Weather Records on 2 May 1986

631 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 2 May 1986. Highest significance: Toolebuc, AU.

Key Facts for 2 May 1986

On 2 May 1986, 631 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
370 were record highs and 120 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 0 were all-time records, 17 monthly and 614 daily.
Toolebuc set a daily record precipitation of 60.0 mm (2.4 in) on 2 May 1986.
Across 162 earlier years (1795 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 460 records.

Record Map

631 stations

631 station records on 2 May 1986 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 2 May 1986: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Toolebuc	Australia	Record daily precipitation	60.0 mm (2.4 in)	56 of 100 (Notable)
Estancia	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	106.6 mm (4.2 in)	56 of 100 (Notable)
Propria	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	60.5 mm (2.4 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Huatusco de Chicuellar	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	73.9 mm (2.9 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Sonoma	United States	Record high minimum temperature	12.2 C (54.0 F)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Banana Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	32.0 mm (1.3 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Trinidad	United States	Record high minimum temperature	16.7 C (62.1 F)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Mount Larcom Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	27.4 mm (1.1 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Eveleigh Station	Australia	Record daily precipitation	41.6 mm (1.6 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Bauhinia Downs Store	Australia	Record daily precipitation	27.5 mm (1.1 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Barakula Forest STN	Australia	Record daily precipitation	53.0 mm (2.1 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Oktyabr Skoye	Russia	Record low minimum temperature	-19.9 C (-3.8 F)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Orleans	United States	Record daily precipitation	40.4 mm (1.6 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Castle Rock	United States	Record high minimum temperature	7.2 C (45.0 F)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Jimbour State School	Australia	Record daily precipitation	28.4 mm (1.1 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Angwin Pacific Union College	United States	Record daily precipitation	26.7 mm (1.1 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Tarboro 1 S	United States	Record high minimum temperature	20.0 C (68.0 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Liberty	United States	Record low maximum temperature	21.1 C (70.0 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Occidental	United States	Record daily precipitation	50.8 mm (2.0 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Deming	United States	Record high minimum temperature	16.1 C (61.0 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Irkutsk	Russia	Record high maximum temperature	27.3 C (81.1 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Sandpoint Exp STN	United States	Record high minimum temperature	10.6 C (51.1 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Kaawaloa 29	United States	Record daily precipitation	41.1 mm (1.6 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Svyatoy Nos;Cape(Closed)	Russia	Record low minimum temperature	-10.5 C (13.1 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Hoseda Hard	Russia	Record low maximum temperature	-16.0 C (3.2 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Petrun	Russia	Record low maximum temperature	-15.4 C (4.3 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Santa Rosa	United States	Record low maximum temperature	13.9 C (57.0 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Garden Valley	United States	Record high minimum temperature	9.4 C (48.9 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Birx/Rhon	Germany	Record high minimum temperature	15.0 C (59.0 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Toa Baja 1 SSW	Puerto Rico [United States]	Record daily precipitation	68.6 mm (2.7 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Flahult	Sweden	Record high maximum temperature	22.1 C (71.8 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Truckee Rs	United States	Record high minimum temperature	6.7 C (44.1 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Theodore Dpi	Australia	Record daily precipitation	52.6 mm (2.1 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
De Bilt	Netherlands	Record high minimum temperature	11.3 C (52.3 F)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Salekhard	Russia	Record low maximum temperature	-15.1 C (4.8 F)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Agata	Russia	Record low minimum temperature	-32.5 C (-26.5 F)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Thiruvananthapuram	India	Record daily precipitation	42.9 mm (1.7 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Penjamo	Mexico	Record low maximum temperature	23.9 C (75.0 F)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Ust-USA	Russia	Record low maximum temperature	-11.7 C (10.9 F)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Odesa	Ukraine	Record high minimum temperature	15.1 C (59.2 F)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Santa Cruz	United States	Record high minimum temperature	12.2 C (54.0 F)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Angoon Pwr	United States	Record high maximum temperature	15.6 C (60.1 F)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Thursday Island Mo	Australia	Record daily precipitation	39.8 mm (1.6 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Cooroy Composite	Australia	Record daily precipitation	64.0 mm (2.5 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Marre-Sale	Russia	Record low minimum temperature	-29.3 C (-20.7 F)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Sveg	Sweden	Record high maximum temperature	19.5 C (67.1 F)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Kershaw 1SW	United States	Record high maximum temperature	34.4 C (93.9 F)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Centennial 1NE	United States	Record high maximum temperature	21.7 C (71.1 F)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Jondaryan Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	46.0 mm (1.8 in)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Yangjiang	China	Record daily precipitation	133.1 mm (5.2 in)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Wuppertal-Buchenhofen	Germany	Record high minimum temperature	13.1 C (55.6 F)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Poljarnoe	Russia	Record low minimum temperature	-8.7 C (16.3 F)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Troicko-Pecherskoe	Russia	Record low minimum temperature	-16.5 C (2.3 F)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Kuzedeevo	Russia	Record high minimum temperature	13.7 C (56.7 F)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Ulan-Ude	Russia	Record high maximum temperature	27.1 C (80.8 F)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Loei	Thailand	Record daily precipitation	46.0 mm (1.8 in)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Sacaton	United States	Record high maximum temperature	42.2 C (108.0 F)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Kingstree	United States	Record high maximum temperature	35.0 C (95.0 F)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Houston Deer Park	United States	Record daily precipitation	69.1 mm (2.7 in)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Kainaliu 73.2	United States	Record daily precipitation	36.3 mm (1.4 in)	24 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

631 records

Records set or tied on 2 May 1986 by type: Highest daily maximum 201, Lowest daily maximum 65, Highest daily minimum 169, Lowest daily minimum 55, Heaviest daily rainfall 138, Heaviest daily snowfall 2, Deepest snow cover 1.

Records on 2 May 1986 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	201
Lowest daily maximum	65
Highest daily minimum	169
Lowest daily minimum	55
Heaviest daily rainfall	138
Heaviest daily snowfall	2
Deepest snow cover	1

Records on 2 May 1986 by timescale: all-time 0, monthly 17, daily 614.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

502 broken records

Margins by which the 502 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 80.3. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

2 May 1986

Top 20 records on 2 May 1986 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
2 May 1986	Toolebuc, AU	daily rain	60.0 mm (2.4 in)	58.7 mm (2.3 in)	32 years	56 of 100 (Notable)
2 May 1986	Estancia, BR	daily rain	106.6 mm (4.2 in)	79.6 mm (3.1 in)	40 years	56 of 100 (Notable)
2 May 1986	Propria, BR	daily rain	60.5 mm (2.4 in)	43.0 mm (1.7 in)	44 years	52 of 100 (Notable)
2 May 1986	Huatusco de Chicuellar, MX	daily rain	73.9 mm (2.9 in)	51.0 mm (2.0 in)	8 years	40 of 100 (Notable)
2 May 1986	Sonoma, US	daily high min	12.2 C (54.0 F)	1.1 C (2.0 F)	92 years	39 of 100 (Notable)
2 May 1986	Banana Post Office, AU	daily rain	32.0 mm (1.3 in)	6.3 mm (0.25 in)	80 years	38 of 100 (Notable)
2 May 1986	Trinidad, US	daily high min	16.7 C (62.1 F)	2.3 C (4.1 F)	84 years	38 of 100 (Notable)
2 May 1986	Mount Larcom Post Office, AU	daily rain	27.4 mm (1.1 in)	17.5 mm (0.7 in)	68 years	36 of 100 (Notable)
2 May 1986	Eveleigh Station, AU	daily rain	41.6 mm (1.6 in)	33.2 mm (1.3 in)	17 years	35 of 100 (Notable)
2 May 1986	Bauhinia Downs Store, AU	daily rain	27.5 mm (1.1 in)	4.6 mm (0.18 in)	80 years	35 of 100 (Notable)
2 May 1986	Barakula Forest STN, AU	daily rain	53.0 mm (2.1 in)	46.1 mm (1.8 in)	20 years	35 of 100 (Notable)
2 May 1986	Oktyabr Skoye, RU	monthly low min	-19.9 C (-3.8 F)	4.1 C (7.4 F)	40 years	35 of 100 (Notable)
2 May 1986	Orleans, US	daily rain	40.4 mm (1.6 in)	13.7 mm (0.5 in)	36 years	35 of 100 (Notable)
2 May 1986	Castle Rock, US	daily high min	7.2 C (45.0 F)	0.5 C (0.9 F)	84 years	35 of 100 (Notable)
2 May 1986	Jimbour State School, AU	daily rain	28.4 mm (1.1 in)	1.0 mm (0.04 in)	80 years	34 of 100 (Routine)
2 May 1986	Angwin Pacific Union College, US	daily rain	26.7 mm (1.1 in)	15.3 mm (0.6 in)	28 years	33 of 100 (Routine)
2 May 1986	Tarboro 1 S, US	daily high min	20.0 C (68.0 F)	0.6 C (1.1 F)	75 years	33 of 100 (Routine)
2 May 1986	Liberty, US	daily low max	21.1 C (70.0 F)	0.6 C (1.1 F)	76 years	33 of 100 (Routine)
2 May 1986	Occidental, US	daily rain	50.8 mm (2.0 in)	30.0 mm (1.2 in)	1 year	32 of 100 (Routine)
2 May 1986	Deming, US	daily high min	16.1 C (61.0 F)	1.7 C (3.1 F)	67 years	32 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 1986

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1795 to 1986. 1986 had 631 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 20	486
20 to 40	10
40 to 60	4
60 to 80	1
80 to 100	1