Weather Records on 5 May 2019

538 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 5 May 2019. Highest significance: Aparan, AM.

Key Facts for 5 May 2019

On 5 May 2019, 538 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
201 were record highs and 190 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 0 were all-time records, 20 monthly and 518 daily.
Aparan set a daily record precipitation of 43.4 mm (1.7 in) on 5 May 2019.
Across 160 earlier years (1795 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 443 records.

Record Map

538 stations

538 station records on 5 May 2019 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 5 May 2019: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Aparan	Armenia	Record daily precipitation	43.4 mm (1.7 in)	72 of 100 (Major)
Ganca	Azerbaijan	Record daily precipitation	99.3 mm (3.9 in)	65 of 100 (Major)
Egvekinot	Russia	Record daily precipitation	28.2 mm (1.1 in)	65 of 100 (Major)
Attunga (Tarana)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	54.6 mm (2.1 in)	58 of 100 (Notable)
Madison 3NNW	United States	Record daily precipitation	50.8 mm (2.0 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Greeneville Exp STN	United States	Record daily precipitation	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Crooked Rvr (Crooked River (Ha	Australia	Record daily precipitation	50.6 mm (2.0 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Verona Villafranca	Italy	Record daily precipitation	47.0 mm (1.9 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Phoenixville 1 E	United States	Record daily precipitation	47.0 mm (1.9 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Trier-Zewen	Germany	Record low minimum temperature	-1.1 C (30.0 F)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Schwerin	Germany	Record low minimum temperature	-0.3 C (31.5 F)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Oberstdorf	Germany	Record low maximum temperature	3.5 C (38.3 F)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Pingliang	China	Record daily precipitation	35.8 mm (1.4 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Melstone	United States	Record low maximum temperature	6.1 C (43.0 F)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Sidney	United States	Record low maximum temperature	6.1 C (43.0 F)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Lahontan Dam	United States	Record high minimum temperature	14.4 C (57.9 F)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Phillipsburg-Easton Brg	United States	Record daily precipitation	53.1 mm (2.1 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Emmitsburg 2 SE	United States	Record daily precipitation	49.8 mm (2.0 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Romney 1 SW	United States	Record daily precipitation	38.1 mm (1.5 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Brest-Guipavas	France	Record low minimum temperature	-0.2 C (31.6 F)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Mittenwald-Buckelwiesen	Germany	Record low maximum temperature	0.9 C (33.6 F)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Walnut Grove	United States	Record daily precipitation	42.4 mm (1.7 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Scottsboro	United States	Record daily precipitation	42.9 mm (1.7 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Fedscreek 1 SE	United States	Record daily precipitation	53.3 mm (2.1 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Adel	United States	Record low maximum temperature	2.2 C (36.0 F)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Malta 35 S	United States	Record daily snowfall	7.1 cm (2.8 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Songkhla	Thailand	Record high maximum temperature	36.1 C (97.0 F)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Darlington	United States	Record daily precipitation	45.0 mm (1.8 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Sonnblick	Austria	Record daily precipitation	30.5 mm (1.2 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Gottingen	Germany	Record low minimum temperature	-2.2 C (28.0 F)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Ashland	United States	Record daily precipitation	37.6 mm (1.5 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Qamdo	China	Record high minimum temperature	10.6 C (51.1 F)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Guntersville	United States	Record daily precipitation	71.1 mm (2.8 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Moore Haven Lock 1	United States	Record daily precipitation	50.8 mm (2.0 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Belzoni	United States	Record daily precipitation	48.3 mm (1.9 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Kula Branch STN 324.5	United States	Record daily precipitation	46.2 mm (1.8 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Nemuro	Japan	Record high maximum temperature	25.3 C (77.5 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Malaga Aeropuerto	Spain	Record high maximum temperature	31.6 C (88.9 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Col du Grand St-Bernard	Switzerland	Record low maximum temperature	-8.4 C (16.9 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Batesburg	United States	Record daily precipitation	55.1 mm (2.2 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
London Locks	United States	Record daily precipitation	43.7 mm (1.7 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
New Boston	United States	Record daily precipitation	67.1 mm (2.6 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
White Sulphur Springs	United States	Record high minimum temperature	15.6 C (60.1 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Daytona Beach Intl AP	United States	Record daily precipitation	29.2 mm (1.1 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Miri	Malaysia	Record low minimum temperature	22.2 C (72.0 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
High Pt	United States	Record high minimum temperature	19.4 C (66.9 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Tarboro 1 S	United States	Record high minimum temperature	20.0 C (68.0 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Carrasco Intl	Uruguay	Record daily precipitation	53.8 mm (2.1 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Izuhara	Japan	Record high maximum temperature	27.2 C (81.0 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Hemse	Sweden	Record low minimum temperature	-4.3 C (24.3 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Sand Mt Substn	United States	Record daily precipitation	54.1 mm (2.1 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Live Oak	United States	Record high minimum temperature	21.7 C (71.1 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Albion 1 N	United States	Record low maximum temperature	3.9 C (39.0 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Uil	Kazakhstan	Record high maximum temperature	32.4 C (90.3 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Trondheim - Voll	Norway	Record low maximum temperature	4.2 C (39.6 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)
E Glacier	United States	Record daily snowfall	19.1 cm (7.5 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
El Alto Intl	Bolivia	Record high minimum temperature	3.6 C (38.5 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Vestmannaeyjar	Iceland	Record high maximum temperature	10.0 C (50.0 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Lafayette 2W	United States	Record high minimum temperature	17.8 C (64.0 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Cross City 1 E	United States	Record high minimum temperature	21.7 C (71.1 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

538 records

Records set or tied on 5 May 2019 by type: Highest daily maximum 55, Lowest daily maximum 79, Highest daily minimum 146, Lowest daily minimum 111, Heaviest daily rainfall 125, Heaviest daily snowfall 11, Deepest snow cover 11.

Records on 5 May 2019 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	55
Lowest daily maximum	79
Highest daily minimum	146
Lowest daily minimum	111
Heaviest daily rainfall	125
Heaviest daily snowfall	11
Deepest snow cover	11

Records on 5 May 2019 by timescale: all-time 0, monthly 20, daily 518.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

444 broken records

Margins by which the 444 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 86.4. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

5 May 2019

Top 20 records on 5 May 2019 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
5 May 2019	Aparan, AM	daily rain	43.4 mm (1.7 in)	29.9 mm (1.2 in)	81 years	72 of 100 (Major)
5 May 2019	Ganca, AZ	daily rain	99.3 mm (3.9 in)	86.4 mm (3.4 in)	52 years	65 of 100 (Major)
5 May 2019	Egvekinot, RU	daily rain	28.2 mm (1.1 in)	24.9 mm (1.0 in)	61 years	65 of 100 (Major)
5 May 2019	Attunga (Tarana), AU	daily rain	54.6 mm (2.1 in)	41.6 mm (1.6 in)	40 years	58 of 100 (Notable)
5 May 2019	Madison 3NNW, US	daily rain	50.8 mm (2.0 in)	17.8 mm (0.7 in)	85 years	52 of 100 (Notable)
5 May 2019	Greeneville Exp STN, US	daily rain	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	10.2 mm (0.4 in)	119 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
5 May 2019	Crooked Rvr (Crooked River (Ha, AU	daily rain	50.6 mm (2.0 in)	23.9 mm (0.9 in)	52 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
5 May 2019	Verona Villafranca, IT	daily rain	47.0 mm (1.9 in)	26.2 mm (1.0 in)	44 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
5 May 2019	Phoenixville 1 E, US	daily rain	47.0 mm (1.9 in)	18.8 mm (0.7 in)	70 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
5 May 2019	Trier-Zewen, DE	daily low min	-1.1 C (30.0 F)	1.4 C (2.5 F)	98 years	43 of 100 (Notable)
5 May 2019	Schwerin, DE	daily low min	-0.3 C (31.5 F)	0.7 C (1.3 F)	106 years	42 of 100 (Notable)
5 May 2019	Oberstdorf, DE	daily low max	3.5 C (38.3 F)	1.5 C (2.7 F)	108 years	42 of 100 (Notable)
5 May 2019	Pingliang, CN	daily rain	35.8 mm (1.4 in)	21.7 mm (0.9 in)	16 years	41 of 100 (Notable)
5 May 2019	Melstone, US	daily low max	6.1 C (43.0 F)	1.1 C (2.0 F)	106 years	41 of 100 (Notable)
5 May 2019	Sidney, US	daily low max	6.1 C (43.0 F)	1.1 C (2.0 F)	104 years	41 of 100 (Notable)
5 May 2019	Lahontan Dam, US	daily high min	14.4 C (57.9 F)	0.5 C (0.9 F)	102 years	41 of 100 (Notable)
5 May 2019	Phillipsburg-Easton Brg, US	daily rain	53.1 mm (2.1 in)	36.1 mm (1.4 in)	9 years	41 of 100 (Notable)
5 May 2019	Emmitsburg 2 SE, US	daily rain	49.8 mm (2.0 in)	18.0 mm (0.7 in)	60 years	40 of 100 (Notable)
5 May 2019	Romney 1 SW, US	daily rain	38.1 mm (1.5 in)	1.0 mm (0.04 in)	97 years	40 of 100 (Notable)
5 May 2019	Brest-Guipavas, FR	monthly low min	-0.2 C (31.6 F)	0.2 C (0.4 F)	74 years	39 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 2019

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1795 to 2019. 2019 had 538 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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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	408
20 to 40	30
40 to 60	3
60 to 80	2
80 to 100	1