Weather Records on 3 August 1943

521 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 3 August 1943. Highest significance: Mesa, US.

Key Facts for 3 August 1943

On 3 August 1943, 521 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
250 were record highs and 57 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 23 were all-time records, 25 monthly and 473 daily.
Mesa set a daily record precipitation of 59.4 mm (2.3 in) on 3 August 1943.
Across 156 earlier years (1815 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 463 records.

Record Map

521 stations

521 station records on 3 August 1943 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 3 August 1943: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Mesa	United States	Record daily precipitation	59.4 mm (2.3 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Pontiac	United States	Record daily precipitation	142.0 mm (5.6 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Chatra	India	Record daily precipitation	225.6 mm (8.9 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Mt Ayr	United States	Record daily precipitation	111.8 mm (4.4 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Bloomington Normal	United States	Record daily precipitation	154.9 mm (6.1 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Teonthar	India	Record daily precipitation	153.2 mm (6.0 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Deoband	India	Record daily precipitation	224.8 mm (8.9 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Jena Sternwarte	Germany	Record high maximum temperature	38.5 C (101.3 F)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Tempe 3 S	United States	Record daily precipitation	89.4 mm (3.5 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Belle Plaine	United States	Record daily precipitation	98.3 mm (3.9 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Rohtak	India	Record daily precipitation	80.0 mm (3.1 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Watseka Public Works	United States	Record daily precipitation	79.0 mm (3.1 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Ft Pierce	United States	Record daily precipitation	103.6 mm (4.1 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Collegeville St Joe AP	United States	Record daily precipitation	67.3 mm (2.6 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Hoopeston	United States	Record daily precipitation	79.2 mm (3.1 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Washington	United States	Record daily precipitation	186.7 mm (7.4 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Payson Rs	United States	Record daily precipitation	47.8 mm (1.9 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Danville	United States	Record daily precipitation	91.4 mm (3.6 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Geneseo	United States	Record daily precipitation	80.8 mm (3.2 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Lamoni	United States	Record daily precipitation	76.2 mm (3.0 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Ekalaka	United States	Record daily precipitation	34.8 mm (1.4 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Gorlitz	Germany	Record high maximum temperature	36.0 C (96.8 F)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Clinton 1SSW	United States	Record daily precipitation	66.0 mm (2.6 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Columbus Junction	United States	Record daily precipitation	130.8 mm (5.1 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
La Salle Peru	United States	Record daily precipitation	88.1 mm (3.5 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Minonk	United States	Record daily precipitation	127.3 mm (5.0 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Clarinda	United States	Record daily precipitation	71.1 mm (2.8 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Clausthal-Zellerfeld	Germany	Record high maximum temperature	31.7 C (89.1 F)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Sigourney	United States	Record daily precipitation	108.0 mm (4.3 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Berlin-Dahlem	Germany	Record high maximum temperature	36.6 C (97.9 F)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Kharar	India	Record daily precipitation	175.3 mm (6.9 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Barabazar	India	Record daily precipitation	113.5 mm (4.5 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Walnut Grove	United States	Record daily precipitation	38.1 mm (1.5 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Frederick	United States	Record high maximum temperature	47.2 C (117.0 F)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Rockville	United States	Record daily precipitation	61.5 mm (2.4 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Delaware	United States	Record daily precipitation	88.9 mm (3.5 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Chemnitz	Germany	Record high minimum temperature	20.7 C (69.3 F)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Buckeye	United States	Record low maximum temperature	30.6 C (87.1 F)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Pinal Rch	United States	Record daily precipitation	37.1 mm (1.5 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
East Anaconda	United States	Record daily precipitation	33.5 mm (1.3 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Waren	Germany	Record high minimum temperature	20.5 C (68.9 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Barachatti	India	Record daily precipitation	145.8 mm (5.7 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Globe Rs	United States	Record daily precipitation	26.7 mm (1.1 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Gorlitz	Germany	Record high minimum temperature	21.0 C (69.8 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Augsburg (Sankt Stephan)	Germany	Record high maximum temperature	35.0 C (95.0 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Leipzig-Holzhausen	Germany	Record high maximum temperature	38.0 C (100.4 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Chemnitz	Germany	Record high maximum temperature	35.0 C (95.0 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Khurja	India	Record daily precipitation	85.9 mm (3.4 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Granite Reef Dam	United States	Record low maximum temperature	30.6 C (87.1 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Glenwood 3SW	United States	Record daily precipitation	40.6 mm (1.6 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Dayton Mcd	United States	Record daily precipitation	31.0 mm (1.2 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Tartu-Toravere	Estonia	Record high minimum temperature	20.2 C (68.4 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Deols Chateauroux Aerodrome de	France	Record daily precipitation	36.5 mm (1.4 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Panki	India	Record daily precipitation	121.7 mm (4.8 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Kamasin	India	Record daily precipitation	82.6 mm (3.3 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Tiskilwa 2 SE	United States	Record daily precipitation	69.9 mm (2.8 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Grant City	United States	Record daily precipitation	83.3 mm (3.3 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Nawanshahr	India	Record daily precipitation	104.1 mm (4.1 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Cloud Chief 2 SE	United States	Record high minimum temperature	28.3 C (82.9 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Zerbst	Germany	Record high maximum temperature	37.0 C (98.6 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

521 records

Records set or tied on 3 August 1943 by type: Highest daily maximum 77, Lowest daily maximum 41, Highest daily minimum 173, Lowest daily minimum 16, Heaviest daily rainfall 213, Deepest snow cover 1.

Records on 3 August 1943 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	77
Lowest daily maximum	41
Highest daily minimum	173
Lowest daily minimum	16
Heaviest daily rainfall	213
Heaviest daily snowfall	0
Deepest snow cover	1

Records on 3 August 1943 by timescale: all-time 23, monthly 25, daily 473.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

423 broken records

Margins by which the 423 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 110.5. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

3 August 1943

Top 20 records on 3 August 1943 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
3 August 1943	Mesa, US	daily rain	59.4 mm (2.3 in)	45.7 mm (1.8 in)	32 years	53 of 100 (Notable)
3 August 1943	Pontiac, US	all-time rain	142.0 mm (5.6 in)	34.0 mm (1.3 in)	9 years	53 of 100 (Notable)
3 August 1943	Chatra, IN	daily rain	225.6 mm (8.9 in)	110.5 mm (4.4 in)	20 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
3 August 1943	Mt Ayr, US	daily rain	111.8 mm (4.4 in)	75.7 mm (3.0 in)	14 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
3 August 1943	Bloomington Normal, US	all-time rain	154.9 mm (6.1 in)	27.9 mm (1.1 in)	21 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
3 August 1943	Teonthar, IN	daily rain	153.2 mm (6.0 in)	85.4 mm (3.4 in)	25 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
3 August 1943	Deoband, IN	monthly rain	224.8 mm (8.9 in)	59.2 mm (2.3 in)	25 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
3 August 1943	Jena Sternwarte, DE	all-time high max	38.5 C (101.3 F)	0.6 C (1.1 F)	50 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
3 August 1943	Tempe 3 S, US	all-time rain	89.4 mm (3.5 in)	10.4 mm (0.4 in)	26 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
3 August 1943	Belle Plaine, US	daily rain	98.3 mm (3.9 in)	50.5 mm (2.0 in)	28 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
3 August 1943	Rohtak, IN	daily rain	80.0 mm (3.1 in)	60.4 mm (2.4 in)	13 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
3 August 1943	Watseka Public Works, US	daily rain	79.0 mm (3.1 in)	39.6 mm (1.6 in)	36 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
3 August 1943	Ft Pierce, US	daily rain	103.6 mm (4.1 in)	51.5 mm (2.0 in)	22 years	44 of 100 (Notable)
3 August 1943	Collegeville St Joe AP, US	daily rain	67.3 mm (2.6 in)	48.5 mm (1.9 in)	9 years	44 of 100 (Notable)
3 August 1943	Hoopeston, US	daily rain	79.2 mm (3.1 in)	42.4 mm (1.7 in)	36 years	43 of 100 (Notable)
3 August 1943	Washington, US	all-time rain	186.7 mm (7.4 in)	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	13 years	43 of 100 (Notable)
3 August 1943	Payson Rs, US	daily rain	47.8 mm (1.9 in)	22.4 mm (0.9 in)	46 years	42 of 100 (Notable)
3 August 1943	Danville, US	daily rain	91.4 mm (3.6 in)	48.7 mm (1.9 in)	8 years	42 of 100 (Notable)
3 August 1943	Geneseo, US	daily rain	80.8 mm (3.2 in)	51.6 mm (2.0 in)	37 years	42 of 100 (Notable)
3 August 1943	Lamoni, US	daily rain	76.2 mm (3.0 in)	54.1 mm (2.1 in)	9 years	42 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

1815 to 1943

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1815 to 1943. 1943 had 521 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

Download the Data

Data for records on 1943-08-03: 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	365
20 to 40	37
40 to 60	16
60 to 80	3
80 to 100	1
100 to 120	1