Weather Records on 3 August 1977

544 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 3 August 1977. Highest significance: Washington 2 ESE, US.

Key Facts for 3 August 1977

On 3 August 1977, 544 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
234 were record highs and 139 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 2 were all-time records, 29 monthly and 513 daily.
Washington 2 ESE set a daily record precipitation of 86.9 mm (3.4 in) on 3 August 1977.
Across 156 earlier years (1815 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 463 records.

Record Map

544 stations

544 station records on 3 August 1977 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 3 August 1977: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Washington 2 ESE	United States	Record daily precipitation	86.9 mm (3.4 in)	55 of 100 (Notable)
Oktjabrskaja	Russia	Record daily precipitation	59.7 mm (2.4 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Ft Payne	United States	Record daily precipitation	86.4 mm (3.4 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Fada N'Gourma	Burkina Faso	Record daily precipitation	133.0 mm (5.2 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Talbotton	United States	Record daily precipitation	101.6 mm (4.0 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Hyltan	Sweden	Record daily precipitation	66.4 mm (2.6 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Dejefors	Sweden	Record daily precipitation	63.3 mm (2.5 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Clayton	United States	Record daily precipitation	106.7 mm (4.2 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Lincolnton	United States	Record daily precipitation	78.7 mm (3.1 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Standard	United States	Record daily precipitation	94.0 mm (3.7 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Charlottenberg	Sweden	Record daily precipitation	35.0 mm (1.4 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Nevada City	United States	Record high minimum temperature	18.9 C (66.0 F)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Edgefield 3 NNE	United States	Record daily precipitation	61.0 mm (2.4 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Vasilevici	Belarus	Record daily precipitation	31.9 mm (1.3 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
De Funiak Springs 1 E	United States	Record daily precipitation	105.4 mm (4.1 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Olands Sodra Udde	Sweden	Record daily precipitation	26.9 mm (1.1 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Washington 2 ESE	United States	Record low maximum temperature	24.4 C (75.9 F)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Parr	United States	Record daily precipitation	63.5 mm (2.5 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Sorve	Estonia	Record daily precipitation	29.6 mm (1.2 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Kilagarden	Sweden	Record daily precipitation	49.4 mm (1.9 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Holly	United States	Record low minimum temperature	8.9 C (48.0 F)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Botnen I Forde	Norway	Record daily precipitation	36.4 mm (1.4 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Hagshults_Flygplats	Sweden	Record daily precipitation	50.8 mm (2.0 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Milledgeville	United States	Record daily precipitation	73.4 mm (2.9 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Yosemite Park HQ	United States	Record high maximum temperature	40.6 C (105.1 F)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Elberton 2 N	United States	Record low maximum temperature	26.1 C (79.0 F)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Kavsjo_D	Sweden	Record daily precipitation	39.2 mm (1.5 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Jarpliden	Sweden	Record daily precipitation	33.7 mm (1.3 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Coffee Springs 2 NW	United States	Record daily precipitation	61.0 mm (2.4 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Covington	United States	Record daily precipitation	56.6 mm (2.2 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Cheraw	United States	Record low maximum temperature	23.9 C (75.0 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Brundidge	United States	Record daily precipitation	95.3 mm (3.8 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Plant City	United States	Record high minimum temperature	24.4 C (75.9 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Waynesboro 2 S	United States	Record low maximum temperature	26.1 C (79.0 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Whitefish Pt	United States	Record low minimum temperature	2.8 C (37.0 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Anderson	United States	Record low maximum temperature	23.3 C (73.9 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Olastorp	Sweden	Record daily precipitation	50.0 mm (2.0 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Prattville	United States	Record daily precipitation	81.3 mm (3.2 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Lake Spaulding	United States	Record high maximum temperature	35.0 C (95.0 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Aiken 5SE	United States	Record daily precipitation	50.8 mm (2.0 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Camden 3 W	United States	Record low maximum temperature	24.4 C (75.9 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Kingstree	United States	Record low maximum temperature	27.2 C (81.0 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Madrid/Cuatrovientos	Spain	Record daily precipitation	27.1 mm (1.1 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Ramsjoholm	Sweden	Record daily precipitation	27.2 mm (1.1 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Bobo-Dioulasso	Burkina Faso	Record high minimum temperature	24.6 C (76.3 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Oujda	Morocco	Record low maximum temperature	26.0 C (78.8 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)
San Blas	Mexico	Record high minimum temperature	27.8 C (82.0 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Kershaw 1SW	United States	Record low maximum temperature	25.6 C (78.1 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Walhalla	United States	Record low maximum temperature	23.9 C (75.0 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Huelva	Spain	Record low maximum temperature	23.0 C (73.4 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Skara 1	Sweden	Record daily precipitation	38.3 mm (1.5 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Tuscaloosa Oliver Dam	United States	Record daily precipitation	65.0 mm (2.6 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Dillon	United States	Record daily precipitation	59.7 mm (2.4 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Florence 8 NE	United States	Record low maximum temperature	24.4 C (75.9 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Saluda	United States	Record low maximum temperature	26.1 C (79.0 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Ouagadougou	Burkina Faso	Record high minimum temperature	26.6 C (79.9 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Usina Itatinga	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	72.3 mm (2.8 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Enderby	Canada	Record high minimum temperature	17.8 C (64.0 F)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Debrecen Airport	Hungary	Record low maximum temperature	17.1 C (62.8 F)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Lanshult	Sweden	Record daily precipitation	43.6 mm (1.7 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

544 records

Records set or tied on 3 August 1977 by type: Highest daily maximum 121, Lowest daily maximum 80, Highest daily minimum 113, Lowest daily minimum 59, Heaviest daily rainfall 171.

Records on 3 August 1977 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	121
Lowest daily maximum	80
Highest daily minimum	113
Lowest daily minimum	59
Heaviest daily rainfall	171
Heaviest daily snowfall	0
Deepest snow cover	0

Records on 3 August 1977 by timescale: all-time 2, monthly 29, daily 513.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

412 broken records

Margins by which the 412 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 79.9. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

3 August 1977

Top 20 records on 3 August 1977 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
3 August 1977	Washington 2 ESE, US	daily rain	86.9 mm (3.4 in)	40.2 mm (1.6 in)	72 years	55 of 100 (Notable)
3 August 1977	Oktjabrskaja, RU	daily rain	59.7 mm (2.4 in)	24.1 mm (0.9 in)	62 years	53 of 100 (Notable)
3 August 1977	Ft Payne, US	daily rain	86.4 mm (3.4 in)	62.5 mm (2.5 in)	28 years	52 of 100 (Notable)
3 August 1977	Fada N'Gourma, BF	daily rain	133.0 mm (5.2 in)	79.9 mm (3.1 in)	24 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
3 August 1977	Talbotton, US	daily rain	101.6 mm (4.0 in)	24.6 mm (1.0 in)	78 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
3 August 1977	Hyltan, SE	all-time rain	66.4 mm (2.6 in)	12.1 mm (0.5 in)	27 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
3 August 1977	Dejefors, SE	monthly rain	63.3 mm (2.5 in)	21.2 mm (0.8 in)	31 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
3 August 1977	Clayton, US	daily rain	106.7 mm (4.2 in)	52.1 mm (2.1 in)	38 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
3 August 1977	Lincolnton, US	daily rain	78.7 mm (3.1 in)	45.7 mm (1.8 in)	30 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
3 August 1977	Standard, US	daily rain	94.0 mm (3.7 in)	55.1 mm (2.2 in)	35 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
3 August 1977	Charlottenberg, SE	daily rain	35.0 mm (1.4 in)	27.5 mm (1.1 in)	10 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
3 August 1977	Nevada City, US	monthly high min	18.9 C (66.0 F)	0.6 C (1.1 F)	83 years	44 of 100 (Notable)
3 August 1977	Edgefield 3 NNE, US	daily rain	61.0 mm (2.4 in)	36.1 mm (1.4 in)	62 years	44 of 100 (Notable)
3 August 1977	Vasilevici, BY	daily rain	31.9 mm (1.3 in)	18.7 mm (0.7 in)	30 years	43 of 100 (Notable)
3 August 1977	De Funiak Springs 1 E, US	daily rain	105.4 mm (4.1 in)	46.2 mm (1.8 in)	32 years	41 of 100 (Notable)
3 August 1977	Olands Sodra Udde, SE	daily rain	26.9 mm (1.1 in)	9.2 mm (0.36 in)	60 years	40 of 100 (Notable)
3 August 1977	Washington 2 ESE, US	daily low max	24.4 C (75.9 F)	3.4 C (6.1 F)	71 years	40 of 100 (Notable)
3 August 1977	Parr, US	daily rain	63.5 mm (2.5 in)	43.2 mm (1.7 in)	31 years	40 of 100 (Notable)
3 August 1977	Sorve, EE	daily rain	29.6 mm (1.2 in)	5.4 mm (0.21 in)	80 years	39 of 100 (Notable)
3 August 1977	Kilagarden, SE	daily rain	49.4 mm (1.9 in)	20.2 mm (0.8 in)	10 years	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

1815 to 1977

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1815 to 1977. 1977 had 544 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 1977-08-03: 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 10	346
10 to 20	39
20 to 30	13
30 to 40	5
40 to 50	5
50 to 60	2
60 to 70	1
70 to 80	1