Weather Records on 2 May 1979

743 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 2 May 1979. Highest significance: Minden, US.

Key Facts for 2 May 1979

On 2 May 1979, 743 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
82 were record highs and 287 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 1 were all-time records, 50 monthly and 692 daily.
Minden set a daily record precipitation of 61.0 mm (2.4 in) on 2 May 1979.
Across 162 earlier years (1795 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 460 records.

Record Map

743 stations

743 station records on 2 May 1979 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 2 May 1979: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Minden	United States	Record daily precipitation	61.0 mm (2.4 in)	63 of 100 (Major)
Grantsville 2W	United States	Record daily precipitation	27.2 mm (1.1 in)	63 of 100 (Major)
Woomera (Oakden Hills)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	46.0 mm (1.8 in)	60 of 100 (Major)
Lake Victoria (Cal-Lal)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	32.0 mm (1.3 in)	59 of 100 (Notable)
Coondambo	Australia	Record daily precipitation	34.6 mm (1.4 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Utica	United States	Record daily precipitation	76.2 mm (3.0 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Nordby (Fano)	Denmark	Record low maximum temperature	5.4 C (41.7 F)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Blair	United States	Record daily precipitation	73.7 mm (2.9 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Anningie	Australia	Record daily precipitation	56.0 mm (2.2 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Beechal	Australia	Record daily precipitation	27.2 mm (1.1 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Halmstad	Sweden	Record low maximum temperature	5.8 C (42.4 F)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Santa Cruz-Litoral	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	83.0 mm (3.3 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Wahoo	United States	Record daily precipitation	69.9 mm (2.8 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Bookaloo	Australia	Record daily precipitation	59.0 mm (2.3 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Sheffield	United Kingdom	Record low minimum temperature	-0.7 C (30.7 F)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Tekamah	United States	Record daily precipitation	34.3 mm (1.4 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Cradock (Kanyaka)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	36.4 mm (1.4 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Logan 1 WNW	United States	Record daily precipitation	69.9 mm (2.8 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Central City	United States	Record daily precipitation	67.8 mm (2.7 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Lincoln UNIV Pwr Plt	United States	Record daily precipitation	48.8 mm (1.9 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Elkhart	United States	Record daily precipitation	118.1 mm (4.6 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Gresham 3W	United States	Record daily precipitation	62.7 mm (2.5 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Wrixum/Fohr	Germany	Record low maximum temperature	3.5 C (38.3 F)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Princeton	United States	Record daily precipitation	41.9 mm (1.6 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Seward	United States	Record daily precipitation	68.3 mm (2.7 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Denver-Stapleton	United States	Record daily precipitation	41.4 mm (1.6 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Uccle	Belgium	Record low maximum temperature	7.0 C (44.6 F)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Shawano 2SSW	United States	Record daily precipitation	53.3 mm (2.1 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Hesso	Australia	Record daily precipitation	37.6 mm (1.5 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Orroroo (Yalpara)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	30.0 mm (1.2 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Elgin	United States	Record daily precipitation	42.2 mm (1.7 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Qacu (Bos)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	26.0 mm (1.0 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Genoa	United States	Record daily precipitation	28.2 mm (1.1 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Elwood 8 S	United States	Record daily precipitation	37.8 mm (1.5 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Ermakovskoe	Russia	Record daily precipitation	33.4 mm (1.3 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Casper-Natrona Co AP	United States	Record daily snowfall	27.7 cm (10.9 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Altastenberg	Germany	Record low maximum temperature	0.4 C (32.7 F)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Fremont	United States	Record daily precipitation	51.8 mm (2.0 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
South Springfield (South Sprin	Australia	Record daily precipitation	37.2 mm (1.5 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Olenja Rechka	Russia	Record daily precipitation	54.0 mm (2.1 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Genoa	United States	Record daily snowfall	20.3 cm (8.0 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Osceola	United States	Record daily precipitation	64.3 mm (2.5 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Raymond 2E	United States	Record daily precipitation	63.5 mm (2.5 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Sombrerete (Dge)	Mexico	Record low maximum temperature	17.8 C (64.0 F)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Lincoln 1 SE	United States	Record daily precipitation	51.6 mm (2.0 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Bradshaw	United States	Record daily precipitation	47.2 mm (1.9 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
York	United States	Record daily precipitation	50.5 mm (2.0 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Midwest	United States	Record daily snowfall	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Kirchdorf/Poel	Germany	Record low maximum temperature	7.0 C (44.6 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Leavenworth	United States	Record daily precipitation	45.7 mm (1.8 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Aurora	United States	Record daily precipitation	53.1 mm (2.1 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Kaycee	United States	Record daily snowfall	5.1 cm (2.0 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Kiama Bowling Club	Australia	Record daily precipitation	51.8 mm (2.0 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Idaho City	United States	Record high minimum temperature	6.1 C (43.0 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Sedgwick	United States	Record daily precipitation	41.9 mm (1.6 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Yalwal	Australia	Record daily precipitation	25.0 mm (1.0 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Marnitz	Germany	Record low maximum temperature	6.4 C (43.5 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Kleve	Germany	Record low maximum temperature	6.6 C (43.9 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Oelwein 2 S	United States	Record daily precipitation	37.3 mm (1.5 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Minneapolis	United States	Record daily precipitation	33.5 mm (1.3 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

743 records

Records set or tied on 2 May 1979 by type: Highest daily maximum 32, Lowest daily maximum 185, Highest daily minimum 50, Lowest daily minimum 102, Heaviest daily rainfall 338, Heaviest daily snowfall 25, Deepest snow cover 11.

Records on 2 May 1979 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	32
Lowest daily maximum	185
Highest daily minimum	50
Lowest daily minimum	102
Heaviest daily rainfall	338
Heaviest daily snowfall	25
Deepest snow cover	11

Records on 2 May 1979 by timescale: all-time 1, monthly 50, daily 692.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

658 broken records

Margins by which the 658 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 226.0. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

2 May 1979

Top 20 records on 2 May 1979 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
2 May 1979	Minden, US	daily rain	61.0 mm (2.4 in)	44.5 mm (1.8 in)	76 years	63 of 100 (Major)
2 May 1979	Grantsville 2W, US	daily rain	27.2 mm (1.1 in)	22.1 mm (0.9 in)	61 years	63 of 100 (Major)
2 May 1979	Woomera (Oakden Hills), AU	daily rain	46.0 mm (1.8 in)	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	56 years	60 of 100 (Major)
2 May 1979	Lake Victoria (Cal-Lal), AU	daily rain	32.0 mm (1.3 in)	20.8 mm (0.8 in)	56 years	59 of 100 (Notable)
2 May 1979	Coondambo, AU	daily rain	34.6 mm (1.4 in)	19.1 mm (0.8 in)	56 years	53 of 100 (Notable)
2 May 1979	Utica, US	daily rain	76.2 mm (3.0 in)	47.0 mm (1.9 in)	24 years	53 of 100 (Notable)
2 May 1979	Nordby (Fano), DK	monthly low max	5.4 C (41.7 F)	0.6 C (1.1 F)	101 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
2 May 1979	Blair, US	daily rain	73.7 mm (2.9 in)	35.6 mm (1.4 in)	52 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
2 May 1979	Anningie, AU	daily rain	56.0 mm (2.2 in)	54.7 mm (2.2 in)	14 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
2 May 1979	Beechal, AU	daily rain	27.2 mm (1.1 in)	15.0 mm (0.6 in)	88 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
2 May 1979	Halmstad, SE	monthly low max	5.8 C (42.4 F)	0.2 C (0.4 F)	92 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
2 May 1979	Santa Cruz-Litoral, BR	daily rain	83.0 mm (3.3 in)	64.7 mm (2.5 in)	8 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
2 May 1979	Wahoo, US	daily rain	69.9 mm (2.8 in)	24.4 mm (1.0 in)	65 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
2 May 1979	Bookaloo, AU	monthly rain	59.0 mm (2.3 in)	15.8 mm (0.6 in)	22 years	44 of 100 (Notable)
2 May 1979	Sheffield, GB	monthly low min	-0.7 C (30.7 F)	0.1 C (0.2 F)	84 years	44 of 100 (Notable)
2 May 1979	Tekamah, US	daily rain	34.3 mm (1.4 in)	16.5 mm (0.6 in)	76 years	44 of 100 (Notable)
2 May 1979	Cradock (Kanyaka), AU	daily rain	36.4 mm (1.4 in)	14.6 mm (0.6 in)	56 years	43 of 100 (Notable)
2 May 1979	Logan 1 WNW, US	daily rain	69.9 mm (2.8 in)	34.6 mm (1.4 in)	24 years	43 of 100 (Notable)
2 May 1979	Central City, US	daily rain	67.8 mm (2.7 in)	32.5 mm (1.3 in)	24 years	43 of 100 (Notable)
2 May 1979	Lincoln UNIV Pwr Plt, US	daily rain	48.8 mm (1.9 in)	10.7 mm (0.4 in)	87 years	43 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 1979

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1795 to 1979. 1979 had 743 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 1979-05-02: 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 2026-10-16. Last revised 16 October 2026 (2026-10-16).

Margin	Records
0 to 50	649
50 to 100	7
100 to 150	1
150 to 200	0
200 to 250	1