Weather Records on 7 May 1932

288 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 7 May 1932. Highest significance: Isabela Substn, PR.

Key Facts for 7 May 1932

On 7 May 1932, 288 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
70 were record highs and 29 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 0 were all-time records, 3 monthly and 285 daily.
Isabela Substn set a monthly record daily precipitation of 160.5 mm (6.3 in) on 7 May 1932.
Across 168 earlier years (1795 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 419 records.

Record Map

288 stations

288 station records on 7 May 1932 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 7 May 1932: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Isabela Substn	Puerto Rico [United States]	Record daily precipitation	160.5 mm (6.3 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Kukrahati	India	Record daily precipitation	86.4 mm (3.4 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Weissenfels	Germany	Record daily precipitation	31.9 mm (1.3 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Forest Vale	Australia	Record daily precipitation	43.2 mm (1.7 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Mungindi (Cambo Cambo)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	40.1 mm (1.6 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Ithaca Cornell UNIV	United States	Record daily precipitation	25.9 mm (1.0 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Sagar Island	India	Record daily precipitation	70.6 mm (2.8 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
El Dorado	United States	Record daily precipitation	44.2 mm (1.7 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Waterdale	United States	Record daily precipitation	29.2 mm (1.1 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Nawarangpur	India	Record daily precipitation	41.9 mm (1.6 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Columbus Junction	United States	Record daily precipitation	39.1 mm (1.5 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Ghatsila Sr	India	Record daily precipitation	41.9 mm (1.6 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Ottumwa 1 WSW	United States	Record daily precipitation	53.3 mm (2.1 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Elmira	United States	Record daily precipitation	27.9 mm (1.1 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Bad Lauchstadt	Germany	Record daily precipitation	29.1 mm (1.1 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Minonk	United States	Record daily precipitation	39.6 mm (1.6 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
St Cloud State Clg	United States	Record daily precipitation	49.8 mm (2.0 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Srungavarapukota	India	Record daily precipitation	86.4 mm (3.4 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Osage	United States	Record daily precipitation	33.8 mm (1.3 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Trenton	United States	Record daily precipitation	29.7 mm (1.2 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Leipzig-Schkeuditz	Germany	Record daily precipitation	33.5 mm (1.3 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Diamond Harbour	India	Record daily precipitation	53.6 mm (2.1 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Oskaloosa	United States	Record daily precipitation	35.6 mm (1.4 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Chatham 2	Canada	Record daily precipitation	30.5 mm (1.2 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Atlantic 1 NE	United States	Record daily precipitation	43.7 mm (1.7 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Ottawa	United States	Record daily precipitation	51.3 mm (2.0 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Fairfield	United States	Record daily precipitation	48.5 mm (1.9 in)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Lapeer 2 SE	United States	Record daily precipitation	27.2 mm (1.1 in)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Jena Sternwarte	Germany	Record daily precipitation	32.0 mm (1.3 in)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Dharmsala Lower	India	Record daily precipitation	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Khatra	India	Record daily precipitation	31.8 mm (1.3 in)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Isabela Substn	Puerto Rico [United States]	Record low maximum temperature	26.7 C (80.1 F)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Forman 5 SSE	United States	Record daily precipitation	33.5 mm (1.3 in)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Barrie	Canada	Record low maximum temperature	7.8 C (46.0 F)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Lugano	Switzerland	Record daily precipitation	93.8 mm (3.7 in)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Rocky Mt	United States	Record high minimum temperature	21.1 C (70.0 F)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Mt Clemens Ang Base	United States	Record daily precipitation	65.8 mm (2.6 in)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Blinman (Wirrealpa)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	29.2 mm (1.1 in)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Weimar	Germany	Record daily precipitation	25.7 mm (1.0 in)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Moorna	Australia	Record daily precipitation	16.8 mm (0.7 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Gotska Sandon	Sweden	Record daily precipitation	17.0 mm (0.7 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Barmer	India	Record daily precipitation	15.2 mm (0.6 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Haparanda	Sweden	Record daily precipitation	23.1 mm (0.9 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Old Baratta Homestead	Australia	Record daily precipitation	15.2 mm (0.6 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Svenska Hogarna	Sweden	Record daily precipitation	17.8 mm (0.7 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Artern	Germany	Record daily precipitation	23.4 mm (0.9 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Velikie Luki	Russia	Record daily precipitation	8.6 mm (0.34 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Milan 1NW	United States	Record daily precipitation	23.6 mm (0.9 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
White Cliffs (Yancannia)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	12.7 mm (0.5 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Magdeburg	Germany	Record daily precipitation	22.6 mm (0.9 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Deoli	India	Record daily precipitation	5.8 mm (0.23 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Sycamore	United States	Record daily precipitation	31.8 mm (1.3 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Stockport	United States	Record daily precipitation	29.0 mm (1.1 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Grayling	United States	Record daily precipitation	38.4 mm (1.5 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Haskinville	United States	Record daily precipitation	19.8 mm (0.8 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Neds Corner Homestead	Australia	Record daily precipitation	19.6 mm (0.8 in)	19 of 100 (Routine)
Coldwater	Canada	Record daily precipitation	9.4 mm (0.37 in)	19 of 100 (Routine)
Palakonda	India	Record daily precipitation	26.2 mm (1.0 in)	19 of 100 (Routine)
Koraput	India	Record daily precipitation	23.9 mm (0.9 in)	19 of 100 (Routine)
Walnut	United States	Record daily precipitation	32.0 mm (1.3 in)	19 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

288 records

Records set or tied on 7 May 1932 by type: Highest daily maximum 26, Lowest daily maximum 15, Highest daily minimum 44, Lowest daily minimum 14, Heaviest daily rainfall 189.

Records on 7 May 1932 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	26
Lowest daily maximum	15
Highest daily minimum	44
Lowest daily minimum	14
Heaviest daily rainfall	189
Heaviest daily snowfall	0
Deepest snow cover	0

Records on 7 May 1932 by timescale: all-time 0, monthly 3, daily 285.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

245 broken records

Margins by which the 245 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 71.6. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

7 May 1932

Top 20 records on 7 May 1932 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
7 May 1932	Isabela Substn, PR	monthly rain	160.5 mm (6.3 in)	71.6 mm (2.8 in)	5 years	54 of 100 (Notable)
7 May 1932	Kukrahati, IN	daily rain	86.4 mm (3.4 in)	71.2 mm (2.8 in)	4 years	44 of 100 (Notable)
7 May 1932	Weissenfels, DE	daily rain	31.9 mm (1.3 in)	19.9 mm (0.8 in)	17 years	39 of 100 (Notable)
7 May 1932	Forest Vale, AU	daily rain	43.2 mm (1.7 in)	40.9 mm (1.6 in)	18 years	36 of 100 (Notable)
7 May 1932	Mungindi (Cambo Cambo), AU	daily rain	40.1 mm (1.6 in)	31.2 mm (1.2 in)	29 years	36 of 100 (Notable)
7 May 1932	Ithaca Cornell UNIV, US	daily rain	25.9 mm (1.0 in)	15.0 mm (0.6 in)	36 years	35 of 100 (Notable)
7 May 1932	Sagar Island, IN	daily rain	70.6 mm (2.8 in)	43.4 mm (1.7 in)	4 years	34 of 100 (Routine)
7 May 1932	El Dorado, US	daily rain	44.2 mm (1.7 in)	32.8 mm (1.3 in)	20 years	34 of 100 (Routine)
7 May 1932	Waterdale, US	daily rain	29.2 mm (1.1 in)	22.8 mm (0.9 in)	25 years	32 of 100 (Routine)
7 May 1932	Nawarangpur, IN	daily rain	41.9 mm (1.6 in)	29.5 mm (1.2 in)	17 years	31 of 100 (Routine)
7 May 1932	Columbus Junction, US	daily rain	39.1 mm (1.5 in)	21.6 mm (0.9 in)	31 years	31 of 100 (Routine)
7 May 1932	Ghatsila Sr, IN	daily rain	41.9 mm (1.6 in)	29.7 mm (1.2 in)	15 years	30 of 100 (Routine)
7 May 1932	Ottumwa 1 WSW, US	daily rain	53.3 mm (2.1 in)	22.8 mm (0.9 in)	32 years	30 of 100 (Routine)
7 May 1932	Elmira, US	daily rain	27.9 mm (1.1 in)	13.7 mm (0.5 in)	36 years	30 of 100 (Routine)
7 May 1932	Bad Lauchstadt, DE	daily rain	29.1 mm (1.1 in)	14.1 mm (0.6 in)	8 years	29 of 100 (Routine)
7 May 1932	Minonk, US	daily rain	39.6 mm (1.6 in)	20.5 mm (0.8 in)	24 years	29 of 100 (Routine)
7 May 1932	St Cloud State Clg, US	daily rain	49.8 mm (2.0 in)	32.0 mm (1.3 in)	2 years	29 of 100 (Routine)
7 May 1932	Srungavarapukota, IN	daily rain	86.4 mm (3.4 in)	40.7 mm (1.6 in)	17 years	27 of 100 (Routine)
7 May 1932	Osage, US	daily rain	33.8 mm (1.3 in)	19.1 mm (0.8 in)	32 years	27 of 100 (Routine)
7 May 1932	Trenton, US	daily rain	29.7 mm (1.2 in)	21.6 mm (0.9 in)	32 years	27 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 288 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 10	190
10 to 20	33
20 to 30	12
30 to 40	5
40 to 50	3
50 to 60	0
60 to 70	0
70 to 80	2