Weather Records on 3 August 1970

394 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 3 August 1970. Highest significance: Berlin-Dahlem, DE.

Key Facts for 3 August 1970

On 3 August 1970, 394 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
144 were record highs and 86 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 3 were all-time records, 15 monthly and 376 daily.
Berlin-Dahlem set a daily record precipitation of 58.8 mm (2.3 in) on 3 August 1970.
Across 156 earlier years (1815 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 464 records.

Record Map

394 stations

394 station records on 3 August 1970 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 3 August 1970: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Berlin-Dahlem	Germany	Record daily precipitation	58.8 mm (2.3 in)	72 of 100 (Major)
Bandher	India	Record daily precipitation	241.3 mm (9.5 in)	71 of 100 (Major)
Mount Gambier Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	40.1 mm (1.6 in)	58 of 100 (Notable)
Bloomfield	United States	Record daily precipitation	70.4 mm (2.8 in)	57 of 100 (Notable)
Deal Island	Australia	Record daily precipitation	32.8 mm (1.3 in)	56 of 100 (Notable)
Cheljabinsk-Balandi	Russia	Record daily precipitation	49.5 mm (1.9 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Winifred	United States	Record daily precipitation	46.5 mm (1.8 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Joao Amaro	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	29.4 mm (1.2 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Susuman	Russia	Record daily precipitation	29.4 mm (1.2 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Runge	United States	Record daily precipitation	49.5 mm (1.9 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Novoalekseevka	Kazakhstan	Record daily precipitation	31.7 mm (1.2 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Houlton	United States	Record daily precipitation	52.1 mm (2.1 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Corning	United States	Record daily precipitation	62.5 mm (2.5 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Nairne	Australia	Record daily precipitation	43.7 mm (1.7 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Vikulovo	Russia	Record daily precipitation	35.1 mm (1.4 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Lazdijai	Lithuania	Record daily precipitation	41.1 mm (1.6 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Palestina (Smn)	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	59.9 mm (2.4 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Beardstown	United States	Record daily precipitation	50.8 mm (2.0 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Jodhpur	India	Record daily precipitation	76.2 mm (3.0 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Franklin 3 NW	United States	Record high minimum temperature	27.2 C (81.0 F)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Rushville	United States	Record daily precipitation	50.8 mm (2.0 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Areia (Ufpb)	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	87.8 mm (3.5 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Canon City	United States	Record high minimum temperature	24.4 C (75.9 F)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Fort Huachuca	United States	Record daily precipitation	29.0 mm (1.1 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Arkonam	India	Record daily precipitation	56.9 mm (2.2 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Chokpar	Kazakhstan	Record daily precipitation	43.6 mm (1.7 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Tierra Blanca (Smn)	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	249.9 mm (9.8 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Drobeta Turnu Severin	Romania	Record daily precipitation	26.4 mm (1.0 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Cheesman	United States	Record daily precipitation	46.2 mm (1.8 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Longmont 2 ESE	United States	Record high minimum temperature	18.3 C (64.9 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Saguache	United States	Record high minimum temperature	15.0 C (59.0 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Keosauqua	United States	Record daily precipitation	39.4 mm (1.6 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Palmyra	United States	Record daily precipitation	55.4 mm (2.2 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Budingen	Germany	Record daily precipitation	30.7 mm (1.2 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Banka	India	Record daily precipitation	87.8 mm (3.5 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Ajo	United States	Record daily precipitation	46.2 mm (1.8 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Port Hastings	Canada	Record high minimum temperature	21.1 C (70.0 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Ft Madison	United States	Record daily precipitation	29.2 mm (1.1 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Ellendale	United States	Record low minimum temperature	6.1 C (43.0 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Mahwa (Mahwar)	India	Record daily precipitation	68.0 mm (2.7 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Allende (Smn)	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	39.9 mm (1.6 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Nashville	United States	Record high minimum temperature	23.3 C (73.9 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Blair	United States	Record daily precipitation	48.8 mm (1.9 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Gothenburg	United States	Record daily precipitation	40.9 mm (1.6 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Ft Morgan	United States	Record high maximum temperature	40.0 C (104.0 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Beawar Nayanagar	India	Record daily precipitation	32.4 mm (1.3 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Ewing	United States	Record daily precipitation	43.2 mm (1.7 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Nome AP	United States	Record low minimum temperature	0.6 C (33.1 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Orono	United States	Record daily precipitation	42.9 mm (1.7 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Auburn 5 ESE	United States	Record daily precipitation	49.8 mm (2.0 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Hickman	United States	Record daily precipitation	50.3 mm (2.0 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Sable Island	Canada	Record high minimum temperature	19.4 C (66.9 F)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Port Aux Basques	Canada	Record high minimum temperature	17.2 C (63.0 F)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Huatusco de Chicuellar	Mexico	Record high minimum temperature	17.2 C (63.0 F)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Keosauqua 2	United States	Record daily precipitation	45.5 mm (1.8 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Oakland	United States	Record daily precipitation	71.9 mm (2.8 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Wishek	United States	Record low minimum temperature	3.3 C (37.9 F)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Natal	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	109.5 mm (4.3 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Baddeck	Canada	Record high minimum temperature	21.1 C (70.0 F)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Fajardo	Puerto Rico [United States]	Record high maximum temperature	33.3 C (91.9 F)	25 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

394 records

Records set or tied on 3 August 1970 by type: Highest daily maximum 40, Lowest daily maximum 33, Highest daily minimum 104, Lowest daily minimum 53, Heaviest daily rainfall 164.

Records on 3 August 1970 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	40
Lowest daily maximum	33
Highest daily minimum	104
Lowest daily minimum	53
Heaviest daily rainfall	164
Heaviest daily snowfall	0
Deepest snow cover	0

Records on 3 August 1970 by timescale: all-time 3, monthly 15, daily 376.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

280 broken records

Margins by which the 280 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 132.8. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

3 August 1970

Top 20 records on 3 August 1970 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
3 August 1970	Berlin-Dahlem, DE	daily rain	58.8 mm (2.3 in)	31.9 mm (1.3 in)	79 years	72 of 100 (Major)
3 August 1970	Bandher, IN	monthly rain	241.3 mm (9.5 in)	132.8 mm (5.2 in)	46 years	71 of 100 (Major)
3 August 1970	Mount Gambier Post Office, AU	daily rain	40.1 mm (1.6 in)	11.1 mm (0.4 in)	94 years	58 of 100 (Notable)
3 August 1970	Bloomfield, US	daily rain	70.4 mm (2.8 in)	50.1 mm (2.0 in)	53 years	57 of 100 (Notable)
3 August 1970	Deal Island, AU	daily rain	32.8 mm (1.3 in)	19.6 mm (0.8 in)	27 years	56 of 100 (Notable)
3 August 1970	Cheljabinsk-Balandi, RU	daily rain	49.5 mm (1.9 in)	28.7 mm (1.1 in)	27 years	54 of 100 (Notable)
3 August 1970	Winifred, US	daily rain	46.5 mm (1.8 in)	36.3 mm (1.4 in)	28 years	53 of 100 (Notable)
3 August 1970	Joao Amaro, BR	daily rain	29.4 mm (1.2 in)	26.7 mm (1.1 in)	20 years	52 of 100 (Notable)
3 August 1970	Susuman, RU	daily rain	29.4 mm (1.2 in)	20.0 mm (0.8 in)	28 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
3 August 1970	Runge, US	daily rain	49.5 mm (1.9 in)	40.6 mm (1.6 in)	67 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
3 August 1970	Novoalekseevka, KZ	daily rain	31.7 mm (1.2 in)	20.2 mm (0.8 in)	20 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
3 August 1970	Houlton, US	daily rain	52.1 mm (2.1 in)	28.0 mm (1.1 in)	37 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
3 August 1970	Corning, US	daily rain	62.5 mm (2.5 in)	32.5 mm (1.3 in)	59 years	44 of 100 (Notable)
3 August 1970	Nairne, AU	daily rain	43.7 mm (1.7 in)	15.5 mm (0.6 in)	35 years	43 of 100 (Notable)
3 August 1970	Vikulovo, RU	daily rain	35.1 mm (1.4 in)	23.5 mm (0.9 in)	23 years	43 of 100 (Notable)
3 August 1970	Lazdijai, LT	daily rain	41.1 mm (1.6 in)	23.1 mm (0.9 in)	31 years	41 of 100 (Notable)
3 August 1970	Palestina (Smn), MX	daily rain	59.9 mm (2.4 in)	57.1 mm (2.2 in)	31 years	41 of 100 (Notable)
3 August 1970	Beardstown, US	daily rain	50.8 mm (2.0 in)	35.8 mm (1.4 in)	27 years	41 of 100 (Notable)
3 August 1970	Jodhpur, IN	daily rain	76.2 mm (3.0 in)	25.9 mm (1.0 in)	65 years	39 of 100 (Notable)
3 August 1970	Franklin 3 NW, US	daily high min	27.2 C (81.0 F)	2.2 C (4.0 F)	55 years	38 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

1815 to 1970

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1815 to 1970. 1970 had 394 records.

Counts for years before the ledger starts come from the same station rules.

Records on 08-03 in each year
Year	Records
1815	1
1827	1
1834	2
1835	1
1838	1
1841	1
1847	1
1849	1
1854	1
1855	2
1856	1
1859	1
1868	1
1872	1
1875	1
1876	1
1877	4
1879	3
1880	1
1885	2
1886	1
1887	2
1888	4
1890	2
1891	1
1894	1
1895	11
1896	3
1897	1
1898	4
1899	6
1900	2
1902	6
1903	12
1904	6
1905	7
1906	20
1907	31
1908	23
1909	21
1910	14
1911	31
1912	68
1913	21
1914	24
1915	49
1916	55
1917	72
1918	71
1919	34
1920	56
1921	181
1922	33
1923	149
1924	165
1925	99
1926	300
1927	315
1928	332
1929	207
1930	816
1931	313
1932	319
1933	304
1934	434
1935	520
1936	555
1937	350
1938	542
1939	866
1940	292
1941	305
1942	328
1943	521
1944	530
1945	259
1946	316
1947	586
1948	414
1949	415
1950	445
1951	547
1952	326
1953	617
1954	401
1955	713
1956	640
1957	378
1958	389
1959	360
1960	482
1961	620
1962	359
1963	352
1964	891
1965	679
1966	444
1967	327
1968	368
1969	625
1970	394
1971	891
1972	757
1973	724
1974	906
1975	978
1976	892
1977	544
1978	832
1979	486
1980	800
1981	579
1982	778
1983	807
1984	925
1985	691
1986	750
1987	1,105
1988	1,046
1989	824
1990	845
1991	705
1992	869
1993	1,033
1994	973
1995	1,216
1996	965
1997	709
1998	1,406
1999	893
2000	869
2001	1,021
2002	1,000
2003	1,504
2004	980
2005	912
2006	1,514
2007	750
2008	926
2009	746
2010	1,392
2011	1,518
2012	685
2013	535
2014	961
2015	615
2016	640
2017	1,144
2018	1,039
2019	451
2020	708
2021	841
2022	654
2023	1,044
2024	1,401
2025	929
2026	1,242

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Data for records on 1970-08-03: 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 20	251
20 to 40	24
40 to 60	4
60 to 80	0
80 to 100	0
100 to 120	0
120 to 140	1