Weather Records on 3 July 1948

242 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 3 July 1948. Highest significance: Frederick, US.

Key Facts for 3 July 1948

On 3 July 1948, 242 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
51 were record highs and 94 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 2 were all-time records, 10 monthly and 230 daily.
Frederick set a daily record precipitation of 66.0 mm (2.6 in) on 3 July 1948.
Across 162 earlier years (1793 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 435 records.

Record Map

242 stations

242 station records on 3 July 1948 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 3 July 1948: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Frederick	United States	Record daily precipitation	66.0 mm (2.6 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Madhipura	India	Record daily precipitation	182.1 mm (7.2 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Malin Head	Ireland	Record daily precipitation	28.2 mm (1.1 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Phulparas	India	Record daily precipitation	228.6 mm (9.0 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Minsk	Belarus	Record daily precipitation	40.3 mm (1.6 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Angus 1 N	United States	Record daily precipitation	53.6 mm (2.1 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Barraba (Mount Lindsay)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	53.3 mm (2.1 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Arcadia	United States	Record daily precipitation	81.8 mm (3.2 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Khairdatan	India	Record daily precipitation	167.6 mm (6.6 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Sitka Magnetic Obsy	United States	Record daily precipitation	32.0 mm (1.3 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Hambledon Mill Csr	Australia	Record daily precipitation	27.2 mm (1.1 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Dhakuakhana	India	Record daily precipitation	109.7 mm (4.3 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Durg(Drug)	India	Record daily precipitation	112.3 mm (4.4 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Rosalia	United States	Record low minimum temperature	1.7 C (35.1 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Grand Forks UNIV (NWS)	United States	Record daily precipitation	29.5 mm (1.2 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Forbes (Camp Street)	Australia	Record low maximum temperature	7.3 C (45.1 F)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Uman	Ukraine	Record low maximum temperature	16.4 C (61.5 F)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Redding Fire STN 2	United States	Record low minimum temperature	10.6 C (51.1 F)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Regensburg	Germany	Record low maximum temperature	14.6 C (58.3 F)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Gospic	Croatia	Record low minimum temperature	4.2 C (39.6 F)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Gogri	India	Record daily precipitation	85.1 mm (3.4 in)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Cleburne	United States	Record daily precipitation	51.6 mm (2.0 in)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Portage la Prairie	Canada	Record daily precipitation	28.4 mm (1.1 in)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Galway	Ireland	Record low maximum temperature	14.4 C (57.9 F)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Baikunthpur	India	Record daily precipitation	102.4 mm (4.0 in)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Minneapolis Wb Dwtn	United States	Record high minimum temperature	23.9 C (75.0 F)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Kukuihaele Mill 206	United States	Record high minimum temperature	24.4 C (75.9 F)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Pasighat	India	Record daily precipitation	306.1 mm (12.1 in)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Supaul	India	Record daily precipitation	110.0 mm (4.3 in)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Oxford	United Kingdom	Record low maximum temperature	15.0 C (59.0 F)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Forman 5 SSE	United States	Record high minimum temperature	21.1 C (70.0 F)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Mayville	United States	Record daily precipitation	34.3 mm (1.4 in)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Beaufort Wwtp	United States	Record low minimum temperature	20.0 C (68.0 F)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Colorado City	United States	Record daily precipitation	25.9 mm (1.0 in)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Triunfo	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	49.8 mm (2.0 in)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Sultanganj	India	Record daily precipitation	92.7 mm (3.6 in)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Ust Tzilma	Russia	Record low minimum temperature	0.2 C (32.4 F)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Troicko-Pecherskoe	Russia	Record low maximum temperature	8.1 C (46.6 F)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Cherdyn'	Russia	Record low maximum temperature	9.2 C (48.6 F)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Represa	United States	Record low minimum temperature	8.9 C (48.0 F)	21 of 100 (Routine)
New Ulm 2 SE	United States	Record high minimum temperature	26.1 C (79.0 F)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Valley City 3 NNW	United States	Record high maximum temperature	35.0 C (95.0 F)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Hillsboro	United States	Record high maximum temperature	34.4 C (93.9 F)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Riachao Do Jacuipe	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	23.2 mm (0.9 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Virginia City	United States	Record daily precipitation	17.0 mm (0.7 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Monte Santo	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	24.5 mm (1.0 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Old Mapoon	Australia	Record daily precipitation	1.5 mm (0.06 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Oak Park Station	Australia	Record daily precipitation	2.3 mm (0.09 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Bowman	United States	Record daily precipitation	22.1 mm (0.9 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Lake Yellowstone	United States	Record daily precipitation	11.4 mm (0.4 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Livingston	United States	Record daily precipitation	15.5 mm (0.6 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Musgrave	Australia	Record daily precipitation	4.8 mm (0.19 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Queimadas	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	8.5 mm (0.33 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Vilnius	Lithuania	Record daily precipitation	18.4 mm (0.7 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Norris Madison Pwr House	United States	Record daily precipitation	11.7 mm (0.5 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Flying Fish Point	Australia	Record daily precipitation	26.4 mm (1.0 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Mariyna Gorka	Belarus	Record daily precipitation	21.4 mm (0.8 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Andenes	Norway	Record high minimum temperature	14.1 C (57.4 F)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Livermore	United States	Record low minimum temperature	6.7 C (44.1 F)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Weaverville	United States	Record low minimum temperature	1.1 C (34.0 F)	20 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

242 records

Records set or tied on 3 July 1948 by type: Highest daily maximum 26, Lowest daily maximum 30, Highest daily minimum 25, Lowest daily minimum 64, Heaviest daily rainfall 96, Deepest snow cover 1.

Records on 3 July 1948 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	26
Lowest daily maximum	30
Highest daily minimum	25
Lowest daily minimum	64
Heaviest daily rainfall	96
Heaviest daily snowfall	0
Deepest snow cover	1

Records on 3 July 1948 by timescale: all-time 2, monthly 10, daily 230.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

186 broken records

Margins by which the 186 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 150.0. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

3 July 1948

Top 20 records on 3 July 1948 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
3 July 1948	Frederick, US	daily rain	66.0 mm (2.6 in)	56.9 mm (2.2 in)	26 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
3 July 1948	Madhipura, IN	daily rain	182.1 mm (7.2 in)	92.9 mm (3.7 in)	19 years	44 of 100 (Notable)
3 July 1948	Malin Head, IE	daily rain	28.2 mm (1.1 in)	13.2 mm (0.5 in)	39 years	43 of 100 (Notable)
3 July 1948	Phulparas, IN	all-time rain	228.6 mm (9.0 in)	38.1 mm (1.5 in)	17 years	43 of 100 (Notable)
3 July 1948	Minsk, BY	daily rain	40.3 mm (1.6 in)	22.0 mm (0.9 in)	23 years	42 of 100 (Notable)
3 July 1948	Angus 1 N, US	daily rain	53.6 mm (2.1 in)	27.9 mm (1.1 in)	44 years	42 of 100 (Notable)
3 July 1948	Barraba (Mount Lindsay), AU	daily rain	53.3 mm (2.1 in)	31.7 mm (1.2 in)	55 years	41 of 100 (Notable)
3 July 1948	Arcadia, US	daily rain	81.8 mm (3.2 in)	37.6 mm (1.5 in)	39 years	41 of 100 (Notable)
3 July 1948	Khairdatan, IN	daily rain	167.6 mm (6.6 in)	88.4 mm (3.5 in)	14 years	38 of 100 (Notable)
3 July 1948	Sitka Magnetic Obsy, US	daily rain	32.0 mm (1.3 in)	22.6 mm (0.9 in)	23 years	37 of 100 (Notable)
3 July 1948	Hambledon Mill Csr, AU	daily rain	27.2 mm (1.1 in)	20.1 mm (0.8 in)	10 years	31 of 100 (Routine)
3 July 1948	Dhakuakhana, IN	daily rain	109.7 mm (4.3 in)	49.8 mm (2.0 in)	15 years	30 of 100 (Routine)
3 July 1948	Durg(Drug), IN	daily rain	112.3 mm (4.4 in)	53.6 mm (2.1 in)	14 years	30 of 100 (Routine)
3 July 1948	Rosalia, US	daily low min	1.7 C (35.1 F)	3.3 C (5.9 F)	52 years	29 of 100 (Routine)
3 July 1948	Grand Forks UNIV (NWS), US	daily rain	29.5 mm (1.2 in)	9.2 mm (0.36 in)	50 years	28 of 100 (Routine)
3 July 1948	Forbes (Camp Street), AU	daily low max	7.3 C (45.1 F)	1.6 C (2.9 F)	48 years	26 of 100 (Routine)
3 July 1948	Uman, UA	daily low max	16.4 C (61.5 F)	1.9 C (3.4 F)	54 years	26 of 100 (Routine)
3 July 1948	Redding Fire STN 2, US	daily low min	10.6 C (51.1 F)	2.2 C (4.0 F)	47 years	25 of 100 (Routine)
3 July 1948	Regensburg, DE	daily low max	14.6 C (58.3 F)	2.2 C (4.0 F)	41 years	24 of 100 (Routine)
3 July 1948	Gospic, HR	daily low min	4.2 C (39.6 F)	1.8 C (3.2 F)	41 years	24 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 1948

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1793 to 1948. 1948 had 242 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 20	165
20 to 40	14
40 to 60	4
60 to 80	0
80 to 100	2
100 to 120	0
120 to 140	0
140 to 160	1