Weather Records on 1 May 1935

276 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 1 May 1935. Highest significance: Insikeni (Bos), ZA.

Key Facts for 1 May 1935

On 1 May 1935, 276 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
30 were record highs and 124 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 0 were all-time records, 40 monthly and 236 daily.
Insikeni (Bos) set a monthly record daily precipitation of 79.8 mm (3.1 in) on 1 May 1935.
Across 165 earlier years (1795 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 443 records.

Record Map

276 stations

276 station records on 1 May 1935 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 1 May 1935: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Insikeni (Bos)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	79.8 mm (3.1 in)	61 of 100 (Major)
Morgantown 1	United States	Record daily precipitation	43.2 mm (1.7 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Aberfeldy	Australia	Record daily precipitation	40.6 mm (1.6 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Periakulam	India	Record daily precipitation	44.5 mm (1.8 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Nordby (Fano)	Denmark	Record low minimum temperature	-2.9 C (26.8 F)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Dayton Mcd	United States	Record daily precipitation	47.0 mm (1.9 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Oran-Hopital Militaire	Algeria	Record high maximum temperature	27.0 C (80.6 F)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Ulricehamn	Sweden	Record low minimum temperature	-8.0 C (17.6 F)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Bird Island	United States	Record daily precipitation	32.3 mm (1.3 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Skara 1	Sweden	Record low minimum temperature	-7.8 C (18.0 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Gavle	Sweden	Record low minimum temperature	-7.0 C (19.4 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Kew	Australia	Record daily precipitation	26.2 mm (1.0 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Sandvig	Denmark	Record low maximum temperature	4.0 C (39.2 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Berlin-Dahlem	Germany	Record low maximum temperature	5.1 C (41.2 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Liepaja	Latvia	Record low minimum temperature	-4.3 C (24.3 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Visby_Flygplats	Sweden	Record low minimum temperature	-3.1 C (26.4 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Halmstad	Sweden	Record low minimum temperature	-3.8 C (25.2 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Tartu	Estonia	Record low minimum temperature	-5.8 C (21.6 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Fichtelberg	Germany	Record low minimum temperature	-8.5 C (16.7 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Kristianstad	Sweden	Record low minimum temperature	-3.5 C (25.7 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Cottbus	Germany	Record low maximum temperature	5.2 C (41.4 F)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Narsipatnam	India	Record daily precipitation	38.6 mm (1.5 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Bird Island	United States	Record daily snowfall	7.6 cm (3.0 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Kirchdorf/Poel	Germany	Record low maximum temperature	5.6 C (42.1 F)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Stanley Wwtp	United States	Record daily snowfall	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Batlow Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	50.8 mm (2.0 in)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Vestervig	Denmark	Record low minimum temperature	-3.7 C (25.3 F)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Parnu	Estonia	Record low minimum temperature	-5.3 C (22.5 F)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Ljubljana Bezigrad	Slovenia	Record low minimum temperature	-0.4 C (31.3 F)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Sonnblick	Austria	Record low minimum temperature	-19.2 C (-2.6 F)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Helwan (Cairo)	Egypt	Record high minimum temperature	26.0 C (78.8 F)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Halle	Germany	Record low maximum temperature	6.9 C (44.4 F)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Tuskegee	United States	Record low minimum temperature	4.4 C (39.9 F)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Clark	United States	Record daily precipitation	25.9 mm (1.0 in)	22 of 100 (Routine)
St Cloud State Clg	United States	Record daily snowfall	7.1 cm (2.8 in)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Burdekin Shire Council	Australia	Record high maximum temperature	32.2 C (90.0 F)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Sherbrooke	Canada	Record low maximum temperature	1.7 C (35.1 F)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Brocken	Germany	Record low minimum temperature	-8.2 C (17.2 F)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Leipzig-Holzhausen	Germany	Record low maximum temperature	4.4 C (39.9 F)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Durban-Botanical Gardens	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	44.2 mm (1.7 in)	21 of 100 (Routine)
De Jong Ranch, Howic	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	30.5 mm (1.2 in)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Maple Plain	United States	Record daily precipitation	27.9 mm (1.1 in)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Bedford 2 SE	United States	Record daily snowfall	8.9 cm (3.5 in)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Elatma	Russia	Record daily precipitation	24.5 mm (1.0 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Bathurst	Canada	Record daily precipitation	24.6 mm (1.0 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Nelamangala	India	Record daily precipitation	23.4 mm (0.9 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Clark	United States	Record snow depth	2.5 cm (1.0 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Tobolsk	Russia	Record daily precipitation	10.6 mm (0.4 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Krakmo	Norway	Record daily precipitation	15.3 mm (0.6 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Murringo Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	4.6 mm (0.18 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Ogden 2	United States	Record daily precipitation	22.1 mm (0.9 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Mardie	Australia	Record daily precipitation	7.9 mm (0.31 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Kursk	Russia	Record daily precipitation	16.0 mm (0.6 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Mandurama (Gallymont (Homeleig	Australia	Record daily precipitation	10.7 mm (0.4 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Salekhard	Russia	Record daily precipitation	12.2 mm (0.5 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Fergus Falls	United States	Record daily snowfall	2.8 cm (1.1 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Coldwater	Canada	Record daily snowfall	2.0 cm (0.8 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Toorak	Australia	Record daily precipitation	20.3 mm (0.8 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Warburton	Australia	Record daily precipitation	24.9 mm (1.0 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Yan Yean	Australia	Record daily precipitation	16.8 mm (0.7 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

276 records

Records set or tied on 1 May 1935 by type: Highest daily maximum 14, Lowest daily maximum 59, Highest daily minimum 16, Lowest daily minimum 65, Heaviest daily rainfall 105, Heaviest daily snowfall 14, Deepest snow cover 3.

Records on 1 May 1935 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	14
Lowest daily maximum	59
Highest daily minimum	16
Lowest daily minimum	65
Heaviest daily rainfall	105
Heaviest daily snowfall	14
Deepest snow cover	3

Records on 1 May 1935 by timescale: all-time 0, monthly 40, daily 236.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

219 broken records

Margins by which the 219 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 51.0. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

1 May 1935

Top 20 records on 1 May 1935 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
1 May 1935	Insikeni (Bos), ZA	monthly rain	79.8 mm (3.1 in)	39.2 mm (1.5 in)	29 years	61 of 100 (Major)
1 May 1935	Morgantown 1, US	daily rain	43.2 mm (1.7 in)	21.1 mm (0.8 in)	25 years	39 of 100 (Notable)
1 May 1935	Aberfeldy, AU	daily rain	40.6 mm (1.6 in)	27.1 mm (1.1 in)	42 years	38 of 100 (Notable)
1 May 1935	Periakulam, IN	daily rain	44.5 mm (1.8 in)	32.1 mm (1.3 in)	28 years	38 of 100 (Notable)
1 May 1935	Nordby (Fano), DK	monthly low min	-2.9 C (26.8 F)	1.1 C (2.0 F)	57 years	36 of 100 (Notable)
1 May 1935	Dayton Mcd, US	daily rain	47.0 mm (1.9 in)	27.9 mm (1.1 in)	16 years	36 of 100 (Notable)
1 May 1935	Oran-Hopital Militaire, DZ	daily high max	27.0 C (80.6 F)	1.0 C (1.8 F)	76 years	34 of 100 (Routine)
1 May 1935	Ulricehamn, SE	monthly low min	-8.0 C (17.6 F)	3.0 C (5.4 F)	42 years	34 of 100 (Routine)
1 May 1935	Bird Island, US	daily rain	32.3 mm (1.3 in)	13.8 mm (0.5 in)	40 years	32 of 100 (Routine)
1 May 1935	Skara 1, SE	monthly low min	-7.8 C (18.0 F)	2.3 C (4.1 F)	34 years	31 of 100 (Routine)
1 May 1935	Gavle, SE	monthly low min	-7.0 C (19.4 F)	0.5 C (0.9 F)	48 years	30 of 100 (Routine)
1 May 1935	Kew, AU	daily rain	26.2 mm (1.0 in)	11.0 mm (0.4 in)	12 years	29 of 100 (Routine)
1 May 1935	Sandvig, DK	monthly low max	4.0 C (39.2 F)	0.4 C (0.7 F)	42 years	29 of 100 (Routine)
1 May 1935	Berlin-Dahlem, DE	monthly low max	5.1 C (41.2 F)	1.0 C (1.8 F)	42 years	29 of 100 (Routine)
1 May 1935	Liepaja, LV	monthly low min	-4.3 C (24.3 F)	1.9 C (3.4 F)	34 years	29 of 100 (Routine)
1 May 1935	Visby_Flygplats, SE	monthly low min	-3.1 C (26.4 F)	0.1 C (0.2 F)	49 years	29 of 100 (Routine)
1 May 1935	Halmstad, SE	monthly low min	-3.8 C (25.2 F)	0.3 C (0.5 F)	48 years	29 of 100 (Routine)
1 May 1935	Tartu, EE	monthly low min	-5.8 C (21.6 F)	0.8 C (1.4 F)	42 years	28 of 100 (Routine)
1 May 1935	Fichtelberg, DE	monthly low min	-8.5 C (16.7 F)	1.2 C (2.2 F)	42 years	28 of 100 (Routine)
1 May 1935	Kristianstad, SE	monthly low min	-3.5 C (25.7 F)	1.0 C (1.8 F)	34 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 1935

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1795 to 1935. 1935 had 276 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).