Weather Records on 3 July 1978

1,268 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 3 July 1978. Highest significance: Welshpool, AU.

Key Facts for 3 July 1978

On 3 July 1978, 1,268 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
204 were record highs and 422 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 1 were all-time records, 98 monthly and 1,169 daily.
Welshpool set a monthly record daily precipitation of 86.0 mm (3.4 in) on 3 July 1978.
Across 162 earlier years (1793 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 428 records.

Record Map

1,268 stations

1,268 station records on 3 July 1978 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 3 July 1978: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Welshpool	Australia	Record daily precipitation	86.0 mm (3.4 in)	74 of 100 (Major)
Harlem	United States	Record daily precipitation	95.5 mm (3.8 in)	71 of 100 (Major)
Alberton Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	60.0 mm (2.4 in)	68 of 100 (Major)
Tarwin Lower (Riverside)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	33.0 mm (1.3 in)	67 of 100 (Major)
Cape Otway Lighthouse	Australia	Record daily precipitation	40.4 mm (1.6 in)	66 of 100 (Major)
Cargo Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	44.0 mm (1.7 in)	64 of 100 (Major)
Young Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	41.2 mm (1.6 in)	64 of 100 (Major)
Rjukan	Norway	Record daily precipitation	54.4 mm (2.1 in)	62 of 100 (Major)
Bruce	Australia	Record daily precipitation	30.0 mm (1.2 in)	61 of 100 (Major)
Lake Cargelligo (Wooyeo)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	26.0 mm (1.0 in)	61 of 100 (Major)
Giffard	Australia	Record daily precipitation	34.0 mm (1.3 in)	59 of 100 (Notable)
Shelford	Australia	Record daily precipitation	32.2 mm (1.3 in)	59 of 100 (Notable)
Linton Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	33.0 mm (1.3 in)	59 of 100 (Notable)
Warrnambool Shire Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	28.4 mm (1.1 in)	59 of 100 (Notable)
Toora	Australia	Record daily precipitation	103.8 mm (4.1 in)	58 of 100 (Notable)
Agnes River	Australia	Record daily precipitation	95.0 mm (3.7 in)	57 of 100 (Notable)
Temora Ambulance Station	Australia	Record daily precipitation	41.0 mm (1.6 in)	56 of 100 (Notable)
Beech Forest	Australia	Record daily precipitation	93.2 mm (3.7 in)	56 of 100 (Notable)
Cowra Ag Research Station	Australia	Record daily precipitation	44.0 mm (1.7 in)	55 of 100 (Notable)
Little River	Australia	Record daily precipitation	30.0 mm (1.2 in)	55 of 100 (Notable)
Durdidwarrah	Australia	Record daily precipitation	48.6 mm (1.9 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Werribee Research Farm	Australia	Record daily precipitation	36.4 mm (1.4 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Maryland	Australia	Record daily precipitation	47.4 mm (1.9 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Aberdeen Phillips Fld	United States	Record daily precipitation	79.8 mm (3.1 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Anakie	Australia	Record daily precipitation	46.2 mm (1.8 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Paskeville	Australia	Record daily precipitation	30.2 mm (1.2 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Clare	Australia	Record daily precipitation	28.2 mm (1.1 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Melton Reservoir	Australia	Record daily precipitation	26.4 mm (1.0 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Myrniong	Australia	Record daily precipitation	32.0 mm (1.3 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Coloso	Puerto Rico [United States]	Record low maximum temperature	28.3 C (82.9 F)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Kartaly	Russia	Record daily precipitation	59.3 mm (2.3 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Frederick Police Brks	United States	Record low maximum temperature	16.7 C (62.1 F)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Lovely Banks (Reservoir)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	32.0 mm (1.3 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Buhlertal	Germany	Record daily precipitation	58.8 mm (2.3 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
York 3 SSW Pump STN	United States	Record low maximum temperature	16.7 C (62.1 F)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Rowlesburg 1	United States	Record daily precipitation	69.1 mm (2.7 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Wilmington	Australia	Record daily precipitation	41.4 mm (1.6 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Wondoola Station	Australia	Record daily precipitation	25.0 mm (1.0 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Leongatha Sth Gippsland Water	Australia	Record daily precipitation	39.4 mm (1.6 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Balliang East	Australia	Record daily precipitation	33.6 mm (1.3 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Berrybank	Australia	Record daily precipitation	27.4 mm (1.1 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Eastern View	Australia	Record daily precipitation	49.4 mm (1.9 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Warrnambool (Post Office)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	35.2 mm (1.4 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Tuckerton 2 NE	United States	Record daily precipitation	104.4 mm (4.1 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Isis Junction Railway STN	Australia	Record daily precipitation	39.1 mm (1.5 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Outtrim	Australia	Record daily precipitation	43.0 mm (1.7 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Yellow Grass	Canada	Record daily precipitation	49.2 mm (1.9 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Towson	United States	Record low maximum temperature	17.8 C (64.0 F)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Philadelphia City	United States	Record daily precipitation	69.3 mm (2.7 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Willow Grove NAS	United States	Record daily precipitation	84.3 mm (3.3 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Johanna Glen	Australia	Record daily precipitation	49.8 mm (2.0 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Brockville	Canada	Record low minimum temperature	6.5 C (43.7 F)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Bredy	Russia	Record daily precipitation	49.2 mm (1.9 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Newark Ag Farm	United States	Record low maximum temperature	18.3 C (64.9 F)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Grass Range	United States	Record daily precipitation	39.1 mm (1.5 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
State College	United States	Record low maximum temperature	14.4 C (57.9 F)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Bluestone Lake	United States	Record daily precipitation	43.9 mm (1.7 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Millville Muni AP	United States	Record daily precipitation	98.6 mm (3.9 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Wilmington New Castle Co AP	United States	Record daily precipitation	98.8 mm (3.9 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Lakehurst AP	United States	Record daily precipitation	88.6 mm (3.5 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)

Counts by Type and Timescale

1,268 records

Records set or tied on 3 July 1978 by type: Highest daily maximum 63, Lowest daily maximum 329, Highest daily minimum 141, Lowest daily minimum 93, Heaviest daily rainfall 642.

Records on 3 July 1978 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	63
Lowest daily maximum	329
Highest daily minimum	141
Lowest daily minimum	93
Heaviest daily rainfall	642
Heaviest daily snowfall	0
Deepest snow cover	0

Records on 3 July 1978 by timescale: all-time 1, monthly 98, daily 1,169.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

1,041 broken records

Margins by which the 1,041 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 86.2. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

3 July 1978

Top 20 records on 3 July 1978 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
3 July 1978	Welshpool, AU	monthly rain	86.0 mm (3.4 in)	36.2 mm (1.4 in)	50 years	74 of 100 (Major)
3 July 1978	Harlem, US	all-time rain	95.5 mm (3.8 in)	25.6 mm (1.0 in)	40 years	71 of 100 (Major)
3 July 1978	Alberton Post Office, AU	monthly rain	60.0 mm (2.4 in)	21.9 mm (0.9 in)	44 years	68 of 100 (Major)
3 July 1978	Tarwin Lower (Riverside), AU	daily rain	33.0 mm (1.3 in)	18.5 mm (0.7 in)	90 years	67 of 100 (Major)
3 July 1978	Cape Otway Lighthouse, AU	daily rain	40.4 mm (1.6 in)	19.8 mm (0.8 in)	72 years	66 of 100 (Major)
3 July 1978	Cargo Post Office, AU	daily rain	44.0 mm (1.7 in)	23.7 mm (0.9 in)	85 years	64 of 100 (Major)
3 July 1978	Young Post Office, AU	daily rain	41.2 mm (1.6 in)	17.3 mm (0.7 in)	94 years	64 of 100 (Major)
3 July 1978	Rjukan, NO	daily rain	54.4 mm (2.1 in)	37.4 mm (1.5 in)	48 years	62 of 100 (Major)
3 July 1978	Bruce, AU	daily rain	30.0 mm (1.2 in)	18.6 mm (0.7 in)	44 years	61 of 100 (Major)
3 July 1978	Lake Cargelligo (Wooyeo), AU	daily rain	26.0 mm (1.0 in)	18.9 mm (0.7 in)	55 years	61 of 100 (Major)
3 July 1978	Giffard, AU	daily rain	34.0 mm (1.3 in)	23.8 mm (0.9 in)	41 years	59 of 100 (Notable)
3 July 1978	Shelford, AU	daily rain	32.2 mm (1.3 in)	17.0 mm (0.7 in)	35 years	59 of 100 (Notable)
3 July 1978	Linton Post Office, AU	daily rain	33.0 mm (1.3 in)	16.0 mm (0.6 in)	60 years	59 of 100 (Notable)
3 July 1978	Warrnambool Shire Office, AU	daily rain	28.4 mm (1.1 in)	9.3 mm (0.37 in)	109 years	59 of 100 (Notable)
3 July 1978	Toora, AU	monthly rain	103.8 mm (4.1 in)	49.8 mm (2.0 in)	3 years	58 of 100 (Notable)
3 July 1978	Agnes River, AU	monthly rain	95.0 mm (3.7 in)	52.0 mm (2.0 in)	0 years	57 of 100 (Notable)
3 July 1978	Temora Ambulance Station, AU	daily rain	41.0 mm (1.6 in)	24.7 mm (1.0 in)	31 years	56 of 100 (Notable)
3 July 1978	Beech Forest, AU	monthly rain	93.2 mm (3.7 in)	11.4 mm (0.4 in)	86 years	56 of 100 (Notable)
3 July 1978	Cowra Ag Research Station, AU	daily rain	44.0 mm (1.7 in)	24.2 mm (1.0 in)	28 years	55 of 100 (Notable)
3 July 1978	Little River, AU	daily rain	30.0 mm (1.2 in)	21.4 mm (0.8 in)	28 years	55 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 1978

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1793 to 1978. 1978 had 1,268 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	1,036

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Data for records on 1978-07-03: 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 2026-10-17 (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	957
20 to 40	72
40 to 60	7
60 to 80	4
80 to 100	1