Weather Records on 3 July 2016

785 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 3 July 2016. Highest significance: Concordia, US.

Key Facts for 3 July 2016

On 3 July 2016, 785 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
327 were record highs and 270 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 6 were all-time records, 40 monthly and 739 daily.
Concordia set an all-time record daily precipitation of 239.3 mm (9.4 in) on 3 July 2016.
Across 162 earlier years (1793 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 431 records.

Record Map

785 stations

785 station records on 3 July 2016 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 3 July 2016: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Concordia	United States	Record daily precipitation	239.3 mm (9.4 in)	67 of 100 (Major)
Hillsboro	United States	Record daily precipitation	61.0 mm (2.4 in)	64 of 100 (Major)
Carrollton	United States	Record daily precipitation	92.7 mm (3.6 in)	64 of 100 (Major)
Thrall 3SSE	United States	Record daily precipitation	116.8 mm (4.6 in)	58 of 100 (Notable)
McAlester Rgnl AP	United States	Record daily precipitation	87.6 mm (3.4 in)	58 of 100 (Notable)
Appleton City	United States	Record daily precipitation	95.3 mm (3.8 in)	57 of 100 (Notable)
Kaunas	Lithuania	Record daily precipitation	45.0 mm (1.8 in)	56 of 100 (Notable)
Virgil	United States	Record daily precipitation	125.2 mm (4.9 in)	56 of 100 (Notable)
Butler 4W	United States	Record daily precipitation	70.9 mm (2.8 in)	55 of 100 (Notable)
Juncos 1 SE	Puerto Rico [United States]	Record low maximum temperature	26.1 C (79.0 F)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Juzhno-Kurilsk	Russia	Record daily precipitation	76.2 mm (3.0 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Sorve	Latvia	Record daily precipitation	30.5 mm (1.2 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Mactan Cebu Intl	Philippines	Record daily precipitation	151.9 mm (6.0 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Mys Krilon	Russia	Record daily precipitation	64.3 mm (2.5 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Mt Pleasant 1 SW	United States	Record low maximum temperature	17.2 C (63.0 F)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Greeley	United States	Record low maximum temperature	16.1 C (61.0 F)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Atlantic 1 NE	United States	Record low maximum temperature	17.2 C (63.0 F)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Mankato	United States	Record daily precipitation	78.7 mm (3.1 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Anderson 1 N	United States	Record low maximum temperature	18.9 C (66.0 F)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Red Oak	United States	Record daily precipitation	52.1 mm (2.1 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Glennville 3NW	United States	Record daily precipitation	78.7 mm (3.1 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Logan 1 WNW	United States	Record low maximum temperature	18.3 C (64.9 F)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Lebo	United States	Record daily precipitation	53.6 mm (2.1 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Albion	United States	Record low maximum temperature	16.7 C (62.1 F)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Beaumont City	United States	Record high minimum temperature	27.8 C (82.0 F)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Lermontovka	Russia	Record daily precipitation	90.4 mm (3.6 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Oakdale	United States	Record low maximum temperature	16.7 C (62.1 F)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Ravenna	United States	Record low maximum temperature	17.2 C (63.0 F)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Vishakhapatnam	India	Record daily precipitation	67.1 mm (2.6 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Cortez	United States	Record low maximum temperature	22.8 C (73.0 F)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Paonia 1SW	United States	Record low maximum temperature	21.1 C (70.0 F)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Augusta	United States	Record daily precipitation	129.5 mm (5.1 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Horton	United States	Record low maximum temperature	18.9 C (66.0 F)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Meade	United States	Record daily precipitation	75.4 mm (3.0 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Minsk	Belarus	Record high maximum temperature	32.1 C (89.8 F)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Mukteshwar Kumaon	India	Record daily precipitation	58.9 mm (2.3 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Svyatoy Nos;Cape(Closed)	Russia	Record high minimum temperature	17.8 C (64.0 F)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Rockville	United States	Record low maximum temperature	19.4 C (66.9 F)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Cedar Bluff Dam	United States	Record daily precipitation	80.3 mm (3.2 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Murray	United States	Record daily precipitation	121.9 mm (4.8 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Elsberry 1 S	United States	Record low maximum temperature	20.0 C (68.0 F)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Crete 4ESE	United States	Record low maximum temperature	20.0 C (68.0 F)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Decatur Wtp	United States	Record low maximum temperature	18.9 C (66.0 F)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Butte	United States	Record low maximum temperature	18.9 C (66.0 F)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Superior	United States	Record low maximum temperature	18.3 C (64.9 F)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Encinal	United States	Record high minimum temperature	26.1 C (79.0 F)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Raymondville	United States	Record high minimum temperature	27.2 C (81.0 F)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Rautavaara Yla-Luosta	Finland	Record daily precipitation	74.3 mm (2.9 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Njurba	Russia	Record daily precipitation	27.9 mm (1.1 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Medora 1 S	United States	Record daily precipitation	87.9 mm (3.5 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Albia 3 NNE	United States	Record low maximum temperature	17.2 C (63.0 F)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Minden	United States	Record low maximum temperature	18.3 C (64.9 F)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Searchlight	United States	Record low maximum temperature	30.0 C (86.0 F)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Dwtn Charleston	United States	Record high minimum temperature	27.2 C (81.0 F)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Mikkeli Lentoasema	Finland	Record daily precipitation	39.0 mm (1.5 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Savonlinna Laukansaari	Finland	Record daily precipitation	31.5 mm (1.2 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Carroll	United States	Record low maximum temperature	18.9 C (66.0 F)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Washington	United States	Record low maximum temperature	17.8 C (64.0 F)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Smith Ctr	United States	Record low maximum temperature	21.7 C (71.1 F)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Jefferson City Wtp	United States	Record low maximum temperature	18.9 C (66.0 F)	41 of 100 (Notable)

Counts by Type and Timescale

785 records

Records set or tied on 3 July 2016 by type: Highest daily maximum 115, Lowest daily maximum 245, Highest daily minimum 212, Lowest daily minimum 25, Heaviest daily rainfall 188.

Records on 3 July 2016 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	115
Lowest daily maximum	245
Highest daily minimum	212
Lowest daily minimum	25
Heaviest daily rainfall	188
Heaviest daily snowfall	0
Deepest snow cover	0

Records on 3 July 2016 by timescale: all-time 6, monthly 40, daily 739.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

613 broken records

Margins by which the 613 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 128.0. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

3 July 2016

Top 20 records on 3 July 2016 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
3 July 2016	Concordia, US	all-time rain	239.3 mm (9.4 in)	48.0 mm (1.9 in)	38 years	67 of 100 (Major)
3 July 2016	Hillsboro, US	daily rain	61.0 mm (2.4 in)	35.3 mm (1.4 in)	111 years	64 of 100 (Major)
3 July 2016	Carrollton, US	daily rain	92.7 mm (3.6 in)	55.1 mm (2.2 in)	60 years	64 of 100 (Major)
3 July 2016	Thrall 3SSE, US	daily rain	116.8 mm (4.6 in)	77.4 mm (3.0 in)	40 years	58 of 100 (Notable)
3 July 2016	McAlester Rgnl AP, US	daily rain	87.6 mm (3.4 in)	31.5 mm (1.2 in)	113 years	58 of 100 (Notable)
3 July 2016	Appleton City, US	daily rain	95.3 mm (3.8 in)	51.6 mm (2.0 in)	60 years	57 of 100 (Notable)
3 July 2016	Kaunas, LT	daily rain	45.0 mm (1.8 in)	20.0 mm (0.8 in)	68 years	56 of 100 (Notable)
3 July 2016	Virgil, US	daily rain	125.2 mm (4.9 in)	69.1 mm (2.7 in)	63 years	56 of 100 (Notable)
3 July 2016	Butler 4W, US	daily rain	70.9 mm (2.8 in)	49.3 mm (1.9 in)	65 years	55 of 100 (Notable)
3 July 2016	Juncos 1 SE, PR	daily low max	26.1 C (79.0 F)	3.3 C (5.9 F)	75 years	54 of 100 (Notable)
3 July 2016	Juzhno-Kurilsk, RU	daily rain	76.2 mm (3.0 in)	44.5 mm (1.8 in)	37 years	54 of 100 (Notable)
3 July 2016	Sorve, LV	daily rain	30.5 mm (1.2 in)	23.8 mm (0.9 in)	56 years	53 of 100 (Notable)
3 July 2016	Mactan Cebu Intl, PH	daily rain	151.9 mm (6.0 in)	128.0 mm (5.0 in)	29 years	52 of 100 (Notable)
3 July 2016	Mys Krilon, RU	daily rain	64.3 mm (2.5 in)	34.8 mm (1.4 in)	55 years	52 of 100 (Notable)
3 July 2016	Mt Pleasant 1 SW, US	monthly low max	17.2 C (63.0 F)	0.6 C (1.1 F)	106 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
3 July 2016	Greeley, US	monthly low max	16.1 C (61.0 F)	0.6 C (1.1 F)	108 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
3 July 2016	Atlantic 1 NE, US	daily low max	17.2 C (63.0 F)	3.9 C (7.0 F)	121 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
3 July 2016	Mankato, US	daily rain	78.7 mm (3.1 in)	41.4 mm (1.6 in)	35 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
3 July 2016	Anderson 1 N, US	daily low max	18.9 C (66.0 F)	2.8 C (5.0 F)	101 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
3 July 2016	Red Oak, US	daily rain	52.1 mm (2.1 in)	14.3 mm (0.6 in)	112 years	48 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 2016

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1793 to 2016. 2016 had 785 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 2016-07-03: 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 2026-10-13. Last revised 13 October 2026 (2026-10-13).

Margin	Records
0 to 20	569
20 to 40	31
40 to 60	10
60 to 80	2
80 to 100	0
100 to 120	0
120 to 140	1