Weather Records on 3 May 1926

250 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 3 May 1926. Highest significance: Leongatha Sth Gippsland Water, AU.

Key Facts for 3 May 1926

On 3 May 1926, 250 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
78 were record highs and 33 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 0 were all-time records, 11 monthly and 239 daily.
Leongatha Sth Gippsland Water set a daily record precipitation of 40.6 mm (1.6 in) on 3 May 1926.
Across 168 earlier years (1795 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 434 records.

Record Map

250 stations

250 station records on 3 May 1926 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 3 May 1926: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Leongatha Sth Gippsland Water	Australia	Record daily precipitation	40.6 mm (1.6 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Tumbarumba Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	70.9 mm (2.8 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Trunkey Creek (Trunkey (Black	Australia	Record daily precipitation	42.4 mm (1.7 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Gorki	Belarus	Record daily precipitation	38.0 mm (1.5 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Foster (Post Office)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	44.7 mm (1.8 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Welshpool	Australia	Record daily precipitation	33.0 mm (1.3 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Kiandra Chalet	Australia	Record daily precipitation	51.6 mm (2.0 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Warragul	Australia	Record daily precipitation	30.7 mm (1.2 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Woods Point	Australia	Record daily precipitation	39.1 mm (1.5 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Adaminaby Alpine Tourist Park	Australia	Record daily precipitation	36.3 mm (1.4 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Tottenham (Burdenda)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	27.9 mm (1.1 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Adelong Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	28.2 mm (1.1 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Cobden (Post Office)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	25.9 mm (1.0 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Walwa	Australia	Record daily precipitation	37.6 mm (1.5 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Gayndah Post Office	Australia	Record high maximum temperature	35.6 C (96.1 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Camden 1	United States	Record daily precipitation	66.0 mm (2.6 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Ruston la Tech	United States	Record daily precipitation	66.8 mm (2.6 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
San Diego Wbo	United States	Record high minimum temperature	16.7 C (62.1 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Collector (Brookdale)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	31.5 mm (1.2 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Jamieson	Australia	Record daily precipitation	32.5 mm (1.3 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Yarra Junction (Gilderoy)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	30.5 mm (1.2 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Mt Angel	United States	Record daily precipitation	26.9 mm (1.1 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Manistee 3SE	United States	Record low maximum temperature	2.8 C (37.0 F)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Warragul (Carbethon)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	25.1 mm (1.0 in)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Rutherglen	Canada	Record low maximum temperature	-0.6 C (30.9 F)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Isidinge (Bos)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	33.0 mm (1.3 in)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Wahpeton 3 N	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-10.0 C (14.0 F)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Mackinaw City 2	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-5.0 C (23.0 F)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Grafton	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-12.2 C (10.0 F)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Vytegra	Russia	Record daily precipitation	18.0 mm (0.7 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Officer (Jesmond Dene)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	18.8 mm (0.7 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Clyde State School	Australia	Record daily precipitation	24.4 mm (1.0 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Fairlight Station	Australia	Record daily precipitation	24.1 mm (0.9 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Eldorado	Australia	Record daily precipitation	21.6 mm (0.9 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Rokewood (the Meadows)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	10.7 mm (0.4 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Merino	Australia	Record daily precipitation	17.3 mm (0.7 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Kongal	Australia	Record daily precipitation	18.8 mm (0.7 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Mount McDonald	Australia	Record daily precipitation	17.8 mm (0.7 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Marseille Obs. Palais-Lonchamp	France	Record daily precipitation	12.8 mm (0.5 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Thorpdale State School	Australia	Record daily precipitation	20.1 mm (0.8 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Mortlake	Australia	Record daily precipitation	18.3 mm (0.7 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Irkutsk	Russia	Record daily precipitation	9.2 mm (0.36 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Anacortes	United States	Record daily precipitation	15.2 mm (0.6 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Wandin (Yallock)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	17.8 mm (0.7 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
El Paso	United States	Record daily precipitation	9.7 mm (0.38 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Barellan Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	6.9 mm (0.27 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Booligal (Belmont)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	9.1 mm (0.36 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Thowgla Upper	Australia	Record daily precipitation	16.3 mm (0.6 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Wiarton	Canada	Record daily snowfall	2.5 cm (1.0 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Syktyvkar	Russia	Record daily precipitation	16.8 mm (0.7 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
St. Petersburg	Russia	Record daily precipitation	19.6 mm (0.8 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Narrandera Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	9.9 mm (0.39 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Beechworth Composite	Australia	Record daily precipitation	26.9 mm (1.1 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Gembrook	Australia	Record daily precipitation	22.1 mm (0.9 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
New Westminster	Canada	Record daily precipitation	22.9 mm (0.9 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Southampton	Canada	Record daily snowfall	1.3 cm (0.5 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Durham	United States	Record high minimum temperature	12.8 C (55.0 F)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Amenia	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-11.1 C (12.0 F)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Olga 2 SE	United States	Record daily precipitation	11.2 mm (0.4 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Escanaba	United States	Record low maximum temperature	2.8 C (37.0 F)	20 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

250 records

Records set or tied on 3 May 1926 by type: Highest daily maximum 23, Lowest daily maximum 17, Highest daily minimum 55, Lowest daily minimum 16, Heaviest daily rainfall 136, Heaviest daily snowfall 3.

Records on 3 May 1926 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	23
Lowest daily maximum	17
Highest daily minimum	55
Lowest daily minimum	16
Heaviest daily rainfall	136
Heaviest daily snowfall	3
Deepest snow cover	0

Records on 3 May 1926 by timescale: all-time 0, monthly 11, daily 239.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

208 broken records

Margins by which the 208 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 44.2. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

3 May 1926

Top 20 records on 3 May 1926 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
3 May 1926	Leongatha Sth Gippsland Water, AU	daily rain	40.6 mm (1.6 in)	34.2 mm (1.3 in)	31 years	52 of 100 (Notable)
3 May 1926	Tumbarumba Post Office, AU	daily rain	70.9 mm (2.8 in)	44.2 mm (1.7 in)	12 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
3 May 1926	Trunkey Creek (Trunkey (Black, AU	daily rain	42.4 mm (1.7 in)	28.7 mm (1.1 in)	12 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
3 May 1926	Gorki, BY	daily rain	38.0 mm (1.5 in)	29.3 mm (1.2 in)	4 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
3 May 1926	Foster (Post Office), AU	daily rain	44.7 mm (1.8 in)	30.7 mm (1.2 in)	16 years	43 of 100 (Notable)
3 May 1926	Welshpool, AU	daily rain	33.0 mm (1.3 in)	21.1 mm (0.8 in)	31 years	41 of 100 (Notable)
3 May 1926	Kiandra Chalet, AU	daily rain	51.6 mm (2.0 in)	33.6 mm (1.3 in)	36 years	40 of 100 (Notable)
3 May 1926	Warragul, AU	daily rain	30.7 mm (1.2 in)	20.3 mm (0.8 in)	31 years	35 of 100 (Notable)
3 May 1926	Woods Point, AU	daily rain	39.1 mm (1.5 in)	27.7 mm (1.1 in)	29 years	34 of 100 (Routine)
3 May 1926	Adaminaby Alpine Tourist Park, AU	daily rain	36.3 mm (1.4 in)	22.8 mm (0.9 in)	12 years	33 of 100 (Routine)
3 May 1926	Tottenham (Burdenda), AU	daily rain	27.9 mm (1.1 in)	22.8 mm (0.9 in)	20 years	32 of 100 (Routine)
3 May 1926	Adelong Post Office, AU	daily rain	28.2 mm (1.1 in)	16.3 mm (0.6 in)	37 years	32 of 100 (Routine)
3 May 1926	Cobden (Post Office), AU	daily rain	25.9 mm (1.0 in)	12.7 mm (0.5 in)	29 years	32 of 100 (Routine)
3 May 1926	Walwa, AU	daily rain	37.6 mm (1.5 in)	20.3 mm (0.8 in)	29 years	30 of 100 (Routine)
3 May 1926	Gayndah Post Office, AU	monthly high max	35.6 C (96.1 F)	2.3 C (4.1 F)	29 years	29 of 100 (Routine)
3 May 1926	Camden 1, US	daily rain	66.0 mm (2.6 in)	39.3 mm (1.5 in)	9 years	29 of 100 (Routine)
3 May 1926	Ruston la Tech, US	daily rain	66.8 mm (2.6 in)	41.4 mm (1.6 in)	19 years	29 of 100 (Routine)
3 May 1926	San Diego Wbo, US	daily high min	16.7 C (62.1 F)	1.7 C (3.1 F)	44 years	28 of 100 (Routine)
3 May 1926	Collector (Brookdale), AU	daily rain	31.5 mm (1.2 in)	20.6 mm (0.8 in)	20 years	27 of 100 (Routine)
3 May 1926	Jamieson, AU	daily rain	32.5 mm (1.3 in)	12.2 mm (0.5 in)	37 years	25 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 1926

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1795 to 1926. 1926 had 250 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).

Histogram of margins by which records were beaten on 3 May 1926
Margin	Records
0 to 10	172
10 to 20	18
20 to 30	12
30 to 40	4
40 to 50	2