Weather Records on 1 May 1944

229 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 1 May 1944. Highest significance: Ranebennur, IN.

Key Facts for 1 May 1944

On 1 May 1944, 229 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
51 were record highs and 26 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 1 were all-time records, 8 monthly and 220 daily.
Ranebennur set an all-time record daily precipitation of 213.4 mm (8.4 in) on 1 May 1944.
Across 165 earlier years (1795 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 444 records.

Record Map

229 stations

229 station records on 1 May 1944 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 1 May 1944: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Ranebennur	India	Record daily precipitation	213.4 mm (8.4 in)	64 of 100 (Major)
Oktjabrskij-Gorodok	Russia	Record daily precipitation	38.9 mm (1.5 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
White Cliffs	United States	Record daily precipitation	116.8 mm (4.6 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Namdalseid	Norway	Record snow depth	25.0 cm (9.8 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Hot Springs 1 NNE	United States	Record daily precipitation	134.6 mm (5.3 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Escanaba	United States	Record daily precipitation	34.0 mm (1.3 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Hope 3 NE	United States	Record daily precipitation	82.3 mm (3.2 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Mexia	United States	Record daily precipitation	83.8 mm (3.3 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Nacogdoches	United States	Record daily precipitation	63.8 mm (2.5 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Kamennaja-Step	Russia	Record daily precipitation	28.3 mm (1.1 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
El Dorado Goodwin Fld	United States	Record daily precipitation	35.6 mm (1.4 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Reit Im Winkl	Germany	Record snow depth	19.0 cm (7.5 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Greenville	United States	Record daily precipitation	36.3 mm (1.4 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Prescott 2 NNW	United States	Record daily precipitation	81.8 mm (3.2 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Warren 2 ENE	United States	Record daily precipitation	52.1 mm (2.1 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Jefferson City Wtp	United States	Record daily precipitation	49.3 mm (1.9 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Honnali	India	Record daily precipitation	47.0 mm (1.9 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Bucuresti Filaret	Romania	Record daily precipitation	27.4 mm (1.1 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Camden 1	United States	Record daily precipitation	34.0 mm (1.3 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Plain Dealing	United States	Record daily precipitation	50.8 mm (2.0 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Sulphur Springs	United States	Record daily precipitation	43.9 mm (1.7 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Texarkana Webb Fld	United States	Record daily precipitation	48.0 mm (1.9 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Charam	Australia	Record daily precipitation	25.1 mm (1.0 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Girona (Antic Institut)	Spain	Record high maximum temperature	28.0 C (82.4 F)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Fulton	United States	Record daily precipitation	77.5 mm (3.1 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Boonville	United States	Record daily precipitation	48.3 mm (1.9 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Longview	United States	Record daily precipitation	78.7 mm (3.1 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
McGregor	United States	Record daily precipitation	66.5 mm (2.6 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
San Marcos	United States	Record daily precipitation	40.4 mm (1.6 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Alberni Beaver Creek	Canada	Record low minimum temperature	-3.9 C (25.0 F)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Big Creek	Canada	Record high maximum temperature	26.1 C (79.0 F)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Lampasas	United States	Record daily precipitation	54.1 mm (2.1 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Nigriting	India	Record daily precipitation	102.4 mm (4.0 in)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Lisboa Geofisica	Portugal	Record high maximum temperature	31.4 C (88.5 F)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Coimbra	Portugal	Record high maximum temperature	33.9 C (93.0 F)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Waterloo 6SW	United States	Record daily precipitation	32.3 mm (1.3 in)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Alice	United States	Record daily precipitation	54.6 mm (2.1 in)	24 of 100 (Routine)
World Trade Ctr	United States	Record high maximum temperature	28.3 C (82.9 F)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Boerne	United States	Record daily precipitation	54.6 mm (2.1 in)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Llano	United States	Record daily precipitation	50.8 mm (2.0 in)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Lowestoft	United Kingdom	Record high maximum temperature	21.7 C (71.1 F)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Frankfort 2NE	United States	Record high minimum temperature	12.2 C (54.0 F)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Jim Thorpe	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-6.7 C (19.9 F)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Lyndoch (Pewsey Vale)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	33.8 mm (1.3 in)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Manati 2 E	Puerto Rico [United States]	Record low maximum temperature	25.0 C (77.0 F)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Silverton	United States	Record snow depth	94.0 cm (37.0 in)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Grand Cane Fire Twr	United States	Record daily precipitation	39.9 mm (1.6 in)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Rolla Missouri S&T	United States	Record daily precipitation	27.9 mm (1.1 in)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Coleman	United States	Record daily precipitation	51.6 mm (2.0 in)	21 of 100 (Routine)
New Braunfels	United States	Record daily precipitation	28.7 mm (1.1 in)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Tyrrell Downs	Australia	Record daily precipitation	17.0 mm (0.7 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Nikolaev	Ukraine	Record daily precipitation	15.0 mm (0.6 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Miltalie (Hillview)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	15.2 mm (0.6 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Allansford	Australia	Record daily precipitation	19.1 mm (0.8 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Odesa	Ukraine	Record daily precipitation	16.8 mm (0.7 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Claresholm Meadow Creek	Canada	Record daily precipitation	14.7 mm (0.6 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Bagepalli	India	Record daily precipitation	22.1 mm (0.9 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
American River	Australia	Record daily precipitation	24.9 mm (1.0 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Tumby Bay (Hillview)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	16.5 mm (0.6 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Hubbard	Canada	Record daily precipitation	17.8 mm (0.7 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

229 records

Records set or tied on 1 May 1944 by type: Highest daily maximum 28, Lowest daily maximum 8, Highest daily minimum 23, Lowest daily minimum 18, Heaviest daily rainfall 147, Heaviest daily snowfall 1, Deepest snow cover 4.

Records on 1 May 1944 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	28
Lowest daily maximum	8
Highest daily minimum	23
Lowest daily minimum	18
Heaviest daily rainfall	147
Heaviest daily snowfall	1
Deepest snow cover	4

Records on 1 May 1944 by timescale: all-time 1, monthly 8, daily 220.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

208 broken records

Margins by which the 208 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 150.0. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

1 May 1944

Top 20 records on 1 May 1944 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
1 May 1944	Ranebennur, IN	all-time rain	213.4 mm (8.4 in)	44.0 mm (1.7 in)	37 years	64 of 100 (Major)
1 May 1944	Oktjabrskij-Gorodok, RU	monthly rain	38.9 mm (1.5 in)	8.4 mm (0.33 in)	51 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
1 May 1944	White Cliffs, US	daily rain	116.8 mm (4.6 in)	89.1 mm (3.5 in)	13 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
1 May 1944	Namdalseid, NO	monthly snow depth	25.0 cm (9.8 in)	15.0 cm (5.9 in)	44 years	43 of 100 (Notable)
1 May 1944	Hot Springs 1 NNE, US	daily rain	134.6 mm (5.3 in)	72.4 mm (2.9 in)	7 years	41 of 100 (Notable)
1 May 1944	Escanaba, US	daily rain	34.0 mm (1.3 in)	15.2 mm (0.6 in)	44 years	39 of 100 (Notable)
1 May 1944	Hope 3 NE, US	daily rain	82.3 mm (3.2 in)	53.6 mm (2.1 in)	9 years	36 of 100 (Notable)
1 May 1944	Mexia, US	daily rain	83.8 mm (3.3 in)	43.2 mm (1.7 in)	28 years	36 of 100 (Notable)
1 May 1944	Nacogdoches, US	daily rain	63.8 mm (2.5 in)	41.4 mm (1.6 in)	44 years	36 of 100 (Notable)
1 May 1944	Kamennaja-Step, RU	daily rain	28.3 mm (1.1 in)	18.0 mm (0.7 in)	1 year	31 of 100 (Routine)
1 May 1944	El Dorado Goodwin Fld, US	daily rain	35.6 mm (1.4 in)	26.7 mm (1.1 in)	37 years	31 of 100 (Routine)
1 May 1944	Reit Im Winkl, DE	monthly snow depth	19.0 cm (7.5 in)	9.0 cm (3.5 in)	23 years	30 of 100 (Routine)
1 May 1944	Greenville, US	daily rain	36.3 mm (1.4 in)	17.2 mm (0.7 in)	45 years	30 of 100 (Routine)
1 May 1944	Prescott 2 NNW, US	daily rain	81.8 mm (3.2 in)	33.8 mm (1.3 in)	13 years	29 of 100 (Routine)
1 May 1944	Warren 2 ENE, US	daily rain	52.1 mm (2.1 in)	35.6 mm (1.4 in)	4 years	29 of 100 (Routine)
1 May 1944	Jefferson City Wtp, US	daily rain	49.3 mm (1.9 in)	16.0 mm (0.6 in)	45 years	29 of 100 (Routine)
1 May 1944	Honnali, IN	daily rain	47.0 mm (1.9 in)	19.1 mm (0.8 in)	40 years	28 of 100 (Routine)
1 May 1944	Bucuresti Filaret, RO	daily rain	27.4 mm (1.1 in)	18.0 mm (0.7 in)	1 year	28 of 100 (Routine)
1 May 1944	Camden 1, US	daily rain	34.0 mm (1.3 in)	16.5 mm (0.6 in)	48 years	28 of 100 (Routine)
1 May 1944	Plain Dealing, US	daily rain	50.8 mm (2.0 in)	16.3 mm (0.6 in)	48 years	28 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 1944

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1795 to 1944. 1944 had 229 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	183
20 to 40	17
40 to 60	4
60 to 80	1
80 to 100	2
100 to 120	0
120 to 140	0
140 to 160	1