Weather Records on 3 May 2009

650 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 3 May 2009. Highest significance: Sredny Vasjugan, RU.

Key Facts for 3 May 2009

On 3 May 2009, 650 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
293 were record highs and 125 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 6 were all-time records, 20 monthly and 624 daily.
Sredny Vasjugan set a daily record precipitation of 28.2 mm (1.1 in) on 3 May 2009.
Across 168 earlier years (1795 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 432 records.

Record Map

650 stations

650 station records on 3 May 2009 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 3 May 2009: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Sredny Vasjugan	Russia	Record daily precipitation	28.2 mm (1.1 in)	66 of 100 (Major)
Yreka	United States	Record daily precipitation	71.1 mm (2.8 in)	65 of 100 (Major)
Arcadia	United States	Record daily precipitation	116.1 mm (4.6 in)	64 of 100 (Major)
Sola/Vanua Lava Isl	Vanuatu	Record daily precipitation	225.0 mm (8.9 in)	61 of 100 (Major)
Carsanga	Turkmenistan	Record daily precipitation	35.8 mm (1.4 in)	56 of 100 (Notable)
Plain Dealing	United States	Record daily precipitation	109.0 mm (4.3 in)	55 of 100 (Notable)
Mineola	United States	Record daily precipitation	108.5 mm (4.3 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Whiskeytown Rsvr	United States	Record daily precipitation	88.9 mm (3.5 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Nhulunbuy Dtw	Australia	Record daily precipitation	81.0 mm (3.2 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Atlanta	United States	Record daily precipitation	153.7 mm (6.1 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Ytterhogdal	Sweden	Record daily precipitation	32.2 mm (1.3 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Dunsmuir Trtmt Pl	United States	Record daily precipitation	66.0 mm (2.6 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Gilmer 4 WNW	United States	Record daily precipitation	122.2 mm (4.8 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Sailes Fire Twr	United States	Record daily precipitation	114.3 mm (4.5 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Napas	Russia	Record daily precipitation	30.3 mm (1.2 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Mt Pleasant	United States	Record daily precipitation	118.6 mm (4.7 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Pittsburg 5 SSE	United States	Record daily precipitation	148.6 mm (5.9 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Hot Springs	United States	Record daily precipitation	40.6 mm (1.6 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Tonsina	United States	Record high maximum temperature	20.0 C (68.0 F)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Denton 2 SE	United States	Record daily precipitation	100.3 mm (3.9 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Legaspi	Philippines	Record low maximum temperature	26.0 C (78.8 F)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Daingerfield 9 S	United States	Record daily precipitation	112.3 mm (4.4 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Jonesboro 3 SSE	United States	Record low maximum temperature	13.3 C (55.9 F)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Morrilton	United States	Record daily precipitation	99.1 mm (3.9 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Red Rvr Rsch STN	United States	Record daily precipitation	131.3 mm (5.2 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Pocahontas 1	United States	Record low maximum temperature	12.8 C (55.0 F)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Sparkman	United States	Record daily precipitation	119.6 mm (4.7 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Raleigh State UNIV	United States	Record high minimum temperature	19.4 C (66.9 F)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Legaspi	Philippines	Record daily precipitation	111.8 mm (4.4 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Hardy	United States	Record low maximum temperature	12.2 C (54.0 F)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Cooper	United States	Record daily precipitation	123.2 mm (4.9 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Matanuska Exp Farm	United States	Record high maximum temperature	21.7 C (71.1 F)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Anchorage Merrill Fld	United States	Record high maximum temperature	21.1 C (70.0 F)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Foreman	United States	Record daily precipitation	80.0 mm (3.1 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Trinity Rvr Hatchery	United States	Record daily precipitation	38.9 mm (1.5 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Doniphan	United States	Record low maximum temperature	12.8 C (55.0 F)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Camden 1	United States	Record daily precipitation	104.1 mm (4.1 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Farmerville	United States	Record daily precipitation	140.2 mm (5.5 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Belzoni	United States	Record daily precipitation	135.1 mm (5.3 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Chemult	United States	Record daily snowfall	8.1 cm (3.2 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Motozintla (Smn)	Mexico	Record low minimum temperature	8.9 C (48.0 F)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Calico Rock 2 WSW	United States	Record low maximum temperature	12.2 C (54.0 F)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Wynne	United States	Record low maximum temperature	14.4 C (57.9 F)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Choteau	United States	Record snow depth	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Valier	United States	Record snow depth	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Gyshgy	Turkmenistan	Record daily precipitation	32.0 mm (1.3 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Hope 3 NE	United States	Record daily precipitation	97.8 mm (3.9 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Pine Bluff	United States	Record daily precipitation	105.4 mm (4.1 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Crater Lake Nps HQ	United States	Record daily precipitation	42.2 mm (1.7 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Wills Pt	United States	Record daily precipitation	104.9 mm (4.1 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Crossville Mem AP	United States	Record daily precipitation	80.3 mm (3.2 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
London Corbin AP	United States	Record daily precipitation	67.8 mm (2.7 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Alum Fk	United States	Record daily precipitation	83.3 mm (3.3 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Bowman Dam	United States	Record daily precipitation	72.4 mm (2.9 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Ft Ross	United States	Record daily precipitation	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Mecca Fire STN	United States	Record high minimum temperature	20.6 C (69.1 F)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Keithville	United States	Record daily precipitation	103.4 mm (4.1 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Greenville	United States	Record high minimum temperature	19.4 C (66.9 F)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Winnsboro 5 NNE	United States	Record daily precipitation	177.8 mm (7.0 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Little Bay (the Coast Golf Clu	Australia	Record daily precipitation	50.0 mm (2.0 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

650 records

Records set or tied on 3 May 2009 by type: Highest daily maximum 126, Lowest daily maximum 69, Highest daily minimum 167, Lowest daily minimum 56, Heaviest daily rainfall 218, Heaviest daily snowfall 7, Deepest snow cover 7.

Records on 3 May 2009 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	126
Lowest daily maximum	69
Highest daily minimum	167
Lowest daily minimum	56
Heaviest daily rainfall	218
Heaviest daily snowfall	7
Deepest snow cover	7

Records on 3 May 2009 by timescale: all-time 6, monthly 20, daily 624.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

500 broken records

Margins by which the 500 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 203.0. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

3 May 2009

Top 20 records on 3 May 2009 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
3 May 2009	Sredny Vasjugan, RU	daily rain	28.2 mm (1.1 in)	18.9 mm (0.7 in)	66 years	66 of 100 (Major)
3 May 2009	Yreka, US	monthly rain	71.1 mm (2.8 in)	33.0 mm (1.3 in)	19 years	65 of 100 (Major)
3 May 2009	Arcadia, US	daily rain	116.1 mm (4.6 in)	88.2 mm (3.5 in)	55 years	64 of 100 (Major)
3 May 2009	Sola/Vanua Lava Isl, VU	daily rain	225.0 mm (8.9 in)	152.1 mm (6.0 in)	52 years	61 of 100 (Major)
3 May 2009	Carsanga, TM	daily rain	35.8 mm (1.4 in)	26.6 mm (1.0 in)	31 years	56 of 100 (Notable)
3 May 2009	Plain Dealing, US	daily rain	109.0 mm (4.3 in)	63.0 mm (2.5 in)	31 years	55 of 100 (Notable)
3 May 2009	Mineola, US	daily rain	108.5 mm (4.3 in)	63.8 mm (2.5 in)	50 years	54 of 100 (Notable)
3 May 2009	Whiskeytown Rsvr, US	daily rain	88.9 mm (3.5 in)	69.6 mm (2.7 in)	23 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
3 May 2009	Nhulunbuy Dtw, AU	daily rain	81.0 mm (3.2 in)	76.4 mm (3.0 in)	24 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
3 May 2009	Atlanta, US	monthly rain	153.7 mm (6.1 in)	39.4 mm (1.6 in)	27 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
3 May 2009	Ytterhogdal, SE	daily rain	32.2 mm (1.3 in)	19.7 mm (0.8 in)	12 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
3 May 2009	Dunsmuir Trtmt Pl, US	daily rain	66.0 mm (2.6 in)	56.3 mm (2.2 in)	23 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
3 May 2009	Gilmer 4 WNW, US	daily rain	122.2 mm (4.8 in)	64.8 mm (2.6 in)	15 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
3 May 2009	Sailes Fire Twr, US	daily rain	114.3 mm (4.5 in)	79.5 mm (3.1 in)	26 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
3 May 2009	Napas, RU	daily rain	30.3 mm (1.2 in)	20.1 mm (0.8 in)	2 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
3 May 2009	Mt Pleasant, US	monthly rain	118.6 mm (4.7 in)	8.9 mm (0.35 in)	78 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
3 May 2009	Pittsburg 5 SSE, US	monthly rain	148.6 mm (5.9 in)	47.0 mm (1.9 in)	19 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
3 May 2009	Hot Springs, US	daily rain	40.6 mm (1.6 in)	5.0 mm (0.20 in)	115 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
3 May 2009	Tonsina, US	daily high max	20.0 C (68.0 F)	2.2 C (4.0 F)	102 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
3 May 2009	Denton 2 SE, US	daily rain	100.3 mm (3.9 in)	51.8 mm (2.0 in)	31 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 2009

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1795 to 2009. 2009 had 650 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 2009-05-03: 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 50	479
50 to 100	15
100 to 150	4
150 to 200	1
200 to 250	1