Weather Records on 3 July 2009

1,030 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 3 July 2009. Highest significance: Belfast, US.

Key Facts for 3 July 2009

On 3 July 2009, 1,030 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
457 were record highs and 346 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 5 were all-time records, 54 monthly and 971 daily.
Belfast set a daily record precipitation of 65.0 mm (2.6 in) on 3 July 2009.
Across 162 earlier years (1793 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 430 records.

Record Map

1,030 stations

1,030 station records on 3 July 2009 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 3 July 2009: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Belfast	United States	Record daily precipitation	65.0 mm (2.6 in)	70 of 100 (Major)
Lewiston	United States	Record daily precipitation	53.6 mm (2.1 in)	67 of 100 (Major)
Dusseldorf	Germany	Record daily precipitation	57.4 mm (2.3 in)	66 of 100 (Major)
Yongan	China	Record daily precipitation	105.4 mm (4.1 in)	57 of 100 (Notable)
Atlantic 1 NE	United States	Record daily precipitation	82.0 mm (3.2 in)	57 of 100 (Notable)
Newcastle	United States	Record daily precipitation	69.1 mm (2.7 in)	56 of 100 (Notable)
Casper-Natrona Co AP	United States	Record daily precipitation	40.9 mm (1.6 in)	56 of 100 (Notable)
Hermosa 3 SSW	United States	Record daily precipitation	46.2 mm (1.8 in)	55 of 100 (Notable)
Kolsva	Sweden	Record daily precipitation	44.3 mm (1.7 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Pactola Dam	United States	Record daily precipitation	51.3 mm (2.0 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Guilin	China	Record daily precipitation	191.7 mm (7.5 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Vastvalla	Sweden	Record daily precipitation	41.6 mm (1.6 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Tjallmo	Sweden	Record daily precipitation	51.1 mm (2.0 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Lingling	China	Record daily precipitation	86.7 mm (3.4 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Apeldoorn	Netherlands	Record daily precipitation	74.9 mm (2.9 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
San Carlos Rsvr	United States	Record low minimum temperature	11.7 C (53.1 F)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Ashland	United States	Record low maximum temperature	21.1 C (70.0 F)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Beaumont City	United States	Record high maximum temperature	38.9 C (102.0 F)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Biedenkopf	Germany	Record daily precipitation	35.5 mm (1.4 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Honavar	India	Record daily precipitation	221.0 mm (8.7 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Vaassen	Netherlands	Record daily precipitation	68.2 mm (2.7 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Kirs	Russia	Record daily precipitation	41.6 mm (1.6 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Isla Arenas	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	76.7 mm (3.0 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Woodville 4 ESE	United States	Record high maximum temperature	38.9 C (102.0 F)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Presa la Calera	Mexico	Record low minimum temperature	16.7 C (62.1 F)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Koebenhavn: Landbohojskolen-1	Denmark	Record high minimum temperature	18.6 C (65.5 F)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Elburg	Netherlands	Record daily precipitation	73.7 mm (2.9 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Waynesboro 2 W	United States	Record high maximum temperature	38.3 C (100.9 F)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Sigmaringen-Laiz	Germany	Record daily precipitation	72.6 mm (2.9 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Twenthe	Netherlands	Record daily precipitation	33.3 mm (1.3 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Vanersborg	Sweden	Record high maximum temperature	30.3 C (86.5 F)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Brookhaven City	United States	Record high maximum temperature	39.4 C (102.9 F)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Dayton Mcd	United States	Record low maximum temperature	21.7 C (71.1 F)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Batacosa	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	85.9 mm (3.4 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Lindesberg	Sweden	Record daily precipitation	40.0 mm (1.6 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
San Carlos Rsvr	United States	Record low maximum temperature	28.3 C (82.9 F)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Lowell	United States	Record low maximum temperature	16.7 C (62.1 F)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Big Rapids Wtp	United States	Record low maximum temperature	17.2 C (63.0 F)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Luna Rs	United States	Record high minimum temperature	13.3 C (55.9 F)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Livingston 2 NNE	United States	Record high minimum temperature	26.7 C (80.1 F)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Forrest State Forest	Australia	Record daily precipitation	34.2 mm (1.3 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Surgut	Russia	Record low minimum temperature	1.6 C (34.9 F)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Petrovskij Zavod	Russia	Record daily precipitation	29.5 mm (1.2 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Lerwick	United Kingdom	Record high minimum temperature	15.1 C (59.2 F)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Marion 2 N	United States	Record low maximum temperature	21.1 C (70.0 F)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Shelbyville Sewage Plt	United States	Record low maximum temperature	21.7 C (71.1 F)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Norton W	United States	Record daily precipitation	42.4 mm (1.7 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Grayling	United States	Record low maximum temperature	15.0 C (59.0 F)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Sandusky	United States	Record low maximum temperature	17.2 C (63.0 F)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Three Rivers	United States	Record low maximum temperature	18.3 C (64.9 F)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Columbia	United States	Record high maximum temperature	40.0 C (104.0 F)	39 of 100 (Notable)
N Conway	United States	Record daily precipitation	44.7 mm (1.8 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Greenville Wtp	United States	Record low maximum temperature	20.6 C (69.1 F)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Urbana Wrf	United States	Record low maximum temperature	20.6 C (69.1 F)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Prineville	United States	Record high minimum temperature	13.3 C (55.9 F)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Essen-Bredeney	Germany	Record daily precipitation	36.8 mm (1.4 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Bad Kissingen	Germany	Record daily precipitation	39.6 mm (1.6 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Ratnagiri	India	Record daily precipitation	261.9 mm (10.3 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
La Belle	United States	Record daily precipitation	54.1 mm (2.1 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Hart 3 WSW	United States	Record low maximum temperature	17.2 C (63.0 F)	38 of 100 (Notable)

Counts by Type and Timescale

1,030 records

Records set or tied on 3 July 2009 by type: Highest daily maximum 208, Lowest daily maximum 224, Highest daily minimum 249, Lowest daily minimum 122, Heaviest daily rainfall 227.

Records on 3 July 2009 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	208
Lowest daily maximum	224
Highest daily minimum	249
Lowest daily minimum	122
Heaviest daily rainfall	227
Heaviest daily snowfall	0
Deepest snow cover	0

Records on 3 July 2009 by timescale: all-time 5, monthly 54, daily 971.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

763 broken records

Margins by which the 763 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 136.4. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

3 July 2009

Top 20 records on 3 July 2009 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
3 July 2009	Belfast, US	daily rain	65.0 mm (2.6 in)	37.8 mm (1.5 in)	115 years	70 of 100 (Major)
3 July 2009	Lewiston, US	daily rain	53.6 mm (2.1 in)	29.0 mm (1.1 in)	100 years	67 of 100 (Major)
3 July 2009	Dusseldorf, DE	monthly rain	57.4 mm (2.3 in)	20.3 mm (0.8 in)	59 years	66 of 100 (Major)
3 July 2009	Yongan, CN	daily rain	105.4 mm (4.1 in)	59.1 mm (2.3 in)	43 years	57 of 100 (Notable)
3 July 2009	Atlantic 1 NE, US	daily rain	82.0 mm (3.2 in)	40.9 mm (1.6 in)	71 years	57 of 100 (Notable)
3 July 2009	Newcastle, US	daily rain	69.1 mm (2.7 in)	42.9 mm (1.7 in)	42 years	56 of 100 (Notable)
3 July 2009	Casper-Natrona Co AP, US	daily rain	40.9 mm (1.6 in)	31.5 mm (1.2 in)	34 years	56 of 100 (Notable)
3 July 2009	Hermosa 3 SSW, US	daily rain	46.2 mm (1.8 in)	19.0 mm (0.7 in)	80 years	55 of 100 (Notable)
3 July 2009	Kolsva, SE	daily rain	44.3 mm (1.7 in)	29.9 mm (1.2 in)	28 years	54 of 100 (Notable)
3 July 2009	Pactola Dam, US	daily rain	51.3 mm (2.0 in)	29.5 mm (1.2 in)	52 years	54 of 100 (Notable)
3 July 2009	Guilin, CN	daily rain	191.7 mm (7.5 in)	136.4 mm (5.4 in)	24 years	52 of 100 (Notable)
3 July 2009	Vastvalla, SE	daily rain	41.6 mm (1.6 in)	24.3 mm (1.0 in)	42 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
3 July 2009	Tjallmo, SE	daily rain	51.1 mm (2.0 in)	41.3 mm (1.6 in)	14 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
3 July 2009	Lingling, CN	daily rain	86.7 mm (3.4 in)	57.9 mm (2.3 in)	40 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
3 July 2009	Apeldoorn, NL	all-time rain	74.9 mm (2.9 in)	12.5 mm (0.5 in)	10 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
3 July 2009	San Carlos Rsvr, US	daily low min	11.7 C (53.1 F)	2.2 C (4.0 F)	104 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
3 July 2009	Ashland, US	daily low max	21.1 C (70.0 F)	3.3 C (5.9 F)	87 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
3 July 2009	Beaumont City, US	daily high max	38.9 C (102.0 F)	1.7 C (3.1 F)	107 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
3 July 2009	Biedenkopf, DE	daily rain	35.5 mm (1.4 in)	24.4 mm (1.0 in)	2 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
3 July 2009	Honavar, IN	daily rain	221.0 mm (8.7 in)	89.2 mm (3.5 in)	47 years	45 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 2009

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1793 to 2009. 2009 had 1,030 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 2009-07-03: 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	728
20 to 40	19
40 to 60	13
60 to 80	1
80 to 100	1
100 to 120	0
120 to 140	1