Weather Records on 3 July 2004

767 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 3 July 2004. Highest significance: Tahlequah, US.

Key Facts for 3 July 2004

On 3 July 2004, 767 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
317 were record highs and 202 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 5 were all-time records, 37 monthly and 725 daily.
Tahlequah set a daily record precipitation of 92.5 mm (3.6 in) on 3 July 2004.
Across 162 earlier years (1793 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 431 records.

Record Map

767 stations

767 station records on 3 July 2004 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 3 July 2004: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Tahlequah	United States	Record daily precipitation	92.5 mm (3.6 in)	74 of 100 (Major)
Doniphan	United States	Record daily precipitation	78.0 mm (3.1 in)	62 of 100 (Major)
Bothwell (Weasel Plains)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	61.2 mm (2.4 in)	61 of 100 (Major)
Norderney	Germany	Record daily precipitation	37.8 mm (1.5 in)	61 of 100 (Major)
Wangerooge	Germany	Record daily precipitation	35.2 mm (1.4 in)	59 of 100 (Notable)
Kassala	Sudan	Record daily precipitation	70.1 mm (2.8 in)	56 of 100 (Notable)
Smithville	United States	Record daily precipitation	88.9 mm (3.5 in)	56 of 100 (Notable)
Webbers Falls 5 WSW	United States	Record daily precipitation	115.8 mm (4.6 in)	56 of 100 (Notable)
Verkhneuralsk	Russia	Record daily precipitation	48.5 mm (1.9 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Hausjarvi Lavinto	Finland	Record daily precipitation	41.9 mm (1.6 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Tabou	Cote D'Ivoire	Record daily precipitation	179.1 mm (7.1 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Achinsk	Russia	Record daily precipitation	28.9 mm (1.1 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Perry Lake	United States	Record daily precipitation	96.5 mm (3.8 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Ekaterino-Nikolskoe	Russia	Record daily precipitation	64.6 mm (2.5 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Saint Francis	United States	Record daily precipitation	85.6 mm (3.4 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Waldron	United States	Record daily precipitation	104.6 mm (4.1 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Vihti Maasoja	Finland	Record daily precipitation	35.0 mm (1.4 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Greenwood	United States	Record daily precipitation	99.3 mm (3.9 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Gunnarn	Sweden	Record daily precipitation	35.5 mm (1.4 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Holton	United States	Record daily precipitation	77.5 mm (3.1 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Bavertrask	Sweden	Record daily precipitation	42.2 mm (1.7 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Rusksele	Sweden	Record daily precipitation	46.5 mm (1.8 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Bentonville 4 S	United States	Record daily precipitation	124.5 mm (4.9 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Abbott	United States	Record daily precipitation	75.4 mm (3.0 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Subiaco	United States	Record daily precipitation	63.2 mm (2.5 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Bartow 1SE	United States	Record daily precipitation	104.1 mm (4.1 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Mena	United States	Record daily precipitation	90.4 mm (3.6 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Mys Uelen	Russia	Record high minimum temperature	12.6 C (54.7 F)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Headworks Portland Wtr B	United States	Record high minimum temperature	15.6 C (60.1 F)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Bowhill	United Kingdom	Record daily precipitation	29.1 mm (1.1 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Cove	United States	Record daily precipitation	91.7 mm (3.6 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Ft Ross	United States	Record low maximum temperature	10.6 C (51.1 F)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Osmond	United States	Record daily precipitation	47.2 mm (1.9 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Kenai AP	United States	Record high minimum temperature	12.2 C (54.0 F)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Medina	United States	Record daily precipitation	63.5 mm (2.5 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Union Grove Wwtp	United States	Record daily precipitation	73.7 mm (2.9 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Sola	Norway	Record daily precipitation	35.8 mm (1.4 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Ulvoberg	Sweden	Record daily precipitation	49.9 mm (2.0 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Palestine	United States	Record daily precipitation	35.6 mm (1.4 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
N Fk 2	United States	Record daily precipitation	31.5 mm (1.2 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Enosburg Falls	United States	Record high minimum temperature	22.8 C (73.0 F)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Jokioinen Jokioisten Observato	Finland	Record daily precipitation	31.4 mm (1.2 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Pana	United States	Record low minimum temperature	8.9 C (48.0 F)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Baudette	United States	Record high minimum temperature	18.3 C (64.9 F)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Milwaukee Mitchell AP	United States	Record daily precipitation	40.1 mm (1.6 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Nummi-Pusula Leppakorpi	Finland	Record daily precipitation	29.3 mm (1.2 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Hot Springs 1 NNE	United States	Record low maximum temperature	21.1 C (70.0 F)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Kansas 2 NE	United States	Record daily precipitation	78.0 mm (3.1 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Wainwright AP	United States	Record high minimum temperature	10.0 C (50.0 F)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Hattula Lepaa-1	Finland	Record daily precipitation	33.4 mm (1.3 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Mochicahui	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	32.8 mm (1.3 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Gravette	United States	Record daily precipitation	100.6 mm (4.0 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Las Bayas	Mexico	Record low minimum temperature	-7.2 C (19.0 F)	34 of 100 (Routine)
San Martin Texmelucan Labasti	Mexico	Record low minimum temperature	6.7 C (44.1 F)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Arequipa	Peru	Record low maximum temperature	13.8 C (56.8 F)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Talliden	Sweden	Record daily precipitation	62.0 mm (2.4 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Burlington 2S	United States	Record daily precipitation	68.6 mm (2.7 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Cassville 1 NE	United States	Record daily precipitation	59.2 mm (2.3 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Padasjoki Syrjantaka	Finland	Record daily precipitation	26.9 mm (1.1 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Isojoki Karjenkoski	Finland	Record daily precipitation	38.1 mm (1.5 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

767 records

Records set or tied on 3 July 2004 by type: Highest daily maximum 168, Lowest daily maximum 83, Highest daily minimum 149, Lowest daily minimum 119, Heaviest daily rainfall 248.

Records on 3 July 2004 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	168
Lowest daily maximum	83
Highest daily minimum	149
Lowest daily minimum	119
Heaviest daily rainfall	248
Heaviest daily snowfall	0
Deepest snow cover	0

Records on 3 July 2004 by timescale: all-time 5, monthly 37, daily 725.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

571 broken records

Margins by which the 571 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 101.1. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

3 July 2004

Top 20 records on 3 July 2004 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
3 July 2004	Tahlequah, US	daily rain	92.5 mm (3.6 in)	58.7 mm (2.3 in)	101 years	74 of 100 (Major)
3 July 2004	Doniphan, US	daily rain	78.0 mm (3.1 in)	36.1 mm (1.4 in)	99 years	62 of 100 (Major)
3 July 2004	Bothwell (Weasel Plains), AU	monthly rain	61.2 mm (2.4 in)	21.2 mm (0.8 in)	29 years	61 of 100 (Major)
3 July 2004	Norderney, DE	daily rain	37.8 mm (1.5 in)	25.9 mm (1.0 in)	52 years	61 of 100 (Major)
3 July 2004	Wangerooge, DE	daily rain	35.2 mm (1.4 in)	12.7 mm (0.5 in)	107 years	59 of 100 (Notable)
3 July 2004	Kassala, SD	daily rain	70.1 mm (2.8 in)	59.1 mm (2.3 in)	43 years	56 of 100 (Notable)
3 July 2004	Smithville, US	daily rain	88.9 mm (3.5 in)	52.8 mm (2.1 in)	63 years	56 of 100 (Notable)
3 July 2004	Webbers Falls 5 WSW, US	daily rain	115.8 mm (4.6 in)	39.6 mm (1.6 in)	90 years	56 of 100 (Notable)
3 July 2004	Verkhneuralsk, RU	daily rain	48.5 mm (1.9 in)	32.7 mm (1.3 in)	28 years	54 of 100 (Notable)
3 July 2004	Hausjarvi Lavinto, FI	daily rain	41.9 mm (1.6 in)	27.7 mm (1.1 in)	32 years	53 of 100 (Notable)
3 July 2004	Tabou, CI	daily rain	179.1 mm (7.1 in)	101.1 mm (4.0 in)	35 years	53 of 100 (Notable)
3 July 2004	Achinsk, RU	daily rain	28.9 mm (1.1 in)	18.8 mm (0.7 in)	68 years	53 of 100 (Notable)
3 July 2004	Perry Lake, US	daily rain	96.5 mm (3.8 in)	76.4 mm (3.0 in)	31 years	52 of 100 (Notable)
3 July 2004	Ekaterino-Nikolskoe, RU	daily rain	64.6 mm (2.5 in)	36.3 mm (1.4 in)	58 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
3 July 2004	Saint Francis, US	daily rain	85.6 mm (3.4 in)	48.3 mm (1.9 in)	63 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
3 July 2004	Waldron, US	daily rain	104.6 mm (4.1 in)	68.8 mm (2.7 in)	12 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
3 July 2004	Vihti Maasoja, FI	daily rain	35.0 mm (1.4 in)	21.6 mm (0.9 in)	44 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
3 July 2004	Greenwood, US	daily rain	99.3 mm (3.9 in)	54.8 mm (2.2 in)	53 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
3 July 2004	Gunnarn, SE	daily rain	35.5 mm (1.4 in)	19.5 mm (0.8 in)	57 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
3 July 2004	Holton, US	daily rain	77.5 mm (3.1 in)	31.8 mm (1.3 in)	72 years	49 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 2004

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1793 to 2004. 2004 had 767 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 2004-07-03: 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 2026-10-16 (16 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	526
20 to 40	33
40 to 60	7
60 to 80	3
80 to 100	1
100 to 120	1