Weather Records on 7 May 1919

263 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 7 May 1919. Highest significance: Minlaton, AU.

Key Facts for 7 May 1919

On 7 May 1919, 263 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
6 were record highs and 5 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 0 were all-time records, 5 monthly and 258 daily.
Minlaton set a daily record precipitation of 37.1 mm (1.5 in) on 7 May 1919.
Across 168 earlier years (1795 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 420 records.

Record Map

263 stations

263 station records on 7 May 1919 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 7 May 1919: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Minlaton	Australia	Record daily precipitation	37.1 mm (1.5 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Greenock	Australia	Record daily precipitation	34.3 mm (1.4 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Tumby Bay (Warratta Vale)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	27.9 mm (1.1 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Jamestown	Australia	Record daily precipitation	45.5 mm (1.8 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Hoyleton	Australia	Record daily precipitation	34.5 mm (1.4 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Kapunda	Australia	Record daily precipitation	39.9 mm (1.6 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Whyte Yarcowie	Australia	Record daily precipitation	33.0 mm (1.3 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Tanunda	Australia	Record daily precipitation	29.2 mm (1.1 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Overland Corner	Australia	Record daily precipitation	31.2 mm (1.2 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Peterborough	Australia	Record daily precipitation	35.6 mm (1.4 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Blyth	Australia	Record daily precipitation	35.1 mm (1.4 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Snowtown	Australia	Record daily precipitation	32.8 mm (1.3 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Maitland (Weetulta)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	39.4 mm (1.6 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Quorn (Depot Flat)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	39.4 mm (1.6 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Curramulka	Australia	Record daily precipitation	26.2 mm (1.0 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Mallala	Australia	Record daily precipitation	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Mitcham Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	38.1 mm (1.5 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Mundallio	Australia	Record daily precipitation	36.3 mm (1.4 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Port Victoria	Australia	Record daily precipitation	26.4 mm (1.0 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Cape Jervis Lighthouse	Australia	Record daily precipitation	28.2 mm (1.1 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Gum Lake (Albemarle)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	33.5 mm (1.3 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Ardrossan	Australia	Record daily precipitation	30.2 mm (1.2 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Kapunda Reservoir	Australia	Record daily precipitation	33.5 mm (1.3 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Ashbourne	Australia	Record daily precipitation	36.6 mm (1.4 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Quorn (Round Hill)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	25.9 mm (1.0 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Port Clinton (Yararoo)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	29.2 mm (1.1 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Belair (State Flora Nursery)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	35.3 mm (1.4 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Manfred	Australia	Record daily precipitation	40.1 mm (1.6 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Hallett	Australia	Record daily precipitation	26.7 mm (1.1 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Bute (Ninnes)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	27.9 mm (1.1 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Kapunda Water Works	Australia	Record daily precipitation	40.4 mm (1.6 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
North Adelaide	Australia	Record daily precipitation	27.2 mm (1.1 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Mount Pleasant	Australia	Record daily precipitation	30.7 mm (1.2 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Truro	Australia	Record daily precipitation	27.9 mm (1.1 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Kinchega	Australia	Record daily precipitation	30.5 mm (1.2 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Yacka	Australia	Record daily precipitation	26.2 mm (1.0 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Mount Barker	Australia	Record daily precipitation	32.3 mm (1.3 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Orroroo (Black Rock)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	32.3 mm (1.3 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Hallett (Old Canowie)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	26.7 mm (1.1 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Maitland (Woodburlie)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	26.2 mm (1.0 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Clarendon	Australia	Record daily precipitation	34.3 mm (1.4 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Echunga Golf Course	Australia	Record daily precipitation	40.4 mm (1.6 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Mount Torrens	Australia	Record daily precipitation	33.8 mm (1.3 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Bundaleer Forest Reserve	Australia	Record daily precipitation	38.9 mm (1.5 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Hahndorf	Australia	Record daily precipitation	32.5 mm (1.3 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Boola Boolka	Australia	Record daily precipitation	30.0 mm (1.2 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Woodside	Australia	Record daily precipitation	32.3 mm (1.3 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Poolamacca	Australia	Record daily precipitation	31.8 mm (1.3 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Mannanarie Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	29.2 mm (1.1 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Koonamore	Australia	Record daily precipitation	28.4 mm (1.1 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Tareena	Australia	Record daily precipitation	26.7 mm (1.1 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Maitland	Australia	Record daily precipitation	29.2 mm (1.1 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Lyndoch	Australia	Record daily precipitation	25.7 mm (1.0 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Williamstown	Australia	Record daily precipitation	29.2 mm (1.1 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Willunga	Australia	Record daily precipitation	27.4 mm (1.1 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Bindara (Netley)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	27.9 mm (1.1 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Cockburn	Australia	Record daily precipitation	28.4 mm (1.1 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Watervale	Australia	Record daily precipitation	30.5 mm (1.2 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Dingo Vale	Australia	Record daily precipitation	39.6 mm (1.6 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Gumeracha	Australia	Record daily precipitation	33.3 mm (1.3 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

263 records

Records set or tied on 7 May 1919 by type: Highest daily maximum 2, Lowest daily maximum 3, Highest daily minimum 4, Lowest daily minimum 2, Heaviest daily rainfall 251, Heaviest daily snowfall 1.

Records on 7 May 1919 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	2
Lowest daily maximum	3
Highest daily minimum	4
Lowest daily minimum	2
Heaviest daily rainfall	251
Heaviest daily snowfall	1
Deepest snow cover	0

Records on 7 May 1919 by timescale: all-time 0, monthly 5, daily 258.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

259 broken records

Margins by which the 259 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 63.0. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

7 May 1919

Top 20 records on 7 May 1919 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
7 May 1919	Minlaton, AU	daily rain	37.1 mm (1.5 in)	31.5 mm (1.2 in)	27 years	52 of 100 (Notable)
7 May 1919	Greenock, AU	daily rain	34.3 mm (1.4 in)	26.7 mm (1.1 in)	33 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
7 May 1919	Tumby Bay (Warratta Vale), AU	daily rain	27.9 mm (1.1 in)	20.8 mm (0.8 in)	27 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
7 May 1919	Jamestown, AU	daily rain	45.5 mm (1.8 in)	37.9 mm (1.5 in)	8 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
7 May 1919	Hoyleton, AU	daily rain	34.5 mm (1.4 in)	29.4 mm (1.2 in)	8 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
7 May 1919	Kapunda, AU	daily rain	39.9 mm (1.6 in)	32.5 mm (1.3 in)	1 year	45 of 100 (Notable)
7 May 1919	Whyte Yarcowie, AU	daily rain	33.0 mm (1.3 in)	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	1 year	44 of 100 (Notable)
7 May 1919	Tanunda, AU	daily rain	29.2 mm (1.1 in)	21.6 mm (0.9 in)	33 years	44 of 100 (Notable)
7 May 1919	Overland Corner, AU	daily rain	31.2 mm (1.2 in)	17.2 mm (0.7 in)	14 years	44 of 100 (Notable)
7 May 1919	Peterborough, AU	daily rain	35.6 mm (1.4 in)	28.7 mm (1.1 in)	1 year	43 of 100 (Notable)
7 May 1919	Blyth, AU	daily rain	35.1 mm (1.4 in)	28.7 mm (1.1 in)	1 year	43 of 100 (Notable)
7 May 1919	Snowtown, AU	daily rain	32.8 mm (1.3 in)	26.2 mm (1.0 in)	1 year	43 of 100 (Notable)
7 May 1919	Maitland (Weetulta), AU	daily rain	39.4 mm (1.6 in)	24.9 mm (1.0 in)	1 year	43 of 100 (Notable)
7 May 1919	Quorn (Depot Flat), AU	daily rain	39.4 mm (1.6 in)	32.8 mm (1.3 in)	31 years	42 of 100 (Notable)
7 May 1919	Curramulka, AU	daily rain	26.2 mm (1.0 in)	18.3 mm (0.7 in)	27 years	42 of 100 (Notable)
7 May 1919	Mallala, AU	daily rain	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	21.3 mm (0.8 in)	27 years	42 of 100 (Notable)
7 May 1919	Mitcham Post Office, AU	daily rain	38.1 mm (1.5 in)	30.2 mm (1.2 in)	9 years	42 of 100 (Notable)
7 May 1919	Mundallio, AU	daily rain	36.3 mm (1.4 in)	32.5 mm (1.3 in)	8 years	40 of 100 (Notable)
7 May 1919	Port Victoria, AU	daily rain	26.4 mm (1.0 in)	18.8 mm (0.7 in)	27 years	40 of 100 (Notable)
7 May 1919	Cape Jervis Lighthouse, AU	daily rain	28.2 mm (1.1 in)	18.0 mm (0.7 in)	14 years	40 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 1919

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1795 to 1919. 1919 had 263 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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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).

Margin	Records
0 to 10	143
10 to 20	74
20 to 30	35
30 to 40	6
40 to 50	0
50 to 60	0
60 to 70	1