Weather Records on 3 May 1980

573 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 3 May 1980. Highest significance: Chita, RU.

Key Facts for 3 May 1980

On 3 May 1980, 573 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
231 were record highs and 89 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 0 were all-time records, 17 monthly and 556 daily.
Chita set a monthly record daily precipitation of 50.4 mm (2.0 in) on 3 May 1980.
Across 168 earlier years (1795 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 432 records.

Record Map

573 stations

573 station records on 3 May 1980 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 3 May 1980: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Chita	Russia	Record daily precipitation	50.4 mm (2.0 in)	70 of 100 (Major)
Karymskaja	Russia	Record daily precipitation	45.0 mm (1.8 in)	57 of 100 (Notable)
Amvrosiivka	Ukraine	Record daily precipitation	34.8 mm (1.4 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Giessen/Wettenberg	Germany	Record daily precipitation	31.3 mm (1.2 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Giessen (Lahntal)	Germany	Record daily precipitation	31.5 mm (1.2 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Grebenhain-Herchenhain	Germany	Record daily precipitation	35.5 mm (1.4 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Blankenrath	Germany	Record daily precipitation	26.1 mm (1.0 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Homberg/Ohm	Germany	Record daily precipitation	30.3 mm (1.2 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Mayen	Germany	Record daily precipitation	27.7 mm (1.1 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Koln-Stammheim	Germany	Record daily precipitation	26.0 mm (1.0 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Rio Casca	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	45.2 mm (1.8 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Port Stanley	Canada	Record high maximum temperature	24.0 C (75.2 F)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Dusseldorf-Sudfriedhof	Germany	Record daily precipitation	25.6 mm (1.0 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Solingen-Hohenscheid	Germany	Record daily precipitation	30.1 mm (1.2 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Koln-Botanischer Garten	Germany	Record daily precipitation	27.6 mm (1.1 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Wuppertal-Buchenhofen	Germany	Record daily precipitation	27.9 mm (1.1 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
White Signal	United States	Record daily precipitation	38.4 mm (1.5 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Imperial	United States	Record daily precipitation	31.8 mm (1.3 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Atilio Vivacqua	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	53.9 mm (2.1 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Mtn Park	United States	Record daily precipitation	34.0 mm (1.3 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Mons Mari	Australia	Record daily precipitation	74.0 mm (2.9 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Tewantin Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	96.0 mm (3.8 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Port Hope	Canada	Record high maximum temperature	27.0 C (80.6 F)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Dillenburg	Germany	Record daily precipitation	36.2 mm (1.4 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Poplar 2 E	United States	Record high maximum temperature	32.8 C (91.0 F)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Wessington Springs	United States	Record high maximum temperature	28.9 C (84.0 F)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Eumundi - Crescent Rd	Australia	Record daily precipitation	68.2 mm (2.7 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Porto Firme	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	65.1 mm (2.6 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Cloudcroft	United States	Record daily precipitation	32.5 mm (1.3 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Indian Head Cda	Canada	Record high minimum temperature	10.0 C (50.0 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Etchojoa	Mexico	Record low maximum temperature	21.7 C (71.1 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Purepero	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	26.4 mm (1.0 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Karasjok	Norway	Record high minimum temperature	3.6 C (38.5 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Watsonville Wtr Wks	United States	Record high minimum temperature	12.2 C (54.0 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Borinquen AP	Puerto Rico [United States]	Record high maximum temperature	34.4 C (93.9 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Grafton	United States	Record high maximum temperature	35.6 C (96.1 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Wanless	Canada	Record high minimum temperature	13.3 C (55.9 F)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Fort Frances	Canada	Record high maximum temperature	29.5 C (85.1 F)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Oktjabrskaja	Russia	Record low minimum temperature	-7.7 C (18.1 F)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Bliss 4 NW	United States	Record high minimum temperature	11.7 C (53.1 F)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Darby	United States	Record high minimum temperature	9.4 C (48.9 F)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Cloudcroft	United States	Record daily snowfall	20.3 cm (8.0 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Washington Is	United States	Record high maximum temperature	26.1 C (79.0 F)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Estrela Do Sul	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	25.2 mm (1.0 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Bonners Ferry	United States	Record high minimum temperature	8.9 C (48.0 F)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Elk City 1NE	United States	Record high minimum temperature	8.9 C (48.0 F)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Lovelock	United States	Record high minimum temperature	12.8 C (55.0 F)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Hatch	United States	Record daily precipitation	30.5 mm (1.2 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Brandon Cda	Canada	Record high maximum temperature	32.0 C (89.6 F)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Sedlovaja	Russia	Record daily precipitation	57.7 mm (2.3 in)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Fayette 4 SW	United States	Record high maximum temperature	26.1 C (79.0 F)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Lincoln Rs	United States	Record high minimum temperature	8.9 C (48.0 F)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Murarrie Road Csiro	Australia	Record daily precipitation	37.2 mm (1.5 in)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Lost River	Canada	Record high maximum temperature	30.0 C (86.0 F)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Flin Flon	Canada	Record high maximum temperature	29.0 C (84.2 F)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Caribou Island	Canada	Record high maximum temperature	16.5 C (61.7 F)	23 of 100 (Routine)
New Meadows Rs	United States	Record high minimum temperature	7.2 C (45.0 F)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Baudette	United States	Record high maximum temperature	29.4 C (84.9 F)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Warroad	United States	Record high maximum temperature	30.0 C (86.0 F)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Seeley Lake Rs	United States	Record high minimum temperature	9.4 C (48.9 F)	23 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

573 records

Records set or tied on 3 May 1980 by type: Highest daily maximum 129, Lowest daily maximum 48, Highest daily minimum 102, Lowest daily minimum 41, Heaviest daily rainfall 250, Heaviest daily snowfall 2, Deepest snow cover 1.

Records on 3 May 1980 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	129
Lowest daily maximum	48
Highest daily minimum	102
Lowest daily minimum	41
Heaviest daily rainfall	250
Heaviest daily snowfall	2
Deepest snow cover	1

Records on 3 May 1980 by timescale: all-time 0, monthly 17, daily 556.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

490 broken records

Margins by which the 490 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 127.0. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

3 May 1980

Top 20 records on 3 May 1980 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
3 May 1980	Chita, RU	monthly rain	50.4 mm (2.0 in)	17.7 mm (0.7 in)	40 years	70 of 100 (Major)
3 May 1980	Karymskaja, RU	monthly rain	45.0 mm (1.8 in)	17.8 mm (0.7 in)	13 years	57 of 100 (Notable)
3 May 1980	Amvrosiivka, UA	daily rain	34.8 mm (1.4 in)	25.1 mm (1.0 in)	19 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
3 May 1980	Giessen/Wettenberg, DE	daily rain	31.3 mm (1.2 in)	20.4 mm (0.8 in)	15 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
3 May 1980	Giessen (Lahntal), DE	daily rain	31.5 mm (1.2 in)	24.1 mm (0.9 in)	15 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
3 May 1980	Grebenhain-Herchenhain, DE	daily rain	35.5 mm (1.4 in)	24.6 mm (1.0 in)	15 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
3 May 1980	Blankenrath, DE	daily rain	26.1 mm (1.0 in)	15.7 mm (0.6 in)	47 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
3 May 1980	Homberg/Ohm, DE	daily rain	30.3 mm (1.2 in)	19.6 mm (0.8 in)	15 years	44 of 100 (Notable)
3 May 1980	Mayen, DE	daily rain	27.7 mm (1.1 in)	12.7 mm (0.5 in)	47 years	43 of 100 (Notable)
3 May 1980	Koln-Stammheim, DE	daily rain	26.0 mm (1.0 in)	20.1 mm (0.8 in)	4 years	42 of 100 (Notable)
3 May 1980	Rio Casca, BR	daily rain	45.2 mm (1.8 in)	39.6 mm (1.6 in)	18 years	41 of 100 (Notable)
3 May 1980	Port Stanley, CA	daily high max	24.0 C (75.2 F)	2.3 C (4.1 F)	83 years	40 of 100 (Notable)
3 May 1980	Dusseldorf-Sudfriedhof, DE	daily rain	25.6 mm (1.0 in)	19.1 mm (0.8 in)	4 years	40 of 100 (Notable)
3 May 1980	Solingen-Hohenscheid, DE	daily rain	30.1 mm (1.2 in)	21.4 mm (0.8 in)	4 years	40 of 100 (Notable)
3 May 1980	Koln-Botanischer Garten, DE	daily rain	27.6 mm (1.1 in)	17.6 mm (0.7 in)	1 year	38 of 100 (Notable)
3 May 1980	Wuppertal-Buchenhofen, DE	daily rain	27.9 mm (1.1 in)	19.0 mm (0.7 in)	4 years	38 of 100 (Notable)
3 May 1980	White Signal, US	monthly rain	38.4 mm (1.5 in)	23.4 mm (0.9 in)	6 years	38 of 100 (Notable)
3 May 1980	Imperial, US	daily rain	31.8 mm (1.3 in)	31.3 mm (1.2 in)	34 years	38 of 100 (Notable)
3 May 1980	Atilio Vivacqua, BR	daily rain	53.9 mm (2.1 in)	27.9 mm (1.1 in)	26 years	37 of 100 (Notable)
3 May 1980	Mtn Park, US	daily rain	34.0 mm (1.3 in)	17.5 mm (0.7 in)	39 years	37 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 1980

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1795 to 1980. 1980 had 573 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 20	471
20 to 40	17
40 to 60	0
60 to 80	1
80 to 100	0
100 to 120	0
120 to 140	1