Weather Records on 19 May 2019

1,239 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 19 May 2019. Highest significance: Rusk, US.

Key Facts for 19 May 2019

On 19 May 2019, 1,239 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
290 were record highs and 484 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 3 were all-time records, 22 monthly and 1,214 daily.
Rusk set a monthly record daily precipitation of 180.3 mm (7.1 in) on 19 May 2019.
Across 161 earlier years (1798 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 456 records.

Record Map

1,239 stations

1,239 station records on 19 May 2019 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 19 May 2019: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Rusk	United States	Record daily precipitation	180.3 mm (7.1 in)	76 of 100 (Major)
Grand Meadow	United States	Record daily precipitation	82.6 mm (3.3 in)	72 of 100 (Major)
Mount Hope (Fairview)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	47.4 mm (1.9 in)	70 of 100 (Major)
Davis 2 WSW Exp Farm	United States	Record daily precipitation	33.8 mm (1.3 in)	68 of 100 (Major)
Sheringa (Lake Hamilton)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	33.0 mm (1.3 in)	63 of 100 (Major)
Rems-Murr-Kreis Winterbach	Germany	Record daily precipitation	36.5 mm (1.4 in)	60 of 100 (Major)
Gemert	Netherlands	Record daily precipitation	71.5 mm (2.8 in)	59 of 100 (Notable)
Fairfield	United States	Record daily precipitation	33.0 mm (1.3 in)	59 of 100 (Notable)
Stein (L)	Netherlands	Record daily precipitation	42.3 mm (1.7 in)	57 of 100 (Notable)
Beaver Is	United States	Record daily precipitation	56.4 mm (2.2 in)	56 of 100 (Notable)
Bowie	United States	Record daily precipitation	63.5 mm (2.5 in)	56 of 100 (Notable)
Minocqua	United States	Record daily precipitation	57.4 mm (2.3 in)	56 of 100 (Notable)
Coulta	Australia	Record daily precipitation	45.8 mm (1.8 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Bolu	Turkey	Record daily precipitation	61.5 mm (2.4 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Winters	United States	Record daily precipitation	35.6 mm (1.4 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
San Augustine	United States	Record daily precipitation	88.9 mm (3.5 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Brohovo	Russia	Record daily precipitation	27.9 mm (1.1 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Brule Rs	United States	Record daily snowfall	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Streaky Bay	Australia	Record daily precipitation	27.2 mm (1.1 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Kanopolis Lake	United States	Record daily precipitation	75.7 mm (3.0 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Derr.	United States	Record daily precipitation	35.6 mm (1.4 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Ekalaka	United States	Record daily snowfall	5.6 cm (2.2 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Bowman	United States	Record daily snowfall	8.1 cm (3.2 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Jasper	United States	Record daily precipitation	114.3 mm (4.5 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Willow Rsvr	United States	Record daily precipitation	50.0 mm (2.0 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Tanegashima	Japan	Record daily precipitation	137.9 mm (5.4 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Zonguldak	Turkey	Record daily precipitation	36.1 mm (1.4 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Orland	United States	Record low maximum temperature	12.8 C (55.0 F)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Decorah	United States	Record daily precipitation	82.6 mm (3.3 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Postville	United States	Record daily precipitation	50.8 mm (2.0 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Knobs 4 SW	United States	Record daily snowfall	11.4 cm (4.5 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Belle Fourche	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-5.6 C (21.9 F)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Ashland Exp Farm	United States	Record daily precipitation	41.7 mm (1.6 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Centerville	United States	Record daily precipitation	53.3 mm (2.1 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Black Rvr Falls Sewage	United States	Record daily precipitation	38.1 mm (1.5 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Sault Ste Marie Sanderson Fld	United States	Record daily precipitation	32.5 mm (1.3 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Yallunda Flat (Meetigilly)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	29.2 mm (1.1 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Adelaide West Terrace	Australia	Record high minimum temperature	18.6 C (65.5 F)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Albia 3 NNE	United States	Record daily precipitation	55.1 mm (2.2 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Big Timber	United States	Record low maximum temperature	3.3 C (37.9 F)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Nakhon Si Thammarat	Thailand	Record daily precipitation	67.8 mm (2.7 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Elgin 2SSW	United States	Record daily precipitation	40.9 mm (1.6 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Harding 3 SE	United States	Record daily snowfall	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Breckenridge	United States	Record daily precipitation	60.2 mm (2.4 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Rochelle 7ENE	United States	Record low maximum temperature	2.8 C (37.0 F)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Tbilisi	Georgia	Record high maximum temperature	32.5 C (90.5 F)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Chiang Rai	Thailand	Record high maximum temperature	41.8 C (107.2 F)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Ben Lomond #4	United States	Record daily precipitation	57.9 mm (2.3 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Orland	United States	Record daily precipitation	44.7 mm (1.8 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Arco	United States	Record low maximum temperature	7.8 C (46.0 F)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Mt Pleasant 1 SW	United States	Record daily precipitation	40.6 mm (1.6 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Billings Wtp	United States	Record low maximum temperature	4.4 C (39.9 F)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Rapelje	United States	Record low maximum temperature	5.0 C (41.0 F)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Rice Lake	United States	Record daily precipitation	45.7 mm (1.8 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Sturgeon Bay Exp Farm	United States	Record low maximum temperature	6.1 C (43.0 F)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Sundance	United States	Record low maximum temperature	1.7 C (35.1 F)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Bond Springs Homestead	Australia	Record daily precipitation	35.0 mm (1.4 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Willows 6 W	United States	Record daily precipitation	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Wakefield 4 W	United States	Record daily precipitation	50.8 mm (2.0 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Bozeman Montana State UNIV	United States	Record low maximum temperature	3.9 C (39.0 F)	43 of 100 (Notable)

Counts by Type and Timescale

1,239 records

Records set or tied on 19 May 2019 by type: Highest daily maximum 104, Lowest daily maximum 384, Highest daily minimum 186, Lowest daily minimum 100, Heaviest daily rainfall 427, Heaviest daily snowfall 24, Deepest snow cover 14.

Records on 19 May 2019 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	104
Lowest daily maximum	384
Highest daily minimum	186
Lowest daily minimum	100
Heaviest daily rainfall	427
Heaviest daily snowfall	24
Deepest snow cover	14

Records on 19 May 2019 by timescale: all-time 3, monthly 22, daily 1,214.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

1,063 broken records

Margins by which the 1,063 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 150.0. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

19 May 2019

Top 20 records on 19 May 2019 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
19 May 2019	Rusk, US	monthly rain	180.3 mm (7.1 in)	77.4 mm (3.0 in)	63 years	76 of 100 (Major)
19 May 2019	Grand Meadow, US	daily rain	82.6 mm (3.3 in)	49.6 mm (2.0 in)	74 years	72 of 100 (Major)
19 May 2019	Mount Hope (Fairview), AU	daily rain	47.4 mm (1.9 in)	39.0 mm (1.5 in)	66 years	70 of 100 (Major)
19 May 2019	Davis 2 WSW Exp Farm, US	daily rain	33.8 mm (1.3 in)	23.6 mm (0.9 in)	61 years	68 of 100 (Major)
19 May 2019	Sheringa (Lake Hamilton), AU	daily rain	33.0 mm (1.3 in)	12.7 mm (0.5 in)	122 years	63 of 100 (Major)
19 May 2019	Rems-Murr-Kreis Winterbach, DE	daily rain	36.5 mm (1.4 in)	19.9 mm (0.8 in)	80 years	60 of 100 (Major)
19 May 2019	Gemert, NL	all-time rain	71.5 mm (2.8 in)	9.2 mm (0.36 in)	52 years	59 of 100 (Notable)
19 May 2019	Fairfield, US	daily rain	33.0 mm (1.3 in)	29.2 mm (1.1 in)	41 years	59 of 100 (Notable)
19 May 2019	Stein (L), NL	daily rain	42.3 mm (1.7 in)	23.8 mm (0.9 in)	34 years	57 of 100 (Notable)
19 May 2019	Beaver Is, US	daily rain	56.4 mm (2.2 in)	37.6 mm (1.5 in)	22 years	56 of 100 (Notable)
19 May 2019	Bowie, US	daily rain	63.5 mm (2.5 in)	33.3 mm (1.3 in)	117 years	56 of 100 (Notable)
19 May 2019	Minocqua, US	daily rain	57.4 mm (2.3 in)	22.1 mm (0.9 in)	78 years	56 of 100 (Notable)
19 May 2019	Coulta, AU	daily rain	45.8 mm (1.8 in)	23.8 mm (0.9 in)	16 years	54 of 100 (Notable)
19 May 2019	Bolu, TR	daily rain	61.5 mm (2.4 in)	46.5 mm (1.8 in)	33 years	54 of 100 (Notable)
19 May 2019	Winters, US	daily rain	35.6 mm (1.4 in)	27.0 mm (1.1 in)	13 years	54 of 100 (Notable)
19 May 2019	San Augustine, US	daily rain	88.9 mm (3.5 in)	31.0 mm (1.2 in)	108 years	54 of 100 (Notable)
19 May 2019	Brohovo, RU	monthly rain	27.9 mm (1.1 in)	6.7 mm (0.26 in)	50 years	53 of 100 (Notable)
19 May 2019	Brule Rs, US	daily snowfall	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	69 years	53 of 100 (Notable)
19 May 2019	Streaky Bay, AU	daily rain	27.2 mm (1.1 in)	9.7 mm (0.38 in)	78 years	52 of 100 (Notable)
19 May 2019	Kanopolis Lake, US	daily rain	75.7 mm (3.0 in)	35.1 mm (1.4 in)	68 years	52 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

1798 to 2019

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1798 to 2019. 2019 had 1,239 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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Data for records on 2019-05-19: 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 20	983
20 to 40	57
40 to 60	8
60 to 80	6
80 to 100	1
100 to 120	4
120 to 140	3
140 to 160	1