Weather Records on 3 August 1972

757 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 3 August 1972. Highest significance: Hays 1 S, US.

Key Facts for 3 August 1972

On 3 August 1972, 757 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
100 were record highs and 381 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 3 were all-time records, 13 monthly and 741 daily.
Hays 1 S set a daily record precipitation of 77.5 mm (3.1 in) on 3 August 1972.
Across 156 earlier years (1815 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 462 records.

Record Map

757 stations

757 station records on 3 August 1972 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 3 August 1972: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Hays 1 S	United States	Record daily precipitation	77.5 mm (3.1 in)	68 of 100 (Major)
Quinter	United States	Record daily precipitation	115.8 mm (4.6 in)	61 of 100 (Major)
Princeton	United States	Record daily precipitation	72.4 mm (2.9 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Casper 2 E	United States	Record daily precipitation	71.9 mm (2.8 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Pilvo	Russia	Record daily precipitation	61.6 mm (2.4 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Klimpfjall	Sweden	Record daily precipitation	40.6 mm (1.6 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Ellis	United States	Record daily precipitation	54.6 mm (2.1 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Jewell	United States	Record daily precipitation	80.5 mm (3.2 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Wakeeney	United States	Record daily precipitation	68.8 mm (2.7 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Garnovit	Armenia	Record daily precipitation	65.9 mm (2.6 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Utica	United States	Record daily precipitation	59.7 mm (2.4 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Kenton	United States	Record daily precipitation	61.0 mm (2.4 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Blue Rapids	United States	Record daily precipitation	58.2 mm (2.3 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Frankfort	United States	Record daily precipitation	64.0 mm (2.5 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Gove 4W	United States	Record daily precipitation	68.1 mm (2.7 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Ballantine	United States	Record daily precipitation	27.7 mm (1.1 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Dunderlandsdalen	Norway	Record daily precipitation	47.2 mm (1.9 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Forse	Sweden	Record daily precipitation	28.2 mm (1.1 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Collyer 10 S	United States	Record daily precipitation	68.6 mm (2.7 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Holton	United States	Record daily precipitation	85.9 mm (3.4 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Registro	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	56.9 mm (2.2 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Plainville 4WNW	United States	Record daily precipitation	45.7 mm (1.8 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Lexington 3E	United States	Record daily precipitation	69.3 mm (2.7 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Kingsport	United States	Record daily precipitation	104.6 mm (4.1 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Nord-Rana	Norway	Record daily precipitation	40.9 mm (1.6 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Deland 1 SSE	United States	Record low minimum temperature	18.3 C (64.9 F)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Ness City	United States	Record low maximum temperature	21.7 C (71.1 F)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Middletown 2 NW	United States	Record daily precipitation	45.2 mm (1.8 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Ramos Arizpe (Smn)	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	27.9 mm (1.1 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Bay City Wtr Wks	United States	Record low maximum temperature	28.9 C (84.0 F)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Nenastnaja	Russia	Record high minimum temperature	20.1 C (68.2 F)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Ft Pierce	United States	Record low minimum temperature	18.9 C (66.0 F)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Lenora Coop	United States	Record daily precipitation	39.9 mm (1.6 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Carrollton	United States	Record daily precipitation	57.7 mm (2.3 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
New Salem 5NW	United States	Record low minimum temperature	1.1 C (34.0 F)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Jerome 2 S	United States	Record daily precipitation	51.3 mm (2.0 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Biloxi	United States	Record high minimum temperature	27.2 C (81.0 F)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Scottsbluff W B Heilig Fld AP	United States	Record low maximum temperature	16.7 C (62.1 F)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Inverell Comparison	Australia	Record high minimum temperature	8.2 C (46.8 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Tomazina	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	71.2 mm (2.8 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Mairipora	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	26.5 mm (1.0 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Emerson	Canada	Record low minimum temperature	3.9 C (39.0 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Jesus Maria (Smn)	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	49.3 mm (1.9 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Luling	United States	Record low maximum temperature	29.4 C (84.9 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Lagarto	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	28.0 mm (1.1 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Windsor	United States	Record daily precipitation	48.8 mm (1.9 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Clay Ctr	United States	Record daily precipitation	47.5 mm (1.9 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Oakley 4W	United States	Record daily precipitation	49.5 mm (1.9 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Crookston NW Exp STN	United States	Record low minimum temperature	3.9 C (39.0 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Browning	United States	Record low maximum temperature	15.0 C (59.0 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Hay Springs	United States	Record low maximum temperature	16.7 C (62.1 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Hot Springs	United States	Record low maximum temperature	15.6 C (60.1 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Presa Plutarco Elias Calles	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	37.3 mm (1.5 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Sulitjelma	Norway	Record daily precipitation	32.1 mm (1.3 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Aleksandrovsk-Sahalinskij	Russia	Record low maximum temperature	13.7 C (56.7 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Aleksandrovsk-Sahalinskij	Russia	Record daily precipitation	39.7 mm (1.6 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Lumpkin 2 SE	United States	Record low minimum temperature	16.7 C (62.1 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Geneseo	United States	Record low maximum temperature	22.2 C (72.0 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Covert	United States	Record daily precipitation	41.9 mm (1.6 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Brunswick	United States	Record daily precipitation	32.5 mm (1.3 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

757 records

Records set or tied on 3 August 1972 by type: Highest daily maximum 46, Lowest daily maximum 243, Highest daily minimum 54, Lowest daily minimum 138, Heaviest daily rainfall 275, Deepest snow cover 1.

Records on 3 August 1972 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	46
Lowest daily maximum	243
Highest daily minimum	54
Lowest daily minimum	138
Heaviest daily rainfall	275
Heaviest daily snowfall	0
Deepest snow cover	1

Records on 3 August 1972 by timescale: all-time 3, monthly 13, daily 741.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

621 broken records

Margins by which the 621 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 91.7. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

3 August 1972

Top 20 records on 3 August 1972 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
3 August 1972	Hays 1 S, US	daily rain	77.5 mm (3.1 in)	50.8 mm (2.0 in)	68 years	68 of 100 (Major)
3 August 1972	Quinter, US	daily rain	115.8 mm (4.6 in)	91.7 mm (3.6 in)	44 years	61 of 100 (Major)
3 August 1972	Princeton, US	daily rain	72.4 mm (2.9 in)	38.1 mm (1.5 in)	70 years	54 of 100 (Notable)
3 August 1972	Casper 2 E, US	monthly rain	71.9 mm (2.8 in)	16.0 mm (0.6 in)	0 years	52 of 100 (Notable)
3 August 1972	Pilvo, RU	daily rain	61.6 mm (2.4 in)	45.8 mm (1.8 in)	28 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
3 August 1972	Klimpfjall, SE	daily rain	40.6 mm (1.6 in)	27.1 mm (1.1 in)	23 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
3 August 1972	Ellis, US	daily rain	54.6 mm (2.1 in)	42.9 mm (1.7 in)	15 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
3 August 1972	Jewell, US	daily rain	80.5 mm (3.2 in)	60.2 mm (2.4 in)	10 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
3 August 1972	Wakeeney, US	daily rain	68.8 mm (2.7 in)	43.4 mm (1.7 in)	30 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
3 August 1972	Garnovit, AM	monthly rain	65.9 mm (2.6 in)	20.4 mm (0.8 in)	12 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
3 August 1972	Utica, US	daily rain	59.7 mm (2.4 in)	38.6 mm (1.5 in)	30 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
3 August 1972	Kenton, US	daily rain	61.0 mm (2.4 in)	28.0 mm (1.1 in)	43 years	44 of 100 (Notable)
3 August 1972	Blue Rapids, US	daily rain	58.2 mm (2.3 in)	31.3 mm (1.2 in)	61 years	43 of 100 (Notable)
3 August 1972	Frankfort, US	daily rain	64.0 mm (2.5 in)	32.2 mm (1.3 in)	61 years	43 of 100 (Notable)
3 August 1972	Gove 4W, US	daily rain	68.1 mm (2.7 in)	46.3 mm (1.8 in)	15 years	43 of 100 (Notable)
3 August 1972	Ballantine, US	daily rain	27.7 mm (1.1 in)	19.1 mm (0.8 in)	28 years	43 of 100 (Notable)
3 August 1972	Dunderlandsdalen, NO	daily rain	47.2 mm (1.9 in)	19.9 mm (0.8 in)	14 years	42 of 100 (Notable)
3 August 1972	Forse, SE	daily rain	28.2 mm (1.1 in)	12.4 mm (0.5 in)	60 years	42 of 100 (Notable)
3 August 1972	Collyer 10 S, US	daily rain	68.6 mm (2.7 in)	46.0 mm (1.8 in)	30 years	42 of 100 (Notable)
3 August 1972	Holton, US	daily rain	85.9 mm (3.4 in)	42.7 mm (1.7 in)	30 years	42 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 1972

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1815 to 1972. 1972 had 757 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

Download the Data

Data for records on 1972-08-03: 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	577
20 to 40	31
40 to 60	11
60 to 80	1
80 to 100	1