Weather Records on 3 August 1918

71 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 3 August 1918. Highest significance: Morven Post Office, AU.

Key Facts for 3 August 1918

On 3 August 1918, 71 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
13 were record highs and 27 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 1 were all-time records, 1 monthly and 69 daily.
Morven Post Office set a daily record precipitation of 38.1 mm (1.5 in) on 3 August 1918.
Across 156 earlier years (1815 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 466 records.

Record Map

71 stations

71 station records on 3 August 1918 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 3 August 1918: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Morven Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	38.1 mm (1.5 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Falsterbo	Sweden	Record daily precipitation	33.5 mm (1.3 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Halifax	Canada	Record daily precipitation	38.9 mm (1.5 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Beatrice	Canada	Record low minimum temperature	0.6 C (33.1 F)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Umzimkulu (Tnk)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	56.4 mm (2.2 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Tambo Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	18.3 mm (0.7 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Blackall Township	Australia	Record daily precipitation	19.6 mm (0.8 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Hungerford	Australia	Record daily precipitation	22.9 mm (0.9 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Berlin-Dahlem (Lfag)	Germany	Record daily precipitation	17.7 mm (0.7 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Lund	Sweden	Record daily precipitation	21.7 mm (0.9 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Isisford Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	17.8 mm (0.7 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Muttaburra	Australia	Record daily precipitation	7.9 mm (0.31 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Innamincka Police Camp	Australia	Record daily precipitation	7.6 mm (0.30 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Urawilkie	Australia	Record daily precipitation	19.1 mm (0.8 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Thargomindah Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	8.1 mm (0.32 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
San Diego Wbo	United States	Record high minimum temperature	21.1 C (70.0 F)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Charleville Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	5.8 mm (0.23 in)	19 of 100 (Routine)
Enngonia (Belalie)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	12.2 mm (0.5 in)	19 of 100 (Routine)
Beechal	Australia	Record daily precipitation	9.1 mm (0.36 in)	18 of 100 (Routine)
San Diego Wbo	United States	Record high maximum temperature	27.8 C (82.0 F)	18 of 100 (Routine)
Barcaldine Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	4.6 mm (0.18 in)	17 of 100 (Routine)
Robertsons Mount	Australia	Record daily precipitation	14.5 mm (0.6 in)	17 of 100 (Routine)
Prince Albert	Canada	Record high minimum temperature	15.6 C (60.1 F)	17 of 100 (Routine)
Gravenhurst	Canada	Record low minimum temperature	3.9 C (39.0 F)	17 of 100 (Routine)
Parry Sound	Canada	Record low minimum temperature	5.6 C (42.1 F)	17 of 100 (Routine)
Wrixum/Fohr	Germany	Record daily precipitation	19.8 mm (0.8 in)	17 of 100 (Routine)
Tempe Downs	Australia	Record daily precipitation	4.8 mm (0.19 in)	16 of 100 (Routine)
St George Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	9.7 mm (0.38 in)	16 of 100 (Routine)
Marra Creek (Womboin)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	8.6 mm (0.34 in)	16 of 100 (Routine)
Winnipeg St Johns Coll	Canada	Record high maximum temperature	33.9 C (93.0 F)	16 of 100 (Routine)
Montreal McGill	Canada	Record low minimum temperature	8.3 C (46.9 F)	16 of 100 (Routine)
Kazan	Russia	Record daily precipitation	8.9 mm (0.35 in)	16 of 100 (Routine)
Peterborough	Canada	Record low minimum temperature	5.6 C (42.1 F)	15 of 100 (Routine)
Ottawa	Canada	Record low minimum temperature	7.2 C (45.0 F)	14 of 100 (Routine)
Quebec	Canada	Record low minimum temperature	6.7 C (44.1 F)	14 of 100 (Routine)
Northfield	United States	Record low minimum temperature	4.4 C (39.9 F)	14 of 100 (Routine)
Alpha Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	0.5 mm (0.02 in)	12 of 100 (Routine)
Cunnamulla Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	1.8 mm (0.07 in)	12 of 100 (Routine)
Bathurst Gaol	Australia	Record high maximum temperature	17.8 C (64.0 F)	12 of 100 (Routine)
Lucknow	Canada	Record low minimum temperature	3.3 C (37.9 F)	12 of 100 (Routine)
Point Escuminac	Canada	Record daily precipitation	15.7 mm (0.6 in)	12 of 100 (Routine)
Novorossijsk	Russia	Record daily precipitation	9.4 mm (0.37 in)	12 of 100 (Routine)
Grahamstown	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	3.8 mm (0.15 in)	12 of 100 (Routine)
Adelaide West Terrace	Australia	Record high maximum temperature	19.4 C (66.9 F)	11 of 100 (Routine)
Coldwater	Canada	Record low minimum temperature	1.1 C (34.0 F)	11 of 100 (Routine)
Guelph Oac	Canada	Record low minimum temperature	6.1 C (43.0 F)	11 of 100 (Routine)
Haliburton A	Canada	Record low minimum temperature	1.1 C (34.0 F)	11 of 100 (Routine)
Stornoway Airport	United Kingdom	Record high maximum temperature	19.4 C (66.9 F)	11 of 100 (Routine)
Wagga Wagga (Kooringal)	Australia	Record high maximum temperature	18.3 C (64.9 F)	10 of 100 (Routine)
Stonecliffe	Canada	Record low minimum temperature	3.3 C (37.9 F)	10 of 100 (Routine)
Belle Isle	Canada	Record low minimum temperature	1.1 C (34.0 F)	10 of 100 (Routine)
Bourke Post Office	Australia	Record low minimum temperature	-1.1 C (30.0 F)	9 of 100 (Routine)
Visby_Flygplats	Sweden	Record low maximum temperature	15.2 C (59.4 F)	9 of 100 (Routine)
Morris W Cntrl Rsch & Outreach	United States	Record high maximum temperature	36.1 C (97.0 F)	9 of 100 (Routine)
Lincoln UNIV Pwr Plt	United States	Record high maximum temperature	40.6 C (105.1 F)	9 of 100 (Routine)
Gnomery	Australia	Record daily precipitation	4.3 mm (0.17 in)	8 of 100 (Routine)
Harnosand	Sweden	Record low maximum temperature	13.2 C (55.8 F)	8 of 100 (Routine)
Eulo Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	3.6 mm (0.14 in)	7 of 100 (Routine)
Karesuando	Sweden	Record high maximum temperature	27.0 C (80.6 F)	7 of 100 (Routine)
Moose Factory	Canada	Record low minimum temperature	0.6 C (33.1 F)	6 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

71 records

Records set or tied on 3 August 1918 by type: Highest daily maximum 11, Lowest daily maximum 6, Highest daily minimum 2, Lowest daily minimum 21, Heaviest daily rainfall 31.

Records on 3 August 1918 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	11
Lowest daily maximum	6
Highest daily minimum	2
Lowest daily minimum	21
Heaviest daily rainfall	31
Heaviest daily snowfall	0
Deepest snow cover	0

Records on 3 August 1918 by timescale: all-time 1, monthly 1, daily 69.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

61 broken records

Margins by which the 61 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 35.6. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

3 August 1918

Top 20 records on 3 August 1918 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
3 August 1918	Morven Post Office, AU	daily rain	38.1 mm (1.5 in)	35.6 mm (1.4 in)	27 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
3 August 1918	Falsterbo, SE	daily rain	33.5 mm (1.3 in)	25.2 mm (1.0 in)	22 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
3 August 1918	Halifax, CA	daily rain	38.9 mm (1.5 in)	18.6 mm (0.7 in)	31 years	27 of 100 (Routine)
3 August 1918	Beatrice, CA	daily low min	0.6 C (33.1 F)	4.4 C (7.9 F)	37 years	25 of 100 (Routine)
3 August 1918	Umzimkulu (Tnk), ZA	monthly rain	56.4 mm (2.2 in)	4.3 mm (0.17 in)	25 years	25 of 100 (Routine)
3 August 1918	Tambo Post Office, AU	daily rain	18.3 mm (0.7 in)	18.3 mm (0.7 in)	40 years	20 of 100 (Routine)
3 August 1918	Blackall Township, AU	daily rain	19.6 mm (0.8 in)	19.6 mm (0.8 in)	37 years	20 of 100 (Routine)
3 August 1918	Hungerford, AU	daily rain	22.9 mm (0.9 in)	19.3 mm (0.8 in)	26 years	20 of 100 (Routine)
3 August 1918	Berlin-Dahlem (Lfag), DE	daily rain	17.7 mm (0.7 in)	12.7 mm (0.5 in)	12 years	20 of 100 (Routine)
3 August 1918	Lund, SE	daily rain	21.7 mm (0.9 in)	7.0 mm (0.28 in)	42 years	20 of 100 (Routine)
3 August 1918	Isisford Post Office, AU	daily rain	17.8 mm (0.7 in)	17.8 mm (0.7 in)	32 years	20 of 100 (Routine)
3 August 1918	Muttaburra, AU	daily rain	7.9 mm (0.31 in)	7.9 mm (0.31 in)	32 years	20 of 100 (Routine)
3 August 1918	Innamincka Police Camp, AU	daily rain	7.6 mm (0.30 in)	7.6 mm (0.30 in)	33 years	20 of 100 (Routine)
3 August 1918	Urawilkie, AU	daily rain	19.1 mm (0.8 in)	15.3 mm (0.6 in)	9 years	20 of 100 (Routine)
3 August 1918	Thargomindah Post Office, AU	daily rain	8.1 mm (0.32 in)	7.8 mm (0.31 in)	28 years	20 of 100 (Routine)
3 August 1918	San Diego Wbo, US	daily high min	21.1 C (70.0 F)	1.7 C (3.1 F)	16 years	20 of 100 (Routine)
3 August 1918	Charleville Post Office, AU	daily rain	5.8 mm (0.23 in)	5.5 mm (0.22 in)	28 years	19 of 100 (Routine)
3 August 1918	Enngonia (Belalie), AU	daily rain	12.2 mm (0.5 in)	9.4 mm (0.37 in)	27 years	19 of 100 (Routine)
3 August 1918	Beechal, AU	daily rain	9.1 mm (0.36 in)	4.0 mm (0.16 in)	34 years	18 of 100 (Routine)
3 August 1918	San Diego Wbo, US	daily high max	27.8 C (82.0 F)	0.6 C (1.1 F)	42 years	18 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

1815 to 1918

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1815 to 1918. 1918 had 71 records.

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

Records on 08-03 in each year
Year	Records
1815	1
1827	1
1834	2
1835	1
1838	1
1841	1
1847	1
1849	1
1854	1
1855	2
1856	1
1859	1
1868	1
1872	1
1875	1
1876	1
1877	4
1879	3
1880	1
1885	2
1886	1
1887	2
1888	4
1890	2
1891	1
1894	1
1895	11
1896	3
1897	1
1898	4
1899	6
1900	2
1902	6
1903	12
1904	6
1905	7
1906	20
1907	31
1908	23
1909	21
1910	14
1911	31
1912	68
1913	21
1914	24
1915	49
1916	55
1917	72
1918	71
1919	34
1920	56
1921	181
1922	33
1923	149
1924	165
1925	99
1926	300
1927	315
1928	332
1929	207
1930	816
1931	313
1932	319
1933	304
1934	434
1935	520
1936	555
1937	350
1938	542
1939	866
1940	292
1941	305
1942	328
1943	521
1944	530
1945	259
1946	316
1947	586
1948	414
1949	415
1950	445
1951	547
1952	326
1953	617
1954	401
1955	713
1956	640
1957	378
1958	389
1959	360
1960	482
1961	620
1962	359
1963	352
1964	891
1965	679
1966	444
1967	327
1968	368
1969	625
1970	394
1971	891
1972	757
1973	724
1974	906
1975	978
1976	892
1977	544
1978	832
1979	486
1980	800
1981	579
1982	778
1983	807
1984	925
1985	691
1986	750
1987	1,105
1988	1,046
1989	824
1990	845
1991	705
1992	869
1993	1,033
1994	973
1995	1,216
1996	965
1997	709
1998	1,406
1999	893
2000	869
2001	1,021
2002	1,000
2003	1,504
2004	980
2005	912
2006	1,514
2007	750
2008	926
2009	746
2010	1,392
2011	1,518
2012	685
2013	535
2014	961
2015	615
2016	640
2017	1,144
2018	1,039
2019	451
2020	708
2021	841
2022	654
2023	1,044
2024	1,401
2025	929
2026	1,242

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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	42
5 to 10	10
10 to 15	1
15 to 20	6
20 to 25	0
25 to 30	1
30 to 35	0
35 to 40	1