Weather Records on 7 May 2020

577 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 7 May 2020. Highest significance: Kahuku 912, US.

Key Facts for 7 May 2020

On 7 May 2020, 577 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
250 were record highs and 236 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 2 were all-time records, 23 monthly and 552 daily.
Kahuku 912 set a daily record high maximum temperature of 31.7 C (89.1 F) on 7 May 2020.
Across 168 earlier years (1795 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 418 records.

Record Map

577 stations

577 station records on 7 May 2020 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 7 May 2020: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Kahuku 912	United States	Record high maximum temperature	31.7 C (89.1 F)	64 of 100 (Major)
Belozersk	Russia	Record daily precipitation	30.0 mm (1.2 in)	60 of 100 (Major)
Kimberley	Australia	Record daily precipitation	52.0 mm (2.0 in)	57 of 100 (Notable)
Rio Grande City	United States	Record daily precipitation	68.6 mm (2.7 in)	55 of 100 (Notable)
Plevna	United States	Record daily precipitation	30.7 mm (1.2 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Taiyuan	China	Record daily precipitation	26.7 mm (1.1 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Laghouat	Algeria	Record high minimum temperature	21.3 C (70.3 F)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Everett	United States	Record low maximum temperature	8.3 C (46.9 F)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Buckhannon	United States	Record low maximum temperature	8.3 C (46.9 F)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Ft Benton	United States	Record daily precipitation	30.2 mm (1.2 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Idjevan	Armenia	Record daily precipitation	32.0 mm (1.3 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Waverly	United States	Record low maximum temperature	9.4 C (48.9 F)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Selinsgrove 2 S	United States	Record low maximum temperature	11.1 C (52.0 F)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Hohenwald	United States	Record low maximum temperature	13.9 C (57.0 F)	41 of 100 (Notable)
S Kona 2 2.32	United States	Record daily precipitation	27.4 mm (1.1 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
San Luis Obispo Poly	United States	Record high minimum temperature	17.2 C (63.0 F)	38 of 100 (Notable)
U C L A	United States	Record high minimum temperature	19.4 C (66.9 F)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Brady 27 ENE (the Knees)	United States	Record daily precipitation	31.8 mm (1.3 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Bijie	China	Record high maximum temperature	36.4 C (97.5 F)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Jacksonville	United States	Record low minimum temperature	3.9 C (39.0 F)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Bethel AP	United States	Record high maximum temperature	18.9 C (66.0 F)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Xingren	China	Record high minimum temperature	23.0 C (73.4 F)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Imperial	United States	Record high maximum temperature	41.7 C (107.1 F)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Mizpah 4 NNW	United States	Record daily precipitation	26.7 mm (1.1 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Los Angeles Downtown/Usc	United States	Record high minimum temperature	20.0 C (68.0 F)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Dandong	China	Record high maximum temperature	28.0 C (82.4 F)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Xingren	China	Record high maximum temperature	34.5 C (94.1 F)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Santa Rosa Island California	United States	Record high minimum temperature	18.9 C (66.0 F)	34 of 100 (Routine)
March AFB	United States	Record high maximum temperature	36.7 C (98.1 F)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Essendon Airport	Australia	Record high minimum temperature	13.6 C (56.5 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Shijiazhuang	China	Record daily precipitation	35.8 mm (1.4 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Ajo	United States	Record high maximum temperature	42.2 C (108.0 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Toccoa	United States	Record low minimum temperature	3.3 C (37.9 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Belltower	United States	Record daily precipitation	31.2 mm (1.2 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Ebensburg Sewage Plt	United States	Record low maximum temperature	4.4 C (39.9 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Clarksburg 1	United States	Record low maximum temperature	10.0 C (50.0 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Denmark Agric. School	Australia	Record daily precipitation	30.0 mm (1.2 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
McNary 2N	United States	Record high maximum temperature	27.2 C (81.0 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
El Centro 2 SSW	United States	Record high maximum temperature	42.2 C (108.0 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Annapolis US Naval Academy Aso	United States	Record low minimum temperature	6.1 C (43.0 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Shoreham	Australia	Record daily precipitation	28.4 mm (1.1 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Anyang	China	Record daily precipitation	53.6 mm (2.1 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Baise	China	Record high maximum temperature	42.1 C (107.8 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Taipak	Kazakhstan	Record high minimum temperature	18.3 C (64.9 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Palomar Mtn Obsy	United States	Record high minimum temperature	18.3 C (64.9 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Oakland 1 SE	United States	Record low maximum temperature	4.4 C (39.9 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Judith Gap 13 E	United States	Record daily snowfall	5.1 cm (2.0 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Seaside	United States	Record high maximum temperature	22.2 C (72.0 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Glen Hazel 2 NE Dam	United States	Record daily snowfall	8.9 cm (3.5 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Lancaster 2 NE Filt Plt	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-3.3 C (26.1 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Grantsville 1ESE	United States	Record low maximum temperature	10.6 C (51.1 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Clarksburg Benedum AP	United States	Record low minimum temperature	0.0 C (32.0 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Babaevo	Russia	Record daily precipitation	25.9 mm (1.0 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Hayfield Pumping Plt	United States	Record high maximum temperature	40.6 C (105.1 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Apalachicola AP	United States	Record low minimum temperature	11.1 C (52.0 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Ekalaka	United States	Record daily precipitation	31.8 mm (1.3 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Salisbury	United States	Record low minimum temperature	1.1 C (34.0 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Renovo	United States	Record low maximum temperature	7.2 C (45.0 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Ft Stockton	United States	Record high maximum temperature	38.3 C (100.9 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Lewistown AP	United States	Record snow depth	18.0 cm (7.1 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

577 records

Records set or tied on 7 May 2020 by type: Highest daily maximum 128, Lowest daily maximum 86, Highest daily minimum 122, Lowest daily minimum 150, Heaviest daily rainfall 84, Heaviest daily snowfall 3, Deepest snow cover 4.

Records on 7 May 2020 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	128
Lowest daily maximum	86
Highest daily minimum	122
Lowest daily minimum	150
Heaviest daily rainfall	84
Heaviest daily snowfall	3
Deepest snow cover	4

Records on 7 May 2020 by timescale: all-time 2, monthly 23, daily 552.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

437 broken records

Margins by which the 437 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 160.0. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

7 May 2020

Top 20 records on 7 May 2020 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
7 May 2020	Kahuku 912, US	daily high max	31.7 C (89.1 F)	2.8 C (5.0 F)	99 years	64 of 100 (Major)
7 May 2020	Belozersk, RU	daily rain	30.0 mm (1.2 in)	22.1 mm (0.9 in)	46 years	60 of 100 (Major)
7 May 2020	Kimberley, AU	daily rain	52.0 mm (2.0 in)	39.2 mm (1.5 in)	42 years	57 of 100 (Notable)
7 May 2020	Rio Grande City, US	daily rain	68.6 mm (2.7 in)	33.0 mm (1.3 in)	103 years	55 of 100 (Notable)
7 May 2020	Plevna, US	daily rain	30.7 mm (1.2 in)	16.2 mm (0.6 in)	85 years	53 of 100 (Notable)
7 May 2020	Taiyuan, CN	daily rain	26.7 mm (1.1 in)	23.4 mm (0.9 in)	42 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
7 May 2020	Laghouat, DZ	daily high min	21.3 C (70.3 F)	2.3 C (4.1 F)	112 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
7 May 2020	Everett, US	daily low max	8.3 C (46.9 F)	1.7 C (3.1 F)	112 years	43 of 100 (Notable)
7 May 2020	Buckhannon, US	daily low max	8.3 C (46.9 F)	1.7 C (3.1 F)	121 years	43 of 100 (Notable)
7 May 2020	Ft Benton, US	daily rain	30.2 mm (1.2 in)	13.9 mm (0.5 in)	50 years	42 of 100 (Notable)
7 May 2020	Idjevan, AM	daily rain	32.0 mm (1.3 in)	15.1 mm (0.6 in)	55 years	41 of 100 (Notable)
7 May 2020	Waverly, US	daily low max	9.4 C (48.9 F)	0.6 C (1.1 F)	112 years	41 of 100 (Notable)
7 May 2020	Selinsgrove 2 S, US	daily low max	11.1 C (52.0 F)	0.6 C (1.1 F)	103 years	41 of 100 (Notable)
7 May 2020	Hohenwald, US	daily low max	13.9 C (57.0 F)	0.5 C (0.9 F)	103 years	41 of 100 (Notable)
7 May 2020	S Kona 2 2.32, US	daily rain	27.4 mm (1.1 in)	21.0 mm (0.8 in)	14 years	39 of 100 (Notable)
7 May 2020	San Luis Obispo Poly, US	daily high min	17.2 C (63.0 F)	1.6 C (2.9 F)	79 years	38 of 100 (Notable)
7 May 2020	U C L A, US	daily high min	19.4 C (66.9 F)	2.7 C (4.9 F)	60 years	38 of 100 (Notable)
7 May 2020	Brady 27 ENE (the Knees), US	daily rain	31.8 mm (1.3 in)	16.8 mm (0.7 in)	27 years	37 of 100 (Notable)
7 May 2020	Bijie, CN	all-time high max	36.4 C (97.5 F)	0.2 C (0.4 F)	32 years	36 of 100 (Notable)
7 May 2020	Jacksonville, US	monthly low min	3.9 C (39.0 F)	0.5 C (0.9 F)	66 years	36 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 577 records.

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

Records on 05-07 in each year
Year	Records
1795	2
1805	1
1816	1
1825	2
1837	1
1838	1
1844	1
1845	2
1846	1
1848	2
1850	2
1852	1
1853	1
1856	3
1857	1
1861	3
1862	1
1863	1
1864	1
1867	3
1869	1
1870	1
1872	1
1874	2
1876	3
1878	1
1879	2
1880	1
1884	2
1885	1
1886	4
1887	1
1888	1
1889	2
1890	4
1891	4
1892	2
1894	4
1895	2
1897	5
1898	7
1899	3
1900	10
1901	1
1902	6
1903	13
1904	19
1905	21
1906	15
1907	14
1908	29
1909	15
1910	16
1911	14
1912	14
1913	30
1914	37
1915	40
1916	34
1917	188
1918	60
1919	263
1920	59
1921	41
1922	40
1923	119
1924	141
1925	207
1926	227
1927	191
1928	204
1929	224
1930	637
1931	473
1932	288
1933	291
1934	698
1935	298
1936	466
1937	121
1938	467
1939	194
1940	317
1941	317
1942	270
1943	416
1944	476
1945	751
1946	339
1947	727
1948	338
1949	439
1950	526
1951	226
1952	485
1953	541
1954	481
1955	393
1956	665
1957	546
1958	585
1959	335
1960	899
1961	442
1962	381
1963	825
1964	687
1965	671
1966	762
1967	973
1968	756
1969	678
1970	822
1971	364
1972	515
1973	447
1974	743
1975	784
1976	782
1977	662
1978	925
1979	888
1980	593
1981	710
1982	802
1983	724
1984	1,300
1985	557
1986	1,163
1987	1,115
1988	752
1989	1,880
1990	1,024
1991	599
1992	1,830
1993	831
1994	621
1995	997
1996	880
1997	1,359
1998	1,166
1999	1,008
2000	1,693
2001	743
2002	1,344
2003	1,138
2004	1,397
2005	645
2006	833
2007	1,047
2008	526
2009	735
2010	1,123
2011	558
2012	709
2013	633
2014	646
2015	569
2016	677
2017	543
2018	542
2019	522
2020	577
2021	484
2022	784
2023	667
2024	858
2025	635
2026	715

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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	423
20 to 40	10
40 to 60	2
60 to 80	1
80 to 100	0
100 to 120	0
120 to 140	0
140 to 160	1