Weather Records on 3 May 1997

933 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 3 May 1997. Highest significance: Logansport, US.

Key Facts for 3 May 1997

On 3 May 1997, 933 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
431 were record highs and 146 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 1 were all-time records, 38 monthly and 894 daily.
Logansport set a daily record precipitation of 115.8 mm (4.6 in) on 3 May 1997.
Across 168 earlier years (1795 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 430 records.

Record Map

933 stations

933 station records on 3 May 1997 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 3 May 1997: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Logansport	United States	Record daily precipitation	115.8 mm (4.6 in)	74 of 100 (Major)
Scottsboro	United States	Record daily precipitation	127.0 mm (5.0 in)	69 of 100 (Major)
Jasper	United States	Record daily precipitation	154.7 mm (6.1 in)	60 of 100 (Major)
Krakmo	Norway	Record snow depth	122.0 cm (48.0 in)	56 of 100 (Notable)
Eupora 2 E	United States	Record daily precipitation	128.8 mm (5.1 in)	56 of 100 (Notable)
Mt Clemens Ang Base	United States	Record daily precipitation	41.9 mm (1.6 in)	56 of 100 (Notable)
Dayton Mcd	United States	Record daily precipitation	53.1 mm (2.1 in)	55 of 100 (Notable)
Calhoun City	United States	Record daily precipitation	148.1 mm (5.8 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Piqua	United States	Record daily precipitation	38.6 mm (1.5 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Sundsfjord	Norway	Record daily precipitation	56.2 mm (2.2 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Norwalk Wwtp	United States	Record daily precipitation	38.1 mm (1.5 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Waynesville 1 E	United States	Record daily precipitation	47.2 mm (1.9 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Plant City	United States	Record high minimum temperature	23.3 C (73.9 F)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Minden	United States	Record daily precipitation	106.7 mm (4.2 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Ocozocoautla	Mexico	Record low minimum temperature	11.7 C (53.1 F)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Coacoyulillo (Cfe)	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	65.3 mm (2.6 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Port Huron	United States	Record daily precipitation	39.1 mm (1.5 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
George Airport	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	33.3 mm (1.3 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Koran	United States	Record daily precipitation	112.0 mm (4.4 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Ft Myers Page Fld AP	United States	Record high minimum temperature	23.9 C (75.0 F)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Rantoul	United States	Record daily precipitation	47.0 mm (1.9 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
American River	Australia	Record daily precipitation	29.4 mm (1.2 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Regensburg	Germany	Record high maximum temperature	27.3 C (81.1 F)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Haparanda	Sweden	Record snow depth	44.0 cm (17.3 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Wauseon Wtp	United States	Record daily precipitation	27.9 mm (1.1 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Ft Duchesne	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-8.3 C (17.1 F)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Kingscote	Australia	Record daily precipitation	31.0 mm (1.2 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Akron 4 E	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-5.6 C (21.9 F)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Delphi 2 N	United States	Record daily precipitation	34.3 mm (1.4 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Carrollton 5 E	United States	Record daily precipitation	96.5 mm (3.8 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Grenada	United States	Record daily precipitation	106.7 mm (4.2 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Ellijay	United States	Record daily precipitation	101.1 mm (4.0 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Seymour 1 WSW	United States	Record daily precipitation	59.7 mm (2.4 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Ann Arbor U of Mich	United States	Record daily precipitation	27.2 mm (1.1 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Emory	United States	Record high maximum temperature	30.6 C (87.1 F)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Roros	Norway	Record snow depth	71.0 cm (28.0 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Qionghai	China	Record daily precipitation	125.4 mm (4.9 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Alsvag I Versteralen II	Norway	Record daily precipitation	28.0 mm (1.1 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Dividalen	Norway	Record snow depth	67.0 cm (26.4 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Winfield 2 SW	United States	Record daily precipitation	165.9 mm (6.5 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
W Lafayette 6 NW	United States	Record daily precipitation	39.6 mm (1.6 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Vaiden 1 SSW	United States	Record daily precipitation	74.7 mm (2.9 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Lenorah	United States	Record daily precipitation	50.8 mm (2.0 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Nhill	Australia	Record high minimum temperature	16.5 C (61.7 F)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Irwin	United States	Record daily precipitation	40.6 mm (1.6 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Jokkmokk	Sweden	Record snow depth	75.0 cm (29.5 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Guntersville	United States	Record daily precipitation	120.1 mm (4.7 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Sand Mt Substn	United States	Record daily precipitation	121.4 mm (4.8 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Carthage	United States	Record daily precipitation	39.4 mm (1.6 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Cape Willoughby	Australia	Record daily precipitation	27.0 mm (1.1 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Boaz	United States	Record daily precipitation	116.1 mm (4.6 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Carbon Hill 4SE	United States	Record daily precipitation	105.4 mm (4.1 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Valley Head	United States	Record daily precipitation	106.4 mm (4.2 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Scottsburg	United States	Record daily precipitation	66.8 mm (2.6 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Mullen 21 NW	United States	Record daily snowfall	7.6 cm (3.0 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Pte de la Hague	France	Record high minimum temperature	11.5 C (52.7 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Geisenheim	Germany	Record high maximum temperature	27.1 C (80.8 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Lafayette 8 S	United States	Record daily precipitation	43.9 mm (1.7 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Russell Springs	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-2.2 C (28.0 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Homer AP	United States	Record high maximum temperature	15.6 C (60.1 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

933 records

Records set or tied on 3 May 1997 by type: Highest daily maximum 226, Lowest daily maximum 47, Highest daily minimum 205, Lowest daily minimum 99, Heaviest daily rainfall 325, Heaviest daily snowfall 1, Deepest snow cover 30.

Records on 3 May 1997 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	226
Lowest daily maximum	47
Highest daily minimum	205
Lowest daily minimum	99
Heaviest daily rainfall	325
Heaviest daily snowfall	1
Deepest snow cover	30

Records on 3 May 1997 by timescale: all-time 1, monthly 38, daily 894.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

763 broken records

Margins by which the 763 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 600.0. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

3 May 1997

Top 20 records on 3 May 1997 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
3 May 1997	Logansport, US	daily rain	115.8 mm (4.6 in)	85.3 mm (3.4 in)	90 years	74 of 100 (Major)
3 May 1997	Scottsboro, US	monthly rain	127.0 mm (5.0 in)	36.8 mm (1.4 in)	76 years	69 of 100 (Major)
3 May 1997	Jasper, US	monthly rain	154.7 mm (6.1 in)	66.8 mm (2.6 in)	23 years	60 of 100 (Major)
3 May 1997	Krakmo, NO	daily snow depth	122.0 cm (48.0 in)	37.0 cm (14.6 in)	92 years	56 of 100 (Notable)
3 May 1997	Eupora 2 E, US	daily rain	128.8 mm (5.1 in)	73.2 mm (2.9 in)	43 years	56 of 100 (Notable)
3 May 1997	Mt Clemens Ang Base, US	daily rain	41.9 mm (1.6 in)	16.5 mm (0.6 in)	94 years	56 of 100 (Notable)
3 May 1997	Dayton Mcd, US	daily rain	53.1 mm (2.1 in)	24.7 mm (1.0 in)	75 years	55 of 100 (Notable)
3 May 1997	Calhoun City, US	monthly rain	148.1 mm (5.8 in)	38.9 mm (1.5 in)	34 years	52 of 100 (Notable)
3 May 1997	Piqua, US	daily rain	38.6 mm (1.5 in)	14.5 mm (0.6 in)	87 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
3 May 1997	Sundsfjord, NO	daily rain	56.2 mm (2.2 in)	37.5 mm (1.5 in)	22 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
3 May 1997	Norwalk Wwtp, US	daily rain	38.1 mm (1.5 in)	16.5 mm (0.6 in)	68 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
3 May 1997	Waynesville 1 E, US	daily rain	47.2 mm (1.9 in)	8.6 mm (0.34 in)	100 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
3 May 1997	Plant City, US	daily high min	23.3 C (73.9 F)	2.2 C (4.0 F)	101 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
3 May 1997	Minden, US	daily rain	106.7 mm (4.2 in)	58.4 mm (2.3 in)	22 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
3 May 1997	Ocozocoautla, MX	daily low min	11.7 C (53.1 F)	5.0 C (9.0 F)	54 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
3 May 1997	Coacoyulillo (Cfe), MX	daily rain	65.3 mm (2.6 in)	55.4 mm (2.2 in)	12 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
3 May 1997	Port Huron, US	daily rain	39.1 mm (1.5 in)	22.1 mm (0.9 in)	55 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
3 May 1997	George Airport, ZA	daily rain	33.3 mm (1.3 in)	5.9 mm (0.23 in)	114 years	44 of 100 (Notable)
3 May 1997	Koran, US	daily rain	112.0 mm (4.4 in)	67.3 mm (2.6 in)	22 years	44 of 100 (Notable)
3 May 1997	Ft Myers Page Fld AP, US	daily high min	23.9 C (75.0 F)	1.1 C (2.0 F)	103 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 1997

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1795 to 1997. 1997 had 933 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 1997-05-03: 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 100	743
100 to 200	8
200 to 300	5
300 to 400	4
400 to 500	0
500 to 600	3