Weather Records on 10 May 1955

272 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 10 May 1955. Highest significance: Bhavani, IN.

Key Facts for 10 May 1955

On 10 May 1955, 272 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
70 were record highs and 44 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 0 were all-time records, 5 monthly and 267 daily.
Bhavani set a daily record precipitation of 71.6 mm (2.8 in) on 10 May 1955.
Across 163 earlier years (1805 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 442 records.

Record Map

272 stations

272 station records on 10 May 1955 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 10 May 1955: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Bhavani	India	Record daily precipitation	71.6 mm (2.8 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Durroo	India	Record daily precipitation	88.9 mm (3.5 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Erode	India	Record daily precipitation	61.2 mm (2.4 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Vantipura	India	Record daily precipitation	60.2 mm (2.4 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Gallivare_A	Sweden	Record daily precipitation	28.1 mm (1.1 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Peraiyur	India	Record daily precipitation	61.0 mm (2.4 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Tirupoondi	India	Record daily precipitation	76.2 mm (3.0 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Kulgam	India	Record daily precipitation	72.6 mm (2.9 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Gadgarra Forest Reserve	Australia	Record daily precipitation	38.6 mm (1.5 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Yarrabah Comm Council	Australia	Record daily precipitation	82.0 mm (3.2 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Hico	United States	Record daily precipitation	74.4 mm (2.9 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Namdalseid	Norway	Record snow depth	26.0 cm (10.2 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Malur	India	Record daily precipitation	56.4 mm (2.2 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Oakwood 3 SW	United States	Record daily precipitation	73.7 mm (2.9 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Woori Yallock	Australia	Record daily precipitation	39.9 mm (1.6 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Rossland City Yard	Canada	Record low minimum temperature	-5.6 C (21.9 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Davangire	India	Record daily precipitation	36.8 mm (1.4 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Jayuya	Puerto Rico [United States]	Record daily precipitation	50.8 mm (2.0 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Rochester	United States	Record daily precipitation	34.3 mm (1.4 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Delaware 3 WSW	United States	Record daily precipitation	32.5 mm (1.3 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Nossa Senhora Das Dores	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	55.5 mm (2.2 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Yerevan	Armenia	Record high minimum temperature	15.4 C (59.7 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Itatira	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	44.3 mm (1.7 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Thiruthuraipoond	India	Record daily precipitation	44.7 mm (1.8 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Clarks Siding	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	30.5 mm (1.2 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Black Lake	United States	Record daily snowfall	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Zwartmodder	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	25.0 mm (1.0 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
De Funiak Springs 1 E	United States	Record high maximum temperature	36.7 C (98.1 F)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Hambledon Mill Csr	Australia	Record daily precipitation	47.5 mm (1.9 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Lalgudi	India	Record daily precipitation	57.2 mm (2.3 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Tonti (Bos)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	26.1 mm (1.0 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Rome	United States	Record high maximum temperature	35.0 C (95.0 F)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Udhapur	India	Record daily precipitation	63.5 mm (2.5 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Stensele	Sweden	Record snow depth	45.0 cm (17.7 in)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Pitea	Sweden	Record low maximum temperature	2.2 C (36.0 F)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Thomasville	United States	Record high maximum temperature	34.4 C (93.9 F)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Bridgetown Comparison	Australia	Record high minimum temperature	15.0 C (59.0 F)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Ixmiquilpan (Smn)	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	55.4 mm (2.2 in)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Cedar Rapids #1	United States	Record daily precipitation	33.5 mm (1.3 in)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Kosciusko	United States	Record high maximum temperature	33.9 C (93.0 F)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Donnybrook	Australia	Record high minimum temperature	15.0 C (59.0 F)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Kumbhakonam	India	Record daily precipitation	80.0 mm (3.1 in)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Jokkmokk	Sweden	Record daily precipitation	16.7 mm (0.7 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Saundatti	India	Record daily precipitation	22.1 mm (0.9 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Muktesar	India	Record daily precipitation	11.9 mm (0.5 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Greensburg	United States	Record daily precipitation	21.3 mm (0.8 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Nurpur	India	Record daily precipitation	19.1 mm (0.8 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Gobindgarh	India	Record daily precipitation	3.8 mm (0.15 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Arnsberg	Germany	Record daily precipitation	17.4 mm (0.7 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Kirensk	Russia	Record daily precipitation	6.1 mm (0.24 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Oranjeville (Skl)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	23.5 mm (0.9 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Collegeville St Joe AP	United States	Record daily precipitation	24.6 mm (1.0 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Viljandi	Estonia	Record daily precipitation	11.0 mm (0.4 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Hatch	United States	Record daily precipitation	1.3 mm (0.05 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Bucklin 1SE	United States	Record daily precipitation	15.0 mm (0.6 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Verhneimbatsk	Russia	Record daily precipitation	10.3 mm (0.4 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Ramdurg	India	Record daily precipitation	24.9 mm (1.0 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Nargund	India	Record daily precipitation	11.7 mm (0.5 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Akalkot	India	Record daily precipitation	4.6 mm (0.18 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Germiston-Fj Payne Park	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	17.1 mm (0.7 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

272 records

Records set or tied on 10 May 1955 by type: Highest daily maximum 52, Lowest daily maximum 32, Highest daily minimum 18, Lowest daily minimum 12, Heaviest daily rainfall 150, Heaviest daily snowfall 3, Deepest snow cover 5.

Records on 10 May 1955 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	52
Lowest daily maximum	32
Highest daily minimum	18
Lowest daily minimum	12
Heaviest daily rainfall	150
Heaviest daily snowfall	3
Deepest snow cover	5

Records on 10 May 1955 by timescale: all-time 0, monthly 5, daily 267.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

215 broken records

Margins by which the 215 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 190.0. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

10 May 1955

Top 20 records on 10 May 1955 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
10 May 1955	Bhavani, IN	daily rain	71.6 mm (2.8 in)	47.0 mm (1.9 in)	24 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
10 May 1955	Durroo, IN	daily rain	88.9 mm (3.5 in)	63.5 mm (2.5 in)	6 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
10 May 1955	Erode, IN	daily rain	61.2 mm (2.4 in)	45.2 mm (1.8 in)	24 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
10 May 1955	Vantipura, IN	daily rain	60.2 mm (2.4 in)	28.4 mm (1.1 in)	40 years	42 of 100 (Notable)
10 May 1955	Gallivare_A, SE	daily rain	28.1 mm (1.1 in)	7.7 mm (0.30 in)	56 years	41 of 100 (Notable)
10 May 1955	Peraiyur, IN	daily rain	61.0 mm (2.4 in)	35.6 mm (1.4 in)	36 years	40 of 100 (Notable)
10 May 1955	Tirupoondi, IN	daily rain	76.2 mm (3.0 in)	60.5 mm (2.4 in)	42 years	39 of 100 (Notable)
10 May 1955	Kulgam, IN	daily rain	72.6 mm (2.9 in)	46.9 mm (1.8 in)	6 years	38 of 100 (Notable)
10 May 1955	Gadgarra Forest Reserve, AU	daily rain	38.6 mm (1.5 in)	18.3 mm (0.7 in)	32 years	35 of 100 (Notable)
10 May 1955	Yarrabah Comm Council, AU	daily rain	82.0 mm (3.2 in)	22.3 mm (0.9 in)	48 years	35 of 100 (Notable)
10 May 1955	Hico, US	daily rain	74.4 mm (2.9 in)	36.3 mm (1.4 in)	34 years	35 of 100 (Notable)
10 May 1955	Namdalseid, NO	daily snow depth	26.0 cm (10.2 in)	19.0 cm (7.5 in)	10 years	34 of 100 (Routine)
10 May 1955	Malur, IN	daily rain	56.4 mm (2.2 in)	25.9 mm (1.0 in)	44 years	33 of 100 (Routine)
10 May 1955	Oakwood 3 SW, US	daily rain	73.7 mm (2.9 in)	42.5 mm (1.7 in)	12 years	33 of 100 (Routine)
10 May 1955	Woori Yallock, AU	daily rain	39.9 mm (1.6 in)	21.1 mm (0.8 in)	6 years	32 of 100 (Routine)
10 May 1955	Rossland City Yard, CA	monthly low min	-5.6 C (21.9 F)	2.8 C (5.0 F)	32 years	32 of 100 (Routine)
10 May 1955	Davangire, IN	daily rain	36.8 mm (1.4 in)	23.3 mm (0.9 in)	44 years	31 of 100 (Routine)
10 May 1955	Jayuya, PR	daily rain	50.8 mm (2.0 in)	34.8 mm (1.4 in)	37 years	31 of 100 (Routine)
10 May 1955	Rochester, US	daily rain	34.3 mm (1.4 in)	14.5 mm (0.6 in)	49 years	31 of 100 (Routine)
10 May 1955	Delaware 3 WSW, US	daily rain	32.5 mm (1.3 in)	12.9 mm (0.5 in)	49 years	30 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 1955

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1805 to 1955. 1955 had 272 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 2026-10-16. Last revised 16 October 2026 (2026-10-16).

Margin	Records
0 to 25	197
25 to 50	13
50 to 75	2
75 to 100	1
100 to 125	1
125 to 150	0
150 to 175	0
175 to 200	1