Weather Records on 5 May 2007

850 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 5 May 2007. Highest significance: Aberdeen, US.

Key Facts for 5 May 2007

On 5 May 2007, 850 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
426 were record highs and 165 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 3 were all-time records, 57 monthly and 790 daily.
Aberdeen set an all-time record daily precipitation of 193.5 mm (7.6 in) on 5 May 2007.
Across 160 earlier years (1795 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 441 records.

Record Map

850 stations

850 station records on 5 May 2007 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 5 May 2007: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Aberdeen	United States	Record daily precipitation	193.5 mm (7.6 in)	99 of 100 (Exceptional)
Clark	United States	Record daily precipitation	113.5 mm (4.5 in)	75 of 100 (Major)
Hohenpeissenberg	Germany	Record daily precipitation	54.9 mm (2.2 in)	74 of 100 (Major)
Forestburg 4 NNE	United States	Record daily precipitation	96.0 mm (3.8 in)	69 of 100 (Major)
Lisbon	United States	Record daily precipitation	97.8 mm (3.9 in)	68 of 100 (Major)
Culbertson	United States	Record daily precipitation	50.8 mm (2.0 in)	67 of 100 (Major)
Armour	United States	Record daily precipitation	59.4 mm (2.3 in)	65 of 100 (Major)
Spearfish	United States	Record daily precipitation	54.6 mm (2.1 in)	65 of 100 (Major)
Centennial 1NE	United States	Record daily precipitation	35.1 mm (1.4 in)	63 of 100 (Major)
Santuck	United States	Record daily precipitation	54.1 mm (2.1 in)	62 of 100 (Major)
Alexandria	United States	Record daily precipitation	123.2 mm (4.9 in)	61 of 100 (Major)
Ft Meade	United States	Record daily precipitation	53.6 mm (2.1 in)	61 of 100 (Major)
Abilene	United States	Record daily precipitation	108.0 mm (4.3 in)	60 of 100 (Major)
Wellfleet	United States	Record daily precipitation	50.8 mm (2.0 in)	59 of 100 (Notable)
Omaha Eppley Airfield	United States	Record daily precipitation	86.1 mm (3.4 in)	59 of 100 (Notable)
Iroquois	United States	Record daily precipitation	96.8 mm (3.8 in)	58 of 100 (Notable)
Audubon	United States	Record daily precipitation	103.1 mm (4.1 in)	57 of 100 (Notable)
Great Bend 3WNW	United States	Record daily precipitation	97.3 mm (3.8 in)	57 of 100 (Notable)
Onawa 3NW	United States	Record daily precipitation	106.7 mm (4.2 in)	56 of 100 (Notable)
Casper-Natrona Co AP	United States	Record daily snowfall	28.4 cm (11.2 in)	56 of 100 (Notable)
Interior 3 NE	United States	Record daily precipitation	100.3 mm (3.9 in)	55 of 100 (Notable)
Flaming Gorge	United States	Record daily precipitation	40.6 mm (1.6 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Salina Muni AP	United States	Record daily precipitation	111.0 mm (4.4 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Ainsworth	United States	Record daily precipitation	95.5 mm (3.8 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Oakes	United States	Record daily precipitation	83.8 mm (3.3 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
De Smet	United States	Record daily precipitation	45.7 mm (1.8 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Attenkam	Germany	Record daily precipitation	42.7 mm (1.7 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Clearmont 5 SW	United States	Record daily precipitation	40.9 mm (1.6 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Muddy Gap	United States	Record daily snowfall	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Dubois	United States	Record daily snowfall	30.5 cm (12.0 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Anderson FAA AP	United States	Record daily precipitation	65.3 mm (2.6 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Monclova	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	38.1 mm (1.5 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Ixtacamaxtitlan (Cfe)	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	38.9 mm (1.5 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Statesville 2 NNE	United States	Record low maximum temperature	11.7 C (53.1 F)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Huron Rgnl AP	United States	Record daily precipitation	57.4 mm (2.3 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Lead	United States	Record daily precipitation	58.4 mm (2.3 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Finca Argovia	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	102.1 mm (4.0 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Bryant	United States	Record daily precipitation	64.3 mm (2.5 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Centennial 1NE	United States	Record daily snowfall	27.9 cm (11.0 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Thermopolis 21WNW	United States	Record daily snowfall	20.3 cm (8.0 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Concordia ASOS	United States	Record daily precipitation	54.4 mm (2.1 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
New Braunfels	United States	Record high minimum temperature	25.6 C (78.1 F)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Centennial 1NE	United States	Record snow depth	30.5 cm (12.0 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Lakeview 2 NNW	United States	Record daily snowfall	5.1 cm (2.0 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Sisseton	United States	Record daily precipitation	39.9 mm (1.6 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Manuel Avila Camacho	Mexico	Record low minimum temperature	5.6 C (42.1 F)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Bison	United States	Record daily precipitation	46.7 mm (1.8 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Cody 21 SW	United States	Record daily snowfall	30.2 cm (11.9 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Sheridan AP	United States	Record daily precipitation	40.4 mm (1.6 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Geneseo	United States	Record daily precipitation	76.2 mm (3.0 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Murphy 4ESE	United States	Record daily precipitation	27.4 mm (1.1 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Kaycee	United States	Record daily precipitation	29.0 mm (1.1 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Annex Creek	United States	Record snow depth	76.2 cm (30.0 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Gayndah Post Office	Australia	Record high maximum temperature	32.9 C (91.2 F)	42 of 100 (Notable)
W Liberty 3NW	United States	Record high minimum temperature	15.0 C (59.0 F)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Woodruff	United States	Record daily snowfall	5.1 cm (2.0 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Nye #2	United States	Record daily snowfall	5.1 cm (2.0 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Flandreau	United States	Record daily precipitation	25.7 mm (1.0 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Powder River #2	United States	Record daily snowfall	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Zuerich/Fluntern	Switzerland	Record daily precipitation	31.9 mm (1.3 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)

Counts by Type and Timescale

850 records

Records set or tied on 5 May 2007 by type: Highest daily maximum 178, Lowest daily maximum 100, Highest daily minimum 248, Lowest daily minimum 65, Heaviest daily rainfall 202, Heaviest daily snowfall 33, Deepest snow cover 24.

Records on 5 May 2007 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	178
Lowest daily maximum	100
Highest daily minimum	248
Lowest daily minimum	65
Heaviest daily rainfall	202
Heaviest daily snowfall	33
Deepest snow cover	24

Records on 5 May 2007 by timescale: all-time 3, monthly 57, daily 790.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

622 broken records

Margins by which the 622 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 259.0. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

5 May 2007

Top 20 records on 5 May 2007 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
5 May 2007	Aberdeen, US	all-time rain	193.5 mm (7.6 in)	83.0 mm (3.3 in)	98 years	99 of 100 (Exceptional)
5 May 2007	Clark, US	monthly rain	113.5 mm (4.5 in)	34.8 mm (1.4 in)	61 years	75 of 100 (Major)
5 May 2007	Hohenpeissenberg, DE	daily rain	54.9 mm (2.2 in)	29.5 mm (1.2 in)	142 years	74 of 100 (Major)
5 May 2007	Forestburg 4 NNE, US	daily rain	96.0 mm (3.8 in)	73.6 mm (2.9 in)	64 years	69 of 100 (Major)
5 May 2007	Lisbon, US	monthly rain	97.8 mm (3.9 in)	17.8 mm (0.7 in)	103 years	68 of 100 (Major)
5 May 2007	Culbertson, US	daily rain	50.8 mm (2.0 in)	28.7 mm (1.1 in)	65 years	67 of 100 (Major)
5 May 2007	Armour, US	daily rain	59.4 mm (2.3 in)	26.4 mm (1.0 in)	102 years	65 of 100 (Major)
5 May 2007	Spearfish, US	daily rain	54.6 mm (2.1 in)	32.8 mm (1.3 in)	104 years	65 of 100 (Major)
5 May 2007	Centennial 1NE, US	daily rain	35.1 mm (1.4 in)	12.2 mm (0.5 in)	100 years	63 of 100 (Major)
5 May 2007	Santuck, US	daily rain	54.1 mm (2.1 in)	30.7 mm (1.2 in)	94 years	62 of 100 (Major)
5 May 2007	Alexandria, US	daily rain	123.2 mm (4.9 in)	82.1 mm (3.2 in)	37 years	61 of 100 (Major)
5 May 2007	Ft Meade, US	daily rain	53.6 mm (2.1 in)	26.9 mm (1.1 in)	104 years	61 of 100 (Major)
5 May 2007	Abilene, US	daily rain	108.0 mm (4.3 in)	50.3 mm (2.0 in)	48 years	60 of 100 (Major)
5 May 2007	Wellfleet, US	daily rain	50.8 mm (2.0 in)	22.9 mm (0.9 in)	96 years	59 of 100 (Notable)
5 May 2007	Omaha Eppley Airfield, US	daily rain	86.1 mm (3.4 in)	50.5 mm (2.0 in)	46 years	59 of 100 (Notable)
5 May 2007	Iroquois, US	daily rain	96.8 mm (3.8 in)	80.3 mm (3.2 in)	45 years	58 of 100 (Notable)
5 May 2007	Audubon, US	monthly rain	103.1 mm (4.1 in)	10.6 mm (0.4 in)	98 years	57 of 100 (Notable)
5 May 2007	Great Bend 3WNW, US	monthly rain	97.3 mm (3.8 in)	19.1 mm (0.8 in)	77 years	57 of 100 (Notable)
5 May 2007	Onawa 3NW, US	monthly rain	106.7 mm (4.2 in)	32.5 mm (1.3 in)	32 years	56 of 100 (Notable)
5 May 2007	Casper-Natrona Co AP, US	daily snowfall	28.4 cm (11.2 in)	25.9 cm (10.2 in)	36 years	56 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 2007

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1795 to 2007. 2007 had 850 records.

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

Records on 05-05 in each year
Year	Records
1795	2
1805	1
1836	1
1837	1
1840	1
1850	4
1852	1
1855	1
1856	2
1859	2
1861	5
1862	1
1864	2
1867	1
1875	2
1877	2
1878	1
1879	2
1880	1
1882	1
1884	2
1885	1
1886	3
1888	3
1889	5
1890	2
1891	3
1892	5
1894	3
1895	2
1896	1
1897	2
1898	6
1899	5
1900	3
1901	2
1902	5
1903	9
1904	14
1905	17
1906	4
1907	16
1908	14
1909	17
1910	19
1911	17
1912	17
1913	46
1914	39
1915	73
1916	98
1917	70
1918	24
1919	77
1920	41
1921	63
1922	98
1923	139
1924	132
1925	143
1926	220
1927	115
1928	149
1929	256
1930	469
1931	250
1932	166
1933	339
1934	448
1935	417
1936	377
1937	159
1938	362
1939	222
1940	446
1941	415
1942	529
1943	427
1944	1,237
1945	355
1946	306
1947	528
1948	671
1949	1,099
1950	893
1951	174
1952	723
1953	659
1954	607
1955	382
1956	363
1957	561
1958	404
1959	587
1960	773
1961	644
1962	261
1963	249
1964	643
1965	724
1966	1,413
1967	613
1968	434
1969	530
1970	386
1971	444
1972	292
1973	542
1974	716
1975	711
1976	402
1977	708
1978	1,033
1979	1,534
1980	562
1981	524
1982	659
1983	475
1984	767
1985	463
1986	968
1987	895
1988	820
1989	941
1990	1,511
1991	1,176
1992	1,004
1993	725
1994	743
1995	888
1996	1,368
1997	1,220
1998	1,707
1999	1,301
2000	1,442
2001	963
2002	883
2003	1,792
2004	1,401
2005	1,009
2006	657
2007	850
2008	453
2009	751
2010	1,053
2011	857
2012	1,281
2013	1,265
2014	680
2015	783
2016	554
2017	849
2018	481
2019	538
2020	403
2021	733
2022	514
2023	579
2024	961
2025	717
2026	538

Download the Data

Data for records on 2007-05-05: 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 50	584
50 to 100	22
100 to 150	9
150 to 200	4
200 to 250	2
250 to 300	1