Weather Records on 3 May 1923

69 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 3 May 1923. Highest significance: Kenhardt (Pol), ZA.

Key Facts for 3 May 1923

On 3 May 1923, 69 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
24 were record highs and 14 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 0 were all-time records, 5 monthly and 64 daily.
Kenhardt (Pol) set a monthly record daily precipitation of 42.9 mm (1.7 in) on 3 May 1923.
Across 168 earlier years (1795 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 435 records.

Record Map

69 stations

69 station records on 3 May 1923 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 3 May 1923: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Kenhardt (Pol)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	42.9 mm (1.7 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Robben Island (Vrt)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	34.5 mm (1.4 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Charlottetown	Canada	Record low minimum temperature	-5.6 C (21.9 F)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Pella	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	33.0 mm (1.3 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Tarpon Spgs Sewage Plt	United States	Record daily precipitation	92.7 mm (3.6 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Robe Comparison	Australia	Record high maximum temperature	25.2 C (77.4 F)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Tampa	United States	Record daily precipitation	87.4 mm (3.4 in)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Prince Albert Road	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	14.5 mm (0.6 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Douglas	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	22.4 mm (0.9 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
West Wyalong (Tallimbalong)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	13.5 mm (0.5 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Ekaterinburg	Russia	Record daily precipitation	13.6 mm (0.5 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Sable Island East End	Canada	Record daily precipitation	38.1 mm (1.5 in)	19 of 100 (Routine)
Jackson	United States	Record daily precipitation	31.8 mm (1.3 in)	19 of 100 (Routine)
Orlando Executive AP	United States	Record daily precipitation	31.5 mm (1.2 in)	19 of 100 (Routine)
Perm	Russia	Record daily precipitation	16.7 mm (0.7 in)	18 of 100 (Routine)
Oxford	United Kingdom	Record high maximum temperature	23.9 C (75.0 F)	18 of 100 (Routine)
Moose Factory	Canada	Record high maximum temperature	23.3 C (73.9 F)	17 of 100 (Routine)
Bartow 1SE	United States	Record daily precipitation	42.2 mm (1.7 in)	17 of 100 (Routine)
Quesnel	Canada	Record high minimum temperature	8.9 C (48.0 F)	15 of 100 (Routine)
Tibooburra Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	0.5 mm (0.02 in)	14 of 100 (Routine)
Hanover (Pol)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	29.2 mm (1.1 in)	14 of 100 (Routine)
Syfergat (Sar)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	12.2 mm (0.5 in)	14 of 100 (Routine)
Herschel	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	6.9 mm (0.27 in)	14 of 100 (Routine)
Sheffield	United Kingdom	Record high minimum temperature	9.4 C (48.9 F)	14 of 100 (Routine)
Porthill	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-3.3 C (26.1 F)	14 of 100 (Routine)
Tambo Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	7.1 mm (0.28 in)	13 of 100 (Routine)
Brooksville Chin Hill	United States	Record low maximum temperature	21.1 C (70.0 F)	13 of 100 (Routine)
Richmond Post Office	Australia	Record high maximum temperature	36.3 C (97.3 F)	12 of 100 (Routine)
Newlands	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	4.8 mm (0.19 in)	12 of 100 (Routine)
Buckeye	United States	Record high maximum temperature	39.4 C (102.9 F)	12 of 100 (Routine)
Gainesville UNIV of Fl	United States	Record daily precipitation	18.5 mm (0.7 in)	11 of 100 (Routine)
Burketown Post Office	Australia	Record high minimum temperature	25.1 C (77.2 F)	10 of 100 (Routine)
Richmond Post Office	Australia	Record high minimum temperature	22.2 C (72.0 F)	10 of 100 (Routine)
Mildura Post Office	Australia	Record high maximum temperature	28.3 C (82.9 F)	10 of 100 (Routine)
Savanne	Canada	Record daily precipitation	7.6 mm (0.30 in)	9 of 100 (Routine)
Irkutsk	Russia	Record high minimum temperature	4.6 C (40.3 F)	9 of 100 (Routine)
Moxee	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-1.7 C (28.9 F)	9 of 100 (Routine)
Girilambone (Booroomugga)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	6.1 mm (0.24 in)	8 of 100 (Routine)
Claremont Pomona Clg	United States	Record high maximum temperature	32.8 C (91.0 F)	8 of 100 (Routine)
Yuma Wb City	United States	Record high maximum temperature	38.3 C (100.9 F)	8 of 100 (Routine)
Gammon Ranges (Wooltana)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	0.5 mm (0.02 in)	7 of 100 (Routine)
Haliburton A	Canada	Record low minimum temperature	-6.7 C (19.9 F)	7 of 100 (Routine)
Niznij Novgorod	Russia	Record daily precipitation	4.8 mm (0.19 in)	7 of 100 (Routine)
Dordrecht - Tnk 14	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	4.3 mm (0.17 in)	7 of 100 (Routine)
Needles	United States	Record high maximum temperature	41.1 C (106.0 F)	7 of 100 (Routine)
Eau Claire	United States	Record high minimum temperature	13.9 C (57.0 F)	7 of 100 (Routine)
Newport	United States	Record low maximum temperature	10.0 C (50.0 F)	7 of 100 (Routine)
Aberdeen	United States	Record high maximum temperature	22.8 C (73.0 F)	6 of 100 (Routine)
Eufaula	United States	Record daily precipitation	31.0 mm (1.2 in)	5 of 100 (Routine)
Camden 1	United States	Record low maximum temperature	18.9 C (66.0 F)	5 of 100 (Routine)
Ilulissat (Jakobshavn)	Greenland [Denmark]	Record low maximum temperature	-5.6 C (21.9 F)	4 of 100 (Routine)
W Pt	United States	Record daily precipitation	19.3 mm (0.8 in)	4 of 100 (Routine)
Wappingers Falls	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-0.6 C (30.9 F)	4 of 100 (Routine)
Moose Factory	Canada	Record high minimum temperature	6.1 C (43.0 F)	3 of 100 (Routine)
Noupoort	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	20.3 mm (0.8 in)	3 of 100 (Routine)
Nemours (Ghazaouet)	Algeria	Record low maximum temperature	17.0 C (62.6 F)	2 of 100 (Routine)
Port Lincoln	Australia	Record high maximum temperature	25.4 C (77.7 F)	2 of 100 (Routine)
Saentis	Switzerland	Record high minimum temperature	0.5 C (32.9 F)	2 of 100 (Routine)
Farmington 3NW	United States	Record daily precipitation	26.7 mm (1.1 in)	2 of 100 (Routine)
Agricultural College	United States	Record high maximum temperature	31.1 C (88.0 F)	2 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

69 records

Records set or tied on 3 May 1923 by type: Highest daily maximum 15, Lowest daily maximum 5, Highest daily minimum 9, Lowest daily minimum 9, Heaviest daily rainfall 31.

Records on 3 May 1923 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	15
Lowest daily maximum	5
Highest daily minimum	9
Lowest daily minimum	9
Heaviest daily rainfall	31
Heaviest daily snowfall	0
Deepest snow cover	0

Records on 3 May 1923 by timescale: all-time 0, monthly 5, daily 64.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

52 broken records

Margins by which the 52 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 34.3. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

3 May 1923

Top 20 records on 3 May 1923 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
3 May 1923	Kenhardt (Pol), ZA	monthly rain	42.9 mm (1.7 in)	16.0 mm (0.6 in)	11 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
3 May 1923	Robben Island (Vrt), ZA	daily rain	34.5 mm (1.4 in)	21.3 mm (0.8 in)	31 years	36 of 100 (Notable)
3 May 1923	Charlottetown, CA	monthly low min	-5.6 C (21.9 F)	2.3 C (4.1 F)	49 years	35 of 100 (Notable)
3 May 1923	Pella, ZA	monthly rain	33.0 mm (1.3 in)	3.0 mm (0.12 in)	43 years	31 of 100 (Routine)
3 May 1923	Tarpon Spgs Sewage Plt, US	daily rain	92.7 mm (3.6 in)	34.3 mm (1.4 in)	13 years	25 of 100 (Routine)
3 May 1923	Robe Comparison, AU	monthly high max	25.2 C (77.4 F)	0.2 C (0.4 F)	35 years	24 of 100 (Routine)
3 May 1923	Tampa, US	monthly rain	87.4 mm (3.4 in)	8.2 mm (0.32 in)	20 years	24 of 100 (Routine)
3 May 1923	Prince Albert Road, ZA	daily rain	14.5 mm (0.6 in)	13.2 mm (0.5 in)	16 years	20 of 100 (Routine)
3 May 1923	Douglas, ZA	daily rain	22.4 mm (0.9 in)	12.2 mm (0.5 in)	34 years	20 of 100 (Routine)
3 May 1923	West Wyalong (Tallimbalong), AU	daily rain	13.5 mm (0.5 in)	5.9 mm (0.23 in)	30 years	20 of 100 (Routine)
3 May 1923	Ekaterinburg, RU	daily rain	13.6 mm (0.5 in)	3.1 mm (0.12 in)	34 years	20 of 100 (Routine)
3 May 1923	Sable Island East End, CA	daily rain	38.1 mm (1.5 in)	12.7 mm (0.5 in)	8 years	19 of 100 (Routine)
3 May 1923	Jackson, US	daily rain	31.8 mm (1.3 in)	14.0 mm (0.6 in)	28 years	19 of 100 (Routine)
3 May 1923	Orlando Executive AP, US	daily rain	31.5 mm (1.2 in)	18.3 mm (0.7 in)	13 years	19 of 100 (Routine)
3 May 1923	Perm, RU	daily rain	16.7 mm (0.7 in)	6.2 mm (0.24 in)	8 years	18 of 100 (Routine)
3 May 1923	Oxford, GB	daily high max	23.9 C (75.0 F)	0.2 C (0.4 F)	29 years	18 of 100 (Routine)
3 May 1923	Moose Factory, CA	daily high max	23.3 C (73.9 F)	4.4 C (7.9 F)	26 years	17 of 100 (Routine)
3 May 1923	Bartow 1SE, US	daily rain	42.2 mm (1.7 in)	15.0 mm (0.6 in)	17 years	17 of 100 (Routine)
3 May 1923	Quesnel, CA	daily high min	8.9 C (48.0 F)	3.3 C (5.9 F)	14 years	15 of 100 (Routine)
3 May 1923	Tibooburra Post Office, AU	daily rain	0.5 mm (0.02 in)	0.5 mm (0.02 in)	36 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 1923

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1795 to 1923. 1923 had 69 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	39
5 to 10	4
10 to 15	4
15 to 20	3
20 to 25	1
25 to 30	0
30 to 35	1