Weather Records on 3 July 1996

872 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 3 July 1996. Highest significance: Hachita 1W, US.

Key Facts for 3 July 1996

On 3 July 1996, 872 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
461 were record highs and 197 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 5 were all-time records, 28 monthly and 839 daily.
Hachita 1W set a daily record precipitation of 46.7 mm (1.8 in) on 3 July 1996.
Across 162 earlier years (1793 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 431 records.

Record Map

872 stations

872 station records on 3 July 1996 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 3 July 1996: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Hachita 1W	United States	Record daily precipitation	46.7 mm (1.8 in)	68 of 100 (Major)
Mudjug	Russia	Record daily precipitation	99.1 mm (3.9 in)	65 of 100 (Major)
Ft Valley	United States	Record daily precipitation	36.6 mm (1.4 in)	55 of 100 (Notable)
Elizabethton	United States	Record low minimum temperature	10.6 C (51.1 F)	55 of 100 (Notable)
Zitlaltepec	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	103.4 mm (4.1 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Lanihau 68.2	United States	Record daily precipitation	106.7 mm (4.2 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Pineville	United States	Record daily precipitation	74.9 mm (2.9 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Elizabethtown	United States	Record daily precipitation	73.7 mm (2.9 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Hebgen Dam	United States	Record high minimum temperature	14.4 C (57.9 F)	47 of 100 (Notable)
San Juan Bautista Cuicatlan (	Mexico	Record low maximum temperature	20.6 C (69.1 F)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Miyazaki	Japan	Record daily precipitation	133.1 mm (5.2 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Temilpa	Mexico	Record high maximum temperature	40.0 C (104.0 F)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Tapanatepec	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	123.4 mm (4.9 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Stillwater 2 W	United States	Record high maximum temperature	40.6 C (105.1 F)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Tecomates	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	106.9 mm (4.2 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Saltville 1N	United States	Record daily precipitation	54.6 mm (2.1 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Milan	Italy	Record low minimum temperature	12.1 C (53.8 F)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Kisinev	Moldova	Record high maximum temperature	33.7 C (92.7 F)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Grace	United States	Record high maximum temperature	36.1 C (97.0 F)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Warren	United States	Record high maximum temperature	31.1 C (88.0 F)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Tropic	United States	Record high maximum temperature	35.0 C (95.0 F)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Ostuta	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	98.3 mm (3.9 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Denton	United States	Record high maximum temperature	35.6 C (96.1 F)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Naalehu 14	United States	Record high minimum temperature	23.3 C (73.9 F)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Orebro	Sweden	Record low maximum temperature	13.8 C (56.8 F)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Hartford-Bradley Intl AP	United States	Record daily precipitation	50.8 mm (2.0 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Tooele	United States	Record high minimum temperature	27.2 C (81.0 F)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Har Kenaan	Israel	Record high maximum temperature	38.2 C (100.8 F)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Finca Hamburgo	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	138.7 mm (5.5 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Everglades	United States	Record high minimum temperature	25.6 C (78.1 F)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Jerome	United States	Record high maximum temperature	40.0 C (104.0 F)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Beowawe	United States	Record high minimum temperature	17.2 C (63.0 F)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Weatherford	United States	Record high minimum temperature	25.6 C (78.1 F)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Tlalchapa	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	74.4 mm (2.9 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Sahuaripa	Mexico	Record low minimum temperature	15.6 C (60.1 F)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Invercargill Airpor	New Zealand	Record low minimum temperature	-9.0 C (15.8 F)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Girard	United States	Record daily precipitation	88.9 mm (3.5 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Union Juarez	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	98.8 mm (3.9 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Finca la Victoria	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	96.8 mm (3.8 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Kantunilkin	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	83.8 mm (3.3 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Mestad I Oddernes	Norway	Record daily precipitation	26.3 mm (1.0 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Suhobuzimskoe	Russia	Record daily precipitation	29.2 mm (1.1 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Payette	United States	Record high maximum temperature	40.0 C (104.0 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Alfred	United States	Record low maximum temperature	16.1 C (61.0 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Smithfield	United States	Record daily precipitation	31.8 mm (1.3 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Port Alexander	United States	Record low minimum temperature	3.3 C (37.9 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Butte Bert Mooney AP	United States	Record high maximum temperature	33.3 C (91.9 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Juchitan de Zaragoza	Mexico	Record low maximum temperature	25.0 C (77.0 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Ft Thomas 2 SW	United States	Record high minimum temperature	28.9 C (84.0 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Tustin Irvine Rch	United States	Record high minimum temperature	20.6 C (69.1 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Cascade 5 S	United States	Record high maximum temperature	37.2 C (99.0 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Conshohocken	United States	Record daily precipitation	55.9 mm (2.2 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Little Port Walter	United States	Record low minimum temperature	4.4 C (39.9 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Gustavus	United States	Record low minimum temperature	1.1 C (34.0 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Fairmont	United States	Record high maximum temperature	38.9 C (102.0 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Arrowrock Dam	United States	Record high maximum temperature	38.9 C (102.0 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Yemassee 1 N	United States	Record high maximum temperature	39.4 C (102.9 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Grundy	United States	Record daily precipitation	53.1 mm (2.1 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Ixtapa (Cfe)	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	80.3 mm (3.2 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Badgingarra	Australia	Record daily precipitation	38.0 mm (1.5 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

872 records

Records set or tied on 3 July 1996 by type: Highest daily maximum 255, Lowest daily maximum 86, Highest daily minimum 206, Lowest daily minimum 111, Heaviest daily rainfall 214.

Records on 3 July 1996 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	255
Lowest daily maximum	86
Highest daily minimum	206
Lowest daily minimum	111
Heaviest daily rainfall	214
Heaviest daily snowfall	0
Deepest snow cover	0

Records on 3 July 1996 by timescale: all-time 5, monthly 28, daily 839.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

588 broken records

Margins by which the 588 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 85.4. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

3 July 1996

Top 20 records on 3 July 1996 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
3 July 1996	Hachita 1W, US	daily rain	46.7 mm (1.8 in)	32.7 mm (1.3 in)	82 years	68 of 100 (Major)
3 July 1996	Mudjug, RU	all-time rain	99.1 mm (3.9 in)	40.9 mm (1.6 in)	6 years	65 of 100 (Major)
3 July 1996	Ft Valley, US	daily rain	36.6 mm (1.4 in)	23.9 mm (0.9 in)	59 years	55 of 100 (Notable)
3 July 1996	Elizabethton, US	daily low min	10.6 C (51.1 F)	3.3 C (5.9 F)	100 years	55 of 100 (Notable)
3 July 1996	Zitlaltepec, MX	daily rain	103.4 mm (4.1 in)	73.4 mm (2.9 in)	30 years	52 of 100 (Notable)
3 July 1996	Lanihau 68.2, US	daily rain	106.7 mm (4.2 in)	79.3 mm (3.1 in)	27 years	52 of 100 (Notable)
3 July 1996	Pineville, US	daily rain	74.9 mm (2.9 in)	49.8 mm (2.0 in)	14 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
3 July 1996	Elizabethtown, US	daily rain	73.7 mm (2.9 in)	34.3 mm (1.4 in)	66 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
3 July 1996	Hebgen Dam, US	daily high min	14.4 C (57.9 F)	3.8 C (6.8 F)	87 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
3 July 1996	San Juan Bautista Cuicatlan (, MX	daily low max	20.6 C (69.1 F)	6.1 C (11.0 F)	71 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
3 July 1996	Miyazaki, JP	daily rain	133.1 mm (5.2 in)	85.4 mm (3.4 in)	40 years	44 of 100 (Notable)
3 July 1996	Temilpa, MX	daily high max	40.0 C (104.0 F)	7.2 C (13.0 F)	8 years	44 of 100 (Notable)
3 July 1996	Tapanatepec, MX	daily rain	123.4 mm (4.9 in)	65.5 mm (2.6 in)	34 years	43 of 100 (Notable)
3 July 1996	Stillwater 2 W, US	daily high max	40.6 C (105.1 F)	1.2 C (2.2 F)	101 years	43 of 100 (Notable)
3 July 1996	Tecomates, MX	daily rain	106.9 mm (4.2 in)	58.6 mm (2.3 in)	33 years	42 of 100 (Notable)
3 July 1996	Saltville 1N, US	daily rain	54.6 mm (2.1 in)	35.0 mm (1.4 in)	3 years	42 of 100 (Notable)
3 July 1996	Milan, IT	daily low min	12.1 C (53.8 F)	0.4 C (0.7 F)	179 years	41 of 100 (Notable)
3 July 1996	Kisinev, MD	daily high max	33.7 C (92.7 F)	1.1 C (2.0 F)	96 years	41 of 100 (Notable)
3 July 1996	Grace, US	daily high max	36.1 C (97.0 F)	2.8 C (5.0 F)	82 years	41 of 100 (Notable)
3 July 1996	Warren, US	daily high max	31.1 C (88.0 F)	1.1 C (2.0 F)	99 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

1793 to 1996

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1793 to 1996. 1996 had 872 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

Download the Data

Data for records on 1996-07-03: 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 20	553
20 to 40	23
40 to 60	8
60 to 80	3
80 to 100	1