Weather Records on 3 July 1944

498 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 3 July 1944. Highest significance: Quitman 2 NW, US.

Key Facts for 3 July 1944

On 3 July 1944, 498 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
22 were record highs and 123 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 0 were all-time records, 18 monthly and 480 daily.
Quitman 2 NW set a daily record precipitation of 115.6 mm (4.6 in) on 3 July 1944.
Across 162 earlier years (1793 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 433 records.

Record Map

498 stations

498 station records on 3 July 1944 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 3 July 1944: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Quitman 2 NW	United States	Record daily precipitation	115.6 mm (4.6 in)	58 of 100 (Notable)
Griffin	United States	Record daily precipitation	102.9 mm (4.1 in)	55 of 100 (Notable)
Puttur	India	Record daily precipitation	81.0 mm (3.2 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Cowles	United States	Record daily precipitation	48.3 mm (1.9 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Laramie	United States	Record daily precipitation	56.6 mm (2.2 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Skegness	United Kingdom	Record daily precipitation	54.6 mm (2.1 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Wahpeton 3 N	United States	Record daily precipitation	110.2 mm (4.3 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Nagappattinam	India	Record daily precipitation	66.3 mm (2.6 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
White Lake	United States	Record daily precipitation	56.9 mm (2.2 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Monticello 5 SE	United States	Record daily precipitation	106.4 mm (4.2 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Great Brak River	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	56.1 mm (2.2 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Col du Grand St-Bernard	Switzerland	Record daily precipitation	58.4 mm (2.3 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Goodland	United States	Record daily precipitation	49.8 mm (2.0 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Mt Pleasant 2 W	United States	Record daily precipitation	71.1 mm (2.8 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Ceduna Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	26.4 mm (1.0 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Fairlight Station	Australia	Record daily precipitation	29.5 mm (1.2 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Tiruppattur	India	Record daily precipitation	86.4 mm (3.4 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Sion 2	Switzerland	Record daily precipitation	25.6 mm (1.0 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Selma	United States	Record daily precipitation	57.2 mm (2.3 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Mount Hope (Fairview)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	27.9 mm (1.1 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Imphal (C.Hosp)	India	Record daily precipitation	75.7 mm (3.0 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Ulundurpet	India	Record daily precipitation	47.5 mm (1.9 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Nevada Wtp	United States	Record daily precipitation	55.6 mm (2.2 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Madanapalli	India	Record daily precipitation	26.2 mm (1.0 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Gudur	India	Record daily precipitation	44.2 mm (1.7 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Woolgoolga (Clear Place)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	51.1 mm (2.0 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Chengam	India	Record daily precipitation	52.6 mm (2.1 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Suri	India	Record daily precipitation	115.3 mm (4.5 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Brushgrove Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	56.6 mm (2.2 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Flores (Dnocs)	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	28.6 mm (1.1 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Ponneri	India	Record daily precipitation	34.0 mm (1.3 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Wood	United States	Record daily precipitation	43.4 mm (1.7 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Ballina (Crowley Village)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	105.4 mm (4.1 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Elliston	Australia	Record daily precipitation	35.3 mm (1.4 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
South Grafton Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	38.4 mm (1.5 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Gondal	India	Record daily precipitation	99.1 mm (3.9 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Harur	India	Record daily precipitation	36.3 mm (1.4 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Brunswick	United States	Record low maximum temperature	23.9 C (75.0 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Experiment	United States	Record daily precipitation	111.8 mm (4.4 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Deming	United States	Record daily precipitation	25.7 mm (1.0 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Byron Bay (Jacaranda Drive)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	93.0 mm (3.7 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Vidisha	India	Record daily precipitation	137.4 mm (5.4 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Villupuram	India	Record daily precipitation	47.5 mm (1.9 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Thiruthuraipoond	India	Record daily precipitation	37.1 mm (1.5 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Kalyanganj	India	Record daily precipitation	115.1 mm (4.5 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Potkabari	India	Record daily precipitation	63.8 mm (2.5 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Epping Chester Street	Australia	Record daily precipitation	33.5 mm (1.3 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Maclean (McLachlan Street)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	66.5 mm (2.6 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Crown St. Reservoir	Australia	Record daily precipitation	33.0 mm (1.3 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Najibabad	India	Record daily precipitation	106.7 mm (4.2 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Quitman 2 NW	United States	Record low maximum temperature	23.3 C (73.9 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Rock Rapids	United States	Record daily precipitation	51.6 mm (2.0 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Dalmorton Homestead	Australia	Record daily precipitation	35.6 mm (1.4 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Cuddalore	India	Record daily precipitation	27.9 mm (1.1 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Mc Leod 3 E	United States	Record daily precipitation	38.9 mm (1.5 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Jacksonville Wb City	United States	Record daily precipitation	123.7 mm (4.9 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Grafton City Council	Australia	Record daily precipitation	28.4 mm (1.1 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Raleigh Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	54.4 mm (2.1 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Ohringen	Germany	Record daily precipitation	43.0 mm (1.7 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Vriddhachalam	India	Record daily precipitation	45.0 mm (1.8 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

498 records

Records set or tied on 3 July 1944 by type: Highest daily maximum 7, Lowest daily maximum 38, Highest daily minimum 15, Lowest daily minimum 85, Heaviest daily rainfall 353.

Records on 3 July 1944 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	7
Lowest daily maximum	38
Highest daily minimum	15
Lowest daily minimum	85
Heaviest daily rainfall	353
Heaviest daily snowfall	0
Deepest snow cover	0

Records on 3 July 1944 by timescale: all-time 0, monthly 18, daily 480.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

436 broken records

Margins by which the 436 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 75.2. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

3 July 1944

Top 20 records on 3 July 1944 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
3 July 1944	Quitman 2 NW, US	daily rain	115.6 mm (4.6 in)	72.4 mm (2.9 in)	44 years	58 of 100 (Notable)
3 July 1944	Griffin, US	daily rain	102.9 mm (4.1 in)	67.3 mm (2.6 in)	34 years	55 of 100 (Notable)
3 July 1944	Puttur, IN	daily rain	81.0 mm (3.2 in)	51.8 mm (2.0 in)	42 years	54 of 100 (Notable)
3 July 1944	Cowles, US	daily rain	48.3 mm (1.9 in)	31.8 mm (1.3 in)	33 years	54 of 100 (Notable)
3 July 1944	Laramie, US	daily rain	56.6 mm (2.2 in)	42.9 mm (1.7 in)	32 years	54 of 100 (Notable)
3 July 1944	Skegness, GB	daily rain	54.6 mm (2.1 in)	46.5 mm (1.8 in)	29 years	52 of 100 (Notable)
3 July 1944	Wahpeton 3 N, US	daily rain	110.2 mm (4.3 in)	54.3 mm (2.1 in)	23 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
3 July 1944	Nagappattinam, IN	daily rain	66.3 mm (2.6 in)	54.4 mm (2.1 in)	27 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
3 July 1944	White Lake, US	daily rain	56.9 mm (2.2 in)	42.7 mm (1.7 in)	23 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
3 July 1944	Monticello 5 SE, US	daily rain	106.4 mm (4.2 in)	62.5 mm (2.5 in)	15 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
3 July 1944	Great Brak River, ZA	daily rain	56.1 mm (2.2 in)	47.7 mm (1.9 in)	7 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
3 July 1944	Col du Grand St-Bernard, CH	daily rain	58.4 mm (2.3 in)	38.5 mm (1.5 in)	24 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
3 July 1944	Goodland, US	daily rain	49.8 mm (2.0 in)	39.6 mm (1.6 in)	33 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
3 July 1944	Mt Pleasant 2 W, US	daily rain	71.1 mm (2.8 in)	45.7 mm (1.8 in)	23 years	44 of 100 (Notable)
3 July 1944	Ceduna Post Office, AU	daily rain	26.4 mm (1.0 in)	16.2 mm (0.6 in)	2 years	43 of 100 (Notable)
3 July 1944	Fairlight Station, AU	daily rain	29.5 mm (1.2 in)	23.1 mm (0.9 in)	51 years	42 of 100 (Notable)
3 July 1944	Tiruppattur, IN	daily rain	86.4 mm (3.4 in)	48.3 mm (1.9 in)	33 years	40 of 100 (Notable)
3 July 1944	Sion 2, CH	daily rain	25.6 mm (1.0 in)	17.0 mm (0.7 in)	24 years	40 of 100 (Notable)
3 July 1944	Selma, US	daily rain	57.2 mm (2.3 in)	36.6 mm (1.4 in)	29 years	40 of 100 (Notable)
3 July 1944	Mount Hope (Fairview), AU	daily rain	27.9 mm (1.1 in)	16.0 mm (0.6 in)	22 years	39 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 1944

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1793 to 1944. 1944 had 498 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 1944-07-03: 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 10	286
10 to 20	76
20 to 30	30
30 to 40	16
40 to 50	14
50 to 60	9
60 to 70	3
70 to 80	2