Weather Records on 3 May 1993

824 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 3 May 1993. Highest significance: Ankenes, NO.

Key Facts for 3 May 1993

On 3 May 1993, 824 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
374 were record highs and 128 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 3 were all-time records, 26 monthly and 795 daily.
Ankenes set a daily record precipitation of 27.3 mm (1.1 in) on 3 May 1993.
Across 168 earlier years (1795 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 431 records.

Record Map

824 stations

824 station records on 3 May 1993 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 3 May 1993: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Ankenes	Norway	Record daily precipitation	27.3 mm (1.1 in)	70 of 100 (Major)
Ravensthorpe	Australia	Record daily precipitation	38.0 mm (1.5 in)	67 of 100 (Major)
Duved	Sweden	Record daily precipitation	25.8 mm (1.0 in)	63 of 100 (Major)
Eidsvoll Verk	Norway	Record daily precipitation	33.5 mm (1.3 in)	55 of 100 (Notable)
Myskelasen_D	Sweden	Record daily precipitation	27.3 mm (1.1 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Fjallnas	Sweden	Record daily precipitation	25.5 mm (1.0 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Tylertown 5ESE	United States	Record daily precipitation	129.3 mm (5.1 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Ask Pa Ringerike	Norway	Record daily precipitation	26.2 mm (1.0 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Malmagen	Sweden	Record daily precipitation	26.0 mm (1.0 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Prairie du Sac 2 N	United States	Record daily precipitation	32.3 mm (1.3 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Nambi	Australia	Record daily precipitation	27.0 mm (1.1 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Appleton City	United States	Record daily precipitation	36.1 mm (1.4 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Thundelarra	Australia	Record daily precipitation	26.0 mm (1.0 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Howatharra	Australia	Record daily precipitation	47.0 mm (1.9 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Myrup	Australia	Record daily precipitation	29.0 mm (1.1 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Telina Downs	Australia	Record daily precipitation	26.2 mm (1.0 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Sorli	Norway	Record daily precipitation	25.7 mm (1.0 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Hoglekardalen	Sweden	Record daily precipitation	29.2 mm (1.1 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Huntsville Intnl AP	United States	Record daily precipitation	97.5 mm (3.8 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Skara 1	Sweden	Record high minimum temperature	10.2 C (50.4 F)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Muscoda	United States	Record daily precipitation	30.2 mm (1.2 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Yanchep	Australia	Record daily precipitation	103.6 mm (4.1 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Eradu	Australia	Record daily precipitation	27.4 mm (1.1 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
San Juan Chamula	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	47.0 mm (1.9 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Pitea	Sweden	Record high maximum temperature	18.0 C (64.4 F)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Guntersville	United States	Record daily precipitation	97.5 mm (3.8 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Ruby Lake Nwr	United States	Record daily snowfall	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Richland Ctr	United States	Record daily precipitation	33.0 mm (1.3 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Wausaukee	United States	Record daily precipitation	39.9 mm (1.6 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Vinita 2 N	United States	Record daily precipitation	40.9 mm (1.6 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Totutla	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	63.8 mm (2.5 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Tullahoma	United States	Record daily precipitation	66.0 mm (2.6 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Richfield Radio Ksvc	United States	Record high minimum temperature	11.7 C (53.1 F)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Odnes	Norway	Record daily precipitation	28.4 mm (1.1 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
McCloud	United States	Record high minimum temperature	8.3 C (46.9 F)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Elizabethton	United States	Record high minimum temperature	16.7 C (62.1 F)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Waupaca	United States	Record daily precipitation	38.6 mm (1.5 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Walnut 4S	United States	Record daily precipitation	25.1 mm (1.0 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Kise Pa Hedmark	Norway	Record daily precipitation	26.4 mm (1.0 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Manistique Wwtp	United States	Record daily precipitation	30.5 mm (1.2 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Centerville	United States	Record daily precipitation	46.7 mm (1.8 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Owensboro 3ENE	United States	Record daily precipitation	80.3 mm (3.2 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Ogdensburg 4 NE	United States	Record high minimum temperature	16.7 C (62.1 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Robe Comparison	Australia	Record high minimum temperature	16.1 C (61.0 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Estaleiro Daee	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	77.9 mm (3.1 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Poncitlan	Mexico	Record low minimum temperature	5.6 C (42.1 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Humacao 2 SSE	Puerto Rico [United States]	Record high minimum temperature	25.0 C (77.0 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Sigourney	United States	Record daily precipitation	78.2 mm (3.1 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Chuuk WSO AP	Federated States of Micronesia	Record daily precipitation	94.5 mm (3.7 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Dos Bocas	Puerto Rico [United States]	Record low maximum temperature	23.9 C (75.0 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Vanersborg	Sweden	Record high minimum temperature	9.9 C (49.8 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Walla Walla Rgnl AP	United States	Record daily precipitation	26.2 mm (1.0 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Upata	Venezuela	Record daily precipitation	38.6 mm (1.5 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Rinconada	Mexico	Record high minimum temperature	25.6 C (78.1 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Cadiz	Spain	Record daily precipitation	30.2 mm (1.2 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Grundforsen	Sweden	Record daily precipitation	25.5 mm (1.0 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Mineral	United States	Record high minimum temperature	5.6 C (42.1 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Williamsburg 1E	United States	Record daily precipitation	55.4 mm (2.2 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Iron Mtn-Kingsford Wwtp	United States	Record daily precipitation	27.4 mm (1.1 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Chillicothe 2S	United States	Record daily precipitation	38.1 mm (1.5 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

824 records

Records set or tied on 3 May 1993 by type: Highest daily maximum 103, Lowest daily maximum 55, Highest daily minimum 271, Lowest daily minimum 73, Heaviest daily rainfall 319, Heaviest daily snowfall 1, Deepest snow cover 2.

Records on 3 May 1993 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	103
Lowest daily maximum	55
Highest daily minimum	271
Lowest daily minimum	73
Heaviest daily rainfall	319
Heaviest daily snowfall	1
Deepest snow cover	2

Records on 3 May 1993 by timescale: all-time 3, monthly 26, daily 795.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

688 broken records

Margins by which the 688 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 102.0. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

3 May 1993

Top 20 records on 3 May 1993 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
3 May 1993	Ankenes, NO	daily rain	27.3 mm (1.1 in)	15.5 mm (0.6 in)	84 years	70 of 100 (Major)
3 May 1993	Ravensthorpe, AU	daily rain	38.0 mm (1.5 in)	26.8 mm (1.1 in)	64 years	67 of 100 (Major)
3 May 1993	Duved, SE	daily rain	25.8 mm (1.0 in)	17.9 mm (0.7 in)	58 years	63 of 100 (Major)
3 May 1993	Eidsvoll Verk, NO	daily rain	33.5 mm (1.3 in)	23.1 mm (0.9 in)	32 years	55 of 100 (Notable)
3 May 1993	Myskelasen_D, SE	daily rain	27.3 mm (1.1 in)	19.8 mm (0.8 in)	24 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
3 May 1993	Fjallnas, SE	daily rain	25.5 mm (1.0 in)	20.9 mm (0.8 in)	24 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
3 May 1993	Tylertown 5ESE, US	daily rain	129.3 mm (5.1 in)	74.4 mm (2.9 in)	39 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
3 May 1993	Ask Pa Ringerike, NO	daily rain	26.2 mm (1.0 in)	16.7 mm (0.7 in)	32 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
3 May 1993	Malmagen, SE	daily rain	26.0 mm (1.0 in)	15.5 mm (0.6 in)	24 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
3 May 1993	Prairie du Sac 2 N, US	daily rain	32.3 mm (1.3 in)	15.3 mm (0.6 in)	79 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
3 May 1993	Nambi, AU	daily rain	27.0 mm (1.1 in)	24.2 mm (1.0 in)	16 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
3 May 1993	Appleton City, US	daily rain	36.1 mm (1.4 in)	22.6 mm (0.9 in)	74 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
3 May 1993	Thundelarra, AU	daily rain	26.0 mm (1.0 in)	17.6 mm (0.7 in)	72 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
3 May 1993	Howatharra, AU	daily rain	47.0 mm (1.9 in)	24.4 mm (1.0 in)	62 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
3 May 1993	Myrup, AU	daily rain	29.0 mm (1.1 in)	8.9 mm (0.35 in)	84 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
3 May 1993	Telina Downs, AU	daily rain	26.2 mm (1.0 in)	20.9 mm (0.8 in)	27 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
3 May 1993	Sorli, NO	monthly rain	25.7 mm (1.0 in)	7.7 mm (0.30 in)	21 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
3 May 1993	Hoglekardalen, SE	daily rain	29.2 mm (1.1 in)	22.7 mm (0.9 in)	8 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
3 May 1993	Huntsville Intnl AP, US	daily rain	97.5 mm (3.8 in)	67.5 mm (2.7 in)	8 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
3 May 1993	Skara 1, SE	daily high min	10.2 C (50.4 F)	1.7 C (3.1 F)	102 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 1993

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1795 to 1993. 1993 had 824 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 1993-05-03: 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	660
20 to 40	21
40 to 60	3
60 to 80	2
80 to 100	0
100 to 120	2