Weather Records on 3 July 1921

68 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 3 July 1921. Highest significance: Warren (Eenaweena), AU.

Key Facts for 3 July 1921

On 3 July 1921, 68 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
22 were record highs and 18 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 1 were all-time records, 3 monthly and 64 daily.
Warren (Eenaweena) set a daily record precipitation of 46.2 mm (1.8 in) on 3 July 1921.
Across 162 earlier years (1793 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 436 records.

Record Map

68 stations

68 station records on 3 July 1921 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 3 July 1921: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Warren (Eenaweena)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	46.2 mm (1.8 in)	55 of 100 (Notable)
Pitt Town (the Manse)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	71.9 mm (2.8 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Paarl (Tnk)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	54.4 mm (2.1 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Malmesbury	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	27.9 mm (1.1 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Bunghill Tank	Australia	Record daily precipitation	39.9 mm (1.6 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Uliman (Brentwood)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	76.2 mm (3.0 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Stellenbosch (Tnk)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	35.8 mm (1.4 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Cape Town Fire Station	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	33.5 mm (1.3 in)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Plauen	Germany	Record low maximum temperature	10.8 C (51.4 F)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Piketberg (Pol)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	36.8 mm (1.4 in)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Clanwilliam (Pol)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	20.1 mm (0.8 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Kirov	Russia	Record daily precipitation	16.0 mm (0.6 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Robertson	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	15.0 mm (0.6 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Charlottetown	Canada	Record high maximum temperature	30.6 C (87.1 F)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Caledon (Pol)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	19.8 mm (0.8 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Goulburn	Australia	Record daily precipitation	15.7 mm (0.6 in)	19 of 100 (Routine)
Concordia ASOS	United States	Record daily precipitation	50.8 mm (2.0 in)	19 of 100 (Routine)
Worcester	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	19.1 mm (0.8 in)	18 of 100 (Routine)
Mahackala	Russia	Record high minimum temperature	24.5 C (76.1 F)	17 of 100 (Routine)
Nemours (Ghazaouet)	Algeria	Record high minimum temperature	23.0 C (73.4 F)	16 of 100 (Routine)
Grenfell	Canada	Record daily precipitation	16.8 mm (0.7 in)	16 of 100 (Routine)
Bredasdorp	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	15.7 mm (0.6 in)	16 of 100 (Routine)
Willowvale (Tnk)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	6.4 mm (0.25 in)	14 of 100 (Routine)
Quorn (Depot Flat)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	1.3 mm (0.05 in)	13 of 100 (Routine)
Abbotslea	Australia	Record daily precipitation	33.0 mm (1.3 in)	13 of 100 (Routine)
Minnedosa	Canada	Record high minimum temperature	17.2 C (63.0 F)	13 of 100 (Routine)
Brandon Cda	Canada	Record high minimum temperature	20.6 C (69.1 F)	12 of 100 (Routine)
Port Arthur	Canada	Record high minimum temperature	17.8 C (64.0 F)	12 of 100 (Routine)
White River	Canada	Record high maximum temperature	34.4 C (93.9 F)	12 of 100 (Routine)
Port Stanley	Canada	Record high maximum temperature	31.7 C (89.1 F)	12 of 100 (Routine)
Wrixum/Fohr	Germany	Record low minimum temperature	7.7 C (45.9 F)	12 of 100 (Routine)
Jokkmokk	Sweden	Record high minimum temperature	15.0 C (59.0 F)	12 of 100 (Routine)
Escanaba	United States	Record high minimum temperature	23.9 C (75.0 F)	12 of 100 (Routine)
Medicine Hat A	Canada	Record low maximum temperature	15.0 C (59.0 F)	11 of 100 (Routine)
Green Bay	United States	Record high maximum temperature	35.0 C (95.0 F)	11 of 100 (Routine)
Nicosia	Cyprus	Record high maximum temperature	40.6 C (105.1 F)	10 of 100 (Routine)
Bremen-Seefahrtschule	Germany	Record low minimum temperature	6.6 C (43.9 F)	10 of 100 (Routine)
Jena Sternwarte	Germany	Record low maximum temperature	14.1 C (57.4 F)	10 of 100 (Routine)
Cottbus	Germany	Record low minimum temperature	7.1 C (44.8 F)	10 of 100 (Routine)
Tulbagh (Pol)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	34.0 mm (1.3 in)	10 of 100 (Routine)
Milwaukee Wb City	United States	Record high minimum temperature	23.9 C (75.0 F)	10 of 100 (Routine)
Battleford	Canada	Record low maximum temperature	16.7 C (62.1 F)	9 of 100 (Routine)
Fraserburg	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	3.0 mm (0.12 in)	9 of 100 (Routine)
Crookston NW Exp STN	United States	Record high minimum temperature	20.0 C (68.0 F)	9 of 100 (Routine)
Bomera	Australia	Record daily precipitation	37.6 mm (1.5 in)	8 of 100 (Routine)
Karlsruhe	Germany	Record low minimum temperature	7.0 C (44.6 F)	8 of 100 (Routine)
Freiburg	Germany	Record low minimum temperature	7.8 C (46.0 F)	7 of 100 (Routine)
Escanaba	United States	Record high maximum temperature	30.0 C (86.0 F)	7 of 100 (Routine)
Stonecliffe	Canada	Record high maximum temperature	38.3 C (100.9 F)	6 of 100 (Routine)
Heinersreuth-Vollhof	Germany	Record low maximum temperature	12.4 C (54.3 F)	6 of 100 (Routine)
Sheffield	United Kingdom	Record low maximum temperature	13.9 C (57.0 F)	6 of 100 (Routine)
Gunnedah Pool	Australia	Record low maximum temperature	8.9 C (48.0 F)	5 of 100 (Routine)
Uccle	Belgium	Record low minimum temperature	4.4 C (39.9 F)	5 of 100 (Routine)
Muncheberg	Germany	Record daily precipitation	10.9 mm (0.4 in)	5 of 100 (Routine)
Winnipeg St Johns Coll	Canada	Record high minimum temperature	18.9 C (66.0 F)	4 of 100 (Routine)
Kingston Queens U	Canada	Record high minimum temperature	21.1 C (70.0 F)	4 of 100 (Routine)
Nurnberg	Germany	Record low maximum temperature	13.9 C (57.0 F)	4 of 100 (Routine)
Lenoir	United States	Record daily precipitation	12.7 mm (0.5 in)	4 of 100 (Routine)
Portland Rfc City	United States	Record low minimum temperature	7.8 C (46.0 F)	4 of 100 (Routine)
Montagu (Pol)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	10.2 mm (0.4 in)	3 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

68 records

Records set or tied on 3 July 1921 by type: Highest daily maximum 9, Lowest daily maximum 9, Highest daily minimum 13, Lowest daily minimum 9, Heaviest daily rainfall 28.

Records on 3 July 1921 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	9
Lowest daily maximum	9
Highest daily minimum	13
Lowest daily minimum	9
Heaviest daily rainfall	28
Heaviest daily snowfall	0
Deepest snow cover	0

Records on 3 July 1921 by timescale: all-time 1, monthly 3, daily 64.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

52 broken records

Margins by which the 52 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 58.4. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

3 July 1921

Top 20 records on 3 July 1921 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
3 July 1921	Warren (Eenaweena), AU	daily rain	46.2 mm (1.8 in)	33.0 mm (1.3 in)	36 years	55 of 100 (Notable)
3 July 1921	Pitt Town (the Manse), AU	daily rain	71.9 mm (2.8 in)	58.4 mm (2.3 in)	32 years	52 of 100 (Notable)
3 July 1921	Paarl (Tnk), ZA	daily rain	54.4 mm (2.1 in)	31.8 mm (1.3 in)	28 years	37 of 100 (Notable)
3 July 1921	Malmesbury, ZA	daily rain	27.9 mm (1.1 in)	16.2 mm (0.6 in)	28 years	34 of 100 (Routine)
3 July 1921	Bunghill Tank, AU	daily rain	39.9 mm (1.6 in)	31.0 mm (1.2 in)	0 years	31 of 100 (Routine)
3 July 1921	Uliman (Brentwood), AU	daily rain	76.2 mm (3.0 in)	27.2 mm (1.1 in)	33 years	31 of 100 (Routine)
3 July 1921	Stellenbosch (Tnk), ZA	daily rain	35.8 mm (1.4 in)	16.0 mm (0.6 in)	32 years	28 of 100 (Routine)
3 July 1921	Cape Town Fire Station, ZA	daily rain	33.5 mm (1.3 in)	12.2 mm (0.5 in)	29 years	24 of 100 (Routine)
3 July 1921	Plauen, DE	monthly low max	10.8 C (51.4 F)	1.3 C (2.3 F)	20 years	22 of 100 (Routine)
3 July 1921	Piketberg (Pol), ZA	daily rain	36.8 mm (1.4 in)	13.9 mm (0.5 in)	16 years	21 of 100 (Routine)
3 July 1921	Clanwilliam (Pol), ZA	daily rain	20.1 mm (0.8 in)	16.3 mm (0.6 in)	12 years	20 of 100 (Routine)
3 July 1921	Kirov, RU	daily rain	16.0 mm (0.6 in)	8.0 mm (0.31 in)	28 years	20 of 100 (Routine)
3 July 1921	Robertson, ZA	daily rain	15.0 mm (0.6 in)	11.7 mm (0.5 in)	6 years	20 of 100 (Routine)
3 July 1921	Charlottetown, CA	daily high max	30.6 C (87.1 F)	0.6 C (1.1 F)	47 years	20 of 100 (Routine)
3 July 1921	Caledon (Pol), ZA	daily rain	19.8 mm (0.8 in)	6.6 mm (0.26 in)	28 years	20 of 100 (Routine)
3 July 1921	Goulburn, AU	daily rain	15.7 mm (0.6 in)	2.0 mm (0.08 in)	37 years	19 of 100 (Routine)
3 July 1921	Concordia ASOS, US	daily rain	50.8 mm (2.0 in)	15.2 mm (0.6 in)	21 years	19 of 100 (Routine)
3 July 1921	Worcester, ZA	daily rain	19.1 mm (0.8 in)	10.7 mm (0.4 in)	6 years	18 of 100 (Routine)
3 July 1921	Mahackala, RU	daily high min	24.5 C (76.1 F)	2.6 C (4.7 F)	8 years	17 of 100 (Routine)
3 July 1921	Nemours (Ghazaouet), DZ	daily high min	23.0 C (73.4 F)	1.0 C (1.8 F)	27 years	16 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 1921

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1793 to 1921. 1921 had 68 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 10	39
10 to 20	8
20 to 30	1
30 to 40	3
40 to 50	0
50 to 60	1