Weather Records on 15 May 2019

627 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 15 May 2019. Highest significance: Cloverdale, US.

Key Facts for 15 May 2019

On 15 May 2019, 627 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
224 were record highs and 334 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 0 were all-time records, 6 monthly and 621 daily.
Cloverdale set a daily record precipitation of 55.1 mm (2.2 in) on 15 May 2019.
Across 162 earlier years (1820 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 429 records.

Record Map

627 stations

627 station records on 15 May 2019 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 15 May 2019: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Cloverdale	United States	Record daily precipitation	55.1 mm (2.2 in)	62 of 100 (Major)
Healdsburg	United States	Record daily precipitation	57.9 mm (2.3 in)	57 of 100 (Notable)
Hazelmere	Australia	Record daily precipitation	52.0 mm (2.0 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Rison	United States	Record daily precipitation	50.8 mm (2.0 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Mt Shasta	United States	Record daily precipitation	54.4 mm (2.1 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Sacramento AP ASOS	United States	Record daily precipitation	30.5 mm (1.2 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Monterrey (City)	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	70.4 mm (2.8 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Elizabeth City	United States	Record low minimum temperature	0.6 C (33.1 F)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Mount Olive	Australia	Record daily precipitation	47.6 mm (1.9 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Harry L Englebright Dam	United States	Record daily precipitation	37.6 mm (1.5 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Ljubljana Bezigrad	Slovenia	Record low maximum temperature	8.1 C (46.6 F)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Strawberry Valley 2	United States	Record daily precipitation	71.1 mm (2.8 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Shiptons Flat	Australia	Record daily precipitation	53.4 mm (2.1 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Hurbanovo	Slovakia	Record low maximum temperature	11.2 C (52.2 F)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Downieville	United States	Record daily precipitation	41.4 mm (1.6 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Gardiner	United States	Record low maximum temperature	6.7 C (44.1 F)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Graton	United States	Record daily precipitation	46.2 mm (1.8 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Wallace	United States	Record high minimum temperature	15.6 C (60.1 F)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Gardiner	United States	Record high minimum temperature	19.4 C (66.9 F)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Missoula 6 NW WFO	United States	Record high minimum temperature	12.8 C (55.0 F)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Lake Placid 2 S	United States	Record low maximum temperature	2.8 C (37.0 F)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Marnitz	Germany	Record low minimum temperature	-0.2 C (31.6 F)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Zagreb-Gric	Croatia	Record low maximum temperature	8.5 C (47.3 F)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Semej	Kazakhstan	Record low maximum temperature	8.9 C (48.0 F)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Northam	Australia	Record high maximum temperature	30.0 C (86.0 F)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Narrogin	Australia	Record high maximum temperature	26.6 C (79.9 F)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Zmeinogorsk	Russia	Record low maximum temperature	5.7 C (42.3 F)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Lake Yellowstone	United States	Record high minimum temperature	1.7 C (35.1 F)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Szombathely	Hungary	Record low maximum temperature	9.3 C (48.7 F)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Greenville Muni AP	United States	Record low maximum temperature	5.0 C (41.0 F)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Paveletz	Russia	Record daily precipitation	30.7 mm (1.2 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Ohotsk	Russia	Record high minimum temperature	3.8 C (38.8 F)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Hightstown 2 W	United States	Record low maximum temperature	10.6 C (51.1 F)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Ithaca Cornell UNIV	United States	Record low maximum temperature	7.2 C (45.0 F)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Mount Barker	Australia	Record high maximum temperature	25.8 C (78.4 F)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Kyzyl-Ozek	Russia	Record low maximum temperature	7.5 C (45.5 F)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Driggs	United States	Record high minimum temperature	9.4 C (48.9 F)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Romanovka	Russia	Record daily precipitation	33.0 mm (1.3 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Zerdevka	Russia	Record daily precipitation	39.9 mm (1.6 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Amherst	United States	Record low maximum temperature	8.9 C (48.0 F)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Wisdom	United States	Record high minimum temperature	5.6 C (42.1 F)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Canoe Brook	United States	Record low maximum temperature	11.7 C (53.1 F)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Bastia	France	Record low minimum temperature	6.4 C (43.5 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Schmucke	Germany	Record low minimum temperature	-2.9 C (26.8 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Tangier City	Morocco	Record high maximum temperature	32.0 C (89.6 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Visby_Flygplats	Sweden	Record low minimum temperature	-2.4 C (27.7 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Nye #2	United States	Record high minimum temperature	12.8 C (55.0 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Surry Mtn Lake	United States	Record low maximum temperature	7.2 C (45.0 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Alcove Dam	United States	Record low maximum temperature	7.2 C (45.0 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Norwich	United States	Record low maximum temperature	7.8 C (46.0 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Putneyville 2 SE Dam	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-6.7 C (19.9 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Carriel Sur Intl	Chile	Record high maximum temperature	22.0 C (71.6 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Nakhon Sawan	Thailand	Record daily precipitation	65.3 mm (2.6 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Graton	United States	Record low maximum temperature	15.0 C (59.0 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Mt Hebron Rs	United States	Record high minimum temperature	8.9 C (48.0 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Allegany Sp	United States	Record low maximum temperature	7.8 C (46.0 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Bayard	United States	Record low maximum temperature	7.8 C (46.0 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Bogotol	Russia	Record low minimum temperature	-6.1 C (21.0 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Madrid - Retiro	Spain	Record high maximum temperature	33.5 C (92.3 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
W Pt	United States	Record low maximum temperature	7.8 C (46.0 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

627 records

Records set or tied on 15 May 2019 by type: Highest daily maximum 83, Lowest daily maximum 207, Highest daily minimum 141, Lowest daily minimum 127, Heaviest daily rainfall 67, Deepest snow cover 2.

Records on 15 May 2019 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	83
Lowest daily maximum	207
Highest daily minimum	141
Lowest daily minimum	127
Heaviest daily rainfall	67
Heaviest daily snowfall	0
Deepest snow cover	2

Records on 15 May 2019 by timescale: all-time 0, monthly 6, daily 621.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

519 broken records

Margins by which the 519 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 450.0. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

15 May 2019

Top 20 records on 15 May 2019 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
15 May 2019	Cloverdale, US	daily rain	55.1 mm (2.2 in)	35.3 mm (1.4 in)	61 years	62 of 100 (Major)
15 May 2019	Healdsburg, US	daily rain	57.9 mm (2.3 in)	21.3 mm (0.8 in)	120 years	57 of 100 (Notable)
15 May 2019	Hazelmere, AU	daily rain	52.0 mm (2.0 in)	34.2 mm (1.3 in)	33 years	54 of 100 (Notable)
15 May 2019	Rison, US	daily rain	50.8 mm (2.0 in)	26.7 mm (1.1 in)	98 years	53 of 100 (Notable)
15 May 2019	Mt Shasta, US	daily rain	54.4 mm (2.1 in)	34.6 mm (1.4 in)	0 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
15 May 2019	Sacramento AP ASOS, US	daily rain	30.5 mm (1.2 in)	22.9 mm (0.9 in)	18 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
15 May 2019	Monterrey (City), MX	daily rain	70.4 mm (2.8 in)	50.6 mm (2.0 in)	12 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
15 May 2019	Elizabeth City, US	daily low min	0.6 C (33.1 F)	3.3 C (5.9 F)	98 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
15 May 2019	Mount Olive, AU	daily rain	47.6 mm (1.9 in)	29.0 mm (1.1 in)	33 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
15 May 2019	Harry L Englebright Dam, US	daily rain	37.6 mm (1.5 in)	28.2 mm (1.1 in)	18 years	44 of 100 (Notable)
15 May 2019	Ljubljana Bezigrad, SI	daily low max	8.1 C (46.6 F)	1.7 C (3.1 F)	116 years	43 of 100 (Notable)
15 May 2019	Strawberry Valley 2, US	daily rain	71.1 mm (2.8 in)	52.3 mm (2.1 in)	18 years	43 of 100 (Notable)
15 May 2019	Shiptons Flat, AU	daily rain	53.4 mm (2.1 in)	37.8 mm (1.5 in)	33 years	42 of 100 (Notable)
15 May 2019	Hurbanovo, SK	daily low max	11.2 C (52.2 F)	1.3 C (2.3 F)	100 years	42 of 100 (Notable)
15 May 2019	Downieville, US	daily rain	41.4 mm (1.6 in)	13.5 mm (0.5 in)	74 years	42 of 100 (Notable)
15 May 2019	Gardiner, US	daily low max	6.7 C (44.1 F)	1.1 C (2.0 F)	130 years	42 of 100 (Notable)
15 May 2019	Graton, US	daily rain	46.2 mm (1.8 in)	26.1 mm (1.0 in)	18 years	41 of 100 (Notable)
15 May 2019	Wallace, US	monthly high min	15.6 C (60.1 F)	1.2 C (2.2 F)	71 years	41 of 100 (Notable)
15 May 2019	Gardiner, US	daily high min	19.4 C (66.9 F)	9.4 C (16.9 F)	34 years	41 of 100 (Notable)
15 May 2019	Missoula 6 NW WFO, US	daily high min	12.8 C (55.0 F)	0.6 C (1.1 F)	112 years	41 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

1820 to 2019

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1820 to 2019. 2019 had 627 records.

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

Records on 05-15 in each year
Year	Records
1820	1
1825	1
1831	1
1832	1
1837	2
1845	1
1847	2
1848	1
1855	2
1857	2
1859	1
1862	1
1863	1
1865	1
1866	2
1867	1
1868	2
1870	1
1871	3
1874	2
1876	4
1878	1
1879	2
1881	1
1883	1
1885	1
1886	2
1888	3
1891	3
1893	5
1894	2
1895	4
1896	2
1897	4
1898	3
1899	9
1900	9
1901	2
1902	9
1903	4
1904	13
1905	16
1906	10
1907	27
1908	25
1909	89
1910	27
1911	27
1912	26
1913	60
1914	16
1915	236
1916	27
1917	80
1918	133
1919	25
1920	58
1921	92
1922	30
1923	125
1924	174
1925	100
1926	161
1927	191
1928	144
1929	161
1930	136
1931	459
1932	368
1933	439
1934	227
1935	288
1936	372
1937	373
1938	393
1939	351
1940	179
1941	454
1942	701
1943	568
1944	630
1945	588
1946	238
1947	334
1948	264
1949	363
1950	260
1951	736
1952	476
1953	426
1954	355
1955	538
1956	466
1957	521
1958	605
1959	764
1960	291
1961	508
1962	1,128
1963	782
1964	347
1965	320
1966	389
1967	609
1968	1,019
1969	790
1970	512
1971	351
1972	484
1973	818
1974	1,230
1975	372
1976	803
1977	1,186
1978	922
1979	404
1980	625
1981	586
1982	500
1983	1,215
1984	1,059
1985	649
1986	679
1987	1,073
1988	643
1989	552
1990	776
1991	1,179
1992	944
1993	784
1994	910
1995	1,750
1996	1,452
1997	1,175
1998	1,641
1999	810
2000	850
2001	1,280
2002	801
2003	1,023
2004	1,046
2005	767
2006	955
2007	949
2008	995
2009	675
2010	1,088
2011	1,298
2012	751
2013	1,081
2014	1,411
2015	717
2016	890
2017	435
2018	1,074
2019	627
2020	472
2021	412
2022	847
2023	566
2024	596
2025	801
2026	481

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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 100	518
100 to 200	0
200 to 300	0
300 to 400	0
400 to 500	1