Weather Records on 3 May 1935

644 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 3 May 1935. Highest significance: Las Vegas 2 NW, US.

Key Facts for 3 May 1935

On 3 May 1935, 644 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
103 were record highs and 347 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 0 were all-time records, 73 monthly and 571 daily.
Las Vegas 2 NW set a daily record snowfall of 17.8 cm (7.0 in) on 3 May 1935.
Across 168 earlier years (1795 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 432 records.

Record Map

644 stations

644 station records on 3 May 1935 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 3 May 1935: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Las Vegas 2 NW	United States	Record daily snowfall	17.8 cm (7.0 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Quincy	United States	Record daily precipitation	61.7 mm (2.4 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Circleville	United States	Record daily precipitation	64.3 mm (2.5 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Robertsburg	United States	Record daily precipitation	59.7 mm (2.4 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Madison Wb City	United States	Record daily snowfall	12.2 cm (4.8 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Viroqua	United States	Record daily snowfall	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Manassa	United States	Record daily precipitation	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Havana	United States	Record daily precipitation	54.6 mm (2.1 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Hillsboro	United States	Record daily snowfall	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Roswell Muni AP	United States	Record daily precipitation	37.8 mm (1.5 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Spencer	United States	Record daily precipitation	42.7 mm (1.7 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Frankfort Downtown	United States	Record daily precipitation	52.6 mm (2.1 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Parry Sound	Canada	Record daily snowfall	12.2 cm (4.8 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Welland	Canada	Record low maximum temperature	3.3 C (37.9 F)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Pontiac	United States	Record daily precipitation	50.8 mm (2.0 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Shelbyville 1 E	United States	Record daily precipitation	66.5 mm (2.6 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Waukesha Wwtp	United States	Record daily snowfall	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Hvar	Croatia	Record low minimum temperature	7.0 C (44.6 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Effingham 3SW	United States	Record daily precipitation	47.5 mm (1.9 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Maysville Wwtp	United States	Record daily precipitation	50.3 mm (2.0 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Milwaukee Wb City	United States	Record daily snowfall	8.1 cm (3.2 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Watertown Wwtp	United States	Record daily snowfall	6.4 cm (2.5 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Zagreb-Gric	Croatia	Record low minimum temperature	0.9 C (33.6 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Manassa	United States	Record low maximum temperature	3.3 C (37.9 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Fayette	United States	Record daily snowfall	5.1 cm (2.0 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Alma	United States	Record daily snowfall	7.6 cm (3.0 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Osijek	Croatia	Record low minimum temperature	-3.0 C (26.6 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Marengo	United States	Record daily snowfall	5.1 cm (2.0 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Greensburg	United States	Record daily precipitation	48.3 mm (1.9 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Darlington Wwtp	United States	Record daily snowfall	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Nuwara Eliya	Sri Lanka	Record low minimum temperature	0.8 C (33.4 F)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Galva	United States	Record daily precipitation	59.4 mm (2.3 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Mt Carroll	United States	Record daily snowfall	5.1 cm (2.0 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Paoli	United States	Record daily precipitation	56.1 mm (2.2 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Tampa	United States	Record high maximum temperature	33.9 C (93.0 F)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Waynesville 1 E	United States	Record high minimum temperature	17.8 C (64.0 F)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Brantford	Canada	Record low maximum temperature	3.9 C (39.0 F)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Szeged	Hungary	Record low minimum temperature	-1.6 C (29.1 F)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Kiev	Ukraine	Record low maximum temperature	6.7 C (44.1 F)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Idaho Springs	United States	Record low maximum temperature	-1.7 C (28.9 F)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Saguache	United States	Record low maximum temperature	3.9 C (39.0 F)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Minonk	United States	Record daily precipitation	47.8 mm (1.9 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Streator 2SE	United States	Record daily precipitation	42.9 mm (1.7 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Evansville Ft Court STN	United States	Record daily precipitation	88.9 mm (3.5 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Irvington	United States	Record daily precipitation	29.0 mm (1.1 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Cloudcroft	United States	Record daily snowfall	17.8 cm (7.0 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Springer	United States	Record low maximum temperature	5.6 C (42.1 F)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Lawrenceville 2 S	United States	Record low maximum temperature	6.7 C (44.1 F)	25 of 100 (Routine)
La Crosse Wb City	United States	Record daily snowfall	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Dubuque River	United States	Record daily precipitation	25.1 mm (1.0 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Kremsmuenster	Austria	Record low minimum temperature	0.0 C (32.0 F)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Hvar	Croatia	Record low maximum temperature	14.0 C (57.2 F)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Lisboa Geofisica	Portugal	Record low minimum temperature	7.5 C (45.5 F)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Montgomery Wb City	United States	Record high minimum temperature	21.1 C (70.0 F)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Lake Moraine	United States	Record low maximum temperature	-6.7 C (19.9 F)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Golconda River	United States	Record daily precipitation	36.1 mm (1.4 in)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Cape Girardeau	United States	Record daily precipitation	35.3 mm (1.4 in)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Ft Stanton	United States	Record low maximum temperature	3.3 C (37.9 F)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Wilmington Wb City	United States	Record high minimum temperature	19.4 C (66.9 F)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Ardmore	United States	Record daily precipitation	66.5 mm (2.6 in)	24 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

644 records

Records set or tied on 3 May 1935 by type: Highest daily maximum 21, Lowest daily maximum 287, Highest daily minimum 82, Lowest daily minimum 60, Heaviest daily rainfall 155, Heaviest daily snowfall 34, Deepest snow cover 5.

Records on 3 May 1935 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	21
Lowest daily maximum	287
Highest daily minimum	82
Lowest daily minimum	60
Heaviest daily rainfall	155
Heaviest daily snowfall	34
Deepest snow cover	5

Records on 3 May 1935 by timescale: all-time 0, monthly 73, daily 571.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

514 broken records

Margins by which the 514 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 178.0. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

3 May 1935

Top 20 records on 3 May 1935 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
3 May 1935	Las Vegas 2 NW, US	daily snowfall	17.8 cm (7.0 in)	17.8 cm (7.0 in)	39 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
3 May 1935	Quincy, US	daily rain	61.7 mm (2.4 in)	48.7 mm (1.9 in)	16 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
3 May 1935	Circleville, US	daily rain	64.3 mm (2.5 in)	47.0 mm (1.9 in)	12 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
3 May 1935	Robertsburg, US	daily rain	59.7 mm (2.4 in)	41.7 mm (1.6 in)	5 years	44 of 100 (Notable)
3 May 1935	Madison Wb City, US	monthly snowfall	12.2 cm (4.8 in)	11.2 cm (4.4 in)	26 years	44 of 100 (Notable)
3 May 1935	Viroqua, US	monthly snowfall	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	8.8 cm (3.5 in)	41 years	43 of 100 (Notable)
3 May 1935	Manassa, US	monthly rain	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	6.3 mm (0.25 in)	39 years	42 of 100 (Notable)
3 May 1935	Havana, US	daily rain	54.6 mm (2.1 in)	36.1 mm (1.4 in)	16 years	42 of 100 (Notable)
3 May 1935	Hillsboro, US	monthly snowfall	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	7.6 cm (3.0 in)	41 years	41 of 100 (Notable)
3 May 1935	Roswell Muni AP, US	daily rain	37.8 mm (1.5 in)	25.1 mm (1.0 in)	37 years	39 of 100 (Notable)
3 May 1935	Spencer, US	daily rain	42.7 mm (1.7 in)	30.0 mm (1.2 in)	5 years	38 of 100 (Notable)
3 May 1935	Frankfort Downtown, US	daily rain	52.6 mm (2.1 in)	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	20 years	37 of 100 (Notable)
3 May 1935	Parry Sound, CA	daily snowfall	12.2 cm (4.8 in)	9.7 cm (3.8 in)	5 years	35 of 100 (Notable)
3 May 1935	Welland, CA	monthly low max	3.3 C (37.9 F)	1.7 C (3.1 F)	51 years	34 of 100 (Routine)
3 May 1935	Pontiac, US	daily rain	50.8 mm (2.0 in)	29.2 mm (1.1 in)	16 years	33 of 100 (Routine)
3 May 1935	Shelbyville 1 E, US	daily rain	66.5 mm (2.6 in)	24.6 mm (1.0 in)	20 years	33 of 100 (Routine)
3 May 1935	Waukesha Wwtp, US	monthly snowfall	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	5.1 cm (2.0 in)	32 years	33 of 100 (Routine)
3 May 1935	Hvar, HR	monthly low min	7.0 C (44.6 F)	0.2 C (0.4 F)	54 years	32 of 100 (Routine)
3 May 1935	Effingham 3SW, US	daily rain	47.5 mm (1.9 in)	24.4 mm (1.0 in)	20 years	30 of 100 (Routine)
3 May 1935	Maysville Wwtp, US	daily rain	50.3 mm (2.0 in)	22.1 mm (0.9 in)	20 years	30 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 1935

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1795 to 1935. 1935 had 644 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 1935-05-03: 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).

Margin	Records
0 to 25	477
25 to 50	25
50 to 75	3
75 to 100	6
100 to 125	2
125 to 150	0
150 to 175	0
175 to 200	1