Weather Records on 3 July 2012

933 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 3 July 2012. Highest significance: Rucker Canyon, US.

Key Facts for 3 July 2012

On 3 July 2012, 933 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
682 were record highs and 154 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 10 were all-time records, 19 monthly and 904 daily.
Rucker Canyon set a daily record precipitation of 104.1 mm (4.1 in) on 3 July 2012.
Across 162 earlier years (1793 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 430 records.

Record Map

933 stations

933 station records on 3 July 2012 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 3 July 2012: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Rucker Canyon	United States	Record daily precipitation	104.1 mm (4.1 in)	76 of 100 (Major)
Rio Piedras Exp STN	Puerto Rico [United States]	Record daily precipitation	116.8 mm (4.6 in)	60 of 100 (Major)
Oshkosh	United States	Record daily precipitation	39.1 mm (1.5 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Budapest	Hungary	Record high minimum temperature	25.4 C (77.7 F)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Hardy	United States	Record high minimum temperature	25.0 C (77.0 F)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Poteet	United States	Record low minimum temperature	15.6 C (60.1 F)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Rhinelander	United States	Record daily precipitation	68.6 mm (2.7 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Nashville 1 E	United States	Record high maximum temperature	38.3 C (100.9 F)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Millington 3 SE	United States	Record daily precipitation	29.2 mm (1.1 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Canelo 1 NW	United States	Record daily precipitation	37.1 mm (1.5 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Grand Portage	United States	Record high minimum temperature	15.6 C (60.1 F)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Monroe 2 SE	United States	Record high maximum temperature	40.0 C (104.0 F)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Wien	Austria	Record high minimum temperature	22.0 C (71.6 F)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Elgin Water	United States	Record high minimum temperature	23.3 C (73.9 F)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Mtn Grove 2 N	United States	Record high maximum temperature	38.3 C (100.9 F)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Dodgeville Wwtp	United States	Record high maximum temperature	36.1 C (97.0 F)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Farmerville	United States	Record high minimum temperature	25.6 C (78.1 F)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Raleigh State UNIV	United States	Record high minimum temperature	24.4 C (75.9 F)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Donnybrook	Australia	Record high maximum temperature	20.4 C (68.7 F)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Petropavlovsk-Kamchatskij	Russia	Record high minimum temperature	17.8 C (64.0 F)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Vandalia	United States	Record high maximum temperature	38.3 C (100.9 F)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Neillsville 3ESE	United States	Record high maximum temperature	35.0 C (95.0 F)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Kalingapatam	India	Record daily precipitation	80.0 mm (3.1 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Henderson 8 SSW	United States	Record high maximum temperature	39.4 C (102.9 F)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Winnebago	United States	Record high minimum temperature	23.9 C (75.0 F)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Reedsburg Wwtp	United States	Record high maximum temperature	36.7 C (98.1 F)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Shoals 8 S	United States	Record high maximum temperature	39.4 C (102.9 F)	39 of 100 (Notable)
D'Lo 2 SW	United States	Record high minimum temperature	23.9 C (75.0 F)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Hayward Rs	United States	Record high maximum temperature	34.4 C (93.9 F)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Albany	Australia	Record high maximum temperature	20.5 C (68.9 F)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Chapman	United States	Record high minimum temperature	23.9 C (75.0 F)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Greenville Kgvl Radio	United States	Record low minimum temperature	15.6 C (60.1 F)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Baraboo Wwtp	United States	Record high maximum temperature	37.8 C (100.0 F)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Laona 6 SW	United States	Record daily precipitation	111.3 mm (4.4 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Park Falls Dnr HQ	United States	Record high maximum temperature	33.3 C (91.9 F)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Defiance	United States	Record high minimum temperature	24.4 C (75.9 F)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Detroit City AP	United States	Record daily precipitation	37.6 mm (1.5 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Winslow AP	United States	Record high minimum temperature	23.9 C (75.0 F)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Borinquen AP	Puerto Rico [United States]	Record high maximum temperature	35.6 C (96.1 F)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Coldwater St School	United States	Record high minimum temperature	23.9 C (75.0 F)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Imuris (Smn)	Mexico	Record low maximum temperature	26.7 C (80.1 F)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Billings Wtp	United States	Record high maximum temperature	38.9 C (102.0 F)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Belle Fourche	United States	Record high minimum temperature	21.7 C (71.1 F)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Wisconsin Dells Wwtp	United States	Record high maximum temperature	37.2 C (99.0 F)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Petropavlovskij Majak	Russia	Record high minimum temperature	15.7 C (60.3 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Franklin	United States	Record high maximum temperature	35.6 C (96.1 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Dibrugarh/Mohanbar	India	Record daily precipitation	106.9 mm (4.2 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Zinder	Niger	Record low maximum temperature	27.6 C (81.7 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Mondy	Russia	Record high minimum temperature	12.5 C (54.5 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Richland Ctr	United States	Record high maximum temperature	37.8 C (100.0 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Stoughton Wwtp	United States	Record high maximum temperature	36.7 C (98.1 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Superior	United States	Record high maximum temperature	33.3 C (91.9 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Liberec	Czech Republic	Record daily precipitation	34.5 mm (1.4 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Zagreb-Gric	Croatia	Record high minimum temperature	24.5 C (76.1 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Hurbanovo	Slovakia	Record high maximum temperature	36.7 C (98.1 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
El Apuro	Mexico	Record high maximum temperature	40.6 C (105.1 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Rio Grande (Smn)	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	28.4 mm (1.1 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Petropavlovskij Majak	Russia	Record high maximum temperature	26.6 C (79.9 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Lake Park 3SSE	United States	Record high minimum temperature	23.9 C (75.0 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Dayton 2SE	United States	Record high maximum temperature	40.0 C (104.0 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

933 records

Records set or tied on 3 July 2012 by type: Highest daily maximum 404, Lowest daily maximum 79, Highest daily minimum 278, Lowest daily minimum 75, Heaviest daily rainfall 97.

Records on 3 July 2012 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	404
Lowest daily maximum	79
Highest daily minimum	278
Lowest daily minimum	75
Heaviest daily rainfall	97
Heaviest daily snowfall	0
Deepest snow cover	0

Records on 3 July 2012 by timescale: all-time 10, monthly 19, daily 904.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

648 broken records

Margins by which the 648 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 65.7. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

3 July 2012

Top 20 records on 3 July 2012 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
3 July 2012	Rucker Canyon, US	daily rain	104.1 mm (4.1 in)	65.7 mm (2.6 in)	87 years	76 of 100 (Major)
3 July 2012	Rio Piedras Exp STN, PR	monthly rain	116.8 mm (4.6 in)	35.0 mm (1.4 in)	48 years	60 of 100 (Major)
3 July 2012	Oshkosh, US	daily rain	39.1 mm (1.5 in)	17.0 mm (0.7 in)	87 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
3 July 2012	Budapest, HU	daily high min	25.4 C (77.7 F)	2.4 C (4.3 F)	107 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
3 July 2012	Hardy, US	daily high min	25.0 C (77.0 F)	2.2 C (4.0 F)	112 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
3 July 2012	Poteet, US	daily low min	15.6 C (60.1 F)	3.8 C (6.8 F)	50 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
3 July 2012	Rhinelander, US	daily rain	68.6 mm (2.7 in)	15.8 mm (0.6 in)	84 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
3 July 2012	Nashville 1 E, US	daily high max	38.3 C (100.9 F)	1.6 C (2.9 F)	115 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
3 July 2012	Millington 3 SE, US	daily rain	29.2 mm (1.1 in)	6.1 mm (0.24 in)	119 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
3 July 2012	Canelo 1 NW, US	daily rain	37.1 mm (1.5 in)	11.2 mm (0.4 in)	78 years	44 of 100 (Notable)
3 July 2012	Grand Portage, US	daily high min	15.6 C (60.1 F)	1.2 C (2.2 F)	116 years	44 of 100 (Notable)
3 July 2012	Monroe 2 SE, US	daily high max	40.0 C (104.0 F)	2.2 C (4.0 F)	92 years	44 of 100 (Notable)
3 July 2012	Wien, AT	daily high min	22.0 C (71.6 F)	1.0 C (1.8 F)	107 years	43 of 100 (Notable)
3 July 2012	Elgin Water, US	daily high min	23.3 C (73.9 F)	1.1 C (2.0 F)	101 years	43 of 100 (Notable)
3 July 2012	Mtn Grove 2 N, US	daily high max	38.3 C (100.9 F)	1.1 C (2.0 F)	111 years	43 of 100 (Notable)
3 July 2012	Dodgeville Wwtp, US	daily high max	36.1 C (97.0 F)	1.1 C (2.0 F)	114 years	43 of 100 (Notable)
3 July 2012	Farmerville, US	daily high min	25.6 C (78.1 F)	0.6 C (1.1 F)	114 years	42 of 100 (Notable)
3 July 2012	Raleigh State UNIV, US	daily high min	24.4 C (75.9 F)	0.5 C (0.9 F)	114 years	42 of 100 (Notable)
3 July 2012	Donnybrook, AU	daily high max	20.4 C (68.7 F)	0.4 C (0.7 F)	98 years	41 of 100 (Notable)
3 July 2012	Petropavlovsk-Kamchatskij, RU	daily high min	17.8 C (64.0 F)	3.2 C (5.8 F)	66 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 2012

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1793 to 2012. 2012 had 933 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	1,035

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Data for records on 2012-07-03: 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 2026-10-14 (14 October 2026). Records are computed by this site and are not official.

Data as of 2026-10-12. Last revised 12 October 2026 (2026-10-12).

Margin	Records
0 to 10	623
10 to 20	18
20 to 30	4
30 to 40	1
40 to 50	0
50 to 60	1
60 to 70	1