Weather Records on 7 May 1981

710 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 7 May 1981. Highest significance: Butterworth (Tnk), ZA.

Key Facts for 7 May 1981

On 7 May 1981, 710 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
169 were record highs and 192 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 1 were all-time records, 16 monthly and 693 daily.
Butterworth (Tnk) set a monthly record daily precipitation of 130.0 mm (5.1 in) on 7 May 1981.
Across 168 earlier years (1795 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 417 records.

Record Map

710 stations

710 station records on 7 May 1981 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 7 May 1981: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Butterworth (Tnk)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	130.0 mm (5.1 in)	65 of 100 (Major)
Kapalama 773	United States	Record daily precipitation	59.7 mm (2.4 in)	58 of 100 (Notable)
Molka (Lowana)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	31.9 mm (1.3 in)	55 of 100 (Notable)
Yea	Australia	Record daily precipitation	36.4 mm (1.4 in)	55 of 100 (Notable)
Kalihi Rsch Site 777	United States	Record daily precipitation	297.7 mm (11.7 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Palolo Vly 718	United States	Record daily precipitation	342.9 mm (13.5 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Yarroweyah	Australia	Record daily precipitation	32.2 mm (1.3 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Nathalia (Post Office)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	36.0 mm (1.4 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Rochester	Australia	Record daily precipitation	29.2 mm (1.1 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Maude Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	31.5 mm (1.2 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Goose A	Canada	Record daily snowfall	26.5 cm (10.4 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Kenai AP	United States	Record high maximum temperature	21.1 C (70.0 F)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Echuca Aerodrome	Australia	Record daily precipitation	25.2 mm (1.0 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Pauoa Flats 784	United States	Record daily precipitation	319.5 mm (12.6 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Wilhelmina Rise 721	United States	Record daily precipitation	83.8 mm (3.3 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Tongala	Australia	Record daily precipitation	26.0 mm (1.0 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Durban-Botanical Gardens	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	40.8 mm (1.6 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Numurkah Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	26.0 mm (1.0 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Shirakawa	Japan	Record daily precipitation	56.5 mm (2.2 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Sogndal - Selseng	Norway	Record snow depth	117.0 cm (46.1 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Warrenton (Mun)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	25.0 mm (1.0 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Toorourrong Reservoir (Toorour	Australia	Record daily precipitation	30.0 mm (1.2 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Seymour Shire Depot	Australia	Record daily precipitation	30.6 mm (1.2 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Nuuanu Rsch 4 783	United States	Record daily precipitation	305.8 mm (12.0 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Kerang	Australia	Record daily precipitation	27.2 mm (1.1 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Cartwright	Canada	Record daily precipitation	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Tatura Inst Sustainable Ag	Australia	Record daily precipitation	26.4 mm (1.0 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Poplar Bluff	United States	Record low maximum temperature	13.9 C (57.0 F)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Lakeview	United States	Record daily snowfall	17.8 cm (7.0 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Salisbury	United States	Record daily precipitation	47.8 mm (1.9 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Kaneohe Mauka 781	United States	Record daily precipitation	74.9 mm (2.9 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Avenel (Post Office)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	26.4 mm (1.0 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Highlands (Glentannar)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	38.6 mm (1.5 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Jimenez (Smn)	Mexico	Record high minimum temperature	17.8 C (64.0 F)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Greenville 6 N	United States	Record low maximum temperature	12.8 C (55.0 F)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Manoa 712.1	United States	Record daily precipitation	30.7 mm (1.2 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Invergordon	Australia	Record daily precipitation	25.2 mm (1.0 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Broadford Golf Course	Australia	Record daily precipitation	34.0 mm (1.3 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Evergreen	United States	Record low maximum temperature	17.8 C (64.0 F)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Brunswick	United States	Record daily precipitation	32.5 mm (1.3 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Ft Myers Page Fld AP	United States	Record high minimum temperature	23.9 C (75.0 F)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Lancefield	Australia	Record daily precipitation	26.4 mm (1.0 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Cordele	United States	Record low maximum temperature	19.4 C (66.9 F)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Cordova AP	United States	Record high maximum temperature	25.6 C (78.1 F)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Puckapunyal	Australia	Record daily precipitation	33.0 mm (1.3 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Ft Hall 1 NNE	United States	Record daily snowfall	5.1 cm (2.0 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Kawaihapai 841	United States	Record daily precipitation	45.0 mm (1.8 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Island Park	United States	Record daily snowfall	20.3 cm (8.0 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Russell Springs	United States	Record low maximum temperature	10.0 C (50.0 F)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Sharon Springs	United States	Record low maximum temperature	11.7 C (53.1 F)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Farmington	United States	Record low maximum temperature	11.1 C (52.0 F)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Matanuska Exp Farm	United States	Record high maximum temperature	23.9 C (75.0 F)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Kaneohe Bay MCAS	United States	Record daily precipitation	31.2 mm (1.2 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Miepoll South	Australia	Record daily precipitation	30.0 mm (1.2 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Goose A	Canada	Record daily precipitation	27.0 mm (1.1 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Doctortown 1 WSW	United States	Record daily precipitation	64.5 mm (2.5 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Clover Valley	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-5.0 C (23.0 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Little Port Walter	United States	Record high maximum temperature	20.0 C (68.0 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Schenectady	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-1.1 C (30.0 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Homer AP	United States	Record high maximum temperature	18.3 C (64.9 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

710 records

Records set or tied on 7 May 1981 by type: Highest daily maximum 86, Lowest daily maximum 113, Highest daily minimum 83, Lowest daily minimum 79, Heaviest daily rainfall 325, Heaviest daily snowfall 18, Deepest snow cover 6.

Records on 7 May 1981 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	86
Lowest daily maximum	113
Highest daily minimum	83
Lowest daily minimum	79
Heaviest daily rainfall	325
Heaviest daily snowfall	18
Deepest snow cover	6

Records on 7 May 1981 by timescale: all-time 1, monthly 16, daily 693.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

599 broken records

Margins by which the 599 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 470.0. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

7 May 1981

Top 20 records on 7 May 1981 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
7 May 1981	Butterworth (Tnk), ZA	monthly rain	130.0 mm (5.1 in)	50.0 mm (2.0 in)	21 years	65 of 100 (Major)
7 May 1981	Kapalama 773, US	daily rain	59.7 mm (2.4 in)	47.5 mm (1.9 in)	40 years	58 of 100 (Notable)
7 May 1981	Molka (Lowana), AU	daily rain	31.9 mm (1.3 in)	21.2 mm (0.8 in)	64 years	55 of 100 (Notable)
7 May 1981	Yea, AU	daily rain	36.4 mm (1.4 in)	25.7 mm (1.0 in)	20 years	55 of 100 (Notable)
7 May 1981	Kalihi Rsch Site 777, US	monthly rain	297.7 mm (11.7 in)	58.9 mm (2.3 in)	16 years	54 of 100 (Notable)
7 May 1981	Palolo Vly 718, US	monthly rain	342.9 mm (13.5 in)	97.0 mm (3.8 in)	2 years	54 of 100 (Notable)
7 May 1981	Yarroweyah, AU	daily rain	32.2 mm (1.3 in)	20.3 mm (0.8 in)	64 years	52 of 100 (Notable)
7 May 1981	Nathalia (Post Office), AU	daily rain	36.0 mm (1.4 in)	25.1 mm (1.0 in)	27 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
7 May 1981	Rochester, AU	daily rain	29.2 mm (1.1 in)	16.8 mm (0.7 in)	64 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
7 May 1981	Maude Post Office, AU	daily rain	31.5 mm (1.2 in)	19.8 mm (0.8 in)	62 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
7 May 1981	Goose A, CA	daily snowfall	26.5 cm (10.4 in)	15.3 cm (6.0 in)	31 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
7 May 1981	Kenai AP, US	daily high max	21.1 C (70.0 F)	6.1 C (11.0 F)	76 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
7 May 1981	Echuca Aerodrome, AU	daily rain	25.2 mm (1.0 in)	15.3 mm (0.6 in)	50 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
7 May 1981	Pauoa Flats 784, US	monthly rain	319.5 mm (12.6 in)	63.0 mm (2.5 in)	20 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
7 May 1981	Wilhelmina Rise 721, US	daily rain	83.8 mm (3.3 in)	58.4 mm (2.3 in)	14 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
7 May 1981	Tongala, AU	daily rain	26.0 mm (1.0 in)	19.1 mm (0.8 in)	50 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
7 May 1981	Durban-Botanical Gardens, ZA	daily rain	40.8 mm (1.6 in)	17.2 mm (0.7 in)	91 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
7 May 1981	Numurkah Post Office, AU	daily rain	26.0 mm (1.0 in)	13.6 mm (0.5 in)	64 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
7 May 1981	Shirakawa, JP	daily rain	56.5 mm (2.2 in)	41.8 mm (1.6 in)	14 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
7 May 1981	Sogndal - Selseng, NO	daily snow depth	117.0 cm (46.1 in)	47.0 cm (18.5 in)	54 years	45 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 1981

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1795 to 1981. 1981 had 710 records.

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

Records on 05-07 in each year
Year	Records
1795	2
1805	1
1816	1
1825	2
1837	1
1838	1
1844	1
1845	2
1846	1
1848	2
1850	2
1852	1
1853	1
1856	3
1857	1
1861	3
1862	1
1863	1
1864	1
1867	3
1869	1
1870	1
1872	1
1874	2
1876	3
1878	1
1879	2
1880	1
1884	2
1885	1
1886	4
1887	1
1888	1
1889	2
1890	4
1891	4
1892	2
1894	4
1895	2
1897	5
1898	7
1899	3
1900	10
1901	1
1902	6
1903	13
1904	19
1905	21
1906	15
1907	14
1908	29
1909	15
1910	16
1911	14
1912	14
1913	30
1914	37
1915	40
1916	34
1917	188
1918	60
1919	263
1920	59
1921	41
1922	40
1923	119
1924	141
1925	207
1926	227
1927	191
1928	204
1929	224
1930	637
1931	473
1932	288
1933	291
1934	698
1935	298
1936	466
1937	121
1938	467
1939	194
1940	317
1941	317
1942	270
1943	416
1944	476
1945	751
1946	339
1947	727
1948	338
1949	439
1950	526
1951	226
1952	485
1953	541
1954	481
1955	393
1956	665
1957	546
1958	585
1959	335
1960	899
1961	442
1962	381
1963	825
1964	687
1965	671
1966	762
1967	973
1968	756
1969	678
1970	822
1971	364
1972	515
1973	447
1974	743
1975	784
1976	782
1977	662
1978	925
1979	888
1980	593
1981	710
1982	802
1983	724
1984	1,300
1985	557
1986	1,163
1987	1,115
1988	752
1989	1,880
1990	1,024
1991	599
1992	1,830
1993	831
1994	621
1995	997
1996	880
1997	1,359
1998	1,166
1999	1,008
2000	1,693
2001	743
2002	1,344
2003	1,138
2004	1,397
2005	645
2006	833
2007	1,047
2008	526
2009	735
2010	1,123
2011	558
2012	709
2013	633
2014	646
2015	569
2016	677
2017	543
2018	542
2019	522
2020	577
2021	484
2022	784
2023	667
2024	858
2025	635
2026	715

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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 2026-10-15 (15 October 2026). Records are computed by this site and are not official.

Data as of 2026-10-15. Last revised 15 October 2026 (2026-10-15).

Margin	Records
0 to 100	594
100 to 200	4
200 to 300	0
300 to 400	0
400 to 500	1