Weather Records on 1 May 2024

458 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 1 May 2024. Highest significance: Rainier Paradise Rs, US.

Key Facts for 1 May 2024

On 1 May 2024, 458 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
270 were record highs and 113 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 1 were all-time records, 17 monthly and 440 daily.
Rainier Paradise Rs set a daily record precipitation of 84.8 mm (3.3 in) on 1 May 2024.
Across 165 earlier years (1795 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 442 records.

Record Map

458 stations

458 station records on 1 May 2024 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 1 May 2024: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Rainier Paradise Rs	United States	Record daily precipitation	84.8 mm (3.3 in)	56 of 100 (Notable)
Bognor Regis	United Kingdom	Record daily precipitation	31.8 mm (1.3 in)	55 of 100 (Notable)
Evelyn Sharp Fld	United States	Record daily precipitation	40.9 mm (1.6 in)	55 of 100 (Notable)
Cascade Locks	United States	Record low maximum temperature	7.8 C (46.0 F)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Karlshamn	Sweden	Record high maximum temperature	24.2 C (75.6 F)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Sonora	United States	Record high minimum temperature	21.7 C (71.1 F)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Altastenberg	Germany	Record high minimum temperature	13.7 C (56.7 F)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Plauen	Germany	Record high minimum temperature	13.5 C (56.3 F)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Dos Bocas	Puerto Rico [United States]	Record high minimum temperature	23.3 C (73.9 F)	42 of 100 (Notable)
The Dalles	United States	Record low maximum temperature	12.2 C (54.0 F)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Bolton Point (the Ridge Way)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	75.0 mm (3.0 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Chemnitz	Germany	Record high minimum temperature	14.5 C (58.1 F)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Ocala	United States	Record high minimum temperature	22.8 C (73.0 F)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Salzburg	Austria	Record high minimum temperature	15.8 C (60.4 F)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Lindenberg	Germany	Record high minimum temperature	14.7 C (58.5 F)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Braunlage	Germany	Record high minimum temperature	12.5 C (54.5 F)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Obrestad Fyr	Norway	Record high maximum temperature	22.6 C (72.7 F)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Upper Chichester (Simmonds)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	54.0 mm (2.1 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Bremen-Seefahrtschule	Germany	Record high maximum temperature	25.8 C (78.4 F)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Pittsfield Muni AP	United States	Record high minimum temperature	12.2 C (54.0 F)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Kyancutta	Australia	Record low minimum temperature	0.1 C (32.2 F)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Eraring (Payten St)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	64.4 mm (2.5 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Gold Beach Rs	United States	Record low maximum temperature	10.0 C (50.0 F)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Paterson (Tocal AWS)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	37.8 mm (1.5 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Clermont-Ferrand	France	Record daily precipitation	28.2 mm (1.1 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Chapman	United States	Record high maximum temperature	31.7 C (89.1 F)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Caen-Carpiquet	France	Record daily precipitation	36.1 mm (1.4 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Kr. Holzminden Bevern	Germany	Record high maximum temperature	27.2 C (81.0 F)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Pte de la Hague	France	Record daily precipitation	29.4 mm (1.2 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Gresford Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	34.4 mm (1.4 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Cottbus	Germany	Record high minimum temperature	14.2 C (57.6 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Muskogee	United States	Record daily precipitation	63.0 mm (2.5 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Middletown Harrisburg Intl AP	United States	Record high minimum temperature	15.0 C (59.0 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Forster - Tuncurry R.V.C.P.	Australia	Record daily precipitation	45.6 mm (1.8 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Chichester Dam	Australia	Record daily precipitation	44.8 mm (1.8 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Kr. Marburg-Biedenkopf Colbe	Germany	Record high maximum temperature	28.1 C (82.6 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Halmstad Flygflottilj	Sweden	Record high minimum temperature	11.5 C (52.7 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Montpellier-Aeroport	France	Record daily precipitation	44.2 mm (1.7 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Nossen	Germany	Record high minimum temperature	14.5 C (58.1 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Halmstad Flygflottilj	Sweden	Record high maximum temperature	25.6 C (78.1 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Col du Grand St-Bernard	Switzerland	Record daily precipitation	64.9 mm (2.6 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Hooker	United States	Record high minimum temperature	15.0 C (59.0 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Bobin (Bobin Creek)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	31.8 mm (1.3 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Emden-Wolthusen	Germany	Record high minimum temperature	10.9 C (51.6 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Bochum	Germany	Record high maximum temperature	27.3 C (81.1 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Berge	Germany	Record high minimum temperature	14.3 C (57.7 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Encarnacion	Paraguay	Record high minimum temperature	24.5 C (76.1 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Norristown	United States	Record high maximum temperature	29.4 C (84.9 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Pearsall	United States	Record high minimum temperature	22.8 C (73.0 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Emden-Wolthusen	Germany	Record high maximum temperature	25.2 C (77.4 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Waltershausen	Germany	Record high maximum temperature	25.5 C (77.9 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)
De Bilt	Netherlands	Record high minimum temperature	13.8 C (56.8 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Flamingo Rs	United States	Record daily precipitation	81.3 mm (3.2 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Hutchinson 10 SW	United States	Record high maximum temperature	36.1 C (97.0 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Gold Beach Rs	United States	Record low minimum temperature	1.1 C (34.0 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Plains	United States	Record high minimum temperature	15.6 C (60.1 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Prade Rch	United States	Record high minimum temperature	20.6 C (69.1 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Raymondville	United States	Record high minimum temperature	25.0 C (77.0 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Konnongorring	Australia	Record daily precipitation	39.4 mm (1.6 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Raymond Terrace (Kinross)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	46.2 mm (1.8 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

458 records

Records set or tied on 1 May 2024 by type: Highest daily maximum 110, Lowest daily maximum 71, Highest daily minimum 160, Lowest daily minimum 42, Heaviest daily rainfall 75.

Records on 1 May 2024 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	110
Lowest daily maximum	71
Highest daily minimum	160
Lowest daily minimum	42
Heaviest daily rainfall	75
Heaviest daily snowfall	0
Deepest snow cover	0

Records on 1 May 2024 by timescale: all-time 1, monthly 17, daily 440.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

364 broken records

Margins by which the 364 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 37.0. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

1 May 2024

Top 20 records on 1 May 2024 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
1 May 2024	Rainier Paradise Rs, US	daily rain	84.8 mm (3.3 in)	37.0 mm (1.5 in)	23 years	56 of 100 (Notable)
1 May 2024	Bognor Regis, GB	daily rain	31.8 mm (1.3 in)	18.1 mm (0.7 in)	46 years	55 of 100 (Notable)
1 May 2024	Evelyn Sharp Fld, US	daily rain	40.9 mm (1.6 in)	18.0 mm (0.7 in)	101 years	55 of 100 (Notable)
1 May 2024	Cascade Locks, US	monthly low max	7.8 C (46.0 F)	1.6 C (2.9 F)	115 years	53 of 100 (Notable)
1 May 2024	Karlshamn, SE	daily high max	24.2 C (75.6 F)	2.2 C (4.0 F)	111 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
1 May 2024	Sonora, US	daily high min	21.7 C (71.1 F)	1.7 C (3.1 F)	118 years	43 of 100 (Notable)
1 May 2024	Altastenberg, DE	daily high min	13.7 C (56.7 F)	1.3 C (2.3 F)	98 years	42 of 100 (Notable)
1 May 2024	Plauen, DE	daily high min	13.5 C (56.3 F)	0.9 C (1.6 F)	111 years	42 of 100 (Notable)
1 May 2024	Dos Bocas, PR	daily high min	23.3 C (73.9 F)	1.6 C (2.9 F)	83 years	42 of 100 (Notable)
1 May 2024	The Dalles, US	daily low max	12.2 C (54.0 F)	1.1 C (2.0 F)	124 years	42 of 100 (Notable)
1 May 2024	Bolton Point (the Ridge Way), AU	daily rain	75.0 mm (3.0 in)	35.2 mm (1.4 in)	36 years	41 of 100 (Notable)
1 May 2024	Chemnitz, DE	daily high min	14.5 C (58.1 F)	0.7 C (1.3 F)	111 years	41 of 100 (Notable)
1 May 2024	Ocala, US	daily high min	22.8 C (73.0 F)	0.6 C (1.1 F)	115 years	41 of 100 (Notable)
1 May 2024	Salzburg, AT	daily high min	15.8 C (60.4 F)	1.4 C (2.5 F)	90 years	40 of 100 (Notable)
1 May 2024	Lindenberg, DE	daily high min	14.7 C (58.5 F)	0.4 C (0.7 F)	96 years	39 of 100 (Notable)
1 May 2024	Braunlage, DE	daily high min	12.5 C (54.5 F)	1.1 C (2.0 F)	92 years	39 of 100 (Notable)
1 May 2024	Obrestad Fyr, NO	daily high max	22.6 C (72.7 F)	6.1 C (11.0 F)	50 years	39 of 100 (Notable)
1 May 2024	Upper Chichester (Simmonds), AU	daily rain	54.0 mm (2.1 in)	29.0 mm (1.1 in)	39 years	38 of 100 (Notable)
1 May 2024	Bremen-Seefahrtschule, DE	daily high max	25.8 C (78.4 F)	0.8 C (1.4 F)	90 years	38 of 100 (Notable)
1 May 2024	Pittsfield Muni AP, US	daily high min	12.2 C (54.0 F)	0.5 C (0.9 F)	92 years	38 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 2024

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1795 to 2024. 2024 had 458 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 2024-05-01: 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 5	322
5 to 10	24
10 to 15	4
15 to 20	9
20 to 25	1
25 to 30	1
30 to 35	0
35 to 40	3