Weather Records on 3 July 1938

294 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 3 July 1938. Highest significance: Holmogadd A, SE.

Key Facts for 3 July 1938

On 3 July 1938, 294 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
68 were record highs and 90 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 6 were all-time records, 19 monthly and 269 daily.
Holmogadd A set a daily record precipitation of 35.2 mm (1.4 in) on 3 July 1938.
Across 162 earlier years (1793 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 434 records.

Record Map

294 stations

294 station records on 3 July 1938 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 3 July 1938: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Holmogadd A	Sweden	Record daily precipitation	35.2 mm (1.4 in)	56 of 100 (Notable)
Effingham 3SW	United States	Record daily precipitation	71.9 mm (2.8 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Parner	India	Record daily precipitation	92.2 mm (3.6 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Genoa 2 W	United States	Record daily precipitation	63.5 mm (2.5 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Jalna	India	Record daily precipitation	87.4 mm (3.4 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Borroloola	Australia	Record daily precipitation	25.7 mm (1.0 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Pusesauli	India	Record daily precipitation	54.4 mm (2.1 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Mackay Post Office	Australia	Record low maximum temperature	10.0 C (50.0 F)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Cambridge City 3 N	United States	Record daily precipitation	64.5 mm (2.5 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Emerald Post Office	Australia	Record low maximum temperature	11.7 C (53.1 F)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Gooty	India	Record daily precipitation	54.6 mm (2.1 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Rayadurg	India	Record daily precipitation	31.2 mm (1.2 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Talegaon D-Dhera	India	Record daily precipitation	91.4 mm (3.6 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Olney 2S	United States	Record daily precipitation	63.5 mm (2.5 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Dickinson Exp STN	United States	Record daily precipitation	35.3 mm (1.4 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Bundaberg Post Office	Australia	Record low maximum temperature	11.9 C (53.4 F)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Bathurst	Canada	Record daily precipitation	38.1 mm (1.5 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Mt Garnet Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	54.6 mm (2.1 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Victoria Sugar Mill	Australia	Record daily precipitation	36.3 mm (1.4 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Townsville Pilot Station	Australia	Record daily precipitation	40.6 mm (1.6 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Badagara	India	Record daily precipitation	178.8 mm (7.0 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Mason City	United States	Record daily precipitation	43.2 mm (1.7 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Pointe Au Pere	Canada	Record low maximum temperature	9.4 C (48.9 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Newcastle Waters	Australia	Record daily precipitation	28.2 mm (1.1 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Morstone Station	Australia	Record daily precipitation	31.5 mm (1.2 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Aberfeldy	Australia	Record daily precipitation	27.7 mm (1.1 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Atlantic 1 NE	United States	Record daily precipitation	41.1 mm (1.6 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Darwin Post Office	Australia	Record low maximum temperature	23.1 C (73.6 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Walsh River Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	38.1 mm (1.5 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Richmond Post Office	Australia	Record low maximum temperature	10.1 C (50.2 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Charters Towers Post Office	Australia	Record low maximum temperature	10.0 C (50.0 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Hosdurg	India	Record daily precipitation	173.7 mm (6.8 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Kuttiadi	India	Record daily precipitation	229.6 mm (9.0 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Karjat	India	Record daily precipitation	50.8 mm (2.0 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Karesuando	Sweden	Record daily precipitation	26.7 mm (1.1 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Mt Carmel	United States	Record daily precipitation	29.7 mm (1.2 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Lyndhurst Station	Australia	Record daily precipitation	42.9 mm (1.7 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Houlton	United States	Record low maximum temperature	13.3 C (55.9 F)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Poplar 2 E	United States	Record daily precipitation	34.5 mm (1.4 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Burketown Post Office	Australia	Record low maximum temperature	13.3 C (55.9 F)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Willows 6 W	United States	Record low minimum temperature	6.7 C (44.1 F)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Blackfoot Fire Dept	United States	Record low maximum temperature	14.4 C (57.9 F)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Agricultural College	United States	Record low minimum temperature	11.7 C (53.1 F)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Mt Airy 2 W	United States	Record high minimum temperature	24.4 C (75.9 F)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Camp Crook	United States	Record daily precipitation	46.5 mm (1.8 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Georgetown Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	26.4 mm (1.0 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Clarke River Telecom	Australia	Record daily precipitation	27.9 mm (1.1 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Vincennes 4 E	United States	Record daily precipitation	39.9 mm (1.6 in)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Reidsville	United States	Record daily precipitation	46.5 mm (1.8 in)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Charters Towers Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	29.2 mm (1.1 in)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Hamburg Fuhlsbuettel	Germany	Record low minimum temperature	6.3 C (43.3 F)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Yellavaram	India	Record daily precipitation	67.6 mm (2.7 in)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Napoleon	United States	Record daily precipitation	38.1 mm (1.5 in)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Quilandi	India	Record daily precipitation	144.3 mm (5.7 in)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Siliguri	India	Record daily precipitation	224.8 mm (8.9 in)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Lugansk	Ukraine	Record high maximum temperature	38.7 C (101.7 F)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Gayndah Post Office	Australia	Record low maximum temperature	13.3 C (55.9 F)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Kasargod	India	Record daily precipitation	183.9 mm (7.2 in)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Jamkhed	India	Record daily precipitation	32.0 mm (1.3 in)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Vale	United States	Record low maximum temperature	21.1 C (70.0 F)	21 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

294 records

Records set or tied on 3 July 1938 by type: Highest daily maximum 20, Lowest daily maximum 56, Highest daily minimum 48, Lowest daily minimum 34, Heaviest daily rainfall 136.

Records on 3 July 1938 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	20
Lowest daily maximum	56
Highest daily minimum	48
Lowest daily minimum	34
Heaviest daily rainfall	136
Heaviest daily snowfall	0
Deepest snow cover	0

Records on 3 July 1938 by timescale: all-time 6, monthly 19, daily 269.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

236 broken records

Margins by which the 236 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 64.0. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

3 July 1938

Top 20 records on 3 July 1938 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
3 July 1938	Holmogadd A, SE	daily rain	35.2 mm (1.4 in)	28.8 mm (1.1 in)	33 years	56 of 100 (Notable)
3 July 1938	Effingham 3SW, US	daily rain	71.9 mm (2.8 in)	62.5 mm (2.5 in)	25 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
3 July 1938	Parner, IN	daily rain	92.2 mm (3.6 in)	48.5 mm (1.9 in)	11 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
3 July 1938	Genoa 2 W, US	daily rain	63.5 mm (2.5 in)	42.9 mm (1.7 in)	35 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
3 July 1938	Jalna, IN	daily rain	87.4 mm (3.4 in)	64.0 mm (2.5 in)	8 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
3 July 1938	Borroloola, AU	monthly rain	25.7 mm (1.0 in)	18.1 mm (0.7 in)	37 years	44 of 100 (Notable)
3 July 1938	Pusesauli, IN	daily rain	54.4 mm (2.1 in)	34.6 mm (1.4 in)	8 years	43 of 100 (Notable)
3 July 1938	Mackay Post Office, AU	all-time low max	10.0 C (50.0 F)	2.9 C (5.2 F)	10 years	41 of 100 (Notable)
3 July 1938	Cambridge City 3 N, US	daily rain	64.5 mm (2.5 in)	35.5 mm (1.4 in)	12 years	40 of 100 (Notable)
3 July 1938	Emerald Post Office, AU	all-time low max	11.7 C (53.1 F)	0.5 C (0.9 F)	40 years	38 of 100 (Notable)
3 July 1938	Gooty, IN	daily rain	54.6 mm (2.1 in)	33.0 mm (1.3 in)	27 years	38 of 100 (Notable)
3 July 1938	Rayadurg, IN	daily rain	31.2 mm (1.2 in)	19.8 mm (0.8 in)	24 years	38 of 100 (Notable)
3 July 1938	Talegaon D-Dhera, IN	daily rain	91.4 mm (3.6 in)	33.0 mm (1.3 in)	11 years	38 of 100 (Notable)
3 July 1938	Olney 2S, US	daily rain	63.5 mm (2.5 in)	36.6 mm (1.4 in)	32 years	36 of 100 (Notable)
3 July 1938	Dickinson Exp STN, US	daily rain	35.3 mm (1.4 in)	28.9 mm (1.1 in)	12 years	36 of 100 (Notable)
3 July 1938	Bundaberg Post Office, AU	all-time low max	11.9 C (53.4 F)	0.1 C (0.2 F)	38 years	35 of 100 (Notable)
3 July 1938	Bathurst, CA	daily rain	38.1 mm (1.5 in)	20.3 mm (0.8 in)	41 years	35 of 100 (Notable)
3 July 1938	Mt Garnet Post Office, AU	monthly rain	54.6 mm (2.1 in)	14.7 mm (0.6 in)	10 years	34 of 100 (Routine)
3 July 1938	Victoria Sugar Mill, AU	daily rain	36.3 mm (1.4 in)	21.3 mm (0.8 in)	17 years	33 of 100 (Routine)
3 July 1938	Townsville Pilot Station, AU	daily rain	40.6 mm (1.6 in)	28.4 mm (1.1 in)	4 years	32 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 1938

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1793 to 1938. 1938 had 294 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	177
10 to 20	28
20 to 30	15
30 to 40	8
40 to 50	3
50 to 60	1
60 to 70	4