Weather Records on 2 May 1917

52 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 2 May 1917. Highest significance: Murray Town (Doughboy Creek), AU.

Key Facts for 2 May 1917

On 2 May 1917, 52 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
4 were record highs and 18 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 0 were all-time records, 3 monthly and 49 daily.
Murray Town (Doughboy Creek) set a daily record precipitation of 31.0 mm (1.2 in) on 2 May 1917.
Across 162 earlier years (1795 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 464 records.

Record Map

52 stations

52 station records on 2 May 1917 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 2 May 1917: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Murray Town (Doughboy Creek)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	31.0 mm (1.2 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Concord	United States	Record daily snowfall	6.6 cm (2.6 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Herberton White St	Australia	Record daily precipitation	12.7 mm (0.5 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Beatrice	Canada	Record daily snowfall	3.8 cm (1.5 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Muttaburra	Australia	Record daily precipitation	14.5 mm (0.6 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Hingham (1)	United States	Record daily precipitation	19.8 mm (0.8 in)	16 of 100 (Routine)
Maytown	Australia	Record daily precipitation	8.1 mm (0.32 in)	15 of 100 (Routine)
Moruya Heads Pilot Station	Australia	Record daily precipitation	8.9 mm (0.35 in)	15 of 100 (Routine)
Owen Sound	Canada	Record low maximum temperature	2.2 C (36.0 F)	15 of 100 (Routine)
Aleksandrovsk-Sahalinskij	Russia	Record daily precipitation	6.1 mm (0.24 in)	15 of 100 (Routine)
Woody Island	Australia	Record daily precipitation	31.8 mm (1.3 in)	14 of 100 (Routine)
Cumbalum (Fairview)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	53.6 mm (2.1 in)	14 of 100 (Routine)
Sveg	Sweden	Record low minimum temperature	-12.5 C (9.5 F)	14 of 100 (Routine)
Milton Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	24.1 mm (0.9 in)	13 of 100 (Routine)
Wiarton	Canada	Record daily snowfall	5.1 cm (2.0 in)	13 of 100 (Routine)
Sheffield	United Kingdom	Record high maximum temperature	20.0 C (68.0 F)	13 of 100 (Routine)
Hughenden Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	4.3 mm (0.17 in)	12 of 100 (Routine)
Cardwell Marine Pde	Australia	Record daily precipitation	26.7 mm (1.1 in)	12 of 100 (Routine)
Nowra Council Offices	Australia	Record daily precipitation	17.8 mm (0.7 in)	12 of 100 (Routine)
Lucknow	Canada	Record daily precipitation	25.1 mm (1.0 in)	12 of 100 (Routine)
Burdekin Shire Council	Australia	Record daily precipitation	11.9 mm (0.5 in)	11 of 100 (Routine)
Epping Chester Street	Australia	Record daily precipitation	18.3 mm (0.7 in)	11 of 100 (Routine)
Cataract River	Australia	Record daily precipitation	9.4 mm (0.37 in)	11 of 100 (Routine)
Lakefield	Canada	Record low maximum temperature	2.8 C (37.0 F)	11 of 100 (Routine)
Gorki	Belarus	Record daily precipitation	4.8 mm (0.19 in)	10 of 100 (Routine)
Bird Rocks	Canada	Record high maximum temperature	10.0 C (50.0 F)	10 of 100 (Routine)
Cet Central England	United Kingdom	Record high maximum temperature	18.8 C (65.8 F)	10 of 100 (Routine)
Jamberoo (Lorna)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	19.1 mm (0.8 in)	9 of 100 (Routine)
Camden Bowling Club	Australia	Record daily precipitation	12.2 mm (0.5 in)	8 of 100 (Routine)
Nuwara Eliya	Sri Lanka	Record low maximum temperature	17.2 C (63.0 F)	8 of 100 (Routine)
Concordia ASOS	United States	Record low maximum temperature	7.2 C (45.0 F)	8 of 100 (Routine)
Bowral Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	9.1 mm (0.36 in)	7 of 100 (Routine)
Beatrice	Canada	Record daily precipitation	21.6 mm (0.9 in)	7 of 100 (Routine)
Simferopol	Ukraine	Record low minimum temperature	-0.3 C (31.5 F)	7 of 100 (Routine)
Southampton	Canada	Record low maximum temperature	2.2 C (36.0 F)	6 of 100 (Routine)
Saint John	Canada	Record daily snowfall	1.3 cm (0.5 in)	6 of 100 (Routine)
Northfield	United States	Record low maximum temperature	6.1 C (43.0 F)	6 of 100 (Routine)
Thornborough	Australia	Record daily precipitation	6.9 mm (0.27 in)	5 of 100 (Routine)
Lucknow	Canada	Record daily snowfall	1.3 cm (0.5 in)	5 of 100 (Routine)
Fredericton Unb	Canada	Record daily snowfall	7.6 cm (3.0 in)	5 of 100 (Routine)
Yarmouth	Canada	Record low maximum temperature	6.1 C (43.0 F)	5 of 100 (Routine)
Taralga Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	2.3 mm (0.09 in)	4 of 100 (Routine)
Saint John	Canada	Record low maximum temperature	3.9 C (39.0 F)	4 of 100 (Routine)
Halifax	Canada	Record low maximum temperature	3.9 C (39.0 F)	4 of 100 (Routine)
Stornoway Airport	United Kingdom	Record high minimum temperature	8.9 C (48.0 F)	4 of 100 (Routine)
Fredericton Unb	Canada	Record low maximum temperature	2.2 C (36.0 F)	3 of 100 (Routine)
World Trade Ctr	United States	Record low minimum temperature	3.3 C (37.9 F)	3 of 100 (Routine)
Lincoln UNIV Pwr Plt	United States	Record low maximum temperature	8.3 C (46.9 F)	3 of 100 (Routine)
Nemours (Ghazaouet)	Algeria	Record low maximum temperature	18.0 C (64.4 F)	1 of 100 (Routine)
Brisbane Regional Office	Australia	Record low maximum temperature	18.2 C (64.8 F)	1 of 100 (Routine)
Lindsay	Canada	Record low maximum temperature	4.4 C (39.9 F)	1 of 100 (Routine)
Burlington	United States	Record low maximum temperature	7.8 C (46.0 F)	1 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

52 records

Records set or tied on 2 May 1917 by type: Highest daily maximum 3, Lowest daily maximum 15, Highest daily minimum 1, Lowest daily minimum 3, Heaviest daily rainfall 24, Heaviest daily snowfall 6.

Records on 2 May 1917 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	3
Lowest daily maximum	15
Highest daily minimum	1
Lowest daily minimum	3
Heaviest daily rainfall	24
Heaviest daily snowfall	6
Deepest snow cover	0

Records on 2 May 1917 by timescale: all-time 0, monthly 3, daily 49.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

40 broken records

Margins by which the 40 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 41.0. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

2 May 1917

Top 20 records on 2 May 1917 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
2 May 1917	Murray Town (Doughboy Creek), AU	daily rain	31.0 mm (1.2 in)	30.0 mm (1.2 in)	27 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
2 May 1917	Concord, US	monthly snowfall	6.6 cm (2.6 in)	4.1 cm (1.6 in)	48 years	37 of 100 (Notable)
2 May 1917	Herberton White St, AU	daily rain	12.7 mm (0.5 in)	7.4 mm (0.29 in)	25 years	20 of 100 (Routine)
2 May 1917	Beatrice, CA	daily snowfall	3.8 cm (1.5 in)	3.8 cm (1.5 in)	40 years	20 of 100 (Routine)
2 May 1917	Muttaburra, AU	daily rain	14.5 mm (0.6 in)	14.5 mm (0.6 in)	31 years	20 of 100 (Routine)
2 May 1917	Hingham (1), US	daily rain	19.8 mm (0.8 in)	9.9 mm (0.39 in)	24 years	16 of 100 (Routine)
2 May 1917	Maytown, AU	daily rain	8.1 mm (0.32 in)	4.5 mm (0.18 in)	27 years	15 of 100 (Routine)
2 May 1917	Moruya Heads Pilot Station, AU	daily rain	8.9 mm (0.35 in)	4.8 mm (0.19 in)	32 years	15 of 100 (Routine)
2 May 1917	Owen Sound, CA	daily low max	2.2 C (36.0 F)	1.7 C (3.1 F)	31 years	15 of 100 (Routine)
2 May 1917	Aleksandrovsk-Sahalinskij, RU	daily rain	6.1 mm (0.24 in)	3.1 mm (0.12 in)	16 years	15 of 100 (Routine)
2 May 1917	Woody Island, AU	daily rain	31.8 mm (1.3 in)	10.7 mm (0.4 in)	12 years	14 of 100 (Routine)
2 May 1917	Cumbalum (Fairview), AU	daily rain	53.6 mm (2.1 in)	14.2 mm (0.6 in)	16 years	14 of 100 (Routine)
2 May 1917	Sveg, SE	daily low min	-12.5 C (9.5 F)	2.5 C (4.5 F)	17 years	14 of 100 (Routine)
2 May 1917	Milton Post Office, AU	daily rain	24.1 mm (0.9 in)	11.4 mm (0.4 in)	15 years	13 of 100 (Routine)
2 May 1917	Wiarton, CA	daily snowfall	5.1 cm (2.0 in)	1.3 cm (0.5 in)	28 years	13 of 100 (Routine)
2 May 1917	Sheffield, GB	daily high max	20.0 C (68.0 F)	2.6 C (4.7 F)	16 years	13 of 100 (Routine)
2 May 1917	Hughenden Post Office, AU	daily rain	4.3 mm (0.17 in)	3.0 mm (0.12 in)	26 years	12 of 100 (Routine)
2 May 1917	Cardwell Marine Pde, AU	daily rain	26.7 mm (1.1 in)	8.9 mm (0.35 in)	8 years	12 of 100 (Routine)
2 May 1917	Nowra Council Offices, AU	daily rain	17.8 mm (0.7 in)	12.2 mm (0.5 in)	12 years	12 of 100 (Routine)
2 May 1917	Lucknow, CA	daily rain	25.1 mm (1.0 in)	2.2 mm (0.09 in)	24 years	12 of 100 (Routine)

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 1917

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1795 to 1917. 1917 had 52 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 2026-10-15. Last revised 15 October 2026 (2026-10-15).

Histogram of margins by which records were beaten on 2 May 1917
Margin	Records
0 to 10	29
10 to 20	8
20 to 30	0
30 to 40	2
40 to 50	1