Weather Records on 2 May 2006

577 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 2 May 2006. Highest significance: Palmerville, AU.

Key Facts for 2 May 2006

On 2 May 2006, 577 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
196 were record highs and 213 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 4 were all-time records, 31 monthly and 542 daily.
Palmerville set a daily record precipitation of 45.6 mm (1.8 in) on 2 May 2006.
Across 162 earlier years (1795 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 461 records.

Record Map

577 stations

577 station records on 2 May 2006 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 2 May 2006: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Palmerville	Australia	Record daily precipitation	45.6 mm (1.8 in)	71 of 100 (Major)
Coalcoman (Smn)	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	52.3 mm (2.1 in)	68 of 100 (Major)
Coen Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	31.4 mm (1.2 in)	61 of 100 (Major)
Kairi Research Station	Australia	Record daily precipitation	47.8 mm (1.9 in)	60 of 100 (Major)
Lockhart River Airport	Australia	Record daily precipitation	121.0 mm (4.8 in)	59 of 100 (Notable)
Aurukun Shire Council	Australia	Record daily precipitation	68.0 mm (2.7 in)	57 of 100 (Notable)
Hill City Muni AP	United States	Record daily precipitation	52.1 mm (2.1 in)	55 of 100 (Notable)
Mariano Abasolo	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	45.5 mm (1.8 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Huimilpan	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	55.1 mm (2.2 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Malanda Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	47.2 mm (1.9 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Joplin	United States	Record daily snowfall	7.6 cm (3.0 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Falls City 2 SSW	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-1.7 C (28.9 F)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Enyeje	Mexico	Record low maximum temperature	12.2 C (54.0 F)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Newman	United States	Record high minimum temperature	23.3 C (73.9 F)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Tizi Ouzou	Algeria	Record high maximum temperature	33.5 C (92.3 F)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Toluca (Dge)	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	38.4 mm (1.5 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Tyler Pounds Fld	United States	Record high minimum temperature	21.7 C (71.1 F)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Xai Xai	Mozambique	Record daily precipitation	81.0 mm (3.2 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Rookwood Station	Australia	Record daily precipitation	28.0 mm (1.1 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Tinaroo Falls Dam	Australia	Record daily precipitation	50.2 mm (2.0 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Toyama	Japan	Record daily precipitation	64.0 mm (2.5 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Bjoernoeya	Norway	Record high maximum temperature	10.0 C (50.0 F)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Ipswich	United States	Record daily precipitation	38.4 mm (1.5 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Fern Ridge-Veneta	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-2.8 C (27.0 F)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Coen Airport Evap	Australia	Record daily precipitation	32.2 mm (1.3 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Edenton	United States	Record low minimum temperature	3.3 C (37.9 F)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Cascadia	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-3.3 C (26.1 F)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Kailua 446	United States	Record low maximum temperature	18.9 C (66.0 F)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Kowanyama Airport	Australia	Record low maximum temperature	26.0 C (78.8 F)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Camecuaro	Mexico	Record low maximum temperature	23.9 C (75.0 F)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Leaburg 1 SW	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-1.1 C (30.0 F)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Henrietta	United States	Record daily precipitation	53.8 mm (2.1 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Elma	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-2.2 C (28.0 F)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Santa Rosa	Mexico	Record high maximum temperature	35.6 C (96.1 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Woodland	United States	Record daily precipitation	30.7 mm (1.2 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Concrete Ppl Fish STN	United States	Record low minimum temperature	0.0 C (32.0 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Wrotham Park	Australia	Record daily precipitation	76.2 mm (3.0 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
San Diego Curupatzeo	Mexico	Record low maximum temperature	30.6 C (87.1 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
De Soto	United States	Record daily precipitation	28.2 mm (1.1 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Bora-Bora/Motu-Mute	French Polynesia	Record daily precipitation	51.1 mm (2.0 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Amatenango del Valle	Mexico	Record high minimum temperature	18.9 C (66.0 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Mt Vernon 3 NE	United States	Record daily precipitation	47.2 mm (1.9 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Palo Verde	Mexico	Record low minimum temperature	2.8 C (37.0 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Palo Blanco	Mexico	Record low minimum temperature	3.9 C (39.0 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Alamogordo	United States	Record high minimum temperature	17.8 C (64.0 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
San Salvador El Seco	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	39.9 mm (1.6 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Moscow U of I	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-5.0 C (23.0 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Cuero	United States	Record high maximum temperature	35.0 C (95.0 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Diablo Dam	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-1.7 C (28.9 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Dallas FAA AP	United States	Record high minimum temperature	22.8 C (73.0 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Aburatsu	Japan	Record high maximum temperature	29.7 C (85.5 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Hopen	Norway	Record high maximum temperature	6.7 C (44.1 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Vanceboro No 2	United States	Record daily precipitation	36.3 mm (1.4 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Ysleta	United States	Record high maximum temperature	37.2 C (99.0 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Rosalia	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-3.9 C (25.0 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Cacahoatan	Mexico	Record low maximum temperature	28.9 C (84.0 F)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Abritas	Mexico	Record high minimum temperature	25.6 C (78.1 F)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Ellijay	United States	Record daily precipitation	29.2 mm (1.1 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Startup 1 E	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-0.6 C (30.9 F)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Blina	Australia	Record daily precipitation	35.4 mm (1.4 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

577 records

Records set or tied on 2 May 2006 by type: Highest daily maximum 93, Lowest daily maximum 96, Highest daily minimum 103, Lowest daily minimum 117, Heaviest daily rainfall 162, Heaviest daily snowfall 4, Deepest snow cover 2.

Records on 2 May 2006 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	93
Lowest daily maximum	96
Highest daily minimum	103
Lowest daily minimum	117
Heaviest daily rainfall	162
Heaviest daily snowfall	4
Deepest snow cover	2

Records on 2 May 2006 by timescale: all-time 4, monthly 31, daily 542.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

427 broken records

Margins by which the 427 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 152.0. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

2 May 2006

Top 20 records on 2 May 2006 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
2 May 2006	Palmerville, AU	daily rain	45.6 mm (1.8 in)	34.7 mm (1.4 in)	96 years	71 of 100 (Major)
2 May 2006	Coalcoman (Smn), MX	daily rain	52.3 mm (2.1 in)	52.3 mm (2.1 in)	69 years	68 of 100 (Major)
2 May 2006	Coen Post Office, AU	daily rain	31.4 mm (1.2 in)	11.8 mm (0.5 in)	89 years	61 of 100 (Major)
2 May 2006	Kairi Research Station, AU	daily rain	47.8 mm (1.9 in)	34.1 mm (1.3 in)	39 years	60 of 100 (Major)
2 May 2006	Lockhart River Airport, AU	daily rain	121.0 mm (4.8 in)	110.3 mm (4.3 in)	48 years	59 of 100 (Notable)
2 May 2006	Aurukun Shire Council, AU	monthly rain	68.0 mm (2.7 in)	12.1 mm (0.5 in)	89 years	57 of 100 (Notable)
2 May 2006	Hill City Muni AP, US	daily rain	52.1 mm (2.1 in)	29.5 mm (1.2 in)	61 years	55 of 100 (Notable)
2 May 2006	Mariano Abasolo, MX	daily rain	45.5 mm (1.8 in)	44.5 mm (1.8 in)	20 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
2 May 2006	Huimilpan, MX	daily rain	55.1 mm (2.2 in)	40.1 mm (1.6 in)	20 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
2 May 2006	Malanda Post Office, AU	daily rain	47.2 mm (1.9 in)	19.3 mm (0.8 in)	39 years	44 of 100 (Notable)
2 May 2006	Joplin, US	daily snowfall	7.6 cm (3.0 in)	7.6 cm (3.0 in)	73 years	44 of 100 (Notable)
2 May 2006	Falls City 2 SSW, US	daily low min	-1.7 C (28.9 F)	1.1 C (2.0 F)	106 years	43 of 100 (Notable)
2 May 2006	Enyeje, MX	daily low max	12.2 C (54.0 F)	7.2 C (13.0 F)	40 years	42 of 100 (Notable)
2 May 2006	Newman, US	daily high min	23.3 C (73.9 F)	6.1 C (11.0 F)	59 years	42 of 100 (Notable)
2 May 2006	Tizi Ouzou, DZ	daily high max	33.5 C (92.3 F)	0.5 C (0.9 F)	106 years	41 of 100 (Notable)
2 May 2006	Toluca (Dge), MX	monthly rain	38.4 mm (1.5 in)	8.9 mm (0.35 in)	42 years	41 of 100 (Notable)
2 May 2006	Tyler Pounds Fld, US	daily high min	21.7 C (71.1 F)	0.6 C (1.1 F)	114 years	41 of 100 (Notable)
2 May 2006	Xai Xai, MZ	daily rain	81.0 mm (3.2 in)	42.5 mm (1.7 in)	24 years	40 of 100 (Notable)
2 May 2006	Rookwood Station, AU	daily rain	28.0 mm (1.1 in)	22.7 mm (0.9 in)	40 years	38 of 100 (Notable)
2 May 2006	Tinaroo Falls Dam, AU	daily rain	50.2 mm (2.0 in)	20.2 mm (0.8 in)	17 years	38 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 2006

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1795 to 2006. 2006 had 577 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 20	402
20 to 40	16
40 to 60	6
60 to 80	1
80 to 100	0
100 to 120	1
120 to 140	0
140 to 160	1