Weather Records on 1 May 1959

764 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 1 May 1959. Highest significance: Augsburg (Sankt Stephan), DE.

Key Facts for 1 May 1959

On 1 May 1959, 764 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
583 were record highs and 43 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 0 were all-time records, 20 monthly and 744 daily.
Augsburg (Sankt Stephan) set a daily record precipitation of 56.1 mm (2.2 in) on 1 May 1959.
Across 165 earlier years (1795 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 440 records.

Record Map

764 stations

764 station records on 1 May 1959 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 1 May 1959: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Augsburg (Sankt Stephan)	Germany	Record daily precipitation	56.1 mm (2.2 in)	67 of 100 (Major)
Munchen-Nymphenburg	Germany	Record daily precipitation	55.9 mm (2.2 in)	66 of 100 (Major)
Munsingen-Apfelstetten	Germany	Record daily precipitation	43.0 mm (1.7 in)	63 of 100 (Major)
Halle	Germany	Record daily precipitation	46.8 mm (1.8 in)	62 of 100 (Major)
Hohenpeissenberg	Germany	Record daily precipitation	41.3 mm (1.6 in)	59 of 100 (Notable)
Warthausen-Birkenhard	Germany	Record daily precipitation	49.1 mm (1.9 in)	58 of 100 (Notable)
Oberstdorf	Germany	Record daily precipitation	70.2 mm (2.8 in)	55 of 100 (Notable)
Paud	India	Record daily precipitation	73.9 mm (2.9 in)	55 of 100 (Notable)
Zugspitze	Germany	Record daily precipitation	71.3 mm (2.8 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Ebrach	Germany	Record daily precipitation	36.6 mm (1.4 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Saentis	Switzerland	Record daily precipitation	92.7 mm (3.6 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Innsbruck	Austria	Record daily precipitation	60.3 mm (2.4 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Weihenstephan-Durnast	Germany	Record daily precipitation	40.4 mm (1.6 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Garsebach Bei Meissen	Germany	Record daily precipitation	25.0 mm (1.0 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Twin Falls 2 NNE	United States	Record daily precipitation	36.1 mm (1.4 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Gumbardo	Australia	Record daily precipitation	27.2 mm (1.1 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Mount McConnell	Australia	Record daily precipitation	34.3 mm (1.4 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Gavle	Sweden	Record high minimum temperature	8.5 C (47.3 F)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Pommelsbrunn	Germany	Record daily precipitation	30.3 mm (1.2 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Reit Im Winkl	Germany	Record daily precipitation	50.6 mm (2.0 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Piripiri	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	79.2 mm (3.1 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Kempten	Germany	Record daily precipitation	45.3 mm (1.8 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Hebgen Dam	United States	Record daily precipitation	27.7 mm (1.1 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Sagunbari	India	Record daily precipitation	61.0 mm (2.4 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Scipio	United States	Record high minimum temperature	15.6 C (60.1 F)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Claresholm Meadow Creek	Canada	Record daily snowfall	8.1 cm (3.2 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Forman 5 SSE	United States	Record high maximum temperature	39.4 C (102.9 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Olds	Canada	Record daily snowfall	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Mellette 4 W	United States	Record high maximum temperature	38.9 C (102.0 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Redfield	United States	Record high maximum temperature	38.3 C (100.9 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Wentworth 2.5 WNW	United States	Record high maximum temperature	35.6 C (96.1 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Baldonnel	Canada	Record low maximum temperature	-1.7 C (28.9 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Springview 2NW	United States	Record high maximum temperature	35.6 C (96.1 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Deadwood	United States	Record high minimum temperature	12.2 C (54.0 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Faulkton	United States	Record high maximum temperature	38.9 C (102.0 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Lincoln UNIV Pwr Plt	United States	Record high maximum temperature	33.9 C (93.0 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Vanderhoof	Canada	Record low maximum temperature	3.3 C (37.9 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Baldonnel	Canada	Record daily snowfall	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Lawrence	United States	Record high maximum temperature	32.2 C (90.0 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Milan Exp STN	United States	Record high maximum temperature	33.3 C (91.9 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Aberdeen	United States	Record high maximum temperature	38.9 C (102.0 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Pocahontas 1	United States	Record high maximum temperature	33.3 C (91.9 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Le Mars	United States	Record high maximum temperature	33.9 C (93.0 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Sheldon	United States	Record high maximum temperature	33.9 C (93.0 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Sioux Ctr 2 SE	United States	Record high maximum temperature	33.9 C (93.0 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Bird Island	United States	Record high maximum temperature	35.6 C (96.1 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Long Prairie	United States	Record high maximum temperature	34.4 C (93.9 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Milan 1NW	United States	Record high maximum temperature	36.7 C (98.1 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Crete 4ESE	United States	Record high maximum temperature	33.3 C (91.9 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Tecumseh 1S	United States	Record high maximum temperature	34.4 C (93.9 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Highmore	United States	Record high maximum temperature	38.3 C (100.9 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Aleksandrovsk-Sahalinskij	Russia	Record high maximum temperature	17.8 C (64.0 F)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Corning	United States	Record high maximum temperature	33.3 C (91.9 F)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Denison	United States	Record high maximum temperature	32.8 C (91.0 F)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Sibley	United States	Record high maximum temperature	33.9 C (93.0 F)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Collegeville St John's	United States	Record high maximum temperature	33.9 C (93.0 F)	27 of 100 (Routine)
St Peter	United States	Record high maximum temperature	33.9 C (93.0 F)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Tekamah	United States	Record high maximum temperature	34.4 C (93.9 F)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Caliente	United States	Record high minimum temperature	14.4 C (57.9 F)	27 of 100 (Routine)
San Jon	United States	Record high minimum temperature	20.6 C (69.1 F)	27 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

764 records

Records set or tied on 1 May 1959 by type: Highest daily maximum 394, Lowest daily maximum 29, Highest daily minimum 189, Lowest daily minimum 14, Heaviest daily rainfall 118, Heaviest daily snowfall 20.

Records on 1 May 1959 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	394
Lowest daily maximum	29
Highest daily minimum	189
Lowest daily minimum	14
Heaviest daily rainfall	118
Heaviest daily snowfall	20
Deepest snow cover	0

Records on 1 May 1959 by timescale: all-time 0, monthly 20, daily 744.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

596 broken records

Margins by which the 596 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 127.0. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

1 May 1959

Top 20 records on 1 May 1959 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
1 May 1959	Augsburg (Sankt Stephan), DE	daily rain	56.1 mm (2.2 in)	43.3 mm (1.7 in)	63 years	67 of 100 (Major)
1 May 1959	Munchen-Nymphenburg, DE	daily rain	55.9 mm (2.2 in)	36.5 mm (1.4 in)	62 years	66 of 100 (Major)
1 May 1959	Munsingen-Apfelstetten, DE	daily rain	43.0 mm (1.7 in)	29.5 mm (1.2 in)	56 years	63 of 100 (Major)
1 May 1959	Halle, DE	daily rain	46.8 mm (1.8 in)	30.2 mm (1.2 in)	54 years	62 of 100 (Major)
1 May 1959	Hohenpeissenberg, DE	daily rain	41.3 mm (1.6 in)	15.8 mm (0.6 in)	128 years	59 of 100 (Notable)
1 May 1959	Warthausen-Birkenhard, DE	daily rain	49.1 mm (1.9 in)	28.9 mm (1.1 in)	44 years	58 of 100 (Notable)
1 May 1959	Oberstdorf, DE	daily rain	70.2 mm (2.8 in)	54.7 mm (2.2 in)	34 years	55 of 100 (Notable)
1 May 1959	Paud, IN	monthly rain	73.9 mm (2.9 in)	32.0 mm (1.3 in)	25 years	55 of 100 (Notable)
1 May 1959	Zugspitze, DE	daily rain	71.3 mm (2.8 in)	47.1 mm (1.9 in)	29 years	54 of 100 (Notable)
1 May 1959	Ebrach, DE	daily rain	36.6 mm (1.4 in)	16.4 mm (0.6 in)	56 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
1 May 1959	Saentis, CH	daily rain	92.7 mm (3.6 in)	50.6 mm (2.0 in)	44 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
1 May 1959	Innsbruck, AT	daily rain	60.3 mm (2.4 in)	37.5 mm (1.5 in)	13 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
1 May 1959	Weihenstephan-Durnast, DE	daily rain	40.4 mm (1.6 in)	33.4 mm (1.3 in)	20 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
1 May 1959	Garsebach Bei Meissen, DE	daily rain	25.0 mm (1.0 in)	19.7 mm (0.8 in)	44 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
1 May 1959	Twin Falls 2 NNE, US	monthly rain	36.1 mm (1.4 in)	11.0 mm (0.4 in)	21 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
1 May 1959	Gumbardo, AU	daily rain	27.2 mm (1.1 in)	24.2 mm (1.0 in)	54 years	42 of 100 (Notable)
1 May 1959	Mount McConnell, AU	daily rain	34.3 mm (1.4 in)	26.2 mm (1.0 in)	54 years	39 of 100 (Notable)
1 May 1959	Gavle, SE	daily high min	8.5 C (47.3 F)	3.5 C (6.3 F)	76 years	39 of 100 (Notable)
1 May 1959	Pommelsbrunn, DE	daily rain	30.3 mm (1.2 in)	13.1 mm (0.5 in)	30 years	38 of 100 (Notable)
1 May 1959	Reit Im Winkl, DE	daily rain	50.6 mm (2.0 in)	28.7 mm (1.1 in)	17 years	38 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 1959

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1795 to 1959. 1959 had 764 records.

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

Records on 05-01 in each year
Year	Records
1795	1
1802	1
1804	1
1814	1
1818	1
1835	1
1836	1
1840	1
1846	2
1847	1
1850	1
1851	1
1857	1
1860	1
1861	1
1864	2
1865	1
1868	2
1872	1
1875	4
1878	2
1879	2
1880	3
1881	2
1884	1
1885	1
1886	2
1887	2
1888	2
1889	3
1890	2
1891	5
1892	6
1893	2
1894	5
1896	1
1897	4
1898	1
1899	8
1900	1
1901	5
1902	7
1903	9
1904	9
1905	13
1906	12
1907	31
1908	20
1909	49
1910	13
1911	22
1912	18
1913	54
1914	23
1915	27
1916	27
1917	37
1918	34
1919	150
1920	186
1921	41
1922	92
1923	64
1924	63
1925	118
1926	500
1927	125
1928	190
1929	142
1930	263
1931	537
1932	220
1933	706
1934	305
1935	276
1936	368
1937	218
1938	304
1939	227
1940	731
1941	333
1942	1,036
1943	526
1944	229
1945	350
1946	415
1947	655
1948	774
1949	405
1950	439
1951	894
1952	557
1953	917
1954	1,506
1955	772
1956	1,106
1957	359
1958	448
1959	764
1960	737
1961	588
1962	615
1963	704
1964	312
1965	360
1966	707
1967	948
1968	426
1969	429
1970	1,075
1971	444
1972	562
1973	841
1974	589
1975	286
1976	673
1977	545
1978	1,202
1979	612
1980	507
1981	1,265
1982	508
1983	1,423
1984	640
1985	789
1986	512
1987	1,098
1988	1,058
1989	949
1990	922
1991	633
1992	1,201
1993	1,101
1994	1,210
1995	1,365
1996	1,439
1997	804
1998	951
1999	932
2000	809
2001	1,106
2002	1,221
2003	964
2004	887
2005	1,320
2006	734
2007	857
2008	979
2009	679
2010	1,151
2011	716
2012	796
2013	976
2014	941
2015	550
2016	844
2017	1,163
2018	519
2019	788
2020	1,099
2021	834
2022	319
2023	912
2024	458
2025	430
2026	623

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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 20	566
20 to 40	19
40 to 60	6
60 to 80	1
80 to 100	3
100 to 120	0
120 to 140	1