Weather Records on 19 May 1991

1,020 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 19 May 1991. Highest significance: Santuck, US.

Key Facts for 19 May 1991

On 19 May 1991, 1,020 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
389 were record highs and 421 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 4 were all-time records, 28 monthly and 988 daily.
Santuck set a daily record precipitation of 91.2 mm (3.6 in) on 19 May 1991.
Across 161 earlier years (1798 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 457 records.

Record Map

1,020 stations

1,020 station records on 19 May 1991 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 19 May 1991: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Santuck	United States	Record daily precipitation	91.2 mm (3.6 in)	73 of 100 (Major)
O O Rch	United States	Record daily precipitation	45.7 mm (1.8 in)	61 of 100 (Major)
Dayton 1 WSW	United States	Record daily precipitation	43.4 mm (1.7 in)	61 of 100 (Major)
Gibson Dam	United States	Record daily precipitation	67.6 mm (2.7 in)	60 of 100 (Major)
St Petersburg	United States	Record daily precipitation	114.3 mm (4.5 in)	59 of 100 (Notable)
Milton Freewater	United States	Record daily precipitation	53.1 mm (2.1 in)	59 of 100 (Notable)
Cove 1 E	United States	Record daily precipitation	49.0 mm (1.9 in)	55 of 100 (Notable)
Union	United States	Record daily precipitation	36.1 mm (1.4 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Danville 2 SE	United States	Record daily precipitation	68.3 mm (2.7 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Karam	Russia	Record daily precipitation	28.6 mm (1.1 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Appling 2 NW	United States	Record daily precipitation	91.4 mm (3.6 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Woodstock	United States	Record daily precipitation	85.3 mm (3.4 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Hyden	United States	Record daily precipitation	75.2 mm (3.0 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Bowman Dam	United States	Record daily snowfall	25.4 cm (10.0 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Baia Mare	Romania	Record daily precipitation	59.4 mm (2.3 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Statesville 2 NNE	United States	Record daily precipitation	72.9 mm (2.9 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Osijek	Croatia	Record low maximum temperature	8.6 C (47.5 F)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Col du Grand St-Bernard	Switzerland	Record low maximum temperature	-2.8 C (27.0 F)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Lviv	Ukraine	Record daily precipitation	51.4 mm (2.0 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Pendleton Branch Exp STN	United States	Record daily precipitation	39.9 mm (1.6 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Nurnberg	Germany	Record low minimum temperature	-0.3 C (31.5 F)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Bjelasnica	Bosnia and Herzegovina	Record low maximum temperature	-2.0 C (28.4 F)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Carthage	United States	Record high minimum temperature	20.6 C (69.1 F)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Yosemite Park HQ	United States	Record low maximum temperature	5.0 C (41.0 F)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Greensburg	United States	Record high minimum temperature	20.0 C (68.0 F)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Lenoir	United States	Record daily precipitation	41.9 mm (1.6 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Zhlobin	Belarus	Record daily precipitation	29.7 mm (1.2 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Bambui	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	40.7 mm (1.6 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Cedarville	United States	Record low maximum temperature	5.6 C (42.1 F)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Riverside 7 SSW	United States	Record low maximum temperature	12.2 C (54.0 F)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Clarksville Wwtp	United States	Record high minimum temperature	21.7 C (71.1 F)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Pulaski 2 E	United States	Record low maximum temperature	12.2 C (54.0 F)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Halle	Germany	Record low minimum temperature	2.1 C (35.8 F)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Potsdam	Germany	Record low minimum temperature	1.0 C (33.8 F)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Bodie California St Historic P	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-10.6 C (12.9 F)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Newnan 7 WNW	United States	Record high minimum temperature	20.6 C (69.1 F)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Walla Walla Rgnl AP	United States	Record daily precipitation	32.5 mm (1.3 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Lindenberg	Germany	Record low minimum temperature	-0.3 C (31.5 F)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Heinersreuth-Vollhof	Germany	Record low minimum temperature	-0.8 C (30.6 F)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Karlstad	Sweden	Record low minimum temperature	1.2 C (34.2 F)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Chico UNIV Farm	United States	Record low minimum temperature	2.8 C (37.0 F)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Castle Rock	United States	Record high minimum temperature	12.2 C (54.0 F)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Tryon	United States	Record daily precipitation	43.2 mm (1.7 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Goldsboro 4 SE	United States	Record low maximum temperature	16.1 C (61.0 F)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Man	Cote D'Ivoire	Record daily precipitation	63.0 mm (2.5 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Suchixtlahuaca -Quiotep-	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	59.9 mm (2.4 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Mina	United States	Record low maximum temperature	10.6 C (51.1 F)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Blowing Rock 1NW	United States	Record daily precipitation	113.0 mm (4.4 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Dalby Post Office	Australia	Record high minimum temperature	15.3 C (59.5 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Schierke	Germany	Record low minimum temperature	-1.0 C (30.2 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Anna 4 N	United States	Record high minimum temperature	21.1 C (70.0 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Pocahontas	United States	Record low maximum temperature	9.4 C (48.9 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Goshen	United States	Record daily precipitation	43.2 mm (1.7 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Lancaster 4 WSW	United States	Record low maximum temperature	8.9 C (48.0 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Santa Barbara	United States	Record low minimum temperature	3.9 C (39.0 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Elgin Water	United States	Record low maximum temperature	11.7 C (53.1 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Wallowa	United States	Record daily precipitation	36.8 mm (1.4 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Dresden Wahnsdorf	Germany	Record low minimum temperature	0.8 C (33.4 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Debrecen Airport	Hungary	Record low maximum temperature	10.7 C (51.3 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
San Martin Chalchicuautla	Mexico	Record high maximum temperature	45.6 C (114.1 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

1,020 records

Records set or tied on 19 May 1991 by type: Highest daily maximum 127, Lowest daily maximum 195, Highest daily minimum 262, Lowest daily minimum 226, Heaviest daily rainfall 205, Heaviest daily snowfall 3, Deepest snow cover 2.

Records on 19 May 1991 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	127
Lowest daily maximum	195
Highest daily minimum	262
Lowest daily minimum	226
Heaviest daily rainfall	205
Heaviest daily snowfall	3
Deepest snow cover	2

Records on 19 May 1991 by timescale: all-time 4, monthly 28, daily 988.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

780 broken records

Margins by which the 780 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 203.0. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

19 May 1991

Top 20 records on 19 May 1991 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
19 May 1991	Santuck, US	daily rain	91.2 mm (3.6 in)	58.7 mm (2.3 in)	82 years	73 of 100 (Major)
19 May 1991	O O Rch, US	monthly rain	45.7 mm (1.8 in)	20.8 mm (0.8 in)	20 years	61 of 100 (Major)
19 May 1991	Dayton 1 WSW, US	daily rain	43.4 mm (1.7 in)	24.9 mm (1.0 in)	42 years	61 of 100 (Major)
19 May 1991	Gibson Dam, US	daily rain	67.6 mm (2.7 in)	36.4 mm (1.4 in)	52 years	60 of 100 (Major)
19 May 1991	St Petersburg, US	daily rain	114.3 mm (4.5 in)	86.4 mm (3.4 in)	36 years	59 of 100 (Notable)
19 May 1991	Milton Freewater, US	all-time rain	53.1 mm (2.1 in)	9.9 mm (0.39 in)	47 years	59 of 100 (Notable)
19 May 1991	Cove 1 E, US	daily rain	49.0 mm (1.9 in)	34.0 mm (1.3 in)	28 years	55 of 100 (Notable)
19 May 1991	Union, US	daily rain	36.1 mm (1.4 in)	18.3 mm (0.7 in)	37 years	53 of 100 (Notable)
19 May 1991	Danville 2 SE, US	daily rain	68.3 mm (2.7 in)	45.4 mm (1.8 in)	18 years	53 of 100 (Notable)
19 May 1991	Karam, RU	monthly rain	28.6 mm (1.1 in)	9.4 mm (0.37 in)	26 years	52 of 100 (Notable)
19 May 1991	Appling 2 NW, US	daily rain	91.4 mm (3.6 in)	58.4 mm (2.3 in)	21 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
19 May 1991	Woodstock, US	daily rain	85.3 mm (3.4 in)	62.4 mm (2.5 in)	10 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
19 May 1991	Hyden, US	daily rain	75.2 mm (3.0 in)	39.6 mm (1.6 in)	25 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
19 May 1991	Bowman Dam, US	daily snowfall	25.4 cm (10.0 in)	20.3 cm (8.0 in)	41 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
19 May 1991	Baia Mare, RO	daily rain	59.4 mm (2.3 in)	49.2 mm (1.9 in)	10 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
19 May 1991	Statesville 2 NNE, US	daily rain	72.9 mm (2.9 in)	35.6 mm (1.4 in)	21 years	43 of 100 (Notable)
19 May 1991	Osijek, HR	daily low max	8.6 C (47.5 F)	3.4 C (6.1 F)	88 years	42 of 100 (Notable)
19 May 1991	Col du Grand St-Bernard, CH	daily low max	-2.8 C (27.0 F)	1.1 C (2.0 F)	110 years	42 of 100 (Notable)
19 May 1991	Lviv, UA	daily rain	51.4 mm (2.0 in)	19.4 mm (0.8 in)	36 years	42 of 100 (Notable)
19 May 1991	Pendleton Branch Exp STN, US	monthly rain	39.9 mm (1.6 in)	12.0 mm (0.5 in)	2 years	42 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 1991

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1798 to 1991. 1991 had 1,020 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 50	774
50 to 100	4
100 to 150	1
150 to 200	0
200 to 250	1