Weather Records on 5 May 1937

159 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 5 May 1937. Highest significance: Ft Pierce, US.

Key Facts for 5 May 1937

On 5 May 1937, 159 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
56 were record highs and 24 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 0 were all-time records, 4 monthly and 155 daily.
Ft Pierce set a monthly record daily precipitation of 175.0 mm (6.9 in) on 5 May 1937.
Across 160 earlier years (1795 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 445 records.

Record Map

159 stations

159 station records on 5 May 1937 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 5 May 1937: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Ft Pierce	United States	Record daily precipitation	175.0 mm (6.9 in)	63 of 100 (Major)
Petropavlovskij Majak	Russia	Record daily precipitation	41.0 mm (1.6 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Petropavlovsk-Kamchatskij	Russia	Record daily precipitation	41.0 mm (1.6 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Altentreptow	Germany	Record daily precipitation	27.7 mm (1.1 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Stuttgart-Stadt	Germany	Record daily precipitation	33.9 mm (1.3 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Ulricehamn	Sweden	Record daily precipitation	31.7 mm (1.2 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Putbus	Germany	Record high maximum temperature	21.7 C (71.1 F)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Halaula 1110	United States	Record daily precipitation	50.3 mm (2.0 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Cooeearup	Australia	Record daily precipitation	43.2 mm (1.7 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Kealia 1112	United States	Record daily precipitation	34.8 mm (1.4 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Maunawili Rch	United States	Record daily precipitation	48.3 mm (1.9 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Port Lincoln	Australia	Record high minimum temperature	20.6 C (69.1 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Quilandi	India	Record daily precipitation	98.6 mm (3.9 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Yarmouth	Canada	Record high maximum temperature	17.8 C (64.0 F)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Veedersburg	United States	Record daily precipitation	32.8 mm (1.3 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Calhoun (1)	United States	Record daily precipitation	44.7 mm (1.8 in)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Shelbyville Sewage Plt	United States	Record daily precipitation	27.4 mm (1.1 in)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Kingston	United States	Record daily precipitation	30.5 mm (1.2 in)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Loudon 1 E	United States	Record daily precipitation	35.1 mm (1.4 in)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Hiram	United States	Record daily precipitation	31.5 mm (1.2 in)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Anklam	Germany	Record daily precipitation	23.9 mm (0.9 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Skara 1	Sweden	Record daily precipitation	19.6 mm (0.8 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Ueckermunde	Germany	Record daily precipitation	17.5 mm (0.7 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Nordby (Fano)	Denmark	Record daily precipitation	12.9 mm (0.5 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Agricultural College	United States	Record daily precipitation	4.3 mm (0.17 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Norddal	Norway	Record daily precipitation	15.0 mm (0.6 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Haliburton A	Canada	Record daily precipitation	7.6 mm (0.30 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Greifswald	Germany	Record daily precipitation	9.6 mm (0.38 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Tuddal	Norway	Record daily precipitation	15.1 mm (0.6 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Cape Leeuwin	Australia	Record low minimum temperature	11.3 C (52.3 F)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Katanning Comparison	Australia	Record low maximum temperature	11.1 C (52.0 F)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Clayoquot	Canada	Record low minimum temperature	0.0 C (32.0 F)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Calgary Int'l A	Canada	Record daily precipitation	12.4 mm (0.5 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Shawinigan	Canada	Record high minimum temperature	10.0 C (50.0 F)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Raiganj	India	Record daily precipitation	55.9 mm (2.2 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Sussex	Canada	Record high maximum temperature	24.4 C (75.9 F)	19 of 100 (Routine)
Linkoeping-Malmslaett	Sweden	Record high minimum temperature	9.3 C (48.7 F)	19 of 100 (Routine)
Oestersund-Froesoen	Sweden	Record high minimum temperature	6.9 C (44.4 F)	19 of 100 (Routine)
Stockholm	Sweden	Record high minimum temperature	10.2 C (50.4 F)	19 of 100 (Routine)
Concord	United States	Record high minimum temperature	11.7 C (53.1 F)	19 of 100 (Routine)
Cape Leeuwin	Australia	Record low maximum temperature	14.4 C (57.9 F)	18 of 100 (Routine)
Chemnitz	Germany	Record daily precipitation	26.7 mm (1.1 in)	18 of 100 (Routine)
Haparanda	Sweden	Record high maximum temperature	16.0 C (60.8 F)	18 of 100 (Routine)
Globe Rs	United States	Record high maximum temperature	33.9 C (93.0 F)	18 of 100 (Routine)
Mt Vernon 3 NE	United States	Record daily precipitation	35.6 mm (1.4 in)	18 of 100 (Routine)
Parksville	United States	Record daily precipitation	31.2 mm (1.2 in)	18 of 100 (Routine)
Dayton 1 WSW	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-1.7 C (28.9 F)	18 of 100 (Routine)
Charleston 1	United States	Record daily precipitation	23.6 mm (0.9 in)	18 of 100 (Routine)
Kahuku 912	United States	Record daily precipitation	27.9 mm (1.1 in)	18 of 100 (Routine)
Pahala 21	United States	Record low maximum temperature	23.9 C (75.0 F)	18 of 100 (Routine)
Parrsboro	Canada	Record high maximum temperature	22.8 C (73.0 F)	17 of 100 (Routine)
Angermunde	Germany	Record daily precipitation	15.2 mm (0.6 in)	17 of 100 (Routine)
Dadahor	India	Record daily precipitation	3.6 mm (0.14 in)	17 of 100 (Routine)
Palani	India	Record daily precipitation	51.3 mm (2.0 in)	17 of 100 (Routine)
Pawtucket	United States	Record high minimum temperature	15.0 C (59.0 F)	17 of 100 (Routine)
Strawberry North	Australia	Record daily precipitation	18.3 mm (0.7 in)	16 of 100 (Routine)
Wandering Comparison	Australia	Record low maximum temperature	13.9 C (57.0 F)	16 of 100 (Routine)
Salzburg	Austria	Record daily precipitation	31.3 mm (1.2 in)	16 of 100 (Routine)
Port Said	Egypt	Record high maximum temperature	30.0 C (86.0 F)	16 of 100 (Routine)
Putbus	Germany	Record daily precipitation	7.3 mm (0.29 in)	16 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

159 records

Records set or tied on 5 May 1937 by type: Highest daily maximum 27, Lowest daily maximum 16, Highest daily minimum 29, Lowest daily minimum 8, Heaviest daily rainfall 78, Heaviest daily snowfall 1.

Records on 5 May 1937 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	27
Lowest daily maximum	16
Highest daily minimum	29
Lowest daily minimum	8
Heaviest daily rainfall	78
Heaviest daily snowfall	1
Deepest snow cover	0

Records on 5 May 1937 by timescale: all-time 0, monthly 4, daily 155.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

132 broken records

Margins by which the 132 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 89.9. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

5 May 1937

Top 20 records on 5 May 1937 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
5 May 1937	Ft Pierce, US	monthly rain	175.0 mm (6.9 in)	89.9 mm (3.5 in)	35 years	63 of 100 (Major)
5 May 1937	Petropavlovskij Majak, RU	daily rain	41.0 mm (1.6 in)	27.9 mm (1.1 in)	19 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
5 May 1937	Petropavlovsk-Kamchatskij, RU	daily rain	41.0 mm (1.6 in)	27.9 mm (1.1 in)	19 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
5 May 1937	Altentreptow, DE	daily rain	27.7 mm (1.1 in)	19.5 mm (0.8 in)	34 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
5 May 1937	Stuttgart-Stadt, DE	daily rain	33.9 mm (1.3 in)	22.7 mm (0.9 in)	32 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
5 May 1937	Ulricehamn, SE	daily rain	31.7 mm (1.2 in)	18.5 mm (0.7 in)	8 years	42 of 100 (Notable)
5 May 1937	Putbus, DE	daily high max	21.7 C (71.1 F)	2.6 C (4.7 F)	71 years	34 of 100 (Routine)
5 May 1937	Halaula 1110, US	daily rain	50.3 mm (2.0 in)	35.1 mm (1.4 in)	23 years	34 of 100 (Routine)
5 May 1937	Cooeearup, AU	daily rain	43.2 mm (1.7 in)	23.4 mm (0.9 in)	11 years	32 of 100 (Routine)
5 May 1937	Kealia 1112, US	daily rain	34.8 mm (1.4 in)	24.1 mm (0.9 in)	20 years	32 of 100 (Routine)
5 May 1937	Maunawili Rch, US	daily rain	48.3 mm (1.9 in)	21.6 mm (0.9 in)	31 years	29 of 100 (Routine)
5 May 1937	Port Lincoln, AU	monthly high min	20.6 C (69.1 F)	1.7 C (3.1 F)	27 years	28 of 100 (Routine)
5 May 1937	Quilandi, IN	daily rain	98.6 mm (3.9 in)	65.8 mm (2.6 in)	24 years	28 of 100 (Routine)
5 May 1937	Yarmouth, CA	daily high max	17.8 C (64.0 F)	1.7 C (3.1 F)	49 years	25 of 100 (Routine)
5 May 1937	Veedersburg, US	daily rain	32.8 mm (1.3 in)	12.5 mm (0.5 in)	35 years	25 of 100 (Routine)
5 May 1937	Calhoun (1), US	daily rain	44.7 mm (1.8 in)	14.2 mm (0.6 in)	28 years	24 of 100 (Routine)
5 May 1937	Shelbyville Sewage Plt, US	daily rain	27.4 mm (1.1 in)	12.2 mm (0.5 in)	28 years	23 of 100 (Routine)
5 May 1937	Kingston, US	daily rain	30.5 mm (1.2 in)	12.0 mm (0.5 in)	23 years	22 of 100 (Routine)
5 May 1937	Loudon 1 E, US	daily rain	35.1 mm (1.4 in)	12.7 mm (0.5 in)	23 years	22 of 100 (Routine)
5 May 1937	Hiram, US	daily rain	31.5 mm (1.2 in)	9.1 mm (0.36 in)	23 years	21 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 1937

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1795 to 1937. 1937 had 159 records.

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

Records on 05-05 in each year
Year	Records
1795	2
1805	1
1836	1
1837	1
1840	1
1850	4
1852	1
1855	1
1856	2
1859	2
1861	5
1862	1
1864	2
1867	1
1875	2
1877	2
1878	1
1879	2
1880	1
1882	1
1884	2
1885	1
1886	3
1888	3
1889	5
1890	2
1891	3
1892	5
1894	3
1895	2
1896	1
1897	2
1898	6
1899	5
1900	3
1901	2
1902	5
1903	9
1904	14
1905	17
1906	4
1907	16
1908	14
1909	17
1910	19
1911	17
1912	17
1913	46
1914	39
1915	73
1916	98
1917	70
1918	24
1919	77
1920	41
1921	63
1922	98
1923	139
1924	132
1925	143
1926	220
1927	115
1928	149
1929	256
1930	469
1931	250
1932	166
1933	339
1934	448
1935	417
1936	377
1937	159
1938	362
1939	222
1940	446
1941	415
1942	529
1943	427
1944	1,237
1945	355
1946	306
1947	528
1948	671
1949	1,099
1950	893
1951	174
1952	723
1953	659
1954	607
1955	382
1956	363
1957	561
1958	404
1959	587
1960	773
1961	644
1962	261
1963	249
1964	643
1965	724
1966	1,413
1967	613
1968	434
1969	530
1970	386
1971	444
1972	292
1973	542
1974	716
1975	711
1976	402
1977	708
1978	1,033
1979	1,534
1980	562
1981	524
1982	659
1983	475
1984	767
1985	463
1986	968
1987	895
1988	820
1989	941
1990	1,511
1991	1,176
1992	1,004
1993	725
1994	743
1995	888
1996	1,368
1997	1,220
1998	1,707
1999	1,301
2000	1,442
2001	963
2002	883
2003	1,792
2004	1,401
2005	1,009
2006	657
2007	850
2008	453
2009	751
2010	1,053
2011	857
2012	1,281
2013	1,265
2014	680
2015	783
2016	554
2017	849
2018	481
2019	538
2020	403
2021	733
2022	514
2023	579
2024	961
2025	717
2026	538

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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	122
20 to 40	8
40 to 60	0
60 to 80	1
80 to 100	1