Weather Records on 3 May 1931

141 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 3 May 1931. Highest significance: Brocken, DE.

Key Facts for 3 May 1931

On 3 May 1931, 141 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
43 were record highs and 29 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 0 were all-time records, 3 monthly and 138 daily.
Brocken set a daily record snow depth of 65.0 cm (25.6 in) on 3 May 1931.
Across 168 earlier years (1795 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 435 records.

Record Map

141 stations

141 station records on 3 May 1931 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 3 May 1931: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Brocken	Germany	Record snow depth	65.0 cm (25.6 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Genoa	Italy	Record daily precipitation	80.4 mm (3.2 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Mercara Obsy Sr	India	Record daily precipitation	64.8 mm (2.6 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Sanivarsanthe	India	Record daily precipitation	44.5 mm (1.8 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Giddalore	India	Record daily precipitation	34.0 mm (1.3 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Milan	Italy	Record daily precipitation	69.7 mm (2.7 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Mazbat(Majbat)	India	Record daily precipitation	78.2 mm (3.1 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Yarraloola	Australia	Record daily precipitation	59.9 mm (2.4 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Big Creek	Canada	Record high minimum temperature	8.9 C (48.0 F)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Nikolaevsk-Na-Amure	Russia	Record low minimum temperature	-11.0 C (12.2 F)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Trenton 1 NNE	United States	Record daily precipitation	31.8 mm (1.3 in)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Balipara(Addibar) Sr	India	Record daily precipitation	55.9 mm (2.2 in)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Sringeri	India	Record daily precipitation	36.3 mm (1.4 in)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Channarayapatna	India	Record daily precipitation	29.2 mm (1.1 in)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Enisejsk	Russia	Record low minimum temperature	-11.4 C (11.5 F)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Fulton	United States	Record daily precipitation	46.5 mm (1.8 in)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Lowestoft	United Kingdom	Record daily precipitation	20.1 mm (0.8 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Montello 2NE	United States	Record daily precipitation	17.8 mm (0.7 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Socorro	United States	Record daily precipitation	21.1 mm (0.8 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Artern	Germany	Record daily precipitation	21.4 mm (0.8 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Mulyie	Australia	Record daily precipitation	11.9 mm (0.5 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Anticosti SW Point	Canada	Record daily precipitation	20.3 mm (0.8 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Tuba City	United States	Record daily precipitation	9.1 mm (0.36 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Dillon U of Montana Western	United States	Record daily precipitation	14.0 mm (0.6 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Chintalapudi	India	Record daily precipitation	14.0 mm (0.6 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Thalli	India	Record daily precipitation	35.6 mm (1.4 in)	19 of 100 (Routine)
Kimball 2NE	United States	Record daily precipitation	23.9 mm (0.9 in)	19 of 100 (Routine)
Karratha Station	Australia	Record daily precipitation	45.7 mm (1.8 in)	18 of 100 (Routine)
Aschersleben	Germany	Record daily precipitation	16.2 mm (0.6 in)	18 of 100 (Routine)
Herefoss	Norway	Record daily precipitation	33.9 mm (1.3 in)	18 of 100 (Routine)
Gallivare_A	Sweden	Record high minimum temperature	2.9 C (37.2 F)	18 of 100 (Routine)
Dhubri	India	Record daily precipitation	98.3 mm (3.9 in)	17 of 100 (Routine)
Irkutsk	Russia	Record low maximum temperature	2.2 C (36.0 F)	17 of 100 (Routine)
Jokkmokk	Sweden	Record high minimum temperature	3.5 C (38.3 F)	17 of 100 (Routine)
Parker	United States	Record high minimum temperature	18.3 C (64.9 F)	17 of 100 (Routine)
Amite	United States	Record daily precipitation	44.2 mm (1.7 in)	17 of 100 (Routine)
Seward	United States	Record daily precipitation	50.3 mm (2.0 in)	17 of 100 (Routine)
Georgetown Post Office	Australia	Record high minimum temperature	24.3 C (75.7 F)	16 of 100 (Routine)
Banff	Canada	Record daily precipitation	10.7 mm (0.4 in)	16 of 100 (Routine)
Mulbagal	India	Record daily precipitation	43.9 mm (1.7 in)	16 of 100 (Routine)
Sairang	India	Record daily precipitation	45.0 mm (1.8 in)	16 of 100 (Routine)
Iguape	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	36.5 mm (1.4 in)	15 of 100 (Routine)
Bird Rocks	Canada	Record high minimum temperature	2.8 C (37.0 F)	15 of 100 (Routine)
Crescent City 3 NNW	United States	Record high maximum temperature	25.0 C (77.0 F)	15 of 100 (Routine)
Peedamullah	Australia	Record daily precipitation	13.7 mm (0.5 in)	14 of 100 (Routine)
Bremen-Seefahrtschule	Germany	Record high maximum temperature	23.0 C (73.4 F)	14 of 100 (Routine)
Tot-Ma	Russia	Record high minimum temperature	9.9 C (49.8 F)	14 of 100 (Routine)
Tomsk	Russia	Record low minimum temperature	-9.7 C (14.5 F)	14 of 100 (Routine)
Falun	Sweden	Record high minimum temperature	6.2 C (43.2 F)	14 of 100 (Routine)
Kirchdorf/Poel	Germany	Record high maximum temperature	20.8 C (69.4 F)	13 of 100 (Routine)
Podili(Podile)	India	Record daily precipitation	14.0 mm (0.6 in)	13 of 100 (Routine)
Damra	India	Record daily precipitation	79.0 mm (3.1 in)	13 of 100 (Routine)
Frazerpet	India	Record daily precipitation	29.2 mm (1.1 in)	13 of 100 (Routine)
Snowflake	United States	Record daily precipitation	9.7 mm (0.38 in)	13 of 100 (Routine)
Augusta	United States	Record high minimum temperature	7.8 C (46.0 F)	13 of 100 (Routine)
Raton	United States	Record daily precipitation	29.2 mm (1.1 in)	13 of 100 (Routine)
Sandford (Maydena)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	9.4 mm (0.37 in)	12 of 100 (Routine)
Vernon Coldstream Ranch	Canada	Record daily precipitation	6.9 mm (0.27 in)	12 of 100 (Routine)
Kunigal	India	Record daily precipitation	33.5 mm (1.3 in)	12 of 100 (Routine)
Steinkopf (Pol)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	3.8 mm (0.15 in)	12 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

141 records

Records set or tied on 3 May 1931 by type: Highest daily maximum 7, Lowest daily maximum 8, Highest daily minimum 36, Lowest daily minimum 21, Heaviest daily rainfall 68, Deepest snow cover 1.

Records on 3 May 1931 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	7
Lowest daily maximum	8
Highest daily minimum	36
Lowest daily minimum	21
Heaviest daily rainfall	68
Heaviest daily snowfall	0
Deepest snow cover	1

Records on 3 May 1931 by timescale: all-time 0, monthly 3, daily 138.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

110 broken records

Margins by which the 110 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 400.0. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

3 May 1931

Top 20 records on 3 May 1931 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
3 May 1931	Brocken, DE	daily snow depth	65.0 cm (25.6 in)	40.0 cm (15.7 in)	28 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
3 May 1931	Genoa, IT	daily rain	80.4 mm (3.2 in)	23.0 mm (0.9 in)	49 years	44 of 100 (Notable)
3 May 1931	Mercara Obsy Sr, IN	daily rain	64.8 mm (2.6 in)	50.6 mm (2.0 in)	17 years	37 of 100 (Notable)
3 May 1931	Sanivarsanthe, IN	daily rain	44.5 mm (1.8 in)	30.0 mm (1.2 in)	20 years	28 of 100 (Routine)
3 May 1931	Giddalore, IN	daily rain	34.0 mm (1.3 in)	16.5 mm (0.6 in)	29 years	27 of 100 (Routine)
3 May 1931	Milan, IT	monthly rain	69.7 mm (2.7 in)	5.4 mm (0.21 in)	19 years	27 of 100 (Routine)
3 May 1931	Mazbat(Majbat), IN	daily rain	78.2 mm (3.1 in)	37.6 mm (1.5 in)	4 years	26 of 100 (Routine)
3 May 1931	Yarraloola, AU	daily rain	59.9 mm (2.4 in)	39.3 mm (1.5 in)	21 years	25 of 100 (Routine)
3 May 1931	Big Creek, CA	daily high min	8.9 C (48.0 F)	5.6 C (10.1 F)	20 years	25 of 100 (Routine)
3 May 1931	Nikolaevsk-Na-Amure, RU	daily low min	-11.0 C (12.2 F)	2.6 C (4.7 F)	38 years	24 of 100 (Routine)
3 May 1931	Trenton 1 NNE, US	daily rain	31.8 mm (1.3 in)	14.5 mm (0.6 in)	34 years	24 of 100 (Routine)
3 May 1931	Balipara(Addibar) Sr, IN	daily rain	55.9 mm (2.2 in)	21.9 mm (0.9 in)	26 years	22 of 100 (Routine)
3 May 1931	Sringeri, IN	daily rain	36.3 mm (1.4 in)	18.5 mm (0.7 in)	24 years	22 of 100 (Routine)
3 May 1931	Channarayapatna, IN	daily rain	29.2 mm (1.1 in)	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	16 years	22 of 100 (Routine)
3 May 1931	Enisejsk, RU	daily low min	-11.4 C (11.5 F)	3.1 C (5.6 F)	36 years	21 of 100 (Routine)
3 May 1931	Fulton, US	daily rain	46.5 mm (1.8 in)	22.6 mm (0.9 in)	16 years	21 of 100 (Routine)
3 May 1931	Lowestoft, GB	daily rain	20.1 mm (0.8 in)	11.2 mm (0.4 in)	28 years	20 of 100 (Routine)
3 May 1931	Montello 2NE, US	daily rain	17.8 mm (0.7 in)	10.2 mm (0.4 in)	35 years	20 of 100 (Routine)
3 May 1931	Socorro, US	daily rain	21.1 mm (0.8 in)	13.2 mm (0.5 in)	4 years	20 of 100 (Routine)
3 May 1931	Artern, DE	daily rain	21.4 mm (0.8 in)	9.7 mm (0.38 in)	24 years	20 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 1931

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1795 to 1931. 1931 had 141 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 50	108
50 to 100	1
100 to 150	0
150 to 200	0
200 to 250	0
250 to 300	0
300 to 350	0
350 to 400	1