Weather Records on 3 July 1971

472 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 3 July 1971. Highest significance: Albertvale, ZA.

Key Facts for 3 July 1971

On 3 July 1971, 472 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
36 were record highs and 182 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 0 were all-time records, 17 monthly and 455 daily.
Albertvale set a daily record precipitation of 31.0 mm (1.2 in) on 3 July 1971.
Across 162 earlier years (1793 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 433 records.

Record Map

472 stations

472 station records on 3 July 1971 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 3 July 1971: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Albertvale	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	31.0 mm (1.2 in)	56 of 100 (Notable)
Alapaha Exp STN	United States	Record daily precipitation	77.5 mm (3.1 in)	55 of 100 (Notable)
S. Goncalo	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	38.1 mm (1.5 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Covington	United States	Record daily precipitation	88.9 mm (3.5 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Daroca	Spain	Record daily precipitation	45.4 mm (1.8 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Lviv	Ukraine	Record daily precipitation	50.0 mm (2.0 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Sousa	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	28.2 mm (1.1 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Dassieshoek	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	26.1 mm (1.0 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Jaransk	Russia	Record daily precipitation	40.1 mm (1.6 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Fleming	United States	Record daily precipitation	59.2 mm (2.3 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Apslawn	Australia	Record daily precipitation	48.8 mm (1.9 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Bathurst Gaol	Australia	Record low minimum temperature	-6.7 C (19.9 F)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Knysna (Tnk)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	31.0 mm (1.2 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Concordia	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	36.5 mm (1.4 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Myrup	Australia	Record daily precipitation	25.7 mm (1.0 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Salekhard	Russia	Record daily precipitation	41.9 mm (1.6 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Rudnaja Pristan	Russia	Record daily precipitation	78.3 mm (3.1 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Wallace 2 E	United States	Record daily precipitation	82.6 mm (3.3 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Fabens	United States	Record daily precipitation	37.8 mm (1.5 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Vologda	Russia	Record daily precipitation	29.8 mm (1.2 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Mystic Lake	United States	Record daily precipitation	26.4 mm (1.0 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Swellendam (Bos)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	37.0 mm (1.5 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Buffelsnek (Bos)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	50.5 mm (2.0 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Lottering (Bos)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	45.0 mm (1.8 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Waterfall	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	26.0 mm (1.0 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Henrietta	United States	Record daily precipitation	39.4 mm (1.6 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Nieu-Bethesda (Pol)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	27.0 mm (1.1 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Orogrande	United States	Record daily precipitation	30.5 mm (1.2 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Walterboro 1 SW	United States	Record daily precipitation	72.4 mm (2.9 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Morozovsk	Russia	Record daily precipitation	25.7 mm (1.0 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Concordia ASOS	United States	Record daily precipitation	68.8 mm (2.7 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Bloukrans (Bos)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	47.5 mm (1.9 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Hammon 3 SSW	United States	Record daily precipitation	35.6 mm (1.4 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Brooks Ahrc	Canada	Record low minimum temperature	1.7 C (35.1 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Vysnij Volocek	Russia	Record daily precipitation	36.6 mm (1.4 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Vjazemskaja	Russia	Record daily precipitation	60.4 mm (2.4 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Pascagoula 3 NE	United States	Record daily precipitation	63.5 mm (2.5 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Elk City 4 W	United States	Record daily precipitation	39.6 mm (1.6 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Calmar	Canada	Record daily precipitation	39.9 mm (1.6 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Raymond	Canada	Record low minimum temperature	1.1 C (34.0 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Bikin	Russia	Record daily precipitation	44.5 mm (1.8 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Houd Constant	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	27.0 mm (1.1 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Isleworth	United States	Record daily precipitation	104.1 mm (4.1 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Beaver City	United States	Record daily precipitation	35.6 mm (1.4 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Arcade	United States	Record low minimum temperature	3.3 C (37.9 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Scandia	United States	Record daily precipitation	56.4 mm (2.2 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Lumberton	United States	Record daily precipitation	55.4 mm (2.2 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Woodville (Bos)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	37.5 mm (1.5 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Poltava	Ukraine	Record low maximum temperature	17.6 C (63.7 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Fort Macleod	Canada	Record low minimum temperature	3.3 C (37.9 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Goudveld (Bos)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	37.5 mm (1.5 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Tifton	United States	Record daily precipitation	46.2 mm (1.8 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Bellefonte 4 S	United States	Record low minimum temperature	7.8 C (46.0 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Grapeview 3 SW	United States	Record low minimum temperature	5.0 C (41.0 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Tibooburra Post Office	Australia	Record low minimum temperature	-1.7 C (28.9 F)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Lake Margaret Dam	Australia	Record daily precipitation	51.8 mm (2.0 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Calmar	Canada	Record low maximum temperature	11.1 C (52.0 F)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Sion	Canada	Record daily precipitation	36.6 mm (1.4 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Hanna	Canada	Record low minimum temperature	1.7 C (35.1 F)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Lansdowne House	Canada	Record daily precipitation	32.5 mm (1.3 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

472 records

Records set or tied on 3 July 1971 by type: Highest daily maximum 13, Lowest daily maximum 46, Highest daily minimum 23, Lowest daily minimum 136, Heaviest daily rainfall 253, Deepest snow cover 1.

Records on 3 July 1971 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	13
Lowest daily maximum	46
Highest daily minimum	23
Lowest daily minimum	136
Heaviest daily rainfall	253
Heaviest daily snowfall	0
Deepest snow cover	1

Records on 3 July 1971 by timescale: all-time 0, monthly 17, daily 455.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

399 broken records

Margins by which the 399 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 330.0. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

3 July 1971

Top 20 records on 3 July 1971 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
3 July 1971	Albertvale, ZA	daily rain	31.0 mm (1.2 in)	25.7 mm (1.0 in)	33 years	56 of 100 (Notable)
3 July 1971	Alapaha Exp STN, US	daily rain	77.5 mm (3.1 in)	34.3 mm (1.4 in)	66 years	55 of 100 (Notable)
3 July 1971	S. Goncalo, BR	monthly rain	38.1 mm (1.5 in)	18.7 mm (0.7 in)	4 years	54 of 100 (Notable)
3 July 1971	Covington, US	daily rain	88.9 mm (3.5 in)	49.0 mm (1.9 in)	24 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
3 July 1971	Daroca, ES	daily rain	45.4 mm (1.8 in)	34.4 mm (1.4 in)	28 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
3 July 1971	Lviv, UA	daily rain	50.0 mm (2.0 in)	34.3 mm (1.4 in)	32 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
3 July 1971	Sousa, BR	monthly rain	28.2 mm (1.1 in)	5.7 mm (0.22 in)	59 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
3 July 1971	Dassieshoek, ZA	daily rain	26.1 mm (1.0 in)	17.5 mm (0.7 in)	40 years	44 of 100 (Notable)
3 July 1971	Jaransk, RU	daily rain	40.1 mm (1.6 in)	24.6 mm (1.0 in)	32 years	43 of 100 (Notable)
3 July 1971	Fleming, US	daily rain	59.2 mm (2.3 in)	26.2 mm (1.0 in)	72 years	43 of 100 (Notable)
3 July 1971	Apslawn, AU	daily rain	48.8 mm (1.9 in)	14.5 mm (0.6 in)	77 years	42 of 100 (Notable)
3 July 1971	Bathurst Gaol, AU	daily low min	-6.7 C (19.9 F)	0.6 C (1.1 F)	108 years	41 of 100 (Notable)
3 July 1971	Knysna (Tnk), ZA	daily rain	31.0 mm (1.2 in)	15.0 mm (0.6 in)	70 years	41 of 100 (Notable)
3 July 1971	Concordia, ZA	daily rain	36.5 mm (1.4 in)	26.3 mm (1.0 in)	41 years	41 of 100 (Notable)
3 July 1971	Myrup, AU	daily rain	25.7 mm (1.0 in)	9.7 mm (0.38 in)	54 years	40 of 100 (Notable)
3 July 1971	Salekhard, RU	daily rain	41.9 mm (1.6 in)	19.2 mm (0.8 in)	24 years	40 of 100 (Notable)
3 July 1971	Rudnaja Pristan, RU	daily rain	78.3 mm (3.1 in)	44.4 mm (1.7 in)	13 years	40 of 100 (Notable)
3 July 1971	Wallace 2 E, US	daily rain	82.6 mm (3.3 in)	50.3 mm (2.0 in)	21 years	40 of 100 (Notable)
3 July 1971	Fabens, US	daily rain	37.8 mm (1.5 in)	33.0 mm (1.3 in)	12 years	40 of 100 (Notable)
3 July 1971	Vologda, RU	daily rain	29.8 mm (1.2 in)	23.5 mm (0.9 in)	1 year	39 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 1971

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1793 to 1971. 1971 had 472 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 1971-07-03: 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 50	397
50 to 100	1
100 to 150	0
150 to 200	0
200 to 250	0
250 to 300	0
300 to 350	1