Weather Records on 3 May 1942

1,161 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 3 May 1942. Highest significance: Adelaide West Terrace, AU.

Key Facts for 3 May 1942

On 3 May 1942, 1,161 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
318 were record highs and 118 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 0 were all-time records, 26 monthly and 1,135 daily.
Adelaide West Terrace set a daily record precipitation of 45.0 mm (1.8 in) on 3 May 1942.
Across 168 earlier years (1795 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 429 records.

Record Map

1,161 stations

1,161 station records on 3 May 1942 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 3 May 1942: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Adelaide West Terrace	Australia	Record daily precipitation	45.0 mm (1.8 in)	78 of 100 (Major)
Two Wells	Australia	Record daily precipitation	37.3 mm (1.5 in)	62 of 100 (Major)
Wedderburn (Post Office)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	42.9 mm (1.7 in)	62 of 100 (Major)
Towaninnie	Australia	Record daily precipitation	33.0 mm (1.3 in)	59 of 100 (Notable)
Lilydale	Australia	Record daily precipitation	42.7 mm (1.7 in)	59 of 100 (Notable)
Booleroo (Wimont)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	31.2 mm (1.2 in)	58 of 100 (Notable)
Toorourrong Reservoir (Toorour	Australia	Record daily precipitation	33.3 mm (1.3 in)	58 of 100 (Notable)
Maitland (Woodburlie)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	33.3 mm (1.3 in)	57 of 100 (Notable)
Tyrrell Downs	Australia	Record daily precipitation	29.5 mm (1.2 in)	57 of 100 (Notable)
Fernihurst	Australia	Record daily precipitation	32.3 mm (1.3 in)	56 of 100 (Notable)
Whittlesea	Australia	Record daily precipitation	35.3 mm (1.4 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Kilmore Assumption College	Australia	Record daily precipitation	43.7 mm (1.7 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
North Adelaide	Australia	Record daily precipitation	39.4 mm (1.6 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Mount Barker	Australia	Record daily precipitation	50.8 mm (2.0 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Wallan (Walnarring)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	38.1 mm (1.5 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Waitchie	Australia	Record daily precipitation	28.4 mm (1.1 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Wallan Wallan (Inverlochy)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	38.9 mm (1.5 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Ardrossan (Winulta)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	30.7 mm (1.2 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Glenelg Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	36.1 mm (1.4 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Adelaide (Glen Osmond)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	53.6 mm (2.1 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Stirling	Australia	Record daily precipitation	71.9 mm (2.8 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Blackwood	Australia	Record daily precipitation	50.8 mm (2.0 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Kilmore (Bylands)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	45.7 mm (1.8 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Ardrossan	Australia	Record daily precipitation	28.2 mm (1.1 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Maitland (Weetulta)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	26.7 mm (1.1 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Echunga Golf Course	Australia	Record daily precipitation	48.5 mm (1.9 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Woodend (Carlisle Street)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	52.8 mm (2.1 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Swan Island Lighthouse	Australia	Record daily precipitation	30.7 mm (1.2 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Virginia Sheedy Road	Australia	Record daily precipitation	27.2 mm (1.1 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Belair (State Flora Nursery)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	52.3 mm (2.1 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Elmhurst	Australia	Record daily precipitation	26.4 mm (1.0 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Avenel (Post Office)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	42.2 mm (1.7 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Kadina	Australia	Record daily precipitation	26.4 mm (1.0 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Coromandel Valley (Branden)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	54.6 mm (2.1 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Yan Yean	Australia	Record daily precipitation	29.7 mm (1.2 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Marysville (Post Office)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	62.5 mm (2.5 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Belair (Kalyra)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	65.3 mm (2.6 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Wartook Reservoir	Australia	Record daily precipitation	39.9 mm (1.6 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Big Hill Reservoir	Australia	Record daily precipitation	37.1 mm (1.5 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Mount Macedon	Australia	Record daily precipitation	38.1 mm (1.5 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Scottsdale	Australia	Record daily precipitation	38.1 mm (1.5 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Adelaide (Tea Tree Gully Counc	Australia	Record daily precipitation	40.9 mm (1.6 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Jindivick	Australia	Record daily precipitation	36.8 mm (1.4 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Alexandra (Post Office)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	38.1 mm (1.5 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Adelaide (Pooraka)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	28.2 mm (1.1 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Bridgewater (Post Office)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	35.1 mm (1.4 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Tangambalanga NE Dairy	Australia	Record daily precipitation	27.9 mm (1.1 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Tomahawk Creek (Irrewillipe Ea	Australia	Record daily precipitation	27.2 mm (1.1 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Clare Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	30.0 mm (1.2 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Adelaide (Thorndon Park)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	33.5 mm (1.3 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Clarendon	Australia	Record daily precipitation	41.7 mm (1.6 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Barkly	Australia	Record daily precipitation	29.5 mm (1.2 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Gunbower Gee Tee Stud	Australia	Record daily precipitation	26.7 mm (1.1 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Gellibrand River East (Lovat)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	39.6 mm (1.6 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Breton	Australia	Record daily precipitation	35.6 mm (1.4 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Badarwah	India	Record daily precipitation	43.2 mm (1.7 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Findlay Wpcc	United States	Record daily precipitation	47.0 mm (1.9 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Mitcham Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	40.4 mm (1.6 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Adelaide (Salisbury Bowling Cl	Australia	Record daily precipitation	33.0 mm (1.3 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Bridgewater	Australia	Record daily precipitation	60.7 mm (2.4 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)

Counts by Type and Timescale

1,161 records

Records set or tied on 3 May 1942 by type: Highest daily maximum 124, Lowest daily maximum 88, Highest daily minimum 194, Lowest daily minimum 30, Heaviest daily rainfall 720, Heaviest daily snowfall 4, Deepest snow cover 1.

Records on 3 May 1942 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	124
Lowest daily maximum	88
Highest daily minimum	194
Lowest daily minimum	30
Heaviest daily rainfall	720
Heaviest daily snowfall	4
Deepest snow cover	1

Records on 3 May 1942 by timescale: all-time 0, monthly 26, daily 1,135.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

1,011 broken records

Margins by which the 1,011 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 89.0. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

3 May 1942

Top 20 records on 3 May 1942 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
3 May 1942	Adelaide West Terrace, AU	daily rain	45.0 mm (1.8 in)	28.2 mm (1.1 in)	95 years	78 of 100 (Major)
3 May 1942	Two Wells, AU	daily rain	37.3 mm (1.5 in)	25.6 mm (1.0 in)	53 years	62 of 100 (Major)
3 May 1942	Wedderburn (Post Office), AU	daily rain	42.9 mm (1.7 in)	33.5 mm (1.3 in)	53 years	62 of 100 (Major)
3 May 1942	Towaninnie, AU	daily rain	33.0 mm (1.3 in)	26.1 mm (1.0 in)	53 years	59 of 100 (Notable)
3 May 1942	Lilydale, AU	daily rain	42.7 mm (1.7 in)	35.6 mm (1.4 in)	47 years	59 of 100 (Notable)
3 May 1942	Booleroo (Wimont), AU	daily rain	31.2 mm (1.2 in)	23.6 mm (0.9 in)	53 years	58 of 100 (Notable)
3 May 1942	Toorourrong Reservoir (Toorour, AU	daily rain	33.3 mm (1.3 in)	28.0 mm (1.1 in)	43 years	58 of 100 (Notable)
3 May 1942	Maitland (Woodburlie), AU	daily rain	33.3 mm (1.3 in)	21.4 mm (0.8 in)	53 years	57 of 100 (Notable)
3 May 1942	Tyrrell Downs, AU	daily rain	29.5 mm (1.2 in)	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	42 years	57 of 100 (Notable)
3 May 1942	Fernihurst, AU	daily rain	32.3 mm (1.3 in)	30.5 mm (1.2 in)	42 years	56 of 100 (Notable)
3 May 1942	Whittlesea, AU	daily rain	35.3 mm (1.4 in)	29.7 mm (1.2 in)	36 years	54 of 100 (Notable)
3 May 1942	Kilmore Assumption College, AU	daily rain	43.7 mm (1.7 in)	32.8 mm (1.3 in)	28 years	54 of 100 (Notable)
3 May 1942	North Adelaide, AU	daily rain	39.4 mm (1.6 in)	22.6 mm (0.9 in)	53 years	53 of 100 (Notable)
3 May 1942	Mount Barker, AU	daily rain	50.8 mm (2.0 in)	34.3 mm (1.4 in)	20 years	53 of 100 (Notable)
3 May 1942	Wallan (Walnarring), AU	daily rain	38.1 mm (1.5 in)	31.0 mm (1.2 in)	28 years	53 of 100 (Notable)
3 May 1942	Waitchie, AU	daily rain	28.4 mm (1.1 in)	23.1 mm (0.9 in)	42 years	52 of 100 (Notable)
3 May 1942	Wallan Wallan (Inverlochy), AU	daily rain	38.9 mm (1.5 in)	32.5 mm (1.3 in)	28 years	52 of 100 (Notable)
3 May 1942	Ardrossan (Winulta), AU	daily rain	30.7 mm (1.2 in)	24.1 mm (0.9 in)	37 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
3 May 1942	Glenelg Post Office, AU	daily rain	36.1 mm (1.4 in)	25.9 mm (1.0 in)	20 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
3 May 1942	Adelaide (Glen Osmond), AU	daily rain	53.6 mm (2.1 in)	43.9 mm (1.7 in)	20 years	51 of 100 (Notable)

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 1942

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1795 to 1942. 1942 had 1,161 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 20	917
20 to 40	83
40 to 60	8
60 to 80	2
80 to 100	1