Weather Records on 2 May 1973

711 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 2 May 1973. Highest significance: Yarrawalla South, AU.

Key Facts for 2 May 1973

On 2 May 1973, 711 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
122 were record highs and 62 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 0 were all-time records, 21 monthly and 690 daily.
Yarrawalla South set a daily record precipitation of 41.1 mm (1.6 in) on 2 May 1973.
Across 162 earlier years (1795 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 460 records.

Record Map

711 stations

711 station records on 2 May 1973 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 2 May 1973: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Yarrawalla South	Australia	Record daily precipitation	41.1 mm (1.6 in)	68 of 100 (Major)
Narrabri West Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	44.5 mm (1.8 in)	63 of 100 (Major)
The Downs	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	44.0 mm (1.7 in)	60 of 100 (Major)
White River	Canada	Record daily snowfall	34.8 cm (13.7 in)	58 of 100 (Notable)
Angorichina Hostel	Australia	Record daily precipitation	33.0 mm (1.3 in)	56 of 100 (Notable)
Cape Grim (Woolnorth)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	40.9 mm (1.6 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Sitio Do Mato	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	40.8 mm (1.6 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Samburg Wr	United States	Record daily precipitation	112.0 mm (4.4 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Lake Leake (Elizabeth River)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	108.0 mm (4.3 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Neillsville 3ESE	United States	Record daily precipitation	45.5 mm (1.8 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Blinman	Australia	Record daily precipitation	30.0 mm (1.2 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Gunbower Gee Tee Stud	Australia	Record daily precipitation	33.0 mm (1.3 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Schelm	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	37.5 mm (1.5 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Weabonga (Monomeeth)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	29.7 mm (1.2 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Boorhaman	Australia	Record daily precipitation	35.1 mm (1.4 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Wapello	United States	Record daily precipitation	52.3 mm (2.1 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Canton L&D 20	United States	Record daily precipitation	63.5 mm (2.5 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Interlaken	Australia	Record daily precipitation	63.8 mm (2.5 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Karlsruhe	Germany	Record daily precipitation	37.6 mm (1.5 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Edina	United States	Record daily precipitation	49.8 mm (2.0 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Warroo (Geeron)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	28.2 mm (1.1 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Stonehenge	Australia	Record daily precipitation	40.4 mm (1.6 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Kapuskasing Cda	Canada	Record daily snowfall	16.5 cm (6.5 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Morrison	United States	Record daily precipitation	52.1 mm (2.1 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Newbern	United States	Record daily precipitation	84.1 mm (3.3 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Oconto 4 W	United States	Record daily precipitation	37.8 mm (1.5 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Cranbrook (Cranbrook House)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	66.8 mm (2.6 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Uniao	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	80.5 mm (3.2 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Bernkastel-Kues	Germany	Record daily precipitation	30.1 mm (1.2 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Blytheville	United States	Record daily precipitation	81.8 mm (3.2 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Osceola	United States	Record daily precipitation	81.0 mm (3.2 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Tomahawk Spirit Rsvr	United States	Record daily precipitation	44.7 mm (1.8 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Davenport L&D 15	United States	Record daily precipitation	52.8 mm (2.1 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Steppes (Old Post Office)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	78.5 mm (3.1 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Kapuskasing A	Canada	Record daily snowfall	14.2 cm (5.6 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Plauen	Germany	Record daily precipitation	32.3 mm (1.3 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
North Lake	United States	Record daily snowfall	20.3 cm (8.0 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Marquette	United States	Record daily precipitation	48.3 mm (1.9 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Quirindi (Boxwood)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	35.3 mm (1.4 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Tataira	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	80.2 mm (3.2 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Gollhofen	Germany	Record daily precipitation	45.0 mm (1.8 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Dexter	United States	Record daily precipitation	73.2 mm (2.9 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
German Town	Australia	Record daily precipitation	87.6 mm (3.4 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Swansea (the Grange)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	54.1 mm (2.1 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Kronach	Germany	Record daily precipitation	47.5 mm (1.9 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Illinois City Dam 16	United States	Record daily precipitation	68.8 mm (2.7 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Milan	United States	Record daily precipitation	45.7 mm (1.8 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Long Lake Dam	United States	Record daily precipitation	39.6 mm (1.6 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Evening Shade 1 NNE	United States	Record daily precipitation	62.5 mm (2.5 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Dixon Wwtp	United States	Record daily precipitation	34.3 mm (1.4 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Bellevue L/D 12	United States	Record daily precipitation	40.4 mm (1.6 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Decorah	United States	Record daily precipitation	33.8 mm (1.3 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Tlanchinol (Smn)	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	140.2 mm (5.5 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Dresden	United States	Record daily precipitation	77.5 mm (3.1 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Prentice #2	United States	Record daily snowfall	6.4 cm (2.5 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
El Dorado Goodwin Fld	United States	Record daily precipitation	77.0 mm (3.0 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Rainbow (Werrap (Oak-Lea))	Australia	Record daily precipitation	30.5 mm (1.2 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Sao Jeronimo	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	98.0 mm (3.9 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Beerfelden	Germany	Record daily precipitation	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Brisbane Regional Office	Australia	Record high maximum temperature	30.0 C (86.0 F)	34 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

711 records

Records set or tied on 2 May 1973 by type: Highest daily maximum 38, Lowest daily maximum 39, Highest daily minimum 84, Lowest daily minimum 23, Heaviest daily rainfall 505, Heaviest daily snowfall 21, Deepest snow cover 1.

Records on 2 May 1973 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	38
Lowest daily maximum	39
Highest daily minimum	84
Lowest daily minimum	23
Heaviest daily rainfall	505
Heaviest daily snowfall	21
Deepest snow cover	1

Records on 2 May 1973 by timescale: all-time 0, monthly 21, daily 690.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

635 broken records

Margins by which the 635 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 165.0. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

2 May 1973

Top 20 records on 2 May 1973 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
2 May 1973	Yarrawalla South, AU	daily rain	41.1 mm (1.6 in)	26.9 mm (1.1 in)	79 years	68 of 100 (Major)
2 May 1973	Narrabri West Post Office, AU	daily rain	44.5 mm (1.8 in)	39.4 mm (1.6 in)	74 years	63 of 100 (Major)
2 May 1973	The Downs, ZA	daily rain	44.0 mm (1.7 in)	37.6 mm (1.5 in)	48 years	60 of 100 (Major)
2 May 1973	White River, CA	monthly snowfall	34.8 cm (13.7 in)	15.7 cm (6.2 in)	2 years	58 of 100 (Notable)
2 May 1973	Angorichina Hostel, AU	daily rain	33.0 mm (1.3 in)	26.4 mm (1.0 in)	28 years	56 of 100 (Notable)
2 May 1973	Cape Grim (Woolnorth), AU	daily rain	40.9 mm (1.6 in)	15.8 mm (0.6 in)	73 years	54 of 100 (Notable)
2 May 1973	Sitio Do Mato, BR	daily rain	40.8 mm (1.6 in)	40.8 mm (1.6 in)	32 years	52 of 100 (Notable)
2 May 1973	Samburg Wr, US	daily rain	112.0 mm (4.4 in)	61.2 mm (2.4 in)	36 years	52 of 100 (Notable)
2 May 1973	Lake Leake (Elizabeth River), AU	daily rain	108.0 mm (4.3 in)	59.7 mm (2.4 in)	12 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
2 May 1973	Neillsville 3ESE, US	daily rain	45.5 mm (1.8 in)	23.9 mm (0.9 in)	76 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
2 May 1973	Blinman, AU	daily rain	30.0 mm (1.2 in)	17.3 mm (0.7 in)	50 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
2 May 1973	Gunbower Gee Tee Stud, AU	daily rain	33.0 mm (1.3 in)	22.8 mm (0.9 in)	28 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
2 May 1973	Schelm, ZA	daily rain	37.5 mm (1.5 in)	26.1 mm (1.0 in)	23 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
2 May 1973	Weabonga (Monomeeth), AU	daily rain	29.7 mm (1.2 in)	22.1 mm (0.9 in)	68 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
2 May 1973	Boorhaman, AU	daily rain	35.1 mm (1.4 in)	17.3 mm (0.7 in)	60 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
2 May 1973	Wapello, US	daily rain	52.3 mm (2.1 in)	22.3 mm (0.9 in)	60 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
2 May 1973	Canton L&D 20, US	daily rain	63.5 mm (2.5 in)	33.8 mm (1.3 in)	38 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
2 May 1973	Interlaken, AU	daily rain	63.8 mm (2.5 in)	29.8 mm (1.2 in)	12 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
2 May 1973	Karlsruhe, DE	daily rain	37.6 mm (1.5 in)	6.1 mm (0.24 in)	91 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
2 May 1973	Edina, US	daily rain	49.8 mm (2.0 in)	27.2 mm (1.1 in)	38 years	46 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 1973

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1795 to 1973. 1973 had 711 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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Data for records on 1973-05-02: 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 2026-10-18. Last revised 18 October 2026 (2026-10-18).

Margin	Records
0 to 25	583
25 to 50	39
50 to 75	8
75 to 100	1
100 to 125	2
125 to 150	0
150 to 175	2