Weather Records on 3 May 1953

373 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 3 May 1953. Highest significance: Eufaula, US.

Key Facts for 3 May 1953

On 3 May 1953, 373 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
98 were record highs and 154 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 0 were all-time records, 11 monthly and 362 daily.
Eufaula set a daily record precipitation of 121.9 mm (4.8 in) on 3 May 1953.
Across 168 earlier years (1795 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 434 records.

Record Map

373 stations

373 station records on 3 May 1953 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 3 May 1953: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Eufaula	United States	Record daily precipitation	121.9 mm (4.8 in)	55 of 100 (Notable)
Ft Deposit	United States	Record daily precipitation	52.1 mm (2.1 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Union Springs 9 S	United States	Record daily precipitation	62.7 mm (2.5 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Premer (Eden Moor)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	45.7 mm (1.8 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Millers Creek	Australia	Record daily precipitation	32.0 mm (1.3 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Mount Wilson (Nooroo)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	69.6 mm (2.7 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Wyee (Wyee Farms Rd)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	173.5 mm (6.8 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Cinclare	United States	Record daily precipitation	191.8 mm (7.6 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Cockle Creek (Pasminco Metals)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	77.0 mm (3.0 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Springwood Bowling Club	Australia	Record daily precipitation	72.9 mm (2.9 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Willow Tree (Valais)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	26.7 mm (1.1 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Clinton Forestry HQ	United States	Record daily precipitation	108.0 mm (4.3 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Newport Beach Harbor	United States	Record high maximum temperature	30.0 C (86.0 F)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Lynway	Australia	Record daily precipitation	27.9 mm (1.1 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Kurrajong Heights (Bells Line	Australia	Record daily precipitation	82.6 mm (3.3 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Woodstock	United States	Record daily snowfall	7.6 cm (3.0 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Americus	United States	Record daily precipitation	66.8 mm (2.6 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Wollar (Barrigan St)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Ravensworth (Hillview)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	37.1 mm (1.5 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Marsrakh	India	Record daily precipitation	53.3 mm (2.1 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Ko253Lpatti Sr	India	Record daily precipitation	37.1 mm (1.5 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Franklinton	United States	Record daily precipitation	95.0 mm (3.7 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Harrisburg 12WNW	United States	Record daily snowfall	7.6 cm (3.0 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Douglas 1 SE	United States	Record daily snowfall	7.6 cm (3.0 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Georges Creek	Australia	Record daily precipitation	31.8 mm (1.3 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Framingham	United States	Record low maximum temperature	6.1 C (43.0 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Putbus	Germany	Record high maximum temperature	21.6 C (70.9 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Amite	United States	Record daily precipitation	170.9 mm (6.7 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Highland Home	United States	Record daily precipitation	31.2 mm (1.2 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Middletown 4 W	United States	Record low maximum temperature	7.8 C (46.0 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Ft Myers Page Fld AP	United States	Record high maximum temperature	35.0 C (95.0 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Minchinbury	Australia	Record daily precipitation	49.5 mm (1.9 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Saltspring Island	Canada	Record high minimum temperature	12.2 C (54.0 F)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Kalyandrug	India	Record daily precipitation	30.5 mm (1.2 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Greenville	United States	Record daily precipitation	34.8 mm (1.4 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Dublin	United States	Record daily precipitation	58.4 mm (2.3 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Bosque del Apache	United States	Record low maximum temperature	15.6 C (60.1 F)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Morgan	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-7.8 C (18.0 F)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Arriba	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-9.4 C (15.1 F)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Deming	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-2.2 C (28.0 F)	26 of 100 (Routine)
W Pt	United States	Record low maximum temperature	8.9 C (48.0 F)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Gola	India	Record daily precipitation	62.2 mm (2.4 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Berkeley	United States	Record high maximum temperature	28.3 C (82.9 F)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Two Buttes	United States	Record low maximum temperature	8.3 C (46.9 F)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Hammond	United States	Record daily precipitation	120.7 mm (4.8 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Fitchburg 4 SE	United States	Record low maximum temperature	5.0 C (41.0 F)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Magdalena	United States	Record low maximum temperature	8.3 C (46.9 F)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Gundy (Miller St)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	40.6 mm (1.6 in)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Helensburgh (Sawan St)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	162.6 mm (6.4 in)	24 of 100 (Routine)
The Oaks John Street	Australia	Record daily precipitation	47.5 mm (1.9 in)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Nogales	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-2.2 C (28.0 F)	24 of 100 (Routine)
San Pedro	United States	Record high maximum temperature	31.1 C (88.0 F)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Alapaha Exp STN	United States	Record high minimum temperature	21.1 C (70.0 F)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Millen 4 N	United States	Record daily precipitation	40.9 mm (1.6 in)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Waycross 4 NE	United States	Record high minimum temperature	21.1 C (70.0 F)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Adams	United States	Record low maximum temperature	3.9 C (39.0 F)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Willow Tree (Highlands)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	30.0 mm (1.2 in)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Husum	Germany	Record high maximum temperature	22.7 C (72.9 F)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Saraikela	India	Record daily precipitation	31.8 mm (1.3 in)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Gainesville UNIV of Fl	United States	Record high minimum temperature	20.6 C (69.1 F)	23 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

373 records

Records set or tied on 3 May 1953 by type: Highest daily maximum 44, Lowest daily maximum 83, Highest daily minimum 54, Lowest daily minimum 71, Heaviest daily rainfall 114, Heaviest daily snowfall 7.

Records on 3 May 1953 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	44
Lowest daily maximum	83
Highest daily minimum	54
Lowest daily minimum	71
Heaviest daily rainfall	114
Heaviest daily snowfall	7
Deepest snow cover	0

Records on 3 May 1953 by timescale: all-time 0, monthly 11, daily 362.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

286 broken records

Margins by which the 286 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 90.9. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

3 May 1953

Top 20 records on 3 May 1953 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
3 May 1953	Eufaula, US	daily rain	121.9 mm (4.8 in)	90.9 mm (3.6 in)	30 years	55 of 100 (Notable)
3 May 1953	Ft Deposit, US	daily rain	52.1 mm (2.1 in)	38.1 mm (1.5 in)	50 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
3 May 1953	Union Springs 9 S, US	daily rain	62.7 mm (2.5 in)	35.8 mm (1.4 in)	56 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
3 May 1953	Premer (Eden Moor), AU	daily rain	45.7 mm (1.8 in)	31.2 mm (1.2 in)	48 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
3 May 1953	Millers Creek, AU	daily rain	32.0 mm (1.3 in)	25.6 mm (1.0 in)	51 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
3 May 1953	Mount Wilson (Nooroo), AU	daily rain	69.6 mm (2.7 in)	45.7 mm (1.8 in)	48 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
3 May 1953	Wyee (Wyee Farms Rd), AU	monthly rain	173.5 mm (6.8 in)	32.3 mm (1.3 in)	39 years	44 of 100 (Notable)
3 May 1953	Cinclare, US	monthly rain	191.8 mm (7.6 in)	39.4 mm (1.6 in)	36 years	43 of 100 (Notable)
3 May 1953	Cockle Creek (Pasminco Metals), AU	daily rain	77.0 mm (3.0 in)	44.0 mm (1.7 in)	46 years	42 of 100 (Notable)
3 May 1953	Springwood Bowling Club, AU	daily rain	72.9 mm (2.9 in)	56.4 mm (2.2 in)	23 years	42 of 100 (Notable)
3 May 1953	Willow Tree (Valais), AU	daily rain	26.7 mm (1.1 in)	23.1 mm (0.9 in)	48 years	39 of 100 (Notable)
3 May 1953	Clinton Forestry HQ, US	daily rain	108.0 mm (4.3 in)	53.4 mm (2.1 in)	36 years	39 of 100 (Notable)
3 May 1953	Newport Beach Harbor, US	daily high max	30.0 C (86.0 F)	5.6 C (10.1 F)	30 years	38 of 100 (Notable)
3 May 1953	Lynway, AU	daily rain	27.9 mm (1.1 in)	26.6 mm (1.0 in)	34 years	36 of 100 (Notable)
3 May 1953	Kurrajong Heights (Bells Line, AU	daily rain	82.6 mm (3.3 in)	37.9 mm (1.5 in)	34 years	36 of 100 (Notable)
3 May 1953	Woodstock, US	daily snowfall	7.6 cm (3.0 in)	7.6 cm (3.0 in)	52 years	36 of 100 (Notable)
3 May 1953	Americus, US	daily rain	66.8 mm (2.6 in)	16.5 mm (0.6 in)	51 years	34 of 100 (Routine)
3 May 1953	Wollar (Barrigan St), AU	daily rain	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	14.5 mm (0.6 in)	48 years	33 of 100 (Routine)
3 May 1953	Ravensworth (Hillview), AU	daily rain	37.1 mm (1.5 in)	24.7 mm (1.0 in)	26 years	32 of 100 (Routine)
3 May 1953	Marsrakh, IN	daily rain	53.3 mm (2.1 in)	27.9 mm (1.1 in)	35 years	32 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 1953

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1795 to 1953. 1953 had 373 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 1953-05-03: 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 20	256
20 to 40	20
40 to 60	5
60 to 80	3
80 to 100	2