Weather Records on 5 May 2010

1,053 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 5 May 2010. Highest significance: Wilsons Promontory Lighthouse, AU.

Key Facts for 5 May 2010

On 5 May 2010, 1,053 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
419 were record highs and 443 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 5 were all-time records, 68 monthly and 980 daily.
Wilsons Promontory Lighthouse set a daily record precipitation of 61.8 mm (2.4 in) on 5 May 2010.
Across 160 earlier years (1795 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 439 records.

Record Map

1,053 stations

1,053 station records on 5 May 2010 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 5 May 2010: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Wilsons Promontory Lighthouse	Australia	Record daily precipitation	61.8 mm (2.4 in)	80 of 100 (Exceptional)
Hazlehurst	United States	Record daily precipitation	50.5 mm (2.0 in)	64 of 100 (Major)
Zhangwu	China	Record daily precipitation	59.9 mm (2.4 in)	61 of 100 (Major)
Sion 2	Switzerland	Record daily precipitation	28.6 mm (1.1 in)	59 of 100 (Notable)
Changchun	China	Record daily precipitation	59.1 mm (2.3 in)	55 of 100 (Notable)
Camilla 3SE	United States	Record daily precipitation	85.1 mm (3.4 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Valdosta 2 S	United States	Record daily precipitation	50.8 mm (2.0 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Anaconda	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-10.0 C (14.0 F)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Raynesford 2 NNW	United States	Record snow depth	48.3 cm (19.0 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Salisbury	United States	Record high minimum temperature	26.1 C (79.0 F)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Siping	China	Record daily precipitation	43.9 mm (1.7 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Utsira Fyr	Norway	Record low minimum temperature	-1.4 C (29.5 F)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Crookwell Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	30.0 mm (1.2 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Harbin	China	Record daily precipitation	36.3 mm (1.4 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Tongliao	China	Record daily precipitation	35.2 mm (1.4 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Rock Creek	United States	Record daily snowfall	18.8 cm (7.4 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Albion 1 N	United States	Record daily snowfall	11.4 cm (4.5 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Great Falls 16St	United States	Record daily snowfall	5.1 cm (2.0 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Paulo Afonso	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	43.9 mm (1.7 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Kredarica	Slovenia	Record daily precipitation	79.0 mm (3.1 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Buffalo Bill Dam	United States	Record low maximum temperature	1.7 C (35.1 F)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Antichan	France	Record daily precipitation	51.3 mm (2.0 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Deland 1 SSE	United States	Record high minimum temperature	23.3 C (73.9 F)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Plant City	United States	Record high minimum temperature	22.8 C (73.0 F)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Carlyle 13 NW	United States	Record daily snowfall	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Jinzhou	China	Record daily precipitation	47.0 mm (1.9 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Crescent City 3 NNW	United States	Record low minimum temperature	0.0 C (32.0 F)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Newnan 7 WNW	United States	Record high minimum temperature	20.0 C (68.0 F)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Great Falls 16St	United States	Record low maximum temperature	2.8 C (37.0 F)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Espanola	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-2.2 C (28.0 F)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Akron 4 E	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-2.8 C (27.0 F)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Bozeman Montana State UNIV	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-5.6 C (21.9 F)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Missoula 6 NW WFO	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-5.0 C (23.0 F)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Monroe	United States	Record low maximum temperature	6.7 C (44.1 F)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Tizi Ouzou	Algeria	Record low maximum temperature	16.6 C (61.9 F)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Kazan	Russia	Record high minimum temperature	15.5 C (59.9 F)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Inverness 3 SE	United States	Record high minimum temperature	22.8 C (73.0 F)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Choteau	United States	Record low maximum temperature	0.6 C (33.1 F)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Richland	United States	Record low maximum temperature	11.7 C (53.1 F)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Xilin Hot	China	Record daily precipitation	41.6 mm (1.6 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Sugar City	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-7.8 C (18.0 F)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Ft Assiniboine	United States	Record low maximum temperature	3.3 C (37.9 F)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Puntilla	United States	Record high minimum temperature	8.3 C (46.9 F)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Vero Beach Intl AP	United States	Record daily precipitation	53.6 mm (2.1 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Gibson Dam	United States	Record low maximum temperature	2.2 C (36.0 F)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Wibaux 2 E	United States	Record low maximum temperature	5.0 C (41.0 F)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Greenville	United States	Record high minimum temperature	18.9 C (66.0 F)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Lewistown AP	United States	Record low maximum temperature	2.2 C (36.0 F)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Elatma	Russia	Record high maximum temperature	26.4 C (79.5 F)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Yajlju	Russia	Record daily precipitation	31.5 mm (1.2 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Canal Pt USDA	United States	Record high maximum temperature	37.2 C (99.0 F)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Cut Bank AP	United States	Record low maximum temperature	-0.6 C (30.9 F)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Saint Leo	United States	Record high minimum temperature	23.9 C (75.0 F)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Titusville	United States	Record high minimum temperature	23.9 C (75.0 F)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Rock Creek	United States	Record snow depth	17.8 cm (7.0 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Vale	United States	Record low maximum temperature	8.3 C (46.9 F)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Marseilles-Marignane	France	Record low maximum temperature	12.9 C (55.2 F)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Stevensville	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-7.2 C (19.0 F)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Falfurrias	United States	Record low minimum temperature	2.2 C (36.0 F)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Ayutla	Mexico	Record high maximum temperature	40.0 C (104.0 F)	34 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

1,053 records

Records set or tied on 5 May 2010 by type: Highest daily maximum 245, Lowest daily maximum 192, Highest daily minimum 174, Lowest daily minimum 251, Heaviest daily rainfall 132, Heaviest daily snowfall 38, Deepest snow cover 21.

Records on 5 May 2010 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	245
Lowest daily maximum	192
Highest daily minimum	174
Lowest daily minimum	251
Heaviest daily rainfall	132
Heaviest daily snowfall	38
Deepest snow cover	21

Records on 5 May 2010 by timescale: all-time 5, monthly 68, daily 980.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

766 broken records

Margins by which the 766 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 482.0. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

5 May 2010

Top 20 records on 5 May 2010 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
5 May 2010	Wilsons Promontory Lighthouse, AU	daily rain	61.8 mm (2.4 in)	35.1 mm (1.4 in)	113 years	80 of 100 (Exceptional)
5 May 2010	Hazlehurst, US	daily rain	50.5 mm (2.0 in)	40.3 mm (1.6 in)	88 years	64 of 100 (Major)
5 May 2010	Zhangwu, CN	daily rain	59.9 mm (2.4 in)	44.3 mm (1.7 in)	53 years	61 of 100 (Major)
5 May 2010	Sion 2, CH	daily rain	28.6 mm (1.1 in)	11.7 mm (0.5 in)	96 years	59 of 100 (Notable)
5 May 2010	Changchun, CN	monthly rain	59.1 mm (2.3 in)	22.1 mm (0.9 in)	12 years	55 of 100 (Notable)
5 May 2010	Camilla 3SE, US	daily rain	85.1 mm (3.4 in)	48.8 mm (1.9 in)	43 years	54 of 100 (Notable)
5 May 2010	Valdosta 2 S, US	daily rain	50.8 mm (2.0 in)	26.7 mm (1.1 in)	93 years	54 of 100 (Notable)
5 May 2010	Anaconda, US	monthly low min	-10.0 C (14.0 F)	1.7 C (3.1 F)	104 years	54 of 100 (Notable)
5 May 2010	Raynesford 2 NNW, US	daily snow depth	48.3 cm (19.0 in)	38.1 cm (15.0 in)	35 years	53 of 100 (Notable)
5 May 2010	Salisbury, US	monthly high min	26.1 C (79.0 F)	1.7 C (3.1 F)	114 years	53 of 100 (Notable)
5 May 2010	Siping, CN	daily rain	43.9 mm (1.7 in)	21.9 mm (0.9 in)	53 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
5 May 2010	Utsira Fyr, NO	monthly low min	-1.4 C (29.5 F)	0.8 C (1.4 F)	96 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
5 May 2010	Crookwell Post Office, AU	daily rain	30.0 mm (1.2 in)	8.7 mm (0.34 in)	120 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
5 May 2010	Harbin, CN	daily rain	36.3 mm (1.4 in)	27.1 mm (1.1 in)	9 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
5 May 2010	Tongliao, CN	daily rain	35.2 mm (1.4 in)	22.5 mm (0.9 in)	17 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
5 May 2010	Rock Creek, US	monthly snowfall	18.8 cm (7.4 in)	9.9 cm (3.9 in)	35 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
5 May 2010	Albion 1 N, US	daily snowfall	11.4 cm (4.5 in)	11.4 cm (4.5 in)	64 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
5 May 2010	Great Falls 16St, US	daily snowfall	5.1 cm (2.0 in)	3.8 cm (1.5 in)	117 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
5 May 2010	Paulo Afonso, BR	daily rain	43.9 mm (1.7 in)	19.1 mm (0.8 in)	45 years	44 of 100 (Notable)
5 May 2010	Kredarica, SI	daily rain	79.0 mm (3.1 in)	28.4 mm (1.1 in)	52 years	44 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 1,053 records.

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

Records on 05-05 in each year
Year	Records
1795	2
1805	1
1836	1
1837	1
1840	1
1850	4
1852	1
1855	1
1856	2
1859	2
1861	5
1862	1
1864	2
1867	1
1875	2
1877	2
1878	1
1879	2
1880	1
1882	1
1884	2
1885	1
1886	3
1888	3
1889	5
1890	2
1891	3
1892	5
1894	3
1895	2
1896	1
1897	2
1898	6
1899	5
1900	3
1901	2
1902	5
1903	9
1904	14
1905	17
1906	4
1907	16
1908	14
1909	17
1910	19
1911	17
1912	17
1913	46
1914	39
1915	73
1916	98
1917	70
1918	24
1919	77
1920	41
1921	63
1922	98
1923	139
1924	132
1925	143
1926	220
1927	115
1928	149
1929	256
1930	469
1931	250
1932	166
1933	339
1934	448
1935	417
1936	377
1937	159
1938	362
1939	222
1940	446
1941	415
1942	529
1943	427
1944	1,237
1945	355
1946	306
1947	528
1948	671
1949	1,099
1950	893
1951	174
1952	723
1953	659
1954	607
1955	382
1956	363
1957	561
1958	404
1959	587
1960	773
1961	644
1962	261
1963	249
1964	643
1965	724
1966	1,413
1967	613
1968	434
1969	530
1970	386
1971	444
1972	292
1973	542
1974	716
1975	711
1976	402
1977	708
1978	1,033
1979	1,534
1980	562
1981	524
1982	659
1983	475
1984	767
1985	463
1986	968
1987	895
1988	820
1989	941
1990	1,511
1991	1,176
1992	1,004
1993	725
1994	743
1995	888
1996	1,368
1997	1,220
1998	1,707
1999	1,301
2000	1,442
2001	963
2002	883
2003	1,792
2004	1,401
2005	1,009
2006	657
2007	850
2008	453
2009	751
2010	1,053
2011	857
2012	1,281
2013	1,265
2014	680
2015	783
2016	554
2017	849
2018	481
2019	538
2020	403
2021	733
2022	514
2023	579
2024	961
2025	717
2026	538

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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 2026-10-18. Last revised 18 October 2026 (2026-10-18).

Margin	Records
0 to 100	761
100 to 200	3
200 to 300	0
300 to 400	1
400 to 500	1