Weather Records on 3 July 1917

67 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 3 July 1917. Highest significance: Victoria Valley, AU.

Key Facts for 3 July 1917

On 3 July 1917, 67 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
8 were record highs and 17 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 0 were all-time records, 1 monthly and 66 daily.
Victoria Valley set a daily record precipitation of 32.3 mm (1.3 in) on 3 July 1917.
Across 162 earlier years (1793 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 436 records.

Record Map

67 stations

67 station records on 3 July 1917 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 3 July 1917: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Victoria Valley	Australia	Record daily precipitation	32.3 mm (1.3 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Lobethal	Australia	Record daily precipitation	29.5 mm (1.2 in)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Sydney (Observatory Hill)	Australia	Record high minimum temperature	12.7 C (54.9 F)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Vineland	United States	Record daily precipitation	49.0 mm (1.9 in)	21 of 100 (Routine)
La Crosse Wb City	United States	Record low maximum temperature	17.8 C (64.0 F)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Rokewood (Kuruc A Ruc)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	13.5 mm (0.5 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Cavendish (Post Office)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	16.8 mm (0.7 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Wickliffe	Australia	Record daily precipitation	9.7 mm (0.38 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Rokewood (the Meadows)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	10.2 mm (0.4 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Coleraine (Tulse Hill)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	14.2 mm (0.6 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Mount Bute	Australia	Record daily precipitation	12.7 mm (0.5 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Cobar Post Office	Australia	Record high minimum temperature	10.6 C (51.1 F)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Lyndoch (Pewsey Vale)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	23.1 mm (0.9 in)	19 of 100 (Routine)
Dublin Phoenix Park	Ireland	Record low minimum temperature	4.4 C (39.9 F)	19 of 100 (Routine)
Sydney (Observatory Hill)	Australia	Record high maximum temperature	19.6 C (67.3 F)	18 of 100 (Routine)
Yalta	Ukraine	Record daily precipitation	31.4 mm (1.2 in)	18 of 100 (Routine)
Birdwood	Australia	Record daily precipitation	15.2 mm (0.6 in)	17 of 100 (Routine)
Munchen-Nymphenburg	Germany	Record daily precipitation	49.8 mm (2.0 in)	17 of 100 (Routine)
Hamilton	Australia	Record daily precipitation	13.2 mm (0.5 in)	16 of 100 (Routine)
Pennyroyal Creek	Australia	Record daily precipitation	9.1 mm (0.36 in)	15 of 100 (Routine)
Cundare South	Australia	Record daily precipitation	10.2 mm (0.4 in)	15 of 100 (Routine)
Lancefield	Australia	Record daily precipitation	5.6 mm (0.22 in)	14 of 100 (Routine)
Nuwara Eliya	Sri Lanka	Record high maximum temperature	21.7 C (71.1 F)	14 of 100 (Routine)
Nikolaevsk-Na-Amure	Russia	Record high minimum temperature	16.1 C (61.0 F)	14 of 100 (Routine)
Beales Reservoir	Australia	Record daily precipitation	8.4 mm (0.33 in)	13 of 100 (Routine)
Bungaree (Kirks Reservoir)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	10.4 mm (0.4 in)	13 of 100 (Routine)
Berrybank	Australia	Record daily precipitation	5.3 mm (0.21 in)	13 of 100 (Routine)
World Trade Ctr	United States	Record daily precipitation	25.1 mm (1.0 in)	12 of 100 (Routine)
Greenville Dwtn AP	United States	Record high maximum temperature	36.7 C (98.1 F)	12 of 100 (Routine)
Baltimore Customs House	United States	Record low maximum temperature	24.4 C (75.9 F)	12 of 100 (Routine)
Tumut (Wattle Cres)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	4.1 mm (0.16 in)	11 of 100 (Routine)
Yarrawalla South	Australia	Record daily precipitation	6.4 mm (0.25 in)	11 of 100 (Routine)
Little River (Mount Rothwell)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	3.6 mm (0.14 in)	11 of 100 (Routine)
Escanaba	United States	Record low maximum temperature	15.6 C (60.1 F)	11 of 100 (Routine)
Brisbane Regional Office	Australia	Record high maximum temperature	25.2 C (77.4 F)	10 of 100 (Routine)
Lorne Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	11.2 mm (0.4 in)	10 of 100 (Routine)
Cape May 2 NW	United States	Record low minimum temperature	16.1 C (61.0 F)	10 of 100 (Routine)
Green Bay	United States	Record low maximum temperature	18.3 C (64.9 F)	10 of 100 (Routine)
Dubuque River	United States	Record low maximum temperature	18.3 C (64.9 F)	10 of 100 (Routine)
Port Elliot Caravan Park	Australia	Record daily precipitation	8.9 mm (0.35 in)	9 of 100 (Routine)
Morris W Cntrl Rsch & Outreach	United States	Record low minimum temperature	5.6 C (42.1 F)	9 of 100 (Routine)
Huron Rgnl AP	United States	Record low minimum temperature	5.6 C (42.1 F)	9 of 100 (Routine)
Casterton (Nangeela)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	12.4 mm (0.5 in)	8 of 100 (Routine)
Macarthur (Glenhuntly)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	15.2 mm (0.6 in)	8 of 100 (Routine)
Runnymede	Australia	Record daily precipitation	2.3 mm (0.09 in)	7 of 100 (Routine)
Myrniong	Australia	Record daily precipitation	6.4 mm (0.25 in)	7 of 100 (Routine)
Ballarat Botanical Gardens	Australia	Record daily precipitation	8.9 mm (0.35 in)	7 of 100 (Routine)
Hawkesdale (Post Office)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	7.4 mm (0.29 in)	7 of 100 (Routine)
Penshurst (Post Office)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	10.7 mm (0.4 in)	7 of 100 (Routine)
St Albans	Canada	Record low minimum temperature	1.7 C (35.1 F)	7 of 100 (Routine)
Parry Sound	Canada	Record low maximum temperature	17.2 C (63.0 F)	7 of 100 (Routine)
Escanaba	United States	Record low minimum temperature	7.2 C (45.0 F)	7 of 100 (Routine)
Nariel Creek (Simpson)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	8.6 mm (0.34 in)	6 of 100 (Routine)
Yackandandah	Australia	Record daily precipitation	5.1 mm (0.20 in)	6 of 100 (Routine)
Carabost	Australia	Record daily precipitation	11.4 mm (0.4 in)	5 of 100 (Routine)
Tumbarumba Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	6.9 mm (0.27 in)	5 of 100 (Routine)
Minnedosa	Canada	Record low minimum temperature	0.0 C (32.0 F)	5 of 100 (Routine)
Stornoway Airport	United Kingdom	Record high minimum temperature	11.7 C (53.1 F)	4 of 100 (Routine)
Queanbeyan 2	Australia	Record daily precipitation	7.4 mm (0.29 in)	3 of 100 (Routine)
Fryerstown	Australia	Record daily precipitation	3.6 mm (0.14 in)	3 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

67 records

Records set or tied on 3 July 1917 by type: Highest daily maximum 4, Lowest daily maximum 9, Highest daily minimum 4, Lowest daily minimum 8, Heaviest daily rainfall 42.

Records on 3 July 1917 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	4
Lowest daily maximum	9
Highest daily minimum	4
Lowest daily minimum	8
Heaviest daily rainfall	42
Heaviest daily snowfall	0
Deepest snow cover	0

Records on 3 July 1917 by timescale: all-time 0, monthly 1, daily 66.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

57 broken records

Margins by which the 57 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 25.9. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

3 July 1917

Top 20 records on 3 July 1917 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
3 July 1917	Victoria Valley, AU	daily rain	32.3 mm (1.3 in)	25.9 mm (1.0 in)	27 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
3 July 1917	Lobethal, AU	daily rain	29.5 mm (1.2 in)	9.2 mm (0.36 in)	31 years	23 of 100 (Routine)
3 July 1917	Sydney (Observatory Hill), AU	daily high min	12.7 C (54.9 F)	1.4 C (2.5 F)	33 years	21 of 100 (Routine)
3 July 1917	Vineland, US	daily rain	49.0 mm (1.9 in)	13.9 mm (0.5 in)	24 years	21 of 100 (Routine)
3 July 1917	La Crosse Wb City, US	daily low max	17.8 C (64.0 F)	2.8 C (5.0 F)	34 years	21 of 100 (Routine)
3 July 1917	Rokewood (Kuruc A Ruc), AU	daily rain	13.5 mm (0.5 in)	7.7 mm (0.30 in)	24 years	20 of 100 (Routine)
3 July 1917	Cavendish (Post Office), AU	daily rain	16.8 mm (0.7 in)	10.7 mm (0.4 in)	27 years	20 of 100 (Routine)
3 July 1917	Wickliffe, AU	daily rain	9.7 mm (0.38 in)	7.4 mm (0.29 in)	23 years	20 of 100 (Routine)
3 July 1917	Rokewood (the Meadows), AU	daily rain	10.2 mm (0.4 in)	4.4 mm (0.17 in)	24 years	20 of 100 (Routine)
3 July 1917	Coleraine (Tulse Hill), AU	daily rain	14.2 mm (0.6 in)	9.6 mm (0.38 in)	14 years	20 of 100 (Routine)
3 July 1917	Mount Bute, AU	daily rain	12.7 mm (0.5 in)	5.3 mm (0.21 in)	32 years	20 of 100 (Routine)
3 July 1917	Cobar Post Office, AU	daily high min	10.6 C (51.1 F)	2.3 C (4.1 F)	33 years	20 of 100 (Routine)
3 July 1917	Lyndoch (Pewsey Vale), AU	daily rain	23.1 mm (0.9 in)	4.6 mm (0.18 in)	31 years	19 of 100 (Routine)
3 July 1917	Dublin Phoenix Park, IE	daily low min	4.4 C (39.9 F)	0.9 C (1.6 F)	39 years	19 of 100 (Routine)
3 July 1917	Sydney (Observatory Hill), AU	daily high max	19.6 C (67.3 F)	0.7 C (1.3 F)	34 years	18 of 100 (Routine)
3 July 1917	Yalta, UA	daily rain	31.4 mm (1.2 in)	7.6 mm (0.30 in)	30 years	18 of 100 (Routine)
3 July 1917	Birdwood, AU	daily rain	15.2 mm (0.6 in)	9.1 mm (0.36 in)	4 years	17 of 100 (Routine)
3 July 1917	Munchen-Nymphenburg, DE	daily rain	49.8 mm (2.0 in)	9.3 mm (0.37 in)	16 years	17 of 100 (Routine)
3 July 1917	Hamilton, AU	daily rain	13.2 mm (0.5 in)	4.1 mm (0.16 in)	14 years	16 of 100 (Routine)
3 July 1917	Pennyroyal Creek, AU	daily rain	9.1 mm (0.36 in)	3.0 mm (0.12 in)	21 years	15 of 100 (Routine)

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

1793 to 1917

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1793 to 1917. 1917 had 67 records.

Counts for years before the ledger starts come from the same station rules.

Records on 07-03 in each year
Year	Records
1793	2
1806	1
1812	1
1816	1
1825	1
1827	1
1836	1
1839	1
1844	1
1845	1
1855	1
1856	2
1857	3
1858	2
1863	1
1864	2
1870	3
1871	2
1872	2
1874	5
1876	1
1878	3
1879	2
1883	1
1885	1
1886	1
1888	1
1890	1
1891	3
1892	3
1894	4
1895	2
1896	1
1897	3
1898	5
1899	3
1900	5
1901	1
1902	6
1903	6
1904	21
1905	19
1906	12
1907	38
1908	18
1909	30
1910	17
1911	61
1912	36
1913	16
1914	55
1915	29
1916	28
1917	67
1918	55
1919	27
1920	179
1921	68
1922	73
1923	244
1924	290
1925	136
1926	140
1927	281
1928	84
1929	315
1930	581
1931	450
1932	326
1933	467
1934	396
1935	275
1936	523
1937	266
1938	294
1939	250
1940	383
1941	395
1942	428
1943	404
1944	498
1945	203
1946	243
1947	466
1948	242
1949	572
1950	479
1951	355
1952	346
1953	584
1954	384
1955	447
1956	528
1957	589
1958	414
1959	240
1960	717
1961	491
1962	547
1963	424
1964	896
1965	370
1966	780
1967	801
1968	729
1969	555
1970	605
1971	472
1972	986
1973	666
1974	685
1975	678
1976	888
1977	362
1978	1,268
1979	738
1980	959
1981	685
1982	913
1983	861
1984	738
1985	766
1986	1,183
1987	706
1988	1,100
1989	962
1990	1,197
1991	993
1992	1,371
1993	804
1994	950
1995	1,024
1996	872
1997	1,071
1998	862
1999	1,228
2000	667
2001	1,222
2002	1,251
2003	775
2004	767
2005	735
2006	943
2007	977
2008	839
2009	1,030
2010	1,310
2011	979
2012	933
2013	1,166
2014	661
2015	1,216
2016	785
2017	451
2018	923
2019	495
2020	378
2021	873
2022	737
2023	595
2024	670
2025	865
2026	1,036

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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 2026-10-15. Last revised 15 October 2026 (2026-10-15).

Margin	Records
0 to 5	46
5 to 10	8
10 to 15	2
15 to 20	0
20 to 25	0
25 to 30	1