Weather Records on 3 July 1997

1,071 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 3 July 1997. Highest significance: Carnegie 5 NE, US.

Key Facts for 3 July 1997

On 3 July 1997, 1,071 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
439 were record highs and 341 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 4 were all-time records, 46 monthly and 1,021 daily.
Carnegie 5 NE set a daily record precipitation of 70.1 mm (2.8 in) on 3 July 1997.
Across 162 earlier years (1793 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 429 records.

Record Map

1,071 stations

1,071 station records on 3 July 1997 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 3 July 1997: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Carnegie 5 NE	United States	Record daily precipitation	70.1 mm (2.8 in)	57 of 100 (Notable)
Yangjiang	China	Record daily precipitation	199.9 mm (7.9 in)	56 of 100 (Notable)
Port Hedland Airport	Australia	Record daily precipitation	32.4 mm (1.3 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Gastonia	United States	Record high minimum temperature	29.4 C (84.9 F)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Wyloo	Australia	Record daily precipitation	26.0 mm (1.0 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Plant City	United States	Record high minimum temperature	25.6 C (78.1 F)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Lupton 1S	United States	Record daily precipitation	81.5 mm (3.2 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Woodlands	Australia	Record daily precipitation	46.0 mm (1.8 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Cossack	Australia	Record daily precipitation	27.5 mm (1.1 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Santo Domingo	Mexico	Record low minimum temperature	10.6 C (51.1 F)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Mount Clere	Australia	Record daily precipitation	53.0 mm (2.1 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Orimattila Kakela	Finland	Record daily precipitation	64.9 mm (2.6 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Pyramid Station	Australia	Record daily precipitation	26.5 mm (1.0 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Maroonah	Australia	Record daily precipitation	32.0 mm (1.3 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Wahpeton 3 N	United States	Record low maximum temperature	14.4 C (57.9 F)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Watertown Rgnl AP	United States	Record low maximum temperature	13.9 C (57.0 F)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Marble Bar Comparison	Australia	Record low maximum temperature	18.0 C (64.4 F)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Ogilvie	Australia	Record daily precipitation	27.0 mm (1.1 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Kurikka Keskusta	Finland	Record daily precipitation	46.2 mm (1.8 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Roebourne	Australia	Record daily precipitation	25.8 mm (1.0 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Inverness 3 SE	United States	Record high minimum temperature	25.0 C (77.0 F)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Mc Minnville	United States	Record high minimum temperature	24.4 C (75.9 F)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Lincoln UNIV Pwr Plt	United States	Record low maximum temperature	18.3 C (64.9 F)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Milgun	Australia	Record daily precipitation	47.0 mm (1.9 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Tiirikoja	Estonia	Record daily precipitation	26.4 mm (1.0 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Canton	United States	Record daily precipitation	79.2 mm (3.1 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Pardoo Station	Australia	Record daily precipitation	28.6 mm (1.1 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Minnie Creek	Australia	Record daily precipitation	43.0 mm (1.7 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Oregon	United States	Record low maximum temperature	19.4 C (66.9 F)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Mount Phillip	Australia	Record daily precipitation	39.0 mm (1.5 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Nicosia	Cyprus	Record high minimum temperature	25.0 C (77.0 F)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Glens Falls Farm	United States	Record daily precipitation	71.1 mm (2.8 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Stephan 2 NW	United States	Record low maximum temperature	17.2 C (63.0 F)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Mt Washington	United States	Record daily precipitation	86.1 mm (3.4 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Toijala Satama	Finland	Record daily precipitation	32.0 mm (1.3 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Ojinaga (Smn)	Mexico	Record high minimum temperature	30.6 C (87.1 F)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Geneva	United States	Record low maximum temperature	20.6 C (69.1 F)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Bolivar	United States	Record high minimum temperature	18.9 C (66.0 F)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Salisbury 2 N	United States	Record daily precipitation	43.9 mm (1.7 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Mount Augustus	Australia	Record daily precipitation	38.0 mm (1.5 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Old Cunyu	Australia	Record daily precipitation	28.0 mm (1.1 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Jogeva	Estonia	Record daily precipitation	31.4 mm (1.2 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Chiricahua Nm	United States	Record high maximum temperature	39.4 C (102.9 F)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Crescent City	United States	Record high maximum temperature	38.3 C (100.9 F)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Wheaton	United States	Record low maximum temperature	16.1 C (61.0 F)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Hillsboro	United States	Record daily precipitation	33.8 mm (1.3 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Callao	United States	Record low minimum temperature	4.4 C (39.9 F)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Glens Falls AP	United States	Record daily precipitation	62.0 mm (2.4 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Codg Codgen	Australia	Record daily precipitation	25.0 mm (1.0 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Coimbra	Portugal	Record low minimum temperature	9.0 C (48.2 F)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Mc Clusky	United States	Record daily precipitation	54.6 mm (2.1 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Eaton	United States	Record daily precipitation	32.3 mm (1.3 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
N Bend SW Oregon Rgnl AP	United States	Record high maximum temperature	23.3 C (73.9 F)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Neds Creek	Australia	Record daily precipitation	29.0 mm (1.1 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Borisov	Belarus	Record daily precipitation	27.1 mm (1.1 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Buenavista	Mexico	Record low maximum temperature	25.6 C (78.1 F)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Milford 4 NW	United States	Record low maximum temperature	18.9 C (66.0 F)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Cheboygan	United States	Record daily precipitation	54.9 mm (2.2 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Auburn 5 ESE	United States	Record low maximum temperature	22.2 C (72.0 F)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Allardt	United States	Record high minimum temperature	23.3 C (73.9 F)	36 of 100 (Notable)

Counts by Type and Timescale

1,071 records

Records set or tied on 3 July 1997 by type: Highest daily maximum 131, Lowest daily maximum 198, Highest daily minimum 308, Lowest daily minimum 143, Heaviest daily rainfall 290, Heaviest daily snowfall 1.

Records on 3 July 1997 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	131
Lowest daily maximum	198
Highest daily minimum	308
Lowest daily minimum	143
Heaviest daily rainfall	290
Heaviest daily snowfall	1
Deepest snow cover	0

Records on 3 July 1997 by timescale: all-time 4, monthly 46, daily 1,021.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

775 broken records

Margins by which the 775 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 228.0. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

3 July 1997

Top 20 records on 3 July 1997 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
3 July 1997	Carnegie 5 NE, US	daily rain	70.1 mm (2.8 in)	41.7 mm (1.6 in)	82 years	57 of 100 (Notable)
3 July 1997	Yangjiang, CN	daily rain	199.9 mm (7.9 in)	121.8 mm (4.8 in)	43 years	56 of 100 (Notable)
3 July 1997	Port Hedland Airport, AU	daily rain	32.4 mm (1.3 in)	31.1 mm (1.2 in)	32 years	54 of 100 (Notable)
3 July 1997	Gastonia, US	all-time high min	29.4 C (84.9 F)	1.6 C (2.9 F)	57 years	54 of 100 (Notable)
3 July 1997	Wyloo, AU	daily rain	26.0 mm (1.0 in)	26.0 mm (1.0 in)	92 years	53 of 100 (Notable)
3 July 1997	Plant City, US	daily high min	25.6 C (78.1 F)	1.7 C (3.1 F)	99 years	53 of 100 (Notable)
3 July 1997	Lupton 1S, US	daily rain	81.5 mm (3.2 in)	65.8 mm (2.6 in)	27 years	52 of 100 (Notable)
3 July 1997	Woodlands, AU	daily rain	46.0 mm (1.8 in)	38.4 mm (1.5 in)	24 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
3 July 1997	Cossack, AU	daily rain	27.5 mm (1.1 in)	26.0 mm (1.0 in)	92 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
3 July 1997	Santo Domingo, MX	monthly low min	10.6 C (51.1 F)	3.3 C (5.9 F)	23 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
3 July 1997	Mount Clere, AU	daily rain	53.0 mm (2.1 in)	45.0 mm (1.8 in)	6 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
3 July 1997	Orimattila Kakela, FI	daily rain	64.9 mm (2.6 in)	52.7 mm (2.1 in)	19 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
3 July 1997	Pyramid Station, AU	daily rain	26.5 mm (1.0 in)	26.5 mm (1.0 in)	46 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
3 July 1997	Maroonah, AU	daily rain	32.0 mm (1.3 in)	28.2 mm (1.1 in)	32 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
3 July 1997	Wahpeton 3 N, US	monthly low max	14.4 C (57.9 F)	1.2 C (2.2 F)	82 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
3 July 1997	Watertown Rgnl AP, US	monthly low max	13.9 C (57.0 F)	0.5 C (0.9 F)	85 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
3 July 1997	Marble Bar Comparison, AU	daily low max	18.0 C (64.4 F)	2.6 C (4.7 F)	96 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
3 July 1997	Ogilvie, AU	daily rain	27.0 mm (1.1 in)	10.2 mm (0.4 in)	79 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
3 July 1997	Kurikka Keskusta, FI	daily rain	46.2 mm (1.8 in)	34.3 mm (1.4 in)	8 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
3 July 1997	Roebourne, AU	daily rain	25.8 mm (1.0 in)	22.5 mm (0.9 in)	32 years	43 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 1997

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1793 to 1997. 1997 had 1,071 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

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Data for records on 1997-07-03: 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 50	771
50 to 100	2
100 to 150	1
150 to 200	0
200 to 250	1