Weather Records on 5 May 1951

174 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 5 May 1951. Highest significance: Ratangarh, IN.

Key Facts for 5 May 1951

On 5 May 1951, 174 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
52 were record highs and 24 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 0 were all-time records, 0 monthly and 174 daily.
Ratangarh set a daily record precipitation of 38.1 mm (1.5 in) on 5 May 1951.
Across 160 earlier years (1795 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 445 records.

Record Map

174 stations

174 station records on 5 May 1951 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 5 May 1951: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Ratangarh	India	Record daily precipitation	38.1 mm (1.5 in)	57 of 100 (Notable)
Herefoss	Norway	Record snow depth	54.0 cm (21.3 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Tuddal	Norway	Record snow depth	66.0 cm (26.0 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Mykland	Norway	Record snow depth	18.0 cm (7.1 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Belleville Dam 2O	United States	Record daily precipitation	44.5 mm (1.8 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Winjallok	Australia	Record daily precipitation	28.4 mm (1.1 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Dresden Wahnsdorf	Germany	Record daily precipitation	28.3 mm (1.1 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Aseral	Norway	Record snow depth	48.0 cm (18.9 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Nashville	United States	Record daily precipitation	39.4 mm (1.6 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Smoko	Australia	Record daily precipitation	38.6 mm (1.5 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Missao Velha	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	66.1 mm (2.6 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Postmyr I Drangedal	Norway	Record snow depth	85.0 cm (33.5 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Risnes I Fjotland	Norway	Record snow depth	40.0 cm (15.7 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Hypoluxo	United States	Record high maximum temperature	33.9 C (93.0 F)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Guayama 1SW	Puerto Rico [United States]	Record high maximum temperature	35.0 C (95.0 F)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Campina Grande	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	25.3 mm (1.0 in)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Golden A	Canada	Record high minimum temperature	11.7 C (53.1 F)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Winkelman 6 S	United States	Record high maximum temperature	35.6 C (96.1 F)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Las Vegas 2 NW	United States	Record high maximum temperature	28.9 C (84.0 F)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Louisburg	United States	Record daily precipitation	35.6 mm (1.4 in)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Lifjell	Norway	Record snow depth	35.0 cm (13.8 in)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Caguas	Puerto Rico [United States]	Record high maximum temperature	35.0 C (95.0 F)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Bella Coola	Canada	Record high minimum temperature	9.4 C (48.9 F)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Vavenby	Canada	Record high minimum temperature	11.7 C (53.1 F)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Chico UNIV Farm	United States	Record low maximum temperature	18.3 C (64.9 F)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Paradise Valley 1 NW	United States	Record daily precipitation	20.1 mm (0.8 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Conargo (Puckawidgee)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	8.6 mm (0.34 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Braunschweig (T.H.)	Germany	Record daily precipitation	10.9 mm (0.4 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Glen Innes Ag Research STN	Australia	Record daily precipitation	24.6 mm (1.0 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Leavenworth 3 S	United States	Record daily precipitation	16.0 mm (0.6 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Galong	Australia	Record daily precipitation	22.4 mm (0.9 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Woodstock	Canada	Record daily snowfall	0.5 cm (0.2 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Bundarra Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	16.5 mm (0.6 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Viewpoint	Australia	Record daily precipitation	18.3 mm (0.7 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
McCloud	United States	Record daily precipitation	23.9 mm (0.9 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
The Dalles	United States	Record daily precipitation	8.9 mm (0.35 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Rossland City Yard	Canada	Record daily precipitation	9.7 mm (0.38 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Clausthal-Zellerfeld	Germany	Record daily precipitation	11.2 mm (0.4 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Goldendale	United States	Record daily precipitation	15.5 mm (0.6 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Finley Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	4.1 mm (0.16 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Tripoli Sidi El Mesri	Libya	Record daily precipitation	6.0 mm (0.24 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Condon	United States	Record daily precipitation	14.7 mm (0.6 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Winthrop 1 WSW	United States	Record daily precipitation	10.2 mm (0.4 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Glen Innes Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	15.2 mm (0.6 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Sequim	United States	Record daily precipitation	9.7 mm (0.38 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Yerevan	Armenia	Record daily precipitation	16.9 mm (0.7 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Franklyn Vale	Australia	Record daily precipitation	15.7 mm (0.6 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Everton	Australia	Record daily precipitation	1.5 mm (0.06 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Woodstock	Canada	Record low maximum temperature	6.1 C (43.0 F)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Garsebach Bei Meissen	Germany	Record daily precipitation	18.2 mm (0.7 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Hedal I Valdres	Norway	Record snow depth	75.0 cm (29.5 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Orland	United States	Record low maximum temperature	17.2 C (63.0 F)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Upper Mattole	United States	Record daily precipitation	23.1 mm (0.9 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Nabawa	Australia	Record low minimum temperature	5.4 C (41.7 F)	19 of 100 (Routine)
Blayney (Vittoria)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	11.7 mm (0.5 in)	19 of 100 (Routine)
Patu	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	35.0 mm (1.4 in)	19 of 100 (Routine)
Raipur	India	Record daily precipitation	7.4 mm (0.29 in)	19 of 100 (Routine)
Bhadgaon	India	Record daily precipitation	1.0 mm (0.04 in)	19 of 100 (Routine)
Coalinga 1 SE	United States	Record daily precipitation	4.1 mm (0.16 in)	19 of 100 (Routine)
Lodi	United States	Record low maximum temperature	16.7 C (62.1 F)	19 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

174 records

Records set or tied on 5 May 1951 by type: Highest daily maximum 26, Lowest daily maximum 12, Highest daily minimum 26, Lowest daily minimum 12, Heaviest daily rainfall 89, Heaviest daily snowfall 1, Deepest snow cover 8.

Records on 5 May 1951 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	26
Lowest daily maximum	12
Highest daily minimum	26
Lowest daily minimum	12
Heaviest daily rainfall	89
Heaviest daily snowfall	1
Deepest snow cover	8

Records on 5 May 1951 by timescale: all-time 0, monthly 0, daily 174.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

145 broken records

Margins by which the 145 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 460.0. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

5 May 1951

Top 20 records on 5 May 1951 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
5 May 1951	Ratangarh, IN	daily rain	38.1 mm (1.5 in)	38.1 mm (1.5 in)	44 years	57 of 100 (Notable)
5 May 1951	Herefoss, NO	daily snow depth	54.0 cm (21.3 in)	46.0 cm (18.1 in)	26 years	53 of 100 (Notable)
5 May 1951	Tuddal, NO	daily snow depth	66.0 cm (26.0 in)	31.0 cm (12.2 in)	46 years	40 of 100 (Notable)
5 May 1951	Mykland, NO	daily snow depth	18.0 cm (7.1 in)	18.0 cm (7.1 in)	55 years	39 of 100 (Notable)
5 May 1951	Belleville Dam 2O, US	daily rain	44.5 mm (1.8 in)	31.8 mm (1.3 in)	2 years	39 of 100 (Notable)
5 May 1951	Winjallok, AU	daily rain	28.4 mm (1.1 in)	21.5 mm (0.8 in)	8 years	37 of 100 (Notable)
5 May 1951	Dresden Wahnsdorf, DE	daily rain	28.3 mm (1.1 in)	17.3 mm (0.7 in)	29 years	37 of 100 (Notable)
5 May 1951	Aseral, NO	daily snow depth	48.0 cm (18.9 in)	22.0 cm (8.7 in)	33 years	37 of 100 (Notable)
5 May 1951	Nashville, US	daily rain	39.4 mm (1.6 in)	24.4 mm (1.0 in)	33 years	32 of 100 (Routine)
5 May 1951	Smoko, AU	daily rain	38.6 mm (1.5 in)	25.1 mm (1.0 in)	28 years	31 of 100 (Routine)
5 May 1951	Missao Velha, BR	daily rain	66.1 mm (2.6 in)	42.0 mm (1.7 in)	5 years	29 of 100 (Routine)
5 May 1951	Postmyr I Drangedal, NO	daily snow depth	85.0 cm (33.5 in)	23.0 cm (9.1 in)	42 years	28 of 100 (Routine)
5 May 1951	Risnes I Fjotland, NO	daily snow depth	40.0 cm (15.7 in)	12.0 cm (4.7 in)	33 years	26 of 100 (Routine)
5 May 1951	Hypoluxo, US	daily high max	33.9 C (93.0 F)	1.7 C (3.1 F)	40 years	25 of 100 (Routine)
5 May 1951	Guayama 1SW, PR	daily high max	35.0 C (95.0 F)	1.7 C (3.1 F)	32 years	24 of 100 (Routine)
5 May 1951	Campina Grande, BR	daily rain	25.3 mm (1.0 in)	13.7 mm (0.5 in)	25 years	23 of 100 (Routine)
5 May 1951	Golden A, CA	daily high min	11.7 C (53.1 F)	5.0 C (9.0 F)	14 years	23 of 100 (Routine)
5 May 1951	Winkelman 6 S, US	daily high max	35.6 C (96.1 F)	0.6 C (1.1 F)	56 years	23 of 100 (Routine)
5 May 1951	Las Vegas 2 NW, US	daily high max	28.9 C (84.0 F)	0.6 C (1.1 F)	55 years	23 of 100 (Routine)
5 May 1951	Louisburg, US	daily rain	35.6 mm (1.4 in)	11.0 mm (0.4 in)	33 years	23 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 1951

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1795 to 1951. 1951 had 174 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 1951-05-05: 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 100	138
100 to 200	3
200 to 300	2
300 to 400	1
400 to 500	1