Weather Records on 3 August 1992

869 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 3 August 1992. Highest significance: Beerlaagte, ZA.

Key Facts for 3 August 1992

On 3 August 1992, 869 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
252 were record highs and 287 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 3 were all-time records, 28 monthly and 838 daily.
Beerlaagte set a daily record precipitation of 38.0 mm (1.5 in) on 3 August 1992.
Across 156 earlier years (1815 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 461 records.

Record Map

869 stations

869 station records on 3 August 1992 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 3 August 1992: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Beerlaagte	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	38.0 mm (1.5 in)	74 of 100 (Major)
Albany	Australia	Record daily precipitation	67.2 mm (2.6 in)	68 of 100 (Major)
Bristow	United States	Record daily precipitation	86.4 mm (3.4 in)	66 of 100 (Major)
Ogies (Pol)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	30.0 mm (1.2 in)	62 of 100 (Major)
Kondinin	Australia	Record daily precipitation	29.0 mm (1.1 in)	60 of 100 (Major)
Heilbron (Tnk)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	27.0 mm (1.1 in)	60 of 100 (Major)
Grassmere	Australia	Record daily precipitation	63.4 mm (2.5 in)	57 of 100 (Notable)
Kuantan	Malaysia	Record daily precipitation	382.0 mm (15.0 in)	57 of 100 (Notable)
Schikfontein	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	32.0 mm (1.3 in)	57 of 100 (Notable)
Leslie (Mun)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	27.0 mm (1.1 in)	57 of 100 (Notable)
King River	Australia	Record daily precipitation	47.6 mm (1.9 in)	56 of 100 (Notable)
Springs-Olympia Park	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	32.0 mm (1.3 in)	56 of 100 (Notable)
Perm	Russia	Record daily precipitation	33.7 mm (1.3 in)	55 of 100 (Notable)
Roldal	Norway	Record daily precipitation	37.5 mm (1.5 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Hartwood	Australia	Record daily precipitation	33.8 mm (1.3 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Bredy	Russia	Record daily precipitation	63.5 mm (2.5 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Cape Northumberland	Australia	Record daily precipitation	28.4 mm (1.1 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Ficksburg	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	26.1 mm (1.0 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Palisade	United States	Record daily precipitation	76.2 mm (3.0 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Youngs Siding	Australia	Record daily precipitation	49.4 mm (1.9 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Sandy Cape Lighthouse	Australia	Record daily precipitation	67.2 mm (2.6 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Berlin 91	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	27.0 mm (1.1 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Melbourne 5W	United States	Record daily precipitation	108.0 mm (4.3 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Thrall 3SSE	United States	Record daily precipitation	80.0 mm (3.1 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Oorsprong-Oos	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	30.0 mm (1.2 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Kalgan River	Australia	Record daily precipitation	36.0 mm (1.4 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Roodepoort	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	30.0 mm (1.2 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Culbertson	United States	Record daily precipitation	41.1 mm (1.6 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Moab	United States	Record high maximum temperature	42.8 C (109.0 F)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Paragonah	United States	Record high maximum temperature	36.7 C (98.1 F)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Belton Dam	United States	Record daily precipitation	65.8 mm (2.6 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Warriup	Australia	Record daily precipitation	31.0 mm (1.2 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Blythe	United States	Record daily precipitation	28.4 mm (1.1 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Ascencion (Smn)	Mexico	Record high minimum temperature	21.7 C (71.1 F)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Nikolskoye/Beringa Ostrov	Russia	Record low maximum temperature	8.8 C (47.8 F)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Ogallala	United States	Record daily precipitation	50.8 mm (2.0 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Meeker 5 W	United States	Record daily precipitation	25.7 mm (1.0 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Wandina	Australia	Record daily precipitation	25.0 mm (1.0 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Acambaro	Mexico	Record high maximum temperature	31.7 C (89.1 F)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Montezuma Castle Nm	United States	Record daily precipitation	42.7 mm (1.7 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Ashton 1N	United States	Record high minimum temperature	15.0 C (59.0 F)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Morelos 77	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	42.7 mm (1.7 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Highlands	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	36.0 mm (1.4 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Lanquedoc	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	29.0 mm (1.1 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Rome	United States	Record low minimum temperature	15.6 C (60.1 F)	36 of 100 (Notable)
W Liberty 3NW	United States	Record low minimum temperature	9.4 C (48.9 F)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Houston	United States	Record daily precipitation	54.9 mm (2.2 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Kremsmuenster	Austria	Record high maximum temperature	34.1 C (93.4 F)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Oranjeville (Skl)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	28.7 mm (1.1 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Mtn Home 1 NNW	United States	Record daily precipitation	43.9 mm (1.7 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
David City 4E	United States	Record low minimum temperature	5.6 C (42.1 F)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Sand I Ryfylke II	Norway	Record daily precipitation	42.4 mm (1.7 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Dalecarlia Rsvr	United States	Record low minimum temperature	5.6 C (42.1 F)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Szombathely	Hungary	Record high maximum temperature	35.3 C (95.5 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Clover Valley	United States	Record high minimum temperature	17.2 C (63.0 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Emory	United States	Record low minimum temperature	10.0 C (50.0 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Grouse Creek	United States	Record high maximum temperature	38.3 C (100.9 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Regensburg	Germany	Record high maximum temperature	35.6 C (96.1 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Schoongezicht	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	28.0 mm (1.1 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Hico	United States	Record high minimum temperature	28.9 C (84.0 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

869 records

Records set or tied on 3 August 1992 by type: Highest daily maximum 115, Lowest daily maximum 144, Highest daily minimum 137, Lowest daily minimum 143, Heaviest daily rainfall 330.

Records on 3 August 1992 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	115
Lowest daily maximum	144
Highest daily minimum	137
Lowest daily minimum	143
Heaviest daily rainfall	330
Heaviest daily snowfall	0
Deepest snow cover	0

Records on 3 August 1992 by timescale: all-time 3, monthly 28, daily 838.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

668 broken records

Margins by which the 668 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 258.0. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

3 August 1992

Top 20 records on 3 August 1992 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
3 August 1992	Beerlaagte, ZA	daily rain	38.0 mm (1.5 in)	38.0 mm (1.5 in)	88 years	74 of 100 (Major)
3 August 1992	Albany, AU	daily rain	67.2 mm (2.6 in)	29.6 mm (1.2 in)	60 years	68 of 100 (Major)
3 August 1992	Bristow, US	daily rain	86.4 mm (3.4 in)	72.9 mm (2.9 in)	65 years	66 of 100 (Major)
3 August 1992	Ogies (Pol), ZA	daily rain	30.0 mm (1.2 in)	29.5 mm (1.2 in)	79 years	62 of 100 (Major)
3 August 1992	Kondinin, AU	daily rain	29.0 mm (1.1 in)	15.8 mm (0.6 in)	70 years	60 of 100 (Major)
3 August 1992	Heilbron (Tnk), ZA	daily rain	27.0 mm (1.1 in)	23.7 mm (0.9 in)	81 years	60 of 100 (Major)
3 August 1992	Grassmere, AU	daily rain	63.4 mm (2.5 in)	22.3 mm (0.9 in)	60 years	57 of 100 (Notable)
3 August 1992	Kuantan, MY	monthly rain	382.0 mm (15.0 in)	258.0 mm (10.2 in)	15 years	57 of 100 (Notable)
3 August 1992	Schikfontein, ZA	daily rain	32.0 mm (1.3 in)	27.4 mm (1.1 in)	54 years	57 of 100 (Notable)
3 August 1992	Leslie (Mun), ZA	daily rain	27.0 mm (1.1 in)	27.0 mm (1.1 in)	79 years	57 of 100 (Notable)
3 August 1992	King River, AU	daily rain	47.6 mm (1.9 in)	21.2 mm (0.8 in)	56 years	56 of 100 (Notable)
3 August 1992	Springs-Olympia Park, ZA	daily rain	32.0 mm (1.3 in)	31.9 mm (1.3 in)	32 years	56 of 100 (Notable)
3 August 1992	Perm, RU	daily rain	33.7 mm (1.3 in)	18.1 mm (0.7 in)	55 years	55 of 100 (Notable)
3 August 1992	Roldal, NO	daily rain	37.5 mm (1.5 in)	19.2 mm (0.8 in)	76 years	54 of 100 (Notable)
3 August 1992	Hartwood, AU	daily rain	33.8 mm (1.3 in)	13.5 mm (0.5 in)	70 years	53 of 100 (Notable)
3 August 1992	Bredy, RU	daily rain	63.5 mm (2.5 in)	39.6 mm (1.6 in)	29 years	53 of 100 (Notable)
3 August 1992	Cape Northumberland, AU	daily rain	28.4 mm (1.1 in)	5.5 mm (0.22 in)	116 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
3 August 1992	Ficksburg, ZA	daily rain	26.1 mm (1.0 in)	23.3 mm (0.9 in)	49 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
3 August 1992	Palisade, US	daily rain	76.2 mm (3.0 in)	42.2 mm (1.7 in)	14 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
3 August 1992	Youngs Siding, AU	daily rain	49.4 mm (1.9 in)	23.5 mm (0.9 in)	28 years	49 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 1992

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1815 to 1992. 1992 had 869 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

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Data for records on 1992-08-03: 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 50	664
50 to 100	3
100 to 150	0
150 to 200	0
200 to 250	0
250 to 300	1