Weather Records on 2 May 1972

336 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 2 May 1972. Highest significance: Alice, US.

Key Facts for 2 May 1972

On 2 May 1972, 336 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
75 were record highs and 114 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 0 were all-time records, 25 monthly and 311 daily.
Alice set a daily record precipitation of 83.8 mm (3.3 in) on 2 May 1972.
Across 162 earlier years (1795 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 462 records.

Record Map

336 stations

336 station records on 2 May 1972 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 2 May 1972: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Alice	United States	Record daily precipitation	83.8 mm (3.3 in)	65 of 100 (Major)
Barcelona/Aeropuerto	Spain	Record daily precipitation	130.6 mm (5.1 in)	64 of 100 (Major)
Barcelona -Fabra Observatory	Spain	Record daily precipitation	64.5 mm (2.5 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Krapivino	Russia	Record daily precipitation	31.2 mm (1.2 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Nenastnaja	Russia	Record daily precipitation	53.3 mm (2.1 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Melbourne Regional Office	Australia	Record high maximum temperature	27.7 C (81.9 F)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Haileybury	Canada	Record daily precipitation	55.9 mm (2.2 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Mt Ida 3 SE	United States	Record daily precipitation	128.5 mm (5.1 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Flandreau	United States	Record daily precipitation	34.3 mm (1.4 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Kolchugino	Russia	Record daily precipitation	25.2 mm (1.0 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Santander Centro	Spain	Record daily precipitation	46.0 mm (1.8 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Lake Park 3SSE	United States	Record daily precipitation	33.0 mm (1.3 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Borzja	Russia	Record low minimum temperature	-12.3 C (9.9 F)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Mahackala	Russia	Record high minimum temperature	17.3 C (63.1 F)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Spearfish	United States	Record daily snowfall	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Cameron	United States	Record daily precipitation	68.3 mm (2.7 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Laredo	United States	Record daily precipitation	66.0 mm (2.6 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Porteiras	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	31.2 mm (1.2 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Atyrau	Kazakhstan	Record high minimum temperature	21.5 C (70.7 F)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Nhill	Australia	Record high maximum temperature	27.8 C (82.0 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Teresina	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	93.6 mm (3.7 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Poronajsk	Russia	Record daily precipitation	30.8 mm (1.2 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Vanersborg	Sweden	Record high maximum temperature	19.2 C (66.6 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Greenville Muni AP	United States	Record snow depth	33.0 cm (13.0 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Greeneville Exp STN	United States	Record high minimum temperature	17.2 C (63.0 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Soldier Summit	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-9.4 C (15.1 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Southern Cross	Australia	Record high maximum temperature	32.6 C (90.7 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Scipio	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-8.9 C (16.0 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Turbine	Canada	Record daily precipitation	44.7 mm (1.8 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Farson 2NNE	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-12.8 C (9.0 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Rock Springs	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-6.1 C (21.0 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Nikolaev	Ukraine	Record low maximum temperature	10.2 C (50.4 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Meadville 1 S	United States	Record daily precipitation	28.4 mm (1.1 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Iliamna AP	United States	Record snow depth	68.6 cm (27.0 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Barnes	United States	Record daily precipitation	33.3 mm (1.3 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Rexton	Canada	Record low minimum temperature	-8.3 C (17.1 F)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Jaen (Instituto)	Spain	Record low maximum temperature	11.4 C (52.5 F)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Brigham City	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-2.2 C (28.0 F)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Nabawa	Australia	Record high maximum temperature	33.9 C (93.0 F)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Jaen (Instituto)	Spain	Record low minimum temperature	2.6 C (36.7 F)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Zamora	Spain	Record low maximum temperature	6.8 C (44.2 F)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Cordova AP	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-7.2 C (19.0 F)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Causapscal	Canada	Record low minimum temperature	-12.8 C (9.0 F)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Colinet	Canada	Record low minimum temperature	-7.8 C (18.0 F)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Jackson	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-10.6 C (12.9 F)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Port Menier	Canada	Record low minimum temperature	-12.8 C (9.0 F)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Livermore	United States	Record high maximum temperature	33.3 C (91.9 F)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Wagga Wagga Agricultural Insti	Australia	Record high maximum temperature	24.2 C (75.6 F)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Port Daniel	Canada	Record low minimum temperature	-7.8 C (18.0 F)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Sydney A	Canada	Record low minimum temperature	-7.8 C (18.0 F)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Valladolid (Villanubla)	Spain	Record low maximum temperature	5.4 C (41.7 F)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Crockett	United States	Record high maximum temperature	33.3 C (91.9 F)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Danbury	United States	Record daily precipitation	27.7 mm (1.1 in)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Homer AP	United States	Record snow depth	17.8 cm (7.0 in)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Essendon Airport	Australia	Record high maximum temperature	26.6 C (79.9 F)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Glenwood	Canada	Record low minimum temperature	-8.3 C (17.1 F)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Badiraguato (Smn)	Mexico	Record low minimum temperature	6.7 C (44.1 F)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Cakir	Russia	Record daily precipitation	23.1 mm (0.9 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Odesa	Ukraine	Record daily precipitation	16.9 mm (0.7 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Jarcevo	Russia	Record daily precipitation	14.9 mm (0.6 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

336 records

Records set or tied on 2 May 1972 by type: Highest daily maximum 36, Lowest daily maximum 34, Highest daily minimum 39, Lowest daily minimum 80, Heaviest daily rainfall 140, Heaviest daily snowfall 2, Deepest snow cover 5.

Records on 2 May 1972 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	36
Lowest daily maximum	34
Highest daily minimum	39
Lowest daily minimum	80
Heaviest daily rainfall	140
Heaviest daily snowfall	2
Deepest snow cover	5

Records on 2 May 1972 by timescale: all-time 0, monthly 25, daily 311.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

275 broken records

Margins by which the 275 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 254.0. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

2 May 1972

Top 20 records on 2 May 1972 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
2 May 1972	Alice, US	daily rain	83.8 mm (3.3 in)	71.1 mm (2.8 in)	61 years	65 of 100 (Major)
2 May 1972	Barcelona/Aeropuerto, ES	monthly rain	130.6 mm (5.1 in)	86.6 mm (3.4 in)	35 years	64 of 100 (Major)
2 May 1972	Barcelona -Fabra Observatory, ES	daily rain	64.5 mm (2.5 in)	42.3 mm (1.7 in)	19 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
2 May 1972	Krapivino, RU	daily rain	31.2 mm (1.2 in)	17.6 mm (0.7 in)	23 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
2 May 1972	Nenastnaja, RU	daily rain	53.3 mm (2.1 in)	30.5 mm (1.2 in)	16 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
2 May 1972	Melbourne Regional Office, AU	daily high max	27.7 C (81.9 F)	1.4 C (2.5 F)	105 years	44 of 100 (Notable)
2 May 1972	Haileybury, CA	monthly rain	55.9 mm (2.2 in)	8.7 mm (0.34 in)	26 years	38 of 100 (Notable)
2 May 1972	Mt Ida 3 SE, US	daily rain	128.5 mm (5.1 in)	50.3 mm (2.0 in)	18 years	38 of 100 (Notable)
2 May 1972	Flandreau, US	daily rain	34.3 mm (1.4 in)	11.2 mm (0.4 in)	67 years	38 of 100 (Notable)
2 May 1972	Kolchugino, RU	daily rain	25.2 mm (1.0 in)	12.0 mm (0.5 in)	23 years	37 of 100 (Notable)
2 May 1972	Santander Centro, ES	daily rain	46.0 mm (1.8 in)	18.4 mm (0.7 in)	32 years	36 of 100 (Notable)
2 May 1972	Lake Park 3SSE, US	daily rain	33.0 mm (1.3 in)	15.2 mm (0.6 in)	59 years	36 of 100 (Notable)
2 May 1972	Borzja, RU	monthly low min	-12.3 C (9.9 F)	0.5 C (0.9 F)	59 years	35 of 100 (Notable)
2 May 1972	Mahackala, RU	daily high min	17.3 C (63.1 F)	2.5 C (4.5 F)	61 years	35 of 100 (Notable)
2 May 1972	Spearfish, US	daily snowfall	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	10.1 cm (4.0 in)	65 years	35 of 100 (Notable)
2 May 1972	Cameron, US	daily rain	68.3 mm (2.7 in)	22.8 mm (0.9 in)	58 years	35 of 100 (Notable)
2 May 1972	Laredo, US	daily rain	66.0 mm (2.6 in)	45.7 mm (1.8 in)	16 years	35 of 100 (Notable)
2 May 1972	Porteiras, BR	daily rain	31.2 mm (1.2 in)	13.2 mm (0.5 in)	59 years	34 of 100 (Routine)
2 May 1972	Atyrau, KZ	daily high min	21.5 C (70.7 F)	5.5 C (9.9 F)	45 years	34 of 100 (Routine)
2 May 1972	Nhill, AU	daily high max	27.8 C (82.0 F)	2.2 C (4.0 F)	67 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 1972

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1795 to 1972. 1972 had 336 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 2026-10-18. Last revised 18 October 2026 (2026-10-18).

Margin	Records
0 to 50	267
50 to 100	3
100 to 150	3
150 to 200	0
200 to 250	1
250 to 300	1