Weather Records on 2 May 1950

651 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 2 May 1950. Highest significance: Artern, DE.

Key Facts for 2 May 1950

On 2 May 1950, 651 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
88 were record highs and 229 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 0 were all-time records, 39 monthly and 612 daily.
Artern set a daily record precipitation of 29.5 mm (1.2 in) on 2 May 1950.
Across 162 earlier years (1795 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 460 records.

Record Map

651 stations

651 station records on 2 May 1950 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 2 May 1950: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Artern	Germany	Record daily precipitation	29.5 mm (1.2 in)	55 of 100 (Notable)
Morden	Canada	Record daily snowfall	18.3 cm (7.2 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Morden Cda	Canada	Record daily snowfall	21.1 cm (8.3 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Nespelem 2 S	United States	Record daily precipitation	30.2 mm (1.2 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Kareepoort	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	58.7 mm (2.3 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Port Gibson 1 NE	United States	Record daily precipitation	108.2 mm (4.3 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Yazoo City	United States	Record daily precipitation	54.4 mm (2.1 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Zamenkomst	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	31.2 mm (1.2 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Eureka	United States	Record daily precipitation	35.1 mm (1.4 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Natchez	United States	Record daily precipitation	124.5 mm (4.9 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Downieville	United States	Record daily precipitation	42.7 mm (1.7 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Napoleon	United States	Record daily precipitation	38.1 mm (1.5 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Vredefort (Skl)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	62.2 mm (2.4 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Amity	United States	Record daily precipitation	85.1 mm (3.4 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Cascade 5 S	United States	Record daily snowfall	8.9 cm (3.5 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Mayville	United States	Record snow depth	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Walterboro 1 SW	United States	Record daily precipitation	40.6 mm (1.6 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Sao Joao Do Jaguaribe	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	73.3 mm (2.9 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Corning	United States	Record low maximum temperature	11.1 C (52.0 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Haskell	United States	Record low maximum temperature	13.3 C (55.9 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Jhb-Norwood	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	26.4 mm (1.0 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Manistee 3SE	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-6.1 C (21.0 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Mayville	United States	Record daily snowfall	8.9 cm (3.5 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Bloukrans (Bos)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	52.6 mm (2.1 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Welverdiend (Pol)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	33.0 mm (1.3 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
New Market	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	26.7 mm (1.1 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Nashville	United States	Record daily precipitation	53.6 mm (2.1 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Camp Crook	United States	Record snow depth	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Oorsprong-Oos	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	30.0 mm (1.2 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Lodi	United States	Record low minimum temperature	1.7 C (35.1 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
St Joseph 3 N	United States	Record daily precipitation	102.1 mm (4.0 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Towner 2 NE	United States	Record low maximum temperature	2.8 C (37.0 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Huntington	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-2.8 C (27.0 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Malvern	United States	Record daily precipitation	54.1 mm (2.1 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Grand Forks UNIV (NWS)	United States	Record daily snowfall	8.4 cm (3.3 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Lakeview 2 NNW	United States	Record daily snowfall	8.4 cm (3.3 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Nelson Bay (Nelson Head)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	52.8 mm (2.1 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Portage la Prairie	Canada	Record daily snowfall	5.6 cm (2.2 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Pine Bluff	United States	Record daily precipitation	68.6 mm (2.7 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Tahoe City	United States	Record daily snowfall	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Ashley	United States	Record daily precipitation	55.1 mm (2.2 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Otto FAA AP	United States	Record high minimum temperature	11.1 C (52.0 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Brookhaven City	United States	Record daily precipitation	74.4 mm (2.9 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Cascade 5 S	United States	Record daily precipitation	25.9 mm (1.0 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Aleksandrovsk-Sahalinskij	Russia	Record daily precipitation	25.2 mm (1.0 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Pushmataha	United States	Record daily precipitation	58.7 mm (2.3 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Camden 1	United States	Record daily precipitation	76.7 mm (3.0 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Clearlake Park	United States	Record low maximum temperature	10.0 C (50.0 F)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Provincetown 3 NW	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-1.1 C (30.0 F)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Hickory 1 E	United States	Record daily precipitation	61.0 mm (2.4 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Jamestown State Hosp	United States	Record daily snowfall	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Durant	United States	Record daily precipitation	62.7 mm (2.5 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Mt Pleasant	United States	Record daily precipitation	99.8 mm (3.9 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Sandvig	Denmark	Record high maximum temperature	22.1 C (71.8 F)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Dobbins Colgate Foreba	United States	Record low maximum temperature	5.6 C (42.1 F)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Leech Lake	United States	Record daily snowfall	6.4 cm (2.5 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Clarksdale	United States	Record daily precipitation	33.0 mm (1.3 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Ashland	United States	Record low maximum temperature	6.7 C (44.1 F)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Snyder	United States	Record low maximum temperature	13.9 C (57.0 F)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Jackson 4 NW	United States	Record daily precipitation	42.2 mm (1.7 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

651 records

Records set or tied on 2 May 1950 by type: Highest daily maximum 18, Lowest daily maximum 186, Highest daily minimum 70, Lowest daily minimum 43, Heaviest daily rainfall 291, Heaviest daily snowfall 35, Deepest snow cover 8.

Records on 2 May 1950 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	18
Lowest daily maximum	186
Highest daily minimum	70
Lowest daily minimum	43
Heaviest daily rainfall	291
Heaviest daily snowfall	35
Deepest snow cover	8

Records on 2 May 1950 by timescale: all-time 0, monthly 39, daily 612.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

547 broken records

Margins by which the 547 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 180.0. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

2 May 1950

Top 20 records on 2 May 1950 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
2 May 1950	Artern, DE	daily rain	29.5 mm (1.2 in)	21.0 mm (0.8 in)	35 years	55 of 100 (Notable)
2 May 1950	Morden, CA	daily snowfall	18.3 cm (7.2 in)	18.0 cm (7.1 in)	43 years	54 of 100 (Notable)
2 May 1950	Morden Cda, CA	monthly snowfall	21.1 cm (8.3 in)	17.3 cm (6.8 in)	3 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
2 May 1950	Nespelem 2 S, US	daily rain	30.2 mm (1.2 in)	18.3 mm (0.7 in)	19 years	44 of 100 (Notable)
2 May 1950	Kareepoort, ZA	monthly rain	58.7 mm (2.3 in)	21.9 mm (0.9 in)	3 years	43 of 100 (Notable)
2 May 1950	Port Gibson 1 NE, US	daily rain	108.2 mm (4.3 in)	68.6 mm (2.7 in)	16 years	43 of 100 (Notable)
2 May 1950	Yazoo City, US	daily rain	54.4 mm (2.1 in)	33.6 mm (1.3 in)	54 years	42 of 100 (Notable)
2 May 1950	Zamenkomst, ZA	daily rain	31.2 mm (1.2 in)	22.3 mm (0.9 in)	33 years	40 of 100 (Notable)
2 May 1950	Eureka, US	daily rain	35.1 mm (1.4 in)	20.9 mm (0.8 in)	35 years	39 of 100 (Notable)
2 May 1950	Natchez, US	daily rain	124.5 mm (4.9 in)	72.4 mm (2.9 in)	16 years	38 of 100 (Notable)
2 May 1950	Downieville, US	daily rain	42.7 mm (1.7 in)	30.5 mm (1.2 in)	28 years	37 of 100 (Notable)
2 May 1950	Napoleon, US	daily rain	38.1 mm (1.5 in)	22.9 mm (0.9 in)	15 years	37 of 100 (Notable)
2 May 1950	Vredefort (Skl), ZA	monthly rain	62.2 mm (2.4 in)	17.7 mm (0.7 in)	15 years	36 of 100 (Notable)
2 May 1950	Amity, US	daily rain	85.1 mm (3.4 in)	34.3 mm (1.4 in)	44 years	35 of 100 (Notable)
2 May 1950	Cascade 5 S, US	daily snowfall	8.9 cm (3.5 in)	8.9 cm (3.5 in)	45 years	35 of 100 (Notable)
2 May 1950	Mayville, US	monthly snow depth	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	7.6 cm (3.0 in)	42 years	34 of 100 (Routine)
2 May 1950	Walterboro 1 SW, US	daily rain	40.6 mm (1.6 in)	24.9 mm (1.0 in)	44 years	34 of 100 (Routine)
2 May 1950	Sao Joao Do Jaguaribe, BR	daily rain	73.3 mm (2.9 in)	31.4 mm (1.2 in)	28 years	33 of 100 (Routine)
2 May 1950	Corning, US	monthly low max	11.1 C (52.0 F)	1.1 C (2.0 F)	54 years	33 of 100 (Routine)
2 May 1950	Haskell, US	daily low max	13.3 C (55.9 F)	8.9 C (16.0 F)	39 years	33 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 1950

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1795 to 1950. 1950 had 651 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 25	504
25 to 50	27
50 to 75	6
75 to 100	6
100 to 125	2
125 to 150	0
150 to 175	1
175 to 200	1