Weather Records on 20 May 2007

565 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 20 May 2007. Highest significance: Veendam, NL.

Key Facts for 20 May 2007

On 20 May 2007, 565 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
245 were record highs and 213 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 3 were all-time records, 18 monthly and 544 daily.
Veendam set a monthly record daily precipitation of 54.7 mm (2.2 in) on 20 May 2007.
Across 162 earlier years (1802 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 455 records.

Record Map

565 stations

565 station records on 20 May 2007 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 20 May 2007: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Veendam	Netherlands	Record daily precipitation	54.7 mm (2.2 in)	67 of 100 (Major)
Gieterveen	Netherlands	Record daily precipitation	54.4 mm (2.1 in)	61 of 100 (Major)
Santander/Parayas	Spain	Record daily precipitation	52.3 mm (2.1 in)	59 of 100 (Notable)
Burgos-Villafria	Spain	Record daily precipitation	44.0 mm (1.7 in)	56 of 100 (Notable)
Helgoland	Germany	Record daily precipitation	26.6 mm (1.0 in)	55 of 100 (Notable)
Schoonloo	Netherlands	Record daily precipitation	50.3 mm (2.0 in)	55 of 100 (Notable)
Salamanca Aeropuerto	Spain	Record daily precipitation	41.4 mm (1.6 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Santander Cmt	Spain	Record daily precipitation	59.0 mm (2.3 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Presa Tezoyo	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	64.8 mm (2.6 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Villa Mainero	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	95.0 mm (3.7 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Madrid/Torrejon	Spain	Record daily precipitation	33.2 mm (1.3 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Nemours (Ghazaouet)	Algeria	Record high minimum temperature	20.6 C (69.1 F)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Wetumpka	United States	Record low minimum temperature	7.2 C (45.0 F)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Eext	Netherlands	Record daily precipitation	37.9 mm (1.5 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Cloquet	United States	Record low maximum temperature	4.4 C (39.9 F)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Tizi Ouzou	Algeria	Record high maximum temperature	37.5 C (99.5 F)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Ocala	United States	Record low minimum temperature	10.6 C (51.1 F)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Lake Yellowstone	United States	Record high maximum temperature	22.2 C (72.0 F)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Rennes-St Jacques	France	Record daily precipitation	25.2 mm (1.0 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
San Diego Curupatzeo	Mexico	Record low minimum temperature	8.9 C (48.0 F)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Leon Virgen del Camino	Spain	Record daily precipitation	26.2 mm (1.0 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Salamanca Obs.	Spain	Record daily precipitation	43.2 mm (1.7 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Moina	Australia	Record daily precipitation	28.5 mm (1.1 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Forks 1 E	United States	Record low maximum temperature	10.6 C (51.1 F)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Newport	United States	Record low maximum temperature	10.0 C (50.0 F)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Taganrog (Lighthouse)	Russia	Record high maximum temperature	30.2 C (86.4 F)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Innsbruck	Austria	Record high maximum temperature	30.9 C (87.6 F)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Guadalupe	Mexico	Record low maximum temperature	13.9 C (57.0 F)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Aspendell	United States	Record high minimum temperature	9.4 C (48.9 F)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Two Harbors	United States	Record low maximum temperature	3.3 C (37.9 F)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Salisbury	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-4.4 C (24.1 F)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Comanja de Corona	Mexico	Record low minimum temperature	0.6 C (33.1 F)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Jal	United States	Record low maximum temperature	20.6 C (69.1 F)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Mo I Rana III	Norway	Record daily precipitation	27.5 mm (1.1 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Oviedo	Spain	Record daily precipitation	31.8 mm (1.3 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Sierra Mojada	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	32.8 mm (1.3 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Tlapehuala	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	30.0 mm (1.2 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Ramos Arizpe (Smn)	Mexico	Record high maximum temperature	35.6 C (96.1 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Tilden 4 SSE	United States	Record low maximum temperature	24.4 C (75.9 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Utklippan	Sweden	Record high minimum temperature	12.6 C (54.7 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Benavides #2	United States	Record low maximum temperature	21.1 C (70.0 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Gainesville Rgnl AP	United States	Record low minimum temperature	8.9 C (48.0 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Frontera Hidalgo	Mexico	Record high maximum temperature	38.9 C (102.0 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Hatanga	Russia	Record low maximum temperature	-10.4 C (13.3 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Lubny	Ukraine	Record high minimum temperature	20.3 C (68.5 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Rocksprings	United States	Record low maximum temperature	22.2 C (72.0 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Arlington	United States	Record daily precipitation	27.4 mm (1.1 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Port Angeles	United States	Record low maximum temperature	11.1 C (52.0 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Belle Ile - le Talut	France	Record daily precipitation	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Mittenwald-Buckelwiesen	Germany	Record high maximum temperature	27.5 C (81.5 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Gagnoa	Cote D'Ivoire	Record high maximum temperature	35.4 C (95.7 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Kiffa	Mauritania	Record low maximum temperature	39.0 C (102.2 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Ostuta	Mexico	Record low minimum temperature	18.3 C (64.9 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Lajas Substn	Puerto Rico [United States]	Record low maximum temperature	28.3 C (82.9 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Phuket Airport	Thailand	Record low minimum temperature	21.5 C (70.7 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Parr	United States	Record low minimum temperature	5.0 C (41.0 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Golmud	China	Record high minimum temperature	14.6 C (58.3 F)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Clermont-Ferrand	France	Record high minimum temperature	16.2 C (61.2 F)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Zugspitze	Germany	Record high maximum temperature	9.3 C (48.7 F)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Tehuacan	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	27.9 mm (1.1 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

565 records

Records set or tied on 20 May 2007 by type: Highest daily maximum 114, Lowest daily maximum 100, Highest daily minimum 131, Lowest daily minimum 113, Heaviest daily rainfall 104, Heaviest daily snowfall 2, Deepest snow cover 1.

Records on 20 May 2007 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	114
Lowest daily maximum	100
Highest daily minimum	131
Lowest daily minimum	113
Heaviest daily rainfall	104
Heaviest daily snowfall	2
Deepest snow cover	1

Records on 20 May 2007 by timescale: all-time 3, monthly 18, daily 544.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

438 broken records

Margins by which the 438 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 66.6. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

20 May 2007

Top 20 records on 20 May 2007 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
20 May 2007	Veendam, NL	monthly rain	54.7 mm (2.2 in)	18.2 mm (0.7 in)	53 years	67 of 100 (Major)
20 May 2007	Gieterveen, NL	monthly rain	54.4 mm (2.1 in)	16.7 mm (0.7 in)	42 years	61 of 100 (Major)
20 May 2007	Santander/Parayas, ES	daily rain	52.3 mm (2.1 in)	36.3 mm (1.4 in)	48 years	59 of 100 (Notable)
20 May 2007	Burgos-Villafria, ES	daily rain	44.0 mm (1.7 in)	25.1 mm (1.0 in)	33 years	56 of 100 (Notable)
20 May 2007	Helgoland, DE	daily rain	26.6 mm (1.0 in)	17.1 mm (0.7 in)	33 years	55 of 100 (Notable)
20 May 2007	Schoonloo, NL	monthly rain	50.3 mm (2.0 in)	18.1 mm (0.7 in)	11 years	55 of 100 (Notable)
20 May 2007	Salamanca Aeropuerto, ES	daily rain	41.4 mm (1.6 in)	21.5 mm (0.8 in)	28 years	54 of 100 (Notable)
20 May 2007	Santander Cmt, ES	daily rain	59.0 mm (2.3 in)	45.0 mm (1.8 in)	24 years	53 of 100 (Notable)
20 May 2007	Presa Tezoyo, MX	daily rain	64.8 mm (2.6 in)	49.8 mm (2.0 in)	25 years	52 of 100 (Notable)
20 May 2007	Villa Mainero, MX	daily rain	95.0 mm (3.7 in)	66.6 mm (2.6 in)	25 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
20 May 2007	Madrid/Torrejon, ES	daily rain	33.2 mm (1.3 in)	25.8 mm (1.0 in)	22 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
20 May 2007	Nemours (Ghazaouet), DZ	daily high min	20.6 C (69.1 F)	2.6 C (4.7 F)	94 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
20 May 2007	Wetumpka, US	daily low min	7.2 C (45.0 F)	2.8 C (5.0 F)	102 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
20 May 2007	Eext, NL	daily rain	37.9 mm (1.5 in)	20.1 mm (0.8 in)	4 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
20 May 2007	Cloquet, US	daily low max	4.4 C (39.9 F)	5.0 C (9.0 F)	92 years	44 of 100 (Notable)
20 May 2007	Tizi Ouzou, DZ	daily high max	37.5 C (99.5 F)	1.5 C (2.7 F)	102 years	43 of 100 (Notable)
20 May 2007	Ocala, US	daily low min	10.6 C (51.1 F)	2.2 C (4.0 F)	89 years	43 of 100 (Notable)
20 May 2007	Lake Yellowstone, US	daily high max	22.2 C (72.0 F)	1.1 C (2.0 F)	102 years	42 of 100 (Notable)
20 May 2007	Rennes-St Jacques, FR	daily rain	25.2 mm (1.0 in)	13.4 mm (0.5 in)	28 years	41 of 100 (Notable)
20 May 2007	San Diego Curupatzeo, MX	daily low min	8.9 C (48.0 F)	2.8 C (5.0 F)	77 years	40 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

1802 to 2007

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1802 to 2007. 2007 had 565 records.

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

Records on 05-20 in each year
Year	Records
1802	1
1803	1
1804	1
1815	1
1825	1
1837	1
1844	1
1845	3
1847	1
1854	1
1858	3
1861	1
1862	1
1865	1
1867	1
1868	2
1870	3
1871	2
1876	2
1877	3
1879	1
1880	2
1884	2
1885	1
1887	2
1889	3
1890	3
1891	5
1892	3
1893	1
1894	6
1895	3
1896	3
1897	3
1898	4
1899	4
1900	1
1901	5
1902	11
1903	19
1904	4
1905	4
1906	22
1907	35
1908	23
1909	10
1910	20
1911	82
1912	20
1913	10
1914	16
1915	42
1916	29
1917	46
1918	92
1919	56
1920	44
1921	234
1922	40
1923	125
1924	189
1925	251
1926	128
1927	118
1928	138
1929	323
1930	129
1931	451
1932	689
1933	449
1934	582
1935	259
1936	207
1937	270
1938	331
1939	266
1940	337
1941	378
1942	337
1943	802
1944	315
1945	498
1946	339
1947	358
1948	514
1949	586
1950	327
1951	288
1952	615
1953	518
1954	822
1955	421
1956	565
1957	728
1958	378
1959	785
1960	612
1961	333
1962	773
1963	732
1964	517
1965	200
1966	416
1967	587
1968	743
1969	885
1970	310
1971	653
1972	612
1973	419
1974	893
1975	1,332
1976	837
1977	553
1978	534
1979	683
1980	751
1981	1,540
1982	554
1983	1,307
1984	867
1985	426
1986	790
1987	1,036
1988	805
1989	764
1990	722
1991	925
1992	1,200
1993	1,208
1994	778
1995	734
1996	1,749
1997	1,106
1998	1,124
1999	673
2000	991
2001	847
2002	2,299
2003	1,201
2004	746
2005	929
2006	1,006
2007	565
2008	999
2009	1,529
2010	1,011
2011	1,117
2012	604
2013	919
2014	629
2015	1,001
2016	692
2017	1,214
2018	460
2019	1,483
2020	784
2021	904
2022	1,643
2023	1,106
2024	478
2025	969
2026	696

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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	410
10 to 20	18
20 to 30	6
30 to 40	1
40 to 50	2
50 to 60	0
60 to 70	1