Weather Records on 7 May 2015

569 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 7 May 2015. Highest significance: Superior, US.

Key Facts for 7 May 2015

On 7 May 2015, 569 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
310 were record highs and 64 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 3 were all-time records, 18 monthly and 548 daily.
Superior set an all-time record daily precipitation of 181.1 mm (7.1 in) on 7 May 2015.
Across 168 earlier years (1795 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 418 records.

Record Map

569 stations

569 station records on 7 May 2015 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 7 May 2015: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Superior	United States	Record daily precipitation	181.1 mm (7.1 in)	81 of 100 (Exceptional)
Crete 4ESE	United States	Record daily precipitation	205.7 mm (8.1 in)	71 of 100 (Major)
Western 2W	United States	Record daily precipitation	174.0 mm (6.9 in)	71 of 100 (Major)
Seward	United States	Record daily precipitation	97.0 mm (3.8 in)	65 of 100 (Major)
Burr Oak 4S	United States	Record daily precipitation	163.3 mm (6.4 in)	64 of 100 (Major)
Ashland #2	United States	Record daily precipitation	127.0 mm (5.0 in)	63 of 100 (Major)
Bowie	United States	Record daily precipitation	139.7 mm (5.5 in)	63 of 100 (Major)
Bruning	United States	Record daily precipitation	129.5 mm (5.1 in)	61 of 100 (Major)
Malcolm	United States	Record daily precipitation	88.4 mm (3.5 in)	60 of 100 (Major)
Raymond 2E	United States	Record daily precipitation	97.0 mm (3.8 in)	60 of 100 (Major)
Lebanon	United States	Record daily precipitation	94.0 mm (3.7 in)	59 of 100 (Notable)
New Salem 5NW	United States	Record daily precipitation	45.2 mm (1.8 in)	59 of 100 (Notable)
Hobart Muni AP	United States	Record daily precipitation	57.9 mm (2.3 in)	58 of 100 (Notable)
Apsley (Parki)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	30.4 mm (1.2 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Utica	United States	Record daily precipitation	75.2 mm (3.0 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Perelyub	Russia	Record daily precipitation	38.4 mm (1.5 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Hebron	United States	Record daily precipitation	218.2 mm (8.6 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Osterley	Australia	Record daily precipitation	33.8 mm (1.3 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Mankato	United States	Record daily precipitation	74.7 mm (2.9 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Fremont	United States	Record daily precipitation	53.3 mm (2.1 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Rotherwood	Australia	Record daily precipitation	32.0 mm (1.3 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Virginia Lakes Ridge	United States	Record daily precipitation	33.0 mm (1.3 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Forestburg 5 S	United States	Record daily precipitation	74.7 mm (2.9 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Lake Echo Power Station	Australia	Record daily precipitation	50.0 mm (2.0 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Ufa	Russia	Record daily precipitation	30.4 mm (1.2 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Cacapon St Pk #2	United States	Record daily precipitation	50.8 mm (2.0 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Slutsk	Belarus	Record daily precipitation	34.0 mm (1.3 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Maurine 12SW	United States	Record daily precipitation	48.0 mm (1.9 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Bothwell (Cluny)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Dar Es Salaam Airpo	Tanzania	Record daily precipitation	98.6 mm (3.9 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Logan 1 WNW	United States	Record daily precipitation	64.3 mm (2.5 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Mead 6S	United States	Record daily precipitation	91.2 mm (3.6 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Washta	United States	Record high minimum temperature	15.6 C (60.1 F)	42 of 100 (Notable)
La Harpe	United States	Record high minimum temperature	18.3 C (64.9 F)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Allerton	United States	Record high minimum temperature	16.7 C (62.1 F)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Ashley	United States	Record high minimum temperature	12.2 C (54.0 F)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Poison Flat	United States	Record daily precipitation	53.3 mm (2.1 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Benton Harbor AP	United States	Record high maximum temperature	30.0 C (86.0 F)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Hecla 1E	United States	Record daily precipitation	27.7 mm (1.1 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Guayama 1SW	Puerto Rico [United States]	Record high minimum temperature	25.6 C (78.1 F)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Krasnyj Chikoj	Russia	Record low minimum temperature	-9.5 C (14.9 F)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Red Lake Falls	United States	Record high minimum temperature	16.1 C (61.0 F)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Mansfield 5 W	United States	Record high maximum temperature	31.7 C (89.1 F)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Mariyna Gorka	Belarus	Record daily precipitation	37.1 mm (1.5 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Leavitt Meadows	United States	Record daily precipitation	38.1 mm (1.5 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Nelson	United States	Record daily precipitation	77.5 mm (3.1 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Forestburg 4 NNE	United States	Record daily precipitation	49.0 mm (1.9 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Bishkek	Kyrgyzstan	Record high minimum temperature	19.7 C (67.5 F)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Hanford 1 S	United States	Record low maximum temperature	16.1 C (61.0 F)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Bennington 3WSW	United States	Record daily precipitation	84.3 mm (3.3 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Neligh	United States	Record daily precipitation	27.9 mm (1.1 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Union City 3 SE	United States	Record daily precipitation	111.8 mm (4.4 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Hanford 1 S	United States	Record low minimum temperature	2.8 C (37.0 F)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Underwood	United States	Record daily precipitation	45.7 mm (1.8 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Watauga S Dak 8 N	United States	Record daily precipitation	45.0 mm (1.8 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Sonora Pass	United States	Record daily precipitation	40.6 mm (1.6 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Traverse Cy Cherry Capital AP	United States	Record high maximum temperature	31.7 C (89.1 F)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Hatanga	Russia	Record high maximum temperature	6.6 C (43.9 F)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Hubbell	United States	Record daily precipitation	61.0 mm (2.4 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Washington Court House	United States	Record high maximum temperature	30.0 C (86.0 F)	34 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

569 records

Records set or tied on 7 May 2015 by type: Highest daily maximum 136, Lowest daily maximum 30, Highest daily minimum 174, Lowest daily minimum 34, Heaviest daily rainfall 192, Heaviest daily snowfall 2, Deepest snow cover 1.

Records on 7 May 2015 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	136
Lowest daily maximum	30
Highest daily minimum	174
Lowest daily minimum	34
Heaviest daily rainfall	192
Heaviest daily snowfall	2
Deepest snow cover	1

Records on 7 May 2015 by timescale: all-time 3, monthly 18, daily 548.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

459 broken records

Margins by which the 459 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 150.0. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

7 May 2015

Top 20 records on 7 May 2015 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
7 May 2015	Superior, US	all-time rain	181.1 mm (7.1 in)	49.5 mm (1.9 in)	41 years	81 of 100 (Exceptional)
7 May 2015	Crete 4ESE, US	all-time rain	205.7 mm (8.1 in)	52.0 mm (2.0 in)	8 years	71 of 100 (Major)
7 May 2015	Western 2W, US	monthly rain	174.0 mm (6.9 in)	46.2 mm (1.8 in)	64 years	71 of 100 (Major)
7 May 2015	Seward, US	daily rain	97.0 mm (3.8 in)	38.1 mm (1.5 in)	84 years	65 of 100 (Major)
7 May 2015	Burr Oak 4S, US	monthly rain	163.3 mm (6.4 in)	72.6 mm (2.9 in)	14 years	64 of 100 (Major)
7 May 2015	Ashland #2, US	daily rain	127.0 mm (5.0 in)	70.4 mm (2.8 in)	44 years	63 of 100 (Major)
7 May 2015	Bowie, US	daily rain	139.7 mm (5.5 in)	100.3 mm (3.9 in)	45 years	63 of 100 (Major)
7 May 2015	Bruning, US	monthly rain	129.5 mm (5.1 in)	34.5 mm (1.4 in)	53 years	61 of 100 (Major)
7 May 2015	Malcolm, US	daily rain	88.4 mm (3.5 in)	53.9 mm (2.1 in)	44 years	60 of 100 (Major)
7 May 2015	Raymond 2E, US	daily rain	97.0 mm (3.8 in)	58.9 mm (2.3 in)	44 years	60 of 100 (Major)
7 May 2015	Lebanon, US	daily rain	94.0 mm (3.7 in)	49.5 mm (1.9 in)	41 years	59 of 100 (Notable)
7 May 2015	New Salem 5NW, US	daily rain	45.2 mm (1.8 in)	21.6 mm (0.9 in)	80 years	59 of 100 (Notable)
7 May 2015	Hobart Muni AP, US	daily rain	57.9 mm (2.3 in)	34.5 mm (1.4 in)	96 years	58 of 100 (Notable)
7 May 2015	Apsley (Parki), AU	daily rain	30.4 mm (1.2 in)	20.4 mm (0.8 in)	28 years	54 of 100 (Notable)
7 May 2015	Utica, US	daily rain	75.2 mm (3.0 in)	36.6 mm (1.4 in)	46 years	54 of 100 (Notable)
7 May 2015	Perelyub, RU	daily rain	38.4 mm (1.5 in)	33.9 mm (1.3 in)	12 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
7 May 2015	Hebron, US	all-time rain	218.2 mm (8.6 in)	20.1 mm (0.8 in)	22 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
7 May 2015	Osterley, AU	daily rain	33.8 mm (1.3 in)	8.4 mm (0.33 in)	88 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
7 May 2015	Mankato, US	daily rain	74.7 mm (2.9 in)	36.1 mm (1.4 in)	41 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
7 May 2015	Fremont, US	daily rain	53.3 mm (2.1 in)	12.4 mm (0.5 in)	115 years	50 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 569 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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Data for records on 2015-05-07: CSV or JSON. Field meanings are on the data page.

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 20	419
20 to 40	27
40 to 60	9
60 to 80	2
80 to 100	0
100 to 120	1
120 to 140	0
140 to 160	1