Weather Records on 2 May 1946

321 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 2 May 1946. Highest significance: Raiford State Prison, US.

Key Facts for 2 May 1946

On 2 May 1946, 321 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
105 were record highs and 49 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 1 were all-time records, 8 monthly and 312 daily.
Raiford State Prison set a monthly record daily precipitation of 144.8 mm (5.7 in) on 2 May 1946.
Across 162 earlier years (1795 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 462 records.

Record Map

321 stations

321 station records on 2 May 1946 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 2 May 1946: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Raiford State Prison	United States	Record daily precipitation	144.8 mm (5.7 in)	58 of 100 (Notable)
Lead	United States	Record daily precipitation	102.9 mm (4.1 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Harrison	United States	Record daily precipitation	54.9 mm (2.2 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Lusk 2 SW	United States	Record daily precipitation	48.5 mm (1.9 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Livingston	United States	Record daily precipitation	45.7 mm (1.8 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Canton	United States	Record daily precipitation	50.3 mm (2.0 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Ft Robinson	United States	Record daily precipitation	50.8 mm (2.0 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Hawkinsville	United States	Record daily precipitation	66.0 mm (2.6 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Bartow 1SE	United States	Record daily precipitation	55.9 mm (2.2 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Custer	United States	Record daily precipitation	56.4 mm (2.2 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Pointe Au Pere	Canada	Record low maximum temperature	0.6 C (33.1 F)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Onawa 3NW	United States	Record daily precipitation	49.3 mm (1.9 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Mt Carmel	United States	Record daily precipitation	68.1 mm (2.7 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Merriman	United States	Record daily precipitation	41.1 mm (1.6 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Mt Carmel 4 NW	United States	Record daily precipitation	68.1 mm (2.7 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Ardmore 1 NW	United States	Record daily precipitation	44.2 mm (1.7 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Kennebec	United States	Record daily precipitation	44.7 mm (1.8 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
McAlester Rgnl AP	United States	Record daily precipitation	69.9 mm (2.8 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Hot Springs	United States	Record daily precipitation	83.3 mm (3.3 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
White Lake	United States	Record daily precipitation	32.0 mm (1.3 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Bathurst	Canada	Record low maximum temperature	1.7 C (35.1 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Oskaloosa	United States	Record daily precipitation	34.5 mm (1.4 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Manbazar	India	Record daily precipitation	50.8 mm (2.0 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Hilliard	United States	Record daily precipitation	31.5 mm (1.2 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Redfield	United States	Record daily precipitation	34.8 mm (1.4 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Palasbari	India	Record daily precipitation	58.9 mm (2.3 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Troicko-Pecherskoe	Russia	Record low minimum temperature	-14.6 C (5.7 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Cottonwood 2 E	United States	Record daily precipitation	37.6 mm (1.5 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Experiment	United States	Record daily precipitation	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Sigourney	United States	Record daily precipitation	30.0 mm (1.2 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Springfield	United States	Record daily precipitation	56.9 mm (2.2 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Tewantin Post Office	Australia	Record high maximum temperature	28.9 C (84.0 F)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Augsburg (Sankt Stephan)	Germany	Record high maximum temperature	27.5 C (81.5 F)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Ft Gaines	United States	Record daily precipitation	33.8 mm (1.3 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Murdo	United States	Record daily precipitation	46.0 mm (1.8 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Pierre Rgnl AP	United States	Record daily precipitation	34.5 mm (1.4 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Carcross	Canada	Record high maximum temperature	17.8 C (64.0 F)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Amlagora	India	Record daily precipitation	33.0 mm (1.3 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Goat Rock	United States	Record daily precipitation	29.7 mm (1.2 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Mc Minnville	United States	Record high minimum temperature	13.9 C (57.0 F)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Ozark 6 NNW	United States	Record daily precipitation	36.1 mm (1.4 in)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Mammoth Spring	United States	Record daily precipitation	67.3 mm (2.6 in)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Isleworth	United States	Record daily precipitation	53.8 mm (2.1 in)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Quinault Rs	United States	Record high maximum temperature	31.7 C (89.1 F)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Belle Isle	Canada	Record daily snowfall	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Port Said	Egypt	Record daily precipitation	26.0 mm (1.0 in)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Grundy Ctr	United States	Record daily precipitation	29.2 mm (1.1 in)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Hatch	United States	Record high minimum temperature	14.4 C (57.9 F)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Highlands	United States	Record daily precipitation	54.1 mm (2.1 in)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Columbia 2SSE	United States	Record daily precipitation	32.0 mm (1.3 in)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Bella Coola	Canada	Record high maximum temperature	29.4 C (84.9 F)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Groot Constantia	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	31.2 mm (1.2 in)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Fernandina Beach	United States	Record high minimum temperature	21.7 C (71.1 F)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Belle Plaine	United States	Record daily precipitation	37.3 mm (1.5 in)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Fairmont	United States	Record daily precipitation	39.4 mm (1.6 in)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Rock House	United States	Record daily precipitation	49.5 mm (1.9 in)	22 of 100 (Routine)
St Lin des Laurentides	Canada	Record low maximum temperature	-0.6 C (30.9 F)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Bhagwanpur	India	Record daily precipitation	41.1 mm (1.6 in)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Sveg	Sweden	Record high minimum temperature	5.2 C (41.4 F)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Woodville 4 ESE	United States	Record high maximum temperature	33.3 C (91.9 F)	21 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

321 records

Records set or tied on 2 May 1946 by type: Highest daily maximum 62, Lowest daily maximum 16, Highest daily minimum 43, Lowest daily minimum 33, Heaviest daily rainfall 164, Heaviest daily snowfall 3.

Records on 2 May 1946 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	62
Lowest daily maximum	16
Highest daily minimum	43
Lowest daily minimum	33
Heaviest daily rainfall	164
Heaviest daily snowfall	3
Deepest snow cover	0

Records on 2 May 1946 by timescale: all-time 1, monthly 8, daily 312.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

259 broken records

Margins by which the 259 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 81.0. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

2 May 1946

Top 20 records on 2 May 1946 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
2 May 1946	Raiford State Prison, US	monthly rain	144.8 mm (5.7 in)	52.1 mm (2.1 in)	39 years	58 of 100 (Notable)
2 May 1946	Lead, US	daily rain	102.9 mm (4.1 in)	79.8 mm (3.1 in)	31 years	52 of 100 (Notable)
2 May 1946	Harrison, US	daily rain	54.9 mm (2.2 in)	43.5 mm (1.7 in)	17 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
2 May 1946	Lusk 2 SW, US	daily rain	48.5 mm (1.9 in)	29.2 mm (1.1 in)	46 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
2 May 1946	Livingston, US	daily rain	45.7 mm (1.8 in)	45.7 mm (1.8 in)	48 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
2 May 1946	Canton, US	daily rain	50.3 mm (2.0 in)	32.0 mm (1.3 in)	50 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
2 May 1946	Ft Robinson, US	daily rain	50.8 mm (2.0 in)	38.1 mm (1.5 in)	17 years	44 of 100 (Notable)
2 May 1946	Hawkinsville, US	daily rain	66.0 mm (2.6 in)	27.9 mm (1.1 in)	50 years	40 of 100 (Notable)
2 May 1946	Bartow 1SE, US	daily rain	55.9 mm (2.2 in)	35.1 mm (1.4 in)	49 years	39 of 100 (Notable)
2 May 1946	Custer, US	daily rain	56.4 mm (2.2 in)	28.5 mm (1.1 in)	31 years	39 of 100 (Notable)
2 May 1946	Pointe Au Pere, CA	monthly low max	0.6 C (33.1 F)	1.1 C (2.0 F)	65 years	38 of 100 (Notable)
2 May 1946	Onawa 3NW, US	daily rain	49.3 mm (1.9 in)	37.6 mm (1.5 in)	8 years	37 of 100 (Notable)
2 May 1946	Mt Carmel, US	daily rain	68.1 mm (2.7 in)	19.8 mm (0.8 in)	49 years	36 of 100 (Notable)
2 May 1946	Merriman, US	daily rain	41.1 mm (1.6 in)	28.4 mm (1.1 in)	41 years	36 of 100 (Notable)
2 May 1946	Mt Carmel 4 NW, US	daily rain	68.1 mm (2.7 in)	34.6 mm (1.4 in)	8 years	34 of 100 (Routine)
2 May 1946	Ardmore 1 NW, US	daily rain	44.2 mm (1.7 in)	33.3 mm (1.3 in)	12 years	34 of 100 (Routine)
2 May 1946	Kennebec, US	daily rain	44.7 mm (1.8 in)	16.8 mm (0.7 in)	46 years	34 of 100 (Routine)
2 May 1946	McAlester Rgnl AP, US	daily rain	69.9 mm (2.8 in)	46.0 mm (1.8 in)	32 years	34 of 100 (Routine)
2 May 1946	Hot Springs, US	all-time rain	83.3 mm (3.3 in)	0.7 mm (0.03 in)	23 years	32 of 100 (Routine)
2 May 1946	White Lake, US	daily rain	32.0 mm (1.3 in)	18.5 mm (0.7 in)	31 years	31 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 1946

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1795 to 1946. 1946 had 321 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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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	228
20 to 40	24
40 to 60	4
60 to 80	2
80 to 100	1