Weather Records on 7 May 1926

227 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 7 May 1926. Highest significance: Franklin 3 NW, US.

Key Facts for 7 May 1926

On 7 May 1926, 227 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
130 were record highs and 32 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 0 were all-time records, 2 monthly and 225 daily.
Franklin 3 NW set a daily record precipitation of 119.9 mm (4.7 in) on 7 May 1926.
Across 168 earlier years (1795 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 420 records.

Record Map

227 stations

227 station records on 7 May 1926 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 7 May 1926: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Franklin 3 NW	United States	Record daily precipitation	119.9 mm (4.7 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Anticosti Heath Point	Canada	Record daily snowfall	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Scheveningen	Netherlands	Record daily precipitation	25.9 mm (1.0 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Sable Island	Canada	Record daily precipitation	71.6 mm (2.8 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Donaldsonville 4 SW	United States	Record daily precipitation	100.3 mm (3.9 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Toledo	United States	Record daily precipitation	48.3 mm (1.9 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Baton Rouge	United States	Record daily precipitation	103.9 mm (4.1 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Amite	United States	Record daily precipitation	113.8 mm (4.5 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Bird Rocks	Canada	Record daily snowfall	6.9 cm (2.7 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Arthur City	United States	Record daily precipitation	78.2 mm (3.1 in)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Groningen-1	Netherlands	Record daily precipitation	23.3 mm (0.9 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Hoorn	Netherlands	Record daily precipitation	14.2 mm (0.6 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Broome Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	16.0 mm (0.6 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Kamloops	Canada	Record daily precipitation	8.4 mm (0.33 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Anticosti West Point	Canada	Record daily snowfall	2.5 cm (1.0 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Charlottetown	Canada	Record low maximum temperature	3.3 C (37.9 F)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Hoofddorp	Netherlands	Record daily precipitation	19.9 mm (0.8 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Zametchino	Russia	Record daily precipitation	21.2 mm (0.8 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Oktjabrskij-Gorodok	Russia	Record daily precipitation	13.6 mm (0.5 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Lakeview 2 NNW	United States	Record low maximum temperature	5.6 C (42.1 F)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Winnipeg St Johns Coll	Canada	Record high minimum temperature	15.6 C (60.1 F)	19 of 100 (Routine)
Independence	United States	Record daily precipitation	41.1 mm (1.6 in)	19 of 100 (Routine)
Camp Crook	United States	Record daily precipitation	11.7 mm (0.5 in)	19 of 100 (Routine)
Pointe Riche	Canada	Record daily precipitation	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	18 of 100 (Routine)
Kon-Kolodez	Russia	Record daily precipitation	12.1 mm (0.5 in)	18 of 100 (Routine)
Kirov	Russia	Record low minimum temperature	-10.5 C (13.1 F)	18 of 100 (Routine)
Gothenburg	United States	Record daily precipitation	12.7 mm (0.5 in)	18 of 100 (Routine)
Hay Springs	United States	Record daily precipitation	24.1 mm (0.9 in)	18 of 100 (Routine)
Stratton	United States	Record daily precipitation	18.3 mm (0.7 in)	18 of 100 (Routine)
York	United States	Record daily precipitation	20.3 mm (0.8 in)	18 of 100 (Routine)
State College	United States	Record high maximum temperature	29.4 C (84.9 F)	18 of 100 (Routine)
Bundaberg Post Office	Australia	Record high maximum temperature	31.1 C (88.0 F)	17 of 100 (Routine)
Parnu	Estonia	Record daily precipitation	9.7 mm (0.38 in)	17 of 100 (Routine)
Herefoss	Norway	Record daily precipitation	33.2 mm (1.3 in)	17 of 100 (Routine)
Harnosand	Sweden	Record low maximum temperature	2.5 C (36.5 F)	17 of 100 (Routine)
Visby_Flygplats	Sweden	Record low maximum temperature	5.0 C (41.0 F)	17 of 100 (Routine)
Cambridge City 3 N	United States	Record high maximum temperature	31.7 C (89.1 F)	17 of 100 (Routine)
Adrian 2 NNE	United States	Record high maximum temperature	31.7 C (89.1 F)	17 of 100 (Routine)
Toledo Blade	United States	Record high maximum temperature	30.6 C (87.1 F)	17 of 100 (Routine)
Armour	United States	Record high minimum temperature	17.2 C (63.0 F)	17 of 100 (Routine)
Park Rapids Muni AP	United States	Record high maximum temperature	30.0 C (86.0 F)	17 of 100 (Routine)
Indian Head Cda	Canada	Record daily precipitation	18.8 mm (0.7 in)	16 of 100 (Routine)
St Albans	Canada	Record high minimum temperature	11.7 C (53.1 F)	16 of 100 (Routine)
London South	Canada	Record high maximum temperature	29.4 C (84.9 F)	16 of 100 (Routine)
Feodosiia	Ukraine	Record high minimum temperature	16.4 C (61.5 F)	16 of 100 (Routine)
Minden	United States	Record daily precipitation	23.6 mm (0.9 in)	16 of 100 (Routine)
Toledo Blade	United States	Record high minimum temperature	17.8 C (64.0 F)	16 of 100 (Routine)
Grants Pass	United States	Record daily precipitation	8.6 mm (0.34 in)	16 of 100 (Routine)
De Grey	Australia	Record daily precipitation	3.6 mm (0.14 in)	15 of 100 (Routine)
Stratford	Canada	Record high maximum temperature	28.3 C (82.9 F)	15 of 100 (Routine)
Haliburton A	Canada	Record high minimum temperature	13.3 C (55.9 F)	15 of 100 (Routine)
Elatma	Russia	Record daily precipitation	11.3 mm (0.4 in)	15 of 100 (Routine)
Anderson 1 N	United States	Record high maximum temperature	30.6 C (87.1 F)	15 of 100 (Routine)
Mancelona	United States	Record high maximum temperature	29.4 C (84.9 F)	15 of 100 (Routine)
Owosso Wwtp	United States	Record high maximum temperature	30.0 C (86.0 F)	15 of 100 (Routine)
Altoona Horseshoe Curv	United States	Record high maximum temperature	30.6 C (87.1 F)	15 of 100 (Routine)
Huntingdon	United States	Record high maximum temperature	32.2 C (90.0 F)	15 of 100 (Routine)
New London	United States	Record high maximum temperature	30.6 C (87.1 F)	15 of 100 (Routine)
Williston Sloulin Fld	United States	Record daily precipitation	11.7 mm (0.5 in)	15 of 100 (Routine)
Hohenpeissenberg	Germany	Record low maximum temperature	2.7 C (36.9 F)	14 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

227 records

Records set or tied on 7 May 1926 by type: Highest daily maximum 104, Lowest daily maximum 20, Highest daily minimum 26, Lowest daily minimum 12, Heaviest daily rainfall 61, Heaviest daily snowfall 3, Deepest snow cover 1.

Records on 7 May 1926 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	104
Lowest daily maximum	20
Highest daily minimum	26
Lowest daily minimum	12
Heaviest daily rainfall	61
Heaviest daily snowfall	3
Deepest snow cover	1

Records on 7 May 1926 by timescale: all-time 0, monthly 2, daily 225.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

191 broken records

Margins by which the 191 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 127.0. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

7 May 1926

Top 20 records on 7 May 1926 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
7 May 1926	Franklin 3 NW, US	daily rain	119.9 mm (4.7 in)	109.2 mm (4.3 in)	13 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
7 May 1926	Anticosti Heath Point, CA	daily snowfall	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	42 years	41 of 100 (Notable)
7 May 1926	Scheveningen, NL	daily rain	25.9 mm (1.0 in)	10.9 mm (0.4 in)	47 years	41 of 100 (Notable)
7 May 1926	Sable Island, CA	monthly rain	71.6 mm (2.8 in)	18.8 mm (0.7 in)	19 years	39 of 100 (Notable)
7 May 1926	Donaldsonville 4 SW, US	daily rain	100.3 mm (3.9 in)	82.0 mm (3.2 in)	7 years	39 of 100 (Notable)
7 May 1926	Toledo, US	daily rain	48.3 mm (1.9 in)	36.1 mm (1.4 in)	4 years	39 of 100 (Notable)
7 May 1926	Baton Rouge, US	daily rain	103.9 mm (4.1 in)	76.7 mm (3.0 in)	23 years	37 of 100 (Notable)
7 May 1926	Amite, US	daily rain	113.8 mm (4.5 in)	61.5 mm (2.4 in)	30 years	35 of 100 (Notable)
7 May 1926	Bird Rocks, CA	daily snowfall	6.9 cm (2.7 in)	4.4 cm (1.7 in)	32 years	29 of 100 (Routine)
7 May 1926	Arthur City, US	daily rain	78.2 mm (3.1 in)	21.0 mm (0.8 in)	33 years	21 of 100 (Routine)
7 May 1926	Groningen-1, NL	daily rain	23.3 mm (0.9 in)	11.4 mm (0.4 in)	75 years	20 of 100 (Routine)
7 May 1926	Hoorn, NL	daily rain	14.2 mm (0.6 in)	5.8 mm (0.23 in)	26 years	20 of 100 (Routine)
7 May 1926	Broome Post Office, AU	daily rain	16.0 mm (0.6 in)	12.4 mm (0.5 in)	27 years	20 of 100 (Routine)
7 May 1926	Kamloops, CA	daily rain	8.4 mm (0.33 in)	4.3 mm (0.17 in)	17 years	20 of 100 (Routine)
7 May 1926	Anticosti West Point, CA	daily snowfall	2.5 cm (1.0 in)	2.5 cm (1.0 in)	42 years	20 of 100 (Routine)
7 May 1926	Charlottetown, CA	daily low max	3.3 C (37.9 F)	0.6 C (1.1 F)	48 years	20 of 100 (Routine)
7 May 1926	Hoofddorp, NL	daily rain	19.9 mm (0.8 in)	3.2 mm (0.13 in)	25 years	20 of 100 (Routine)
7 May 1926	Zametchino, RU	daily rain	21.2 mm (0.8 in)	6.0 mm (0.24 in)	16 years	20 of 100 (Routine)
7 May 1926	Oktjabrskij-Gorodok, RU	daily rain	13.6 mm (0.5 in)	2.6 mm (0.10 in)	38 years	20 of 100 (Routine)
7 May 1926	Lakeview 2 NNW, US	daily low max	5.6 C (42.1 F)	5.0 C (9.0 F)	28 years	20 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 1926

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1795 to 1926. 1926 had 227 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	181
20 to 40	4
40 to 60	1
60 to 80	2
80 to 100	1
100 to 120	1
120 to 140	1