Weather Records on 7 May 1967

973 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 7 May 1967. Highest significance: Cape May 2 NW, US.

Key Facts for 7 May 1967

On 7 May 1967, 973 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
151 were record highs and 245 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 1 were all-time records, 56 monthly and 916 daily.
Cape May 2 NW set a daily record precipitation of 94.0 mm (3.7 in) on 7 May 1967.
Across 168 earlier years (1795 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 415 records.

Record Map

973 stations

973 station records on 7 May 1967 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 7 May 1967: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Cape May 2 NW	United States	Record daily precipitation	94.0 mm (3.7 in)	73 of 100 (Major)
Dalby Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	46.0 mm (1.8 in)	62 of 100 (Major)
Chita	Russia	Record daily precipitation	25.1 mm (1.0 in)	61 of 100 (Major)
Rosevale	Australia	Record daily precipitation	82.6 mm (3.3 in)	60 of 100 (Major)
Sherbrooke	Canada	Record daily snowfall	18.3 cm (7.2 in)	60 of 100 (Major)
Atlantic City Marina	United States	Record daily precipitation	49.5 mm (1.9 in)	60 of 100 (Major)
Lake Manchester	Australia	Record daily precipitation	85.1 mm (3.4 in)	57 of 100 (Notable)
Fernflat	Australia	Record daily precipitation	64.3 mm (2.5 in)	57 of 100 (Notable)
Spring Bluff Railway STN	Australia	Record daily precipitation	79.0 mm (3.1 in)	56 of 100 (Notable)
West Yellowstone	United States	Record snow depth	76.2 cm (30.0 in)	55 of 100 (Notable)
Doctors Creek	Australia	Record daily precipitation	51.1 mm (2.0 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Toowoomba	Australia	Record daily precipitation	59.7 mm (2.4 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Gold Creek Reservoir	Australia	Record daily precipitation	68.6 mm (2.7 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Avington	Australia	Record daily precipitation	51.8 mm (2.0 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Saint John	Canada	Record daily snowfall	7.6 cm (3.0 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Lennoxville	Canada	Record daily snowfall	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Deongwar State Forest	Australia	Record daily precipitation	81.3 mm (3.2 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Crows Nest	Australia	Record daily precipitation	45.0 mm (1.8 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Warra Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	44.2 mm (1.7 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Marnhull	Australia	Record daily precipitation	31.8 mm (1.3 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Easton	United States	Record daily precipitation	47.5 mm (1.9 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Acland Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	51.1 mm (2.0 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Irvingdale Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	45.7 mm (1.8 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Jingi Jingi	Australia	Record daily precipitation	46.5 mm (1.8 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Mt Crosby	Australia	Record daily precipitation	86.4 mm (3.4 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Jandowae Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	47.8 mm (1.9 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Hogsett Rc Byrd Dam	United States	Record daily precipitation	63.5 mm (2.5 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Cambooya Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	48.3 mm (1.9 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Boggabilla (Boonal)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	43.2 mm (1.7 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Bridgeville 1 NW	United States	Record daily precipitation	59.7 mm (2.4 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Collaroy Station	Australia	Record daily precipitation	68.1 mm (2.7 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Taroom Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	36.8 mm (1.4 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Brisbane Regional Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	66.0 mm (2.6 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Talladega	United States	Record daily precipitation	54.9 mm (2.2 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Rushville	United States	Record daily precipitation	46.7 mm (1.8 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Salvisa Lock 6	United States	Record daily precipitation	76.7 mm (3.0 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
W Manchester 3 WSW	United States	Record daily precipitation	48.5 mm (1.9 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Burnett Heads Niell St	Australia	Record daily precipitation	50.8 mm (2.0 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Moore Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	60.5 mm (2.4 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Mt Brisbane	Australia	Record daily precipitation	47.2 mm (1.9 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Huntington Lake	United States	Record snow depth	198.1 cm (78.0 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Pleasant Hill	United States	Record daily precipitation	41.7 mm (1.6 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Fairmont	United States	Record daily precipitation	54.6 mm (2.1 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Somerset Dam	Australia	Record daily precipitation	52.1 mm (2.1 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Archerfield Airport	Australia	Record daily precipitation	88.9 mm (3.5 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Tuckerton 2 NE	United States	Record daily precipitation	56.1 mm (2.2 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Murgon Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	46.5 mm (1.8 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Chinchilla Water Treatment Pla	Australia	Record daily precipitation	28.7 mm (1.1 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Somerset	Australia	Record daily precipitation	36.3 mm (1.4 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Cambridge City 3 N	United States	Record daily precipitation	45.7 mm (1.8 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Solomons	United States	Record daily precipitation	51.8 mm (2.0 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Burpengary Ulmann Rd	Australia	Record daily precipitation	71.1 mm (2.8 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Dinmore Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	53.3 mm (2.1 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Viewmount	Australia	Record daily precipitation	55.1 mm (2.2 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Maleny Denning Rd	Australia	Record daily precipitation	78.5 mm (3.1 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Goombungee Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	56.4 mm (2.2 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Jondaryan Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	51.6 mm (2.0 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Camp Crook	United States	Record snow depth	35.6 cm (14.0 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Fairview	Australia	Record daily precipitation	40.1 mm (1.6 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Eagle Farm Racecourse	Australia	Record daily precipitation	68.6 mm (2.7 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)

Counts by Type and Timescale

973 records

Records set or tied on 7 May 1967 by type: Highest daily maximum 89, Lowest daily maximum 141, Highest daily minimum 62, Lowest daily minimum 104, Heaviest daily rainfall 518, Heaviest daily snowfall 41, Deepest snow cover 18.

Records on 7 May 1967 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	89
Lowest daily maximum	141
Highest daily minimum	62
Lowest daily minimum	104
Heaviest daily rainfall	518
Heaviest daily snowfall	41
Deepest snow cover	18

Records on 7 May 1967 by timescale: all-time 1, monthly 56, daily 916.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

856 broken records

Margins by which the 856 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 1041.0. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

7 May 1967

Top 20 records on 7 May 1967 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
7 May 1967	Cape May 2 NW, US	daily rain	94.0 mm (3.7 in)	41.4 mm (1.6 in)	81 years	73 of 100 (Major)
7 May 1967	Dalby Post Office, AU	daily rain	46.0 mm (1.8 in)	29.2 mm (1.1 in)	77 years	62 of 100 (Major)
7 May 1967	Chita, RU	daily rain	25.1 mm (1.0 in)	17.9 mm (0.7 in)	46 years	61 of 100 (Major)
7 May 1967	Rosevale, AU	daily rain	82.6 mm (3.3 in)	58.5 mm (2.3 in)	54 years	60 of 100 (Major)
7 May 1967	Sherbrooke, CA	daily snowfall	18.3 cm (7.2 in)	18.3 cm (7.2 in)	62 years	60 of 100 (Major)
7 May 1967	Atlantic City Marina, US	daily rain	49.5 mm (1.9 in)	23.3 mm (0.9 in)	81 years	60 of 100 (Major)
7 May 1967	Lake Manchester, AU	daily rain	85.1 mm (3.4 in)	67.1 mm (2.6 in)	41 years	57 of 100 (Notable)
7 May 1967	Fernflat, AU	daily rain	64.3 mm (2.5 in)	51.1 mm (2.0 in)	41 years	57 of 100 (Notable)
7 May 1967	Spring Bluff Railway STN, AU	daily rain	79.0 mm (3.1 in)	61.2 mm (2.4 in)	32 years	56 of 100 (Notable)
7 May 1967	West Yellowstone, US	daily snow depth	76.2 cm (30.0 in)	48.3 cm (19.0 in)	37 years	55 of 100 (Notable)
7 May 1967	Doctors Creek, AU	daily rain	51.1 mm (2.0 in)	46.5 mm (1.8 in)	24 years	53 of 100 (Notable)
7 May 1967	Toowoomba, AU	daily rain	59.7 mm (2.4 in)	39.6 mm (1.6 in)	32 years	53 of 100 (Notable)
7 May 1967	Gold Creek Reservoir, AU	daily rain	68.6 mm (2.7 in)	44.0 mm (1.7 in)	41 years	52 of 100 (Notable)
7 May 1967	Avington, AU	daily rain	51.8 mm (2.0 in)	40.1 mm (1.6 in)	32 years	52 of 100 (Notable)
7 May 1967	Saint John, CA	daily snowfall	7.6 cm (3.0 in)	7.6 cm (3.0 in)	95 years	52 of 100 (Notable)
7 May 1967	Lennoxville, CA	daily snowfall	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	77 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
7 May 1967	Deongwar State Forest, AU	daily rain	81.3 mm (3.2 in)	61.7 mm (2.4 in)	25 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
7 May 1967	Crows Nest, AU	daily rain	45.0 mm (1.8 in)	35.6 mm (1.4 in)	32 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
7 May 1967	Warra Post Office, AU	daily rain	44.2 mm (1.7 in)	21.3 mm (0.8 in)	77 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
7 May 1967	Marnhull, AU	daily rain	31.8 mm (1.3 in)	30.8 mm (1.2 in)	52 years	50 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 1967

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1795 to 1967. 1967 had 973 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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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 200	848
200 to 400	4
400 to 600	2
600 to 800	1
800 to 1000	0
1000 to 1200	1