Weather Records on 3 May 1952

447 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 3 May 1952. Highest significance: Davidson, CA.

Key Facts for 3 May 1952

On 3 May 1952, 447 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
341 were record highs and 56 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 0 were all-time records, 5 monthly and 442 daily.
Davidson set a daily record precipitation of 26.4 mm (1.0 in) on 3 May 1952.
Across 168 earlier years (1795 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 433 records.

Record Map

447 stations

447 station records on 3 May 1952 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 3 May 1952: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Davidson	Canada	Record daily precipitation	26.4 mm (1.0 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Mc Minnville	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-3.3 C (26.1 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Cape York Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	41.9 mm (1.6 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Polavaram	India	Record daily precipitation	43.2 mm (1.7 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Riva	Italy	Record high minimum temperature	18.0 C (64.4 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Saibai Island	Australia	Record daily precipitation	93.5 mm (3.7 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Brinkley	United States	Record high maximum temperature	33.3 C (91.9 F)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Clarksdale	United States	Record high maximum temperature	35.0 C (95.0 F)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Ft Yates 4 SW	United States	Record high maximum temperature	32.2 C (90.0 F)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Ottawa	United States	Record high maximum temperature	33.3 C (91.9 F)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Booneville	United States	Record high maximum temperature	32.2 C (90.0 F)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Washburn	United States	Record high maximum temperature	32.8 C (91.0 F)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Weston 2 SE	United States	Record low maximum temperature	10.0 C (50.0 F)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Camp Crook	United States	Record high maximum temperature	33.9 C (93.0 F)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Kopati(Kaupati)	India	Record daily precipitation	50.0 mm (2.0 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Princeton	United States	Record high maximum temperature	32.8 C (91.0 F)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Acude Nova Floresta	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	80.3 mm (3.2 in)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Marshalltown	United States	Record high maximum temperature	30.6 C (87.1 F)	24 of 100 (Routine)
University	United States	Record high maximum temperature	32.8 C (91.0 F)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Corvallis State UNIV	United States	Record low minimum temperature	0.6 C (33.1 F)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Thermopolis	United States	Record high minimum temperature	11.1 C (52.0 F)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Lewistown AP	United States	Record high minimum temperature	8.3 C (46.9 F)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Kjahta	Russia	Record high minimum temperature	9.6 C (49.3 F)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Harrison	United States	Record high maximum temperature	32.2 C (90.0 F)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Holly Springs 2 N	United States	Record high maximum temperature	32.2 C (90.0 F)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Bethany	United States	Record high maximum temperature	31.1 C (88.0 F)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Harrisonville	United States	Record high maximum temperature	32.2 C (90.0 F)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Mtn Grove 2 N	United States	Record high maximum temperature	31.1 C (88.0 F)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Williston Sloulin Fld	United States	Record high minimum temperature	14.4 C (57.9 F)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Arnsberg	Germany	Record high maximum temperature	24.1 C (75.4 F)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Fayetteville	United States	Record high maximum temperature	31.7 C (89.1 F)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Warren 2 ENE	United States	Record high maximum temperature	32.8 C (91.0 F)	22 of 100 (Routine)
1 WSW Princeton	United States	Record high minimum temperature	18.3 C (64.9 F)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Centerville	United States	Record high maximum temperature	30.6 C (87.1 F)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Ft Scott	United States	Record high maximum temperature	32.8 C (91.0 F)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Culbertson	United States	Record high minimum temperature	13.3 C (55.9 F)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Minden	United States	Record high minimum temperature	9.4 C (48.9 F)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Agricultural College	United States	Record high minimum temperature	17.8 C (64.0 F)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Conway	United States	Record high maximum temperature	32.8 C (91.0 F)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Ozark	United States	Record high maximum temperature	32.8 C (91.0 F)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Mt Sterling	United States	Record high maximum temperature	31.1 C (88.0 F)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Hernando	United States	Record high maximum temperature	32.8 C (91.0 F)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Birch Tree	United States	Record high maximum temperature	31.1 C (88.0 F)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Medicine Lake 3 SE	United States	Record high minimum temperature	13.3 C (55.9 F)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Minot Exp STN	United States	Record high maximum temperature	32.2 C (90.0 F)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Hana 354	United States	Record low minimum temperature	17.2 C (63.0 F)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Leader	Canada	Record daily precipitation	22.4 mm (0.9 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Rosetown Cda Epf	Canada	Record daily precipitation	19.1 mm (0.8 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Nashlyn	Canada	Record daily precipitation	17.0 mm (0.7 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Humboldt	Canada	Record daily precipitation	23.1 mm (0.9 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Biggar	Canada	Record daily precipitation	15.7 mm (0.6 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Saskatoon U of S	Canada	Record daily precipitation	15.2 mm (0.6 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Gogland	Russia	Record daily precipitation	11.6 mm (0.5 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Yellapur	India	Record daily precipitation	21.3 mm (0.8 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Superior	United States	Record daily precipitation	16.0 mm (0.6 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Ovando	United States	Record daily precipitation	8.9 mm (0.35 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Uccle	Belgium	Record high minimum temperature	13.1 C (55.6 F)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Itabatinga	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	30.2 mm (1.2 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Lost River	Canada	Record daily precipitation	8.1 mm (0.32 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Virden	Canada	Record high maximum temperature	32.8 C (91.0 F)	20 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

447 records

Records set or tied on 3 May 1952 by type: Highest daily maximum 249, Lowest daily maximum 9, Highest daily minimum 92, Lowest daily minimum 47, Heaviest daily rainfall 46, Heaviest daily snowfall 4.

Records on 3 May 1952 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	249
Lowest daily maximum	9
Highest daily minimum	92
Lowest daily minimum	47
Heaviest daily rainfall	46
Heaviest daily snowfall	4
Deepest snow cover	0

Records on 3 May 1952 by timescale: all-time 0, monthly 5, daily 442.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

343 broken records

Margins by which the 343 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 33.0. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

3 May 1952

Top 20 records on 3 May 1952 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
3 May 1952	Davidson, CA	daily rain	26.4 mm (1.0 in)	24.4 mm (1.0 in)	18 years	44 of 100 (Notable)
3 May 1952	Mc Minnville, US	monthly low min	-3.3 C (26.1 F)	1.6 C (2.9 F)	43 years	33 of 100 (Routine)
3 May 1952	Cape York Post Office, AU	daily rain	41.9 mm (1.6 in)	18.8 mm (0.7 in)	43 years	32 of 100 (Routine)
3 May 1952	Polavaram, IN	daily rain	43.2 mm (1.7 in)	33.0 mm (1.3 in)	21 years	31 of 100 (Routine)
3 May 1952	Riva, IT	daily high min	18.0 C (64.4 F)	1.7 C (3.1 F)	53 years	29 of 100 (Routine)
3 May 1952	Saibai Island, AU	daily rain	93.5 mm (3.7 in)	32.0 mm (1.3 in)	34 years	28 of 100 (Routine)
3 May 1952	Brinkley, US	daily high max	33.3 C (91.9 F)	2.2 C (4.0 F)	51 years	27 of 100 (Routine)
3 May 1952	Clarksdale, US	daily high max	35.0 C (95.0 F)	1.7 C (3.1 F)	57 years	27 of 100 (Routine)
3 May 1952	Ft Yates 4 SW, US	daily high max	32.2 C (90.0 F)	3.3 C (5.9 F)	56 years	27 of 100 (Routine)
3 May 1952	Ottawa, US	daily high max	33.3 C (91.9 F)	3.3 C (5.9 F)	50 years	26 of 100 (Routine)
3 May 1952	Booneville, US	daily high max	32.2 C (90.0 F)	2.2 C (4.0 F)	50 years	26 of 100 (Routine)
3 May 1952	Washburn, US	daily high max	32.8 C (91.0 F)	3.4 C (6.1 F)	51 years	26 of 100 (Routine)
3 May 1952	Weston 2 SE, US	daily low max	10.0 C (50.0 F)	1.7 C (3.1 F)	58 years	26 of 100 (Routine)
3 May 1952	Camp Crook, US	daily high max	33.9 C (93.0 F)	2.8 C (5.0 F)	54 years	26 of 100 (Routine)
3 May 1952	Kopati(Kaupati), IN	daily rain	50.0 mm (2.0 in)	17.2 mm (0.7 in)	36 years	25 of 100 (Routine)
3 May 1952	Princeton, US	daily high max	32.8 C (91.0 F)	1.1 C (2.0 F)	56 years	25 of 100 (Routine)
3 May 1952	Acude Nova Floresta, BR	daily rain	80.3 mm (3.2 in)	18.3 mm (0.7 in)	31 years	24 of 100 (Routine)
3 May 1952	Marshalltown, US	daily high max	30.6 C (87.1 F)	0.6 C (1.1 F)	56 years	24 of 100 (Routine)
3 May 1952	University, US	daily high max	32.8 C (91.0 F)	0.6 C (1.1 F)	57 years	24 of 100 (Routine)
3 May 1952	Corvallis State UNIV, US	daily low min	0.6 C (33.1 F)	0.5 C (0.9 F)	57 years	24 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 1952

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1795 to 1952. 1952 had 447 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 1952-05-03: 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 5	297
5 to 10	25
10 to 15	13
15 to 20	3
20 to 25	2
25 to 30	1
30 to 35	2