Weather Records on 7 May 2024

858 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 7 May 2024. Highest significance: Newcastle, US.

Key Facts for 7 May 2024

On 7 May 2024, 858 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
347 were record highs and 291 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 1 were all-time records, 30 monthly and 827 daily.
Newcastle set a daily record precipitation of 67.3 mm (2.6 in) on 7 May 2024.
Across 168 earlier years (1795 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 416 records.

Record Map

858 stations

858 station records on 7 May 2024 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 7 May 2024: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Newcastle	United States	Record daily precipitation	67.3 mm (2.6 in)	78 of 100 (Major)
Biddle	United States	Record daily precipitation	46.5 mm (1.8 in)	68 of 100 (Major)
Chinook	United States	Record daily precipitation	40.6 mm (1.6 in)	65 of 100 (Major)
Gildford	United States	Record daily precipitation	56.4 mm (2.2 in)	62 of 100 (Major)
Everett	United States	Record daily precipitation	67.1 mm (2.6 in)	61 of 100 (Major)
Ft Assiniboine	United States	Record daily precipitation	33.5 mm (1.3 in)	60 of 100 (Major)
Volta Ph	United States	Record daily precipitation	67.3 mm (2.6 in)	59 of 100 (Notable)
Powderville 8 NNE	United States	Record daily precipitation	67.6 mm (2.7 in)	59 of 100 (Notable)
Zortman	United States	Record daily precipitation	73.7 mm (2.9 in)	58 of 100 (Notable)
Havre AP ASOS	United States	Record daily precipitation	65.8 mm (2.6 in)	55 of 100 (Notable)
Dale Enterprise	United States	Record daily precipitation	55.9 mm (2.2 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Manitowoc	United States	Record daily precipitation	37.6 mm (1.5 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Colony	United States	Record daily precipitation	50.3 mm (2.0 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Agalega	Mauritius	Record daily precipitation	90.9 mm (3.6 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Corning	United States	Record daily precipitation	59.2 mm (2.3 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Forsyth	United States	Record daily precipitation	50.3 mm (2.0 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Edgemont 23 NNW	United States	Record daily precipitation	51.8 mm (2.0 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Crescent 5WSW	United States	Record daily precipitation	55.4 mm (2.2 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Newcastle	United States	Record daily snowfall	5.1 cm (2.0 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
New Italy (Vineyard Haven)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	34.0 mm (1.3 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Gravette	United States	Record daily precipitation	65.5 mm (2.6 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Warrick 2 NW	United States	Record daily precipitation	103.1 mm (4.1 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Sanborn	United States	Record daily precipitation	58.7 mm (2.3 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Scottsville 6SE	United States	Record daily precipitation	76.5 mm (3.0 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Hayden Fork	United States	Record daily precipitation	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Grenola 1 N	United States	Record daily precipitation	55.4 mm (2.2 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Dutch Harbor	United States	Record low maximum temperature	2.2 C (36.0 F)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Fossil	United States	Record daily precipitation	68.8 mm (2.7 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Wateree Dam	United States	Record daily precipitation	50.8 mm (2.0 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Hallettsville 2 N	United States	Record high minimum temperature	25.6 C (78.1 F)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Story	United States	Record daily precipitation	69.6 mm (2.7 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Deadman Creek	United States	Record daily precipitation	43.2 mm (1.7 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Morris W Cntrl Rsch & Outreach	United States	Record daily precipitation	35.8 mm (1.4 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Roxboro 7 ESE	United States	Record high minimum temperature	19.4 C (66.9 F)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Xingren	China	Record daily precipitation	71.6 mm (2.8 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Oneonta	United States	Record high minimum temperature	18.9 C (66.0 F)	41 of 100 (Notable)
San Simon	United States	Record low minimum temperature	0.0 C (32.0 F)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Terry	United States	Record daily precipitation	36.3 mm (1.4 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Great Falls	United States	Record daily precipitation	41.9 mm (1.6 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Ust-Maja	Russia	Record high minimum temperature	8.0 C (46.4 F)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Santuck	United States	Record daily precipitation	41.1 mm (1.6 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Victor 4 N	United States	Record daily precipitation	26.4 mm (1.0 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Cincinnati Muni AP Lunken Fld	United States	Record daily precipitation	89.7 mm (3.5 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Kocelovice	Czech Republic	Record daily precipitation	58.9 mm (2.3 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Turany	Czech Republic	Record daily precipitation	25.7 mm (1.0 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Greensboro	United States	Record high minimum temperature	23.9 C (75.0 F)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Milwaukee Mitchell AP	United States	Record daily precipitation	31.0 mm (1.2 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Haboro	Japan	Record daily precipitation	42.9 mm (1.7 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Forest City 2 NNE	United States	Record daily precipitation	51.8 mm (2.0 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Syracuse 1NE	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-1.7 C (28.9 F)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Simpson 6 N - Wildhorse	United States	Record daily precipitation	27.9 mm (1.1 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Chester 1 SE	United States	Record daily precipitation	43.2 mm (1.7 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
City Creek Wtp	United States	Record snow depth	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Blind Park	United States	Record daily precipitation	38.1 mm (1.5 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Spur Park	United States	Record daily precipitation	43.2 mm (1.7 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Vologda	Russia	Record low minimum temperature	-6.0 C (21.2 F)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Primghar	United States	Record daily precipitation	45.7 mm (1.8 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Volborg	United States	Record daily precipitation	50.8 mm (2.0 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Gallipolis	United States	Record high minimum temperature	17.2 C (63.0 F)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Quicksand	United States	Record high minimum temperature	16.7 C (62.1 F)	36 of 100 (Notable)

Counts by Type and Timescale

858 records

Records set or tied on 7 May 2024 by type: Highest daily maximum 72, Lowest daily maximum 241, Highest daily minimum 275, Lowest daily minimum 50, Heaviest daily rainfall 202, Heaviest daily snowfall 11, Deepest snow cover 7.

Records on 7 May 2024 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	72
Lowest daily maximum	241
Highest daily minimum	275
Lowest daily minimum	50
Heaviest daily rainfall	202
Heaviest daily snowfall	11
Deepest snow cover	7

Records on 7 May 2024 by timescale: all-time 1, monthly 30, daily 827.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

671 broken records

Margins by which the 671 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

7 May 2024

Top 20 records on 7 May 2024 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
7 May 2024	Newcastle, US	daily rain	67.3 mm (2.6 in)	53.1 mm (2.1 in)	95 years	78 of 100 (Major)
7 May 2024	Biddle, US	daily rain	46.5 mm (1.8 in)	33.5 mm (1.3 in)	66 years	68 of 100 (Major)
7 May 2024	Chinook, US	daily rain	40.6 mm (1.6 in)	20.8 mm (0.8 in)	97 years	65 of 100 (Major)
7 May 2024	Gildford, US	daily rain	56.4 mm (2.2 in)	41.4 mm (1.6 in)	54 years	62 of 100 (Major)
7 May 2024	Everett, US	monthly rain	67.1 mm (2.6 in)	11.0 mm (0.4 in)	110 years	61 of 100 (Major)
7 May 2024	Ft Assiniboine, US	daily rain	33.5 mm (1.3 in)	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	49 years	60 of 100 (Major)
7 May 2024	Volta Ph, US	daily rain	67.3 mm (2.6 in)	29.5 mm (1.2 in)	72 years	59 of 100 (Notable)
7 May 2024	Powderville 8 NNE, US	daily rain	67.6 mm (2.7 in)	46.0 mm (1.8 in)	46 years	59 of 100 (Notable)
7 May 2024	Zortman, US	daily rain	73.7 mm (2.9 in)	56.9 mm (2.2 in)	43 years	58 of 100 (Notable)
7 May 2024	Havre AP ASOS, US	all-time rain	65.8 mm (2.6 in)	8.4 mm (0.33 in)	55 years	55 of 100 (Notable)
7 May 2024	Dale Enterprise, US	daily rain	55.9 mm (2.2 in)	17.3 mm (0.7 in)	89 years	54 of 100 (Notable)
7 May 2024	Manitowoc, US	daily rain	37.6 mm (1.5 in)	14.2 mm (0.6 in)	120 years	54 of 100 (Notable)
7 May 2024	Colony, US	daily rain	50.3 mm (2.0 in)	26.2 mm (1.0 in)	46 years	54 of 100 (Notable)
7 May 2024	Agalega, MU	daily rain	90.9 mm (3.6 in)	38.6 mm (1.5 in)	56 years	53 of 100 (Notable)
7 May 2024	Corning, US	daily rain	59.2 mm (2.3 in)	17.5 mm (0.7 in)	124 years	53 of 100 (Notable)
7 May 2024	Forsyth, US	daily rain	50.3 mm (2.0 in)	31.2 mm (1.2 in)	46 years	53 of 100 (Notable)
7 May 2024	Edgemont 23 NNW, US	daily rain	51.8 mm (2.0 in)	39.6 mm (1.6 in)	29 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
7 May 2024	Crescent 5WSW, US	daily rain	55.4 mm (2.2 in)	36.3 mm (1.4 in)	83 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
7 May 2024	Newcastle, US	daily snowfall	5.1 cm (2.0 in)	5.1 cm (2.0 in)	106 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
7 May 2024	New Italy (Vineyard Haven), AU	daily rain	34.0 mm (1.3 in)	15.5 mm (0.6 in)	106 years	47 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 858 records.

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

Records on 05-07 in each year
Year	Records
1795	2
1805	1
1816	1
1825	2
1837	1
1838	1
1844	1
1845	2
1846	1
1848	2
1850	2
1852	1
1853	1
1856	3
1857	1
1861	3
1862	1
1863	1
1864	1
1867	3
1869	1
1870	1
1872	1
1874	2
1876	3
1878	1
1879	2
1880	1
1884	2
1885	1
1886	4
1887	1
1888	1
1889	2
1890	4
1891	4
1892	2
1894	4
1895	2
1897	5
1898	7
1899	3
1900	10
1901	1
1902	6
1903	13
1904	19
1905	21
1906	15
1907	14
1908	29
1909	15
1910	16
1911	14
1912	14
1913	30
1914	37
1915	40
1916	34
1917	188
1918	60
1919	263
1920	59
1921	41
1922	40
1923	119
1924	141
1925	207
1926	227
1927	191
1928	204
1929	224
1930	637
1931	473
1932	288
1933	291
1934	698
1935	298
1936	466
1937	121
1938	467
1939	194
1940	317
1941	317
1942	270
1943	416
1944	476
1945	751
1946	339
1947	727
1948	338
1949	439
1950	526
1951	226
1952	485
1953	541
1954	481
1955	393
1956	665
1957	546
1958	585
1959	335
1960	899
1961	442
1962	381
1963	825
1964	687
1965	671
1966	762
1967	973
1968	756
1969	678
1970	822
1971	364
1972	515
1973	447
1974	743
1975	784
1976	782
1977	662
1978	925
1979	888
1980	593
1981	710
1982	802
1983	724
1984	1,300
1985	557
1986	1,163
1987	1,115
1988	752
1989	1,880
1990	1,024
1991	599
1992	1,830
1993	831
1994	621
1995	997
1996	880
1997	1,359
1998	1,166
1999	1,008
2000	1,693
2001	743
2002	1,344
2003	1,138
2004	1,397
2005	645
2006	833
2007	1,047
2008	526
2009	735
2010	1,123
2011	558
2012	709
2013	633
2014	646
2015	569
2016	677
2017	543
2018	542
2019	522
2020	577
2021	484
2022	784
2023	667
2024	858
2025	635
2026	715

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Data for records on 2024-05-07: 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 2026-10-18. Last revised 18 October 2026 (2026-10-18).

Margin	Records
0 to 20	634
20 to 40	25
40 to 60	10
60 to 80	1
80 to 100	0
100 to 120	0
120 to 140	1