Weather Records on 3 July 1959

240 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 3 July 1959. Highest significance: Sangli, IN.

Key Facts for 3 July 1959

On 3 July 1959, 240 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
71 were record highs and 95 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 1 were all-time records, 4 monthly and 235 daily.
Sangli set a monthly record daily precipitation of 135.0 mm (5.3 in) on 3 July 1959.
Across 162 earlier years (1793 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 435 records.

Record Map

240 stations

240 station records on 3 July 1959 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 3 July 1959: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Sangli	India	Record daily precipitation	135.0 mm (5.3 in)	69 of 100 (Major)
Rocky Mt 8 ESE	United States	Record daily precipitation	102.1 mm (4.0 in)	55 of 100 (Notable)
Weldon	United States	Record daily precipitation	51.3 mm (2.0 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Ilulissat (Jakobshavn)	Greenland [Denmark]	Record high minimum temperature	10.2 C (50.4 F)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Sumter	United States	Record daily precipitation	53.1 mm (2.1 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Covington	United States	Record high minimum temperature	26.1 C (79.0 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Hopewell	United States	Record daily precipitation	63.5 mm (2.5 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Highland Home	United States	Record daily precipitation	43.2 mm (1.7 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Hatch	United States	Record daily precipitation	57.9 mm (2.3 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Durham	United States	Record daily precipitation	88.9 mm (3.5 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Melville	United States	Record daily precipitation	64.8 mm (2.6 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Rotan	United States	Record daily precipitation	37.1 mm (1.5 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
New Orleans Audubon	United States	Record daily precipitation	72.4 mm (2.9 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Durham	United Kingdom	Record high maximum temperature	27.8 C (82.0 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Oxnard	United States	Record high maximum temperature	31.1 C (88.0 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Fort St James	Canada	Record low maximum temperature	13.9 C (57.0 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Cinclare	United States	Record daily precipitation	69.9 mm (2.8 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Dulce	United States	Record low minimum temperature	0.0 C (32.0 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Kirov	Russia	Record high maximum temperature	31.2 C (88.2 F)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Niznij Novgorod	Russia	Record high minimum temperature	21.2 C (70.2 F)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Rooipoort	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	27.5 mm (1.1 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Tarboro 1 S	United States	Record daily precipitation	36.1 mm (1.4 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Zacapu (Smn)	Mexico	Record low minimum temperature	7.8 C (46.0 F)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Houston	United States	Record low minimum temperature	8.9 C (48.0 F)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Plant City	United States	Record daily precipitation	77.0 mm (3.0 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Pinehurst Sthrn Pines	United States	Record low maximum temperature	23.9 C (75.0 F)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Southport 5 N	United States	Record daily precipitation	48.0 mm (1.9 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Logan	United States	Record low maximum temperature	25.6 C (78.1 F)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Ft Myers Page Fld AP	United States	Record high minimum temperature	25.0 C (77.0 F)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Reasi	India	Record daily precipitation	85.9 mm (3.4 in)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Thammampatty	India	Record daily precipitation	27.4 mm (1.1 in)	23 of 100 (Routine)
San Juan de Los Llanos	Mexico	Record low minimum temperature	6.7 C (44.1 F)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Newport	United States	Record low minimum temperature	13.3 C (55.9 F)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Golconda River	United States	Record low minimum temperature	13.3 C (55.9 F)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Liberty 1 NE	United States	Record low maximum temperature	17.8 C (64.0 F)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Enfield	United States	Record daily precipitation	59.7 mm (2.4 in)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Union City	United States	Record low minimum temperature	10.0 C (50.0 F)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Quesnel	Canada	Record low maximum temperature	15.0 C (59.0 F)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Sovetskaja Gavan	Russia	Record low minimum temperature	4.2 C (39.6 F)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Paoli	United States	Record low minimum temperature	8.9 C (48.0 F)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Clarksville Wwtp	United States	Record low minimum temperature	10.6 C (51.1 F)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Black Rock	United States	Record high minimum temperature	15.6 C (60.1 F)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Kamennaja-Step	Russia	Record high minimum temperature	20.2 C (68.4 F)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Newton Rigg	United Kingdom	Record high maximum temperature	25.0 C (77.0 F)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Buxton	United Kingdom	Record high maximum temperature	27.2 C (81.0 F)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Jonesboro 3 SSE	United States	Record low minimum temperature	12.2 C (54.0 F)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Chapel Hill 2 W	United States	Record daily precipitation	51.3 mm (2.0 in)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Marion	United States	Record daily precipitation	17.8 mm (0.7 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Pakala	India	Record daily precipitation	22.6 mm (0.9 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Blackville 3 W	United States	Record daily precipitation	17.0 mm (0.7 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Santaquin Chlorinator	United States	Record daily precipitation	6.4 mm (0.25 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Iron River	Canada	Record daily precipitation	12.7 mm (0.5 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Rapelje	United States	Record daily precipitation	7.1 mm (0.28 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Powell	United States	Record daily precipitation	4.1 mm (0.16 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Tappen	Canada	Record low maximum temperature	17.2 C (63.0 F)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Chotan	India	Record daily precipitation	19.6 mm (0.8 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Ciudad Hidalgo (Smn)	Mexico	Record low minimum temperature	8.9 C (48.0 F)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Elatma	Russia	Record high maximum temperature	32.6 C (90.7 F)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Omsk	Russia	Record low maximum temperature	11.8 C (53.2 F)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Santa Ana Fire STN	United States	Record high minimum temperature	18.3 C (64.9 F)	20 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

240 records

Records set or tied on 3 July 1959 by type: Highest daily maximum 27, Lowest daily maximum 44, Highest daily minimum 44, Lowest daily minimum 51, Heaviest daily rainfall 74.

Records on 3 July 1959 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	27
Lowest daily maximum	44
Highest daily minimum	44
Lowest daily minimum	51
Heaviest daily rainfall	74
Heaviest daily snowfall	0
Deepest snow cover	0

Records on 3 July 1959 by timescale: all-time 1, monthly 4, daily 235.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

183 broken records

Margins by which the 183 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 75.4. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

3 July 1959

Top 20 records on 3 July 1959 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
3 July 1959	Sangli, IN	monthly rain	135.0 mm (5.3 in)	49.9 mm (2.0 in)	47 years	69 of 100 (Major)
3 July 1959	Rocky Mt 8 ESE, US	daily rain	102.1 mm (4.0 in)	75.4 mm (3.0 in)	41 years	55 of 100 (Notable)
3 July 1959	Weldon, US	daily rain	51.3 mm (2.0 in)	26.7 mm (1.1 in)	69 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
3 July 1959	Ilulissat (Jakobshavn), GL	daily high min	10.2 C (50.4 F)	2.2 C (4.0 F)	66 years	39 of 100 (Notable)
3 July 1959	Sumter, US	daily rain	53.1 mm (2.1 in)	37.4 mm (1.5 in)	16 years	35 of 100 (Notable)
3 July 1959	Covington, US	daily high min	26.1 C (79.0 F)	2.2 C (4.0 F)	56 years	33 of 100 (Routine)
3 July 1959	Hopewell, US	daily rain	63.5 mm (2.5 in)	32.8 mm (1.3 in)	25 years	33 of 100 (Routine)
3 July 1959	Highland Home, US	daily rain	43.2 mm (1.7 in)	10.2 mm (0.4 in)	63 years	32 of 100 (Routine)
3 July 1959	Hatch, US	all-time rain	57.9 mm (2.3 in)	5.8 mm (0.23 in)	0 years	32 of 100 (Routine)
3 July 1959	Durham, US	monthly rain	88.9 mm (3.5 in)	7.6 mm (0.30 in)	39 years	32 of 100 (Routine)
3 July 1959	Melville, US	daily rain	64.8 mm (2.6 in)	26.2 mm (1.0 in)	22 years	30 of 100 (Routine)
3 July 1959	Rotan, US	daily rain	37.1 mm (1.5 in)	32.0 mm (1.3 in)	13 years	30 of 100 (Routine)
3 July 1959	New Orleans Audubon, US	daily rain	72.4 mm (2.9 in)	18.8 mm (0.7 in)	44 years	30 of 100 (Routine)
3 July 1959	Durham, GB	daily high max	27.8 C (82.0 F)	0.2 C (0.4 F)	72 years	29 of 100 (Routine)
3 July 1959	Oxnard, US	daily high max	31.1 C (88.0 F)	3.9 C (7.0 F)	28 years	29 of 100 (Routine)
3 July 1959	Fort St James, CA	daily low max	13.9 C (57.0 F)	1.7 C (3.1 F)	61 years	28 of 100 (Routine)
3 July 1959	Cinclare, US	daily rain	69.9 mm (2.8 in)	14.0 mm (0.6 in)	44 years	28 of 100 (Routine)
3 July 1959	Dulce, US	daily low min	0.0 C (32.0 F)	2.8 C (5.0 F)	48 years	28 of 100 (Routine)
3 July 1959	Kirov, RU	daily high max	31.2 C (88.2 F)	0.2 C (0.4 F)	68 years	27 of 100 (Routine)
3 July 1959	Niznij Novgorod, RU	daily high min	21.2 C (70.2 F)	1.2 C (2.2 F)	60 years	27 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 1959

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1793 to 1959. 1959 had 240 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 1959-07-03: 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 2026-10-16. Last revised 16 October 2026 (2026-10-16).

Margin	Records
0 to 10	162
10 to 20	14
20 to 30	2
30 to 40	3
40 to 50	1
50 to 60	0
60 to 70	0
70 to 80	1