Weather Records on 5 May 1950

893 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 5 May 1950. Highest significance: Portage la Prairie, CA.

Key Facts for 5 May 1950

On 5 May 1950, 893 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
306 were record highs and 326 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 0 were all-time records, 65 monthly and 828 daily.
Portage la Prairie set a monthly record daily snowfall of 26.4 cm (10.4 in) on 5 May 1950.
Across 160 earlier years (1795 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 440 records.

Record Map

893 stations

893 station records on 5 May 1950 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 5 May 1950: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Portage la Prairie	Canada	Record daily snowfall	26.4 cm (10.4 in)	67 of 100 (Major)
Eureka	United States	Record daily snowfall	26.4 cm (10.4 in)	67 of 100 (Major)
Kennebec	United States	Record daily snowfall	25.4 cm (10.0 in)	63 of 100 (Major)
Highmore	United States	Record daily snowfall	20.3 cm (8.0 in)	62 of 100 (Major)
Grand Marais	United States	Record daily precipitation	70.6 mm (2.8 in)	58 of 100 (Notable)
Faulkton	United States	Record daily precipitation	64.0 mm (2.5 in)	58 of 100 (Notable)
Two Harbors	United States	Record daily precipitation	111.3 mm (4.4 in)	57 of 100 (Notable)
Kakabeka Falls	Canada	Record daily precipitation	61.5 mm (2.4 in)	56 of 100 (Notable)
Eureka	United States	Record snow depth	25.4 cm (10.0 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Virden	Canada	Record daily snowfall	22.9 cm (9.0 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Kerkwerve	Netherlands	Record daily precipitation	31.0 mm (1.2 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Oudenbosch	Netherlands	Record daily precipitation	27.2 mm (1.1 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Glenwood 3SW	United States	Record daily precipitation	73.7 mm (2.9 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Spicer	United States	Record daily snowfall	40.6 cm (16.0 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Fullerton 1 ESE	United States	Record daily precipitation	51.8 mm (2.0 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Highmore	United States	Record snow depth	17.8 cm (7.0 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Welgeleven	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	41.7 mm (1.6 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Ellendale	United States	Record daily precipitation	57.4 mm (2.3 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Hay Springs	United States	Record daily snowfall	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Faulkton	United States	Record daily snowfall	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Souris	Canada	Record daily snowfall	23.6 cm (9.3 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Kleve	Germany	Record daily precipitation	28.0 mm (1.1 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Ipswich	United States	Record daily precipitation	49.8 mm (2.0 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Perry	United States	Record daily precipitation	63.2 mm (2.5 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Faulkton	United States	Record snow depth	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Lodgepole	United States	Record daily snowfall	17.8 cm (7.0 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Gann Valley 4NW	United States	Record daily snowfall	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Oshkosh	United States	Record daily snowfall	14.0 cm (5.5 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Miller	United States	Record daily snowfall	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Capel	Australia	Record daily precipitation	70.4 mm (2.8 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Miller	United States	Record daily precipitation	49.3 mm (1.9 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Cheesman	United States	Record daily snowfall	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
New Hampton	United States	Record daily precipitation	53.6 mm (2.1 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Saint Francis	United States	Record snow depth	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Ferndale	Australia	Record daily precipitation	48.8 mm (1.9 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Sedgwick	United States	Record daily snowfall	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Beloit	United States	Record daily precipitation	42.4 mm (1.7 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Mora	United States	Record daily precipitation	70.6 mm (2.8 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Mellette 4 W	United States	Record daily snowfall	7.6 cm (3.0 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Leroy 5 WSW	United States	Record daily precipitation	27.9 mm (1.1 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Iowa Falls	United States	Record daily precipitation	47.5 mm (1.9 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Napoleon	United States	Record daily snowfall	7.6 cm (3.0 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Elwood 8 S	United States	Record daily snowfall	7.6 cm (3.0 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Fullerton 1 ESE	United States	Record daily snowfall	11.4 cm (4.5 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Spooner Ag Rsch STN	United States	Record daily precipitation	30.5 mm (1.2 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Brewster	United States	Record daily snowfall	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Goodland	United States	Record daily snowfall	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Yuma	United States	Record daily snowfall	5.1 cm (2.0 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Weeping Water	United States	Record daily precipitation	49.0 mm (1.9 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Loa	United States	Record low maximum temperature	3.3 C (37.9 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Julesburg	United States	Record daily snowfall	7.6 cm (3.0 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Sidney 6NNW	United States	Record daily snowfall	7.6 cm (3.0 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Jamestown State Hosp	United States	Record daily snowfall	5.1 cm (2.0 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Superior	United States	Record daily precipitation	71.1 mm (2.8 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Weyerhaeuser 1N	United States	Record daily precipitation	27.9 mm (1.1 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Globe Rs	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-1.1 C (30.0 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Leroy 5 WSW	United States	Record daily snowfall	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Hays 1 S	United States	Record daily precipitation	58.2 mm (2.3 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Halsey 2 W	United States	Record daily snowfall	6.4 cm (2.5 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Bottineau	United States	Record daily snowfall	5.1 cm (2.0 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

893 records

Records set or tied on 5 May 1950 by type: Highest daily maximum 48, Lowest daily maximum 201, Highest daily minimum 258, Lowest daily minimum 125, Heaviest daily rainfall 174, Heaviest daily snowfall 67, Deepest snow cover 20.

Records on 5 May 1950 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	48
Lowest daily maximum	201
Highest daily minimum	258
Lowest daily minimum	125
Heaviest daily rainfall	174
Heaviest daily snowfall	67
Deepest snow cover	20

Records on 5 May 1950 by timescale: all-time 0, monthly 65, daily 828.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

697 broken records

Margins by which the 697 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 330.0. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

5 May 1950

Top 20 records on 5 May 1950 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
5 May 1950	Portage la Prairie, CA	monthly snowfall	26.4 cm (10.4 in)	20.6 cm (8.1 in)	44 years	67 of 100 (Major)
5 May 1950	Eureka, US	monthly snowfall	26.4 cm (10.4 in)	23.9 cm (9.4 in)	34 years	67 of 100 (Major)
5 May 1950	Kennebec, US	monthly snowfall	25.4 cm (10.0 in)	17.8 cm (7.0 in)	44 years	63 of 100 (Major)
5 May 1950	Highmore, US	monthly snowfall	20.3 cm (8.0 in)	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	56 years	62 of 100 (Major)
5 May 1950	Grand Marais, US	monthly rain	70.6 mm (2.8 in)	34.3 mm (1.4 in)	10 years	58 of 100 (Notable)
5 May 1950	Faulkton, US	daily rain	64.0 mm (2.5 in)	41.1 mm (1.6 in)	56 years	58 of 100 (Notable)
5 May 1950	Two Harbors, US	monthly rain	111.3 mm (4.4 in)	58.0 mm (2.3 in)	7 years	57 of 100 (Notable)
5 May 1950	Kakabeka Falls, CA	monthly rain	61.5 mm (2.4 in)	27.5 mm (1.1 in)	7 years	56 of 100 (Notable)
5 May 1950	Eureka, US	monthly snow depth	25.4 cm (10.0 in)	25.4 cm (10.0 in)	41 years	54 of 100 (Notable)
5 May 1950	Virden, CA	monthly snowfall	22.9 cm (9.0 in)	15.3 cm (6.0 in)	20 years	52 of 100 (Notable)
5 May 1950	Kerkwerve, NL	daily rain	31.0 mm (1.2 in)	20.0 mm (0.8 in)	24 years	52 of 100 (Notable)
5 May 1950	Oudenbosch, NL	daily rain	27.2 mm (1.1 in)	18.1 mm (0.7 in)	24 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
5 May 1950	Glenwood 3SW, US	daily rain	73.7 mm (2.9 in)	46.5 mm (1.8 in)	48 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
5 May 1950	Spicer, US	daily snowfall	40.6 cm (16.0 in)	33.0 cm (13.0 in)	20 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
5 May 1950	Fullerton 1 ESE, US	daily rain	51.8 mm (2.0 in)	42.9 mm (1.7 in)	17 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
5 May 1950	Highmore, US	monthly snow depth	17.8 cm (7.0 in)	17.8 cm (7.0 in)	54 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
5 May 1950	Welgeleven, ZA	daily rain	41.7 mm (1.6 in)	36.1 mm (1.4 in)	27 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
5 May 1950	Ellendale, US	daily rain	57.4 mm (2.3 in)	44.4 mm (1.7 in)	8 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
5 May 1950	Hay Springs, US	daily snowfall	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	54 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
5 May 1950	Faulkton, US	daily snowfall	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	53 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 1950

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1795 to 1950. 1950 had 893 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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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 50	650
50 to 100	28
100 to 150	10
150 to 200	5
200 to 250	2
250 to 300	1
300 to 350	1