Weather Records on 3 August 1929

207 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 3 August 1929. Highest significance: Lake Moraine, US.

Key Facts for 3 August 1929

On 3 August 1929, 207 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
86 were record highs and 32 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 1 were all-time records, 6 monthly and 200 daily.
Lake Moraine set a monthly record daily precipitation of 72.4 mm (2.9 in) on 3 August 1929.
Across 156 earlier years (1815 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 465 records.

Record Map

207 stations

207 station records on 3 August 1929 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 3 August 1929: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Lake Moraine	United States	Record daily precipitation	72.4 mm (2.9 in)	61 of 100 (Major)
Bellefontaine	United States	Record daily precipitation	63.5 mm (2.5 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Rocky Ford 2 SE	United States	Record daily precipitation	51.8 mm (2.0 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Mc Connellsville Lk 7	United States	Record daily precipitation	50.3 mm (2.0 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Boulder	United States	Record daily precipitation	33.5 mm (1.3 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Cheyenne Wells 2NE	United States	Record daily precipitation	30.5 mm (1.2 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Huntington	United States	Record daily precipitation	97.0 mm (3.8 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Mauzy	United States	Record daily precipitation	55.1 mm (2.2 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
S Bend AP	United States	Record daily precipitation	53.1 mm (2.1 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Dublin Phoenix Park	Ireland	Record daily precipitation	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Sulitjelma	Norway	Record daily precipitation	25.3 mm (1.0 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Feodosiia	Ukraine	Record high maximum temperature	33.5 C (92.3 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Bloukrans (Bos)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	59.9 mm (2.4 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Bajramaly	Turkmenistan	Record high minimum temperature	29.6 C (85.3 F)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Ft Collins	United States	Record daily precipitation	31.8 mm (1.3 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Lancaster 2 NW	United States	Record daily precipitation	63.5 mm (2.5 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Lakefield	Canada	Record low maximum temperature	17.2 C (63.0 F)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Selma	United States	Record daily precipitation	33.8 mm (1.3 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Bathurst Gaol	Australia	Record low minimum temperature	-6.4 C (20.5 F)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Elliotdale (Tnk)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	20.3 mm (0.8 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Katberg (Bos)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	24.1 mm (0.9 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Concord	United States	Record daily precipitation	22.9 mm (0.9 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Wolfridge (Bos)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	18.5 mm (0.7 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Nqamakwe (Tnk)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	11.2 mm (0.4 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Ostrov Sosnovez	Russia	Record daily precipitation	11.1 mm (0.4 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Alicedale	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	10.7 mm (0.4 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Tafelberg Hall	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	3.0 mm (0.12 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Millwood (Bos)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	33.8 mm (1.3 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Cortland	United States	Record low maximum temperature	19.4 C (66.9 F)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Marietta Wtr Wks	United States	Record low minimum temperature	5.6 C (42.1 F)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Zanesville Wwtp	United States	Record daily precipitation	35.1 mm (1.4 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Tomsk	Russia	Record daily precipitation	18.2 mm (0.7 in)	19 of 100 (Routine)
Grahamstown	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	14.5 mm (0.6 in)	19 of 100 (Routine)
Fort Fordyce (Bos)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	17.5 mm (0.7 in)	19 of 100 (Routine)
Henichesk	Ukraine	Record high minimum temperature	24.0 C (75.2 F)	19 of 100 (Routine)
Madison	United States	Record high maximum temperature	38.9 C (102.0 F)	19 of 100 (Routine)
Fir Glen	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	14.2 mm (0.6 in)	18 of 100 (Routine)
Pirie (Bos)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	7.6 mm (0.30 in)	18 of 100 (Routine)
Hingham (1)	United States	Record daily precipitation	17.8 mm (0.7 in)	18 of 100 (Routine)
Kenton	United States	Record daily precipitation	33.0 mm (1.3 in)	18 of 100 (Routine)
Lycippus 1 E	United States	Record daily precipitation	38.1 mm (1.5 in)	18 of 100 (Routine)
Decatur 1 N	United States	Record high minimum temperature	23.3 C (73.9 F)	18 of 100 (Routine)
Rocklands	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	2.5 mm (0.10 in)	17 of 100 (Routine)
Tsomo (Pol)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	7.6 mm (0.30 in)	17 of 100 (Routine)
Shelbyville Sewage Plt	United States	Record daily precipitation	29.2 mm (1.1 in)	17 of 100 (Routine)
Lake Cochituate	United States	Record daily precipitation	22.6 mm (0.9 in)	17 of 100 (Routine)
Coldwater	United States	Record high maximum temperature	36.7 C (98.1 F)	17 of 100 (Routine)
Indian Head Cda	Canada	Record low minimum temperature	2.8 C (37.0 F)	16 of 100 (Routine)
White River	Canada	Record low maximum temperature	13.9 C (57.0 F)	16 of 100 (Routine)
Krakmo	Norway	Record daily precipitation	25.2 mm (1.0 in)	16 of 100 (Routine)
Fitchburg 4 SE	United States	Record daily precipitation	19.6 mm (0.8 in)	16 of 100 (Routine)
Sidney 2 N	United States	Record daily precipitation	49.3 mm (1.9 in)	16 of 100 (Routine)
Halifax Macrossan St	Australia	Record daily precipitation	15.7 mm (0.6 in)	15 of 100 (Routine)
Muenster	Germany	Record low minimum temperature	6.5 C (43.7 F)	15 of 100 (Routine)
Kieskamahoek (Pol)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	13.7 mm (0.5 in)	15 of 100 (Routine)
Maclear (Mag)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	10.7 mm (0.4 in)	15 of 100 (Routine)
Waterbury	United States	Record low minimum temperature	8.3 C (46.9 F)	15 of 100 (Routine)
Talbotton	United States	Record high maximum temperature	38.9 C (102.0 F)	15 of 100 (Routine)
Columbus	United States	Record daily precipitation	29.7 mm (1.2 in)	15 of 100 (Routine)
Hutchinson River	United States	Record high minimum temperature	25.0 C (77.0 F)	15 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

207 records

Records set or tied on 3 August 1929 by type: Highest daily maximum 23, Lowest daily maximum 15, Highest daily minimum 63, Lowest daily minimum 17, Heaviest daily rainfall 89.

Records on 3 August 1929 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	23
Lowest daily maximum	15
Highest daily minimum	63
Lowest daily minimum	17
Heaviest daily rainfall	89
Heaviest daily snowfall	0
Deepest snow cover	0

Records on 3 August 1929 by timescale: all-time 1, monthly 6, daily 200.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

152 broken records

Margins by which the 152 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 39.4. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

3 August 1929

Top 20 records on 3 August 1929 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
3 August 1929	Lake Moraine, US	monthly rain	72.4 mm (2.9 in)	33.0 mm (1.3 in)	27 years	61 of 100 (Major)
3 August 1929	Bellefontaine, US	daily rain	63.5 mm (2.5 in)	39.4 mm (1.6 in)	27 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
3 August 1929	Rocky Ford 2 SE, US	daily rain	51.8 mm (2.0 in)	37.8 mm (1.5 in)	22 years	41 of 100 (Notable)
3 August 1929	Mc Connellsville Lk 7, US	daily rain	50.3 mm (2.0 in)	33.5 mm (1.3 in)	7 years	35 of 100 (Notable)
3 August 1929	Boulder, US	daily rain	33.5 mm (1.3 in)	12.9 mm (0.5 in)	31 years	33 of 100 (Routine)
3 August 1929	Cheyenne Wells 2NE, US	daily rain	30.5 mm (1.2 in)	27.2 mm (1.1 in)	31 years	32 of 100 (Routine)
3 August 1929	Huntington, US	monthly rain	97.0 mm (3.8 in)	12.9 mm (0.5 in)	32 years	31 of 100 (Routine)
3 August 1929	Mauzy, US	daily rain	55.1 mm (2.2 in)	34.8 mm (1.4 in)	8 years	29 of 100 (Routine)
3 August 1929	S Bend AP, US	daily rain	53.1 mm (2.1 in)	21.6 mm (0.9 in)	30 years	29 of 100 (Routine)
3 August 1929	Dublin Phoenix Park, IE	daily rain	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	8.1 mm (0.32 in)	33 years	28 of 100 (Routine)
3 August 1929	Sulitjelma, NO	daily rain	25.3 mm (1.0 in)	9.8 mm (0.39 in)	24 years	28 of 100 (Routine)
3 August 1929	Feodosiia, UA	daily high max	33.5 C (92.3 F)	2.8 C (5.0 F)	46 years	28 of 100 (Routine)
3 August 1929	Bloukrans (Bos), ZA	daily rain	59.9 mm (2.4 in)	21.8 mm (0.9 in)	20 years	27 of 100 (Routine)
3 August 1929	Bajramaly, TM	all-time high min	29.6 C (85.3 F)	0.6 C (1.1 F)	8 years	27 of 100 (Routine)
3 August 1929	Ft Collins, US	monthly rain	31.8 mm (1.3 in)	3.6 mm (0.14 in)	23 years	27 of 100 (Routine)
3 August 1929	Lancaster 2 NW, US	monthly rain	63.5 mm (2.5 in)	10.2 mm (0.4 in)	14 years	26 of 100 (Routine)
3 August 1929	Lakefield, CA	daily low max	17.2 C (63.0 F)	3.9 C (7.0 F)	37 years	25 of 100 (Routine)
3 August 1929	Selma, US	daily rain	33.8 mm (1.3 in)	17.3 mm (0.7 in)	29 years	25 of 100 (Routine)
3 August 1929	Bathurst Gaol, AU	daily low min	-6.4 C (20.5 F)	0.4 C (0.7 F)	47 years	22 of 100 (Routine)
3 August 1929	Elliotdale (Tnk), ZA	daily rain	20.3 mm (0.8 in)	20.3 mm (0.8 in)	36 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

1815 to 1929

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1815 to 1929. 1929 had 207 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	96
5 to 10	31
10 to 15	12
15 to 20	4
20 to 25	3
25 to 30	1
30 to 35	3
35 to 40	2