Weather Records on 3 May 1934

353 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 3 May 1934. Highest significance: Bridgeport, US.

Key Facts for 3 May 1934

On 3 May 1934, 353 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
219 were record highs and 12 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 0 were all-time records, 5 monthly and 348 daily.
Bridgeport set a daily record precipitation of 53.8 mm (2.1 in) on 3 May 1934.
Across 168 earlier years (1795 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 434 records.

Record Map

353 stations

353 station records on 3 May 1934 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 3 May 1934: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Bridgeport	United States	Record daily precipitation	53.8 mm (2.1 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Coleman 3 WNW	United States	Record daily precipitation	50.8 mm (2.0 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Scarsdale	United States	Record daily precipitation	50.8 mm (2.0 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Milford 2 SE	United States	Record daily precipitation	54.6 mm (2.1 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Millington 1 SE	United States	Record daily precipitation	40.6 mm (1.6 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Millsboro	United States	Record daily precipitation	71.1 mm (2.8 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Elizabeth	United States	Record daily precipitation	53.3 mm (2.1 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Bridgeville 1 NW	United States	Record daily precipitation	50.8 mm (2.0 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
New London	United States	Record daily precipitation	39.6 mm (1.6 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Charlottetown	Canada	Record daily precipitation	34.5 mm (1.4 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Spot Pond	United States	Record daily precipitation	39.4 mm (1.6 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Pleasantville 1 N	United States	Record daily precipitation	32.5 mm (1.3 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Harrisburg - Coop	United States	Record daily precipitation	41.4 mm (1.6 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Chilliwack	Canada	Record daily precipitation	38.1 mm (1.5 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Point Amour	Canada	Record daily snowfall	5.1 cm (2.0 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Quebec	Canada	Record high minimum temperature	11.7 C (53.1 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Lowell	United States	Record daily precipitation	58.2 mm (2.3 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Indian Mills 2 W	United States	Record daily precipitation	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Tuckerton 2 NE	United States	Record daily precipitation	32.5 mm (1.3 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Nordby (Fano)	Denmark	Record high maximum temperature	23.4 C (74.1 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Fredonia	United States	Record daily precipitation	53.8 mm (2.1 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Mohonk Lake	United States	Record daily precipitation	43.4 mm (1.7 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Setauket Strong	United States	Record daily precipitation	33.3 mm (1.3 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Ny City Cntrl Park	United States	Record daily precipitation	39.6 mm (1.6 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Stratford	Canada	Record high maximum temperature	26.7 C (80.1 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Flemington 5 NNW	United States	Record daily precipitation	29.5 mm (1.2 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Paterson	United States	Record daily precipitation	28.7 mm (1.1 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Leipzig-Holzhausen	Germany	Record high maximum temperature	24.6 C (76.3 F)	27 of 100 (Routine)
New London	United States	Record high minimum temperature	18.3 C (64.9 F)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Wien	Austria	Record high minimum temperature	14.4 C (57.9 F)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Montreal McGill	Canada	Record high minimum temperature	13.9 C (57.0 F)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Calumet	United States	Record high maximum temperature	27.8 C (82.0 F)	25 of 100 (Routine)
St Ignace	United States	Record high maximum temperature	25.6 C (78.1 F)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Lambertville River	United States	Record daily precipitation	29.5 mm (1.2 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Philadelphia Shawmont	United States	Record daily precipitation	34.8 mm (1.4 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Alexandria	United States	Record high minimum temperature	19.4 C (66.9 F)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Tewantin Post Office	Australia	Record low minimum temperature	2.2 C (36.0 F)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Pecs Pogany	Hungary	Record high minimum temperature	19.4 C (66.9 F)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Kiev	Ukraine	Record high minimum temperature	16.4 C (61.5 F)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Waterbury	United States	Record daily precipitation	36.6 mm (1.4 in)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Estherville 4E	United States	Record high minimum temperature	16.7 C (62.1 F)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Cheltenham 1 NW	United States	Record daily precipitation	29.7 mm (1.2 in)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Newberry-Luce Co Rd Commission	United States	Record high minimum temperature	19.4 C (66.9 F)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Minneapolis Wb Dwtn	United States	Record high minimum temperature	17.8 C (64.0 F)	24 of 100 (Routine)
W Chester 2 NW	United States	Record daily precipitation	40.6 mm (1.6 in)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Baltimore Customs House	United States	Record daily precipitation	35.3 mm (1.4 in)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Reading Wb City	United States	Record daily precipitation	27.2 mm (1.1 in)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Sonnblick	Austria	Record daily precipitation	38.0 mm (1.5 in)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Schwerin	Germany	Record high maximum temperature	25.6 C (78.1 F)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Magdeburg	Germany	Record high maximum temperature	28.9 C (84.0 F)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Braunschweig (T.H.)	Germany	Record high maximum temperature	28.2 C (82.8 F)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Osijek	Croatia	Record high minimum temperature	17.6 C (63.7 F)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Halmstad	Sweden	Record high maximum temperature	26.1 C (79.0 F)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Boras	Sweden	Record high maximum temperature	27.0 C (80.6 F)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Stockholm	Sweden	Record high minimum temperature	10.4 C (50.7 F)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Colchester 2 W	United States	Record daily precipitation	48.0 mm (1.9 in)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Concord	United States	Record high minimum temperature	13.9 C (57.0 F)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Durham	United States	Record daily precipitation	50.3 mm (2.0 in)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Bedford Hills	United States	Record daily precipitation	49.5 mm (1.9 in)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Ogdensburg 4 NE	United States	Record high maximum temperature	28.3 C (82.9 F)	23 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

353 records

Records set or tied on 3 May 1934 by type: Highest daily maximum 79, Lowest daily maximum 10, Highest daily minimum 140, Lowest daily minimum 2, Heaviest daily rainfall 121, Heaviest daily snowfall 1.

Records on 3 May 1934 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	79
Lowest daily maximum	10
Highest daily minimum	140
Lowest daily minimum	2
Heaviest daily rainfall	121
Heaviest daily snowfall	1
Deepest snow cover	0

Records on 3 May 1934 by timescale: all-time 0, monthly 5, daily 348.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

302 broken records

Margins by which the 302 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 51.0. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

3 May 1934

Top 20 records on 3 May 1934 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
3 May 1934	Bridgeport, US	daily rain	53.8 mm (2.1 in)	42.4 mm (1.7 in)	33 years	54 of 100 (Notable)
3 May 1934	Coleman 3 WNW, US	daily rain	50.8 mm (2.0 in)	40.6 mm (1.6 in)	31 years	52 of 100 (Notable)
3 May 1934	Scarsdale, US	daily rain	50.8 mm (2.0 in)	48.3 mm (1.9 in)	28 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
3 May 1934	Milford 2 SE, US	daily rain	54.6 mm (2.1 in)	38.3 mm (1.5 in)	37 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
3 May 1934	Millington 1 SE, US	daily rain	40.6 mm (1.6 in)	33.7 mm (1.3 in)	31 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
3 May 1934	Millsboro, US	monthly rain	71.1 mm (2.8 in)	20.3 mm (0.8 in)	39 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
3 May 1934	Elizabeth, US	daily rain	53.3 mm (2.1 in)	37.6 mm (1.5 in)	40 years	44 of 100 (Notable)
3 May 1934	Bridgeville 1 NW, US	daily rain	50.8 mm (2.0 in)	34.8 mm (1.4 in)	33 years	42 of 100 (Notable)
3 May 1934	New London, US	daily rain	39.6 mm (1.6 in)	28.9 mm (1.1 in)	35 years	41 of 100 (Notable)
3 May 1934	Charlottetown, CA	daily rain	34.5 mm (1.4 in)	16.2 mm (0.6 in)	25 years	38 of 100 (Notable)
3 May 1934	Spot Pond, US	daily rain	39.4 mm (1.6 in)	31.3 mm (1.2 in)	17 years	37 of 100 (Notable)
3 May 1934	Pleasantville 1 N, US	daily rain	32.5 mm (1.3 in)	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	33 years	37 of 100 (Notable)
3 May 1934	Harrisburg - Coop, US	daily rain	41.4 mm (1.6 in)	22.3 mm (0.9 in)	40 years	37 of 100 (Notable)
3 May 1934	Chilliwack, CA	daily rain	38.1 mm (1.5 in)	19.8 mm (0.8 in)	7 years	33 of 100 (Routine)
3 May 1934	Point Amour, CA	daily snowfall	5.1 cm (2.0 in)	5.1 cm (2.0 in)	43 years	33 of 100 (Routine)
3 May 1934	Quebec, CA	daily high min	11.7 C (53.1 F)	3.9 C (7.0 F)	55 years	32 of 100 (Routine)
3 May 1934	Lowell, US	daily rain	58.2 mm (2.3 in)	22.6 mm (0.9 in)	33 years	31 of 100 (Routine)
3 May 1934	Indian Mills 2 W, US	daily rain	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	19.0 mm (0.7 in)	24 years	31 of 100 (Routine)
3 May 1934	Tuckerton 2 NE, US	daily rain	32.5 mm (1.3 in)	22.3 mm (0.9 in)	33 years	31 of 100 (Routine)
3 May 1934	Nordby (Fano), DK	daily high max	23.4 C (74.1 F)	4.2 C (7.6 F)	43 years	29 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 1934

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1795 to 1934. 1934 had 353 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 10	257
10 to 20	25
20 to 30	11
30 to 40	5
40 to 50	3
50 to 60	1