Weather Records on 7 May 2001

743 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 7 May 2001. Highest significance: Camden 1, US.

Key Facts for 7 May 2001

On 7 May 2001, 743 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
293 were record highs and 174 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 1 were all-time records, 29 monthly and 713 daily.
Camden 1 set a daily record precipitation of 96.0 mm (3.8 in) on 7 May 2001.
Across 168 earlier years (1795 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 417 records.

Record Map

743 stations

743 station records on 7 May 2001 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 7 May 2001: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Camden 1	United States	Record daily precipitation	96.0 mm (3.8 in)	72 of 100 (Major)
Hillsboro 3 N	United States	Record daily precipitation	56.4 mm (2.2 in)	70 of 100 (Major)
Sabana Grande 2 ENE	Puerto Rico [United States]	Record daily precipitation	205.0 mm (8.1 in)	68 of 100 (Major)
Sennar	Sudan	Record daily precipitation	59.9 mm (2.4 in)	63 of 100 (Major)
Grafton	United States	Record daily precipitation	39.4 mm (1.6 in)	59 of 100 (Notable)
Menard	United States	Record daily precipitation	54.1 mm (2.1 in)	58 of 100 (Notable)
Clarence Town (Grey St)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	140.0 mm (5.5 in)	55 of 100 (Notable)
Cerritos	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	94.5 mm (3.7 in)	55 of 100 (Notable)
Jalpan (Dge)	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	53.8 mm (2.1 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Colgate	United States	Record daily precipitation	40.1 mm (1.6 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Gresford Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	71.0 mm (2.8 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Chichester Dam	Australia	Record daily precipitation	101.0 mm (4.0 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Tahlee (Carrington (Church St)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	129.0 mm (5.1 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Lostock Dam	Australia	Record daily precipitation	62.8 mm (2.5 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
San Dieguito	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	106.9 mm (4.2 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Waukivory (the Ranch)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	86.4 mm (3.4 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Gallinas	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	120.4 mm (4.7 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Carrington 4 N	United States	Record daily precipitation	47.0 mm (1.9 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Eccleston (Masseys Creek)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	80.0 mm (3.1 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
John Martin Dam	United States	Record daily precipitation	41.7 mm (1.6 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Bertrand	United States	Record daily precipitation	54.1 mm (2.1 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Bulby Brush (Blue Look-Out)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	65.0 mm (2.6 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Adjuntas Substn	Puerto Rico [United States]	Record daily precipitation	237.7 mm (9.4 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Nelson Bay (Nelson Head)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	120.0 mm (4.7 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Wyee (Wyee Farms Rd)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	103.4 mm (4.1 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Argyle	United States	Record daily precipitation	32.3 mm (1.3 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Bingera Sugar Mill	Australia	Record daily precipitation	46.0 mm (1.8 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Ponce 4 E	Puerto Rico [United States]	Record daily precipitation	85.1 mm (3.4 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Douglas 1 SE	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-6.1 C (21.0 F)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Pembina	United States	Record daily precipitation	29.7 mm (1.2 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Caldwell	United States	Record daily precipitation	59.7 mm (2.4 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Crockett	United States	Record daily precipitation	52.1 mm (2.1 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Tashkent	Uzbekistan	Record high minimum temperature	21.7 C (71.1 F)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Gloucester (Upper Bowman)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	73.0 mm (2.9 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Salamander Bay (Randall Drive)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	102.2 mm (4.0 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Coamo 2 SW	Puerto Rico [United States]	Record daily precipitation	76.2 mm (3.0 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Mt Carmel	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-5.0 C (23.0 F)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Kirwin Dam	United States	Record daily precipitation	71.1 mm (2.8 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Webster Dam	United States	Record daily precipitation	52.1 mm (2.1 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Cooranbong (Avondale)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	113.8 mm (4.5 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Dorado 2 WNW	Puerto Rico [United States]	Record high minimum temperature	24.4 C (75.9 F)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Merced	United States	Record high maximum temperature	36.1 C (97.0 F)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Dilley	United States	Record daily precipitation	37.6 mm (1.5 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Nowendoc (Beaufort)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	42.6 mm (1.7 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Zacualtipan (Smn)	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	37.8 mm (1.5 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Larimore 4SW	United States	Record daily precipitation	32.0 mm (1.3 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Cameron	United States	Record daily precipitation	41.9 mm (1.6 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Teloloapan	Mexico	Record low minimum temperature	10.6 C (51.1 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
San Francisco Yosocuta	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	32.3 mm (1.3 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Dos Bocas	Puerto Rico [United States]	Record daily precipitation	99.1 mm (3.9 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Downieville	United States	Record high maximum temperature	32.2 C (90.0 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Stillhouse Hollow Dam	United States	Record daily precipitation	80.5 mm (3.2 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Number One (Murrays Creek)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	54.0 mm (2.1 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Sandy Lake Dam Libby	United States	Record daily precipitation	27.4 mm (1.1 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Darby	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-5.0 C (23.0 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Encarnacion	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	34.8 mm (1.4 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Tacambaro	Mexico	Record high maximum temperature	35.6 C (96.1 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
San Miguel Talea de Castro	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	54.9 mm (2.2 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Hope 3 NE	United States	Record daily precipitation	106.9 mm (4.2 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Elsinore	United States	Record high maximum temperature	38.3 C (100.9 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

743 records

Records set or tied on 7 May 2001 by type: Highest daily maximum 181, Lowest daily maximum 38, Highest daily minimum 112, Lowest daily minimum 136, Heaviest daily rainfall 271, Deepest snow cover 5.

Records on 7 May 2001 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	181
Lowest daily maximum	38
Highest daily minimum	112
Lowest daily minimum	136
Heaviest daily rainfall	271
Heaviest daily snowfall	0
Deepest snow cover	5

Records on 7 May 2001 by timescale: all-time 1, monthly 29, daily 713.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

602 broken records

Margins by which the 602 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 188.7. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

7 May 2001

Top 20 records on 7 May 2001 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
7 May 2001	Camden 1, US	daily rain	96.0 mm (3.8 in)	55.9 mm (2.2 in)	98 years	72 of 100 (Major)
7 May 2001	Hillsboro 3 N, US	daily rain	56.4 mm (2.2 in)	41.2 mm (1.6 in)	71 years	70 of 100 (Major)
7 May 2001	Sabana Grande 2 ENE, PR	monthly rain	205.0 mm (8.1 in)	57.7 mm (2.3 in)	72 years	68 of 100 (Major)
7 May 2001	Sennar, SD	monthly rain	59.9 mm (2.4 in)	29.9 mm (1.2 in)	32 years	63 of 100 (Major)
7 May 2001	Grafton, US	daily rain	39.4 mm (1.6 in)	24.2 mm (1.0 in)	71 years	59 of 100 (Notable)
7 May 2001	Menard, US	daily rain	54.1 mm (2.1 in)	26.2 mm (1.0 in)	103 years	58 of 100 (Notable)
7 May 2001	Clarence Town (Grey St), AU	monthly rain	140.0 mm (5.5 in)	7.9 mm (0.31 in)	104 years	55 of 100 (Notable)
7 May 2001	Cerritos, MX	daily rain	94.5 mm (3.7 in)	76.7 mm (3.0 in)	38 years	55 of 100 (Notable)
7 May 2001	Jalpan (Dge), MX	daily rain	53.8 mm (2.1 in)	45.9 mm (1.8 in)	35 years	53 of 100 (Notable)
7 May 2001	Colgate, US	daily rain	40.1 mm (1.6 in)	29.9 mm (1.2 in)	23 years	52 of 100 (Notable)
7 May 2001	Gresford Post Office, AU	daily rain	71.0 mm (2.8 in)	16.4 mm (0.6 in)	86 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
7 May 2001	Chichester Dam, AU	daily rain	101.0 mm (4.0 in)	56.8 mm (2.2 in)	14 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
7 May 2001	Tahlee (Carrington (Church St), AU	monthly rain	129.0 mm (5.1 in)	12.2 mm (0.5 in)	69 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
7 May 2001	Lostock Dam, AU	daily rain	62.8 mm (2.5 in)	45.4 mm (1.8 in)	14 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
7 May 2001	San Dieguito, MX	daily rain	106.9 mm (4.2 in)	83.0 mm (3.3 in)	14 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
7 May 2001	Waukivory (the Ranch), AU	daily rain	86.4 mm (3.4 in)	52.1 mm (2.1 in)	38 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
7 May 2001	Gallinas, MX	daily rain	120.4 mm (4.7 in)	99.8 mm (3.9 in)	8 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
7 May 2001	Carrington 4 N, US	daily rain	47.0 mm (1.9 in)	30.2 mm (1.2 in)	26 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
7 May 2001	Eccleston (Masseys Creek), AU	daily rain	80.0 mm (3.1 in)	47.8 mm (1.9 in)	22 years	44 of 100 (Notable)
7 May 2001	John Martin Dam, US	daily rain	41.7 mm (1.6 in)	22.9 mm (0.9 in)	58 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 743 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 2001-05-07: 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 2026-10-15 (15 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	553
25 to 50	36
50 to 75	8
75 to 100	4
100 to 125	0
125 to 150	0
150 to 175	0
175 to 200	1