Weather Records on 3 August 1991

705 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 3 August 1991. Highest significance: Oberlin, US.

Key Facts for 3 August 1991

On 3 August 1991, 705 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
355 were record highs and 194 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 3 were all-time records, 28 monthly and 674 daily.
Oberlin set a daily record precipitation of 73.4 mm (2.9 in) on 3 August 1991.
Across 156 earlier years (1815 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 462 records.

Record Map

705 stations

705 station records on 3 August 1991 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 3 August 1991: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Oberlin	United States	Record daily precipitation	73.4 mm (2.9 in)	66 of 100 (Major)
Mys Shmidta	Russia	Record daily precipitation	29.6 mm (1.2 in)	61 of 100 (Major)
Tanana AP	United States	Record daily precipitation	37.8 mm (1.5 in)	61 of 100 (Major)
Irkutsk	Russia	Record daily precipitation	43.6 mm (1.7 in)	60 of 100 (Major)
Atil	Mexico	Record low minimum temperature	11.7 C (53.1 F)	58 of 100 (Notable)
Shawano 2SSW	United States	Record daily precipitation	51.6 mm (2.0 in)	56 of 100 (Notable)
Begumpet Obsy	India	Record daily precipitation	98.0 mm (3.9 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
W Branch 3SE	United States	Record daily precipitation	84.3 mm (3.3 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Ingenio Catmis	Mexico	Record low minimum temperature	15.6 C (60.1 F)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Backaskog	Sweden	Record daily precipitation	35.0 mm (1.4 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Van Staadens (Rsv)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	40.0 mm (1.6 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Sillre	Sweden	Record daily precipitation	51.4 mm (2.0 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Lund	United States	Record daily precipitation	30.2 mm (1.2 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Tombstone	United States	Record high minimum temperature	23.3 C (73.9 F)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Haswell	United States	Record daily precipitation	67.6 mm (2.7 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Jakovlevka	Russia	Record daily precipitation	57.5 mm (2.3 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Tribune 1W	United States	Record daily precipitation	67.6 mm (2.7 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Gladwin	United States	Record daily precipitation	33.0 mm (1.3 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Majsk	Russia	Record daily precipitation	32.3 mm (1.3 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Boulder	United States	Record low maximum temperature	20.0 C (68.0 F)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Carrollton	United States	Record high minimum temperature	25.6 C (78.1 F)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Grenville	United States	Record daily precipitation	48.3 mm (1.9 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Vasteras-Hasslo	Sweden	Record high minimum temperature	18.5 C (65.3 F)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Forse	Sweden	Record high minimum temperature	15.9 C (60.6 F)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Sunnyside - Lund 31S	United States	Record daily precipitation	28.2 mm (1.1 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Sandia Park	United States	Record daily precipitation	41.9 mm (1.6 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Snowville	United States	Record high minimum temperature	24.4 C (75.9 F)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Santa Paula	United States	Record low minimum temperature	6.1 C (43.0 F)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Karval	United States	Record daily precipitation	45.7 mm (1.8 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Cadillac	United States	Record daily precipitation	44.2 mm (1.7 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Kit Carson	United States	Record daily precipitation	58.4 mm (2.3 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Saint Francis	United States	Record daily precipitation	55.6 mm (2.2 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Bad Axe	United States	Record daily precipitation	41.7 mm (1.6 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Wadesboro	United States	Record daily precipitation	88.9 mm (3.5 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Myronivka	Ukraine	Record daily precipitation	43.9 mm (1.7 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Walsenburg 1 NW	United States	Record daily precipitation	56.9 mm (2.2 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Fosston 1 E	United States	Record daily precipitation	48.3 mm (1.9 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Roy	United States	Record daily precipitation	33.0 mm (1.3 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Catawba	United States	Record daily precipitation	43.2 mm (1.7 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Panguitch	United States	Record daily precipitation	34.5 mm (1.4 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Kuopio Inkilanmaki	Finland	Record daily precipitation	39.1 mm (1.5 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Maracay - B.A. Sucr	Venezuela	Record low maximum temperature	23.2 C (73.8 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Tihosuco	Mexico	Record high minimum temperature	27.8 C (82.0 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Hiram	United States	Record high minimum temperature	21.1 C (70.0 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Prospect 2 SW	United States	Record high minimum temperature	13.3 C (55.9 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Oconto 4 W	United States	Record daily precipitation	36.8 mm (1.4 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Hanksville	United States	Record low maximum temperature	27.2 C (81.0 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Monclova (Dge)	Mexico	Record low maximum temperature	22.8 C (73.0 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Simrishamn	Sweden	Record daily precipitation	31.0 mm (1.2 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Camdenton 2 NW	United States	Record high maximum temperature	43.3 C (109.9 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Gavle	Sweden	Record high minimum temperature	17.8 C (64.0 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Alpine	United States	Record low maximum temperature	20.0 C (68.0 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Cherry Creek Dam	United States	Record daily precipitation	31.0 mm (1.2 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Russell Springs	United States	Record daily precipitation	73.4 mm (2.9 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Leeds	United States	Record daily precipitation	31.2 mm (1.2 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Hamburg	United States	Record high maximum temperature	36.7 C (98.1 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Norcatur 3WSW	United States	Record daily precipitation	61.0 mm (2.4 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Sebewaing	United States	Record daily precipitation	31.8 mm (1.3 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Valentine	United States	Record low minimum temperature	2.8 C (37.0 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Hilo Intl AP 87	United States	Record daily precipitation	244.9 mm (9.6 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

705 records

Records set or tied on 3 August 1991 by type: Highest daily maximum 181, Lowest daily maximum 121, Highest daily minimum 174, Lowest daily minimum 73, Heaviest daily rainfall 156.

Records on 3 August 1991 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	181
Lowest daily maximum	121
Highest daily minimum	174
Lowest daily minimum	73
Heaviest daily rainfall	156
Heaviest daily snowfall	0
Deepest snow cover	0

Records on 3 August 1991 by timescale: all-time 3, monthly 28, daily 674.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

502 broken records

Margins by which the 502 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 67.3. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

3 August 1991

Top 20 records on 3 August 1991 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
3 August 1991	Oberlin, US	daily rain	73.4 mm (2.9 in)	37.8 mm (1.5 in)	86 years	66 of 100 (Major)
3 August 1991	Mys Shmidta, RU	daily rain	29.6 mm (1.2 in)	18.2 mm (0.7 in)	54 years	61 of 100 (Major)
3 August 1991	Tanana AP, US	daily rain	37.8 mm (1.5 in)	22.6 mm (0.9 in)	40 years	61 of 100 (Major)
3 August 1991	Irkutsk, RU	daily rain	43.6 mm (1.7 in)	22.9 mm (0.9 in)	80 years	60 of 100 (Major)
3 August 1991	Atil, MX	daily low min	11.7 C (53.1 F)	7.2 C (13.0 F)	61 years	58 of 100 (Notable)
3 August 1991	Shawano 2SSW, US	daily rain	51.6 mm (2.0 in)	25.7 mm (1.0 in)	92 years	56 of 100 (Notable)
3 August 1991	Begumpet Obsy, IN	daily rain	98.0 mm (3.9 in)	38.8 mm (1.5 in)	60 years	53 of 100 (Notable)
3 August 1991	W Branch 3SE, US	monthly rain	84.3 mm (3.3 in)	15.0 mm (0.6 in)	52 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
3 August 1991	Ingenio Catmis, MX	monthly low min	15.6 C (60.1 F)	2.7 C (4.9 F)	23 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
3 August 1991	Backaskog, SE	daily rain	35.0 mm (1.4 in)	29.7 mm (1.2 in)	13 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
3 August 1991	Van Staadens (Rsv), ZA	daily rain	40.0 mm (1.6 in)	17.1 mm (0.7 in)	78 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
3 August 1991	Sillre, SE	daily rain	51.4 mm (2.0 in)	36.9 mm (1.5 in)	6 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
3 August 1991	Lund, US	daily rain	30.2 mm (1.2 in)	24.4 mm (1.0 in)	22 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
3 August 1991	Tombstone, US	daily high min	23.3 C (73.9 F)	1.1 C (2.0 F)	97 years	44 of 100 (Notable)
3 August 1991	Haswell, US	daily rain	67.6 mm (2.7 in)	25.2 mm (1.0 in)	48 years	44 of 100 (Notable)
3 August 1991	Jakovlevka, RU	daily rain	57.5 mm (2.3 in)	44.9 mm (1.8 in)	18 years	43 of 100 (Notable)
3 August 1991	Tribune 1W, US	daily rain	67.6 mm (2.7 in)	37.4 mm (1.5 in)	12 years	43 of 100 (Notable)
3 August 1991	Gladwin, US	daily rain	33.0 mm (1.3 in)	7.6 mm (0.30 in)	92 years	43 of 100 (Notable)
3 August 1991	Majsk, RU	daily rain	32.3 mm (1.3 in)	22.7 mm (0.9 in)	32 years	42 of 100 (Notable)
3 August 1991	Boulder, US	daily low max	20.0 C (68.0 F)	1.7 C (3.1 F)	93 years	41 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 1991

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1815 to 1991. 1991 had 705 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 1991-08-03: 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	444
10 to 20	35
20 to 30	13
30 to 40	7
40 to 50	1
50 to 60	1
60 to 70	1