Weather Records on 2 May 1929

336 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 2 May 1929. Highest significance: Harrisburg - Coop, US.

Key Facts for 2 May 1929

On 2 May 1929, 336 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
39 were record highs and 88 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 0 were all-time records, 24 monthly and 312 daily.
Harrisburg - Coop set a daily record precipitation of 68.8 mm (2.7 in) on 2 May 1929.
Across 162 earlier years (1795 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 462 records.

Record Map

336 stations

336 station records on 2 May 1929 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 2 May 1929: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Harrisburg - Coop	United States	Record daily precipitation	68.8 mm (2.7 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Greenwood	United States	Record daily precipitation	56.6 mm (2.2 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Pelee Island	Canada	Record daily precipitation	57.2 mm (2.3 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Eubank	United States	Record daily precipitation	61.0 mm (2.4 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Hillsboro	United States	Record daily snowfall	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Mc Connellsville Lk 7	United States	Record daily precipitation	49.5 mm (1.9 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Fitchburg 4 SE	United States	Record daily precipitation	54.1 mm (2.1 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
St Louis Eads Brg	United States	Record daily snowfall	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Chilliwack	Canada	Record daily precipitation	38.9 mm (1.5 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Bardstown	United States	Record daily precipitation	48.3 mm (1.9 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
San Diego Wbo	United States	Record high maximum temperature	30.6 C (87.1 F)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Decatur Wtp	United States	Record daily snowfall	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Paducah River	United States	Record daily precipitation	47.0 mm (1.9 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Leominster	United States	Record daily precipitation	55.4 mm (2.2 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Marietta Wtr Wks	United States	Record daily precipitation	38.1 mm (1.5 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
St John Bethlehem Aca	United States	Record daily precipitation	43.2 mm (1.7 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Scott	United States	Record daily precipitation	49.0 mm (1.9 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Bowling Green Wwtp	United States	Record daily precipitation	34.3 mm (1.4 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Wellsburg Wtr Trmt Pl	United States	Record daily precipitation	33.0 mm (1.3 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Perth Regional Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	41.7 mm (1.6 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Ithaca Cornell UNIV	United States	Record daily precipitation	40.1 mm (1.6 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Hagerstown 1E	United States	Record daily precipitation	31.8 mm (1.3 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Findlay Wpcc	United States	Record daily precipitation	33.8 mm (1.3 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Darlington	United States	Record daily precipitation	83.1 mm (3.3 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Athens	United States	Record daily precipitation	53.3 mm (2.1 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Columbia	United States	Record daily precipitation	35.3 mm (1.4 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Resaca	United States	Record daily precipitation	33.3 mm (1.3 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Paducah	United States	Record daily precipitation	47.0 mm (1.9 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Moxley	United States	Record daily precipitation	40.6 mm (1.6 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
St Louis Eads Brg	United States	Record daily precipitation	75.2 mm (3.0 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Rolla Missouri S&T	United States	Record daily snowfall	5.1 cm (2.0 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Toledo Blade	United States	Record daily precipitation	40.6 mm (1.6 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Effingham	United States	Record daily precipitation	53.6 mm (2.1 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Rome	United States	Record daily precipitation	40.4 mm (1.6 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Leitchfield 2 N	United States	Record daily precipitation	59.7 mm (2.4 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Raton	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-11.7 C (10.9 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Shelbyville Sewage Plt	United States	Record daily precipitation	33.0 mm (1.3 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Boonville	United States	Record daily precipitation	55.4 mm (2.2 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Kingstree	United States	Record daily precipitation	30.5 mm (1.2 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Staunton Wtp	United States	Record daily precipitation	28.2 mm (1.1 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Windsor Riverside	Canada	Record daily precipitation	27.9 mm (1.1 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Oestersund-Froesoen	Sweden	Record low maximum temperature	-1.0 C (30.2 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Huntington	United States	Record daily precipitation	30.5 mm (1.2 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Madison Sewage Plt	United States	Record daily precipitation	31.5 mm (1.2 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
New Martinsville 4 NNE	United States	Record daily precipitation	33.0 mm (1.3 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Agassiz Cda	Canada	Record daily precipitation	31.8 mm (1.3 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Carlton Brg	United States	Record daily precipitation	39.9 mm (1.6 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Hendersonville 1 NE	United States	Record daily precipitation	35.6 mm (1.4 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Bloomington Normal	United States	Record daily precipitation	36.3 mm (1.4 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Charleston	United States	Record daily precipitation	38.9 mm (1.5 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Salem	United States	Record daily precipitation	84.6 mm (3.3 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Birch Tree	United States	Record daily precipitation	36.3 mm (1.4 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Taos	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-7.8 C (18.0 F)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Calhoun Falls	United States	Record daily precipitation	40.6 mm (1.6 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Hallettsville 2 N	United States	Record low minimum temperature	3.3 C (37.9 F)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Burkes Garden	United States	Record daily precipitation	33.0 mm (1.3 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Maysville Wwtp	United States	Record daily precipitation	25.1 mm (1.0 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Fayette	United States	Record daily precipitation	50.8 mm (2.0 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Lockport 2SE	United States	Record daily precipitation	26.2 mm (1.0 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Hillsboro	United States	Record daily precipitation	29.5 mm (1.2 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

336 records

Records set or tied on 2 May 1929 by type: Highest daily maximum 10, Lowest daily maximum 34, Highest daily minimum 29, Lowest daily minimum 54, Heaviest daily rainfall 200, Heaviest daily snowfall 5, Deepest snow cover 4.

Records on 2 May 1929 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	10
Lowest daily maximum	34
Highest daily minimum	29
Lowest daily minimum	54
Heaviest daily rainfall	200
Heaviest daily snowfall	5
Deepest snow cover	4

Records on 2 May 1929 by timescale: all-time 0, monthly 24, daily 312.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

293 broken records

Margins by which the 293 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

2 May 1929

Top 20 records on 2 May 1929 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
2 May 1929	Harrisburg - Coop, US	daily rain	68.8 mm (2.7 in)	56.4 mm (2.2 in)	31 years	53 of 100 (Notable)
2 May 1929	Greenwood, US	daily rain	56.6 mm (2.2 in)	47.7 mm (1.9 in)	31 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
2 May 1929	Pelee Island, CA	daily rain	57.2 mm (2.3 in)	48.1 mm (1.9 in)	23 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
2 May 1929	Eubank, US	daily rain	61.0 mm (2.4 in)	44.7 mm (1.8 in)	23 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
2 May 1929	Hillsboro, US	monthly snowfall	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	29 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
2 May 1929	Mc Connellsville Lk 7, US	daily rain	49.5 mm (1.9 in)	40.6 mm (1.6 in)	12 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
2 May 1929	Fitchburg 4 SE, US	daily rain	54.1 mm (2.1 in)	36.8 mm (1.4 in)	10 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
2 May 1929	St Louis Eads Brg, US	monthly snowfall	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	36 years	43 of 100 (Notable)
2 May 1929	Chilliwack, CA	daily rain	38.9 mm (1.5 in)	26.7 mm (1.1 in)	4 years	42 of 100 (Notable)
2 May 1929	Bardstown, US	daily rain	48.3 mm (1.9 in)	39.4 mm (1.6 in)	8 years	42 of 100 (Notable)
2 May 1929	San Diego Wbo, US	daily high max	30.6 C (87.1 F)	5.6 C (10.1 F)	41 years	41 of 100 (Notable)
2 May 1929	Decatur Wtp, US	monthly snowfall	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	28 years	41 of 100 (Notable)
2 May 1929	Paducah River, US	daily rain	47.0 mm (1.9 in)	35.8 mm (1.4 in)	34 years	39 of 100 (Notable)
2 May 1929	Leominster, US	daily rain	55.4 mm (2.2 in)	35.1 mm (1.4 in)	10 years	39 of 100 (Notable)
2 May 1929	Marietta Wtr Wks, US	daily rain	38.1 mm (1.5 in)	25.9 mm (1.0 in)	20 years	39 of 100 (Notable)
2 May 1929	St John Bethlehem Aca, US	daily rain	43.2 mm (1.7 in)	30.5 mm (1.2 in)	23 years	38 of 100 (Notable)
2 May 1929	Scott, US	daily rain	49.0 mm (1.9 in)	32.7 mm (1.3 in)	23 years	38 of 100 (Notable)
2 May 1929	Bowling Green Wwtp, US	daily rain	34.3 mm (1.4 in)	22.9 mm (0.9 in)	30 years	38 of 100 (Notable)
2 May 1929	Wellsburg Wtr Trmt Pl, US	daily rain	33.0 mm (1.3 in)	23.3 mm (0.9 in)	23 years	38 of 100 (Notable)
2 May 1929	Perth Regional Office, AU	daily rain	41.7 mm (1.6 in)	21.1 mm (0.8 in)	40 years	37 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 1929

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1795 to 1929. 1929 had 336 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	238
20 to 40	45
40 to 60	6
60 to 80	1
80 to 100	0
100 to 120	2
120 to 140	1