Weather Records on 2 May 2003

787 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 2 May 2003. Highest significance: Morro Bay Fire Dept, US.

Key Facts for 2 May 2003

On 2 May 2003, 787 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
500 were record highs and 78 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 11 were all-time records, 24 monthly and 752 daily.
Morro Bay Fire Dept set a daily record precipitation of 26.4 mm (1.0 in) on 2 May 2003.
Across 162 earlier years (1795 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 459 records.

Record Map

787 stations

787 station records on 2 May 2003 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 2 May 2003: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Morro Bay Fire Dept	United States	Record daily precipitation	26.4 mm (1.0 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Stonyford	United States	Record daily precipitation	38.1 mm (1.5 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Cedar Is	United States	Record daily precipitation	84.6 mm (3.3 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Chippewa Lake	United States	Record daily precipitation	35.1 mm (1.4 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Sanderson	United States	Record high minimum temperature	19.4 C (66.9 F)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Makaweli 965	United States	Record high minimum temperature	22.2 C (72.0 F)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Calarasi	Romania	Record high maximum temperature	34.7 C (94.5 F)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Arad	Romania	Record high minimum temperature	13.6 C (56.5 F)	40 of 100 (Notable)
San Marcos	United States	Record high minimum temperature	22.8 C (73.0 F)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Albany	Australia	Record high maximum temperature	28.4 C (83.1 F)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Ashland Exp Farm	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-6.7 C (19.9 F)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Anchorage Merrill Fld	United States	Record high maximum temperature	16.7 C (62.1 F)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Laguna	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-9.4 C (15.1 F)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Cape Hatteras - Billy Mitchell	United States	Record daily precipitation	64.8 mm (2.6 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Cacahoatan	Mexico	Record high minimum temperature	23.9 C (75.0 F)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Drobeta Turnu Severin	Romania	Record high minimum temperature	14.4 C (57.9 F)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Buzau	Romania	Record high maximum temperature	32.3 C (90.1 F)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Hatteras	United States	Record daily precipitation	100.8 mm (4.0 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Homer AP	United States	Record high maximum temperature	17.8 C (64.0 F)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Despoblado	Mexico	Record high minimum temperature	26.1 C (79.0 F)	34 of 100 (Routine)
San Gregorio	Mexico	Record high maximum temperature	32.8 C (91.0 F)	34 of 100 (Routine)
San Diego Curupatzeo	Mexico	Record low minimum temperature	11.7 C (53.1 F)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Arad	Romania	Record high maximum temperature	31.0 C (87.8 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Santa Paula	United States	Record daily precipitation	41.7 mm (1.6 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
San Felipe	Mexico	Record high maximum temperature	40.0 C (104.0 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Seward AP	United States	Record high minimum temperature	6.7 C (44.1 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Sarajevo	Bosnia and Herzegovina	Record high maximum temperature	31.2 C (88.2 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Sofia	Bulgaria	Record high maximum temperature	30.6 C (87.1 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Mahackala	Russia	Record low minimum temperature	3.3 C (37.9 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Suphan Buri	Thailand	Record daily precipitation	59.7 mm (2.4 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Kodiak AP	United States	Record high minimum temperature	8.9 C (48.0 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Nambour Dpi	Australia	Record low maximum temperature	18.7 C (65.7 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Santo Domingo	Mexico	Record low minimum temperature	10.6 C (51.1 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Bucuresti-Baneasa	Romania	Record high maximum temperature	33.1 C (91.6 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Kitoi Bay	United States	Record high minimum temperature	8.9 C (48.0 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Cherry Point MCAS	United States	Record daily precipitation	37.3 mm (1.5 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Tacambaro	Mexico	Record high maximum temperature	38.9 C (102.0 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Svijagino	Russia	Record high minimum temperature	12.2 C (54.0 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Morehead City 2 WNW	United States	Record daily precipitation	55.9 mm (2.2 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Stoughton Wwtp	United States	Record daily precipitation	44.2 mm (1.7 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Bethel AP	United States	Record high minimum temperature	3.9 C (39.0 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)
El Salitre	Mexico	Record high maximum temperature	41.1 C (106.0 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Bilma	Niger	Record low minimum temperature	12.0 C (53.6 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Nis	Serbia	Record high maximum temperature	34.1 C (93.4 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Belgrade (Observatory)	Serbia	Record high maximum temperature	31.4 C (88.5 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Trona	United States	Record low minimum temperature	3.9 C (39.0 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Mtn Lake	United States	Record high minimum temperature	22.8 C (73.0 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Mason	United States	Record daily precipitation	69.9 mm (2.8 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Gympie	Australia	Record low maximum temperature	20.0 C (68.0 F)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Bastia	France	Record high minimum temperature	16.2 C (61.2 F)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Pecs Pogany	Hungary	Record high minimum temperature	15.8 C (60.4 F)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Drobeta Turnu Severin	Romania	Record high maximum temperature	32.0 C (89.6 F)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Oktjabrskij-Gorodok	Russia	Record high minimum temperature	13.4 C (56.1 F)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Elberton 2 N	United States	Record daily precipitation	39.4 mm (1.6 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Cave Run Lake	United States	Record high minimum temperature	18.3 C (64.9 F)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Burnet	United States	Record high minimum temperature	22.8 C (73.0 F)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Austin-Camp Mabry	United States	Record high minimum temperature	22.2 C (72.0 F)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Valdez WSO	United States	Record high maximum temperature	18.3 C (64.9 F)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Finca Chayabe	Mexico	Record high minimum temperature	18.9 C (66.0 F)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Tecamachalco	Mexico	Record high maximum temperature	35.0 C (95.0 F)	26 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

787 records

Records set or tied on 2 May 2003 by type: Highest daily maximum 258, Lowest daily maximum 36, Highest daily minimum 242, Lowest daily minimum 42, Heaviest daily rainfall 207, Deepest snow cover 2.

Records on 2 May 2003 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	258
Lowest daily maximum	36
Highest daily minimum	242
Lowest daily minimum	42
Heaviest daily rainfall	207
Heaviest daily snowfall	0
Deepest snow cover	2

Records on 2 May 2003 by timescale: all-time 11, monthly 24, daily 752.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

569 broken records

Margins by which the 569 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 64.3. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

2 May 2003

Top 20 records on 2 May 2003 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
2 May 2003	Morro Bay Fire Dept, US	daily rain	26.4 mm (1.0 in)	20.8 mm (0.8 in)	25 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
2 May 2003	Stonyford, US	daily rain	38.1 mm (1.5 in)	29.7 mm (1.2 in)	4 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
2 May 2003	Cedar Is, US	daily rain	84.6 mm (3.3 in)	64.3 mm (2.5 in)	4 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
2 May 2003	Chippewa Lake, US	daily rain	35.1 mm (1.4 in)	11.7 mm (0.5 in)	68 years	42 of 100 (Notable)
2 May 2003	Sanderson, US	daily high min	19.4 C (66.9 F)	1.1 C (2.0 F)	102 years	42 of 100 (Notable)
2 May 2003	Makaweli 965, US	daily high min	22.2 C (72.0 F)	1.1 C (2.0 F)	88 years	42 of 100 (Notable)
2 May 2003	Calarasi, RO	daily high max	34.7 C (94.5 F)	5.4 C (9.7 F)	68 years	41 of 100 (Notable)
2 May 2003	Arad, RO	daily high min	13.6 C (56.5 F)	0.3 C (0.5 F)	102 years	40 of 100 (Notable)
2 May 2003	San Marcos, US	daily high min	22.8 C (73.0 F)	0.6 C (1.1 F)	96 years	40 of 100 (Notable)
2 May 2003	Albany, AU	daily high max	28.4 C (83.1 F)	0.7 C (1.3 F)	96 years	39 of 100 (Notable)
2 May 2003	Ashland Exp Farm, US	daily low min	-6.7 C (19.9 F)	1.1 C (2.0 F)	92 years	39 of 100 (Notable)
2 May 2003	Anchorage Merrill Fld, US	daily high max	16.7 C (62.1 F)	2.8 C (5.0 F)	76 years	39 of 100 (Notable)
2 May 2003	Laguna, US	monthly low min	-9.4 C (15.1 F)	2.7 C (4.9 F)	41 years	38 of 100 (Notable)
2 May 2003	Cape Hatteras - Billy Mitchell, US	daily rain	64.8 mm (2.6 in)	42.4 mm (1.7 in)	4 years	38 of 100 (Notable)
2 May 2003	Cacahoatan, MX	daily high min	23.9 C (75.0 F)	2.2 C (4.0 F)	44 years	37 of 100 (Notable)
2 May 2003	Drobeta Turnu Severin, RO	daily high min	14.4 C (57.9 F)	0.4 C (0.7 F)	89 years	37 of 100 (Notable)
2 May 2003	Buzau, RO	daily high max	32.3 C (90.1 F)	2.8 C (5.0 F)	68 years	36 of 100 (Notable)
2 May 2003	Hatteras, US	daily rain	100.8 mm (4.0 in)	15.5 mm (0.6 in)	53 years	36 of 100 (Notable)
2 May 2003	Homer AP, US	daily high max	17.8 C (64.0 F)	3.4 C (6.1 F)	58 years	36 of 100 (Notable)
2 May 2003	Despoblado, MX	monthly high min	26.1 C (79.0 F)	1.1 C (2.0 F)	37 years	34 of 100 (Routine)

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 2003

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1795 to 2003. 2003 had 787 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 10	531
10 to 20	25
20 to 30	9
30 to 40	2
40 to 50	1
50 to 60	0
60 to 70	1