Weather Records on 7 May 1943

416 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 7 May 1943. Highest significance: Rockville, US.

Key Facts for 7 May 1943

On 7 May 1943, 416 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
122 were record highs and 100 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 2 were all-time records, 10 monthly and 404 daily.
Rockville set a daily record precipitation of 85.1 mm (3.4 in) on 7 May 1943.
Across 168 earlier years (1795 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 419 records.

Record Map

416 stations

416 station records on 7 May 1943 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 7 May 1943: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Rockville	United States	Record daily precipitation	85.1 mm (3.4 in)	55 of 100 (Notable)
Armagh	United Kingdom	Record daily precipitation	27.9 mm (1.1 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Sedan	United States	Record daily precipitation	91.4 mm (3.6 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Grafton	United States	Record daily precipitation	87.6 mm (3.4 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Corsicana	United States	Record daily precipitation	184.2 mm (7.3 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Greenville	United States	Record daily precipitation	85.1 mm (3.4 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Lien I Selbu	Norway	Record daily precipitation	28.1 mm (1.1 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Bonnie Doon Garage	Australia	Record daily precipitation	36.8 mm (1.4 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Effingham 3SW	United States	Record daily precipitation	88.9 mm (3.5 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Independence	United States	Record daily precipitation	141.0 mm (5.6 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Sunbaras Sr	India	Record daily precipitation	76.2 mm (3.0 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Kjobli I Snaasa	Norway	Record daily precipitation	32.9 mm (1.3 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Danville	United States	Record daily precipitation	49.5 mm (1.9 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Decatur Wtp	United States	Record daily precipitation	48.8 mm (1.9 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Greencastle 1 W	United States	Record daily precipitation	47.8 mm (1.9 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Walnut 4S	United States	Record daily precipitation	67.8 mm (2.7 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Morrisonville 4 SE	United States	Record daily precipitation	48.8 mm (1.9 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Pahala 21	United States	Record daily precipitation	45.5 mm (1.8 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Coleman	Canada	Record daily snowfall	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Warrenton 1 N	United States	Record daily precipitation	66.5 mm (2.6 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Sandstone	Australia	Record daily precipitation	30.2 mm (1.2 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Trafalgar Toseland Road	Australia	Record daily precipitation	35.1 mm (1.4 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
St Charles Elm Pt	United States	Record daily precipitation	52.1 mm (2.1 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Whitestown	United States	Record daily precipitation	45.2 mm (1.8 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Daudnagar(Haspur)	India	Record daily precipitation	27.2 mm (1.1 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Charleston	United States	Record daily precipitation	60.7 mm (2.4 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Crawfordsville Pwr Plt	United States	Record daily precipitation	53.3 mm (2.1 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Carlinville	United States	Record daily precipitation	47.2 mm (1.9 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Clinton 1SSW	United States	Record daily precipitation	45.7 mm (1.8 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Hillsboro	United States	Record daily precipitation	65.3 mm (2.6 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Pana	United States	Record daily precipitation	46.5 mm (1.8 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Tuscola	United States	Record daily precipitation	59.4 mm (2.3 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Hays 1 S	United States	Record daily precipitation	32.3 mm (1.3 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Coleman	United States	Record high minimum temperature	26.1 C (79.0 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Burlington	United States	Record daily precipitation	26.4 mm (1.0 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Louisiana Starks Nurse	United States	Record daily precipitation	58.4 mm (2.3 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Fredonia	United States	Record daily precipitation	58.9 mm (2.3 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Chanute Martin Johnson AP	United States	Record daily precipitation	45.2 mm (1.8 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Eads	United States	Record low maximum temperature	8.3 C (46.9 F)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Edwardsville 2 W	United States	Record daily precipitation	53.8 mm (2.1 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Pickens 1	United States	Record high minimum temperature	17.8 C (64.0 F)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Narrogin	Australia	Record high maximum temperature	31.9 C (89.4 F)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Boulder	United States	Record daily snowfall	5.1 cm (2.0 in)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Cambridge	United States	Record low maximum temperature	10.0 C (50.0 F)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Windsor	United States	Record daily precipitation	52.1 mm (2.1 in)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Eads	United States	Record daily precipitation	33.0 mm (1.3 in)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Hillsboro	United States	Record daily precipitation	85.9 mm (3.4 in)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Warsaw 2 NW	United States	Record high maximum temperature	35.0 C (95.0 F)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Carthage	United States	Record high minimum temperature	22.2 C (72.0 F)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Monsenhor Tabosa	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	31.0 mm (1.2 in)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Sarna	Sweden	Record daily precipitation	29.1 mm (1.1 in)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Sikeston	United States	Record high minimum temperature	19.4 C (66.9 F)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Menno	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-5.0 C (23.0 F)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Franklin Sewage Plt	United States	Record high minimum temperature	19.4 C (66.9 F)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Point Pleasant	United States	Record high minimum temperature	18.9 C (66.0 F)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Roros	Norway	Record daily precipitation	18.2 mm (0.7 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Tatarsk	Russia	Record daily precipitation	20.8 mm (0.8 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Rooipoort	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	19.1 mm (0.8 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Susendal	Norway	Record daily precipitation	15.9 mm (0.6 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Pitkin	United States	Record daily precipitation	10.4 mm (0.4 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

416 records

Records set or tied on 7 May 1943 by type: Highest daily maximum 50, Lowest daily maximum 50, Highest daily minimum 72, Lowest daily minimum 50, Heaviest daily rainfall 184, Heaviest daily snowfall 9, Deepest snow cover 1.

Records on 7 May 1943 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	50
Lowest daily maximum	50
Highest daily minimum	72
Lowest daily minimum	50
Heaviest daily rainfall	184
Heaviest daily snowfall	9
Deepest snow cover	1

Records on 7 May 1943 by timescale: all-time 2, monthly 10, daily 404.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

323 broken records

Margins by which the 323 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 152.0. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

7 May 1943

Top 20 records on 7 May 1943 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
7 May 1943	Rockville, US	daily rain	85.1 mm (3.4 in)	51.6 mm (2.0 in)	34 years	55 of 100 (Notable)
7 May 1943	Armagh, GB	daily rain	27.9 mm (1.1 in)	13.4 mm (0.5 in)	44 years	52 of 100 (Notable)
7 May 1943	Sedan, US	daily rain	91.4 mm (3.6 in)	68.5 mm (2.7 in)	16 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
7 May 1943	Grafton, US	monthly rain	87.6 mm (3.4 in)	23.6 mm (0.9 in)	42 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
7 May 1943	Corsicana, US	all-time rain	184.2 mm (7.3 in)	19.1 mm (0.8 in)	39 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
7 May 1943	Greenville, US	daily rain	85.1 mm (3.4 in)	63.5 mm (2.5 in)	4 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
7 May 1943	Lien I Selbu, NO	daily rain	28.1 mm (1.1 in)	18.0 mm (0.7 in)	4 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
7 May 1943	Bonnie Doon Garage, AU	daily rain	36.8 mm (1.4 in)	27.4 mm (1.1 in)	25 years	44 of 100 (Notable)
7 May 1943	Effingham 3SW, US	monthly rain	88.9 mm (3.5 in)	28.7 mm (1.1 in)	14 years	43 of 100 (Notable)
7 May 1943	Independence, US	all-time rain	141.0 mm (5.6 in)	12.0 mm (0.5 in)	34 years	43 of 100 (Notable)
7 May 1943	Sunbaras Sr, IN	daily rain	76.2 mm (3.0 in)	72.9 mm (2.9 in)	12 years	42 of 100 (Notable)
7 May 1943	Kjobli I Snaasa, NO	monthly rain	32.9 mm (1.3 in)	8.0 mm (0.31 in)	20 years	41 of 100 (Notable)
7 May 1943	Danville, US	daily rain	49.5 mm (1.9 in)	28.2 mm (1.1 in)	28 years	39 of 100 (Notable)
7 May 1943	Decatur Wtp, US	daily rain	48.8 mm (1.9 in)	23.1 mm (0.9 in)	43 years	39 of 100 (Notable)
7 May 1943	Greencastle 1 W, US	daily rain	47.8 mm (1.9 in)	27.5 mm (1.1 in)	42 years	39 of 100 (Notable)
7 May 1943	Walnut 4S, US	daily rain	67.8 mm (2.7 in)	36.6 mm (1.4 in)	32 years	38 of 100 (Notable)
7 May 1943	Morrisonville 4 SE, US	daily rain	48.8 mm (1.9 in)	28.5 mm (1.1 in)	32 years	37 of 100 (Notable)
7 May 1943	Pahala 21, US	daily rain	45.5 mm (1.8 in)	35.8 mm (1.4 in)	20 years	37 of 100 (Notable)
7 May 1943	Coleman, CA	daily snowfall	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	29 years	35 of 100 (Notable)
7 May 1943	Warrenton 1 N, US	daily rain	66.5 mm (2.6 in)	25.1 mm (1.0 in)	32 years	33 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 1943

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1795 to 1943. 1943 had 416 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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Data for records on 1943-05-07: CSV or JSON. Field meanings are on the data page.

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	295
20 to 40	20
40 to 60	2
60 to 80	4
80 to 100	0
100 to 120	1
120 to 140	0
140 to 160	1