Weather Records on 3 August 2009

746 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 3 August 2009. Highest significance: Pekoa Airport (Sant, VU.

Key Facts for 3 August 2009

On 3 August 2009, 746 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
472 were record highs and 141 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 2 were all-time records, 38 monthly and 706 daily.
Pekoa Airport (Sant set a monthly record daily precipitation of 240.0 mm (9.4 in) on 3 August 2009.
Across 156 earlier years (1815 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 462 records.

Record Map

746 stations

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

Weather records on 3 August 2009: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Pekoa Airport (Sant	Vanuatu	Record daily precipitation	240.0 mm (9.4 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Strachowice	Poland	Record daily precipitation	41.9 mm (1.6 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Carlisle Wtp	United States	Record daily precipitation	41.1 mm (1.6 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Manzini/Matsapa Air	Swaziland	Record daily precipitation	32.5 mm (1.3 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Salisbury	United States	Record high minimum temperature	26.7 C (80.1 F)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Huntingdon	United States	Record low minimum temperature	3.9 C (39.0 F)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Presidio	United States	Record low maximum temperature	25.6 C (78.1 F)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Kinloss	United Kingdom	Record low minimum temperature	0.0 C (32.0 F)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Kennewick	United States	Record high minimum temperature	22.8 C (73.0 F)	43 of 100 (Notable)
San Agustin Metziquititlan	Mexico	Record high maximum temperature	33.9 C (93.0 F)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Arivechi	Mexico	Record high minimum temperature	30.0 C (86.0 F)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Trident	United States	Record high minimum temperature	20.6 C (69.1 F)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Gulkana AP	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-1.1 C (30.0 F)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Strathgordon (Gordon Power Sta	Australia	Record daily precipitation	68.8 mm (2.7 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Hammonton 1 NE	United States	Record daily precipitation	35.6 mm (1.4 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Tryvasshogda	Norway	Record daily precipitation	45.0 mm (1.8 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Cjulbju	Russia	Record daily precipitation	48.0 mm (1.9 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Santa Barbara	United States	Record high maximum temperature	31.1 C (88.0 F)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Jemez Springs	United States	Record high minimum temperature	20.6 C (69.1 F)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Merrill	United States	Record daily precipitation	50.5 mm (2.0 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Szeged	Hungary	Record high minimum temperature	22.1 C (71.8 F)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Holstein	United States	Record daily precipitation	64.0 mm (2.5 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Notodden	Norway	Record daily precipitation	44.6 mm (1.8 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Gillastig	Sweden	Record daily precipitation	39.6 mm (1.6 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Hooker 12 NNW	United States	Record daily precipitation	40.9 mm (1.6 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Trenton	United States	Record daily precipitation	74.2 mm (2.9 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Montgomery	United States	Record daily precipitation	55.4 mm (2.2 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Richland	United States	Record high minimum temperature	24.4 C (75.9 F)	36 of 100 (Notable)
San Luis de la Paz	Mexico	Record high maximum temperature	32.8 C (91.0 F)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Wauchula	United States	Record high minimum temperature	25.0 C (77.0 F)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Red Lake Falls	United States	Record low maximum temperature	19.4 C (66.9 F)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Magdalena	Mexico	Record high minimum temperature	21.7 C (71.1 F)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Malmo	Sweden	Record daily precipitation	29.0 mm (1.1 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Covington 8 WNW	United States	Record low minimum temperature	16.1 C (61.0 F)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Bend	United States	Record high maximum temperature	37.2 C (99.0 F)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Oakridge Fish Hatchery	United States	Record high minimum temperature	18.3 C (64.9 F)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Palm 3 SE	United States	Record daily precipitation	62.5 mm (2.5 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Zagreb-Gric	Croatia	Record daily precipitation	36.5 mm (1.4 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Presa Tepetitlan	Mexico	Record high minimum temperature	15.0 C (59.0 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Omsk	Russia	Record daily precipitation	36.7 mm (1.4 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Sasabe	United States	Record daily precipitation	44.5 mm (1.8 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Atotonilco El Alto	Mexico	Record high maximum temperature	31.7 C (89.1 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
C.A.E. la Victoria	Mexico	Record high maximum temperature	36.7 C (98.1 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Chicapa de Castro	Mexico	Record low minimum temperature	17.8 C (64.0 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Freedom	United States	Record low minimum temperature	10.6 C (51.1 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Bend	United States	Record high minimum temperature	15.6 C (60.1 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Lajitas	United States	Record low maximum temperature	27.8 C (82.0 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Concrete Ppl Fish STN	United States	Record high maximum temperature	32.8 C (91.0 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Darrington Rs	United States	Record high maximum temperature	35.6 C (96.1 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Sedro-Woolley	United States	Record high maximum temperature	30.6 C (87.1 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Sunnyside	United States	Record high maximum temperature	39.4 C (102.9 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Tacambaro	Mexico	Record high maximum temperature	36.7 C (98.1 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Austin Bergstrom Intl AP	United States	Record low minimum temperature	18.3 C (64.9 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Geeveston (Cemetery Road)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	28.0 mm (1.1 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Cuquio	Mexico	Record high maximum temperature	30.0 C (86.0 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Poza Rica	Mexico	Record high minimum temperature	25.6 C (78.1 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Vigmostad	Norway	Record daily precipitation	92.0 mm (3.6 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Tastyp	Russia	Record daily precipitation	27.9 mm (1.1 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Kirkwall	United Kingdom	Record low minimum temperature	-1.3 C (29.7 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Gaylord Bay	United States	Record daily precipitation	71.6 mm (2.8 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

746 records

Records set or tied on 3 August 2009 by type: Highest daily maximum 258, Lowest daily maximum 61, Highest daily minimum 214, Lowest daily minimum 80, Heaviest daily rainfall 133.

Records on 3 August 2009 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	258
Lowest daily maximum	61
Highest daily minimum	214
Lowest daily minimum	80
Heaviest daily rainfall	133
Heaviest daily snowfall	0
Deepest snow cover	0

Records on 3 August 2009 by timescale: all-time 2, monthly 38, daily 706.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

477 broken records

Margins by which the 477 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 76.9. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

3 August 2009

Top 20 records on 3 August 2009 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
3 August 2009	Pekoa Airport (Sant, VU	monthly rain	240.0 mm (9.4 in)	76.9 mm (3.0 in)	2 years	53 of 100 (Notable)
3 August 2009	Strachowice, PL	daily rain	41.9 mm (1.6 in)	27.9 mm (1.1 in)	28 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
3 August 2009	Carlisle Wtp, US	daily rain	41.1 mm (1.6 in)	25.9 mm (1.0 in)	143 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
3 August 2009	Manzini/Matsapa Air, SZ	daily rain	32.5 mm (1.3 in)	26.4 mm (1.0 in)	91 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
3 August 2009	Salisbury, US	daily high min	26.7 C (80.1 F)	2.8 C (5.0 F)	109 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
3 August 2009	Huntingdon, US	daily low min	3.9 C (39.0 F)	3.9 C (7.0 F)	113 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
3 August 2009	Presidio, US	daily low max	25.6 C (78.1 F)	5.5 C (9.9 F)	62 years	44 of 100 (Notable)
3 August 2009	Kinloss, GB	daily low min	0.0 C (32.0 F)	9.0 C (16.2 F)	35 years	43 of 100 (Notable)
3 August 2009	Kennewick, US	daily high min	22.8 C (73.0 F)	1.1 C (2.0 F)	110 years	43 of 100 (Notable)
3 August 2009	San Agustin Metziquititlan, MX	daily high max	33.9 C (93.0 F)	3.9 C (7.0 F)	66 years	42 of 100 (Notable)
3 August 2009	Arivechi, MX	daily high min	30.0 C (86.0 F)	6.1 C (11.0 F)	40 years	42 of 100 (Notable)
3 August 2009	Trident, US	monthly high min	20.6 C (69.1 F)	0.6 C (1.1 F)	78 years	42 of 100 (Notable)
3 August 2009	Gulkana AP, US	daily low min	-1.1 C (30.0 F)	2.2 C (4.0 F)	92 years	42 of 100 (Notable)
3 August 2009	Strathgordon (Gordon Power Sta, AU	daily rain	68.8 mm (2.7 in)	43.8 mm (1.7 in)	28 years	40 of 100 (Notable)
3 August 2009	Hammonton 1 NE, US	daily rain	35.6 mm (1.4 in)	7.2 mm (0.28 in)	88 years	40 of 100 (Notable)
3 August 2009	Tryvasshogda, NO	daily rain	45.0 mm (1.8 in)	20.0 mm (0.8 in)	48 years	39 of 100 (Notable)
3 August 2009	Cjulbju, RU	daily rain	48.0 mm (1.9 in)	15.5 mm (0.6 in)	42 years	39 of 100 (Notable)
3 August 2009	Santa Barbara, US	daily high max	31.1 C (88.0 F)	0.5 C (0.9 F)	96 years	39 of 100 (Notable)
3 August 2009	Jemez Springs, US	daily high min	20.6 C (69.1 F)	2.3 C (4.1 F)	58 years	39 of 100 (Notable)
3 August 2009	Merrill, US	daily rain	50.5 mm (2.0 in)	16.5 mm (0.6 in)	54 years	39 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 2009

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1815 to 2009. 2009 had 746 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

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Data for records on 2009-08-03: 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 10	434
10 to 20	19
20 to 30	13
30 to 40	8
40 to 50	2
50 to 60	0
60 to 70	0
70 to 80	1