Weather Records on 12 May 2019

784 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 12 May 2019. Highest significance: Hvar, HR.

Key Facts for 12 May 2019

On 12 May 2019, 784 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
264 were record highs and 305 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 3 were all-time records, 15 monthly and 766 daily.
Hvar set a daily record precipitation of 70.2 mm (2.8 in) on 12 May 2019.
Across 164 earlier years (1814 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 451 records.

Record Map

784 stations

784 station records on 12 May 2019 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 12 May 2019: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Hvar	Croatia	Record daily precipitation	70.2 mm (2.8 in)	80 of 100 (Exceptional)
Boden	Sweden	Record daily precipitation	56.5 mm (2.2 in)	67 of 100 (Major)
Puottaure	Sweden	Record daily precipitation	36.1 mm (1.4 in)	62 of 100 (Major)
Pitea	Sweden	Record daily precipitation	44.2 mm (1.7 in)	60 of 100 (Major)
Louisville 1 E	United States	Record daily precipitation	74.7 mm (2.9 in)	60 of 100 (Major)
Shelby 2 NW	United States	Record daily precipitation	78.7 mm (3.1 in)	60 of 100 (Major)
Lulea-Bergnaset	Sweden	Record daily precipitation	28.3 mm (1.1 in)	56 of 100 (Notable)
Rodkallen_A	Sweden	Record daily precipitation	35.3 mm (1.4 in)	55 of 100 (Notable)
Lastovo	Croatia	Record daily precipitation	42.7 mm (1.7 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Enkoping	Sweden	Record daily precipitation	26.1 mm (1.0 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
State UNIV	United States	Record daily precipitation	71.6 mm (2.8 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Catawba	United States	Record daily precipitation	46.2 mm (1.8 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Chester 1 SE	United States	Record daily precipitation	59.2 mm (2.3 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Arhangelsk	Russia	Record high minimum temperature	18.2 C (64.8 F)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Murjek	Sweden	Record daily precipitation	38.6 mm (1.5 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Ogulin	Croatia	Record daily precipitation	93.7 mm (3.7 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Danevang 1 W	United States	Record low maximum temperature	20.6 C (69.1 F)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Pennington Gap	United States	Record daily precipitation	62.5 mm (2.5 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Brannberg_D	Sweden	Record daily precipitation	29.5 mm (1.2 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Warrenton 1 N	United States	Record low maximum temperature	10.0 C (50.0 F)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Steigen	Norway	Record daily precipitation	37.4 mm (1.5 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Kanin Nos	Russia	Record high maximum temperature	11.3 C (52.3 F)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Glommerstrask	Sweden	Record daily precipitation	26.5 mm (1.0 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Talljarv_D	Sweden	Record daily precipitation	31.1 mm (1.2 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Calico Rock 2 WSW	United States	Record low maximum temperature	13.3 C (55.9 F)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Bjorkasen	Norway	Record daily precipitation	32.7 mm (1.3 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Koler	Sweden	Record daily precipitation	28.9 mm (1.1 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Hardy	United States	Record low maximum temperature	13.3 C (55.9 F)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Newport	United States	Record low maximum temperature	15.6 C (60.1 F)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Casey	United States	Record low maximum temperature	12.8 C (55.0 F)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Conway	United States	Record low maximum temperature	16.1 C (61.0 F)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Mammoth Spring	United States	Record low maximum temperature	13.3 C (55.9 F)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Waynesville 1 E	United States	Record daily precipitation	45.2 mm (1.8 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Neshaminy Falls	United States	Record daily precipitation	36.3 mm (1.4 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Newcomb	United States	Record daily precipitation	102.6 mm (4.0 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Cuero	United States	Record low maximum temperature	18.9 C (66.0 F)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Zavizan	Croatia	Record daily precipitation	92.5 mm (3.6 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Reform	United States	Record daily precipitation	66.0 mm (2.6 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
White Hall 1 E	United States	Record low maximum temperature	10.6 C (51.1 F)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Kargopol	Russia	Record high minimum temperature	13.8 C (56.8 F)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Poretskoye	Russia	Record high minimum temperature	17.4 C (63.3 F)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Russellville #2	United States	Record daily precipitation	94.0 mm (3.7 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Rockville	United States	Record low maximum temperature	8.3 C (46.9 F)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Santa Rosa	United States	Record high minimum temperature	13.3 C (55.9 F)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Archbold Bio STN	United States	Record daily precipitation	65.5 mm (2.6 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Jacksonville 2E	United States	Record low maximum temperature	10.6 C (51.1 F)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Berne Wwtp	United States	Record low maximum temperature	7.8 C (46.0 F)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Virginia City	United States	Record high minimum temperature	14.4 C (57.9 F)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Marion	United States	Record high minimum temperature	18.9 C (66.0 F)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Fremont	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-1.7 C (28.9 F)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Bay City Wtr Wks	United States	Record low maximum temperature	20.6 C (69.1 F)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Stehekin 4 NW	United States	Record high minimum temperature	13.9 C (57.0 F)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Kazan	Russia	Record high maximum temperature	32.2 C (90.0 F)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Eureka 1E	United States	Record low maximum temperature	13.9 C (57.0 F)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Spavinaw	United States	Record low maximum temperature	15.0 C (59.0 F)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Brohovo	Russia	Record high minimum temperature	3.5 C (38.3 F)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Talbotton	United States	Record daily precipitation	40.6 mm (1.6 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Minonk	United States	Record low maximum temperature	10.6 C (51.1 F)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Rio Grande City	United States	Record low maximum temperature	23.9 C (75.0 F)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Varazdin	Croatia	Record daily precipitation	26.0 mm (1.0 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)

Counts by Type and Timescale

784 records

Records set or tied on 12 May 2019 by type: Highest daily maximum 111, Lowest daily maximum 257, Highest daily minimum 153, Lowest daily minimum 48, Heaviest daily rainfall 212, Deepest snow cover 3.

Records on 12 May 2019 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	111
Lowest daily maximum	257
Highest daily minimum	153
Lowest daily minimum	48
Heaviest daily rainfall	212
Heaviest daily snowfall	0
Deepest snow cover	3

Records on 12 May 2019 by timescale: all-time 3, monthly 15, daily 766.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

690 broken records

Margins by which the 690 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 140.0. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

12 May 2019

Top 20 records on 12 May 2019 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
12 May 2019	Hvar, HR	daily rain	70.2 mm (2.8 in)	40.6 mm (1.6 in)	116 years	80 of 100 (Exceptional)
12 May 2019	Boden, SE	all-time rain	56.5 mm (2.2 in)	11.0 mm (0.4 in)	48 years	67 of 100 (Major)
12 May 2019	Puottaure, SE	daily rain	36.1 mm (1.4 in)	22.5 mm (0.9 in)	41 years	62 of 100 (Major)
12 May 2019	Pitea, SE	monthly rain	44.2 mm (1.7 in)	7.7 mm (0.30 in)	80 years	60 of 100 (Major)
12 May 2019	Louisville 1 E, US	daily rain	74.7 mm (2.9 in)	53.1 mm (2.1 in)	44 years	60 of 100 (Major)
12 May 2019	Shelby 2 NW, US	daily rain	78.7 mm (3.1 in)	44.4 mm (1.7 in)	50 years	60 of 100 (Major)
12 May 2019	Lulea-Bergnaset, SE	daily rain	28.3 mm (1.1 in)	14.9 mm (0.6 in)	41 years	56 of 100 (Notable)
12 May 2019	Rodkallen_A, SE	monthly rain	35.3 mm (1.4 in)	10.0 mm (0.4 in)	46 years	55 of 100 (Notable)
12 May 2019	Lastovo, HR	daily rain	42.7 mm (1.7 in)	32.0 mm (1.3 in)	25 years	54 of 100 (Notable)
12 May 2019	Enkoping, SE	daily rain	26.1 mm (1.0 in)	15.3 mm (0.6 in)	41 years	54 of 100 (Notable)
12 May 2019	State UNIV, US	daily rain	71.6 mm (2.8 in)	21.6 mm (0.9 in)	100 years	54 of 100 (Notable)
12 May 2019	Catawba, US	daily rain	46.2 mm (1.8 in)	20.3 mm (0.8 in)	94 years	54 of 100 (Notable)
12 May 2019	Chester 1 SE, US	daily rain	59.2 mm (2.3 in)	42.2 mm (1.7 in)	50 years	54 of 100 (Notable)
12 May 2019	Arhangelsk, RU	monthly high min	18.2 C (64.8 F)	1.0 C (1.8 F)	135 years	52 of 100 (Notable)
12 May 2019	Murjek, SE	monthly rain	38.6 mm (1.5 in)	12.6 mm (0.5 in)	19 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
12 May 2019	Ogulin, HR	daily rain	93.7 mm (3.7 in)	45.2 mm (1.8 in)	24 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
12 May 2019	Danevang 1 W, US	daily low max	20.6 C (69.1 F)	2.7 C (4.9 F)	101 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
12 May 2019	Pennington Gap, US	daily rain	62.5 mm (2.5 in)	29.2 mm (1.1 in)	44 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
12 May 2019	Brannberg_D, SE	daily rain	29.5 mm (1.2 in)	27.0 mm (1.1 in)	4 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
12 May 2019	Warrenton 1 N, US	daily low max	10.0 C (50.0 F)	4.4 C (7.9 F)	100 years	48 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 2019

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1814 to 2019. 2019 had 784 records.

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

Records on 05-12 in each year
Year	Records
1814	2
1823	1
1825	1
1827	1
1834	1
1837	1
1838	1
1845	1
1847	1
1848	1
1849	2
1851	1
1855	2
1860	2
1862	2
1863	1
1867	1
1868	1
1872	2
1874	1
1877	1
1878	1
1879	1
1881	4
1882	5
1884	3
1885	2
1886	3
1887	1
1888	1
1889	1
1890	1
1891	4
1894	1
1895	1
1896	1
1897	7
1898	3
1900	3
1901	6
1902	5
1903	7
1904	11
1905	10
1906	20
1907	53
1908	12
1909	4
1910	9
1911	37
1912	46
1913	6
1914	36
1915	50
1916	42
1917	54
1918	113
1919	42
1920	19
1921	64
1922	43
1923	109
1924	245
1925	275
1926	121
1927	167
1928	192
1929	172
1930	500
1931	350
1932	199
1933	476
1934	293
1935	404
1936	329
1937	214
1938	394
1939	233
1940	440
1941	568
1942	418
1943	803
1944	368
1945	389
1946	653
1947	286
1948	390
1949	414
1950	283
1951	427
1952	711
1953	891
1954	305
1955	265
1956	1,568
1957	454
1958	714
1959	740
1960	1,583
1961	381
1962	713
1963	777
1964	401
1965	196
1966	909
1967	810
1968	890
1969	506
1970	698
1971	668
1972	641
1973	393
1974	702
1975	418
1976	541
1977	855
1978	802
1979	763
1980	684
1981	855
1982	763
1983	1,281
1984	887
1985	1,199
1986	473
1987	1,295
1988	619
1989	856
1990	617
1991	1,177
1992	1,022
1993	1,208
1994	738
1995	1,190
1996	1,420
1997	921
1998	1,576
1999	881
2000	1,486
2001	1,015
2002	1,027
2003	861
2004	1,054
2005	1,369
2006	797
2007	630
2008	858
2009	687
2010	1,250
2011	1,119
2012	660
2013	689
2014	949
2015	958
2016	421
2017	529
2018	819
2019	784
2020	1,338
2021	712
2022	1,930
2023	429
2024	447
2025	940
2026	1,110

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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 2026-10-17 (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 20	660
20 to 40	19
40 to 60	10
60 to 80	0
80 to 100	0
100 to 120	0
120 to 140	1