Weather Records on 3 July 1976

888 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 3 July 1976. Highest significance: Lamar 7N, US.

Key Facts for 3 July 1976

On 3 July 1976, 888 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
168 were record highs and 206 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 11 were all-time records, 125 monthly and 752 daily.
Lamar 7N set an all-time record daily precipitation of 231.1 mm (9.1 in) on 3 July 1976.
Across 162 earlier years (1793 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 431 records.

Record Map

888 stations

888 station records on 3 July 1976 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 3 July 1976: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Lamar 7N	United States	Record daily precipitation	231.1 mm (9.1 in)	79 of 100 (Major)
Columbus	United States	Record daily precipitation	202.7 mm (8.0 in)	75 of 100 (Major)
Howard 2SE	United States	Record daily precipitation	289.6 mm (11.4 in)	71 of 100 (Major)
Vinita 2 N	United States	Record daily precipitation	82.6 mm (3.3 in)	66 of 100 (Major)
Tahoka	United States	Record daily precipitation	88.1 mm (3.5 in)	64 of 100 (Major)
El Dorado	United States	Record daily precipitation	168.9 mm (6.6 in)	63 of 100 (Major)
Fredonia	United States	Record daily precipitation	182.6 mm (7.2 in)	62 of 100 (Major)
Fazenda Palmeiras	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	77.0 mm (3.0 in)	61 of 100 (Major)
Waco 4N	United States	Record daily precipitation	175.0 mm (6.9 in)	61 of 100 (Major)
Terra Roxa	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	102.0 mm (4.0 in)	56 of 100 (Notable)
Jaborandi	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	108.4 mm (4.3 in)	56 of 100 (Notable)
Sao Paulo	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	70.8 mm (2.8 in)	56 of 100 (Notable)
Sao Caetano Do Sul	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	73.3 mm (2.9 in)	56 of 100 (Notable)
Oswego 1 N	United States	Record daily precipitation	177.3 mm (7.0 in)	56 of 100 (Notable)
Fazenda Santo Angelo	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	62.7 mm (2.5 in)	55 of 100 (Notable)
Observatorio Do Iag	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	65.0 mm (2.6 in)	55 of 100 (Notable)
Seligman	United States	Record daily precipitation	103.9 mm (4.1 in)	55 of 100 (Notable)
Cacapava	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	63.6 mm (2.5 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Morro Agudo	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	87.5 mm (3.4 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Monte Belo	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	69.1 mm (2.7 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Sitio Sao Geraldo	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	67.1 mm (2.6 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Florence	United States	Record daily precipitation	129.5 mm (5.1 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Jacarei	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	59.5 mm (2.3 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Gayvoron	Ukraine	Record daily precipitation	43.9 mm (1.7 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Jerome 2 S	United States	Record daily precipitation	72.4 mm (2.9 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Arcadia	United States	Record daily precipitation	70.6 mm (2.8 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Sao Paulo (Aeroport	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	58.7 mm (2.3 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Leroy 5 WSW	United States	Record daily precipitation	66.8 mm (2.6 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Longvalley	United States	Record daily precipitation	73.9 mm (2.9 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Estancia	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	65.8 mm (2.6 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Icem (Usina Marimbondo)	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	70.7 mm (2.8 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Motuca	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	51.9 mm (2.0 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Itirapina	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	57.7 mm (2.3 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Cresciumal	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	62.9 mm (2.5 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Neosho	United States	Record daily precipitation	123.4 mm (4.9 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Olimpia	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	46.8 mm (1.8 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Santa Lucia	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	55.5 mm (2.2 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Olenja Rechka	Russia	Record daily precipitation	64.9 mm (2.6 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Lockwood	United States	Record daily precipitation	72.9 mm (2.9 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Gail	United States	Record daily precipitation	127.8 mm (5.0 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Barretos	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	60.9 mm (2.4 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Caconde	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	53.5 mm (2.1 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Luz (Estacao)	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	75.2 mm (3.0 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Eureka 1E	United States	Record daily precipitation	73.9 mm (2.9 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Zalma 4 E	United States	Record daily precipitation	102.6 mm (4.0 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Miami	United States	Record daily precipitation	102.9 mm (4.1 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Fazenda Santa Cecilia	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	38.6 mm (1.5 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Ibitiuva	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	80.4 mm (3.2 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Harrisburg	United States	Record daily precipitation	80.0 mm (3.1 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Grenola 1 N	United States	Record daily precipitation	184.4 mm (7.3 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Itariri	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	48.0 mm (1.9 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Ponte Pequena	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	70.4 mm (2.8 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Sao Miguel Arcanjo	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	51.1 mm (2.0 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Usina Turvinho	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	52.1 mm (2.1 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Dublin Phoenix Park	Ireland	Record high minimum temperature	17.0 C (62.6 F)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Oxford	United Kingdom	Record high maximum temperature	32.4 C (90.3 F)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Pedro Barros	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	50.8 mm (2.0 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Buritizal	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	49.5 mm (1.9 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Botafogo (Cpef)	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	68.8 mm (2.7 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Santa Cruz Das Palmeiras	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	67.3 mm (2.6 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)

Counts by Type and Timescale

888 records

Records set or tied on 3 July 1976 by type: Highest daily maximum 107, Lowest daily maximum 139, Highest daily minimum 61, Lowest daily minimum 67, Heaviest daily rainfall 514.

Records on 3 July 1976 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	107
Lowest daily maximum	139
Highest daily minimum	61
Lowest daily minimum	67
Heaviest daily rainfall	514
Heaviest daily snowfall	0
Deepest snow cover	0

Records on 3 July 1976 by timescale: all-time 11, monthly 125, daily 752.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

781 broken records

Margins by which the 781 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 123.5. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

3 July 1976

Top 20 records on 3 July 1976 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
3 July 1976	Lamar 7N, US	all-time rain	231.1 mm (9.1 in)	59.6 mm (2.3 in)	60 years	79 of 100 (Major)
3 July 1976	Columbus, US	monthly rain	202.7 mm (8.0 in)	63.3 mm (2.5 in)	71 years	75 of 100 (Major)
3 July 1976	Howard 2SE, US	all-time rain	289.6 mm (11.4 in)	123.5 mm (4.9 in)	14 years	71 of 100 (Major)
3 July 1976	Vinita 2 N, US	daily rain	82.6 mm (3.3 in)	62.0 mm (2.4 in)	71 years	66 of 100 (Major)
3 July 1976	Tahoka, US	daily rain	88.1 mm (3.5 in)	54.6 mm (2.1 in)	62 years	64 of 100 (Major)
3 July 1976	El Dorado, US	daily rain	168.9 mm (6.6 in)	113.8 mm (4.5 in)	53 years	63 of 100 (Major)
3 July 1976	Fredonia, US	all-time rain	182.6 mm (7.2 in)	43.2 mm (1.7 in)	30 years	62 of 100 (Major)
3 July 1976	Fazenda Palmeiras, BR	monthly rain	77.0 mm (3.0 in)	45.9 mm (1.8 in)	29 years	61 of 100 (Major)
3 July 1976	Waco 4N, US	monthly rain	175.0 mm (6.9 in)	76.7 mm (3.0 in)	27 years	61 of 100 (Major)
3 July 1976	Terra Roxa, BR	monthly rain	102.0 mm (4.0 in)	59.2 mm (2.3 in)	10 years	56 of 100 (Notable)
3 July 1976	Jaborandi, BR	monthly rain	108.4 mm (4.3 in)	67.8 mm (2.7 in)	10 years	56 of 100 (Notable)
3 July 1976	Sao Paulo, BR	monthly rain	70.8 mm (2.8 in)	28.6 mm (1.1 in)	33 years	56 of 100 (Notable)
3 July 1976	Sao Caetano Do Sul, BR	monthly rain	73.3 mm (2.9 in)	27.8 mm (1.1 in)	28 years	56 of 100 (Notable)
3 July 1976	Oswego 1 N, US	all-time rain	177.3 mm (7.0 in)	17.3 mm (0.7 in)	64 years	56 of 100 (Notable)
3 July 1976	Fazenda Santo Angelo, BR	monthly rain	62.7 mm (2.5 in)	31.5 mm (1.2 in)	3 years	55 of 100 (Notable)
3 July 1976	Observatorio Do Iag, BR	monthly rain	65.0 mm (2.6 in)	28.4 mm (1.1 in)	3 years	55 of 100 (Notable)
3 July 1976	Seligman, US	daily rain	103.9 mm (4.1 in)	88.4 mm (3.5 in)	35 years	55 of 100 (Notable)
3 July 1976	Cacapava, BR	monthly rain	63.6 mm (2.5 in)	24.3 mm (1.0 in)	24 years	54 of 100 (Notable)
3 July 1976	Morro Agudo, BR	monthly rain	87.5 mm (3.4 in)	46.4 mm (1.8 in)	3 years	54 of 100 (Notable)
3 July 1976	Monte Belo, BR	monthly rain	69.1 mm (2.7 in)	30.3 mm (1.2 in)	3 years	54 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 1976

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1793 to 1976. 1976 had 888 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

Download the Data

Data for records on 1976-07-03: 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 20	599
20 to 40	121
40 to 60	46
60 to 80	10
80 to 100	3
100 to 120	1
120 to 140	1