Weather Records on 7 May 2009

735 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 7 May 2009. Highest significance: Milstead, US.

Key Facts for 7 May 2009

On 7 May 2009, 735 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
479 were record highs and 74 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 11 were all-time records, 15 monthly and 709 daily.
Milstead set a daily record precipitation of 99.3 mm (3.9 in) on 7 May 2009.
Across 168 earlier years (1795 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 417 records.

Record Map

735 stations

735 station records on 7 May 2009 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 7 May 2009: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Milstead	United States	Record daily precipitation	99.3 mm (3.9 in)	79 of 100 (Major)
Tallapoosa Wtr Plt	United States	Record daily precipitation	132.1 mm (5.2 in)	60 of 100 (Major)
Wetumpka	United States	Record daily precipitation	95.0 mm (3.7 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
W Pt	United States	Record daily precipitation	31.5 mm (1.2 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Fort Huachuca	United States	Record high maximum temperature	34.4 C (93.9 F)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Santa Rosa	Mexico	Record high minimum temperature	17.8 C (64.0 F)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Paradise	United States	Record high maximum temperature	31.7 C (89.1 F)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Mc Connellsville Lk 7	United States	Record daily precipitation	36.6 mm (1.4 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Upper Baker Dam	United States	Record daily precipitation	50.8 mm (2.0 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Silver Lake Rs	United States	Record daily precipitation	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Hamburg	United States	Record daily precipitation	38.6 mm (1.5 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Boonton 1 SE	United States	Record daily precipitation	47.2 mm (1.9 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Flemington 5 NNW	United States	Record daily precipitation	45.7 mm (1.8 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Pandora	United States	Record daily precipitation	59.9 mm (2.4 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Suffolk Lake Kilby	United States	Record daily precipitation	53.8 mm (2.1 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Fordyce	United States	Record daily precipitation	56.1 mm (2.2 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Lexington	United States	Record daily precipitation	77.5 mm (3.1 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Motozintla (Smn)	Mexico	Record low minimum temperature	6.1 C (43.0 F)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Zinder	Niger	Record low maximum temperature	31.5 C (88.7 F)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Ashburnham	United States	Record daily precipitation	40.9 mm (1.6 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Clanton	United States	Record daily precipitation	74.9 mm (2.9 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Paulo Afonso	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	25.9 mm (1.0 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Springerville	United States	Record high maximum temperature	28.9 C (84.0 F)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Ojai	United States	Record high maximum temperature	38.3 C (100.9 F)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Bonneville Dam	United States	Record daily precipitation	48.8 mm (1.9 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Comondu	Mexico	Record high minimum temperature	20.6 C (69.1 F)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Copala	Mexico	Record low maximum temperature	25.0 C (77.0 F)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Baguio	Philippines	Record low maximum temperature	16.8 C (62.2 F)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Rainier Paradise Rs	United States	Record daily precipitation	28.7 mm (1.1 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Angleton 2 W	United States	Record high minimum temperature	25.0 C (77.0 F)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Norristown	United States	Record daily precipitation	32.0 mm (1.3 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Rio Grande (Smn)	Mexico	Record high minimum temperature	19.4 C (66.9 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Blagovescensk	Russia	Record high minimum temperature	11.3 C (52.3 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Trinidad	United States	Record high maximum temperature	31.7 C (89.1 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Wertsville 4 NE	United States	Record daily precipitation	30.2 mm (1.2 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Santa Barbara Muni AP	United States	Record high minimum temperature	20.6 C (69.1 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Lindong	China	Record high minimum temperature	18.9 C (66.0 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Dobbs Ferry-Ardsley	United States	Record daily precipitation	41.1 mm (1.6 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Lehighton 1SSW	United States	Record daily precipitation	34.8 mm (1.4 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Carrizo Springs 3S	United States	Record high maximum temperature	41.7 C (107.1 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Tye Rvr 1 SE	United States	Record daily precipitation	36.1 mm (1.4 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Lajas Substn	Puerto Rico [United States]	Record daily precipitation	49.8 mm (2.0 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
El Capitan Dam	United States	Record low minimum temperature	2.8 C (37.0 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Inman 5SW	United States	Record daily precipitation	52.1 mm (2.1 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Dilia	United States	Record high minimum temperature	14.4 C (57.9 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Truth Or Consequences Muni AP	United States	Record high maximum temperature	36.1 C (97.0 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Harbin	China	Record high minimum temperature	17.1 C (62.8 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Oshima	Japan	Record daily precipitation	113.5 mm (4.5 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Madrid - Retiro	Spain	Record high maximum temperature	29.8 C (85.6 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Clifton	United States	Record high minimum temperature	23.3 C (73.9 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Cranford	United States	Record daily precipitation	29.5 mm (1.2 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Palmdale AP	United States	Record high minimum temperature	16.1 C (61.0 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Amiandos	Cyprus	Record daily precipitation	29.2 mm (1.1 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Santa Maria (Dge)	Mexico	Record high minimum temperature	19.4 C (66.9 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Ponce 4 E	Puerto Rico [United States]	Record low maximum temperature	27.8 C (82.0 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Svijagino	Russia	Record high minimum temperature	18.5 C (65.3 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Somerset	United States	Record daily precipitation	37.1 mm (1.5 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Pt Mugu Nf	United States	Record high maximum temperature	25.6 C (78.1 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Changchun	China	Record high minimum temperature	18.0 C (64.4 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Malpaso	Mexico	Record high minimum temperature	18.9 C (66.0 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

735 records

Records set or tied on 7 May 2009 by type: Highest daily maximum 219, Lowest daily maximum 46, Highest daily minimum 260, Lowest daily minimum 28, Heaviest daily rainfall 179, Heaviest daily snowfall 3.

Records on 7 May 2009 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	219
Lowest daily maximum	46
Highest daily minimum	260
Lowest daily minimum	28
Heaviest daily rainfall	179
Heaviest daily snowfall	3
Deepest snow cover	0

Records on 7 May 2009 by timescale: all-time 11, monthly 15, daily 709.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

522 broken records

Margins by which the 522 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 61.0. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

7 May 2009

Top 20 records on 7 May 2009 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
7 May 2009	Milstead, US	daily rain	99.3 mm (3.9 in)	58.7 mm (2.3 in)	103 years	79 of 100 (Major)
7 May 2009	Tallapoosa Wtr Plt, US	monthly rain	132.1 mm (5.2 in)	61.0 mm (2.4 in)	23 years	60 of 100 (Major)
7 May 2009	Wetumpka, US	daily rain	95.0 mm (3.7 in)	30.2 mm (1.2 in)	80 years	54 of 100 (Notable)
7 May 2009	W Pt, US	daily rain	31.5 mm (1.2 in)	7.4 mm (0.29 in)	118 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
7 May 2009	Fort Huachuca, US	daily high max	34.4 C (93.9 F)	2.2 C (4.0 F)	100 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
7 May 2009	Santa Rosa, MX	daily high min	17.8 C (64.0 F)	5.0 C (9.0 F)	67 years	44 of 100 (Notable)
7 May 2009	Paradise, US	daily high max	31.7 C (89.1 F)	1.7 C (3.1 F)	100 years	44 of 100 (Notable)
7 May 2009	Mc Connellsville Lk 7, US	daily rain	36.6 mm (1.4 in)	7.1 mm (0.28 in)	92 years	44 of 100 (Notable)
7 May 2009	Upper Baker Dam, US	daily rain	50.8 mm (2.0 in)	26.9 mm (1.1 in)	43 years	44 of 100 (Notable)
7 May 2009	Silver Lake Rs, US	daily rain	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	22.4 mm (0.9 in)	11 years	43 of 100 (Notable)
7 May 2009	Hamburg, US	daily rain	38.6 mm (1.5 in)	4.3 mm (0.17 in)	100 years	43 of 100 (Notable)
7 May 2009	Boonton 1 SE, US	daily rain	47.2 mm (1.9 in)	14.9 mm (0.6 in)	67 years	42 of 100 (Notable)
7 May 2009	Flemington 5 NNW, US	daily rain	45.7 mm (1.8 in)	2.0 mm (0.08 in)	100 years	41 of 100 (Notable)
7 May 2009	Pandora, US	daily rain	59.9 mm (2.4 in)	22.8 mm (0.9 in)	42 years	41 of 100 (Notable)
7 May 2009	Suffolk Lake Kilby, US	daily rain	53.8 mm (2.1 in)	19.3 mm (0.8 in)	60 years	41 of 100 (Notable)
7 May 2009	Fordyce, US	daily rain	56.1 mm (2.2 in)	5.3 mm (0.21 in)	95 years	40 of 100 (Notable)
7 May 2009	Lexington, US	daily rain	77.5 mm (3.1 in)	34.3 mm (1.4 in)	48 years	40 of 100 (Notable)
7 May 2009	Motozintla (Smn), MX	daily low min	6.1 C (43.0 F)	1.7 C (3.1 F)	86 years	39 of 100 (Notable)
7 May 2009	Zinder, NE	daily low max	31.5 C (88.7 F)	3.3 C (5.9 F)	54 years	39 of 100 (Notable)
7 May 2009	Ashburnham, US	daily rain	40.9 mm (1.6 in)	22.1 mm (0.9 in)	24 years	39 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 2009

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1795 to 2009. 2009 had 735 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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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	479
10 to 20	29
20 to 30	10
30 to 40	2
40 to 50	0
50 to 60	1
60 to 70	1