Weather Records on 3 July 1926

140 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 3 July 1926. Highest significance: Heerde, NL.

Key Facts for 3 July 1926

On 3 July 1926, 140 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
85 were record highs and 10 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 0 were all-time records, 6 monthly and 134 daily.
Heerde set a daily record precipitation of 39.1 mm (1.5 in) on 3 July 1926.
Across 162 earlier years (1793 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 435 records.

Record Map

140 stations

140 station records on 3 July 1926 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 3 July 1926: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Heerde	Netherlands	Record daily precipitation	39.1 mm (1.5 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Williston Sloulin Fld	United States	Record daily precipitation	44.5 mm (1.8 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Moorland (Denro-An)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	79.2 mm (3.1 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Harrington (Oxley Anchorage Ca	Australia	Record daily precipitation	54.6 mm (2.1 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Beloit	United States	Record daily precipitation	56.6 mm (2.2 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Taree (Radio Station 2Re)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	38.1 mm (1.5 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Kempsey (Wide Street)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	41.1 mm (1.6 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Wauchope (Avondale Street)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	55.4 mm (2.2 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Wittenberg	Germany	Record daily precipitation	26.2 mm (1.0 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Nossen	Germany	Record daily precipitation	32.4 mm (1.3 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Sigourney	United States	Record daily precipitation	56.9 mm (2.2 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Red Cloud	United States	Record daily precipitation	35.6 mm (1.4 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Port Macquarie (Bellevue Garde	Australia	Record daily precipitation	60.2 mm (2.4 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Tashkent	Uzbekistan	Record low maximum temperature	21.2 C (70.2 F)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Clinton #1	United States	Record daily precipitation	47.2 mm (1.9 in)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Morrison	United States	Record daily precipitation	54.4 mm (2.1 in)	23 of 100 (Routine)
New Burnside	United States	Record high maximum temperature	41.1 C (106.0 F)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Fergana	Uzbekistan	Record daily precipitation	14.6 mm (0.6 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Tashkent	Uzbekistan	Record daily precipitation	20.5 mm (0.8 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Canon City	United States	Record daily precipitation	22.9 mm (0.9 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Aleksandrovsk-Sahalinskij	Russia	Record daily precipitation	21.0 mm (0.8 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Sheringa (Lake Hamilton)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	16.0 mm (0.6 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Brinkley	United States	Record high maximum temperature	40.0 C (104.0 F)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Tasiilaq	Greenland [Denmark]	Record high minimum temperature	7.1 C (44.8 F)	19 of 100 (Routine)
Hvar	Croatia	Record low minimum temperature	15.5 C (59.9 F)	19 of 100 (Routine)
Bee Branch	United States	Record high maximum temperature	42.2 C (108.0 F)	19 of 100 (Routine)
Marshalltown	United States	Record daily precipitation	69.6 mm (2.7 in)	19 of 100 (Routine)
Stroud Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	36.8 mm (1.4 in)	18 of 100 (Routine)
Vincennes 4 E	United States	Record high maximum temperature	41.1 C (106.0 F)	18 of 100 (Routine)
Abbeville	United States	Record high maximum temperature	36.7 C (98.1 F)	18 of 100 (Routine)
Cheneyville 1 NE	United States	Record high maximum temperature	39.4 C (102.9 F)	18 of 100 (Routine)
Grand Coteau	United States	Record high maximum temperature	37.2 C (99.0 F)	18 of 100 (Routine)
Imperial	United States	Record daily precipitation	30.5 mm (1.2 in)	18 of 100 (Routine)
Little Rock St Capitol	United States	Record high maximum temperature	38.9 C (102.0 F)	17 of 100 (Routine)
Toledo 3N	United States	Record daily precipitation	41.9 mm (1.6 in)	17 of 100 (Routine)
Clarksville Wwtp	United States	Record high maximum temperature	41.1 C (106.0 F)	17 of 100 (Routine)
Ebor (Kotupna)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	26.7 mm (1.1 in)	16 of 100 (Routine)
Gloucester Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	22.4 mm (0.9 in)	16 of 100 (Routine)
Nerchinskij Zavod	Russia	Record high minimum temperature	17.2 C (63.0 F)	16 of 100 (Routine)
Pine Bluff	United States	Record high maximum temperature	40.6 C (105.1 F)	16 of 100 (Routine)
Bonaparte 5 NE	United States	Record daily precipitation	22.9 mm (0.9 in)	16 of 100 (Routine)
Birch Tree	United States	Record high maximum temperature	38.9 C (102.0 F)	16 of 100 (Routine)
Franklin	United States	Record daily precipitation	37.1 mm (1.5 in)	16 of 100 (Routine)
Robe Comparison	Australia	Record low minimum temperature	1.8 C (35.2 F)	15 of 100 (Routine)
Tomsk	Russia	Record daily precipitation	15.1 mm (0.6 in)	15 of 100 (Routine)
New Iberia AP - Acadiana Rgnl	United States	Record high maximum temperature	35.6 C (96.1 F)	15 of 100 (Routine)
Magnolia	United States	Record high maximum temperature	38.3 C (100.9 F)	15 of 100 (Routine)
Natchez	United States	Record high maximum temperature	37.2 C (99.0 F)	15 of 100 (Routine)
Syracuse	United States	Record high minimum temperature	24.4 C (75.9 F)	15 of 100 (Routine)
Astrakan	Russia	Record low maximum temperature	23.4 C (74.1 F)	14 of 100 (Routine)
Richmond	United States	Record high minimum temperature	24.4 C (75.9 F)	14 of 100 (Routine)
Calhoun 2 N	United States	Record high maximum temperature	37.8 C (100.0 F)	14 of 100 (Routine)
Dayville	United States	Record high minimum temperature	17.8 C (64.0 F)	14 of 100 (Routine)
Astana	Kazakhstan	Record low minimum temperature	5.6 C (42.1 F)	13 of 100 (Routine)
Malvern	United States	Record high maximum temperature	39.4 C (102.9 F)	13 of 100 (Routine)
Pocahontas 1	United States	Record high maximum temperature	40.6 C (105.1 F)	13 of 100 (Routine)
Bethany	United States	Record high minimum temperature	23.9 C (75.0 F)	13 of 100 (Routine)
Aberfoyle	Australia	Record daily precipitation	8.9 mm (0.35 in)	12 of 100 (Routine)
Irkutsk	Russia	Record high maximum temperature	34.8 C (94.6 F)	12 of 100 (Routine)
Redding Fire STN 2	United States	Record high minimum temperature	23.9 C (75.0 F)	12 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

140 records

Records set or tied on 3 July 1926 by type: Highest daily maximum 57, Lowest daily maximum 5, Highest daily minimum 28, Lowest daily minimum 5, Heaviest daily rainfall 45.

Records on 3 July 1926 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	57
Lowest daily maximum	5
Highest daily minimum	28
Lowest daily minimum	5
Heaviest daily rainfall	45
Heaviest daily snowfall	0
Deepest snow cover	0

Records on 3 July 1926 by timescale: all-time 0, monthly 6, daily 134.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

104 broken records

Margins by which the 104 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 50.6. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

3 July 1926

Top 20 records on 3 July 1926 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
3 July 1926	Heerde, NL	daily rain	39.1 mm (1.5 in)	23.1 mm (0.9 in)	26 years	42 of 100 (Notable)
3 July 1926	Williston Sloulin Fld, US	daily rain	44.5 mm (1.8 in)	23.7 mm (0.9 in)	24 years	40 of 100 (Notable)
3 July 1926	Moorland (Denro-An), AU	daily rain	79.2 mm (3.1 in)	46.2 mm (1.8 in)	37 years	38 of 100 (Notable)
3 July 1926	Harrington (Oxley Anchorage Ca, AU	daily rain	54.6 mm (2.1 in)	31.7 mm (1.2 in)	37 years	33 of 100 (Routine)
3 July 1926	Beloit, US	daily rain	56.6 mm (2.2 in)	37.5 mm (1.5 in)	24 years	33 of 100 (Routine)
3 July 1926	Taree (Radio Station 2Re), AU	daily rain	38.1 mm (1.5 in)	31.7 mm (1.2 in)	41 years	31 of 100 (Routine)
3 July 1926	Kempsey (Wide Street), AU	daily rain	41.1 mm (1.6 in)	33.0 mm (1.3 in)	41 years	30 of 100 (Routine)
3 July 1926	Wauchope (Avondale Street), AU	daily rain	55.4 mm (2.2 in)	50.6 mm (2.0 in)	12 years	28 of 100 (Routine)
3 July 1926	Wittenberg, DE	daily rain	26.2 mm (1.0 in)	13.9 mm (0.5 in)	19 years	27 of 100 (Routine)
3 July 1926	Nossen, DE	daily rain	32.4 mm (1.3 in)	16.2 mm (0.6 in)	31 years	27 of 100 (Routine)
3 July 1926	Sigourney, US	daily rain	56.9 mm (2.2 in)	24.4 mm (1.0 in)	26 years	26 of 100 (Routine)
3 July 1926	Red Cloud, US	daily rain	35.6 mm (1.4 in)	24.7 mm (1.0 in)	27 years	26 of 100 (Routine)
3 July 1926	Port Macquarie (Bellevue Garde, AU	daily rain	60.2 mm (2.4 in)	11.9 mm (0.5 in)	37 years	25 of 100 (Routine)
3 July 1926	Tashkent, UZ	monthly low max	21.2 C (70.2 F)	1.9 C (3.4 F)	19 years	25 of 100 (Routine)
3 July 1926	Clinton #1, US	daily rain	47.2 mm (1.9 in)	18.8 mm (0.7 in)	26 years	24 of 100 (Routine)
3 July 1926	Morrison, US	daily rain	54.4 mm (2.1 in)	17.6 mm (0.7 in)	26 years	23 of 100 (Routine)
3 July 1926	New Burnside, US	daily high max	41.1 C (106.0 F)	3.9 C (7.0 F)	27 years	22 of 100 (Routine)
3 July 1926	Fergana, UZ	daily rain	14.6 mm (0.6 in)	12.1 mm (0.5 in)	21 years	20 of 100 (Routine)
3 July 1926	Tashkent, UZ	daily rain	20.5 mm (0.8 in)	13.1 mm (0.5 in)	29 years	20 of 100 (Routine)
3 July 1926	Canon City, US	daily rain	22.9 mm (0.9 in)	12.2 mm (0.5 in)	7 years	20 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 1926

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1793 to 1926. 1926 had 140 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).

Histogram of margins by which records were beaten on 3 July 1926
Margin	Records
0 to 10	82
10 to 20	11
20 to 30	5
30 to 40	4
40 to 50	1
50 to 60	1