Weather Records on 3 May 2024

627 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 3 May 2024. Highest significance: Allerton, US.

Key Facts for 3 May 2024

On 3 May 2024, 627 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
381 were record highs and 92 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 3 were all-time records, 19 monthly and 605 daily.
Allerton set a daily record precipitation of 92.2 mm (3.6 in) on 3 May 2024.
Across 168 earlier years (1795 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 432 records.

Record Map

627 stations

627 station records on 3 May 2024 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 3 May 2024: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Allerton	United States	Record daily precipitation	92.2 mm (3.6 in)	80 of 100 (Exceptional)
Kirchdorf/Poel	Germany	Record daily precipitation	28.6 mm (1.1 in)	69 of 100 (Major)
Gum Lake (Albemarle)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	38.0 mm (1.5 in)	66 of 100 (Major)
Centerville	United States	Record daily precipitation	104.1 mm (4.1 in)	59 of 100 (Notable)
Baytown	United States	Record daily precipitation	121.9 mm (4.8 in)	58 of 100 (Notable)
Cavalier 7NW	United States	Record daily precipitation	33.3 mm (1.3 in)	57 of 100 (Notable)
Jackson	United States	Record daily snowfall	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	57 of 100 (Notable)
Innadong	Australia	Record daily precipitation	54.6 mm (2.1 in)	56 of 100 (Notable)
Sutherlin 2 W	United States	Record daily precipitation	35.6 mm (1.4 in)	56 of 100 (Notable)
Bannister	Australia	Record daily precipitation	68.8 mm (2.7 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Marnitz	Germany	Record daily precipitation	26.5 mm (1.0 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Goldbutte 7 N	United States	Record daily snowfall	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Utsira Fyr	Norway	Record high minimum temperature	12.8 C (55.0 F)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Petersburg 2 N	United States	Record daily precipitation	31.0 mm (1.2 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Bandon 2 NNE	United States	Record daily precipitation	52.1 mm (2.1 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Oskaloosa	United States	Record daily precipitation	71.4 mm (2.8 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Santiago de Compostela/Labacol	Spain	Record daily precipitation	60.1 mm (2.4 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Wismar	Germany	Record daily precipitation	39.1 mm (1.5 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Hallock	United States	Record daily precipitation	26.2 mm (1.0 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
John Day	United States	Record low maximum temperature	5.0 C (41.0 F)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Cloon	Australia	Record daily precipitation	43.4 mm (1.7 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Boltenhagen	Germany	Record daily precipitation	27.2 mm (1.1 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Ryegate	United States	Record low maximum temperature	7.2 C (45.0 F)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Morris 1NW	United States	Record daily precipitation	35.6 mm (1.4 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Weslaco	United States	Record high minimum temperature	26.1 C (79.0 F)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Wokalup	Australia	Record daily precipitation	57.0 mm (2.2 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Wagerup Refinery	Australia	Record daily precipitation	56.6 mm (2.2 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Buckhannon	United States	Record high maximum temperature	31.1 C (88.0 F)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Gori	Georgia	Record daily precipitation	27.7 mm (1.1 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Kristianstad	Sweden	Record high minimum temperature	10.9 C (51.6 F)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Brenham	United States	Record daily precipitation	57.2 mm (2.3 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Inverness 3 SE	United States	Record daily precipitation	39.4 mm (1.6 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Pontevedra	Spain	Record daily precipitation	42.2 mm (1.7 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Ljusnedal	Sweden	Record high maximum temperature	18.9 C (66.0 F)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Salisbury	United States	Record daily precipitation	39.1 mm (1.5 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
First Connecticut Lake	United States	Record daily precipitation	34.3 mm (1.4 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Langdon Exp Farm	United States	Record daily precipitation	33.0 mm (1.3 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Jackson	United States	Record snow depth	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Van	Turkey	Record daily precipitation	30.5 mm (1.2 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Carrollton	United States	Record daily precipitation	33.8 mm (1.3 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Monroe City	United States	Record daily precipitation	33.5 mm (1.3 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Craig	United States	Record high minimum temperature	9.4 C (48.9 F)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Lindesnes Fyr	Norway	Record high minimum temperature	13.3 C (55.9 F)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Edwardsville 2 W	United States	Record daily precipitation	49.0 mm (1.9 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Rathbun Dam	United States	Record daily precipitation	67.8 mm (2.7 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Eugene-Mahlon Sweet Fld	United States	Record daily precipitation	33.3 mm (1.3 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Utsira Fyr	Norway	Record high minimum temperature	12.8 C (55.0 F)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Lindesnes Fyr	Norway	Record high maximum temperature	18.5 C (65.3 F)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Belgrade (Observatory)	Serbia	Record daily precipitation	44.5 mm (1.8 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Stoneville Exp STN	United States	Record high minimum temperature	22.8 C (73.0 F)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Kitoi Bay	United States	Record daily precipitation	40.6 mm (1.6 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Nadi Airport	Fiji	Record high maximum temperature	33.4 C (92.1 F)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Kenitra Port Lyautey	Morocco	Record low minimum temperature	7.0 C (44.6 F)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Varberg	Sweden	Record high maximum temperature	26.0 C (78.8 F)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Swan Falls Ph	United States	Record low maximum temperature	11.7 C (53.1 F)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Longview	United States	Record high minimum temperature	22.8 C (73.0 F)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Coimbatore/Peelamed	India	Record high minimum temperature	28.0 C (82.4 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Sola	Norway	Record high minimum temperature	15.1 C (59.2 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Obrestad Fyr	Norway	Record high maximum temperature	23.6 C (74.5 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Glennville	United States	Record low maximum temperature	7.2 C (45.0 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

627 records

Records set or tied on 3 May 2024 by type: Highest daily maximum 182, Lowest daily maximum 41, Highest daily minimum 199, Lowest daily minimum 51, Heaviest daily rainfall 131, Heaviest daily snowfall 15, Deepest snow cover 8.

Records on 3 May 2024 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	182
Lowest daily maximum	41
Highest daily minimum	199
Lowest daily minimum	51
Heaviest daily rainfall	131
Heaviest daily snowfall	15
Deepest snow cover	8

Records on 3 May 2024 by timescale: all-time 3, monthly 19, daily 605.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

507 broken records

Margins by which the 507 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 102.0. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

3 May 2024

Top 20 records on 3 May 2024 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
3 May 2024	Allerton, US	daily rain	92.2 mm (3.6 in)	69.1 mm (2.7 in)	107 years	80 of 100 (Exceptional)
3 May 2024	Kirchdorf/Poel, DE	daily rain	28.6 mm (1.1 in)	14.8 mm (0.6 in)	130 years	69 of 100 (Major)
3 May 2024	Gum Lake (Albemarle), AU	daily rain	38.0 mm (1.5 in)	20.5 mm (0.8 in)	135 years	66 of 100 (Major)
3 May 2024	Centerville, US	daily rain	104.1 mm (4.1 in)	57.4 mm (2.3 in)	31 years	59 of 100 (Notable)
3 May 2024	Baytown, US	daily rain	121.9 mm (4.8 in)	72.9 mm (2.9 in)	67 years	58 of 100 (Notable)
3 May 2024	Cavalier 7NW, US	daily rain	33.3 mm (1.3 in)	22.9 mm (0.9 in)	74 years	57 of 100 (Notable)
3 May 2024	Jackson, US	daily snowfall	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	82 years	57 of 100 (Notable)
3 May 2024	Innadong, AU	daily rain	54.6 mm (2.1 in)	18.8 mm (0.7 in)	101 years	56 of 100 (Notable)
3 May 2024	Sutherlin 2 W, US	daily rain	35.6 mm (1.4 in)	24.2 mm (1.0 in)	40 years	56 of 100 (Notable)
3 May 2024	Bannister, AU	monthly rain	68.8 mm (2.7 in)	7.6 mm (0.30 in)	87 years	54 of 100 (Notable)
3 May 2024	Marnitz, DE	daily rain	26.5 mm (1.0 in)	10.0 mm (0.4 in)	92 years	54 of 100 (Notable)
3 May 2024	Goldbutte 7 N, US	daily snowfall	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	10.1 cm (4.0 in)	111 years	54 of 100 (Notable)
3 May 2024	Utsira Fyr, NO	daily high min	12.8 C (55.0 F)	3.3 C (5.9 F)	96 years	52 of 100 (Notable)
3 May 2024	Petersburg 2 N, US	daily rain	31.0 mm (1.2 in)	16.0 mm (0.6 in)	78 years	52 of 100 (Notable)
3 May 2024	Bandon 2 NNE, US	daily rain	52.1 mm (2.1 in)	20.9 mm (0.8 in)	49 years	52 of 100 (Notable)
3 May 2024	Oskaloosa, US	daily rain	71.4 mm (2.8 in)	33.0 mm (1.3 in)	45 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
3 May 2024	Santiago de Compostela/Labacol, ES	daily rain	60.1 mm (2.4 in)	28.4 mm (1.1 in)	51 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
3 May 2024	Wismar, DE	daily rain	39.1 mm (1.5 in)	28.7 mm (1.1 in)	9 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
3 May 2024	Hallock, US	daily rain	26.2 mm (1.0 in)	9.7 mm (0.38 in)	97 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
3 May 2024	John Day, US	daily low max	5.0 C (41.0 F)	3.9 C (7.0 F)	119 years	46 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 2024

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1795 to 2024. 2024 had 627 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 20	469
20 to 40	29
40 to 60	3
60 to 80	2
80 to 100	0
100 to 120	4