Weather Records on 1 May 1965

360 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 1 May 1965. Highest significance: Achinsk, RU.

Key Facts for 1 May 1965

On 1 May 1965, 360 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
144 were record highs and 82 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 0 were all-time records, 12 monthly and 348 daily.
Achinsk set a monthly record daily precipitation of 50.2 mm (2.0 in) on 1 May 1965.
Across 165 earlier years (1795 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 443 records.

Record Map

360 stations

360 station records on 1 May 1965 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 1 May 1965: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Achinsk	Russia	Record daily precipitation	50.2 mm (2.0 in)	73 of 100 (Major)
Flamengo	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	70.3 mm (2.8 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Yakutat AP	United States	Record daily precipitation	80.0 mm (3.1 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Nannup	Australia	Record daily precipitation	52.1 mm (2.1 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Arneiroz	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	44.1 mm (1.7 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Piaxtla	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	69.1 mm (2.7 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Itabatinga	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	66.0 mm (2.6 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Timbo Novo (Pcd)	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	91.9 mm (3.6 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Ilhota-Jusante	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	75.6 mm (3.0 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Fichtelberg	Germany	Record snow depth	145.0 cm (57.1 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Greenough	Australia	Record daily precipitation	34.5 mm (1.4 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Dharwar	India	Record daily precipitation	47.0 mm (1.9 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Santo Antonio	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	47.4 mm (1.9 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Chiautla de Tapia	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	34.8 mm (1.4 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Shoshone 1 WNW	United States	Record high minimum temperature	12.2 C (54.0 F)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Rantoul	United States	Record high maximum temperature	36.1 C (97.0 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Ft Pierce	United States	Record low minimum temperature	10.6 C (51.1 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Concordia ASOS	United States	Record high maximum temperature	32.2 C (90.0 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Chinle	United States	Record high minimum temperature	17.8 C (64.0 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Cordova AP	United States	Record daily precipitation	48.8 mm (1.9 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Keosauqua	United States	Record high minimum temperature	18.3 C (64.9 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Storm Lake	United States	Record high maximum temperature	30.6 C (87.1 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Jeanerette 5 NW	United States	Record low minimum temperature	9.4 C (48.9 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Arcadia	United States	Record low minimum temperature	9.4 C (48.9 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Greenfield	United States	Record high maximum temperature	31.7 C (89.1 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Mt Ayr	United States	Record high maximum temperature	30.6 C (87.1 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Bedford	United States	Record high minimum temperature	15.0 C (59.0 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Hillriver Farm	Australia	Record daily precipitation	30.0 mm (1.2 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Granja	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	48.0 mm (1.9 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Angicos	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	62.0 mm (2.4 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Winterset 4N	United States	Record high maximum temperature	31.7 C (89.1 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Kirksville	United States	Record high maximum temperature	30.0 C (86.0 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Carson City	United States	Record high minimum temperature	11.1 C (52.0 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Bernalillo	United States	Record high maximum temperature	31.7 C (89.1 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Pomerode	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	63.0 mm (2.5 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Ciudad Hidalgo (Smn)	Mexico	Record low maximum temperature	21.1 C (70.0 F)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Cascadia	United States	Record low maximum temperature	6.1 C (43.0 F)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Farmington	United States	Record high maximum temperature	31.1 C (88.0 F)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Cruzeiro	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	39.0 mm (1.5 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Clarinda	United States	Record high maximum temperature	32.2 C (90.0 F)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Ft Stanton	United States	Record high maximum temperature	27.8 C (82.0 F)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Cordova AP	United States	Record daily snowfall	5.1 cm (2.0 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Robe Comparison	Australia	Record low minimum temperature	3.9 C (39.0 F)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Virudhunagar	India	Record daily precipitation	45.4 mm (1.8 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Matehuala (Smn)	Mexico	Record low maximum temperature	17.8 C (64.0 F)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Holbrook	United States	Record high minimum temperature	15.6 C (60.1 F)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Garland 1 NE	United States	Record high minimum temperature	10.0 C (50.0 F)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Lusk 2 SW	United States	Record high minimum temperature	11.7 C (53.1 F)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Drummonds	Australia	Record daily precipitation	35.6 mm (1.4 in)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Frecheirinha	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	82.1 mm (3.2 in)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Taua	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	40.1 mm (1.6 in)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Tantoyuca	Mexico	Record low minimum temperature	13.9 C (57.0 F)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Lamoni	United States	Record high maximum temperature	30.0 C (86.0 F)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Pascagoula 3 NE	United States	Record low minimum temperature	9.4 C (48.9 F)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Grant City	United States	Record high maximum temperature	31.7 C (89.1 F)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Cordova AP	United States	Record low maximum temperature	2.2 C (36.0 F)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Busselton Shire	Australia	Record daily precipitation	43.2 mm (1.7 in)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Brocken	Germany	Record snow depth	110.0 cm (43.3 in)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Sombrerete (Dge)	Mexico	Record low maximum temperature	19.4 C (66.9 F)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Castle Dale	United States	Record high maximum temperature	27.8 C (82.0 F)	22 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

360 records

Records set or tied on 1 May 1965 by type: Highest daily maximum 97, Lowest daily maximum 39, Highest daily minimum 47, Lowest daily minimum 43, Heaviest daily rainfall 128, Heaviest daily snowfall 3, Deepest snow cover 3.

Records on 1 May 1965 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	97
Lowest daily maximum	39
Highest daily minimum	47
Lowest daily minimum	43
Heaviest daily rainfall	128
Heaviest daily snowfall	3
Deepest snow cover	3

Records on 1 May 1965 by timescale: all-time 0, monthly 12, daily 348.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

278 broken records

Margins by which the 278 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 550.0. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

1 May 1965

Top 20 records on 1 May 1965 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
1 May 1965	Achinsk, RU	monthly rain	50.2 mm (2.0 in)	26.5 mm (1.0 in)	59 years	73 of 100 (Major)
1 May 1965	Flamengo, BR	daily rain	70.3 mm (2.8 in)	44.3 mm (1.7 in)	28 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
1 May 1965	Yakutat AP, US	daily rain	80.0 mm (3.1 in)	49.3 mm (1.9 in)	34 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
1 May 1965	Nannup, AU	daily rain	52.1 mm (2.1 in)	32.0 mm (1.3 in)	36 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
1 May 1965	Arneiroz, BR	daily rain	44.1 mm (1.7 in)	30.3 mm (1.2 in)	40 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
1 May 1965	Piaxtla, MX	daily rain	69.1 mm (2.7 in)	51.1 mm (2.0 in)	7 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
1 May 1965	Itabatinga, BR	daily rain	66.0 mm (2.6 in)	48.7 mm (1.9 in)	35 years	43 of 100 (Notable)
1 May 1965	Timbo Novo (Pcd), BR	daily rain	91.9 mm (3.6 in)	58.8 mm (2.3 in)	0 years	42 of 100 (Notable)
1 May 1965	Ilhota-Jusante, BR	daily rain	75.6 mm (3.0 in)	38.6 mm (1.5 in)	32 years	40 of 100 (Notable)
1 May 1965	Fichtelberg, DE	monthly snow depth	145.0 cm (57.1 in)	15.0 cm (5.9 in)	58 years	39 of 100 (Notable)
1 May 1965	Greenough, AU	daily rain	34.5 mm (1.4 in)	25.9 mm (1.0 in)	12 years	37 of 100 (Notable)
1 May 1965	Dharwar, IN	daily rain	47.0 mm (1.9 in)	21.6 mm (0.9 in)	47 years	35 of 100 (Notable)
1 May 1965	Santo Antonio, BR	daily rain	47.4 mm (1.9 in)	22.9 mm (0.9 in)	31 years	34 of 100 (Routine)
1 May 1965	Chiautla de Tapia, MX	daily rain	34.8 mm (1.4 in)	30.0 mm (1.2 in)	26 years	34 of 100 (Routine)
1 May 1965	Shoshone 1 WNW, US	daily high min	12.2 C (54.0 F)	5.0 C (9.0 F)	56 years	34 of 100 (Routine)
1 May 1965	Rantoul, US	monthly high max	36.1 C (97.0 F)	0.5 C (0.9 F)	53 years	33 of 100 (Routine)
1 May 1965	Ft Pierce, US	daily low min	10.6 C (51.1 F)	2.2 C (4.0 F)	62 years	32 of 100 (Routine)
1 May 1965	Concordia ASOS, US	daily high max	32.2 C (90.0 F)	1.1 C (2.0 F)	77 years	32 of 100 (Routine)
1 May 1965	Chinle, US	daily high min	17.8 C (64.0 F)	8.4 C (15.1 F)	22 years	31 of 100 (Routine)
1 May 1965	Cordova AP, US	daily rain	48.8 mm (1.9 in)	27.5 mm (1.1 in)	20 years	31 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 1965

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1795 to 1965. 1965 had 360 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 100	275
100 to 200	2
200 to 300	0
300 to 400	0
400 to 500	0
500 to 600	1