Weather Records on 3 August 1979

486 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 3 August 1979. Highest significance: Henderson 2 NNW, US.

Key Facts for 3 August 1979

On 3 August 1979, 486 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
221 were record highs and 96 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 6 were all-time records, 18 monthly and 462 daily.
Henderson 2 NNW set a daily record precipitation of 150.1 mm (5.9 in) on 3 August 1979.
Across 156 earlier years (1815 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 463 records.

Record Map

486 stations

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

Weather records on 3 August 1979: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Henderson 2 NNW	United States	Record daily precipitation	150.1 mm (5.9 in)	68 of 100 (Major)
Weatherford	United States	Record daily precipitation	148.6 mm (5.9 in)	67 of 100 (Major)
Peterborough	Australia	Record daily precipitation	39.4 mm (1.6 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Gridley	United States	Record daily precipitation	81.3 mm (3.2 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Benbrook Dam	United States	Record daily precipitation	102.1 mm (4.0 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Kiev	Ukraine	Record daily precipitation	25.0 mm (1.0 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Neosho Rapids	United States	Record daily precipitation	82.0 mm (3.2 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Burleson 2 SSW	United States	Record daily precipitation	151.9 mm (6.0 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Gettysburg	United States	Record daily precipitation	59.4 mm (2.3 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Emory	United States	Record daily precipitation	99.6 mm (3.9 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Wien	Austria	Record high minimum temperature	20.8 C (69.4 F)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Nashville	United States	Record daily precipitation	50.8 mm (2.0 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Bridgeville 1 NW	United States	Record daily precipitation	73.7 mm (2.9 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Arlington Six Flags	United States	Record daily precipitation	52.6 mm (2.1 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Princetown	Australia	Record daily precipitation	28.7 mm (1.1 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Almaty	Kazakhstan	Record high minimum temperature	27.6 C (81.7 F)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Bishkek	Kyrgyzstan	Record high minimum temperature	26.5 C (79.7 F)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Jaina	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	117.3 mm (4.6 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Fall Rvr Lake	United States	Record daily precipitation	61.0 mm (2.4 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Roxboro 7 ESE	United States	Record daily precipitation	73.7 mm (2.9 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Greenville Kgvl Radio	United States	Record daily precipitation	28.4 mm (1.1 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Eureka 1E	United States	Record daily precipitation	43.2 mm (1.7 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Oak City	United States	Record high maximum temperature	40.6 C (105.1 F)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Kremsmuenster	Austria	Record daily precipitation	39.8 mm (1.6 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Antonio Escobedo (Smn)	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	41.9 mm (1.6 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Tucson Camp Ave Exp	United States	Record high minimum temperature	25.6 C (78.1 F)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Tucson WFO	United States	Record high minimum temperature	27.2 C (81.0 F)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Terrell	United States	Record daily precipitation	44.7 mm (1.8 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Willapa Harbor	United States	Record high minimum temperature	15.0 C (59.0 F)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Hissar	India	Record daily precipitation	59.9 mm (2.4 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Pichucalco (Smn)	Mexico	Record low maximum temperature	20.6 C (69.1 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Slidell	United States	Record daily precipitation	57.2 mm (2.3 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Sulphur Springs	United States	Record daily precipitation	47.8 mm (1.9 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Elberta	United States	Record high maximum temperature	38.9 C (102.0 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Salzburg	Austria	Record daily precipitation	36.0 mm (1.4 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Nicosia	Cyprus	Record high maximum temperature	40.5 C (104.9 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Kailua 446	United States	Record high minimum temperature	21.7 C (71.1 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Ely AP	United States	Record high maximum temperature	35.0 C (95.0 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Baia Mare	Romania	Record high minimum temperature	19.6 C (67.3 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Dover	United States	Record daily precipitation	42.4 mm (1.7 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Nashua 2 NNW	United States	Record high minimum temperature	22.8 C (73.0 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Paris	United States	Record daily precipitation	28.4 mm (1.1 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Uch-Aral	Kazakhstan	Record high maximum temperature	43.6 C (110.5 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Carrollton 5 E	United States	Record daily precipitation	53.3 mm (2.1 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Woodstock	Canada	Record high minimum temperature	21.0 C (69.8 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)
La Plata 1 W	United States	Record daily precipitation	97.5 mm (3.8 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Rapidan	United States	Record daily precipitation	58.4 mm (2.3 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Cuquio	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	37.3 mm (1.5 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Lovanger	Sweden	Record daily precipitation	36.0 mm (1.4 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Durham	United States	Record high minimum temperature	22.2 C (72.0 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Naryn	Kyrgyzstan	Record high minimum temperature	18.9 C (66.0 F)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Zapaluta	Mexico	Record low maximum temperature	18.9 C (66.0 F)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Snowflake	United States	Record high minimum temperature	21.1 C (70.0 F)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Orono	United States	Record high minimum temperature	19.4 C (66.9 F)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Porter 2 E	United States	Record daily precipitation	37.1 mm (1.5 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Beaverlodge Cda	Canada	Record low maximum temperature	11.0 C (51.8 F)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Sept-Iles A	Canada	Record high maximum temperature	29.0 C (84.2 F)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Zajsan	Kazakhstan	Record high maximum temperature	41.1 C (106.0 F)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Kyzyl-Ozek	Russia	Record high maximum temperature	36.5 C (97.7 F)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Dushanbe	Tajikistan	Record high minimum temperature	24.7 C (76.5 F)	26 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

486 records

Records set or tied on 3 August 1979 by type: Highest daily maximum 78, Lowest daily maximum 58, Highest daily minimum 143, Lowest daily minimum 38, Heaviest daily rainfall 169.

Records on 3 August 1979 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	78
Lowest daily maximum	58
Highest daily minimum	143
Lowest daily minimum	38
Heaviest daily rainfall	169
Heaviest daily snowfall	0
Deepest snow cover	0

Records on 3 August 1979 by timescale: all-time 6, monthly 18, daily 462.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

365 broken records

Margins by which the 365 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 81.8. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

3 August 1979

Top 20 records on 3 August 1979 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
3 August 1979	Henderson 2 NNW, US	daily rain	150.1 mm (5.9 in)	81.8 mm (3.2 in)	69 years	68 of 100 (Major)
3 August 1979	Weatherford, US	monthly rain	148.6 mm (5.9 in)	48.0 mm (1.9 in)	63 years	67 of 100 (Major)
3 August 1979	Peterborough, AU	daily rain	39.4 mm (1.6 in)	15.3 mm (0.6 in)	44 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
3 August 1979	Gridley, US	daily rain	81.3 mm (3.2 in)	72.4 mm (2.9 in)	17 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
3 August 1979	Benbrook Dam, US	daily rain	102.1 mm (4.0 in)	74.4 mm (2.9 in)	16 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
3 August 1979	Kiev, UA	daily rain	25.0 mm (1.0 in)	6.2 mm (0.24 in)	97 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
3 August 1979	Neosho Rapids, US	daily rain	82.0 mm (3.2 in)	50.2 mm (2.0 in)	44 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
3 August 1979	Burleson 2 SSW, US	monthly rain	151.9 mm (6.0 in)	49.3 mm (1.9 in)	4 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
3 August 1979	Gettysburg, US	daily rain	59.4 mm (2.3 in)	24.9 mm (1.0 in)	57 years	43 of 100 (Notable)
3 August 1979	Emory, US	monthly rain	99.6 mm (3.9 in)	28.0 mm (1.1 in)	23 years	43 of 100 (Notable)
3 August 1979	Wien, AT	daily high min	20.8 C (69.4 F)	0.7 C (1.3 F)	108 years	42 of 100 (Notable)
3 August 1979	Nashville, US	daily rain	50.8 mm (2.0 in)	37.1 mm (1.5 in)	37 years	40 of 100 (Notable)
3 August 1979	Bridgeville 1 NW, US	daily rain	73.7 mm (2.9 in)	26.7 mm (1.1 in)	64 years	40 of 100 (Notable)
3 August 1979	Arlington Six Flags, US	daily rain	52.6 mm (2.1 in)	34.1 mm (1.3 in)	16 years	39 of 100 (Notable)
3 August 1979	Princetown, AU	daily rain	28.7 mm (1.1 in)	10.4 mm (0.4 in)	44 years	38 of 100 (Notable)
3 August 1979	Almaty, KZ	all-time high min	27.6 C (81.7 F)	0.4 C (0.7 F)	37 years	38 of 100 (Notable)
3 August 1979	Bishkek, KG	all-time high min	26.5 C (79.7 F)	0.6 C (1.1 F)	40 years	37 of 100 (Notable)
3 August 1979	Jaina, MX	daily rain	117.3 mm (4.6 in)	54.3 mm (2.1 in)	25 years	37 of 100 (Notable)
3 August 1979	Fall Rvr Lake, US	daily rain	61.0 mm (2.4 in)	35.9 mm (1.4 in)	12 years	37 of 100 (Notable)
3 August 1979	Roxboro 7 ESE, US	daily rain	73.7 mm (2.9 in)	15.3 mm (0.6 in)	68 years	37 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 1979

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1815 to 1979. 1979 had 486 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 1979-08-03: 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	332
20 to 40	24
40 to 60	6
60 to 80	2
80 to 100	1