Weather Records on 10 May 1975

448 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 10 May 1975. Highest significance: Vladikavkaz, RU.

Key Facts for 10 May 1975

On 10 May 1975, 448 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
223 were record highs and 53 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 0 were all-time records, 6 monthly and 442 daily.
Vladikavkaz set a daily record precipitation of 49.0 mm (1.9 in) on 10 May 1975.
Across 163 earlier years (1805 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 441 records.

Record Map

448 stations

448 station records on 10 May 1975 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 10 May 1975: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Vladikavkaz	Russia	Record daily precipitation	49.0 mm (1.9 in)	67 of 100 (Major)
Fairfield	United States	Record daily precipitation	50.8 mm (2.0 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Donalsonville 1 S	United States	Record daily precipitation	64.3 mm (2.5 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Dmanisi	Georgia	Record daily precipitation	38.9 mm (1.5 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Borzja	Russia	Record high minimum temperature	14.9 C (58.8 F)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Pitea	Sweden	Record high maximum temperature	22.5 C (72.5 F)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Thomasville 7 NE	United States	Record daily precipitation	56.6 mm (2.2 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Brady	United States	Record daily precipitation	47.0 mm (1.9 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Chita	Russia	Record high maximum temperature	27.4 C (81.3 F)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Cedar Key 1 WSW	United States	Record daily precipitation	56.4 mm (2.2 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Cleveland	United States	Record daily precipitation	121.2 mm (4.8 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Fredericksburg	United States	Record daily precipitation	29.5 mm (1.2 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Parafuso	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	50.0 mm (2.0 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Tussenbeide	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	32.5 mm (1.3 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Boras	Sweden	Record high minimum temperature	11.5 C (52.7 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Hebgen Dam	United States	Record snow depth	71.1 cm (28.0 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Monticello Muni AP	United States	Record daily precipitation	67.1 mm (2.6 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Chita	Russia	Record high minimum temperature	13.6 C (56.5 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Ulricehamn	Sweden	Record high minimum temperature	11.0 C (51.8 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Gavle	Sweden	Record high maximum temperature	24.9 C (76.8 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Crested Butte	United States	Record snow depth	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Arcadia	United States	Record daily precipitation	44.5 mm (1.8 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Mertzon	United States	Record daily precipitation	99.1 mm (3.9 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Bancroft	Canada	Record low minimum temperature	-7.8 C (18.0 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Alta 1 NNW	United States	Record snow depth	50.8 cm (20.0 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
University Exp STN	United States	Record high maximum temperature	26.1 C (79.0 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Birdwood	Australia	Record daily precipitation	25.8 mm (1.0 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Fayette	United States	Record daily precipitation	39.9 mm (1.6 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Monticello	United States	Record daily precipitation	31.5 mm (1.2 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Ainsworth	United States	Record daily precipitation	36.6 mm (1.4 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Mocambo	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	37.2 mm (1.5 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Towner 2 NE	United States	Record high minimum temperature	12.2 C (54.0 F)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Carcross	Canada	Record high maximum temperature	21.1 C (70.0 F)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Tallinn	Estonia	Record high maximum temperature	26.9 C (80.4 F)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Isla Perez	Mexico	Record low minimum temperature	20.0 C (68.0 F)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Sobolevo	Russia	Record low minimum temperature	-7.6 C (18.3 F)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Rasht	Tajikistan	Record daily precipitation	47.8 mm (1.9 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Coffeeville	United States	Record daily precipitation	43.9 mm (1.7 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Acude Santo Antonio de Russas	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	30.0 mm (1.2 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
San Diego Curupatzeo	Mexico	Record high minimum temperature	25.0 C (77.0 F)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Gogland	Russia	Record high minimum temperature	7.1 C (44.8 F)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Izana	Spain	Record low maximum temperature	0.8 C (33.4 F)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Oestersund-Froesoen	Sweden	Record high minimum temperature	9.0 C (48.2 F)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Fruitland	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-6.1 C (21.0 F)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Tacoma City Hall	United States	Record high maximum temperature	27.2 C (81.0 F)	25 of 100 (Routine)
La Estanzuela (Eele)	Uruguay	Record daily precipitation	54.0 mm (2.1 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Valley View Lock 9	United States	Record daily precipitation	47.0 mm (1.9 in)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Wrangell AP	United States	Record high maximum temperature	23.3 C (73.9 F)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Fairbanks Intl AP	United States	Record high maximum temperature	26.1 C (79.0 F)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Big Delta AP	United States	Record high maximum temperature	23.3 C (73.9 F)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Acude Bonito	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	46.2 mm (1.8 in)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Espoey	France	Record daily precipitation	67.6 mm (2.7 in)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Estancia 4N	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-3.3 C (26.1 F)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Sitka Magnetic Obsy	United States	Record high minimum temperature	10.0 C (50.0 F)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Narva	Estonia	Record high maximum temperature	25.2 C (77.4 F)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Bagdarin	Russia	Record high minimum temperature	7.6 C (45.7 F)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Romanovka	Russia	Record high minimum temperature	10.9 C (51.6 F)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Buckatunna 1 NE	United States	Record daily precipitation	42.7 mm (1.7 in)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Quilcene 2 SW	United States	Record high minimum temperature	14.4 C (57.9 F)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Kuusiku	Estonia	Record high minimum temperature	12.4 C (54.3 F)	21 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

448 records

Records set or tied on 10 May 1975 by type: Highest daily maximum 117, Lowest daily maximum 19, Highest daily minimum 106, Lowest daily minimum 34, Heaviest daily rainfall 163, Deepest snow cover 9.

Records on 10 May 1975 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	117
Lowest daily maximum	19
Highest daily minimum	106
Lowest daily minimum	34
Heaviest daily rainfall	163
Heaviest daily snowfall	0
Deepest snow cover	9

Records on 10 May 1975 by timescale: all-time 0, monthly 6, daily 442.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

370 broken records

Margins by which the 370 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 458.0. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

10 May 1975

Top 20 records on 10 May 1975 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
10 May 1975	Vladikavkaz, RU	daily rain	49.0 mm (1.9 in)	34.3 mm (1.4 in)	82 years	67 of 100 (Major)
10 May 1975	Fairfield, US	daily rain	50.8 mm (2.0 in)	33.5 mm (1.3 in)	8 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
10 May 1975	Donalsonville 1 S, US	daily rain	64.3 mm (2.5 in)	45.8 mm (1.8 in)	24 years	40 of 100 (Notable)
10 May 1975	Dmanisi, GE	daily rain	38.9 mm (1.5 in)	21.9 mm (0.9 in)	30 years	38 of 100 (Notable)
10 May 1975	Borzja, RU	daily high min	14.9 C (58.8 F)	5.7 C (10.3 F)	65 years	37 of 100 (Notable)
10 May 1975	Pitea, SE	daily high max	22.5 C (72.5 F)	1.5 C (2.7 F)	80 years	36 of 100 (Notable)
10 May 1975	Thomasville 7 NE, US	daily rain	56.6 mm (2.2 in)	32.5 mm (1.3 in)	13 years	36 of 100 (Notable)
10 May 1975	Brady, US	daily rain	47.0 mm (1.9 in)	5.1 mm (0.20 in)	80 years	35 of 100 (Notable)
10 May 1975	Chita, RU	daily high max	27.4 C (81.3 F)	2.5 C (4.5 F)	76 years	34 of 100 (Routine)
10 May 1975	Cedar Key 1 WSW, US	daily rain	56.4 mm (2.2 in)	26.2 mm (1.0 in)	40 years	34 of 100 (Routine)
10 May 1975	Cleveland, US	monthly rain	121.2 mm (4.8 in)	6.4 mm (0.25 in)	45 years	33 of 100 (Routine)
10 May 1975	Fredericksburg, US	daily rain	29.5 mm (1.2 in)	8.2 mm (0.32 in)	72 years	33 of 100 (Routine)
10 May 1975	Parafuso, BR	daily rain	50.0 mm (2.0 in)	27.2 mm (1.1 in)	26 years	32 of 100 (Routine)
10 May 1975	Tussenbeide, ZA	daily rain	32.5 mm (1.3 in)	13.2 mm (0.5 in)	48 years	32 of 100 (Routine)
10 May 1975	Boras, SE	daily high min	11.5 C (52.7 F)	0.5 C (0.9 F)	75 years	32 of 100 (Routine)
10 May 1975	Hebgen Dam, US	daily snow depth	71.1 cm (28.0 in)	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	57 years	31 of 100 (Routine)
10 May 1975	Monticello Muni AP, US	daily rain	67.1 mm (2.6 in)	29.5 mm (1.2 in)	16 years	31 of 100 (Routine)
10 May 1975	Chita, RU	daily high min	13.6 C (56.5 F)	4.8 C (8.6 F)	37 years	30 of 100 (Routine)
10 May 1975	Ulricehamn, SE	daily high min	11.0 C (51.8 F)	1.0 C (1.8 F)	68 years	30 of 100 (Routine)
10 May 1975	Gavle, SE	daily high max	24.9 C (76.8 F)	0.9 C (1.6 F)	68 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

1805 to 1975

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1805 to 1975. 1975 had 448 records.

Counts for years before the ledger starts come from the same station rules.

Records on 05-10 in each year
Year	Records
1805	1
1814	2
1832	1
1834	1
1836	4
1838	1
1843	1
1846	1
1848	1
1855	2
1858	1
1860	1
1861	2
1867	3
1868	1
1869	1
1872	1
1874	4
1876	1
1878	1
1879	2
1880	3
1881	3
1883	1
1884	2
1885	2
1886	1
1887	1
1888	2
1889	4
1890	2
1891	2
1893	1
1895	4
1896	6
1897	4
1898	5
1900	4
1901	6
1902	18
1903	6
1904	7
1905	21
1906	42
1907	33
1908	10
1909	17
1910	21
1911	55
1912	15
1913	23
1914	17
1915	18
1916	26
1917	23
1918	105
1919	145
1920	54
1921	143
1922	38
1923	291
1924	198
1925	163
1926	291
1927	296
1928	189
1929	102
1930	647
1931	277
1932	145
1933	516
1934	412
1935	200
1936	439
1937	148
1938	179
1939	179
1940	317
1941	257
1942	237
1943	482
1944	200
1945	646
1946	455
1947	820
1948	491
1949	492
1950	356
1951	281
1952	342
1953	627
1954	554
1955	272
1956	669
1957	374
1958	338
1959	192
1960	660
1961	722
1962	593
1963	951
1964	259
1965	413
1966	1,290
1967	932
1968	861
1969	325
1970	555
1971	416
1972	573
1973	429
1974	608
1975	448
1976	672
1977	1,075
1978	815
1979	1,927
1980	865
1981	1,213
1982	671
1983	753
1984	635
1985	925
1986	669
1987	1,270
1988	490
1989	1,365
1990	1,071
1991	854
1992	875
1993	1,056
1994	622
1995	1,129
1996	1,469
1997	1,215
1998	1,268
1999	1,299
2000	1,036
2001	842
2002	867
2003	1,688
2004	735
2005	761
2006	879
2007	815
2008	877
2009	651
2010	855
2011	1,288
2012	1,054
2013	635
2014	506
2015	943
2016	815
2017	702
2018	923
2019	1,254
2020	1,346
2021	635
2022	1,346
2023	359
2024	622
2025	1,094
2026	496

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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	364
100 to 200	3
200 to 300	1
300 to 400	1
400 to 500	1