Weather Records on 10 May 2018

923 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 10 May 2018. Highest significance: Wasserkuppe, DE.

Key Facts for 10 May 2018

On 10 May 2018, 923 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
764 were record highs and 44 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 0 were all-time records, 15 monthly and 908 daily.
Wasserkuppe set a daily record precipitation of 54.6 mm (2.1 in) on 10 May 2018.
Across 163 earlier years (1805 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 438 records.

Record Map

923 stations

923 station records on 10 May 2018 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 10 May 2018: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Wasserkuppe	Germany	Record daily precipitation	54.6 mm (2.1 in)	70 of 100 (Major)
Zakatala	Azerbaijan	Record daily precipitation	99.6 mm (3.9 in)	68 of 100 (Major)
Sandspit River (Ringrove)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	84.0 mm (3.3 in)	63 of 100 (Major)
Stavanger - Valand	Norway	Record daily precipitation	33.7 mm (1.3 in)	56 of 100 (Notable)
Birx/Rhon	Germany	Record daily precipitation	47.1 mm (1.9 in)	55 of 100 (Notable)
Freiamt-Ottoschwanden	Germany	Record daily precipitation	65.7 mm (2.6 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Oltedal	Norway	Record daily precipitation	42.2 mm (1.7 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Bjorheim I Ryfylke	Norway	Record daily precipitation	37.6 mm (1.5 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Kehl-Odelshofen	Germany	Record daily precipitation	38.3 mm (1.5 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Martinroda	Germany	Record daily precipitation	40.4 mm (1.6 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Hulett	United States	Record high minimum temperature	17.2 C (63.0 F)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Andoya	Norway	Record high maximum temperature	20.8 C (69.4 F)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Seehausen	Germany	Record daily precipitation	28.5 mm (1.1 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Macarthur (Post Office)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	28.4 mm (1.1 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Nullawarre	Australia	Record daily precipitation	29.4 mm (1.2 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Duchesne	United States	Record high minimum temperature	11.1 C (52.0 F)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Gulkana AP	United States	Record high minimum temperature	6.7 C (44.1 F)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Mancos 1SW	United States	Record high maximum temperature	28.3 C (82.9 F)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Gellibrand River West	Australia	Record daily precipitation	32.6 mm (1.3 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Tromso	Norway	Record high maximum temperature	23.1 C (73.6 F)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Torsvag Fyr	Norway	Record high maximum temperature	19.9 C (67.8 F)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Wynne	United States	Record high maximum temperature	32.2 C (90.0 F)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Cuyamaca	United States	Record high minimum temperature	13.3 C (55.9 F)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Sedan	United States	Record high maximum temperature	33.9 C (93.0 F)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Laurel	United States	Record high maximum temperature	33.9 C (93.0 F)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Dinosaur Nm-Quarry Area	United States	Record high minimum temperature	12.2 C (54.0 F)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Cape Sorell	Australia	Record daily precipitation	26.6 mm (1.0 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Kandalaksa	Russia	Record high maximum temperature	23.0 C (73.4 F)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Bamberg	Germany	Record daily precipitation	27.8 mm (1.1 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Sola	Norway	Record daily precipitation	34.0 mm (1.3 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Bergen/Flesland	Norway	Record daily precipitation	27.6 mm (1.1 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Gallivare_A	Sweden	Record high maximum temperature	21.6 C (70.9 F)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Gorlitz	Germany	Record high maximum temperature	27.7 C (81.9 F)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Skrova Fyr	Norway	Record high maximum temperature	21.5 C (70.7 F)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Obrestad Fyr	Norway	Record daily precipitation	31.2 mm (1.2 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Cortez	United States	Record high maximum temperature	31.1 C (88.0 F)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Murmansk	Russia	Record high minimum temperature	8.5 C (47.3 F)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Chardzhev	Turkmenistan	Record high maximum temperature	41.5 C (106.7 F)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Trinidad	United States	Record high maximum temperature	31.7 C (89.1 F)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Farson 2NNE	United States	Record high maximum temperature	27.8 C (82.0 F)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Winslow AP	United States	Record high maximum temperature	34.4 C (93.9 F)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Lahr	Germany	Record daily precipitation	38.1 mm (1.5 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Sortland-Kleiva	Norway	Record high maximum temperature	22.5 C (72.5 F)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Kem-Port	Russia	Record high maximum temperature	21.5 C (70.7 F)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Tombstone	United States	Record high minimum temperature	18.3 C (64.9 F)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Fairmont	United States	Record high minimum temperature	20.0 C (68.0 F)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Chanute Martin Johnson AP	United States	Record daily precipitation	33.3 mm (1.3 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Turkestan	Kazakhstan	Record high maximum temperature	35.2 C (95.4 F)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Bjoernoeya	Norway	Record high minimum temperature	2.6 C (36.7 F)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Bodoe VI	Norway	Record high minimum temperature	14.5 C (58.1 F)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Krasnoshelye	Russia	Record high maximum temperature	18.4 C (65.1 F)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Northdale	United States	Record high maximum temperature	28.9 C (84.0 F)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Tonopah	United States	Record high maximum temperature	28.3 C (82.9 F)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Tularosa	United States	Record high maximum temperature	36.1 C (97.0 F)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Grand Junction Walker Fld	United States	Record high maximum temperature	32.8 C (91.0 F)	35 of 100 (Notable)
El Vado Dam	United States	Record high maximum temperature	27.8 C (82.0 F)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Puntilla	United States	Record high minimum temperature	5.0 C (41.0 F)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Bardufoss	Norway	Record high maximum temperature	23.3 C (73.9 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
El Morro Natl Mon	United States	Record high maximum temperature	29.4 C (84.9 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Ohlsbach	Germany	Record daily precipitation	33.5 mm (1.3 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

923 records

Records set or tied on 10 May 2018 by type: Highest daily maximum 446, Lowest daily maximum 23, Highest daily minimum 318, Lowest daily minimum 21, Heaviest daily rainfall 115.

Records on 10 May 2018 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	446
Lowest daily maximum	23
Highest daily minimum	318
Lowest daily minimum	21
Heaviest daily rainfall	115
Heaviest daily snowfall	0
Deepest snow cover	0

Records on 10 May 2018 by timescale: all-time 0, monthly 15, daily 908.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

748 broken records

Margins by which the 748 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 63.8. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

10 May 2018

Top 20 records on 10 May 2018 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
10 May 2018	Wasserkuppe, DE	daily rain	54.6 mm (2.1 in)	29.1 mm (1.1 in)	81 years	70 of 100 (Major)
10 May 2018	Zakatala, AZ	daily rain	99.6 mm (3.9 in)	63.8 mm (2.5 in)	72 years	68 of 100 (Major)
10 May 2018	Sandspit River (Ringrove), AU	monthly rain	84.0 mm (3.3 in)	47.2 mm (1.9 in)	31 years	63 of 100 (Major)
10 May 2018	Stavanger - Valand, NO	daily rain	33.7 mm (1.3 in)	20.9 mm (0.8 in)	35 years	56 of 100 (Notable)
10 May 2018	Birx/Rhon, DE	daily rain	47.1 mm (1.9 in)	24.6 mm (1.0 in)	36 years	55 of 100 (Notable)
10 May 2018	Freiamt-Ottoschwanden, DE	daily rain	65.7 mm (2.6 in)	48.7 mm (1.9 in)	29 years	52 of 100 (Notable)
10 May 2018	Oltedal, NO	daily rain	42.2 mm (1.7 in)	25.7 mm (1.0 in)	35 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
10 May 2018	Bjorheim I Ryfylke, NO	daily rain	37.6 mm (1.5 in)	20.1 mm (0.8 in)	35 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
10 May 2018	Kehl-Odelshofen, DE	daily rain	38.3 mm (1.5 in)	18.3 mm (0.7 in)	48 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
10 May 2018	Martinroda, DE	daily rain	40.4 mm (1.6 in)	26.6 mm (1.0 in)	16 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
10 May 2018	Hulett, US	daily high min	17.2 C (63.0 F)	8.3 C (14.9 F)	71 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
10 May 2018	Andoya, NO	daily high max	20.8 C (69.4 F)	8.3 C (14.9 F)	55 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
10 May 2018	Seehausen, DE	daily rain	28.5 mm (1.1 in)	21.7 mm (0.9 in)	5 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
10 May 2018	Macarthur (Post Office), AU	daily rain	28.4 mm (1.1 in)	17.2 mm (0.7 in)	28 years	44 of 100 (Notable)
10 May 2018	Nullawarre, AU	daily rain	29.4 mm (1.2 in)	2.7 mm (0.11 in)	112 years	44 of 100 (Notable)
10 May 2018	Duchesne, US	daily high min	11.1 C (52.0 F)	1.7 C (3.1 F)	108 years	44 of 100 (Notable)
10 May 2018	Gulkana AP, US	daily high min	6.7 C (44.1 F)	1.7 C (3.1 F)	104 years	44 of 100 (Notable)
10 May 2018	Mancos 1SW, US	daily high max	28.3 C (82.9 F)	1.6 C (2.9 F)	116 years	43 of 100 (Notable)
10 May 2018	Gellibrand River West, AU	daily rain	32.6 mm (1.3 in)	5.9 mm (0.23 in)	83 years	42 of 100 (Notable)
10 May 2018	Tromso, NO	daily high max	23.1 C (73.6 F)	5.3 C (9.5 F)	69 years	41 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

1805 to 2018

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1805 to 2018. 2018 had 923 records.

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

Records on 05-10 in each year
Year	Records
1805	1
1814	2
1832	1
1834	1
1836	4
1838	1
1843	1
1846	1
1848	1
1855	2
1858	1
1860	1
1861	2
1867	3
1868	1
1869	1
1872	1
1874	4
1876	1
1878	1
1879	2
1880	3
1881	3
1883	1
1884	2
1885	2
1886	1
1887	1
1888	2
1889	4
1890	2
1891	2
1893	1
1895	4
1896	6
1897	4
1898	5
1900	4
1901	6
1902	18
1903	6
1904	7
1905	21
1906	42
1907	33
1908	10
1909	17
1910	21
1911	55
1912	15
1913	23
1914	17
1915	18
1916	26
1917	23
1918	105
1919	145
1920	54
1921	143
1922	38
1923	291
1924	198
1925	163
1926	291
1927	296
1928	189
1929	102
1930	647
1931	277
1932	145
1933	516
1934	412
1935	200
1936	439
1937	148
1938	179
1939	179
1940	317
1941	257
1942	237
1943	482
1944	200
1945	646
1946	455
1947	820
1948	491
1949	492
1950	356
1951	281
1952	342
1953	627
1954	554
1955	272
1956	669
1957	374
1958	338
1959	192
1960	660
1961	722
1962	593
1963	951
1964	259
1965	413
1966	1,290
1967	932
1968	861
1969	325
1970	555
1971	416
1972	573
1973	429
1974	608
1975	448
1976	672
1977	1,075
1978	815
1979	1,927
1980	865
1981	1,213
1982	671
1983	753
1984	635
1985	925
1986	669
1987	1,270
1988	490
1989	1,365
1990	1,071
1991	854
1992	875
1993	1,056
1994	622
1995	1,129
1996	1,469
1997	1,215
1998	1,268
1999	1,299
2000	1,036
2001	842
2002	867
2003	1,688
2004	735
2005	761
2006	879
2007	815
2008	877
2009	651
2010	855
2011	1,288
2012	1,054
2013	635
2014	506
2015	943
2016	815
2017	702
2018	923
2019	1,254
2020	1,346
2021	635
2022	1,346
2023	359
2024	622
2025	1,094
2026	496

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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 10	722
10 to 20	14
20 to 30	9
30 to 40	0
40 to 50	2
50 to 60	0
60 to 70	1