Weather Records on 3 August 2019

451 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 3 August 2019. Highest significance: Bogucar, RU.

Key Facts for 3 August 2019

On 3 August 2019, 451 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
225 were record highs and 122 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 5 were all-time records, 13 monthly and 433 daily.
Bogucar set an all-time record daily precipitation of 99.1 mm (3.9 in) on 3 August 2019.
Across 156 earlier years (1815 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 464 records.

Record Map

451 stations

451 station records on 3 August 2019 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 3 August 2019: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Bogucar	Russia	Record daily precipitation	99.1 mm (3.9 in)	71 of 100 (Major)
Wiseman	United States	Record daily precipitation	38.1 mm (1.5 in)	70 of 100 (Major)
Siping	China	Record daily precipitation	113.0 mm (4.4 in)	62 of 100 (Major)
College Obsy	United States	Record daily precipitation	35.8 mm (1.4 in)	61 of 100 (Major)
Rorsbo	Sweden	Record daily precipitation	46.6 mm (1.8 in)	55 of 100 (Notable)
Prague 2W	United States	Record daily precipitation	98.3 mm (3.9 in)	55 of 100 (Notable)
Forestburg 4 NNE	United States	Record daily precipitation	89.4 mm (3.5 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Ratcliff	United States	Record daily precipitation	76.2 mm (3.0 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Chamberlain 5 S	United States	Record daily precipitation	124.5 mm (4.9 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Gregory	United States	Record daily precipitation	109.2 mm (4.3 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Lake Sharpe Prj	United States	Record daily precipitation	97.8 mm (3.9 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Alta	United States	Record daily precipitation	53.6 mm (2.1 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Vytegra	Russia	Record low maximum temperature	9.3 C (48.7 F)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Pawnee	United States	Record daily precipitation	81.3 mm (3.2 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Winnsboro	United States	Record daily precipitation	58.9 mm (2.3 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Dry Tortugas	United States	Record low maximum temperature	28.9 C (84.0 F)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Bethel AP	United States	Record daily precipitation	30.5 mm (1.2 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Kargopol	Russia	Record low maximum temperature	8.8 C (47.8 F)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Threave	United Kingdom	Record daily precipitation	53.4 mm (2.1 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Big Fk 1 SSE	United States	Record daily precipitation	58.2 mm (2.3 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Avon Park 2 W	United States	Record high minimum temperature	25.0 C (77.0 F)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Arcadia	United States	Record daily precipitation	29.5 mm (1.2 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Little Chena Ridge	United States	Record daily precipitation	38.1 mm (1.5 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Caransebes	Romania	Record daily precipitation	39.0 mm (1.5 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Ralston	United States	Record daily precipitation	195.6 mm (7.7 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Renovo	United States	Record daily precipitation	28.7 mm (1.1 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Paso Robles	United States	Record low minimum temperature	3.9 C (39.0 F)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Sidney	United States	Record high minimum temperature	18.9 C (66.0 F)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Hartington	United States	Record daily precipitation	73.9 mm (2.9 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Buckhorn	United States	Record daily precipitation	55.9 mm (2.2 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
University Exp STN	United States	Record daily precipitation	40.4 mm (1.6 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Dachen Dao	China	Record daily precipitation	78.5 mm (3.1 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Novi Sad	Serbia	Record daily precipitation	48.8 mm (1.9 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Kojnas	Russia	Record low maximum temperature	7.1 C (44.8 F)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Pleasant Grove	United States	Record high minimum temperature	25.6 C (78.1 F)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Gilmore Creek	United States	Record daily precipitation	47.2 mm (1.9 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Kenai AP	United States	Record high minimum temperature	15.0 C (59.0 F)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Lihue WSO AP 1020.1	United States	Record high minimum temperature	27.2 C (81.0 F)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Goldbutte 7 N	United States	Record high minimum temperature	18.9 C (66.0 F)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Menno	United States	Record daily precipitation	65.0 mm (2.6 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Brady	United States	Record high minimum temperature	26.1 C (79.0 F)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Laghouat	Algeria	Record high minimum temperature	29.0 C (84.2 F)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Ust-Maja	Russia	Record daily precipitation	31.0 mm (1.2 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Crestone 2 SE	United States	Record daily precipitation	27.7 mm (1.1 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Yankton 2 E	United States	Record daily precipitation	68.6 mm (2.7 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Bucuresti-Baneasa	Romania	Record high minimum temperature	19.6 C (67.3 F)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Ord #2	United States	Record daily precipitation	61.5 mm (2.4 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Alexandria	United States	Record daily precipitation	82.6 mm (3.3 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Kahuku 912	United States	Record high minimum temperature	25.6 C (78.1 F)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Jalapa Ver.	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	60.2 mm (2.4 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Lompoc	United States	Record low minimum temperature	7.2 C (45.0 F)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Seminole	United States	Record daily precipitation	29.2 mm (1.1 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Mt Locke	United States	Record high maximum temperature	36.1 C (97.0 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Wiseman	United States	Record low maximum temperature	8.9 C (48.0 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Rajkot	India	Record daily precipitation	81.0 mm (3.2 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Bombay/Santacruz	India	Record daily precipitation	134.1 mm (5.3 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Amderma	Russia	Record daily precipitation	26.9 mm (1.1 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Mae Sot	Thailand	Record low minimum temperature	21.0 C (69.8 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Wessington Springs	United States	Record daily precipitation	78.7 mm (3.1 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Mt. Ryan	United States	Record daily precipitation	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

451 records

Records set or tied on 3 August 2019 by type: Highest daily maximum 85, Lowest daily maximum 81, Highest daily minimum 140, Lowest daily minimum 41, Heaviest daily rainfall 104.

Records on 3 August 2019 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	85
Lowest daily maximum	81
Highest daily minimum	140
Lowest daily minimum	41
Heaviest daily rainfall	104
Heaviest daily snowfall	0
Deepest snow cover	0

Records on 3 August 2019 by timescale: all-time 5, monthly 13, daily 433.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

348 broken records

Margins by which the 348 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 87.4. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

3 August 2019

Top 20 records on 3 August 2019 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
3 August 2019	Bogucar, RU	all-time rain	99.1 mm (3.9 in)	16.7 mm (0.7 in)	56 years	71 of 100 (Major)
3 August 2019	Wiseman, US	daily rain	38.1 mm (1.5 in)	23.4 mm (0.9 in)	66 years	70 of 100 (Major)
3 August 2019	Siping, CN	daily rain	113.0 mm (4.4 in)	67.4 mm (2.7 in)	61 years	62 of 100 (Major)
3 August 2019	College Obsy, US	daily rain	35.8 mm (1.4 in)	24.1 mm (0.9 in)	49 years	61 of 100 (Major)
3 August 2019	Rorsbo, SE	daily rain	46.6 mm (1.8 in)	18.2 mm (0.7 in)	68 years	55 of 100 (Notable)
3 August 2019	Prague 2W, US	daily rain	98.3 mm (3.9 in)	74.2 mm (2.9 in)	26 years	55 of 100 (Notable)
3 August 2019	Forestburg 4 NNE, US	daily rain	89.4 mm (3.5 in)	66.3 mm (2.6 in)	14 years	54 of 100 (Notable)
3 August 2019	Ratcliff, US	daily rain	76.2 mm (3.0 in)	62.0 mm (2.4 in)	30 years	53 of 100 (Notable)
3 August 2019	Chamberlain 5 S, US	daily rain	124.5 mm (4.9 in)	87.4 mm (3.4 in)	29 years	52 of 100 (Notable)
3 August 2019	Gregory, US	monthly rain	109.2 mm (4.3 in)	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	30 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
3 August 2019	Lake Sharpe Prj, US	daily rain	97.8 mm (3.9 in)	75.7 mm (3.0 in)	20 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
3 August 2019	Alta, US	daily rain	53.6 mm (2.1 in)	16.3 mm (0.6 in)	68 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
3 August 2019	Vytegra, RU	daily low max	9.3 C (48.7 F)	4.3 C (7.7 F)	102 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
3 August 2019	Pawnee, US	daily rain	81.3 mm (3.2 in)	61.0 mm (2.4 in)	24 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
3 August 2019	Winnsboro, US	daily rain	58.9 mm (2.3 in)	15.0 mm (0.6 in)	96 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
3 August 2019	Dry Tortugas, US	daily low max	28.9 C (84.0 F)	2.8 C (5.0 F)	68 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
3 August 2019	Bethel AP, US	daily rain	30.5 mm (1.2 in)	5.6 mm (0.22 in)	94 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
3 August 2019	Kargopol, RU	daily low max	8.8 C (47.8 F)	4.8 C (8.6 F)	85 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
3 August 2019	Threave, GB	daily rain	53.4 mm (2.1 in)	18.3 mm (0.7 in)	57 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
3 August 2019	Big Fk 1 SSE, US	daily rain	58.2 mm (2.3 in)	38.1 mm (1.5 in)	48 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

1815 to 2019

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1815 to 2019. 2019 had 451 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

Download the Data

Data for records on 2019-08-03: 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 20	319
20 to 40	19
40 to 60	3
60 to 80	6
80 to 100	1