Weather Records on 19 May 2020

790 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 19 May 2020. Highest significance: Cairns Post Office, AU.

Key Facts for 19 May 2020

On 19 May 2020, 790 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
407 were record highs and 141 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 1 were all-time records, 24 monthly and 765 daily.
Cairns Post Office set a daily record precipitation of 75.2 mm (3.0 in) on 19 May 2020.
Across 161 earlier years (1798 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 459 records.

Record Map

790 stations

790 station records on 19 May 2020 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 19 May 2020: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Cairns Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	75.2 mm (3.0 in)	80 of 100 (Exceptional)
Central Michigan UNIV	United States	Record daily precipitation	67.3 mm (2.6 in)	80 of 100 (Exceptional)
Kings Mills	United States	Record daily precipitation	78.2 mm (3.1 in)	76 of 100 (Major)
Hale Loud Dam	United States	Record daily precipitation	65.0 mm (2.6 in)	74 of 100 (Major)
Monroe 2 SE	United States	Record daily precipitation	73.7 mm (2.9 in)	74 of 100 (Major)
Cynthiana	United States	Record daily precipitation	104.1 mm (4.1 in)	71 of 100 (Major)
Houghton Lake 6 WSW	United States	Record daily precipitation	41.4 mm (1.6 in)	69 of 100 (Major)
Standish 4NE	United States	Record daily precipitation	113.8 mm (4.5 in)	69 of 100 (Major)
Beowawe	United States	Record daily precipitation	30.5 mm (1.2 in)	68 of 100 (Major)
Centerburg 2 SE	United States	Record daily precipitation	109.0 mm (4.3 in)	67 of 100 (Major)
Bellefontaine	United States	Record daily precipitation	75.2 mm (3.0 in)	63 of 100 (Major)
Washington Court House	United States	Record daily precipitation	63.5 mm (2.5 in)	62 of 100 (Major)
Westerville	United States	Record daily precipitation	95.3 mm (3.8 in)	62 of 100 (Major)
High Pt	United States	Record daily precipitation	76.7 mm (3.0 in)	61 of 100 (Major)
Greensboro Wtp	United States	Record daily precipitation	78.7 mm (3.1 in)	60 of 100 (Major)
Gladwin	United States	Record daily precipitation	64.3 mm (2.5 in)	60 of 100 (Major)
Bridgewater Hydro	United States	Record daily precipitation	92.7 mm (3.6 in)	58 of 100 (Notable)
Mt Sterling	United States	Record daily precipitation	88.9 mm (3.5 in)	57 of 100 (Notable)
Maysville Wwtp	United States	Record daily precipitation	68.6 mm (2.7 in)	56 of 100 (Notable)
Roanoke-Blacksburg Rgnl AP	United States	Record daily precipitation	72.1 mm (2.8 in)	55 of 100 (Notable)
Randleman	United States	Record daily precipitation	66.0 mm (2.6 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Payette	United States	Record daily precipitation	31.0 mm (1.2 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Newcomb	United States	Record daily precipitation	76.5 mm (3.0 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Greensboro AP	United States	Record daily precipitation	60.7 mm (2.4 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Cadillac	United States	Record daily precipitation	41.7 mm (1.6 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Saginaw #3	United States	Record daily precipitation	38.6 mm (1.5 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
W Branch 3SE	United States	Record daily precipitation	94.2 mm (3.7 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Bear Saddle	United States	Record daily precipitation	35.6 mm (1.4 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Springfield Wtp	United States	Record daily precipitation	83.8 mm (3.3 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Lupton 1S	United States	Record daily precipitation	62.7 mm (2.5 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Kingston	United States	Record daily precipitation	57.2 mm (2.3 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Eaton	United States	Record daily precipitation	58.7 mm (2.3 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Decatur 1 N	United States	Record daily precipitation	61.0 mm (2.4 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
New Carlisle	United States	Record daily precipitation	56.9 mm (2.2 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Karesuando	Sweden	Record snow depth	60.0 cm (23.6 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Dayton Mcd	United States	Record daily precipitation	69.3 mm (2.7 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Middletown	United States	Record daily precipitation	102.1 mm (4.0 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Monterey	United States	Record daily precipitation	74.9 mm (2.9 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Lake City Exp Farm	United States	Record daily precipitation	38.1 mm (1.5 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Columbus-Hap Cremean Wp	United States	Record daily precipitation	71.1 mm (2.8 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Lakeview	United States	Record daily precipitation	89.7 mm (3.5 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Kahuku 912	United States	Record low maximum temperature	25.0 C (77.0 F)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Seventysix Creek	United States	Record daily precipitation	27.9 mm (1.1 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Woods Point	Australia	Record daily precipitation	32.0 mm (1.3 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Dublin Phoenix Park	Ireland	Record high minimum temperature	13.4 C (56.1 F)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Tortosa - Observatorio del Ebr	Spain	Record high maximum temperature	32.3 C (90.1 F)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Newton Rigg	United Kingdom	Record high maximum temperature	24.1 C (75.4 F)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Chapel Hill 2 W	United States	Record daily precipitation	36.1 mm (1.4 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Van Wert 1 S	United States	Record daily precipitation	52.1 mm (2.1 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Oxford	United Kingdom	Record high maximum temperature	26.9 C (80.4 F)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Bradford	United Kingdom	Record high maximum temperature	26.4 C (79.5 F)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Houston	United States	Record low maximum temperature	14.4 C (57.9 F)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Raleigh State UNIV	United States	Record daily precipitation	44.5 mm (1.8 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Franklin	United States	Record daily precipitation	104.9 mm (4.1 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Arlington	United States	Record daily precipitation	32.3 mm (1.3 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Barcelona/Aeropuerto	Spain	Record high maximum temperature	27.5 C (81.5 F)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Cet Central England	United Kingdom	Record high maximum temperature	25.5 C (77.9 F)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Evansville Museum	United States	Record daily precipitation	50.8 mm (2.0 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Elizabeth City	United States	Record daily precipitation	28.7 mm (1.1 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Tarboro 1 S	United States	Record low minimum temperature	5.6 C (42.1 F)	41 of 100 (Notable)

Counts by Type and Timescale

790 records

Records set or tied on 19 May 2020 by type: Highest daily maximum 198, Lowest daily maximum 97, Highest daily minimum 209, Lowest daily minimum 44, Heaviest daily rainfall 231, Heaviest daily snowfall 2, Deepest snow cover 9.

Records on 19 May 2020 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	198
Lowest daily maximum	97
Highest daily minimum	209
Lowest daily minimum	44
Heaviest daily rainfall	231
Heaviest daily snowfall	2
Deepest snow cover	9

Records on 19 May 2020 by timescale: all-time 1, monthly 24, daily 765.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

660 broken records

Margins by which the 660 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 580.0. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

19 May 2020

Top 20 records on 19 May 2020 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
19 May 2020	Cairns Post Office, AU	daily rain	75.2 mm (3.0 in)	53.4 mm (2.1 in)	115 years	80 of 100 (Exceptional)
19 May 2020	Central Michigan UNIV, US	daily rain	67.3 mm (2.6 in)	36.8 mm (1.4 in)	121 years	80 of 100 (Exceptional)
19 May 2020	Kings Mills, US	daily rain	78.2 mm (3.1 in)	42.1 mm (1.7 in)	93 years	76 of 100 (Major)
19 May 2020	Hale Loud Dam, US	daily rain	65.0 mm (2.6 in)	38.3 mm (1.5 in)	82 years	74 of 100 (Major)
19 May 2020	Monroe 2 SE, US	daily rain	73.7 mm (2.9 in)	39.9 mm (1.6 in)	112 years	74 of 100 (Major)
19 May 2020	Cynthiana, US	monthly rain	104.1 mm (4.1 in)	37.8 mm (1.5 in)	59 years	71 of 100 (Major)
19 May 2020	Houghton Lake 6 WSW, US	daily rain	41.4 mm (1.6 in)	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	98 years	69 of 100 (Major)
19 May 2020	Standish 4NE, US	all-time rain	113.8 mm (4.5 in)	17.5 mm (0.7 in)	67 years	69 of 100 (Major)
19 May 2020	Beowawe, US	daily rain	30.5 mm (1.2 in)	17.8 mm (0.7 in)	98 years	68 of 100 (Major)
19 May 2020	Centerburg 2 SE, US	monthly rain	109.0 mm (4.3 in)	36.9 mm (1.5 in)	51 years	67 of 100 (Major)
19 May 2020	Bellefontaine, US	daily rain	75.2 mm (3.0 in)	24.9 mm (1.0 in)	93 years	63 of 100 (Major)
19 May 2020	Washington Court House, US	daily rain	63.5 mm (2.5 in)	27.4 mm (1.1 in)	91 years	62 of 100 (Major)
19 May 2020	Westerville, US	monthly rain	95.3 mm (3.8 in)	30.8 mm (1.2 in)	48 years	62 of 100 (Major)
19 May 2020	High Pt, US	daily rain	76.7 mm (3.0 in)	28.4 mm (1.1 in)	92 years	61 of 100 (Major)
19 May 2020	Greensboro Wtp, US	daily rain	78.7 mm (3.1 in)	54.3 mm (2.1 in)	48 years	60 of 100 (Major)
19 May 2020	Gladwin, US	daily rain	64.3 mm (2.5 in)	21.1 mm (0.8 in)	116 years	60 of 100 (Major)
19 May 2020	Bridgewater Hydro, US	daily rain	92.7 mm (3.6 in)	76.4 mm (3.0 in)	37 years	58 of 100 (Notable)
19 May 2020	Mt Sterling, US	daily rain	88.9 mm (3.5 in)	50.8 mm (2.0 in)	25 years	57 of 100 (Notable)
19 May 2020	Maysville Wwtp, US	daily rain	68.6 mm (2.7 in)	31.0 mm (1.2 in)	63 years	56 of 100 (Notable)
19 May 2020	Roanoke-Blacksburg Rgnl AP, US	daily rain	72.1 mm (2.8 in)	31.0 mm (1.2 in)	67 years	55 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 2020

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1798 to 2020. 2020 had 790 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 2026-10-17 (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	656
100 to 200	3
200 to 300	0
300 to 400	0
400 to 500	0
500 to 600	1