Weather Records on 2 May 1957

371 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 2 May 1957. Highest significance: Trafalgar Toseland Road, AU.

Key Facts for 2 May 1957

On 2 May 1957, 371 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
127 were record highs and 38 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 0 were all-time records, 8 monthly and 363 daily.
Trafalgar Toseland Road set a daily record precipitation of 35.6 mm (1.4 in) on 2 May 1957.
Across 162 earlier years (1795 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 462 records.

Record Map

371 stations

371 station records on 2 May 1957 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 2 May 1957: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Trafalgar Toseland Road	Australia	Record daily precipitation	35.6 mm (1.4 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Gaspe	Canada	Record daily snowfall	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Nepisiguit Falls	Canada	Record daily snowfall	25.4 cm (10.0 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Weaverville	United States	Record daily precipitation	34.8 mm (1.4 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Kiandra Chalet	Australia	Record daily precipitation	33.3 mm (1.3 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Cap Chat	Canada	Record daily precipitation	30.5 mm (1.2 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Tumbarumba Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	26.7 mm (1.1 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Crested Butte	United States	Record snow depth	55.9 cm (22.0 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Drouin West	Australia	Record daily precipitation	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
La Plaisante	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	39.6 mm (1.6 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Burdekin Shire Council	Australia	Record high maximum temperature	32.8 C (91.0 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Woods Point	Australia	Record daily precipitation	27.2 mm (1.1 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Moe Gippsland Water	Australia	Record daily precipitation	28.4 mm (1.1 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Cap Chat	Canada	Record daily snowfall	7.6 cm (3.0 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Nayagarh	India	Record daily precipitation	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Dinhata	India	Record daily precipitation	81.0 mm (3.2 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Deer Creek Ph	United States	Record daily precipitation	50.8 mm (2.0 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Mutual	United States	Record daily precipitation	64.5 mm (2.5 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Nepisiguit Falls	Canada	Record daily precipitation	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Iowa Hill	United States	Record daily precipitation	38.4 mm (1.5 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Lughrata	Australia	Record daily precipitation	27.7 mm (1.1 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Mount Uniacke	Canada	Record low maximum temperature	1.7 C (35.1 F)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Durbanville (Pol)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	26.0 mm (1.0 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Ukiah	United States	Record daily precipitation	25.7 mm (1.0 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Georgetown	United States	Record daily precipitation	37.1 mm (1.5 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Lake Spaulding	United States	Record daily precipitation	40.9 mm (1.6 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Upper Mattole	United States	Record daily precipitation	46.5 mm (1.8 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Hennessey 4 ESE	United States	Record daily precipitation	28.7 mm (1.1 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Petrun	Russia	Record high minimum temperature	4.0 C (39.2 F)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Kluitjeskraal (Bos)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	43.0 mm (1.7 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Moultrie 2 ESE	United States	Record daily precipitation	25.7 mm (1.0 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Toledo Blade	United States	Record high maximum temperature	31.1 C (88.0 F)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Red Deer	Canada	Record high minimum temperature	7.8 C (46.0 F)	24 of 100 (Routine)
McCloud	United States	Record daily precipitation	32.3 mm (1.3 in)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Rupert 3 WSW	United States	Record high minimum temperature	12.2 C (54.0 F)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Walters	United States	Record daily precipitation	37.6 mm (1.5 in)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Fort McPherson	Canada	Record daily snowfall	5.1 cm (2.0 in)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Salekhard	Russia	Record high minimum temperature	1.1 C (34.0 F)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Grass Valley	United States	Record daily precipitation	29.2 mm (1.1 in)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Jeanerette 5 NW	United States	Record low maximum temperature	22.8 C (73.0 F)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Vrugbaar	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	31.4 mm (1.2 in)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Quincy	United States	Record daily precipitation	29.2 mm (1.1 in)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Jeanerette 5 NW	United States	Record daily precipitation	55.9 mm (2.2 in)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Okeene	United States	Record daily precipitation	36.8 mm (1.4 in)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Buffalo	United States	Record high maximum temperature	26.7 C (80.1 F)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Sao Benedito	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	73.0 mm (2.9 in)	21 of 100 (Routine)
St Margaret's Bay	Canada	Record low maximum temperature	3.3 C (37.9 F)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Stillwater	Canada	Record low maximum temperature	1.7 C (35.1 F)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Petrun	Russia	Record high maximum temperature	15.0 C (59.0 F)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Mineral	United States	Record daily precipitation	30.5 mm (1.2 in)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Warragul (Carbethon)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	24.4 mm (1.0 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Worcester	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	23.5 mm (0.9 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Warragul	Australia	Record daily precipitation	21.6 mm (0.9 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Loch	Australia	Record daily precipitation	21.8 mm (0.9 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Dromana	Australia	Record daily precipitation	17.8 mm (0.7 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Saint Helena	United States	Record daily precipitation	20.8 mm (0.8 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Hayfork 2 W	United States	Record daily precipitation	22.1 mm (0.9 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Hatton 9 SE	United States	Record daily precipitation	11.7 mm (0.5 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Morwell (Mail Centre)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	15.2 mm (0.6 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Red Hill South	Australia	Record daily precipitation	20.8 mm (0.8 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

371 records

Records set or tied on 2 May 1957 by type: Highest daily maximum 62, Lowest daily maximum 25, Highest daily minimum 65, Lowest daily minimum 13, Heaviest daily rainfall 186, Heaviest daily snowfall 19, Deepest snow cover 1.

Records on 2 May 1957 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	62
Lowest daily maximum	25
Highest daily minimum	65
Lowest daily minimum	13
Heaviest daily rainfall	186
Heaviest daily snowfall	19
Deepest snow cover	1

Records on 2 May 1957 by timescale: all-time 0, monthly 8, daily 363.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

305 broken records

Margins by which the 305 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 178.0. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

2 May 1957

Top 20 records on 2 May 1957 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
2 May 1957	Trafalgar Toseland Road, AU	daily rain	35.6 mm (1.4 in)	26.7 mm (1.1 in)	0 years	40 of 100 (Notable)
2 May 1957	Gaspe, CA	daily snowfall	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	10.1 cm (4.0 in)	40 years	38 of 100 (Notable)
2 May 1957	Nepisiguit Falls, CA	monthly snowfall	25.4 cm (10.0 in)	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	11 years	36 of 100 (Notable)
2 May 1957	Weaverville, US	daily rain	34.8 mm (1.4 in)	19.1 mm (0.8 in)	6 years	36 of 100 (Notable)
2 May 1957	Kiandra Chalet, AU	daily rain	33.3 mm (1.3 in)	1.3 mm (0.05 in)	89 years	35 of 100 (Notable)
2 May 1957	Cap Chat, CA	daily rain	30.5 mm (1.2 in)	17.8 mm (0.7 in)	20 years	35 of 100 (Notable)
2 May 1957	Tumbarumba Post Office, AU	daily rain	26.7 mm (1.1 in)	9.2 mm (0.36 in)	63 years	34 of 100 (Routine)
2 May 1957	Crested Butte, US	daily snow depth	55.9 cm (22.0 in)	17.8 cm (7.0 in)	36 years	34 of 100 (Routine)
2 May 1957	Drouin West, AU	daily rain	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	16.0 mm (0.6 in)	28 years	33 of 100 (Routine)
2 May 1957	La Plaisante, ZA	daily rain	39.6 mm (1.6 in)	32.2 mm (1.3 in)	10 years	32 of 100 (Routine)
2 May 1957	Burdekin Shire Council, AU	daily high max	32.8 C (91.0 F)	1.4 C (2.5 F)	62 years	31 of 100 (Routine)
2 May 1957	Woods Point, AU	daily rain	27.2 mm (1.1 in)	9.7 mm (0.38 in)	52 years	29 of 100 (Routine)
2 May 1957	Moe Gippsland Water, AU	daily rain	28.4 mm (1.1 in)	19.3 mm (0.8 in)	0 years	29 of 100 (Routine)
2 May 1957	Cap Chat, CA	daily snowfall	7.6 cm (3.0 in)	5.1 cm (2.0 in)	30 years	29 of 100 (Routine)
2 May 1957	Nayagarh, IN	daily rain	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	15.2 mm (0.6 in)	43 years	29 of 100 (Routine)
2 May 1957	Dinhata, IN	daily rain	81.0 mm (3.2 in)	51.8 mm (2.0 in)	16 years	29 of 100 (Routine)
2 May 1957	Deer Creek Ph, US	daily rain	50.8 mm (2.0 in)	32.3 mm (1.3 in)	7 years	29 of 100 (Routine)
2 May 1957	Mutual, US	daily rain	64.5 mm (2.5 in)	40.4 mm (1.6 in)	0 years	29 of 100 (Routine)
2 May 1957	Nepisiguit Falls, CA	daily rain	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	13.2 mm (0.5 in)	32 years	28 of 100 (Routine)
2 May 1957	Iowa Hill, US	daily rain	38.4 mm (1.5 in)	9.2 mm (0.36 in)	48 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 1957

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1795 to 1957. 1957 had 371 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 25	292
25 to 50	8
50 to 75	2
75 to 100	0
100 to 125	2
125 to 150	0
150 to 175	0
175 to 200	1