Weather Records on 1 May 2000

809 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 1 May 2000. Highest significance: Greeneville Exp STN, US.

Key Facts for 1 May 2000

On 1 May 2000, 809 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
473 were record highs and 135 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 0 were all-time records, 38 monthly and 771 daily.
Greeneville Exp STN set a daily record precipitation of 101.6 mm (4.0 in) on 1 May 2000.
Across 165 earlier years (1795 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 440 records.

Record Map

809 stations

809 station records on 1 May 2000 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 1 May 2000: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Greeneville Exp STN	United States	Record daily precipitation	101.6 mm (4.0 in)	80 of 100 (Exceptional)
Greiz-Dolau	Germany	Record daily precipitation	30.4 mm (1.2 in)	71 of 100 (Major)
Ngukurr	Australia	Record daily precipitation	52.4 mm (2.1 in)	56 of 100 (Notable)
Yorktown	United States	Record daily precipitation	90.9 mm (3.6 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Meeker 5 W	United States	Record daily precipitation	91.2 mm (3.6 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Roosevelt	United States	Record daily precipitation	113.0 mm (4.4 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Shawnee	United States	Record daily precipitation	86.1 mm (3.4 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Chandler	United States	Record daily precipitation	95.3 mm (3.8 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Kljuchi	Russia	Record high maximum temperature	18.2 C (64.8 F)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Okemah	United States	Record daily precipitation	79.2 mm (3.1 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Wagoner	United States	Record daily precipitation	69.1 mm (2.7 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Eberbach/Neckar	Germany	Record daily precipitation	29.8 mm (1.2 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Feodosiia	Ukraine	Record high minimum temperature	16.3 C (61.3 F)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Larned	United States	Record daily precipitation	45.7 mm (1.8 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Bay City Wtr Wks	United States	Record daily precipitation	50.8 mm (2.0 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Mucuri	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	64.2 mm (2.5 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Lewistown AP	United States	Record high maximum temperature	27.8 C (82.0 F)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Heron Island Res STN	Australia	Record daily precipitation	75.4 mm (3.0 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Brombachtal-Kirch-Brombach	Germany	Record daily precipitation	35.5 mm (1.4 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Rockdale	United States	Record daily precipitation	105.4 mm (4.1 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Tashkent	Uzbekistan	Record high minimum temperature	17.4 C (63.3 F)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Bernburg/Saale (Nord)	Germany	Record high minimum temperature	12.7 C (54.9 F)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Halmstad	Sweden	Record high minimum temperature	12.2 C (54.0 F)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Boras	Sweden	Record high minimum temperature	10.9 C (51.6 F)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Orleans	United States	Record high minimum temperature	12.8 C (55.0 F)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Prague 2W	United States	Record daily precipitation	60.2 mm (2.4 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
El Reno 1 N	United States	Record daily precipitation	91.4 mm (3.6 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Union City 3 SE	United States	Record daily precipitation	119.1 mm (4.7 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Luling	United States	Record daily precipitation	25.7 mm (1.0 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Modautal-Neunkirchen	Germany	Record daily precipitation	28.2 mm (1.1 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Karlshamn	Sweden	Record high minimum temperature	10.5 C (50.9 F)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Tarpley 3S	United States	Record daily precipitation	34.3 mm (1.4 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Fazenda Diacui	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	46.5 mm (1.8 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Campanario	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	27.5 mm (1.1 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Ona Husoy	Norway	Record high maximum temperature	21.0 C (69.8 F)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Cortland	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-3.9 C (25.0 F)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Altus Irig Rsch STN	United States	Record daily precipitation	66.5 mm (2.6 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Carnegie 5 NE	United States	Record daily precipitation	70.6 mm (2.8 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Guthrie 5S	United States	Record daily precipitation	81.8 mm (3.2 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Lehigh 4 SW	United States	Record daily precipitation	69.9 mm (2.8 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Morro Danta (Pedro Canario)	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	35.7 mm (1.4 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Shenkursk	Russia	Record low minimum temperature	-7.4 C (18.7 F)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Snyder	United States	Record daily precipitation	70.6 mm (2.8 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Huamuxtitlan (Dge)	Mexico	Record low maximum temperature	26.7 C (80.1 F)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Helvecia (Efbm)	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	49.4 mm (1.9 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
La Union	Mexico	Record high minimum temperature	25.0 C (77.0 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Cascade 5 S	United States	Record high maximum temperature	29.4 C (84.9 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
St Patricks River (Targa Farm)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	70.4 mm (2.8 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Fazenda Limoeiro	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	48.7 mm (1.9 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Ataleia	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	53.4 mm (2.1 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Great Bend 3WNW	United States	Record daily precipitation	53.3 mm (2.1 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Goyders Lagoon (Clifton Hills)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	27.0 mm (1.1 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Nadi Airport	Fiji	Record daily precipitation	58.9 mm (2.3 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Clausthal-Zellerfeld	Germany	Record high minimum temperature	12.0 C (53.6 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Rinconada	Mexico	Record high maximum temperature	42.8 C (109.0 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Ljubljana Bezigrad	Slovenia	Record high minimum temperature	12.5 C (54.5 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Millville Muni AP	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-1.7 C (28.9 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Jundah Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	33.6 mm (1.3 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Dorado 2 WNW	Puerto Rico [United States]	Record low maximum temperature	26.1 C (79.0 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Tifton	United States	Record low minimum temperature	3.9 C (39.0 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

809 records

Records set or tied on 1 May 2000 by type: Highest daily maximum 233, Lowest daily maximum 57, Highest daily minimum 240, Lowest daily minimum 78, Heaviest daily rainfall 199, Deepest snow cover 2.

Records on 1 May 2000 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	233
Lowest daily maximum	57
Highest daily minimum	240
Lowest daily minimum	78
Heaviest daily rainfall	199
Heaviest daily snowfall	0
Deepest snow cover	2

Records on 1 May 2000 by timescale: all-time 0, monthly 38, daily 771.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

653 broken records

Margins by which the 653 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 83.5. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

1 May 2000

Top 20 records on 1 May 2000 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
1 May 2000	Greeneville Exp STN, US	daily rain	101.6 mm (4.0 in)	71.9 mm (2.8 in)	102 years	80 of 100 (Exceptional)
1 May 2000	Greiz-Dolau, DE	daily rain	30.4 mm (1.2 in)	18.9 mm (0.7 in)	102 years	71 of 100 (Major)
1 May 2000	Ngukurr, AU	daily rain	52.4 mm (2.1 in)	36.9 mm (1.5 in)	85 years	56 of 100 (Notable)
1 May 2000	Yorktown, US	daily rain	90.9 mm (3.6 in)	61.9 mm (2.4 in)	54 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
1 May 2000	Meeker 5 W, US	daily rain	91.2 mm (3.6 in)	22.6 mm (0.9 in)	101 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
1 May 2000	Roosevelt, US	daily rain	113.0 mm (4.4 in)	83.5 mm (3.3 in)	19 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
1 May 2000	Shawnee, US	daily rain	86.1 mm (3.4 in)	50.0 mm (2.0 in)	51 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
1 May 2000	Chandler, US	daily rain	95.3 mm (3.8 in)	44.5 mm (1.8 in)	51 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
1 May 2000	Kljuchi, RU	daily high max	18.2 C (64.8 F)	5.2 C (9.4 F)	82 years	43 of 100 (Notable)
1 May 2000	Okemah, US	daily rain	79.2 mm (3.1 in)	43.1 mm (1.7 in)	46 years	43 of 100 (Notable)
1 May 2000	Wagoner, US	daily rain	69.1 mm (2.7 in)	6.4 mm (0.25 in)	101 years	43 of 100 (Notable)
1 May 2000	Eberbach/Neckar, DE	daily rain	29.8 mm (1.2 in)	11.4 mm (0.4 in)	62 years	42 of 100 (Notable)
1 May 2000	Feodosiia, UA	daily high min	16.3 C (61.3 F)	0.7 C (1.3 F)	114 years	42 of 100 (Notable)
1 May 2000	Larned, US	daily rain	45.7 mm (1.8 in)	13.2 mm (0.5 in)	71 years	42 of 100 (Notable)
1 May 2000	Bay City Wtr Wks, US	daily rain	50.8 mm (2.0 in)	19.0 mm (0.7 in)	89 years	42 of 100 (Notable)
1 May 2000	Mucuri, BR	monthly rain	64.2 mm (2.5 in)	14.4 mm (0.6 in)	6 years	41 of 100 (Notable)
1 May 2000	Lewistown AP, US	daily high max	27.8 C (82.0 F)	1.7 C (3.1 F)	99 years	41 of 100 (Notable)
1 May 2000	Heron Island Res STN, AU	daily rain	75.4 mm (3.0 in)	40.4 mm (1.6 in)	14 years	40 of 100 (Notable)
1 May 2000	Brombachtal-Kirch-Brombach, DE	daily rain	35.5 mm (1.4 in)	23.0 mm (0.9 in)	8 years	40 of 100 (Notable)
1 May 2000	Rockdale, US	daily rain	105.4 mm (4.1 in)	65.5 mm (2.6 in)	14 years	40 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 2000

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1795 to 2000. 2000 had 809 records.

Counts for years before the ledger starts come from the same station rules.

Records on 05-01 in each year
Year	Records
1795	1
1802	1
1804	1
1814	1
1818	1
1835	1
1836	1
1840	1
1846	2
1847	1
1850	1
1851	1
1857	1
1860	1
1861	1
1864	2
1865	1
1868	2
1872	1
1875	4
1878	2
1879	2
1880	3
1881	2
1884	1
1885	1
1886	2
1887	2
1888	2
1889	3
1890	2
1891	5
1892	6
1893	2
1894	5
1896	1
1897	4
1898	1
1899	8
1900	1
1901	5
1902	7
1903	9
1904	9
1905	13
1906	12
1907	31
1908	20
1909	49
1910	13
1911	22
1912	18
1913	54
1914	23
1915	27
1916	27
1917	37
1918	34
1919	150
1920	186
1921	41
1922	92
1923	64
1924	63
1925	118
1926	500
1927	125
1928	190
1929	142
1930	263
1931	537
1932	220
1933	706
1934	305
1935	276
1936	368
1937	218
1938	304
1939	227
1940	731
1941	333
1942	1,036
1943	526
1944	229
1945	350
1946	415
1947	655
1948	774
1949	405
1950	439
1951	894
1952	557
1953	917
1954	1,506
1955	772
1956	1,106
1957	359
1958	448
1959	764
1960	737
1961	588
1962	615
1963	704
1964	312
1965	360
1966	707
1967	948
1968	426
1969	429
1970	1,075
1971	444
1972	562
1973	841
1974	589
1975	286
1976	673
1977	545
1978	1,202
1979	612
1980	507
1981	1,265
1982	508
1983	1,423
1984	640
1985	789
1986	512
1987	1,098
1988	1,058
1989	949
1990	922
1991	633
1992	1,201
1993	1,101
1994	1,210
1995	1,365
1996	1,439
1997	804
1998	951
1999	932
2000	809
2001	1,106
2002	1,221
2003	964
2004	887
2005	1,320
2006	734
2007	857
2008	979
2009	679
2010	1,151
2011	716
2012	796
2013	976
2014	941
2015	550
2016	844
2017	1,163
2018	519
2019	788
2020	1,099
2021	834
2022	319
2023	913
2024	458
2025	430
2026	623

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Data for records on 2000-05-01: 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 2026-10-14 (14 October 2026). Records are computed by this site and are not official.

Data as of 2026-10-12. Last revised 12 October 2026 (2026-10-12).

Margin	Records
0 to 20	619
20 to 40	23
40 to 60	7
60 to 80	3
80 to 100	1