Weather Records on 7 May 1964

687 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 7 May 1964. Highest significance: South Johnstone Exp STN, AU.

Key Facts for 7 May 1964

On 7 May 1964, 687 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
352 were record highs and 175 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 0 were all-time records, 20 monthly and 667 daily.
South Johnstone Exp STN set a monthly record daily precipitation of 207.0 mm (8.1 in) on 7 May 1964.
Across 168 earlier years (1795 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 417 records.

Record Map

687 stations

687 station records on 7 May 1964 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 7 May 1964: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
South Johnstone Exp STN	Australia	Record daily precipitation	207.0 mm (8.1 in)	67 of 100 (Major)
Cooktown Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	88.6 mm (3.5 in)	65 of 100 (Major)
South Johnstone Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	218.4 mm (8.6 in)	61 of 100 (Major)
Beaver	United States	Record daily snowfall	17.8 cm (7.0 in)	58 of 100 (Notable)
Hiawatha	United States	Record daily snowfall	22.9 cm (9.0 in)	58 of 100 (Notable)
Kodaikanal	India	Record daily precipitation	100.3 mm (3.9 in)	56 of 100 (Notable)
Goondi Mill Csr	Australia	Record daily precipitation	189.5 mm (7.5 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Mestad I Oddernes	Norway	Record daily precipitation	64.3 mm (2.5 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Loa	United States	Record daily snowfall	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Aseral	Norway	Record daily precipitation	55.1 mm (2.2 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Perundurai	India	Record daily precipitation	58.0 mm (2.3 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Risnes I Fjotland	Norway	Record daily precipitation	48.1 mm (1.9 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Manti	United States	Record daily snowfall	20.3 cm (8.0 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Luiz Correia	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	141.2 mm (5.6 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Jefferson	United States	Record daily precipitation	61.7 mm (2.4 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Bingil Bay	Australia	Record daily precipitation	103.1 mm (4.1 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Tully Sugar Mill	Australia	Record daily precipitation	180.8 mm (7.1 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Innisfail	Australia	Record daily precipitation	204.5 mm (8.1 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Malanda Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	39.1 mm (1.5 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Dindigul	India	Record daily precipitation	36.0 mm (1.4 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Soyland I Gjesdal	Norway	Record daily precipitation	48.0 mm (1.9 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Manti	United States	Record daily precipitation	27.2 mm (1.1 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Manti	United States	Record snow depth	20.3 cm (8.0 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Southampton	Canada	Record high minimum temperature	19.4 C (66.9 F)	39 of 100 (Notable)
La Pocatiere Cda	Canada	Record high minimum temperature	17.8 C (64.0 F)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Bajandaj	Russia	Record daily precipitation	35.4 mm (1.4 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Swan River	Canada	Record daily precipitation	29.5 mm (1.2 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
St Hyacinthe	Canada	Record high minimum temperature	20.6 C (69.1 F)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Flagstaff AP	United States	Record daily snowfall	5.3 cm (2.1 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Mourilyan Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	211.8 mm (8.3 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Westfield 2 SSE	United States	Record high minimum temperature	19.4 C (66.9 F)	35 of 100 (Notable)
St Fereol	Canada	Record high minimum temperature	14.4 C (57.9 F)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Waukesha Wwtp	United States	Record daily precipitation	42.2 mm (1.7 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Parry Sound	Canada	Record high minimum temperature	17.8 C (64.0 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Ovre Sirdal	Norway	Record daily precipitation	26.0 mm (1.0 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Ft Valley	United States	Record daily snowfall	7.6 cm (3.0 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Cambridge Galt Moe	Canada	Record high minimum temperature	16.7 C (62.1 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Roberval Nord	Canada	Record high maximum temperature	30.6 C (87.1 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Tovdal	Norway	Record daily precipitation	40.7 mm (1.6 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Trenton	United States	Record high minimum temperature	20.0 C (68.0 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Mina	United States	Record low maximum temperature	4.4 C (39.9 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Lincoln UNIV Pwr Plt	United States	Record daily precipitation	38.1 mm (1.5 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Beatrice	Canada	Record high minimum temperature	15.6 C (60.1 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Durham	Canada	Record high minimum temperature	17.2 C (63.0 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Adrian 2 NNE	United States	Record high minimum temperature	17.8 C (64.0 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Beaver Is	United States	Record high maximum temperature	25.6 C (78.1 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Brady	United States	Record high minimum temperature	22.8 C (73.0 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Deeral	Australia	Record daily precipitation	112.3 mm (4.4 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Buckeye	United States	Record low maximum temperature	22.2 C (72.0 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Brawley 2 SW	United States	Record low minimum temperature	4.4 C (39.9 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Pioche	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-5.6 C (21.9 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Wauseon Wtp	United States	Record high minimum temperature	17.8 C (64.0 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Black Rock	United States	Record low maximum temperature	8.9 C (48.0 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Georgetown Post Office	Australia	Record high maximum temperature	35.6 C (96.1 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Peeramon	Australia	Record daily precipitation	33.5 mm (1.3 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Kenogami	Canada	Record high minimum temperature	18.9 C (66.0 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Amos	Canada	Record high minimum temperature	15.6 C (60.1 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Seligman	United States	Record low maximum temperature	11.1 C (52.0 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Dry Canyon Rsvr	United States	Record low maximum temperature	12.2 C (54.0 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Gaylord	United States	Record high minimum temperature	15.6 C (60.1 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

687 records

Records set or tied on 7 May 1964 by type: Highest daily maximum 78, Lowest daily maximum 101, Highest daily minimum 274, Lowest daily minimum 74, Heaviest daily rainfall 147, Heaviest daily snowfall 9, Deepest snow cover 4.

Records on 7 May 1964 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	78
Lowest daily maximum	101
Highest daily minimum	274
Lowest daily minimum	74
Heaviest daily rainfall	147
Heaviest daily snowfall	9
Deepest snow cover	4

Records on 7 May 1964 by timescale: all-time 0, monthly 20, daily 667.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

528 broken records

Margins by which the 528 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 229.0. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

7 May 1964

Top 20 records on 7 May 1964 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
7 May 1964	South Johnstone Exp STN, AU	monthly rain	207.0 mm (8.1 in)	78.7 mm (3.1 in)	44 years	67 of 100 (Major)
7 May 1964	Cooktown Post Office, AU	daily rain	88.6 mm (3.5 in)	58.1 mm (2.3 in)	57 years	65 of 100 (Major)
7 May 1964	South Johnstone Post Office, AU	monthly rain	218.4 mm (8.6 in)	79.2 mm (3.1 in)	29 years	61 of 100 (Major)
7 May 1964	Beaver, US	daily snowfall	17.8 cm (7.0 in)	17.8 cm (7.0 in)	56 years	58 of 100 (Notable)
7 May 1964	Hiawatha, US	daily snowfall	22.9 cm (9.0 in)	22.9 cm (9.0 in)	47 years	58 of 100 (Notable)
7 May 1964	Kodaikanal, IN	daily rain	100.3 mm (3.9 in)	51.5 mm (2.0 in)	45 years	56 of 100 (Notable)
7 May 1964	Goondi Mill Csr, AU	daily rain	189.5 mm (7.5 in)	64.8 mm (2.6 in)	50 years	53 of 100 (Notable)
7 May 1964	Mestad I Oddernes, NO	daily rain	64.3 mm (2.5 in)	34.2 mm (1.3 in)	43 years	53 of 100 (Notable)
7 May 1964	Loa, US	daily snowfall	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	67 years	52 of 100 (Notable)
7 May 1964	Aseral, NO	daily rain	55.1 mm (2.2 in)	28.8 mm (1.1 in)	43 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
7 May 1964	Perundurai, IN	daily rain	58.0 mm (2.3 in)	40.2 mm (1.6 in)	60 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
7 May 1964	Risnes I Fjotland, NO	daily rain	48.1 mm (1.9 in)	16.1 mm (0.6 in)	66 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
7 May 1964	Manti, US	daily snowfall	20.3 cm (8.0 in)	19.5 cm (7.7 in)	3 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
7 May 1964	Luiz Correia, BR	daily rain	141.2 mm (5.6 in)	90.3 mm (3.6 in)	3 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
7 May 1964	Jefferson, US	daily rain	61.7 mm (2.4 in)	27.4 mm (1.1 in)	60 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
7 May 1964	Bingil Bay, AU	daily rain	103.1 mm (4.1 in)	54.3 mm (2.1 in)	36 years	44 of 100 (Notable)
7 May 1964	Tully Sugar Mill, AU	daily rain	180.8 mm (7.1 in)	84.3 mm (3.3 in)	23 years	43 of 100 (Notable)
7 May 1964	Innisfail, AU	daily rain	204.5 mm (8.1 in)	52.1 mm (2.1 in)	44 years	42 of 100 (Notable)
7 May 1964	Malanda Post Office, AU	daily rain	39.1 mm (1.5 in)	18.8 mm (0.7 in)	40 years	41 of 100 (Notable)
7 May 1964	Dindigul, IN	daily rain	36.0 mm (1.4 in)	19.5 mm (0.8 in)	62 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

1795 to 1964

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1795 to 1964. 1964 had 687 records.

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

Records on 05-07 in each year
Year	Records
1795	2
1805	1
1816	1
1825	2
1837	1
1838	1
1844	1
1845	2
1846	1
1848	2
1850	2
1852	1
1853	1
1856	3
1857	1
1861	3
1862	1
1863	1
1864	1
1867	3
1869	1
1870	1
1872	1
1874	2
1876	3
1878	1
1879	2
1880	1
1884	2
1885	1
1886	4
1887	1
1888	1
1889	2
1890	4
1891	4
1892	2
1894	4
1895	2
1897	5
1898	7
1899	3
1900	10
1901	1
1902	6
1903	13
1904	19
1905	21
1906	15
1907	14
1908	29
1909	15
1910	16
1911	14
1912	14
1913	30
1914	37
1915	40
1916	34
1917	188
1918	60
1919	263
1920	59
1921	41
1922	40
1923	119
1924	141
1925	207
1926	227
1927	191
1928	204
1929	224
1930	637
1931	473
1932	288
1933	291
1934	698
1935	298
1936	466
1937	121
1938	467
1939	194
1940	317
1941	317
1942	270
1943	416
1944	476
1945	751
1946	339
1947	727
1948	338
1949	439
1950	526
1951	226
1952	485
1953	541
1954	481
1955	393
1956	665
1957	546
1958	585
1959	335
1960	899
1961	442
1962	381
1963	825
1964	687
1965	671
1966	762
1967	973
1968	756
1969	678
1970	822
1971	364
1972	515
1973	447
1974	743
1975	784
1976	782
1977	662
1978	925
1979	888
1980	593
1981	710
1982	802
1983	724
1984	1,300
1985	557
1986	1,163
1987	1,115
1988	752
1989	1,880
1990	1,024
1991	599
1992	1,830
1993	831
1994	621
1995	997
1996	880
1997	1,359
1998	1,166
1999	1,008
2000	1,693
2001	743
2002	1,344
2003	1,138
2004	1,397
2005	645
2006	833
2007	1,047
2008	526
2009	735
2010	1,123
2011	558
2012	709
2013	633
2014	646
2015	569
2016	677
2017	543
2018	542
2019	522
2020	577
2021	484
2022	784
2023	667
2024	858
2025	635
2026	715

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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	508
50 to 100	15
100 to 150	2
150 to 200	2
200 to 250	1