Weather Records on 2 May 1955

977 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 2 May 1955. Highest significance: Botany No.1 Dam, AU.

Key Facts for 2 May 1955

On 2 May 1955, 977 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
569 were record highs and 75 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 0 were all-time records, 17 monthly and 960 daily.
Botany No.1 Dam set a daily record precipitation of 147.3 mm (5.8 in) on 2 May 1955.
Across 162 earlier years (1795 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 458 records.

Record Map

977 stations

977 station records on 2 May 1955 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 2 May 1955: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Botany No.1 Dam	Australia	Record daily precipitation	147.3 mm (5.8 in)	67 of 100 (Major)
Gogri	India	Record daily precipitation	50.3 mm (2.0 in)	61 of 100 (Major)
Alkmaar	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	62.0 mm (2.4 in)	58 of 100 (Notable)
Margate Collins St	Australia	Record daily precipitation	106.4 mm (4.2 in)	57 of 100 (Notable)
Asthawan	India	Record daily precipitation	63.5 mm (2.5 in)	57 of 100 (Notable)
Wando Vale Station	Australia	Record daily precipitation	28.4 mm (1.1 in)	56 of 100 (Notable)
Penrose (Panorama)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	115.1 mm (4.5 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Nossa Senhora da Gloria	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	68.3 mm (2.7 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Sutton Forest (Uralba)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	85.9 mm (3.4 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Namdalseid	Norway	Record snow depth	57.0 cm (22.4 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Ironwood	United States	Record daily precipitation	46.0 mm (1.8 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Jamalpur	India	Record daily precipitation	28.2 mm (1.1 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Steynsrus (Mun)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	27.4 mm (1.1 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Ardlethan Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	27.4 mm (1.1 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Umari	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	72.0 mm (2.8 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Gunning Rural Supplies	Australia	Record daily precipitation	49.3 mm (1.9 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Two Harbors	United States	Record daily precipitation	44.7 mm (1.8 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Salisbury Bowls Club	Australia	Record daily precipitation	46.5 mm (1.8 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Cadillac	Canada	Record daily precipitation	30.5 mm (1.2 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Murwillumbah Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	288.5 mm (11.4 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Pet Jorhat	India	Record daily precipitation	99.8 mm (3.9 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Yalgogrin North (Roloma)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Kismet Estate	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	26.0 mm (1.0 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Wauchope (Avondale Street)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	102.4 mm (4.0 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Munarra	Australia	Record daily precipitation	50.8 mm (2.0 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Exeter	Australia	Record daily precipitation	104.1 mm (4.1 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Cooma (Gurrabeal)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	37.8 mm (1.5 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Jucurutu	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	63.0 mm (2.5 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Islampur	India	Record daily precipitation	27.9 mm (1.1 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Timovskoe	Russia	Record low minimum temperature	-13.9 C (7.0 F)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Beenleigh Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	88.4 mm (3.5 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Aneroid	Canada	Record daily precipitation	41.4 mm (1.6 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Balurghat	India	Record daily precipitation	78.7 mm (3.1 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Cotter River	Australia	Record daily precipitation	27.4 mm (1.1 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Simao Dias (Anapolis)	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	38.0 mm (1.5 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Sultanganj	India	Record daily precipitation	52.1 mm (2.1 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Forman 5 SSE	United States	Record high maximum temperature	33.9 C (93.0 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Fairlight Station	Australia	Record daily precipitation	32.5 mm (1.3 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Queanbeyan (Mount Campbell)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	39.6 mm (1.6 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Rapur	India	Record daily precipitation	37.3 mm (1.5 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Panruti	India	Record daily precipitation	35.1 mm (1.4 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Bhavani	India	Record daily precipitation	38.9 mm (1.5 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Meadowlands 9 S	United States	Record daily precipitation	35.1 mm (1.4 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Milan 1NW	United States	Record high minimum temperature	18.9 C (66.0 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Portal	United States	Record high minimum temperature	12.2 C (54.0 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Antenor Navarro	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	53.8 mm (2.1 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Santa Luzia	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	32.2 mm (1.3 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Indian Head Cda	Canada	Record daily precipitation	30.2 mm (1.2 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Pierce Rs	United States	Record snow depth	45.7 cm (18.0 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Yarra (Rowe's Lagoon)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	47.5 mm (1.9 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Kremsmuenster	Austria	Record high minimum temperature	12.5 C (54.5 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Curaca	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	34.4 mm (1.4 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Aquidaba	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	117.0 mm (4.6 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Assiniboia	Canada	Record daily precipitation	31.8 mm (1.3 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Tindivanam	India	Record daily precipitation	30.7 mm (1.2 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Hall (Lochleigh)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	34.8 mm (1.4 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Goulburn (Kippilaw)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	39.1 mm (1.5 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Brandon Cda	Canada	Record high minimum temperature	14.4 C (57.9 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Tribune 1W	United States	Record high minimum temperature	14.4 C (57.9 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Columbus 3 NE	United States	Record high minimum temperature	18.3 C (64.9 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

977 records

Records set or tied on 2 May 1955 by type: Highest daily maximum 277, Lowest daily maximum 51, Highest daily minimum 292, Lowest daily minimum 24, Heaviest daily rainfall 314, Heaviest daily snowfall 9, Deepest snow cover 10.

Records on 2 May 1955 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	277
Lowest daily maximum	51
Highest daily minimum	292
Lowest daily minimum	24
Heaviest daily rainfall	314
Heaviest daily snowfall	9
Deepest snow cover	10

Records on 2 May 1955 by timescale: all-time 0, monthly 17, daily 960.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

801 broken records

Margins by which the 801 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 340.0. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

2 May 1955

Top 20 records on 2 May 1955 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
2 May 1955	Botany No.1 Dam, AU	daily rain	147.3 mm (5.8 in)	104.1 mm (4.1 in)	64 years	67 of 100 (Major)
2 May 1955	Gogri, IN	daily rain	50.3 mm (2.0 in)	50.3 mm (2.0 in)	53 years	61 of 100 (Major)
2 May 1955	Alkmaar, ZA	monthly rain	62.0 mm (2.4 in)	28.7 mm (1.1 in)	12 years	58 of 100 (Notable)
2 May 1955	Margate Collins St, AU	daily rain	106.4 mm (4.2 in)	60.2 mm (2.4 in)	53 years	57 of 100 (Notable)
2 May 1955	Asthawan, IN	daily rain	63.5 mm (2.5 in)	55.9 mm (2.2 in)	40 years	57 of 100 (Notable)
2 May 1955	Wando Vale Station, AU	daily rain	28.4 mm (1.1 in)	27.4 mm (1.1 in)	41 years	56 of 100 (Notable)
2 May 1955	Penrose (Panorama), AU	daily rain	115.1 mm (4.5 in)	72.9 mm (2.9 in)	37 years	54 of 100 (Notable)
2 May 1955	Nossa Senhora da Gloria, BR	daily rain	68.3 mm (2.7 in)	50.3 mm (2.0 in)	26 years	52 of 100 (Notable)
2 May 1955	Sutton Forest (Uralba), AU	daily rain	85.9 mm (3.4 in)	77.8 mm (3.1 in)	16 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
2 May 1955	Namdalseid, NO	daily snow depth	57.0 cm (22.4 in)	34.0 cm (13.4 in)	10 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
2 May 1955	Ironwood, US	daily rain	46.0 mm (1.8 in)	30.3 mm (1.2 in)	24 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
2 May 1955	Jamalpur, IN	daily rain	28.2 mm (1.1 in)	28.2 mm (1.1 in)	53 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
2 May 1955	Steynsrus (Mun), ZA	daily rain	27.4 mm (1.1 in)	27.4 mm (1.1 in)	32 years	43 of 100 (Notable)
2 May 1955	Ardlethan Post Office, AU	daily rain	27.4 mm (1.1 in)	26.6 mm (1.0 in)	1 year	42 of 100 (Notable)
2 May 1955	Umari, BR	daily rain	72.0 mm (2.8 in)	38.7 mm (1.5 in)	17 years	42 of 100 (Notable)
2 May 1955	Gunning Rural Supplies, AU	daily rain	49.3 mm (1.9 in)	28.5 mm (1.1 in)	28 years	41 of 100 (Notable)
2 May 1955	Two Harbors, US	daily rain	44.7 mm (1.8 in)	29.5 mm (1.2 in)	16 years	41 of 100 (Notable)
2 May 1955	Salisbury Bowls Club, AU	daily rain	46.5 mm (1.8 in)	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	53 years	40 of 100 (Notable)
2 May 1955	Cadillac, CA	daily rain	30.5 mm (1.2 in)	20.6 mm (0.8 in)	16 years	40 of 100 (Notable)
2 May 1955	Murwillumbah Post Office, AU	monthly rain	288.5 mm (11.4 in)	32.0 mm (1.3 in)	35 years	39 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 1955

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1795 to 1955. 1955 had 977 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 2026-10-16. Last revised 16 October 2026 (2026-10-16).

Margin	Records
0 to 50	787
50 to 100	8
100 to 150	4
150 to 200	1
200 to 250	0
250 to 300	0
300 to 350	1