Weather Records on 26 May 2024

688 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 26 May 2024. Highest significance: Ganca, AZ.

Key Facts for 26 May 2024

On 26 May 2024, 688 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
513 were record highs and 93 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 5 were all-time records, 67 monthly and 616 daily.
Ganca set a daily record precipitation of 99.1 mm (3.9 in) on 26 May 2024.
Across 161 earlier years (1814 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 430 records.

Record Map

688 stations

688 station records on 26 May 2024 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 26 May 2024: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Ganca	Azerbaijan	Record daily precipitation	99.1 mm (3.9 in)	78 of 100 (Major)
Sisian	Armenia	Record daily precipitation	99.3 mm (3.9 in)	68 of 100 (Major)
Semjachik	Russia	Record daily precipitation	116.1 mm (4.6 in)	62 of 100 (Major)
Clarksville Wwtp	United States	Record daily precipitation	124.7 mm (4.9 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Goedereede	Netherlands	Record daily precipitation	32.8 mm (1.3 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Texarkana Webb Fld	United States	Record high minimum temperature	25.6 C (78.1 F)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Kealakekua 26.2	United States	Record high minimum temperature	20.6 C (69.1 F)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Port Isabel	United States	Record high minimum temperature	27.8 C (82.0 F)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Phuket Airport	Thailand	Record high maximum temperature	38.1 C (100.6 F)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Jamestown	United States	Record daily precipitation	69.9 mm (2.8 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Veenendaal	Netherlands	Record daily precipitation	29.8 mm (1.2 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Tuddal	Norway	Record daily precipitation	27.5 mm (1.1 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Nordoyan Fyr	Norway	Record high minimum temperature	13.7 C (56.7 F)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Kandalaksa	Russia	Record high maximum temperature	22.6 C (72.7 F)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Lafayette Rgnl AP	United States	Record high minimum temperature	26.1 C (79.0 F)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Shangzhi	China	Record daily precipitation	57.4 mm (2.3 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Stornoway Airport	United Kingdom	Record high minimum temperature	11.6 C (52.9 F)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Natchez	United States	Record high minimum temperature	23.9 C (75.0 F)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Jackson Exp STN	United States	Record high minimum temperature	22.8 C (73.0 F)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Rio Grande City	United States	Record high minimum temperature	27.2 C (81.0 F)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Greenville ASOS	United States	Record high minimum temperature	26.1 C (79.0 F)	41 of 100 (Notable)
McAlester Rgnl AP	United States	Record high maximum temperature	34.4 C (93.9 F)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Poset	Russia	Record daily precipitation	56.9 mm (2.2 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Deland 1 SSE	United States	Record daily precipitation	45.7 mm (1.8 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Pogranichnyj	Russia	Record daily precipitation	41.9 mm (1.6 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Lockwood	United States	Record daily precipitation	61.2 mm (2.4 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Tonghe	China	Record daily precipitation	32.0 mm (1.3 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Yeovilton	United Kingdom	Record daily precipitation	26.6 mm (1.0 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Eagle Nest	United States	Record high minimum temperature	7.2 C (45.0 F)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Sherman	United States	Record high maximum temperature	34.4 C (93.9 F)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Kyancutta	Australia	Record high maximum temperature	27.0 C (80.6 F)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Lidkoping	Sweden	Record high minimum temperature	12.0 C (53.6 F)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Annex Creek	United States	Record low maximum temperature	7.8 C (46.0 F)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Kjobli I Snaasa	Norway	Record high minimum temperature	15.6 C (60.1 F)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Arvidsjaur_A	Sweden	Record high maximum temperature	23.2 C (73.8 F)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Mtn Home 1 NNW	United States	Record daily precipitation	64.0 mm (2.5 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Salmon Gums Res.STN.	Australia	Record high maximum temperature	26.2 C (79.2 F)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Hanko Russaro	Finland	Record high minimum temperature	14.8 C (58.6 F)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Turkestan	Kazakhstan	Record low minimum temperature	4.0 C (39.2 F)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Vigra	Norway	Record high maximum temperature	23.9 C (75.0 F)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Esengyly	Turkmenistan	Record high maximum temperature	37.0 C (98.6 F)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Miami Intl AP	United States	Record high maximum temperature	35.6 C (96.1 F)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Buholmrasa Fyr	Norway	Record high maximum temperature	25.4 C (77.7 F)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Kljuchi	Russia	Record low maximum temperature	4.7 C (40.5 F)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Sultan Ismail Petra	Malaysia	Record high minimum temperature	26.9 C (80.4 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Takle	Norway	Record high minimum temperature	14.4 C (57.9 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
New Roads 5 NE	United States	Record high minimum temperature	25.0 C (77.0 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Kingsville	United States	Record high minimum temperature	27.8 C (82.0 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Clarksburg Benedum AP	United States	Record daily precipitation	58.9 mm (2.3 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Hefei	China	Record daily precipitation	73.9 mm (2.9 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Bishkek	Kyrgyzstan	Record low maximum temperature	14.0 C (57.2 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Ica	Russia	Record high minimum temperature	8.1 C (46.6 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Jackvik	Sweden	Record high maximum temperature	24.1 C (75.4 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Carrizo Springs 3S	United States	Record high minimum temperature	25.6 C (78.1 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Water Valley	United States	Record daily precipitation	50.8 mm (2.0 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Brownsville	United States	Record high minimum temperature	29.4 C (84.9 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Shreveport	United States	Record high minimum temperature	25.6 C (78.1 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
El Dorado Goodwin Fld	United States	Record high minimum temperature	23.9 C (75.0 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Callantsoog	Netherlands	Record daily precipitation	25.5 mm (1.0 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Torp	Norway	Record high maximum temperature	25.3 C (77.5 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

688 records

Records set or tied on 26 May 2024 by type: Highest daily maximum 218, Lowest daily maximum 32, Highest daily minimum 295, Lowest daily minimum 61, Heaviest daily rainfall 81, Deepest snow cover 1.

Records on 26 May 2024 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	218
Lowest daily maximum	32
Highest daily minimum	295
Lowest daily minimum	61
Heaviest daily rainfall	81
Heaviest daily snowfall	0
Deepest snow cover	1

Records on 26 May 2024 by timescale: all-time 5, monthly 67, daily 616.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

542 broken records

Margins by which the 542 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 86.5. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

26 May 2024

Top 20 records on 26 May 2024 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
26 May 2024	Ganca, AZ	daily rain	99.1 mm (3.9 in)	72.6 mm (2.9 in)	96 years	78 of 100 (Major)
26 May 2024	Sisian, AM	daily rain	99.3 mm (3.9 in)	86.5 mm (3.4 in)	67 years	68 of 100 (Major)
26 May 2024	Semjachik, RU	monthly rain	116.1 mm (4.6 in)	39.4 mm (1.6 in)	33 years	62 of 100 (Major)
26 May 2024	Clarksville Wwtp, US	daily rain	124.7 mm (4.9 in)	77.2 mm (3.0 in)	16 years	54 of 100 (Notable)
26 May 2024	Goedereede, NL	daily rain	32.8 mm (1.3 in)	16.2 mm (0.6 in)	31 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
26 May 2024	Texarkana Webb Fld, US	monthly high min	25.6 C (78.1 F)	0.6 C (1.1 F)	122 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
26 May 2024	Kealakekua 26.2, US	daily high min	20.6 C (69.1 F)	1.2 C (2.2 F)	117 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
26 May 2024	Port Isabel, US	monthly high min	27.8 C (82.0 F)	0.6 C (1.1 F)	91 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
26 May 2024	Phuket Airport, TH	daily high max	38.1 C (100.6 F)	4.8 C (8.6 F)	31 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
26 May 2024	Jamestown, US	daily rain	69.9 mm (2.8 in)	39.7 mm (1.6 in)	29 years	44 of 100 (Notable)
26 May 2024	Veenendaal, NL	daily rain	29.8 mm (1.2 in)	17.9 mm (0.7 in)	18 years	43 of 100 (Notable)
26 May 2024	Tuddal, NO	daily rain	27.5 mm (1.1 in)	6.0 mm (0.24 in)	82 years	43 of 100 (Notable)
26 May 2024	Nordoyan Fyr, NO	daily high min	13.7 C (56.7 F)	4.3 C (7.7 F)	60 years	43 of 100 (Notable)
26 May 2024	Kandalaksa, RU	daily high max	22.6 C (72.7 F)	1.6 C (2.9 F)	105 years	43 of 100 (Notable)
26 May 2024	Lafayette Rgnl AP, US	daily high min	26.1 C (79.0 F)	1.1 C (2.0 F)	115 years	43 of 100 (Notable)
26 May 2024	Shangzhi, CN	monthly rain	57.4 mm (2.3 in)	13.7 mm (0.5 in)	4 years	41 of 100 (Notable)
26 May 2024	Stornoway Airport, GB	daily high min	11.6 C (52.9 F)	0.5 C (0.9 F)	107 years	41 of 100 (Notable)
26 May 2024	Natchez, US	daily high min	23.9 C (75.0 F)	0.6 C (1.1 F)	122 years	41 of 100 (Notable)
26 May 2024	Jackson Exp STN, US	daily high min	22.8 C (73.0 F)	0.6 C (1.1 F)	127 years	41 of 100 (Notable)
26 May 2024	Rio Grande City, US	daily high min	27.2 C (81.0 F)	0.5 C (0.9 F)	122 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 2024

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1814 to 2024. 2024 had 688 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 20	536
20 to 40	3
40 to 60	0
60 to 80	2
80 to 100	1