Weather Records on 7 May 1933

291 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 7 May 1933. Highest significance: Barauli, IN.

Key Facts for 7 May 1933

On 7 May 1933, 291 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
65 were record highs and 84 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 0 were all-time records, 4 monthly and 287 daily.
Barauli set a daily record precipitation of 76.2 mm (3.0 in) on 7 May 1933.
Across 168 earlier years (1795 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 419 records.

Record Map

291 stations

291 station records on 7 May 1933 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 7 May 1933: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Barauli	India	Record daily precipitation	76.2 mm (3.0 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Erode	India	Record daily precipitation	49.3 mm (1.9 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
W Pt	United States	Record daily precipitation	37.3 mm (1.5 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Santa Cruz	United States	Record daily precipitation	30.5 mm (1.2 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Grass Valley	United States	Record daily precipitation	42.2 mm (1.7 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Bedford 2 SE	United States	Record daily snowfall	5.1 cm (2.0 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Nevada City	United States	Record daily precipitation	36.8 mm (1.4 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
New Braunfels	United States	Record high maximum temperature	36.7 C (98.1 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Potsdam	Germany	Record daily precipitation	27.8 mm (1.1 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Astoria	United States	Record daily precipitation	33.5 mm (1.3 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Cananeia G4-001	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	34.0 mm (1.3 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Pointe Au Pere	Canada	Record low maximum temperature	3.3 C (37.9 F)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Lifjell	Norway	Record daily precipitation	28.9 mm (1.1 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Palmetto	United States	Record daily precipitation	34.3 mm (1.4 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Chicoutimi	Canada	Record low maximum temperature	3.3 C (37.9 F)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Ft Ross	United States	Record daily precipitation	36.1 mm (1.4 in)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Robeline	United States	Record high minimum temperature	27.8 C (82.0 F)	23 of 100 (Routine)
N Loup	United States	Record daily precipitation	42.4 mm (1.7 in)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Saint Paul	United States	Record daily precipitation	29.2 mm (1.1 in)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Parbatsar	India	Record daily precipitation	17.8 mm (0.7 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Conconully	United States	Record daily precipitation	17.8 mm (0.7 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Nikolaevsk-Na-Amure	Russia	Record daily precipitation	14.7 mm (0.6 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Tamia	India	Record daily precipitation	16.0 mm (0.6 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Sidhi	India	Record daily precipitation	15.2 mm (0.6 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Crow Agency	United States	Record daily precipitation	17.8 mm (0.7 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Sambhar	India	Record daily precipitation	12.7 mm (0.5 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Srimadhopur	India	Record daily precipitation	11.2 mm (0.4 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Missoula 6 NW WFO	United States	Record daily precipitation	18.5 mm (0.7 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Beawar Nayanagar	India	Record daily precipitation	12.2 mm (0.5 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Uniara (Aligarh)	India	Record daily precipitation	19.1 mm (0.8 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Arcadia	United States	Record daily precipitation	18.0 mm (0.7 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Gangapur	India	Record daily precipitation	4.6 mm (0.18 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Sikar	India	Record daily precipitation	6.6 mm (0.26 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Kathgodam	India	Record daily precipitation	16.8 mm (0.7 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Oroville 1 N	United States	Record daily precipitation	15.5 mm (0.6 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Independence	United States	Record daily precipitation	24.1 mm (0.9 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Lalsot	India	Record daily precipitation	8.1 mm (0.32 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
N Bend SW Oregon Rgnl AP	United States	Record daily precipitation	29.5 mm (1.2 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Wai	India	Record daily precipitation	18.0 mm (0.7 in)	19 of 100 (Routine)
Buckeye	United States	Record low minimum temperature	2.2 C (36.0 F)	19 of 100 (Routine)
Warren 2 ENE	United States	Record high maximum temperature	35.0 C (95.0 F)	19 of 100 (Routine)
Elsinore	United States	Record low minimum temperature	0.0 C (32.0 F)	19 of 100 (Routine)
San Bernardino F S 226	United States	Record low minimum temperature	1.7 C (35.1 F)	19 of 100 (Routine)
Leech Lake	United States	Record daily precipitation	25.1 mm (1.0 in)	19 of 100 (Routine)
Austin #2	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-6.1 C (21.0 F)	19 of 100 (Routine)
Plymouth	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-3.9 C (25.0 F)	19 of 100 (Routine)
Klamath Falls 2 SSW	United States	Record daily precipitation	3.8 mm (0.15 in)	19 of 100 (Routine)
Salem AP (McNary Field)	United States	Record low maximum temperature	10.6 C (51.1 F)	19 of 100 (Routine)
Anticosti SW Point	Canada	Record low maximum temperature	1.1 C (34.0 F)	18 of 100 (Routine)
Thiruvalla	India	Record daily precipitation	115.6 mm (4.6 in)	18 of 100 (Routine)
Jaipur Obsy Sr	India	Record daily precipitation	6.9 mm (0.27 in)	18 of 100 (Routine)
Periakulam	India	Record daily precipitation	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	18 of 100 (Routine)
Eastport	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-1.1 C (30.0 F)	18 of 100 (Routine)
Franklin Sewage Plt	United States	Record daily precipitation	27.9 mm (1.1 in)	18 of 100 (Routine)
San Jacinto	United States	Record low minimum temperature	3.3 C (37.9 F)	17 of 100 (Routine)
Bozeman Montana State UNIV	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-2.2 C (28.0 F)	17 of 100 (Routine)
N Bend SW Oregon Rgnl AP	United States	Record low maximum temperature	10.0 C (50.0 F)	17 of 100 (Routine)
Nordby (Fano)	Denmark	Record high minimum temperature	11.6 C (52.9 F)	16 of 100 (Routine)
Gudauri	Georgia	Record daily precipitation	12.8 mm (0.5 in)	16 of 100 (Routine)
Balaghat	India	Record daily precipitation	9.4 mm (0.37 in)	16 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

291 records

Records set or tied on 7 May 1933 by type: Highest daily maximum 19, Lowest daily maximum 50, Highest daily minimum 46, Lowest daily minimum 34, Heaviest daily rainfall 140, Heaviest daily snowfall 2.

Records on 7 May 1933 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	19
Lowest daily maximum	50
Highest daily minimum	46
Lowest daily minimum	34
Heaviest daily rainfall	140
Heaviest daily snowfall	2
Deepest snow cover	0

Records on 7 May 1933 by timescale: all-time 0, monthly 4, daily 287.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

230 broken records

Margins by which the 230 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 52.1. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

7 May 1933

Top 20 records on 7 May 1933 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
7 May 1933	Barauli, IN	daily rain	76.2 mm (3.0 in)	52.1 mm (2.1 in)	14 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
7 May 1933	Erode, IN	daily rain	49.3 mm (1.9 in)	41.2 mm (1.6 in)	24 years	37 of 100 (Notable)
7 May 1933	W Pt, US	daily rain	37.3 mm (1.5 in)	27.1 mm (1.1 in)	3 years	34 of 100 (Routine)
7 May 1933	Santa Cruz, US	daily rain	30.5 mm (1.2 in)	17.8 mm (0.7 in)	28 years	30 of 100 (Routine)
7 May 1933	Grass Valley, US	daily rain	42.2 mm (1.7 in)	28.0 mm (1.1 in)	7 years	29 of 100 (Routine)
7 May 1933	Bedford 2 SE, US	daily snowfall	5.1 cm (2.0 in)	5.1 cm (2.0 in)	32 years	29 of 100 (Routine)
7 May 1933	Nevada City, US	daily rain	36.8 mm (1.4 in)	19.0 mm (0.7 in)	28 years	28 of 100 (Routine)
7 May 1933	New Braunfels, US	daily high max	36.7 C (98.1 F)	4.5 C (8.1 F)	38 years	28 of 100 (Routine)
7 May 1933	Potsdam, DE	daily rain	27.8 mm (1.1 in)	12.6 mm (0.5 in)	10 years	27 of 100 (Routine)
7 May 1933	Astoria, US	daily rain	33.5 mm (1.3 in)	8.4 mm (0.33 in)	45 years	27 of 100 (Routine)
7 May 1933	Cananeia G4-001, BR	daily rain	34.0 mm (1.3 in)	19.0 mm (0.7 in)	24 years	25 of 100 (Routine)
7 May 1933	Pointe Au Pere, CA	daily low max	3.3 C (37.9 F)	1.7 C (3.1 F)	55 years	25 of 100 (Routine)
7 May 1933	Lifjell, NO	daily rain	28.9 mm (1.1 in)	14.1 mm (0.6 in)	7 years	25 of 100 (Routine)
7 May 1933	Palmetto, US	daily rain	34.3 mm (1.4 in)	13.0 mm (0.5 in)	37 years	25 of 100 (Routine)
7 May 1933	Chicoutimi, CA	daily low max	3.3 C (37.9 F)	2.3 C (4.1 F)	50 years	23 of 100 (Routine)
7 May 1933	Ft Ross, US	daily rain	36.1 mm (1.4 in)	24.2 mm (1.0 in)	19 years	23 of 100 (Routine)
7 May 1933	Robeline, US	monthly high min	27.8 C (82.0 F)	1.7 C (3.1 F)	24 years	23 of 100 (Routine)
7 May 1933	N Loup, US	daily rain	42.4 mm (1.7 in)	20.6 mm (0.8 in)	12 years	23 of 100 (Routine)
7 May 1933	Saint Paul, US	daily rain	29.2 mm (1.1 in)	14.7 mm (0.6 in)	32 years	23 of 100 (Routine)
7 May 1933	Parbatsar, IN	daily rain	17.8 mm (0.7 in)	17.8 mm (0.7 in)	32 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 1933

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1795 to 1933. 1933 had 291 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).

Histogram of margins by which records were beaten on 7 May 1933
Margin	Records
0 to 10	196
10 to 20	26
20 to 30	5
30 to 40	0
40 to 50	1
50 to 60	2