Weather Records on 3 July 1979

738 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 3 July 1979. Highest significance: Mandan Exp STN, US.

Key Facts for 3 July 1979

On 3 July 1979, 738 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
211 were record highs and 386 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 1 were all-time records, 53 monthly and 684 daily.
Mandan Exp STN set a monthly record daily precipitation of 86.4 mm (3.4 in) on 3 July 1979.
Across 162 earlier years (1793 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 431 records.

Record Map

738 stations

738 station records on 3 July 1979 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 3 July 1979: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Mandan Exp STN	United States	Record daily precipitation	86.4 mm (3.4 in)	63 of 100 (Major)
Catemaco	Mexico	Record low minimum temperature	13.9 C (57.0 F)	55 of 100 (Notable)
Anadia	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	64.0 mm (2.5 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Window Rock 4 SW	United States	Record low maximum temperature	15.6 C (60.1 F)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Senador Pompeu	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	42.0 mm (1.7 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Leipzig-Holzhausen	Germany	Record low minimum temperature	6.5 C (43.7 F)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Chama	United States	Record daily precipitation	26.7 mm (1.1 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
New Orleans D P S 3	United States	Record daily precipitation	79.8 mm (3.1 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Boqueirao Do Patu	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	42.8 mm (1.7 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Lethbridge Cda	Canada	Record low minimum temperature	0.0 C (32.0 F)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Gorlitz	Germany	Record low minimum temperature	5.7 C (42.3 F)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Gospic	Croatia	Record low maximum temperature	12.0 C (53.6 F)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Bologna	Italy	Record low minimum temperature	11.9 C (53.4 F)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Calera	United States	Record daily precipitation	59.2 mm (2.3 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Franklinville	United States	Record low maximum temperature	14.4 C (57.9 F)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Solon Springs	United States	Record daily precipitation	73.4 mm (2.9 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Jerez de la Frontera	Spain	Record daily precipitation	31.0 mm (1.2 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Lexington	United States	Record low minimum temperature	11.7 C (53.1 F)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Spirit Falls	United States	Record daily precipitation	52.1 mm (2.1 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Zagreb-Gric	Croatia	Record low maximum temperature	13.0 C (55.4 F)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Ocozocoautla	Mexico	Record high minimum temperature	25.0 C (77.0 F)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Ljubljana Bezigrad	Slovenia	Record low maximum temperature	12.6 C (54.7 F)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Graz	Austria	Record low maximum temperature	11.6 C (52.9 F)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Eagle Butte	United States	Record daily precipitation	63.5 mm (2.5 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Texarkana Webb Fld	United States	Record high minimum temperature	25.6 C (78.1 F)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Karlshamn	Sweden	Record low minimum temperature	5.7 C (42.3 F)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Ignacio 1 N	United States	Record low maximum temperature	16.7 C (62.1 F)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Maddock	United States	Record daily precipitation	56.4 mm (2.2 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Cedral	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	51.6 mm (2.0 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Bolivar	United States	Record low maximum temperature	17.2 C (63.0 F)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Mc Henry 3W	United States	Record daily precipitation	46.5 mm (1.8 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Ellensburg	United States	Record low minimum temperature	4.4 C (39.9 F)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Brule Rs	United States	Record daily precipitation	61.0 mm (2.4 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Halle	Germany	Record low minimum temperature	5.6 C (42.1 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Freiburg	Germany	Record low maximum temperature	14.7 C (58.5 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Bologna	Italy	Record daily precipitation	37.6 mm (1.5 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Tepeaca	Mexico	Record high maximum temperature	27.8 C (82.0 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Basel Binningen	Switzerland	Record low maximum temperature	13.5 C (56.3 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Angola	United States	Record low minimum temperature	7.8 C (46.0 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Walhalla 1 SW	United States	Record daily precipitation	29.0 mm (1.1 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Clausthal-Zellerfeld	Germany	Record low minimum temperature	4.0 C (39.2 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Ulan-Ude	Russia	Record high minimum temperature	18.1 C (64.6 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Harnosand	Sweden	Record low maximum temperature	13.5 C (56.3 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Lugano	Switzerland	Record low maximum temperature	17.7 C (63.9 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Limoeiro de Anadia	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	43.4 mm (1.7 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Porto Real Do Colegio	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	30.9 mm (1.2 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Allegany Sp	United States	Record low maximum temperature	15.6 C (60.1 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Warren	United States	Record low maximum temperature	16.7 C (62.1 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Weston	United States	Record low maximum temperature	21.7 C (71.1 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Traverse Cy Cherry Capital AP	United States	Record low maximum temperature	15.0 C (59.0 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Innsbruck	Austria	Record low maximum temperature	11.9 C (53.4 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Tacaratu	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	55.2 mm (2.2 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Barstow	United States	Record low minimum temperature	11.7 C (53.1 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Langdon Exp Farm	United States	Record daily precipitation	26.4 mm (1.0 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Munchen-Nymphenburg	Germany	Record low maximum temperature	11.9 C (53.4 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Thorhult	United States	Record daily precipitation	37.1 mm (1.5 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Bens Run 1 SSE	United States	Record low maximum temperature	21.7 C (71.1 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Kremsmuenster	Austria	Record low maximum temperature	12.7 C (54.9 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Berlin-Dahlem	Germany	Record low minimum temperature	6.0 C (42.8 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Lindenberg	Germany	Record low minimum temperature	7.2 C (45.0 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

738 records

Records set or tied on 3 July 1979 by type: Highest daily maximum 97, Lowest daily maximum 169, Highest daily minimum 114, Lowest daily minimum 217, Heaviest daily rainfall 141.

Records on 3 July 1979 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	97
Lowest daily maximum	169
Highest daily minimum	114
Lowest daily minimum	217
Heaviest daily rainfall	141
Heaviest daily snowfall	0
Deepest snow cover	0

Records on 3 July 1979 by timescale: all-time 1, monthly 53, daily 684.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

547 broken records

Margins by which the 547 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 67.9. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

3 July 1979

Top 20 records on 3 July 1979 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
3 July 1979	Mandan Exp STN, US	monthly rain	86.4 mm (3.4 in)	34.8 mm (1.4 in)	31 years	63 of 100 (Major)
3 July 1979	Catemaco, MX	monthly low min	13.9 C (57.0 F)	3.9 C (7.0 F)	31 years	55 of 100 (Notable)
3 July 1979	Anadia, BR	daily rain	64.0 mm (2.5 in)	38.2 mm (1.5 in)	37 years	52 of 100 (Notable)
3 July 1979	Window Rock 4 SW, US	daily low max	15.6 C (60.1 F)	10.0 C (18.0 F)	40 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
3 July 1979	Senador Pompeu, BR	daily rain	42.0 mm (1.7 in)	37.0 mm (1.5 in)	24 years	44 of 100 (Notable)
3 July 1979	Leipzig-Holzhausen, DE	monthly low min	6.5 C (43.7 F)	0.3 C (0.5 F)	76 years	44 of 100 (Notable)
3 July 1979	Chama, US	daily rain	26.7 mm (1.1 in)	14.0 mm (0.6 in)	52 years	44 of 100 (Notable)
3 July 1979	New Orleans D P S 3, US	daily rain	79.8 mm (3.1 in)	67.9 mm (2.7 in)	2 years	43 of 100 (Notable)
3 July 1979	Boqueirao Do Patu, BR	daily rain	42.8 mm (1.7 in)	34.6 mm (1.4 in)	12 years	42 of 100 (Notable)
3 July 1979	Lethbridge Cda, CA	monthly low min	0.0 C (32.0 F)	1.1 C (2.0 F)	70 years	41 of 100 (Notable)
3 July 1979	Gorlitz, DE	daily low min	5.7 C (42.3 F)	1.2 C (2.2 F)	90 years	41 of 100 (Notable)
3 July 1979	Gospic, HR	daily low max	12.0 C (53.6 F)	4.5 C (8.1 F)	69 years	41 of 100 (Notable)
3 July 1979	Bologna, IT	daily low min	11.9 C (53.4 F)	0.5 C (0.9 F)	108 years	41 of 100 (Notable)
3 July 1979	Calera, US	daily rain	59.2 mm (2.3 in)	23.6 mm (0.9 in)	64 years	41 of 100 (Notable)
3 July 1979	Franklinville, US	daily low max	14.4 C (57.9 F)	4.5 C (8.1 F)	72 years	41 of 100 (Notable)
3 July 1979	Solon Springs, US	daily rain	73.4 mm (2.9 in)	40.4 mm (1.6 in)	28 years	41 of 100 (Notable)
3 July 1979	Jerez de la Frontera, ES	monthly rain	31.0 mm (1.2 in)	27.0 mm (1.1 in)	2 years	40 of 100 (Notable)
3 July 1979	Lexington, US	daily low min	11.7 C (53.1 F)	2.7 C (4.9 F)	74 years	40 of 100 (Notable)
3 July 1979	Spirit Falls, US	daily rain	52.1 mm (2.1 in)	36.4 mm (1.4 in)	26 years	40 of 100 (Notable)
3 July 1979	Zagreb-Gric, HR	daily low max	13.0 C (55.4 F)	4.9 C (8.8 F)	60 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

1793 to 1979

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1793 to 1979. 1979 had 738 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 1979-07-03: 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 10	502
10 to 20	29
20 to 30	6
30 to 40	7
40 to 50	2
50 to 60	0
60 to 70	1