Weather Records on 10 May 2009

651 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 10 May 2009. Highest significance: Foreman, US.

Key Facts for 10 May 2009

On 10 May 2009, 651 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
404 were record highs and 100 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 5 were all-time records, 31 monthly and 615 daily.
Foreman set a monthly record daily precipitation of 148.8 mm (5.9 in) on 10 May 2009.
Across 163 earlier years (1805 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 439 records.

Record Map

651 stations

651 station records on 10 May 2009 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 10 May 2009: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Foreman	United States	Record daily precipitation	148.8 mm (5.9 in)	66 of 100 (Major)
Jaipur/Sanganer	India	Record daily precipitation	364.0 mm (14.3 in)	62 of 100 (Major)
Jinan	China	Record daily precipitation	80.1 mm (3.2 in)	61 of 100 (Major)
Hope 3 NE	United States	Record daily precipitation	118.1 mm (4.6 in)	60 of 100 (Major)
Clarksville 2NE	United States	Record daily precipitation	179.6 mm (7.1 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Huimin	China	Record daily precipitation	65.2 mm (2.6 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Ashdown 4 SSE	United States	Record daily precipitation	100.6 mm (4.0 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Newport	United States	Record low maximum temperature	8.3 C (46.9 F)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Zapopan	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	33.8 mm (1.3 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Gustavsfors	Sweden	Record daily precipitation	31.1 mm (1.2 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Presque Isle	United States	Record daily precipitation	38.1 mm (1.5 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Omitlan	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	47.8 mm (1.9 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Dalian	China	Record daily precipitation	42.3 mm (1.7 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Seychelles Internat	Seychelles	Record daily precipitation	80.0 mm (3.1 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Nantes-Bouguenais	France	Record daily precipitation	32.8 mm (1.3 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Paradise	United States	Record high maximum temperature	32.8 C (91.0 F)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Kremsmuenster	Austria	Record high minimum temperature	14.6 C (58.3 F)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Anyang	China	Record daily precipitation	56.3 mm (2.2 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Nezperce	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-7.8 C (18.0 F)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Ft Bayard 4W	United States	Record high maximum temperature	31.1 C (88.0 F)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Jemez Springs	United States	Record high minimum temperature	12.2 C (54.0 F)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Jiexiu	China	Record daily precipitation	35.6 mm (1.4 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Juarez	Mexico	Record high maximum temperature	47.8 C (118.0 F)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Texarkana	United States	Record daily precipitation	93.0 mm (3.7 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Pine Bluff	United States	Record daily precipitation	71.9 mm (2.8 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Newport	United States	Record daily precipitation	33.5 mm (1.3 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Salamanca	Mexico	Record high minimum temperature	18.3 C (64.9 F)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Villaldama	Mexico	Record high minimum temperature	23.9 C (75.0 F)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Prescott 2 NNW	United States	Record daily precipitation	96.5 mm (3.8 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Brunette Downs	Australia	Record low maximum temperature	15.5 C (59.9 F)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Abu Hamed	Sudan	Record low maximum temperature	30.2 C (86.4 F)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Oneonta	United States	Record daily precipitation	36.1 mm (1.4 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Sells	United States	Record high maximum temperature	38.9 C (102.0 F)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Dequeen	United States	Record daily precipitation	74.2 mm (2.9 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Sanya	China	Record low maximum temperature	26.2 C (79.2 F)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Reimlingen	Germany	Record daily precipitation	34.2 mm (1.3 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Ixtlan del Rio	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	37.8 mm (1.5 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Fana - Stend	Norway	Record daily precipitation	33.0 mm (1.3 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Augustine 2E	United States	Record high maximum temperature	30.6 C (87.1 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Huimin	China	Record low maximum temperature	11.6 C (52.9 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Santa Maria (Dge)	Mexico	Record high minimum temperature	18.9 C (66.0 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Petrified Forest Np	United States	Record high maximum temperature	33.3 C (91.9 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Bingham Wyman Dam	United States	Record daily precipitation	27.2 mm (1.1 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Errol	United States	Record daily precipitation	26.4 mm (1.0 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
San Simon	United States	Record high maximum temperature	36.7 C (98.1 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Lake Arthur 7 SW	United States	Record high minimum temperature	25.0 C (77.0 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Hamamatsu	Japan	Record high maximum temperature	28.1 C (82.6 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Ajojucar	Mexico	Record high minimum temperature	13.9 C (57.0 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Helena	United States	Record daily precipitation	38.1 mm (1.5 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Clines Corners 7SE	United States	Record high minimum temperature	15.0 C (59.0 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Hooker 12 NNW	United States	Record daily precipitation	28.7 mm (1.1 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
San Fernando	Mexico	Record high minimum temperature	25.6 C (78.1 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Lukachukai	United States	Record high minimum temperature	12.2 C (54.0 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Horatio	United States	Record daily precipitation	91.4 mm (3.6 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Hillsboro	United States	Record high maximum temperature	35.0 C (95.0 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Reserve Rs	United States	Record high maximum temperature	34.4 C (93.9 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Tampa Intl AP	United States	Record high maximum temperature	34.4 C (93.9 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Makurazaki	Japan	Record high maximum temperature	28.2 C (82.8 F)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Arar	Saudi Arabia	Record low maximum temperature	21.2 C (70.2 F)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Tabuk	Saudi Arabia	Record low maximum temperature	19.6 C (67.3 F)	27 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

651 records

Records set or tied on 10 May 2009 by type: Highest daily maximum 211, Lowest daily maximum 60, Highest daily minimum 193, Lowest daily minimum 40, Heaviest daily rainfall 147.

Records on 10 May 2009 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	211
Lowest daily maximum	60
Highest daily minimum	193
Lowest daily minimum	40
Heaviest daily rainfall	147
Heaviest daily snowfall	0
Deepest snow cover	0

Records on 10 May 2009 by timescale: all-time 5, monthly 31, daily 615.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

453 broken records

Margins by which the 453 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 242.6. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

10 May 2009

Top 20 records on 10 May 2009 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
10 May 2009	Foreman, US	monthly rain	148.8 mm (5.9 in)	54.6 mm (2.1 in)	59 years	66 of 100 (Major)
10 May 2009	Jaipur/Sanganer, IN	monthly rain	364.0 mm (14.3 in)	242.6 mm (9.6 in)	25 years	62 of 100 (Major)
10 May 2009	Jinan, CN	daily rain	80.1 mm (3.2 in)	68.6 mm (2.7 in)	56 years	61 of 100 (Major)
10 May 2009	Hope 3 NE, US	daily rain	118.1 mm (4.6 in)	68.6 mm (2.7 in)	40 years	60 of 100 (Major)
10 May 2009	Clarksville 2NE, US	daily rain	179.6 mm (7.1 in)	123.2 mm (4.9 in)	16 years	54 of 100 (Notable)
10 May 2009	Huimin, CN	daily rain	65.2 mm (2.6 in)	54.9 mm (2.2 in)	28 years	53 of 100 (Notable)
10 May 2009	Ashdown 4 SSE, US	daily rain	100.6 mm (4.0 in)	47.3 mm (1.9 in)	60 years	53 of 100 (Notable)
10 May 2009	Newport, US	monthly low max	8.3 C (46.9 F)	0.6 C (1.1 F)	115 years	52 of 100 (Notable)
10 May 2009	Zapopan, MX	daily rain	33.8 mm (1.3 in)	32.5 mm (1.3 in)	12 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
10 May 2009	Gustavsfors, SE	daily rain	31.1 mm (1.2 in)	21.6 mm (0.9 in)	12 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
10 May 2009	Presque Isle, US	daily rain	38.1 mm (1.5 in)	18.8 mm (0.7 in)	42 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
10 May 2009	Omitlan, MX	daily rain	47.8 mm (1.9 in)	35.9 mm (1.4 in)	16 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
10 May 2009	Dalian, CN	daily rain	42.3 mm (1.7 in)	31.4 mm (1.2 in)	40 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
10 May 2009	Seychelles Internat, SC	daily rain	80.0 mm (3.1 in)	60.0 mm (2.4 in)	36 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
10 May 2009	Nantes-Bouguenais, FR	daily rain	32.8 mm (1.3 in)	12.4 mm (0.5 in)	50 years	43 of 100 (Notable)
10 May 2009	Paradise, US	daily high max	32.8 C (91.0 F)	2.2 C (4.0 F)	86 years	41 of 100 (Notable)
10 May 2009	Kremsmuenster, AT	daily high min	14.6 C (58.3 F)	0.3 C (0.5 F)	100 years	40 of 100 (Notable)
10 May 2009	Anyang, CN	daily rain	56.3 mm (2.2 in)	21.3 mm (0.8 in)	51 years	40 of 100 (Notable)
10 May 2009	Nezperce, US	monthly low min	-7.8 C (18.0 F)	1.7 C (3.1 F)	55 years	40 of 100 (Notable)
10 May 2009	Ft Bayard 4W, US	daily high max	31.1 C (88.0 F)	0.5 C (0.9 F)	99 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

1805 to 2009

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1805 to 2009. 2009 had 651 records.

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

Records on 05-10 in each year
Year	Records
1805	1
1814	2
1832	1
1834	1
1836	4
1838	1
1843	1
1846	1
1848	1
1855	2
1858	1
1860	1
1861	2
1867	3
1868	1
1869	1
1872	1
1874	4
1876	1
1878	1
1879	2
1880	3
1881	3
1883	1
1884	2
1885	2
1886	1
1887	1
1888	2
1889	4
1890	2
1891	2
1893	1
1895	4
1896	6
1897	4
1898	5
1900	4
1901	6
1902	18
1903	6
1904	7
1905	21
1906	42
1907	33
1908	10
1909	17
1910	21
1911	55
1912	15
1913	23
1914	17
1915	18
1916	26
1917	23
1918	105
1919	145
1920	54
1921	143
1922	38
1923	291
1924	198
1925	163
1926	291
1927	296
1928	189
1929	102
1930	647
1931	277
1932	145
1933	516
1934	412
1935	200
1936	439
1937	148
1938	179
1939	179
1940	317
1941	257
1942	237
1943	482
1944	200
1945	646
1946	455
1947	820
1948	491
1949	492
1950	356
1951	281
1952	342
1953	627
1954	554
1955	272
1956	669
1957	374
1958	338
1959	192
1960	660
1961	722
1962	593
1963	951
1964	259
1965	413
1966	1,290
1967	932
1968	861
1969	325
1970	555
1971	416
1972	573
1973	429
1974	608
1975	448
1976	672
1977	1,075
1978	815
1979	1,927
1980	865
1981	1,213
1982	671
1983	753
1984	635
1985	925
1986	669
1987	1,270
1988	490
1989	1,365
1990	1,071
1991	854
1992	875
1993	1,056
1994	622
1995	1,129
1996	1,469
1997	1,215
1998	1,268
1999	1,299
2000	1,036
2001	842
2002	867
2003	1,688
2004	735
2005	761
2006	879
2007	815
2008	877
2009	651
2010	855
2011	1,288
2012	1,054
2013	635
2014	506
2015	943
2016	815
2017	702
2018	923
2019	1,254
2020	1,346
2021	635
2022	1,346
2023	359
2024	622
2025	1,094
2026	496

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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 50	445
50 to 100	6
100 to 150	1
150 to 200	0
200 to 250	1