Weather Records on 3 August 1942

328 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 3 August 1942. Highest significance: Huehue 92.1, US.

Key Facts for 3 August 1942

On 3 August 1942, 328 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
135 were record highs and 36 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 4 were all-time records, 13 monthly and 311 daily.
Huehue 92.1 set a daily record precipitation of 83.8 mm (3.3 in) on 3 August 1942.
Across 156 earlier years (1815 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 464 records.

Record Map

328 stations

328 station records on 3 August 1942 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 3 August 1942: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Huehue 92.1	United States	Record daily precipitation	83.8 mm (3.3 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Eskridge	United States	Record daily precipitation	118.1 mm (4.6 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Kukuiula 935	United States	Record daily precipitation	47.0 mm (1.9 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Maseskar	Sweden	Record daily precipitation	34.5 mm (1.4 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Palestine	United States	Record daily precipitation	65.0 mm (2.6 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Camp Crook	United States	Record daily precipitation	49.8 mm (2.0 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Lihue 1020	United States	Record daily precipitation	63.8 mm (2.5 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Gariabund	India	Record daily precipitation	301.5 mm (11.9 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Weldon	United States	Record high minimum temperature	27.2 C (81.0 F)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Nayagarh	India	Record daily precipitation	155.7 mm (6.1 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Saoner	India	Record daily precipitation	95.3 mm (3.8 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Athmalik	India	Record daily precipitation	147.8 mm (5.8 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Barabinsk	Russia	Record daily precipitation	28.5 mm (1.1 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Jetmore	United States	Record daily precipitation	68.6 mm (2.7 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Regensburg	Germany	Record daily precipitation	55.9 mm (2.2 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Mahua	India	Record daily precipitation	90.7 mm (3.6 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Ulricehamn	Sweden	Record daily precipitation	36.4 mm (1.4 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Grafton 1 NE	United States	Record daily precipitation	72.1 mm (2.8 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Khurda	India	Record daily precipitation	125.7 mm (4.9 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Ekaterinburg	Russia	Record daily precipitation	46.0 mm (1.8 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Rehli	India	Record daily precipitation	117.6 mm (4.6 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Flahult	Sweden	Record daily precipitation	29.0 mm (1.1 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Reit Im Winkl	Germany	Record daily precipitation	56.1 mm (2.2 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Jagdalpur	India	Record daily precipitation	121.2 mm (4.8 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Dhenkanal	India	Record daily precipitation	125.0 mm (4.9 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Austin #2	United States	Record high minimum temperature	31.1 C (88.0 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Baan Baa	Australia	Record daily precipitation	41.7 mm (1.6 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Deobhog	India	Record daily precipitation	181.9 mm (7.2 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Banki Bankigarh	India	Record daily precipitation	140.0 mm (5.5 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Suolovuopmi	Norway	Record snow depth	10.0 cm (3.9 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Bell Ranch	United States	Record daily precipitation	37.6 mm (1.5 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Hindol	India	Record daily precipitation	106.4 mm (4.2 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Stockholm	Sweden	Record low maximum temperature	14.6 C (58.3 F)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Colby	United States	Record daily precipitation	29.2 mm (1.1 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Narsingpur	India	Record daily precipitation	88.9 mm (3.5 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Karesuando	Sweden	Record low maximum temperature	10.0 C (50.0 F)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Burlington	United States	Record daily precipitation	34.3 mm (1.4 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Topeka	United States	Record daily precipitation	54.6 mm (2.1 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Irkutsk	Russia	Record high minimum temperature	18.0 C (64.4 F)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Cambridge City 3 N	United States	Record daily precipitation	36.3 mm (1.4 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Mandhata	India	Record daily precipitation	134.6 mm (5.3 in)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Fayetteville	United States	Record daily precipitation	42.7 mm (1.7 in)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Franklin Sewage Plt	United States	Record daily precipitation	47.8 mm (1.9 in)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Oberstdorf	Germany	Record daily precipitation	55.8 mm (2.2 in)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Sawai Madhopur	India	Record daily precipitation	97.3 mm (3.8 in)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Atyrau	Kazakhstan	Record low maximum temperature	22.4 C (72.3 F)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Salisbury	United States	Record high maximum temperature	39.4 C (102.9 F)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Tarboro 1 S	United States	Record high maximum temperature	38.9 C (102.0 F)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Banpur	India	Record daily precipitation	67.1 mm (2.6 in)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Crescent City 3 NNW	United States	Record high minimum temperature	14.4 C (57.9 F)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Luakaha Lower 782	United States	Record daily precipitation	96.5 mm (3.8 in)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Atlin	Canada	Record high minimum temperature	12.8 C (55.0 F)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Tbilisi	Georgia	Record low maximum temperature	25.8 C (78.4 F)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Salekhard	Russia	Record high minimum temperature	18.8 C (65.8 F)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Louisville 1 E	United States	Record high maximum temperature	38.3 C (100.9 F)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Charlottesville 2W	United States	Record high minimum temperature	25.6 C (78.1 F)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Diamond Springs	United States	Record high maximum temperature	40.0 C (104.0 F)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Knoxville AP	United States	Record daily precipitation	74.7 mm (2.9 in)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Kokpekty	Kazakhstan	Record daily precipitation	24.5 mm (1.0 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Vestervig	Denmark	Record daily precipitation	21.1 mm (0.8 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

328 records

Records set or tied on 3 August 1942 by type: Highest daily maximum 59, Lowest daily maximum 21, Highest daily minimum 76, Lowest daily minimum 15, Heaviest daily rainfall 155, Deepest snow cover 2.

Records on 3 August 1942 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	59
Lowest daily maximum	21
Highest daily minimum	76
Lowest daily minimum	15
Heaviest daily rainfall	155
Heaviest daily snowfall	0
Deepest snow cover	2

Records on 3 August 1942 by timescale: all-time 4, monthly 13, daily 311.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

237 broken records

Margins by which the 237 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 91.4. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

3 August 1942

Top 20 records on 3 August 1942 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
3 August 1942	Huehue 92.1, US	daily rain	83.8 mm (3.3 in)	62.7 mm (2.5 in)	36 years	54 of 100 (Notable)
3 August 1942	Eskridge, US	daily rain	118.1 mm (4.6 in)	88.9 mm (3.5 in)	31 years	53 of 100 (Notable)
3 August 1942	Kukuiula 935, US	daily rain	47.0 mm (1.9 in)	36.8 mm (1.4 in)	35 years	53 of 100 (Notable)
3 August 1942	Maseskar, SE	daily rain	34.5 mm (1.4 in)	20.8 mm (0.8 in)	47 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
3 August 1942	Palestine, US	daily rain	65.0 mm (2.6 in)	46.7 mm (1.8 in)	43 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
3 August 1942	Camp Crook, US	daily rain	49.8 mm (2.0 in)	33.3 mm (1.3 in)	16 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
3 August 1942	Lihue 1020, US	daily rain	63.8 mm (2.5 in)	49.8 mm (2.0 in)	11 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
3 August 1942	Gariabund, IN	all-time rain	301.5 mm (11.9 in)	52.6 mm (2.1 in)	14 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
3 August 1942	Weldon, US	all-time high min	27.2 C (81.0 F)	0.5 C (0.9 F)	59 years	44 of 100 (Notable)
3 August 1942	Nayagarh, IN	monthly rain	155.7 mm (6.1 in)	41.9 mm (1.6 in)	15 years	43 of 100 (Notable)
3 August 1942	Saoner, IN	daily rain	95.3 mm (3.8 in)	58.0 mm (2.3 in)	29 years	42 of 100 (Notable)
3 August 1942	Athmalik, IN	daily rain	147.8 mm (5.8 in)	91.4 mm (3.6 in)	12 years	41 of 100 (Notable)
3 August 1942	Barabinsk, RU	daily rain	28.5 mm (1.1 in)	19.1 mm (0.8 in)	24 years	41 of 100 (Notable)
3 August 1942	Jetmore, US	daily rain	68.6 mm (2.7 in)	38.1 mm (1.5 in)	13 years	41 of 100 (Notable)
3 August 1942	Regensburg, DE	all-time rain	55.9 mm (2.2 in)	0.9 mm (0.04 in)	35 years	37 of 100 (Notable)
3 August 1942	Mahua, IN	daily rain	90.7 mm (3.6 in)	39.9 mm (1.6 in)	8 years	37 of 100 (Notable)
3 August 1942	Ulricehamn, SE	daily rain	36.4 mm (1.4 in)	12.8 mm (0.5 in)	48 years	36 of 100 (Notable)
3 August 1942	Grafton 1 NE, US	daily rain	72.1 mm (2.8 in)	21.0 mm (0.8 in)	40 years	35 of 100 (Notable)
3 August 1942	Khurda, IN	daily rain	125.7 mm (4.9 in)	49.5 mm (1.9 in)	32 years	34 of 100 (Routine)
3 August 1942	Ekaterinburg, RU	daily rain	46.0 mm (1.8 in)	19.0 mm (0.7 in)	4 years	34 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 1942

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1815 to 1942. 1942 had 328 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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Data for records on 1942-08-03: 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	202
20 to 40	22
40 to 60	8
60 to 80	3
80 to 100	2