Weather Records on 19 May 1921

171 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 19 May 1921. Highest significance: Hohenpeissenberg, DE.

Key Facts for 19 May 1921

On 19 May 1921, 171 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
16 were record highs and 6 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 0 were all-time records, 2 monthly and 169 daily.
Hohenpeissenberg set a daily record precipitation of 60.0 mm (2.4 in) on 19 May 1921.
Across 161 earlier years (1798 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 462 records.

Record Map

171 stations

171 station records on 19 May 1921 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 19 May 1921: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Hohenpeissenberg	Germany	Record daily precipitation	60.0 mm (2.4 in)	79 of 100 (Major)
Broken Hill (Stephens Creek Re	Australia	Record daily precipitation	38.4 mm (1.5 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Eremeran	Australia	Record daily precipitation	45.7 mm (1.8 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Nemours (Ghazaouet)	Algeria	Record daily precipitation	72.0 mm (2.8 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Cobar (the Meadows)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	33.0 mm (1.3 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Cobar (Double Gates)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	39.1 mm (1.5 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Euabalong (Lachlan St)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	30.5 mm (1.2 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Cape Borda Comparison	Australia	Record daily precipitation	60.7 mm (2.4 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Cobar (Springfield 2)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	32.0 mm (1.3 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Sandy Creek Tank	Australia	Record daily precipitation	50.8 mm (2.0 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Lake Cargelligo Airport	Australia	Record daily precipitation	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Bulgoo	Australia	Record daily precipitation	26.9 mm (1.1 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Weimar	Germany	Record daily precipitation	31.0 mm (1.2 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Cobar (Paddington)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	30.5 mm (1.2 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Urambie	Australia	Record daily precipitation	26.4 mm (1.0 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Deniliquin (Wilkinson St)	Australia	Record high minimum temperature	13.3 C (55.9 F)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Bathurst Gaol	Australia	Record high minimum temperature	11.1 C (52.0 F)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Euabalong (Booberoi)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	22.9 mm (0.9 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Sussex	Australia	Record daily precipitation	24.4 mm (1.0 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Nebo	Australia	Record daily precipitation	24.1 mm (0.9 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Wentworth (Cuthero)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	16.0 mm (0.6 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Cobar Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	19.8 mm (0.8 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Wanalta	Australia	Record daily precipitation	19.6 mm (0.8 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Tumby Bay (Warratta Vale)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	12.4 mm (0.5 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Augathella Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	24.6 mm (1.0 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Mount Hope (Cypress Grove)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	24.9 mm (1.0 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Lake Cowal	Australia	Record daily precipitation	15.7 mm (0.6 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Mossgiel (Boondara)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	19.8 mm (0.8 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Hatfield (Clare)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	16.3 mm (0.6 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Ediacara	Australia	Record daily precipitation	6.9 mm (0.27 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Woolerina	Australia	Record daily precipitation	11.2 mm (0.4 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Menindee (Weinteriga)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	9.9 mm (0.39 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Bolagamy	Australia	Record daily precipitation	19.8 mm (0.8 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Dandaloo (Tyrie Homestead)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	22.9 mm (0.9 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Nurnberg	Germany	Record daily precipitation	21.6 mm (0.9 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Morven Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	10.7 mm (0.4 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Pooncarie (Tarcoola)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	10.4 mm (0.4 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Teryawynia	Australia	Record daily precipitation	7.1 mm (0.28 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Condobolin Retirement Village	Australia	Record daily precipitation	21.6 mm (0.9 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Goonumbla (Coradgery)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	19.8 mm (0.8 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Trundle (Murrumbogie)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	17.3 mm (0.7 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Goornong	Australia	Record daily precipitation	18.5 mm (0.7 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Rushworth	Australia	Record daily precipitation	12.7 mm (0.5 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Biskra	Algeria	Record daily precipitation	14.3 mm (0.6 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Second Valley (Spring Grove)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Cultowa	Australia	Record daily precipitation	6.1 mm (0.24 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Bamberg (Sternwarte)	Germany	Record daily precipitation	17.8 mm (0.7 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Wilcannia (Reid St)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	7.9 mm (0.31 in)	19 of 100 (Routine)
Broken Hill (Kars)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	10.4 mm (0.4 in)	19 of 100 (Routine)
Cobar (Tindarey)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	4.1 mm (0.16 in)	19 of 100 (Routine)
Nymagee (Kenmure Station)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	12.4 mm (0.5 in)	19 of 100 (Routine)
Nyngan Airport	Australia	Record daily precipitation	6.6 mm (0.26 in)	19 of 100 (Routine)
Tottenham (Woodlands 1)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	14.5 mm (0.6 in)	18 of 100 (Routine)
Kokkedahl	Australia	Record daily precipitation	15.0 mm (0.6 in)	18 of 100 (Routine)
Poolamacca	Australia	Record daily precipitation	3.8 mm (0.15 in)	17 of 100 (Routine)
Wilcannia (Billilla)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	9.7 mm (0.38 in)	17 of 100 (Routine)
Kinchega	Australia	Record daily precipitation	6.1 mm (0.24 in)	17 of 100 (Routine)
Euabolong (Brotherony)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	14.5 mm (0.6 in)	17 of 100 (Routine)
Warroo	Australia	Record daily precipitation	16.5 mm (0.6 in)	17 of 100 (Routine)
Nyngan (Canonbar)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	16.0 mm (0.6 in)	17 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

171 records

Records set or tied on 19 May 1921 by type: Highest daily maximum 5, Lowest daily maximum 4, Highest daily minimum 11, Lowest daily minimum 2, Heaviest daily rainfall 149.

Records on 19 May 1921 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	5
Lowest daily maximum	4
Highest daily minimum	11
Lowest daily minimum	2
Heaviest daily rainfall	149
Heaviest daily snowfall	0
Deepest snow cover	0

Records on 19 May 1921 by timescale: all-time 0, monthly 2, daily 169.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

161 broken records

Margins by which the 161 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 36.6. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

19 May 1921

Top 20 records on 19 May 1921 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
19 May 1921	Hohenpeissenberg, DE	daily rain	60.0 mm (2.4 in)	34.0 mm (1.3 in)	97 years	79 of 100 (Major)
19 May 1921	Broken Hill (Stephens Creek Re, AU	daily rain	38.4 mm (1.5 in)	36.6 mm (1.4 in)	26 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
19 May 1921	Eremeran, AU	daily rain	45.7 mm (1.8 in)	36.6 mm (1.4 in)	20 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
19 May 1921	Nemours (Ghazaouet), DZ	daily rain	72.0 mm (2.8 in)	30.0 mm (1.2 in)	31 years	44 of 100 (Notable)
19 May 1921	Cobar (the Meadows), AU	daily rain	33.0 mm (1.3 in)	26.6 mm (1.0 in)	34 years	42 of 100 (Notable)
19 May 1921	Cobar (Double Gates), AU	daily rain	39.1 mm (1.5 in)	26.4 mm (1.0 in)	22 years	40 of 100 (Notable)
19 May 1921	Euabalong (Lachlan St), AU	daily rain	30.5 mm (1.2 in)	19.8 mm (0.8 in)	34 years	40 of 100 (Notable)
19 May 1921	Cape Borda Comparison, AU	monthly rain	60.7 mm (2.4 in)	10.2 mm (0.4 in)	27 years	38 of 100 (Notable)
19 May 1921	Cobar (Springfield 2), AU	daily rain	32.0 mm (1.3 in)	23.9 mm (0.9 in)	34 years	37 of 100 (Notable)
19 May 1921	Sandy Creek Tank, AU	monthly rain	50.8 mm (2.0 in)	18.5 mm (0.7 in)	3 years	37 of 100 (Notable)
19 May 1921	Lake Cargelligo Airport, AU	daily rain	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	20.1 mm (0.8 in)	20 years	34 of 100 (Routine)
19 May 1921	Bulgoo, AU	daily rain	26.9 mm (1.1 in)	21.1 mm (0.8 in)	20 years	33 of 100 (Routine)
19 May 1921	Weimar, DE	daily rain	31.0 mm (1.2 in)	13.7 mm (0.5 in)	21 years	32 of 100 (Routine)
19 May 1921	Cobar (Paddington), AU	daily rain	30.5 mm (1.2 in)	20.3 mm (0.8 in)	20 years	29 of 100 (Routine)
19 May 1921	Urambie, AU	daily rain	26.4 mm (1.0 in)	13.7 mm (0.5 in)	12 years	27 of 100 (Routine)
19 May 1921	Deniliquin (Wilkinson St), AU	daily high min	13.3 C (55.9 F)	1.6 C (2.9 F)	52 years	25 of 100 (Routine)
19 May 1921	Bathurst Gaol, AU	daily high min	11.1 C (52.0 F)	3.3 C (5.9 F)	26 years	22 of 100 (Routine)
19 May 1921	Euabalong (Booberoi), AU	daily rain	22.9 mm (0.9 in)	20.6 mm (0.8 in)	12 years	20 of 100 (Routine)
19 May 1921	Sussex, AU	daily rain	24.4 mm (1.0 in)	22.6 mm (0.9 in)	20 years	20 of 100 (Routine)
19 May 1921	Nebo, AU	daily rain	24.1 mm (0.9 in)	20.3 mm (0.8 in)	20 years	20 of 100 (Routine)

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 1921

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1798 to 1921. 1921 had 171 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 2026-10-15. Last revised 15 October 2026 (2026-10-15).

Margin	Records
0 to 5	81
5 to 10	46
10 to 15	13
15 to 20	7
20 to 25	8
25 to 30	2
30 to 35	2
35 to 40	2