Weather Records on 2 May 1927

125 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 2 May 1927. Highest significance: Grand Forks UNIV (NWS), US.

Key Facts for 2 May 1927

On 2 May 1927, 125 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
67 were record highs and 14 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 0 were all-time records, 8 monthly and 117 daily.
Grand Forks UNIV (NWS) set a daily record precipitation of 47.5 mm (1.9 in) on 2 May 1927.
Across 162 earlier years (1795 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 463 records.

Record Map

125 stations

125 station records on 2 May 1927 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 2 May 1927: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Grand Forks UNIV (NWS)	United States	Record daily precipitation	47.5 mm (1.9 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Anticosti Heath Point	Canada	Record daily snowfall	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Swift Current	Canada	Record daily snowfall	16.3 cm (6.4 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Whitehead	Canada	Record daily snowfall	7.6 cm (3.0 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Newberry	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-2.2 C (28.0 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Sydney	Canada	Record daily snowfall	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Crookston NW Exp STN	United States	Record daily precipitation	32.0 mm (1.3 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Innisfail	Australia	Record daily precipitation	124.5 mm (4.9 in)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Ladner	Canada	Record daily precipitation	18.5 mm (0.7 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Goldstream Lake	Canada	Record daily precipitation	19.3 mm (0.8 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Beaver Lake	Canada	Record daily precipitation	10.4 mm (0.4 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Nikolaev	Ukraine	Record daily precipitation	13.0 mm (0.5 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Cap Chat	Canada	Record daily snowfall	2.5 cm (1.0 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Singleton Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	16.5 mm (0.6 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Barraba (Mount Lindsay)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	6.4 mm (0.25 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Indian Head Cda	Canada	Record daily precipitation	17.0 mm (0.7 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Bird Island	United States	Record high minimum temperature	17.8 C (64.0 F)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Mungindi Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	19.3 mm (0.8 in)	19 of 100 (Routine)
Sable Island	Canada	Record daily precipitation	47.0 mm (1.9 in)	19 of 100 (Routine)
Vestervig	Denmark	Record low minimum temperature	-0.4 C (31.3 F)	19 of 100 (Routine)
Springer	United States	Record high minimum temperature	12.8 C (55.0 F)	18 of 100 (Routine)
Nerchinskij Zavod	Russia	Record low minimum temperature	-11.7 C (10.9 F)	17 of 100 (Routine)
Las Vegas 2 NW	United States	Record high maximum temperature	28.3 C (82.9 F)	17 of 100 (Routine)
Minto	United States	Record daily precipitation	14.7 mm (0.6 in)	17 of 100 (Routine)
Moree Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	14.5 mm (0.6 in)	16 of 100 (Routine)
Qu'appelle	Canada	Record daily precipitation	19.6 mm (0.8 in)	16 of 100 (Routine)
Lysebotn	Norway	Record snow depth	6.0 cm (2.4 in)	16 of 100 (Routine)
Odesa	Ukraine	Record high minimum temperature	15.0 C (59.0 F)	16 of 100 (Routine)
Jamestown State Hosp	United States	Record daily precipitation	9.9 mm (0.39 in)	16 of 100 (Routine)
Bisbee	United States	Record high maximum temperature	34.4 C (93.9 F)	15 of 100 (Routine)
Afton	United States	Record daily precipitation	50.8 mm (2.0 in)	15 of 100 (Routine)
Orono	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-7.2 C (19.0 F)	15 of 100 (Routine)
Lexington	United States	Record high minimum temperature	13.9 C (57.0 F)	15 of 100 (Routine)
Lubeck-Werft	Germany	Record low minimum temperature	-2.5 C (27.5 F)	14 of 100 (Routine)
Canon City	United States	Record high minimum temperature	12.2 C (54.0 F)	14 of 100 (Routine)
Blanco	United States	Record high maximum temperature	33.9 C (93.0 F)	14 of 100 (Routine)
Biskra	Algeria	Record high minimum temperature	26.0 C (78.8 F)	13 of 100 (Routine)
Tamworth Airport	Australia	Record daily precipitation	4.1 mm (0.16 in)	13 of 100 (Routine)
Collegeville St John's	United States	Record daily precipitation	20.6 mm (0.8 in)	13 of 100 (Routine)
Leech Lake	United States	Record daily precipitation	17.0 mm (0.7 in)	13 of 100 (Routine)
Cowles	United States	Record high maximum temperature	21.7 C (71.1 F)	13 of 100 (Routine)
Wahpeton 3 N	United States	Record daily precipitation	6.4 mm (0.25 in)	13 of 100 (Routine)
Gundy (Miller St)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	4.6 mm (0.18 in)	12 of 100 (Routine)
Sale Mercury Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	6.4 mm (0.25 in)	12 of 100 (Routine)
Henichesk	Ukraine	Record high minimum temperature	14.4 C (57.9 F)	12 of 100 (Routine)
Feodosiia	Ukraine	Record high minimum temperature	13.6 C (56.5 F)	12 of 100 (Routine)
Hartington	United States	Record high minimum temperature	15.6 C (60.1 F)	12 of 100 (Routine)
Willow City	United States	Record daily precipitation	2.3 mm (0.09 in)	12 of 100 (Routine)
Kingfisher	United States	Record high maximum temperature	32.2 C (90.0 F)	12 of 100 (Routine)
Menno	United States	Record high minimum temperature	15.6 C (60.1 F)	12 of 100 (Routine)
Crosbyton	United States	Record high minimum temperature	17.8 C (64.0 F)	12 of 100 (Routine)
Bjornholt	Norway	Record snow depth	103.0 cm (40.6 in)	11 of 100 (Routine)
Kiev	Ukraine	Record high minimum temperature	13.7 C (56.7 F)	11 of 100 (Routine)
Castle Rock	United States	Record high maximum temperature	28.9 C (84.0 F)	11 of 100 (Routine)
Conception	United States	Record daily precipitation	13.5 mm (0.5 in)	11 of 100 (Routine)
Agricultural College	United States	Record high maximum temperature	31.7 C (89.1 F)	11 of 100 (Routine)
Beaufort Wwtp	United States	Record low minimum temperature	10.0 C (50.0 F)	11 of 100 (Routine)
El Paso	United States	Record high maximum temperature	32.2 C (90.0 F)	11 of 100 (Routine)
Elatma	Russia	Record high minimum temperature	11.7 C (53.1 F)	10 of 100 (Routine)
Kiev	Ukraine	Record high maximum temperature	27.1 C (80.8 F)	10 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

125 records

Records set or tied on 2 May 1927 by type: Highest daily maximum 25, Lowest daily maximum 3, Highest daily minimum 42, Lowest daily minimum 11, Heaviest daily rainfall 35, Heaviest daily snowfall 5, Deepest snow cover 4.

Records on 2 May 1927 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	25
Lowest daily maximum	3
Highest daily minimum	42
Lowest daily minimum	11
Heaviest daily rainfall	35
Heaviest daily snowfall	5
Deepest snow cover	4

Records on 2 May 1927 by timescale: all-time 0, monthly 8, daily 117.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

91 broken records

Margins by which the 91 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 152.0. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

2 May 1927

Top 20 records on 2 May 1927 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
2 May 1927	Grand Forks UNIV (NWS), US	daily rain	47.5 mm (1.9 in)	39.9 mm (1.6 in)	32 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
2 May 1927	Anticosti Heath Point, CA	daily snowfall	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	43 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
2 May 1927	Swift Current, CA	daily snowfall	16.3 cm (6.4 in)	11.2 cm (4.4 in)	27 years	41 of 100 (Notable)
2 May 1927	Whitehead, CA	monthly snowfall	7.6 cm (3.0 in)	2.5 cm (1.0 in)	38 years	30 of 100 (Routine)
2 May 1927	Newberry, US	monthly low min	-2.2 C (28.0 F)	4.4 C (7.9 F)	20 years	30 of 100 (Routine)
2 May 1927	Sydney, CA	monthly snowfall	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	0.8 cm (0.3 in)	43 years	29 of 100 (Routine)
2 May 1927	Crookston NW Exp STN, US	daily rain	32.0 mm (1.3 in)	16.8 mm (0.7 in)	32 years	25 of 100 (Routine)
2 May 1927	Innisfail, AU	daily rain	124.5 mm (4.9 in)	36.6 mm (1.4 in)	14 years	21 of 100 (Routine)
2 May 1927	Ladner, CA	daily rain	18.5 mm (0.7 in)	6.6 mm (0.26 in)	47 years	20 of 100 (Routine)
2 May 1927	Goldstream Lake, CA	daily rain	19.3 mm (0.8 in)	12.2 mm (0.5 in)	5 years	20 of 100 (Routine)
2 May 1927	Beaver Lake, CA	daily rain	10.4 mm (0.4 in)	5.3 mm (0.21 in)	30 years	20 of 100 (Routine)
2 May 1927	Nikolaev, UA	daily rain	13.0 mm (0.5 in)	10.0 mm (0.4 in)	20 years	20 of 100 (Routine)
2 May 1927	Cap Chat, CA	daily snowfall	2.5 cm (1.0 in)	2.5 cm (1.0 in)	43 years	20 of 100 (Routine)
2 May 1927	Singleton Post Office, AU	daily rain	16.5 mm (0.6 in)	7.4 mm (0.29 in)	36 years	20 of 100 (Routine)
2 May 1927	Barraba (Mount Lindsay), AU	daily rain	6.4 mm (0.25 in)	6.4 mm (0.25 in)	40 years	20 of 100 (Routine)
2 May 1927	Indian Head Cda, CA	daily rain	17.0 mm (0.7 in)	6.3 mm (0.25 in)	34 years	20 of 100 (Routine)
2 May 1927	Bird Island, US	daily high min	17.8 C (64.0 F)	4.5 C (8.1 F)	31 years	20 of 100 (Routine)
2 May 1927	Mungindi Post Office, AU	daily rain	19.3 mm (0.8 in)	15.0 mm (0.6 in)	6 years	19 of 100 (Routine)
2 May 1927	Sable Island, CA	daily rain	47.0 mm (1.9 in)	10.2 mm (0.4 in)	24 years	19 of 100 (Routine)
2 May 1927	Vestervig, DK	daily low min	-0.4 C (31.3 F)	0.2 C (0.4 F)	49 years	19 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 1927

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1795 to 1927. 1927 had 125 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).

Margin	Records
0 to 20	82
20 to 40	5
40 to 60	1
60 to 80	1
80 to 100	0
100 to 120	1
120 to 140	0
140 to 160	1