Weather Records on 2 May 1990

1,567 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 2 May 1990. Highest significance: Tromso, NO.

Key Facts for 2 May 1990

On 2 May 1990, 1,567 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
767 were record highs and 366 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 3 were all-time records, 80 monthly and 1,484 daily.
Tromso set a monthly record daily precipitation of 42.6 mm (1.7 in) on 2 May 1990.
Across 162 earlier years (1795 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 455 records.

Record Map

1,567 stations

1,567 station records on 2 May 1990 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 2 May 1990: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Tromso	Norway	Record daily precipitation	42.6 mm (1.7 in)	67 of 100 (Major)
Westcliffe	United States	Record snow depth	33.0 cm (13.0 in)	66 of 100 (Major)
Albany	United States	Record daily precipitation	111.5 mm (4.4 in)	62 of 100 (Major)
Sherman	United States	Record daily precipitation	122.2 mm (4.8 in)	61 of 100 (Major)
Wilburton 9 ENE	United States	Record daily precipitation	139.7 mm (5.5 in)	60 of 100 (Major)
Rico	United States	Record daily precipitation	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	59 of 100 (Notable)
Rocksprings	United States	Record daily precipitation	88.9 mm (3.5 in)	59 of 100 (Notable)
Calvin	United States	Record daily precipitation	134.6 mm (5.3 in)	58 of 100 (Notable)
Abilene Rgnl AP	United States	Record daily precipitation	119.9 mm (4.7 in)	58 of 100 (Notable)
Ferros	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	47.9 mm (1.9 in)	56 of 100 (Notable)
Harrison Boone Co AP	United States	Record daily precipitation	79.5 mm (3.1 in)	56 of 100 (Notable)
Manati 2 E	Puerto Rico [United States]	Record low minimum temperature	14.4 C (57.9 F)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Krasnodar	Russia	Record daily precipitation	58.3 mm (2.3 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Telegraph	United States	Record daily precipitation	88.9 mm (3.5 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Bones I Bardu	Norway	Record daily precipitation	35.0 mm (1.4 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Harnosand	Sweden	Record high maximum temperature	25.2 C (77.4 F)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Holdenville 2SSE	United States	Record daily precipitation	83.1 mm (3.3 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Kazbegy	Georgia	Record daily precipitation	44.2 mm (1.7 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Greer	United States	Record daily snowfall	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Canon City	United States	Record snow depth	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Smithville	United States	Record daily precipitation	124.0 mm (4.9 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Storsteinnes I Balsfjord	Norway	Record daily precipitation	32.6 mm (1.3 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Benbrook Dam	United States	Record daily precipitation	101.6 mm (4.0 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Bvumbwe	Malawi	Record daily precipitation	25.3 mm (1.0 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Valley	United Kingdom	Record high maximum temperature	27.0 C (80.6 F)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Des Moines	United States	Record daily snowfall	23.4 cm (9.2 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Black Lake	United States	Record snow depth	22.9 cm (9.0 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Wills Pt	United States	Record daily precipitation	135.9 mm (5.4 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Dallas Hensley Fld NAS	United States	Record daily precipitation	111.0 mm (4.4 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Torsvag Fyr	Norway	Record daily precipitation	35.2 mm (1.4 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Gelendzik	Russia	Record daily precipitation	48.8 mm (1.9 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Uppsala_Aut	Sweden	Record high maximum temperature	26.6 C (79.9 F)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Bowie	United States	Record daily precipitation	101.6 mm (4.0 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Stornoway Airport	United Kingdom	Record high maximum temperature	20.3 C (68.5 F)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Greer	United States	Record snow depth	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Water Valley	United States	Record daily precipitation	49.3 mm (1.9 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
La Junta Muni AP	United States	Record daily snowfall	18.8 cm (7.4 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Kasama	Zambia	Record daily precipitation	32.2 mm (1.3 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Lajes Ab	Portugal	Record daily precipitation	34.0 mm (1.3 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Sotchi	Russia	Record daily precipitation	43.8 mm (1.7 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Heavener 2 N	United States	Record daily precipitation	124.5 mm (4.9 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Walters	United States	Record low maximum temperature	12.8 C (55.0 F)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Olney	United States	Record daily precipitation	102.6 mm (4.0 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Valentia Observatory	Ireland	Record high maximum temperature	25.6 C (78.1 F)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Cet Central England	United Kingdom	Record high maximum temperature	25.5 C (77.9 F)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Cimarron 4 SW	United States	Record daily snowfall	5.1 cm (2.0 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Gaddede	Sweden	Record high minimum temperature	5.8 C (42.4 F)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Willows 6 W	United States	Record high minimum temperature	18.9 C (66.0 F)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Lipan 4NW	United States	Record daily precipitation	114.3 mm (4.5 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Newton Rigg	United Kingdom	Record high maximum temperature	25.2 C (77.4 F)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Ft Ross	United States	Record high maximum temperature	21.7 C (71.1 F)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Saint Leo	United States	Record high maximum temperature	36.7 C (98.1 F)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Madill	United States	Record daily precipitation	97.8 mm (3.9 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Biskra	Algeria	Record low maximum temperature	18.4 C (65.1 F)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Freiburg	Germany	Record high minimum temperature	15.7 C (60.3 F)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Oxford	United Kingdom	Record high maximum temperature	25.9 C (78.6 F)	40 of 100 (Notable)
St Mawgan	United Kingdom	Record high maximum temperature	25.6 C (78.1 F)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Sheffield	United Kingdom	Record high maximum temperature	26.2 C (79.2 F)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Des Moines	United States	Record snow depth	22.9 cm (9.0 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Chattanooga	United States	Record low maximum temperature	12.2 C (54.0 F)	40 of 100 (Notable)

Counts by Type and Timescale

1,567 records

Records set or tied on 2 May 1990 by type: Highest daily maximum 477, Lowest daily maximum 294, Highest daily minimum 290, Lowest daily minimum 72, Heaviest daily rainfall 387, Heaviest daily snowfall 24, Deepest snow cover 23.

Records on 2 May 1990 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	477
Lowest daily maximum	294
Highest daily minimum	290
Lowest daily minimum	72
Heaviest daily rainfall	387
Heaviest daily snowfall	24
Deepest snow cover	23

Records on 2 May 1990 by timescale: all-time 3, monthly 80, daily 1,484.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

1,331 broken records

Margins by which the 1,331 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 203.0. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

2 May 1990

Top 20 records on 2 May 1990 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
2 May 1990	Tromso, NO	monthly rain	42.6 mm (1.7 in)	13.3 mm (0.5 in)	52 years	67 of 100 (Major)
2 May 1990	Westcliffe, US	daily snow depth	33.0 cm (13.0 in)	20.3 cm (8.0 in)	76 years	66 of 100 (Major)
2 May 1990	Albany, US	daily rain	111.5 mm (4.4 in)	69.1 mm (2.7 in)	45 years	62 of 100 (Major)
2 May 1990	Sherman, US	daily rain	122.2 mm (4.8 in)	54.9 mm (2.2 in)	84 years	61 of 100 (Major)
2 May 1990	Wilburton 9 ENE, US	daily rain	139.7 mm (5.5 in)	85.9 mm (3.4 in)	45 years	60 of 100 (Major)
2 May 1990	Rico, US	daily rain	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	14.2 mm (0.6 in)	75 years	59 of 100 (Notable)
2 May 1990	Rocksprings, US	daily rain	88.9 mm (3.5 in)	60.7 mm (2.4 in)	44 years	59 of 100 (Notable)
2 May 1990	Calvin, US	daily rain	134.6 mm (5.3 in)	85.6 mm (3.4 in)	36 years	58 of 100 (Notable)
2 May 1990	Abilene Rgnl AP, US	monthly rain	119.9 mm (4.7 in)	52.3 mm (2.1 in)	20 years	58 of 100 (Notable)
2 May 1990	Ferros, BR	daily rain	47.9 mm (1.9 in)	30.5 mm (1.2 in)	47 years	56 of 100 (Notable)
2 May 1990	Harrison Boone Co AP, US	daily rain	79.5 mm (3.1 in)	55.4 mm (2.2 in)	41 years	56 of 100 (Notable)
2 May 1990	Manati 2 E, PR	monthly low min	14.4 C (57.9 F)	1.2 C (2.2 F)	86 years	54 of 100 (Notable)
2 May 1990	Krasnodar, RU	daily rain	58.3 mm (2.3 in)	43.4 mm (1.7 in)	32 years	54 of 100 (Notable)
2 May 1990	Telegraph, US	daily rain	88.9 mm (3.5 in)	69.6 mm (2.7 in)	31 years	53 of 100 (Notable)
2 May 1990	Bones I Bardu, NO	monthly rain	35.0 mm (1.4 in)	5.0 mm (0.20 in)	74 years	52 of 100 (Notable)
2 May 1990	Harnosand, SE	daily high max	25.2 C (77.4 F)	6.2 C (11.2 F)	99 years	52 of 100 (Notable)
2 May 1990	Holdenville 2SSE, US	daily rain	83.1 mm (3.3 in)	47.8 mm (1.9 in)	67 years	52 of 100 (Notable)
2 May 1990	Kazbegy, GE	daily rain	44.2 mm (1.7 in)	27.3 mm (1.1 in)	27 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
2 May 1990	Greer, US	daily snowfall	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	75 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
2 May 1990	Canon City, US	daily snow depth	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	92 years	51 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 1990

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1795 to 1990. 1990 had 1,567 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 50	1,292
50 to 100	32
100 to 150	2
150 to 200	4
200 to 250	1