Weather Records on 3 May 1958

485 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 3 May 1958. Highest significance: Blanco, US.

Key Facts for 3 May 1958

On 3 May 1958, 485 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
87 were record highs and 31 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 1 were all-time records, 20 monthly and 464 daily.
Blanco set a monthly record daily precipitation of 206.5 mm (8.1 in) on 3 May 1958.
Across 168 earlier years (1795 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 433 records.

Record Map

485 stations

485 station records on 3 May 1958 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 3 May 1958: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Blanco	United States	Record daily precipitation	206.5 mm (8.1 in)	60 of 100 (Major)
Gordonville	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	55.5 mm (2.2 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Oukraal	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	79.5 mm (3.1 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Decatur Wtp	United States	Record daily precipitation	61.0 mm (2.4 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Runge	United States	Record daily precipitation	86.9 mm (3.4 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Struishoek	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	75.3 mm (3.0 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Riomedina	United States	Record daily precipitation	208.0 mm (8.2 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Prospect	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	78.0 mm (3.1 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Hillsboro	United States	Record daily precipitation	100.1 mm (3.9 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Grootvlakte	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	71.0 mm (2.8 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Pearston (Pol)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	70.0 mm (2.8 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Cookhouse (Sar)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	72.0 mm (2.8 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
McPherson	United States	Record daily precipitation	75.4 mm (3.0 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Robertson	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	32.5 mm (1.3 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Trompsburg (Pol)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	30.0 mm (1.2 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Roodebloem	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	65.7 mm (2.6 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Parysfontein	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	28.0 mm (1.1 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Sealy	United States	Record daily precipitation	91.4 mm (3.6 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Jagersfontein	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	34.0 mm (1.3 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Abilene	United States	Record daily precipitation	53.3 mm (2.1 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Greenville Kgvl Radio	United States	Record daily precipitation	63.8 mm (2.5 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Albertvale	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	64.0 mm (2.5 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Marble Hill	United States	Record daily precipitation	43.9 mm (1.7 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Llano	United States	Record daily precipitation	77.7 mm (3.1 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
T.Narsipur	India	Record daily precipitation	76.2 mm (3.0 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Klipplaat (Sar)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	25.0 mm (1.0 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Karnes City 2N	United States	Record daily precipitation	117.6 mm (4.6 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Zoetvlei	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	56.0 mm (2.2 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Kareepoort	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	28.5 mm (1.1 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Sharpes Siding	Australia	Record daily precipitation	45.2 mm (1.8 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Arkalgud	India	Record daily precipitation	116.8 mm (4.6 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Alicedale	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	48.0 mm (1.9 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Somerset East	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	83.5 mm (3.3 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Aberdeen (Tnk)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	25.0 mm (1.0 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Goedemoed (Pol)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	49.0 mm (1.9 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Hot Springs 1 NNE	United States	Record daily precipitation	57.2 mm (2.3 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Pocahontas 1	United States	Record daily precipitation	39.6 mm (1.6 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
White Cliffs	United States	Record daily precipitation	61.0 mm (2.4 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Galena	United States	Record daily precipitation	63.5 mm (2.5 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Kaufman 3 SE	United States	Record daily precipitation	74.9 mm (2.9 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Longvale	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	42.0 mm (1.7 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Van der Waltshoek	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	53.0 mm (2.1 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Leliekloof	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	41.5 mm (1.6 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Hanover (Pol)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	42.0 mm (1.7 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Xenia 6 SSE	United States	Record daily precipitation	49.5 mm (1.9 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Greeneville Exp STN	United States	Record high minimum temperature	20.0 C (68.0 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Bhagamandala	India	Record daily precipitation	87.6 mm (3.4 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Tellichery	India	Record daily precipitation	57.1 mm (2.2 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Laborare	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	41.0 mm (1.6 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Anna 4 N	United States	Record daily precipitation	45.0 mm (1.8 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Carlinville	United States	Record daily precipitation	44.5 mm (1.8 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Poplar Bluff	United States	Record daily precipitation	69.3 mm (2.7 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Grahamstown	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	52.5 mm (2.1 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Lorraine	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	65.0 mm (2.6 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Richmond C/K (Tnk)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	34.5 mm (1.4 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Basberg	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	30.5 mm (1.2 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Boerne	United States	Record daily precipitation	174.2 mm (6.9 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Temple	United States	Record daily precipitation	51.1 mm (2.0 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Everett	United States	Record high minimum temperature	15.6 C (60.1 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Everett	United States	Record daily precipitation	38.4 mm (1.5 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

485 records

Records set or tied on 3 May 1958 by type: Highest daily maximum 9, Lowest daily maximum 9, Highest daily minimum 78, Lowest daily minimum 22, Heaviest daily rainfall 362, Heaviest daily snowfall 3, Deepest snow cover 2.

Records on 3 May 1958 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	9
Lowest daily maximum	9
Highest daily minimum	78
Lowest daily minimum	22
Heaviest daily rainfall	362
Heaviest daily snowfall	3
Deepest snow cover	2

Records on 3 May 1958 by timescale: all-time 1, monthly 20, daily 464.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

422 broken records

Margins by which the 422 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 200.0. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

3 May 1958

Top 20 records on 3 May 1958 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
3 May 1958	Blanco, US	monthly rain	206.5 mm (8.1 in)	59.2 mm (2.3 in)	28 years	60 of 100 (Major)
3 May 1958	Gordonville, ZA	daily rain	55.5 mm (2.2 in)	47.1 mm (1.9 in)	32 years	54 of 100 (Notable)
3 May 1958	Oukraal, ZA	daily rain	79.5 mm (3.1 in)	74.4 mm (2.9 in)	32 years	52 of 100 (Notable)
3 May 1958	Decatur Wtp, US	daily rain	61.0 mm (2.4 in)	38.1 mm (1.5 in)	43 years	52 of 100 (Notable)
3 May 1958	Runge, US	daily rain	86.9 mm (3.4 in)	66.8 mm (2.6 in)	36 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
3 May 1958	Struishoek, ZA	daily rain	75.3 mm (3.0 in)	59.8 mm (2.4 in)	21 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
3 May 1958	Riomedina, US	all-time rain	208.0 mm (8.2 in)	39.9 mm (1.6 in)	11 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
3 May 1958	Prospect, ZA	daily rain	78.0 mm (3.1 in)	76.5 mm (3.0 in)	12 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
3 May 1958	Hillsboro, US	daily rain	100.1 mm (3.9 in)	45.2 mm (1.8 in)	53 years	44 of 100 (Notable)
3 May 1958	Grootvlakte, ZA	daily rain	71.0 mm (2.8 in)	70.8 mm (2.8 in)	0 years	43 of 100 (Notable)
3 May 1958	Pearston (Pol), ZA	monthly rain	70.0 mm (2.8 in)	6.5 mm (0.26 in)	60 years	42 of 100 (Notable)
3 May 1958	Cookhouse (Sar), ZA	daily rain	72.0 mm (2.8 in)	32.6 mm (1.3 in)	41 years	42 of 100 (Notable)
3 May 1958	McPherson, US	daily rain	75.4 mm (3.0 in)	41.1 mm (1.6 in)	13 years	42 of 100 (Notable)
3 May 1958	Robertson, ZA	daily rain	32.5 mm (1.3 in)	22.3 mm (0.9 in)	16 years	41 of 100 (Notable)
3 May 1958	Trompsburg (Pol), ZA	daily rain	30.0 mm (1.2 in)	22.1 mm (0.9 in)	28 years	41 of 100 (Notable)
3 May 1958	Roodebloem, ZA	monthly rain	65.7 mm (2.6 in)	11.6 mm (0.5 in)	41 years	40 of 100 (Notable)
3 May 1958	Parysfontein, ZA	daily rain	28.0 mm (1.1 in)	23.9 mm (0.9 in)	12 years	40 of 100 (Notable)
3 May 1958	Sealy, US	daily rain	91.4 mm (3.6 in)	56.1 mm (2.2 in)	36 years	40 of 100 (Notable)
3 May 1958	Jagersfontein, ZA	daily rain	34.0 mm (1.3 in)	26.4 mm (1.0 in)	28 years	39 of 100 (Notable)
3 May 1958	Abilene, US	daily rain	53.3 mm (2.1 in)	24.3 mm (1.0 in)	44 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 1958

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1795 to 1958. 1958 had 485 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 1958-05-03: 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 2026-10-16. Last revised 16 October 2026 (2026-10-16).

Margin	Records
0 to 25	377
25 to 50	34
50 to 75	8
75 to 100	2
100 to 125	0
125 to 150	0
150 to 175	0
175 to 200	1