Weather Records on 3 July 1952

346 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 3 July 1952. Highest significance: Oudenbosch, NL.

Key Facts for 3 July 1952

On 3 July 1952, 346 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
163 were record highs and 51 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 5 were all-time records, 9 monthly and 332 daily.
Oudenbosch set an all-time record daily precipitation of 92.6 mm (3.6 in) on 3 July 1952.
Across 162 earlier years (1793 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 434 records.

Record Map

346 stations

346 station records on 3 July 1952 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 3 July 1952: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Oudenbosch	Netherlands	Record daily precipitation	92.6 mm (3.6 in)	78 of 100 (Major)
Uccle	Belgium	Record daily precipitation	51.1 mm (2.0 in)	62 of 100 (Major)
Putten (Gld)	Netherlands	Record daily precipitation	52.5 mm (2.1 in)	57 of 100 (Notable)
Helmond	Netherlands	Record daily precipitation	45.6 mm (1.8 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
De Bilt	Netherlands	Record daily precipitation	52.2 mm (2.1 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
1 ENE Fairfield	United States	Record daily precipitation	75.7 mm (3.0 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Kitchener	Canada	Record daily precipitation	58.4 mm (2.3 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Heerde	Netherlands	Record daily precipitation	66.5 mm (2.6 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Riva	Italy	Record high minimum temperature	26.0 C (78.8 F)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Krakmo	Norway	Record daily precipitation	39.4 mm (1.6 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Saibai Island	Australia	Record daily precipitation	50.3 mm (2.0 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Kleve	Germany	Record daily precipitation	54.6 mm (2.1 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Knowlton 1 W	United States	Record daily precipitation	48.5 mm (1.9 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Ter Apel	Netherlands	Record daily precipitation	61.0 mm (2.4 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Zamora	Spain	Record daily precipitation	31.6 mm (1.2 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Valley Park	United States	Record daily precipitation	49.3 mm (1.9 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Praha-Klementinum	Czech Republic	Record high minimum temperature	22.2 C (72.0 F)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Jena Sternwarte	Germany	Record high minimum temperature	20.3 C (68.5 F)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Praha-Klementinum	Czech Republic	Record high maximum temperature	34.4 C (93.9 F)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Denekamp	Netherlands	Record daily precipitation	44.0 mm (1.7 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Haliburton A	Canada	Record daily precipitation	44.7 mm (1.8 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Schriever	United States	Record high minimum temperature	26.1 C (79.0 F)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Lamar 7N	United States	Record daily precipitation	86.4 mm (3.4 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Newkirk 5NE	United States	Record daily precipitation	56.9 mm (2.2 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Tulita A	Canada	Record daily precipitation	28.4 mm (1.1 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Maly Uzen'	Russia	Record daily precipitation	32.2 mm (1.3 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
New London	United States	Record daily precipitation	62.2 mm (2.4 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Milan	Italy	Record high minimum temperature	26.6 C (79.9 F)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Beeton	Canada	Record daily precipitation	58.4 mm (2.3 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Clinton	United States	Record daily precipitation	47.8 mm (1.9 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Heinersreuth-Vollhof	Germany	Record high minimum temperature	19.9 C (67.8 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Homestead Exp STN	United States	Record daily precipitation	104.4 mm (4.1 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Iola	United States	Record daily precipitation	42.2 mm (1.7 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Arnhem	Netherlands	Record daily precipitation	55.8 mm (2.2 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Sandvig	Denmark	Record high minimum temperature	19.0 C (66.2 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Kolosib	India	Record daily precipitation	122.4 mm (4.8 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Barpeta	India	Record daily precipitation	134.6 mm (5.3 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Simlapal	India	Record daily precipitation	131.1 mm (5.2 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Neosho Rapids	United States	Record daily precipitation	37.8 mm (1.5 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Birch Tree	United States	Record daily precipitation	40.6 mm (1.6 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Bathurst	Canada	Record high minimum temperature	20.0 C (68.0 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Patharkandi	India	Record daily precipitation	80.0 mm (3.1 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Iola 1 W	United States	Record daily precipitation	37.6 mm (1.5 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Jemez Springs	United States	Record daily precipitation	34.5 mm (1.4 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Oberlin	United States	Record daily precipitation	27.9 mm (1.1 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Fond du Lac Wwtp	United States	Record daily precipitation	43.2 mm (1.7 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Sonnblick	Austria	Record high maximum temperature	14.0 C (57.2 F)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Dresden Wahnsdorf	Germany	Record high minimum temperature	22.3 C (72.1 F)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Bamberg	Germany	Record high maximum temperature	34.7 C (94.5 F)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Zuerich/Fluntern	Switzerland	Record high minimum temperature	20.2 C (68.4 F)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Amite	United States	Record high maximum temperature	37.8 C (100.0 F)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Orillia	Canada	Record daily precipitation	34.3 mm (1.4 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Weissenburg	Germany	Record high minimum temperature	17.7 C (63.9 F)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Vishnupur	India	Record daily precipitation	62.2 mm (2.4 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Lugano	Switzerland	Record high minimum temperature	22.6 C (72.7 F)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Walnut 4S	United States	Record daily precipitation	35.1 mm (1.4 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Bolivar 1 NE	United States	Record daily precipitation	32.0 mm (1.3 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Ralston	United States	Record daily precipitation	44.7 mm (1.8 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Marshfield Exp Farm	United States	Record daily precipitation	34.3 mm (1.4 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Pine River 3 NE	United States	Record daily precipitation	45.0 mm (1.8 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

346 records

Records set or tied on 3 July 1952 by type: Highest daily maximum 37, Lowest daily maximum 11, Highest daily minimum 126, Lowest daily minimum 40, Heaviest daily rainfall 132.

Records on 3 July 1952 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	37
Lowest daily maximum	11
Highest daily minimum	126
Lowest daily minimum	40
Heaviest daily rainfall	132
Heaviest daily snowfall	0
Deepest snow cover	0

Records on 3 July 1952 by timescale: all-time 5, monthly 9, daily 332.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

274 broken records

Margins by which the 274 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 52.0. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

3 July 1952

Top 20 records on 3 July 1952 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
3 July 1952	Oudenbosch, NL	all-time rain	92.6 mm (3.6 in)	29.7 mm (1.2 in)	41 years	78 of 100 (Major)
3 July 1952	Uccle, BE	daily rain	51.1 mm (2.0 in)	31.0 mm (1.2 in)	52 years	62 of 100 (Major)
3 July 1952	Putten (Gld), NL	daily rain	52.5 mm (2.1 in)	32.5 mm (1.3 in)	33 years	57 of 100 (Notable)
3 July 1952	Helmond, NL	daily rain	45.6 mm (1.8 in)	25.1 mm (1.0 in)	24 years	53 of 100 (Notable)
3 July 1952	De Bilt, NL	daily rain	52.2 mm (2.1 in)	41.4 mm (1.6 in)	32 years	53 of 100 (Notable)
3 July 1952	1 ENE Fairfield, US	daily rain	75.7 mm (3.0 in)	51.6 mm (2.0 in)	47 years	53 of 100 (Notable)
3 July 1952	Kitchener, CA	daily rain	58.4 mm (2.3 in)	48.2 mm (1.9 in)	29 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
3 July 1952	Heerde, NL	daily rain	66.5 mm (2.6 in)	27.4 mm (1.1 in)	26 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
3 July 1952	Riva, IT	all-time high min	26.0 C (78.8 F)	0.7 C (1.3 F)	70 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
3 July 1952	Krakmo, NO	daily rain	39.4 mm (1.6 in)	23.9 mm (0.9 in)	20 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
3 July 1952	Saibai Island, AU	daily rain	50.3 mm (2.0 in)	40.1 mm (1.6 in)	17 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
3 July 1952	Kleve, DE	daily rain	54.6 mm (2.1 in)	38.8 mm (1.5 in)	16 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
3 July 1952	Knowlton 1 W, US	daily rain	48.5 mm (1.9 in)	35.8 mm (1.4 in)	28 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
3 July 1952	Ter Apel, NL	all-time rain	61.0 mm (2.4 in)	3.3 mm (0.13 in)	51 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
3 July 1952	Zamora, ES	monthly rain	31.6 mm (1.2 in)	11.4 mm (0.4 in)	10 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
3 July 1952	Valley Park, US	daily rain	49.3 mm (1.9 in)	46.3 mm (1.8 in)	30 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
3 July 1952	Praha-Klementinum, CZ	daily high min	22.2 C (72.0 F)	1.0 C (1.8 F)	170 years	44 of 100 (Notable)
3 July 1952	Jena Sternwarte, DE	daily high min	20.3 C (68.5 F)	0.8 C (1.4 F)	124 years	42 of 100 (Notable)
3 July 1952	Praha-Klementinum, CZ	daily high max	34.4 C (93.9 F)	0.8 C (1.4 F)	124 years	41 of 100 (Notable)
3 July 1952	Denekamp, NL	daily rain	44.0 mm (1.7 in)	23.8 mm (0.9 in)	2 years	41 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 1952

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1793 to 1952. 1952 had 346 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 1952-07-03: 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	205
10 to 20	33
20 to 30	19
30 to 40	9
40 to 50	6
50 to 60	2