Weather Records on 3 May 1916

52 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 3 May 1916. Highest significance: Somerset East, ZA.

Key Facts for 3 May 1916

On 3 May 1916, 52 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
11 were record highs and 6 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 0 were all-time records, 2 monthly and 50 daily.
Somerset East set a daily record precipitation of 45.7 mm (1.8 in) on 3 May 1916.
Across 168 earlier years (1795 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 435 records.

Record Map

52 stations

52 station records on 3 May 1916 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 3 May 1916: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Somerset East	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	45.7 mm (1.8 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Humansdorp (Pol)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	70.1 mm (2.8 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Middleton (Sar)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	37.6 mm (1.5 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Fir Glen	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	49.0 mm (1.9 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Graaff Reinet	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	41.9 mm (1.6 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Uccle	Belgium	Record high maximum temperature	24.3 C (75.7 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Knysna (Tnk)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	27.7 mm (1.1 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Katberg (Bos)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	28.7 mm (1.1 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Aberdeen Rd (Sar)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Cullendale	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	34.0 mm (1.3 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Tarkastad (Pol)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	47.8 mm (1.9 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Grahamstown	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	38.1 mm (1.5 in)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Bloukrans (Bos)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	34.5 mm (1.4 in)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Walsingham 1	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	24.9 mm (1.0 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Jena Sternwarte	Germany	Record daily precipitation	14.4 mm (0.6 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Toronto	Canada	Record daily precipitation	14.0 mm (0.6 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Edmonton	Canada	Record high minimum temperature	11.1 C (52.0 F)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Ottawa	Canada	Record daily snowfall	0.8 cm (0.3 in)	18 of 100 (Routine)
Seymour (Mag)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	15.2 mm (0.6 in)	18 of 100 (Routine)
Powell Creek	Australia	Record daily precipitation	1.5 mm (0.06 in)	17 of 100 (Routine)
Guelph Oac	Canada	Record daily precipitation	9.7 mm (0.38 in)	15 of 100 (Routine)
Uniondale (Tnk)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	18.5 mm (0.7 in)	15 of 100 (Routine)
Komga (Pol)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	23.6 mm (0.9 in)	15 of 100 (Routine)
Innsbruck	Austria	Record high maximum temperature	24.7 C (76.5 F)	14 of 100 (Routine)
Fort Beaufort	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	27.2 mm (1.1 in)	14 of 100 (Routine)
Cathcart	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	14.0 mm (0.6 in)	14 of 100 (Routine)
Kologha (Bos)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	11.7 mm (0.5 in)	13 of 100 (Routine)
Halifax	Canada	Record high maximum temperature	20.6 C (69.1 F)	12 of 100 (Routine)
Arnsberg	Germany	Record high minimum temperature	11.5 C (52.7 F)	12 of 100 (Routine)
Willowmore	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	11.7 mm (0.5 in)	12 of 100 (Routine)
Hogsback (Bos)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	26.4 mm (1.0 in)	12 of 100 (Routine)
Karesuando	Sweden	Record low maximum temperature	-2.4 C (27.7 F)	12 of 100 (Routine)
Chicoutimi	Canada	Record low minimum temperature	-11.1 C (12.0 F)	11 of 100 (Routine)
Ladismith (Tnk)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	7.6 mm (0.30 in)	11 of 100 (Routine)
Windsor Riverside	Canada	Record daily precipitation	24.1 mm (0.9 in)	10 of 100 (Routine)
Koebenhavn - Meteorologisk Ins	Denmark	Record daily precipitation	8.4 mm (0.33 in)	10 of 100 (Routine)
Zametchino	Russia	Record daily precipitation	8.8 mm (0.35 in)	10 of 100 (Routine)
Peddie (Mag)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	12.2 mm (0.5 in)	10 of 100 (Routine)
Calgary Int'l A	Canada	Record high minimum temperature	7.8 C (46.0 F)	9 of 100 (Routine)
Montgomery Wb City	United States	Record low maximum temperature	20.0 C (68.0 F)	9 of 100 (Routine)
Georgetown	Canada	Record daily precipitation	11.7 mm (0.5 in)	8 of 100 (Routine)
Astrakan	Russia	Record high minimum temperature	14.6 C (58.3 F)	8 of 100 (Routine)
Kieskamahoek (Pol)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	11.2 mm (0.4 in)	8 of 100 (Routine)
Freiburg	Germany	Record high maximum temperature	25.7 C (78.3 F)	7 of 100 (Routine)
Winnemucca AP	United States	Record high maximum temperature	28.9 C (84.0 F)	7 of 100 (Routine)
Wagga Wagga (Kooringal)	Australia	Record high minimum temperature	15.6 C (60.1 F)	6 of 100 (Routine)
Camden 1	United States	Record daily precipitation	26.7 mm (1.1 in)	6 of 100 (Routine)
Johnsonville	United States	Record daily precipitation	19.8 mm (0.8 in)	6 of 100 (Routine)
London South	Canada	Record low maximum temperature	8.3 C (46.9 F)	3 of 100 (Routine)
Galway	Ireland	Record low maximum temperature	11.1 C (52.0 F)	3 of 100 (Routine)
Baltimore Customs House	United States	Record high minimum temperature	17.8 C (64.0 F)	3 of 100 (Routine)
Woodstock	Canada	Record low maximum temperature	8.3 C (46.9 F)	1 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

52 records

Records set or tied on 3 May 1916 by type: Highest daily maximum 5, Lowest daily maximum 5, Highest daily minimum 6, Lowest daily minimum 1, Heaviest daily rainfall 34, Heaviest daily snowfall 1.

Records on 3 May 1916 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	5
Lowest daily maximum	5
Highest daily minimum	6
Lowest daily minimum	1
Heaviest daily rainfall	34
Heaviest daily snowfall	1
Deepest snow cover	0

Records on 3 May 1916 by timescale: all-time 0, monthly 2, daily 50.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

47 broken records

Margins by which the 47 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 37.8. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

3 May 1916

Top 20 records on 3 May 1916 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
3 May 1916	Somerset East, ZA	daily rain	45.7 mm (1.8 in)	36.0 mm (1.4 in)	24 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
3 May 1916	Humansdorp (Pol), ZA	daily rain	70.1 mm (2.8 in)	36.1 mm (1.4 in)	33 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
3 May 1916	Middleton (Sar), ZA	daily rain	37.6 mm (1.5 in)	27.4 mm (1.1 in)	18 years	43 of 100 (Notable)
3 May 1916	Fir Glen, ZA	daily rain	49.0 mm (1.9 in)	37.8 mm (1.5 in)	33 years	40 of 100 (Notable)
3 May 1916	Graaff Reinet, ZA	daily rain	41.9 mm (1.6 in)	21.6 mm (0.9 in)	27 years	37 of 100 (Notable)
3 May 1916	Uccle, BE	daily high max	24.3 C (75.7 F)	0.2 C (0.4 F)	82 years	32 of 100 (Routine)
3 May 1916	Knysna (Tnk), ZA	daily rain	27.7 mm (1.1 in)	21.6 mm (0.9 in)	18 years	31 of 100 (Routine)
3 May 1916	Katberg (Bos), ZA	daily rain	28.7 mm (1.1 in)	22.6 mm (0.9 in)	16 years	31 of 100 (Routine)
3 May 1916	Aberdeen Rd (Sar), ZA	daily rain	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	17.8 mm (0.7 in)	27 years	30 of 100 (Routine)
3 May 1916	Cullendale, ZA	daily rain	34.0 mm (1.3 in)	27.6 mm (1.1 in)	18 years	30 of 100 (Routine)
3 May 1916	Tarkastad (Pol), ZA	monthly rain	47.8 mm (1.9 in)	2.1 mm (0.08 in)	30 years	26 of 100 (Routine)
3 May 1916	Grahamstown, ZA	daily rain	38.1 mm (1.5 in)	22.6 mm (0.9 in)	18 years	23 of 100 (Routine)
3 May 1916	Bloukrans (Bos), ZA	daily rain	34.5 mm (1.4 in)	24.8 mm (1.0 in)	16 years	21 of 100 (Routine)
3 May 1916	Walsingham 1, ZA	daily rain	24.9 mm (1.0 in)	21.9 mm (0.9 in)	19 years	20 of 100 (Routine)
3 May 1916	Jena Sternwarte, DE	daily rain	14.4 mm (0.6 in)	4.9 mm (0.19 in)	51 years	20 of 100 (Routine)
3 May 1916	Toronto, CA	daily rain	14.0 mm (0.6 in)	3.8 mm (0.15 in)	37 years	20 of 100 (Routine)
3 May 1916	Edmonton, CA	daily high min	11.1 C (52.0 F)	3.9 C (7.0 F)	26 years	20 of 100 (Routine)
3 May 1916	Ottawa, CA	daily snowfall	0.8 cm (0.3 in)	0.8 cm (0.3 in)	43 years	18 of 100 (Routine)
3 May 1916	Seymour (Mag), ZA	daily rain	15.2 mm (0.6 in)	7.3 mm (0.29 in)	28 years	18 of 100 (Routine)
3 May 1916	Powell Creek, AU	daily rain	1.5 mm (0.06 in)	1.5 mm (0.06 in)	40 years	17 of 100 (Routine)

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 1916

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1795 to 1916. 1916 had 52 records.

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

Records on 05-03 in each year
Year	Records
1795	1
1796	1
1799	1
1820	1
1832	1
1836	2
1837	1
1845	1
1849	1
1850	5
1851	2
1852	1
1855	1
1861	1
1864	2
1866	1
1868	1
1869	1
1870	1
1871	1
1873	1
1874	1
1875	1
1877	1
1878	4
1879	2
1881	1
1883	1
1884	1
1885	1
1886	3
1887	3
1888	1
1889	3
1891	2
1892	4
1893	1
1894	4
1896	2
1897	3
1898	5
1899	3
1900	2
1901	4
1902	5
1903	7
1904	7
1905	23
1906	10
1907	25
1908	8
1909	22
1910	17
1911	31
1912	17
1913	125
1914	10
1915	28
1916	52
1917	36
1918	28
1919	77
1920	37
1921	42
1922	292
1923	69
1924	55
1925	126
1926	250
1927	78
1928	255
1929	329
1930	279
1931	141
1932	136
1933	376
1934	353
1935	644
1936	356
1937	240
1938	527
1939	331
1940	550
1941	456
1942	1,161
1943	417
1944	728
1945	486
1946	353
1947	879
1948	919
1949	761
1950	854
1951	336
1952	447
1953	373
1954	1,210
1955	811
1956	590
1957	292
1958	485
1959	817
1960	280
1961	389
1962	243
1963	360
1964	908
1965	372
1966	850
1967	1,122
1968	324
1969	404
1970	464
1971	600
1972	380
1973	486
1974	323
1975	475
1976	760
1977	426
1978	1,046
1979	1,217
1980	573
1981	898
1982	564
1983	1,768
1984	807
1985	1,152
1986	965
1987	1,122
1988	782
1989	563
1990	1,715
1991	987
1992	792
1993	824
1994	703
1995	1,050
1996	1,058
1997	933
1998	910
1999	872
2000	1,056
2001	1,541
2002	1,312
2003	934
2004	1,562
2005	1,570
2006	633
2007	693
2008	981
2009	650
2010	1,565
2011	970
2012	1,318
2013	1,562
2014	553
2015	466
2016	505
2017	458
2018	1,004
2019	562
2020	506
2021	491
2022	570
2023	846
2024	627
2025	475
2026	879

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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 2026-10-15. Last revised 15 October 2026 (2026-10-15).

Margin	Records
0 to 5	30
5 to 10	5
10 to 15	0
15 to 20	1
20 to 25	6
25 to 30	2
30 to 35	0
35 to 40	3