Weather Records on 2 May 2022

440 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 2 May 2022. Highest significance: Snyder, US.

Key Facts for 2 May 2022

On 2 May 2022, 440 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
149 were record highs and 118 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 0 were all-time records, 23 monthly and 417 daily.
Snyder set a daily record precipitation of 84.8 mm (3.3 in) on 2 May 2022.
Across 162 earlier years (1795 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 461 records.

Record Map

440 stations

440 station records on 2 May 2022 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 2 May 2022: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Snyder	United States	Record daily precipitation	84.8 mm (3.3 in)	69 of 100 (Major)
Ellsworth 2W	United States	Record daily snowfall	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	61 of 100 (Major)
Moose	United States	Record daily precipitation	55.9 mm (2.2 in)	59 of 100 (Notable)
Castellon de la Plana	Spain	Record daily precipitation	46.4 mm (1.8 in)	58 of 100 (Notable)
Ft Myers Page Fld AP	United States	Record daily precipitation	40.4 mm (1.6 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Hayes Center 1NW	United States	Record daily precipitation	29.5 mm (1.2 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Haikou	China	Record low minimum temperature	17.4 C (63.3 F)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Valencia	Spain	Record daily precipitation	59.8 mm (2.4 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Elizabeth City	United States	Record low minimum temperature	0.6 C (33.1 F)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Mahinahina 466	United States	Record daily precipitation	49.8 mm (2.0 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Surin	Thailand	Record low maximum temperature	22.5 C (72.5 F)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Lingle 2WSW	United States	Record daily snowfall	9.4 cm (3.7 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Yangjiang	China	Record low maximum temperature	20.7 C (69.3 F)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Stapleton 5W	United States	Record daily precipitation	43.4 mm (1.7 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
McKinley Park	United States	Record snow depth	101.6 cm (40.0 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Culbertson	United States	Record daily precipitation	31.8 mm (1.3 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Old Ft Laramie	United States	Record daily snowfall	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Mt Adams Rs	United States	Record daily precipitation	26.4 mm (1.0 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Gigant	Russia	Record low maximum temperature	10.1 C (50.2 F)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Ubon Ratchathani	Thailand	Record low maximum temperature	23.3 C (73.9 F)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Castellon	Spain	Record daily precipitation	52.4 mm (2.1 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Nakhon Phanom	Thailand	Record low maximum temperature	22.2 C (72.0 F)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Imperial Muni AP	United States	Record daily precipitation	36.8 mm (1.4 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Mansfield (Post Office)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	32.0 mm (1.3 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Shaoguan	China	Record low minimum temperature	11.1 C (52.0 F)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Kazalinsk	Kazakhstan	Record high minimum temperature	16.0 C (60.8 F)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Isabela Substn	Puerto Rico [United States]	Record low maximum temperature	26.1 C (79.0 F)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Milton Freewater	United States	Record low maximum temperature	11.1 C (52.0 F)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Sakon Nakhon	Thailand	Record low maximum temperature	21.0 C (69.8 F)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Macau Intl	Macau S.A.R	Record daily precipitation	54.9 mm (2.2 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Prachin Buri	Thailand	Record low maximum temperature	28.7 C (83.7 F)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Mc Cook	United States	Record daily precipitation	47.8 mm (1.9 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Virginia	United States	Record daily precipitation	29.0 mm (1.1 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Mukdahan	Thailand	Record low maximum temperature	23.0 C (73.4 F)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Aranyaprathet	Thailand	Record low maximum temperature	26.1 C (79.0 F)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Guiping	China	Record low minimum temperature	14.8 C (58.6 F)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Dongfang	China	Record low minimum temperature	19.0 C (66.2 F)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Qionghai	China	Record low minimum temperature	19.1 C (66.4 F)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Kalingapatam	India	Record daily precipitation	38.1 mm (1.5 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Aguirre	Puerto Rico [United States]	Record low maximum temperature	27.2 C (81.0 F)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Kyzyl	Russia	Record high maximum temperature	28.8 C (83.8 F)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Ko Samui	Thailand	Record daily precipitation	51.6 mm (2.0 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Bridgeport	United States	Record daily precipitation	50.8 mm (2.0 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
El Vado Dam	United States	Record high minimum temperature	7.8 C (46.0 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Turnagain Pass	United States	Record daily precipitation	35.6 mm (1.4 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Hechi	China	Record low minimum temperature	13.9 C (57.0 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Hinatuan	Philippines	Record daily precipitation	171.2 mm (6.7 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Minusinsk	Russia	Record high maximum temperature	28.3 C (82.9 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Hastings 4N	United States	Record daily precipitation	42.2 mm (1.7 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Holland Meadows	United States	Record daily precipitation	35.6 mm (1.4 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Waco Rgnl AP	United States	Record high minimum temperature	22.8 C (73.0 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Yongan	China	Record low minimum temperature	11.3 C (52.3 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Qumarleb	China	Record low minimum temperature	-12.9 C (8.8 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Macau Intl	Macau S.A.R	Record low minimum temperature	14.9 C (58.8 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Roi Et	Thailand	Record low maximum temperature	23.2 C (73.8 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Higgins	United States	Record daily precipitation	43.7 mm (1.7 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Ohe'o 258.6	United States	Record daily precipitation	91.4 mm (3.6 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Termez	Uzbekistan	Record high minimum temperature	21.7 C (71.1 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Marysville	United States	Record low maximum temperature	6.7 C (44.1 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)
College STN Easterwood Fld	United States	Record high minimum temperature	23.9 C (75.0 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

440 records

Records set or tied on 2 May 2022 by type: Highest daily maximum 71, Lowest daily maximum 71, Highest daily minimum 78, Lowest daily minimum 47, Heaviest daily rainfall 162, Heaviest daily snowfall 5, Deepest snow cover 6.

Records on 2 May 2022 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	71
Lowest daily maximum	71
Highest daily minimum	78
Lowest daily minimum	47
Heaviest daily rainfall	162
Heaviest daily snowfall	5
Deepest snow cover	6

Records on 2 May 2022 by timescale: all-time 0, monthly 23, daily 417.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

368 broken records

Margins by which the 368 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

2 May 2022

Top 20 records on 2 May 2022 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
2 May 2022	Snyder, US	daily rain	84.8 mm (3.3 in)	58.1 mm (2.3 in)	72 years	69 of 100 (Major)
2 May 2022	Ellsworth 2W, US	daily snowfall	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	77 years	61 of 100 (Major)
2 May 2022	Moose, US	monthly rain	55.9 mm (2.2 in)	20.1 mm (0.8 in)	10 years	59 of 100 (Notable)
2 May 2022	Castellon de la Plana, ES	daily rain	46.4 mm (1.8 in)	32.9 mm (1.3 in)	49 years	58 of 100 (Notable)
2 May 2022	Ft Myers Page Fld AP, US	daily rain	40.4 mm (1.6 in)	25.9 mm (1.0 in)	84 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
2 May 2022	Hayes Center 1NW, US	daily rain	29.5 mm (1.2 in)	11.2 mm (0.4 in)	115 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
2 May 2022	Haikou, CN	daily low min	17.4 C (63.3 F)	3.6 C (6.5 F)	56 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
2 May 2022	Valencia, ES	daily rain	59.8 mm (2.4 in)	25.9 mm (1.0 in)	29 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
2 May 2022	Elizabeth City, US	daily low min	0.6 C (33.1 F)	2.7 C (4.9 F)	104 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
2 May 2022	Mahinahina 466, US	daily rain	49.8 mm (2.0 in)	29.0 mm (1.1 in)	7 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
2 May 2022	Surin, TH	monthly low max	22.5 C (72.5 F)	2.7 C (4.9 F)	54 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
2 May 2022	Lingle 2WSW, US	daily snowfall	9.4 cm (3.7 in)	9.4 cm (3.7 in)	69 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
2 May 2022	Yangjiang, CN	daily low max	20.7 C (69.3 F)	4.1 C (7.4 F)	65 years	44 of 100 (Notable)
2 May 2022	Stapleton 5W, US	daily rain	43.4 mm (1.7 in)	35.3 mm (1.4 in)	20 years	44 of 100 (Notable)
2 May 2022	McKinley Park, US	daily snow depth	101.6 cm (40.0 in)	22.9 cm (9.0 in)	73 years	44 of 100 (Notable)
2 May 2022	Culbertson, US	daily rain	31.8 mm (1.3 in)	9.4 mm (0.37 in)	80 years	42 of 100 (Notable)
2 May 2022	Old Ft Laramie, US	daily snowfall	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	32 years	42 of 100 (Notable)
2 May 2022	Mt Adams Rs, US	daily rain	26.4 mm (1.0 in)	13.7 mm (0.5 in)	37 years	41 of 100 (Notable)
2 May 2022	Gigant, RU	daily low max	10.1 C (50.2 F)	3.5 C (6.3 F)	81 years	40 of 100 (Notable)
2 May 2022	Ubon Ratchathani, TH	monthly low max	23.3 C (73.9 F)	1.2 C (2.2 F)	61 years	40 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 2022

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1795 to 2022. 2022 had 440 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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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	361
50 to 100	3
100 to 150	1
150 to 200	2
200 to 250	1