Weather Records on 2 May 1936

305 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 2 May 1936. Highest significance: Daly Waters, AU.

Key Facts for 2 May 1936

On 2 May 1936, 305 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
203 were record highs and 8 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 0 were all-time records, 1 monthly and 304 daily.
Daly Waters set a daily record precipitation of 43.2 mm (1.7 in) on 2 May 1936.
Across 162 earlier years (1795 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 462 records.

Record Map

305 stations

305 station records on 2 May 1936 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 2 May 1936: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Daly Waters	Australia	Record daily precipitation	43.2 mm (1.7 in)	64 of 100 (Major)
Tunis	Tunisia	Record daily precipitation	29.3 mm (1.2 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Sagunbari	India	Record daily precipitation	94.0 mm (3.7 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Kailua 446	United States	Record daily precipitation	78.2 mm (3.1 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
St Ignace	United States	Record daily precipitation	36.3 mm (1.4 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Pauls Valley 4 WSW	United States	Record daily precipitation	56.1 mm (2.2 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Macon	United States	Record daily precipitation	59.2 mm (2.3 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Haileybury	Canada	Record daily precipitation	26.2 mm (1.0 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Borroloola	Australia	Record daily precipitation	52.3 mm (2.1 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Havana	United States	Record daily precipitation	50.8 mm (2.0 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Angola	United States	Record daily precipitation	27.4 mm (1.1 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Logansport Cicott St	United States	Record daily precipitation	53.1 mm (2.1 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Emsdale	Canada	Record daily precipitation	31.2 mm (1.2 in)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Azimganj	India	Record daily precipitation	32.5 mm (1.3 in)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Delphi 2 N	United States	Record daily precipitation	63.8 mm (2.5 in)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Vinita 2 N	United States	Record daily precipitation	56.9 mm (2.2 in)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Sturgeon Bay Exp Farm	United States	Record daily precipitation	26.2 mm (1.0 in)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Lucknow	Canada	Record high minimum temperature	13.9 C (57.0 F)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Watseka Public Works	United States	Record daily precipitation	78.2 mm (3.1 in)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Burkes Garden	United States	Record high maximum temperature	31.1 C (88.0 F)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Beatrice	Canada	Record high minimum temperature	13.3 C (55.9 F)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Woodstock	Canada	Record high minimum temperature	14.4 C (57.9 F)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Pine Bluff	United States	Record high minimum temperature	20.6 C (69.1 F)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Watertown	United States	Record high minimum temperature	18.9 C (66.0 F)	21 of 100 (Routine)
St Georges	Canada	Record daily precipitation	19.6 mm (0.8 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Tennant Creek Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	9.7 mm (0.38 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Babuskin	Russia	Record daily precipitation	15.0 mm (0.6 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Pointe Au Pere	Canada	Record daily precipitation	22.9 mm (0.9 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Clanwilliam (Pol)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	6.6 mm (0.26 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Lawrence	United States	Record daily precipitation	18.5 mm (0.7 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Welland	Canada	Record daily precipitation	14.5 mm (0.6 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Graham	United States	Record daily precipitation	24.9 mm (1.0 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Graz	Austria	Record daily precipitation	19.9 mm (0.8 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Newberry-Luce Co Rd Commission	United States	Record daily precipitation	24.6 mm (1.0 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Katherine Council	Australia	Record daily precipitation	4.6 mm (0.18 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Bakensrug	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	3.6 mm (0.14 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Cleveland 2717 Euclid	United States	Record daily precipitation	24.4 mm (1.0 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Manistee 3SE	United States	Record daily precipitation	34.8 mm (1.4 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Lebanon 2W	United States	Record daily precipitation	50.8 mm (2.0 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Charlotteburg Rsvr	United States	Record high maximum temperature	32.8 C (91.0 F)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Salisbury	United States	Record high minimum temperature	16.1 C (61.0 F)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Northfield	United States	Record high minimum temperature	15.6 C (60.1 F)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Lakeside	United States	Record daily precipitation	5.8 mm (0.23 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Victoria River Downs	Australia	Record daily precipitation	0.8 mm (0.03 in)	19 of 100 (Routine)
Lake Nash	Australia	Record daily precipitation	3.3 mm (0.13 in)	19 of 100 (Routine)
Burketown Post Office	Australia	Record low maximum temperature	28.2 C (82.8 F)	19 of 100 (Routine)
Agassiz Cda	Canada	Record high minimum temperature	11.1 C (52.0 F)	19 of 100 (Routine)
Haliburton A	Canada	Record high minimum temperature	13.9 C (57.0 F)	19 of 100 (Routine)
Lakefield	Canada	Record high minimum temperature	14.4 C (57.9 F)	19 of 100 (Routine)
Paraiyahat	India	Record daily precipitation	19.6 mm (0.8 in)	19 of 100 (Routine)
Mahendraganj	India	Record daily precipitation	87.1 mm (3.4 in)	19 of 100 (Routine)
Middelwater	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	6.4 mm (0.25 in)	19 of 100 (Routine)
Newport	United States	Record daily precipitation	22.1 mm (0.9 in)	19 of 100 (Routine)
Quincy	United States	Record daily precipitation	44.7 mm (1.8 in)	19 of 100 (Routine)
Rumford	United States	Record high minimum temperature	12.2 C (54.0 F)	19 of 100 (Routine)
Adrian 2 NNE	United States	Record high minimum temperature	15.0 C (59.0 F)	19 of 100 (Routine)
Ann Arbor U of Mich	United States	Record high minimum temperature	15.0 C (59.0 F)	19 of 100 (Routine)
Cheboygan	United States	Record daily precipitation	41.7 mm (1.6 in)	19 of 100 (Routine)
Newcastle Waters	Australia	Record daily precipitation	17.8 mm (0.7 in)	18 of 100 (Routine)
Clontarf	Canada	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 2 May 1936 by type: Highest daily maximum 79, Lowest daily maximum 5, Highest daily minimum 124, Lowest daily minimum 3, Heaviest daily rainfall 93, Heaviest daily snowfall 1.

Records on 2 May 1936 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	79
Lowest daily maximum	5
Highest daily minimum	124
Lowest daily minimum	3
Heaviest daily rainfall	93
Heaviest daily snowfall	1
Deepest snow cover	0

Records on 2 May 1936 by timescale: all-time 0, monthly 1, daily 304.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

229 broken records

Margins by which the 229 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 51.8. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

2 May 1936

Top 20 records on 2 May 1936 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
2 May 1936	Daly Waters, AU	daily rain	43.2 mm (1.7 in)	43.2 mm (1.7 in)	60 years	64 of 100 (Major)
2 May 1936	Tunis, TN	daily rain	29.3 mm (1.2 in)	23.8 mm (0.9 in)	24 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
2 May 1936	Sagunbari, IN	daily rain	94.0 mm (3.7 in)	49.3 mm (1.9 in)	11 years	44 of 100 (Notable)
2 May 1936	Kailua 446, US	daily rain	78.2 mm (3.1 in)	51.8 mm (2.0 in)	20 years	41 of 100 (Notable)
2 May 1936	St Ignace, US	daily rain	36.3 mm (1.4 in)	18.0 mm (0.7 in)	41 years	34 of 100 (Routine)
2 May 1936	Pauls Valley 4 WSW, US	daily rain	56.1 mm (2.2 in)	44.7 mm (1.8 in)	30 years	34 of 100 (Routine)
2 May 1936	Macon, US	daily rain	59.2 mm (2.3 in)	27.7 mm (1.1 in)	26 years	33 of 100 (Routine)
2 May 1936	Haileybury, CA	daily rain	26.2 mm (1.0 in)	11.5 mm (0.5 in)	41 years	32 of 100 (Routine)
2 May 1936	Borroloola, AU	daily rain	52.3 mm (2.1 in)	23.1 mm (0.9 in)	14 years	31 of 100 (Routine)
2 May 1936	Havana, US	daily rain	50.8 mm (2.0 in)	27.4 mm (1.1 in)	1 year	29 of 100 (Routine)
2 May 1936	Angola, US	daily rain	27.4 mm (1.1 in)	12.2 mm (0.5 in)	30 years	26 of 100 (Routine)
2 May 1936	Logansport Cicott St, US	daily rain	53.1 mm (2.1 in)	8.6 mm (0.34 in)	43 years	25 of 100 (Routine)
2 May 1936	Emsdale, CA	daily rain	31.2 mm (1.2 in)	10.1 mm (0.4 in)	20 years	24 of 100 (Routine)
2 May 1936	Azimganj, IN	daily rain	32.5 mm (1.3 in)	23.4 mm (0.9 in)	31 years	24 of 100 (Routine)
2 May 1936	Delphi 2 N, US	daily rain	63.8 mm (2.5 in)	25.7 mm (1.0 in)	1 year	24 of 100 (Routine)
2 May 1936	Vinita 2 N, US	daily rain	56.9 mm (2.2 in)	29.0 mm (1.1 in)	22 years	24 of 100 (Routine)
2 May 1936	Sturgeon Bay Exp Farm, US	daily rain	26.2 mm (1.0 in)	15.8 mm (0.6 in)	10 years	23 of 100 (Routine)
2 May 1936	Lucknow, CA	daily high min	13.9 C (57.0 F)	1.7 C (3.1 F)	48 years	22 of 100 (Routine)
2 May 1936	Watseka Public Works, US	daily rain	78.2 mm (3.1 in)	33.0 mm (1.3 in)	7 years	22 of 100 (Routine)
2 May 1936	Burkes Garden, US	daily high max	31.1 C (88.0 F)	3.3 C (5.9 F)	36 years	22 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 1936

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1795 to 1936. 1936 had 305 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).

Histogram of margins by which records were beaten on 2 May 1936
Margin	Records
0 to 10	198
10 to 20	16
20 to 30	9
30 to 40	2
40 to 50	3
50 to 60	1