Weather Records on 10 May 2002

867 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 10 May 2002. Highest significance: Tryvasshogda, NO.

Key Facts for 10 May 2002

On 10 May 2002, 867 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
528 were record highs and 199 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 5 were all-time records, 14 monthly and 848 daily.
Tryvasshogda set a daily record snow depth of 248.0 cm (97.6 in) on 10 May 2002.
Across 163 earlier years (1805 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 438 records.

Record Map

867 stations

867 station records on 10 May 2002 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 10 May 2002: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Tryvasshogda	Norway	Record snow depth	248.0 cm (97.6 in)	61 of 100 (Major)
Brocken	Germany	Record daily precipitation	49.4 mm (1.9 in)	58 of 100 (Notable)
Bridgeport	United States	Record daily precipitation	97.8 mm (3.9 in)	58 of 100 (Notable)
Waldsassen	Germany	Record daily precipitation	40.0 mm (1.6 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Decatur	United States	Record daily precipitation	92.7 mm (3.6 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Stuttgart 9 ESE	United States	Record daily precipitation	73.2 mm (2.9 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Snowshoe Lake	United States	Record snow depth	83.8 cm (33.0 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Grand Coteau	United States	Record high maximum temperature	34.4 C (93.9 F)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Bethany	United States	Record daily precipitation	31.8 mm (1.3 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Kalispell Glacier AP	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-4.4 C (24.1 F)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Schluchtern-Herolz	Germany	Record daily precipitation	35.6 mm (1.4 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Rohwer 2 NNE	United States	Record daily precipitation	84.3 mm (3.3 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Corvallis State UNIV	United States	Record low maximum temperature	10.6 C (51.1 F)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Ashland	United States	Record daily precipitation	34.0 mm (1.3 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Longmont 2 ESE	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-2.8 C (27.0 F)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Bradford Cntrl Fs	United States	Record daily precipitation	36.8 mm (1.4 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Crockett	United States	Record high minimum temperature	22.8 C (73.0 F)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Arad	Romania	Record high minimum temperature	16.2 C (61.2 F)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Kelliher	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-4.4 C (24.1 F)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Carapan	Mexico	Record high maximum temperature	38.9 C (102.0 F)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Blanco	United States	Record high minimum temperature	22.8 C (73.0 F)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Las Truchas	Mexico	Record high minimum temperature	11.7 C (53.1 F)	36 of 100 (Notable)
San Juan del Rio	Mexico	Record high minimum temperature	22.8 C (73.0 F)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Zalma 4 E	United States	Record daily precipitation	74.2 mm (2.9 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
New Salem 5NW	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-6.1 C (21.0 F)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Moorcroft 3S	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-6.7 C (19.9 F)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Fosston 1 E	United States	Record low maximum temperature	2.2 C (36.0 F)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Itasca UNIV of Minn	United States	Record low maximum temperature	2.8 C (37.0 F)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Orovada 3 W	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-6.1 C (21.0 F)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Hohenwald	United States	Record low maximum temperature	15.6 C (60.1 F)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Kassel	Germany	Record daily precipitation	28.1 mm (1.1 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Bad Lauchstadt	Germany	Record daily precipitation	26.9 mm (1.1 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Leesville	United States	Record high maximum temperature	32.8 C (91.0 F)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Willard 4 SW	United States	Record high minimum temperature	20.6 C (69.1 F)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Ewa Plantation 741	United States	Record high minimum temperature	22.2 C (72.0 F)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Ohotsk	Russia	Record high maximum temperature	11.7 C (53.1 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Ekimchan	Russia	Record high maximum temperature	25.1 C (77.2 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Douglas	United States	Record high maximum temperature	37.2 C (99.0 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
University	United States	Record daily precipitation	48.3 mm (1.9 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Hendersonville 1 NE	United States	Record high minimum temperature	16.7 C (62.1 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Southport 5 N	United States	Record high minimum temperature	21.7 C (71.1 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Kalgoorlie-Boulder Airport	Australia	Record high maximum temperature	32.5 C (90.5 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Leinefelde	Germany	Record daily precipitation	46.3 mm (1.8 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Obrestad Fyr	Norway	Record high minimum temperature	14.7 C (58.5 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Zhigalovo	Russia	Record high minimum temperature	9.4 C (48.9 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Biloxi	United States	Record high minimum temperature	26.1 C (79.0 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Charleston	United States	Record daily precipitation	43.7 mm (1.7 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Amistad Dam	United States	Record daily precipitation	52.6 mm (2.1 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Lake Yellowstone	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-12.2 C (10.0 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Cradle Valley (Waldheim)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	35.8 mm (1.4 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Santiago	Mexico	Record high minimum temperature	22.2 C (72.0 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Saint Bernard	United States	Record high minimum temperature	22.2 C (72.0 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Tifton	United States	Record high minimum temperature	21.1 C (70.0 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
New Albany	United States	Record daily precipitation	31.8 mm (1.3 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Kane 1NNE	United States	Record daily precipitation	26.2 mm (1.0 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Nephi	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-5.6 C (21.9 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Poitiers - Biard	France	Record daily precipitation	32.6 mm (1.3 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Utsira Fyr	Norway	Record high minimum temperature	12.2 C (54.0 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Udskoe	Russia	Record high minimum temperature	7.5 C (45.5 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Okayama	Japan	Record daily precipitation	46.0 mm (1.8 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

867 records

Records set or tied on 10 May 2002 by type: Highest daily maximum 218, Lowest daily maximum 72, Highest daily minimum 310, Lowest daily minimum 127, Heaviest daily rainfall 125, Heaviest daily snowfall 5, Deepest snow cover 10.

Records on 10 May 2002 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	218
Lowest daily maximum	72
Highest daily minimum	310
Lowest daily minimum	127
Heaviest daily rainfall	125
Heaviest daily snowfall	5
Deepest snow cover	10

Records on 10 May 2002 by timescale: all-time 5, monthly 14, daily 848.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

598 broken records

Margins by which the 598 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 1480.0. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

10 May 2002

Top 20 records on 10 May 2002 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
10 May 2002	Tryvasshogda, NO	daily snow depth	248.0 cm (97.6 in)	148.0 cm (58.3 in)	51 years	61 of 100 (Major)
10 May 2002	Brocken, DE	daily rain	49.4 mm (1.9 in)	26.0 mm (1.0 in)	40 years	58 of 100 (Notable)
10 May 2002	Bridgeport, US	daily rain	97.8 mm (3.9 in)	63.5 mm (2.5 in)	59 years	58 of 100 (Notable)
10 May 2002	Waldsassen, DE	daily rain	40.0 mm (1.6 in)	27.6 mm (1.1 in)	19 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
10 May 2002	Decatur, US	daily rain	92.7 mm (3.6 in)	61.2 mm (2.4 in)	36 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
10 May 2002	Stuttgart 9 ESE, US	daily rain	73.2 mm (2.9 in)	34.1 mm (1.3 in)	56 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
10 May 2002	Snowshoe Lake, US	daily snow depth	83.8 cm (33.0 in)	50.8 cm (20.0 in)	9 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
10 May 2002	Grand Coteau, US	daily high max	34.4 C (93.9 F)	1.1 C (2.0 F)	100 years	44 of 100 (Notable)
10 May 2002	Bethany, US	daily rain	31.8 mm (1.3 in)	5.1 mm (0.20 in)	107 years	44 of 100 (Notable)
10 May 2002	Kalispell Glacier AP, US	daily low min	-4.4 C (24.1 F)	1.1 C (2.0 F)	100 years	43 of 100 (Notable)
10 May 2002	Schluchtern-Herolz, DE	daily rain	35.6 mm (1.4 in)	15.8 mm (0.6 in)	20 years	42 of 100 (Notable)
10 May 2002	Rohwer 2 NNE, US	daily rain	84.3 mm (3.3 in)	46.2 mm (1.8 in)	31 years	41 of 100 (Notable)
10 May 2002	Corvallis State UNIV, US	daily low max	10.6 C (51.1 F)	0.5 C (0.9 F)	105 years	41 of 100 (Notable)
10 May 2002	Ashland, US	daily rain	34.0 mm (1.3 in)	8.6 mm (0.34 in)	83 years	41 of 100 (Notable)
10 May 2002	Longmont 2 ESE, US	daily low min	-2.8 C (27.0 F)	1.1 C (2.0 F)	91 years	40 of 100 (Notable)
10 May 2002	Bradford Cntrl Fs, US	daily rain	36.8 mm (1.4 in)	5.6 mm (0.22 in)	83 years	40 of 100 (Notable)
10 May 2002	Crockett, US	daily high min	22.8 C (73.0 F)	1.1 C (2.0 F)	96 years	40 of 100 (Notable)
10 May 2002	Arad, RO	daily high min	16.2 C (61.2 F)	0.4 C (0.7 F)	95 years	39 of 100 (Notable)
10 May 2002	Kelliher, US	daily low min	-4.4 C (24.1 F)	1.1 C (2.0 F)	92 years	38 of 100 (Notable)
10 May 2002	Carapan, MX	daily high max	38.9 C (102.0 F)	5.6 C (10.1 F)	44 years	37 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

1805 to 2002

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1805 to 2002. 2002 had 867 records.

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

Records on 05-10 in each year
Year	Records
1805	1
1814	2
1832	1
1834	1
1836	4
1838	1
1843	1
1846	1
1848	1
1855	2
1858	1
1860	1
1861	2
1867	3
1868	1
1869	1
1872	1
1874	4
1876	1
1878	1
1879	2
1880	3
1881	3
1883	1
1884	2
1885	2
1886	1
1887	1
1888	2
1889	4
1890	2
1891	2
1893	1
1895	4
1896	6
1897	4
1898	5
1900	4
1901	6
1902	18
1903	6
1904	7
1905	21
1906	42
1907	33
1908	10
1909	17
1910	21
1911	55
1912	15
1913	23
1914	17
1915	18
1916	26
1917	23
1918	105
1919	145
1920	54
1921	143
1922	38
1923	291
1924	198
1925	163
1926	291
1927	296
1928	189
1929	102
1930	647
1931	277
1932	145
1933	516
1934	412
1935	200
1936	439
1937	148
1938	179
1939	179
1940	317
1941	257
1942	237
1943	482
1944	200
1945	646
1946	455
1947	820
1948	491
1949	492
1950	356
1951	281
1952	342
1953	627
1954	554
1955	272
1956	669
1957	374
1958	338
1959	192
1960	660
1961	722
1962	593
1963	951
1964	259
1965	413
1966	1,290
1967	932
1968	861
1969	325
1970	555
1971	416
1972	573
1973	429
1974	608
1975	448
1976	672
1977	1,075
1978	815
1979	1,927
1980	865
1981	1,213
1982	671
1983	753
1984	635
1985	925
1986	669
1987	1,270
1988	490
1989	1,365
1990	1,071
1991	854
1992	875
1993	1,056
1994	622
1995	1,129
1996	1,469
1997	1,215
1998	1,268
1999	1,299
2000	1,036
2001	842
2002	867
2003	1,688
2004	735
2005	761
2006	879
2007	815
2008	877
2009	651
2010	855
2011	1,288
2012	1,054
2013	635
2014	506
2015	943
2016	815
2017	702
2018	923
2019	1,254
2020	1,346
2021	635
2022	1,346
2023	359
2024	622
2025	1,094
2026	496

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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 2026-10-15 (15 October 2026). Records are computed by this site and are not official.

Data as of 2026-10-15. Last revised 15 October 2026 (2026-10-15).

Margin	Records
0 to 200	596
200 to 400	0
400 to 600	1
600 to 800	0
800 to 1000	0
1000 to 1200	0
1200 to 1400	0
1400 to 1600	1