Weather Records on 1 May 1934

305 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 1 May 1934. Highest significance: Krishnagiri, IN.

Key Facts for 1 May 1934

On 1 May 1934, 305 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
221 were record highs and 21 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 0 were all-time records, 2 monthly and 303 daily.
Krishnagiri set a daily record precipitation of 66.3 mm (2.6 in) on 1 May 1934.
Across 165 earlier years (1795 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 443 records.

Record Map

305 stations

305 station records on 1 May 1934 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 1 May 1934: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Krishnagiri	India	Record daily precipitation	66.3 mm (2.6 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Praha-Klementinum	Czech Republic	Record high maximum temperature	26.8 C (80.2 F)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Oran-Hopital Militaire	Algeria	Record low maximum temperature	14.0 C (57.2 F)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Coimbatore	India	Record daily precipitation	39.4 mm (1.6 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Tewantin Post Office	Australia	Record low minimum temperature	1.0 C (33.8 F)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Godda	India	Record daily precipitation	50.3 mm (2.0 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Nemours (Ghazaouet)	Algeria	Record low maximum temperature	15.0 C (59.0 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Dindigul	India	Record daily precipitation	51.1 mm (2.0 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Hillsdown	Canada	Record daily snowfall	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Ghatal	India	Record daily precipitation	40.6 mm (1.6 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Pembroke Eddy Match	Canada	Record high minimum temperature	12.8 C (55.0 F)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Bemidji	United States	Record daily precipitation	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Bathurst	Canada	Record high maximum temperature	24.4 C (75.9 F)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Chintalapudi	India	Record daily precipitation	27.4 mm (1.1 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Federal Pt	United States	Record daily precipitation	50.5 mm (2.0 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
St Augustine	United States	Record daily precipitation	46.0 mm (1.8 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Cheyyar	India	Record daily precipitation	25.9 mm (1.0 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Stockholm	Sweden	Record high minimum temperature	8.0 C (46.4 F)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Gunnedah Pool	Australia	Record low minimum temperature	0.0 C (32.0 F)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Parnu	Estonia	Record high minimum temperature	13.1 C (55.6 F)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Sandvig	Denmark	Record high maximum temperature	18.7 C (65.7 F)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Cheboygan	United States	Record high minimum temperature	13.9 C (57.0 F)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Jacksonville Wb City	United States	Record low maximum temperature	20.6 C (69.1 F)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Quebec	Canada	Record high minimum temperature	11.1 C (52.0 F)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Tartu	Estonia	Record high maximum temperature	26.0 C (78.8 F)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Bamberg	Germany	Record high maximum temperature	28.9 C (84.0 F)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Arnsberg	Germany	Record high maximum temperature	26.4 C (79.5 F)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Gavle	Sweden	Record high maximum temperature	22.0 C (71.6 F)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Feodosiia	Ukraine	Record high maximum temperature	25.4 C (77.7 F)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Ladner	Canada	Record high minimum temperature	12.2 C (54.0 F)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Pointe Au Pere	Canada	Record high minimum temperature	5.6 C (42.1 F)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Federal Pt	United States	Record low maximum temperature	20.6 C (69.1 F)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Wakefield 3NW	United States	Record high minimum temperature	20.6 C (69.1 F)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Hillsdown	Canada	Record daily precipitation	15.2 mm (0.6 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Kerkwerve	Netherlands	Record daily precipitation	22.0 mm (0.9 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Kanas	India	Record daily precipitation	19.1 mm (0.8 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Muenster	Germany	Record daily precipitation	14.1 mm (0.6 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Salur	India	Record daily precipitation	30.0 mm (1.2 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Satyamangalam	India	Record daily precipitation	32.3 mm (1.3 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Avanashi	India	Record daily precipitation	30.7 mm (1.2 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Nilakottai	India	Record daily precipitation	29.2 mm (1.1 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Vilnius	Lithuania	Record high minimum temperature	13.5 C (56.3 F)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Petoskey	United States	Record high minimum temperature	13.3 C (55.9 F)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Grand Forks UNIV (NWS)	United States	Record high maximum temperature	31.7 C (89.1 F)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Prince Albert	Canada	Record daily snowfall	0.3 cm (0.1 in)	19 of 100 (Routine)
Rutherglen	Canada	Record high minimum temperature	12.8 C (55.0 F)	19 of 100 (Routine)
Altastenberg	Germany	Record high maximum temperature	21.3 C (70.3 F)	19 of 100 (Routine)
Tiruchengode	India	Record daily precipitation	20.6 mm (0.8 in)	19 of 100 (Routine)
Hovlandsdal	Norway	Record daily precipitation	25.9 mm (1.0 in)	19 of 100 (Routine)
St. Petersburg	Russia	Record high maximum temperature	24.9 C (76.8 F)	19 of 100 (Routine)
Unionville	United States	Record high minimum temperature	19.4 C (66.9 F)	19 of 100 (Routine)
Moab	United States	Record high minimum temperature	16.7 C (62.1 F)	19 of 100 (Routine)
Nurnberg	Germany	Record high maximum temperature	27.2 C (81.0 F)	18 of 100 (Routine)
Verhojansk	Russia	Record daily precipitation	4.0 mm (0.16 in)	18 of 100 (Routine)
Sotchi	Russia	Record high minimum temperature	18.1 C (64.6 F)	18 of 100 (Routine)
Orebro	Sweden	Record high maximum temperature	20.8 C (69.4 F)	18 of 100 (Routine)
Odesa	Ukraine	Record high minimum temperature	13.9 C (57.0 F)	18 of 100 (Routine)
Alapaha Exp STN	United States	Record low maximum temperature	19.4 C (66.9 F)	18 of 100 (Routine)
Alta	United States	Record high minimum temperature	16.7 C (62.1 F)	18 of 100 (Routine)
Curtis	United States	Record high minimum temperature	15.0 C (59.0 F)	18 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

305 records

Records set or tied on 1 May 1934 by type: Highest daily maximum 95, Lowest daily maximum 15, Highest daily minimum 126, Lowest daily minimum 6, Heaviest daily rainfall 61, Heaviest daily snowfall 2.

Records on 1 May 1934 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	95
Lowest daily maximum	15
Highest daily minimum	126
Lowest daily minimum	6
Heaviest daily rainfall	61
Heaviest daily snowfall	2
Deepest snow cover	0

Records on 1 May 1934 by timescale: all-time 0, monthly 2, daily 303.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

252 broken records

Margins by which the 252 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 139.0. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

1 May 1934

Top 20 records on 1 May 1934 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
1 May 1934	Krishnagiri, IN	daily rain	66.3 mm (2.6 in)	52.1 mm (2.1 in)	11 years	42 of 100 (Notable)
1 May 1934	Praha-Klementinum, CZ	daily high max	26.8 C (80.2 F)	0.6 C (1.1 F)	138 years	41 of 100 (Notable)
1 May 1934	Oran-Hopital Militaire, DZ	monthly low max	14.0 C (57.2 F)	2.0 C (3.6 F)	49 years	39 of 100 (Notable)
1 May 1934	Coimbatore, IN	daily rain	39.4 mm (1.6 in)	31.8 mm (1.3 in)	28 years	35 of 100 (Notable)
1 May 1934	Tewantin Post Office, AU	daily low min	1.0 C (33.8 F)	7.3 C (13.1 F)	36 years	34 of 100 (Routine)
1 May 1934	Godda, IN	daily rain	50.3 mm (2.0 in)	38.4 mm (1.5 in)	9 years	31 of 100 (Routine)
1 May 1934	Nemours (Ghazaouet), DZ	monthly low max	15.0 C (59.0 F)	0.4 C (0.7 F)	49 years	30 of 100 (Routine)
1 May 1934	Dindigul, IN	daily rain	51.1 mm (2.0 in)	32.6 mm (1.3 in)	4 years	30 of 100 (Routine)
1 May 1934	Hillsdown, CA	daily snowfall	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	13.9 cm (5.5 in)	7 years	29 of 100 (Routine)
1 May 1934	Ghatal, IN	daily rain	40.6 mm (1.6 in)	36.8 mm (1.4 in)	16 years	29 of 100 (Routine)
1 May 1934	Pembroke Eddy Match, CA	daily high min	12.8 C (55.0 F)	1.7 C (3.1 F)	61 years	27 of 100 (Routine)
1 May 1934	Bemidji, US	daily rain	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	13.7 mm (0.5 in)	34 years	27 of 100 (Routine)
1 May 1934	Bathurst, CA	daily high max	24.4 C (75.9 F)	5.0 C (9.0 F)	38 years	26 of 100 (Routine)
1 May 1934	Chintalapudi, IN	daily rain	27.4 mm (1.1 in)	19.8 mm (0.8 in)	32 years	26 of 100 (Routine)
1 May 1934	Federal Pt, US	daily rain	50.5 mm (2.0 in)	18.7 mm (0.7 in)	33 years	26 of 100 (Routine)
1 May 1934	St Augustine, US	daily rain	46.0 mm (1.8 in)	24.4 mm (1.0 in)	28 years	26 of 100 (Routine)
1 May 1934	Cheyyar, IN	daily rain	25.9 mm (1.0 in)	25.9 mm (1.0 in)	32 years	25 of 100 (Routine)
1 May 1934	Stockholm, SE	daily high min	8.0 C (46.4 F)	2.0 C (3.6 F)	51 years	25 of 100 (Routine)
1 May 1934	Gunnedah Pool, AU	daily low min	0.0 C (32.0 F)	1.6 C (2.9 F)	53 years	24 of 100 (Routine)
1 May 1934	Parnu, EE	daily high min	13.1 C (55.6 F)	3.5 C (6.3 F)	36 years	24 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 1934

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1795 to 1934. 1934 had 305 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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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	244
20 to 40	6
40 to 60	1
60 to 80	0
80 to 100	0
100 to 120	0
120 to 140	1