Weather Records on 3 July 1962

547 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 3 July 1962. Highest significance: Danville, US.

Key Facts for 3 July 1962

On 3 July 1962, 547 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
22 were record highs and 361 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 0 were all-time records, 57 monthly and 490 daily.
Danville set a daily record precipitation of 104.4 mm (4.1 in) on 3 July 1962.
Across 162 earlier years (1793 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 433 records.

Record Map

547 stations

547 station records on 3 July 1962 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 3 July 1962: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Danville	United States	Record daily precipitation	104.4 mm (4.1 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
New Cumberland L/D	United States	Record daily precipitation	66.0 mm (2.6 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Gisela	United States	Record daily precipitation	30.7 mm (1.2 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Kankakee 3 SW	United States	Record daily precipitation	104.9 mm (4.1 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Pocomoke City	United States	Record low maximum temperature	21.7 C (71.1 F)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Moscow U of I	United States	Record low minimum temperature	0.0 C (32.0 F)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Covington 1 WNW	United States	Record daily precipitation	57.7 mm (2.3 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
W Lafayette 6 NW	United States	Record daily precipitation	91.4 mm (3.6 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Pittsburgh WSO City	United States	Record daily precipitation	53.6 mm (2.1 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Belle Isle	Canada	Record daily precipitation	43.9 mm (1.7 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Kirchdorf/Poel	Germany	Record daily precipitation	26.9 mm (1.1 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Nevasa	India	Record daily precipitation	72.0 mm (2.8 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Angola	United States	Record daily precipitation	53.1 mm (2.1 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Glenville	United States	Record low maximum temperature	22.2 C (72.0 F)	37 of 100 (Notable)
St Andrews	Canada	Record low minimum temperature	6.1 C (43.0 F)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Ilkal	India	Record daily precipitation	77.5 mm (3.1 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Steffenville	United States	Record daily precipitation	79.5 mm (3.1 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Martinsburg E W Virginia Rgnl	United States	Record low maximum temperature	18.3 C (64.9 F)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Xenia 6 SSE	United States	Record daily precipitation	61.5 mm (2.4 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Arlington	United States	Record low minimum temperature	6.1 C (43.0 F)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Conceicao da Barra	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	34.2 mm (1.3 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Waren	Germany	Record low maximum temperature	11.9 C (53.4 F)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Palmyra	United States	Record daily precipitation	112.0 mm (4.4 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Sarajevo	Bosnia and Herzegovina	Record low minimum temperature	6.3 C (43.3 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Devgad	India	Record daily precipitation	175.0 mm (6.9 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
McCracken	United States	Record daily precipitation	68.1 mm (2.7 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Yates Ctr	United States	Record high minimum temperature	26.1 C (79.0 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Montpelier	United States	Record daily precipitation	45.5 mm (1.8 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Lacrosse	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-0.6 C (30.9 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Zeehan Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	42.2 mm (1.7 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Sussex	Canada	Record low minimum temperature	1.1 C (34.0 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Vaikom	India	Record daily precipitation	173.7 mm (6.8 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Grindstone Island	Canada	Record low minimum temperature	7.2 C (45.0 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Cape Race (Aut)	Canada	Record daily precipitation	52.6 mm (2.1 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Indi	India	Record daily precipitation	48.3 mm (1.9 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Collegeville St Joe AP	United States	Record daily precipitation	57.2 mm (2.3 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Chestertown	United States	Record low maximum temperature	22.8 C (73.0 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Echo	United States	Record low minimum temperature	3.3 C (37.9 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Merrill	United States	Record low maximum temperature	16.7 C (62.1 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Canton 4 SE	United States	Record low minimum temperature	2.8 C (37.0 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Bremen-Seefahrtschule	Germany	Record low maximum temperature	13.5 C (56.3 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Arukutty	India	Record daily precipitation	149.9 mm (5.9 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Crawfordsville Pwr Plt	United States	Record daily precipitation	42.2 mm (1.7 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Moncure 3 SE	United States	Record low maximum temperature	24.4 C (75.9 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Gagetown 2	Canada	Record low minimum temperature	4.4 C (39.9 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Port Hastings	Canada	Record low minimum temperature	4.4 C (39.9 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Sherthala	India	Record daily precipitation	165.1 mm (6.5 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Ljubljana Bezigrad	Slovenia	Record daily precipitation	50.4 mm (2.0 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Longmont 2 ESE	United States	Record high minimum temperature	16.1 C (61.0 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Flat Top	United States	Record daily precipitation	42.9 mm (1.7 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
St Fereol	Canada	Record low minimum temperature	-1.1 C (30.0 F)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Podili(Podile)	India	Record daily precipitation	35.0 mm (1.4 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Karlshamn	Sweden	Record low maximum temperature	13.0 C (55.4 F)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Marion 2 N	United States	Record daily precipitation	27.9 mm (1.1 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Orono	United States	Record low maximum temperature	18.3 C (64.9 F)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Edina	United States	Record daily precipitation	39.4 mm (1.6 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Edenton	United States	Record low maximum temperature	22.8 C (73.0 F)	27 of 100 (Routine)
New Carlisle	United States	Record daily precipitation	40.4 mm (1.6 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Milton Freewater	United States	Record low minimum temperature	5.6 C (42.1 F)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Brodhead Wwtp	United States	Record daily precipitation	35.6 mm (1.4 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

547 records

Records set or tied on 3 July 1962 by type: Highest daily maximum 2, Lowest daily maximum 120, Highest daily minimum 20, Lowest daily minimum 241, Heaviest daily rainfall 164.

Records on 3 July 1962 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	2
Lowest daily maximum	120
Highest daily minimum	20
Lowest daily minimum	241
Heaviest daily rainfall	164
Heaviest daily snowfall	0
Deepest snow cover	0

Records on 3 July 1962 by timescale: all-time 0, monthly 57, daily 490.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

417 broken records

Margins by which the 417 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 63.0. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

3 July 1962

Top 20 records on 3 July 1962 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
3 July 1962	Danville, US	daily rain	104.4 mm (4.1 in)	63.0 mm (2.5 in)	20 years	52 of 100 (Notable)
3 July 1962	New Cumberland L/D, US	daily rain	66.0 mm (2.6 in)	27.9 mm (1.1 in)	60 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
3 July 1962	Gisela, US	daily rain	30.7 mm (1.2 in)	23.6 mm (0.9 in)	40 years	42 of 100 (Notable)
3 July 1962	Kankakee 3 SW, US	daily rain	104.9 mm (4.1 in)	47.7 mm (1.9 in)	33 years	42 of 100 (Notable)
3 July 1962	Pocomoke City, US	daily low max	21.7 C (71.1 F)	5.0 C (9.0 F)	66 years	42 of 100 (Notable)
3 July 1962	Moscow U of I, US	monthly low min	0.0 C (32.0 F)	1.1 C (2.0 F)	63 years	38 of 100 (Notable)
3 July 1962	Covington 1 WNW, US	daily rain	57.7 mm (2.3 in)	46.0 mm (1.8 in)	24 years	38 of 100 (Notable)
3 July 1962	W Lafayette 6 NW, US	daily rain	91.4 mm (3.6 in)	45.4 mm (1.8 in)	11 years	38 of 100 (Notable)
3 July 1962	Pittsburgh WSO City, US	daily rain	53.6 mm (2.1 in)	32.0 mm (1.3 in)	20 years	38 of 100 (Notable)
3 July 1962	Belle Isle, CA	daily rain	43.9 mm (1.7 in)	17.2 mm (0.7 in)	59 years	37 of 100 (Notable)
3 July 1962	Kirchdorf/Poel, DE	daily rain	26.9 mm (1.1 in)	11.4 mm (0.4 in)	33 years	37 of 100 (Notable)
3 July 1962	Nevasa, IN	daily rain	72.0 mm (2.8 in)	20.7 mm (0.8 in)	59 years	37 of 100 (Notable)
3 July 1962	Angola, US	daily rain	53.1 mm (2.1 in)	21.1 mm (0.8 in)	56 years	37 of 100 (Notable)
3 July 1962	Glenville, US	daily low max	22.2 C (72.0 F)	3.4 C (6.1 F)	69 years	37 of 100 (Notable)
3 July 1962	St Andrews, CA	daily low min	6.1 C (43.0 F)	1.1 C (2.0 F)	79 years	36 of 100 (Notable)
3 July 1962	Ilkal, IN	daily rain	77.5 mm (3.1 in)	29.2 mm (1.1 in)	24 years	36 of 100 (Notable)
3 July 1962	Steffenville, US	daily rain	79.5 mm (3.1 in)	49.0 mm (1.9 in)	4 years	36 of 100 (Notable)
3 July 1962	Martinsburg E W Virginia Rgnl, US	monthly low max	18.3 C (64.9 F)	0.6 C (1.1 F)	60 years	36 of 100 (Notable)
3 July 1962	Xenia 6 SSE, US	daily rain	61.5 mm (2.4 in)	36.1 mm (1.4 in)	1 year	35 of 100 (Notable)
3 July 1962	Arlington, US	daily low min	6.1 C (43.0 F)	3.9 C (7.0 F)	60 years	35 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 1962

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1793 to 1962. 1962 had 547 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 1962-07-03: 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	349
10 to 20	38
20 to 30	19
30 to 40	4
40 to 50	5
50 to 60	1
60 to 70	1