Weather Records on 26 May 2023

376 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 26 May 2023. Highest significance: Huoshan, CN.

Key Facts for 26 May 2023

On 26 May 2023, 376 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
163 were record highs and 119 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 1 were all-time records, 8 monthly and 367 daily.
Huoshan set a daily record precipitation of 99.8 mm (3.9 in) on 26 May 2023.
Across 161 earlier years (1814 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 432 records.

Record Map

376 stations

376 station records on 26 May 2023 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 26 May 2023: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Huoshan	China	Record daily precipitation	99.8 mm (3.9 in)	65 of 100 (Major)
Bomnak	Russia	Record daily precipitation	51.1 mm (2.0 in)	65 of 100 (Major)
Aparan	Armenia	Record daily precipitation	99.3 mm (3.9 in)	63 of 100 (Major)
Kealakekua 26.2	United States	Record daily precipitation	76.5 mm (3.0 in)	55 of 100 (Notable)
Curtis	United States	Record daily precipitation	64.8 mm (2.6 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Mc Cook	United States	Record daily precipitation	153.9 mm (6.1 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Hayes Center 1NW	United States	Record daily precipitation	80.5 mm (3.2 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Kuscevskaja	Russia	Record daily precipitation	54.1 mm (2.1 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Glendive	United States	Record daily precipitation	33.0 mm (1.3 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Hereford	United States	Record daily precipitation	66.0 mm (2.6 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
N Myrtle Beach	United States	Record low maximum temperature	17.2 C (63.0 F)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Castellon de la Plana	Spain	Record daily precipitation	28.0 mm (1.1 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Sidney	United States	Record high minimum temperature	16.1 C (61.0 F)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Tombstone	United States	Record low minimum temperature	4.4 C (39.9 F)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Norton Dam	United States	Record daily precipitation	72.1 mm (2.8 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Greenville 2 NNE	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-2.8 C (27.0 F)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Kairouan	Tunisia	Record daily precipitation	28.4 mm (1.1 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Ann Arbor U of Mich	United States	Record low minimum temperature	0.0 C (32.0 F)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Melstone	United States	Record daily precipitation	27.9 mm (1.1 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Ocala	United States	Record low maximum temperature	25.6 C (78.1 F)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Kokomo 3 WSW	United States	Record low minimum temperature	2.2 C (36.0 F)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Oelrichs	United States	Record high minimum temperature	15.6 C (60.1 F)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Winchester 7 SE	United States	Record low minimum temperature	2.8 C (37.0 F)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Conchas Dam	United States	Record daily precipitation	33.0 mm (1.3 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Sullivans Is	United States	Record low maximum temperature	17.2 C (63.0 F)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Bomnak	Russia	Record low maximum temperature	5.6 C (42.1 F)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Moultrie 2 ESE	United States	Record low maximum temperature	24.4 C (75.9 F)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Friendship	United States	Record low minimum temperature	1.1 C (34.0 F)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Savannah Intl AP	United States	Record low maximum temperature	20.6 C (69.1 F)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Wirrabara Forest	Australia	Record daily precipitation	46.8 mm (1.8 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Aparri	Philippines	Record high minimum temperature	27.0 C (80.6 F)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Cross City AP	United States	Record low maximum temperature	23.9 C (75.0 F)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Lakeland Linder Rgnl AP	United States	Record daily precipitation	88.9 mm (3.5 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Serov	Russia	Record high minimum temperature	15.2 C (59.4 F)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Man	Cote D'Ivoire	Record daily precipitation	40.6 mm (1.6 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Petrun	Russia	Record high minimum temperature	15.8 C (60.4 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Atakpane	Togo	Record high minimum temperature	24.1 C (75.4 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Sattahip	Thailand	Record high maximum temperature	37.5 C (99.5 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Ft Peck Pwr Plt	United States	Record daily precipitation	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Mc Cook 17 NNW	United States	Record daily precipitation	69.3 mm (2.7 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Canandaigua 3 S	United States	Record low minimum temperature	2.2 C (36.0 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Danville Rgnl AP	United States	Record low maximum temperature	21.7 C (71.1 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Vacoas (Mauritius)	Mauritius	Record low maximum temperature	20.1 C (68.2 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Hermit 8 SE	United States	Record high minimum temperature	5.6 C (42.1 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Usher Twr	United States	Record low maximum temperature	24.4 C (75.9 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Nordoyan Fyr	Norway	Record low maximum temperature	6.6 C (43.9 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Njaksimvol	Russia	Record high minimum temperature	15.8 C (60.4 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Zeja	Russia	Record low maximum temperature	6.4 C (43.5 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Juzhno-Kurilsk	Russia	Record high minimum temperature	10.6 C (51.1 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Dakar/Yoff	Senegal	Record high maximum temperature	34.4 C (93.9 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Pulaski	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-1.7 C (28.9 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Moffit 3 SE	United States	Record high minimum temperature	16.1 C (61.0 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Orangeburg 2	United States	Record low maximum temperature	18.9 C (66.0 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Kaneohe Bay MCAS	United States	Record high minimum temperature	25.0 C (77.0 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Jodhpur	India	Record low minimum temperature	21.9 C (71.4 F)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Miri	Malaysia	Record high maximum temperature	34.4 C (93.9 F)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Tak	Thailand	Record high minimum temperature	28.7 C (83.7 F)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Bangkok Metropolis	Thailand	Record high maximum temperature	39.0 C (102.2 F)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Storrs	United States	Record low minimum temperature	0.6 C (33.1 F)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Warsaw Markland Dam	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-0.6 C (30.9 F)	27 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

376 records

Records set or tied on 26 May 2023 by type: Highest daily maximum 43, Lowest daily maximum 51, Highest daily minimum 120, Lowest daily minimum 68, Heaviest daily rainfall 93, Deepest snow cover 1.

Records on 26 May 2023 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	43
Lowest daily maximum	51
Highest daily minimum	120
Lowest daily minimum	68
Heaviest daily rainfall	93
Heaviest daily snowfall	0
Deepest snow cover	1

Records on 26 May 2023 by timescale: all-time 1, monthly 8, daily 367.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

311 broken records

Margins by which the 311 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 77.4. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

26 May 2023

Top 20 records on 26 May 2023 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
26 May 2023	Huoshan, CN	daily rain	99.8 mm (3.9 in)	63.8 mm (2.5 in)	64 years	65 of 100 (Major)
26 May 2023	Bomnak, RU	daily rain	51.1 mm (2.0 in)	24.6 mm (1.0 in)	60 years	65 of 100 (Major)
26 May 2023	Aparan, AM	daily rain	99.3 mm (3.9 in)	77.4 mm (3.0 in)	50 years	63 of 100 (Major)
26 May 2023	Kealakekua 26.2, US	daily rain	76.5 mm (3.0 in)	47.0 mm (1.9 in)	18 years	55 of 100 (Notable)
26 May 2023	Curtis, US	daily rain	64.8 mm (2.6 in)	31.5 mm (1.2 in)	68 years	54 of 100 (Notable)
26 May 2023	Mc Cook, US	all-time rain	153.9 mm (6.1 in)	23.6 mm (0.9 in)	6 years	52 of 100 (Notable)
26 May 2023	Hayes Center 1NW, US	monthly rain	80.5 mm (3.2 in)	7.9 mm (0.31 in)	87 years	52 of 100 (Notable)
26 May 2023	Kuscevskaja, RU	daily rain	54.1 mm (2.1 in)	20.9 mm (0.8 in)	56 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
26 May 2023	Glendive, US	daily rain	33.0 mm (1.3 in)	10.9 mm (0.4 in)	93 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
26 May 2023	Hereford, US	daily rain	66.0 mm (2.6 in)	36.8 mm (1.4 in)	22 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
26 May 2023	N Myrtle Beach, US	daily low max	17.2 C (63.0 F)	6.1 C (11.0 F)	72 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
26 May 2023	Castellon de la Plana, ES	daily rain	28.0 mm (1.1 in)	11.6 mm (0.5 in)	77 years	44 of 100 (Notable)
26 May 2023	Sidney, US	daily high min	16.1 C (61.0 F)	2.2 C (4.0 F)	110 years	44 of 100 (Notable)
26 May 2023	Tombstone, US	daily low min	4.4 C (39.9 F)	1.2 C (2.2 F)	105 years	43 of 100 (Notable)
26 May 2023	Norton Dam, US	daily rain	72.1 mm (2.8 in)	36.5 mm (1.4 in)	26 years	43 of 100 (Notable)
26 May 2023	Greenville 2 NNE, US	daily low min	-2.8 C (27.0 F)	2.8 C (5.0 F)	94 years	43 of 100 (Notable)
26 May 2023	Kairouan, TN	daily rain	28.4 mm (1.1 in)	20.5 mm (0.8 in)	4 years	42 of 100 (Notable)
26 May 2023	Ann Arbor U of Mich, US	daily low min	0.0 C (32.0 F)	1.1 C (2.0 F)	109 years	42 of 100 (Notable)
26 May 2023	Melstone, US	daily rain	27.9 mm (1.1 in)	2.5 mm (0.10 in)	112 years	42 of 100 (Notable)
26 May 2023	Ocala, US	daily low max	25.6 C (78.1 F)	0.5 C (0.9 F)	102 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

1814 to 2023

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1814 to 2023. 2023 had 376 records.

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

Records on 05-26 in each year
Year	Records
1814	1
1817	1
1839	1
1841	1
1843	1
1845	1
1847	2
1852	1
1858	1
1864	3
1866	1
1867	2
1868	3
1869	1
1870	1
1871	1
1876	1
1877	1
1879	3
1880	6
1882	2
1883	1
1884	1
1886	2
1887	1
1888	1
1889	5
1890	7
1891	2
1892	5
1894	3
1895	2
1896	1
1898	1
1899	3
1900	11
1901	12
1902	5
1903	16
1904	10
1905	10
1906	9
1907	24
1908	20
1909	9
1910	47
1911	42
1912	40
1913	49
1914	86
1915	13
1916	24
1917	33
1918	29
1919	37
1920	54
1921	63
1922	64
1923	74
1924	122
1925	570
1926	188
1927	141
1928	144
1929	110
1930	201
1931	289
1932	299
1933	475
1934	247
1935	191
1936	340
1937	255
1938	624
1939	253
1940	242
1941	322
1942	782
1943	473
1944	469
1945	279
1946	385
1947	587
1948	308
1949	438
1950	1,010
1951	542
1952	243
1953	996
1954	427
1955	1,208
1956	549
1957	351
1958	548
1959	391
1960	293
1961	800
1962	450
1963	398
1964	590
1965	621
1966	403
1967	954
1968	518
1969	621
1970	404
1971	533
1972	438
1973	609
1974	662
1975	495
1976	476
1977	561
1978	648
1979	1,243
1980	909
1981	1,077
1982	662
1983	1,173
1984	798
1985	582
1986	629
1987	913
1988	810
1989	1,173
1990	750
1991	1,352
1992	1,733
1993	998
1994	785
1995	936
1996	1,389
1997	967
1998	1,065
1999	581
2000	1,181
2001	848
2002	574
2003	1,069
2004	934
2005	827
2006	966
2007	1,180
2008	812
2009	938
2010	1,083
2011	1,109
2012	1,422
2013	905
2014	696
2015	502
2016	648
2017	483
2018	1,052
2019	779
2020	792
2021	566
2022	753
2023	376
2024	688
2025	546
2026	1,330

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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 10	286
10 to 20	12
20 to 30	5
30 to 40	5
40 to 50	1
50 to 60	0
60 to 70	1
70 to 80	1