Weather Records on 7 May 1944

476 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 7 May 1944. Highest significance: Williamsport, US.

Key Facts for 7 May 1944

On 7 May 1944, 476 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
53 were record highs and 318 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 0 were all-time records, 60 monthly and 416 daily.
Williamsport set a daily record precipitation of 58.9 mm (2.3 in) on 7 May 1944.
Across 168 earlier years (1795 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 418 records.

Record Map

476 stations

476 station records on 7 May 1944 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 7 May 1944: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Williamsport	United States	Record daily precipitation	58.9 mm (2.3 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Sonnblick	Austria	Record daily precipitation	54.0 mm (2.1 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Addison	United States	Record daily precipitation	58.4 mm (2.3 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Roberval Nord	Canada	Record daily precipitation	39.4 mm (1.6 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Aquidaba	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	65.0 mm (2.6 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Westminster 2 SSE	United States	Record daily precipitation	55.4 mm (2.2 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Selinsgrove 2 S	United States	Record daily precipitation	81.3 mm (3.2 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Towanda 1 S	United States	Record daily precipitation	64.0 mm (2.5 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
La Tuque	Canada	Record daily precipitation	39.4 mm (1.6 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
State Sanatorium	United States	Record daily precipitation	53.3 mm (2.1 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Auburn	United States	Record daily precipitation	36.1 mm (1.4 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Namdalseid	Norway	Record snow depth	17.0 cm (6.7 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Moorefield 1 SSE	United States	Record daily precipitation	35.6 mm (1.4 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Lusk 2 SW	United States	Record daily snowfall	7.6 cm (3.0 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Fort Good Hope 2	Canada	Record daily snowfall	8.9 cm (3.5 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Ithaca Cornell UNIV	United States	Record daily precipitation	52.6 mm (2.1 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Lawrenceville 2 S	United States	Record daily precipitation	50.8 mm (2.0 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Hamburg Fuhlsbuettel	Germany	Record low maximum temperature	4.8 C (40.6 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Lock Haven	United States	Record daily precipitation	42.2 mm (1.7 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Renovo	United States	Record daily precipitation	69.1 mm (2.7 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Ozark 6 NNW	United States	Record low minimum temperature	5.6 C (42.1 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Silverton	United States	Record snow depth	66.0 cm (26.0 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Ansonia 2 W	United States	Record daily precipitation	45.2 mm (1.8 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Princeton	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-1.7 C (28.9 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Bolivar	United States	Record daily precipitation	27.7 mm (1.1 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Nossa Senhora Das Dores	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	47.0 mm (1.9 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Braunschweig (T.H.)	Germany	Record low maximum temperature	6.4 C (43.5 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Greensboro	United States	Record low minimum temperature	2.8 C (37.0 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Newnan 7 WNW	United States	Record low minimum temperature	2.2 C (36.0 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)
W Pt	United States	Record low minimum temperature	1.7 C (35.1 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Avery Rs	United States	Record high minimum temperature	14.4 C (57.9 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Mayfield 2 S	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-0.6 C (30.9 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Holly Springs 2 N	United States	Record low minimum temperature	1.7 C (35.1 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Milan Exp STN	United States	Record low minimum temperature	0.0 C (32.0 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Maniwaki 2	Canada	Record daily precipitation	27.9 mm (1.1 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Marble Hill	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-2.8 C (27.0 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Skaneateles	United States	Record daily precipitation	34.3 mm (1.4 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Milledgeville	United States	Record low minimum temperature	3.3 C (37.9 F)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Talbotton	United States	Record low minimum temperature	2.2 C (36.0 F)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Hancock	United States	Record daily precipitation	44.7 mm (1.8 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Elmira	United States	Record daily precipitation	56.6 mm (2.2 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Lynnville 4 SSW	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-6.7 C (19.9 F)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Putbus	Germany	Record low maximum temperature	4.7 C (40.5 F)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Auburn	United States	Record low minimum temperature	2.8 C (37.0 F)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Clanton	United States	Record low minimum temperature	2.2 C (36.0 F)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Lincoln Lock 4	United States	Record low minimum temperature	1.1 C (34.0 F)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Madison	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-0.6 C (30.9 F)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Columbus Dardc	United States	Record low minimum temperature	5.0 C (41.0 F)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Monticello	United States	Record low minimum temperature	2.8 C (37.0 F)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Earlington	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-0.6 C (30.9 F)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Pontotoc	United States	Record low minimum temperature	1.7 C (35.1 F)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Elizabethtown	United States	Record daily precipitation	31.8 mm (1.3 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Conway	United States	Record daily precipitation	32.0 mm (1.3 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Greenwood	United States	Record low minimum temperature	2.8 C (37.0 F)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Franklin Sewage Plt	United States	Record low minimum temperature	0.6 C (33.1 F)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Graz	Austria	Record daily precipitation	39.2 mm (1.5 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Euclides da Cunha (Cumbe)	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	25.5 mm (1.0 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Eastman 1 W	United States	Record low minimum temperature	6.1 C (43.0 F)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Experiment	United States	Record low minimum temperature	2.2 C (36.0 F)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Clarksdale	United States	Record low minimum temperature	5.6 C (42.1 F)	25 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

476 records

Records set or tied on 7 May 1944 by type: Highest daily maximum 12, Lowest daily maximum 73, Highest daily minimum 41, Lowest daily minimum 245, Heaviest daily rainfall 99, Heaviest daily snowfall 3, Deepest snow cover 3.

Records on 7 May 1944 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	12
Lowest daily maximum	73
Highest daily minimum	41
Lowest daily minimum	245
Heaviest daily rainfall	99
Heaviest daily snowfall	3
Deepest snow cover	3

Records on 7 May 1944 by timescale: all-time 0, monthly 60, daily 416.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

380 broken records

Margins by which the 380 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 558.0. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

7 May 1944

Top 20 records on 7 May 1944 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
7 May 1944	Williamsport, US	daily rain	58.9 mm (2.3 in)	31.2 mm (1.2 in)	36 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
7 May 1944	Sonnblick, AT	daily rain	54.0 mm (2.1 in)	25.5 mm (1.0 in)	36 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
7 May 1944	Addison, US	daily rain	58.4 mm (2.3 in)	33.8 mm (1.3 in)	9 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
7 May 1944	Roberval Nord, CA	daily rain	39.4 mm (1.6 in)	23.9 mm (0.9 in)	29 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
7 May 1944	Aquidaba, BR	daily rain	65.0 mm (2.6 in)	57.0 mm (2.2 in)	4 years	44 of 100 (Notable)
7 May 1944	Westminster 2 SSE, US	daily rain	55.4 mm (2.2 in)	37.6 mm (1.5 in)	9 years	43 of 100 (Notable)
7 May 1944	Selinsgrove 2 S, US	daily rain	81.3 mm (3.2 in)	30.5 mm (1.2 in)	36 years	43 of 100 (Notable)
7 May 1944	Towanda 1 S, US	monthly rain	64.0 mm (2.5 in)	12.4 mm (0.5 in)	37 years	42 of 100 (Notable)
7 May 1944	La Tuque, CA	daily rain	39.4 mm (1.6 in)	25.2 mm (1.0 in)	5 years	39 of 100 (Notable)
7 May 1944	State Sanatorium, US	daily rain	53.3 mm (2.1 in)	29.7 mm (1.2 in)	30 years	37 of 100 (Notable)
7 May 1944	Auburn, US	daily rain	36.1 mm (1.4 in)	17.0 mm (0.7 in)	36 years	36 of 100 (Notable)
7 May 1944	Namdalseid, NO	daily snow depth	17.0 cm (6.7 in)	16.0 cm (6.3 in)	44 years	34 of 100 (Routine)
7 May 1944	Moorefield 1 SSE, US	daily rain	35.6 mm (1.4 in)	17.8 mm (0.7 in)	44 years	34 of 100 (Routine)
7 May 1944	Lusk 2 SW, US	daily snowfall	7.6 cm (3.0 in)	7.6 cm (3.0 in)	46 years	34 of 100 (Routine)
7 May 1944	Fort Good Hope 2, CA	daily snowfall	8.9 cm (3.5 in)	7.1 cm (2.8 in)	29 years	33 of 100 (Routine)
7 May 1944	Ithaca Cornell UNIV, US	monthly rain	52.6 mm (2.1 in)	2.3 mm (0.09 in)	51 years	33 of 100 (Routine)
7 May 1944	Lawrenceville 2 S, US	daily rain	50.8 mm (2.0 in)	22.9 mm (0.9 in)	9 years	33 of 100 (Routine)
7 May 1944	Hamburg Fuhlsbuettel, DE	monthly low max	4.8 C (40.6 F)	1.3 C (2.3 F)	51 years	32 of 100 (Routine)
7 May 1944	Lock Haven, US	daily rain	42.2 mm (1.7 in)	16.8 mm (0.7 in)	36 years	32 of 100 (Routine)
7 May 1944	Renovo, US	monthly rain	69.1 mm (2.7 in)	9.4 mm (0.37 in)	24 years	32 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 476 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 100	378
100 to 200	1
200 to 300	0
300 to 400	0
400 to 500	0
500 to 600	1