Weather Records on 2 May 2001

1,256 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 2 May 2001. Highest significance: Rockwell City, US.

Key Facts for 2 May 2001

On 2 May 2001, 1,256 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
848 were record highs and 202 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 2 were all-time records, 28 monthly and 1,226 daily.
Rockwell City set a daily record precipitation of 116.8 mm (4.6 in) on 2 May 2001.
Across 162 earlier years (1795 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 456 records.

Record Map

1,256 stations

1,256 station records on 2 May 2001 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 2 May 2001: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Rockwell City	United States	Record daily precipitation	116.8 mm (4.6 in)	75 of 100 (Major)
Kochi	Japan	Record daily precipitation	230.1 mm (9.1 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Eastport	United States	Record high maximum temperature	26.7 C (80.1 F)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Seward AP	United States	Record daily snowfall	9.1 cm (3.6 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Clarion	United States	Record daily precipitation	55.9 mm (2.2 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Winona	United States	Record daily precipitation	64.5 mm (2.5 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Forest City 2 NNE	United States	Record daily precipitation	49.3 mm (1.9 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Setauket Strong	United States	Record high maximum temperature	32.8 C (91.0 F)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Drevja	Norway	Record daily precipitation	57.8 mm (2.3 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Dunderlandsdalen	Norway	Record daily precipitation	35.5 mm (1.4 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Denison	United States	Record daily precipitation	62.2 mm (2.4 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Orono	United States	Record high maximum temperature	33.3 C (91.9 F)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Grayling	United States	Record high minimum temperature	16.7 C (62.1 F)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Albert Lea 3SE	United States	Record daily precipitation	66.0 mm (2.6 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Muskegon Co AP	United States	Record high minimum temperature	17.2 C (63.0 F)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Leknes I Lofoten	Norway	Record daily precipitation	34.5 mm (1.4 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Sandy Hook	United States	Record high maximum temperature	28.9 C (84.0 F)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Valdez WSO	United States	Record daily snowfall	38.4 cm (15.1 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Francisco Rueda	Mexico	Record high minimum temperature	30.0 C (86.0 F)	44 of 100 (Notable)
New Bedford Coop	United States	Record high maximum temperature	32.8 C (91.0 F)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Sussex 1 NW	United States	Record high maximum temperature	32.8 C (91.0 F)	44 of 100 (Notable)
West Bend	United States	Record high minimum temperature	17.8 C (64.0 F)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Britt 3E	United States	Record daily precipitation	48.3 mm (1.9 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Ft Madison	United States	Record high minimum temperature	18.9 C (66.0 F)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Plainfield	United States	Record high maximum temperature	33.9 C (93.0 F)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Mohonk Lake	United States	Record high minimum temperature	18.9 C (66.0 F)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Kingston	United States	Record high maximum temperature	32.2 C (90.0 F)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Cornwall	United States	Record high maximum temperature	29.4 C (84.9 F)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Portland Jetport	United States	Record high maximum temperature	32.8 C (91.0 F)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Regensburg	Germany	Record high maximum temperature	26.7 C (80.1 F)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Cedar Rapids #1	United States	Record high minimum temperature	18.3 C (64.9 F)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Moorestown 4 E	United States	Record high maximum temperature	32.8 C (91.0 F)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Mohonk Lake	United States	Record high maximum temperature	31.7 C (89.1 F)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Goomeri Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	82.0 mm (3.2 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Hohenpeissenberg	Germany	Record high minimum temperature	12.6 C (54.7 F)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Clover Valley	United States	Record low maximum temperature	4.4 C (39.9 F)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Kent	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-6.7 C (19.9 F)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Hancock Exp Farm	United States	Record daily precipitation	53.3 mm (2.1 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Saginaw Mbs Intl AP	United States	Record high minimum temperature	16.1 C (61.0 F)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Bamberg	Germany	Record high maximum temperature	27.1 C (80.8 F)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Hohenpeissenberg	Germany	Record high maximum temperature	22.1 C (71.8 F)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Asuncion Nochixtlan	Mexico	Record high maximum temperature	36.7 C (98.1 F)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Steigen	Norway	Record daily precipitation	32.5 mm (1.3 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Galesburg	United States	Record high minimum temperature	17.2 C (63.0 F)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Brockton	United States	Record high maximum temperature	33.3 C (91.9 F)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Gaylord	United States	Record high minimum temperature	15.6 C (60.1 F)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Beaver Is	United States	Record high maximum temperature	25.0 C (77.0 F)	40 of 100 (Notable)
River Falls	United States	Record daily precipitation	44.7 mm (1.8 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Manildra (Hazeldale)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	34.6 mm (1.4 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Reine	Norway	Record daily precipitation	75.5 mm (3.0 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Holly	United States	Record high maximum temperature	35.6 C (96.1 F)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Middleton	United States	Record high maximum temperature	32.8 C (91.0 F)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Eldorado Springs	United States	Record high minimum temperature	17.8 C (64.0 F)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Seward	United States	Record high maximum temperature	33.3 C (91.9 F)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Mtn Park	United States	Record high maximum temperature	34.4 C (93.9 F)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Chazy	United States	Record high maximum temperature	31.1 C (88.0 F)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Carpenter 3N	United States	Record daily snowfall	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Nantucket Mem AP	United States	Record high maximum temperature	25.0 C (77.0 F)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Hayden	United States	Record snow depth	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Onawa 3NW	United States	Record daily precipitation	63.5 mm (2.5 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)

Counts by Type and Timescale

1,256 records

Records set or tied on 2 May 2001 by type: Highest daily maximum 456, Lowest daily maximum 124, Highest daily minimum 392, Lowest daily minimum 78, Heaviest daily rainfall 165, Heaviest daily snowfall 22, Deepest snow cover 19.

Records on 2 May 2001 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	456
Lowest daily maximum	124
Highest daily minimum	392
Lowest daily minimum	78
Heaviest daily rainfall	165
Heaviest daily snowfall	22
Deepest snow cover	19

Records on 2 May 2001 by timescale: all-time 2, monthly 28, daily 1,226.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

982 broken records

Margins by which the 982 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 890.0. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

2 May 2001

Top 20 records on 2 May 2001 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
2 May 2001	Rockwell City, US	daily rain	116.8 mm (4.6 in)	77.2 mm (3.0 in)	86 years	75 of 100 (Major)
2 May 2001	Kochi, JP	daily rain	230.1 mm (9.1 in)	119.1 mm (4.7 in)	28 years	53 of 100 (Notable)
2 May 2001	Eastport, US	daily high max	26.7 C (80.1 F)	5.6 C (10.1 F)	106 years	52 of 100 (Notable)
2 May 2001	Seward AP, US	daily snowfall	9.1 cm (3.6 in)	9.1 cm (3.6 in)	84 years	52 of 100 (Notable)
2 May 2001	Clarion, US	daily rain	55.9 mm (2.2 in)	31.8 mm (1.3 in)	55 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
2 May 2001	Winona, US	daily rain	64.5 mm (2.5 in)	37.6 mm (1.5 in)	28 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
2 May 2001	Forest City 2 NNE, US	daily rain	49.3 mm (1.9 in)	17.5 mm (0.7 in)	88 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
2 May 2001	Setauket Strong, US	daily high max	32.8 C (91.0 F)	4.5 C (8.1 F)	106 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
2 May 2001	Drevja, NO	monthly rain	57.8 mm (2.3 in)	12.2 mm (0.5 in)	29 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
2 May 2001	Dunderlandsdalen, NO	daily rain	35.5 mm (1.4 in)	15.1 mm (0.6 in)	35 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
2 May 2001	Denison, US	daily rain	62.2 mm (2.4 in)	18.3 mm (0.7 in)	75 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
2 May 2001	Orono, US	daily high max	33.3 C (91.9 F)	3.9 C (7.0 F)	106 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
2 May 2001	Grayling, US	daily high min	16.7 C (62.1 F)	3.9 C (7.0 F)	104 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
2 May 2001	Albert Lea 3SE, US	daily rain	66.0 mm (2.6 in)	24.1 mm (0.9 in)	56 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
2 May 2001	Muskegon Co AP, US	daily high min	17.2 C (63.0 F)	2.8 C (5.0 F)	100 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
2 May 2001	Leknes I Lofoten, NO	daily rain	34.5 mm (1.4 in)	17.5 mm (0.7 in)	4 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
2 May 2001	Sandy Hook, US	daily high max	28.9 C (84.0 F)	2.5 C (4.5 F)	116 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
2 May 2001	Valdez WSO, US	monthly snowfall	38.4 cm (15.1 in)	7.9 cm (3.1 in)	51 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
2 May 2001	Francisco Rueda, MX	all-time high min	30.0 C (86.0 F)	3.3 C (5.9 F)	25 years	44 of 100 (Notable)
2 May 2001	New Bedford Coop, US	daily high max	32.8 C (91.0 F)	2.2 C (4.0 F)	106 years	44 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 2001

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1795 to 2001. 2001 had 1,256 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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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 200	981
200 to 400	0
400 to 600	0
600 to 800	0
800 to 1000	1