Weather Records on 4 May 2010

999 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 4 May 2010. Highest significance: Cuthbert, US.

Key Facts for 4 May 2010

On 4 May 2010, 999 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
521 were record highs and 314 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 2 were all-time records, 53 monthly and 944 daily.
Cuthbert set a daily record precipitation of 106.9 mm (4.2 in) on 4 May 2010.
Across 163 earlier years (1795 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 427 records.

Record Map

999 stations

999 station records on 4 May 2010 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 4 May 2010: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Cuthbert	United States	Record daily precipitation	106.9 mm (4.2 in)	80 of 100 (Exceptional)
Chipley	United States	Record daily precipitation	175.3 mm (6.9 in)	62 of 100 (Major)
Cordele	United States	Record daily precipitation	72.4 mm (2.9 in)	61 of 100 (Major)
Thule Op Site	Greenland [Denmark]	Record daily precipitation	27.7 mm (1.1 in)	60 of 100 (Major)
Southport Ridgeway Ave	Australia	Record daily precipitation	137.2 mm (5.4 in)	59 of 100 (Notable)
Ft Benning Lawson Fld	United States	Record daily precipitation	146.3 mm (5.8 in)	58 of 100 (Notable)
Falfurrias	United States	Record low minimum temperature	1.7 C (35.1 F)	57 of 100 (Notable)
Nerang Gilston Rd	Australia	Record daily precipitation	101.8 mm (4.0 in)	56 of 100 (Notable)
Toulouse-Blagnac	France	Record daily precipitation	39.4 mm (1.6 in)	55 of 100 (Notable)
Perpignan	France	Record daily precipitation	47.8 mm (1.9 in)	55 of 100 (Notable)
Raynesford 2 NNW	United States	Record snow depth	38.1 cm (15.0 in)	55 of 100 (Notable)
Olenja Rechka	Russia	Record daily precipitation	32.0 mm (1.3 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Headland	United States	Record daily precipitation	84.8 mm (3.3 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Swan Lake	United States	Record daily snowfall	17.8 cm (7.0 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Brunswick Heads Bowling Club	Australia	Record daily precipitation	98.0 mm (3.9 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Hungry Horse Dam	United States	Record daily precipitation	31.8 mm (1.3 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Ross Dam	United States	Record daily precipitation	33.0 mm (1.3 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Oxenford (Oberon Way)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	85.4 mm (3.4 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Elanora Water Treatment Plant	Australia	Record daily precipitation	152.0 mm (6.0 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Lajes Ab	Portugal	Record daily precipitation	66.0 mm (2.6 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Natitingou	Benin	Record daily precipitation	74.9 mm (2.9 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Tortosa - Observatorio del Ebr	Spain	Record low maximum temperature	13.1 C (55.6 F)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Americus	United States	Record daily precipitation	110.0 mm (4.3 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Thomasville 7 NE	United States	Record daily precipitation	76.2 mm (3.0 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Lake Arthur 7 SW	United States	Record high maximum temperature	35.0 C (95.0 F)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Tifton	United States	Record daily precipitation	80.3 mm (3.2 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Miami Bardon Ave	Australia	Record daily precipitation	127.0 mm (5.0 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
St-Girons	France	Record daily precipitation	51.4 mm (2.0 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Tlaquepaque	Mexico	Record low maximum temperature	20.6 C (69.1 F)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Lake City 2 E	United States	Record high minimum temperature	23.3 C (73.9 F)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Abbeville 4S	United States	Record daily precipitation	102.4 mm (4.0 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Louisburg	United States	Record high minimum temperature	21.7 C (71.1 F)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Tarboro 1 S	United States	Record high minimum temperature	21.1 C (70.0 F)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Deland 1 SSE	United States	Record high minimum temperature	23.3 C (73.9 F)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Chestertown	United States	Record high minimum temperature	18.3 C (64.9 F)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Plains SW Ga Exp STN	United States	Record daily precipitation	119.4 mm (4.7 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Valdosta 2 S	United States	Record high minimum temperature	22.8 C (73.0 F)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Hazlehurst	United States	Record high minimum temperature	22.2 C (72.0 F)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Sandy Hook	United States	Record high maximum temperature	27.8 C (82.0 F)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Ashland	United States	Record high minimum temperature	20.0 C (68.0 F)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Vasilevici	Belarus	Record high minimum temperature	14.1 C (57.4 F)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Henderson 2 NNW	United States	Record high minimum temperature	20.6 C (69.1 F)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Tizi Ouzou	Algeria	Record low maximum temperature	16.5 C (61.7 F)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Brunswick	United States	Record daily precipitation	29.5 mm (1.2 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Hyannis	United States	Record high minimum temperature	13.9 C (57.0 F)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Chapel Hill 2 W	United States	Record high minimum temperature	20.6 C (69.1 F)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Basin	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-4.4 C (24.1 F)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Nemours (Ghazaouet)	Algeria	Record high minimum temperature	18.1 C (64.6 F)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Dunwich	Australia	Record daily precipitation	68.8 mm (2.7 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Calistoga	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-0.6 C (30.9 F)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Montezuma 2 NW	United States	Record daily precipitation	76.7 mm (3.0 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Waynesboro 2 S	United States	Record high minimum temperature	22.2 C (72.0 F)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Winthrop UNIV	United States	Record high minimum temperature	20.0 C (68.0 F)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Ponce 4 E	Puerto Rico [United States]	Record high maximum temperature	34.4 C (93.9 F)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Tia (Rambrah)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	38.4 mm (1.5 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Troy	United States	Record daily precipitation	107.2 mm (4.2 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Crescent City 3 NNW	United States	Record low minimum temperature	0.6 C (33.1 F)	37 of 100 (Notable)
St Petersburg	United States	Record high maximum temperature	33.9 C (93.0 F)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Smithfield	United States	Record high minimum temperature	21.1 C (70.0 F)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Antreville	United States	Record daily precipitation	59.2 mm (2.3 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)

Counts by Type and Timescale

999 records

Records set or tied on 4 May 2010 by type: Highest daily maximum 194, Lowest daily maximum 126, Highest daily minimum 327, Lowest daily minimum 188, Heaviest daily rainfall 135, Heaviest daily snowfall 18, Deepest snow cover 11.

Records on 4 May 2010 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	194
Lowest daily maximum	126
Highest daily minimum	327
Lowest daily minimum	188
Heaviest daily rainfall	135
Heaviest daily snowfall	18
Deepest snow cover	11

Records on 4 May 2010 by timescale: all-time 2, monthly 53, daily 944.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

721 broken records

Margins by which the 721 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

4 May 2010

Top 20 records on 4 May 2010 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
4 May 2010	Cuthbert, US	daily rain	106.9 mm (4.2 in)	64.2 mm (2.5 in)	104 years	80 of 100 (Exceptional)
4 May 2010	Chipley, US	monthly rain	175.3 mm (6.9 in)	46.0 mm (1.8 in)	62 years	62 of 100 (Major)
4 May 2010	Cordele, US	daily rain	72.4 mm (2.9 in)	30.7 mm (1.2 in)	104 years	61 of 100 (Major)
4 May 2010	Thule Op Site, GL	monthly rain	27.7 mm (1.1 in)	17.8 mm (0.7 in)	15 years	60 of 100 (Major)
4 May 2010	Southport Ridgeway Ave, AU	daily rain	137.2 mm (5.4 in)	85.4 mm (3.4 in)	37 years	59 of 100 (Notable)
4 May 2010	Ft Benning Lawson Fld, US	monthly rain	146.3 mm (5.8 in)	49.3 mm (1.9 in)	30 years	58 of 100 (Notable)
4 May 2010	Falfurrias, US	monthly low min	1.7 C (35.1 F)	4.4 C (7.9 F)	85 years	57 of 100 (Notable)
4 May 2010	Nerang Gilston Rd, AU	daily rain	101.8 mm (4.0 in)	41.3 mm (1.6 in)	119 years	56 of 100 (Notable)
4 May 2010	Toulouse-Blagnac, FR	daily rain	39.4 mm (1.6 in)	22.4 mm (0.9 in)	60 years	55 of 100 (Notable)
4 May 2010	Perpignan, FR	daily rain	47.8 mm (1.9 in)	22.1 mm (0.9 in)	75 years	55 of 100 (Notable)
4 May 2010	Raynesford 2 NNW, US	daily snow depth	38.1 cm (15.0 in)	38.1 cm (15.0 in)	40 years	55 of 100 (Notable)
4 May 2010	Olenja Rechka, RU	daily rain	32.0 mm (1.3 in)	18.7 mm (0.7 in)	61 years	53 of 100 (Notable)
4 May 2010	Headland, US	daily rain	84.8 mm (3.3 in)	66.0 mm (2.6 in)	25 years	53 of 100 (Notable)
4 May 2010	Swan Lake, US	daily snowfall	17.8 cm (7.0 in)	17.8 cm (7.0 in)	45 years	52 of 100 (Notable)
4 May 2010	Brunswick Heads Bowling Club, AU	daily rain	98.0 mm (3.9 in)	76.7 mm (3.0 in)	43 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
4 May 2010	Hungry Horse Dam, US	daily rain	31.8 mm (1.3 in)	16.6 mm (0.7 in)	57 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
4 May 2010	Ross Dam, US	daily rain	33.0 mm (1.3 in)	23.6 mm (0.9 in)	31 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
4 May 2010	Oxenford (Oberon Way), AU	daily rain	85.4 mm (3.4 in)	24.4 mm (1.0 in)	95 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
4 May 2010	Elanora Water Treatment Plant, AU	daily rain	152.0 mm (6.0 in)	120.0 mm (4.7 in)	8 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
4 May 2010	Lajes Ab, PT	monthly rain	66.0 mm (2.6 in)	13.4 mm (0.5 in)	50 years	49 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 2010

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1795 to 2010. 2010 had 999 records.

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

Records on 05-04 in each year
Year	Records
1795	1
1796	1
1820	1
1836	2
1840	1
1847	1
1850	2
1851	2
1852	1
1856	3
1858	1
1859	1
1861	2
1862	1
1864	3
1865	2
1868	3
1869	1
1870	2
1875	1
1877	2
1878	1
1879	1
1880	1
1882	1
1885	1
1886	1
1888	1
1889	4
1890	1
1892	4
1893	3
1894	6
1895	3
1896	3
1897	2
1898	2
1899	2
1900	2
1902	5
1903	8
1904	8
1905	19
1906	5
1907	37
1908	18
1909	13
1910	14
1911	37
1912	12
1913	63
1914	21
1915	75
1916	57
1917	60
1918	30
1919	69
1920	43
1921	62
1922	283
1923	82
1924	88
1925	80
1926	230
1927	112
1928	205
1929	177
1930	269
1931	169
1932	104
1933	274
1934	456
1935	518
1936	313
1937	230
1938	445
1939	295
1940	602
1941	436
1942	820
1943	358
1944	872
1945	654
1946	463
1947	649
1948	578
1949	1,130
1950	953
1951	292
1952	698
1953	389
1954	1,045
1955	471
1956	433
1957	433
1958	414
1959	613
1960	443
1961	466
1962	265
1963	313
1964	570
1965	433
1966	1,113
1967	928
1968	304
1969	377
1970	454
1971	810
1972	364
1973	313
1974	367
1975	683
1976	554
1977	736
1978	1,016
1979	1,529
1980	511
1981	667
1982	591
1983	539
1984	885
1985	821
1986	1,128
1987	1,004
1988	591
1989	743
1990	1,461
1991	1,088
1992	933
1993	791
1994	821
1995	974
1996	1,298
1997	962
1998	898
1999	1,167
2000	1,398
2001	1,345
2002	1,343
2003	1,158
2004	1,341
2005	1,152
2006	650
2007	699
2008	624
2009	727
2010	999
2011	1,023
2012	1,343
2013	1,447
2014	602
2015	622
2016	463
2017	669
2018	972
2019	574
2020	504
2021	616
2022	470
2023	681
2024	885
2025	456
2026	554

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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	704
50 to 100	12
100 to 150	2
150 to 200	1
200 to 250	0
250 to 300	1
300 to 350	0
350 to 400	1