Weather Records on 1 May 2005

1,320 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 1 May 2005. Highest significance: Belgaum/Sambra, IN.

Key Facts for 1 May 2005

On 1 May 2005, 1,320 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
655 were record highs and 500 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 6 were all-time records, 94 monthly and 1,220 daily.
Belgaum/Sambra set a daily record precipitation of 135.9 mm (5.4 in) on 1 May 2005.
Across 165 earlier years (1795 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 437 records.

Record Map

1,320 stations

1,320 station records on 1 May 2005 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 1 May 2005: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Belgaum/Sambra	India	Record daily precipitation	135.9 mm (5.4 in)	59 of 100 (Notable)
Coden	United States	Record daily precipitation	131.6 mm (5.2 in)	58 of 100 (Notable)
Evergreen	United States	Record daily precipitation	54.4 mm (2.1 in)	55 of 100 (Notable)
Fulton 3 W	United States	Record low maximum temperature	13.9 C (57.0 F)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Jaisalmer	India	Record daily precipitation	41.9 mm (1.6 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Fairhope 2 NE	United States	Record daily precipitation	143.5 mm (5.6 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Stratford	United States	Record daily snowfall	7.6 cm (3.0 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Weatherford	United States	Record low minimum temperature	0.6 C (33.1 F)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Warroora	Australia	Record daily precipitation	67.0 mm (2.6 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Cet Central England	United Kingdom	Record high minimum temperature	12.1 C (53.8 F)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Natchez	United States	Record low maximum temperature	16.1 C (61.0 F)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Berkshire Valley	Australia	Record daily precipitation	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Saentis	Switzerland	Record high minimum temperature	4.5 C (40.1 F)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Bastrop	United States	Record low minimum temperature	4.4 C (39.9 F)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Eupora 2 E	United States	Record low maximum temperature	13.9 C (57.0 F)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Valentine	United States	Record low maximum temperature	3.3 C (37.9 F)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Emory	United States	Record low minimum temperature	4.4 C (39.9 F)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Oxford	United Kingdom	Record high minimum temperature	13.0 C (55.4 F)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Wisley	United Kingdom	Record high minimum temperature	14.7 C (58.5 F)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Hyannis	United States	Record daily precipitation	61.2 mm (2.4 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Mahomet Springs	Australia	Record daily precipitation	38.0 mm (1.5 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Vladivostok	Russia	Record daily precipitation	26.7 mm (1.1 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Russellville	United States	Record low maximum temperature	13.3 C (55.9 F)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Regensburg	Germany	Record high minimum temperature	12.0 C (53.6 F)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Chiang Mai	Thailand	Record high maximum temperature	42.4 C (108.3 F)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Cadiz	United States	Record low maximum temperature	6.7 C (44.1 F)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Bolivar Wtr Wks	United States	Record low minimum temperature	1.1 C (34.0 F)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Col du Grand St-Bernard	Switzerland	Record high maximum temperature	9.8 C (49.6 F)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Col du Grand St-Bernard	Switzerland	Record high minimum temperature	2.4 C (36.3 F)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Booneville	United States	Record low minimum temperature	3.3 C (37.9 F)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Crystal Springs Exp STN	United States	Record low maximum temperature	16.7 C (62.1 F)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Dickson	United States	Record low minimum temperature	0.0 C (32.0 F)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Milan Exp STN	United States	Record low minimum temperature	1.7 C (35.1 F)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Brady	United States	Record low minimum temperature	5.6 C (42.1 F)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Llano	United States	Record low minimum temperature	3.3 C (37.9 F)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Milan	Italy	Record high maximum temperature	30.2 C (86.4 F)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Onawa 3NW	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-6.1 C (21.0 F)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Bastrop	United States	Record low maximum temperature	16.1 C (61.0 F)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Junction 4SSW	United States	Record low minimum temperature	2.2 C (36.0 F)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Poitiers - Biard	France	Record high minimum temperature	14.5 C (58.1 F)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Bistrita	Romania	Record low maximum temperature	1.0 C (33.8 F)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Elba	United States	Record daily precipitation	70.9 mm (2.8 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Chipley	United States	Record daily precipitation	65.5 mm (2.6 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Onawa 3NW	United States	Record low maximum temperature	6.7 C (44.1 F)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Goldbutte 7 N	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-11.1 C (12.0 F)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Lebanon	United States	Record low maximum temperature	13.9 C (57.0 F)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Melnichnoe	Russia	Record daily precipitation	27.2 mm (1.1 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
St Petersburg	United States	Record daily precipitation	47.8 mm (1.9 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Kadoka	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-5.6 C (21.9 F)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Jena Sternwarte	Germany	Record high maximum temperature	28.5 C (83.3 F)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Brocken	Germany	Record high maximum temperature	18.7 C (65.7 F)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Bernburg/Saale (Nord)	Germany	Record high maximum temperature	27.2 C (81.0 F)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Wibaux 2 E	United States	Record low maximum temperature	2.8 C (37.0 F)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Hico	United States	Record low minimum temperature	2.8 C (37.0 F)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Brickhouse	Australia	Record daily precipitation	43.0 mm (1.7 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Zugspitze	Germany	Record high minimum temperature	0.7 C (33.3 F)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Las Animas	United States	Record low maximum temperature	6.7 C (44.1 F)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Marietta 5SW	United States	Record low minimum temperature	0.6 C (33.1 F)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Matanuska Exp Farm	United States	Record high minimum temperature	7.8 C (46.0 F)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Huoshan	China	Record daily precipitation	78.8 mm (3.1 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)

Counts by Type and Timescale

1,320 records

Records set or tied on 1 May 2005 by type: Highest daily maximum 364, Lowest daily maximum 250, Highest daily minimum 291, Lowest daily minimum 250, Heaviest daily rainfall 151, Heaviest daily snowfall 7, Deepest snow cover 7.

Records on 1 May 2005 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	364
Lowest daily maximum	250
Highest daily minimum	291
Lowest daily minimum	250
Heaviest daily rainfall	151
Heaviest daily snowfall	7
Deepest snow cover	7

Records on 1 May 2005 by timescale: all-time 6, monthly 94, daily 1,220.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

1,019 broken records

Margins by which the 1,019 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 111.2. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

1 May 2005

Top 20 records on 1 May 2005 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
1 May 2005	Belgaum/Sambra, IN	daily rain	135.9 mm (5.4 in)	104.9 mm (4.1 in)	47 years	59 of 100 (Notable)
1 May 2005	Coden, US	daily rain	131.6 mm (5.2 in)	104.9 mm (4.1 in)	44 years	58 of 100 (Notable)
1 May 2005	Evergreen, US	daily rain	54.4 mm (2.1 in)	30.0 mm (1.2 in)	96 years	55 of 100 (Notable)
1 May 2005	Fulton 3 W, US	monthly low max	13.9 C (57.0 F)	1.7 C (3.1 F)	109 years	54 of 100 (Notable)
1 May 2005	Jaisalmer, IN	daily rain	41.9 mm (1.6 in)	41.9 mm (1.6 in)	56 years	52 of 100 (Notable)
1 May 2005	Fairhope 2 NE, US	daily rain	143.5 mm (5.6 in)	111.2 mm (4.4 in)	16 years	52 of 100 (Notable)
1 May 2005	Stratford, US	daily snowfall	7.6 cm (3.0 in)	7.6 cm (3.0 in)	92 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
1 May 2005	Weatherford, US	monthly low min	0.6 C (33.1 F)	0.5 C (0.9 F)	102 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
1 May 2005	Warroora, AU	daily rain	67.0 mm (2.6 in)	48.2 mm (1.9 in)	35 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
1 May 2005	Cet Central England, GB	daily high min	12.1 C (53.8 F)	2.1 C (3.8 F)	113 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
1 May 2005	Natchez, US	daily low max	16.1 C (61.0 F)	2.2 C (4.0 F)	107 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
1 May 2005	Berkshire Valley, AU	daily rain	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	10.7 mm (0.4 in)	84 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
1 May 2005	Saentis, CH	daily high min	4.5 C (40.1 F)	2.2 C (4.0 F)	106 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
1 May 2005	Bastrop, US	monthly low min	4.4 C (39.9 F)	0.6 C (1.1 F)	80 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
1 May 2005	Eupora 2 E, US	monthly low max	13.9 C (57.0 F)	2.8 C (5.0 F)	68 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
1 May 2005	Valentine, US	daily low max	3.3 C (37.9 F)	5.0 C (9.0 F)	96 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
1 May 2005	Emory, US	daily low min	4.4 C (39.9 F)	2.3 C (4.1 F)	107 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
1 May 2005	Oxford, GB	daily high min	13.0 C (55.4 F)	1.7 C (3.1 F)	96 years	44 of 100 (Notable)
1 May 2005	Wisley, GB	daily high min	14.7 C (58.5 F)	3.6 C (6.5 F)	79 years	44 of 100 (Notable)
1 May 2005	Hyannis, US	daily rain	61.2 mm (2.4 in)	20.6 mm (0.8 in)	58 years	44 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 2005

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1795 to 2005. 2005 had 1,320 records.

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

Records on 05-01 in each year
Year	Records
1795	1
1802	1
1804	1
1814	1
1818	1
1835	1
1836	1
1840	1
1846	2
1847	1
1850	1
1851	1
1857	1
1860	1
1861	1
1864	2
1865	1
1868	2
1872	1
1875	4
1878	2
1879	2
1880	3
1881	2
1884	1
1885	1
1886	2
1887	2
1888	2
1889	3
1890	2
1891	5
1892	6
1893	2
1894	5
1896	1
1897	4
1898	1
1899	8
1900	1
1901	5
1902	7
1903	9
1904	9
1905	13
1906	12
1907	31
1908	20
1909	49
1910	13
1911	22
1912	18
1913	54
1914	23
1915	27
1916	27
1917	37
1918	34
1919	150
1920	186
1921	41
1922	92
1923	64
1924	63
1925	118
1926	500
1927	125
1928	190
1929	142
1930	263
1931	537
1932	220
1933	706
1934	305
1935	276
1936	368
1937	218
1938	304
1939	227
1940	731
1941	333
1942	1,036
1943	526
1944	229
1945	350
1946	415
1947	655
1948	774
1949	405
1950	439
1951	894
1952	557
1953	917
1954	1,506
1955	772
1956	1,106
1957	359
1958	448
1959	764
1960	737
1961	588
1962	615
1963	704
1964	312
1965	360
1966	707
1967	948
1968	426
1969	429
1970	1,075
1971	444
1972	562
1973	841
1974	589
1975	286
1976	673
1977	545
1978	1,202
1979	612
1980	507
1981	1,265
1982	508
1983	1,423
1984	640
1985	789
1986	512
1987	1,098
1988	1,058
1989	949
1990	922
1991	633
1992	1,201
1993	1,101
1994	1,210
1995	1,365
1996	1,439
1997	804
1998	951
1999	932
2000	809
2001	1,106
2002	1,221
2003	964
2004	887
2005	1,320
2006	734
2007	857
2008	979
2009	679
2010	1,151
2011	716
2012	796
2013	976
2014	941
2015	550
2016	844
2017	1,163
2018	519
2019	788
2020	1,099
2021	834
2022	319
2023	912
2024	458
2025	430
2026	623

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Data for records on 2005-05-01: 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 20	993
20 to 40	17
40 to 60	4
60 to 80	2
80 to 100	0
100 to 120	3