Weather Records on 3 May 1976

760 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 3 May 1976. Highest significance: Una (Agr), ZA.

Key Facts for 3 May 1976

On 3 May 1976, 760 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
58 were record highs and 334 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 1 were all-time records, 69 monthly and 690 daily.
Una (Agr) set a monthly record daily precipitation of 62.5 mm (2.5 in) on 3 May 1976.
Across 168 earlier years (1795 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 431 records.

Record Map

760 stations

760 station records on 3 May 1976 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 3 May 1976: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Una (Agr)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	62.5 mm (2.5 in)	67 of 100 (Major)
Catharinasvlei	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	93.5 mm (3.7 in)	65 of 100 (Major)
Boksburg (Mun)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	71.0 mm (2.8 in)	65 of 100 (Major)
Rietpoort	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	64.0 mm (2.5 in)	63 of 100 (Major)
Durban Roodepoort Deep Gm	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	90.0 mm (3.5 in)	62 of 100 (Major)
Buckland Downs	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	57.5 mm (2.3 in)	61 of 100 (Major)
Jonkersdam	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	51.0 mm (2.0 in)	61 of 100 (Major)
Moorside	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	45.1 mm (1.8 in)	60 of 100 (Major)
Warden (Mag)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	69.0 mm (2.7 in)	60 of 100 (Major)
Dunedin	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	73.5 mm (2.9 in)	59 of 100 (Notable)
Villa Nora (Pol)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	36.0 mm (1.4 in)	59 of 100 (Notable)
Pretoria-Waterkloof-Cntry	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	58.5 mm (2.3 in)	58 of 100 (Notable)
Pretoria-New Cemetry	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	45.5 mm (1.8 in)	57 of 100 (Notable)
Zaaiplaats	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	51.0 mm (2.0 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Rolfontein	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	59.0 mm (2.3 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Heritage	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	52.5 mm (2.1 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Jhb-Turffontein	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	59.0 mm (2.3 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Delmas (Pol)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	77.0 mm (3.0 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Hlobane	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	53.0 mm (2.1 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Rietbult	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	49.0 mm (1.9 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Kjobli I Snaasa	Norway	Record snow depth	103.0 cm (40.6 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Greylingstad (Sar)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	65.0 mm (2.6 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Jhb-Joubert Park	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	64.5 mm (2.5 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Hamelfontein	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	37.0 mm (1.5 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Berrings	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	39.0 mm (1.5 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Springs (Rwb)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	63.0 mm (2.5 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Eiland	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	27.0 mm (1.1 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Albion	United States	Record daily snowfall	7.6 cm (3.0 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
San Juan City	Puerto Rico [United States]	Record daily precipitation	65.5 mm (2.6 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Kloofend	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	114.0 mm (4.5 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Nqutu (Tnk)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	47.0 mm (1.9 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
De Emigratie	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	60.0 mm (2.4 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Roodepoort (Mun)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	57.0 mm (2.2 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Lillydale	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	45.5 mm (1.8 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Vrede-Mun	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	55.0 mm (2.2 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Vredefort (Skl)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	42.0 mm (1.7 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Dwarsfontein	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	51.0 mm (2.0 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Nongoma	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	41.5 mm (1.6 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Devon (Pol)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	57.0 mm (2.2 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Duved	Sweden	Record snow depth	86.0 cm (33.9 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Goedgevonden	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	58.5 mm (2.3 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Pirie (Bos)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	25.0 mm (1.0 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Vryheid	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	49.5 mm (1.9 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Springs-Olympia Park	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	57.5 mm (2.3 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Tweedraai	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	65.0 mm (2.6 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Schikfontein	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	76.5 mm (3.0 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Jhb-Braamfontein (Cem)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	61.0 mm (2.4 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Cologne	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	58.0 mm (2.3 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Libode (Bos)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	36.5 mm (1.4 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Edenburg (Pol)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	28.0 mm (1.1 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Hluhluwe Game Reserve	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	44.0 mm (1.7 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Sibasa	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	56.0 mm (2.2 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Osceola	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-2.8 C (27.0 F)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Brakpan (Mun)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	93.6 mm (3.7 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Fort Fordyce (Bos)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	65.0 mm (2.6 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Kologha (Bos)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	25.5 mm (1.0 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Tweespruit	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	27.0 mm (1.1 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Kareepoort (Irr)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	47.5 mm (1.9 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Bordeaux	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	25.3 mm (1.0 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Strehla	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	64.0 mm (2.5 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)

Counts by Type and Timescale

760 records

Records set or tied on 3 May 1976 by type: Highest daily maximum 10, Lowest daily maximum 72, Highest daily minimum 48, Lowest daily minimum 262, Heaviest daily rainfall 333, Heaviest daily snowfall 20, Deepest snow cover 15.

Records on 3 May 1976 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	10
Lowest daily maximum	72
Highest daily minimum	48
Lowest daily minimum	262
Heaviest daily rainfall	333
Heaviest daily snowfall	20
Deepest snow cover	15

Records on 3 May 1976 by timescale: all-time 1, monthly 69, daily 690.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

606 broken records

Margins by which the 606 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 530.0. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

3 May 1976

Top 20 records on 3 May 1976 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
3 May 1976	Una (Agr), ZA	monthly rain	62.5 mm (2.5 in)	28.0 mm (1.1 in)	48 years	67 of 100 (Major)
3 May 1976	Catharinasvlei, ZA	monthly rain	93.5 mm (3.7 in)	42.2 mm (1.7 in)	39 years	65 of 100 (Major)
3 May 1976	Boksburg (Mun), ZA	daily rain	71.0 mm (2.8 in)	55.8 mm (2.2 in)	61 years	65 of 100 (Major)
3 May 1976	Rietpoort, ZA	daily rain	64.0 mm (2.5 in)	52.3 mm (2.1 in)	55 years	63 of 100 (Major)
3 May 1976	Durban Roodepoort Deep Gm, ZA	daily rain	90.0 mm (3.5 in)	55.7 mm (2.2 in)	51 years	62 of 100 (Major)
3 May 1976	Buckland Downs, ZA	monthly rain	57.5 mm (2.3 in)	21.4 mm (0.8 in)	43 years	61 of 100 (Major)
3 May 1976	Jonkersdam, ZA	daily rain	51.0 mm (2.0 in)	43.9 mm (1.7 in)	51 years	61 of 100 (Major)
3 May 1976	Moorside, ZA	daily rain	45.1 mm (1.8 in)	37.5 mm (1.5 in)	61 years	60 of 100 (Major)
3 May 1976	Warden (Mag), ZA	daily rain	69.0 mm (2.7 in)	48.7 mm (1.9 in)	51 years	60 of 100 (Major)
3 May 1976	Dunedin, ZA	monthly rain	73.5 mm (2.9 in)	29.5 mm (1.2 in)	19 years	59 of 100 (Notable)
3 May 1976	Villa Nora (Pol), ZA	daily rain	36.0 mm (1.4 in)	28.4 mm (1.1 in)	60 years	59 of 100 (Notable)
3 May 1976	Pretoria-Waterkloof-Cntry, ZA	daily rain	58.5 mm (2.3 in)	46.1 mm (1.8 in)	52 years	58 of 100 (Notable)
3 May 1976	Pretoria-New Cemetry, ZA	daily rain	45.5 mm (1.8 in)	33.1 mm (1.3 in)	52 years	57 of 100 (Notable)
3 May 1976	Zaaiplaats, ZA	daily rain	51.0 mm (2.0 in)	35.8 mm (1.4 in)	50 years	54 of 100 (Notable)
3 May 1976	Rolfontein, ZA	monthly rain	59.0 mm (2.3 in)	18.9 mm (0.7 in)	53 years	54 of 100 (Notable)
3 May 1976	Heritage, ZA	daily rain	52.5 mm (2.1 in)	30.4 mm (1.2 in)	60 years	53 of 100 (Notable)
3 May 1976	Jhb-Turffontein, ZA	daily rain	59.0 mm (2.3 in)	43.0 mm (1.7 in)	26 years	53 of 100 (Notable)
3 May 1976	Delmas (Pol), ZA	daily rain	77.0 mm (3.0 in)	59.5 mm (2.3 in)	21 years	53 of 100 (Notable)
3 May 1976	Hlobane, ZA	daily rain	53.0 mm (2.1 in)	43.0 mm (1.7 in)	21 years	52 of 100 (Notable)
3 May 1976	Rietbult, ZA	daily rain	49.0 mm (1.9 in)	31.0 mm (1.2 in)	26 years	52 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 1976

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1795 to 1976. 1976 had 760 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	596
100 to 200	4
200 to 300	2
300 to 400	1
400 to 500	2
500 to 600	1