Weather Records on 1 May 2020

1,099 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 1 May 2020. Highest significance: Beeac (Post Office), AU.

Key Facts for 1 May 2020

On 1 May 2020, 1,099 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
643 were record highs and 179 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 0 were all-time records, 16 monthly and 1,083 daily.
Beeac (Post Office) set a daily record precipitation of 32.0 mm (1.3 in) on 1 May 2020.
Across 165 earlier years (1795 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 438 records.

Record Map

1,099 stations

1,099 station records on 1 May 2020 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 1 May 2020: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Beeac (Post Office)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	32.0 mm (1.3 in)	78 of 100 (Major)
Elmira	United States	Record daily precipitation	51.3 mm (2.0 in)	67 of 100 (Major)
Warrion	Australia	Record daily precipitation	30.0 mm (1.2 in)	62 of 100 (Major)
Kolora (Wooriwyrite)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	27.0 mm (1.1 in)	61 of 100 (Major)
Sidsjo	Sweden	Record daily precipitation	35.7 mm (1.4 in)	61 of 100 (Major)
Harnosand	Sweden	Record daily precipitation	50.2 mm (2.0 in)	60 of 100 (Major)
Wangerooge	Germany	Record daily precipitation	29.3 mm (1.2 in)	59 of 100 (Notable)
Ithaca Cornell UNIV	United States	Record daily precipitation	41.9 mm (1.6 in)	58 of 100 (Notable)
Millheim	United States	Record daily precipitation	71.1 mm (2.8 in)	58 of 100 (Notable)
Emporia 1 WNW	United States	Record daily precipitation	61.0 mm (2.4 in)	58 of 100 (Notable)
Crooked River	Australia	Record daily precipitation	55.4 mm (2.2 in)	57 of 100 (Notable)
Addison	United States	Record daily precipitation	35.3 mm (1.4 in)	56 of 100 (Notable)
Tarboro 1 S	United States	Record daily precipitation	83.6 mm (3.3 in)	56 of 100 (Notable)
Candor 2SE	United States	Record daily precipitation	51.3 mm (2.0 in)	55 of 100 (Notable)
Henderson 2 NNW	United States	Record daily precipitation	43.2 mm (1.7 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Glen St Mary 1 W	United States	Record low minimum temperature	2.8 C (37.0 F)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Freeville 1 NE	United States	Record daily precipitation	51.6 mm (2.0 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Selinsgrove 2 S	United States	Record daily precipitation	46.7 mm (1.8 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Bundoora (Latrobe University)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	52.2 mm (2.1 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Bennetts Brg	United States	Record daily precipitation	56.6 mm (2.2 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Hawkesdale (Post Office)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	27.8 mm (1.1 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Waverly	United States	Record daily precipitation	33.3 mm (1.3 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Rocky Mt 8 ESE	United States	Record daily precipitation	73.2 mm (2.9 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Wellsboro 4 SW	United States	Record daily precipitation	48.3 mm (1.9 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Attunga (Tarana)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	33.8 mm (1.3 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Irrewillipe (Tomahawk Creek)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	37.2 mm (1.5 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Trinidad	United States	Record high minimum temperature	15.6 C (60.1 F)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Sunbury	United States	Record daily precipitation	49.5 mm (1.9 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Drik Drik	Australia	Record daily precipitation	26.4 mm (1.0 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Akroken	Sweden	Record daily precipitation	29.0 mm (1.1 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Bahraich	India	Record daily precipitation	32.0 mm (1.3 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Fulton	United States	Record daily precipitation	41.7 mm (1.6 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Covington 2 WSW	United States	Record daily precipitation	38.6 mm (1.5 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Towanda 1 S	United States	Record daily precipitation	38.9 mm (1.5 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Elizabethton	United States	Record low maximum temperature	12.2 C (54.0 F)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Melrose (Para Gums)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	31.4 mm (1.2 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Attunga (Minderoo)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	35.0 mm (1.4 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Mandurama (Gallymont (Homeleig	Australia	Record daily precipitation	32.2 mm (1.3 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Maanti	Mongolia	Record high minimum temperature	9.4 C (48.9 F)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Brevard	United States	Record low maximum temperature	13.9 C (57.0 F)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Carlisle Wtp	United States	Record daily precipitation	69.9 mm (2.8 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Cobden (Post Office)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	39.2 mm (1.5 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Ft Collins	United States	Record high minimum temperature	12.2 C (54.0 F)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Cerro	United States	Record high maximum temperature	28.3 C (82.9 F)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Murfreesboro	United States	Record daily precipitation	50.3 mm (2.0 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Cave Run Lake	United States	Record low maximum temperature	10.6 C (51.1 F)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Camden	United States	Record daily precipitation	48.5 mm (1.9 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Batesburg	United States	Record low maximum temperature	20.0 C (68.0 F)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Crooked Corner (Wingadeena)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	29.8 mm (1.2 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Bratoljubovka	Russia	Record daily precipitation	25.9 mm (1.0 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Paradise	United States	Record high maximum temperature	32.2 C (90.0 F)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Hobart Muni AP	United States	Record high maximum temperature	36.7 C (98.1 F)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Wirrabara Forest	Australia	Record daily precipitation	27.6 mm (1.1 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Underkhaan	Mongolia	Record high minimum temperature	13.5 C (56.3 F)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Mosquero 1 NE	United States	Record high minimum temperature	14.4 C (57.9 F)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Cullowhee	United States	Record low maximum temperature	13.3 C (55.9 F)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Bellefontaine	United States	Record low maximum temperature	7.8 C (46.0 F)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Landisville 2 NW	United States	Record daily precipitation	48.0 mm (1.9 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Burrinjuck Dam	Australia	Record low maximum temperature	9.0 C (48.2 F)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Koror	Palau	Record daily precipitation	115.6 mm (4.6 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)

Counts by Type and Timescale

1,099 records

Records set or tied on 1 May 2020 by type: Highest daily maximum 359, Lowest daily maximum 147, Highest daily minimum 284, Lowest daily minimum 32, Heaviest daily rainfall 275, Heaviest daily snowfall 1, Deepest snow cover 1.

Records on 1 May 2020 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	359
Lowest daily maximum	147
Highest daily minimum	284
Lowest daily minimum	32
Heaviest daily rainfall	275
Heaviest daily snowfall	1
Deepest snow cover	1

Records on 1 May 2020 by timescale: all-time 0, monthly 16, daily 1,083.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

937 broken records

Margins by which the 937 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 60.0. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

1 May 2020

Top 20 records on 1 May 2020 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
1 May 2020	Beeac (Post Office), AU	daily rain	32.0 mm (1.3 in)	23.6 mm (0.9 in)	94 years	78 of 100 (Major)
1 May 2020	Elmira, US	daily rain	51.3 mm (2.0 in)	22.3 mm (0.9 in)	112 years	67 of 100 (Major)
1 May 2020	Warrion, AU	daily rain	30.0 mm (1.2 in)	17.0 mm (0.7 in)	63 years	62 of 100 (Major)
1 May 2020	Kolora (Wooriwyrite), AU	daily rain	27.0 mm (1.1 in)	13.8 mm (0.5 in)	89 years	61 of 100 (Major)
1 May 2020	Sidsjo, SE	monthly rain	35.7 mm (1.4 in)	8.8 mm (0.35 in)	82 years	61 of 100 (Major)
1 May 2020	Harnosand, SE	monthly rain	50.2 mm (2.0 in)	7.7 mm (0.30 in)	90 years	60 of 100 (Major)
1 May 2020	Wangerooge, DE	daily rain	29.3 mm (1.2 in)	16.7 mm (0.7 in)	41 years	59 of 100 (Notable)
1 May 2020	Ithaca Cornell UNIV, US	daily rain	41.9 mm (1.6 in)	14.0 mm (0.6 in)	109 years	58 of 100 (Notable)
1 May 2020	Millheim, US	daily rain	71.1 mm (2.8 in)	42.1 mm (1.7 in)	37 years	58 of 100 (Notable)
1 May 2020	Emporia 1 WNW, US	daily rain	61.0 mm (2.4 in)	35.6 mm (1.4 in)	67 years	58 of 100 (Notable)
1 May 2020	Crooked River, AU	daily rain	55.4 mm (2.2 in)	38.8 mm (1.5 in)	46 years	57 of 100 (Notable)
1 May 2020	Addison, US	daily rain	35.3 mm (1.4 in)	14.2 mm (0.6 in)	111 years	56 of 100 (Notable)
1 May 2020	Tarboro 1 S, US	daily rain	83.6 mm (3.3 in)	20.9 mm (0.8 in)	111 years	56 of 100 (Notable)
1 May 2020	Candor 2SE, US	daily rain	51.3 mm (2.0 in)	26.4 mm (1.0 in)	56 years	55 of 100 (Notable)
1 May 2020	Henderson 2 NNW, US	daily rain	43.2 mm (1.7 in)	17.3 mm (0.7 in)	111 years	54 of 100 (Notable)
1 May 2020	Glen St Mary 1 W, US	monthly low min	2.8 C (37.0 F)	1.6 C (2.9 F)	99 years	53 of 100 (Notable)
1 May 2020	Freeville 1 NE, US	daily rain	51.6 mm (2.0 in)	30.0 mm (1.2 in)	26 years	53 of 100 (Notable)
1 May 2020	Selinsgrove 2 S, US	daily rain	46.7 mm (1.8 in)	13.7 mm (0.5 in)	102 years	52 of 100 (Notable)
1 May 2020	Bundoora (Latrobe University), AU	daily rain	52.2 mm (2.1 in)	24.2 mm (1.0 in)	25 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
1 May 2020	Bennetts Brg, US	daily rain	56.6 mm (2.2 in)	19.8 mm (0.8 in)	77 years	51 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 2020

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1795 to 2020. 2020 had 1,099 records.

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

Records on 05-01 in each year
Year	Records
1795	1
1802	1
1804	1
1814	1
1818	1
1835	1
1836	1
1840	1
1846	2
1847	1
1850	1
1851	1
1857	1
1860	1
1861	1
1864	2
1865	1
1868	2
1872	1
1875	4
1878	2
1879	2
1880	3
1881	2
1884	1
1885	1
1886	2
1887	2
1888	2
1889	3
1890	2
1891	5
1892	6
1893	2
1894	5
1896	1
1897	4
1898	1
1899	8
1900	1
1901	5
1902	7
1903	9
1904	9
1905	13
1906	12
1907	31
1908	20
1909	49
1910	13
1911	22
1912	18
1913	54
1914	23
1915	27
1916	27
1917	37
1918	34
1919	150
1920	186
1921	41
1922	92
1923	64
1924	63
1925	118
1926	500
1927	125
1928	190
1929	142
1930	263
1931	537
1932	220
1933	706
1934	305
1935	276
1936	368
1937	218
1938	304
1939	227
1940	731
1941	333
1942	1,036
1943	526
1944	229
1945	350
1946	415
1947	655
1948	774
1949	405
1950	439
1951	894
1952	557
1953	917
1954	1,506
1955	772
1956	1,106
1957	359
1958	448
1959	764
1960	737
1961	588
1962	615
1963	704
1964	312
1965	360
1966	707
1967	948
1968	426
1969	429
1970	1,075
1971	444
1972	562
1973	841
1974	589
1975	286
1976	673
1977	545
1978	1,202
1979	612
1980	507
1981	1,265
1982	508
1983	1,423
1984	640
1985	789
1986	512
1987	1,098
1988	1,058
1989	949
1990	922
1991	633
1992	1,201
1993	1,101
1994	1,210
1995	1,365
1996	1,439
1997	804
1998	951
1999	932
2000	809
2001	1,106
2002	1,221
2003	964
2004	887
2005	1,320
2006	734
2007	857
2008	979
2009	679
2010	1,151
2011	716
2012	796
2013	976
2014	941
2015	550
2016	844
2017	1,163
2018	519
2019	788
2020	1,099
2021	834
2022	319
2023	912
2024	458
2025	430
2026	623

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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).