Weather Records on 3 August 1920

56 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 3 August 1920. Highest significance: St John's, CA.

Key Facts for 3 August 1920

On 3 August 1920, 56 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
12 were record highs and 25 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 2 were all-time records, 1 monthly and 53 daily.
St John's set an all-time record high minimum temperature of 20.6 C (69.1 F) on 3 August 1920.
Across 156 earlier years (1815 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 466 records.

Record Map

56 stations

56 station records on 3 August 1920 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 3 August 1920: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
St John's	Canada	Record high minimum temperature	20.6 C (69.1 F)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Wilmington Wb City	United States	Record low maximum temperature	22.8 C (73.0 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Junsele	Sweden	Record daily precipitation	28.3 mm (1.1 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Malvern	United States	Record low minimum temperature	12.8 C (55.0 F)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Praha-Klementinum	Czech Republic	Record daily precipitation	16.8 mm (0.7 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Sedan (Sandleton)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	7.6 mm (0.30 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Barrie	Canada	Record low minimum temperature	6.1 C (43.0 F)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Cleveland 2717 Euclid	United States	Record low minimum temperature	10.6 C (51.1 F)	19 of 100 (Routine)
Philadelphia City	United States	Record low minimum temperature	14.4 C (57.9 F)	19 of 100 (Routine)
Algiers-Ville/Universite	Algeria	Record high maximum temperature	40.0 C (104.0 F)	18 of 100 (Routine)
Fort National	Algeria	Record high maximum temperature	38.0 C (100.4 F)	18 of 100 (Routine)
Woodstock West	Australia	Record daily precipitation	10.2 mm (0.4 in)	17 of 100 (Routine)
Trawalla	Australia	Record daily precipitation	11.9 mm (0.5 in)	16 of 100 (Routine)
Cet Central England	United Kingdom	Record low maximum temperature	15.2 C (59.4 F)	16 of 100 (Routine)
Baltimore Customs House	United States	Record low minimum temperature	14.4 C (57.9 F)	16 of 100 (Routine)
Curnomona (Curnamona)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	0.5 mm (0.02 in)	15 of 100 (Routine)
Winnipeg St Johns Coll	Canada	Record daily precipitation	26.2 mm (1.0 in)	15 of 100 (Routine)
Little Rock St Capitol	United States	Record low minimum temperature	17.2 C (63.0 F)	15 of 100 (Routine)
Nemours (Ghazaouet)	Algeria	Record high minimum temperature	24.0 C (75.2 F)	14 of 100 (Routine)
Vastervik	Sweden	Record low minimum temperature	9.5 C (49.1 F)	14 of 100 (Routine)
Pine Bluff	United States	Record low minimum temperature	16.1 C (61.0 F)	14 of 100 (Routine)
State College	United States	Record low minimum temperature	6.7 C (44.1 F)	14 of 100 (Routine)
Washington	United States	Record low minimum temperature	13.3 C (55.9 F)	14 of 100 (Routine)
Moonagee	Australia	Record daily precipitation	2.8 mm (0.11 in)	13 of 100 (Routine)
Ekaterinburg	Russia	Record high maximum temperature	34.2 C (93.6 F)	13 of 100 (Routine)
Cape May 2 NW	United States	Record low minimum temperature	15.0 C (59.0 F)	13 of 100 (Routine)
Ekaterinburg	Russia	Record high minimum temperature	18.5 C (65.3 F)	11 of 100 (Routine)
Oestersund-Froesoen	Sweden	Record daily precipitation	15.4 mm (0.6 in)	11 of 100 (Routine)
Woomera (South Gap Station)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	5.6 mm (0.22 in)	10 of 100 (Routine)
Prince Albert	Canada	Record daily precipitation	10.7 mm (0.4 in)	10 of 100 (Routine)
Stokes	Australia	Record daily precipitation	7.4 mm (0.29 in)	9 of 100 (Routine)
Swift Current	Canada	Record daily precipitation	7.6 mm (0.30 in)	9 of 100 (Routine)
Newport	United States	Record low minimum temperature	14.4 C (57.9 F)	8 of 100 (Routine)
Lexington Bluegrass AP	United States	Record low minimum temperature	12.2 C (54.0 F)	8 of 100 (Routine)
Chatham	Canada	Record low maximum temperature	17.2 C (63.0 F)	7 of 100 (Routine)
Vineland	United States	Record low minimum temperature	11.7 C (53.1 F)	7 of 100 (Routine)
Morgantown 1	United States	Record low minimum temperature	8.9 C (48.0 F)	7 of 100 (Routine)
Koonamore	Australia	Record daily precipitation	2.5 mm (0.10 in)	6 of 100 (Routine)
Renmark	Australia	Record daily precipitation	10.7 mm (0.4 in)	6 of 100 (Routine)
Swift Current	Canada	Record high minimum temperature	16.7 C (62.1 F)	6 of 100 (Routine)
Bird Rocks	Canada	Record daily precipitation	101.6 mm (4.0 in)	6 of 100 (Routine)
Sandvig	Denmark	Record high maximum temperature	24.3 C (75.7 F)	6 of 100 (Routine)
Perm	Russia	Record high minimum temperature	19.6 C (67.3 F)	6 of 100 (Routine)
Durham	United Kingdom	Record low maximum temperature	13.9 C (57.0 F)	6 of 100 (Routine)
Lucknow	Canada	Record low minimum temperature	2.2 C (36.0 F)	5 of 100 (Routine)
Guelph Oac	Canada	Record low minimum temperature	5.6 C (42.1 F)	5 of 100 (Routine)
Bogoroditskoye-Fenino	Russia	Record daily precipitation	12.2 mm (0.5 in)	5 of 100 (Routine)
Yarmouth	Canada	Record low maximum temperature	16.1 C (61.0 F)	3 of 100 (Routine)
Houston Wb City	United States	Record high minimum temperature	24.4 C (75.9 F)	3 of 100 (Routine)
Old Baratta Homestead	Australia	Record daily precipitation	1.8 mm (0.07 in)	2 of 100 (Routine)
Stratford	Canada	Record low minimum temperature	5.6 C (42.1 F)	2 of 100 (Routine)
Sfax El-Maou	Tunisia	Record high minimum temperature	25.0 C (77.0 F)	2 of 100 (Routine)
Constantine	Algeria	Record high maximum temperature	40.0 C (104.0 F)	1 of 100 (Routine)
Port Dover	Canada	Record low minimum temperature	8.3 C (46.9 F)	1 of 100 (Routine)
Charlottetown	Canada	Record daily precipitation	20.3 mm (0.8 in)	1 of 100 (Routine)
Harrisburg - Coop	United States	Record low minimum temperature	12.8 C (55.0 F)	1 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

56 records

Records set or tied on 3 August 1920 by type: Highest daily maximum 5, Lowest daily maximum 5, Highest daily minimum 7, Lowest daily minimum 20, Heaviest daily rainfall 19.

Records on 3 August 1920 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	5
Lowest daily maximum	5
Highest daily minimum	7
Lowest daily minimum	20
Heaviest daily rainfall	19
Heaviest daily snowfall	0
Deepest snow cover	0

Records on 3 August 1920 by timescale: all-time 2, monthly 1, daily 53.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

46 broken records

Margins by which the 46 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 13.2. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

3 August 1920

Top 20 records on 3 August 1920 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
3 August 1920	St John's, CA	all-time high min	20.6 C (69.1 F)	0.6 C (1.1 F)	43 years	37 of 100 (Notable)
3 August 1920	Wilmington Wb City, US	daily low max	22.8 C (73.0 F)	3.9 C (7.0 F)	33 years	29 of 100 (Routine)
3 August 1920	Junsele, SE	daily rain	28.3 mm (1.1 in)	13.2 mm (0.5 in)	8 years	27 of 100 (Routine)
3 August 1920	Malvern, US	daily low min	12.8 C (55.0 F)	2.8 C (5.0 F)	34 years	23 of 100 (Routine)
3 August 1920	Praha-Klementinum, CZ	daily rain	16.8 mm (0.7 in)	0.1 mm (0.00 in)	84 years	20 of 100 (Routine)
3 August 1920	Sedan (Sandleton), AU	daily rain	7.6 mm (0.30 in)	5.6 mm (0.22 in)	32 years	20 of 100 (Routine)
3 August 1920	Barrie, CA	daily low min	6.1 C (43.0 F)	1.7 C (3.1 F)	39 years	20 of 100 (Routine)
3 August 1920	Cleveland 2717 Euclid, US	daily low min	10.6 C (51.1 F)	0.5 C (0.9 F)	45 years	19 of 100 (Routine)
3 August 1920	Philadelphia City, US	daily low min	14.4 C (57.9 F)	0.6 C (1.1 F)	44 years	19 of 100 (Routine)
3 August 1920	Algiers-Ville/Universite, DZ	daily high max	40.0 C (104.0 F)	3.0 C (5.4 F)	20 years	18 of 100 (Routine)
3 August 1920	Fort National, DZ	daily high max	38.0 C (100.4 F)	2.0 C (3.6 F)	34 years	18 of 100 (Routine)
3 August 1920	Woodstock West, AU	daily rain	10.2 mm (0.4 in)	4.9 mm (0.19 in)	18 years	17 of 100 (Routine)
3 August 1920	Trawalla, AU	daily rain	11.9 mm (0.5 in)	3.5 mm (0.14 in)	24 years	16 of 100 (Routine)
3 August 1920	Cet Central England, GB	daily low max	15.2 C (59.4 F)	0.8 C (1.4 F)	34 years	16 of 100 (Routine)
3 August 1920	Baltimore Customs House, US	daily low min	14.4 C (57.9 F)	0.6 C (1.1 F)	33 years	16 of 100 (Routine)
3 August 1920	Curnomona (Curnamona), AU	daily rain	0.5 mm (0.02 in)	0.5 mm (0.02 in)	38 years	15 of 100 (Routine)
3 August 1920	Winnipeg St Johns Coll, CA	daily rain	26.2 mm (1.0 in)	10.5 mm (0.4 in)	4 years	15 of 100 (Routine)
3 August 1920	Little Rock St Capitol, US	daily low min	17.2 C (63.0 F)	1.1 C (2.0 F)	24 years	15 of 100 (Routine)
3 August 1920	Nemours (Ghazaouet), DZ	daily high min	24.0 C (75.2 F)	1.0 C (1.8 F)	22 years	14 of 100 (Routine)
3 August 1920	Vastervik, SE	daily low min	9.5 C (49.1 F)	0.5 C (0.9 F)	31 years	14 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 1920

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1815 to 1920. 1920 had 56 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 2	34
2 to 4	8
4 to 6	2
6 to 8	0
8 to 10	0
10 to 12	1
12 to 14	1