Weather Records on 2 May 2016

583 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 2 May 2016. Highest significance: Ft Mill 4 NW, US.

Key Facts for 2 May 2016

On 2 May 2016, 583 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
296 were record highs and 114 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 0 were all-time records, 29 monthly and 554 daily.
Ft Mill 4 NW set a daily record precipitation of 68.3 mm (2.7 in) on 2 May 2016.
Across 162 earlier years (1795 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 461 records.

Record Map

583 stations

583 station records on 2 May 2016 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 2 May 2016: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Ft Mill 4 NW	United States	Record daily precipitation	68.3 mm (2.7 in)	67 of 100 (Major)
Winnsboro	United States	Record daily precipitation	78.7 mm (3.1 in)	66 of 100 (Major)
Annex Creek	United States	Record daily precipitation	64.0 mm (2.5 in)	63 of 100 (Major)
Soyland I Gjesdal	Norway	Record daily precipitation	49.5 mm (1.9 in)	60 of 100 (Major)
Catawba	United States	Record daily precipitation	98.3 mm (3.9 in)	60 of 100 (Major)
Weifang	China	Record daily precipitation	46.5 mm (1.8 in)	58 of 100 (Notable)
Flekkefjord	Norway	Record daily precipitation	45.1 mm (1.8 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Carlsbad	United States	Record low maximum temperature	10.6 C (51.1 F)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Cobbora (Ellismayne)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	40.0 mm (1.6 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Coupeville 1 S	United States	Record high maximum temperature	29.4 C (84.9 F)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Skagway	United States	Record daily precipitation	28.7 mm (1.1 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Artesia 6S	United States	Record low maximum temperature	10.0 C (50.0 F)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Tizi Ouzou	Algeria	Record low minimum temperature	2.4 C (36.3 F)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Tonstad - Nettfed	Norway	Record daily precipitation	37.0 mm (1.5 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Chester 1 SE	United States	Record daily precipitation	73.4 mm (2.9 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Dandong	China	Record daily precipitation	77.7 mm (3.1 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Cobden (Post Office)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	45.8 mm (1.8 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Clearwater	United States	Record high maximum temperature	28.3 C (82.9 F)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Camperdown Donalds Hill	Australia	Record daily precipitation	30.0 mm (1.2 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Hoonah	United States	Record daily precipitation	32.8 mm (1.3 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Aseral	Norway	Record daily precipitation	29.0 mm (1.1 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Castle Rock	United States	Record low maximum temperature	1.1 C (34.0 F)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Alexandria	United States	Record high maximum temperature	33.9 C (93.0 F)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Selinsgrove 2 S	United States	Record low maximum temperature	10.0 C (50.0 F)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Windhoek	Namibia	Record high minimum temperature	22.9 C (73.2 F)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Lindesnes Fyr	Norway	Record daily precipitation	25.6 mm (1.0 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Ust-Maja	Russia	Record high minimum temperature	5.6 C (42.1 F)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Gospic	Croatia	Record daily precipitation	48.2 mm (1.9 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Desert Nwr	United States	Record low maximum temperature	13.9 C (57.0 F)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Auke Bay	United States	Record daily precipitation	35.3 mm (1.4 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Lista Fyr	Norway	Record daily precipitation	26.9 mm (1.1 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Seattle Tacoma AP	United States	Record high maximum temperature	30.6 C (87.1 F)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Old Town Bay	United States	Record daily precipitation	102.9 mm (4.1 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Port Jervis	United States	Record low maximum temperature	7.2 C (45.0 F)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Ogulin	Croatia	Record daily precipitation	62.9 mm (2.5 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
El Morro Natl Mon	United States	Record low maximum temperature	3.9 C (39.0 F)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Greensboro AP	United States	Record daily precipitation	37.3 mm (1.5 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Bakke	Norway	Record daily precipitation	44.0 mm (1.7 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Nis	Serbia	Record daily precipitation	26.5 mm (1.0 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Rhodhiss Hydro Plt	United States	Record daily precipitation	29.2 mm (1.1 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Clearbrook	United States	Record high maximum temperature	30.0 C (86.0 F)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Hoquiam Bowerman AP	United States	Record high maximum temperature	25.6 C (78.1 F)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Baradine Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	31.6 mm (1.2 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Seattle Boeing Fld	United States	Record high maximum temperature	30.6 C (87.1 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Camooweal Township	Australia	Record high minimum temperature	23.5 C (74.3 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Winchester Bay Coast Grd	United States	Record high maximum temperature	28.9 C (84.0 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Calhoun Falls	United States	Record high minimum temperature	20.6 C (69.1 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Bellingham Intl AP	United States	Record high maximum temperature	30.0 C (86.0 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Rockhampton Aero	Australia	Record high maximum temperature	32.5 C (90.5 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Risnes I Fjotland	Norway	Record daily precipitation	31.9 mm (1.3 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Galliano	United States	Record daily precipitation	122.7 mm (4.8 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Koran	United States	Record daily precipitation	58.4 mm (2.3 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Brighton Dam	United States	Record daily precipitation	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Jackson Springs 5 WNW	United States	Record daily precipitation	36.1 mm (1.4 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Troughton Island	Australia	Record high minimum temperature	29.6 C (85.3 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Zavizan	Croatia	Record daily precipitation	41.7 mm (1.6 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Lockhart	United States	Record daily precipitation	55.4 mm (2.2 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Ellensburg Bowers Fld	United States	Record high maximum temperature	28.9 C (84.0 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Nundle (Chaffey Dam)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	32.0 mm (1.3 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Hachijojima	Japan	Record high maximum temperature	25.8 C (78.4 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

583 records

Records set or tied on 2 May 2016 by type: Highest daily maximum 132, Lowest daily maximum 77, Highest daily minimum 164, Lowest daily minimum 37, Heaviest daily rainfall 167, Heaviest daily snowfall 1, Deepest snow cover 5.

Records on 2 May 2016 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	132
Lowest daily maximum	77
Highest daily minimum	164
Lowest daily minimum	37
Heaviest daily rainfall	167
Heaviest daily snowfall	1
Deepest snow cover	5

Records on 2 May 2016 by timescale: all-time 0, monthly 29, daily 554.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

486 broken records

Margins by which the 486 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 127.0. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

2 May 2016

Top 20 records on 2 May 2016 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
2 May 2016	Ft Mill 4 NW, US	daily rain	68.3 mm (2.7 in)	41.6 mm (1.6 in)	85 years	67 of 100 (Major)
2 May 2016	Winnsboro, US	daily rain	78.7 mm (3.1 in)	40.9 mm (1.6 in)	87 years	66 of 100 (Major)
2 May 2016	Annex Creek, US	daily rain	64.0 mm (2.5 in)	37.6 mm (1.5 in)	50 years	63 of 100 (Major)
2 May 2016	Soyland I Gjesdal, NO	daily rain	49.5 mm (1.9 in)	25.3 mm (1.0 in)	72 years	60 of 100 (Major)
2 May 2016	Catawba, US	monthly rain	98.3 mm (3.9 in)	13.7 mm (0.5 in)	96 years	60 of 100 (Major)
2 May 2016	Weifang, CN	daily rain	46.5 mm (1.8 in)	33.5 mm (1.3 in)	48 years	58 of 100 (Notable)
2 May 2016	Flekkefjord, NO	daily rain	45.1 mm (1.8 in)	23.6 mm (0.9 in)	53 years	52 of 100 (Notable)
2 May 2016	Carlsbad, US	daily low max	10.6 C (51.1 F)	6.1 C (11.0 F)	98 years	52 of 100 (Notable)
2 May 2016	Cobbora (Ellismayne), AU	daily rain	40.0 mm (1.6 in)	24.3 mm (1.0 in)	60 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
2 May 2016	Coupeville 1 S, US	daily high max	29.4 C (84.9 F)	3.8 C (6.8 F)	117 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
2 May 2016	Skagway, US	monthly rain	28.7 mm (1.1 in)	3.6 mm (0.14 in)	71 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
2 May 2016	Artesia 6S, US	daily low max	10.0 C (50.0 F)	5.6 C (10.1 F)	95 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
2 May 2016	Tizi Ouzou, DZ	daily low min	2.4 C (36.3 F)	2.6 C (4.7 F)	106 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
2 May 2016	Tonstad - Nettfed, NO	daily rain	37.0 mm (1.5 in)	23.5 mm (0.9 in)	34 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
2 May 2016	Chester 1 SE, US	daily rain	73.4 mm (2.9 in)	39.9 mm (1.6 in)	27 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
2 May 2016	Dandong, CN	daily rain	77.7 mm (3.1 in)	46.3 mm (1.8 in)	7 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
2 May 2016	Cobden (Post Office), AU	monthly rain	45.8 mm (1.8 in)	2.1 mm (0.08 in)	70 years	44 of 100 (Notable)
2 May 2016	Clearwater, US	daily high max	28.3 C (82.9 F)	1.6 C (2.9 F)	117 years	44 of 100 (Notable)
2 May 2016	Camperdown Donalds Hill, AU	daily rain	30.0 mm (1.2 in)	14.8 mm (0.6 in)	48 years	42 of 100 (Notable)
2 May 2016	Hoonah, US	monthly rain	32.8 mm (1.3 in)	6.4 mm (0.25 in)	36 years	42 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 2016

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1795 to 2016. 2016 had 583 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 20	461
20 to 40	15
40 to 60	8
60 to 80	0
80 to 100	1
100 to 120	0
120 to 140	1