Weather Records on 10 May 1950

356 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 10 May 1950. Highest significance: Mt Vernon, US.

Key Facts for 10 May 1950

On 10 May 1950, 356 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
53 were record highs and 44 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 5 were all-time records, 6 monthly and 345 daily.
Mt Vernon set a daily record precipitation of 78.5 mm (3.1 in) on 10 May 1950.
Across 163 earlier years (1805 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 441 records.

Record Map

356 stations

356 station records on 10 May 1950 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 10 May 1950: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Mt Vernon	United States	Record daily precipitation	78.5 mm (3.1 in)	57 of 100 (Notable)
Fayetteville Exp STN	United States	Record daily precipitation	187.5 mm (7.4 in)	55 of 100 (Notable)
Anchorage	United States	Record daily precipitation	114.0 mm (4.5 in)	55 of 100 (Notable)
Salem	United States	Record daily precipitation	88.4 mm (3.5 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Saaifontein	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	78.7 mm (3.1 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Rogers	United States	Record daily precipitation	207.3 mm (8.2 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Weltevrede	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	26.4 mm (1.0 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Shelbyville 1 E	United States	Record daily precipitation	100.3 mm (3.9 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Owen Sound	Canada	Record daily snowfall	6.4 cm (2.5 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Harrisburg	United States	Record daily precipitation	72.9 mm (2.9 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Fogo	Canada	Record daily precipitation	28.2 mm (1.1 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Eden (Timbillica)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	36.8 mm (1.4 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Fayetteville	United States	Record daily precipitation	164.8 mm (6.5 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Maya	Australia	Record daily precipitation	27.9 mm (1.1 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Caucaia	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	69.8 mm (2.7 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Pointe Au Pere	Canada	Record high minimum temperature	8.3 C (46.9 F)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Eureka Springs 3 WNW	United States	Record daily precipitation	138.9 mm (5.5 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Henderson 8 SSW	United States	Record daily precipitation	46.7 mm (1.8 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Rolla Missouri S&T	United States	Record daily precipitation	68.8 mm (2.7 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Usilampatti	India	Record daily precipitation	62.5 mm (2.5 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Madison Sewage Plt	United States	Record daily precipitation	29.0 mm (1.1 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Strawberry North	Australia	Record daily precipitation	32.5 mm (1.3 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Leeukop	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	57.2 mm (2.3 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Mt Carmel	United States	Record daily precipitation	48.3 mm (1.9 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Genoa	Australia	Record daily precipitation	26.7 mm (1.1 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Eadine	Australia	Record daily precipitation	27.4 mm (1.1 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Bulahdelah Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	29.2 mm (1.1 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Versailles	United States	Record daily precipitation	25.7 mm (1.0 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Noondoonia	Australia	Record daily precipitation	27.7 mm (1.1 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Nelson Bay (Nelson Head)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	42.4 mm (1.7 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Isabela Substn	Puerto Rico [United States]	Record low maximum temperature	27.2 C (81.0 F)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Oktjabrskij-Gorodok	Russia	Record low minimum temperature	-5.9 C (21.4 F)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Gravette	United States	Record daily precipitation	121.9 mm (4.8 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Russellville	United States	Record high minimum temperature	21.1 C (70.0 F)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Albion	United States	Record daily precipitation	47.8 mm (1.9 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Willow Sprg Radio Kuku	United States	Record daily precipitation	88.6 mm (3.5 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Beckley Va Hospital	United States	Record high minimum temperature	17.8 C (64.0 F)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Harrison	United States	Record daily precipitation	72.4 mm (2.9 in)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Frankfort Downtown	United States	Record daily precipitation	29.2 mm (1.1 in)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Charleston 1	United States	Record high minimum temperature	17.8 C (64.0 F)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Caron	Australia	Record daily precipitation	37.3 mm (1.5 in)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Greenfield	United States	Record daily precipitation	38.4 mm (1.5 in)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Oswego 1 N	United States	Record daily precipitation	33.8 mm (1.3 in)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Bolivar 1 NE	United States	Record daily precipitation	74.7 mm (2.9 in)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Wichita Falls Muni AP	United States	Record daily precipitation	68.6 mm (2.7 in)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Cincinnati Abbe Wsmo	United States	Record daily precipitation	26.4 mm (1.0 in)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Chickmagalur	India	Record daily precipitation	41.1 mm (1.6 in)	22 of 100 (Routine)
1 N McLeansboro	United States	Record daily precipitation	57.2 mm (2.3 in)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Shawneetown Old Town	United States	Record daily precipitation	43.4 mm (1.7 in)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Uil	Kazakhstan	Record low minimum temperature	-2.6 C (27.3 F)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Salem	United States	Record daily precipitation	58.9 mm (2.3 in)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Fruitland	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-2.2 C (28.0 F)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Eufaula 6 SSW	United States	Record daily precipitation	78.7 mm (3.1 in)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Bellerive (Fort Street)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	11.7 mm (0.5 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Botany No.1 Dam	Australia	Record daily precipitation	21.6 mm (0.9 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Cambridge (Milford)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	15.5 mm (0.6 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Hobart (Ellerslie Road)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	9.9 mm (0.39 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Kingston	Australia	Record daily precipitation	13.5 mm (0.5 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Lindisfarne	Australia	Record daily precipitation	11.4 mm (0.4 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Trunkey Creek (Trunkey (Black	Australia	Record daily precipitation	20.8 mm (0.8 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

356 records

Records set or tied on 10 May 1950 by type: Highest daily maximum 8, Lowest daily maximum 9, Highest daily minimum 45, Lowest daily minimum 35, Heaviest daily rainfall 256, Heaviest daily snowfall 1, Deepest snow cover 2.

Records on 10 May 1950 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	8
Lowest daily maximum	9
Highest daily minimum	45
Lowest daily minimum	35
Heaviest daily rainfall	256
Heaviest daily snowfall	1
Deepest snow cover	2

Records on 10 May 1950 by timescale: all-time 5, monthly 6, daily 345.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

308 broken records

Margins by which the 308 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 76.0. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

10 May 1950

Top 20 records on 10 May 1950 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
10 May 1950	Mt Vernon, US	daily rain	78.5 mm (3.1 in)	47.0 mm (1.9 in)	40 years	57 of 100 (Notable)
10 May 1950	Fayetteville Exp STN, US	all-time rain	187.5 mm (7.4 in)	46.8 mm (1.8 in)	7 years	55 of 100 (Notable)
10 May 1950	Anchorage, US	monthly rain	114.0 mm (4.5 in)	30.2 mm (1.2 in)	47 years	55 of 100 (Notable)
10 May 1950	Salem, US	daily rain	88.4 mm (3.5 in)	60.5 mm (2.4 in)	28 years	52 of 100 (Notable)
10 May 1950	Saaifontein, ZA	all-time rain	78.7 mm (3.1 in)	22.8 mm (0.9 in)	22 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
10 May 1950	Rogers, US	all-time rain	207.3 mm (8.2 in)	36.6 mm (1.4 in)	7 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
10 May 1950	Weltevrede, ZA	daily rain	26.4 mm (1.0 in)	25.1 mm (1.0 in)	32 years	42 of 100 (Notable)
10 May 1950	Shelbyville 1 E, US	monthly rain	100.3 mm (3.9 in)	14.2 mm (0.6 in)	47 years	42 of 100 (Notable)
10 May 1950	Owen Sound, CA	daily snowfall	6.4 cm (2.5 in)	6.4 cm (2.5 in)	70 years	40 of 100 (Notable)
10 May 1950	Harrisburg, US	daily rain	72.9 mm (2.9 in)	36.6 mm (1.4 in)	23 years	40 of 100 (Notable)
10 May 1950	Fogo, CA	daily rain	28.2 mm (1.1 in)	11.4 mm (0.4 in)	37 years	37 of 100 (Notable)
10 May 1950	Eden (Timbillica), AU	daily rain	36.8 mm (1.4 in)	28.7 mm (1.1 in)	39 years	36 of 100 (Notable)
10 May 1950	Fayetteville, US	all-time rain	164.8 mm (6.5 in)	17.5 mm (0.7 in)	7 years	36 of 100 (Notable)
10 May 1950	Maya, AU	daily rain	27.9 mm (1.1 in)	16.5 mm (0.6 in)	20 years	34 of 100 (Routine)
10 May 1950	Caucaia, BR	daily rain	69.8 mm (2.7 in)	40.1 mm (1.6 in)	32 years	34 of 100 (Routine)
10 May 1950	Pointe Au Pere, CA	daily high min	8.3 C (46.9 F)	3.3 C (5.9 F)	54 years	34 of 100 (Routine)
10 May 1950	Eureka Springs 3 WNW, US	all-time rain	138.9 mm (5.5 in)	1.0 mm (0.04 in)	34 years	34 of 100 (Routine)
10 May 1950	Henderson 8 SSW, US	daily rain	46.7 mm (1.8 in)	16.0 mm (0.6 in)	50 years	34 of 100 (Routine)
10 May 1950	Rolla Missouri S&T, US	daily rain	68.8 mm (2.7 in)	37.0 mm (1.5 in)	7 years	34 of 100 (Routine)
10 May 1950	Usilampatti, IN	daily rain	62.5 mm (2.5 in)	29.5 mm (1.2 in)	36 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

1805 to 1950

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1805 to 1950. 1950 had 356 records.

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

Records on 05-10 in each year
Year	Records
1805	1
1814	2
1832	1
1834	1
1836	4
1838	1
1843	1
1846	1
1848	1
1855	2
1858	1
1860	1
1861	2
1867	3
1868	1
1869	1
1872	1
1874	4
1876	1
1878	1
1879	2
1880	3
1881	3
1883	1
1884	2
1885	2
1886	1
1887	1
1888	2
1889	4
1890	2
1891	2
1893	1
1895	4
1896	6
1897	4
1898	5
1900	4
1901	6
1902	18
1903	6
1904	7
1905	21
1906	42
1907	33
1908	10
1909	17
1910	21
1911	55
1912	15
1913	23
1914	17
1915	18
1916	26
1917	23
1918	105
1919	145
1920	54
1921	143
1922	38
1923	291
1924	198
1925	163
1926	291
1927	296
1928	189
1929	102
1930	647
1931	277
1932	145
1933	516
1934	412
1935	200
1936	439
1937	148
1938	179
1939	179
1940	317
1941	257
1942	237
1943	482
1944	200
1945	646
1946	455
1947	820
1948	491
1949	492
1950	356
1951	281
1952	342
1953	627
1954	554
1955	272
1956	669
1957	374
1958	338
1959	192
1960	660
1961	722
1962	593
1963	951
1964	259
1965	413
1966	1,290
1967	932
1968	861
1969	325
1970	555
1971	416
1972	573
1973	429
1974	608
1975	448
1976	672
1977	1,075
1978	815
1979	1,927
1980	865
1981	1,213
1982	671
1983	753
1984	635
1985	925
1986	669
1987	1,270
1988	490
1989	1,365
1990	1,071
1991	854
1992	875
1993	1,056
1994	622
1995	1,129
1996	1,469
1997	1,215
1998	1,268
1999	1,299
2000	1,036
2001	842
2002	867
2003	1,688
2004	735
2005	761
2006	879
2007	815
2008	877
2009	651
2010	855
2011	1,288
2012	1,054
2013	635
2014	506
2015	943
2016	815
2017	702
2018	923
2019	1,254
2020	1,346
2021	635
2022	1,346
2023	359
2024	622
2025	1,094
2026	496

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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 10	240
10 to 20	47
20 to 30	10
30 to 40	5
40 to 50	3
50 to 60	0
60 to 70	2
70 to 80	1