Weather Records on 7 May 1920

59 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 7 May 1920. Highest significance: Burdekin Shire Council, AU.

Key Facts for 7 May 1920

On 7 May 1920, 59 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
9 were record highs and 6 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 0 were all-time records, 5 monthly and 54 daily.
Burdekin Shire Council set a monthly record daily precipitation of 83.8 mm (3.3 in) on 7 May 1920.
Across 168 earlier years (1795 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 421 records.

Record Map

59 stations

59 station records on 7 May 1920 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 7 May 1920: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Burdekin Shire Council	Australia	Record daily precipitation	83.8 mm (3.3 in)	58 of 100 (Notable)
Georgetown Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	68.3 mm (2.7 in)	56 of 100 (Notable)
Townsville Pilot Station	Australia	Record daily precipitation	113.8 mm (4.5 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Bowen Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	72.6 mm (2.9 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Palmerville	Australia	Record daily precipitation	38.1 mm (1.5 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Cumberland Station	Australia	Record daily precipitation	67.8 mm (2.7 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Croydon Township	Australia	Record daily precipitation	52.6 mm (2.1 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Cairns Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	127.0 mm (5.0 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Ravenswood Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	45.7 mm (1.8 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Port Douglas - Warner St	Australia	Record daily precipitation	77.7 mm (3.1 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Mackay Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	73.2 mm (2.9 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Mein Station	Australia	Record daily precipitation	25.1 mm (1.0 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Innisfail	Australia	Record daily precipitation	152.4 mm (6.0 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Donors Hill Station	Australia	Record daily precipitation	83.1 mm (3.3 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Thornborough	Australia	Record daily precipitation	36.8 mm (1.4 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Pentland Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	36.8 mm (1.4 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Mackay Post Office	Australia	Record low maximum temperature	18.9 C (66.0 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Cardwell Marine Pde	Australia	Record daily precipitation	167.1 mm (6.6 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Gabo Island Lighthouse	Australia	Record daily precipitation	96.0 mm (3.8 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Gilbert River Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	53.3 mm (2.1 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Robe Comparison	Australia	Record low minimum temperature	2.7 C (36.9 F)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Herberton White St	Australia	Record daily precipitation	69.1 mm (2.7 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Halifax	Canada	Record low minimum temperature	-3.9 C (25.0 F)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Moreton Telegraph Station	Australia	Record daily precipitation	14.0 mm (0.6 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Hughenden Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	18.3 mm (0.7 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Orbost (Comparison)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	23.1 mm (0.9 in)	19 of 100 (Routine)
Bonang (Goomgerah)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	26.7 mm (1.1 in)	19 of 100 (Routine)
Coen Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	17.3 mm (0.7 in)	18 of 100 (Routine)
New Westminster	Canada	Record high maximum temperature	27.2 C (81.0 F)	18 of 100 (Routine)
Vaexjoe	Sweden	Record daily precipitation	8.0 mm (0.31 in)	18 of 100 (Routine)
Orskar_A	Sweden	Record daily precipitation	8.5 mm (0.33 in)	18 of 100 (Routine)
Nebo	Australia	Record daily precipitation	16.5 mm (0.6 in)	17 of 100 (Routine)
Alice Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	11.4 mm (0.4 in)	17 of 100 (Routine)
St Lawrence Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	11.7 mm (0.5 in)	16 of 100 (Routine)
Burketown Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	3.3 mm (0.13 in)	15 of 100 (Routine)
Maytown	Australia	Record daily precipitation	14.5 mm (0.6 in)	14 of 100 (Routine)
Kilkivan Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	11.7 mm (0.5 in)	14 of 100 (Routine)
Normanton Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	17.8 mm (0.7 in)	13 of 100 (Routine)
Clermont Sirius St	Australia	Record daily precipitation	2.3 mm (0.09 in)	13 of 100 (Routine)
Buchan	Australia	Record daily precipitation	27.9 mm (1.1 in)	13 of 100 (Routine)
Adelaide West Terrace	Australia	Record low minimum temperature	6.6 C (43.9 F)	12 of 100 (Routine)
Fort Chipewyan	Canada	Record high minimum temperature	5.6 C (42.1 F)	12 of 100 (Routine)
Musgrave	Australia	Record daily precipitation	17.3 mm (0.7 in)	11 of 100 (Routine)
Laidley Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	7.4 mm (0.29 in)	11 of 100 (Routine)
Lakes Entrance Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	11 of 100 (Routine)
Sonnblick	Austria	Record high maximum temperature	1.8 C (35.2 F)	11 of 100 (Routine)
Koebenhavn: Landbohojskolen-1	Denmark	Record daily precipitation	9.7 mm (0.38 in)	11 of 100 (Routine)
Troicko-Pecherskoe	Russia	Record high minimum temperature	5.5 C (41.9 F)	11 of 100 (Routine)
Mildura Post Office	Australia	Record low maximum temperature	15.0 C (59.0 F)	10 of 100 (Routine)
Sfax El-Maou	Tunisia	Record high maximum temperature	28.0 C (82.4 F)	10 of 100 (Routine)
Emerald Post Office	Australia	Record high minimum temperature	19.1 C (66.4 F)	9 of 100 (Routine)
Nuwara Eliya	Sri Lanka	Record high maximum temperature	25.1 C (77.2 F)	9 of 100 (Routine)
Tashkent	Uzbekistan	Record low maximum temperature	16.8 C (62.2 F)	8 of 100 (Routine)
Bruthen (Post Office)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	17.3 mm (0.7 in)	7 of 100 (Routine)
Ljungby	Sweden	Record daily precipitation	10.0 mm (0.4 in)	7 of 100 (Routine)
Woodstock West	Australia	Record daily precipitation	11.9 mm (0.5 in)	5 of 100 (Routine)
Chita	Russia	Record daily precipitation	7.2 mm (0.28 in)	4 of 100 (Routine)
Portland Rfc City	United States	Record high maximum temperature	30.6 C (87.1 F)	3 of 100 (Routine)
Portland Rfc City	United States	Record high minimum temperature	13.3 C (55.9 F)	2 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

59 records

Records set or tied on 7 May 1920 by type: Highest daily maximum 5, Lowest daily maximum 3, Highest daily minimum 4, Lowest daily minimum 3, Heaviest daily rainfall 44.

Records on 7 May 1920 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	5
Lowest daily maximum	3
Highest daily minimum	4
Lowest daily minimum	3
Heaviest daily rainfall	44
Heaviest daily snowfall	0
Deepest snow cover	0

Records on 7 May 1920 by timescale: all-time 0, monthly 5, daily 54.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

57 broken records

Margins by which the 57 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 103.1. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

7 May 1920

Top 20 records on 7 May 1920 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
7 May 1920	Burdekin Shire Council, AU	monthly rain	83.8 mm (3.3 in)	36.6 mm (1.4 in)	29 years	58 of 100 (Notable)
7 May 1920	Georgetown Post Office, AU	daily rain	68.3 mm (2.7 in)	68.3 mm (2.7 in)	46 years	56 of 100 (Notable)
7 May 1920	Townsville Pilot Station, AU	monthly rain	113.8 mm (4.5 in)	36.1 mm (1.4 in)	27 years	54 of 100 (Notable)
7 May 1920	Bowen Post Office, AU	daily rain	72.6 mm (2.9 in)	66.8 mm (2.6 in)	28 years	52 of 100 (Notable)
7 May 1920	Palmerville, AU	daily rain	38.1 mm (1.5 in)	36.3 mm (1.4 in)	29 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
7 May 1920	Cumberland Station, AU	daily rain	67.8 mm (2.7 in)	66.0 mm (2.6 in)	29 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
7 May 1920	Croydon Township, AU	daily rain	52.6 mm (2.1 in)	50.8 mm (2.0 in)	29 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
7 May 1920	Cairns Post Office, AU	daily rain	127.0 mm (5.0 in)	103.1 mm (4.1 in)	20 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
7 May 1920	Ravenswood Post Office, AU	daily rain	45.7 mm (1.8 in)	37.6 mm (1.5 in)	28 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
7 May 1920	Port Douglas - Warner St, AU	daily rain	77.7 mm (3.1 in)	62.7 mm (2.5 in)	16 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
7 May 1920	Mackay Post Office, AU	daily rain	73.2 mm (2.9 in)	56.7 mm (2.2 in)	14 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
7 May 1920	Mein Station, AU	daily rain	25.1 mm (1.0 in)	24.6 mm (1.0 in)	6 years	44 of 100 (Notable)
7 May 1920	Innisfail, AU	daily rain	152.4 mm (6.0 in)	101.6 mm (4.0 in)	16 years	44 of 100 (Notable)
7 May 1920	Donors Hill Station, AU	monthly rain	83.1 mm (3.3 in)	20.4 mm (0.8 in)	29 years	41 of 100 (Notable)
7 May 1920	Thornborough, AU	daily rain	36.8 mm (1.4 in)	33.5 mm (1.3 in)	29 years	38 of 100 (Notable)
7 May 1920	Pentland Post Office, AU	daily rain	36.8 mm (1.4 in)	34.5 mm (1.4 in)	6 years	36 of 100 (Notable)
7 May 1920	Mackay Post Office, AU	daily low max	18.9 C (66.0 F)	3.5 C (6.3 F)	28 years	30 of 100 (Routine)
7 May 1920	Cardwell Marine Pde, AU	monthly rain	167.1 mm (6.6 in)	19.5 mm (0.8 in)	7 years	29 of 100 (Routine)
7 May 1920	Gabo Island Lighthouse, AU	daily rain	96.0 mm (3.8 in)	27.7 mm (1.1 in)	17 years	29 of 100 (Routine)
7 May 1920	Gilbert River Post Office, AU	daily rain	53.3 mm (2.1 in)	48.2 mm (1.9 in)	3 years	28 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 1920

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1795 to 1920. 1920 had 59 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 20	39
20 to 40	9
40 to 60	3
60 to 80	4
80 to 100	0
100 to 120	2