Weather Records on 2 May 1976

660 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 2 May 1976. Highest significance: Welverdiend (Pol), ZA.

Key Facts for 2 May 1976

On 2 May 1976, 660 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
73 were record highs and 213 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 0 were all-time records, 40 monthly and 620 daily.
Welverdiend (Pol) set a monthly record daily precipitation of 102.0 mm (4.0 in) on 2 May 1976.
Across 162 earlier years (1795 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 460 records.

Record Map

660 stations

660 station records on 2 May 1976 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 2 May 1976: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Welverdiend (Pol)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	102.0 mm (4.0 in)	68 of 100 (Major)
Amersfoort (Pol)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	34.0 mm (1.3 in)	62 of 100 (Major)
Bontfontein	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	35.0 mm (1.4 in)	60 of 100 (Major)
College Park	United States	Record daily precipitation	55.9 mm (2.2 in)	58 of 100 (Notable)
Norfolk 2 SW	United States	Record daily precipitation	33.8 mm (1.3 in)	56 of 100 (Notable)
Middletown 4 W	United States	Record daily precipitation	56.9 mm (2.2 in)	55 of 100 (Notable)
Vlakfontein	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	55.2 mm (2.2 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Beerlaagte	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	63.5 mm (2.5 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Mt Carmel	United States	Record daily precipitation	63.5 mm (2.5 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
George School	United States	Record daily precipitation	45.7 mm (1.8 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Porto	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	59.2 mm (2.3 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Kjobli I Snaasa	Norway	Record snow depth	106.0 cm (41.7 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Mbabane	Swaziland	Record daily precipitation	81.1 mm (3.2 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Newark Ag Farm	United States	Record daily precipitation	35.6 mm (1.4 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Carmel	United States	Record daily precipitation	47.0 mm (1.9 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Setauket Strong	United States	Record daily precipitation	38.1 mm (1.5 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Liberty 1 NE	United States	Record daily precipitation	27.4 mm (1.1 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Moirton	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	31.0 mm (1.2 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Ringwood	United States	Record daily precipitation	50.8 mm (2.0 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Greenville	United States	Record daily precipitation	69.6 mm (2.7 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Palmaryville	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	77.5 mm (3.1 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Pafuri	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	48.5 mm (1.9 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Ishpeming	United States	Record snow depth	20.3 cm (8.0 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Kresgeville 2 W	United States	Record daily precipitation	45.5 mm (1.8 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Yarmouth A	Canada	Record daily precipitation	51.3 mm (2.0 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Conshohocken	United States	Record daily precipitation	50.8 mm (2.0 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Baddeck	Canada	Record daily precipitation	52.3 mm (2.1 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Clifford Chambers	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	38.0 mm (1.5 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Hartford Brainard Fld	United States	Record daily precipitation	34.5 mm (1.4 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Hlobane	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	45.5 mm (1.8 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
De Hoek (Bos)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	37.0 mm (1.5 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Charlotteburg Rsvr	United States	Record daily precipitation	48.3 mm (1.9 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Brownsville	United States	Record low minimum temperature	12.2 C (54.0 F)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Annapolis Royal	Canada	Record daily precipitation	30.0 mm (1.2 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Balbrogie	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	46.1 mm (1.8 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Pleasantville	United States	Record daily precipitation	49.0 mm (1.9 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Bethlehem	United States	Record daily precipitation	41.1 mm (1.6 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Rio Grande City	United States	Record low minimum temperature	8.9 C (48.0 F)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Bremerton	United States	Record high maximum temperature	27.2 C (81.0 F)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Vajda-Guba	Russia	Record low minimum temperature	-9.6 C (14.7 F)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Zomerkomst (Bos)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	29.0 mm (1.1 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Belfast	United States	Record daily precipitation	27.9 mm (1.1 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Eastport	United States	Record daily precipitation	28.2 mm (1.1 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Flemington 5 NNW	United States	Record daily precipitation	31.5 mm (1.2 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Middletown 2 NW	United States	Record daily precipitation	40.6 mm (1.6 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
W Pt	United States	Record daily precipitation	35.1 mm (1.4 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Clear Lake	United States	Record daily snowfall	5.1 cm (2.0 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Freehold-Marlboro	United States	Record daily precipitation	36.3 mm (1.4 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Bedford Hills	United States	Record daily precipitation	27.4 mm (1.1 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Lisbon	United States	Record daily snowfall	7.6 cm (3.0 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Kid Valley	United States	Record daily precipitation	30.0 mm (1.2 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Geluk (Irr)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	28.5 mm (1.1 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Woodstock	United States	Record daily precipitation	36.3 mm (1.4 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Little Falls	United States	Record daily precipitation	49.8 mm (2.0 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Whitehall	United States	Record daily precipitation	29.2 mm (1.1 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Chadds Ford 2 NE	United States	Record daily precipitation	46.7 mm (1.8 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Burlington	United States	Record daily precipitation	44.2 mm (1.7 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Hightstown 2 W	United States	Record daily precipitation	47.5 mm (1.9 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Bellows Falls	United States	Record daily precipitation	26.7 mm (1.1 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Francistown	Botswana	Record daily precipitation	32.5 mm (1.3 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

660 records

Records set or tied on 2 May 1976 by type: Highest daily maximum 19, Lowest daily maximum 66, Highest daily minimum 54, Lowest daily minimum 147, Heaviest daily rainfall 342, Heaviest daily snowfall 17, Deepest snow cover 15.

Records on 2 May 1976 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	19
Lowest daily maximum	66
Highest daily minimum	54
Lowest daily minimum	147
Heaviest daily rainfall	342
Heaviest daily snowfall	17
Deepest snow cover	15

Records on 2 May 1976 by timescale: all-time 0, monthly 40, daily 620.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

541 broken records

Margins by which the 541 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 520.0. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

2 May 1976

Top 20 records on 2 May 1976 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
2 May 1976	Welverdiend (Pol), ZA	monthly rain	102.0 mm (4.0 in)	54.2 mm (2.1 in)	39 years	68 of 100 (Major)
2 May 1976	Amersfoort (Pol), ZA	daily rain	34.0 mm (1.3 in)	27.6 mm (1.1 in)	63 years	62 of 100 (Major)
2 May 1976	Bontfontein, ZA	daily rain	35.0 mm (1.4 in)	31.4 mm (1.2 in)	51 years	60 of 100 (Major)
2 May 1976	College Park, US	daily rain	55.9 mm (2.2 in)	44.2 mm (1.7 in)	36 years	58 of 100 (Notable)
2 May 1976	Norfolk 2 SW, US	daily rain	33.8 mm (1.3 in)	17.0 mm (0.7 in)	90 years	56 of 100 (Notable)
2 May 1976	Middletown 4 W, US	daily rain	56.9 mm (2.2 in)	17.5 mm (0.7 in)	106 years	55 of 100 (Notable)
2 May 1976	Vlakfontein, ZA	daily rain	55.2 mm (2.2 in)	39.2 mm (1.5 in)	26 years	54 of 100 (Notable)
2 May 1976	Beerlaagte, ZA	daily rain	63.5 mm (2.5 in)	50.8 mm (2.0 in)	33 years	53 of 100 (Notable)
2 May 1976	Mt Carmel, US	daily rain	63.5 mm (2.5 in)	53.3 mm (2.1 in)	31 years	53 of 100 (Notable)
2 May 1976	George School, US	daily rain	45.7 mm (1.8 in)	30.5 mm (1.2 in)	57 years	53 of 100 (Notable)
2 May 1976	Porto, BR	daily rain	59.2 mm (2.3 in)	44.2 mm (1.7 in)	31 years	52 of 100 (Notable)
2 May 1976	Kjobli I Snaasa, NO	daily snow depth	106.0 cm (41.7 in)	52.0 cm (20.5 in)	21 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
2 May 1976	Mbabane, SZ	monthly rain	81.1 mm (3.2 in)	19.4 mm (0.8 in)	33 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
2 May 1976	Newark Ag Farm, US	daily rain	35.6 mm (1.4 in)	24.2 mm (1.0 in)	70 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
2 May 1976	Carmel, US	daily rain	47.0 mm (1.9 in)	20.8 mm (0.8 in)	78 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
2 May 1976	Setauket Strong, US	daily rain	38.1 mm (1.5 in)	17.8 mm (0.7 in)	78 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
2 May 1976	Liberty 1 NE, US	daily rain	27.4 mm (1.1 in)	16.2 mm (0.6 in)	77 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
2 May 1976	Moirton, ZA	daily rain	31.0 mm (1.2 in)	31.0 mm (1.2 in)	41 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
2 May 1976	Ringwood, US	daily rain	50.8 mm (2.0 in)	30.7 mm (1.2 in)	31 years	44 of 100 (Notable)
2 May 1976	Greenville, US	daily rain	69.6 mm (2.7 in)	39.6 mm (1.6 in)	15 years	44 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 1976

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1795 to 1976. 1976 had 660 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	532
100 to 200	3
200 to 300	3
300 to 400	1
400 to 500	0
500 to 600	2