Weather Records on 2 May 1975

337 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 2 May 1975. Highest significance: Gorjacij Kljuc, RU.

Key Facts for 2 May 1975

On 2 May 1975, 337 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
72 were record highs and 60 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 0 were all-time records, 12 monthly and 325 daily.
Gorjacij Kljuc set a monthly record daily precipitation of 71.7 mm (2.8 in) on 2 May 1975.
Across 162 earlier years (1795 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 462 records.

Record Map

337 stations

337 station records on 2 May 1975 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 2 May 1975: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Gorjacij Kljuc	Russia	Record daily precipitation	71.7 mm (2.8 in)	62 of 100 (Major)
Cumberland	Canada	Record daily precipitation	46.0 mm (1.8 in)	56 of 100 (Notable)
Chemult	United States	Record snow depth	53.3 cm (21.0 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Pachena Point	Canada	Record daily precipitation	70.1 mm (2.8 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Balladonia	Australia	Record daily precipitation	25.0 mm (1.0 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Blagodarnyj	Russia	Record daily precipitation	37.3 mm (1.5 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Balladonia 2	Australia	Record daily precipitation	29.4 mm (1.2 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Champagne (Naf)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	45.2 mm (1.8 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Middlesboro Fire Dept	United States	Record daily precipitation	27.9 mm (1.1 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Valley of Lagoons	Australia	Record daily precipitation	32.0 mm (1.3 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Glenville	United States	Record daily precipitation	40.4 mm (1.6 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Graham	United States	Record daily precipitation	66.0 mm (2.6 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Bremerton	United States	Record daily precipitation	25.1 mm (1.0 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
London Locks	United States	Record daily precipitation	43.2 mm (1.7 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Taboleiro Grande	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	62.0 mm (2.4 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Acude Mundo Novo	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	70.0 mm (2.8 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Seaside	United States	Record daily precipitation	33.0 mm (1.3 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Pinopolis Dam	United States	Record daily precipitation	46.7 mm (1.8 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Waynesboro 2 S	United States	Record daily precipitation	36.8 mm (1.4 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Southport 5 N	United States	Record daily precipitation	36.8 mm (1.4 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Oklahoma City N Dspl	United States	Record daily precipitation	66.5 mm (2.6 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Rangely 1E	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-7.2 C (19.0 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Sonora	United States	Record high minimum temperature	20.0 C (68.0 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Cameron Lake	Canada	Record daily precipitation	26.7 mm (1.1 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Oakwood 3 SW	United States	Record daily precipitation	38.1 mm (1.5 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Natrona Lock 4	United States	Record daily precipitation	30.0 mm (1.2 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Novo Oriente	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	54.5 mm (2.1 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Nalcik	Russia	Record daily precipitation	26.3 mm (1.0 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Connellsville	United States	Record daily precipitation	28.7 mm (1.1 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Pereiro	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	77.0 mm (3.0 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Schenley Lock 5	United States	Record daily precipitation	29.2 mm (1.1 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Clowhom Falls	Canada	Record daily precipitation	37.8 mm (1.5 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Marseilles-Marignane	France	Record high maximum temperature	26.3 C (79.3 F)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Kislovodsk	Russia	Record daily precipitation	28.5 mm (1.1 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Donkerhoek-Rainhill	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	32.0 mm (1.3 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Hebgen Dam	United States	Record snow depth	94.0 cm (37.0 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Morada Nova	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	41.0 mm (1.6 in)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Bosbokrand (Pol)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	32.0 mm (1.3 in)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Ponca City	United States	Record daily precipitation	34.5 mm (1.4 in)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Nanaimo Departure Bay	Canada	Record low maximum temperature	10.0 C (50.0 F)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Lisboa Geofisica	Portugal	Record high maximum temperature	27.7 C (81.9 F)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Petrozawodsk	Russia	Record high minimum temperature	7.8 C (46.0 F)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Dahlonega 4WSW	United States	Record daily precipitation	35.1 mm (1.4 in)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Kendall	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-13.3 C (8.1 F)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Saltspring Island	Canada	Record low maximum temperature	10.0 C (50.0 F)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Zaragoza (Smn)	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	34.8 mm (1.4 in)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Lugano	Switzerland	Record high maximum temperature	25.7 C (78.3 F)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Rothamsted	United Kingdom	Record high minimum temperature	9.7 C (49.5 F)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Malvern	United Kingdom	Record high minimum temperature	10.4 C (50.7 F)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Greenville Kgvl Radio	United States	Record daily precipitation	77.5 mm (3.1 in)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Coroata	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	35.1 mm (1.4 in)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Seymour Falls	Canada	Record daily precipitation	55.6 mm (2.2 in)	21 of 100 (Routine)
San Francisco Tlalcilalcalpan	Mexico	Record low minimum temperature	1.7 C (35.1 F)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Groenvlei (Skl)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	28.5 mm (1.1 in)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Sapulpa 1W	United States	Record daily precipitation	46.2 mm (1.8 in)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Forks 1 E	United States	Record daily precipitation	38.9 mm (1.5 in)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Kystovka	Russia	Record daily precipitation	20.1 mm (0.8 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Karesuando	Sweden	Record daily precipitation	14.2 mm (0.6 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Igarka	Russia	Record daily precipitation	10.9 mm (0.4 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Olympia AP	United States	Record daily precipitation	19.6 mm (0.8 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

337 records

Records set or tied on 2 May 1975 by type: Highest daily maximum 26, Lowest daily maximum 28, Highest daily minimum 46, Lowest daily minimum 32, Heaviest daily rainfall 197, Heaviest daily snowfall 1, Deepest snow cover 7.

Records on 2 May 1975 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	26
Lowest daily maximum	28
Highest daily minimum	46
Lowest daily minimum	32
Heaviest daily rainfall	197
Heaviest daily snowfall	1
Deepest snow cover	7

Records on 2 May 1975 by timescale: all-time 0, monthly 12, daily 325.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

280 broken records

Margins by which the 280 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 533.0. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

2 May 1975

Top 20 records on 2 May 1975 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
2 May 1975	Gorjacij Kljuc, RU	monthly rain	71.7 mm (2.8 in)	27.9 mm (1.1 in)	35 years	62 of 100 (Major)
2 May 1975	Cumberland, CA	daily rain	46.0 mm (1.8 in)	25.9 mm (1.0 in)	26 years	56 of 100 (Notable)
2 May 1975	Chemult, US	daily snow depth	53.3 cm (21.0 in)	53.3 cm (21.0 in)	36 years	54 of 100 (Notable)
2 May 1975	Pachena Point, CA	daily rain	70.1 mm (2.8 in)	40.1 mm (1.6 in)	26 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
2 May 1975	Balladonia, AU	daily rain	25.0 mm (1.0 in)	17.1 mm (0.7 in)	33 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
2 May 1975	Blagodarnyj, RU	daily rain	37.3 mm (1.5 in)	22.2 mm (0.9 in)	30 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
2 May 1975	Balladonia 2, AU	daily rain	29.4 mm (1.2 in)	27.4 mm (1.1 in)	9 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
2 May 1975	Champagne (Naf), ZA	daily rain	45.2 mm (1.8 in)	26.4 mm (1.0 in)	49 years	43 of 100 (Notable)
2 May 1975	Middlesboro Fire Dept, US	daily rain	27.9 mm (1.1 in)	12.2 mm (0.5 in)	78 years	41 of 100 (Notable)
2 May 1975	Valley of Lagoons, AU	daily rain	32.0 mm (1.3 in)	14.5 mm (0.6 in)	54 years	40 of 100 (Notable)
2 May 1975	Glenville, US	daily rain	40.4 mm (1.6 in)	5.6 mm (0.22 in)	77 years	36 of 100 (Notable)
2 May 1975	Graham, US	daily rain	66.0 mm (2.6 in)	34.8 mm (1.4 in)	24 years	35 of 100 (Notable)
2 May 1975	Bremerton, US	daily rain	25.1 mm (1.0 in)	7.3 mm (0.29 in)	48 years	35 of 100 (Notable)
2 May 1975	London Locks, US	daily rain	43.2 mm (1.7 in)	22.6 mm (0.9 in)	13 years	35 of 100 (Notable)
2 May 1975	Taboleiro Grande, BR	daily rain	62.0 mm (2.4 in)	30.8 mm (1.2 in)	29 years	34 of 100 (Routine)
2 May 1975	Acude Mundo Novo, BR	daily rain	70.0 mm (2.8 in)	41.3 mm (1.6 in)	0 years	34 of 100 (Routine)
2 May 1975	Seaside, US	daily rain	33.0 mm (1.3 in)	12.9 mm (0.5 in)	36 years	32 of 100 (Routine)
2 May 1975	Pinopolis Dam, US	daily rain	46.7 mm (1.8 in)	30.4 mm (1.2 in)	28 years	32 of 100 (Routine)
2 May 1975	Waynesboro 2 S, US	daily rain	36.8 mm (1.4 in)	8.9 mm (0.35 in)	56 years	30 of 100 (Routine)
2 May 1975	Southport 5 N, US	daily rain	36.8 mm (1.4 in)	3.0 mm (0.12 in)	72 years	30 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 1975

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1795 to 1975. 1975 had 337 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 2026-10-16. Last revised 16 October 2026 (2026-10-16).

Margin	Records
0 to 100	278
100 to 200	0
200 to 300	0
300 to 400	1
400 to 500	0
500 to 600	1