Weather Records on 5 May 2017

849 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 5 May 2017. Highest significance: Ny City Cntrl Park, US.

Key Facts for 5 May 2017

On 5 May 2017, 849 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
390 were record highs and 174 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 0 were all-time records, 22 monthly and 827 daily.
Ny City Cntrl Park set a daily record precipitation of 76.7 mm (3.0 in) on 5 May 2017.
Across 160 earlier years (1795 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 441 records.

Record Map

849 stations

849 station records on 5 May 2017 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 5 May 2017: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Ny City Cntrl Park	United States	Record daily precipitation	76.7 mm (3.0 in)	77 of 100 (Major)
Dale Enterprise	United States	Record daily precipitation	48.5 mm (1.9 in)	70 of 100 (Major)
Hot Springs	United States	Record daily precipitation	64.3 mm (2.5 in)	70 of 100 (Major)
Laguardia AP	United States	Record daily precipitation	57.7 mm (2.3 in)	61 of 100 (Major)
New Castle	United States	Record daily precipitation	69.3 mm (2.7 in)	58 of 100 (Notable)
Banner Elk	United States	Record daily precipitation	61.0 mm (2.4 in)	57 of 100 (Notable)
Free Union	United States	Record daily precipitation	89.4 mm (3.5 in)	57 of 100 (Notable)
Copper Hill	United States	Record daily precipitation	86.6 mm (3.4 in)	56 of 100 (Notable)
Glasgow 1 SE	United States	Record daily precipitation	91.4 mm (3.6 in)	56 of 100 (Notable)
Staunton Wtp	United States	Record daily precipitation	58.7 mm (2.3 in)	56 of 100 (Notable)
Pittsfield Muni AP	United States	Record daily precipitation	29.5 mm (1.2 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Wetumpka	United States	Record low maximum temperature	13.9 C (57.0 F)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Rushville	United States	Record daily precipitation	36.3 mm (1.4 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Lexington	United States	Record daily precipitation	57.7 mm (2.3 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Newark Liberty Intl AP	United States	Record daily precipitation	77.5 mm (3.1 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Tullahoma	United States	Record low maximum temperature	11.1 C (52.0 F)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Oceana NAS	United States	Record daily precipitation	48.3 mm (1.9 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Mt Holly 4 NE	United States	Record daily precipitation	28.2 mm (1.1 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Mt Mitchell	United States	Record daily precipitation	68.6 mm (2.7 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Transou	United States	Record daily precipitation	98.3 mm (3.9 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Charlottesville 2W	United States	Record daily precipitation	78.2 mm (3.1 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Mt Wx	United States	Record daily precipitation	37.1 mm (1.5 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Theresa 4NW	United States	Record daily precipitation	30.5 mm (1.2 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Everett	United States	Record daily precipitation	28.4 mm (1.1 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Rosalia	United States	Record high minimum temperature	13.9 C (57.0 F)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Ploumanac'h	France	Record daily precipitation	28.4 mm (1.1 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Stearns 2S	United States	Record daily precipitation	48.8 mm (1.9 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Tumacacori Nm	United States	Record high minimum temperature	19.4 C (66.9 F)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Aspendell	United States	Record high minimum temperature	8.9 C (48.0 F)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Jacksonville Beach	United States	Record daily precipitation	68.3 mm (2.7 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Raleigh State UNIV	United States	Record daily precipitation	33.3 mm (1.3 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
State College	United States	Record daily precipitation	29.2 mm (1.1 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Alicia 2 NNE	United States	Record low maximum temperature	12.2 C (54.0 F)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Bridgeport	United States	Record high minimum temperature	11.1 C (52.0 F)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Peru	United States	Record daily precipitation	49.3 mm (1.9 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Hernando	United States	Record low maximum temperature	11.7 C (53.1 F)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Winchester 7 SE	United States	Record daily precipitation	43.2 mm (1.7 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Wytheville	United States	Record daily precipitation	28.4 mm (1.1 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Ellensburg	United States	Record high minimum temperature	13.3 C (55.9 F)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Hartford-Bradley Intl AP	United States	Record daily precipitation	39.1 mm (1.5 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Leitchfield 2 N	United States	Record daily precipitation	32.3 mm (1.3 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Lenoir	United States	Record daily precipitation	51.1 mm (2.0 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Pitea	Sweden	Record high maximum temperature	20.1 C (68.2 F)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Cedarville	United States	Record high minimum temperature	13.3 C (55.9 F)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Casey	United States	Record daily precipitation	28.7 mm (1.1 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Chester	United States	Record high minimum temperature	10.6 C (51.1 F)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Odessa	United States	Record high minimum temperature	12.2 C (54.0 F)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Quartzsite	United States	Record high maximum temperature	42.8 C (109.0 F)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Glennville 3NW	United States	Record daily precipitation	27.9 mm (1.1 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Sines Deep Creek	United States	Record daily precipitation	33.0 mm (1.3 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Waynesboro 2 W	United States	Record low maximum temperature	18.9 C (66.0 F)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Cascade 5 S	United States	Record high maximum temperature	31.7 C (89.1 F)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Medicine Lake 3 SE	United States	Record high minimum temperature	14.4 C (57.9 F)	41 of 100 (Notable)
N Tonawanda	United States	Record daily precipitation	49.5 mm (1.9 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Pedlar Dam	United States	Record daily precipitation	58.7 mm (2.3 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Szczecin	Poland	Record daily precipitation	26.9 mm (1.1 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Borzja	Russia	Record low maximum temperature	3.9 C (39.0 F)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Brookport Dam 52	United States	Record daily precipitation	36.8 mm (1.4 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Calhoun City	United States	Record low maximum temperature	15.0 C (59.0 F)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Great Falls 16St	United States	Record high maximum temperature	31.7 C (89.1 F)	40 of 100 (Notable)

Counts by Type and Timescale

849 records

Records set or tied on 5 May 2017 by type: Highest daily maximum 179, Lowest daily maximum 138, Highest daily minimum 211, Lowest daily minimum 36, Heaviest daily rainfall 284, Deepest snow cover 1.

Records on 5 May 2017 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	179
Lowest daily maximum	138
Highest daily minimum	211
Lowest daily minimum	36
Heaviest daily rainfall	284
Heaviest daily snowfall	0
Deepest snow cover	1

Records on 5 May 2017 by timescale: all-time 0, monthly 22, daily 827.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

723 broken records

Margins by which the 723 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 57.6. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

5 May 2017

Top 20 records on 5 May 2017 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
5 May 2017	Ny City Cntrl Park, US	daily rain	76.7 mm (3.0 in)	42.9 mm (1.7 in)	145 years	77 of 100 (Major)
5 May 2017	Dale Enterprise, US	daily rain	48.5 mm (1.9 in)	28.9 mm (1.1 in)	118 years	70 of 100 (Major)
5 May 2017	Hot Springs, US	daily rain	64.3 mm (2.5 in)	42.7 mm (1.7 in)	68 years	70 of 100 (Major)
5 May 2017	Laguardia AP, US	daily rain	57.7 mm (2.3 in)	37.6 mm (1.5 in)	68 years	61 of 100 (Major)
5 May 2017	New Castle, US	daily rain	69.3 mm (2.7 in)	46.4 mm (1.8 in)	39 years	58 of 100 (Notable)
5 May 2017	Banner Elk, US	daily rain	61.0 mm (2.4 in)	26.7 mm (1.1 in)	84 years	57 of 100 (Notable)
5 May 2017	Free Union, US	daily rain	89.4 mm (3.5 in)	51.8 mm (2.0 in)	39 years	57 of 100 (Notable)
5 May 2017	Copper Hill, US	daily rain	86.6 mm (3.4 in)	45.2 mm (1.8 in)	39 years	56 of 100 (Notable)
5 May 2017	Glasgow 1 SE, US	daily rain	91.4 mm (3.6 in)	57.6 mm (2.3 in)	39 years	56 of 100 (Notable)
5 May 2017	Staunton Wtp, US	daily rain	58.7 mm (2.3 in)	36.6 mm (1.4 in)	39 years	56 of 100 (Notable)
5 May 2017	Pittsfield Muni AP, US	daily rain	29.5 mm (1.2 in)	19.8 mm (0.8 in)	70 years	54 of 100 (Notable)
5 May 2017	Wetumpka, US	monthly low max	13.9 C (57.0 F)	1.7 C (3.1 F)	99 years	53 of 100 (Notable)
5 May 2017	Rushville, US	daily rain	36.3 mm (1.4 in)	16.7 mm (0.7 in)	103 years	53 of 100 (Notable)
5 May 2017	Lexington, US	daily rain	57.7 mm (2.3 in)	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	59 years	52 of 100 (Notable)
5 May 2017	Newark Liberty Intl AP, US	daily rain	77.5 mm (3.1 in)	17.6 mm (0.7 in)	95 years	52 of 100 (Notable)
5 May 2017	Tullahoma, US	daily low max	11.1 C (52.0 F)	4.5 C (8.1 F)	100 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
5 May 2017	Oceana NAS, US	daily rain	48.3 mm (1.9 in)	29.8 mm (1.2 in)	59 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
5 May 2017	Mt Holly 4 NE, US	daily rain	28.2 mm (1.1 in)	13.0 mm (0.5 in)	103 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
5 May 2017	Mt Mitchell, US	daily rain	68.6 mm (2.7 in)	53.1 mm (2.1 in)	28 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
5 May 2017	Transou, US	daily rain	98.3 mm (3.9 in)	47.0 mm (1.9 in)	24 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 2017

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1795 to 2017. 2017 had 849 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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Data for records on 2017-05-05: 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 2026-10-16 (16 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 10	611
10 to 20	64
20 to 30	30
30 to 40	7
40 to 50	8
50 to 60	3