Weather Records on 15 May 2007

949 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 15 May 2007. Highest significance: Beulah, AU.

Key Facts for 15 May 2007

On 15 May 2007, 949 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
460 were record highs and 118 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 1 were all-time records, 24 monthly and 924 daily.
Beulah set a daily record precipitation of 34.0 mm (1.3 in) on 15 May 2007.
Across 162 earlier years (1820 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 427 records.

Record Map

949 stations

949 station records on 15 May 2007 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 15 May 2007: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Beulah	Australia	Record daily precipitation	34.0 mm (1.3 in)	63 of 100 (Major)
Waddikee	Australia	Record daily precipitation	40.0 mm (1.6 in)	62 of 100 (Major)
Hebron	United States	Record daily precipitation	79.8 mm (3.1 in)	62 of 100 (Major)
Kjobli I Snaasa	Norway	Record daily precipitation	26.4 mm (1.0 in)	61 of 100 (Major)
Ostas I Hegra	Norway	Record daily precipitation	31.6 mm (1.2 in)	60 of 100 (Major)
Kimba (Curtinye)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	38.0 mm (1.5 in)	59 of 100 (Notable)
Jerusalem Central	Israel	Record daily precipitation	30.3 mm (1.2 in)	59 of 100 (Notable)
Arnhem	Netherlands	Record daily precipitation	28.7 mm (1.1 in)	59 of 100 (Notable)
Ekaterinburg	Russia	Record daily precipitation	26.0 mm (1.0 in)	59 of 100 (Notable)
Duiven	Netherlands	Record daily precipitation	32.5 mm (1.3 in)	55 of 100 (Notable)
Broken Hill (Sturts Meadows)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	28.8 mm (1.1 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Bradshaw	United States	Record daily precipitation	44.2 mm (1.7 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Scandia	United States	Record daily precipitation	69.9 mm (2.8 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Skjaekerfossen	Norway	Record daily precipitation	27.5 mm (1.1 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Leksvik - Myran	Norway	Record daily precipitation	41.3 mm (1.6 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Zetten	Netherlands	Record daily precipitation	30.5 mm (1.2 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Darlington	United States	Record low minimum temperature	2.2 C (36.0 F)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Otteroy	Norway	Record daily precipitation	27.0 mm (1.1 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Wilson Lake	United States	Record daily precipitation	52.6 mm (2.1 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Clay Ctr 6 ESE	United States	Record daily precipitation	52.3 mm (2.1 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Vera	Norway	Record daily precipitation	28.5 mm (1.1 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Charlevoix	United States	Record high maximum temperature	28.3 C (82.9 F)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Tejon Rancho	United States	Record low minimum temperature	1.7 C (35.1 F)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Suomussalmi Naljanka	Finland	Record daily precipitation	26.2 mm (1.0 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Minden	United States	Record daily precipitation	50.8 mm (2.0 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Port Washington	United States	Record high maximum temperature	32.2 C (90.0 F)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Loksmyr	Norway	Record daily precipitation	30.0 mm (1.2 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Tobolsk	Russia	Record daily precipitation	25.6 mm (1.0 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Saint Exupery	France	Record daily precipitation	53.1 mm (2.1 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
El Porvenir	Mexico	Record high maximum temperature	36.7 C (98.1 F)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Breivoll	Norway	Record daily precipitation	33.6 mm (1.3 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Afjord - Momyr	Norway	Record daily precipitation	42.6 mm (1.7 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Sugarloaf Rsvr	United States	Record high maximum temperature	20.6 C (69.1 F)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Antioch	United States	Record high maximum temperature	32.2 C (90.0 F)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Seward	United States	Record daily precipitation	46.2 mm (1.8 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Dayton 1 WSW	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-2.2 C (28.0 F)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Robe Comparison	Australia	Record high minimum temperature	15.1 C (59.2 F)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Isabela Substn	Puerto Rico [United States]	Record high minimum temperature	23.3 C (73.9 F)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Krasnoufimsk	Russia	Record daily precipitation	29.1 mm (1.1 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Crockett	United States	Record high maximum temperature	34.4 C (93.9 F)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Kjusjur	Russia	Record high maximum temperature	15.0 C (59.0 F)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Price	Australia	Record daily precipitation	28.2 mm (1.1 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Poprad/Tatry	Slovakia	Record daily precipitation	31.2 mm (1.2 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Baksjonaset	Sweden	Record daily precipitation	32.8 mm (1.3 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Hernando	United States	Record high maximum temperature	32.8 C (91.0 F)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Innamincka Station	Australia	Record daily precipitation	38.2 mm (1.5 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Wilpena Pound	Australia	Record daily precipitation	26.0 mm (1.0 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Pamjatnaja	Russia	Record daily precipitation	33.9 mm (1.3 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Ellis	United States	Record daily precipitation	45.7 mm (1.8 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Mankato	United States	Record daily precipitation	53.3 mm (2.1 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Deqen	China	Record daily precipitation	39.3 mm (1.5 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Lettele	Netherlands	Record daily precipitation	25.1 mm (1.0 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Hegra II	Norway	Record daily precipitation	43.0 mm (1.7 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Niles	United States	Record daily precipitation	34.5 mm (1.4 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Upland 2NE	United States	Record daily precipitation	27.9 mm (1.1 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Dayton Intl AP	United States	Record daily precipitation	48.5 mm (1.9 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
White Cliffs (Kayrunnera)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	25.0 mm (1.0 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Bruning	United States	Record daily precipitation	77.2 mm (3.0 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Mather 3 NW	United States	Record high minimum temperature	17.2 C (63.0 F)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Neillsville 3ESE	United States	Record high maximum temperature	31.7 C (89.1 F)	34 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

949 records

Records set or tied on 15 May 2007 by type: Highest daily maximum 298, Lowest daily maximum 44, Highest daily minimum 162, Lowest daily minimum 74, Heaviest daily rainfall 369, Heaviest daily snowfall 1, Deepest snow cover 1.

Records on 15 May 2007 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	298
Lowest daily maximum	44
Highest daily minimum	162
Lowest daily minimum	74
Heaviest daily rainfall	369
Heaviest daily snowfall	1
Deepest snow cover	1

Records on 15 May 2007 by timescale: all-time 1, monthly 24, daily 924.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

741 broken records

Margins by which the 741 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 41.7. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

15 May 2007

Top 20 records on 15 May 2007 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
15 May 2007	Beulah, AU	daily rain	34.0 mm (1.3 in)	17.7 mm (0.7 in)	88 years	63 of 100 (Major)
15 May 2007	Waddikee, AU	daily rain	40.0 mm (1.6 in)	25.3 mm (1.0 in)	48 years	62 of 100 (Major)
15 May 2007	Hebron, US	daily rain	79.8 mm (3.1 in)	36.6 mm (1.4 in)	78 years	62 of 100 (Major)
15 May 2007	Kjobli I Snaasa, NO	daily rain	26.4 mm (1.0 in)	8.1 mm (0.32 in)	102 years	61 of 100 (Major)
15 May 2007	Ostas I Hegra, NO	daily rain	31.6 mm (1.2 in)	10.9 mm (0.4 in)	107 years	60 of 100 (Major)
15 May 2007	Kimba (Curtinye), AU	daily rain	38.0 mm (1.5 in)	21.2 mm (0.8 in)	48 years	59 of 100 (Notable)
15 May 2007	Jerusalem Central, IL	monthly rain	30.3 mm (1.2 in)	13.1 mm (0.5 in)	21 years	59 of 100 (Notable)
15 May 2007	Arnhem, NL	daily rain	28.7 mm (1.1 in)	13.2 mm (0.5 in)	82 years	59 of 100 (Notable)
15 May 2007	Ekaterinburg, RU	daily rain	26.0 mm (1.0 in)	10.2 mm (0.4 in)	101 years	59 of 100 (Notable)
15 May 2007	Duiven, NL	daily rain	32.5 mm (1.3 in)	20.9 mm (0.8 in)	36 years	55 of 100 (Notable)
15 May 2007	Broken Hill (Sturts Meadows), AU	daily rain	28.8 mm (1.1 in)	18.4 mm (0.7 in)	69 years	52 of 100 (Notable)
15 May 2007	Bradshaw, US	daily rain	44.2 mm (1.7 in)	19.6 mm (0.8 in)	90 years	52 of 100 (Notable)
15 May 2007	Scandia, US	daily rain	69.9 mm (2.8 in)	37.9 mm (1.5 in)	48 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
15 May 2007	Skjaekerfossen, NO	daily rain	27.5 mm (1.1 in)	17.5 mm (0.7 in)	44 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
15 May 2007	Leksvik - Myran, NO	monthly rain	41.3 mm (1.6 in)	12.8 mm (0.5 in)	36 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
15 May 2007	Zetten, NL	daily rain	30.5 mm (1.2 in)	19.0 mm (0.7 in)	16 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
15 May 2007	Darlington, US	daily low min	2.2 C (36.0 F)	4.5 C (8.1 F)	89 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
15 May 2007	Otteroy, NO	daily rain	27.0 mm (1.1 in)	21.8 mm (0.9 in)	12 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
15 May 2007	Wilson Lake, US	daily rain	52.6 mm (2.1 in)	41.7 mm (1.6 in)	21 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
15 May 2007	Clay Ctr 6 ESE, US	daily rain	52.3 mm (2.1 in)	18.3 mm (0.7 in)	78 years	46 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

1820 to 2007

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1820 to 2007. 2007 had 949 records.

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

Records on 05-15 in each year
Year	Records
1820	1
1825	1
1831	1
1832	1
1837	2
1845	1
1847	2
1848	1
1855	2
1857	2
1859	1
1862	1
1863	1
1865	1
1866	2
1867	1
1868	2
1870	1
1871	3
1874	2
1876	4
1878	1
1879	2
1881	1
1883	1
1885	1
1886	2
1888	3
1891	3
1893	5
1894	2
1895	4
1896	2
1897	4
1898	3
1899	9
1900	9
1901	2
1902	9
1903	4
1904	13
1905	16
1906	10
1907	27
1908	25
1909	89
1910	27
1911	27
1912	26
1913	60
1914	16
1915	236
1916	27
1917	80
1918	133
1919	25
1920	58
1921	92
1922	30
1923	125
1924	174
1925	100
1926	161
1927	191
1928	144
1929	161
1930	136
1931	459
1932	368
1933	439
1934	227
1935	288
1936	372
1937	373
1938	393
1939	351
1940	179
1941	454
1942	701
1943	568
1944	630
1945	588
1946	238
1947	334
1948	264
1949	363
1950	260
1951	736
1952	476
1953	426
1954	355
1955	538
1956	466
1957	521
1958	605
1959	764
1960	291
1961	508
1962	1,128
1963	782
1964	347
1965	320
1966	389
1967	609
1968	1,019
1969	790
1970	512
1971	351
1972	484
1973	818
1974	1,230
1975	372
1976	803
1977	1,186
1978	922
1979	404
1980	625
1981	586
1982	500
1983	1,215
1984	1,059
1985	649
1986	679
1987	1,073
1988	643
1989	552
1990	776
1991	1,179
1992	944
1993	784
1994	910
1995	1,750
1996	1,452
1997	1,175
1998	1,641
1999	810
2000	850
2001	1,280
2002	801
2003	1,023
2004	1,046
2005	767
2006	955
2007	949
2008	995
2009	675
2010	1,088
2011	1,298
2012	751
2013	1,081
2014	1,411
2015	717
2016	890
2017	435
2018	1,074
2019	627
2020	472
2021	412
2022	847
2023	566
2024	596
2025	801
2026	481

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Data for records on 2007-05-15: 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).

Histogram of margins by which records were beaten on 15 May 2007
Margin	Records
0 to 10	645
10 to 20	73
20 to 30	16
30 to 40	6
40 to 50	1