Weather Records on 7 May 1959

335 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 7 May 1959. Highest significance: Old Halls Creek, AU.

Key Facts for 7 May 1959

On 7 May 1959, 335 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
169 were record highs and 61 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 0 were all-time records, 4 monthly and 331 daily.
Old Halls Creek set a daily record precipitation of 59.9 mm (2.4 in) on 7 May 1959.
Across 168 earlier years (1795 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 419 records.

Record Map

335 stations

335 station records on 7 May 1959 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 7 May 1959: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Old Halls Creek	Australia	Record daily precipitation	59.9 mm (2.4 in)	56 of 100 (Notable)
Castellon de la Plana	Spain	Record daily precipitation	53.5 mm (2.1 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Oran-Hopital Militaire	Algeria	Record low minimum temperature	5.0 C (41.0 F)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Yalta	Ukraine	Record daily precipitation	36.4 mm (1.4 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Corona	United States	Record daily precipitation	27.4 mm (1.1 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Danger Point - Vrt.	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	32.0 mm (1.3 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Dhakuakhana	India	Record daily precipitation	111.8 mm (4.4 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Paarl (Tnk)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	60.5 mm (2.4 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Tulbagh (Pol)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	26.1 mm (1.0 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Huelva	Spain	Record daily precipitation	29.0 mm (1.1 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Lake Avalon	United States	Record daily precipitation	43.2 mm (1.7 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Mayaguez City	Puerto Rico [United States]	Record low maximum temperature	26.7 C (80.1 F)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Vacaville	United States	Record high minimum temperature	19.4 C (66.9 F)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Hosur	India	Record daily precipitation	77.1 mm (3.0 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Malmesbury	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	32.5 mm (1.3 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Hyannis	United States	Record low minimum temperature	0.0 C (32.0 F)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Wilton	India	Record daily precipitation	100.6 mm (4.0 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Caguas	Puerto Rico [United States]	Record low maximum temperature	25.0 C (77.0 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Rawsonville (Pol)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	46.5 mm (1.8 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Chugwater	United States	Record daily snowfall	7.6 cm (3.0 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Cape Town Fire Station	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	26.0 mm (1.0 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Vrugbaar	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	44.8 mm (1.8 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Beaufort Wwtp	United States	Record high maximum temperature	33.9 C (93.0 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)
New Cumberland L/D	United States	Record high maximum temperature	32.8 C (91.0 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Kellerberrin	Australia	Record high maximum temperature	32.8 C (91.0 F)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Ohotsk	Russia	Record high minimum temperature	2.4 C (36.3 F)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Walebing	Australia	Record high maximum temperature	33.8 C (92.8 F)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Gudauri	Georgia	Record daily precipitation	47.0 mm (1.9 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Mc Connellsville Lk 7	United States	Record high maximum temperature	32.8 C (91.0 F)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Northam	Australia	Record high maximum temperature	33.9 C (93.0 F)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Los Gatos	United States	Record high maximum temperature	34.4 C (93.9 F)	25 of 100 (Routine)
US Magnetic Obsy	United States	Record high maximum temperature	30.6 C (87.1 F)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Wandering Comparison	Australia	Record high maximum temperature	28.3 C (82.9 F)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Kanin Nos	Russia	Record high maximum temperature	11.1 C (52.0 F)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Newport News Press Bld	United States	Record high maximum temperature	33.3 C (91.9 F)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Winston Salem Reynolds AP	United States	Record high minimum temperature	18.9 C (66.0 F)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Touros	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	56.2 mm (2.2 in)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Kon-Kolodez	Russia	Record high maximum temperature	28.3 C (82.9 F)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Grover 10 W	United States	Record low maximum temperature	4.4 C (39.9 F)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Albacete Los Llanos	Spain	Record low maximum temperature	11.0 C (51.8 F)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Ai-Petri	Ukraine	Record daily precipitation	37.5 mm (1.5 in)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Morrisonville 4 SE	United States	Record high maximum temperature	31.1 C (88.0 F)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Mt Pocono 2 N	United States	Record high maximum temperature	28.3 C (82.9 F)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Riksgransen	Sweden	Record daily precipitation	19.2 mm (0.8 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Ft Stanton	United States	Record daily precipitation	20.6 mm (0.8 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Karesuando	Sweden	Record daily precipitation	16.1 mm (0.6 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Sevastopol',Mgs	Ukraine	Record daily precipitation	24.8 mm (1.0 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Espanola	United States	Record daily precipitation	11.4 mm (0.4 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Detour Village	United States	Record daily precipitation	15.7 mm (0.6 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Socorro	United States	Record daily precipitation	10.7 mm (0.4 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Roswell Muni AP	United States	Record daily precipitation	24.1 mm (0.9 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Amiandos	Cyprus	Record daily precipitation	24.0 mm (0.9 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Mascota (Smn)	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	21.3 mm (0.8 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Sihccajavri	Norway	Record daily precipitation	13.1 mm (0.5 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Bluewater 3 WSW	United States	Record daily precipitation	21.6 mm (0.9 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Vanderhoof	Canada	Record daily precipitation	11.7 mm (0.5 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Karasjok	Norway	Record daily precipitation	6.8 mm (0.27 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Pecos Nm	United States	Record daily precipitation	19.6 mm (0.8 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Cape Town Maitland (Cem)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	23.0 mm (0.9 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Bell Ranch	United States	Record daily precipitation	24.4 mm (1.0 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

335 records

Records set or tied on 7 May 1959 by type: Highest daily maximum 117, Lowest daily maximum 30, Highest daily minimum 52, Lowest daily minimum 31, Heaviest daily rainfall 100, Heaviest daily snowfall 5.

Records on 7 May 1959 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	117
Lowest daily maximum	30
Highest daily minimum	52
Lowest daily minimum	31
Heaviest daily rainfall	100
Heaviest daily snowfall	5
Deepest snow cover	0

Records on 7 May 1959 by timescale: all-time 0, monthly 4, daily 331.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

250 broken records

Margins by which the 250 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 76.0. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

7 May 1959

Top 20 records on 7 May 1959 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
7 May 1959	Old Halls Creek, AU	daily rain	59.9 mm (2.4 in)	58.9 mm (2.3 in)	36 years	56 of 100 (Notable)
7 May 1959	Castellon de la Plana, ES	daily rain	53.5 mm (2.1 in)	44.5 mm (1.8 in)	34 years	54 of 100 (Notable)
7 May 1959	Oran-Hopital Militaire, DZ	daily low min	5.0 C (41.0 F)	5.0 C (9.0 F)	72 years	52 of 100 (Notable)
7 May 1959	Yalta, UA	daily rain	36.4 mm (1.4 in)	21.2 mm (0.8 in)	17 years	52 of 100 (Notable)
7 May 1959	Corona, US	daily rain	27.4 mm (1.1 in)	22.1 mm (0.9 in)	44 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
7 May 1959	Danger Point - Vrt., ZA	daily rain	32.0 mm (1.3 in)	20.6 mm (0.8 in)	44 years	42 of 100 (Notable)
7 May 1959	Dhakuakhana, IN	daily rain	111.8 mm (4.4 in)	58.5 mm (2.3 in)	22 years	39 of 100 (Notable)
7 May 1959	Paarl (Tnk), ZA	daily rain	60.5 mm (2.4 in)	32.6 mm (1.3 in)	34 years	39 of 100 (Notable)
7 May 1959	Tulbagh (Pol), ZA	daily rain	26.1 mm (1.0 in)	8.8 mm (0.35 in)	80 years	39 of 100 (Notable)
7 May 1959	Huelva, ES	daily rain	29.0 mm (1.1 in)	22.6 mm (0.9 in)	20 years	39 of 100 (Notable)
7 May 1959	Lake Avalon, US	daily rain	43.2 mm (1.7 in)	36.8 mm (1.4 in)	28 years	39 of 100 (Notable)
7 May 1959	Mayaguez City, PR	daily low max	26.7 C (80.1 F)	2.7 C (4.9 F)	52 years	37 of 100 (Notable)
7 May 1959	Vacaville, US	daily high min	19.4 C (66.9 F)	5.5 C (9.9 F)	44 years	35 of 100 (Notable)
7 May 1959	Hosur, IN	daily rain	77.1 mm (3.0 in)	35.2 mm (1.4 in)	30 years	34 of 100 (Routine)
7 May 1959	Malmesbury, ZA	daily rain	32.5 mm (1.3 in)	1.8 mm (0.07 in)	80 years	34 of 100 (Routine)
7 May 1959	Hyannis, US	daily low min	0.0 C (32.0 F)	3.3 C (5.9 F)	65 years	34 of 100 (Routine)
7 May 1959	Wilton, IN	daily rain	100.6 mm (4.0 in)	42.2 mm (1.7 in)	24 years	33 of 100 (Routine)
7 May 1959	Caguas, PR	monthly low max	25.0 C (77.0 F)	0.6 C (1.1 F)	47 years	33 of 100 (Routine)
7 May 1959	Rawsonville (Pol), ZA	daily rain	46.5 mm (1.8 in)	38.9 mm (1.5 in)	25 years	33 of 100 (Routine)
7 May 1959	Chugwater, US	daily snowfall	7.6 cm (3.0 in)	7.6 cm (3.0 in)	53 years	33 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 1959

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1795 to 1959. 1959 had 335 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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Data for records on 1959-05-07: CSV or JSON. Field meanings are on the data page.

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 10	215
10 to 20	18
20 to 30	8
30 to 40	4
40 to 50	2
50 to 60	2
60 to 70	0
70 to 80	1