Weather Records on 10 May 1941

257 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 10 May 1941. Highest significance: Fichtelberg, DE.

Key Facts for 10 May 1941

On 10 May 1941, 257 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
100 were record highs and 70 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 0 were all-time records, 4 monthly and 253 daily.
Fichtelberg set a daily record snow depth of 115.0 cm (45.3 in) on 10 May 1941.
Across 163 earlier years (1805 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 442 records.

Record Map

257 stations

257 station records on 10 May 1941 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 10 May 1941: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Fichtelberg	Germany	Record snow depth	115.0 cm (45.3 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Koraput	India	Record daily precipitation	53.1 mm (2.1 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Uppsala_Aut	Sweden	Record low minimum temperature	-6.6 C (20.1 F)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Kerkeriya	India	Record daily precipitation	90.7 mm (3.6 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Girona (Antic Institut)	Spain	Record daily precipitation	35.0 mm (1.4 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Faridpur	India	Record daily precipitation	27.9 mm (1.1 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
N Bend SW Oregon Rgnl AP	United States	Record high maximum temperature	33.9 C (93.0 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Tranebjerg	Denmark	Record low minimum temperature	-0.5 C (31.1 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Rockport 1 ESE	United States	Record daily precipitation	43.2 mm (1.7 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Araria	India	Record daily precipitation	58.4 mm (2.3 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Sandvig	Denmark	Record low minimum temperature	-1.0 C (30.2 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Puri	India	Record daily precipitation	93.7 mm (3.7 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Vasteras-Hasslo	Sweden	Record low minimum temperature	-3.8 C (25.2 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Ranchi	India	Record daily precipitation	28.4 mm (1.1 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Banki Bankigarh	India	Record daily precipitation	46.2 mm (1.8 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Gavle	Sweden	Record low minimum temperature	-7.1 C (19.2 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Vashon Island	United States	Record high minimum temperature	12.8 C (55.0 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Truro Nsac	Canada	Record daily precipitation	38.1 mm (1.5 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Gorlitz	Germany	Record low minimum temperature	0.0 C (32.0 F)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Leipzig-Holzhausen	Germany	Record low minimum temperature	0.8 C (33.4 F)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Harapanahalli	India	Record daily precipitation	36.6 mm (1.4 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Keonjhargarh	India	Record daily precipitation	57.9 mm (2.3 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Jeypore	India	Record daily precipitation	25.9 mm (1.0 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Crescent City 3 NNW	United States	Record high maximum temperature	31.1 C (88.0 F)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Gurley (Glenroy)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	32.3 mm (1.3 in)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Mongpoo	India	Record daily precipitation	55.4 mm (2.2 in)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Holyoke	United States	Record daily precipitation	37.3 mm (1.5 in)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Durham	United States	Record daily precipitation	35.3 mm (1.4 in)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Port Orford 2	United States	Record high maximum temperature	31.1 C (88.0 F)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Putnam	United States	Record daily precipitation	42.9 mm (1.7 in)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Bellary	India	Record daily precipitation	26.7 mm (1.1 in)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Berkeley	United States	Record high maximum temperature	30.6 C (87.1 F)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Santa Maria	United States	Record high maximum temperature	36.7 C (98.1 F)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Roros	Norway	Record low minimum temperature	-11.3 C (11.7 F)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Vastervik	Sweden	Record low minimum temperature	-3.5 C (25.7 F)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Berkeley	United States	Record high minimum temperature	17.2 C (63.0 F)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Princeton	United States	Record daily precipitation	32.0 mm (1.3 in)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Steveston	Canada	Record high maximum temperature	21.7 C (71.1 F)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Darjeeling	India	Record daily precipitation	48.5 mm (1.9 in)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Collarenebri (Goondoobluie)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	12.4 mm (0.5 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Cap Chat	Canada	Record daily snowfall	2.5 cm (1.0 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Alamogordo 1	United States	Record daily precipitation	16.8 mm (0.7 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Laurel Hill (Kundiewa)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	18.8 mm (0.7 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Jefferson	United States	Record daily precipitation	23.1 mm (0.9 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Mulga Downs	Australia	Record daily precipitation	11.7 mm (0.5 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Haverhill	United States	Record daily precipitation	18.3 mm (0.7 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Barpukhuri	India	Record daily precipitation	64.5 mm (2.5 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Orebro	Sweden	Record low minimum temperature	-2.8 C (27.0 F)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Bens Run 1 SSE	United States	Record low maximum temperature	11.7 C (53.1 F)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Cairo 3 S	United States	Record low maximum temperature	13.3 C (55.9 F)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Marble Bar Comparison	Australia	Record high minimum temperature	26.1 C (79.0 F)	19 of 100 (Routine)
Attunga (Garthowen)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	17.3 mm (0.7 in)	19 of 100 (Routine)
Glenfield (Macquarie)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	1.5 mm (0.06 in)	19 of 100 (Routine)
Canguaretama	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	52.0 mm (2.0 in)	19 of 100 (Routine)
Port Arthur	Canada	Record low minimum temperature	-5.6 C (21.9 F)	19 of 100 (Routine)
Gospic	Croatia	Record low minimum temperature	0.1 C (32.2 F)	19 of 100 (Routine)
Pattikonda	India	Record daily precipitation	21.3 mm (0.8 in)	19 of 100 (Routine)
Orje	Norway	Record snow depth	3.0 cm (1.2 in)	19 of 100 (Routine)
Kristianstad	Sweden	Record low minimum temperature	-2.5 C (27.5 F)	19 of 100 (Routine)
Westcliffe	United States	Record daily precipitation	15.2 mm (0.6 in)	19 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

257 records

Records set or tied on 10 May 1941 by type: Highest daily maximum 64, Lowest daily maximum 19, Highest daily minimum 36, Lowest daily minimum 51, Heaviest daily rainfall 84, Heaviest daily snowfall 1, Deepest snow cover 2.

Records on 10 May 1941 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	64
Lowest daily maximum	19
Highest daily minimum	36
Lowest daily minimum	51
Heaviest daily rainfall	84
Heaviest daily snowfall	1
Deepest snow cover	2

Records on 10 May 1941 by timescale: all-time 0, monthly 4, daily 253.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

199 broken records

Margins by which the 199 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 850.0. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

10 May 1941

Top 20 records on 10 May 1941 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
10 May 1941	Fichtelberg, DE	daily snow depth	115.0 cm (45.3 in)	85.0 cm (33.5 in)	39 years	54 of 100 (Notable)
10 May 1941	Koraput, IN	daily rain	53.1 mm (2.1 in)	37.1 mm (1.5 in)	24 years	40 of 100 (Notable)
10 May 1941	Uppsala_Aut, SE	daily low min	-6.6 C (20.1 F)	0.9 C (1.6 F)	84 years	37 of 100 (Notable)
10 May 1941	Kerkeriya, IN	daily rain	90.7 mm (3.6 in)	49.0 mm (1.9 in)	16 years	33 of 100 (Routine)
10 May 1941	Girona (Antic Institut), ES	daily rain	35.0 mm (1.4 in)	21.8 mm (0.9 in)	22 years	33 of 100 (Routine)
10 May 1941	Faridpur, IN	daily rain	27.9 mm (1.1 in)	13.7 mm (0.5 in)	32 years	32 of 100 (Routine)
10 May 1941	N Bend SW Oregon Rgnl AP, US	daily high max	33.9 C (93.0 F)	7.2 C (13.0 F)	10 years	32 of 100 (Routine)
10 May 1941	Tranebjerg, DK	daily low min	-0.5 C (31.1 F)	1.9 C (3.4 F)	61 years	31 of 100 (Routine)
10 May 1941	Rockport 1 ESE, US	daily rain	43.2 mm (1.7 in)	26.4 mm (1.0 in)	8 years	31 of 100 (Routine)
10 May 1941	Araria, IN	daily rain	58.4 mm (2.3 in)	36.8 mm (1.4 in)	27 years	30 of 100 (Routine)
10 May 1941	Sandvig, DK	daily low min	-1.0 C (30.2 F)	1.5 C (2.7 F)	62 years	29 of 100 (Routine)
10 May 1941	Puri, IN	daily rain	93.7 mm (3.7 in)	44.7 mm (1.8 in)	8 years	29 of 100 (Routine)
10 May 1941	Vasteras-Hasslo, SE	daily low min	-3.8 C (25.2 F)	2.8 C (5.0 F)	55 years	29 of 100 (Routine)
10 May 1941	Ranchi, IN	daily rain	28.4 mm (1.1 in)	18.5 mm (0.7 in)	35 years	28 of 100 (Routine)
10 May 1941	Banki Bankigarh, IN	daily rain	46.2 mm (1.8 in)	18.3 mm (0.7 in)	36 years	28 of 100 (Routine)
10 May 1941	Gavle, SE	daily low min	-7.1 C (19.2 F)	3.1 C (5.6 F)	47 years	28 of 100 (Routine)
10 May 1941	Vashon Island, US	daily high min	12.8 C (55.0 F)	2.8 C (5.0 F)	40 years	28 of 100 (Routine)
10 May 1941	Truro Nsac, CA	daily rain	38.1 mm (1.5 in)	17.8 mm (0.7 in)	10 years	27 of 100 (Routine)
10 May 1941	Gorlitz, DE	daily low min	0.0 C (32.0 F)	1.3 C (2.3 F)	59 years	26 of 100 (Routine)
10 May 1941	Leipzig-Holzhausen, DE	daily low min	0.8 C (33.4 F)	0.4 C (0.7 F)	59 years	25 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

1805 to 1941

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1805 to 1941. 1941 had 257 records.

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

Records on 05-10 in each year
Year	Records
1805	1
1814	2
1832	1
1834	1
1836	4
1838	1
1843	1
1846	1
1848	1
1855	2
1858	1
1860	1
1861	2
1867	3
1868	1
1869	1
1872	1
1874	4
1876	1
1878	1
1879	2
1880	3
1881	3
1883	1
1884	2
1885	2
1886	1
1887	1
1888	2
1889	4
1890	2
1891	2
1893	1
1895	4
1896	6
1897	4
1898	5
1900	4
1901	6
1902	18
1903	6
1904	7
1905	21
1906	42
1907	33
1908	10
1909	17
1910	21
1911	55
1912	15
1913	23
1914	17
1915	18
1916	26
1917	23
1918	105
1919	145
1920	54
1921	143
1922	38
1923	291
1924	198
1925	163
1926	291
1927	296
1928	189
1929	102
1930	647
1931	277
1932	145
1933	516
1934	412
1935	200
1936	439
1937	148
1938	179
1939	179
1940	317
1941	257
1942	237
1943	482
1944	200
1945	646
1946	455
1947	820
1948	491
1949	492
1950	356
1951	281
1952	342
1953	627
1954	554
1955	272
1956	669
1957	374
1958	338
1959	192
1960	660
1961	722
1962	593
1963	951
1964	259
1965	413
1966	1,290
1967	932
1968	861
1969	325
1970	555
1971	416
1972	573
1973	429
1974	608
1975	448
1976	672
1977	1,075
1978	815
1979	1,927
1980	865
1981	1,213
1982	671
1983	753
1984	635
1985	925
1986	669
1987	1,270
1988	490
1989	1,365
1990	1,071
1991	854
1992	875
1993	1,056
1994	622
1995	1,129
1996	1,469
1997	1,215
1998	1,268
1999	1,299
2000	1,036
2001	842
2002	867
2003	1,688
2004	735
2005	761
2006	879
2007	815
2008	877
2009	651
2010	855
2011	1,288
2012	1,054
2013	635
2014	506
2015	943
2016	815
2017	702
2018	923
2019	1,254
2020	1,346
2021	635
2022	1,346
2023	359
2024	622
2025	1,094
2026	496

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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 200	198
200 to 400	0
400 to 600	0
600 to 800	0
800 to 1000	1