Weather Records on 7 May 2007

1,047 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 7 May 2007. Highest significance: Clausthal-Zellerfeld, DE.

Key Facts for 7 May 2007

On 7 May 2007, 1,047 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
441 were record highs and 138 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 7 were all-time records, 50 monthly and 990 daily.
Clausthal-Zellerfeld set a monthly record daily precipitation of 83.2 mm (3.3 in) on 7 May 2007.
Across 168 earlier years (1795 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 415 records.

Record Map

1,047 stations

1,047 station records on 7 May 2007 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 7 May 2007: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Clausthal-Zellerfeld	Germany	Record daily precipitation	83.2 mm (3.3 in)	90 of 100 (Exceptional)
Eskridge	United States	Record daily precipitation	108.5 mm (4.3 in)	80 of 100 (Exceptional)
Bethany	United States	Record daily precipitation	113.8 mm (4.5 in)	76 of 100 (Major)
Brocken	Germany	Record daily precipitation	67.1 mm (2.6 in)	74 of 100 (Major)
Lecompton	United States	Record daily precipitation	119.4 mm (4.7 in)	67 of 100 (Major)
Max	United States	Record daily precipitation	51.1 mm (2.0 in)	67 of 100 (Major)
Polo	United States	Record daily precipitation	135.9 mm (5.4 in)	66 of 100 (Major)
Paola	United States	Record daily precipitation	94.5 mm (3.7 in)	64 of 100 (Major)
Gallatin 1W	United States	Record daily precipitation	173.2 mm (6.8 in)	63 of 100 (Major)
Anthony	United States	Record daily precipitation	105.9 mm (4.2 in)	62 of 100 (Major)
Lunteren	Netherlands	Record daily precipitation	37.9 mm (1.5 in)	61 of 100 (Major)
Elk City 4 W	United States	Record daily precipitation	108.2 mm (4.3 in)	61 of 100 (Major)
Wolfsburg (Sudwest)	Germany	Record daily precipitation	33.5 mm (1.3 in)	60 of 100 (Major)
Audubon	United States	Record daily precipitation	152.4 mm (6.0 in)	60 of 100 (Major)
King City	United States	Record daily precipitation	127.0 mm (5.0 in)	60 of 100 (Major)
Lawton	United States	Record daily precipitation	86.4 mm (3.4 in)	60 of 100 (Major)
Schierke	Germany	Record daily precipitation	59.5 mm (2.3 in)	59 of 100 (Notable)
Oregon	United States	Record daily precipitation	105.2 mm (4.1 in)	59 of 100 (Notable)
Wahlsburg-Lippoldsberg	Germany	Record daily precipitation	45.5 mm (1.8 in)	57 of 100 (Notable)
Braunlage	Germany	Record daily precipitation	73.0 mm (2.9 in)	57 of 100 (Notable)
Norwich	United States	Record daily precipitation	116.8 mm (4.6 in)	57 of 100 (Notable)
Beckum-Unterberg	Germany	Record daily precipitation	35.3 mm (1.4 in)	56 of 100 (Notable)
Hiawatha 1 S	United States	Record daily precipitation	109.7 mm (4.3 in)	56 of 100 (Notable)
Bergen/Flesland	Norway	Record daily precipitation	33.0 mm (1.3 in)	55 of 100 (Notable)
Plattsburg	United States	Record daily precipitation	102.6 mm (4.0 in)	55 of 100 (Notable)
Wichita Mtn Wr	United States	Record daily precipitation	64.8 mm (2.6 in)	55 of 100 (Notable)
Leo 6 SW	United States	Record snow depth	45.7 cm (18.0 in)	55 of 100 (Notable)
Berlin-Dahlem	Germany	Record daily precipitation	27.2 mm (1.1 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Veenendaal	Netherlands	Record daily precipitation	31.2 mm (1.2 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Osceola	United States	Record daily precipitation	83.6 mm (3.3 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Madison	United States	Record daily precipitation	85.3 mm (3.4 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Hamilton 2W	United States	Record daily precipitation	160.5 mm (6.3 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Tak	Thailand	Record daily precipitation	111.0 mm (4.4 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Auburn	United States	Record daily precipitation	157.0 mm (6.2 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Holton	United States	Record daily precipitation	87.6 mm (3.4 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Lawrence	United States	Record daily precipitation	103.1 mm (4.1 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Newkirk 5NE	United States	Record daily precipitation	51.6 mm (2.0 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Barneveld	Netherlands	Record daily precipitation	28.0 mm (1.1 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Sonoma	United States	Record high minimum temperature	18.9 C (66.0 F)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Beaconsfield 3N	United States	Record daily precipitation	110.2 mm (4.3 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Oxford	United States	Record daily precipitation	72.6 mm (2.9 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Albany	United States	Record daily precipitation	114.3 mm (4.5 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
San Francisco Dwtn	United States	Record high minimum temperature	18.9 C (66.0 F)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Alta Vista	United States	Record daily precipitation	82.8 mm (3.3 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Rossville	United States	Record daily precipitation	104.1 mm (4.1 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Altastenberg	Germany	Record daily precipitation	43.3 mm (1.7 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Dinther	Netherlands	Record daily precipitation	38.3 mm (1.5 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Atchison	United States	Record daily precipitation	86.1 mm (3.4 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Bonner Springs	United States	Record daily precipitation	101.6 mm (4.0 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Hudson	United States	Record daily precipitation	69.1 mm (2.7 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Neosho Rapids	United States	Record daily precipitation	128.5 mm (5.1 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Troy 3N	United States	Record daily precipitation	78.2 mm (3.1 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Berkeley	United States	Record high minimum temperature	18.9 C (66.0 F)	47 of 100 (Notable)
El Dorado	United States	Record daily precipitation	67.1 mm (2.6 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Oskaloosa 4 NE	United States	Record daily precipitation	97.0 mm (3.8 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Butler 4W	United States	Record daily precipitation	84.6 mm (3.3 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Barrow AP	United States	Record daily snowfall	5.8 cm (2.3 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Villa Mainero	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	95.0 mm (3.7 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Kentfield	United States	Record high minimum temperature	15.6 C (60.1 F)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Belle Plaine	United States	Record daily precipitation	45.7 mm (1.8 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)

Counts by Type and Timescale

1,047 records

Records set or tied on 7 May 2007 by type: Highest daily maximum 193, Lowest daily maximum 50, Highest daily minimum 248, Lowest daily minimum 88, Heaviest daily rainfall 445, Heaviest daily snowfall 10, Deepest snow cover 13.

Records on 7 May 2007 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	193
Lowest daily maximum	50
Highest daily minimum	248
Lowest daily minimum	88
Heaviest daily rainfall	445
Heaviest daily snowfall	10
Deepest snow cover	13

Records on 7 May 2007 by timescale: all-time 7, monthly 50, daily 990.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

849 broken records

Margins by which the 849 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 381.0. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

7 May 2007

Top 20 records on 7 May 2007 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
7 May 2007	Clausthal-Zellerfeld, DE	monthly rain	83.2 mm (3.3 in)	27.1 mm (1.1 in)	108 years	90 of 100 (Exceptional)
7 May 2007	Eskridge, US	daily rain	108.5 mm (4.3 in)	76.7 mm (3.0 in)	107 years	80 of 100 (Exceptional)
7 May 2007	Bethany, US	monthly rain	113.8 mm (4.5 in)	32.8 mm (1.3 in)	113 years	76 of 100 (Major)
7 May 2007	Brocken, DE	daily rain	67.1 mm (2.6 in)	33.1 mm (1.3 in)	82 years	74 of 100 (Major)
7 May 2007	Lecompton, US	monthly rain	119.4 mm (4.7 in)	44.0 mm (1.7 in)	56 years	67 of 100 (Major)
7 May 2007	Max, US	daily rain	51.1 mm (2.0 in)	42.7 mm (1.7 in)	66 years	67 of 100 (Major)
7 May 2007	Polo, US	monthly rain	135.9 mm (5.4 in)	48.0 mm (1.9 in)	43 years	66 of 100 (Major)
7 May 2007	Paola, US	daily rain	94.5 mm (3.7 in)	52.3 mm (2.1 in)	64 years	64 of 100 (Major)
7 May 2007	Gallatin 1W, US	all-time rain	173.2 mm (6.8 in)	15.7 mm (0.6 in)	73 years	63 of 100 (Major)
7 May 2007	Anthony, US	daily rain	105.9 mm (4.2 in)	38.6 mm (1.5 in)	104 years	62 of 100 (Major)
7 May 2007	Lunteren, NL	daily rain	37.9 mm (1.5 in)	23.9 mm (0.9 in)	56 years	61 of 100 (Major)
7 May 2007	Elk City 4 W, US	daily rain	108.2 mm (4.3 in)	72.1 mm (2.8 in)	37 years	61 of 100 (Major)
7 May 2007	Wolfsburg (Sudwest), DE	daily rain	33.5 mm (1.3 in)	20.3 mm (0.8 in)	45 years	60 of 100 (Major)
7 May 2007	Audubon, US	monthly rain	152.4 mm (6.0 in)	49.3 mm (1.9 in)	0 years	60 of 100 (Major)
7 May 2007	King City, US	monthly rain	127.0 mm (5.0 in)	41.7 mm (1.6 in)	44 years	60 of 100 (Major)
7 May 2007	Lawton, US	daily rain	86.4 mm (3.4 in)	55.9 mm (2.2 in)	80 years	60 of 100 (Major)
7 May 2007	Schierke, DE	monthly rain	59.5 mm (2.3 in)	17.2 mm (0.7 in)	35 years	59 of 100 (Notable)
7 May 2007	Oregon, US	daily rain	105.2 mm (4.1 in)	30.0 mm (1.2 in)	96 years	59 of 100 (Notable)
7 May 2007	Wahlsburg-Lippoldsberg, DE	monthly rain	45.5 mm (1.8 in)	10.5 mm (0.4 in)	75 years	57 of 100 (Notable)
7 May 2007	Braunlage, DE	monthly rain	73.0 mm (2.9 in)	32.7 mm (1.3 in)	0 years	57 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 2007

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1795 to 2007. 2007 had 1,047 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 2007-05-07: 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 2026-10-16 (16 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 50	813
50 to 100	31
100 to 150	1
150 to 200	1
200 to 250	2
250 to 300	0
300 to 350	0
350 to 400	1