Weather Records on 3 August 1993

1,033 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 3 August 1993. Highest significance: Enisejsk, RU.

Key Facts for 3 August 1993

On 3 August 1993, 1,033 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
419 were record highs and 404 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 6 were all-time records, 28 monthly and 999 daily.
Enisejsk set a daily record precipitation of 49.5 mm (1.9 in) on 3 August 1993.
Across 156 earlier years (1815 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 460 records.

Record Map

1,033 stations

1,033 station records on 3 August 1993 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 3 August 1993: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Enisejsk	Russia	Record daily precipitation	49.5 mm (1.9 in)	57 of 100 (Notable)
Mangum	United States	Record daily precipitation	69.9 mm (2.8 in)	56 of 100 (Notable)
Zhangwu	China	Record daily precipitation	68.1 mm (2.7 in)	55 of 100 (Notable)
Hattiesburg 5SW	United States	Record daily precipitation	80.3 mm (3.2 in)	55 of 100 (Notable)
Canadian	United States	Record daily precipitation	55.4 mm (2.2 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Ust-Ilimsk	Russia	Record daily precipitation	53.1 mm (2.1 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Copperhill	United States	Record daily precipitation	80.3 mm (3.2 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Ringgold	United States	Record daily precipitation	67.1 mm (2.6 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Sharon Springs	United States	Record low maximum temperature	20.6 C (69.1 F)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Claude	United States	Record daily precipitation	50.3 mm (2.0 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Yekimtsevo (Kologriv)	Russia	Record daily precipitation	45.4 mm (1.8 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Daingerfield 9 S	United States	Record daily precipitation	74.7 mm (2.9 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Panhandle	United States	Record daily precipitation	49.0 mm (1.9 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Kyoto	Japan	Record daily precipitation	106.9 mm (4.2 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Mt Hebron Rs	United States	Record high minimum temperature	18.3 C (64.9 F)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Federal Pt	United States	Record high maximum temperature	38.9 C (102.0 F)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Isabela Substn	Puerto Rico [United States]	Record high minimum temperature	23.9 C (75.0 F)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Adin Rs	United States	Record high minimum temperature	16.1 C (61.0 F)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Lamar 3 SSE	United States	Record daily precipitation	51.1 mm (2.0 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Flomot 4 NE	United States	Record daily precipitation	54.9 mm (2.2 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Kokpekty	Kazakhstan	Record low maximum temperature	17.0 C (62.6 F)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Taos	United States	Record high minimum temperature	16.1 C (61.0 F)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Altus Dam	United States	Record daily precipitation	59.7 mm (2.4 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Yemassee 1 N	United States	Record high minimum temperature	23.9 C (75.0 F)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Culbertson	United States	Record low maximum temperature	20.6 C (69.1 F)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Mc Cook	United States	Record low maximum temperature	18.3 C (64.9 F)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Westfield 2 SSE	United States	Record low minimum temperature	10.0 C (50.0 F)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Midland	United States	Record low maximum temperature	18.3 C (64.9 F)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Ocotlan de Morelos	Mexico	Record high minimum temperature	20.0 C (68.0 F)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Bjornholt	Norway	Record daily precipitation	38.0 mm (1.5 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Tajga	Russia	Record daily precipitation	30.2 mm (1.2 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Cedaredge	United States	Record low minimum temperature	7.2 C (45.0 F)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Las Animas	United States	Record low maximum temperature	20.6 C (69.1 F)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Sayre	United States	Record daily precipitation	56.6 mm (2.2 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Upata	Venezuela	Record daily precipitation	50.8 mm (2.0 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Rio Piedras Exp STN	Puerto Rico [United States]	Record low minimum temperature	18.3 C (64.9 F)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Strawberry Hill (Bos)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	31.5 mm (1.2 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Union Springs 9 S	United States	Record low maximum temperature	26.1 C (79.0 F)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Minneapolis	United States	Record low maximum temperature	21.7 C (71.1 F)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Amherst	United States	Record daily precipitation	36.3 mm (1.4 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Big Springs	United States	Record daily precipitation	36.3 mm (1.4 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Crossroads 2	United States	Record daily precipitation	48.8 mm (1.9 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Valmora	United States	Record low maximum temperature	17.8 C (64.0 F)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Hooker	United States	Record daily precipitation	29.5 mm (1.2 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Lead	United States	Record low maximum temperature	13.9 C (57.0 F)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Stephan 2 NW	United States	Record low maximum temperature	17.8 C (64.0 F)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Presa Pucuato	Mexico	Record high maximum temperature	26.7 C (80.1 F)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Allenspark 2SE	United States	Record low maximum temperature	7.8 C (46.0 F)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Russell Springs	United States	Record low maximum temperature	21.1 C (70.0 F)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Cambridge	United States	Record low maximum temperature	20.0 C (68.0 F)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Willard 4 SW	United States	Record high minimum temperature	26.1 C (79.0 F)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Snyder	United States	Record daily precipitation	40.1 mm (1.6 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Vancouver 4 NNE	United States	Record high minimum temperature	17.2 C (63.0 F)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Uch-Aral	Kazakhstan	Record low maximum temperature	18.2 C (64.8 F)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Hedrum	Norway	Record daily precipitation	35.5 mm (1.4 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Bakke	Norway	Record daily precipitation	44.0 mm (1.7 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Truckee Rs	United States	Record high minimum temperature	11.1 C (52.0 F)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Plainville 4WNW	United States	Record low maximum temperature	17.2 C (63.0 F)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Medicine Lake 3 SE	United States	Record low maximum temperature	17.8 C (64.0 F)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Okeene	United States	Record low maximum temperature	26.7 C (80.1 F)	34 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

1,033 records

Records set or tied on 3 August 1993 by type: Highest daily maximum 174, Lowest daily maximum 282, Highest daily minimum 245, Lowest daily minimum 122, Heaviest daily rainfall 210.

Records on 3 August 1993 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	174
Lowest daily maximum	282
Highest daily minimum	245
Lowest daily minimum	122
Heaviest daily rainfall	210
Heaviest daily snowfall	0
Deepest snow cover	0

Records on 3 August 1993 by timescale: all-time 6, monthly 28, daily 999.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

733 broken records

Margins by which the 733 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 83.4. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

3 August 1993

Top 20 records on 3 August 1993 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
3 August 1993	Enisejsk, RU	daily rain	49.5 mm (1.9 in)	11.7 mm (0.5 in)	90 years	57 of 100 (Notable)
3 August 1993	Mangum, US	daily rain	69.9 mm (2.8 in)	47.0 mm (1.9 in)	62 years	56 of 100 (Notable)
3 August 1993	Zhangwu, CN	daily rain	68.1 mm (2.7 in)	56.2 mm (2.2 in)	36 years	55 of 100 (Notable)
3 August 1993	Hattiesburg 5SW, US	daily rain	80.3 mm (3.2 in)	36.6 mm (1.4 in)	76 years	55 of 100 (Notable)
3 August 1993	Canadian, US	daily rain	55.4 mm (2.2 in)	28.7 mm (1.1 in)	86 years	54 of 100 (Notable)
3 August 1993	Ust-Ilimsk, RU	daily rain	53.1 mm (2.1 in)	27.7 mm (1.1 in)	40 years	53 of 100 (Notable)
3 August 1993	Copperhill, US	daily rain	80.3 mm (3.2 in)	38.9 mm (1.5 in)	44 years	52 of 100 (Notable)
3 August 1993	Ringgold, US	daily rain	67.1 mm (2.6 in)	58.0 mm (2.3 in)	24 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
3 August 1993	Sharon Springs, US	daily low max	20.6 C (69.1 F)	2.7 C (4.9 F)	98 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
3 August 1993	Claude, US	daily rain	50.3 mm (2.0 in)	18.5 mm (0.7 in)	80 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
3 August 1993	Yekimtsevo (Kologriv), RU	daily rain	45.4 mm (1.8 in)	22.0 mm (0.9 in)	18 years	43 of 100 (Notable)
3 August 1993	Daingerfield 9 S, US	daily rain	74.7 mm (2.9 in)	37.6 mm (1.5 in)	38 years	43 of 100 (Notable)
3 August 1993	Panhandle, US	daily rain	49.0 mm (1.9 in)	28.7 mm (1.1 in)	44 years	43 of 100 (Notable)
3 August 1993	Kyoto, JP	daily rain	106.9 mm (4.2 in)	83.4 mm (3.3 in)	16 years	42 of 100 (Notable)
3 August 1993	Mt Hebron Rs, US	daily high min	18.3 C (64.9 F)	8.3 C (14.9 F)	35 years	42 of 100 (Notable)
3 August 1993	Federal Pt, US	daily high max	38.9 C (102.0 F)	2.2 C (4.0 F)	72 years	41 of 100 (Notable)
3 August 1993	Isabela Substn, PR	daily high min	23.9 C (75.0 F)	0.6 C (1.1 F)	90 years	40 of 100 (Notable)
3 August 1993	Adin Rs, US	daily high min	16.1 C (61.0 F)	0.5 C (0.9 F)	98 years	40 of 100 (Notable)
3 August 1993	Lamar 3 SSE, US	daily rain	51.1 mm (2.0 in)	35.4 mm (1.4 in)	0 years	40 of 100 (Notable)
3 August 1993	Flomot 4 NE, US	daily rain	54.9 mm (2.2 in)	42.2 mm (1.7 in)	16 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 1993

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1815 to 1993. 1993 had 1,033 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

Download the Data

Data for records on 1993-08-03: 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	701
20 to 40	24
40 to 60	7
60 to 80	0
80 to 100	1