Weather Records on 3 May 1949

761 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 3 May 1949. Highest significance: Northfield, US.

Key Facts for 3 May 1949

On 3 May 1949, 761 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
530 were record highs and 48 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 0 were all-time records, 8 monthly and 753 daily.
Northfield set a daily record precipitation of 52.1 mm (2.1 in) on 3 May 1949.
Across 168 earlier years (1795 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 431 records.

Record Map

761 stations

761 station records on 3 May 1949 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 3 May 1949: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Northfield	United States	Record daily precipitation	52.1 mm (2.1 in)	57 of 100 (Notable)
Deoria	India	Record daily precipitation	80.0 mm (3.1 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Kinston 7 SE	United States	Record daily precipitation	78.7 mm (3.1 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Charlton	Australia	Record daily precipitation	37.3 mm (1.5 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Middletown 4 W	United States	Record daily precipitation	47.5 mm (1.9 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Marayur	India	Record daily precipitation	63.5 mm (2.5 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Teryawynia	Australia	Record daily precipitation	30.5 mm (1.2 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Borio	India	Record daily precipitation	54.1 mm (2.1 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Norwalk	United States	Record daily precipitation	59.7 mm (2.4 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Quatsino	Canada	Record low minimum temperature	-2.8 C (27.0 F)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Bathurst	Canada	Record high minimum temperature	10.6 C (51.1 F)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Charduar	India	Record daily precipitation	102.4 mm (4.0 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Warraweena	Australia	Record daily precipitation	59.4 mm (2.3 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Mahespur	India	Record daily precipitation	76.2 mm (3.0 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Elizabethtown	United States	Record daily precipitation	45.7 mm (1.8 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Dumka	India	Record daily precipitation	51.1 mm (2.0 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Clayton	United States	Record daily precipitation	50.0 mm (2.0 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Alton	Canada	Record high minimum temperature	14.4 C (57.9 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
E Stroudsburg	United States	Record daily precipitation	35.3 mm (1.4 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Cordova AP	United States	Record low maximum temperature	1.1 C (34.0 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Pointe Au Pere	Canada	Record high minimum temperature	7.8 C (46.0 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Delaware Cy Reedy Poin	United States	Record daily precipitation	45.7 mm (1.8 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Flemington 5 NNW	United States	Record daily precipitation	51.8 mm (2.0 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Gopiballabhpur	India	Record daily precipitation	70.6 mm (2.8 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Milroy	Australia	Record daily precipitation	34.8 mm (1.4 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Riverton	United States	Record daily precipitation	44.2 mm (1.7 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Grantsburg	United States	Record high maximum temperature	33.3 C (91.9 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Shawinigan	Canada	Record high minimum temperature	16.7 C (62.1 F)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Gorakhpur	India	Record daily precipitation	39.9 mm (1.6 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Gnomery	Australia	Record daily precipitation	26.2 mm (1.0 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Chhaygaon	India	Record daily precipitation	76.2 mm (3.0 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Patna Obsy	India	Record daily precipitation	27.4 mm (1.1 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Osage	United States	Record high maximum temperature	32.2 C (90.0 F)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Hammond	United States	Record high maximum temperature	34.4 C (93.9 F)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Gothenburg	United States	Record high minimum temperature	16.1 C (61.0 F)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Vineland	United States	Record daily precipitation	43.7 mm (1.7 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Hillsboro	United States	Record high maximum temperature	35.0 C (95.0 F)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Wilbertree 2	Australia	Record daily precipitation	31.8 mm (1.3 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
La Pocatiere Cda	Canada	Record high minimum temperature	15.6 C (60.1 F)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Waterloo	United States	Record high maximum temperature	32.2 C (90.0 F)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Ashland	United States	Record high minimum temperature	17.8 C (64.0 F)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Collegeville St John's	United States	Record high maximum temperature	34.4 C (93.9 F)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Sandy Lake Dam Libby	United States	Record high maximum temperature	32.2 C (90.0 F)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Willmar Wwtp	United States	Record high maximum temperature	36.1 C (97.0 F)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Ewing	United States	Record high minimum temperature	20.6 C (69.1 F)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Culpeper	United States	Record daily precipitation	43.2 mm (1.7 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Rochester Intl AP	United States	Record high maximum temperature	32.8 C (91.0 F)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Chicoutimi	Canada	Record high minimum temperature	10.6 C (51.1 F)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Edmundston	Canada	Record high minimum temperature	13.3 C (55.9 F)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Wilmington City Hall	United States	Record daily precipitation	53.8 mm (2.1 in)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Onawa 3NW	United States	Record high maximum temperature	35.0 C (95.0 F)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Ulysses 3NE	United States	Record high minimum temperature	18.3 C (64.9 F)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Forman 5 SSE	United States	Record high maximum temperature	31.7 C (89.1 F)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Kenton	United States	Record high maximum temperature	33.3 C (91.9 F)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Milbank 4 NW	United States	Record high maximum temperature	35.6 C (96.1 F)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Anticosti SW Point	Canada	Record high minimum temperature	5.0 C (41.0 F)	23 of 100 (Routine)
White Hall 1 E	United States	Record high maximum temperature	31.7 C (89.1 F)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Brainerd	United States	Record high maximum temperature	33.9 C (93.0 F)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Genoa 2 W	United States	Record high maximum temperature	33.3 C (91.9 F)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Bethlehem	United States	Record daily precipitation	30.5 mm (1.2 in)	23 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

761 records

Records set or tied on 3 May 1949 by type: Highest daily maximum 329, Lowest daily maximum 22, Highest daily minimum 201, Lowest daily minimum 26, Heaviest daily rainfall 180, Heaviest daily snowfall 3.

Records on 3 May 1949 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	329
Lowest daily maximum	22
Highest daily minimum	201
Lowest daily minimum	26
Heaviest daily rainfall	180
Heaviest daily snowfall	3
Deepest snow cover	0

Records on 3 May 1949 by timescale: all-time 0, monthly 8, daily 753.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

596 broken records

Margins by which the 596 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 56.2. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

3 May 1949

Top 20 records on 3 May 1949 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
3 May 1949	Northfield, US	daily rain	52.1 mm (2.1 in)	29.7 mm (1.2 in)	39 years	57 of 100 (Notable)
3 May 1949	Deoria, IN	monthly rain	80.0 mm (3.1 in)	23.1 mm (0.9 in)	38 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
3 May 1949	Kinston 7 SE, US	daily rain	78.7 mm (3.1 in)	53.3 mm (2.1 in)	16 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
3 May 1949	Charlton, AU	daily rain	37.3 mm (1.5 in)	32.0 mm (1.3 in)	50 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
3 May 1949	Middletown 4 W, US	daily rain	47.5 mm (1.9 in)	26.9 mm (1.1 in)	48 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
3 May 1949	Marayur, IN	daily rain	63.5 mm (2.5 in)	47.0 mm (1.9 in)	0 years	41 of 100 (Notable)
3 May 1949	Teryawynia, AU	daily rain	30.5 mm (1.2 in)	14.5 mm (0.6 in)	60 years	40 of 100 (Notable)
3 May 1949	Borio, IN	daily rain	54.1 mm (2.1 in)	43.4 mm (1.7 in)	31 years	39 of 100 (Notable)
3 May 1949	Norwalk, US	daily rain	59.7 mm (2.4 in)	47.5 mm (1.9 in)	4 years	38 of 100 (Notable)
3 May 1949	Quatsino, CA	monthly low min	-2.8 C (27.0 F)	1.7 C (3.1 F)	50 years	37 of 100 (Notable)
3 May 1949	Bathurst, CA	daily high min	10.6 C (51.1 F)	5.6 C (10.1 F)	53 years	37 of 100 (Notable)
3 May 1949	Charduar, IN	daily rain	102.4 mm (4.0 in)	56.2 mm (2.2 in)	8 years	37 of 100 (Notable)
3 May 1949	Warraweena, AU	monthly rain	59.4 mm (2.3 in)	8.3 mm (0.33 in)	33 years	36 of 100 (Notable)
3 May 1949	Mahespur, IN	daily rain	76.2 mm (3.0 in)	54.6 mm (2.1 in)	15 years	35 of 100 (Notable)
3 May 1949	Elizabethtown, US	daily rain	45.7 mm (1.8 in)	26.9 mm (1.1 in)	34 years	35 of 100 (Notable)
3 May 1949	Dumka, IN	daily rain	51.1 mm (2.0 in)	37.1 mm (1.5 in)	22 years	34 of 100 (Routine)
3 May 1949	Clayton, US	daily rain	50.0 mm (2.0 in)	31.5 mm (1.2 in)	0 years	34 of 100 (Routine)
3 May 1949	Alton, CA	daily high min	14.4 C (57.9 F)	5.0 C (9.0 F)	52 years	31 of 100 (Routine)
3 May 1949	E Stroudsburg, US	daily rain	35.3 mm (1.4 in)	20.1 mm (0.8 in)	20 years	31 of 100 (Routine)
3 May 1949	Cordova AP, US	monthly low max	1.1 C (34.0 F)	2.2 C (4.0 F)	38 years	31 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 1949

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1795 to 1949. 1949 had 761 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 1949-05-03: 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 10	532
10 to 20	41
20 to 30	12
30 to 40	4
40 to 50	4
50 to 60	3