Weather Records on 3 July 1936

523 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 3 July 1936. Highest significance: Tullahoma, US.

Key Facts for 3 July 1936

On 3 July 1936, 523 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
246 were record highs and 43 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 10 were all-time records, 23 monthly and 490 daily.
Tullahoma set an all-time record daily precipitation of 209.6 mm (8.3 in) on 3 July 1936.
Across 162 earlier years (1793 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 433 records.

Record Map

523 stations

523 station records on 3 July 1936 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 3 July 1936: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Tullahoma	United States	Record daily precipitation	209.6 mm (8.3 in)	66 of 100 (Major)
Gilbert River Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	69.3 mm (2.7 in)	60 of 100 (Major)
Brownsville	United States	Record daily precipitation	141.7 mm (5.6 in)	57 of 100 (Notable)
Loudon 1 E	United States	Record daily precipitation	78.0 mm (3.1 in)	57 of 100 (Notable)
Mallan (Niemur Valley)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	66.0 mm (2.6 in)	55 of 100 (Notable)
Cumberland Station	Australia	Record daily precipitation	45.0 mm (1.8 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Goorimpa	Australia	Record daily precipitation	29.0 mm (1.1 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Milan Exp STN	United States	Record daily precipitation	130.0 mm (5.1 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Chattanooga Wb City	United States	Record daily precipitation	63.0 mm (2.5 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Savannah 6 SW	United States	Record daily precipitation	84.1 mm (3.3 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Kingston	United States	Record daily precipitation	91.4 mm (3.6 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Franklin Sewage Plt	United States	Record daily precipitation	70.4 mm (2.8 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Middle Creek (Leneva)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	41.4 mm (1.6 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Madison	United States	Record daily precipitation	85.9 mm (3.4 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Pine Bluff	United States	Record daily precipitation	69.6 mm (2.7 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Lewisburg Exp STN	United States	Record daily precipitation	66.0 mm (2.6 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Belmont	Australia	Record daily precipitation	26.7 mm (1.1 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Pachamba	India	Record daily precipitation	101.1 mm (4.0 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Richmond Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	48.3 mm (1.9 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Helena	United States	Record daily precipitation	89.4 mm (3.5 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Lynnville 4 SSW	United States	Record daily precipitation	71.1 mm (2.8 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Coldwater	United States	Record daily precipitation	165.6 mm (6.5 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Johnsonville	United States	Record daily precipitation	99.1 mm (3.9 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Mc Minnville	United States	Record daily precipitation	187.2 mm (7.4 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Cambridge Downs Station	Australia	Record daily precipitation	47.0 mm (1.9 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Stuttgart	United States	Record daily precipitation	125.2 mm (4.9 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Ashwood	United States	Record daily precipitation	78.7 mm (3.1 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Carabost	Australia	Record daily precipitation	40.6 mm (1.6 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Chandpur	India	Record daily precipitation	152.4 mm (6.0 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Duiwelskloof (Mun)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	33.0 mm (1.3 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Barauli	India	Record daily precipitation	99.1 mm (3.9 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Cameron Downs	Australia	Record daily precipitation	68.6 mm (2.7 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Kynnersley	Australia	Record daily precipitation	41.9 mm (1.6 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Glenloth Shingle Hut Hmsd	Australia	Record daily precipitation	31.8 mm (1.3 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Snowflake	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-1.1 C (30.0 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
North Lake	United States	Record daily precipitation	50.3 mm (2.0 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Miranda Downs Station	Australia	Record daily precipitation	30.5 mm (1.2 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Yallaroi	Australia	Record daily precipitation	36.1 mm (1.4 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Barud(Warud)	India	Record daily precipitation	97.3 mm (3.8 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Harrisburg - Coop	United States	Record daily precipitation	38.9 mm (1.5 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Trinidad	United States	Record high minimum temperature	23.3 C (73.9 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Murrawombi	Australia	Record daily precipitation	30.0 mm (1.2 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Serpentine (East Loddon)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	31.0 mm (1.2 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Nes Pa Hedmark	Norway	Record daily precipitation	45.7 mm (1.8 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Millungera Station	Australia	Record daily precipitation	38.4 mm (1.5 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Bendigo Channel	Australia	Record daily precipitation	28.4 mm (1.1 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Dholka	India	Record daily precipitation	87.6 mm (3.4 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Pindron	India	Record daily precipitation	117.3 mm (4.6 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Carthage	United States	Record low maximum temperature	24.4 C (75.9 F)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Decatur 1 N	United States	Record daily precipitation	76.2 mm (3.0 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Skjak	Norway	Record daily precipitation	29.2 mm (1.1 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Decatur	United States	Record daily precipitation	37.6 mm (1.5 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Sac City	United States	Record high maximum temperature	42.8 C (109.0 F)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Spearfish	United States	Record high maximum temperature	42.2 C (108.0 F)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Covington 3 SW	United States	Record daily precipitation	147.3 mm (5.8 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Jackson Exp STN	United States	Record daily precipitation	113.3 mm (4.5 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Bogantungan Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	51.8 mm (2.0 in)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Lalitpur	India	Record daily precipitation	98.3 mm (3.9 in)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Harlan	United States	Record high maximum temperature	42.2 C (108.0 F)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Burnside	United States	Record daily precipitation	40.6 mm (1.6 in)	24 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

523 records

Records set or tied on 3 July 1936 by type: Highest daily maximum 163, Lowest daily maximum 34, Highest daily minimum 83, Lowest daily minimum 9, Heaviest daily rainfall 234.

Records on 3 July 1936 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	163
Lowest daily maximum	34
Highest daily minimum	83
Lowest daily minimum	9
Heaviest daily rainfall	234
Heaviest daily snowfall	0
Deepest snow cover	0

Records on 3 July 1936 by timescale: all-time 10, monthly 23, daily 490.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

449 broken records

Margins by which the 449 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 88.9. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

3 July 1936

Top 20 records on 3 July 1936 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
3 July 1936	Tullahoma, US	all-time rain	209.6 mm (8.3 in)	57.2 mm (2.3 in)	7 years	66 of 100 (Major)
3 July 1936	Gilbert River Post Office, AU	monthly rain	69.3 mm (2.7 in)	49.0 mm (1.9 in)	15 years	60 of 100 (Major)
3 July 1936	Brownsville, US	monthly rain	141.7 mm (5.6 in)	69.1 mm (2.7 in)	10 years	57 of 100 (Notable)
3 July 1936	Loudon 1 E, US	daily rain	78.0 mm (3.1 in)	53.9 mm (2.1 in)	46 years	57 of 100 (Notable)
3 July 1936	Mallan (Niemur Valley), AU	monthly rain	66.0 mm (2.6 in)	14.2 mm (0.6 in)	39 years	55 of 100 (Notable)
3 July 1936	Cumberland Station, AU	daily rain	45.0 mm (1.8 in)	37.4 mm (1.5 in)	36 years	53 of 100 (Notable)
3 July 1936	Goorimpa, AU	daily rain	29.0 mm (1.1 in)	23.9 mm (0.9 in)	36 years	53 of 100 (Notable)
3 July 1936	Milan Exp STN, US	daily rain	130.0 mm (5.1 in)	78.9 mm (3.1 in)	24 years	52 of 100 (Notable)
3 July 1936	Chattanooga Wb City, US	daily rain	63.0 mm (2.5 in)	40.4 mm (1.6 in)	55 years	52 of 100 (Notable)
3 July 1936	Savannah 6 SW, US	daily rain	84.1 mm (3.3 in)	52.3 mm (2.1 in)	35 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
3 July 1936	Kingston, US	daily rain	91.4 mm (3.6 in)	73.6 mm (2.9 in)	16 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
3 July 1936	Franklin Sewage Plt, US	daily rain	70.4 mm (2.8 in)	45.0 mm (1.8 in)	31 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
3 July 1936	Middle Creek (Leneva), AU	daily rain	41.4 mm (1.6 in)	33.3 mm (1.3 in)	20 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
3 July 1936	Madison, US	daily rain	85.9 mm (3.4 in)	47.5 mm (1.9 in)	28 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
3 July 1936	Pine Bluff, US	daily rain	69.6 mm (2.7 in)	43.4 mm (1.7 in)	31 years	44 of 100 (Notable)
3 July 1936	Lewisburg Exp STN, US	daily rain	66.0 mm (2.6 in)	40.6 mm (1.6 in)	37 years	44 of 100 (Notable)
3 July 1936	Belmont, AU	daily rain	26.7 mm (1.1 in)	25.2 mm (1.0 in)	24 years	43 of 100 (Notable)
3 July 1936	Pachamba, IN	daily rain	101.1 mm (4.0 in)	57.9 mm (2.3 in)	22 years	43 of 100 (Notable)
3 July 1936	Richmond Post Office, AU	monthly rain	48.3 mm (1.9 in)	14.0 mm (0.6 in)	39 years	41 of 100 (Notable)
3 July 1936	Helena, US	daily rain	89.4 mm (3.5 in)	52.8 mm (2.1 in)	9 years	40 of 100 (Notable)

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 1936

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1793 to 1936. 1936 had 523 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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Data for records on 1936-07-03: CSV or JSON. Field meanings are on the data page.

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	403
20 to 40	24
40 to 60	16
60 to 80	5
80 to 100	1