Weather Records on 2 May 2000

931 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 2 May 2000. Highest significance: Mungeranie, AU.

Key Facts for 2 May 2000

On 2 May 2000, 931 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
514 were record highs and 197 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 0 were all-time records, 43 monthly and 888 daily.
Mungeranie set a monthly record daily precipitation of 52.6 mm (2.1 in) on 2 May 2000.
Across 162 earlier years (1795 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 458 records.

Record Map

931 stations

931 station records on 2 May 2000 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 2 May 2000: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Mungeranie	Australia	Record daily precipitation	52.6 mm (2.1 in)	83 of 100 (Exceptional)
Mungeranie (Cowarie)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	37.0 mm (1.5 in)	72 of 100 (Major)
Harper 3ENE	United States	Record daily precipitation	75.4 mm (3.0 in)	63 of 100 (Major)
Makaweli 965	United States	Record low maximum temperature	23.3 C (73.9 F)	58 of 100 (Notable)
Marion	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-4.4 C (24.1 F)	56 of 100 (Notable)
Schopfheim-Eichen	Germany	Record daily precipitation	57.5 mm (2.3 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Bierbank	Australia	Record daily precipitation	45.0 mm (1.8 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Vroomshoop	Netherlands	Record daily precipitation	36.3 mm (1.4 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Stavropol (Amsg)	Russia	Record daily precipitation	38.8 mm (1.5 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Hatfield (Benilkie)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	25.0 mm (1.0 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Zadar	Croatia	Record daily precipitation	37.1 mm (1.5 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Wharton	United States	Record daily precipitation	64.3 mm (2.5 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Roma Ciampino	Italy	Record daily precipitation	40.6 mm (1.6 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
San Blas	Mexico	Record high maximum temperature	40.0 C (104.0 F)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Biser	Russia	Record daily precipitation	28.0 mm (1.1 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Marquette	United States	Record high minimum temperature	12.8 C (55.0 F)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Praha-Klementinum	Czech Republic	Record high minimum temperature	15.7 C (60.3 F)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Chemnitz	Germany	Record high minimum temperature	12.8 C (55.0 F)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Kon-Kolodez	Russia	Record low maximum temperature	6.0 C (42.8 F)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Poretskoye	Russia	Record low maximum temperature	0.8 C (33.4 F)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Kamennaja-Step	Russia	Record low maximum temperature	5.5 C (41.9 F)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Cleveland	United States	Record daily precipitation	108.2 mm (4.3 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Port Arthur SE Tx Rgnl AP	United States	Record daily precipitation	142.2 mm (5.6 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Lake Eyre (Mulka)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	41.6 mm (1.6 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Crockett	United States	Record daily precipitation	61.0 mm (2.4 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Port Isabel	United States	Record daily precipitation	49.5 mm (1.9 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Tifton	United States	Record low minimum temperature	5.0 C (41.0 F)	36 of 100 (Notable)
McDermitt	United States	Record high minimum temperature	7.8 C (46.0 F)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Schulenburg	United States	Record daily precipitation	115.3 mm (4.5 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Ciudad Altamirano	Mexico	Record low maximum temperature	32.8 C (91.0 F)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Lochem	Netherlands	Record daily precipitation	48.4 mm (1.9 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Mogoca	Russia	Record high minimum temperature	5.0 C (41.0 F)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Ohotsk	Russia	Record high minimum temperature	1.1 C (34.0 F)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Zuerich/Fluntern	Switzerland	Record high minimum temperature	13.1 C (55.6 F)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Vinton	United States	Record daily precipitation	76.2 mm (3.0 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Uralsk	Kazakhstan	Record low maximum temperature	6.4 C (43.5 F)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Tehuantepec	Mexico	Record high minimum temperature	28.9 C (84.0 F)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Zametchino	Russia	Record low maximum temperature	3.1 C (37.6 F)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Washington Sp	United States	Record daily precipitation	58.9 mm (2.3 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Potsdam	Germany	Record high minimum temperature	13.5 C (56.3 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Huamuxtitlan (Dge)	Mexico	Record low maximum temperature	28.9 C (84.0 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Timovskoe	Russia	Record high maximum temperature	22.5 C (72.5 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Urjupinsk	Russia	Record low maximum temperature	6.2 C (43.2 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Cuero	United States	Record daily precipitation	71.1 mm (2.8 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Jaransk	Russia	Record low maximum temperature	0.5 C (32.9 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Joskar-Ola	Russia	Record low maximum temperature	0.6 C (33.1 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Lukojanov	Russia	Record low maximum temperature	0.5 C (32.9 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Voronez	Russia	Record low maximum temperature	6.9 C (44.4 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Aleksandrov Gaj	Russia	Record low maximum temperature	6.8 C (44.2 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Haleakala Rs 338	United States	Record high minimum temperature	12.8 C (55.0 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
San Bernardino Lagunas	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	33.3 mm (1.3 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Uchur	Russia	Record high maximum temperature	22.2 C (72.0 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Perelyub	Russia	Record low maximum temperature	5.8 C (42.4 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Ft Lewis	United States	Record high maximum temperature	23.9 C (75.0 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Flatonia 4SE	United States	Record daily precipitation	93.2 mm (3.7 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Houston Hts	United States	Record daily precipitation	68.1 mm (2.7 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Cody	United States	Record high minimum temperature	11.7 C (53.1 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Pte de Chassiron	France	Record high minimum temperature	14.5 C (58.1 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Villa Purificacion (Dge)	Mexico	Record high maximum temperature	40.0 C (104.0 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Ebano	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	64.8 mm (2.6 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

931 records

Records set or tied on 2 May 2000 by type: Highest daily maximum 214, Lowest daily maximum 91, Highest daily minimum 300, Lowest daily minimum 106, Heaviest daily rainfall 217, Deepest snow cover 3.

Records on 2 May 2000 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	214
Lowest daily maximum	91
Highest daily minimum	300
Lowest daily minimum	106
Heaviest daily rainfall	217
Heaviest daily snowfall	0
Deepest snow cover	3

Records on 2 May 2000 by timescale: all-time 0, monthly 43, daily 888.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

736 broken records

Margins by which the 736 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 200.0. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

2 May 2000

Top 20 records on 2 May 2000 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
2 May 2000	Mungeranie, AU	monthly rain	52.6 mm (2.1 in)	36.1 mm (1.4 in)	78 years	83 of 100 (Exceptional)
2 May 2000	Mungeranie (Cowarie), AU	daily rain	37.0 mm (1.5 in)	31.9 mm (1.3 in)	103 years	72 of 100 (Major)
2 May 2000	Harper 3ENE, US	daily rain	75.4 mm (3.0 in)	46.7 mm (1.8 in)	86 years	63 of 100 (Major)
2 May 2000	Makaweli 965, US	monthly low max	23.3 C (73.9 F)	1.7 C (3.1 F)	81 years	58 of 100 (Notable)
2 May 2000	Marion, US	monthly low min	-4.4 C (24.1 F)	3.3 C (5.9 F)	93 years	56 of 100 (Notable)
2 May 2000	Schopfheim-Eichen, DE	daily rain	57.5 mm (2.3 in)	35.7 mm (1.4 in)	32 years	53 of 100 (Notable)
2 May 2000	Bierbank, AU	daily rain	45.0 mm (1.8 in)	23.4 mm (0.9 in)	95 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
2 May 2000	Vroomshoop, NL	daily rain	36.3 mm (1.4 in)	28.0 mm (1.1 in)	21 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
2 May 2000	Stavropol (Amsg), RU	daily rain	38.8 mm (1.5 in)	27.3 mm (1.1 in)	31 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
2 May 2000	Hatfield (Benilkie), AU	daily rain	25.0 mm (1.0 in)	11.3 mm (0.4 in)	95 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
2 May 2000	Zadar, HR	daily rain	37.1 mm (1.5 in)	32.4 mm (1.3 in)	33 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
2 May 2000	Wharton, US	daily rain	64.3 mm (2.5 in)	24.9 mm (1.0 in)	93 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
2 May 2000	Roma Ciampino, IT	daily rain	40.6 mm (1.6 in)	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	22 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
2 May 2000	San Blas, MX	monthly high max	40.0 C (104.0 F)	1.7 C (3.1 F)	58 years	42 of 100 (Notable)
2 May 2000	Biser, RU	daily rain	28.0 mm (1.1 in)	11.0 mm (0.4 in)	36 years	42 of 100 (Notable)
2 May 2000	Marquette, US	daily high min	12.8 C (55.0 F)	1.0 C (1.8 F)	112 years	42 of 100 (Notable)
2 May 2000	Praha-Klementinum, CZ	daily high min	15.7 C (60.3 F)	0.1 C (0.2 F)	204 years	40 of 100 (Notable)
2 May 2000	Chemnitz, DE	daily high min	12.8 C (55.0 F)	0.2 C (0.4 F)	108 years	40 of 100 (Notable)
2 May 2000	Kon-Kolodez, RU	daily low max	6.0 C (42.8 F)	2.0 C (3.6 F)	88 years	39 of 100 (Notable)
2 May 2000	Poretskoye, RU	daily low max	0.8 C (33.4 F)	5.3 C (9.5 F)	72 years	39 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 931 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 2000-05-02: 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 25	713
25 to 50	19
50 to 75	3
75 to 100	0
100 to 125	0
125 to 150	0
150 to 175	0
175 to 200	1