Weather Records on 2 May 2005

1,785 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 2 May 2005. Highest significance: Woodanilling, AU.

Key Facts for 2 May 2005

On 2 May 2005, 1,785 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
728 were record highs and 672 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 2 were all-time records, 125 monthly and 1,658 daily.
Woodanilling set a monthly record daily precipitation of 91.0 mm (3.6 in) on 2 May 2005.
Across 162 earlier years (1795 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 453 records.

Record Map

1,785 stations

1,785 station records on 2 May 2005 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 2 May 2005: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Woodanilling	Australia	Record daily precipitation	91.0 mm (3.6 in)	83 of 100 (Exceptional)
Broomehill	Australia	Record daily precipitation	46.4 mm (1.8 in)	76 of 100 (Major)
Pallinup	Australia	Record daily precipitation	46.0 mm (1.8 in)	76 of 100 (Major)
Dzhambejty	Kazakhstan	Record daily precipitation	111.0 mm (4.4 in)	76 of 100 (Major)
Barooga	Australia	Record daily precipitation	43.0 mm (1.7 in)	75 of 100 (Major)
Dellyanine	Australia	Record daily precipitation	46.0 mm (1.8 in)	75 of 100 (Major)
Dumbleyung	Australia	Record daily precipitation	39.2 mm (1.5 in)	75 of 100 (Major)
Gnowangerup	Australia	Record daily precipitation	41.0 mm (1.6 in)	73 of 100 (Major)
Brickhouse	Australia	Record daily precipitation	76.0 mm (3.0 in)	72 of 100 (Major)
Darkan	Australia	Record daily precipitation	70.0 mm (2.8 in)	72 of 100 (Major)
Congee	Australia	Record daily precipitation	41.4 mm (1.6 in)	72 of 100 (Major)
Marradong	Australia	Record daily precipitation	80.0 mm (3.1 in)	71 of 100 (Major)
Arthur River	Australia	Record daily precipitation	40.6 mm (1.6 in)	71 of 100 (Major)
Woodleigh	Australia	Record daily precipitation	50.0 mm (2.0 in)	70 of 100 (Major)
Ella Valla	Australia	Record daily precipitation	44.0 mm (1.7 in)	69 of 100 (Major)
Ongerup	Australia	Record daily precipitation	73.0 mm (2.9 in)	69 of 100 (Major)
Wonnaminta	Australia	Record daily precipitation	44.0 mm (1.7 in)	69 of 100 (Major)
Boscabel	Australia	Record daily precipitation	37.8 mm (1.5 in)	67 of 100 (Major)
Rushy Pool	Australia	Record daily precipitation	36.0 mm (1.4 in)	67 of 100 (Major)
Woolgorong	Australia	Record daily precipitation	39.6 mm (1.6 in)	66 of 100 (Major)
Wooramel	Australia	Record daily precipitation	61.0 mm (2.4 in)	66 of 100 (Major)
Horseshoe	Australia	Record daily precipitation	48.4 mm (1.9 in)	66 of 100 (Major)
Billabalong	Australia	Record daily precipitation	42.0 mm (1.7 in)	65 of 100 (Major)
Cherry Tree	Australia	Record daily precipitation	40.6 mm (1.6 in)	65 of 100 (Major)
Lilydale	Australia	Record daily precipitation	45.8 mm (1.8 in)	65 of 100 (Major)
Kojonolokan Hills	Australia	Record daily precipitation	71.2 mm (2.8 in)	65 of 100 (Major)
Hallsberg	Sweden	Record daily precipitation	30.4 mm (1.2 in)	64 of 100 (Major)
Carnarvon Airport	Australia	Record daily precipitation	66.2 mm (2.6 in)	63 of 100 (Major)
Pinjarra	Australia	Record daily precipitation	109.0 mm (4.3 in)	61 of 100 (Major)
Wahroonga	Australia	Record daily precipitation	47.4 mm (1.9 in)	60 of 100 (Major)
Wagin	Australia	Record daily precipitation	41.0 mm (1.6 in)	59 of 100 (Notable)
Sovetskaja Gavan	Russia	Record daily precipitation	43.8 mm (1.7 in)	59 of 100 (Notable)
Kwobrup	Australia	Record daily precipitation	67.6 mm (2.7 in)	58 of 100 (Notable)
Nyabing	Australia	Record daily precipitation	43.4 mm (1.7 in)	58 of 100 (Notable)
Ballaying	Australia	Record daily precipitation	57.2 mm (2.3 in)	58 of 100 (Notable)
Kwinana Bp Refinery	Australia	Record daily precipitation	53.2 mm (2.1 in)	57 of 100 (Notable)
Yladgee	Australia	Record daily precipitation	32.6 mm (1.3 in)	56 of 100 (Notable)
Wandina	Australia	Record daily precipitation	47.6 mm (1.9 in)	55 of 100 (Notable)
Badgebup	Australia	Record daily precipitation	54.6 mm (2.1 in)	55 of 100 (Notable)
Marron	Australia	Record daily precipitation	67.2 mm (2.6 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Araluen	Australia	Record daily precipitation	56.4 mm (2.2 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Culford	Australia	Record daily precipitation	46.8 mm (1.8 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Muntadgin	Australia	Record daily precipitation	36.0 mm (1.4 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Maybrook	Australia	Record daily precipitation	61.8 mm (2.4 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Roy	United States	Record daily snowfall	8.9 cm (3.5 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Yuin	Australia	Record daily precipitation	39.2 mm (1.5 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Cardup	Australia	Record daily precipitation	49.4 mm (1.9 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Springdale	Australia	Record daily precipitation	53.0 mm (2.1 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Kojonup	Australia	Record daily precipitation	27.2 mm (1.1 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Narrogin	Australia	Record daily precipitation	31.8 mm (1.3 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Riverdale	Australia	Record daily precipitation	25.8 mm (1.0 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Clontarf Farm	Australia	Record daily precipitation	33.0 mm (1.3 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Riverside	Australia	Record daily precipitation	38.0 mm (1.5 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Aachen	Germany	Record high minimum temperature	16.4 C (61.5 F)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Leipzig-Holzhausen	Germany	Record high maximum temperature	30.7 C (87.3 F)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Gustorp_D	Sweden	Record daily precipitation	37.5 mm (1.5 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Teec Nos Pos	United States	Record daily precipitation	27.2 mm (1.1 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Aledo	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-3.3 C (26.1 F)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Bell Ranch	United States	Record daily snowfall	5.1 cm (2.0 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Umbarger	United States	Record daily snowfall	7.6 cm (3.0 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)

Counts by Type and Timescale

1,785 records

Records set or tied on 2 May 2005 by type: Highest daily maximum 368, Lowest daily maximum 295, Highest daily minimum 360, Lowest daily minimum 377, Heaviest daily rainfall 341, Heaviest daily snowfall 30, Deepest snow cover 14.

Records on 2 May 2005 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	368
Lowest daily maximum	295
Highest daily minimum	360
Lowest daily minimum	377
Heaviest daily rainfall	341
Heaviest daily snowfall	30
Deepest snow cover	14

Records on 2 May 2005 by timescale: all-time 2, monthly 125, daily 1,658.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

1,467 broken records

Margins by which the 1,467 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 127.0. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

2 May 2005

Top 20 records on 2 May 2005 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
2 May 2005	Woodanilling, AU	monthly rain	91.0 mm (3.6 in)	36.9 mm (1.5 in)	81 years	83 of 100 (Exceptional)
2 May 2005	Broomehill, AU	daily rain	46.4 mm (1.8 in)	29.1 mm (1.1 in)	88 years	76 of 100 (Major)
2 May 2005	Pallinup, AU	daily rain	46.0 mm (1.8 in)	30.5 mm (1.2 in)	88 years	76 of 100 (Major)
2 May 2005	Dzhambejty, KZ	all-time rain	111.0 mm (4.4 in)	56.1 mm (2.2 in)	31 years	76 of 100 (Major)
2 May 2005	Barooga, AU	daily rain	43.0 mm (1.7 in)	27.8 mm (1.1 in)	88 years	75 of 100 (Major)
2 May 2005	Dellyanine, AU	daily rain	46.0 mm (1.8 in)	29.7 mm (1.2 in)	88 years	75 of 100 (Major)
2 May 2005	Dumbleyung, AU	daily rain	39.2 mm (1.5 in)	27.8 mm (1.1 in)	88 years	75 of 100 (Major)
2 May 2005	Gnowangerup, AU	daily rain	41.0 mm (1.6 in)	23.2 mm (0.9 in)	88 years	73 of 100 (Major)
2 May 2005	Brickhouse, AU	daily rain	76.0 mm (3.0 in)	51.9 mm (2.0 in)	88 years	72 of 100 (Major)
2 May 2005	Darkan, AU	daily rain	70.0 mm (2.8 in)	53.2 mm (2.1 in)	76 years	72 of 100 (Major)
2 May 2005	Congee, AU	daily rain	41.4 mm (1.6 in)	22.6 mm (0.9 in)	96 years	72 of 100 (Major)
2 May 2005	Marradong, AU	daily rain	80.0 mm (3.1 in)	54.6 mm (2.1 in)	72 years	71 of 100 (Major)
2 May 2005	Arthur River, AU	daily rain	40.6 mm (1.6 in)	24.9 mm (1.0 in)	76 years	71 of 100 (Major)
2 May 2005	Woodleigh, AU	daily rain	50.0 mm (2.0 in)	45.2 mm (1.8 in)	76 years	70 of 100 (Major)
2 May 2005	Ella Valla, AU	daily rain	44.0 mm (1.7 in)	38.7 mm (1.5 in)	90 years	69 of 100 (Major)
2 May 2005	Ongerup, AU	monthly rain	73.0 mm (2.9 in)	15.1 mm (0.6 in)	82 years	69 of 100 (Major)
2 May 2005	Wonnaminta, AU	daily rain	44.0 mm (1.7 in)	24.7 mm (1.0 in)	88 years	69 of 100 (Major)
2 May 2005	Boscabel, AU	daily rain	37.8 mm (1.5 in)	21.5 mm (0.8 in)	88 years	67 of 100 (Major)
2 May 2005	Rushy Pool, AU	daily rain	36.0 mm (1.4 in)	24.1 mm (0.9 in)	88 years	67 of 100 (Major)
2 May 2005	Woolgorong, AU	daily rain	39.6 mm (1.6 in)	29.7 mm (1.2 in)	88 years	66 of 100 (Major)

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 1,785 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 2005-05-02: 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 20	1,376
20 to 40	64
40 to 60	21
60 to 80	2
80 to 100	1
100 to 120	1
120 to 140	2