Weather Records on 3 May 2018

1,004 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 3 May 2018. Highest significance: Three Rivers, US.

Key Facts for 3 May 2018

On 3 May 2018, 1,004 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
639 were record highs and 80 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 0 were all-time records, 26 monthly and 978 daily.
Three Rivers set a daily record precipitation of 83.8 mm (3.3 in) on 3 May 2018.
Across 168 earlier years (1795 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 430 records.

Record Map

1,004 stations

1,004 station records on 3 May 2018 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 3 May 2018: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Three Rivers	United States	Record daily precipitation	83.8 mm (3.3 in)	80 of 100 (Exceptional)
Hillsdale	United States	Record daily precipitation	52.8 mm (2.1 in)	67 of 100 (Major)
Bowling Green Wwtp	United States	Record daily precipitation	45.2 mm (1.8 in)	65 of 100 (Major)
Kwajalein	Marshall Islands	Record daily precipitation	278.6 mm (11.0 in)	64 of 100 (Major)
Dowagiac 1 W	United States	Record daily precipitation	92.7 mm (3.6 in)	62 of 100 (Major)
Angola	United States	Record daily precipitation	55.9 mm (2.2 in)	59 of 100 (Notable)
Knox Wwtp	United States	Record daily precipitation	41.4 mm (1.6 in)	59 of 100 (Notable)
Goshen 3SW	United States	Record daily precipitation	62.0 mm (2.4 in)	56 of 100 (Notable)
Winter Park	United States	Record daily snowfall	33.0 cm (13.0 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Sheringa (Lake Hamilton)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	32.0 mm (1.3 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Niles	United States	Record daily precipitation	52.8 mm (2.1 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Wauseon Wtp	United States	Record daily precipitation	61.0 mm (2.4 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Timiryazevskij	Russia	Record low maximum temperature	4.8 C (40.6 F)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Grizzly Peak	United States	Record daily precipitation	38.1 mm (1.5 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Minneapolis	United States	Record daily precipitation	40.6 mm (1.6 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Coldwater St School	United States	Record daily precipitation	39.4 mm (1.6 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Hart 3 WSW	United States	Record daily precipitation	38.9 mm (1.5 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Aspendell	United States	Record snow depth	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Iowa City	United States	Record daily precipitation	52.1 mm (2.1 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Albion	United States	Record daily precipitation	43.7 mm (1.7 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Defiance	United States	Record daily precipitation	38.6 mm (1.5 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Lawton	United States	Record daily precipitation	82.6 mm (3.3 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Ulan-Ude	Russia	Record high minimum temperature	10.7 C (51.3 F)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Barrington 3SW	United States	Record daily precipitation	71.9 mm (2.8 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Elgin Water	United States	Record daily precipitation	64.8 mm (2.6 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Pelican Lagoon	Australia	Record daily precipitation	32.2 mm (1.3 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Yanji	China	Record daily precipitation	52.6 mm (2.1 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Daniel Z Romualdez	Philippines	Record daily precipitation	89.4 mm (3.5 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Yeelana (Brooker)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	27.5 mm (1.1 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Winter Park	United States	Record daily precipitation	33.5 mm (1.3 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Dixon Wwtp	United States	Record daily precipitation	45.5 mm (1.8 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Lakeville	United States	Record daily precipitation	43.2 mm (1.7 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Lone Rock Tri Co AP	United States	Record daily precipitation	62.2 mm (2.4 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Mason City Muni AP	United States	Record daily precipitation	46.2 mm (1.8 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Barguzin	Russia	Record high minimum temperature	7.6 C (45.7 F)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Marianna 2 S	United States	Record high minimum temperature	20.6 C (69.1 F)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Greenville Wtp	United States	Record high minimum temperature	18.9 C (66.0 F)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Hecla 1E	United States	Record daily precipitation	36.8 mm (1.4 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Elliston	Australia	Record daily precipitation	26.6 mm (1.0 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Jerome	United States	Record low maximum temperature	7.8 C (46.0 F)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Morenci	United States	Record daily precipitation	53.1 mm (2.1 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Potosi 4 SW	United States	Record high minimum temperature	18.3 C (64.9 F)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Searchlight	United States	Record low maximum temperature	15.0 C (59.0 F)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Greenville Kgvl Radio	United States	Record high minimum temperature	23.3 C (73.9 F)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Elgin Water	United States	Record high maximum temperature	30.0 C (86.0 F)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Logansport Cicott St	United States	Record high minimum temperature	16.7 C (62.1 F)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Hagerstown 1E	United States	Record high maximum temperature	33.9 C (93.0 F)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Adrian 2 NNE	United States	Record high minimum temperature	15.6 C (60.1 F)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Brockport	United States	Record high minimum temperature	16.7 C (62.1 F)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Elmira	United States	Record high maximum temperature	32.8 C (91.0 F)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Tyler Pounds Fld	United States	Record high minimum temperature	22.2 C (72.0 F)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Kursk	Russia	Record high minimum temperature	15.5 C (59.9 F)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Prescott	United States	Record low maximum temperature	11.1 C (52.0 F)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Coal Creek Canyon	United States	Record daily precipitation	54.9 mm (2.2 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Storrs	United States	Record high minimum temperature	17.8 C (64.0 F)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Casey	United States	Record high minimum temperature	17.8 C (64.0 F)	41 of 100 (Notable)
De Kalb	United States	Record daily precipitation	49.3 mm (1.9 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Lincoln 1 SE	United States	Record daily precipitation	35.1 mm (1.4 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Mc Farland	United States	Record daily precipitation	35.8 mm (1.4 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Milford Gm Proving Ground	United States	Record daily precipitation	40.6 mm (1.6 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)

Counts by Type and Timescale

1,004 records

Records set or tied on 3 May 2018 by type: Highest daily maximum 304, Lowest daily maximum 51, Highest daily minimum 335, Lowest daily minimum 29, Heaviest daily rainfall 266, Heaviest daily snowfall 9, Deepest snow cover 10.

Records on 3 May 2018 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	304
Lowest daily maximum	51
Highest daily minimum	335
Lowest daily minimum	29
Heaviest daily rainfall	266
Heaviest daily snowfall	9
Deepest snow cover	10

Records on 3 May 2018 by timescale: all-time 0, monthly 26, daily 978.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

812 broken records

Margins by which the 812 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 178.0. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

3 May 2018

Top 20 records on 3 May 2018 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
3 May 2018	Three Rivers, US	daily rain	83.8 mm (3.3 in)	50.8 mm (2.0 in)	120 years	80 of 100 (Exceptional)
3 May 2018	Hillsdale, US	daily rain	52.8 mm (2.1 in)	27.9 mm (1.1 in)	118 years	67 of 100 (Major)
3 May 2018	Bowling Green Wwtp, US	daily rain	45.2 mm (1.8 in)	23.6 mm (0.9 in)	101 years	65 of 100 (Major)
3 May 2018	Kwajalein, MH	monthly rain	278.6 mm (11.0 in)	66.5 mm (2.6 in)	37 years	64 of 100 (Major)
3 May 2018	Dowagiac 1 W, US	monthly rain	92.7 mm (3.6 in)	28.7 mm (1.1 in)	59 years	62 of 100 (Major)
3 May 2018	Angola, US	daily rain	55.9 mm (2.2 in)	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	88 years	59 of 100 (Notable)
3 May 2018	Knox Wwtp, US	daily rain	41.4 mm (1.6 in)	23.4 mm (0.9 in)	103 years	59 of 100 (Notable)
3 May 2018	Goshen 3SW, US	daily rain	62.0 mm (2.4 in)	36.3 mm (1.4 in)	31 years	56 of 100 (Notable)
3 May 2018	Winter Park, US	daily snowfall	33.0 cm (13.0 in)	17.8 cm (7.0 in)	73 years	54 of 100 (Notable)
3 May 2018	Sheringa (Lake Hamilton), AU	daily rain	32.0 mm (1.3 in)	20.0 mm (0.8 in)	20 years	53 of 100 (Notable)
3 May 2018	Niles, US	daily rain	52.8 mm (2.1 in)	28.4 mm (1.1 in)	72 years	53 of 100 (Notable)
3 May 2018	Wauseon Wtp, US	daily rain	61.0 mm (2.4 in)	33.1 mm (1.3 in)	20 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
3 May 2018	Timiryazevskij, RU	monthly low max	4.8 C (40.6 F)	0.4 C (0.7 F)	101 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
3 May 2018	Grizzly Peak, US	daily rain	38.1 mm (1.5 in)	22.9 mm (0.9 in)	33 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
3 May 2018	Minneapolis, US	daily rain	40.6 mm (1.6 in)	13.4 mm (0.5 in)	123 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
3 May 2018	Coldwater St School, US	daily rain	39.4 mm (1.6 in)	9.9 mm (0.39 in)	118 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
3 May 2018	Hart 3 WSW, US	daily rain	38.9 mm (1.5 in)	17.3 mm (0.7 in)	83 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
3 May 2018	Aspendell, US	daily snow depth	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	88 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
3 May 2018	Iowa City, US	daily rain	52.1 mm (2.1 in)	11.2 mm (0.4 in)	99 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
3 May 2018	Albion, US	daily rain	43.7 mm (1.7 in)	15.8 mm (0.6 in)	83 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 2018

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1795 to 2018. 2018 had 1,004 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 2018-05-03: 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 25	774
25 to 50	25
50 to 75	6
75 to 100	4
100 to 125	0
125 to 150	1
150 to 175	1
175 to 200	1