Weather Records on 5 May 2022

514 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 5 May 2022. Highest significance: Fayetteville Exp STN, US.

Key Facts for 5 May 2022

On 5 May 2022, 514 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
175 were record highs and 106 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 3 were all-time records, 11 monthly and 500 daily.
Fayetteville Exp STN set a daily record precipitation of 132.6 mm (5.2 in) on 5 May 2022.
Across 160 earlier years (1795 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 443 records.

Record Map

514 stations

514 station records on 5 May 2022 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 5 May 2022: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Fayetteville Exp STN	United States	Record daily precipitation	132.6 mm (5.2 in)	80 of 100 (Exceptional)
Independence	United States	Record daily precipitation	109.5 mm (4.3 in)	77 of 100 (Major)
Winfield 3NE	United States	Record daily precipitation	86.9 mm (3.4 in)	70 of 100 (Major)
Grenola 1 N	United States	Record daily precipitation	122.7 mm (4.8 in)	68 of 100 (Major)
Sedan	United States	Record daily precipitation	96.0 mm (3.8 in)	65 of 100 (Major)
Howard 2SE	United States	Record daily precipitation	101.6 mm (4.0 in)	62 of 100 (Major)
Rosalia 1NW	United States	Record daily precipitation	112.5 mm (4.4 in)	62 of 100 (Major)
Kenilworth	Australia	Record daily precipitation	63.6 mm (2.5 in)	61 of 100 (Major)
Bahraich	India	Record daily precipitation	34.0 mm (1.3 in)	60 of 100 (Major)
Pittsburg	United States	Record daily precipitation	109.2 mm (4.3 in)	60 of 100 (Major)
Spavinaw	United States	Record daily precipitation	90.9 mm (3.6 in)	59 of 100 (Notable)
Arkansas City	United States	Record daily precipitation	100.1 mm (3.9 in)	56 of 100 (Notable)
Ft Scott	United States	Record daily precipitation	61.0 mm (2.4 in)	56 of 100 (Notable)
Parsons 2 NW	United States	Record daily precipitation	196.9 mm (7.8 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Ozark Beach 2 NNE	United States	Record daily precipitation	75.2 mm (3.0 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Newkirk 5NE	United States	Record daily precipitation	79.5 mm (3.1 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Yining	China	Record daily precipitation	25.9 mm (1.0 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Longton	United States	Record daily precipitation	137.9 mm (5.4 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Marshfield 4 WSW	United States	Record daily precipitation	98.3 mm (3.9 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Burns 5W	United States	Record daily precipitation	77.7 mm (3.1 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Madison	United States	Record daily precipitation	64.3 mm (2.5 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Ust-Umalta	Russia	Record daily precipitation	43.9 mm (1.7 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Erie	United States	Record daily precipitation	75.4 mm (3.0 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Mound Valley 3 WSW	United States	Record daily precipitation	102.1 mm (4.0 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Cambridge	United States	Record daily precipitation	134.1 mm (5.3 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Thrall 3SSE	United States	Record daily precipitation	71.9 mm (2.8 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Ash Grove 4S	United States	Record daily precipitation	129.5 mm (5.1 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Lebanon 2W	United States	Record daily precipitation	115.3 mm (4.5 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Gravette	United States	Record daily precipitation	78.5 mm (3.1 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Fredonia	United States	Record daily precipitation	84.3 mm (3.3 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
New Crescent Lake	United States	Record daily precipitation	27.9 mm (1.1 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Bolivar 1 NE	United States	Record daily precipitation	104.9 mm (4.1 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Neosho	United States	Record daily precipitation	90.9 mm (3.6 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Lead Hill	United States	Record daily precipitation	59.9 mm (2.4 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Gridley	United States	Record daily precipitation	64.5 mm (2.5 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Buffalo 2N	United States	Record daily precipitation	128.5 mm (5.1 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Konstanz	Germany	Record daily precipitation	37.9 mm (1.5 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Galesburg 1NNE	United States	Record daily precipitation	102.9 mm (4.1 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Oxford	United States	Record daily precipitation	57.2 mm (2.3 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Monett 4SW	United States	Record daily precipitation	78.7 mm (3.1 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Miami Beach	United States	Record low maximum temperature	23.3 C (73.9 F)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Zakatala	Azerbaijan	Record daily precipitation	99.1 mm (3.9 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Coffeyville Wtr Wks	United States	Record daily precipitation	119.9 mm (4.7 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Billings 1SW	United States	Record daily precipitation	91.2 mm (3.6 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Stroud 3 N	United States	Record daily precipitation	111.3 mm (4.4 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Chickasha Exp STN	United States	Record daily precipitation	68.8 mm (2.7 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Kempten	Germany	Record daily precipitation	29.4 mm (1.2 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
John Redmond Lake	United States	Record daily precipitation	55.6 mm (2.2 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Honavar	India	Record daily precipitation	61.7 mm (2.4 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Staraja_Russa	Russia	Record low minimum temperature	-5.5 C (22.1 F)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Cassoday 2SE	United States	Record daily precipitation	91.9 mm (3.6 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Choteau	United States	Record high minimum temperature	11.7 C (53.1 F)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Muskogee	United States	Record daily precipitation	195.8 mm (7.7 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
McKinley Park	United States	Record snow depth	94.0 cm (37.0 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Lamar 7N	United States	Record daily precipitation	69.1 mm (2.7 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Blackwell 1SSW	United States	Record daily precipitation	69.9 mm (2.8 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Springfield	United States	Record daily precipitation	55.4 mm (2.2 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Eureka 1E	United States	Record daily precipitation	67.3 mm (2.6 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Fayetteville Drake Fld	United States	Record daily precipitation	67.8 mm (2.7 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Mungindi (Burrenbah)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	60.0 mm (2.4 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)

Counts by Type and Timescale

514 records

Records set or tied on 5 May 2022 by type: Highest daily maximum 80, Lowest daily maximum 56, Highest daily minimum 95, Lowest daily minimum 50, Heaviest daily rainfall 229, Heaviest daily snowfall 2, Deepest snow cover 2.

Records on 5 May 2022 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	80
Lowest daily maximum	56
Highest daily minimum	95
Lowest daily minimum	50
Heaviest daily rainfall	229
Heaviest daily snowfall	2
Deepest snow cover	2

Records on 5 May 2022 by timescale: all-time 3, monthly 11, daily 500.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

405 broken records

Margins by which the 405 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 153.0. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

5 May 2022

Top 20 records on 5 May 2022 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
5 May 2022	Fayetteville Exp STN, US	daily rain	132.6 mm (5.2 in)	78.0 mm (3.1 in)	115 years	80 of 100 (Exceptional)
5 May 2022	Independence, US	daily rain	109.5 mm (4.3 in)	61.7 mm (2.4 in)	108 years	77 of 100 (Major)
5 May 2022	Winfield 3NE, US	daily rain	86.9 mm (3.4 in)	53.9 mm (2.1 in)	91 years	70 of 100 (Major)
5 May 2022	Grenola 1 N, US	daily rain	122.7 mm (4.8 in)	81.8 mm (3.2 in)	60 years	68 of 100 (Major)
5 May 2022	Sedan, US	daily rain	96.0 mm (3.8 in)	43.2 mm (1.7 in)	121 years	65 of 100 (Major)
5 May 2022	Howard 2SE, US	daily rain	101.6 mm (4.0 in)	60.7 mm (2.4 in)	60 years	62 of 100 (Major)
5 May 2022	Rosalia 1NW, US	daily rain	112.5 mm (4.4 in)	62.7 mm (2.5 in)	61 years	62 of 100 (Major)
5 May 2022	Kenilworth, AU	daily rain	63.6 mm (2.5 in)	48.4 mm (1.9 in)	43 years	61 of 100 (Major)
5 May 2022	Bahraich, IN	daily rain	34.0 mm (1.3 in)	26.6 mm (1.0 in)	108 years	60 of 100 (Major)
5 May 2022	Pittsburg, US	daily rain	109.2 mm (4.3 in)	61.4 mm (2.4 in)	60 years	60 of 100 (Major)
5 May 2022	Spavinaw, US	daily rain	90.9 mm (3.6 in)	54.3 mm (2.1 in)	60 years	59 of 100 (Notable)
5 May 2022	Arkansas City, US	daily rain	100.1 mm (3.9 in)	79.0 mm (3.1 in)	20 years	56 of 100 (Notable)
5 May 2022	Ft Scott, US	daily rain	61.0 mm (2.4 in)	23.9 mm (0.9 in)	108 years	56 of 100 (Notable)
5 May 2022	Parsons 2 NW, US	all-time rain	196.9 mm (7.8 in)	6.9 mm (0.27 in)	73 years	54 of 100 (Notable)
5 May 2022	Ozark Beach 2 NNE, US	daily rain	75.2 mm (3.0 in)	49.8 mm (2.0 in)	40 years	54 of 100 (Notable)
5 May 2022	Newkirk 5NE, US	daily rain	79.5 mm (3.1 in)	31.0 mm (1.2 in)	91 years	54 of 100 (Notable)
5 May 2022	Yining, CN	daily rain	25.9 mm (1.0 in)	18.4 mm (0.7 in)	20 years	53 of 100 (Notable)
5 May 2022	Longton, US	daily rain	137.9 mm (5.4 in)	94.2 mm (3.7 in)	23 years	53 of 100 (Notable)
5 May 2022	Marshfield 4 WSW, US	daily rain	98.3 mm (3.9 in)	56.1 mm (2.2 in)	23 years	53 of 100 (Notable)
5 May 2022	Burns 5W, US	daily rain	77.7 mm (3.1 in)	64.7 mm (2.5 in)	40 years	52 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 514 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	342
20 to 40	30
40 to 60	16
60 to 80	12
80 to 100	3
100 to 120	1
120 to 140	0
140 to 160	1