Weather Records on 3 May 1969

404 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 3 May 1969. Highest significance: Muncheberg, DE.

Key Facts for 3 May 1969

On 3 May 1969, 404 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
82 were record highs and 103 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 0 were all-time records, 17 monthly and 387 daily.
Muncheberg set a daily record precipitation of 25.9 mm (1.0 in) on 3 May 1969.
Across 168 earlier years (1795 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 433 records.

Record Map

404 stations

404 station records on 3 May 1969 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 3 May 1969: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Muncheberg	Germany	Record daily precipitation	25.9 mm (1.0 in)	61 of 100 (Major)
Rendsburg	Germany	Record daily precipitation	61.8 mm (2.4 in)	58 of 100 (Notable)
Leipzig-Holzhausen	Germany	Record daily precipitation	33.8 mm (1.3 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Midnapore	India	Record daily precipitation	89.2 mm (3.5 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
De Wagendrift	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	31.5 mm (1.2 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Raymond 3 NE	United States	Record daily precipitation	53.3 mm (2.1 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Ft Laramie 11 NNW	United States	Record daily precipitation	42.9 mm (1.7 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Watertown Rgnl AP	United States	Record daily precipitation	56.4 mm (2.2 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Delungra (Craigmore)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	45.2 mm (1.8 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Paramathi	India	Record daily precipitation	86.0 mm (3.4 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Karlsruhe	Germany	Record high minimum temperature	13.6 C (56.5 F)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Schweizer-Reneke (Pol)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	47.5 mm (1.9 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Jonkoping	Sweden	Record low maximum temperature	3.6 C (38.5 F)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Millington 3 SE	United States	Record daily precipitation	40.6 mm (1.6 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Grundy Ctr	United States	Record daily precipitation	51.1 mm (2.0 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Paisley	United States	Record daily snowfall	5.1 cm (2.0 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Boras	Sweden	Record low maximum temperature	3.8 C (38.8 F)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Vanersborg	Sweden	Record low maximum temperature	3.5 C (38.3 F)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Round Grove	United States	Record daily snowfall	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Natal	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	103.3 mm (4.1 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Tranebjerg	Denmark	Record low maximum temperature	5.2 C (41.4 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Freiburg	Germany	Record high minimum temperature	14.1 C (57.4 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Kellogg	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-6.7 C (19.9 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Huron Rgnl AP	United States	Record daily precipitation	43.2 mm (1.7 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Vastervik	Sweden	Record low maximum temperature	3.2 C (37.8 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Mt Brisbane	Australia	Record daily precipitation	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Geneseo	United States	Record high maximum temperature	31.7 C (89.1 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Ann Arbor U of Mich	United States	Record high minimum temperature	17.8 C (64.0 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Bjelasnica	Bosnia and Herzegovina	Record high maximum temperature	10.2 C (50.4 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Linkoeping-Malmslaett	Sweden	Record low maximum temperature	4.1 C (39.4 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Flahult	Sweden	Record low maximum temperature	2.9 C (37.2 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Scottsbluff W B Heilig Fld AP	United States	Record high minimum temperature	11.7 C (53.1 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Vedasandur	India	Record daily precipitation	35.0 mm (1.4 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Palani	India	Record daily precipitation	44.2 mm (1.7 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Sagrampur	India	Record daily precipitation	70.2 mm (2.8 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Balumath	India	Record daily precipitation	29.0 mm (1.1 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Kodumudi	India	Record daily precipitation	43.0 mm (1.7 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Paint Rock	United States	Record daily precipitation	48.3 mm (1.9 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Amarpara	India	Record daily precipitation	49.0 mm (1.9 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
San German 4 W	Puerto Rico [United States]	Record high maximum temperature	33.9 C (93.0 F)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Cedar Key 1 WSW	United States	Record daily precipitation	25.9 mm (1.0 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Andover	United States	Record daily precipitation	33.3 mm (1.3 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Kattumavadi	India	Record daily precipitation	38.8 mm (1.5 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Tajshet	Russia	Record low maximum temperature	-0.6 C (30.9 F)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Bratsk	Russia	Record low maximum temperature	-0.5 C (31.1 F)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Arcadia	United States	Record daily precipitation	39.9 mm (1.6 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Dinmore Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	33.0 mm (1.3 in)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Tripoli	Lebanon	Record daily precipitation	26.0 mm (1.0 in)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Ulricehamn	Sweden	Record low maximum temperature	2.2 C (36.0 F)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Academy 2NE	United States	Record daily precipitation	54.4 mm (2.1 in)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Britton	United States	Record daily precipitation	29.5 mm (1.2 in)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Baker Kbkr	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-9.4 C (15.1 F)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Nerchinskij Zavod	Russia	Record high maximum temperature	24.9 C (76.8 F)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Cle Elum	United States	Record low maximum temperature	9.4 C (48.9 F)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Somerset Dam	Australia	Record daily precipitation	33.0 mm (1.3 in)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Enisejsk	Russia	Record low maximum temperature	-1.6 C (29.1 F)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Krasnyj Jar	Russia	Record high maximum temperature	31.1 C (88.0 F)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Pogranichnyj	Russia	Record high maximum temperature	30.1 C (86.2 F)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Tiruvannamalai	India	Record daily precipitation	75.0 mm (3.0 in)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Mtn Home	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-5.0 C (23.0 F)	21 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

404 records

Records set or tied on 3 May 1969 by type: Highest daily maximum 30, Lowest daily maximum 58, Highest daily minimum 52, Lowest daily minimum 45, Heaviest daily rainfall 215, Heaviest daily snowfall 4.

Records on 3 May 1969 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	30
Lowest daily maximum	58
Highest daily minimum	52
Lowest daily minimum	45
Heaviest daily rainfall	215
Heaviest daily snowfall	4
Deepest snow cover	0

Records on 3 May 1969 by timescale: all-time 0, monthly 17, daily 387.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

350 broken records

Margins by which the 350 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 64.0. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

3 May 1969

Top 20 records on 3 May 1969 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
3 May 1969	Muncheberg, DE	daily rain	25.9 mm (1.0 in)	17.4 mm (0.7 in)	75 years	61 of 100 (Major)
3 May 1969	Rendsburg, DE	monthly rain	61.8 mm (2.4 in)	26.9 mm (1.1 in)	17 years	58 of 100 (Notable)
3 May 1969	Leipzig-Holzhausen, DE	daily rain	33.8 mm (1.3 in)	12.2 mm (0.5 in)	81 years	53 of 100 (Notable)
3 May 1969	Midnapore, IN	daily rain	89.2 mm (3.5 in)	37.4 mm (1.5 in)	67 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
3 May 1969	De Wagendrift, ZA	daily rain	31.5 mm (1.2 in)	20.6 mm (0.8 in)	54 years	44 of 100 (Notable)
3 May 1969	Raymond 3 NE, US	daily rain	53.3 mm (2.1 in)	43.9 mm (1.7 in)	4 years	44 of 100 (Notable)
3 May 1969	Ft Laramie 11 NNW, US	daily rain	42.9 mm (1.7 in)	32.7 mm (1.3 in)	14 years	44 of 100 (Notable)
3 May 1969	Watertown Rgnl AP, US	daily rain	56.4 mm (2.2 in)	24.6 mm (1.0 in)	54 years	43 of 100 (Notable)
3 May 1969	Delungra (Craigmore), AU	daily rain	45.2 mm (1.8 in)	39.1 mm (1.5 in)	20 years	41 of 100 (Notable)
3 May 1969	Paramathi, IN	daily rain	86.0 mm (3.4 in)	37.5 mm (1.5 in)	42 years	41 of 100 (Notable)
3 May 1969	Karlsruhe, DE	daily high min	13.6 C (56.5 F)	0.6 C (1.1 F)	90 years	37 of 100 (Notable)
3 May 1969	Schweizer-Reneke (Pol), ZA	daily rain	47.5 mm (1.9 in)	36.5 mm (1.4 in)	0 years	36 of 100 (Notable)
3 May 1969	Jonkoping, SE	daily low max	3.6 C (38.5 F)	1.4 C (2.5 F)	85 years	36 of 100 (Notable)
3 May 1969	Millington 3 SE, US	daily rain	40.6 mm (1.6 in)	15.2 mm (0.6 in)	50 years	36 of 100 (Notable)
3 May 1969	Grundy Ctr, US	daily rain	51.1 mm (2.0 in)	14.0 mm (0.6 in)	55 years	35 of 100 (Notable)
3 May 1969	Paisley, US	daily snowfall	5.1 cm (2.0 in)	5.1 cm (2.0 in)	63 years	35 of 100 (Notable)
3 May 1969	Boras, SE	daily low max	3.8 C (38.8 F)	3.7 C (6.7 F)	64 years	34 of 100 (Routine)
3 May 1969	Vanersborg, SE	daily low max	3.5 C (38.3 F)	0.5 C (0.9 F)	85 years	34 of 100 (Routine)
3 May 1969	Round Grove, US	daily snowfall	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	6.4 cm (2.5 in)	39 years	34 of 100 (Routine)
3 May 1969	Natal, BR	daily rain	103.3 mm (4.1 in)	34.3 mm (1.4 in)	35 years	33 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 1969

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1795 to 1969. 1969 had 404 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 2026-10-16. Last revised 16 October 2026 (2026-10-16).

Margin	Records
0 to 10	292
10 to 20	40
20 to 30	9
30 to 40	6
40 to 50	1
50 to 60	1
60 to 70	1