Weather Records on 3 May 2004

1,562 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 3 May 2004. Highest significance: Perpignan, FR.

Key Facts for 3 May 2004

On 3 May 2004, 1,562 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
557 were record highs and 723 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 1 were all-time records, 115 monthly and 1,446 daily.
Perpignan set a daily record precipitation of 71.6 mm (2.8 in) on 3 May 2004.
Across 168 earlier years (1795 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 426 records.

Record Map

1,562 stations

1,562 station records on 3 May 2004 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 3 May 2004: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Perpignan	France	Record daily precipitation	71.6 mm (2.8 in)	72 of 100 (Major)
Smithfield	United States	Record daily precipitation	88.9 mm (3.5 in)	68 of 100 (Major)
Madras/Minambakkam	India	Record daily precipitation	59.9 mm (2.4 in)	58 of 100 (Notable)
Titusville	United States	Record daily precipitation	72.4 mm (2.9 in)	55 of 100 (Notable)
Topo Chico	Mexico	Record low minimum temperature	0.0 C (32.0 F)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Valencia	Spain	Record daily precipitation	40.1 mm (1.6 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Waverly	United States	Record daily precipitation	29.7 mm (1.2 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Chula Vista	United States	Record high maximum temperature	34.4 C (93.9 F)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Eastman 1 W	United States	Record daily precipitation	87.6 mm (3.4 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
McAllen	United States	Record low minimum temperature	4.4 C (39.9 F)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Veendam	Netherlands	Record daily precipitation	33.0 mm (1.3 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Yelabuga	Russia	Record daily precipitation	34.7 mm (1.4 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Dalnerechensk	Russia	Record daily precipitation	34.6 mm (1.4 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Viroqua	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-5.6 C (21.9 F)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Tenasco	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	39.9 mm (1.6 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
State UNIV	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-0.6 C (30.9 F)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Ocosingo	Mexico	Record low maximum temperature	16.7 C (62.1 F)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Valencia/Aeropuerto	Spain	Record daily precipitation	40.1 mm (1.6 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Kissimmee 2	United States	Record daily precipitation	68.6 mm (2.7 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Hazlehurst	United States	Record daily precipitation	36.3 mm (1.4 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Pomona/Fairplex	United States	Record high maximum temperature	39.4 C (102.9 F)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Elizabeth City	United States	Record daily precipitation	87.6 mm (3.4 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Fayetteville (Pwc)	United States	Record daily precipitation	53.1 mm (2.1 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Villahermosa (Dge)	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	94.7 mm (3.7 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
San Jose	United States	Record high minimum temperature	15.0 C (59.0 F)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Wellsboro 4 SW	United States	Record daily precipitation	32.3 mm (1.3 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Venray	Netherlands	Record daily precipitation	26.5 mm (1.0 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Santa Ana Fire STN	United States	Record high maximum temperature	40.6 C (105.1 F)	44 of 100 (Notable)
P-Ranch South Place	United States	Record high maximum temperature	30.0 C (86.0 F)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Cuetzalan del Progreso	Mexico	Record low maximum temperature	12.8 C (55.0 F)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Benito Juarez	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	73.4 mm (2.9 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Ionia 2SSW	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-3.3 C (26.1 F)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Elizabethton	United States	Record low minimum temperature	0.0 C (32.0 F)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Cuetzalan del Progreso	Mexico	Record low minimum temperature	10.6 C (51.1 F)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Lancaster	United States	Record high minimum temperature	11.7 C (53.1 F)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Edenton	United States	Record daily precipitation	41.9 mm (1.6 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Port Washington	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-2.2 C (28.0 F)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Nuevo Morelos	Mexico	Record low minimum temperature	7.8 C (46.0 F)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Vacaville	United States	Record high minimum temperature	15.0 C (59.0 F)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Hattiesburg 5SW	United States	Record low maximum temperature	17.8 C (64.0 F)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Louisburg	United States	Record daily precipitation	45.5 mm (1.8 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Mojave	United States	Record high maximum temperature	35.0 C (95.0 F)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Redlands	United States	Record high minimum temperature	16.1 C (61.0 F)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Cedar Rapids #1	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-1.7 C (28.9 F)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Guthrie Ctr	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-3.3 C (26.1 F)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Lake Mills Wwtp	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-2.8 C (27.0 F)	39 of 100 (Notable)
New London	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-3.9 C (25.0 F)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Zoh Laguna	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	51.3 mm (2.0 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Orlando Executive AP	United States	Record daily precipitation	37.3 mm (1.5 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Highland Home	United States	Record low minimum temperature	5.6 C (42.1 F)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Truckee Rs	United States	Record high maximum temperature	26.1 C (79.0 F)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Santa Catarina Sur	Mexico	Record high maximum temperature	47.8 C (118.0 F)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Wilson 3 SW	United States	Record daily precipitation	101.6 mm (4.0 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Purcellville	United States	Record daily precipitation	41.9 mm (1.6 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Manuel Avila Camacho	Mexico	Record low minimum temperature	7.2 C (45.0 F)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Bochil	Mexico	Record low maximum temperature	21.1 C (70.0 F)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Palenque (Dge)	Mexico	Record low maximum temperature	23.9 C (75.0 F)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Ocampo	Mexico	Record low minimum temperature	5.6 C (42.1 F)	35 of 100 (Notable)
La Mesa	United States	Record high minimum temperature	24.4 C (75.9 F)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Pasadena	United States	Record high maximum temperature	38.3 C (100.9 F)	35 of 100 (Notable)

Counts by Type and Timescale

1,562 records

Records set or tied on 3 May 2004 by type: Highest daily maximum 298, Lowest daily maximum 245, Highest daily minimum 259, Lowest daily minimum 478, Heaviest daily rainfall 278, Heaviest daily snowfall 4.

Records on 3 May 2004 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	298
Lowest daily maximum	245
Highest daily minimum	259
Lowest daily minimum	478
Heaviest daily rainfall	278
Heaviest daily snowfall	4
Deepest snow cover	0

Records on 3 May 2004 by timescale: all-time 1, monthly 115, daily 1,446.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

1,172 broken records

Margins by which the 1,172 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 63.0. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

3 May 2004

Top 20 records on 3 May 2004 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
3 May 2004	Perpignan, FR	daily rain	71.6 mm (2.8 in)	33.8 mm (1.3 in)	87 years	72 of 100 (Major)
3 May 2004	Smithfield, US	daily rain	88.9 mm (3.5 in)	63.0 mm (2.5 in)	62 years	68 of 100 (Major)
3 May 2004	Madras/Minambakkam, IN	daily rain	59.9 mm (2.4 in)	59.9 mm (2.4 in)	103 years	58 of 100 (Notable)
3 May 2004	Titusville, US	daily rain	72.4 mm (2.9 in)	31.3 mm (1.2 in)	92 years	55 of 100 (Notable)
3 May 2004	Topo Chico, MX	monthly low min	0.0 C (32.0 F)	7.8 C (14.0 F)	45 years	53 of 100 (Notable)
3 May 2004	Valencia, ES	daily rain	40.1 mm (1.6 in)	31.4 mm (1.2 in)	27 years	53 of 100 (Notable)
3 May 2004	Waverly, US	daily rain	29.7 mm (1.2 in)	13.2 mm (0.5 in)	94 years	53 of 100 (Notable)
3 May 2004	Chula Vista, US	daily high max	34.4 C (93.9 F)	8.3 C (14.9 F)	34 years	52 of 100 (Notable)
3 May 2004	Eastman 1 W, US	daily rain	87.6 mm (3.4 in)	42.1 mm (1.7 in)	40 years	52 of 100 (Notable)
3 May 2004	McAllen, US	monthly low min	4.4 C (39.9 F)	5.6 C (10.1 F)	59 years	52 of 100 (Notable)
3 May 2004	Veendam, NL	daily rain	33.0 mm (1.3 in)	17.0 mm (0.7 in)	39 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
3 May 2004	Yelabuga, RU	daily rain	34.7 mm (1.4 in)	21.6 mm (0.9 in)	26 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
3 May 2004	Dalnerechensk, RU	daily rain	34.6 mm (1.4 in)	17.4 mm (0.7 in)	56 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
3 May 2004	Viroqua, US	monthly low min	-5.6 C (21.9 F)	0.6 C (1.1 F)	96 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
3 May 2004	Tenasco, MX	daily rain	39.9 mm (1.6 in)	38.1 mm (1.5 in)	31 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
3 May 2004	State UNIV, US	monthly low min	-0.6 C (30.9 F)	1.7 C (3.1 F)	80 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
3 May 2004	Ocosingo, MX	monthly low max	16.7 C (62.1 F)	3.3 C (5.9 F)	70 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
3 May 2004	Valencia/Aeropuerto, ES	daily rain	40.1 mm (1.6 in)	28.9 mm (1.1 in)	27 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
3 May 2004	Kissimmee 2, US	daily rain	68.6 mm (2.7 in)	51.8 mm (2.0 in)	32 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
3 May 2004	Hazlehurst, US	daily rain	36.3 mm (1.4 in)	19.3 mm (0.8 in)	84 years	47 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 2004

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1795 to 2004. 2004 had 1,562 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 2004-05-03: 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 10	1,097
10 to 20	47
20 to 30	13
30 to 40	8
40 to 50	1
50 to 60	5
60 to 70	1