Weather Records on 3 August 1982

778 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 3 August 1982. Highest significance: Agartala, IN.

Key Facts for 3 August 1982

On 3 August 1982, 778 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
363 were record highs and 241 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 4 were all-time records, 31 monthly and 743 daily.
Agartala set a monthly record daily precipitation of 212.6 mm (8.4 in) on 3 August 1982.
Across 156 earlier years (1815 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 461 records.

Record Map

778 stations

778 station records on 3 August 1982 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 3 August 1982: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Agartala	India	Record daily precipitation	212.6 mm (8.4 in)	62 of 100 (Major)
Britt 3E	United States	Record high minimum temperature	30.0 C (86.0 F)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Natitingou	Benin	Record high maximum temperature	39.6 C (103.3 F)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Pemfling-Pitzling	Germany	Record daily precipitation	54.4 mm (2.1 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Minatitlan	Mexico	Record low minimum temperature	16.7 C (62.1 F)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Newberry-Luce Co Rd Commission	United States	Record daily precipitation	61.2 mm (2.4 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Tashkent	Uzbekistan	Record high minimum temperature	24.3 C (75.7 F)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Port Hastings	Canada	Record low maximum temperature	14.5 C (58.1 F)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Utsunomiya	Japan	Record daily precipitation	130.5 mm (5.1 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Wakayama	Japan	Record daily precipitation	131.0 mm (5.2 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Uralsk	Kazakhstan	Record daily precipitation	27.0 mm (1.1 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Presa Centenario	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	50.3 mm (2.0 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Pommelsbrunn	Germany	Record daily precipitation	80.4 mm (3.2 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Tucson Magnetic Obsy	United States	Record daily precipitation	34.8 mm (1.4 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Amite	United States	Record daily precipitation	56.6 mm (2.2 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Valentia Observatory	Ireland	Record daily precipitation	39.7 mm (1.6 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Parsberg/Oberpfalz-Eglwang	Germany	Record daily precipitation	36.0 mm (1.4 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Lafayette Springs	United States	Record daily precipitation	76.2 mm (3.0 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Fairview	Canada	Record daily precipitation	35.0 mm (1.4 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Troickoe	Russia	Record high maximum temperature	38.0 C (100.4 F)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Karlstad	Sweden	Record high maximum temperature	31.8 C (89.2 F)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Tropic	United States	Record low maximum temperature	18.3 C (64.9 F)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Chestnut Hill	United States	Record low minimum temperature	5.6 C (42.1 F)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Stapleton 5 SSE	United States	Record daily precipitation	38.1 mm (1.5 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Gotnja	Russia	Record daily precipitation	53.6 mm (2.1 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Forman 5 SSE	United States	Record high maximum temperature	40.0 C (104.0 F)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Voronez	Russia	Record daily precipitation	30.7 mm (1.2 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Falun	Sweden	Record high maximum temperature	31.6 C (88.9 F)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Port Washington	United States	Record high maximum temperature	35.6 C (96.1 F)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Nominingue	Canada	Record low minimum temperature	-2.0 C (28.4 F)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Kofu	Japan	Record daily precipitation	78.0 mm (3.1 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Ueno	Japan	Record daily precipitation	114.5 mm (4.5 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Oslo Blindern	Norway	Record high maximum temperature	34.2 C (93.6 F)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Skara 1	Sweden	Record high maximum temperature	31.6 C (88.9 F)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Stockholm	Sweden	Record high maximum temperature	31.6 C (88.9 F)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Sumy	Ukraine	Record daily precipitation	28.7 mm (1.1 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Saint Johns	United States	Record low maximum temperature	25.0 C (77.0 F)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Big Rapids Wtp	United States	Record daily precipitation	49.0 mm (1.9 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Pellston Rgnl AP	United States	Record daily precipitation	32.3 mm (1.3 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Bamberg	Germany	Record daily precipitation	34.8 mm (1.4 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Palpan	Mexico	Record low maximum temperature	17.8 C (64.0 F)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Faerder Fyr	Norway	Record high minimum temperature	21.0 C (69.8 F)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Vanersborg	Sweden	Record high maximum temperature	29.2 C (84.6 F)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Sveg	Sweden	Record high maximum temperature	29.6 C (85.3 F)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Kawaguchiko	Japan	Record daily precipitation	99.0 mm (3.9 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Kansai Internationa	Japan	Record daily precipitation	85.5 mm (3.4 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Linkoeping-Malmslaett	Sweden	Record high maximum temperature	31.5 C (88.7 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Watertown	United States	Record low maximum temperature	17.2 C (63.0 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Appleton	United States	Record daily precipitation	31.2 mm (1.2 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Vestervig	Denmark	Record high maximum temperature	28.8 C (83.8 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Halmstad	Sweden	Record high maximum temperature	29.5 C (85.1 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Flahult	Sweden	Record high maximum temperature	30.0 C (86.0 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Boras	Sweden	Record high maximum temperature	30.1 C (86.2 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Uppsala_Aut	Sweden	Record high minimum temperature	16.7 C (62.1 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Collegeville St John's	United States	Record high minimum temperature	24.4 C (75.9 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Hobart (Ellerslie Road)	Australia	Record high minimum temperature	11.0 C (51.8 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Zuara	Libya	Record high maximum temperature	42.0 C (107.6 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Madison	United States	Record low maximum temperature	18.9 C (66.0 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Brodhead Wwtp	United States	Record daily precipitation	73.9 mm (2.9 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Caribou Island	Canada	Record daily precipitation	38.0 mm (1.5 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

778 records

Records set or tied on 3 August 1982 by type: Highest daily maximum 184, Lowest daily maximum 118, Highest daily minimum 179, Lowest daily minimum 123, Heaviest daily rainfall 174.

Records on 3 August 1982 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	184
Lowest daily maximum	118
Highest daily minimum	179
Lowest daily minimum	123
Heaviest daily rainfall	174
Heaviest daily snowfall	0
Deepest snow cover	0

Records on 3 August 1982 by timescale: all-time 4, monthly 31, daily 743.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

624 broken records

Margins by which the 624 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 150.0. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

3 August 1982

Top 20 records on 3 August 1982 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
3 August 1982	Agartala, IN	monthly rain	212.6 mm (8.4 in)	67.8 mm (2.7 in)	26 years	62 of 100 (Major)
3 August 1982	Britt 3E, US	monthly high min	30.0 C (86.0 F)	5.6 C (10.1 F)	74 years	54 of 100 (Notable)
3 August 1982	Natitingou, BJ	monthly high max	39.6 C (103.3 F)	6.8 C (12.2 F)	13 years	53 of 100 (Notable)
3 August 1982	Pemfling-Pitzling, DE	daily rain	54.4 mm (2.1 in)	34.0 mm (1.3 in)	27 years	53 of 100 (Notable)
3 August 1982	Minatitlan, MX	daily low min	16.7 C (62.1 F)	3.3 C (5.9 F)	57 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
3 August 1982	Newberry-Luce Co Rd Commission, US	daily rain	61.2 mm (2.4 in)	33.0 mm (1.3 in)	28 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
3 August 1982	Tashkent, UZ	daily high min	24.3 C (75.7 F)	2.0 C (3.6 F)	99 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
3 August 1982	Port Hastings, CA	daily low max	14.5 C (58.1 F)	3.3 C (5.9 F)	89 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
3 August 1982	Utsunomiya, JP	daily rain	130.5 mm (5.1 in)	93.0 mm (3.7 in)	4 years	44 of 100 (Notable)
3 August 1982	Wakayama, JP	daily rain	131.0 mm (5.2 in)	93.5 mm (3.7 in)	5 years	44 of 100 (Notable)
3 August 1982	Uralsk, KZ	daily rain	27.0 mm (1.1 in)	10.8 mm (0.4 in)	44 years	44 of 100 (Notable)
3 August 1982	Presa Centenario, MX	daily rain	50.3 mm (2.0 in)	44.5 mm (1.8 in)	20 years	44 of 100 (Notable)
3 August 1982	Pommelsbrunn, DE	monthly rain	80.4 mm (3.2 in)	16.6 mm (0.7 in)	3 years	43 of 100 (Notable)
3 August 1982	Tucson Magnetic Obsy, US	daily rain	34.8 mm (1.4 in)	22.4 mm (0.9 in)	27 years	43 of 100 (Notable)
3 August 1982	Amite, US	daily rain	56.6 mm (2.2 in)	18.5 mm (0.7 in)	69 years	42 of 100 (Notable)
3 August 1982	Valentia Observatory, IE	daily rain	39.7 mm (1.6 in)	20.0 mm (0.8 in)	16 years	41 of 100 (Notable)
3 August 1982	Parsberg/Oberpfalz-Eglwang, DE	daily rain	36.0 mm (1.4 in)	19.1 mm (0.8 in)	27 years	41 of 100 (Notable)
3 August 1982	Lafayette Springs, US	daily rain	76.2 mm (3.0 in)	47.8 mm (1.9 in)	16 years	41 of 100 (Notable)
3 August 1982	Fairview, CA	daily rain	35.0 mm (1.4 in)	14.9 mm (0.6 in)	40 years	40 of 100 (Notable)
3 August 1982	Troickoe, RU	all-time high max	38.0 C (100.4 F)	3.0 C (5.4 F)	32 years	40 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 1982

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1815 to 1982. 1982 had 778 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 1982-08-03: 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 2026-10-15 (15 October 2026). Records are computed by this site and are not official.

Data as of 2026-10-15. Last revised 15 October 2026 (2026-10-15).

Margin	Records
0 to 20	596
20 to 40	15
40 to 60	7
60 to 80	2
80 to 100	3
100 to 120	0
120 to 140	0
140 to 160	1