Weather Records on 7 May 1942

270 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 7 May 1942. Highest significance: Kohala Mis 175.1, US.

Key Facts for 7 May 1942

On 7 May 1942, 270 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
32 were record highs and 64 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 0 were all-time records, 5 monthly and 265 daily.
Kohala Mis 175.1 set a daily record precipitation of 78.2 mm (3.1 in) on 7 May 1942.
Across 168 earlier years (1795 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 419 records.

Record Map

270 stations

270 station records on 7 May 1942 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 7 May 1942: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Kohala Mis 175.1	United States	Record daily precipitation	78.2 mm (3.1 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Kohala 179.1	United States	Record daily precipitation	69.3 mm (2.7 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Hawi 168	United States	Record daily precipitation	55.1 mm (2.2 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Sibsagar	India	Record daily precipitation	141.0 mm (5.6 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Niulii 179	United States	Record daily precipitation	80.0 mm (3.1 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Hobart (Waterworks Reserve)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	34.3 mm (1.4 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Lenah Valley (Augusta Road)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Medha	India	Record daily precipitation	40.6 mm (1.6 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Sultan Bazar	India	Record daily precipitation	45.7 mm (1.8 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Croydon (Samuel Street)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	26.4 mm (1.0 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Hyndman	United States	Record daily precipitation	34.8 mm (1.4 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Carlisle	United States	Record daily precipitation	30.0 mm (1.2 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Rowlesburg 1	United States	Record daily precipitation	46.7 mm (1.8 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Marlo	Australia	Record daily precipitation	43.2 mm (1.7 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Mount Nelson	Australia	Record daily precipitation	25.1 mm (1.0 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Moran India	India	Record daily precipitation	76.2 mm (3.0 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Lost Creek Near	United States	Record daily precipitation	46.2 mm (1.8 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Huntsville	Canada	Record daily precipitation	36.8 mm (1.4 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Attabari	India	Record daily precipitation	90.9 mm (3.6 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Lilydale	Australia	Record daily precipitation	32.5 mm (1.3 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Maroondah Weir (Melbourne Wate	Australia	Record daily precipitation	41.7 mm (1.6 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Sassafras Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	33.5 mm (1.3 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Blue Hill Coop	United States	Record daily precipitation	25.9 mm (1.0 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Grafton 1 NE	United States	Record daily precipitation	60.5 mm (2.4 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Marysville (Post Office)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	38.6 mm (1.5 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Kinston 7 SE	United States	Record daily precipitation	89.4 mm (3.5 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Mount Wellington (the Springs)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	37.3 mm (1.5 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Warner Springs	United States	Record high minimum temperature	12.8 C (55.0 F)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Budgeree East (Claremont)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	31.0 mm (1.2 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Colchester 2 W	United States	Record daily precipitation	29.7 mm (1.2 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Chatham	United States	Record daily precipitation	47.0 mm (1.9 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Colebrook	United States	Record daily precipitation	30.0 mm (1.2 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Haiku 490	United States	Record daily precipitation	36.1 mm (1.4 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Croydon State School	Australia	Record daily precipitation	26.2 mm (1.0 in)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Nazira	India	Record daily precipitation	125.5 mm (4.9 in)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Westernport	United States	Record daily precipitation	35.1 mm (1.4 in)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Charlotteburg Rsvr	United States	Record daily precipitation	34.0 mm (1.3 in)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Louisburg	United States	Record daily precipitation	39.6 mm (1.6 in)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Appleton	United States	Record daily precipitation	29.2 mm (1.1 in)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Awini 182.1	United States	Record daily precipitation	95.3 mm (3.8 in)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Haliburton A	Canada	Record daily precipitation	33.3 mm (1.3 in)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Tbilisi	Georgia	Record daily precipitation	30.0 mm (1.2 in)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Panchgani	India	Record daily precipitation	27.9 mm (1.1 in)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Ashland	United States	Record daily precipitation	26.9 mm (1.1 in)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Margherita	India	Record daily precipitation	114.8 mm (4.5 in)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Steveston	Canada	Record high minimum temperature	15.0 C (59.0 F)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Parnu	Estonia	Record low minimum temperature	-3.3 C (26.1 F)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Vita (Khanapur)	India	Record daily precipitation	31.0 mm (1.2 in)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Longwarry	Australia	Record daily precipitation	23.1 mm (0.9 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Hobart (Ellerslie Road)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	24.9 mm (1.0 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Atlin	Canada	Record daily precipitation	12.7 mm (0.5 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Hobart Botanical Gardens	Australia	Record daily precipitation	21.6 mm (0.9 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Lucan	Canada	Record daily precipitation	12.7 mm (0.5 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Belleville	Canada	Record daily precipitation	14.2 mm (0.6 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Ganca	Azerbaijan	Record daily precipitation	12.1 mm (0.5 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Satara	India	Record daily precipitation	16.5 mm (0.6 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Neerim	Australia	Record daily precipitation	23.9 mm (0.9 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Vlaklaagte	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	16.0 mm (0.6 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Glens Falls Fire STN	United States	Record daily precipitation	20.8 mm (0.8 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Gulbarga	India	Record daily precipitation	7.9 mm (0.31 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

270 records

Records set or tied on 7 May 1942 by type: Highest daily maximum 13, Lowest daily maximum 27, Highest daily minimum 19, Lowest daily minimum 37, Heaviest daily rainfall 174.

Records on 7 May 1942 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	13
Lowest daily maximum	27
Highest daily minimum	19
Lowest daily minimum	37
Heaviest daily rainfall	174
Heaviest daily snowfall	0
Deepest snow cover	0

Records on 7 May 1942 by timescale: all-time 0, monthly 5, daily 265.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

231 broken records

Margins by which the 231 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 79.3. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

7 May 1942

Top 20 records on 7 May 1942 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
7 May 1942	Kohala Mis 175.1, US	daily rain	78.2 mm (3.1 in)	41.6 mm (1.6 in)	32 years	52 of 100 (Notable)
7 May 1942	Kohala 179.1, US	daily rain	69.3 mm (2.7 in)	33.2 mm (1.3 in)	32 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
7 May 1942	Hawi 168, US	daily rain	55.1 mm (2.2 in)	29.7 mm (1.2 in)	32 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
7 May 1942	Sibsagar, IN	daily rain	141.0 mm (5.6 in)	79.3 mm (3.1 in)	11 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
7 May 1942	Niulii 179, US	daily rain	80.0 mm (3.1 in)	35.5 mm (1.4 in)	32 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
7 May 1942	Hobart (Waterworks Reserve), AU	daily rain	34.3 mm (1.4 in)	20.8 mm (0.8 in)	24 years	44 of 100 (Notable)
7 May 1942	Lenah Valley (Augusta Road), AU	daily rain	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	15.7 mm (0.6 in)	16 years	44 of 100 (Notable)
7 May 1942	Medha, IN	daily rain	40.6 mm (1.6 in)	38.8 mm (1.5 in)	12 years	40 of 100 (Notable)
7 May 1942	Sultan Bazar, IN	daily rain	45.7 mm (1.8 in)	40.4 mm (1.6 in)	3 years	37 of 100 (Notable)
7 May 1942	Croydon (Samuel Street), AU	daily rain	26.4 mm (1.0 in)	17.5 mm (0.7 in)	19 years	36 of 100 (Notable)
7 May 1942	Hyndman, US	daily rain	34.8 mm (1.4 in)	22.6 mm (0.9 in)	29 years	36 of 100 (Notable)
7 May 1942	Carlisle, US	daily rain	30.0 mm (1.2 in)	4.6 mm (0.18 in)	70 years	34 of 100 (Routine)
7 May 1942	Rowlesburg 1, US	daily rain	46.7 mm (1.8 in)	13.7 mm (0.5 in)	47 years	34 of 100 (Routine)
7 May 1942	Marlo, AU	daily rain	43.2 mm (1.7 in)	24.7 mm (1.0 in)	20 years	33 of 100 (Routine)
7 May 1942	Mount Nelson, AU	daily rain	25.1 mm (1.0 in)	8.8 mm (0.35 in)	41 years	32 of 100 (Routine)
7 May 1942	Moran India, IN	daily rain	76.2 mm (3.0 in)	38.1 mm (1.5 in)	16 years	31 of 100 (Routine)
7 May 1942	Lost Creek Near, US	daily rain	46.2 mm (1.8 in)	20.8 mm (0.8 in)	25 years	31 of 100 (Routine)
7 May 1942	Huntsville, CA	daily rain	36.8 mm (1.4 in)	16.5 mm (0.6 in)	16 years	30 of 100 (Routine)
7 May 1942	Attabari, IN	daily rain	90.9 mm (3.6 in)	37.6 mm (1.5 in)	21 years	30 of 100 (Routine)
7 May 1942	Lilydale, AU	daily rain	32.5 mm (1.3 in)	5.8 mm (0.23 in)	50 years	29 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 1942

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1795 to 1942. 1942 had 270 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 10	176
10 to 20	39
20 to 30	7
30 to 40	5
40 to 50	3
50 to 60	0
60 to 70	0
70 to 80	1