Weather Records on 2 May 1928

164 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 2 May 1928. Highest significance: Poretskoye, RU.

Key Facts for 2 May 1928

On 2 May 1928, 164 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
112 were record highs and 15 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 0 were all-time records, 1 monthly and 163 daily.
Poretskoye set a daily record precipitation of 25.7 mm (1.0 in) on 2 May 1928.
Across 162 earlier years (1795 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 463 records.

Record Map

164 stations

164 station records on 2 May 1928 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 2 May 1928: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Poretskoye	Russia	Record daily precipitation	25.7 mm (1.0 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Heber	United States	Record high minimum temperature	9.4 C (48.9 F)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Dresden	United States	Record high minimum temperature	17.8 C (64.0 F)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Bethany	United States	Record high minimum temperature	21.1 C (70.0 F)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Imperial	United States	Record daily precipitation	29.2 mm (1.1 in)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Raton	United States	Record daily precipitation	27.9 mm (1.1 in)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Oran-Hopital Militaire	Algeria	Record low maximum temperature	17.0 C (62.6 F)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Sidi-Bel-Abbes	Algeria	Record low maximum temperature	12.0 C (53.6 F)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Gunnedah Pool	Australia	Record low maximum temperature	12.8 C (55.0 F)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Kearney 4 NE	United States	Record daily precipitation	27.9 mm (1.1 in)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Santa Fe	United States	Record daily precipitation	22.9 mm (0.9 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Agricultural College	United States	Record daily precipitation	18.5 mm (0.7 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Lordsburg 4 SE	United States	Record daily precipitation	12.7 mm (0.5 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Los Lunas	United States	Record daily precipitation	10.7 mm (0.4 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Cowes	Australia	Record daily precipitation	14.0 mm (0.6 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Ft Bayard 4W	United States	Record daily precipitation	11.4 mm (0.4 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Oktjabrskij-Gorodok	Russia	Record daily precipitation	12.3 mm (0.5 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Bosque del Apache	United States	Record daily precipitation	12.7 mm (0.5 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
St Peter	United States	Record daily precipitation	19.3 mm (0.8 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Blair	United States	Record high minimum temperature	20.6 C (69.1 F)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Georgetown Post Office	Australia	Record low minimum temperature	9.4 C (48.9 F)	19 of 100 (Routine)
St George	United States	Record high minimum temperature	18.3 C (64.9 F)	19 of 100 (Routine)
Coulta	Australia	Record daily precipitation	12.2 mm (0.5 in)	18 of 100 (Routine)
Tranebjerg	Denmark	Record high maximum temperature	19.0 C (66.2 F)	18 of 100 (Routine)
Kazalinsk	Kazakhstan	Record daily precipitation	7.1 mm (0.28 in)	17 of 100 (Routine)
Cambridge Niab	United Kingdom	Record daily precipitation	13.4 mm (0.5 in)	17 of 100 (Routine)
Hebron	United States	Record high minimum temperature	18.3 C (64.9 F)	17 of 100 (Routine)
El Paso	United States	Record daily precipitation	12.4 mm (0.5 in)	17 of 100 (Routine)
Geryville (El-Bayadh)	Algeria	Record daily precipitation	12.0 mm (0.5 in)	16 of 100 (Routine)
Yarmouth	Canada	Record high minimum temperature	6.1 C (43.0 F)	16 of 100 (Routine)
Durango	United States	Record high minimum temperature	7.2 C (45.0 F)	16 of 100 (Routine)
Roswell Muni AP	United States	Record daily precipitation	12.2 mm (0.5 in)	16 of 100 (Routine)
Bajramaly	Turkmenistan	Record high minimum temperature	18.6 C (65.5 F)	15 of 100 (Routine)
Independence	United States	Record high minimum temperature	16.1 C (61.0 F)	15 of 100 (Routine)
Emporia 1 S	United States	Record high maximum temperature	31.7 C (89.1 F)	15 of 100 (Routine)
Hallettsville 2 N	United States	Record high maximum temperature	32.8 C (91.0 F)	15 of 100 (Routine)
El Paso	United States	Record low maximum temperature	17.8 C (64.0 F)	15 of 100 (Routine)
Broome Post Office	Australia	Record high maximum temperature	37.8 C (100.0 F)	14 of 100 (Routine)
Benson	United States	Record daily precipitation	3.0 mm (0.12 in)	14 of 100 (Routine)
Thurman	United States	Record high minimum temperature	17.2 C (63.0 F)	14 of 100 (Routine)
Fayette	United States	Record high maximum temperature	30.6 C (87.1 F)	14 of 100 (Routine)
Franklin	United States	Record high minimum temperature	17.8 C (64.0 F)	14 of 100 (Routine)
Agricultural College	United States	Record high minimum temperature	14.4 C (57.9 F)	14 of 100 (Routine)
Moxee	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-3.3 C (26.1 F)	14 of 100 (Routine)
Baia Mare	Romania	Record high minimum temperature	14.0 C (57.2 F)	13 of 100 (Routine)
Kei Road (Pol)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	24.1 mm (0.9 in)	13 of 100 (Routine)
Bisbee	United States	Record daily precipitation	2.3 mm (0.09 in)	13 of 100 (Routine)
Tucson WFO	United States	Record high minimum temperature	16.1 C (61.0 F)	13 of 100 (Routine)
Lebo	United States	Record high maximum temperature	32.2 C (90.0 F)	13 of 100 (Routine)
Cowles	United States	Record high minimum temperature	4.4 C (39.9 F)	13 of 100 (Routine)
Klamath Falls 2 SSW	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-6.1 C (21.0 F)	13 of 100 (Routine)
Armour	United States	Record high maximum temperature	31.1 C (88.0 F)	13 of 100 (Routine)
Scottsbluff W B Heilig Fld AP	United States	Record daily precipitation	12.7 mm (0.5 in)	13 of 100 (Routine)
Potsdam	Germany	Record high minimum temperature	12.6 C (54.7 F)	12 of 100 (Routine)
Clausthal-Zellerfeld	Germany	Record high minimum temperature	12.6 C (54.7 F)	12 of 100 (Routine)
Rushville	United States	Record high maximum temperature	31.7 C (89.1 F)	12 of 100 (Routine)
Humboldt 3 W	United States	Record high maximum temperature	31.7 C (89.1 F)	12 of 100 (Routine)
Le Mars	United States	Record high minimum temperature	15.6 C (60.1 F)	12 of 100 (Routine)
Lenox	United States	Record high maximum temperature	30.0 C (86.0 F)	12 of 100 (Routine)
Atchison	United States	Record high maximum temperature	31.7 C (89.1 F)	12 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

164 records

Records set or tied on 2 May 1928 by type: Highest daily maximum 50, Lowest daily maximum 6, Highest daily minimum 62, Lowest daily minimum 9, Heaviest daily rainfall 36, Heaviest daily snowfall 1.

Records on 2 May 1928 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	50
Lowest daily maximum	6
Highest daily minimum	62
Lowest daily minimum	9
Heaviest daily rainfall	36
Heaviest daily snowfall	1
Deepest snow cover	0

Records on 2 May 1928 by timescale: all-time 0, monthly 1, daily 163.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

124 broken records

Margins by which the 124 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 18.5. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

2 May 1928

Top 20 records on 2 May 1928 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
2 May 1928	Poretskoye, RU	daily rain	25.7 mm (1.0 in)	13.0 mm (0.5 in)	14 years	35 of 100 (Notable)
2 May 1928	Heber, US	daily high min	9.4 C (48.9 F)	5.0 C (9.0 F)	32 years	26 of 100 (Routine)
2 May 1928	Dresden, US	daily high min	17.8 C (64.0 F)	5.0 C (9.0 F)	28 years	22 of 100 (Routine)
2 May 1928	Bethany, US	daily high min	21.1 C (70.0 F)	5.5 C (9.9 F)	30 years	22 of 100 (Routine)
2 May 1928	Imperial, US	daily rain	29.2 mm (1.1 in)	16.8 mm (0.7 in)	18 years	22 of 100 (Routine)
2 May 1928	Raton, US	daily rain	27.9 mm (1.1 in)	14.4 mm (0.6 in)	14 years	22 of 100 (Routine)
2 May 1928	Oran-Hopital Militaire, DZ	daily low max	17.0 C (62.6 F)	1.0 C (1.8 F)	38 years	21 of 100 (Routine)
2 May 1928	Sidi-Bel-Abbes, DZ	daily low max	12.0 C (53.6 F)	3.0 C (5.4 F)	39 years	21 of 100 (Routine)
2 May 1928	Gunnedah Pool, AU	daily low max	12.8 C (55.0 F)	3.9 C (7.0 F)	21 years	21 of 100 (Routine)
2 May 1928	Kearney 4 NE, US	daily rain	27.9 mm (1.1 in)	15.2 mm (0.6 in)	29 years	21 of 100 (Routine)
2 May 1928	Santa Fe, US	daily rain	22.9 mm (0.9 in)	12.5 mm (0.5 in)	46 years	20 of 100 (Routine)
2 May 1928	Agricultural College, US	daily rain	18.5 mm (0.7 in)	18.5 mm (0.7 in)	35 years	20 of 100 (Routine)
2 May 1928	Lordsburg 4 SE, US	daily rain	12.7 mm (0.5 in)	12.7 mm (0.5 in)	32 years	20 of 100 (Routine)
2 May 1928	Los Lunas, US	daily rain	10.7 mm (0.4 in)	10.7 mm (0.4 in)	34 years	20 of 100 (Routine)
2 May 1928	Cowes, AU	daily rain	14.0 mm (0.6 in)	7.9 mm (0.31 in)	28 years	20 of 100 (Routine)
2 May 1928	Ft Bayard 4W, US	daily rain	11.4 mm (0.4 in)	7.8 mm (0.31 in)	4 years	20 of 100 (Routine)
2 May 1928	Oktjabrskij-Gorodok, RU	daily rain	12.3 mm (0.5 in)	3.3 mm (0.13 in)	45 years	20 of 100 (Routine)
2 May 1928	Bosque del Apache, US	daily rain	12.7 mm (0.5 in)	10.2 mm (0.4 in)	10 years	20 of 100 (Routine)
2 May 1928	St Peter, US	daily rain	19.3 mm (0.8 in)	7.6 mm (0.30 in)	32 years	20 of 100 (Routine)
2 May 1928	Blair, US	daily high min	20.6 C (69.1 F)	5.0 C (9.0 F)	27 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 1928

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1795 to 1928. 1928 had 164 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 3	86
3 to 5	16
5 to 8	7
8 to 10	4
10 to 13	4
13 to 15	4
15 to 18	2
18 to 20	1