Weather Records on 2 May 1960

571 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 2 May 1960. Highest significance: Port Albert, AU.

Key Facts for 2 May 1960

On 2 May 1960, 571 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
30 were record highs and 189 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 1 were all-time records, 38 monthly and 532 daily.
Port Albert set a monthly record daily precipitation of 61.0 mm (2.4 in) on 2 May 1960.
Across 162 earlier years (1795 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 461 records.

Record Map

571 stations

571 station records on 2 May 1960 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 2 May 1960: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Port Albert	Australia	Record daily precipitation	61.0 mm (2.4 in)	82 of 100 (Exceptional)
Foster (Post Office)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	57.9 mm (2.3 in)	69 of 100 (Major)
Mount Nelson	Australia	Record daily precipitation	52.1 mm (2.1 in)	66 of 100 (Major)
Rokeby (the Mall)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	35.8 mm (1.4 in)	66 of 100 (Major)
St Helens Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	69.6 mm (2.7 in)	65 of 100 (Major)
Sorell (Whitlea)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	33.8 mm (1.3 in)	65 of 100 (Major)
Bellerive (Fort Street)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	39.6 mm (1.6 in)	64 of 100 (Major)
Hobart (Waterworks Reserve)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	56.1 mm (2.2 in)	64 of 100 (Major)
Lenah Valley (Augusta Road)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	37.8 mm (1.5 in)	64 of 100 (Major)
Giffard	Australia	Record daily precipitation	59.9 mm (2.4 in)	63 of 100 (Major)
Goulds Country Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	84.3 mm (3.3 in)	63 of 100 (Major)
Sandford (Maydena)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	37.3 mm (1.5 in)	62 of 100 (Major)
Kempton (Oakmore)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	34.5 mm (1.4 in)	61 of 100 (Major)
Daly River Police	Australia	Record daily precipitation	57.2 mm (2.3 in)	58 of 100 (Notable)
Jerilderie Treatment Works	Australia	Record daily precipitation	52.1 mm (2.1 in)	57 of 100 (Notable)
Madalya	Australia	Record daily precipitation	74.7 mm (2.9 in)	56 of 100 (Notable)
Lunawanna	Australia	Record daily precipitation	36.1 mm (1.4 in)	56 of 100 (Notable)
Thule	Australia	Record daily precipitation	51.1 mm (2.0 in)	56 of 100 (Notable)
Budgeree East (Claremont)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	69.1 mm (2.7 in)	55 of 100 (Notable)
Deer Park	Australia	Record daily precipitation	32.8 mm (1.3 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Hobart Botanical Gardens	Australia	Record daily precipitation	42.2 mm (1.7 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Kettering (Saddle Road)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	43.2 mm (1.7 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Hobart (Ellerslie Road)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	36.8 mm (1.4 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Lymington (Fattys Lane)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	33.5 mm (1.3 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Kyabram Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	53.3 mm (2.1 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Kew	Australia	Record daily precipitation	27.2 mm (1.1 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Swansea Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	39.6 mm (1.6 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Eddystone Point	Australia	Record daily precipitation	82.6 mm (3.3 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Nugent	Australia	Record daily precipitation	81.3 mm (3.2 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Snug Primary School	Australia	Record daily precipitation	48.5 mm (1.9 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Limoeiro Do Norte	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	89.0 mm (3.5 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Berrigan Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	54.6 mm (2.1 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Yarrawonga Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	47.2 mm (1.9 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Seaspray (Burong)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	111.0 mm (4.4 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Eldorado	Australia	Record daily precipitation	39.9 mm (1.6 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Stradbroke Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	57.9 mm (2.3 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Welshpool	Australia	Record daily precipitation	72.9 mm (2.9 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Kinglake West (Wallaby Creek)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	42.2 mm (1.7 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Lindisfarne	Australia	Record daily precipitation	41.4 mm (1.6 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Richmond (Brookbank)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	30.5 mm (1.2 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Finley Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	56.9 mm (2.2 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Nagambie Cba	Australia	Record daily precipitation	49.5 mm (1.9 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Warburton	Australia	Record daily precipitation	34.8 mm (1.4 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Maria Island (Darlington)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	45.7 mm (1.8 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Triabunna (3 Boyle Street)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	59.7 mm (2.4 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Risdon	Australia	Record daily precipitation	28.7 mm (1.1 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Warruwi	Australia	Record daily precipitation	29.7 mm (1.2 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Rosedale	Australia	Record daily precipitation	29.2 mm (1.1 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Preston Reservoir	Australia	Record daily precipitation	35.8 mm (1.4 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Buckland (Brockley)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	70.4 mm (2.8 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Oatlands Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	32.3 mm (1.3 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Bagdad Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	33.0 mm (1.3 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Kingston	Australia	Record daily precipitation	55.9 mm (2.2 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Mulwala Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	51.3 mm (2.0 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
York Plains (Handroyd)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	40.4 mm (1.6 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Killora (Grasmere)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	29.5 mm (1.2 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Burnley	Australia	Record daily precipitation	32.3 mm (1.3 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Ormley	Australia	Record daily precipitation	37.8 mm (1.5 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Woodbury (the Braes)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	30.5 mm (1.2 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Robeville	Australia	Record daily precipitation	25.9 mm (1.0 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)

Counts by Type and Timescale

571 records

Records set or tied on 2 May 1960 by type: Highest daily maximum 9, Lowest daily maximum 61, Highest daily minimum 21, Lowest daily minimum 128, Heaviest daily rainfall 347, Heaviest daily snowfall 4, Deepest snow cover 1.

Records on 2 May 1960 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	9
Lowest daily maximum	61
Highest daily minimum	21
Lowest daily minimum	128
Heaviest daily rainfall	347
Heaviest daily snowfall	4
Deepest snow cover	1

Records on 2 May 1960 by timescale: all-time 1, monthly 38, daily 532.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

488 broken records

Margins by which the 488 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 72.7. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

2 May 1960

Top 20 records on 2 May 1960 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
2 May 1960	Port Albert, AU	monthly rain	61.0 mm (2.4 in)	24.2 mm (1.0 in)	80 years	82 of 100 (Exceptional)
2 May 1960	Foster (Post Office), AU	daily rain	57.9 mm (2.3 in)	34.5 mm (1.4 in)	73 years	69 of 100 (Major)
2 May 1960	Mount Nelson, AU	daily rain	52.1 mm (2.1 in)	39.4 mm (1.6 in)	60 years	66 of 100 (Major)
2 May 1960	Rokeby (the Mall), AU	daily rain	35.8 mm (1.4 in)	30.5 mm (1.2 in)	63 years	66 of 100 (Major)
2 May 1960	St Helens Post Office, AU	daily rain	69.6 mm (2.7 in)	58.2 mm (2.3 in)	60 years	65 of 100 (Major)
2 May 1960	Sorell (Whitlea), AU	daily rain	33.8 mm (1.3 in)	24.4 mm (1.0 in)	60 years	65 of 100 (Major)
2 May 1960	Bellerive (Fort Street), AU	daily rain	39.6 mm (1.6 in)	25.6 mm (1.0 in)	60 years	64 of 100 (Major)
2 May 1960	Hobart (Waterworks Reserve), AU	daily rain	56.1 mm (2.2 in)	41.4 mm (1.6 in)	60 years	64 of 100 (Major)
2 May 1960	Lenah Valley (Augusta Road), AU	daily rain	37.8 mm (1.5 in)	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	60 years	64 of 100 (Major)
2 May 1960	Giffard, AU	monthly rain	59.9 mm (2.4 in)	20.0 mm (0.8 in)	29 years	63 of 100 (Major)
2 May 1960	Goulds Country Post Office, AU	daily rain	84.3 mm (3.3 in)	55.1 mm (2.2 in)	56 years	63 of 100 (Major)
2 May 1960	Sandford (Maydena), AU	daily rain	37.3 mm (1.5 in)	28.2 mm (1.1 in)	55 years	62 of 100 (Major)
2 May 1960	Kempton (Oakmore), AU	daily rain	34.5 mm (1.4 in)	27.1 mm (1.1 in)	50 years	61 of 100 (Major)
2 May 1960	Daly River Police, AU	daily rain	57.2 mm (2.3 in)	57.2 mm (2.3 in)	47 years	58 of 100 (Notable)
2 May 1960	Jerilderie Treatment Works, AU	daily rain	52.1 mm (2.1 in)	31.3 mm (1.2 in)	47 years	57 of 100 (Notable)
2 May 1960	Madalya, AU	daily rain	74.7 mm (2.9 in)	48.8 mm (1.9 in)	34 years	56 of 100 (Notable)
2 May 1960	Lunawanna, AU	daily rain	36.1 mm (1.4 in)	25.2 mm (1.0 in)	40 years	56 of 100 (Notable)
2 May 1960	Thule, AU	daily rain	51.1 mm (2.0 in)	30.0 mm (1.2 in)	34 years	56 of 100 (Notable)
2 May 1960	Budgeree East (Claremont), AU	daily rain	69.1 mm (2.7 in)	42.4 mm (1.7 in)	34 years	55 of 100 (Notable)
2 May 1960	Deer Park, AU	daily rain	32.8 mm (1.3 in)	17.1 mm (0.7 in)	38 years	54 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

1795 to 1960

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1795 to 1960. 1960 had 571 records.

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

Records on 05-02 in each year
Year	Records
1795	1
1804	1
1814	1
1835	1
1836	2
1845	1
1846	1
1849	1
1850	2
1852	1
1866	2
1868	2
1874	1
1875	1
1876	1
1877	2
1878	2
1879	1
1881	2
1883	1
1884	2
1885	1
1886	3
1887	1
1888	1
1889	2
1890	1
1891	4
1892	5
1893	1
1894	4
1895	1
1896	4
1897	2
1898	6
1899	9
1900	1
1901	6
1902	5
1903	14
1904	25
1905	19
1906	15
1907	22
1908	11
1909	48
1910	21
1911	34
1912	26
1913	132
1914	33
1915	25
1916	21
1917	52
1918	21
1919	52
1920	73
1921	31
1922	219
1923	58
1924	57
1925	123
1926	323
1927	125
1928	164
1929	336
1930	366
1931	237
1932	113
1933	584
1934	337
1935	509
1936	305
1937	278
1938	411
1939	273
1940	587
1941	510
1942	600
1943	542
1944	727
1945	522
1946	321
1947	794
1948	874
1949	561
1950	651
1951	509
1952	445
1953	1,009
1954	1,317
1955	977
1956	1,261
1957	371
1958	380
1959	1,030
1960	571
1961	670
1962	396
1963	685
1964	656
1965	314
1966	779
1967	1,123
1968	440
1969	338
1970	670
1971	421
1972	336
1973	711
1974	456
1975	337
1976	660
1977	579
1978	976
1979	743
1980	449
1981	1,009
1982	537
1983	1,808
1984	712
1985	1,062
1986	631
1987	763
1988	1,142
1989	1,009
1990	1,567
1991	587
1992	1,014
1993	1,017
1994	937
1995	1,166
1996	1,076
1997	750
1998	1,043
1999	838
2000	931
2001	1,256
2002	1,263
2003	787
2004	1,344
2005	1,785
2006	577
2007	867
2008	963
2009	898
2010	1,629
2011	936
2012	1,103
2013	1,486
2014	696
2015	582
2016	583
2017	601
2018	768
2019	622
2020	798
2021	572
2022	440
2023	951
2024	880
2025	569
2026	765

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Data for records on 1960-05-02: 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 10	329
10 to 20	81
20 to 30	48
30 to 40	15
40 to 50	7
50 to 60	5
60 to 70	2
70 to 80	1