Weather Records on 7 May 1954

481 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 7 May 1954. Highest significance: Multai, IN.

Key Facts for 7 May 1954

On 7 May 1954, 481 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
115 were record highs and 216 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 0 were all-time records, 5 monthly and 476 daily.
Multai set a daily record precipitation of 28.2 mm (1.1 in) on 7 May 1954.
Across 168 earlier years (1795 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 418 records.

Record Map

481 stations

481 station records on 7 May 1954 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 7 May 1954: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Multai	India	Record daily precipitation	28.2 mm (1.1 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Sturgeon Bay Exp Farm	United States	Record daily snowfall	14.0 cm (5.5 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Escanaba	United States	Record daily snowfall	9.7 cm (3.8 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Zmeinogorsk	Russia	Record daily precipitation	45.1 mm (1.8 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Ishpeming	United States	Record daily snowfall	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Munising	United States	Record daily snowfall	17.8 cm (7.0 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Jamieson	Australia	Record daily precipitation	30.0 mm (1.2 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Fayette 4 SW	United States	Record daily snowfall	19.1 cm (7.5 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Halifax Macrossan St	Australia	Record daily precipitation	53.3 mm (2.1 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Pavagada	India	Record daily precipitation	44.5 mm (1.8 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Flemington 5 NNW	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-2.2 C (28.0 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Bowling Green Warren Co AP	United States	Record daily precipitation	47.8 mm (1.9 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Anticosti SW Point	Canada	Record high minimum temperature	5.0 C (41.0 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Waterville Wwtp	United States	Record low maximum temperature	7.8 C (46.0 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Ironwood	United States	Record snow depth	17.8 cm (7.0 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Newton	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-1.1 C (30.0 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Trenton 2	United States	Record low minimum temperature	3.3 C (37.9 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Greenville 2 W	United States	Record daily precipitation	54.6 mm (2.1 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Princeton	United States	Record daily precipitation	51.6 mm (2.0 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Belvidere	United States	Record low minimum temperature	0.6 C (33.1 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Oconto 4 W	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-4.4 C (24.1 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Green Bay	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-2.8 C (27.0 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Edmonton 3 W	United States	Record daily precipitation	35.1 mm (1.4 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Indian Mills 2 W	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-2.2 C (28.0 F)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Phelps	United States	Record daily snowfall	5.1 cm (2.0 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Schriever	United States	Record low maximum temperature	21.1 C (70.0 F)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Fayette 4 SW	United States	Record daily precipitation	43.2 mm (1.7 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Munising	United States	Record snow depth	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Vanderbilt 11ENE	United States	Record daily snowfall	5.1 cm (2.0 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Berlin	United States	Record low maximum temperature	8.3 C (46.9 F)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Antigo	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-6.7 C (19.9 F)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Appleton	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-2.2 C (28.0 F)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Kewaunee	United States	Record daily snowfall	5.1 cm (2.0 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Portage Wwtp	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-2.2 C (28.0 F)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Tashkent	Uzbekistan	Record low minimum temperature	1.6 C (34.9 F)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Vilnius	Lithuania	Record high minimum temperature	15.7 C (60.3 F)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Paducah	United States	Record daily precipitation	48.0 mm (1.9 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Port Jervis	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-0.6 C (30.9 F)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Kremsmuenster	Austria	Record daily precipitation	49.7 mm (2.0 in)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Gagetown 2	Canada	Record low maximum temperature	9.4 C (48.9 F)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Frankfort Downtown	United States	Record low minimum temperature	1.7 C (35.1 F)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Carmel	United States	Record low minimum temperature	1.1 C (34.0 F)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Minocqua	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-6.7 C (19.9 F)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Tiangua	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	40.2 mm (1.6 in)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Ponce 4 E	Puerto Rico [United States]	Record high minimum temperature	24.4 C (75.9 F)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Kursk	Russia	Record high minimum temperature	13.5 C (56.3 F)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Elkader 6 SSW	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-3.3 C (26.1 F)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Ironwood	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-7.8 C (18.0 F)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Layton 3 NW	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-3.3 C (26.1 F)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Long Branch-Oakhurst	United States	Record low minimum temperature	3.3 C (37.9 F)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Phillipsburg	United States	Record low minimum temperature	0.0 C (32.0 F)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Laguna	United States	Record high maximum temperature	31.1 C (88.0 F)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Cooperstown	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-2.2 C (28.0 F)	23 of 100 (Routine)
New Martinsville 4 NNE	United States	Record low maximum temperature	12.8 C (55.0 F)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Kaiserslautern	Germany	Record low minimum temperature	-0.4 C (31.3 F)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Phulparas	India	Record daily precipitation	38.1 mm (1.5 in)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Liepaja	Latvia	Record high maximum temperature	29.6 C (85.3 F)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Waycross 4 NE	United States	Record low minimum temperature	7.8 C (46.0 F)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Newberry-Luce Co Rd Commission	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-7.2 C (19.0 F)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Jim Thorpe	United States	Record low minimum temperature	0.0 C (32.0 F)	22 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

481 records

Records set or tied on 7 May 1954 by type: Highest daily maximum 76, Lowest daily maximum 53, Highest daily minimum 39, Lowest daily minimum 163, Heaviest daily rainfall 132, Heaviest daily snowfall 15, Deepest snow cover 3.

Records on 7 May 1954 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	76
Lowest daily maximum	53
Highest daily minimum	39
Lowest daily minimum	163
Heaviest daily rainfall	132
Heaviest daily snowfall	15
Deepest snow cover	3

Records on 7 May 1954 by timescale: all-time 0, monthly 5, daily 476.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

381 broken records

Margins by which the 381 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 173.0. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

7 May 1954

Top 20 records on 7 May 1954 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
7 May 1954	Multai, IN	daily rain	28.2 mm (1.1 in)	22.1 mm (0.9 in)	40 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
7 May 1954	Sturgeon Bay Exp Farm, US	daily snowfall	14.0 cm (5.5 in)	14.0 cm (5.5 in)	48 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
7 May 1954	Escanaba, US	monthly snowfall	9.7 cm (3.8 in)	4.6 cm (1.8 in)	64 years	44 of 100 (Notable)
7 May 1954	Zmeinogorsk, RU	daily rain	45.1 mm (1.8 in)	21.7 mm (0.9 in)	17 years	43 of 100 (Notable)
7 May 1954	Ishpeming, US	daily snowfall	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	54 years	41 of 100 (Notable)
7 May 1954	Munising, US	daily snowfall	17.8 cm (7.0 in)	17.3 cm (6.8 in)	7 years	40 of 100 (Notable)
7 May 1954	Jamieson, AU	daily rain	30.0 mm (1.2 in)	14.8 mm (0.6 in)	44 years	33 of 100 (Routine)
7 May 1954	Fayette 4 SW, US	monthly snowfall	19.1 cm (7.5 in)	9.4 cm (3.7 in)	6 years	33 of 100 (Routine)
7 May 1954	Halifax Macrossan St, AU	daily rain	53.3 mm (2.1 in)	19.0 mm (0.7 in)	47 years	31 of 100 (Routine)
7 May 1954	Pavagada, IN	daily rain	44.5 mm (1.8 in)	24.9 mm (1.0 in)	44 years	31 of 100 (Routine)
7 May 1954	Flemington 5 NNW, US	daily low min	-2.2 C (28.0 F)	4.4 C (7.9 F)	53 years	31 of 100 (Routine)
7 May 1954	Bowling Green Warren Co AP, US	daily rain	47.8 mm (1.9 in)	16.8 mm (0.7 in)	39 years	31 of 100 (Routine)
7 May 1954	Anticosti SW Point, CA	daily high min	5.0 C (41.0 F)	1.1 C (2.0 F)	64 years	30 of 100 (Routine)
7 May 1954	Waterville Wwtp, US	daily low max	7.8 C (46.0 F)	5.0 C (9.0 F)	53 years	30 of 100 (Routine)
7 May 1954	Ironwood, US	daily snow depth	17.8 cm (7.0 in)	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	45 years	30 of 100 (Routine)
7 May 1954	Newton, US	daily low min	-1.1 C (30.0 F)	2.8 C (5.0 F)	60 years	30 of 100 (Routine)
7 May 1954	Trenton 2, US	daily low min	3.3 C (37.9 F)	2.3 C (4.1 F)	53 years	30 of 100 (Routine)
7 May 1954	Greenville 2 W, US	daily rain	54.6 mm (2.1 in)	16.5 mm (0.6 in)	33 years	28 of 100 (Routine)
7 May 1954	Princeton, US	daily rain	51.6 mm (2.0 in)	27.2 mm (1.1 in)	4 years	28 of 100 (Routine)
7 May 1954	Belvidere, US	daily low min	0.6 C (33.1 F)	2.7 C (4.9 F)	53 years	28 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 1954

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1795 to 1954. 1954 had 481 records.

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

Records on 05-07 in each year
Year	Records
1795	2
1805	1
1816	1
1825	2
1837	1
1838	1
1844	1
1845	2
1846	1
1848	2
1850	2
1852	1
1853	1
1856	3
1857	1
1861	3
1862	1
1863	1
1864	1
1867	3
1869	1
1870	1
1872	1
1874	2
1876	3
1878	1
1879	2
1880	1
1884	2
1885	1
1886	4
1887	1
1888	1
1889	2
1890	4
1891	4
1892	2
1894	4
1895	2
1897	5
1898	7
1899	3
1900	10
1901	1
1902	6
1903	13
1904	19
1905	21
1906	15
1907	14
1908	29
1909	15
1910	16
1911	14
1912	14
1913	30
1914	37
1915	40
1916	34
1917	188
1918	60
1919	263
1920	59
1921	41
1922	40
1923	119
1924	141
1925	207
1926	227
1927	191
1928	204
1929	224
1930	637
1931	473
1932	288
1933	291
1934	698
1935	298
1936	466
1937	121
1938	467
1939	194
1940	317
1941	317
1942	270
1943	416
1944	476
1945	751
1946	339
1947	727
1948	338
1949	439
1950	526
1951	226
1952	485
1953	541
1954	481
1955	393
1956	665
1957	546
1958	585
1959	335
1960	899
1961	442
1962	381
1963	825
1964	687
1965	671
1966	762
1967	973
1968	756
1969	678
1970	822
1971	364
1972	515
1973	447
1974	743
1975	784
1976	782
1977	662
1978	925
1979	888
1980	593
1981	710
1982	802
1983	724
1984	1,300
1985	557
1986	1,163
1987	1,115
1988	752
1989	1,880
1990	1,024
1991	599
1992	1,830
1993	831
1994	621
1995	997
1996	880
1997	1,359
1998	1,166
1999	1,008
2000	1,693
2001	743
2002	1,344
2003	1,138
2004	1,397
2005	645
2006	833
2007	1,047
2008	526
2009	735
2010	1,123
2011	558
2012	709
2013	633
2014	646
2015	569
2016	677
2017	543
2018	542
2019	522
2020	577
2021	484
2022	784
2023	667
2024	858
2025	635
2026	715

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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 2026-10-16. Last revised 16 October 2026 (2026-10-16).

Margin	Records
0 to 25	362
25 to 50	9
50 to 75	4
75 to 100	1
100 to 125	2
125 to 150	2
150 to 175	1