Weather Records on 7 May 1934

698 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 7 May 1934. Highest significance: Bamberg, DE.

Key Facts for 7 May 1934

On 7 May 1934, 698 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
633 were record highs and 5 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 1 were all-time records, 15 monthly and 682 daily.
Bamberg set a monthly record daily precipitation of 54.2 mm (2.1 in) on 7 May 1934.
Across 168 earlier years (1795 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 417 records.

Record Map

698 stations

698 station records on 7 May 1934 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 7 May 1934: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Bamberg	Germany	Record daily precipitation	54.2 mm (2.1 in)	69 of 100 (Major)
Indi	India	Record daily precipitation	32.0 mm (1.3 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Husum	Germany	Record daily precipitation	25.5 mm (1.0 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Wollongbar (Central Park Drive	Australia	Record daily precipitation	144.8 mm (5.7 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Ballina (Crowley Village)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	116.3 mm (4.6 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Tweed Heads Golf Club	Australia	Record daily precipitation	83.1 mm (3.3 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Mount Irving	Australia	Record daily precipitation	27.9 mm (1.1 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Oakey Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	32.3 mm (1.3 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Dum Dooma /Sookerating Aab	India	Record daily precipitation	77.7 mm (3.1 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Storlien	Sweden	Record high maximum temperature	17.5 C (63.5 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Oestersund-Froesoen	Sweden	Record high minimum temperature	12.0 C (53.6 F)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Jamestown State Hosp	United States	Record high maximum temperature	37.2 C (99.0 F)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Oestersund-Froesoen	Sweden	Record high maximum temperature	24.0 C (75.2 F)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Byron Bay (Jacaranda Drive)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	118.1 mm (4.6 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Dibrugarh Obsy	India	Record daily precipitation	71.1 mm (2.8 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
N Loup	United States	Record high maximum temperature	38.3 C (100.9 F)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Macalister Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	25.7 mm (1.0 in)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Pommelsbrunn	Germany	Record daily precipitation	27.4 mm (1.1 in)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Waukee	United States	Record high maximum temperature	36.7 C (98.1 F)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Crow Agency	United States	Record high maximum temperature	35.0 C (95.0 F)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Manitowoc	United States	Record high maximum temperature	29.4 C (84.9 F)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Martinsburg E W Virginia Rgnl	United States	Record high minimum temperature	19.4 C (66.9 F)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Gavle	Sweden	Record high maximum temperature	28.4 C (83.1 F)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Glenwood Spgs #2	United States	Record high maximum temperature	30.0 C (86.0 F)	23 of 100 (Routine)
De Funiak Springs 1 E	United States	Record daily precipitation	77.2 mm (3.0 in)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Schriever	United States	Record daily precipitation	44.5 mm (1.8 in)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Santa Fe	United States	Record high maximum temperature	28.3 C (82.9 F)	23 of 100 (Routine)
De Smet	United States	Record high maximum temperature	31.7 C (89.1 F)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Lusk 2 SW	United States	Record high minimum temperature	13.3 C (55.9 F)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Marshall	United States	Record high minimum temperature	23.9 C (75.0 F)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Moncton	Canada	Record low maximum temperature	3.3 C (37.9 F)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Vestervig	Denmark	Record high minimum temperature	12.1 C (53.8 F)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Weissenburg	Germany	Record daily precipitation	25.8 mm (1.0 in)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Jokkmokk	Sweden	Record high maximum temperature	23.0 C (73.4 F)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Cambridge City 3 N	United States	Record high minimum temperature	19.4 C (66.9 F)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Iowa Falls	United States	Record high maximum temperature	34.4 C (93.9 F)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Lawrence	United States	Record high maximum temperature	33.3 C (91.9 F)	22 of 100 (Routine)
W Pt	United States	Record high minimum temperature	18.9 C (66.0 F)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Cowles	United States	Record high maximum temperature	26.7 C (80.1 F)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Sadiya India	India	Record daily precipitation	79.8 mm (3.1 in)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Douglas Smelter	United States	Record high minimum temperature	19.4 C (66.9 F)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Carroll	United States	Record high maximum temperature	33.3 C (91.9 F)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Chariton 1 E	United States	Record high maximum temperature	33.3 C (91.9 F)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Grundy Ctr	United States	Record high maximum temperature	34.4 C (93.9 F)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Oskaloosa	United States	Record high minimum temperature	19.4 C (66.9 F)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Harrisonville	United States	Record high maximum temperature	33.3 C (91.9 F)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Miles City	United States	Record high minimum temperature	16.7 C (62.1 F)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Ovando	United States	Record high minimum temperature	7.2 C (45.0 F)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Beatrice	United States	Record high maximum temperature	35.0 C (95.0 F)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Atlantic City Marina	United States	Record high maximum temperature	31.7 C (89.1 F)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Lincoln UNIV Pwr Plt	United States	Record high maximum temperature	35.6 C (96.1 F)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Williston Sloulin Fld	United States	Record high maximum temperature	32.2 C (90.0 F)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Wrixum/Fohr	Germany	Record daily precipitation	15.4 mm (0.6 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Soltau	Germany	Record daily precipitation	19.4 mm (0.8 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Gavar	Armenia	Record daily precipitation	12.4 mm (0.5 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Pointe Au Pere	Canada	Record daily snowfall	0.5 cm (0.2 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Goondiwindi Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	12.7 mm (0.5 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Heinersreuth-Vollhof	Germany	Record daily precipitation	23.3 mm (0.9 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Gladstone Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	15.0 mm (0.6 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Maclean (McLachlan Street)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	41.7 mm (1.6 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

698 records

Records set or tied on 7 May 1934 by type: Highest daily maximum 399, Lowest daily maximum 4, Highest daily minimum 234, Lowest daily minimum 1, Heaviest daily rainfall 57, Heaviest daily snowfall 3.

Records on 7 May 1934 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	399
Lowest daily maximum	4
Highest daily minimum	234
Lowest daily minimum	1
Heaviest daily rainfall	57
Heaviest daily snowfall	3
Deepest snow cover	0

Records on 7 May 1934 by timescale: all-time 1, monthly 15, daily 682.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

559 broken records

Margins by which the 559 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 124.5. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

7 May 1934

Top 20 records on 7 May 1934 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
7 May 1934	Bamberg, DE	monthly rain	54.2 mm (2.1 in)	21.3 mm (0.8 in)	47 years	69 of 100 (Major)
7 May 1934	Indi, IN	daily rain	32.0 mm (1.3 in)	32.0 mm (1.3 in)	32 years	52 of 100 (Notable)
7 May 1934	Husum, DE	daily rain	25.5 mm (1.0 in)	18.8 mm (0.7 in)	32 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
7 May 1934	Wollongbar (Central Park Drive, AU	daily rain	144.8 mm (5.7 in)	124.5 mm (4.9 in)	17 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
7 May 1934	Ballina (Crowley Village), AU	daily rain	116.3 mm (4.6 in)	79.0 mm (3.1 in)	31 years	44 of 100 (Notable)
7 May 1934	Tweed Heads Golf Club, AU	daily rain	83.1 mm (3.3 in)	63.3 mm (2.5 in)	33 years	42 of 100 (Notable)
7 May 1934	Mount Irving, AU	daily rain	27.9 mm (1.1 in)	27.9 mm (1.1 in)	33 years	37 of 100 (Notable)
7 May 1934	Oakey Post Office, AU	daily rain	32.3 mm (1.3 in)	29.8 mm (1.2 in)	12 years	34 of 100 (Routine)
7 May 1934	Dum Dooma /Sookerating Aab, IN	daily rain	77.7 mm (3.1 in)	50.8 mm (2.0 in)	1 year	34 of 100 (Routine)
7 May 1934	Storlien, SE	daily high max	17.5 C (63.5 F)	4.5 C (8.1 F)	47 years	28 of 100 (Routine)
7 May 1934	Oestersund-Froesoen, SE	daily high min	12.0 C (53.6 F)	5.0 C (9.0 F)	28 years	27 of 100 (Routine)
7 May 1934	Jamestown State Hosp, US	monthly high max	37.2 C (99.0 F)	1.6 C (2.9 F)	33 years	27 of 100 (Routine)
7 May 1934	Oestersund-Froesoen, SE	daily high max	24.0 C (75.2 F)	4.5 C (8.1 F)	43 years	26 of 100 (Routine)
7 May 1934	Byron Bay (Jacaranda Drive), AU	daily rain	118.1 mm (4.6 in)	32.5 mm (1.3 in)	31 years	25 of 100 (Routine)
7 May 1934	Dibrugarh Obsy, IN	daily rain	71.1 mm (2.8 in)	27.7 mm (1.1 in)	24 years	25 of 100 (Routine)
7 May 1934	N Loup, US	monthly high max	38.3 C (100.9 F)	0.5 C (0.9 F)	38 years	25 of 100 (Routine)
7 May 1934	Macalister Post Office, AU	daily rain	25.7 mm (1.0 in)	24.2 mm (1.0 in)	13 years	24 of 100 (Routine)
7 May 1934	Pommelsbrunn, DE	daily rain	27.4 mm (1.1 in)	11.6 mm (0.5 in)	1 year	24 of 100 (Routine)
7 May 1934	Waukee, US	daily high max	36.7 C (98.1 F)	5.6 C (10.1 F)	37 years	24 of 100 (Routine)
7 May 1934	Crow Agency, US	daily high max	35.0 C (95.0 F)	7.2 C (13.0 F)	33 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 698 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 20	543
20 to 40	10
40 to 60	2
60 to 80	2
80 to 100	1
100 to 120	0
120 to 140	1