Weather Records on 7 May 1993

831 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 7 May 1993. Highest significance: Montevideo 1SW, US.

Key Facts for 7 May 1993

On 7 May 1993, 831 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
399 were record highs and 98 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 2 were all-time records, 14 monthly and 815 daily.
Montevideo 1SW set a monthly record daily precipitation of 121.9 mm (4.8 in) on 7 May 1993.
Across 168 earlier years (1795 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 416 records.

Record Map

831 stations

831 station records on 7 May 1993 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 7 May 1993: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Montevideo 1SW	United States	Record daily precipitation	121.9 mm (4.8 in)	70 of 100 (Major)
Gallatin 1W	United States	Record daily precipitation	81.3 mm (3.2 in)	62 of 100 (Major)
Minneota	United States	Record daily precipitation	75.7 mm (3.0 in)	56 of 100 (Notable)
Kimba	Australia	Record daily precipitation	29.6 mm (1.2 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Leinstrand	Norway	Record daily precipitation	25.6 mm (1.0 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Extremo	Portugal	Record daily precipitation	87.0 mm (3.4 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Wagner	United States	Record daily precipitation	46.5 mm (1.8 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Hillside Station	Australia	Record daily precipitation	41.6 mm (1.6 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Ottawa	United States	Record daily precipitation	73.7 mm (2.9 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Redwood Falls Muni AP	United States	Record daily precipitation	39.6 mm (1.6 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Totolapa (Smn)	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	45.0 mm (1.8 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Haparanda	Sweden	Record high maximum temperature	18.0 C (64.4 F)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Farmington 3NW	United States	Record high minimum temperature	15.6 C (60.1 F)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Culbertson	United States	Record daily precipitation	30.2 mm (1.2 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Ahualulco	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	67.6 mm (2.7 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Cerro Prieto	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	71.9 mm (2.8 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Turnu Magurele	Romania	Record low minimum temperature	1.7 C (35.1 F)	37 of 100 (Notable)
San Rafael-Civic Ctr	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-2.8 C (27.0 F)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Santa Rosa	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	86.9 mm (3.4 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Telluride 4WNW	United States	Record daily snowfall	17.8 cm (7.0 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Stewart	United States	Record daily precipitation	40.1 mm (1.6 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Pembina	United States	Record high minimum temperature	13.9 C (57.0 F)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Prado	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	50.0 mm (2.0 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Healdton 3 E	United States	Record daily precipitation	81.5 mm (3.2 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Timpanogos Cave	United States	Record daily precipitation	36.1 mm (1.4 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Giles Meteorological Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	28.8 mm (1.1 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Lorimor	United States	Record daily precipitation	67.8 mm (2.7 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Lees Summit Reed Wr	United States	Record daily precipitation	49.3 mm (1.9 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Merida Centro	Mexico	Record low minimum temperature	12.8 C (55.0 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Preststulen	Norway	Record daily precipitation	36.7 mm (1.4 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Blockton 1W	United States	Record daily precipitation	76.7 mm (3.0 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
O'Neill	United States	Record daily precipitation	26.9 mm (1.1 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Winthrop UNIV	United States	Record high minimum temperature	20.0 C (68.0 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Tempoal de Sanchez	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	66.3 mm (2.6 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Agartala	India	Record daily precipitation	95.0 mm (3.7 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Espedalen	Norway	Record daily precipitation	26.3 mm (1.0 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Culbertson	United States	Record high minimum temperature	11.7 C (53.1 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Sidney	United States	Record daily precipitation	27.9 mm (1.1 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Sioux Falls	United States	Record daily precipitation	47.5 mm (1.9 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Idkerberget	Sweden	Record daily precipitation	25.0 mm (1.0 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Ida Grove 5NW	United States	Record daily precipitation	45.0 mm (1.8 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Longford	United States	Record daily precipitation	59.9 mm (2.4 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Hutchinson 1 N	United States	Record daily precipitation	36.1 mm (1.4 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Bottineau	United States	Record high minimum temperature	13.9 C (57.0 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
McAlester Rgnl AP	United States	Record high minimum temperature	22.2 C (72.0 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Tallinn	Estonia	Record high minimum temperature	14.1 C (57.4 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)
San Gabriel	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	27.4 mm (1.1 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Platon Sanchez	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	57.9 mm (2.3 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Habo	Sweden	Record daily precipitation	35.5 mm (1.4 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Hamilton 2W	United States	Record daily precipitation	53.3 mm (2.1 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Cottonwood Weir	United States	Record daily precipitation	32.3 mm (1.3 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Cabezones	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	35.3 mm (1.4 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Bomnak	Russia	Record high minimum temperature	8.6 C (47.5 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Bonner Springs	United States	Record daily precipitation	38.4 mm (1.5 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Ponca City Muni AP	United States	Record daily precipitation	42.4 mm (1.7 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Tallinn	Estonia	Record high minimum temperature	14.1 C (57.4 F)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Hecelchakan (Smn)	Mexico	Record low minimum temperature	10.0 C (50.0 F)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Salvatierra	Mexico	Record low minimum temperature	5.0 C (41.0 F)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Ocotlan de Morelos	Mexico	Record high minimum temperature	20.0 C (68.0 F)	27 of 100 (Routine)
San Vicente	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	37.8 mm (1.5 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

831 records

Records set or tied on 7 May 1993 by type: Highest daily maximum 147, Lowest daily maximum 46, Highest daily minimum 252, Lowest daily minimum 52, Heaviest daily rainfall 327, Heaviest daily snowfall 4, Deepest snow cover 3.

Records on 7 May 1993 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	147
Lowest daily maximum	46
Highest daily minimum	252
Lowest daily minimum	52
Heaviest daily rainfall	327
Heaviest daily snowfall	4
Deepest snow cover	3

Records on 7 May 1993 by timescale: all-time 2, monthly 14, daily 815.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

672 broken records

Margins by which the 672 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 76.0. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

7 May 1993

Top 20 records on 7 May 1993 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
7 May 1993	Montevideo 1SW, US	monthly rain	121.9 mm (4.8 in)	24.6 mm (1.0 in)	87 years	70 of 100 (Major)
7 May 1993	Gallatin 1W, US	daily rain	81.3 mm (3.2 in)	64.5 mm (2.5 in)	40 years	62 of 100 (Major)
7 May 1993	Minneota, US	daily rain	75.7 mm (3.0 in)	45.2 mm (1.8 in)	43 years	56 of 100 (Notable)
7 May 1993	Kimba, AU	daily rain	29.6 mm (1.2 in)	21.0 mm (0.8 in)	19 years	52 of 100 (Notable)
7 May 1993	Leinstrand, NO	daily rain	25.6 mm (1.0 in)	20.0 mm (0.8 in)	27 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
7 May 1993	Extremo, PT	daily rain	87.0 mm (3.4 in)	65.0 mm (2.6 in)	26 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
7 May 1993	Wagner, US	daily rain	46.5 mm (1.8 in)	29.2 mm (1.1 in)	60 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
7 May 1993	Hillside Station, AU	daily rain	41.6 mm (1.6 in)	36.8 mm (1.4 in)	23 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
7 May 1993	Ottawa, US	daily rain	73.7 mm (2.9 in)	22.4 mm (0.9 in)	60 years	43 of 100 (Notable)
7 May 1993	Redwood Falls Muni AP, US	daily rain	39.6 mm (1.6 in)	14.7 mm (0.6 in)	63 years	43 of 100 (Notable)
7 May 1993	Totolapa (Smn), MX	daily rain	45.0 mm (1.8 in)	35.1 mm (1.4 in)	30 years	42 of 100 (Notable)
7 May 1993	Haparanda, SE	daily high max	18.0 C (64.4 F)	1.0 C (1.8 F)	97 years	41 of 100 (Notable)
7 May 1993	Farmington 3NW, US	daily high min	15.6 C (60.1 F)	0.6 C (1.1 F)	96 years	40 of 100 (Notable)
7 May 1993	Culbertson, US	daily rain	30.2 mm (1.2 in)	12.4 mm (0.5 in)	52 years	40 of 100 (Notable)
7 May 1993	Ahualulco, MX	daily rain	67.6 mm (2.7 in)	49.8 mm (2.0 in)	30 years	38 of 100 (Notable)
7 May 1993	Cerro Prieto, MX	daily rain	71.9 mm (2.8 in)	58.9 mm (2.3 in)	7 years	37 of 100 (Notable)
7 May 1993	Turnu Magurele, RO	daily low min	1.7 C (35.1 F)	1.8 C (3.2 F)	78 years	37 of 100 (Notable)
7 May 1993	San Rafael-Civic Ctr, US	monthly low min	-2.8 C (27.0 F)	2.2 C (4.0 F)	28 years	37 of 100 (Notable)
7 May 1993	Santa Rosa, MX	daily rain	86.9 mm (3.4 in)	60.5 mm (2.4 in)	0 years	36 of 100 (Notable)
7 May 1993	Telluride 4WNW, US	daily snowfall	17.8 cm (7.0 in)	7.6 cm (3.0 in)	63 years	36 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 1993

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1795 to 1993. 1993 had 831 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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Data for records on 1993-05-07: 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 10	576
10 to 20	54
20 to 30	21
30 to 40	9
40 to 50	4
50 to 60	4
60 to 70	3
70 to 80	1