Weather Records on 3 August 2012

685 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 3 August 2012. Highest significance: Henderson 8 SSW, US.

Key Facts for 3 August 2012

On 3 August 2012, 685 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
436 were record highs and 130 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 7 were all-time records, 47 monthly and 631 daily.
Henderson 8 SSW set a daily record precipitation of 73.2 mm (2.9 in) on 3 August 2012.
Across 156 earlier years (1815 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 462 records.

Record Map

685 stations

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

Weather records on 3 August 2012: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Henderson 8 SSW	United States	Record daily precipitation	73.2 mm (2.9 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Farmville	United States	Record daily precipitation	78.0 mm (3.1 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Oklahoma Cy Will Rogers World	United States	Record high minimum temperature	28.9 C (84.0 F)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Hyrynsalmi Moisiovaara	Finland	Record daily precipitation	45.4 mm (1.8 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Nemours (Ghazaouet)	Algeria	Record high minimum temperature	26.4 C (79.5 F)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Siikalatva Kestila	Finland	Record daily precipitation	46.5 mm (1.8 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Valmora	United States	Record high maximum temperature	36.1 C (97.0 F)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Vaala Pelso	Finland	Record daily precipitation	30.4 mm (1.2 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Hereford	United States	Record high minimum temperature	22.2 C (72.0 F)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Memphis	United States	Record high minimum temperature	26.7 C (80.1 F)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Fairmont	United States	Record high maximum temperature	40.6 C (105.1 F)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Brownwood 2NE	United States	Record high maximum temperature	43.3 C (109.9 F)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Paradise	United States	Record high minimum temperature	20.0 C (68.0 F)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Effingham 3SW	United States	Record daily precipitation	73.2 mm (2.9 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Polson	United States	Record low minimum temperature	2.8 C (37.0 F)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Yongan	China	Record daily precipitation	79.3 mm (3.1 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Sovetsk	Lithuania	Record daily precipitation	39.0 mm (1.5 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Guthrie 5S	United States	Record high minimum temperature	30.0 C (86.0 F)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Oujda	Morocco	Record high minimum temperature	24.2 C (75.6 F)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Asuncion Nochixtlan	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	43.9 mm (1.7 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Claremore 2 ENE	United States	Record high minimum temperature	28.3 C (82.9 F)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Bartow 1SE	United States	Record daily precipitation	66.0 mm (2.6 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Hobbs	United States	Record high minimum temperature	24.4 C (75.9 F)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Miami	United States	Record high maximum temperature	42.8 C (109.0 F)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Mutual	United States	Record high maximum temperature	43.9 C (111.0 F)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Gaya	India	Record daily precipitation	105.9 mm (4.2 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Pierce 1 E	United States	Record daily precipitation	54.6 mm (2.1 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Sandovales	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	58.9 mm (2.3 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
La Rumorosa	Mexico	Record low minimum temperature	8.9 C (48.0 F)	35 of 100 (Notable)
San Miguel Ejutla	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	33.3 mm (1.3 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Teec Nos Pos	United States	Record high minimum temperature	29.4 C (84.9 F)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Batesville	United States	Record high minimum temperature	25.6 C (78.1 F)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Cimarron 4 SW	United States	Record high minimum temperature	16.7 C (62.1 F)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Makaweli 965	United States	Record low maximum temperature	27.2 C (81.0 F)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Cold Bay AP	United States	Record low minimum temperature	0.6 C (33.1 F)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Lakeba	Fiji	Record daily precipitation	37.0 mm (1.5 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Subiaco	United States	Record high minimum temperature	27.2 C (81.0 F)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Greenfield	United States	Record daily precipitation	52.1 mm (2.1 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Matanuska Exp Farm	United States	Record low maximum temperature	11.1 C (52.0 F)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Oxolotan	Mexico	Record low maximum temperature	25.0 C (77.0 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Tapoco	United States	Record high minimum temperature	22.8 C (73.0 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Anadarko 3 E	United States	Record high minimum temperature	27.8 C (82.0 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Blackwell 1SSW	United States	Record high minimum temperature	27.8 C (82.0 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Marathon	United States	Record high maximum temperature	40.0 C (104.0 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Suomussalmi Naljanka	Finland	Record daily precipitation	27.0 mm (1.1 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Santa Rosalia (Dge)	Mexico	Record high minimum temperature	31.1 C (88.0 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Sta. Cruz de Tenerife	Spain	Record high minimum temperature	24.6 C (76.3 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Capitan	United States	Record high minimum temperature	16.1 C (61.0 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Mt Locke	United States	Record high minimum temperature	20.6 C (69.1 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Post	United States	Record high maximum temperature	42.8 C (109.0 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Brule Rs	United States	Record daily precipitation	38.1 mm (1.5 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
San Angelo	United States	Record high minimum temperature	26.7 C (80.1 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Bossembele	Central African Republic	Record high minimum temperature	21.4 C (70.5 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Nezahualcoyotl	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	45.0 mm (1.8 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Tunka	Russia	Record high maximum temperature	33.5 C (92.3 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Tatum	United States	Record high maximum temperature	40.6 C (105.1 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Grandfalls 3SSE	United States	Record high minimum temperature	25.6 C (78.1 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Archerfield Airport	Australia	Record low minimum temperature	2.3 C (36.1 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Howe	United States	Record high minimum temperature	17.2 C (63.0 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Halstad	United States	Record daily precipitation	29.7 mm (1.2 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

685 records

Records set or tied on 3 August 2012 by type: Highest daily maximum 247, Lowest daily maximum 55, Highest daily minimum 189, Lowest daily minimum 75, Heaviest daily rainfall 119.

Records on 3 August 2012 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	247
Lowest daily maximum	55
Highest daily minimum	189
Lowest daily minimum	75
Heaviest daily rainfall	119
Heaviest daily snowfall	0
Deepest snow cover	0

Records on 3 August 2012 by timescale: all-time 7, monthly 47, daily 631.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

457 broken records

Margins by which the 457 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 54.4. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

3 August 2012

Top 20 records on 3 August 2012 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
3 August 2012	Henderson 8 SSW, US	daily rain	73.2 mm (2.9 in)	26.5 mm (1.0 in)	91 years	54 of 100 (Notable)
3 August 2012	Farmville, US	daily rain	78.0 mm (3.1 in)	54.4 mm (2.1 in)	33 years	53 of 100 (Notable)
3 August 2012	Oklahoma Cy Will Rogers World, US	all-time high min	28.9 C (84.0 F)	1.1 C (2.0 F)	60 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
3 August 2012	Hyrynsalmi Moisiovaara, FI	all-time rain	45.4 mm (1.8 in)	10.4 mm (0.4 in)	5 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
3 August 2012	Nemours (Ghazaouet), DZ	daily high min	26.4 C (79.5 F)	2.4 C (4.3 F)	92 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
3 August 2012	Siikalatva Kestila, FI	daily rain	46.5 mm (1.8 in)	32.9 mm (1.3 in)	9 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
3 August 2012	Valmora, US	monthly high max	36.1 C (97.0 F)	0.5 C (0.9 F)	89 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
3 August 2012	Vaala Pelso, FI	daily rain	30.4 mm (1.2 in)	15.6 mm (0.6 in)	49 years	44 of 100 (Notable)
3 August 2012	Hereford, US	daily high min	22.2 C (72.0 F)	1.1 C (2.0 F)	102 years	44 of 100 (Notable)
3 August 2012	Memphis, US	daily high min	26.7 C (80.1 F)	2.8 C (5.0 F)	78 years	44 of 100 (Notable)
3 August 2012	Fairmont, US	daily high max	40.6 C (105.1 F)	1.2 C (2.2 F)	103 years	43 of 100 (Notable)
3 August 2012	Brownwood 2NE, US	daily high max	43.3 C (109.9 F)	1.1 C (2.0 F)	102 years	43 of 100 (Notable)
3 August 2012	Paradise, US	daily high min	20.0 C (68.0 F)	0.6 C (1.1 F)	102 years	42 of 100 (Notable)
3 August 2012	Effingham 3SW, US	daily rain	73.2 mm (2.9 in)	29.3 mm (1.2 in)	40 years	42 of 100 (Notable)
3 August 2012	Polson, US	daily low min	2.8 C (37.0 F)	3.3 C (5.9 F)	75 years	42 of 100 (Notable)
3 August 2012	Yongan, CN	daily rain	79.3 mm (3.1 in)	37.5 mm (1.5 in)	33 years	41 of 100 (Notable)
3 August 2012	Sovetsk, LT	daily rain	39.0 mm (1.5 in)	15.1 mm (0.6 in)	46 years	41 of 100 (Notable)
3 August 2012	Guthrie 5S, US	daily high min	30.0 C (86.0 F)	0.6 C (1.1 F)	102 years	41 of 100 (Notable)
3 August 2012	Oujda, MA	daily high min	24.2 C (75.6 F)	1.2 C (2.2 F)	84 years	39 of 100 (Notable)
3 August 2012	Asuncion Nochixtlan, MX	daily rain	43.9 mm (1.7 in)	19.0 mm (0.7 in)	43 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 2012

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1815 to 2012. 2012 had 685 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	960
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

Download the Data

Data for records on 2012-08-03: 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 2026-10-14 (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	417
10 to 20	25
20 to 30	8
30 to 40	6
40 to 50	0
50 to 60	1