Weather Records on 3 August 1928

332 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 3 August 1928. Highest significance: Bethany, US.

Key Facts for 3 August 1928

On 3 August 1928, 332 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
201 were record highs and 54 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 0 were all-time records, 2 monthly and 330 daily.
Bethany set a daily record precipitation of 83.8 mm (3.3 in) on 3 August 1928.
Across 156 earlier years (1815 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 464 records.

Record Map

332 stations

332 station records on 3 August 1928 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 3 August 1928: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Bethany	United States	Record daily precipitation	83.8 mm (3.3 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Bay City	United States	Record daily precipitation	106.7 mm (4.2 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Crete 4ESE	United States	Record daily precipitation	64.0 mm (2.5 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Lake Moraine	United States	Record daily precipitation	36.8 mm (1.4 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Shenkursk	Russia	Record daily precipitation	38.7 mm (1.5 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Ottumwa 1 WSW	United States	Record daily precipitation	67.1 mm (2.6 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Geneva	United States	Record daily precipitation	59.7 mm (2.4 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Hebron	United States	Record daily precipitation	54.6 mm (2.1 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Prairie du Chien	United States	Record daily precipitation	72.1 mm (2.8 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Indianola 1SW	United States	Record daily precipitation	75.2 mm (3.0 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Sigourney	United States	Record daily precipitation	81.8 mm (3.2 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Iowa City	United States	Record daily precipitation	60.5 mm (2.4 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Santa Fe	United States	Record low minimum temperature	9.4 C (48.9 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Bogoroditskoye-Fenino	Russia	Record daily precipitation	31.2 mm (1.2 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Marshalltown	United States	Record daily precipitation	54.6 mm (2.1 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Minneapolis	United States	Record daily precipitation	36.3 mm (1.4 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Kingston Queens U	Canada	Record daily precipitation	47.8 mm (1.9 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Toronto Deer Park	Canada	Record daily precipitation	59.2 mm (2.3 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Northfield	United States	Record daily precipitation	31.5 mm (1.2 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Oran-Hopital Militaire	Algeria	Record high maximum temperature	36.0 C (96.8 F)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Algiers-Ville/Universite	Algeria	Record high minimum temperature	27.0 C (80.6 F)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Kargopol	Russia	Record daily precipitation	27.7 mm (1.1 in)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Berlin-Dahlem	Germany	Record low minimum temperature	7.4 C (45.3 F)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Audubon	United States	Record daily precipitation	40.9 mm (1.6 in)	23 of 100 (Routine)
San Bernardino F S 226	United States	Record low maximum temperature	27.8 C (82.0 F)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Lakin	United States	Record daily precipitation	29.2 mm (1.1 in)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Phillipsburg 1 SSE	United States	Record daily precipitation	31.0 mm (1.2 in)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Claremont Pomona Clg	United States	Record low maximum temperature	25.6 C (78.1 F)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Redlands	United States	Record low maximum temperature	25.6 C (78.1 F)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Albia 3 NNE	United States	Record daily precipitation	39.4 mm (1.6 in)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Vytegra	Russia	Record daily precipitation	22.7 mm (0.9 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Montreal McGill	Canada	Record daily precipitation	22.1 mm (0.9 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Box Creek Tank	Australia	Record daily precipitation	18.3 mm (0.7 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Galway	Ireland	Record low minimum temperature	4.4 C (39.9 F)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Kon-Kolodez	Russia	Record daily precipitation	23.3 mm (0.9 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Kamennaja-Step	Russia	Record daily precipitation	23.0 mm (0.9 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Las Animas	United States	Record low minimum temperature	8.3 C (46.9 F)	20 of 100 (Routine)
New Hampton	United States	Record daily precipitation	62.2 mm (2.4 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Lakeview 2 NNW	United States	Record daily precipitation	1.8 mm (0.07 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
State College	United States	Record high maximum temperature	32.8 C (91.0 F)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Concordia ASOS	United States	Record daily precipitation	23.9 mm (0.9 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Cottbus	Germany	Record low minimum temperature	7.0 C (44.6 F)	19 of 100 (Routine)
Gravette	United States	Record daily precipitation	119.9 mm (4.7 in)	19 of 100 (Routine)
Ames 3 SW	United States	Record daily precipitation	49.0 mm (1.9 in)	19 of 100 (Routine)
S Haven	United States	Record high minimum temperature	22.8 C (73.0 F)	19 of 100 (Routine)
Sussex 1 NW	United States	Record high maximum temperature	33.3 C (91.9 F)	19 of 100 (Routine)
Burkes Garden	United States	Record high maximum temperature	32.2 C (90.0 F)	19 of 100 (Routine)
Owosso Wwtp	United States	Record daily precipitation	24.9 mm (1.0 in)	18 of 100 (Routine)
Syracuse	United States	Record daily precipitation	45.0 mm (1.8 in)	18 of 100 (Routine)
Springer	United States	Record low maximum temperature	23.9 C (75.0 F)	18 of 100 (Routine)
Fort National	Algeria	Record high minimum temperature	27.0 C (80.6 F)	17 of 100 (Routine)
Gunnedah Pool	Australia	Record low maximum temperature	6.1 C (43.0 F)	17 of 100 (Routine)
Husum	Germany	Record low minimum temperature	6.3 C (43.3 F)	17 of 100 (Routine)
Bonaparte 5 NE	United States	Record daily precipitation	32.3 mm (1.3 in)	17 of 100 (Routine)
Kalamazoo State Hospital	United States	Record high minimum temperature	22.2 C (72.0 F)	17 of 100 (Routine)
Conception	United States	Record daily precipitation	45.7 mm (1.8 in)	17 of 100 (Routine)
Ashland #2	United States	Record daily precipitation	34.5 mm (1.4 in)	17 of 100 (Routine)
S Bend AP	United States	Record high minimum temperature	23.3 C (73.9 F)	17 of 100 (Routine)
Adelaide West Terrace	Australia	Record low minimum temperature	2.8 C (37.0 F)	16 of 100 (Routine)
Masset Airport	Canada	Record low maximum temperature	12.2 C (54.0 F)	16 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

332 records

Records set or tied on 3 August 1928 by type: Highest daily maximum 71, Lowest daily maximum 17, Highest daily minimum 130, Lowest daily minimum 37, Heaviest daily rainfall 77.

Records on 3 August 1928 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	71
Lowest daily maximum	17
Highest daily minimum	130
Lowest daily minimum	37
Heaviest daily rainfall	77
Heaviest daily snowfall	0
Deepest snow cover	0

Records on 3 August 1928 by timescale: all-time 0, monthly 2, daily 330.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

241 broken records

Margins by which the 241 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 87.9. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

3 August 1928

Top 20 records on 3 August 1928 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
3 August 1928	Bethany, US	daily rain	83.8 mm (3.3 in)	59.7 mm (2.4 in)	17 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
3 August 1928	Bay City, US	daily rain	106.7 mm (4.2 in)	87.9 mm (3.5 in)	13 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
3 August 1928	Crete 4ESE, US	daily rain	64.0 mm (2.5 in)	48.8 mm (1.9 in)	17 years	42 of 100 (Notable)
3 August 1928	Lake Moraine, US	daily rain	36.8 mm (1.4 in)	19.0 mm (0.7 in)	28 years	41 of 100 (Notable)
3 August 1928	Shenkursk, RU	daily rain	38.7 mm (1.5 in)	18.9 mm (0.7 in)	21 years	38 of 100 (Notable)
3 August 1928	Ottumwa 1 WSW, US	daily rain	67.1 mm (2.6 in)	49.6 mm (2.0 in)	13 years	37 of 100 (Notable)
3 August 1928	Geneva, US	daily rain	59.7 mm (2.4 in)	42.4 mm (1.7 in)	17 years	35 of 100 (Notable)
3 August 1928	Hebron, US	daily rain	54.6 mm (2.1 in)	40.9 mm (1.6 in)	17 years	34 of 100 (Routine)
3 August 1928	Prairie du Chien, US	daily rain	72.1 mm (2.8 in)	34.8 mm (1.4 in)	28 years	34 of 100 (Routine)
3 August 1928	Indianola 1SW, US	daily rain	75.2 mm (3.0 in)	35.8 mm (1.4 in)	30 years	32 of 100 (Routine)
3 August 1928	Sigourney, US	monthly rain	81.8 mm (3.2 in)	14.5 mm (0.6 in)	24 years	32 of 100 (Routine)
3 August 1928	Iowa City, US	daily rain	60.5 mm (2.4 in)	26.2 mm (1.0 in)	30 years	30 of 100 (Routine)
3 August 1928	Santa Fe, US	daily low min	9.4 C (48.9 F)	2.3 C (4.1 F)	47 years	30 of 100 (Routine)
3 August 1928	Bogoroditskoye-Fenino, RU	daily rain	31.2 mm (1.2 in)	19.0 mm (0.7 in)	8 years	29 of 100 (Routine)
3 August 1928	Marshalltown, US	daily rain	54.6 mm (2.1 in)	27.9 mm (1.1 in)	9 years	28 of 100 (Routine)
3 August 1928	Minneapolis, US	daily rain	36.3 mm (1.4 in)	22.3 mm (0.9 in)	27 years	26 of 100 (Routine)
3 August 1928	Kingston Queens U, CA	daily rain	47.8 mm (1.9 in)	21.9 mm (0.9 in)	13 years	25 of 100 (Routine)
3 August 1928	Toronto Deer Park, CA	daily rain	59.2 mm (2.3 in)	20.8 mm (0.8 in)	13 years	25 of 100 (Routine)
3 August 1928	Northfield, US	daily rain	31.5 mm (1.2 in)	15.5 mm (0.6 in)	24 years	25 of 100 (Routine)
3 August 1928	Oran-Hopital Militaire, DZ	daily high max	36.0 C (96.8 F)	2.0 C (3.6 F)	33 years	24 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 1928

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1815 to 1928. 1928 had 332 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 20	226
20 to 40	9
40 to 60	5
60 to 80	0
80 to 100	1