Weather Records on 10 May 1986

669 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 10 May 1986. Highest significance: Bowie, US.

Key Facts for 10 May 1986

On 10 May 1986, 669 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
185 were record highs and 208 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 0 were all-time records, 14 monthly and 655 daily.
Bowie set a daily record precipitation of 101.6 mm (4.0 in) on 10 May 1986.
Across 163 earlier years (1805 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 439 records.

Record Map

669 stations

669 station records on 10 May 1986 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 10 May 1986: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Bowie	United States	Record daily precipitation	101.6 mm (4.0 in)	75 of 100 (Major)
Selbu-Stubbe	Norway	Record daily precipitation	29.2 mm (1.1 in)	60 of 100 (Major)
Audubon	United States	Record daily precipitation	63.0 mm (2.5 in)	60 of 100 (Major)
Harlan	United States	Record daily precipitation	64.0 mm (2.5 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Talkeetna AP	United States	Record daily snowfall	13.0 cm (5.1 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Mount Coolon Hotel	Australia	Record daily precipitation	86.2 mm (3.4 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Cresco 1 NE	United States	Record daily precipitation	35.6 mm (1.4 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Bangkok Metropolis	Thailand	Record daily precipitation	144.0 mm (5.7 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Ilhabela	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	71.2 mm (2.8 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Chicontepec de Tejeda (Smn)	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	149.9 mm (5.9 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Atlantic 1 NE	United States	Record daily precipitation	51.3 mm (2.0 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Don Muang	Thailand	Record daily precipitation	121.9 mm (4.8 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Chanthaburi	Thailand	Record daily precipitation	131.1 mm (5.2 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Guthrie Ctr	United States	Record daily precipitation	70.4 mm (2.8 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Oakland	United States	Record daily precipitation	48.0 mm (1.9 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
McKinney Muni AP	United States	Record daily precipitation	92.2 mm (3.6 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Iliamna AP	United States	Record daily precipitation	29.5 mm (1.2 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Delubra	Australia	Record daily precipitation	39.0 mm (1.5 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Whitton (Conapaira St)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	34.5 mm (1.4 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Rockwell City	United States	Record daily precipitation	48.8 mm (1.9 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Manistique Wwtp	United States	Record high minimum temperature	9.4 C (48.9 F)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Carrizo Springs 3S	United States	Record daily precipitation	52.1 mm (2.1 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Newport	United States	Record high maximum temperature	32.8 C (91.0 F)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Hye	United States	Record daily precipitation	104.4 mm (4.1 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Chon Buri	Thailand	Record daily precipitation	62.0 mm (2.4 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Carroll	United States	Record daily precipitation	34.5 mm (1.4 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Ust-Hairyuzovo	Russia	Record high maximum temperature	20.1 C (68.2 F)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Cleveland	United States	Record high minimum temperature	23.9 C (75.0 F)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Nutwood Downs	Australia	Record daily precipitation	45.0 mm (1.8 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Pedro Barros	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	59.0 mm (2.3 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Kremmling	United States	Record low maximum temperature	8.3 C (46.9 F)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Nitta Yuma	United States	Record high maximum temperature	35.0 C (95.0 F)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Puntilla	United States	Record daily snowfall	5.1 cm (2.0 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Ft Dodge 5NNW	United States	Record daily precipitation	35.6 mm (1.4 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Plattsmouth 1E	United States	Record daily precipitation	28.7 mm (1.1 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Prineville	United States	Record low maximum temperature	7.2 C (45.0 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Lahaina 361	United States	Record high minimum temperature	23.9 C (75.0 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Motozintla (Smn)	Mexico	Record low maximum temperature	23.9 C (75.0 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Sobolevo	Russia	Record high maximum temperature	20.2 C (68.4 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
St Joseph 3 N	United States	Record high maximum temperature	33.3 C (91.9 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Canoe Brook	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-3.9 C (25.0 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Louisville	United States	Record high maximum temperature	33.9 C (93.0 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Virginia City	United States	Record daily snowfall	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Lnai Culture & Heritage Ctr	United States	Record high minimum temperature	20.0 C (68.0 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Grouse	United States	Record daily snowfall	5.1 cm (2.0 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
State UNIV	United States	Record high maximum temperature	33.3 C (91.9 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Lewisburg Exp STN	United States	Record high maximum temperature	32.8 C (91.0 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Coleman	United States	Record daily precipitation	50.8 mm (2.0 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Kojnas	Russia	Record low minimum temperature	-9.5 C (14.9 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Ekimchan	Russia	Record low maximum temperature	0.8 C (33.4 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Blanco	United States	Record daily precipitation	58.4 mm (2.3 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Worland	United States	Record low maximum temperature	5.0 C (41.0 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Koloko Rsvr 1137	United States	Record daily precipitation	85.9 mm (3.4 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Buritizal	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	46.4 mm (1.8 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Alambari	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	43.6 mm (1.7 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Oktjabrskaja	Russia	Record high maximum temperature	13.8 C (56.8 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Cope Rch	United States	Record daily precipitation	48.5 mm (1.9 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Bundabaroo	Australia	Record daily precipitation	49.0 mm (1.9 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Woolners Arm	Australia	Record daily precipitation	48.7 mm (1.9 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Ica	Russia	Record high maximum temperature	16.7 C (62.1 F)	27 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

669 records

Records set or tied on 10 May 1986 by type: Highest daily maximum 113, Lowest daily maximum 116, Highest daily minimum 72, Lowest daily minimum 92, Heaviest daily rainfall 265, Heaviest daily snowfall 8, Deepest snow cover 3.

Records on 10 May 1986 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	113
Lowest daily maximum	116
Highest daily minimum	72
Lowest daily minimum	92
Heaviest daily rainfall	265
Heaviest daily snowfall	8
Deepest snow cover	3

Records on 10 May 1986 by timescale: all-time 0, monthly 14, daily 655.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

514 broken records

Margins by which the 514 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 130.0. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

10 May 1986

Top 20 records on 10 May 1986 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
10 May 1986	Bowie, US	daily rain	101.6 mm (4.0 in)	66.0 mm (2.6 in)	88 years	75 of 100 (Major)
10 May 1986	Selbu-Stubbe, NO	daily rain	29.2 mm (1.1 in)	13.6 mm (0.5 in)	72 years	60 of 100 (Major)
10 May 1986	Audubon, US	daily rain	63.0 mm (2.5 in)	43.4 mm (1.7 in)	56 years	60 of 100 (Major)
10 May 1986	Harlan, US	daily rain	64.0 mm (2.5 in)	23.6 mm (0.9 in)	83 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
10 May 1986	Talkeetna AP, US	daily snowfall	13.0 cm (5.1 in)	13.0 cm (5.1 in)	64 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
10 May 1986	Mount Coolon Hotel, AU	daily rain	86.2 mm (3.4 in)	79.8 mm (3.1 in)	13 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
10 May 1986	Cresco 1 NE, US	daily rain	35.6 mm (1.4 in)	18.6 mm (0.7 in)	80 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
10 May 1986	Bangkok Metropolis, TH	daily rain	144.0 mm (5.7 in)	98.8 mm (3.9 in)	20 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
10 May 1986	Ilhabela, BR	daily rain	71.2 mm (2.8 in)	45.9 mm (1.8 in)	17 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
10 May 1986	Chicontepec de Tejeda (Smn), MX	daily rain	149.9 mm (5.9 in)	129.6 mm (5.1 in)	11 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
10 May 1986	Atlantic 1 NE, US	daily rain	51.3 mm (2.0 in)	11.9 mm (0.5 in)	92 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
10 May 1986	Don Muang, TH	monthly rain	121.9 mm (4.8 in)	27.9 mm (1.1 in)	42 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
10 May 1986	Chanthaburi, TH	daily rain	131.1 mm (5.2 in)	76.2 mm (3.0 in)	23 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
10 May 1986	Guthrie Ctr, US	daily rain	70.4 mm (2.8 in)	33.3 mm (1.3 in)	28 years	42 of 100 (Notable)
10 May 1986	Oakland, US	daily rain	48.0 mm (1.9 in)	32.5 mm (1.3 in)	15 years	42 of 100 (Notable)
10 May 1986	McKinney Muni AP, US	daily rain	92.2 mm (3.6 in)	56.6 mm (2.2 in)	20 years	42 of 100 (Notable)
10 May 1986	Iliamna AP, US	daily rain	29.5 mm (1.2 in)	11.5 mm (0.5 in)	44 years	41 of 100 (Notable)
10 May 1986	Delubra, AU	daily rain	39.0 mm (1.5 in)	30.6 mm (1.2 in)	33 years	40 of 100 (Notable)
10 May 1986	Whitton (Conapaira St), AU	daily rain	34.5 mm (1.4 in)	9.9 mm (0.39 in)	59 years	39 of 100 (Notable)
10 May 1986	Rockwell City, US	daily rain	48.8 mm (1.9 in)	8.2 mm (0.32 in)	83 years	39 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

1805 to 1986

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1805 to 1986. 1986 had 669 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

Download the Data

Data for records on 1986-05-10: 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 20	466
20 to 40	35
40 to 60	7
60 to 80	3
80 to 100	1
100 to 120	0
120 to 140	2