Weather Records on 3 May 1944

728 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 3 May 1944. Highest significance: Warburton, AU.

Key Facts for 3 May 1944

On 3 May 1944, 728 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
209 were record highs and 114 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 0 were all-time records, 15 monthly and 713 daily.
Warburton set a daily record precipitation of 65.3 mm (2.6 in) on 3 May 1944.
Across 168 earlier years (1795 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 431 records.

Record Map

728 stations

728 station records on 3 May 1944 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 3 May 1944: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Warburton	Australia	Record daily precipitation	65.3 mm (2.6 in)	64 of 100 (Major)
Oakleigh (Metropolitan Golf Cl	Australia	Record daily precipitation	63.5 mm (2.5 in)	55 of 100 (Notable)
Morwell (Mail Centre)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	30.2 mm (1.2 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Lardner (Brandie Braes)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	52.8 mm (2.1 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Narracan State School	Australia	Record daily precipitation	65.5 mm (2.6 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Murrays Lagoon (Bayside)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	32.0 mm (1.3 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Poowong (Post Office)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	48.8 mm (1.9 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Yeelana (Brimpton Lake)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	26.7 mm (1.1 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Eltham	Australia	Record daily precipitation	27.9 mm (1.1 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Trafalgar Toseland Road	Australia	Record daily precipitation	40.6 mm (1.6 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Caulfield (Racecourse)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	27.9 mm (1.1 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Yannathan	Australia	Record daily precipitation	42.2 mm (1.7 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Wirrega (Taunton)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	29.2 mm (1.1 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Dandenong Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	34.0 mm (1.3 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Goulburn River @ Shepparton	Australia	Record daily precipitation	31.5 mm (1.2 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Melbourne Regional Office	Australia	Record low maximum temperature	10.9 C (51.6 F)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Mornington	Australia	Record daily precipitation	25.9 mm (1.0 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Willmar Wwtp	United States	Record daily precipitation	42.2 mm (1.7 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Birch Tree	United States	Record daily precipitation	64.5 mm (2.5 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Bathurst Gaol	Australia	Record low maximum temperature	5.6 C (42.1 F)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Childers	Australia	Record daily precipitation	50.5 mm (2.0 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Loch	Australia	Record daily precipitation	47.5 mm (1.9 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Two Harbors	United States	Record daily precipitation	46.0 mm (1.8 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Deniliquin (Wilkinson St)	Australia	Record low maximum temperature	11.1 C (52.0 F)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Beenak	Australia	Record daily precipitation	55.4 mm (2.2 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Olinda	Australia	Record daily precipitation	34.3 mm (1.4 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Mora	United States	Record daily precipitation	58.4 mm (2.3 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Mardan South	Australia	Record daily precipitation	29.7 mm (1.2 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Namdalseid	Norway	Record snow depth	23.0 cm (9.1 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Marion	United States	Record daily precipitation	50.8 mm (2.0 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Fulham Park	Australia	Record daily precipitation	25.9 mm (1.0 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Albury	Australia	Record daily precipitation	29.0 mm (1.1 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Woodfield	Australia	Record daily precipitation	33.0 mm (1.3 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
French Island (Tankerton)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	39.1 mm (1.5 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
N Bend SW Oregon Rgnl AP	United States	Record high maximum temperature	29.4 C (84.9 F)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Jindera (Wadilock)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	36.1 mm (1.4 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Narracan East (Lynnsmere)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	37.8 mm (1.5 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Warragul	Australia	Record daily precipitation	51.8 mm (2.0 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Maroondah Weir (Melbourne Wate	Australia	Record daily precipitation	35.1 mm (1.4 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Jindivick	Australia	Record daily precipitation	57.7 mm (2.3 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Hawthorn	Australia	Record daily precipitation	31.0 mm (1.2 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Mount Best (Upper Toora)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	33.5 mm (1.3 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Burnley	Australia	Record daily precipitation	29.7 mm (1.2 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Officer (Jesmond Dene)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	33.0 mm (1.3 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Amguri	India	Record daily precipitation	102.1 mm (4.0 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Pratt 3NW	United States	Record daily precipitation	55.9 mm (2.2 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
David City 4E	United States	Record daily precipitation	47.8 mm (1.9 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Forbes (Camp Street)	Australia	Record low maximum temperature	10.1 C (50.2 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Barnawartha	Australia	Record daily precipitation	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Garfield	Australia	Record daily precipitation	33.0 mm (1.3 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Holton	United States	Record daily precipitation	57.2 mm (2.3 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Bloomfield	United States	Record daily precipitation	43.2 mm (1.7 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Chiltern (Post Office)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	28.4 mm (1.1 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Violet Town	Australia	Record daily precipitation	32.5 mm (1.3 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Kakabeka Falls	Canada	Record daily precipitation	29.2 mm (1.1 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Pembroke Eddy Match	Canada	Record high maximum temperature	30.0 C (86.0 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Maple Plain	United States	Record daily precipitation	44.5 mm (1.8 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Spooner Ag Rsch STN	United States	Record daily precipitation	34.5 mm (1.4 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Katandra North	Australia	Record daily precipitation	25.1 mm (1.0 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Miepoll South	Australia	Record daily precipitation	31.5 mm (1.2 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

728 records

Records set or tied on 3 May 1944 by type: Highest daily maximum 89, Lowest daily maximum 58, Highest daily minimum 120, Lowest daily minimum 56, Heaviest daily rainfall 392, Heaviest daily snowfall 10, Deepest snow cover 3.

Records on 3 May 1944 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	89
Lowest daily maximum	58
Highest daily minimum	120
Lowest daily minimum	56
Heaviest daily rainfall	392
Heaviest daily snowfall	10
Deepest snow cover	3

Records on 3 May 1944 by timescale: all-time 0, monthly 15, daily 713.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

613 broken records

Margins by which the 613 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 180.0. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

3 May 1944

Top 20 records on 3 May 1944 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
3 May 1944	Warburton, AU	daily rain	65.3 mm (2.6 in)	37.4 mm (1.5 in)	63 years	64 of 100 (Major)
3 May 1944	Oakleigh (Metropolitan Golf Cl, AU	monthly rain	63.5 mm (2.5 in)	20.3 mm (0.8 in)	25 years	55 of 100 (Notable)
3 May 1944	Morwell (Mail Centre), AU	daily rain	30.2 mm (1.2 in)	21.8 mm (0.9 in)	55 years	54 of 100 (Notable)
3 May 1944	Lardner (Brandie Braes), AU	daily rain	52.8 mm (2.1 in)	32.2 mm (1.3 in)	18 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
3 May 1944	Narracan State School, AU	daily rain	65.5 mm (2.6 in)	44.7 mm (1.8 in)	18 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
3 May 1944	Murrays Lagoon (Bayside), AU	daily rain	32.0 mm (1.3 in)	23.4 mm (0.9 in)	10 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
3 May 1944	Poowong (Post Office), AU	daily rain	48.8 mm (1.9 in)	33.6 mm (1.3 in)	2 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
3 May 1944	Yeelana (Brimpton Lake), AU	daily rain	26.7 mm (1.1 in)	24.2 mm (1.0 in)	4 years	44 of 100 (Notable)
3 May 1944	Eltham, AU	daily rain	27.9 mm (1.1 in)	19.8 mm (0.8 in)	18 years	43 of 100 (Notable)
3 May 1944	Trafalgar Toseland Road, AU	daily rain	40.6 mm (1.6 in)	25.6 mm (1.0 in)	18 years	42 of 100 (Notable)
3 May 1944	Caulfield (Racecourse), AU	daily rain	27.9 mm (1.1 in)	18.2 mm (0.7 in)	31 years	42 of 100 (Notable)
3 May 1944	Yannathan, AU	daily rain	42.2 mm (1.7 in)	23.9 mm (0.9 in)	18 years	42 of 100 (Notable)
3 May 1944	Wirrega (Taunton), AU	daily rain	29.2 mm (1.1 in)	18.5 mm (0.7 in)	2 years	41 of 100 (Notable)
3 May 1944	Dandenong Post Office, AU	daily rain	34.0 mm (1.3 in)	22.8 mm (0.9 in)	18 years	41 of 100 (Notable)
3 May 1944	Goulburn River @ Shepparton, AU	daily rain	31.5 mm (1.2 in)	20.1 mm (0.8 in)	31 years	40 of 100 (Notable)
3 May 1944	Melbourne Regional Office, AU	daily low max	10.9 C (51.6 F)	2.2 C (4.0 F)	82 years	40 of 100 (Notable)
3 May 1944	Mornington, AU	daily rain	25.9 mm (1.0 in)	11.7 mm (0.5 in)	51 years	40 of 100 (Notable)
3 May 1944	Willmar Wwtp, US	daily rain	42.2 mm (1.7 in)	22.4 mm (0.9 in)	48 years	40 of 100 (Notable)
3 May 1944	Birch Tree, US	daily rain	64.5 mm (2.5 in)	49.5 mm (1.9 in)	2 years	40 of 100 (Notable)
3 May 1944	Bathurst Gaol, AU	monthly low max	5.6 C (42.1 F)	0.4 C (0.7 F)	66 years	39 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 1944

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1795 to 1944. 1944 had 728 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 25	581
25 to 50	29
50 to 75	0
75 to 100	0
100 to 125	1
125 to 150	1
150 to 175	0
175 to 200	1