Weather Records on 1 May 2022

319 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 1 May 2022. Highest significance: Guba, AZ.

Key Facts for 1 May 2022

On 1 May 2022, 319 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
122 were record highs and 77 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 0 were all-time records, 8 monthly and 311 daily.
Guba set a daily record precipitation of 99.6 mm (3.9 in) on 1 May 2022.
Across 165 earlier years (1795 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 443 records.

Record Map

319 stations

319 station records on 1 May 2022 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 1 May 2022: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Guba	Azerbaijan	Record daily precipitation	99.6 mm (3.9 in)	59 of 100 (Notable)
Bardal	Norway	Record daily precipitation	52.6 mm (2.1 in)	55 of 100 (Notable)
McKinley Park	United States	Record snow depth	104.1 cm (41.0 in)	55 of 100 (Notable)
Winner	United States	Record daily precipitation	69.9 mm (2.8 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Novo Mesto	Slovenia	Record daily precipitation	57.2 mm (2.3 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Marathon	United States	Record high minimum temperature	18.9 C (66.0 F)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Bartow 1SE	United States	Record daily precipitation	54.6 mm (2.1 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Semej	Kazakhstan	Record high minimum temperature	14.7 C (58.5 F)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Campbell Island AWS	New Zealand	Record high maximum temperature	15.0 C (59.0 F)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Danville 2 SE	United States	Record daily precipitation	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Irkutsk	Russia	Record high maximum temperature	27.7 C (81.9 F)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Big Falls	United States	Record daily precipitation	25.9 mm (1.0 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Berne Wwtp	United States	Record daily precipitation	43.9 mm (1.7 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
New Iberia AP - Acadiana Rgnl	United States	Record daily precipitation	74.2 mm (2.9 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Mora	United States	Record daily precipitation	33.8 mm (1.3 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Phan Thiet	Vietnam	Record daily precipitation	79.0 mm (3.1 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Ulken Nary	Kazakhstan	Record high minimum temperature	18.2 C (64.8 F)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Bijsk Zonalnaja	Russia	Record high maximum temperature	31.2 C (88.2 F)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Reform	United States	Record daily precipitation	66.0 mm (2.6 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Odessa	United States	Record low maximum temperature	10.0 C (50.0 F)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Wilbur	United States	Record low maximum temperature	8.9 C (48.0 F)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Haikou	China	Record low minimum temperature	17.9 C (64.2 F)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Semej	Kazakhstan	Record high maximum temperature	31.8 C (89.2 F)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Milaca	United States	Record daily precipitation	27.9 mm (1.1 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Madoi	China	Record low maximum temperature	-2.4 C (27.7 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Guangzhou	China	Record low minimum temperature	13.7 C (56.7 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Turocak	Russia	Record high maximum temperature	31.0 C (87.8 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Chardzhev	Turkmenistan	Record high minimum temperature	20.1 C (68.2 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
John H Kerr Dam	United States	Record low maximum temperature	12.2 C (54.0 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Mc Henry 3W	United States	Record daily snowfall	5.1 cm (2.0 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Prosser	United States	Record low maximum temperature	11.1 C (52.0 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Dulan	China	Record low maximum temperature	3.8 C (38.8 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Yan An	China	Record low minimum temperature	-2.0 C (28.4 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Heyuan	China	Record low minimum temperature	14.4 C (57.9 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Qionghai	China	Record daily precipitation	119.4 mm (4.7 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Bajandaj	Russia	Record high minimum temperature	8.3 C (46.9 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
W Monroe	United States	Record daily precipitation	78.7 mm (3.1 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Montpelier	United States	Record daily precipitation	33.8 mm (1.3 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Union Grove Wwtp	United States	Record daily precipitation	42.4 mm (1.7 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Almaty	Kazakhstan	Record high maximum temperature	30.5 C (86.9 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Yanzhou	China	Record low minimum temperature	3.8 C (38.8 F)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Mengzi	China	Record low minimum temperature	13.2 C (55.8 F)	27 of 100 (Routine)
San Salvador/Ilopan	El Salvador	Record high minimum temperature	22.8 C (73.0 F)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Fushiki	Japan	Record low maximum temperature	11.7 C (53.1 F)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Barnaul	Russia	Record high maximum temperature	31.0 C (87.8 F)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Hartford City 4 ESE	United States	Record daily precipitation	56.9 mm (2.2 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Orient	United States	Record daily precipitation	29.5 mm (1.2 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Bettles AP	United States	Record high minimum temperature	3.9 C (39.0 F)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Hezuo	China	Record low maximum temperature	4.8 C (40.6 F)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Shanwei	China	Record low minimum temperature	16.5 C (61.7 F)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Dongfang	China	Record low minimum temperature	19.1 C (66.4 F)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Santo Domingo	Dominican Republic	Record low maximum temperature	28.4 C (83.1 F)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Naha	Japan	Record low maximum temperature	21.7 C (71.1 F)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Bishkek	Kyrgyzstan	Record high maximum temperature	31.0 C (87.8 F)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Leirfjord	Norway	Record daily precipitation	33.5 mm (1.3 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Tipton 5 SW	United States	Record daily precipitation	47.5 mm (1.9 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Warmun	Australia	Record high minimum temperature	28.6 C (83.5 F)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Xining	China	Record low maximum temperature	9.1 C (48.4 F)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Adjuntas Substn	Puerto Rico [United States]	Record low maximum temperature	23.9 C (75.0 F)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Cemal	Russia	Record high maximum temperature	30.1 C (86.2 F)	25 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

319 records

Records set or tied on 1 May 2022 by type: Highest daily maximum 62, Lowest daily maximum 35, Highest daily minimum 60, Lowest daily minimum 42, Heaviest daily rainfall 114, Heaviest daily snowfall 2, Deepest snow cover 4.

Records on 1 May 2022 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	62
Lowest daily maximum	35
Highest daily minimum	60
Lowest daily minimum	42
Heaviest daily rainfall	114
Heaviest daily snowfall	2
Deepest snow cover	4

Records on 1 May 2022 by timescale: all-time 0, monthly 8, daily 311.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

259 broken records

Margins by which the 259 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 254.0. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

1 May 2022

Top 20 records on 1 May 2022 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
1 May 2022	Guba, AZ	daily rain	99.6 mm (3.9 in)	74.7 mm (2.9 in)	37 years	59 of 100 (Notable)
1 May 2022	Bardal, NO	daily rain	52.6 mm (2.1 in)	34.5 mm (1.4 in)	36 years	55 of 100 (Notable)
1 May 2022	McKinley Park, US	monthly snow depth	104.1 cm (41.0 in)	25.4 cm (10.0 in)	73 years	55 of 100 (Notable)
1 May 2022	Winner, US	daily rain	69.9 mm (2.8 in)	29.3 mm (1.2 in)	39 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
1 May 2022	Novo Mesto, SI	daily rain	57.2 mm (2.3 in)	38.3 mm (1.5 in)	5 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
1 May 2022	Marathon, US	daily high min	18.9 C (66.0 F)	4.5 C (8.1 F)	80 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
1 May 2022	Bartow 1SE, US	daily rain	54.6 mm (2.1 in)	30.5 mm (1.2 in)	57 years	44 of 100 (Notable)
1 May 2022	Semej, KZ	daily high min	14.7 C (58.5 F)	1.3 C (2.3 F)	107 years	42 of 100 (Notable)
1 May 2022	Campbell Island AWS, NZ	daily high max	15.0 C (59.0 F)	2.8 C (5.0 F)	64 years	41 of 100 (Notable)
1 May 2022	Danville 2 SE, US	daily rain	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	2.0 mm (0.08 in)	112 years	41 of 100 (Notable)
1 May 2022	Irkutsk, RU	daily high max	27.7 C (81.9 F)	3.5 C (6.3 F)	83 years	39 of 100 (Notable)
1 May 2022	Big Falls, US	daily rain	25.9 mm (1.0 in)	5.6 mm (0.22 in)	80 years	39 of 100 (Notable)
1 May 2022	Berne Wwtp, US	daily rain	43.9 mm (1.7 in)	18.0 mm (0.7 in)	36 years	38 of 100 (Notable)
1 May 2022	New Iberia AP - Acadiana Rgnl, US	daily rain	74.2 mm (2.9 in)	38.1 mm (1.5 in)	28 years	36 of 100 (Notable)
1 May 2022	Mora, US	daily rain	33.8 mm (1.3 in)	13.5 mm (0.5 in)	48 years	36 of 100 (Notable)
1 May 2022	Phan Thiet, VN	daily rain	79.0 mm (3.1 in)	57.9 mm (2.3 in)	12 years	36 of 100 (Notable)
1 May 2022	Ulken Nary, KZ	monthly high min	18.2 C (64.8 F)	1.0 C (1.8 F)	53 years	35 of 100 (Notable)
1 May 2022	Bijsk Zonalnaja, RU	daily high max	31.2 C (88.2 F)	2.4 C (4.3 F)	76 years	35 of 100 (Notable)
1 May 2022	Reform, US	daily rain	66.0 mm (2.6 in)	26.6 mm (1.0 in)	36 years	35 of 100 (Notable)
1 May 2022	Odessa, US	daily low max	10.0 C (50.0 F)	0.6 C (1.1 F)	81 years	35 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 2022

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1795 to 2022. 2022 had 319 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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Data for records on 2022-05-01: 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 2026-10-17 (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 50	255
50 to 100	3
100 to 150	0
150 to 200	0
200 to 250	0
250 to 300	1