Weather Records on 3 May 1921

42 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 3 May 1921. Highest significance: Chatillon-Sur-Seine, FR.

Key Facts for 3 May 1921

On 3 May 1921, 42 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
7 were record highs and 22 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 0 were all-time records, 3 monthly and 39 daily.
Chatillon-Sur-Seine set a daily record precipitation of 32.0 mm (1.3 in) on 3 May 1921.
Across 168 earlier years (1795 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 436 records.

Record Map

42 stations

42 station records on 3 May 1921 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 3 May 1921: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Chatillon-Sur-Seine	France	Record daily precipitation	32.0 mm (1.3 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Chattanooga Wb City	United States	Record low maximum temperature	9.4 C (48.9 F)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Louisville	United States	Record low maximum temperature	15.0 C (59.0 F)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Montgomery Wb City	United States	Record low maximum temperature	14.4 C (57.9 F)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Vilnius	Lithuania	Record daily precipitation	24.8 mm (1.0 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Herberton White St	Australia	Record daily precipitation	23.4 mm (0.9 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Kola-In-Murman	Russia	Record daily precipitation	7.2 mm (0.28 in)	19 of 100 (Routine)
Adelaide West Terrace	Australia	Record high maximum temperature	31.9 C (89.4 F)	18 of 100 (Routine)
Melbourne Regional Office	Australia	Record high minimum temperature	13.5 C (56.3 F)	18 of 100 (Routine)
Irvinebank	Australia	Record daily precipitation	9.9 mm (0.39 in)	17 of 100 (Routine)
Barkerville	Canada	Record daily snowfall	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	17 of 100 (Routine)
Adelaide West Terrace	Australia	Record high minimum temperature	21.1 C (70.0 F)	16 of 100 (Routine)
Barkerville	Canada	Record daily precipitation	12.7 mm (0.5 in)	16 of 100 (Routine)
Kiev	Ukraine	Record daily precipitation	16.7 mm (0.7 in)	16 of 100 (Routine)
Anticosti SW Point	Canada	Record high minimum temperature	2.8 C (37.0 F)	15 of 100 (Routine)
Sheffield	United Kingdom	Record low maximum temperature	6.7 C (44.1 F)	15 of 100 (Routine)
Camden 1	United States	Record low maximum temperature	20.0 C (68.0 F)	15 of 100 (Routine)
Robe Comparison	Australia	Record high minimum temperature	15.6 C (60.1 F)	14 of 100 (Routine)
Gorki	Belarus	Record daily precipitation	8.7 mm (0.34 in)	14 of 100 (Routine)
Lexington	United States	Record low maximum temperature	10.6 C (51.1 F)	14 of 100 (Routine)
Inverell Comparison	Australia	Record high maximum temperature	27.2 C (81.0 F)	12 of 100 (Routine)
Braidwood (Wallace Street)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	21.6 mm (0.9 in)	12 of 100 (Routine)
Camden 1	United States	Record low minimum temperature	5.0 C (41.0 F)	12 of 100 (Routine)
Little Rock St Capitol	United States	Record low minimum temperature	6.1 C (43.0 F)	12 of 100 (Routine)
Newport	United States	Record low minimum temperature	5.6 C (42.1 F)	12 of 100 (Routine)
Mena	United States	Record low minimum temperature	2.8 C (37.0 F)	11 of 100 (Routine)
Stuttgart	United States	Record low maximum temperature	16.1 C (61.0 F)	11 of 100 (Routine)
Sacramento 5 ESE	United States	Record low minimum temperature	5.0 C (41.0 F)	11 of 100 (Routine)
Altastenberg	Germany	Record daily precipitation	11.0 mm (0.4 in)	10 of 100 (Routine)
Jakutsk	Russia	Record low minimum temperature	-15.5 C (4.1 F)	9 of 100 (Routine)
Pine Bluff	United States	Record low maximum temperature	17.2 C (63.0 F)	9 of 100 (Routine)
Batesville	United States	Record low minimum temperature	5.0 C (41.0 F)	9 of 100 (Routine)
Batesville	United States	Record low maximum temperature	15.6 C (60.1 F)	7 of 100 (Routine)
Louisville	United States	Record low minimum temperature	5.0 C (41.0 F)	7 of 100 (Routine)
Robe Comparison	Australia	Record high maximum temperature	22.2 C (72.0 F)	6 of 100 (Routine)
Karesuando	Sweden	Record low maximum temperature	-2.5 C (27.5 F)	4 of 100 (Routine)
Muenster	Germany	Record low maximum temperature	9.0 C (48.2 F)	2 of 100 (Routine)
Tunis	Tunisia	Record daily precipitation	1.0 mm (0.04 in)	2 of 100 (Routine)
Lexington Bluegrass AP	United States	Record low maximum temperature	7.2 C (45.0 F)	2 of 100 (Routine)
Cap Chat	Canada	Record daily precipitation	7.6 mm (0.30 in)	1 of 100 (Routine)
Brinkley	United States	Record low maximum temperature	17.2 C (63.0 F)	1 of 100 (Routine)
Stuttgart	United States	Record low minimum temperature	6.1 C (43.0 F)	1 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

42 records

Records set or tied on 3 May 1921 by type: Highest daily maximum 3, Lowest daily maximum 13, Highest daily minimum 4, Lowest daily minimum 9, Heaviest daily rainfall 12, Heaviest daily snowfall 1.

Records on 3 May 1921 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	3
Lowest daily maximum	13
Highest daily minimum	4
Lowest daily minimum	9
Heaviest daily rainfall	12
Heaviest daily snowfall	1
Deepest snow cover	0

Records on 3 May 1921 by timescale: all-time 0, monthly 3, daily 39.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

36 broken records

Margins by which the 36 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 25.0. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

3 May 1921

Top 20 records on 3 May 1921 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
3 May 1921	Chatillon-Sur-Seine, FR	daily rain	32.0 mm (1.3 in)	24.5 mm (1.0 in)	18 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
3 May 1921	Chattanooga Wb City, US	daily low max	9.4 C (48.9 F)	6.2 C (11.2 F)	23 years	25 of 100 (Routine)
3 May 1921	Louisville, US	monthly low max	15.0 C (59.0 F)	1.1 C (2.0 F)	25 years	22 of 100 (Routine)
3 May 1921	Montgomery Wb City, US	daily low max	14.4 C (57.9 F)	5.6 C (10.1 F)	4 years	21 of 100 (Routine)
3 May 1921	Vilnius, LT	daily rain	24.8 mm (1.0 in)	18.2 mm (0.7 in)	23 years	20 of 100 (Routine)
3 May 1921	Herberton White St, AU	daily rain	23.4 mm (0.9 in)	18.3 mm (0.7 in)	32 years	20 of 100 (Routine)
3 May 1921	Kola-In-Murman, RU	daily rain	7.2 mm (0.28 in)	1.8 mm (0.07 in)	26 years	19 of 100 (Routine)
3 May 1921	Adelaide West Terrace, AU	monthly high max	31.9 C (89.4 F)	1.3 C (2.3 F)	8 years	18 of 100 (Routine)
3 May 1921	Melbourne Regional Office, AU	daily high min	13.5 C (56.3 F)	0.8 C (1.4 F)	35 years	18 of 100 (Routine)
3 May 1921	Irvinebank, AU	daily rain	9.9 mm (0.39 in)	9.1 mm (0.36 in)	7 years	17 of 100 (Routine)
3 May 1921	Barkerville, CA	daily snowfall	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	2.5 cm (1.0 in)	26 years	17 of 100 (Routine)
3 May 1921	Adelaide West Terrace, AU	monthly high min	21.1 C (70.0 F)	0.5 C (0.9 F)	8 years	16 of 100 (Routine)
3 May 1921	Barkerville, CA	daily rain	12.7 mm (0.5 in)	2.5 mm (0.10 in)	26 years	16 of 100 (Routine)
3 May 1921	Kiev, UA	daily rain	16.7 mm (0.7 in)	2.7 mm (0.11 in)	26 years	16 of 100 (Routine)
3 May 1921	Anticosti SW Point, CA	daily high min	2.8 C (37.0 F)	0.6 C (1.1 F)	31 years	15 of 100 (Routine)
3 May 1921	Sheffield, GB	daily low max	6.7 C (44.1 F)	0.1 C (0.2 F)	37 years	15 of 100 (Routine)
3 May 1921	Camden 1, US	daily low max	20.0 C (68.0 F)	1.7 C (3.1 F)	27 years	15 of 100 (Routine)
3 May 1921	Robe Comparison, AU	daily high min	15.6 C (60.1 F)	1.4 C (2.5 F)	20 years	14 of 100 (Routine)
3 May 1921	Gorki, BY	daily rain	8.7 mm (0.34 in)	2.6 mm (0.10 in)	16 years	14 of 100 (Routine)
3 May 1921	Lexington, US	daily low max	10.6 C (51.1 F)	1.6 C (2.9 F)	27 years	14 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 1921

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1795 to 1921. 1921 had 42 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	28
5 to 10	3
10 to 15	1
15 to 20	2
20 to 25	2