Snow event in United States, 7 to 13 May 2020

Name: Snow event in United States, 7 to 13 May 2020
Start: 2020-05-07
End: 2020-05-13
Location: United States

Snow event in United States, 7 to 13 May 2020: 193 records at 112 stations, peak on 9 May 2020. Closed.

Data as of 2026-10-17. Last revised 17 October 2026 (2026-10-17).

Key Facts

Snow event in United States, 7 to 13 May 2020 set or tied 193 station records at 112 stations.
It ran from 7 May 2020 to 13 May 2020 (7 days) and its peak day was 9 May 2020.
Status: closed.
Bridgewater set a monthly record daily snowfall of 25.4 cm (10.0 in) on 9 May 2020.
The busiest day was 9 May 2020 with 105 records.
The oldest broken record in the ranked list had stood for 127 years.

Footprint

7 to 13 May 2020

The area covered by Snow event in United States, 7 to 13 May 2020 is outlined, with 17 of the stations that set records marked, coloured by record type. Made with Natural Earth.

Footprint of Snow event in United States, 7 to 13 May 2020: stations that set records in the event
Station	Type	Value	Date
Bridgewater	Record daily snowfall	25.4 cm (10.0 in)	2020-05-09
Berlin	Record daily snowfall	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	2020-05-09
Grand Lake Stream	Record daily snowfall	15.5 cm (6.1 in)	2020-05-10
Lowell	Record daily snowfall	7.9 cm (3.1 in)	2020-05-09
Saint Johnsbury	Record daily snowfall	6.9 cm (2.7 in)	2020-05-09
Lancaster	Record daily snowfall	9.9 cm (3.9 in)	2020-05-09
Gilman	Record daily snowfall	7.6 cm (3.0 in)	2020-05-09
Jackman	Record daily snowfall	7.6 cm (3.0 in)	2020-05-09
Highmarket 2W	Record daily snowfall	5.1 cm (2.0 in)	2020-05-11
Delhi 2 SE	Record daily snowfall	5.1 cm (2.0 in)	2020-05-09
Caribou WFO	Record daily snowfall	14.0 cm (5.5 in)	2020-05-09
Belfast	Record daily snowfall	1.3 cm (0.5 in)	2020-05-09
Madison	Record snow depth	2.5 cm (1.0 in)	2020-05-09
Sines Deep Creek	Record daily snowfall	2.0 cm (0.8 in)	2020-05-09
Charlotteburg Rsvr	Record daily snowfall	0.5 cm (0.2 in)	2020-05-09
Oberlin	Record daily snowfall	1.3 cm (0.5 in)	2020-05-09
Elkins- Randolph Co AP	Record snow depth	3.0 cm (1.2 in)	2020-05-09

Records per Day

Peak day 105

Records set or tied each day from 7 May 2020 to 13 May 2020. The most in one day was 105 on 9 May 2020.

Top Records by Margin

Margin over the record replaced

Top records of Snow event in United States, 7 to 13 May 2020 ranked by margin
Bridgewater, 05-09	22.9 cm (9.0 in)
Bridgewater, 05-09	17.8 cm (7.0 in)
Grand Lake Stream, 05-10	15.5 cm (6.1 in)
Berlin, 05-09	12.7 cm (5.0 in)
Caribou WFO, 05-09	10.4 cm (4.1 in)
Lowell, 05-09	7.9 cm (3.1 in)
Gilman, 05-09	7.6 cm (3.0 in)
Gilman, 05-09	7.6 cm (3.0 in)
Lancaster, 05-09	7.4 cm (2.9 in)
Saint Johnsbury, 05-09	6.9 cm (2.7 in)
Jackman, 05-09	5.6 cm (2.2 in)
Highmarket 2W, 05-11	5.1 cm (2.0 in)
Delhi 2 SE, 05-09	5.1 cm (2.0 in)
Elkins- Randolph Co AP, 05-09	3.0 cm (1.2 in)
Berlin, 05-09	2.5 cm (1.0 in)

Margin is how far the new value is beyond the record it replaced. Ties are not shown.

Margin Against Age of the Broken Record

193 records plotted by how far they beat the old record (across) and how many years the old record had stood (up). Long standing records beaten by a wide margin sit in the top right.

Margin against age of the broken record in Snow event in United States, 7 to 13 May 2020
Margin (mm)	Years the old record stood
178	53
155	58
127	101
79	90
69	120
13	117
25	127
13	116
76	89
74	56
5	120
76	90
20	91
30	94
56	94
25	90
51	95
51	95
104	53
229	29
25	125
25	122
51	102
25	120
53	73
20	120
25	97
25	72
25	71
13	111
18	120
51	94
25	90
13	103
25	91
25	120
25	109
10	103
89	54
10	120
51	94
25	120
13	114
25	116
10	120
5	79
13	120
5	120
46	80
13	97
5	73
51	71
5	120
5	112
25	72
10	71
3	113
3	124
3	120
25	72
7	97
3	120
25	94
25	71
13	65
152	62
18	92
125	54
2	97
13	95
3	75
18	85
76	71
127	29
5	91
5	91
8	91
25	77
91	54
51	71
51	34
7	57
13	83
8	79
25	83
25	73
25	74
25	75
25	75
5	80
25	71
25	72
3	79
25	72
25	72
102	35
28	70
10	79
5	82
8	82
25	71
25	72
26	34
20	71
15	74
25	70
38	36
26	66
38	62
13	70
5	73
51	67
25	30
25	67
30	72
25	71
10	73
25	70
76	39
28	61
26	66
77	16
13	46
3	76
26	66
3	75
30	67
5	69
76	56
50	48
25	10
51	17
31	54
25	34
10	66
25	66
3	68
5	58
30	16
8	66
23	54
10	37
49	53
8	61
3	66
8	61
8	61
28	10
5	61
5	54
2	51
10	54
30	6
3	22
5	54
15	17
13	53
25	16
26	10
46	34
8	56
8	56
76	39
25	45
12	22
51	45
10	15
26	17
8	51
3	56
25	16
18	43
7	43
51	3
26	43
5	43
15	43
12	24
10	43
26	31
23	30
23	35
20	10
13	37
13	34
25	34
26	10
25	35
25	32
25	32
2	24
8	32
12	7

Compared With Other Events

Station records per event

Station records in Snow event in United States, 7 to 13 May 2020 compared with similar events
Snow event in United States, 3 to 27 January 2024	2,190 records
Snow event in United States, 24 November to 22 December 2025	1,539 records
Snow event in United States, 9 to 29 April 2022	1,475 records
Snow event in United States, 27 September to 17 October 2018	1,247 records
Snow event in United States, 26 September to 23 October 2019	1,194 records
Snow event in United States, 7 to 13 May 2020 (this event)	193 records

Every Record Set

20 of 193

Every record set or tied during Snow event in United States, 7 to 13 May 2020, in date order
Date	Station	Record	Value	Margin	Years stood	Significance
2020-05-09	Bridgewater	Record daily snowfall	25.4 cm (10.0 in)	17.8 cm (7.0 in)	53	66 of 100 (Major)
2020-05-09	Berlin	Record daily snowfall	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	101	65 of 100 (Major)
2020-05-09	Lowell	Record daily snowfall	7.9 cm (3.1 in)	7.9 cm (3.1 in)	90	62 of 100 (Major)
2020-05-09	Saint Johnsbury	Record daily snowfall	6.9 cm (2.7 in)	6.9 cm (2.7 in)	120	53 of 100 (Notable)
2020-05-09	Berlin	Record snow depth	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	2.5 cm (1.0 in)	127	52 of 100 (Notable)
2020-05-09	Lancaster	Record daily snowfall	9.9 cm (3.9 in)	7.4 cm (2.9 in)	56	51 of 100 (Notable)
2020-05-09	Gilman	Record daily snowfall	7.6 cm (3.0 in)	7.6 cm (3.0 in)	90	51 of 100 (Notable)
2020-05-09	Jackman	Record daily snowfall	7.6 cm (3.0 in)	5.6 cm (2.2 in)	94	49 of 100 (Notable)
2020-05-09	Delhi 2 SE	Record daily snowfall	5.1 cm (2.0 in)	5.1 cm (2.0 in)	95	47 of 100 (Notable)
2020-05-09	Caribou WFO	Record daily snowfall	14.0 cm (5.5 in)	10.4 cm (4.1 in)	53	47 of 100 (Notable)
2020-05-09	Bridgewater	Record snow depth	25.4 cm (10.0 in)	22.9 cm (9.0 in)	29	46 of 100 (Notable)
2020-05-09	Belfast	Record daily snowfall	1.3 cm (0.5 in)	1.3 cm (0.5 in)	117	20 of 100 (Routine)
2020-05-09	Madison	Record snow depth	2.5 cm (1.0 in)	2.5 cm (1.0 in)	90	20 of 100 (Routine)
2020-05-09	Sines Deep Creek	Record daily snowfall	2.0 cm (0.8 in)	2.0 cm (0.8 in)	91	20 of 100 (Routine)
2020-05-09	Charlotteburg Rsvr	Record daily snowfall	0.5 cm (0.2 in)	0.5 cm (0.2 in)	120	20 of 100 (Routine)
2020-05-09	Oberlin	Record daily snowfall	1.3 cm (0.5 in)	1.3 cm (0.5 in)	116	20 of 100 (Routine)
2020-05-09	Gilman	Record snow depth	7.6 cm (3.0 in)	7.6 cm (3.0 in)	89	20 of 100 (Routine)
2020-05-09	Elkins- Randolph Co AP	Record snow depth	3.0 cm (1.2 in)	3.0 cm (1.2 in)	94	20 of 100 (Routine)
2020-05-10	Grand Lake Stream	Record daily snowfall	15.5 cm (6.1 in)	15.5 cm (6.1 in)	58	65 of 100 (Major)
2020-05-11	Highmarket 2W	Record daily snowfall	5.1 cm (2.0 in)	5.1 cm (2.0 in)	95	48 of 100 (Notable)

The daily ledgers keep a limited number of records per day, so this list has 20 of the 193 records the event counts. The counts above use the full total.

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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)) Data as of 2026-10-17. Events are found by this site from station records and are not official designations. Records are provisional until reprocessed.

Date	Records
2020-05-07	2
2020-05-08	10
2020-05-09	105
2020-05-10	40
2020-05-11	10
2020-05-12	13
2020-05-13	13

Margin (mm)	Years the old record stood
178	53
155	58
127	101
79	90
69	120
13	117
25	127
13	116
76	89
74	56
5	120
76	90
20	91
30	94
56	94
25	90
51	95
51	95
104	53
229	29
25	125
25	122
51	102
25	120
53	73
20	120
25	97
25	72
25	71
13	111
18	120
51	94
25	90
13	103
25	91
25	120
25	109
10	103
89	54
10	120
51	94
25	120
13	114
25	116
10	120
5	79
13	120
5	120
46	80
13	97
5	73
51	71
5	120
5	112
25	72
10	71
3	113
3	124
3	120
25	72
7	97
3	120
25	94
25	71
13	65
152	62
18	92
125	54
2	97
13	95
3	75
18	85
76	71
127	29
5	91
5	91
8	91
25	77
91	54
51	71
51	34
7	57
13	83
8	79
25	83
25	73
25	74
25	75
25	75
5	80
25	71
25	72
3	79
25	72
25	72
102	35
28	70
10	79
5	82
8	82
25	71
25	72
26	34
20	71
15	74
25	70
38	36
26	66
38	62
13	70
5	73
51	67
25	30
25	67
30	72
25	71
10	73
25	70
76	39
28	61
26	66
77	16
13	46
3	76
26	66
3	75
30	67
5	69
76	56
50	48
25	10
51	17
31	54
25	34
10	66
25	66
3	68
5	58
30	16
8	66
23	54
10	37
49	53
8	61
3	66
8	61
8	61
28	10
5	61
5	54
2	51
10	54
30	6
3	22
5	54
15	17
13	53
25	16
26	10
46	34
8	56
8	56
76	39
25	45
12	22
51	45
10	15
26	17
8	51
3	56
25	16
18	43
7	43
51	3
26	43
5	43
15	43
12	24
10	43
26	31
23	30
23	35
20	10
13	37
13	34
25	34
26	10
25	35
25	32
25	32
2	24
8	32
12	7

Margin (mm)	Years the old record stood
178	53
155	58
127	101
79	90
69	120
13	117
25	127
13	116
76	89
74	56
5	120
76	90
20	91
30	94
56	94
25	90
51	95
51	95
104	53
229	29
25	125
25	122
51	102
25	120
53	73
20	120
25	97
25	72
25	71
13	111
18	120
51	94
25	90
13	103
25	91
25	120
25	109
10	103
89	54
10	120
51	94
25	120
13	114
25	116
10	120
5	79
13	120
5	120
46	80
13	97
5	73
51	71
5	120
5	112
25	72
10	71
3	113
3	124
3	120
25	72
7	97
3	120
25	94
25	71
13	65
152	62
18	92
125	54
2	97
13	95
3	75
18	85
76	71
127	29
5	91
5	91
8	91
25	77
91	54
51	71
51	34
7	57
13	83
8	79
25	83
25	73
25	74
25	75
25	75
5	80
25	71
25	72
3	79
25	72
25	72
102	35
28	70
10	79
5	82
8	82
25	71
25	72
26	34
20	71
15	74
25	70
38	36
26	66
38	62
13	70
5	73
51	67
25	30
25	67
30	72
25	71
10	73
25	70
76	39
28	61
26	66
77	16
13	46
3	76
26	66
3	75
30	67
5	69
76	56
50	48
25	10
51	17
31	54
25	34
10	66
25	66
3	68
5	58
30	16
8	66
23	54
10	37
49	53
8	61
3	66
8	61
8	61
28	10
5	61
5	54
2	51
10	54
30	6
3	22
5	54
15	17
13	53
25	16
26	10
46	34
8	56
8	56
76	39
25	45
12	22
51	45
10	15
26	17
8	51
3	56
25	16
18	43
7	43
51	3
26	43
5	43
15	43
12	24
10	43
26	31
23	30
23	35
20	10
13	37
13	34
25	34
26	10
25	35
25	32
25	32
2	24
8	32
12	7

Margin (mm)	Years the old record stood
178	53
155	58
127	101
79	90
69	120
13	117
25	127
13	116
76	89
74	56
5	120
76	90
20	91
30	94
56	94
25	90
51	95
51	95
104	53
229	29
25	125
25	122
51	102
25	120
53	73
20	120
25	97
25	72
25	71
13	111
18	120
51	94
25	90
13	103
25	91
25	120
25	109
10	103
89	54
10	120
51	94
25	120
13	114
25	116
10	120
5	79
13	120
5	120
46	80
13	97
5	73
51	71
5	120
5	112
25	72
10	71
3	113
3	124
3	120
25	72
7	97
3	120
25	94
25	71
13	65
152	62
18	92
125	54
2	97
13	95
3	75
18	85
76	71
127	29
5	91
5	91
8	91
25	77
91	54
51	71
51	34
7	57
13	83
8	79
25	83
25	73
25	74
25	75
25	75
5	80
25	71
25	72
3	79
25	72
25	72
102	35
28	70
10	79
5	82
8	82
25	71
25	72
26	34
20	71
15	74
25	70
38	36
26	66
38	62
13	70
5	73
51	67
25	30
25	67
30	72
25	71
10	73
25	70
76	39
28	61
26	66
77	16
13	46
3	76
26	66
3	75
30	67
5	69
76	56
50	48
25	10
51	17
31	54
25	34
10	66
25	66
3	68
5	58
30	16
8	66
23	54
10	37
49	53
8	61
3	66
8	61
8	61
28	10
5	61
5	54
2	51
10	54
30	6
3	22
5	54
15	17
13	53
25	16
26	10
46	34
8	56
8	56
76	39
25	45
12	22
51	45
10	15
26	17
8	51
3	56
25	16
18	43
7	43
51	3
26	43
5	43
15	43
12	24
10	43
26	31
23	30
23	35
20	10
13	37
13	34
25	34
26	10
25	35
25	32
25	32
2	24
8	32
12	7