Weather Records on 2 May 2004

1,344 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 2 May 2004. Highest significance: Sisal, MX.

Key Facts for 2 May 2004

On 2 May 2004, 1,344 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
490 were record highs and 613 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 1 were all-time records, 74 monthly and 1,269 daily.
Sisal set a daily record precipitation of 72.9 mm (2.9 in) on 2 May 2004.
Across 162 earlier years (1795 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 456 records.

Record Map

1,344 stations

1,344 station records on 2 May 2004 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 2 May 2004: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Sisal	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	72.9 mm (2.9 in)	55 of 100 (Notable)
Buctzotz	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	89.9 mm (3.5 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Bishopville 1.4 ENE	United States	Record daily precipitation	68.6 mm (2.7 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Carrollton	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-2.2 C (28.0 F)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Tarifa	Spain	Record daily precipitation	40.3 mm (1.6 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Ingenio Catmis	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	56.9 mm (2.2 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Madrid - Retiro	Spain	Record daily precipitation	25.5 mm (1.0 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Jackman	United States	Record high minimum temperature	11.1 C (52.0 F)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Moorestown 4 E	United States	Record high minimum temperature	17.8 C (64.0 F)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Salto de Agua (Dge)	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	106.4 mm (4.2 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Thomasville	United States	Record daily precipitation	59.2 mm (2.3 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Waverly	United States	Record high minimum temperature	17.2 C (63.0 F)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Madrid/Torrejon	Spain	Record daily precipitation	27.0 mm (1.1 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Santa Barbara	United States	Record high maximum temperature	35.0 C (95.0 F)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Livingston 2 NNE	United States	Record daily precipitation	130.0 mm (5.1 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Weatherford	United States	Record low minimum temperature	3.9 C (39.0 F)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Farmerville	United States	Record low maximum temperature	18.9 C (66.0 F)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Hillsboro	United States	Record daily precipitation	44.7 mm (1.8 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
P-Ranch South Place	United States	Record high maximum temperature	29.4 C (84.9 F)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Sarita 7 E	United States	Record daily precipitation	36.6 mm (1.4 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Burkes Garden	United States	Record high minimum temperature	13.9 C (57.0 F)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Half Moon Bay	United States	Record high maximum temperature	25.6 C (78.1 F)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Pomona/Fairplex	United States	Record high maximum temperature	38.3 C (100.9 F)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Natchitoches	United States	Record low maximum temperature	18.9 C (66.0 F)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Taunton	United States	Record high minimum temperature	13.3 C (55.9 F)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Auburn	United States	Record high minimum temperature	15.0 C (59.0 F)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Siping	China	Record daily precipitation	37.4 mm (1.5 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Ocosingo	Mexico	Record low maximum temperature	20.6 C (69.1 F)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Huaniqueo	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	26.7 mm (1.1 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Corona	Mexico	Record low minimum temperature	5.6 C (42.1 F)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Tecolutla	Mexico	Record low maximum temperature	21.1 C (70.0 F)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Rio Lagartos	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	65.3 mm (2.6 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Wetumpka	United States	Record daily precipitation	56.4 mm (2.2 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Santa Paula	United States	Record high maximum temperature	38.3 C (100.9 F)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Ruston la Tech	United States	Record low maximum temperature	17.8 C (64.0 F)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Cheraw	United States	Record high minimum temperature	19.4 C (66.9 F)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Bowie	United States	Record low minimum temperature	4.4 C (39.9 F)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Marlin	United States	Record low maximum temperature	13.9 C (57.0 F)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Forks 1 E	United States	Record high minimum temperature	13.9 C (57.0 F)	40 of 100 (Notable)
San Pedro Nexapa	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	38.9 mm (1.5 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Covington 8 WNW	United States	Record low maximum temperature	20.6 C (69.1 F)	39 of 100 (Notable)
St Francisville	United States	Record daily precipitation	32.0 mm (1.3 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Asheboro 2 W	United States	Record daily precipitation	38.9 mm (1.5 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Anahuac	United States	Record daily precipitation	55.9 mm (2.2 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Port Isabel	United States	Record low minimum temperature	12.2 C (54.0 F)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Presa Rodriguez	Mexico	Record high maximum temperature	36.7 C (98.1 F)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Jose Cardel	Mexico	Record low maximum temperature	25.0 C (77.0 F)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Dillon	United States	Record high minimum temperature	19.4 C (66.9 F)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Cottonwood 2 E	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-7.8 C (18.0 F)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Cuero	United States	Record low maximum temperature	16.7 C (62.1 F)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Leitchfield 2 N	United States	Record daily precipitation	66.3 mm (2.6 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Stephenville Clark Fld	United States	Record low minimum temperature	5.6 C (42.1 F)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Nome AP	United States	Record high maximum temperature	13.3 C (55.9 F)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Toliman	Mexico	Record low maximum temperature	21.7 C (71.1 F)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Sevilla/San Pablo	Spain	Record daily precipitation	42.3 mm (1.7 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Marion Junction 2 NE	United States	Record daily precipitation	45.5 mm (1.8 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
U C L A	United States	Record high maximum temperature	34.4 C (93.9 F)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Lake City 2 SE	United States	Record daily precipitation	30.0 mm (1.2 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Haines AP	United States	Record high minimum temperature	7.8 C (46.0 F)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Nome AP	United States	Record high minimum temperature	3.9 C (39.0 F)	36 of 100 (Notable)

Counts by Type and Timescale

1,344 records

Records set or tied on 2 May 2004 by type: Highest daily maximum 180, Lowest daily maximum 353, Highest daily minimum 310, Lowest daily minimum 260, Heaviest daily rainfall 237, Heaviest daily snowfall 3, Deepest snow cover 1.

Records on 2 May 2004 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	180
Lowest daily maximum	353
Highest daily minimum	310
Lowest daily minimum	260
Heaviest daily rainfall	237
Heaviest daily snowfall	3
Deepest snow cover	1

Records on 2 May 2004 by timescale: all-time 1, monthly 74, daily 1,269.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

983 broken records

Margins by which the 983 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 86.9. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

2 May 2004

Top 20 records on 2 May 2004 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
2 May 2004	Sisal, MX	daily rain	72.9 mm (2.9 in)	72.9 mm (2.9 in)	46 years	55 of 100 (Notable)
2 May 2004	Buctzotz, MX	daily rain	89.9 mm (3.5 in)	86.9 mm (3.4 in)	27 years	53 of 100 (Notable)
2 May 2004	Bishopville 1.4 ENE, US	daily rain	68.6 mm (2.7 in)	52.1 mm (2.1 in)	29 years	53 of 100 (Notable)
2 May 2004	Carrollton, US	monthly low min	-2.2 C (28.0 F)	0.5 C (0.9 F)	101 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
2 May 2004	Tarifa, ES	daily rain	40.3 mm (1.6 in)	26.4 mm (1.0 in)	35 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
2 May 2004	Ingenio Catmis, MX	daily rain	56.9 mm (2.2 in)	47.5 mm (1.9 in)	44 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
2 May 2004	Madrid - Retiro, ES	daily rain	25.5 mm (1.0 in)	9.3 mm (0.37 in)	78 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
2 May 2004	Jackman, US	daily high min	11.1 C (52.0 F)	2.2 C (4.0 F)	106 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
2 May 2004	Moorestown 4 E, US	daily high min	17.8 C (64.0 F)	2.2 C (4.0 F)	104 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
2 May 2004	Salto de Agua (Dge), MX	daily rain	106.4 mm (4.2 in)	78.0 mm (3.1 in)	34 years	44 of 100 (Notable)
2 May 2004	Thomasville, US	daily rain	59.2 mm (2.3 in)	8.4 mm (0.33 in)	107 years	44 of 100 (Notable)
2 May 2004	Waverly, US	daily high min	17.2 C (63.0 F)	2.2 C (4.0 F)	104 years	44 of 100 (Notable)
2 May 2004	Madrid/Torrejon, ES	daily rain	27.0 mm (1.1 in)	20.6 mm (0.8 in)	9 years	43 of 100 (Notable)
2 May 2004	Santa Barbara, US	daily high max	35.0 C (95.0 F)	3.9 C (7.0 F)	75 years	43 of 100 (Notable)
2 May 2004	Livingston 2 NNE, US	daily rain	130.0 mm (5.1 in)	70.8 mm (2.8 in)	4 years	43 of 100 (Notable)
2 May 2004	Weatherford, US	daily low min	3.9 C (39.0 F)	1.7 C (3.1 F)	97 years	43 of 100 (Notable)
2 May 2004	Farmerville, US	daily low max	18.9 C (66.0 F)	1.1 C (2.0 F)	97 years	42 of 100 (Notable)
2 May 2004	Hillsboro, US	daily rain	44.7 mm (1.8 in)	13.5 mm (0.5 in)	69 years	42 of 100 (Notable)
2 May 2004	P-Ranch South Place, US	daily high max	29.4 C (84.9 F)	1.6 C (2.9 F)	105 years	42 of 100 (Notable)
2 May 2004	Sarita 7 E, US	daily rain	36.6 mm (1.4 in)	11.2 mm (0.4 in)	93 years	42 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 2004

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1795 to 2004. 2004 had 1,344 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 2004-05-02: 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 20	950
20 to 40	25
40 to 60	4
60 to 80	3
80 to 100	1