Weather Records on 2 May 1935

509 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 2 May 1935. Highest significance: Sidney 2 N, US.

Key Facts for 2 May 1935

On 2 May 1935, 509 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
97 were record highs and 229 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 1 were all-time records, 58 monthly and 450 daily.
Sidney 2 N set a daily record precipitation of 67.8 mm (2.7 in) on 2 May 1935.
Across 162 earlier years (1795 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 461 records.

Record Map

509 stations

509 station records on 2 May 1935 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 2 May 1935: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Sidney 2 N	United States	Record daily precipitation	67.8 mm (2.7 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Wooster Exp STN	United States	Record daily precipitation	49.5 mm (1.9 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
New Bremen	United States	Record daily precipitation	48.3 mm (1.9 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Cambridge City 3 N	United States	Record daily precipitation	53.1 mm (2.1 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Farmland 5 NNW	United States	Record daily precipitation	65.5 mm (2.6 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Praha-Klementinum	Czech Republic	Record low minimum temperature	-1.2 C (29.8 F)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Charleston	United States	Record daily precipitation	109.0 mm (4.3 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Bluffton Wtr Wks	United States	Record daily precipitation	51.3 mm (2.0 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Mauzy	United States	Record daily precipitation	62.2 mm (2.4 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Marion 2 N	United States	Record daily precipitation	49.0 mm (1.9 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Rushville	United States	Record daily precipitation	62.2 mm (2.4 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Bucyrus	United States	Record daily precipitation	50.0 mm (2.0 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Paris Stp	United States	Record daily precipitation	106.7 mm (4.2 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Richmond Wtr Wks	United States	Record daily precipitation	56.6 mm (2.2 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Lancaster 2 NW	United States	Record daily precipitation	69.1 mm (2.7 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Lima Wwtp	United States	Record daily precipitation	43.4 mm (1.7 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Peoria City Office	United States	Record daily precipitation	62.5 mm (2.5 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Frostburg	United States	Record daily precipitation	39.1 mm (1.5 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Uniontown 1 NE	United States	Record daily precipitation	45.7 mm (1.8 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Mannington 1 N	United States	Record daily precipitation	44.7 mm (1.8 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Leipzig-Holzhausen	Germany	Record low minimum temperature	-3.3 C (26.1 F)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Bellefontaine	United States	Record daily precipitation	47.0 mm (1.9 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Kremsmuenster	Austria	Record low minimum temperature	-1.5 C (29.3 F)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Nuwara Eliya	Sri Lanka	Record low minimum temperature	2.5 C (36.5 F)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Beardsley	United States	Record daily precipitation	33.0 mm (1.3 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Augusta	United States	Record daily snowfall	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
New Martinsville 4 NNE	United States	Record daily precipitation	63.5 mm (2.5 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Arnsberg	Germany	Record low minimum temperature	-4.6 C (23.7 F)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Fergus Falls	United States	Record daily snowfall	13.0 cm (5.1 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Moorhead St Teachers C	United States	Record daily snowfall	13.0 cm (5.1 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Bamberg	Germany	Record low minimum temperature	-4.1 C (24.6 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Farmersburg	United States	Record daily precipitation	67.6 mm (2.7 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Dayton Mcd	United States	Record daily precipitation	26.4 mm (1.0 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Greenville Wtp	United States	Record daily precipitation	44.5 mm (1.8 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Noorinbee	Australia	Record daily precipitation	38.1 mm (1.5 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Gorlitz	Germany	Record low minimum temperature	-3.3 C (26.1 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Palestine	United States	Record daily precipitation	69.1 mm (2.7 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Veedersburg	United States	Record daily precipitation	63.5 mm (2.5 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Bic	Canada	Record daily snowfall	7.6 cm (3.0 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Magdeburg	Germany	Record low minimum temperature	-2.1 C (28.2 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Chemnitz	Germany	Record low minimum temperature	-4.0 C (24.8 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Crawfordsville Pwr Plt	United States	Record daily precipitation	60.7 mm (2.4 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Braunschweig (T.H.)	Germany	Record low minimum temperature	-2.7 C (27.1 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Rockville	United States	Record daily precipitation	107.7 mm (4.2 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Upper Sandusky	United States	Record daily precipitation	58.4 mm (2.3 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Helwan (Cairo)	Egypt	Record high minimum temperature	27.0 C (80.6 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Ipswich	United States	Record low maximum temperature	0.6 C (33.1 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)
La Crosse River	United States	Record daily precipitation	31.8 mm (1.3 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Praha-Klementinum	Czech Republic	Record low maximum temperature	7.1 C (44.8 F)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Casey	United States	Record daily precipitation	68.1 mm (2.7 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Dover	United States	Record daily precipitation	33.0 mm (1.3 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Kenton	United States	Record daily precipitation	43.9 mm (1.7 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Springfield Elmwood Av	United States	Record daily precipitation	42.2 mm (1.7 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Derry 4 SW	United States	Record daily precipitation	30.0 mm (1.2 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Lycippus 1 E	United States	Record daily precipitation	34.3 mm (1.4 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Port Said	Egypt	Record high minimum temperature	24.0 C (75.2 F)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Muenster	Germany	Record low minimum temperature	-1.7 C (28.9 F)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Altastenberg	Germany	Record low minimum temperature	-5.5 C (22.1 F)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Wahpeton 3 N	United States	Record daily precipitation	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Irwin	United States	Record daily precipitation	31.2 mm (1.2 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

509 records

Records set or tied on 2 May 1935 by type: Highest daily maximum 15, Lowest daily maximum 153, Highest daily minimum 82, Lowest daily minimum 76, Heaviest daily rainfall 159, Heaviest daily snowfall 21, Deepest snow cover 3.

Records on 2 May 1935 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	15
Lowest daily maximum	153
Highest daily minimum	82
Lowest daily minimum	76
Heaviest daily rainfall	159
Heaviest daily snowfall	21
Deepest snow cover	3

Records on 2 May 1935 by timescale: all-time 1, monthly 58, daily 450.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

433 broken records

Margins by which the 433 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 203.0. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

2 May 1935

Top 20 records on 2 May 1935 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
2 May 1935	Sidney 2 N, US	daily rain	67.8 mm (2.7 in)	37.1 mm (1.5 in)	41 years	53 of 100 (Notable)
2 May 1935	Wooster Exp STN, US	daily rain	49.5 mm (1.9 in)	39.1 mm (1.5 in)	32 years	53 of 100 (Notable)
2 May 1935	New Bremen, US	daily rain	48.3 mm (1.9 in)	33.3 mm (1.3 in)	37 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
2 May 1935	Cambridge City 3 N, US	daily rain	53.1 mm (2.1 in)	32.3 mm (1.3 in)	24 years	44 of 100 (Notable)
2 May 1935	Farmland 5 NNW, US	daily rain	65.5 mm (2.6 in)	49.2 mm (1.9 in)	1 year	44 of 100 (Notable)
2 May 1935	Praha-Klementinum, CZ	daily low min	-1.2 C (29.8 F)	1.2 C (2.2 F)	152 years	43 of 100 (Notable)
2 May 1935	Charleston, US	monthly rain	109.0 mm (4.3 in)	29.8 mm (1.2 in)	14 years	43 of 100 (Notable)
2 May 1935	Bluffton Wtr Wks, US	daily rain	51.3 mm (2.0 in)	38.1 mm (1.5 in)	5 years	42 of 100 (Notable)
2 May 1935	Mauzy, US	daily rain	62.2 mm (2.4 in)	40.6 mm (1.6 in)	1 year	42 of 100 (Notable)
2 May 1935	Marion 2 N, US	daily rain	49.0 mm (1.9 in)	36.0 mm (1.4 in)	5 years	41 of 100 (Notable)
2 May 1935	Rushville, US	daily rain	62.2 mm (2.4 in)	40.6 mm (1.6 in)	1 year	40 of 100 (Notable)
2 May 1935	Bucyrus, US	daily rain	50.0 mm (2.0 in)	24.6 mm (1.0 in)	37 years	40 of 100 (Notable)
2 May 1935	Paris Stp, US	monthly rain	106.7 mm (4.2 in)	19.8 mm (0.8 in)	26 years	39 of 100 (Notable)
2 May 1935	Richmond Wtr Wks, US	daily rain	56.6 mm (2.2 in)	32.7 mm (1.3 in)	1 year	39 of 100 (Notable)
2 May 1935	Lancaster 2 NW, US	monthly rain	69.1 mm (2.7 in)	16.0 mm (0.6 in)	29 years	39 of 100 (Notable)
2 May 1935	Lima Wwtp, US	daily rain	43.4 mm (1.7 in)	32.7 mm (1.3 in)	1 year	39 of 100 (Notable)
2 May 1935	Peoria City Office, US	daily rain	62.5 mm (2.5 in)	39.4 mm (1.6 in)	24 years	39 of 100 (Notable)
2 May 1935	Frostburg, US	daily rain	39.1 mm (1.5 in)	28.4 mm (1.1 in)	28 years	38 of 100 (Notable)
2 May 1935	Uniontown 1 NE, US	daily rain	45.7 mm (1.8 in)	20.8 mm (0.8 in)	32 years	38 of 100 (Notable)
2 May 1935	Mannington 1 N, US	daily rain	44.7 mm (1.8 in)	22.6 mm (0.9 in)	28 years	38 of 100 (Notable)

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 509 records.

Counts for years before the ledger starts come from the same station rules.

Records on 05-02 in each year
Year	Records
1795	1
1804	1
1814	1
1835	1
1836	2
1845	1
1846	1
1849	1
1850	2
1852	1
1866	2
1868	2
1874	1
1875	1
1876	1
1877	2
1878	2
1879	1
1881	2
1883	1
1884	2
1885	1
1886	3
1887	1
1888	1
1889	2
1890	1
1891	4
1892	5
1893	1
1894	4
1895	1
1896	4
1897	2
1898	6
1899	9
1900	1
1901	6
1902	5
1903	14
1904	25
1905	19
1906	15
1907	22
1908	11
1909	48
1910	21
1911	34
1912	26
1913	132
1914	33
1915	25
1916	21
1917	52
1918	21
1919	52
1920	73
1921	31
1922	219
1923	58
1924	57
1925	123
1926	323
1927	125
1928	164
1929	336
1930	366
1931	237
1932	113
1933	584
1934	337
1935	509
1936	305
1937	278
1938	411
1939	273
1940	587
1941	510
1942	600
1943	542
1944	727
1945	522
1946	321
1947	794
1948	874
1949	561
1950	651
1951	509
1952	445
1953	1,009
1954	1,317
1955	977
1956	1,261
1957	371
1958	380
1959	1,030
1960	571
1961	670
1962	396
1963	685
1964	656
1965	314
1966	779
1967	1,123
1968	440
1969	338
1970	670
1971	421
1972	336
1973	711
1974	456
1975	337
1976	660
1977	579
1978	976
1979	743
1980	449
1981	1,009
1982	537
1983	1,808
1984	712
1985	1,062
1986	631
1987	763
1988	1,142
1989	1,009
1990	1,567
1991	587
1992	1,014
1993	1,017
1994	937
1995	1,166
1996	1,076
1997	750
1998	1,043
1999	838
2000	931
2001	1,256
2002	1,263
2003	787
2004	1,344
2005	1,785
2006	577
2007	867
2008	963
2009	898
2010	1,629
2011	936
2012	1,103
2013	1,486
2014	696
2015	582
2016	583
2017	601
2018	768
2019	622
2020	798
2021	572
2022	440
2023	951
2024	880
2025	569
2026	765

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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 50	423
50 to 100	7
100 to 150	2
150 to 200	0
200 to 250	1