Weather Records on 1 May 1932

220 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 1 May 1932. Highest significance: Malvern, GB.

Key Facts for 1 May 1932

On 1 May 1932, 220 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
49 were record highs and 12 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 0 were all-time records, 1 monthly and 219 daily.
Malvern set a daily record precipitation of 44.8 mm (1.8 in) on 1 May 1932.
Across 165 earlier years (1795 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 444 records.

Record Map

220 stations

220 station records on 1 May 1932 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 1 May 1932: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Malvern	United Kingdom	Record daily precipitation	44.8 mm (1.8 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Sion 2	Switzerland	Record daily precipitation	33.8 mm (1.3 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Lewisburg 3 N	United States	Record daily precipitation	50.8 mm (2.0 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Upper Tract	United States	Record daily precipitation	45.7 mm (1.8 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Emmitsburg	United States	Record daily precipitation	48.3 mm (1.9 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Layton 3 NW	United States	Record daily precipitation	34.5 mm (1.4 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Hagerstown 1E	United States	Record daily precipitation	47.0 mm (1.9 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Geneve Observatoire	Switzerland	Record daily precipitation	31.8 mm (1.3 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Carlisle	United States	Record daily precipitation	40.1 mm (1.6 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Bhor	India	Record daily precipitation	34.0 mm (1.3 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Mahabaleshwar	India	Record daily precipitation	53.3 mm (2.1 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Frederick Police Brks	United States	Record daily precipitation	44.5 mm (1.8 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Marshall	United States	Record daily precipitation	39.4 mm (1.6 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Resaca	United States	Record daily precipitation	55.4 mm (2.2 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Summerville 4W	United States	Record daily precipitation	43.4 mm (1.7 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Panchgani	India	Record daily precipitation	33.8 mm (1.3 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Ephrata	United States	Record daily precipitation	49.5 mm (1.9 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Jim Thorpe	United States	Record daily precipitation	39.6 mm (1.6 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Newport 1 NW	United States	Record daily precipitation	36.8 mm (1.4 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Harpers Ferry River	United States	Record daily precipitation	41.1 mm (1.6 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Reading Wb City	United States	Record daily precipitation	46.7 mm (1.8 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Gettysburg	United States	Record daily precipitation	42.9 mm (1.7 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Ringtown	United States	Record daily precipitation	33.5 mm (1.3 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Hot Springs	United States	Record daily precipitation	46.5 mm (1.8 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Crescent City 3 NNW	United States	Record daily precipitation	38.4 mm (1.5 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Belvidere	United States	Record daily precipitation	35.6 mm (1.4 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Purcellville	United States	Record daily precipitation	37.6 mm (1.5 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Channagiri	India	Record daily precipitation	36.1 mm (1.4 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Marlinton	United States	Record daily precipitation	48.3 mm (1.9 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Lenoir	United States	Record daily precipitation	43.2 mm (1.7 in)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Washington	United States	Record daily precipitation	25.1 mm (1.0 in)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Buchanan	United States	Record daily precipitation	38.1 mm (1.5 in)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Dale Enterprise	United States	Record daily precipitation	31.8 mm (1.3 in)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Astana	Kazakhstan	Record low minimum temperature	-8.0 C (17.6 F)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Eastport	United States	Record daily precipitation	26.4 mm (1.0 in)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Romney 1 SW	United States	Record daily precipitation	31.5 mm (1.2 in)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Alice Springs Post Office	Australia	Record low minimum temperature	1.7 C (35.1 F)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Agassiz Cda	Canada	Record high minimum temperature	11.7 C (53.1 F)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Goodwater	United States	Record daily precipitation	42.9 mm (1.7 in)	21 of 100 (Routine)
San Diego Wbo	United States	Record low minimum temperature	8.3 C (46.9 F)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Lexington	United States	Record daily precipitation	30.5 mm (1.2 in)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Martinsburg E W Virginia Rgnl	United States	Record daily precipitation	35.6 mm (1.4 in)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Oxford	United Kingdom	Record daily precipitation	24.6 mm (1.0 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Putten (Gld)	Netherlands	Record daily precipitation	16.0 mm (0.6 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Pattikonda	India	Record daily precipitation	21.6 mm (0.9 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Payette	United States	Record daily precipitation	14.0 mm (0.6 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
The Dalles	United States	Record daily precipitation	5.8 mm (0.23 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Satara	India	Record daily precipitation	11.4 mm (0.4 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Salem AP (McNary Field)	United States	Record daily precipitation	19.8 mm (0.8 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Narsingarh	India	Record daily precipitation	9.4 mm (0.37 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Moxee	United States	Record daily precipitation	9.9 mm (0.39 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Srinagar	India	Record daily precipitation	20.8 mm (0.8 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Jakutsk	Russia	Record daily precipitation	5.2 mm (0.20 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
W Pt	United States	Record high minimum temperature	13.3 C (55.9 F)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Morganton	United States	Record daily precipitation	37.8 mm (1.5 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Albany 1 N	United States	Record daily precipitation	21.3 mm (0.8 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Quakertown	United States	Record daily precipitation	32.5 mm (1.3 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Calhoun Falls	United States	Record daily precipitation	55.9 mm (2.2 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Riverton	United States	Record daily precipitation	39.4 mm (1.6 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Kennewick	United States	Record daily precipitation	8.1 mm (0.32 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

220 records

Records set or tied on 1 May 1932 by type: Highest daily maximum 5, Lowest daily maximum 6, Highest daily minimum 44, Lowest daily minimum 6, Heaviest daily rainfall 158, Heaviest daily snowfall 1.

Records on 1 May 1932 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	5
Lowest daily maximum	6
Highest daily minimum	44
Lowest daily minimum	6
Heaviest daily rainfall	158
Heaviest daily snowfall	1
Deepest snow cover	0

Records on 1 May 1932 by timescale: all-time 0, monthly 1, daily 219.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

192 broken records

Margins by which the 192 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 53.3. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

1 May 1932

Top 20 records on 1 May 1932 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
1 May 1932	Malvern, GB	daily rain	44.8 mm (1.8 in)	35.7 mm (1.4 in)	29 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
1 May 1932	Sion 2, CH	daily rain	33.8 mm (1.3 in)	20.7 mm (0.8 in)	29 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
1 May 1932	Lewisburg 3 N, US	daily rain	50.8 mm (2.0 in)	29.5 mm (1.2 in)	13 years	43 of 100 (Notable)
1 May 1932	Upper Tract, US	daily rain	45.7 mm (1.8 in)	34.8 mm (1.4 in)	13 years	41 of 100 (Notable)
1 May 1932	Emmitsburg, US	daily rain	48.3 mm (1.9 in)	29.2 mm (1.1 in)	34 years	38 of 100 (Notable)
1 May 1932	Layton 3 NW, US	daily rain	34.5 mm (1.4 in)	25.6 mm (1.0 in)	23 years	38 of 100 (Notable)
1 May 1932	Hagerstown 1E, US	daily rain	47.0 mm (1.9 in)	31.8 mm (1.3 in)	13 years	36 of 100 (Notable)
1 May 1932	Geneve Observatoire, CH	daily rain	31.8 mm (1.3 in)	18.6 mm (0.7 in)	19 years	35 of 100 (Notable)
1 May 1932	Carlisle, US	daily rain	40.1 mm (1.6 in)	18.5 mm (0.7 in)	34 years	34 of 100 (Routine)
1 May 1932	Bhor, IN	daily rain	34.0 mm (1.3 in)	34.0 mm (1.3 in)	31 years	32 of 100 (Routine)
1 May 1932	Mahabaleshwar, IN	daily rain	53.3 mm (2.1 in)	53.3 mm (2.1 in)	31 years	32 of 100 (Routine)
1 May 1932	Frederick Police Brks, US	daily rain	44.5 mm (1.8 in)	27.0 mm (1.1 in)	13 years	32 of 100 (Routine)
1 May 1932	Marshall, US	daily rain	39.4 mm (1.6 in)	21.6 mm (0.9 in)	15 years	32 of 100 (Routine)
1 May 1932	Resaca, US	daily rain	55.4 mm (2.2 in)	33.0 mm (1.3 in)	3 years	30 of 100 (Routine)
1 May 1932	Summerville 4W, US	daily rain	43.4 mm (1.7 in)	28.2 mm (1.1 in)	14 years	30 of 100 (Routine)
1 May 1932	Panchgani, IN	daily rain	33.8 mm (1.3 in)	29.2 mm (1.1 in)	7 years	28 of 100 (Routine)
1 May 1932	Ephrata, US	daily rain	49.5 mm (1.9 in)	26.1 mm (1.0 in)	13 years	28 of 100 (Routine)
1 May 1932	Jim Thorpe, US	daily rain	39.6 mm (1.6 in)	23.1 mm (0.9 in)	23 years	28 of 100 (Routine)
1 May 1932	Newport 1 NW, US	daily rain	36.8 mm (1.4 in)	15.5 mm (0.6 in)	34 years	28 of 100 (Routine)
1 May 1932	Harpers Ferry River, US	daily rain	41.1 mm (1.6 in)	16.0 mm (0.6 in)	36 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 1932

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1795 to 1932. 1932 had 220 records.

Counts for years before the ledger starts come from the same station rules.

Records on 05-01 in each year
Year	Records
1795	1
1802	1
1804	1
1814	1
1818	1
1835	1
1836	1
1840	1
1846	2
1847	1
1850	1
1851	1
1857	1
1860	1
1861	1
1864	2
1865	1
1868	2
1872	1
1875	4
1878	2
1879	2
1880	3
1881	2
1884	1
1885	1
1886	2
1887	2
1888	2
1889	3
1890	2
1891	5
1892	6
1893	2
1894	5
1896	1
1897	4
1898	1
1899	8
1900	1
1901	5
1902	7
1903	9
1904	9
1905	13
1906	12
1907	31
1908	20
1909	49
1910	13
1911	22
1912	18
1913	54
1914	23
1915	27
1916	27
1917	37
1918	34
1919	150
1920	186
1921	41
1922	92
1923	64
1924	63
1925	118
1926	500
1927	125
1928	190
1929	142
1930	263
1931	537
1932	220
1933	706
1934	305
1935	276
1936	368
1937	218
1938	304
1939	227
1940	731
1941	333
1942	1,036
1943	526
1944	229
1945	350
1946	415
1947	655
1948	774
1949	405
1950	439
1951	894
1952	557
1953	917
1954	1,506
1955	772
1956	1,106
1957	359
1958	448
1959	764
1960	737
1961	588
1962	615
1963	704
1964	312
1965	360
1966	707
1967	948
1968	426
1969	429
1970	1,075
1971	444
1972	562
1973	841
1974	589
1975	286
1976	673
1977	545
1978	1,202
1979	612
1980	507
1981	1,265
1982	508
1983	1,423
1984	640
1985	789
1986	512
1987	1,098
1988	1,058
1989	949
1990	922
1991	633
1992	1,201
1993	1,101
1994	1,210
1995	1,365
1996	1,439
1997	804
1998	951
1999	932
2000	809
2001	1,106
2002	1,221
2003	964
2004	887
2005	1,320
2006	734
2007	857
2008	979
2009	679
2010	1,151
2011	716
2012	796
2013	976
2014	941
2015	550
2016	844
2017	1,163
2018	519
2019	788
2020	1,099
2021	834
2022	319
2023	912
2024	458
2025	430
2026	623

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Data for records on 1932-05-01: CSV or JSON. Field meanings are on the data page.

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 10	141
10 to 20	29
20 to 30	15
30 to 40	6
40 to 50	0
50 to 60	1