Weather Records on 5 May 1949

1,099 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 5 May 1949. Highest significance: Fortaleza, BR.

Key Facts for 5 May 1949

On 5 May 1949, 1,099 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
803 were record highs and 86 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 3 were all-time records, 25 monthly and 1,071 daily.
Fortaleza set an all-time record daily precipitation of 227.2 mm (8.9 in) on 5 May 1949.
Across 160 earlier years (1795 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 439 records.

Record Map

1,099 stations

1,099 station records on 5 May 1949 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 5 May 1949: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Fortaleza	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	227.2 mm (8.9 in)	66 of 100 (Major)
Clontarf	Canada	Record daily precipitation	47.0 mm (1.9 in)	58 of 100 (Notable)
Ningaloo	Australia	Record daily precipitation	93.7 mm (3.7 in)	56 of 100 (Notable)
Mundau	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	157.0 mm (6.2 in)	56 of 100 (Notable)
The Hermatige	Australia	Record daily precipitation	49.5 mm (1.9 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Eagle Harbor	United States	Record daily precipitation	31.5 mm (1.2 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Tower 2S	United States	Record daily precipitation	37.8 mm (1.5 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Ashland Exp Farm	United States	Record daily precipitation	48.3 mm (1.9 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Lughrata	Australia	Record daily precipitation	30.0 mm (1.2 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Farson 2NNE	United States	Record daily snowfall	22.9 cm (9.0 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Whitemark	Australia	Record daily precipitation	31.8 mm (1.3 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Canadian	United States	Record daily precipitation	45.7 mm (1.8 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Forman 5 SSE	United States	Record daily precipitation	31.2 mm (1.2 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Park Falls Dnr HQ	United States	Record daily precipitation	34.0 mm (1.3 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Chugwater	United States	Record daily precipitation	41.7 mm (1.6 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Fortaleza (Escola Regional)	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	173.2 mm (6.8 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Berinag	India	Record daily precipitation	56.4 mm (2.2 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Ironwood	United States	Record daily precipitation	40.4 mm (1.6 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Boolathana	Australia	Record daily precipitation	87.6 mm (3.4 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Itapage	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	52.0 mm (2.0 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Wingaroo	Australia	Record daily precipitation	27.4 mm (1.1 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Onslow	Australia	Record daily precipitation	62.0 mm (2.4 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Gunnedah Pool	Australia	Record low maximum temperature	13.9 C (57.0 F)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Teresina	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	60.0 mm (2.4 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Alton	Canada	Record high minimum temperature	19.4 C (66.9 F)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Ishpeming	United States	Record daily precipitation	36.1 mm (1.4 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Watertown Rgnl AP	United States	Record daily precipitation	39.9 mm (1.6 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Britton	United States	Record daily precipitation	26.4 mm (1.0 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Highmore	United States	Record daily precipitation	35.6 mm (1.4 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Burra 1	Australia	Record daily precipitation	28.7 mm (1.1 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Goderich	Canada	Record high minimum temperature	15.0 C (59.0 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Grand Marais	United States	Record daily precipitation	31.0 mm (1.2 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Geneva	United States	Record daily precipitation	52.3 mm (2.1 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
New London	United States	Record daily precipitation	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Winona	United States	Record high minimum temperature	22.8 C (73.0 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Grover 10 W	United States	Record daily precipitation	38.1 mm (1.5 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Auburn	United States	Record daily precipitation	26.9 mm (1.1 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Viroqua	United States	Record high minimum temperature	20.6 C (69.1 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Cardabia	Australia	Record daily precipitation	71.1 mm (2.8 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Cape Barren Island (Cape Barre	Australia	Record daily precipitation	26.4 mm (1.0 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Chemnitz	Germany	Record high minimum temperature	12.6 C (54.7 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Provincetown 3 NW	United States	Record high maximum temperature	25.6 C (78.1 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Zumbrota	United States	Record high minimum temperature	20.0 C (68.0 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Cleveland 2717 Euclid	United States	Record high minimum temperature	21.1 C (70.0 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)
La Delle 7 NE	United States	Record daily precipitation	27.9 mm (1.1 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Vivian	United States	Record daily precipitation	47.8 mm (1.9 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Racine Wwtp	United States	Record high minimum temperature	20.6 C (69.1 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Little Falls 2NNE	United States	Record daily precipitation	36.6 mm (1.4 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Miami	United States	Record daily precipitation	45.5 mm (1.8 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Hillsboro	United States	Record high minimum temperature	20.6 C (69.1 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Carnarvon Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	43.9 mm (1.7 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Bourke Post Office	Australia	Record low maximum temperature	14.4 C (57.9 F)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Middletown 4 W	United States	Record high minimum temperature	15.6 C (60.1 F)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Rockford	United States	Record high minimum temperature	21.1 C (70.0 F)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Decorah	United States	Record high minimum temperature	19.4 C (66.9 F)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Beardsley	United States	Record daily precipitation	33.5 mm (1.3 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Crookston NW Exp STN	United States	Record daily precipitation	30.5 mm (1.2 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Buffalo 2 SSW	United States	Record daily precipitation	28.2 mm (1.1 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Milbank 4 NW	United States	Record daily precipitation	25.7 mm (1.0 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Iraucuba	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	28.0 mm (1.1 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

1,099 records

Records set or tied on 5 May 1949 by type: Highest daily maximum 410, Lowest daily maximum 25, Highest daily minimum 393, Lowest daily minimum 61, Heaviest daily rainfall 207, Heaviest daily snowfall 3.

Records on 5 May 1949 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	410
Lowest daily maximum	25
Highest daily minimum	393
Lowest daily minimum	61
Heaviest daily rainfall	207
Heaviest daily snowfall	3
Deepest snow cover	0

Records on 5 May 1949 by timescale: all-time 3, monthly 25, daily 1,071.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

915 broken records

Margins by which the 915 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 140.0. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

5 May 1949

Top 20 records on 5 May 1949 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
5 May 1949	Fortaleza, BR	all-time rain	227.2 mm (8.9 in)	78.8 mm (3.1 in)	10 years	66 of 100 (Major)
5 May 1949	Clontarf, CA	daily rain	47.0 mm (1.9 in)	36.8 mm (1.4 in)	40 years	58 of 100 (Notable)
5 May 1949	Ningaloo, AU	daily rain	93.7 mm (3.7 in)	73.9 mm (2.9 in)	39 years	56 of 100 (Notable)
5 May 1949	Mundau, BR	all-time rain	157.0 mm (6.2 in)	37.0 mm (1.5 in)	29 years	56 of 100 (Notable)
5 May 1949	The Hermatige, AU	daily rain	49.5 mm (1.9 in)	34.8 mm (1.4 in)	18 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
5 May 1949	Eagle Harbor, US	daily rain	31.5 mm (1.2 in)	23.9 mm (0.9 in)	46 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
5 May 1949	Tower 2S, US	daily rain	37.8 mm (1.5 in)	25.1 mm (1.0 in)	52 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
5 May 1949	Ashland Exp Farm, US	daily rain	48.3 mm (1.9 in)	31.0 mm (1.2 in)	36 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
5 May 1949	Lughrata, AU	daily rain	30.0 mm (1.2 in)	20.6 mm (0.8 in)	18 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
5 May 1949	Farson 2NNE, US	monthly snowfall	22.9 cm (9.0 in)	14.0 cm (5.5 in)	19 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
5 May 1949	Whitemark, AU	daily rain	31.8 mm (1.3 in)	21.1 mm (0.8 in)	18 years	43 of 100 (Notable)
5 May 1949	Canadian, US	daily rain	45.7 mm (1.8 in)	37.1 mm (1.5 in)	34 years	43 of 100 (Notable)
5 May 1949	Forman 5 SSE, US	daily rain	31.2 mm (1.2 in)	23.3 mm (0.9 in)	47 years	41 of 100 (Notable)
5 May 1949	Park Falls Dnr HQ, US	daily rain	34.0 mm (1.3 in)	24.9 mm (1.0 in)	27 years	41 of 100 (Notable)
5 May 1949	Chugwater, US	daily rain	41.7 mm (1.6 in)	29.5 mm (1.2 in)	7 years	41 of 100 (Notable)
5 May 1949	Fortaleza (Escola Regional), BR	all-time rain	173.2 mm (6.8 in)	9.2 mm (0.36 in)	36 years	39 of 100 (Notable)
5 May 1949	Berinag, IN	daily rain	56.4 mm (2.2 in)	33.0 mm (1.3 in)	22 years	39 of 100 (Notable)
5 May 1949	Ironwood, US	daily rain	40.4 mm (1.6 in)	28.0 mm (1.1 in)	6 years	39 of 100 (Notable)
5 May 1949	Boolathana, AU	monthly rain	87.6 mm (3.4 in)	19.8 mm (0.8 in)	27 years	38 of 100 (Notable)
5 May 1949	Itapage, BR	daily rain	52.0 mm (2.0 in)	31.5 mm (1.2 in)	31 years	38 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 1949

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1795 to 1949. 1949 had 1,099 records.

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

Records on 05-05 in each year
Year	Records
1795	2
1805	1
1836	1
1837	1
1840	1
1850	4
1852	1
1855	1
1856	2
1859	2
1861	5
1862	1
1864	2
1867	1
1875	2
1877	2
1878	1
1879	2
1880	1
1882	1
1884	2
1885	1
1886	3
1888	3
1889	5
1890	2
1891	3
1892	5
1894	3
1895	2
1896	1
1897	2
1898	6
1899	5
1900	3
1901	2
1902	5
1903	9
1904	14
1905	17
1906	4
1907	16
1908	14
1909	17
1910	19
1911	17
1912	17
1913	46
1914	39
1915	73
1916	98
1917	70
1918	24
1919	77
1920	41
1921	63
1922	98
1923	139
1924	132
1925	143
1926	220
1927	115
1928	149
1929	256
1930	469
1931	250
1932	166
1933	339
1934	448
1935	417
1936	377
1937	159
1938	362
1939	222
1940	446
1941	415
1942	529
1943	427
1944	1,237
1945	355
1946	306
1947	528
1948	671
1949	1,099
1950	893
1951	174
1952	723
1953	659
1954	607
1955	382
1956	363
1957	561
1958	404
1959	587
1960	773
1961	644
1962	261
1963	249
1964	643
1965	724
1966	1,413
1967	613
1968	434
1969	530
1970	386
1971	444
1972	292
1973	542
1974	716
1975	711
1976	402
1977	708
1978	1,033
1979	1,534
1980	562
1981	524
1982	659
1983	475
1984	767
1985	463
1986	968
1987	895
1988	820
1989	941
1990	1,511
1991	1,176
1992	1,004
1993	725
1994	743
1995	888
1996	1,368
1997	1,220
1998	1,707
1999	1,301
2000	1,442
2001	963
2002	883
2003	1,792
2004	1,401
2005	1,009
2006	657
2007	850
2008	453
2009	751
2010	1,053
2011	857
2012	1,281
2013	1,265
2014	680
2015	783
2016	554
2017	849
2018	481
2019	538
2020	403
2021	733
2022	514
2023	579
2024	961
2025	717
2026	538

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Data for records on 1949-05-05: 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	883
20 to 40	29
40 to 60	0
60 to 80	2
80 to 100	0
100 to 120	0
120 to 140	1