Weather Records on 19 May 2021

579 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 19 May 2021. Highest significance: Kingsville, US.

Key Facts for 19 May 2021

On 19 May 2021, 579 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
213 were record highs and 193 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 1 were all-time records, 36 monthly and 542 daily.
Kingsville set an all-time record daily precipitation of 278.1 mm (10.9 in) on 19 May 2021.
Across 161 earlier years (1798 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 460 records.

Record Map

579 stations

579 station records on 19 May 2021 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 19 May 2021: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Kingsville	United States	Record daily precipitation	278.1 mm (10.9 in)	78 of 100 (Major)
Daltonganj	India	Record daily precipitation	58.9 mm (2.3 in)	71 of 100 (Major)
Aanekoski Kalaniemi	Finland	Record daily precipitation	60.7 mm (2.4 in)	64 of 100 (Major)
Harlingen Rio Grande Vly Intl	United States	Record daily precipitation	74.9 mm (2.9 in)	63 of 100 (Major)
Bhaunagar	India	Record daily precipitation	110.0 mm (4.3 in)	62 of 100 (Major)
Nijbeets	Netherlands	Record daily precipitation	36.6 mm (1.4 in)	62 of 100 (Major)
Corpus Christi	United States	Record daily precipitation	112.8 mm (4.4 in)	62 of 100 (Major)
Jyvaskyla Lentoasema	Finland	Record daily precipitation	25.3 mm (1.0 in)	61 of 100 (Major)
Mikkeli Lentoasema	Finland	Record daily precipitation	39.0 mm (1.5 in)	59 of 100 (Notable)
Ahmadabad	India	Record daily precipitation	114.0 mm (4.5 in)	58 of 100 (Notable)
El Campo	United States	Record daily precipitation	107.4 mm (4.2 in)	56 of 100 (Notable)
Robstown	United States	Record daily precipitation	122.2 mm (4.8 in)	56 of 100 (Notable)
Camenca	Moldova	Record daily precipitation	36.1 mm (1.4 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Tastyp	Russia	Record daily precipitation	43.9 mm (1.7 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Zhytomyr	Ukraine	Record daily precipitation	30.0 mm (1.2 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Ratnagiri	India	Record daily precipitation	50.0 mm (2.0 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Kisinev	Moldova	Record daily precipitation	25.9 mm (1.0 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Falcon Dam	United States	Record daily precipitation	58.4 mm (2.3 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Calliham	United States	Record daily precipitation	76.2 mm (3.0 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Jalasjarvi Hirvijarvi	Finland	Record daily precipitation	25.3 mm (1.0 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Surat	India	Record daily precipitation	41.9 mm (1.6 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Soroca	Moldova	Record daily precipitation	40.9 mm (1.6 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Austwell	United States	Record daily precipitation	62.5 mm (2.5 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Halsua Kanala Purola	Finland	Record daily precipitation	27.7 mm (1.1 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Narva	Estonia	Record daily precipitation	27.4 mm (1.1 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Ajmer	India	Record daily precipitation	74.9 mm (2.9 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Palacios Muni AP	United States	Record low maximum temperature	21.7 C (71.1 F)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Buffalo Bill Dam	United States	Record high maximum temperature	32.2 C (90.0 F)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Palestine 2 NE	United States	Record daily precipitation	57.7 mm (2.3 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Laghouat	Algeria	Record high minimum temperature	21.4 C (70.5 F)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Ust Tzilma	Russia	Record high maximum temperature	30.4 C (86.7 F)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Boerne	United States	Record daily precipitation	45.5 mm (1.8 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Nixon	United States	Record daily precipitation	102.9 mm (4.1 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Rockport	United States	Record daily precipitation	97.8 mm (3.9 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Brownsville	United States	Record daily precipitation	54.6 mm (2.1 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Adel	United States	Record daily snowfall	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Toholampi Oravala	Finland	Record daily precipitation	50.3 mm (2.0 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Gorredijk	Netherlands	Record daily precipitation	27.0 mm (1.1 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Tot-Ma	Russia	Record high maximum temperature	30.9 C (87.6 F)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Poretskoye	Russia	Record high minimum temperature	17.8 C (64.0 F)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Intl Falls Intl AP	United States	Record high minimum temperature	16.7 C (62.1 F)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Kirensk	Russia	Record low minimum temperature	-4.9 C (23.2 F)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Galena	United States	Record daily precipitation	55.9 mm (2.2 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Yoakum	United States	Record daily precipitation	98.0 mm (3.9 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Arkadelphia 2 N	United States	Record daily precipitation	53.3 mm (2.1 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Adel	United States	Record low maximum temperature	1.7 C (35.1 F)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Narjan Mar	Russia	Record high maximum temperature	25.4 C (77.7 F)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Gomel	Belarus	Record daily precipitation	27.9 mm (1.1 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Shaoguan	China	Record daily precipitation	129.3 mm (5.1 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Hailuoto Ojakyla	Finland	Record daily precipitation	27.8 mm (1.1 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Paragonah	United States	Record high maximum temperature	30.0 C (86.0 F)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Rajkot	India	Record low minimum temperature	21.5 C (70.7 F)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Jodhpur	India	Record low maximum temperature	28.4 C (83.1 F)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Canyon Dam	United States	Record daily precipitation	61.2 mm (2.4 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Kalajoki Pitkasenkyla	Finland	Record daily precipitation	26.1 mm (1.0 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Crystal Valley	United States	Record daily precipitation	77.0 mm (3.0 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Port Gibson 1 NE	United States	Record high minimum temperature	21.1 C (70.0 F)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Ylitornio Meltosjarvi	Finland	Record daily precipitation	27.3 mm (1.1 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Vozega	Russia	Record high maximum temperature	30.7 C (87.3 F)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Turocak	Russia	Record daily precipitation	41.9 mm (1.6 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

579 records

Records set or tied on 19 May 2021 by type: Highest daily maximum 101, Lowest daily maximum 103, Highest daily minimum 112, Lowest daily minimum 90, Heaviest daily rainfall 170, Heaviest daily snowfall 3.

Records on 19 May 2021 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	101
Lowest daily maximum	103
Highest daily minimum	112
Lowest daily minimum	90
Heaviest daily rainfall	170
Heaviest daily snowfall	3
Deepest snow cover	0

Records on 19 May 2021 by timescale: all-time 1, monthly 36, daily 542.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

496 broken records

Margins by which the 496 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 108.7. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

19 May 2021

Top 20 records on 19 May 2021 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
19 May 2021	Kingsville, US	all-time rain	278.1 mm (10.9 in)	108.7 mm (4.3 in)	29 years	78 of 100 (Major)
19 May 2021	Daltonganj, IN	daily rain	58.9 mm (2.3 in)	47.5 mm (1.9 in)	72 years	71 of 100 (Major)
19 May 2021	Aanekoski Kalaniemi, FI	monthly rain	60.7 mm (2.4 in)	22.9 mm (0.9 in)	32 years	64 of 100 (Major)
19 May 2021	Harlingen Rio Grande Vly Intl, US	daily rain	74.9 mm (2.9 in)	71.3 mm (2.8 in)	67 years	63 of 100 (Major)
19 May 2021	Bhaunagar, IN	monthly rain	110.0 mm (4.3 in)	22.6 mm (0.9 in)	88 years	62 of 100 (Major)
19 May 2021	Nijbeets, NL	daily rain	36.6 mm (1.4 in)	21.2 mm (0.8 in)	52 years	62 of 100 (Major)
19 May 2021	Corpus Christi, US	daily rain	112.8 mm (4.4 in)	73.2 mm (2.9 in)	56 years	62 of 100 (Major)
19 May 2021	Jyvaskyla Lentoasema, FI	daily rain	25.3 mm (1.0 in)	16.0 mm (0.6 in)	60 years	61 of 100 (Major)
19 May 2021	Mikkeli Lentoasema, FI	daily rain	39.0 mm (1.5 in)	29.8 mm (1.2 in)	44 years	59 of 100 (Notable)
19 May 2021	Ahmadabad, IN	monthly rain	114.0 mm (4.5 in)	41.1 mm (1.6 in)	20 years	58 of 100 (Notable)
19 May 2021	El Campo, US	daily rain	107.4 mm (4.2 in)	60.4 mm (2.4 in)	76 years	56 of 100 (Notable)
19 May 2021	Robstown, US	daily rain	122.2 mm (4.8 in)	78.8 mm (3.1 in)	28 years	56 of 100 (Notable)
19 May 2021	Camenca, MD	daily rain	36.1 mm (1.4 in)	22.6 mm (0.9 in)	36 years	53 of 100 (Notable)
19 May 2021	Tastyp, RU	daily rain	43.9 mm (1.7 in)	22.8 mm (0.9 in)	22 years	53 of 100 (Notable)
19 May 2021	Zhytomyr, UA	daily rain	30.0 mm (1.2 in)	17.8 mm (0.7 in)	75 years	53 of 100 (Notable)
19 May 2021	Ratnagiri, IN	daily rain	50.0 mm (2.0 in)	22.3 mm (0.9 in)	99 years	52 of 100 (Notable)
19 May 2021	Kisinev, MD	daily rain	25.9 mm (1.0 in)	8.4 mm (0.33 in)	108 years	52 of 100 (Notable)
19 May 2021	Falcon Dam, US	daily rain	58.4 mm (2.3 in)	52.3 mm (2.1 in)	55 years	52 of 100 (Notable)
19 May 2021	Calliham, US	daily rain	76.2 mm (3.0 in)	63.5 mm (2.5 in)	28 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
19 May 2021	Jalasjarvi Hirvijarvi, FI	daily rain	25.3 mm (1.0 in)	17.1 mm (0.7 in)	20 years	50 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 2021

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1798 to 2021. 2021 had 579 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

Download the Data

Data for records on 2021-05-19: 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	454
20 to 40	27
40 to 60	7
60 to 80	7
80 to 100	0
100 to 120	1