum temperature	10.0 C (50.0 F)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Pte de la Hague	France	Record high minimum temperature	13.3 C (55.9 F)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Alpine	United States	Record high maximum temperature	38.3 C (100.9 F)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Clermont-Ferrand	France	Record high maximum temperature	31.5 C (88.7 F)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Borzja	Russia	Record high maximum temperature	34.3 C (93.7 F)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Ashburnham	United States	Record daily precipitation	54.6 mm (2.1 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Mersa Matruh	Egypt	Record low minimum temperature	11.0 C (51.8 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Birch Hill Dam	United States	Record daily precipitation	32.5 mm (1.3 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Longzhou	China	Record low minimum temperature	16.4 C (61.5 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Dublin Phoenix Park	Ireland	Record high maximum temperature	25.1 C (77.2 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Charlotteburg Rsvr	United States	Record daily precipitation	39.4 mm (1.6 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Vitim	Russia	Record high minimum temperature	12.7 C (54.9 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Olovjannaja	Russia	Record high maximum temperature	34.7 C (94.5 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Semjachik	Russia	Record low minimum temperature	-1.1 C (30.0 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Dushanbe	Tajikistan	Record high maximum temperature	36.2 C (97.2 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Rock Hill 3 SW	United States	Record daily precipitation	41.7 mm (1.6 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Ceduna Post Office	Australia	Record high maximum temperature	25.8 C (78.4 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Essendon Airport	Australia	Record high minimum temperature	12.0 C (53.6 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Pohnpei WSO	Federated States of Micronesia	Record high minimum temperature	28.2 C (82.8 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Edward Macdowell Lake	United States	Record daily precipitation	46.5 mm (1.8 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Northville	United States	Record daily precipitation	28.4 mm (1.1 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Berberati	Central African Republic	Record low maximum temperature	23.0 C (73.4 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Tunka	Russia	Record high minimum temperature	14.4 C (57.9 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Hua Hin	Thailand	Record daily precipitation	64.5 mm (2.5 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Massabesic Lake	United States	Record daily precipitation	35.6 mm (1.4 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Stephenville Clark Fld	United States	Record high maximum temperature	35.0 C (95.0 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Nakhon Ratchasima	Thailand	Record low maximum temperature	29.6 C (85.3 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Heber (Black Mesa) Rs	United States	Record high minimum temperature	11.7 C (53.1 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Lakeport 2	United States	Record daily precipitation	37.3 mm (1.5 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Canistear Rsvr	United States	Record daily precipitation	31.8 mm (1.3 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Rogersville 1 NE	United States	Record low maximum temperature	16.1 C (61.0 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Xichang	China	Record low minimum temperature	11.4 C (52.5 F)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Urjupino	Russia	Record high maximum temperature	34.2 C (93.6 F)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Groznyj	Russia	Record low minimum temperature	7.2 C (45.0 F)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Edirne	Turkey	Record daily precipitation	33.0 mm (1.3 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

483 records

Records set or tied on 26 May 2017 by type: Highest daily maximum 141, Lowest daily maximum 46, Highest daily minimum 144, Lowest daily minimum 60, Heaviest daily rainfall 92.

Records on 26 May 2017 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	141
Lowest daily maximum	46
Highest daily minimum	144
Lowest daily minimum	60
Heaviest daily rainfall	92
Heaviest daily snowfall	0
Deepest snow cover	0

Records on 26 May 2017 by timescale: all-time 1, monthly 25, daily 457.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

390 broken records

Margins by which the 390 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 35.8. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

26 May 2017

Top 20 records on 26 May 2017 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
26 May 2017	Flemington 5 NNW, US	daily rain	56.1 mm (2.2 in)	20.8 mm (0.8 in)	74 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
26 May 2017	Gardiner, US	daily rain	43.7 mm (1.7 in)	9.4 mm (0.37 in)	122 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
26 May 2017	Hanover, US	daily rain	30.5 mm (1.2 in)	8.4 mm (0.33 in)	129 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
26 May 2017	Hambantota, LK	daily low min	21.3 C (70.3 F)	0.9 C (1.6 F)	129 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
26 May 2017	Vozega, RU	daily rain	34.0 mm (1.3 in)	17.7 mm (0.7 in)	27 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
26 May 2017	Brest-Guipavas, FR	monthly high min	18.7 C (65.7 F)	2.5 C (4.5 F)	65 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
26 May 2017	Jackson 3 NW, US	daily rain	31.5 mm (1.2 in)	5.3 mm (0.21 in)	102 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
26 May 2017	Skegness, GB	daily high max	26.1 C (79.0 F)	1.1 C (2.0 F)	104 years	43 of 100 (Notable)
26 May 2017	Sheffield, GB	daily high min	14.2 C (57.6 F)	0.9 C (1.6 F)	100 years	43 of 100 (Notable)
26 May 2017	Varfu Omul, RO	daily rain	54.0 mm (2.1 in)	25.0 mm (1.0 in)	0 years	42 of 100 (Notable)
26 May 2017	Newton Rigg, GB	daily high min	13.6 C (56.5 F)	0.8 C (1.4 F)	100 years	42 of 100 (Notable)
26 May 2017	Seward AP, US	daily low min	-0.5 C (31.1 F)	0.5 C (0.9 F)	100 years	42 of 100 (Notable)
26 May 2017	Albacete Los Llanos, ES	daily high max	31.8 C (89.2 F)	0.7 C (1.3 F)	116 years	41 of 100 (Notable)
26 May 2017	Karlshamn, SE	daily high max	25.5 C (77.9 F)	0.5 C (0.9 F)	127 years	41 of 100 (Notable)
26 May 2017	Sheffield, GB	daily high max	25.1 C (77.2 F)	0.7 C (1.3 F)	100 years	41 of 100 (Notable)
26 May 2017	Tombstone, US	daily high min	18.9 C (66.0 F)	0.6 C (1.1 F)	115 years	41 of 100 (Notable)
26 May 2017	Waynesville 1 E, US	daily low max	15.0 C (59.0 F)	1.7 C (3.1 F)	92 years	41 of 100 (Notable)
26 May 2017	Bowie, US	daily high max	37.2 C (99.0 F)	0.5 C (0.9 F)	100 years	41 of 100 (Notable)
26 May 2017	Kirensk, RU	daily high min	13.1 C (55.6 F)	0.2 C (0.4 F)	108 years	40 of 100 (Notable)
26 May 2017	Durham, GB	daily high max	23.8 C (74.8 F)	0.1 C (0.2 F)	108 years	40 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 2017

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1814 to 2017. 2017 had 483 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 2017-05-26: 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 5	344
5 to 10	21
10 to 15	12
15 to 20	8
20 to 25	3
25 to 30	1
30 to 35	0
35 to 40	1