Weather Records on 10 May 1942

237 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 10 May 1942. Highest significance: High River, CA.

Key Facts for 10 May 1942

On 10 May 1942, 237 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
35 were record highs and 79 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 1 were all-time records, 7 monthly and 229 daily.
High River set a daily record precipitation of 72.6 mm (2.9 in) on 10 May 1942.
Across 163 earlier years (1805 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 442 records.

Record Map

237 stations

237 station records on 10 May 1942 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 10 May 1942: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
High River	Canada	Record daily precipitation	72.6 mm (2.9 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Jawaja	India	Record daily precipitation	51.8 mm (2.0 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Lethbridge Cda	Canada	Record daily precipitation	34.3 mm (1.4 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Pekisko	Canada	Record daily precipitation	117.9 mm (4.6 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Lyndon	Canada	Record daily precipitation	57.2 mm (2.3 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Odessa	United States	Record daily precipitation	25.1 mm (1.0 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Lundbreck	Canada	Record daily precipitation	70.6 mm (2.8 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Milagres	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	59.4 mm (2.3 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Lake Cle Elum	United States	Record daily precipitation	26.9 mm (1.1 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Banff	Canada	Record daily precipitation	37.1 mm (1.5 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Alliance 1WNW	United States	Record daily precipitation	41.9 mm (1.6 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Lexington	United States	Record daily precipitation	57.2 mm (2.3 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Dhing	India	Record daily precipitation	71.1 mm (2.8 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Pincher Creek Town	Canada	Record daily precipitation	45.5 mm (1.8 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Woodward	United States	Record daily precipitation	41.9 mm (1.6 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Chicoutimi	Canada	Record daily snowfall	7.1 cm (2.8 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Port Alfred	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Babb 6 NE	United States	Record daily precipitation	39.9 mm (1.6 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Wilbur	United States	Record daily precipitation	26.2 mm (1.0 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Nuwara Eliya	Sri Lanka	Record high minimum temperature	19.6 C (67.3 F)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Warsaw 1	United States	Record daily precipitation	26.7 mm (1.1 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Big Timber	United States	Record high minimum temperature	11.1 C (52.0 F)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Amguri	India	Record daily precipitation	80.3 mm (3.2 in)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Tejon Rancho	United States	Record low minimum temperature	1.7 C (35.1 F)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Poolaijelo	Australia	Record daily precipitation	26.7 mm (1.1 in)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Hope Little Mountain	Canada	Record low maximum temperature	7.2 C (45.0 F)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Narsaraopet	India	Record daily precipitation	36.1 mm (1.4 in)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Caldwell	Canada	Record daily precipitation	36.8 mm (1.4 in)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Boonville	United States	Record daily precipitation	59.9 mm (2.4 in)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Buffalo 2 SSW	United States	Record daily precipitation	34.5 mm (1.4 in)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Boulia Airport	Australia	Record high maximum temperature	33.5 C (92.3 F)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Gyzylarbat	Turkmenistan	Record high maximum temperature	39.5 C (103.1 F)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Orland	United States	Record low minimum temperature	1.7 C (35.1 F)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Redding Fire STN 2	United States	Record low maximum temperature	13.9 C (57.0 F)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Libby 1 NE Rs	United States	Record daily precipitation	26.4 mm (1.0 in)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Ritzville 1 SSE	United States	Record daily precipitation	22.6 mm (0.9 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Aktobe	Kazakhstan	Record daily precipitation	24.1 mm (0.9 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Oxford	United Kingdom	Record daily precipitation	15.5 mm (0.6 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Porthill	United States	Record daily precipitation	24.1 mm (0.9 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Waterville	United States	Record daily precipitation	19.1 mm (0.8 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Le Bourget	France	Record daily precipitation	22.6 mm (0.9 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Vernon Coldstream Ranch	Canada	Record daily precipitation	12.7 mm (0.5 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
McCall	United States	Record daily precipitation	24.6 mm (1.0 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Cambridge Niab	United Kingdom	Record daily precipitation	14.6 mm (0.6 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Sheffield	United Kingdom	Record daily precipitation	21.6 mm (0.9 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Nashlyn	Canada	Record daily precipitation	20.6 mm (0.8 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Emmett 2 E	United States	Record daily precipitation	16.5 mm (0.6 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Armstrong	Canada	Record daily precipitation	13.0 mm (0.5 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Coeur D'Alene	United States	Record daily precipitation	18.0 mm (0.7 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Trinidad 2 SSE	United States	Record daily precipitation	6.9 mm (0.27 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Holy Cross	United States	Record daily precipitation	6.4 mm (0.25 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Sacramento 5 ESE	United States	Record daily precipitation	12.2 mm (0.5 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Woodstock	Canada	Record daily precipitation	13.2 mm (0.5 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Harrisonville	United States	Record daily precipitation	24.9 mm (1.0 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Omak 4 N	United States	Record daily precipitation	13.7 mm (0.5 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Skegness	United Kingdom	Record daily precipitation	14.7 mm (0.6 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Yreka	United States	Record daily precipitation	5.1 mm (0.20 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Joseph	United States	Record daily precipitation	17.0 mm (0.7 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Uman	Ukraine	Record low maximum temperature	9.6 C (49.3 F)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Rockville	United States	Record daily precipitation	12.4 mm (0.5 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

237 records

Records set or tied on 10 May 1942 by type: Highest daily maximum 12, Lowest daily maximum 48, Highest daily minimum 23, Lowest daily minimum 31, Heaviest daily rainfall 121, Heaviest daily snowfall 2.

Records on 10 May 1942 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	12
Lowest daily maximum	48
Highest daily minimum	23
Lowest daily minimum	31
Heaviest daily rainfall	121
Heaviest daily snowfall	2
Deepest snow cover	0

Records on 10 May 1942 by timescale: all-time 1, monthly 7, daily 229.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

196 broken records

Margins by which the 196 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 59.9. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

10 May 1942

Top 20 records on 10 May 1942 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
10 May 1942	High River, CA	daily rain	72.6 mm (2.9 in)	59.9 mm (2.4 in)	32 years	53 of 100 (Notable)
10 May 1942	Jawaja, IN	monthly rain	51.8 mm (2.0 in)	24.9 mm (1.0 in)	24 years	53 of 100 (Notable)
10 May 1942	Lethbridge Cda, CA	daily rain	34.3 mm (1.4 in)	26.7 mm (1.1 in)	32 years	52 of 100 (Notable)
10 May 1942	Pekisko, CA	all-time rain	117.9 mm (4.6 in)	27.7 mm (1.1 in)	9 years	52 of 100 (Notable)
10 May 1942	Lyndon, CA	daily rain	57.2 mm (2.3 in)	51.1 mm (2.0 in)	23 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
10 May 1942	Odessa, US	daily rain	25.1 mm (1.0 in)	13.4 mm (0.5 in)	35 years	43 of 100 (Notable)
10 May 1942	Lundbreck, CA	monthly rain	70.6 mm (2.8 in)	17.8 mm (0.7 in)	18 years	40 of 100 (Notable)
10 May 1942	Milagres, BR	daily rain	59.4 mm (2.3 in)	41.4 mm (1.6 in)	20 years	39 of 100 (Notable)
10 May 1942	Lake Cle Elum, US	daily rain	26.9 mm (1.1 in)	12.7 mm (0.5 in)	32 years	37 of 100 (Notable)
10 May 1942	Banff, CA	daily rain	37.1 mm (1.5 in)	10.4 mm (0.4 in)	51 years	36 of 100 (Notable)
10 May 1942	Alliance 1WNW, US	daily rain	41.9 mm (1.6 in)	21.6 mm (0.9 in)	29 years	36 of 100 (Notable)
10 May 1942	Lexington, US	daily rain	57.2 mm (2.3 in)	37.9 mm (1.5 in)	12 years	36 of 100 (Notable)
10 May 1942	Dhing, IN	daily rain	71.1 mm (2.8 in)	33.3 mm (1.3 in)	32 years	35 of 100 (Notable)
10 May 1942	Pincher Creek Town, CA	daily rain	45.5 mm (1.8 in)	23.9 mm (0.9 in)	19 years	33 of 100 (Routine)
10 May 1942	Woodward, US	daily rain	41.9 mm (1.6 in)	27.4 mm (1.1 in)	44 years	33 of 100 (Routine)
10 May 1942	Chicoutimi, CA	daily snowfall	7.1 cm (2.8 in)	3.3 cm (1.3 in)	58 years	30 of 100 (Routine)
10 May 1942	Port Alfred, ZA	daily rain	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	16.3 mm (0.6 in)	43 years	30 of 100 (Routine)
10 May 1942	Babb 6 NE, US	daily rain	39.9 mm (1.6 in)	20.8 mm (0.8 in)	32 years	29 of 100 (Routine)
10 May 1942	Wilbur, US	daily rain	26.2 mm (1.0 in)	7.9 mm (0.31 in)	32 years	28 of 100 (Routine)
10 May 1942	Nuwara Eliya, LK	daily high min	19.6 C (67.3 F)	2.8 C (5.0 F)	25 years	26 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 1942

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1805 to 1942. 1942 had 237 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 10	158
10 to 20	21
20 to 30	11
30 to 40	3
40 to 50	1
50 to 60	2