Weather Records on 3 May 1992

792 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 3 May 1992. Highest significance: Petersburg 1, US.

Key Facts for 3 May 1992

On 3 May 1992, 792 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
395 were record highs and 148 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 0 were all-time records, 28 monthly and 764 daily.
Petersburg 1 set a monthly record daily precipitation of 128.8 mm (5.1 in) on 3 May 1992.
Across 168 earlier years (1795 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 431 records.

Record Map

792 stations

792 station records on 3 May 1992 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 3 May 1992: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Petersburg 1	United States	Record daily precipitation	128.8 mm (5.1 in)	74 of 100 (Major)
Ubatuba	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	207.7 mm (8.2 in)	61 of 100 (Major)
Corry	United States	Record daily precipitation	44.2 mm (1.7 in)	55 of 100 (Notable)
Bennetts Brg	United States	Record daily precipitation	69.9 mm (2.8 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Jacarei	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	49.3 mm (1.9 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Haskell	United States	Record high minimum temperature	25.0 C (77.0 F)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Whitingham 1 W	United States	Record daily precipitation	48.5 mm (1.9 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Yerevan	Armenia	Record low minimum temperature	1.6 C (34.9 F)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Searsburg STN	United States	Record daily precipitation	51.6 mm (2.0 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Roselandia	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	38.0 mm (1.5 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Mongagua	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	113.1 mm (4.5 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Siauliai	Lithuania	Record daily precipitation	48.2 mm (1.9 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Ibiza/Escodola	Spain	Record daily precipitation	34.3 mm (1.4 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Presa Coyote	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	54.9 mm (2.2 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Murcia/San Javier	Spain	Record daily precipitation	38.9 mm (1.5 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Juneau AP	United States	Record daily precipitation	54.6 mm (2.1 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Yakutat AP	United States	Record daily precipitation	105.2 mm (4.1 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Madera	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	26.4 mm (1.0 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Little Falls City Rsch	United States	Record daily precipitation	43.2 mm (1.7 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Dilley	United States	Record daily precipitation	117.6 mm (4.6 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
McAllen	United States	Record daily precipitation	108.2 mm (4.3 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Nevada City	United States	Record high minimum temperature	12.2 C (54.0 F)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Heath	United States	Record daily precipitation	49.5 mm (1.9 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Barra Mansa	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	56.4 mm (2.2 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Araraquara	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	62.7 mm (2.5 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Hemlock	United States	Record daily precipitation	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Trenton Falls	United States	Record daily precipitation	54.9 mm (2.2 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Atyrau	Kazakhstan	Record low maximum temperature	13.4 C (56.1 F)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Troy	United States	Record low minimum temperature	3.9 C (39.0 F)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Readsboro 1 SE	United States	Record daily precipitation	53.3 mm (2.1 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Sitka AP	United States	Record daily precipitation	52.8 mm (2.1 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Rodovia Anchieta-Cota 400	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	95.0 mm (3.7 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Ojuelos de Jalisco (Dge)	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	34.8 mm (1.4 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Ticuman	Mexico	Record low maximum temperature	23.9 C (75.0 F)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Burnsville Lake	United States	Record daily precipitation	39.4 mm (1.6 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Cachoeira da Graca	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	49.9 mm (2.0 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Jomo Kenyatta Intl	Kenya	Record daily precipitation	73.0 mm (2.9 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Humble Pump STN 5 WNW	United States	Record daily precipitation	71.1 mm (2.8 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Fazenda Juca Casimiro	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	38.3 mm (1.5 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Ciudad Lerdo (Dge)	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	52.3 mm (2.1 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Isabela Substn	Puerto Rico [United States]	Record low maximum temperature	26.1 C (79.0 F)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Marlow	United States	Record daily precipitation	34.8 mm (1.4 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Frankfort Lock 19	United States	Record daily precipitation	43.2 mm (1.7 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Cavendish	United States	Record daily precipitation	33.5 mm (1.3 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Little Port Walter	United States	Record daily precipitation	186.7 mm (7.4 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Calarasi	Romania	Record low minimum temperature	3.4 C (38.1 F)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Astrakan	Russia	Record low minimum temperature	0.2 C (32.4 F)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Elmira	United States	Record daily precipitation	27.2 mm (1.1 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Hope	United States	Record daily precipitation	42.9 mm (1.7 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Troy L&D	United States	Record daily precipitation	35.6 mm (1.4 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Bellows Falls	United States	Record daily precipitation	32.3 mm (1.3 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Lidice	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	41.0 mm (1.6 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Bairro Alto	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	48.3 mm (1.9 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Telchaquillo	Mexico	Record low minimum temperature	15.6 C (60.1 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Fruitland	United States	Record high minimum temperature	12.2 C (54.0 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Indian Lake 2SW	United States	Record daily precipitation	30.5 mm (1.2 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
New London Lock #22	United States	Record daily precipitation	37.6 mm (1.5 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Klamath Falls 2 SSW	United States	Record high maximum temperature	27.8 C (82.0 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Pouso Alegre	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	47.1 mm (1.9 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Bangassou	Central African Republic	Record high maximum temperature	39.0 C (102.2 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

792 records

Records set or tied on 3 May 1992 by type: Highest daily maximum 200, Lowest daily maximum 63, Highest daily minimum 195, Lowest daily minimum 85, Heaviest daily rainfall 249.

Records on 3 May 1992 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	200
Lowest daily maximum	63
Highest daily minimum	195
Lowest daily minimum	85
Heaviest daily rainfall	249
Heaviest daily snowfall	0
Deepest snow cover	0

Records on 3 May 1992 by timescale: all-time 0, monthly 28, daily 764.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

615 broken records

Margins by which the 615 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 82.7. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

3 May 1992

Top 20 records on 3 May 1992 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
3 May 1992	Petersburg 1, US	monthly rain	128.8 mm (5.1 in)	69.4 mm (2.7 in)	60 years	74 of 100 (Major)
3 May 1992	Ubatuba, BR	monthly rain	207.7 mm (8.2 in)	74.5 mm (2.9 in)	25 years	61 of 100 (Major)
3 May 1992	Corry, US	daily rain	44.2 mm (1.7 in)	29.2 mm (1.1 in)	34 years	55 of 100 (Notable)
3 May 1992	Bennetts Brg, US	daily rain	69.9 mm (2.8 in)	43.5 mm (1.7 in)	20 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
3 May 1992	Jacarei, BR	daily rain	49.3 mm (1.9 in)	35.3 mm (1.4 in)	21 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
3 May 1992	Haskell, US	monthly high min	25.0 C (77.0 F)	0.6 C (1.1 F)	98 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
3 May 1992	Whitingham 1 W, US	daily rain	48.5 mm (1.9 in)	30.7 mm (1.2 in)	52 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
3 May 1992	Yerevan, AM	daily low min	1.6 C (34.9 F)	2.5 C (4.5 F)	100 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
3 May 1992	Searsburg STN, US	daily rain	51.6 mm (2.0 in)	29.0 mm (1.1 in)	52 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
3 May 1992	Roselandia, BR	daily rain	38.0 mm (1.5 in)	30.7 mm (1.2 in)	51 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
3 May 1992	Mongagua, BR	daily rain	113.1 mm (4.5 in)	82.7 mm (3.3 in)	12 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
3 May 1992	Siauliai, LT	daily rain	48.2 mm (1.9 in)	38.8 mm (1.5 in)	13 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
3 May 1992	Ibiza/Escodola, ES	daily rain	34.3 mm (1.4 in)	31.2 mm (1.2 in)	15 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
3 May 1992	Presa Coyote, MX	daily rain	54.9 mm (2.2 in)	41.7 mm (1.6 in)	7 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
3 May 1992	Murcia/San Javier, ES	daily rain	38.9 mm (1.5 in)	35.4 mm (1.4 in)	29 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
3 May 1992	Juneau AP, US	monthly rain	54.6 mm (2.1 in)	17.0 mm (0.7 in)	0 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
3 May 1992	Yakutat AP, US	daily rain	105.2 mm (4.1 in)	52.4 mm (2.1 in)	16 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
3 May 1992	Madera, MX	daily rain	26.4 mm (1.0 in)	25.6 mm (1.0 in)	10 years	44 of 100 (Notable)
3 May 1992	Little Falls City Rsch, US	daily rain	43.2 mm (1.7 in)	14.8 mm (0.6 in)	56 years	44 of 100 (Notable)
3 May 1992	Dilley, US	daily rain	117.6 mm (4.6 in)	63.8 mm (2.5 in)	11 years	44 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 1992

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1795 to 1992. 1992 had 792 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 1992-05-03: 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	566
20 to 40	38
40 to 60	6
60 to 80	4
80 to 100	1