Weather Records on 3 May 1924

55 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 3 May 1924. Highest significance: Helmond, NL.

Key Facts for 3 May 1924

On 3 May 1924, 55 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
23 were record highs and 12 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 0 were all-time records, 0 monthly and 55 daily.
Helmond set a daily record precipitation of 19.8 mm (0.8 in) on 3 May 1924.
Across 168 earlier years (1795 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 435 records.

Record Map

55 stations

55 station records on 3 May 1924 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 3 May 1924: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Helmond	Netherlands	Record daily precipitation	19.8 mm (0.8 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Port Dover	Canada	Record daily precipitation	17.3 mm (0.7 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Austin #2	United States	Record high minimum temperature	11.7 C (53.1 F)	18 of 100 (Routine)
Altentreptow	Germany	Record daily precipitation	16.0 mm (0.6 in)	17 of 100 (Routine)
Goldberg	Germany	Record daily precipitation	15.8 mm (0.6 in)	16 of 100 (Routine)
San Bernardino F S 226	United States	Record high minimum temperature	13.9 C (57.0 F)	16 of 100 (Routine)
Wiarton	Canada	Record daily precipitation	24.9 mm (1.0 in)	15 of 100 (Routine)
Muenster	Germany	Record daily precipitation	14.3 mm (0.6 in)	15 of 100 (Routine)
Zametchino	Russia	Record daily precipitation	14.0 mm (0.6 in)	15 of 100 (Routine)
Rocky Ford 2 SE	United States	Record high maximum temperature	30.0 C (86.0 F)	15 of 100 (Routine)
Wittenberg	Germany	Record daily precipitation	11.5 mm (0.5 in)	14 of 100 (Routine)
Clausthal-Zellerfeld	Germany	Record daily precipitation	15.3 mm (0.6 in)	14 of 100 (Routine)
New Braunfels	United States	Record low maximum temperature	17.8 C (64.0 F)	14 of 100 (Routine)
Elko Rgnl AP	United States	Record high minimum temperature	4.4 C (39.9 F)	14 of 100 (Routine)
Altastenberg	Germany	Record daily precipitation	16.6 mm (0.7 in)	13 of 100 (Routine)
Lubeck-Werft	Germany	Record daily precipitation	9.5 mm (0.37 in)	13 of 100 (Routine)
Meeker	United States	Record high maximum temperature	26.1 C (79.0 F)	13 of 100 (Routine)
Agricultural College	United States	Record daily precipitation	0.8 mm (0.03 in)	13 of 100 (Routine)
Medicine Hat A	Canada	Record high maximum temperature	29.4 C (84.9 F)	12 of 100 (Routine)
Elatma	Russia	Record daily precipitation	18.1 mm (0.7 in)	12 of 100 (Routine)
Kaisersbach-Cronhutte	Germany	Record daily precipitation	13.2 mm (0.5 in)	11 of 100 (Routine)
Glens Falls Fire STN	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-3.3 C (26.1 F)	11 of 100 (Routine)
Ohringen	Germany	Record daily precipitation	8.2 mm (0.32 in)	10 of 100 (Routine)
Escondido	United States	Record high minimum temperature	13.9 C (57.0 F)	10 of 100 (Routine)
Payette	United States	Record high minimum temperature	10.6 C (51.1 F)	10 of 100 (Routine)
Tiffin	United States	Record daily precipitation	17.8 mm (0.7 in)	10 of 100 (Routine)
Fillmore	United States	Record high minimum temperature	10.0 C (50.0 F)	10 of 100 (Routine)
Rutherglen	Canada	Record low minimum temperature	-6.7 C (19.9 F)	9 of 100 (Routine)
Lewiston	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-1.1 C (30.0 F)	9 of 100 (Routine)
Lockport 2SE	United States	Record daily precipitation	16.5 mm (0.6 in)	9 of 100 (Routine)
Brome	Canada	Record low minimum temperature	-5.0 C (23.0 F)	8 of 100 (Routine)
Kazan	Russia	Record high minimum temperature	11.2 C (52.2 F)	8 of 100 (Routine)
Brooksville Chin Hill	United States	Record low minimum temperature	11.7 C (53.1 F)	8 of 100 (Routine)
Santa Barbara	United States	Record high minimum temperature	13.9 C (57.0 F)	7 of 100 (Routine)
Owen Sound	Canada	Record daily precipitation	23.4 mm (0.9 in)	6 of 100 (Routine)
Bozeman Montana State UNIV	United States	Record high minimum temperature	7.2 C (45.0 F)	6 of 100 (Routine)
New Martinsville 4 NNE	United States	Record daily precipitation	12.7 mm (0.5 in)	5 of 100 (Routine)
Syktyvkar	Russia	Record high minimum temperature	9.9 C (49.8 F)	4 of 100 (Routine)
Miles City	United States	Record high maximum temperature	30.6 C (87.1 F)	4 of 100 (Routine)
Oelrichs	United States	Record high maximum temperature	28.9 C (84.0 F)	4 of 100 (Routine)
Buckeye	United States	Record high minimum temperature	13.9 C (57.0 F)	3 of 100 (Routine)
Lakefield	Canada	Record daily precipitation	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	2 of 100 (Routine)
Farmington	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-2.8 C (27.0 F)	2 of 100 (Routine)
Moab	United States	Record high maximum temperature	31.1 C (88.0 F)	2 of 100 (Routine)
Ottawa Cda	Canada	Record low minimum temperature	-2.8 C (27.0 F)	1 of 100 (Routine)
Bancroft	Canada	Record low maximum temperature	3.3 C (37.9 F)	1 of 100 (Routine)
Colby	United States	Record high maximum temperature	29.4 C (84.9 F)	1 of 100 (Routine)
Keene	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-1.7 C (28.9 F)	1 of 100 (Routine)
Ogdensburg 4 NE	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-1.1 C (30.0 F)	1 of 100 (Routine)
Astoria	United States	Record low minimum temperature	2.8 C (37.0 F)	1 of 100 (Routine)
Spearfish	United States	Record high maximum temperature	26.1 C (79.0 F)	1 of 100 (Routine)
St George	United States	Record high minimum temperature	12.8 C (55.0 F)	1 of 100 (Routine)
Laramie	United States	Record high maximum temperature	21.1 C (70.0 F)	1 of 100 (Routine)
Scottsbluff W B Heilig Fld AP	United States	Record high maximum temperature	30.0 C (86.0 F)	1 of 100 (Routine)
Havre Wb City	United States	Record high maximum temperature	29.4 C (84.9 F)	1 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

55 records

Records set or tied on 3 May 1924 by type: Highest daily maximum 11, Lowest daily maximum 2, Highest daily minimum 12, Lowest daily minimum 10, Heaviest daily rainfall 20.

Records on 3 May 1924 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	11
Lowest daily maximum	2
Highest daily minimum	12
Lowest daily minimum	10
Heaviest daily rainfall	20
Heaviest daily snowfall	0
Deepest snow cover	0

Records on 3 May 1924 by timescale: all-time 0, monthly 0, daily 55.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

40 broken records

Margins by which the 40 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 5.6. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

3 May 1924

Top 20 records on 3 May 1924 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
3 May 1924	Helmond, NL	daily rain	19.8 mm (0.8 in)	5.6 mm (0.22 in)	36 years	20 of 100 (Routine)
3 May 1924	Port Dover, CA	daily rain	17.3 mm (0.7 in)	2.3 mm (0.09 in)	45 years	20 of 100 (Routine)
3 May 1924	Austin #2, US	daily high min	11.7 C (53.1 F)	2.3 C (4.1 F)	35 years	18 of 100 (Routine)
3 May 1924	Altentreptow, DE	daily rain	16.0 mm (0.6 in)	4.1 mm (0.16 in)	25 years	17 of 100 (Routine)
3 May 1924	Goldberg, DE	daily rain	15.8 mm (0.6 in)	3.3 mm (0.13 in)	25 years	16 of 100 (Routine)
3 May 1924	San Bernardino F S 226, US	daily high min	13.9 C (57.0 F)	1.7 C (3.1 F)	26 years	16 of 100 (Routine)
3 May 1924	Wiarton, CA	daily rain	24.9 mm (1.0 in)	4.8 mm (0.19 in)	21 years	15 of 100 (Routine)
3 May 1924	Muenster, DE	daily rain	14.3 mm (0.6 in)	3.3 mm (0.13 in)	17 years	15 of 100 (Routine)
3 May 1924	Zametchino, RU	daily rain	14.0 mm (0.6 in)	5.2 mm (0.20 in)	8 years	15 of 100 (Routine)
3 May 1924	Rocky Ford 2 SE, US	daily high max	30.0 C (86.0 F)	2.2 C (4.0 F)	30 years	15 of 100 (Routine)
3 May 1924	Wittenberg, DE	daily rain	11.5 mm (0.5 in)	2.3 mm (0.09 in)	25 years	14 of 100 (Routine)
3 May 1924	Clausthal-Zellerfeld, DE	daily rain	15.3 mm (0.6 in)	1.0 mm (0.04 in)	33 years	14 of 100 (Routine)
3 May 1924	New Braunfels, US	daily low max	17.8 C (64.0 F)	2.8 C (5.0 F)	13 years	14 of 100 (Routine)
3 May 1924	Elko Rgnl AP, US	daily high min	4.4 C (39.9 F)	1.1 C (2.0 F)	30 years	14 of 100 (Routine)
3 May 1924	Altastenberg, DE	daily rain	16.6 mm (0.7 in)	5.6 mm (0.22 in)	3 years	13 of 100 (Routine)
3 May 1924	Lubeck-Werft, DE	daily rain	9.5 mm (0.37 in)	0.9 mm (0.04 in)	31 years	13 of 100 (Routine)
3 May 1924	Meeker, US	daily high max	26.1 C (79.0 F)	1.1 C (2.0 F)	26 years	13 of 100 (Routine)
3 May 1924	Agricultural College, US	daily rain	0.8 mm (0.03 in)	0.8 mm (0.03 in)	31 years	13 of 100 (Routine)
3 May 1924	Medicine Hat A, CA	daily high max	29.4 C (84.9 F)	0.5 C (0.9 F)	26 years	12 of 100 (Routine)
3 May 1924	Elatma, RU	daily rain	18.1 mm (0.7 in)	2.1 mm (0.08 in)	21 years	12 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 1924

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1795 to 1924. 1924 had 55 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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Data for records on 1924-05-03: CSV or JSON. Field meanings are on the data page.

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).

Histogram of margins by which records were beaten on 3 May 1924
Margin	Records
0 to 1	11
1 to 2	11
2 to 3	10
3 to 4	3
4 to 5	2
5 to 6	3