Weather Records on 3 May 2012

1,318 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 3 May 2012. Highest significance: Lake City Exp Farm, US.

Key Facts for 3 May 2012

On 3 May 2012, 1,318 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
974 were record highs and 92 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 0 were all-time records, 22 monthly and 1,296 daily.
Lake City Exp Farm set a daily record precipitation of 62.0 mm (2.4 in) on 3 May 2012.
Across 168 earlier years (1795 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 428 records.

Record Map

1,318 stations

1,318 station records on 3 May 2012 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 3 May 2012: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Lake City Exp Farm	United States	Record daily precipitation	62.0 mm (2.4 in)	80 of 100 (Exceptional)
Ischim Amsg	Russia	Record daily precipitation	28.1 mm (1.1 in)	69 of 100 (Major)
Oshkosh	United States	Record daily precipitation	105.4 mm (4.1 in)	68 of 100 (Major)
Chilton	United States	Record daily precipitation	86.1 mm (3.4 in)	66 of 100 (Major)
Manistee 3SE	United States	Record daily precipitation	77.5 mm (3.1 in)	65 of 100 (Major)
Brillion	United States	Record daily precipitation	97.8 mm (3.9 in)	64 of 100 (Major)
Wellston Tippy Dam	United States	Record daily precipitation	80.3 mm (3.2 in)	63 of 100 (Major)
Seven Mile Beach (Royal Hobart	Australia	Record daily precipitation	35.0 mm (1.4 in)	60 of 100 (Major)
Ludington 4 SE	United States	Record daily precipitation	65.5 mm (2.6 in)	59 of 100 (Notable)
Shirakawa	Japan	Record daily precipitation	91.9 mm (3.6 in)	58 of 100 (Notable)
Fairhope 2 NE	United States	Record daily precipitation	148.3 mm (5.8 in)	58 of 100 (Notable)
Coles Bay (Freycinet)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	63.2 mm (2.5 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Opossum Bay	Australia	Record daily precipitation	25.6 mm (1.0 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Nikko	Japan	Record daily precipitation	212.1 mm (8.4 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Geneva	United States	Record daily precipitation	81.8 mm (3.2 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Wisconsin Dells Wwtp	United States	Record daily precipitation	61.7 mm (2.4 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Houghton Lake 6 WSW	United States	Record daily precipitation	47.5 mm (1.9 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Clay Ctr 6 ESE	United States	Record daily precipitation	87.6 mm (3.4 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Mount Rumney (Mount Rumney Roa	Australia	Record daily precipitation	32.8 mm (1.3 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Little Swanport (Lisdillon)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	46.2 mm (1.8 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Traverse Cy Cherry Capital AP	United States	Record daily precipitation	40.4 mm (1.6 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Maple City 1E	United States	Record daily precipitation	38.4 mm (1.5 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Kane 1NNE	United States	Record daily precipitation	36.8 mm (1.4 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Chain of Lagoons	Australia	Record daily precipitation	30.8 mm (1.2 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Uman	Ukraine	Record high maximum temperature	30.0 C (86.0 F)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Frankfort 2NE	United States	Record daily precipitation	36.8 mm (1.4 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Montague 4 NW	United States	Record daily precipitation	40.9 mm (1.6 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Zumbrota	United States	Record daily precipitation	56.1 mm (2.2 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Mather 3 NW	United States	Record daily precipitation	48.8 mm (1.9 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Chichibu	Japan	Record daily precipitation	100.8 mm (4.0 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
A Coruna	Spain	Record daily precipitation	30.0 mm (1.2 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Hardy	United States	Record high minimum temperature	19.4 C (66.9 F)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Brady	United States	Record high minimum temperature	22.2 C (72.0 F)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Cadillac	United States	Record daily precipitation	73.4 mm (2.9 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Houghton Lake Roscommon Co AP	United States	Record daily precipitation	65.0 mm (2.6 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Blackmans Bay Treatment Plant	Australia	Record daily precipitation	33.0 mm (1.3 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Effingham 3SW	United States	Record high minimum temperature	18.9 C (66.0 F)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Helena 1 SSE	United States	Record high minimum temperature	20.0 C (68.0 F)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Charleston	United States	Record high minimum temperature	20.6 C (69.1 F)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Streator 2SE	United States	Record high minimum temperature	17.8 C (64.0 F)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Vincennes 4 E	United States	Record high minimum temperature	20.6 C (69.1 F)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Houston	United States	Record high minimum temperature	20.0 C (68.0 F)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Reedsburg Wwtp	United States	Record daily precipitation	44.2 mm (1.7 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Two Rivers	United States	Record daily precipitation	68.6 mm (2.7 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Nikolaev	Ukraine	Record high maximum temperature	30.9 C (87.6 F)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Rison	United States	Record high minimum temperature	20.0 C (68.0 F)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Ottawa 4SW	United States	Record high minimum temperature	19.4 C (66.9 F)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Wellington	United States	Record high minimum temperature	20.0 C (68.0 F)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Henderson 8 SSW	United States	Record high minimum temperature	20.6 C (69.1 F)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Monroe City	United States	Record high minimum temperature	18.9 C (66.0 F)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Greenville	United States	Record high maximum temperature	33.9 C (93.0 F)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Lebanon	United States	Record high minimum temperature	20.0 C (68.0 F)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Blanco	United States	Record high minimum temperature	22.8 C (73.0 F)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Alma Dam 4	United States	Record daily precipitation	37.8 mm (1.5 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Darwin River Dam	Australia	Record daily precipitation	39.1 mm (1.5 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Feodosiia	Ukraine	Record high maximum temperature	26.7 C (80.1 F)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Wynne	United States	Record high minimum temperature	20.6 C (69.1 F)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Olney 2S	United States	Record high minimum temperature	20.0 C (68.0 F)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Vandalia	United States	Record high minimum temperature	18.9 C (66.0 F)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Farmland 5 NNW	United States	Record high minimum temperature	16.7 C (62.1 F)	41 of 100 (Notable)

Counts by Type and Timescale

1,318 records

Records set or tied on 3 May 2012 by type: Highest daily maximum 407, Lowest daily maximum 51, Highest daily minimum 567, Lowest daily minimum 41, Heaviest daily rainfall 247, Heaviest daily snowfall 2, Deepest snow cover 3.

Records on 3 May 2012 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	407
Lowest daily maximum	51
Highest daily minimum	567
Lowest daily minimum	41
Heaviest daily rainfall	247
Heaviest daily snowfall	2
Deepest snow cover	3

Records on 3 May 2012 by timescale: all-time 0, monthly 22, daily 1,296.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

974 broken records

Margins by which the 974 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 204.0. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

3 May 2012

Top 20 records on 3 May 2012 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
3 May 2012	Lake City Exp Farm, US	daily rain	62.0 mm (2.4 in)	36.6 mm (1.4 in)	110 years	80 of 100 (Exceptional)
3 May 2012	Ischim Amsg, RU	daily rain	28.1 mm (1.1 in)	20.2 mm (0.8 in)	75 years	69 of 100 (Major)
3 May 2012	Oshkosh, US	monthly rain	105.4 mm (4.1 in)	32.2 mm (1.3 in)	52 years	68 of 100 (Major)
3 May 2012	Chilton, US	daily rain	86.1 mm (3.4 in)	73.4 mm (2.9 in)	54 years	66 of 100 (Major)
3 May 2012	Manistee 3SE, US	monthly rain	77.5 mm (3.1 in)	14.8 mm (0.6 in)	93 years	65 of 100 (Major)
3 May 2012	Brillion, US	monthly rain	97.8 mm (3.9 in)	30.7 mm (1.2 in)	45 years	64 of 100 (Major)
3 May 2012	Wellston Tippy Dam, US	daily rain	80.3 mm (3.2 in)	60.2 mm (2.4 in)	47 years	63 of 100 (Major)
3 May 2012	Seven Mile Beach (Royal Hobart, AU	daily rain	35.0 mm (1.4 in)	25.3 mm (1.0 in)	51 years	60 of 100 (Major)
3 May 2012	Ludington 4 SE, US	daily rain	65.5 mm (2.6 in)	54.6 mm (2.1 in)	33 years	59 of 100 (Notable)
3 May 2012	Shirakawa, JP	daily rain	91.9 mm (3.6 in)	48.9 mm (1.9 in)	47 years	58 of 100 (Notable)
3 May 2012	Fairhope 2 NE, US	daily rain	148.3 mm (5.8 in)	81.5 mm (3.2 in)	56 years	58 of 100 (Notable)
3 May 2012	Coles Bay (Freycinet), AU	daily rain	63.2 mm (2.5 in)	36.5 mm (1.4 in)	39 years	54 of 100 (Notable)
3 May 2012	Opossum Bay, AU	daily rain	25.6 mm (1.0 in)	17.7 mm (0.7 in)	42 years	54 of 100 (Notable)
3 May 2012	Nikko, JP	monthly rain	212.1 mm (8.4 in)	64.0 mm (2.5 in)	3 years	54 of 100 (Notable)
3 May 2012	Geneva, US	daily rain	81.8 mm (3.2 in)	51.8 mm (2.0 in)	11 years	52 of 100 (Notable)
3 May 2012	Wisconsin Dells Wwtp, US	daily rain	61.7 mm (2.4 in)	41.4 mm (1.6 in)	11 years	52 of 100 (Notable)
3 May 2012	Houghton Lake 6 WSW, US	daily rain	47.5 mm (1.9 in)	16.5 mm (0.6 in)	74 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
3 May 2012	Clay Ctr 6 ESE, US	daily rain	87.6 mm (3.4 in)	44.4 mm (1.7 in)	25 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
3 May 2012	Mount Rumney (Mount Rumney Roa, AU	daily rain	32.8 mm (1.3 in)	19.8 mm (0.8 in)	33 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
3 May 2012	Little Swanport (Lisdillon), AU	daily rain	46.2 mm (1.8 in)	23.1 mm (0.9 in)	39 years	48 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 2012

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1795 to 2012. 2012 had 1,318 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 2026-10-15 (15 October 2026). Records are computed by this site and are not official.

Data as of 2026-10-15. Last revised 15 October 2026 (2026-10-15).

Margin	Records
0 to 50	965
50 to 100	7
100 to 150	0
150 to 200	1
200 to 250	1