Weather Records on 1 May 1942

1,036 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 1 May 1942. Highest significance: Burrumbuttock (Holyrood), AU.

Key Facts for 1 May 1942

On 1 May 1942, 1,036 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
601 were record highs and 83 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 1 were all-time records, 26 monthly and 1,009 daily.
Burrumbuttock (Holyrood) set a monthly record daily precipitation of 115.6 mm (4.6 in) on 1 May 1942.
Across 165 earlier years (1795 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 439 records.

Record Map

1,036 stations

1,036 station records on 1 May 1942 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 1 May 1942: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Burrumbuttock (Holyrood)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	115.6 mm (4.6 in)	69 of 100 (Major)
Brae Springs	Australia	Record daily precipitation	80.3 mm (3.2 in)	65 of 100 (Major)
Round Hill	Australia	Record daily precipitation	65.8 mm (2.6 in)	64 of 100 (Major)
Holbrook (Annandayle)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	67.1 mm (2.6 in)	59 of 100 (Notable)
Culcairn Bowling Club	Australia	Record daily precipitation	58.4 mm (2.3 in)	58 of 100 (Notable)
Pulletop (Matta Mia)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	49.0 mm (1.9 in)	56 of 100 (Notable)
De Smet	United States	Record daily precipitation	49.5 mm (1.9 in)	56 of 100 (Notable)
Behtungra Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	29.2 mm (1.1 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Alliance 1WNW	United States	Record daily precipitation	57.9 mm (2.3 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Ft Robinson	United States	Record daily precipitation	76.7 mm (3.0 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Holbrook (Rsl)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	78.0 mm (3.1 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Tumbarumba Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	87.4 mm (3.4 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Jerilderie (Coree STN)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	41.9 mm (1.6 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Hilland 2 NW	United States	Record daily precipitation	50.0 mm (2.0 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Milan	Italy	Record low maximum temperature	8.9 C (48.0 F)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Wantiool (Caithness)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	43.2 mm (1.7 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Golaghat	India	Record daily precipitation	78.7 mm (3.1 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Sterling	United States	Record daily precipitation	46.0 mm (1.8 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Ottumwa	United States	Record daily precipitation	50.5 mm (2.0 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Rennie (Pine View)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	41.4 mm (1.6 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Bridgeport	United States	Record daily precipitation	35.1 mm (1.4 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Wagga Wagga (Kooringal)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	40.1 mm (1.6 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Cottonwood 2 E	United States	Record daily precipitation	34.5 mm (1.4 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Adaminaby Alpine Tourist Park	Australia	Record daily precipitation	32.3 mm (1.3 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Tezpur	India	Record daily precipitation	78.5 mm (3.1 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Mokakchung	India	Record daily precipitation	88.9 mm (3.5 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Heron 2 NW	United States	Record daily precipitation	32.0 mm (1.3 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Tarcutta Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	39.4 mm (1.6 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Jindera (Wadilock)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	68.1 mm (2.7 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Cobram Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	42.7 mm (1.7 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Pusesauli	India	Record daily precipitation	30.0 mm (1.2 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Ironwood	United States	Record daily precipitation	37.6 mm (1.5 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Lodgepole	United States	Record daily precipitation	41.7 mm (1.6 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Bathurst Gaol	Australia	Record high minimum temperature	13.9 C (57.0 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Selonah	India	Record daily precipitation	61.0 mm (2.4 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Halsey 2 W	United States	Record daily precipitation	32.8 mm (1.3 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Springvale	Australia	Record daily precipitation	49.3 mm (1.9 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Eurongilly (Bundaleer)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	27.9 mm (1.1 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Balldale Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	55.9 mm (2.2 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Hart 3 WSW	United States	Record high minimum temperature	20.6 C (69.1 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Mitchell 2 N	United States	Record daily precipitation	38.4 mm (1.5 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Levan	United States	Record daily snowfall	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Washington	United States	Record high maximum temperature	35.6 C (96.1 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Sydney (Observatory Hill)	Australia	Record high minimum temperature	17.3 C (63.1 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Kiandra Chalet	Australia	Record daily precipitation	35.6 mm (1.4 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Adelong Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	36.6 mm (1.4 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Maragle Station	Australia	Record daily precipitation	35.6 mm (1.4 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Gundagai	Australia	Record daily precipitation	35.6 mm (1.4 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Wien	Austria	Record low maximum temperature	7.2 C (45.0 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Oelrichs	United States	Record daily precipitation	29.5 mm (1.2 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Marlinton	United States	Record high maximum temperature	34.4 C (93.9 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Bourke Post Office	Australia	Record high minimum temperature	17.5 C (63.5 F)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Henty Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	39.9 mm (1.6 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Lakhipur	India	Record daily precipitation	102.9 mm (4.1 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Ft Morgan	United States	Record daily precipitation	27.7 mm (1.1 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Bridgeton 1 NE	United States	Record high maximum temperature	35.0 C (95.0 F)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Philadelphia City	United States	Record high maximum temperature	31.7 C (89.1 F)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Holbrook (Glenfalloch)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	77.7 mm (3.1 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Yellowin	Australia	Record daily precipitation	50.3 mm (2.0 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Burrinjuck Dam	Australia	Record daily precipitation	42.4 mm (1.7 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

1,036 records

Records set or tied on 1 May 1942 by type: Highest daily maximum 367, Lowest daily maximum 41, Highest daily minimum 234, Lowest daily minimum 42, Heaviest daily rainfall 347, Heaviest daily snowfall 5.

Records on 1 May 1942 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	367
Lowest daily maximum	41
Highest daily minimum	234
Lowest daily minimum	42
Heaviest daily rainfall	347
Heaviest daily snowfall	5
Deepest snow cover	0

Records on 1 May 1942 by timescale: all-time 1, monthly 26, daily 1,009.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

865 broken records

Margins by which the 865 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 94.0. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

1 May 1942

Top 20 records on 1 May 1942 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
1 May 1942	Burrumbuttock (Holyrood), AU	monthly rain	115.6 mm (4.6 in)	64.8 mm (2.6 in)	48 years	69 of 100 (Major)
1 May 1942	Brae Springs, AU	monthly rain	80.3 mm (3.2 in)	26.5 mm (1.0 in)	48 years	65 of 100 (Major)
1 May 1942	Round Hill, AU	monthly rain	65.8 mm (2.6 in)	23.4 mm (0.9 in)	60 years	64 of 100 (Major)
1 May 1942	Holbrook (Annandayle), AU	monthly rain	67.1 mm (2.6 in)	27.7 mm (1.1 in)	26 years	59 of 100 (Notable)
1 May 1942	Culcairn Bowling Club, AU	monthly rain	58.4 mm (2.3 in)	25.1 mm (1.0 in)	26 years	58 of 100 (Notable)
1 May 1942	Pulletop (Matta Mia), AU	daily rain	49.0 mm (1.9 in)	35.8 mm (1.4 in)	37 years	56 of 100 (Notable)
1 May 1942	De Smet, US	daily rain	49.5 mm (1.9 in)	36.5 mm (1.4 in)	46 years	56 of 100 (Notable)
1 May 1942	Behtungra Post Office, AU	daily rain	29.2 mm (1.1 in)	29.2 mm (1.1 in)	51 years	53 of 100 (Notable)
1 May 1942	Alliance 1WNW, US	daily rain	57.9 mm (2.3 in)	38.8 mm (1.5 in)	32 years	53 of 100 (Notable)
1 May 1942	Ft Robinson, US	daily rain	76.7 mm (3.0 in)	57.6 mm (2.3 in)	27 years	52 of 100 (Notable)
1 May 1942	Holbrook (Rsl), AU	monthly rain	78.0 mm (3.1 in)	16.0 mm (0.6 in)	52 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
1 May 1942	Tumbarumba Post Office, AU	daily rain	87.4 mm (3.4 in)	59.7 mm (2.4 in)	1 year	45 of 100 (Notable)
1 May 1942	Jerilderie (Coree STN), AU	daily rain	41.9 mm (1.6 in)	23.9 mm (0.9 in)	48 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
1 May 1942	Hilland 2 NW, US	daily rain	50.0 mm (2.0 in)	46.2 mm (1.8 in)	7 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
1 May 1942	Milan, IT	daily low max	8.9 C (48.0 F)	1.7 C (3.1 F)	106 years	44 of 100 (Notable)
1 May 1942	Wantiool (Caithness), AU	daily rain	43.2 mm (1.7 in)	29.0 mm (1.1 in)	16 years	41 of 100 (Notable)
1 May 1942	Golaghat, IN	daily rain	78.7 mm (3.1 in)	48.2 mm (1.9 in)	20 years	41 of 100 (Notable)
1 May 1942	Sterling, US	daily rain	46.0 mm (1.8 in)	25.7 mm (1.0 in)	28 years	40 of 100 (Notable)
1 May 1942	Ottumwa, US	daily rain	50.5 mm (2.0 in)	40.1 mm (1.6 in)	4 years	40 of 100 (Notable)
1 May 1942	Rennie (Pine View), AU	daily rain	41.4 mm (1.6 in)	18.5 mm (0.7 in)	48 years	39 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 1942

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1795 to 1942. 1942 had 1,036 records.

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

Records on 05-01 in each year
Year	Records
1795	1
1802	1
1804	1
1814	1
1818	1
1835	1
1836	1
1840	1
1846	2
1847	1
1850	1
1851	1
1857	1
1860	1
1861	1
1864	2
1865	1
1868	2
1872	1
1875	4
1878	2
1879	2
1880	3
1881	2
1884	1
1885	1
1886	2
1887	2
1888	2
1889	3
1890	2
1891	5
1892	6
1893	2
1894	5
1896	1
1897	4
1898	1
1899	8
1900	1
1901	5
1902	7
1903	9
1904	9
1905	13
1906	12
1907	31
1908	20
1909	49
1910	13
1911	22
1912	18
1913	54
1914	23
1915	27
1916	27
1917	37
1918	34
1919	150
1920	186
1921	41
1922	92
1923	64
1924	63
1925	118
1926	500
1927	125
1928	190
1929	142
1930	263
1931	537
1932	220
1933	706
1934	305
1935	276
1936	368
1937	218
1938	304
1939	227
1940	731
1941	333
1942	1,036
1943	526
1944	229
1945	350
1946	415
1947	655
1948	774
1949	405
1950	439
1951	894
1952	557
1953	917
1954	1,506
1955	772
1956	1,106
1957	359
1958	448
1959	764
1960	737
1961	588
1962	615
1963	704
1964	312
1965	360
1966	707
1967	948
1968	426
1969	429
1970	1,075
1971	444
1972	562
1973	841
1974	589
1975	286
1976	673
1977	545
1978	1,202
1979	612
1980	507
1981	1,265
1982	508
1983	1,423
1984	640
1985	789
1986	512
1987	1,098
1988	1,058
1989	949
1990	922
1991	633
1992	1,201
1993	1,101
1994	1,210
1995	1,365
1996	1,439
1997	804
1998	951
1999	932
2000	809
2001	1,106
2002	1,221
2003	964
2004	887
2005	1,320
2006	734
2007	857
2008	979
2009	679
2010	1,151
2011	716
2012	796
2013	976
2014	941
2015	550
2016	844
2017	1,163
2018	519
2019	788
2020	1,099
2021	834
2022	319
2023	912
2024	458
2025	430
2026	623

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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	822
20 to 40	32
40 to 60	9
60 to 80	1
80 to 100	1