Weather Records on 7 May 1955

393 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 7 May 1955. Highest significance: Gajapathinagaram, IN.

Key Facts for 7 May 1955

On 7 May 1955, 393 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
125 were record highs and 76 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 0 were all-time records, 14 monthly and 379 daily.
Gajapathinagaram set a monthly record daily precipitation of 231.1 mm (9.1 in) on 7 May 1955.
Across 168 earlier years (1795 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 419 records.

Record Map

393 stations

393 station records on 7 May 1955 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 7 May 1955: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Gajapathinagaram	India	Record daily precipitation	231.1 mm (9.1 in)	59 of 100 (Notable)
Los Angeles Downtown/Usc	United States	Record daily precipitation	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	57 of 100 (Notable)
Kakinada	India	Record daily precipitation	95.5 mm (3.8 in)	56 of 100 (Notable)
Anakapalli	India	Record daily precipitation	155.4 mm (6.1 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Pithapuram	India	Record daily precipitation	83.8 mm (3.3 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Malakapuram	India	Record daily precipitation	161.3 mm (6.4 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Konda	India	Record daily precipitation	160.8 mm (6.3 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Bhimunipatnam	India	Record daily precipitation	230.1 mm (9.1 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Kirnur Nam	India	Record daily precipitation	43.9 mm (1.7 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Ust-Sugor	Russia	Record daily precipitation	25.7 mm (1.0 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Tekkali	India	Record daily precipitation	75.4 mm (3.0 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Mummidivaram	India	Record daily precipitation	73.7 mm (2.9 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Donnacona	Canada	Record daily precipitation	50.3 mm (2.0 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Chidavaram	India	Record daily precipitation	84.8 mm (3.3 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Palani	India	Record daily precipitation	59.7 mm (2.4 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Dolphin@S Nose Obsy	India	Record daily precipitation	190.5 mm (7.5 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Paso Robles	United States	Record daily precipitation	26.4 mm (1.0 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Oran-Hopital Militaire	Algeria	Record high minimum temperature	18.0 C (64.4 F)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Prathipadu	India	Record daily precipitation	79.2 mm (3.1 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Pottangi	India	Record daily precipitation	177.8 mm (7.0 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Srikakulam	India	Record daily precipitation	72.4 mm (2.9 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Yellamanchili	India	Record daily precipitation	127.0 mm (5.0 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Yellavaram	India	Record daily precipitation	61.0 mm (2.4 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Narsipatnam	India	Record daily precipitation	79.2 mm (3.1 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Brocken	Germany	Record snow depth	44.0 cm (17.3 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Princesa Isabel	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	52.0 mm (2.0 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Palakonda	India	Record daily precipitation	68.6 mm (2.7 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Namdalseid	Norway	Record snow depth	34.0 cm (13.4 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Kalmar_D	Sweden	Record daily precipitation	26.5 mm (1.0 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Salur	India	Record daily precipitation	53.3 mm (2.1 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
McBride 4SE	Canada	Record daily snowfall	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Narasannapeta	India	Record daily precipitation	51.6 mm (2.0 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Newport	United States	Record high maximum temperature	33.3 C (91.9 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Deal Island	Australia	Record daily precipitation	27.9 mm (1.1 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Estevan Point	Canada	Record low maximum temperature	8.9 C (48.0 F)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Quesnel	Canada	Record low maximum temperature	7.2 C (45.0 F)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Girona (Antic Institut)	Spain	Record high minimum temperature	14.8 C (58.6 F)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Pocomoke City	United States	Record low minimum temperature	3.9 C (39.0 F)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Busselton Shire	Australia	Record daily precipitation	30.2 mm (1.2 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Pundi	India	Record daily precipitation	55.9 mm (2.2 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Sonari	India	Record daily precipitation	59.7 mm (2.4 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Edgerton	United States	Record daily precipitation	40.6 mm (1.6 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Bobbili	India	Record daily precipitation	41.9 mm (1.6 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Kingfisher	United States	Record high maximum temperature	37.8 C (100.0 F)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Ambasamudram	India	Record daily precipitation	34.8 mm (1.4 in)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Stensele	Sweden	Record snow depth	51.0 cm (20.1 in)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Wickenburg	United States	Record high minimum temperature	18.9 C (66.0 F)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Saint Leo	United States	Record high maximum temperature	36.1 C (97.0 F)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Hays 1 S	United States	Record high maximum temperature	35.0 C (95.0 F)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Cimarron 4 SW	United States	Record high minimum temperature	12.8 C (55.0 F)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Stillwater 2 W	United States	Record high maximum temperature	33.9 C (93.0 F)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Mount McIntyre	Australia	Record daily precipitation	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Big Creek	Canada	Record daily snowfall	5.1 cm (2.0 in)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Goulds Rch	United States	Record high minimum temperature	22.8 C (73.0 F)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Lock Haven	United States	Record low minimum temperature	0.6 C (33.1 F)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Harvey Station	Canada	Record low maximum temperature	2.8 C (37.0 F)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Chipurupally	India	Record daily precipitation	76.2 mm (3.0 in)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Vishakhapatnam	India	Record daily precipitation	145.3 mm (5.7 in)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Ljubljana Bezigrad	Slovenia	Record daily precipitation	41.8 mm (1.6 in)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Plant City	United States	Record high maximum temperature	35.6 C (96.1 F)	22 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

393 records

Records set or tied on 7 May 1955 by type: Highest daily maximum 94, Lowest daily maximum 37, Highest daily minimum 31, Lowest daily minimum 39, Heaviest daily rainfall 183, Heaviest daily snowfall 5, Deepest snow cover 4.

Records on 7 May 1955 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	94
Lowest daily maximum	37
Highest daily minimum	31
Lowest daily minimum	39
Heaviest daily rainfall	183
Heaviest daily snowfall	5
Deepest snow cover	4

Records on 7 May 1955 by timescale: all-time 0, monthly 14, daily 379.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

310 broken records

Margins by which the 310 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 170.0. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

7 May 1955

Top 20 records on 7 May 1955 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
7 May 1955	Gajapathinagaram, IN	monthly rain	231.1 mm (9.1 in)	85.3 mm (3.4 in)	14 years	59 of 100 (Notable)
7 May 1955	Los Angeles Downtown/Usc, US	daily rain	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	24.1 mm (0.9 in)	48 years	57 of 100 (Notable)
7 May 1955	Kakinada, IN	daily rain	95.5 mm (3.8 in)	70.1 mm (2.8 in)	37 years	56 of 100 (Notable)
7 May 1955	Anakapalli, IN	monthly rain	155.4 mm (6.1 in)	58.1 mm (2.3 in)	24 years	54 of 100 (Notable)
7 May 1955	Pithapuram, IN	daily rain	83.8 mm (3.3 in)	70.6 mm (2.8 in)	26 years	53 of 100 (Notable)
7 May 1955	Malakapuram, IN	monthly rain	161.3 mm (6.4 in)	55.9 mm (2.2 in)	24 years	53 of 100 (Notable)
7 May 1955	Konda, IN	monthly rain	160.8 mm (6.3 in)	55.4 mm (2.2 in)	29 years	53 of 100 (Notable)
7 May 1955	Bhimunipatnam, IN	monthly rain	230.1 mm (9.1 in)	79.0 mm (3.1 in)	14 years	52 of 100 (Notable)
7 May 1955	Kirnur Nam, IN	daily rain	43.9 mm (1.7 in)	34.5 mm (1.4 in)	42 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
7 May 1955	Ust-Sugor, RU	daily rain	25.7 mm (1.0 in)	20.3 mm (0.8 in)	16 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
7 May 1955	Tekkali, IN	daily rain	75.4 mm (3.0 in)	62.2 mm (2.4 in)	26 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
7 May 1955	Mummidivaram, IN	daily rain	73.7 mm (2.9 in)	62.8 mm (2.5 in)	36 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
7 May 1955	Donnacona, CA	daily rain	50.3 mm (2.0 in)	36.1 mm (1.4 in)	6 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
7 May 1955	Chidavaram, IN	daily rain	84.8 mm (3.3 in)	52.3 mm (2.1 in)	22 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
7 May 1955	Palani, IN	daily rain	59.7 mm (2.4 in)	47.8 mm (1.9 in)	24 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
7 May 1955	Dolphin@S Nose Obsy, IN	monthly rain	190.5 mm (7.5 in)	47.5 mm (1.9 in)	14 years	42 of 100 (Notable)
7 May 1955	Paso Robles, US	daily rain	26.4 mm (1.0 in)	16.0 mm (0.6 in)	42 years	40 of 100 (Notable)
7 May 1955	Oran-Hopital Militaire, DZ	daily high min	18.0 C (64.4 F)	0.5 C (0.9 F)	90 years	39 of 100 (Notable)
7 May 1955	Prathipadu, IN	daily rain	79.2 mm (3.1 in)	41.1 mm (1.6 in)	29 years	39 of 100 (Notable)
7 May 1955	Pottangi, IN	monthly rain	177.8 mm (7.0 in)	27.2 mm (1.1 in)	29 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 393 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	280
25 to 50	16
50 to 75	9
75 to 100	2
100 to 125	1
125 to 150	0
150 to 175	2