Weather Records on 2 May 1997

750 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 2 May 1997. Highest significance: Stephan 2 NW, US.

Key Facts for 2 May 1997

On 2 May 1997, 750 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
317 were record highs and 190 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 2 were all-time records, 48 monthly and 700 daily.
Stephan 2 NW set a daily record precipitation of 51.1 mm (2.0 in) on 2 May 1997.
Across 162 earlier years (1795 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 460 records.

Record Map

750 stations

750 station records on 2 May 1997 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 2 May 1997: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Stephan 2 NW	United States	Record daily precipitation	51.1 mm (2.0 in)	63 of 100 (Major)
Krakmo	Norway	Record snow depth	134.0 cm (52.8 in)	61 of 100 (Major)
Sundsfjord	Norway	Record daily precipitation	100.0 mm (3.9 in)	60 of 100 (Major)
Wessington Springs	United States	Record daily precipitation	37.1 mm (1.5 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Highmore 23 N	United States	Record daily precipitation	45.7 mm (1.8 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Ft Logan 4 ESE	United States	Record daily snowfall	5.1 cm (2.0 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Rochford 2 WNW	United States	Record daily snowfall	25.4 cm (10.0 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Portland	Australia	Record daily precipitation	26.0 mm (1.0 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Granville Harbour	Australia	Record daily precipitation	30.0 mm (1.2 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Balfour	Australia	Record daily precipitation	50.0 mm (2.0 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Hat Creek	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-9.4 C (15.1 F)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Hill City	United States	Record daily snowfall	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Mount Richmond	Australia	Record daily precipitation	34.4 mm (1.4 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Buskala Rch	United States	Record daily snowfall	32.3 cm (12.7 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Cape Bridgewater	Australia	Record daily precipitation	26.0 mm (1.0 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Gas Hills 4E	United States	Record daily snowfall	35.6 cm (14.0 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Bryant	United States	Record daily precipitation	32.3 mm (1.3 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Highmore	United States	Record daily precipitation	48.8 mm (1.9 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Wessington 2SE	United States	Record daily precipitation	38.9 mm (1.5 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Melbourne Regional Office	Australia	Record high minimum temperature	16.9 C (62.4 F)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Trowutta (Ringwood)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	48.2 mm (1.9 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Susendal	Norway	Record snow depth	155.0 cm (61.0 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Haparanda	Sweden	Record snow depth	45.0 cm (17.7 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Blunt	United States	Record daily precipitation	38.9 mm (1.5 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Alexandria	United States	Record daily precipitation	36.1 mm (1.4 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Forestburg 4 NNE	United States	Record daily precipitation	35.3 mm (1.4 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Shurchi	Uzbekistan	Record daily precipitation	27.0 mm (1.1 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
White Lake	United States	Record daily precipitation	50.8 mm (2.0 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Pte de Chassiron	France	Record high maximum temperature	27.3 C (81.1 F)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Glomfjord	Norway	Record daily precipitation	52.5 mm (2.1 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Ankenes	Norway	Record snow depth	118.0 cm (46.5 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
San Sebastian - Igueldo	Spain	Record high maximum temperature	27.4 C (81.3 F)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Jokkmokk	Sweden	Record snow depth	82.0 cm (32.3 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Bridger 2 N	United States	Record daily precipitation	31.8 mm (1.3 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Pactola Dam	United States	Record daily snowfall	11.2 cm (4.4 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Beaconsfield (Mine & Heritage	Australia	Record daily precipitation	29.4 mm (1.2 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Karlshamn	Sweden	Record high minimum temperature	11.5 C (52.7 F)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Riverside 7 SSW	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-8.9 C (16.0 F)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Mellette 4 W	United States	Record daily precipitation	30.2 mm (1.2 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Wessington Springs 7SW	United States	Record daily precipitation	43.4 mm (1.7 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Irrewillipe (Tomahawk Creek)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	27.6 mm (1.1 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Ringarooma (Charles Street)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	30.0 mm (1.2 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Tustervatnet II	Norway	Record daily precipitation	54.5 mm (2.1 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Alvundfjord	Norway	Record daily precipitation	28.3 mm (1.1 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Karlstad	Sweden	Record high minimum temperature	9.6 C (49.3 F)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Redfield	United States	Record daily precipitation	28.2 mm (1.1 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Tremonton	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-2.2 C (28.0 F)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Dividalen	Norway	Record snow depth	70.0 cm (27.6 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Coeur D'Alene	United States	Record low maximum temperature	7.2 C (45.0 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Milford 4 NW	United States	Record daily precipitation	31.5 mm (1.2 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Van Vleet	United States	Record daily precipitation	139.7 mm (5.5 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Armour	United States	Record daily precipitation	41.1 mm (1.6 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Moroni	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-6.7 C (19.9 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Santaquin Chlorinator	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-3.9 C (25.0 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Greenwood Leflore AP	United States	Record daily precipitation	80.5 mm (3.2 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Lake Margaret Power Station	Australia	Record daily precipitation	62.2 mm (2.4 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Savage River Mine	Australia	Record daily precipitation	45.4 mm (1.8 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Storsteinnes I Balsfjord	Norway	Record snow depth	169.0 cm (66.5 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Steamboat Springs	United States	Record low maximum temperature	2.8 C (37.0 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Ft Pierre 17 WSW	United States	Record daily precipitation	45.7 mm (1.8 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

750 records

Records set or tied on 2 May 1997 by type: Highest daily maximum 127, Lowest daily maximum 56, Highest daily minimum 190, Lowest daily minimum 134, Heaviest daily rainfall 184, Heaviest daily snowfall 17, Deepest snow cover 42.

Records on 2 May 1997 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	127
Lowest daily maximum	56
Highest daily minimum	190
Lowest daily minimum	134
Heaviest daily rainfall	184
Heaviest daily snowfall	17
Deepest snow cover	42

Records on 2 May 1997 by timescale: all-time 2, monthly 48, daily 700.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

590 broken records

Margins by which the 590 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 740.0. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

2 May 1997

Top 20 records on 2 May 1997 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
2 May 1997	Stephan 2 NW, US	daily rain	51.1 mm (2.0 in)	27.0 mm (1.1 in)	92 years	63 of 100 (Major)
2 May 1997	Krakmo, NO	daily snow depth	134.0 cm (52.8 in)	46.0 cm (18.1 in)	92 years	61 of 100 (Major)
2 May 1997	Sundsfjord, NO	monthly rain	100.0 mm (3.9 in)	41.7 mm (1.6 in)	23 years	60 of 100 (Major)
2 May 1997	Wessington Springs, US	daily rain	37.1 mm (1.5 in)	18.0 mm (0.7 in)	97 years	52 of 100 (Notable)
2 May 1997	Highmore 23 N, US	daily rain	45.7 mm (1.8 in)	35.5 mm (1.4 in)	32 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
2 May 1997	Ft Logan 4 ESE, US	daily snowfall	5.1 cm (2.0 in)	5.1 cm (2.0 in)	102 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
2 May 1997	Rochford 2 WNW, US	monthly snowfall	25.4 cm (10.0 in)	4.8 cm (1.9 in)	67 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
2 May 1997	Portland, AU	daily rain	26.0 mm (1.0 in)	5.7 mm (0.22 in)	107 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
2 May 1997	Granville Harbour, AU	daily rain	30.0 mm (1.2 in)	16.0 mm (0.6 in)	71 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
2 May 1997	Balfour, AU	daily rain	50.0 mm (2.0 in)	20.0 mm (0.8 in)	64 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
2 May 1997	Hat Creek, US	monthly low min	-9.4 C (15.1 F)	3.8 C (6.8 F)	66 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
2 May 1997	Hill City, US	daily snowfall	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	88 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
2 May 1997	Mount Richmond, AU	daily rain	34.4 mm (1.4 in)	22.2 mm (0.9 in)	28 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
2 May 1997	Buskala Rch, US	daily snowfall	32.3 cm (12.7 in)	19.6 cm (7.7 in)	44 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
2 May 1997	Cape Bridgewater, AU	daily rain	26.0 mm (1.0 in)	7.7 mm (0.30 in)	84 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
2 May 1997	Gas Hills 4E, US	daily snowfall	35.6 cm (14.0 in)	28.0 cm (11.0 in)	8 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
2 May 1997	Bryant, US	daily rain	32.3 mm (1.3 in)	14.5 mm (0.6 in)	82 years	44 of 100 (Notable)
2 May 1997	Highmore, US	daily rain	48.8 mm (1.9 in)	18.3 mm (0.7 in)	52 years	43 of 100 (Notable)
2 May 1997	Wessington 2SE, US	daily rain	38.9 mm (1.5 in)	27.5 mm (1.1 in)	44 years	43 of 100 (Notable)
2 May 1997	Melbourne Regional Office, AU	daily high min	16.9 C (62.4 F)	0.8 C (1.4 F)	107 years	42 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 1997

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1795 to 1997. 1997 had 750 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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Data for records on 1997-05-02: 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 100	561
100 to 200	15
200 to 300	8
300 to 400	2
400 to 500	1
500 to 600	1
600 to 700	1
700 to 800	1