Weather Records on 3 May 1919

77 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 3 May 1919. Highest significance: Katoomba (Murri St), AU.

Key Facts for 3 May 1919

On 3 May 1919, 77 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
8 were record highs and 9 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 0 were all-time records, 1 monthly and 76 daily.
Katoomba (Murri St) set a daily record precipitation of 105.4 mm (4.1 in) on 3 May 1919.
Across 168 earlier years (1795 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 435 records.

Record Map

77 stations

77 station records on 3 May 1919 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 3 May 1919: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Katoomba (Murri St)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	105.4 mm (4.1 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Edmonton	Canada	Record daily snowfall	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Kurrajong Heights (Bells Line	Australia	Record daily precipitation	44.7 mm (1.8 in)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Emu Plains	Australia	Record daily precipitation	37.1 mm (1.5 in)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Barkerville	Canada	Record low minimum temperature	-9.4 C (15.1 F)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Mount Victoria (Mt Victoria (S	Australia	Record daily precipitation	56.6 mm (2.2 in)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Alma	United States	Record daily precipitation	42.4 mm (1.7 in)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Oestersund-Froesoen	Sweden	Record daily precipitation	21.2 mm (0.8 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Cunnamulla Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	13.5 mm (0.5 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Vasteras-Hasslo	Sweden	Record daily precipitation	10.5 mm (0.4 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Yalta	Ukraine	Record daily precipitation	7.7 mm (0.30 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Bringelly (Maryland)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	24.9 mm (1.0 in)	19 of 100 (Routine)
Campbelltown 1	Australia	Record daily precipitation	34.3 mm (1.4 in)	19 of 100 (Routine)
Chatham 2	Canada	Record daily precipitation	14.0 mm (0.6 in)	19 of 100 (Routine)
Richmond C/K (Tnk)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	22.9 mm (0.9 in)	19 of 100 (Routine)
Oran-Hopital Militaire	Algeria	Record low minimum temperature	9.0 C (48.2 F)	18 of 100 (Routine)
Goodooga (Brenda)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	14.5 mm (0.6 in)	18 of 100 (Routine)
Visby_Flygplats	Sweden	Record daily precipitation	7.4 mm (0.29 in)	18 of 100 (Routine)
Georgetown Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	0.5 mm (0.02 in)	17 of 100 (Routine)
Prospect Reservoir	Australia	Record daily precipitation	28.7 mm (1.1 in)	17 of 100 (Routine)
New Westminster	Canada	Record low minimum temperature	0.6 C (33.1 F)	17 of 100 (Routine)
Haparanda	Sweden	Record high minimum temperature	4.0 C (39.2 F)	17 of 100 (Routine)
Tilpa (Warloo)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	20.1 mm (0.8 in)	16 of 100 (Routine)
Calgary Int'l A	Canada	Record daily snowfall	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	16 of 100 (Routine)
Sevastopol',Mgs	Ukraine	Record daily precipitation	8.1 mm (0.32 in)	16 of 100 (Routine)
Langmorn	Australia	Record daily precipitation	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	15 of 100 (Routine)
Ipswich	Australia	Record daily precipitation	10.2 mm (0.4 in)	15 of 100 (Routine)
Gunnedah Pool	Australia	Record high minimum temperature	15.0 C (59.0 F)	15 of 100 (Routine)
Calgary Int'l A	Canada	Record low maximum temperature	0.6 C (33.1 F)	15 of 100 (Routine)
Tbilisi	Georgia	Record high minimum temperature	15.7 C (60.3 F)	15 of 100 (Routine)
Ilulissat (Jakobshavn)	Greenland [Denmark]	Record low minimum temperature	-22.3 C (-8.1 F)	15 of 100 (Routine)
Lugansk	Ukraine	Record daily precipitation	15.1 mm (0.6 in)	15 of 100 (Routine)
Murray Town (Doughboy Creek)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	13.5 mm (0.5 in)	14 of 100 (Routine)
Mundoolin	Australia	Record daily precipitation	11.2 mm (0.4 in)	14 of 100 (Routine)
Edmonton	Canada	Record low maximum temperature	1.1 C (34.0 F)	14 of 100 (Routine)
Falun	Sweden	Record daily precipitation	17.4 mm (0.7 in)	14 of 100 (Routine)
Charleville Post Office	Australia	Record high minimum temperature	17.1 C (62.8 F)	13 of 100 (Routine)
Toulby	Australia	Record daily precipitation	10.2 mm (0.4 in)	13 of 100 (Routine)
Condobolin Station	Australia	Record daily precipitation	4.6 mm (0.18 in)	13 of 100 (Routine)
Garah (Welbon)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	14.0 mm (0.6 in)	13 of 100 (Routine)
Pitt Town (the Manse)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	26.7 mm (1.1 in)	13 of 100 (Routine)
Barkerville	Canada	Record low maximum temperature	2.8 C (37.0 F)	13 of 100 (Routine)
Calgary Int'l A	Canada	Record daily precipitation	10.2 mm (0.4 in)	13 of 100 (Routine)
Owen Sound	Canada	Record daily precipitation	21.8 mm (0.9 in)	13 of 100 (Routine)
Pentland Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	9.4 mm (0.37 in)	12 of 100 (Routine)
Goodna Ampol	Australia	Record daily precipitation	17.8 mm (0.7 in)	12 of 100 (Routine)
Eskdale	Australia	Record daily precipitation	16.3 mm (0.6 in)	12 of 100 (Routine)
Chaplin	Canada	Record daily precipitation	13.7 mm (0.5 in)	12 of 100 (Routine)
Nerang Gilston Rd	Australia	Record daily precipitation	20.3 mm (0.8 in)	11 of 100 (Routine)
Moree Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	9.1 mm (0.36 in)	11 of 100 (Routine)
Morpeth Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	26.2 mm (1.0 in)	11 of 100 (Routine)
Tahlee (Carrington (Church St)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	57.2 mm (2.3 in)	11 of 100 (Routine)
Dumble	Australia	Record daily precipitation	12.4 mm (0.5 in)	10 of 100 (Routine)
Cuerindi	Australia	Record daily precipitation	6.1 mm (0.24 in)	10 of 100 (Routine)
Wingham (Lanark Close)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	12.7 mm (0.5 in)	10 of 100 (Routine)
Sidi-Bel-Abbes	Algeria	Record low minimum temperature	2.0 C (35.6 F)	9 of 100 (Routine)
Muttaburra	Australia	Record daily precipitation	15.0 mm (0.6 in)	9 of 100 (Routine)
Franklyn Vale	Australia	Record daily precipitation	12.2 mm (0.5 in)	9 of 100 (Routine)
Umea	Sweden	Record high minimum temperature	5.0 C (41.0 F)	9 of 100 (Routine)
Caboolture Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	19.1 mm (0.8 in)	8 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

77 records

Records set or tied on 3 May 1919 by type: Lowest daily maximum 4, Highest daily minimum 8, Lowest daily minimum 5, Heaviest daily rainfall 58, Heaviest daily snowfall 2.

Records on 3 May 1919 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	0
Lowest daily maximum	4
Highest daily minimum	8
Lowest daily minimum	5
Heaviest daily rainfall	58
Heaviest daily snowfall	2
Deepest snow cover	0

Records on 3 May 1919 by timescale: all-time 0, monthly 1, daily 76.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

72 broken records

Margins by which the 72 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 87.0. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

3 May 1919

Top 20 records on 3 May 1919 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
3 May 1919	Katoomba (Murri St), AU	daily rain	105.4 mm (4.1 in)	76.2 mm (3.0 in)	12 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
3 May 1919	Edmonton, CA	daily snowfall	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	7.6 cm (3.0 in)	34 years	29 of 100 (Routine)
3 May 1919	Kurrajong Heights (Bells Line, AU	daily rain	44.7 mm (1.8 in)	15.0 mm (0.6 in)	44 years	24 of 100 (Routine)
3 May 1919	Emu Plains, AU	daily rain	37.1 mm (1.5 in)	19.6 mm (0.8 in)	25 years	23 of 100 (Routine)
3 May 1919	Barkerville, CA	daily low min	-9.4 C (15.1 F)	4.4 C (7.9 F)	22 years	23 of 100 (Routine)
3 May 1919	Mount Victoria (Mt Victoria (S, AU	daily rain	56.6 mm (2.2 in)	25.9 mm (1.0 in)	12 years	22 of 100 (Routine)
3 May 1919	Alma, US	daily rain	42.4 mm (1.7 in)	14.0 mm (0.6 in)	21 years	22 of 100 (Routine)
3 May 1919	Oestersund-Froesoen, SE	daily rain	21.2 mm (0.8 in)	13.5 mm (0.5 in)	46 years	20 of 100 (Routine)
3 May 1919	Cunnamulla Post Office, AU	daily rain	13.5 mm (0.5 in)	9.4 mm (0.37 in)	30 years	20 of 100 (Routine)
3 May 1919	Vasteras-Hasslo, SE	daily rain	10.5 mm (0.4 in)	2.4 mm (0.09 in)	37 years	20 of 100 (Routine)
3 May 1919	Yalta, UA	daily rain	7.7 mm (0.30 in)	3.7 mm (0.15 in)	35 years	20 of 100 (Routine)
3 May 1919	Bringelly (Maryland), AU	daily rain	24.9 mm (1.0 in)	2.5 mm (0.10 in)	44 years	19 of 100 (Routine)
3 May 1919	Campbelltown 1, AU	daily rain	34.3 mm (1.4 in)	17.0 mm (0.7 in)	12 years	19 of 100 (Routine)
3 May 1919	Chatham 2, CA	daily rain	14.0 mm (0.6 in)	5.4 mm (0.21 in)	35 years	19 of 100 (Routine)
3 May 1919	Richmond C/K (Tnk), ZA	daily rain	22.9 mm (0.9 in)	8.7 mm (0.34 in)	23 years	19 of 100 (Routine)
3 May 1919	Oran-Hopital Militaire, DZ	daily low min	9.0 C (48.2 F)	1.0 C (1.8 F)	29 years	18 of 100 (Routine)
3 May 1919	Goodooga (Brenda), AU	daily rain	14.5 mm (0.6 in)	9.4 mm (0.37 in)	22 years	18 of 100 (Routine)
3 May 1919	Visby_Flygplats, SE	daily rain	7.4 mm (0.29 in)	2.1 mm (0.08 in)	24 years	18 of 100 (Routine)
3 May 1919	Georgetown Post Office, AU	daily rain	0.5 mm (0.02 in)	0.5 mm (0.02 in)	45 years	17 of 100 (Routine)
3 May 1919	Prospect Reservoir, AU	daily rain	28.7 mm (1.1 in)	15.5 mm (0.6 in)	13 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 1919

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1795 to 1919. 1919 had 77 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 20	68
20 to 40	1
40 to 60	0
60 to 80	2
80 to 100	1