Weather Records on 3 July 1990

1,197 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 3 July 1990. Highest significance: Premaydena Hatchery, AU.

Key Facts for 3 July 1990

On 3 July 1990, 1,197 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
695 were record highs and 203 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 8 were all-time records, 37 monthly and 1,152 daily.
Premaydena Hatchery set an all-time record daily precipitation of 132.4 mm (5.2 in) on 3 July 1990.
Across 162 earlier years (1793 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 429 records.

Record Map

1,197 stations

1,197 station records on 3 July 1990 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 3 July 1990: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Premaydena Hatchery	Australia	Record daily precipitation	132.4 mm (5.2 in)	76 of 100 (Major)
Levendale	Australia	Record daily precipitation	109.8 mm (4.3 in)	75 of 100 (Major)
Nubeena	Australia	Record daily precipitation	94.0 mm (3.7 in)	70 of 100 (Major)
Kettering (Saddle Road)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	89.0 mm (3.5 in)	68 of 100 (Major)
Koolunga	Australia	Record daily precipitation	28.6 mm (1.1 in)	67 of 100 (Major)
Middleton Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	66.2 mm (2.6 in)	65 of 100 (Major)
Minot Exp STN	United States	Record daily precipitation	55.6 mm (2.2 in)	65 of 100 (Major)
Spalding	Australia	Record daily precipitation	28.4 mm (1.1 in)	64 of 100 (Major)
Glenorchy (Glenorchy Reservoir	Australia	Record daily precipitation	100.6 mm (4.0 in)	61 of 100 (Major)
Killora (Grasmere)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	51.2 mm (2.0 in)	59 of 100 (Notable)
Lymington (Fattys Lane)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	53.4 mm (2.1 in)	59 of 100 (Notable)
Cape Bruny Lighthouse	Australia	Record daily precipitation	57.8 mm (2.3 in)	57 of 100 (Notable)
Hobart (Waterworks Reserve)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	53.0 mm (2.1 in)	57 of 100 (Notable)
Rokeby (the Mall)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	58.2 mm (2.3 in)	57 of 100 (Notable)
Bellerive (Fort Street)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	50.8 mm (2.0 in)	56 of 100 (Notable)
Hobart (Ellerslie Road)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	55.8 mm (2.2 in)	56 of 100 (Notable)
San Francisco (Smn)	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	49.8 mm (2.0 in)	56 of 100 (Notable)
Oatlands Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	29.2 mm (1.1 in)	55 of 100 (Notable)
Dover	Australia	Record daily precipitation	60.0 mm (2.4 in)	55 of 100 (Notable)
Lunawanna	Australia	Record daily precipitation	58.0 mm (2.3 in)	55 of 100 (Notable)
York Plains (Handroyd)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	38.4 mm (1.5 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Weihenstephan-Durnast	Germany	Record daily precipitation	56.4 mm (2.2 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Southport	Australia	Record daily precipitation	51.4 mm (2.0 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Opossum Bay	Australia	Record daily precipitation	52.8 mm (2.1 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Wattle Hill	Australia	Record daily precipitation	88.0 mm (3.5 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Usina Fortaleza (Dnos)	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	45.2 mm (1.8 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Stonehouse	Australia	Record daily precipitation	56.6 mm (2.2 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Kellevie	Australia	Record daily precipitation	101.4 mm (4.0 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Lake Leake (Elizabeth River)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	63.0 mm (2.5 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Maria Island (Darlington)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	68.6 mm (2.7 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Hobart Airport	Australia	Record daily precipitation	57.0 mm (2.2 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Alonnah Area School	Australia	Record daily precipitation	59.0 mm (2.3 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Buckland (Brockley)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	80.0 mm (3.1 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Orford South	Australia	Record daily precipitation	54.0 mm (2.1 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Spalding (Bundaleer Reservoir)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	34.4 mm (1.4 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Woodbury (Warringa)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	35.2 mm (1.4 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Woodbury (the Braes)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	31.2 mm (1.2 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Madison	United States	Record daily precipitation	71.4 mm (2.8 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Brinkworth (Bungaree)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	29.4 mm (1.2 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Swansea Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	35.0 mm (1.4 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Orford (Aubin Court)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	80.6 mm (3.2 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Ravensdale	Australia	Record daily precipitation	55.6 mm (2.2 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Novopokrovka	Kazakhstan	Record daily precipitation	43.7 mm (1.7 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Casimiro Castillo	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	151.9 mm (6.0 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Montezuma Castle Nm	United States	Record daily precipitation	38.9 mm (1.5 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Ambrose 3 N	United States	Record daily precipitation	52.1 mm (2.1 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Bream Creek (Stroud)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	89.6 mm (3.5 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Ross (Mount Morriston)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	34.6 mm (1.4 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Tower 2S	United States	Record high maximum temperature	34.4 C (93.9 F)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Imperial	United States	Record high minimum temperature	23.9 C (75.0 F)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Gulnare	Australia	Record daily precipitation	31.2 mm (1.2 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Swansea (Kelvedon)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	34.0 mm (1.3 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Renison Bell	Australia	Record daily precipitation	49.0 mm (1.9 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Mihaylovka,Kustanay	Kazakhstan	Record daily precipitation	66.7 mm (2.6 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Rinconada	Mexico	Record high minimum temperature	25.6 C (78.1 F)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Humacao 2 SSE	Puerto Rico [United States]	Record low minimum temperature	16.7 C (62.1 F)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Sugarloaf Rsvr	United States	Record high maximum temperature	29.4 C (84.9 F)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Glenwood 2WNW	United States	Record high maximum temperature	36.7 C (98.1 F)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Estes Park	United States	Record high minimum temperature	15.6 C (60.1 F)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Woodville 4 ESE	United States	Record high minimum temperature	23.9 C (75.0 F)	41 of 100 (Notable)

Counts by Type and Timescale

1,197 records

Records set or tied on 3 July 1990 by type: Highest daily maximum 348, Lowest daily maximum 81, Highest daily minimum 347, Lowest daily minimum 122, Heaviest daily rainfall 299.

Records on 3 July 1990 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	348
Lowest daily maximum	81
Highest daily minimum	347
Lowest daily minimum	122
Heaviest daily rainfall	299
Heaviest daily snowfall	0
Deepest snow cover	0

Records on 3 July 1990 by timescale: all-time 8, monthly 37, daily 1,152.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

898 broken records

Margins by which the 898 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 95.5. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

3 July 1990

Top 20 records on 3 July 1990 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
3 July 1990	Premaydena Hatchery, AU	all-time rain	132.4 mm (5.2 in)	23.7 mm (0.9 in)	61 years	76 of 100 (Major)
3 July 1990	Levendale, AU	monthly rain	109.8 mm (4.3 in)	32.3 mm (1.3 in)	67 years	75 of 100 (Major)
3 July 1990	Nubeena, AU	monthly rain	94.0 mm (3.7 in)	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	66 years	70 of 100 (Major)
3 July 1990	Kettering (Saddle Road), AU	monthly rain	89.0 mm (3.5 in)	27.3 mm (1.1 in)	51 years	68 of 100 (Major)
3 July 1990	Koolunga, AU	daily rain	28.6 mm (1.1 in)	18.4 mm (0.7 in)	57 years	67 of 100 (Major)
3 July 1990	Middleton Post Office, AU	monthly rain	66.2 mm (2.6 in)	23.5 mm (0.9 in)	51 years	65 of 100 (Major)
3 July 1990	Minot Exp STN, US	daily rain	55.6 mm (2.2 in)	41.6 mm (1.6 in)	57 years	65 of 100 (Major)
3 July 1990	Spalding, AU	daily rain	28.4 mm (1.1 in)	18.5 mm (0.7 in)	56 years	64 of 100 (Major)
3 July 1990	Glenorchy (Glenorchy Reservoir, AU	monthly rain	100.6 mm (4.0 in)	38.6 mm (1.5 in)	23 years	61 of 100 (Major)
3 July 1990	Killora (Grasmere), AU	daily rain	51.2 mm (2.0 in)	33.4 mm (1.3 in)	43 years	59 of 100 (Notable)
3 July 1990	Lymington (Fattys Lane), AU	daily rain	53.4 mm (2.1 in)	27.5 mm (1.1 in)	43 years	59 of 100 (Notable)
3 July 1990	Cape Bruny Lighthouse, AU	daily rain	57.8 mm (2.3 in)	22.2 mm (0.9 in)	25 years	57 of 100 (Notable)
3 July 1990	Hobart (Waterworks Reserve), AU	daily rain	53.0 mm (2.1 in)	36.0 mm (1.4 in)	28 years	57 of 100 (Notable)
3 July 1990	Rokeby (the Mall), AU	daily rain	58.2 mm (2.3 in)	31.0 mm (1.2 in)	25 years	57 of 100 (Notable)
3 July 1990	Bellerive (Fort Street), AU	daily rain	50.8 mm (2.0 in)	31.7 mm (1.2 in)	25 years	56 of 100 (Notable)
3 July 1990	Hobart (Ellerslie Road), AU	daily rain	55.8 mm (2.2 in)	32.2 mm (1.3 in)	25 years	56 of 100 (Notable)
3 July 1990	San Francisco (Smn), MX	daily rain	49.8 mm (2.0 in)	38.9 mm (1.5 in)	41 years	56 of 100 (Notable)
3 July 1990	Oatlands Post Office, AU	daily rain	29.2 mm (1.1 in)	16.8 mm (0.7 in)	25 years	55 of 100 (Notable)
3 July 1990	Dover, AU	monthly rain	60.0 mm (2.4 in)	20.6 mm (0.8 in)	23 years	55 of 100 (Notable)
3 July 1990	Lunawanna, AU	daily rain	58.0 mm (2.3 in)	33.9 mm (1.3 in)	25 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 1990

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1793 to 1990. 1990 had 1,197 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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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	842
20 to 40	43
40 to 60	11
60 to 80	1
80 to 100	1