Weather Records on 3 May 1973

486 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 3 May 1973. Highest significance: Murfreesboro 5 N, US.

Key Facts for 3 May 1973

On 3 May 1973, 486 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
113 were record highs and 70 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 1 were all-time records, 27 monthly and 458 daily.
Murfreesboro 5 N set a daily record precipitation of 71.1 mm (2.8 in) on 3 May 1973.
Across 168 earlier years (1795 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 433 records.

Record Map

486 stations

486 station records on 3 May 1973 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 3 May 1973: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Murfreesboro 5 N	United States	Record daily precipitation	71.1 mm (2.8 in)	65 of 100 (Major)
Kapuskasing A	Canada	Record daily snowfall	32.3 cm (12.7 in)	58 of 100 (Notable)
Kettering (Saddle Road)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	39.1 mm (1.5 in)	55 of 100 (Notable)
Beech Forest	Australia	Record daily precipitation	79.5 mm (3.1 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Wyelangta	Australia	Record daily precipitation	88.9 mm (3.5 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Greensburg	United States	Record daily precipitation	45.7 mm (1.8 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Cygnet (Slab Road)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	80.8 mm (3.2 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Franklin	United States	Record daily precipitation	41.7 mm (1.6 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Cape Schanck Lighthouse	Australia	Record daily precipitation	36.6 mm (1.4 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Weeaproinah	Australia	Record daily precipitation	97.3 mm (3.8 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Mariyna Gorka	Belarus	Record daily precipitation	33.0 mm (1.3 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Richmond (Lowlands)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	40.1 mm (1.6 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Represa Itatinga	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	181.3 mm (7.1 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Hornepayne	Canada	Record daily snowfall	20.3 cm (8.0 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Weipa Eastern Ave	Australia	Record daily precipitation	45.0 mm (1.8 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Daylesford	Australia	Record daily precipitation	42.9 mm (1.7 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Port Campbell Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	32.3 mm (1.3 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Lenah Valley (Augusta Road)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	57.9 mm (2.3 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Shannon River (Hermitage)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	42.2 mm (1.7 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Tunnack Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	41.7 mm (1.6 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Ouse (Millbrook)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	41.4 mm (1.6 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Nullawarre	Australia	Record daily precipitation	29.2 mm (1.1 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Biskra	Algeria	Record high maximum temperature	37.0 C (98.6 F)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Ibirarema	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	67.7 mm (2.7 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Judbury	Australia	Record daily precipitation	57.2 mm (2.3 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
White River	Canada	Record daily snowfall	15.0 cm (5.9 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Springfield Exp STN	United States	Record daily precipitation	38.4 mm (1.5 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Minocqua	United States	Record daily snowfall	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Stanhope	Australia	Record daily precipitation	29.7 mm (1.2 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Campbell Town (Greenhill)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	38.6 mm (1.5 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Sedalia Wtp	United States	Record low maximum temperature	11.1 C (52.0 F)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Connorville (Lake River)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	51.8 mm (2.0 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Bushy Park (Bushy Park Estates	Australia	Record daily precipitation	37.6 mm (1.5 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Palmetto	United States	Record daily precipitation	31.8 mm (1.3 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Hobart (Waterworks Reserve)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	68.1 mm (2.7 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Nuwara Eliya	Sri Lanka	Record high maximum temperature	26.3 C (79.3 F)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Huatusco de Chicuellar	Mexico	Record high minimum temperature	20.6 C (69.1 F)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Kerkwerve	Netherlands	Record daily precipitation	25.0 mm (1.0 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Ishpeming	United States	Record daily snowfall	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Red Hill South	Australia	Record daily precipitation	55.4 mm (2.2 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Lymington (Fattys Lane)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	41.9 mm (1.6 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Interlaken	Australia	Record daily precipitation	42.7 mm (1.7 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Ashwood	United States	Record daily precipitation	50.8 mm (2.0 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Crossville Ed & Rsch STN	United States	Record daily precipitation	46.7 mm (1.8 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Barramunga	Australia	Record daily precipitation	55.1 mm (2.2 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Risdon	Australia	Record daily precipitation	52.3 mm (2.1 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Kapuskasing A	Canada	Record daily precipitation	33.0 mm (1.3 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Kisinev	Moldova	Record high minimum temperature	12.5 C (54.5 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
La Poza Grande	Mexico	Record high maximum temperature	38.9 C (102.0 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Bergland Dam	United States	Record daily snowfall	22.9 cm (9.0 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Birregurra (Post Office)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	30.5 mm (1.2 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Campania (the Pines)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	34.5 mm (1.4 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Franklin	Australia	Record daily precipitation	48.3 mm (1.9 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Ponte de Lima	Portugal	Record daily precipitation	56.0 mm (2.2 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
St Joseph 3 N	United States	Record daily precipitation	52.8 mm (2.1 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Ripley	United States	Record daily precipitation	26.9 mm (1.1 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Savannah 6 SW	United States	Record daily precipitation	58.4 mm (2.3 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Campbell Town Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	34.3 mm (1.4 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Chapple Vale	Australia	Record daily precipitation	38.1 mm (1.5 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Launceston (Kings Meadows)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	37.1 mm (1.5 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

486 records

Records set or tied on 3 May 1973 by type: Highest daily maximum 22, Lowest daily maximum 37, Highest daily minimum 91, Lowest daily minimum 33, Heaviest daily rainfall 286, Heaviest daily snowfall 15, Deepest snow cover 2.

Records on 3 May 1973 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	22
Lowest daily maximum	37
Highest daily minimum	91
Lowest daily minimum	33
Heaviest daily rainfall	286
Heaviest daily snowfall	15
Deepest snow cover	2

Records on 3 May 1973 by timescale: all-time 1, monthly 27, daily 458.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

388 broken records

Margins by which the 388 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 135.0. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

3 May 1973

Top 20 records on 3 May 1973 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
3 May 1973	Murfreesboro 5 N, US	daily rain	71.1 mm (2.8 in)	55.9 mm (2.2 in)	56 years	65 of 100 (Major)
3 May 1973	Kapuskasing A, CA	monthly snowfall	32.3 cm (12.7 in)	13.5 cm (5.3 in)	27 years	58 of 100 (Notable)
3 May 1973	Kettering (Saddle Road), AU	daily rain	39.1 mm (1.5 in)	28.9 mm (1.1 in)	30 years	55 of 100 (Notable)
3 May 1973	Beech Forest, AU	daily rain	79.5 mm (3.1 in)	41.1 mm (1.6 in)	28 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
3 May 1973	Wyelangta, AU	daily rain	88.9 mm (3.5 in)	54.9 mm (2.2 in)	28 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
3 May 1973	Greensburg, US	daily rain	45.7 mm (1.8 in)	22.3 mm (0.9 in)	82 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
3 May 1973	Cygnet (Slab Road), AU	daily rain	80.8 mm (3.2 in)	45.7 mm (1.8 in)	16 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
3 May 1973	Franklin, US	daily rain	41.7 mm (1.6 in)	23.9 mm (0.9 in)	78 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
3 May 1973	Cape Schanck Lighthouse, AU	daily rain	36.6 mm (1.4 in)	14.0 mm (0.6 in)	51 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
3 May 1973	Weeaproinah, AU	daily rain	97.3 mm (3.8 in)	58.7 mm (2.3 in)	3 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
3 May 1973	Mariyna Gorka, BY	daily rain	33.0 mm (1.3 in)	13.3 mm (0.5 in)	51 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
3 May 1973	Richmond (Lowlands), AU	daily rain	40.1 mm (1.6 in)	27.1 mm (1.1 in)	3 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
3 May 1973	Represa Itatinga, BR	daily rain	181.3 mm (7.1 in)	116.3 mm (4.6 in)	12 years	44 of 100 (Notable)
3 May 1973	Hornepayne, CA	daily snowfall	20.3 cm (8.0 in)	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	44 years	44 of 100 (Notable)
3 May 1973	Weipa Eastern Ave, AU	monthly rain	45.0 mm (1.8 in)	7.7 mm (0.30 in)	55 years	43 of 100 (Notable)
3 May 1973	Daylesford, AU	daily rain	42.9 mm (1.7 in)	22.1 mm (0.9 in)	28 years	43 of 100 (Notable)
3 May 1973	Port Campbell Post Office, AU	daily rain	32.3 mm (1.3 in)	6.9 mm (0.27 in)	84 years	43 of 100 (Notable)
3 May 1973	Lenah Valley (Augusta Road), AU	monthly rain	57.9 mm (2.3 in)	11.7 mm (0.5 in)	16 years	43 of 100 (Notable)
3 May 1973	Shannon River (Hermitage), AU	monthly rain	42.2 mm (1.7 in)	14.3 mm (0.6 in)	1 year	43 of 100 (Notable)
3 May 1973	Tunnack Post Office, AU	daily rain	41.7 mm (1.6 in)	31.5 mm (1.2 in)	4 years	42 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 1973

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1795 to 1973. 1973 had 486 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 1973-05-03: 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 20	356
20 to 40	16
40 to 60	10
60 to 80	0
80 to 100	1
100 to 120	2
120 to 140	3