Weather Records on 7 May 1936

466 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 7 May 1936. Highest significance: Hugoton, US.

Key Facts for 7 May 1936

On 7 May 1936, 466 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
353 were record highs and 30 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 0 were all-time records, 6 monthly and 460 daily.
Hugoton set a daily record precipitation of 62.0 mm (2.4 in) on 7 May 1936.
Across 168 earlier years (1795 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 418 records.

Record Map

466 stations

466 station records on 7 May 1936 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 7 May 1936: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Hugoton	United States	Record daily precipitation	62.0 mm (2.4 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Chaplin	Canada	Record daily precipitation	45.7 mm (1.8 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Pithoragarh	India	Record daily precipitation	70.1 mm (2.8 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Copper	United States	Record daily precipitation	33.0 mm (1.3 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Grenfell	Canada	Record daily snowfall	6.9 cm (2.7 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Westcliffe	United States	Record daily precipitation	62.2 mm (2.4 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Healy	United States	Record daily precipitation	37.3 mm (1.5 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Wien	Austria	Record daily precipitation	40.4 mm (1.6 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Dinokana	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	27.2 mm (1.1 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Milwaukee Wb City	United States	Record high minimum temperature	20.0 C (68.0 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Barrie	Canada	Record high maximum temperature	30.6 C (87.1 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Berkeley	United States	Record high minimum temperature	15.6 C (60.1 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Elizabethtown	United States	Record daily precipitation	30.5 mm (1.2 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Copper	United States	Record daily snowfall	30.5 cm (12.0 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Hillsboro	United States	Record high minimum temperature	19.4 C (66.9 F)	27 of 100 (Routine)
S Haven	United States	Record high minimum temperature	20.6 C (69.1 F)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Culbertson	United States	Record daily precipitation	31.2 mm (1.2 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Muskegon Co AP	United States	Record high minimum temperature	17.2 C (63.0 F)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Idaho Springs	United States	Record daily precipitation	31.8 mm (1.3 in)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Kearney 4 NE	United States	Record daily precipitation	50.8 mm (2.0 in)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Brantford	Canada	Record high maximum temperature	30.6 C (87.1 F)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Saint Johns	United States	Record daily snowfall	5.1 cm (2.0 in)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Grayling	United States	Record high minimum temperature	18.3 C (64.9 F)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Racine Wwtp	United States	Record high minimum temperature	17.8 C (64.0 F)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Dubuque River	United States	Record high minimum temperature	20.6 C (69.1 F)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Lake Moraine	United States	Record daily snowfall	25.9 cm (10.2 in)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Waterloo	United States	Record high minimum temperature	19.4 C (66.9 F)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Alma	United States	Record high maximum temperature	32.2 C (90.0 F)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Milwaukee Wb City	United States	Record high maximum temperature	30.6 C (87.1 F)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Hayes Center 1NW	United States	Record daily precipitation	42.2 mm (1.7 in)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Fort National	Algeria	Record low maximum temperature	9.0 C (48.2 F)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Chaplin	Canada	Record daily snowfall	7.6 cm (3.0 in)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Berinag	India	Record daily precipitation	31.8 mm (1.3 in)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Montrose #2	United States	Record low maximum temperature	5.0 C (41.0 F)	21 of 100 (Routine)
New Hampton	United States	Record high minimum temperature	17.2 C (63.0 F)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Frankfort 2NE	United States	Record high minimum temperature	13.3 C (55.9 F)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Karnaprayag	India	Record daily precipitation	22.9 mm (0.9 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Globe Rs	United States	Record daily precipitation	22.9 mm (0.9 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Canyon Ferry	United States	Record daily precipitation	19.6 mm (0.8 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Cheesman	United States	Record daily precipitation	15.7 mm (0.6 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Montrose #2	United States	Record daily precipitation	13.7 mm (0.5 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Ulysses 3NE	United States	Record daily precipitation	24.4 mm (1.0 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Cowles	United States	Record daily precipitation	17.3 mm (0.7 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Montrose 1	United States	Record daily precipitation	13.7 mm (0.5 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Saguache	United States	Record daily precipitation	3.8 mm (0.15 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Lehal	India	Record daily precipitation	5.1 mm (0.20 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Santa Fe	United States	Record daily precipitation	11.9 mm (0.5 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Bourke Post Office	Australia	Record low minimum temperature	1.7 C (35.1 F)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Walgett Council Depot	Australia	Record low minimum temperature	0.6 C (33.1 F)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Contai	India	Record daily precipitation	62.5 mm (2.5 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Gyzylarbat	Turkmenistan	Record high maximum temperature	35.4 C (95.7 F)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Lake Moraine	United States	Record daily precipitation	25.9 mm (1.0 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Montrose 1	United States	Record low maximum temperature	5.0 C (41.0 F)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Scott City	United States	Record daily precipitation	33.0 mm (1.3 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Cheboygan	United States	Record high maximum temperature	29.4 C (84.9 F)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Ishpeming	United States	Record high minimum temperature	13.9 C (57.0 F)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Warsaw 1	United States	Record high minimum temperature	20.0 C (68.0 F)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Stratton	United States	Record daily precipitation	33.0 mm (1.3 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Antigo	United States	Record high minimum temperature	18.3 C (64.9 F)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Hancock Exp Farm	United States	Record high minimum temperature	18.3 C (64.9 F)	20 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

466 records

Records set or tied on 7 May 1936 by type: Highest daily maximum 150, Lowest daily maximum 18, Highest daily minimum 203, Lowest daily minimum 12, Heaviest daily rainfall 76, Heaviest daily snowfall 7.

Records on 7 May 1936 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	150
Lowest daily maximum	18
Highest daily minimum	203
Lowest daily minimum	12
Heaviest daily rainfall	76
Heaviest daily snowfall	7
Deepest snow cover	0

Records on 7 May 1936 by timescale: all-time 0, monthly 6, daily 460.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

351 broken records

Margins by which the 351 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 157.0. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

7 May 1936

Top 20 records on 7 May 1936 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
7 May 1936	Hugoton, US	daily rain	62.0 mm (2.4 in)	49.6 mm (2.0 in)	14 years	44 of 100 (Notable)
7 May 1936	Chaplin, CA	daily rain	45.7 mm (1.8 in)	26.9 mm (1.1 in)	1 year	39 of 100 (Notable)
7 May 1936	Pithoragarh, IN	monthly rain	70.1 mm (2.8 in)	19.3 mm (0.8 in)	10 years	38 of 100 (Notable)
7 May 1936	Copper, US	daily rain	33.0 mm (1.3 in)	20.3 mm (0.8 in)	9 years	38 of 100 (Notable)
7 May 1936	Grenfell, CA	daily snowfall	6.9 cm (2.7 in)	6.9 cm (2.7 in)	51 years	33 of 100 (Routine)
7 May 1936	Westcliffe, US	monthly rain	62.2 mm (2.4 in)	14.2 mm (0.6 in)	1 year	32 of 100 (Routine)
7 May 1936	Healy, US	daily rain	37.3 mm (1.5 in)	27.4 mm (1.1 in)	15 years	32 of 100 (Routine)
7 May 1936	Wien, AT	daily rain	40.4 mm (1.6 in)	20.3 mm (0.8 in)	10 years	31 of 100 (Routine)
7 May 1936	Dinokana, ZA	daily rain	27.2 mm (1.1 in)	20.8 mm (0.8 in)	1 year	31 of 100 (Routine)
7 May 1936	Milwaukee Wb City, US	daily high min	20.0 C (68.0 F)	5.6 C (10.1 F)	39 years	31 of 100 (Routine)
7 May 1936	Barrie, CA	daily high max	30.6 C (87.1 F)	2.8 C (5.0 F)	63 years	30 of 100 (Routine)
7 May 1936	Berkeley, US	daily high min	15.6 C (60.1 F)	3.4 C (6.1 F)	30 years	29 of 100 (Routine)
7 May 1936	Elizabethtown, US	monthly rain	30.5 mm (1.2 in)	4.6 mm (0.18 in)	23 years	28 of 100 (Routine)
7 May 1936	Copper, US	monthly snowfall	30.5 cm (12.0 in)	5.1 cm (2.0 in)	9 years	27 of 100 (Routine)
7 May 1936	Hillsboro, US	daily high min	19.4 C (66.9 F)	6.6 C (11.9 F)	39 years	27 of 100 (Routine)
7 May 1936	S Haven, US	daily high min	20.6 C (69.1 F)	5.6 C (10.1 F)	36 years	26 of 100 (Routine)
7 May 1936	Culbertson, US	daily rain	31.2 mm (1.2 in)	10.9 mm (0.4 in)	42 years	25 of 100 (Routine)
7 May 1936	Muskegon Co AP, US	daily high min	17.2 C (63.0 F)	4.4 C (7.9 F)	36 years	25 of 100 (Routine)
7 May 1936	Idaho Springs, US	monthly rain	31.8 mm (1.3 in)	5.1 mm (0.20 in)	6 years	24 of 100 (Routine)
7 May 1936	Kearney 4 NE, US	daily rain	50.8 mm (2.0 in)	27.7 mm (1.1 in)	5 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 1936

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1795 to 1936. 1936 had 466 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	337
20 to 40	7
40 to 60	4
60 to 80	2
80 to 100	0
100 to 120	0
120 to 140	0
140 to 160	1