Weather Records on 3 July 1939

250 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 3 July 1939. Highest significance: Velikie Luki, RU.

Key Facts for 3 July 1939

On 3 July 1939, 250 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
41 were record highs and 71 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 2 were all-time records, 8 monthly and 240 daily.
Velikie Luki set a daily record precipitation of 39.3 mm (1.5 in) on 3 July 1939.
Across 162 earlier years (1793 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 434 records.

Record Map

250 stations

250 station records on 3 July 1939 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 3 July 1939: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Velikie Luki	Russia	Record daily precipitation	39.3 mm (1.5 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Venkatagiri	India	Record daily precipitation	52.3 mm (2.1 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Atmakur	India	Record daily precipitation	69.1 mm (2.7 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Tufanganj	India	Record daily precipitation	318.5 mm (12.5 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Cimarron 4 SW	United States	Record high minimum temperature	19.4 C (66.9 F)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Tanbar Station	Australia	Record daily precipitation	25.9 mm (1.0 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Selbu-Stubbe	Norway	Record daily precipitation	36.1 mm (1.4 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Shrigonda	India	Record daily precipitation	49.5 mm (1.9 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Barsi	India	Record daily precipitation	72.9 mm (2.9 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Gudauri	Georgia	Record daily precipitation	38.3 mm (1.5 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Flatonia 4SE	United States	Record high minimum temperature	27.2 C (81.0 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Sathenapalli	India	Record daily precipitation	63.0 mm (2.5 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Stuttgart-Stadt	Germany	Record low minimum temperature	4.6 C (40.3 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Mirajgaon	India	Record daily precipitation	45.7 mm (1.8 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Bee Branch	United States	Record daily precipitation	50.8 mm (2.0 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Spier Falls	United States	Record low minimum temperature	3.9 C (39.0 F)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Weissenburg	Germany	Record low minimum temperature	4.2 C (39.6 F)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Morgantown 1	United States	Record low maximum temperature	21.1 C (70.0 F)	26 of 100 (Routine)
New Westminster	Canada	Record daily precipitation	33.8 mm (1.3 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Ft Collins	United States	Record high minimum temperature	17.2 C (63.0 F)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Hypoluxo	United States	Record low maximum temperature	25.0 C (77.0 F)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Ocala	United States	Record daily precipitation	62.0 mm (2.4 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Regensburg	Germany	Record low minimum temperature	5.0 C (41.0 F)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Headworks Portland Wtr B	United States	Record daily precipitation	36.3 mm (1.4 in)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Karasjok	Norway	Record high minimum temperature	14.0 C (57.2 F)	23 of 100 (Routine)
St John Bethlehem Aca	United States	Record high minimum temperature	23.9 C (75.0 F)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Esperance Post Office	Australia	Record low minimum temperature	1.3 C (34.3 F)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Nurnberg	Germany	Record low minimum temperature	6.1 C (43.0 F)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Gobindgarh	India	Record daily precipitation	30.5 mm (1.2 in)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Tarpon Spgs Sewage Plt	United States	Record daily precipitation	77.2 mm (3.0 in)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Moanalua 770	United States	Record daily precipitation	20.8 mm (0.8 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Touchet	United States	Record daily precipitation	15.2 mm (0.6 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Glenormiston	Australia	Record daily precipitation	18.8 mm (0.7 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Boetsap (Pol)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	14.7 mm (0.6 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Boulia Airport	Australia	Record daily precipitation	11.2 mm (0.4 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Pella	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	4.8 mm (0.19 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Nuwejaarskraal	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	7.6 mm (0.30 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Newport	United States	Record daily precipitation	21.3 mm (0.8 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Laverton	Australia	Record daily precipitation	9.7 mm (0.38 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Estacada 2 SE	United States	Record daily precipitation	19.6 mm (0.8 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Innamincka Station	Australia	Record daily precipitation	13.0 mm (0.5 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Murgab	Tajikistan	Record daily precipitation	2.9 mm (0.11 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Mhaswad	India	Record daily precipitation	24.6 mm (1.0 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
McKinley	United States	Record daily precipitation	18.5 mm (0.7 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Port Orford 2	United States	Record daily precipitation	24.1 mm (0.9 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Cadelga	Australia	Record daily precipitation	2.3 mm (0.09 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Carlton Hill	Australia	Record daily precipitation	5.1 mm (0.20 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Coorabulka	Australia	Record daily precipitation	5.6 mm (0.22 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
New Westminster	Canada	Record low maximum temperature	14.4 C (57.9 F)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Magdeburg	Germany	Record low minimum temperature	8.1 C (46.6 F)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Sullurpet	India	Record daily precipitation	21.3 mm (0.8 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Malsiras	India	Record daily precipitation	35.6 mm (1.4 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Newlands	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	8.9 mm (0.35 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Buffelshoek	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	7.6 mm (0.30 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Denison	United States	Record daily precipitation	45.2 mm (1.8 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
York	United States	Record high minimum temperature	25.6 C (78.1 F)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Hermiston 1 SE	United States	Record daily precipitation	10.7 mm (0.4 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Cedar Lake	United States	Record daily precipitation	21.8 mm (0.9 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Tibooburra (Onepah)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	10.2 mm (0.4 in)	19 of 100 (Routine)
Drouin Bowling Club	Australia	Record daily precipitation	16.0 mm (0.6 in)	19 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

250 records

Records set or tied on 3 July 1939 by type: Highest daily maximum 6, Lowest daily maximum 29, Highest daily minimum 35, Lowest daily minimum 42, Heaviest daily rainfall 138.

Records on 3 July 1939 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	6
Lowest daily maximum	29
Highest daily minimum	35
Lowest daily minimum	42
Heaviest daily rainfall	138
Heaviest daily snowfall	0
Deepest snow cover	0

Records on 3 July 1939 by timescale: all-time 2, monthly 8, daily 240.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

208 broken records

Margins by which the 208 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 52.6. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

3 July 1939

Top 20 records on 3 July 1939 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
3 July 1939	Velikie Luki, RU	daily rain	39.3 mm (1.5 in)	22.8 mm (0.9 in)	36 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
3 July 1939	Venkatagiri, IN	daily rain	52.3 mm (2.1 in)	38.1 mm (1.5 in)	36 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
3 July 1939	Atmakur, IN	daily rain	69.1 mm (2.7 in)	52.6 mm (2.1 in)	6 years	43 of 100 (Notable)
3 July 1939	Tufanganj, IN	all-time rain	318.5 mm (12.5 in)	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	36 years	39 of 100 (Notable)
3 July 1939	Cimarron 4 SW, US	all-time high min	19.4 C (66.9 F)	1.6 C (2.9 F)	23 years	37 of 100 (Notable)
3 July 1939	Tanbar Station, AU	daily rain	25.9 mm (1.0 in)	25.1 mm (1.0 in)	21 years	36 of 100 (Notable)
3 July 1939	Selbu-Stubbe, NO	daily rain	36.1 mm (1.4 in)	20.0 mm (0.8 in)	4 years	36 of 100 (Notable)
3 July 1939	Shrigonda, IN	daily rain	49.5 mm (1.9 in)	23.1 mm (0.9 in)	36 years	35 of 100 (Notable)
3 July 1939	Barsi, IN	daily rain	72.9 mm (2.9 in)	33.5 mm (1.3 in)	6 years	35 of 100 (Notable)
3 July 1939	Gudauri, GE	daily rain	38.3 mm (1.5 in)	16.7 mm (0.7 in)	36 years	32 of 100 (Routine)
3 July 1939	Flatonia 4SE, US	daily high min	27.2 C (81.0 F)	2.8 C (5.0 F)	29 years	32 of 100 (Routine)
3 July 1939	Sathenapalli, IN	daily rain	63.0 mm (2.5 in)	30.0 mm (1.2 in)	12 years	30 of 100 (Routine)
3 July 1939	Stuttgart-Stadt, DE	monthly low min	4.6 C (40.3 F)	1.3 C (2.3 F)	36 years	29 of 100 (Routine)
3 July 1939	Mirajgaon, IN	daily rain	45.7 mm (1.8 in)	27.7 mm (1.1 in)	28 years	29 of 100 (Routine)
3 July 1939	Bee Branch, US	daily rain	50.8 mm (2.0 in)	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	16 years	28 of 100 (Routine)
3 July 1939	Spier Falls, US	monthly low min	3.9 C (39.0 F)	2.2 C (4.0 F)	29 years	27 of 100 (Routine)
3 July 1939	Weissenburg, DE	daily low min	4.2 C (39.6 F)	1.6 C (2.9 F)	50 years	26 of 100 (Routine)
3 July 1939	Morgantown 1, US	daily low max	21.1 C (70.0 F)	1.1 C (2.0 F)	56 years	26 of 100 (Routine)
3 July 1939	New Westminster, CA	daily rain	33.8 mm (1.3 in)	8.9 mm (0.35 in)	32 years	25 of 100 (Routine)
3 July 1939	Ft Collins, US	daily high min	17.2 C (63.0 F)	2.2 C (4.0 F)	43 years	25 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 1939

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1793 to 1939. 1939 had 250 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).