Weather Records on 2 May 1944

727 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 2 May 1944. Highest significance: Hahndorf, AU.

Key Facts for 2 May 1944

On 2 May 1944, 727 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
77 were record highs and 117 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 2 were all-time records, 18 monthly and 707 daily.
Hahndorf set a daily record precipitation of 61.0 mm (2.4 in) on 2 May 1944.
Across 162 earlier years (1795 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 460 records.

Record Map

727 stations

727 station records on 2 May 1944 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 2 May 1944: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Hahndorf	Australia	Record daily precipitation	61.0 mm (2.4 in)	61 of 100 (Major)
Moran India	India	Record daily precipitation	210.1 mm (8.3 in)	59 of 100 (Notable)
Lysebotn	Norway	Record daily precipitation	51.0 mm (2.0 in)	57 of 100 (Notable)
Adelaide (Glen Osmond)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	33.8 mm (1.3 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Belair (State Flora Nursery)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	43.7 mm (1.7 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Ashbourne	Australia	Record daily precipitation	34.8 mm (1.4 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Casterton (Warrock)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	27.9 mm (1.1 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
McGregor	United States	Record daily precipitation	83.6 mm (3.3 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Port Lincoln (Big Swamp)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	40.1 mm (1.6 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Aldinga Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	27.2 mm (1.1 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Meadows	Australia	Record daily precipitation	47.0 mm (1.9 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Sibsagar	India	Record daily precipitation	134.1 mm (5.3 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Port Lincoln (Woolga)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	38.9 mm (1.5 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Happy Valley Reservoir	Australia	Record daily precipitation	36.3 mm (1.4 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Pierce 1 E	United States	Record daily precipitation	101.6 mm (4.0 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Magill Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	42.9 mm (1.7 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Echunga Golf Course	Australia	Record daily precipitation	45.2 mm (1.8 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Kanmantoo	Australia	Record daily precipitation	30.2 mm (1.2 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Old Noarlunga Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	30.5 mm (1.2 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Yallunda Flat (Meetigilly)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	26.7 mm (1.1 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Belair (Kalyra)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	48.5 mm (1.9 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Dergholm (Hillgrove)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	30.0 mm (1.2 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Prescott 2 NNW	United States	Record daily precipitation	76.2 mm (3.0 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Monroe	United States	Record daily precipitation	69.6 mm (2.7 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Coromandel Valley (Branden)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	38.9 mm (1.5 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Arkansas City	United States	Record daily precipitation	102.1 mm (4.0 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Adelaide (Brighton)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	34.3 mm (1.4 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Bridgewater	Australia	Record daily precipitation	58.2 mm (2.3 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Stirling	Australia	Record daily precipitation	60.5 mm (2.4 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Cape Willoughby	Australia	Record daily precipitation	26.7 mm (1.1 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Mallala	Australia	Record daily precipitation	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Smithfield	Australia	Record daily precipitation	31.8 mm (1.3 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Mount Barker	Australia	Record daily precipitation	44.2 mm (1.7 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Nairne	Australia	Record daily precipitation	38.9 mm (1.5 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Casterton (Roseneath)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	26.9 mm (1.1 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Hillsboro	United States	Record daily precipitation	141.0 mm (5.6 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Falls City Brenner Fld	United States	Record daily precipitation	101.9 mm (4.0 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Virginia Sheedy Road	Australia	Record daily precipitation	29.5 mm (1.2 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Apsley	Australia	Record daily precipitation	26.7 mm (1.1 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Edenhope (Post Office)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	31.8 mm (1.3 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Bedford	United States	Record daily precipitation	68.8 mm (2.7 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Goliad	United States	Record daily precipitation	67.3 mm (2.6 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Kaufman 3 SE	United States	Record daily precipitation	81.8 mm (3.2 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Glenelg Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	31.0 mm (1.2 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Rosedale	Australia	Record daily precipitation	31.2 mm (1.2 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Adelaide (Salisbury Bowling Cl	Australia	Record daily precipitation	28.7 mm (1.1 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Macclesfield	Australia	Record daily precipitation	31.0 mm (1.2 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Victor Harbor (Rivington Grang	Australia	Record daily precipitation	27.7 mm (1.1 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Stonyfell	Australia	Record daily precipitation	39.6 mm (1.6 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Narre Warren North (Narre Warr	Australia	Record daily precipitation	38.1 mm (1.5 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Balmoral (Post Office)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	26.7 mm (1.1 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Encinal	United States	Record daily precipitation	77.0 mm (3.0 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Flint	United States	Record daily precipitation	146.8 mm (5.8 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Port Lincoln	Australia	Record daily precipitation	35.3 mm (1.4 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Willsons River	Australia	Record daily precipitation	27.9 mm (1.1 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Adelaide (Pooraka)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	27.9 mm (1.1 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Kapunda Water Works	Australia	Record daily precipitation	30.2 mm (1.2 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Cherry Gardens	Australia	Record daily precipitation	45.7 mm (1.8 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Mount Lofty Summit	Australia	Record daily precipitation	57.2 mm (2.3 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Woodside	Australia	Record daily precipitation	40.6 mm (1.6 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)

Counts by Type and Timescale

727 records

Records set or tied on 2 May 1944 by type: Highest daily maximum 27, Lowest daily maximum 36, Highest daily minimum 50, Lowest daily minimum 81, Heaviest daily rainfall 510, Heaviest daily snowfall 20, Deepest snow cover 3.

Records on 2 May 1944 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	27
Lowest daily maximum	36
Highest daily minimum	50
Lowest daily minimum	81
Heaviest daily rainfall	510
Heaviest daily snowfall	20
Deepest snow cover	3

Records on 2 May 1944 by timescale: all-time 2, monthly 18, daily 707.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

652 broken records

Margins by which the 652 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

2 May 1944

Top 20 records on 2 May 1944 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
2 May 1944	Hahndorf, AU	daily rain	61.0 mm (2.4 in)	50.6 mm (2.0 in)	50 years	61 of 100 (Major)
2 May 1944	Moran India, IN	all-time rain	210.1 mm (8.3 in)	42.2 mm (1.7 in)	38 years	59 of 100 (Notable)
2 May 1944	Lysebotn, NO	daily rain	51.0 mm (2.0 in)	32.6 mm (1.3 in)	41 years	57 of 100 (Notable)
2 May 1944	Adelaide (Glen Osmond), AU	daily rain	33.8 mm (1.3 in)	26.7 mm (1.1 in)	50 years	52 of 100 (Notable)
2 May 1944	Belair (State Flora Nursery), AU	daily rain	43.7 mm (1.7 in)	25.9 mm (1.0 in)	50 years	52 of 100 (Notable)
2 May 1944	Ashbourne, AU	daily rain	34.8 mm (1.4 in)	27.7 mm (1.1 in)	46 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
2 May 1944	Casterton (Warrock), AU	daily rain	27.9 mm (1.1 in)	16.5 mm (0.6 in)	44 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
2 May 1944	McGregor, US	daily rain	83.6 mm (3.3 in)	62.0 mm (2.4 in)	28 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
2 May 1944	Port Lincoln (Big Swamp), AU	daily rain	40.1 mm (1.6 in)	31.2 mm (1.2 in)	22 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
2 May 1944	Aldinga Post Office, AU	daily rain	27.2 mm (1.1 in)	19.1 mm (0.8 in)	44 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
2 May 1944	Meadows, AU	daily rain	47.0 mm (1.9 in)	27.9 mm (1.1 in)	56 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
2 May 1944	Sibsagar, IN	daily rain	134.1 mm (5.3 in)	85.3 mm (3.4 in)	20 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
2 May 1944	Port Lincoln (Woolga), AU	daily rain	38.9 mm (1.5 in)	26.5 mm (1.0 in)	18 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
2 May 1944	Happy Valley Reservoir, AU	daily rain	36.3 mm (1.4 in)	23.6 mm (0.9 in)	22 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
2 May 1944	Pierce 1 E, US	daily rain	101.6 mm (4.0 in)	82.3 mm (3.2 in)	33 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
2 May 1944	Magill Post Office, AU	daily rain	42.9 mm (1.7 in)	30.7 mm (1.2 in)	18 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
2 May 1944	Echunga Golf Course, AU	daily rain	45.2 mm (1.8 in)	32.5 mm (1.3 in)	18 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
2 May 1944	Kanmantoo, AU	daily rain	30.2 mm (1.2 in)	17.2 mm (0.7 in)	56 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
2 May 1944	Old Noarlunga Post Office, AU	daily rain	30.5 mm (1.2 in)	21.9 mm (0.9 in)	11 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
2 May 1944	Yallunda Flat (Meetigilly), AU	daily rain	26.7 mm (1.1 in)	21.1 mm (0.8 in)	18 years	46 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 1944

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1795 to 1944. 1944 had 727 records.

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

Records on 05-02 in each year
Year	Records
1795	1
1804	1
1814	1
1835	1
1836	2
1845	1
1846	1
1849	1
1850	2
1852	1
1866	2
1868	2
1874	1
1875	1
1876	1
1877	2
1878	2
1879	1
1881	2
1883	1
1884	2
1885	1
1886	3
1887	1
1888	1
1889	2
1890	1
1891	4
1892	5
1893	1
1894	4
1895	1
1896	4
1897	2
1898	6
1899	9
1900	1
1901	6
1902	5
1903	14
1904	25
1905	19
1906	15
1907	22
1908	11
1909	48
1910	21
1911	34
1912	26
1913	132
1914	33
1915	25
1916	21
1917	52
1918	21
1919	52
1920	73
1921	31
1922	219
1923	58
1924	57
1925	123
1926	323
1927	125
1928	164
1929	336
1930	366
1931	237
1932	113
1933	584
1934	337
1935	509
1936	305
1937	278
1938	411
1939	273
1940	587
1941	510
1942	600
1943	542
1944	727
1945	522
1946	321
1947	794
1948	874
1949	561
1950	651
1951	509
1952	445
1953	1,009
1954	1,317
1955	977
1956	1,261
1957	371
1958	380
1959	1,030
1960	571
1961	670
1962	396
1963	685
1964	656
1965	314
1966	779
1967	1,123
1968	440
1969	338
1970	670
1971	421
1972	336
1973	711
1974	456
1975	337
1976	660
1977	579
1978	976
1979	743
1980	449
1981	1,009
1982	537
1983	1,808
1984	712
1985	1,062
1986	631
1987	763
1988	1,142
1989	1,009
1990	1,567
1991	587
1992	1,014
1993	1,017
1994	937
1995	1,166
1996	1,076
1997	750
1998	1,043
1999	838
2000	931
2001	1,256
2002	1,263
2003	787
2004	1,344
2005	1,785
2006	577
2007	867
2008	963
2009	898
2010	1,629
2011	936
2012	1,103
2013	1,486
2014	696
2015	582
2016	583
2017	601
2018	768
2019	622
2020	798
2021	572
2022	440
2023	951
2024	880
2025	569
2026	765

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Data for records on 1944-05-02: 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	555
20 to 40	69
40 to 60	15
60 to 80	5
80 to 100	3
100 to 120	3
120 to 140	0
140 to 160	2