Weather Records on 3 May 2008

981 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 3 May 2008. Highest significance: Clarksdale, US.

Key Facts for 3 May 2008

On 3 May 2008, 981 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
334 were record highs and 362 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 0 were all-time records, 102 monthly and 879 daily.
Clarksdale set a monthly record daily precipitation of 166.9 mm (6.6 in) on 3 May 2008.
Across 168 earlier years (1795 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 430 records.

Record Map

981 stations

981 station records on 3 May 2008 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 3 May 2008: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Clarksdale	United States	Record daily precipitation	166.9 mm (6.6 in)	71 of 100 (Major)
Dalton	United States	Record daily snowfall	17.8 cm (7.0 in)	71 of 100 (Major)
Ekalaka	United States	Record snow depth	30.5 cm (12.0 in)	68 of 100 (Major)
Spearfish	United States	Record daily precipitation	59.7 mm (2.4 in)	66 of 100 (Major)
Paris 3 ESE	United States	Record daily precipitation	97.3 mm (3.8 in)	66 of 100 (Major)
Ridgeway 1 S	United States	Record snow depth	45.7 cm (18.0 in)	61 of 100 (Major)
Wray	United States	Record daily snowfall	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	60 of 100 (Major)
Ellsworth 2W	United States	Record daily snowfall	17.8 cm (7.0 in)	60 of 100 (Major)
Hayward Rs	United States	Record daily precipitation	40.4 mm (1.6 in)	60 of 100 (Major)
Booneville	United States	Record daily precipitation	88.9 mm (3.5 in)	57 of 100 (Notable)
Port Wing	United States	Record daily precipitation	48.0 mm (1.9 in)	56 of 100 (Notable)
Imperial	United States	Record daily snowfall	7.6 cm (3.0 in)	55 of 100 (Notable)
Lodgepole	United States	Record daily snowfall	7.6 cm (3.0 in)	55 of 100 (Notable)
Saxon 1WSW	United States	Record daily precipitation	52.3 mm (2.1 in)	55 of 100 (Notable)
St James Wwtp	United States	Record daily precipitation	53.3 mm (2.1 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Alturas	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-11.7 C (10.9 F)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Belltower	United States	Record snow depth	30.5 cm (12.0 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Buzau	Romania	Record daily precipitation	42.0 mm (1.7 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Hay Springs	United States	Record daily snowfall	19.1 cm (7.5 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Arkansas City	United States	Record daily precipitation	152.4 mm (6.0 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Spearfish	United States	Record daily snowfall	35.6 cm (14.0 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Cobb	United States	Record daily precipitation	70.6 mm (2.8 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Lodgepole	United States	Record low maximum temperature	-1.1 C (30.0 F)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Holyoke	United States	Record low maximum temperature	0.6 C (33.1 F)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Montgomery	United States	Record daily precipitation	38.4 mm (1.5 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Holly Springs 4 N	United States	Record daily precipitation	99.1 mm (3.9 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Dalton	United States	Record snow depth	33.0 cm (13.0 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Milan Exp STN	United States	Record daily precipitation	77.5 mm (3.1 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Quito	Mexico	Record high maximum temperature	41.7 C (107.1 F)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Jesus del Monte	Mexico	Record high minimum temperature	20.0 C (68.0 F)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Harding 3 SE	United States	Record snow depth	76.2 cm (30.0 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Madeline Is	United States	Record daily precipitation	51.1 mm (2.0 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Breckenridge	United States	Record snow depth	76.2 cm (30.0 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Rocky Ford 2 SE	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-5.0 C (23.0 F)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Franklin	United States	Record daily precipitation	85.3 mm (3.4 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Gordon 6N	United States	Record daily snowfall	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Hay Springs	United States	Record snow depth	20.3 cm (8.0 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Oshkosh	United States	Record daily snowfall	5.1 cm (2.0 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Brest	Belarus	Record daily precipitation	34.0 mm (1.3 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Waseca S Rsch & Outreach Ctr	United States	Record daily precipitation	33.0 mm (1.3 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Atwood	United States	Record daily snowfall	6.4 cm (2.5 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Wells	United States	Record daily precipitation	36.6 mm (1.4 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Hachijojima	Japan	Record daily precipitation	144.0 mm (5.7 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Ontonagon 6 SE	United States	Record daily precipitation	38.6 mm (1.5 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Idabel	United States	Record low minimum temperature	2.2 C (36.0 F)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Dutch Harbor	United States	Record low maximum temperature	-1.7 C (28.9 F)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Ixcamilpa (Cfe)	Mexico	Record low minimum temperature	13.9 C (57.0 F)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Woodbury	United States	Record daily precipitation	46.5 mm (1.8 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Grand Portage	United States	Record daily precipitation	31.0 mm (1.2 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Oshkosh 8 SW	United States	Record snow depth	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Cerro	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-9.4 C (15.1 F)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Las Animas	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-5.6 C (21.9 F)	42 of 100 (Notable)
McCall	United States	Record snow depth	22.9 cm (9.0 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Middlesboro Fire Dept	United States	Record high minimum temperature	16.7 C (62.1 F)	42 of 100 (Notable)
N Platte Exp Farm	United States	Record low maximum temperature	3.3 C (37.9 F)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Springfield Exp STN	United States	Record daily precipitation	74.9 mm (2.9 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Georgetown	United States	Record low maximum temperature	0.0 C (32.0 F)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Plainville 4WNW	United States	Record low maximum temperature	7.2 C (45.0 F)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Rexford	United States	Record daily snowfall	5.1 cm (2.0 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Jennings	United States	Record high minimum temperature	23.3 C (73.9 F)	41 of 100 (Notable)

Counts by Type and Timescale

981 records

Records set or tied on 3 May 2008 by type: Highest daily maximum 201, Lowest daily maximum 126, Highest daily minimum 133, Lowest daily minimum 236, Heaviest daily rainfall 192, Heaviest daily snowfall 46, Deepest snow cover 47.

Records on 3 May 2008 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	201
Lowest daily maximum	126
Highest daily minimum	133
Lowest daily minimum	236
Heaviest daily rainfall	192
Heaviest daily snowfall	46
Deepest snow cover	47

Records on 3 May 2008 by timescale: all-time 0, monthly 102, daily 879.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

774 broken records

Margins by which the 774 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 457.0. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

3 May 2008

Top 20 records on 3 May 2008 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
3 May 2008	Clarksdale, US	monthly rain	166.9 mm (6.6 in)	45.5 mm (1.8 in)	84 years	71 of 100 (Major)
3 May 2008	Dalton, US	daily snowfall	17.8 cm (7.0 in)	17.8 cm (7.0 in)	93 years	71 of 100 (Major)
3 May 2008	Ekalaka, US	daily snow depth	30.5 cm (12.0 in)	28.0 cm (11.0 in)	108 years	68 of 100 (Major)
3 May 2008	Spearfish, US	daily rain	59.7 mm (2.4 in)	34.3 mm (1.4 in)	102 years	66 of 100 (Major)
3 May 2008	Paris 3 ESE, US	daily rain	97.3 mm (3.8 in)	44.7 mm (1.8 in)	85 years	66 of 100 (Major)
3 May 2008	Ridgeway 1 S, US	daily snow depth	45.7 cm (18.0 in)	45.7 cm (18.0 in)	55 years	61 of 100 (Major)
3 May 2008	Wray, US	daily snowfall	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	109 years	60 of 100 (Major)
3 May 2008	Ellsworth 2W, US	daily snowfall	17.8 cm (7.0 in)	17.8 cm (7.0 in)	64 years	60 of 100 (Major)
3 May 2008	Hayward Rs, US	daily rain	40.4 mm (1.6 in)	22.6 mm (0.9 in)	96 years	60 of 100 (Major)
3 May 2008	Booneville, US	daily rain	88.9 mm (3.5 in)	36.6 mm (1.4 in)	85 years	57 of 100 (Notable)
3 May 2008	Port Wing, US	daily rain	48.0 mm (1.9 in)	32.8 mm (1.3 in)	58 years	56 of 100 (Notable)
3 May 2008	Imperial, US	daily snowfall	7.6 cm (3.0 in)	7.6 cm (3.0 in)	109 years	55 of 100 (Notable)
3 May 2008	Lodgepole, US	daily snowfall	7.6 cm (3.0 in)	7.6 cm (3.0 in)	109 years	55 of 100 (Notable)
3 May 2008	Saxon 1WSW, US	daily rain	52.3 mm (2.1 in)	36.6 mm (1.4 in)	35 years	55 of 100 (Notable)
3 May 2008	St James Wwtp, US	daily rain	53.3 mm (2.1 in)	31.7 mm (1.2 in)	64 years	54 of 100 (Notable)
3 May 2008	Alturas, US	monthly low min	-11.7 C (10.9 F)	2.3 C (4.1 F)	91 years	53 of 100 (Notable)
3 May 2008	Belltower, US	daily snow depth	30.5 cm (12.0 in)	30.5 cm (12.0 in)	57 years	53 of 100 (Notable)
3 May 2008	Buzau, RO	daily rain	42.0 mm (1.7 in)	27.3 mm (1.1 in)	49 years	52 of 100 (Notable)
3 May 2008	Hay Springs, US	daily snowfall	19.1 cm (7.5 in)	6.4 cm (2.5 in)	103 years	52 of 100 (Notable)
3 May 2008	Arkansas City, US	monthly rain	152.4 mm (6.0 in)	7.6 mm (0.30 in)	92 years	51 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 2008

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1795 to 2008. 2008 had 981 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	759
100 to 200	8
200 to 300	3
300 to 400	3
400 to 500	1