Weather Records on 5 May 2026

538 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 5 May 2026. Highest significance: Wernigerode, DE.

Key Facts for 5 May 2026

On 5 May 2026, 538 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
180 were record highs and 125 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 2 were all-time records, 18 monthly and 518 daily.
Wernigerode set a daily record precipitation of 35.2 mm (1.4 in) on 5 May 2026.
Across 160 earlier years (1795 to 2025) the same calendar date averaged 443 records.

Record Map

538 stations

538 station records on 5 May 2026 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 5 May 2026: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Wernigerode	Germany	Record daily precipitation	35.2 mm (1.4 in)	63 of 100 (Major)
Sondershausen	Germany	Record daily precipitation	44.3 mm (1.7 in)	60 of 100 (Major)
Leinefelde	Germany	Record daily precipitation	37.7 mm (1.5 in)	60 of 100 (Major)
Falls Creek (Rocky Valley)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	127.0 mm (5.0 in)	57 of 100 (Notable)
Herzberg	Germany	Record daily precipitation	42.1 mm (1.7 in)	57 of 100 (Notable)
Lennestadt-Theten	Germany	Record daily precipitation	29.8 mm (1.2 in)	56 of 100 (Notable)
Hayden	United States	Record daily precipitation	29.0 mm (1.1 in)	56 of 100 (Notable)
Tallapoosa Wtr Plt	United States	Record daily precipitation	152.7 mm (6.0 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Lajas Substn	Puerto Rico [United States]	Record low maximum temperature	27.2 C (81.0 F)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Dry Lake	United States	Record daily precipitation	45.7 mm (1.8 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Quedlinburg	Germany	Record daily precipitation	53.2 mm (2.1 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Bad Sooden-Allendorf	Germany	Record daily precipitation	39.0 mm (1.5 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Bear Lake	United States	Record daily precipitation	58.4 mm (2.3 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Sontra	Germany	Record daily precipitation	45.9 mm (1.8 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Phantom Valley	United States	Record daily precipitation	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Rabbit Ears	United States	Record daily precipitation	45.7 mm (1.8 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Durango Dgo.	Mexico	Record high minimum temperature	23.0 C (73.4 F)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Hecla 1E	United States	Record daily snowfall	34.3 cm (13.5 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Columbine	United States	Record daily precipitation	38.1 mm (1.5 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Nurburg-Barweiler	Germany	Record daily precipitation	26.5 mm (1.0 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Lake Irene	United States	Record daily precipitation	33.0 mm (1.3 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Hecla 1E	United States	Record snow depth	27.9 cm (11.0 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Stiege	Germany	Record daily precipitation	32.4 mm (1.3 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Tann/Rhon	Germany	Record daily precipitation	31.7 mm (1.2 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Burgwald-Bottendorf	Germany	Record daily precipitation	31.6 mm (1.2 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Copeland Lake	United States	Record daily precipitation	48.3 mm (1.9 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Fry	United States	Record daily precipitation	30.5 mm (1.2 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Apsley (Post Office)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	49.4 mm (1.9 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Schwarzburg	Germany	Record daily precipitation	26.1 mm (1.0 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Dachwig	Germany	Record daily precipitation	35.2 mm (1.4 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Joe Wright	United States	Record daily precipitation	55.9 mm (2.2 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Indianapolis	United States	Record daily precipitation	48.8 mm (1.9 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Harzgerode	Germany	Record daily precipitation	33.7 mm (1.3 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Bad Hersfeld	Germany	Record daily precipitation	33.1 mm (1.3 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Marienberg	Germany	Record daily precipitation	34.9 mm (1.4 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Niwot	United States	Record daily precipitation	35.6 mm (1.4 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Narrabri (Mollee)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	36.6 mm (1.4 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Schierke	Germany	Record daily precipitation	25.2 mm (1.0 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Hama	Syria	Record low maximum temperature	12.7 C (54.9 F)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Parma Exp STN	United States	Record high minimum temperature	12.8 C (55.0 F)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Geroda-Platz	Germany	Record daily precipitation	37.6 mm (1.5 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Martinroda	Germany	Record daily precipitation	32.1 mm (1.3 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Thief River Falls	United States	Record low maximum temperature	3.3 C (37.9 F)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Hecla 1E	United States	Record daily precipitation	29.0 mm (1.1 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Gooding 2 S	United States	Record high minimum temperature	12.0 C (53.6 F)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Hummerich	Germany	Record daily precipitation	27.8 mm (1.1 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Loxahatchee Nwr	United States	Record high maximum temperature	38.3 C (100.9 F)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Wolf Canyon	United States	Record high minimum temperature	5.0 C (41.0 F)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Alencon-Valframbert	France	Record daily precipitation	26.3 mm (1.0 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Montelimar	France	Record daily precipitation	42.4 mm (1.7 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Kazalinsk	Kazakhstan	Record high minimum temperature	18.4 C (65.1 F)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Wenatchee	United States	Record high maximum temperature	32.8 C (91.0 F)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Creswick	Australia	Record daily precipitation	40.0 mm (1.6 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Deadman Hill	United States	Record daily precipitation	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Zamora	Mexico	Record high minimum temperature	21.4 C (70.5 F)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Plains	United States	Record high minimum temperature	17.2 C (63.0 F)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Prosser	United States	Record high minimum temperature	15.6 C (60.1 F)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Eschwege	Germany	Record daily precipitation	27.0 mm (1.1 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Asheboro 2 W	United States	Record high maximum temperature	33.9 C (93.0 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Rome 2 NW	United States	Record high minimum temperature	21.7 C (71.1 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

538 records

Records set or tied on 5 May 2026 by type: Highest daily maximum 40, Lowest daily maximum 58, Highest daily minimum 140, Lowest daily minimum 67, Heaviest daily rainfall 211, Heaviest daily snowfall 9, Deepest snow cover 13.

Records on 5 May 2026 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	40
Lowest daily maximum	58
Highest daily minimum	140
Lowest daily minimum	67
Heaviest daily rainfall	211
Heaviest daily snowfall	9
Deepest snow cover	13

Records on 5 May 2026 by timescale: all-time 2, monthly 18, daily 518.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

443 broken records

Margins by which the 443 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 292.0. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

5 May 2026

Top 20 records on 5 May 2026 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
5 May 2026	Wernigerode, DE	daily rain	35.2 mm (1.4 in)	21.6 mm (0.9 in)	75 years	63 of 100 (Major)
5 May 2026	Sondershausen, DE	monthly rain	44.3 mm (1.7 in)	14.5 mm (0.6 in)	44 years	60 of 100 (Major)
5 May 2026	Leinefelde, DE	daily rain	37.7 mm (1.5 in)	22.6 mm (0.9 in)	52 years	60 of 100 (Major)
5 May 2026	Falls Creek (Rocky Valley), AU	daily rain	127.0 mm (5.0 in)	72.1 mm (2.8 in)	60 years	57 of 100 (Notable)
5 May 2026	Herzberg, DE	daily rain	42.1 mm (1.7 in)	25.5 mm (1.0 in)	28 years	57 of 100 (Notable)
5 May 2026	Lennestadt-Theten, DE	daily rain	29.8 mm (1.2 in)	16.7 mm (0.7 in)	60 years	56 of 100 (Notable)
5 May 2026	Hayden, US	daily rain	29.0 mm (1.1 in)	18.3 mm (0.7 in)	23 years	56 of 100 (Notable)
5 May 2026	Tallapoosa Wtr Plt, US	daily rain	152.7 mm (6.0 in)	105.7 mm (4.2 in)	35 years	54 of 100 (Notable)
5 May 2026	Lajas Substn, PR	daily low max	27.2 C (81.0 F)	2.8 C (5.0 F)	68 years	53 of 100 (Notable)
5 May 2026	Dry Lake, US	daily rain	45.7 mm (1.8 in)	27.9 mm (1.1 in)	32 years	53 of 100 (Notable)
5 May 2026	Quedlinburg, DE	daily rain	53.2 mm (2.1 in)	38.8 mm (1.5 in)	13 years	52 of 100 (Notable)
5 May 2026	Bad Sooden-Allendorf, DE	daily rain	39.0 mm (1.5 in)	27.5 mm (1.1 in)	13 years	52 of 100 (Notable)
5 May 2026	Bear Lake, US	daily rain	58.4 mm (2.3 in)	45.7 mm (1.8 in)	24 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
5 May 2026	Sontra, DE	daily rain	45.9 mm (1.8 in)	26.9 mm (1.1 in)	13 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
5 May 2026	Phantom Valley, US	daily rain	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	17.8 mm (0.7 in)	27 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
5 May 2026	Rabbit Ears, US	daily rain	45.7 mm (1.8 in)	30.5 mm (1.2 in)	19 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
5 May 2026	Durango Dgo., MX	daily high min	23.0 C (73.4 F)	8.1 C (14.6 F)	44 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
5 May 2026	Hecla 1E, US	daily snowfall	34.3 cm (13.5 in)	29.2 cm (11.5 in)	35 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
5 May 2026	Columbine, US	daily rain	38.1 mm (1.5 in)	20.3 mm (0.8 in)	24 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
5 May 2026	Nurburg-Barweiler, DE	daily rain	26.5 mm (1.0 in)	18.9 mm (0.7 in)	28 years	46 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 2026

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1795 to 2026. 2026 had 538 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

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Data for records on 2026-05-05: 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 2026-10-17. Last revised 17 October 2026 (2026-10-17).

Margin	Records
0 to 50	433
50 to 100	6
100 to 150	2
150 to 200	0
200 to 250	0
250 to 300	2