Weather Records on 2 May 2024

880 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 2 May 2024. Highest significance: Roermond, NL.

Key Facts for 2 May 2024

On 2 May 2024, 880 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
452 were record highs and 134 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 9 were all-time records, 53 monthly and 818 daily.
Roermond set a daily record precipitation of 36.6 mm (1.4 in) on 2 May 2024.
Across 162 earlier years (1795 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 459 records.

Record Map

880 stations

880 station records on 2 May 2024 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 2 May 2024: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Roermond	Netherlands	Record daily precipitation	36.6 mm (1.4 in)	80 of 100 (Exceptional)
Wakeeney	United States	Record daily precipitation	80.0 mm (3.1 in)	71 of 100 (Major)
Venlo	Netherlands	Record daily precipitation	70.0 mm (2.8 in)	68 of 100 (Major)
Huntsville	United States	Record daily precipitation	229.9 mm (9.1 in)	67 of 100 (Major)
Valkenburg (L)	Netherlands	Record daily precipitation	59.6 mm (2.3 in)	64 of 100 (Major)
Noorbeek	Netherlands	Record daily precipitation	36.0 mm (1.4 in)	64 of 100 (Major)
Homburg/Saar	Germany	Record daily precipitation	43.2 mm (1.7 in)	63 of 100 (Major)
Kleiner Feldberg/Taunus	Germany	Record daily precipitation	60.9 mm (2.4 in)	63 of 100 (Major)
Kahl/Main	Germany	Record daily precipitation	48.1 mm (1.9 in)	60 of 100 (Major)
Bad-Ahrweiler Neuenahr	Germany	Record daily precipitation	84.4 mm (3.3 in)	60 of 100 (Major)
Duiven	Netherlands	Record daily precipitation	44.5 mm (1.8 in)	60 of 100 (Major)
Wageningen (Pd)	Netherlands	Record daily precipitation	31.8 mm (1.3 in)	60 of 100 (Major)
Koln-Stammheim	Germany	Record daily precipitation	59.3 mm (2.3 in)	59 of 100 (Notable)
Apache	United States	Record daily precipitation	114.0 mm (4.5 in)	59 of 100 (Notable)
Bamberg	Germany	Record daily precipitation	46.0 mm (1.8 in)	58 of 100 (Notable)
Koln-Bonn	Germany	Record daily precipitation	31.2 mm (1.2 in)	57 of 100 (Notable)
Someren	Netherlands	Record daily precipitation	41.4 mm (1.6 in)	57 of 100 (Notable)
St Anthonis	Netherlands	Record daily precipitation	38.0 mm (1.5 in)	57 of 100 (Notable)
Kall-Sistig	Germany	Record daily precipitation	38.5 mm (1.5 in)	55 of 100 (Notable)
Neunkirchen-Wellesweiler	Germany	Record daily precipitation	34.6 mm (1.4 in)	55 of 100 (Notable)
Wuppertal-Buchenhofen	Germany	Record daily precipitation	47.5 mm (1.9 in)	55 of 100 (Notable)
Dusseldorf	Germany	Record daily precipitation	35.8 mm (1.4 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Aalten	Netherlands	Record daily precipitation	29.1 mm (1.1 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Eersel	Netherlands	Record daily precipitation	35.5 mm (1.4 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Lunteren	Netherlands	Record daily precipitation	37.1 mm (1.5 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Schinnen	Netherlands	Record daily precipitation	47.1 mm (1.9 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Maastricht	Netherlands	Record daily precipitation	44.7 mm (1.8 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Geisenheim	Germany	Record daily precipitation	33.1 mm (1.3 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Helmond	Netherlands	Record daily precipitation	41.2 mm (1.6 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Kootwijk	Netherlands	Record daily precipitation	39.1 mm (1.5 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Vaals	Netherlands	Record daily precipitation	51.4 mm (2.0 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Veenendaal	Netherlands	Record daily precipitation	37.8 mm (1.5 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Renningen-Ihinger Hof	Germany	Record daily precipitation	35.8 mm (1.4 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Esbeek	Netherlands	Record daily precipitation	40.2 mm (1.6 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Eerbeek	Netherlands	Record daily precipitation	33.6 mm (1.3 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Heibloem (L)	Netherlands	Record daily precipitation	38.8 mm (1.5 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Nijkerk	Netherlands	Record daily precipitation	26.9 mm (1.1 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Stramproy	Netherlands	Record daily precipitation	25.3 mm (1.0 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Schaesberg	Netherlands	Record daily precipitation	50.0 mm (2.0 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Deurne	Netherlands	Record daily precipitation	39.1 mm (1.5 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Ubachsberg	Netherlands	Record daily precipitation	60.0 mm (2.4 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Sultan Ismail Petra	Malaysia	Record high minimum temperature	27.5 C (81.5 F)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Hengelo	Netherlands	Record daily precipitation	65.0 mm (2.6 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Loei	Thailand	Record high maximum temperature	43.8 C (110.8 F)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Heinsberg-Schleiden	Germany	Record daily precipitation	29.4 mm (1.2 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Deelen-1	Netherlands	Record daily precipitation	36.3 mm (1.4 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Tommot	Russia	Record daily precipitation	25.9 mm (1.0 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Wichita Mtn Wr	United States	Record daily precipitation	42.7 mm (1.7 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Echt	Netherlands	Record daily precipitation	34.5 mm (1.4 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Voorthuizen	Netherlands	Record daily precipitation	68.1 mm (2.7 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Utsira Fyr	Norway	Record high minimum temperature	12.1 C (53.8 F)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Crystal Springs Exp STN	United States	Record high maximum temperature	35.6 C (96.1 F)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Salzburg	Austria	Record high minimum temperature	16.0 C (60.8 F)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Kaiserslautern	Germany	Record daily precipitation	25.8 mm (1.0 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Lohnberg-Obershausen	Germany	Record daily precipitation	31.7 mm (1.2 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Barneveld	Netherlands	Record daily precipitation	43.6 mm (1.7 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Sevenum	Netherlands	Record daily precipitation	51.3 mm (2.0 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Epen (L)	Netherlands	Record daily precipitation	32.7 mm (1.3 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Oksoey Fyr	Norway	Record high minimum temperature	12.7 C (54.9 F)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Greeley	United States	Record daily precipitation	35.6 mm (1.4 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)

Counts by Type and Timescale

880 records

Records set or tied on 2 May 2024 by type: Highest daily maximum 165, Lowest daily maximum 61, Highest daily minimum 287, Lowest daily minimum 73, Heaviest daily rainfall 288, Heaviest daily snowfall 6.

Records on 2 May 2024 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	165
Lowest daily maximum	61
Highest daily minimum	287
Lowest daily minimum	73
Heaviest daily rainfall	288
Heaviest daily snowfall	6
Deepest snow cover	0

Records on 2 May 2024 by timescale: all-time 9, monthly 53, daily 818.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

752 broken records

Margins by which the 752 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 76.0. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

2 May 2024

Top 20 records on 2 May 2024 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
2 May 2024	Roermond, NL	daily rain	36.6 mm (1.4 in)	26.1 mm (1.0 in)	105 years	80 of 100 (Exceptional)
2 May 2024	Wakeeney, US	daily rain	80.0 mm (3.1 in)	51.3 mm (2.0 in)	70 years	71 of 100 (Major)
2 May 2024	Venlo, NL	monthly rain	70.0 mm (2.8 in)	23.5 mm (0.9 in)	39 years	68 of 100 (Major)
2 May 2024	Huntsville, US	monthly rain	229.9 mm (9.1 in)	35.6 mm (1.4 in)	115 years	67 of 100 (Major)
2 May 2024	Valkenburg (L), NL	daily rain	59.6 mm (2.3 in)	45.8 mm (1.8 in)	59 years	64 of 100 (Major)
2 May 2024	Noorbeek, NL	daily rain	36.0 mm (1.4 in)	24.0 mm (0.9 in)	59 years	64 of 100 (Major)
2 May 2024	Homburg/Saar, DE	daily rain	43.2 mm (1.7 in)	29.5 mm (1.2 in)	56 years	63 of 100 (Major)
2 May 2024	Kleiner Feldberg/Taunus, DE	daily rain	60.9 mm (2.4 in)	41.2 mm (1.6 in)	51 years	63 of 100 (Major)
2 May 2024	Kahl/Main, DE	daily rain	48.1 mm (1.9 in)	26.3 mm (1.0 in)	46 years	60 of 100 (Major)
2 May 2024	Bad-Ahrweiler Neuenahr, DE	all-time rain	84.4 mm (3.3 in)	18.2 mm (0.7 in)	2 years	60 of 100 (Major)
2 May 2024	Duiven, NL	daily rain	44.5 mm (1.8 in)	29.1 mm (1.1 in)	45 years	60 of 100 (Major)
2 May 2024	Wageningen (Pd), NL	daily rain	31.8 mm (1.3 in)	21.4 mm (0.8 in)	49 years	60 of 100 (Major)
2 May 2024	Koln-Stammheim, DE	monthly rain	59.3 mm (2.3 in)	16.3 mm (0.6 in)	39 years	59 of 100 (Notable)
2 May 2024	Apache, US	daily rain	114.0 mm (4.5 in)	73.1 mm (2.9 in)	33 years	59 of 100 (Notable)
2 May 2024	Bamberg, DE	daily rain	46.0 mm (1.8 in)	30.9 mm (1.2 in)	28 years	58 of 100 (Notable)
2 May 2024	Koln-Bonn, DE	daily rain	31.2 mm (1.2 in)	21.7 mm (0.9 in)	39 years	57 of 100 (Notable)
2 May 2024	Someren, NL	daily rain	41.4 mm (1.6 in)	31.4 mm (1.2 in)	36 years	57 of 100 (Notable)
2 May 2024	St Anthonis, NL	daily rain	38.0 mm (1.5 in)	23.4 mm (0.9 in)	36 years	57 of 100 (Notable)
2 May 2024	Kall-Sistig, DE	daily rain	38.5 mm (1.5 in)	23.7 mm (0.9 in)	28 years	55 of 100 (Notable)
2 May 2024	Neunkirchen-Wellesweiler, DE	daily rain	34.6 mm (1.4 in)	22.4 mm (0.9 in)	54 years	55 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 880 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 10	634
10 to 20	70
20 to 30	35
30 to 40	7
40 to 50	3
50 to 60	1
60 to 70	0
70 to 80	2