Weather Records on 3 May 1974

323 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 3 May 1974. Highest significance: Ruhnu, LV.

Key Facts for 3 May 1974

On 3 May 1974, 323 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
44 were record highs and 68 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 0 were all-time records, 8 monthly and 315 daily.
Ruhnu set a daily record precipitation of 28.1 mm (1.1 in) on 3 May 1974.
Across 168 earlier years (1795 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 434 records.

Record Map

323 stations

323 station records on 3 May 1974 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 3 May 1974: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Ruhnu	Latvia	Record daily precipitation	28.1 mm (1.1 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Aktogay	Kazakhstan	Record daily precipitation	39.3 mm (1.5 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Griquatown (Tnk)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	32.5 mm (1.3 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Ai-Petri	Ukraine	Record daily precipitation	65.7 mm (2.6 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Hopetown (Tnk)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	29.5 mm (1.2 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Koffiefontein (Pol)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	30.0 mm (1.2 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Martins	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	145.0 mm (5.7 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Molteno (Mun)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	26.0 mm (1.0 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Silverstreams	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	25.0 mm (1.0 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Cape May 2 NW	United States	Record daily precipitation	35.8 mm (1.4 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Sarelsrivier	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	39.0 mm (1.5 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Serrinha	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	36.0 mm (1.4 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Solomons	United States	Record daily precipitation	40.1 mm (1.6 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Noggerup	Australia	Record daily precipitation	43.0 mm (1.7 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Oranjeoord	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	37.0 mm (1.5 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Brakkies	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	27.0 mm (1.1 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Spokane Intl AP	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-0.6 C (30.9 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Barrage Gouin	Canada	Record daily snowfall	7.6 cm (3.0 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Biesjiesfontein	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	36.0 mm (1.4 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Bordeaux-Merignac	France	Record daily precipitation	28.2 mm (1.1 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Spitskop (Agr)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	43.0 mm (1.7 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Kingsport	United States	Record daily precipitation	48.8 mm (1.9 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Wrangell AP	United States	Record daily precipitation	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Pilao Arcado	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	25.0 mm (1.0 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Die Hoogte	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	49.0 mm (1.9 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Groot-Arendskraal	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	31.5 mm (1.2 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Bleskop	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	25.5 mm (1.0 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Swartkoppies	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	41.5 mm (1.6 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Henderson 2 NNW	United States	Record low maximum temperature	13.3 C (55.9 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Durant	United States	Record high minimum temperature	21.1 C (70.0 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Frecheirinha	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	98.8 mm (3.9 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Luckhoff (Pol)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	28.5 mm (1.1 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Wolhaarkop	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	27.5 mm (1.1 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Midway	United States	Record daily precipitation	50.8 mm (2.0 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Warsaw 2 NW	United States	Record daily precipitation	25.1 mm (1.0 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Sugar City	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-6.1 C (21.0 F)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Graham 2 ENE	United States	Record daily precipitation	33.0 mm (1.3 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Fajardo	Puerto Rico [United States]	Record low minimum temperature	16.7 C (62.1 F)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Dunmurray	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	27.5 mm (1.1 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Tyrone Lock 5	United States	Record daily precipitation	47.0 mm (1.9 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Columbia 2SSE	United States	Record daily precipitation	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Wolwefontein (Pol)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	33.5 mm (1.3 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
De Rust	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	26.0 mm (1.0 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Bellrock	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	36.5 mm (1.4 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Bosduiwekop	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	31.0 mm (1.2 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Rosalia	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-2.8 C (27.0 F)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Mont-Aigoual	France	Record daily precipitation	72.0 mm (2.8 in)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Aberdeen (Tnk)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	34.0 mm (1.3 in)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Uniteit	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	25.0 mm (1.0 in)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Ketchikan AP	United States	Record daily precipitation	58.7 mm (2.3 in)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Lufkin Angelina Co AP	United States	Record high minimum temperature	22.8 C (73.0 F)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Anadyr	Russia	Record high maximum temperature	2.7 C (36.9 F)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Ohotsk	Russia	Record high maximum temperature	10.6 C (51.1 F)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Olifantshoek (Pol)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	25.5 mm (1.0 in)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Yalta	Ukraine	Record daily precipitation	30.7 mm (1.2 in)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Crater Lake Nps HQ	United States	Record snow depth	442.0 cm (174.0 in)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Cambridge Bay A	Canada	Record low minimum temperature	-30.6 C (-23.1 F)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Grand Lac Victoria	Canada	Record daily snowfall	5.1 cm (2.0 in)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Hillside	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	37.5 mm (1.5 in)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Tweefontein	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	29.5 mm (1.2 in)	22 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

323 records

Records set or tied on 3 May 1974 by type: Highest daily maximum 19, Lowest daily maximum 29, Highest daily minimum 25, Lowest daily minimum 39, Heaviest daily rainfall 201, Heaviest daily snowfall 9, Deepest snow cover 1.

Records on 3 May 1974 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	19
Lowest daily maximum	29
Highest daily minimum	25
Lowest daily minimum	39
Heaviest daily rainfall	201
Heaviest daily snowfall	9
Deepest snow cover	1

Records on 3 May 1974 by timescale: all-time 0, monthly 8, daily 315.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

271 broken records

Margins by which the 271 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 610.0. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

3 May 1974

Top 20 records on 3 May 1974 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
3 May 1974	Ruhnu, LV	daily rain	28.1 mm (1.1 in)	20.9 mm (0.8 in)	15 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
3 May 1974	Aktogay, KZ	monthly rain	39.3 mm (1.5 in)	12.0 mm (0.5 in)	6 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
3 May 1974	Griquatown (Tnk), ZA	daily rain	32.5 mm (1.3 in)	18.5 mm (0.7 in)	45 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
3 May 1974	Ai-Petri, UA	daily rain	65.7 mm (2.6 in)	30.3 mm (1.2 in)	12 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
3 May 1974	Hopetown (Tnk), ZA	daily rain	29.5 mm (1.2 in)	9.9 mm (0.39 in)	85 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
3 May 1974	Koffiefontein (Pol), ZA	daily rain	30.0 mm (1.2 in)	7.9 mm (0.31 in)	86 years	44 of 100 (Notable)
3 May 1974	Martins, BR	monthly rain	145.0 mm (5.7 in)	39.0 mm (1.5 in)	5 years	41 of 100 (Notable)
3 May 1974	Molteno (Mun), ZA	daily rain	26.0 mm (1.0 in)	14.3 mm (0.6 in)	56 years	40 of 100 (Notable)
3 May 1974	Silverstreams, ZA	daily rain	25.0 mm (1.0 in)	18.1 mm (0.7 in)	44 years	39 of 100 (Notable)
3 May 1974	Cape May 2 NW, US	daily rain	35.8 mm (1.4 in)	22.6 mm (0.9 in)	25 years	39 of 100 (Notable)
3 May 1974	Sarelsrivier, ZA	daily rain	39.0 mm (1.5 in)	23.5 mm (0.9 in)	16 years	38 of 100 (Notable)
3 May 1974	Serrinha, BR	daily rain	36.0 mm (1.4 in)	13.0 mm (0.5 in)	56 years	37 of 100 (Notable)
3 May 1974	Solomons, US	daily rain	40.1 mm (1.6 in)	5.8 mm (0.23 in)	77 years	37 of 100 (Notable)
3 May 1974	Noggerup, AU	daily rain	43.0 mm (1.7 in)	15.3 mm (0.6 in)	51 years	36 of 100 (Notable)
3 May 1974	Oranjeoord, ZA	monthly rain	37.0 mm (1.5 in)	10.1 mm (0.4 in)	23 years	36 of 100 (Notable)
3 May 1974	Brakkies, ZA	daily rain	27.0 mm (1.1 in)	21.7 mm (0.9 in)	24 years	33 of 100 (Routine)
3 May 1974	Spokane Intl AP, US	daily low min	-0.6 C (30.9 F)	0.6 C (1.1 F)	81 years	33 of 100 (Routine)
3 May 1974	Barrage Gouin, CA	daily snowfall	7.6 cm (3.0 in)	3.8 cm (1.5 in)	40 years	32 of 100 (Routine)
3 May 1974	Biesjiesfontein, ZA	daily rain	36.0 mm (1.4 in)	27.0 mm (1.1 in)	16 years	32 of 100 (Routine)
3 May 1974	Bordeaux-Merignac, FR	daily rain	28.2 mm (1.1 in)	8.4 mm (0.33 in)	33 years	31 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 1974

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1795 to 1974. 1974 had 323 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 100	270
100 to 200	0
200 to 300	0
300 to 400	0
400 to 500	0
500 to 600	0
600 to 700	1