Weather Records on 7 May 1997

1,359 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 7 May 1997. Highest significance: Malung, SE.

Key Facts for 7 May 1997

On 7 May 1997, 1,359 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
444 were record highs and 263 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 1 were all-time records, 60 monthly and 1,298 daily.
Malung set a monthly record daily precipitation of 43.9 mm (1.7 in) on 7 May 1997.
Across 168 earlier years (1795 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 413 records.

Record Map

1,359 stations

1,359 station records on 7 May 1997 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 7 May 1997: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Malung	Sweden	Record daily precipitation	43.9 mm (1.7 in)	83 of 100 (Exceptional)
Newstead	Australia	Record daily precipitation	34.4 mm (1.4 in)	68 of 100 (Major)
Yandoit	Australia	Record daily precipitation	39.6 mm (1.6 in)	68 of 100 (Major)
Idre_D	Sweden	Record daily precipitation	48.8 mm (1.9 in)	68 of 100 (Major)
Nes Pa Hedmark	Norway	Record daily precipitation	32.6 mm (1.3 in)	65 of 100 (Major)
Yarrawalla South	Australia	Record daily precipitation	29.6 mm (1.2 in)	62 of 100 (Major)
Storbron	Sweden	Record daily precipitation	60.1 mm (2.4 in)	62 of 100 (Major)
Kristinehamn	Sweden	Record daily precipitation	33.7 mm (1.3 in)	57 of 100 (Notable)
Jarnbergsas	Sweden	Record daily precipitation	38.5 mm (1.5 in)	57 of 100 (Notable)
Boort	Australia	Record daily precipitation	25.6 mm (1.0 in)	55 of 100 (Notable)
Lisskogsasen	Sweden	Record daily precipitation	59.0 mm (2.3 in)	55 of 100 (Notable)
Grovelsjon	Sweden	Record daily precipitation	43.9 mm (1.7 in)	55 of 100 (Notable)
Drevsjo	Norway	Record daily precipitation	36.7 mm (1.4 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Krakmo	Norway	Record snow depth	103.0 cm (40.6 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Torntorp	Sweden	Record daily precipitation	29.3 mm (1.2 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Teul de Gonzalez Ortega (Dge)	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	35.3 mm (1.4 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Smythe	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	25.0 mm (1.0 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Atorp	Sweden	Record daily precipitation	30.8 mm (1.2 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Horken	Sweden	Record daily precipitation	33.0 mm (1.3 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Transtrand_D	Sweden	Record daily precipitation	48.1 mm (1.9 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Kolsva	Sweden	Record daily precipitation	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Trangslet	Sweden	Record daily precipitation	32.1 mm (1.3 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Kaneohe 838.1	United States	Record daily precipitation	80.5 mm (3.2 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Mincha	Australia	Record daily precipitation	27.6 mm (1.1 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Garfield	Australia	Record daily precipitation	25.2 mm (1.0 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Daylesford	Australia	Record daily precipitation	39.4 mm (1.6 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Biri	Norway	Record daily precipitation	35.8 mm (1.4 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Mt Washington	United States	Record daily snowfall	48.0 cm (18.9 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Tandarra	Australia	Record daily precipitation	27.6 mm (1.1 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Forshult	Sweden	Record daily precipitation	27.8 mm (1.1 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Grangesberg	Sweden	Record daily precipitation	32.0 mm (1.3 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Evertsberg	Sweden	Record daily precipitation	36.0 mm (1.4 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Grundforsen	Sweden	Record daily precipitation	39.2 mm (1.5 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Ulverstone (Knights Road)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	36.0 mm (1.4 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Waipahu 750	United States	Record daily precipitation	30.7 mm (1.2 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Tasan	Sweden	Record daily precipitation	57.3 mm (2.3 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Mathoura (Mathoura Station)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	28.0 mm (1.1 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Teul de Gonzalez Ortega (Smn)	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	35.3 mm (1.4 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Susendal	Norway	Record snow depth	158.0 cm (62.2 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Malmagen	Sweden	Record daily precipitation	32.2 mm (1.3 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Castlemaine Prison	Australia	Record daily precipitation	35.6 mm (1.4 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Latrobe (Coal Road)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	35.0 mm (1.4 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Perdeberg (Sar)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	29.5 mm (1.2 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Gustavsfors	Sweden	Record daily precipitation	39.0 mm (1.5 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Ostmark-Rojdasen	Sweden	Record daily precipitation	46.6 mm (1.8 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Flotningen	Sweden	Record daily precipitation	28.8 mm (1.1 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Gresham 3W	United States	Record daily precipitation	67.6 mm (2.7 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Red Hill South	Australia	Record daily precipitation	30.8 mm (1.2 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Joyces Creek	Australia	Record daily precipitation	27.4 mm (1.1 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Grythyttan	Sweden	Record daily precipitation	38.0 mm (1.5 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Dromana Sussex Farm	Australia	Record daily precipitation	29.8 mm (1.2 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Malmsbury Reservoir	Australia	Record daily precipitation	38.6 mm (1.5 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Telningsberg	Sweden	Record daily precipitation	35.7 mm (1.4 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Solleron	Sweden	Record daily precipitation	26.8 mm (1.1 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Salen	Sweden	Record daily precipitation	44.3 mm (1.7 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Coconut Is 840.1	United States	Record daily precipitation	37.1 mm (1.5 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Heathcote	Australia	Record daily precipitation	31.4 mm (1.2 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Trentham (Post Office)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	41.8 mm (1.6 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Railton (Cement Australia)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	39.4 mm (1.6 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Ridgley	Australia	Record daily precipitation	43.0 mm (1.7 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)

Counts by Type and Timescale

1,359 records

Records set or tied on 7 May 1997 by type: Highest daily maximum 211, Lowest daily maximum 129, Highest daily minimum 233, Lowest daily minimum 134, Heaviest daily rainfall 602, Heaviest daily snowfall 10, Deepest snow cover 40.

Records on 7 May 1997 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	211
Lowest daily maximum	129
Highest daily minimum	233
Lowest daily minimum	134
Heaviest daily rainfall	602
Heaviest daily snowfall	10
Deepest snow cover	40

Records on 7 May 1997 by timescale: all-time 1, monthly 60, daily 1,298.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

1,193 broken records

Margins by which the 1,193 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 560.0. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

7 May 1997

Top 20 records on 7 May 1997 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
7 May 1997	Malung, SE	monthly rain	43.9 mm (1.7 in)	17.5 mm (0.7 in)	89 years	83 of 100 (Exceptional)
7 May 1997	Newstead, AU	daily rain	34.4 mm (1.4 in)	24.5 mm (1.0 in)	78 years	68 of 100 (Major)
7 May 1997	Yandoit, AU	daily rain	39.6 mm (1.6 in)	25.1 mm (1.0 in)	80 years	68 of 100 (Major)
7 May 1997	Idre_D, SE	monthly rain	48.8 mm (1.9 in)	24.8 mm (1.0 in)	44 years	68 of 100 (Major)
7 May 1997	Nes Pa Hedmark, NO	daily rain	32.6 mm (1.3 in)	19.6 mm (0.8 in)	54 years	65 of 100 (Major)
7 May 1997	Yarrawalla South, AU	daily rain	29.6 mm (1.2 in)	16.9 mm (0.7 in)	105 years	62 of 100 (Major)
7 May 1997	Storbron, SE	monthly rain	60.1 mm (2.4 in)	22.1 mm (0.9 in)	23 years	62 of 100 (Major)
7 May 1997	Kristinehamn, SE	daily rain	33.7 mm (1.3 in)	23.5 mm (0.9 in)	40 years	57 of 100 (Notable)
7 May 1997	Jarnbergsas, SE	daily rain	38.5 mm (1.5 in)	33.4 mm (1.3 in)	40 years	57 of 100 (Notable)
7 May 1997	Boort, AU	daily rain	25.6 mm (1.0 in)	10.4 mm (0.4 in)	113 years	55 of 100 (Notable)
7 May 1997	Lisskogsasen, SE	monthly rain	59.0 mm (2.3 in)	29.8 mm (1.2 in)	0 years	55 of 100 (Notable)
7 May 1997	Grovelsjon, SE	daily rain	43.9 mm (1.7 in)	32.1 mm (1.3 in)	36 years	55 of 100 (Notable)
7 May 1997	Drevsjo, NO	daily rain	36.7 mm (1.4 in)	26.1 mm (1.0 in)	36 years	54 of 100 (Notable)
7 May 1997	Krakmo, NO	daily snow depth	103.0 cm (40.6 in)	33.0 cm (13.0 in)	92 years	54 of 100 (Notable)
7 May 1997	Torntorp, SE	daily rain	29.3 mm (1.2 in)	18.2 mm (0.7 in)	39 years	54 of 100 (Notable)
7 May 1997	Teul de Gonzalez Ortega (Dge), MX	daily rain	35.3 mm (1.4 in)	35.3 mm (1.4 in)	34 years	53 of 100 (Notable)
7 May 1997	Smythe, ZA	daily rain	25.0 mm (1.0 in)	24.2 mm (1.0 in)	62 years	53 of 100 (Notable)
7 May 1997	Atorp, SE	daily rain	30.8 mm (1.2 in)	19.9 mm (0.8 in)	28 years	53 of 100 (Notable)
7 May 1997	Horken, SE	daily rain	33.0 mm (1.3 in)	20.6 mm (0.8 in)	28 years	53 of 100 (Notable)
7 May 1997	Transtrand_D, SE	monthly rain	48.1 mm (1.9 in)	12.1 mm (0.5 in)	52 years	53 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 1,359 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 1997-05-07: 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 100	1,169
100 to 200	9
200 to 300	8
300 to 400	2
400 to 500	3
500 to 600	2