Weather Records on 2 May 2015

582 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 2 May 2015. Highest significance: Ohansk, RU.

Key Facts for 2 May 2015

On 2 May 2015, 582 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
257 were record highs and 75 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 3 were all-time records, 28 monthly and 551 daily.
Ohansk set an all-time record daily precipitation of 99.1 mm (3.9 in) on 2 May 2015.
Across 162 earlier years (1795 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 461 records.

Record Map

582 stations

582 station records on 2 May 2015 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 2 May 2015: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Ohansk	Russia	Record daily precipitation	99.1 mm (3.9 in)	66 of 100 (Major)
Woodenbong (Unumgar St)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	117.2 mm (4.6 in)	65 of 100 (Major)
Glen Florrie Station	Australia	Record daily precipitation	47.6 mm (1.9 in)	64 of 100 (Major)
Doctors Creek	Australia	Record daily precipitation	115.0 mm (4.5 in)	62 of 100 (Major)
Glen Innes (Mt Mitchell Forest	Australia	Record daily precipitation	112.0 mm (4.4 in)	62 of 100 (Major)
Old Koreelah (McPherson)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	90.4 mm (3.6 in)	60 of 100 (Major)
Hillsborough	United Kingdom	Record daily precipitation	46.0 mm (1.8 in)	58 of 100 (Notable)
Stormont Castle	United Kingdom	Record daily precipitation	51.0 mm (2.0 in)	58 of 100 (Notable)
Mia Mia	Australia	Record daily precipitation	37.5 mm (1.5 in)	56 of 100 (Notable)
Mango Hill	Australia	Record daily precipitation	286.6 mm (11.3 in)	56 of 100 (Notable)
Beerburrum Forest Station	Australia	Record daily precipitation	233.2 mm (9.2 in)	55 of 100 (Notable)
Highvale	Australia	Record daily precipitation	135.0 mm (5.3 in)	55 of 100 (Notable)
Legume (New Koreelah)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	94.8 mm (3.7 in)	55 of 100 (Notable)
Minnie Creek	Australia	Record daily precipitation	34.0 mm (1.3 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Coramba (Glenfiddich)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	167.3 mm (6.6 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Mount Florance	Australia	Record daily precipitation	70.0 mm (2.8 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Woodburn Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	152.2 mm (6.0 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Wooli Beach	Australia	Record daily precipitation	132.4 mm (5.2 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Meldrum (Coolawarrah)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	141.0 mm (5.6 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Nantes-Bouguenais	France	Record daily precipitation	34.7 mm (1.4 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Killarney Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	81.0 mm (3.2 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Peachester	Australia	Record daily precipitation	269.0 mm (10.6 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Maclean Bridge	Australia	Record daily precipitation	167.6 mm (6.6 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Mount Irving	Australia	Record daily precipitation	117.0 mm (4.6 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Ulmarra (Newsagency)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	128.6 mm (5.1 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Whiporie Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	160.8 mm (6.3 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Clunes (Main Rd)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	175.0 mm (6.9 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Meerschaum Vale (Jenbetdaph)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	243.0 mm (9.6 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Yarras (Mount Seaview)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	155.0 mm (6.1 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Kangaroo Creek (Jaloom)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	125.6 mm (4.9 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Leigh (Rolling Acres)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	210.0 mm (8.3 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Pannawonica	Australia	Record daily precipitation	65.6 mm (2.6 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Ashburton Downs	Australia	Record daily precipitation	27.2 mm (1.1 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Inglewood Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	79.0 mm (3.1 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Queen Mary Falls	Australia	Record daily precipitation	165.0 mm (6.5 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
The Channon	Australia	Record daily precipitation	143.0 mm (5.6 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Orama (Darkwood Road)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	182.0 mm (7.2 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Lower Creek (Cedar Park)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	97.0 mm (3.8 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Ebor (the Racecourse)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	100.0 mm (3.9 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
The Head	Australia	Record daily precipitation	145.0 mm (5.7 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Ebor (Maplewood)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	132.0 mm (5.2 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Thumb Creek (Figtree)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	159.2 mm (6.3 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Boondall	Australia	Record daily precipitation	213.6 mm (8.4 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Nymboida (Armidale Road)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	161.0 mm (6.3 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Byron Bay (Jacaranda Drive)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	147.6 mm (5.8 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Texas Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	38.2 mm (1.5 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Feldberg/Schwarzwald	Germany	Record daily precipitation	51.9 mm (2.0 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Coolawanyah	Australia	Record daily precipitation	75.6 mm (3.0 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Wamuran	Australia	Record daily precipitation	148.2 mm (5.8 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Albacete Los Llanos	Spain	Record high maximum temperature	31.1 C (88.0 F)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Yalleen	Australia	Record daily precipitation	52.0 mm (2.0 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Oujda	Morocco	Record high maximum temperature	37.4 C (99.3 F)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Daly Waters AWS	Australia	Record low minimum temperature	7.0 C (44.6 F)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Oakington	Australia	Record daily precipitation	89.6 mm (3.5 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Lower Bucca	Australia	Record daily precipitation	165.4 mm (6.5 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Mardie	Australia	Record daily precipitation	53.0 mm (2.1 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Goombungee Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	80.5 mm (3.2 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Redbank	Australia	Record daily precipitation	91.2 mm (3.6 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Gloucester (Hiawatha)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	61.6 mm (2.4 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Main Bay	United States	Record high minimum temperature	6.7 C (44.1 F)	38 of 100 (Notable)

Counts by Type and Timescale

582 records

Records set or tied on 2 May 2015 by type: Highest daily maximum 116, Lowest daily maximum 30, Highest daily minimum 141, Lowest daily minimum 45, Heaviest daily rainfall 248, Deepest snow cover 2.

Records on 2 May 2015 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	116
Lowest daily maximum	30
Highest daily minimum	141
Lowest daily minimum	45
Heaviest daily rainfall	248
Heaviest daily snowfall	0
Deepest snow cover	2

Records on 2 May 2015 by timescale: all-time 3, monthly 28, daily 551.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

506 broken records

Margins by which the 506 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 380.0. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

2 May 2015

Top 20 records on 2 May 2015 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
2 May 2015	Ohansk, RU	all-time rain	99.1 mm (3.9 in)	45.0 mm (1.8 in)	0 years	66 of 100 (Major)
2 May 2015	Woodenbong (Unumgar St), AU	daily rain	117.2 mm (4.6 in)	49.9 mm (2.0 in)	58 years	65 of 100 (Major)
2 May 2015	Glen Florrie Station, AU	daily rain	47.6 mm (1.9 in)	45.3 mm (1.8 in)	80 years	64 of 100 (Major)
2 May 2015	Doctors Creek, AU	monthly rain	115.0 mm (4.5 in)	40.0 mm (1.6 in)	18 years	62 of 100 (Major)
2 May 2015	Glen Innes (Mt Mitchell Forest, AU	daily rain	112.0 mm (4.4 in)	47.2 mm (1.9 in)	66 years	62 of 100 (Major)
2 May 2015	Old Koreelah (McPherson), AU	daily rain	90.4 mm (3.6 in)	35.0 mm (1.4 in)	66 years	60 of 100 (Major)
2 May 2015	Hillsborough, GB	daily rain	46.0 mm (1.8 in)	29.3 mm (1.2 in)	45 years	58 of 100 (Notable)
2 May 2015	Stormont Castle, GB	daily rain	51.0 mm (2.0 in)	38.2 mm (1.5 in)	45 years	58 of 100 (Notable)
2 May 2015	Mia Mia, AU	daily rain	37.5 mm (1.5 in)	28.6 mm (1.1 in)	97 years	56 of 100 (Notable)
2 May 2015	Mango Hill, AU	all-time rain	286.6 mm (11.3 in)	68.8 mm (2.7 in)	0 years	56 of 100 (Notable)
2 May 2015	Beerburrum Forest Station, AU	daily rain	233.2 mm (9.2 in)	129.2 mm (5.1 in)	18 years	55 of 100 (Notable)
2 May 2015	Highvale, AU	daily rain	135.0 mm (5.3 in)	78.0 mm (3.1 in)	32 years	55 of 100 (Notable)
2 May 2015	Legume (New Koreelah), AU	daily rain	94.8 mm (3.7 in)	38.4 mm (1.5 in)	32 years	55 of 100 (Notable)
2 May 2015	Minnie Creek, AU	daily rain	34.0 mm (1.3 in)	31.0 mm (1.2 in)	58 years	54 of 100 (Notable)
2 May 2015	Coramba (Glenfiddich), AU	daily rain	167.3 mm (6.6 in)	65.2 mm (2.6 in)	66 years	54 of 100 (Notable)
2 May 2015	Mount Florance, AU	daily rain	70.0 mm (2.8 in)	59.0 mm (2.3 in)	13 years	53 of 100 (Notable)
2 May 2015	Woodburn Post Office, AU	daily rain	152.2 mm (6.0 in)	44.5 mm (1.8 in)	66 years	53 of 100 (Notable)
2 May 2015	Wooli Beach, AU	daily rain	132.4 mm (5.2 in)	92.4 mm (3.6 in)	28 years	53 of 100 (Notable)
2 May 2015	Meldrum (Coolawarrah), AU	daily rain	141.0 mm (5.6 in)	72.4 mm (2.9 in)	58 years	53 of 100 (Notable)
2 May 2015	Nantes-Bouguenais, FR	daily rain	34.7 mm (1.4 in)	20.6 mm (0.8 in)	30 years	53 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 2015

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1795 to 2015. 2015 had 582 records.

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

Records on 05-02 in each year
Year	Records
1795	1
1804	1
1814	1
1835	1
1836	2
1845	1
1846	1
1849	1
1850	2
1852	1
1866	2
1868	2
1874	1
1875	1
1876	1
1877	2
1878	2
1879	1
1881	2
1883	1
1884	2
1885	1
1886	3
1887	1
1888	1
1889	2
1890	1
1891	4
1892	5
1893	1
1894	4
1895	1
1896	4
1897	2
1898	6
1899	9
1900	1
1901	6
1902	5
1903	14
1904	25
1905	19
1906	15
1907	22
1908	11
1909	48
1910	21
1911	34
1912	26
1913	132
1914	33
1915	25
1916	21
1917	52
1918	21
1919	52
1920	73
1921	31
1922	219
1923	58
1924	57
1925	123
1926	323
1927	125
1928	164
1929	336
1930	366
1931	237
1932	113
1933	584
1934	337
1935	509
1936	305
1937	278
1938	411
1939	273
1940	587
1941	510
1942	600
1943	542
1944	727
1945	522
1946	321
1947	794
1948	874
1949	561
1950	651
1951	509
1952	445
1953	1,009
1954	1,317
1955	977
1956	1,261
1957	371
1958	380
1959	1,030
1960	571
1961	670
1962	396
1963	685
1964	656
1965	314
1966	779
1967	1,123
1968	440
1969	338
1970	670
1971	421
1972	336
1973	711
1974	456
1975	337
1976	660
1977	579
1978	976
1979	743
1980	449
1981	1,009
1982	537
1983	1,808
1984	712
1985	1,062
1986	631
1987	763
1988	1,142
1989	1,009
1990	1,567
1991	587
1992	1,014
1993	1,017
1994	937
1995	1,166
1996	1,076
1997	750
1998	1,043
1999	838
2000	931
2001	1,256
2002	1,263
2003	787
2004	1,344
2005	1,785
2006	577
2007	867
2008	963
2009	898
2010	1,629
2011	936
2012	1,103
2013	1,486
2014	696
2015	582
2016	583
2017	601
2018	768
2019	622
2020	798
2021	572
2022	440
2023	951
2024	880
2025	569
2026	765

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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	481
50 to 100	21
100 to 150	2
150 to 200	1
200 to 250	0
250 to 300	0
300 to 350	0
350 to 400	1