Weather Records on 3 August 1994

973 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 3 August 1994. Highest significance: Whitby Falls, AU.

Key Facts for 3 August 1994

On 3 August 1994, 973 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
610 were record highs and 179 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 16 were all-time records, 65 monthly and 892 daily.
Whitby Falls set a daily record precipitation of 58.8 mm (2.3 in) on 3 August 1994.
Across 156 earlier years (1815 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 460 records.

Record Map

973 stations

973 station records on 3 August 1994 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 3 August 1994: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Whitby Falls	Australia	Record daily precipitation	58.8 mm (2.3 in)	62 of 100 (Major)
Downing	United States	Record daily precipitation	47.5 mm (1.9 in)	57 of 100 (Notable)
Belgaum/Sambra	India	Record daily precipitation	98.8 mm (3.9 in)	56 of 100 (Notable)
Vardoe	Norway	Record high minimum temperature	16.4 C (61.5 F)	56 of 100 (Notable)
Potter	United States	Record daily precipitation	63.5 mm (2.5 in)	56 of 100 (Notable)
Norrveda	Sweden	Record daily precipitation	44.3 mm (1.7 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Canfield 1 S	United States	Record daily precipitation	63.5 mm (2.5 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Rhenostervlei	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	60.0 mm (2.4 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Majuro Wbas AP	Marshall Islands	Record daily precipitation	99.1 mm (3.9 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Junsele	Sweden	Record high minimum temperature	16.8 C (62.2 F)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Ponyri	Russia	Record daily precipitation	63.0 mm (2.5 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Wallaceton-Lake Drummond	United States	Record daily precipitation	71.1 mm (2.8 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Mapumulo (Tnk)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	110.0 mm (4.3 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Houma	United States	Record low maximum temperature	23.9 C (75.0 F)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Inverness	United Kingdom	Record daily precipitation	28.2 mm (1.1 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Kukuihaele Hic 199	United States	Record daily precipitation	80.0 mm (3.1 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Etwa (Bos)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	45.0 mm (1.8 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Mapleton No.2	United States	Record daily precipitation	45.7 mm (1.8 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Plainview	United States	Record low maximum temperature	21.1 C (70.0 F)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Onahama	Japan	Record high maximum temperature	37.7 C (99.9 F)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Buzau	Romania	Record high minimum temperature	21.0 C (69.8 F)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Morpeth: Cockle Park	United Kingdom	Record daily precipitation	34.0 mm (1.3 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Boonville 1S	United States	Record daily precipitation	36.6 mm (1.4 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Castana Exp Farm	United States	Record daily precipitation	66.8 mm (2.6 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Tokyo	Japan	Record high maximum temperature	39.1 C (102.4 F)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Huerta Vieja	Mexico	Record high maximum temperature	31.7 C (89.1 F)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Vardo	Norway	Record high minimum temperature	16.4 C (61.5 F)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Hillsville	United States	Record daily precipitation	62.0 mm (2.4 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Irako	Japan	Record high maximum temperature	36.7 C (98.1 F)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Clover Valley	United States	Record high maximum temperature	34.4 C (93.9 F)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Pendleton Dwtn	United States	Record high minimum temperature	20.6 C (69.1 F)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Waterville	United States	Record high minimum temperature	23.9 C (75.0 F)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Varna	Bulgaria	Record high maximum temperature	36.4 C (97.5 F)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Hamamatsu	Japan	Record high maximum temperature	38.0 C (100.4 F)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Omaezaki	Japan	Record high maximum temperature	36.4 C (97.5 F)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Izeleni (Bos)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	27.0 mm (1.1 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Orebro	Sweden	Record high minimum temperature	17.8 C (64.0 F)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Sveg	Sweden	Record high minimum temperature	16.5 C (61.7 F)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Kharkiv	Ukraine	Record daily precipitation	40.2 mm (1.6 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
New Philadelphia	United States	Record daily precipitation	56.9 mm (2.2 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Dinghai	China	Record high minimum temperature	27.9 C (82.2 F)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Santa Maria Ixcatlan	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	42.2 mm (1.7 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Puente Jula	Mexico	Record low maximum temperature	23.9 C (75.0 F)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Bloserville 1 N	United States	Record daily precipitation	58.7 mm (2.3 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Thermopolis	United States	Record high minimum temperature	16.7 C (62.1 F)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Worland	United States	Record high minimum temperature	17.8 C (64.0 F)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Norfolk Karl Stefan Mem AP	United States	Record daily precipitation	58.4 mm (2.3 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Mishima	Japan	Record high maximum temperature	36.3 C (97.3 F)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Naolinco de Victoria	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	85.6 mm (3.4 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Canton 4N	United States	Record daily precipitation	32.0 mm (1.3 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
King Salmon	United States	Record daily precipitation	40.4 mm (1.6 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Jesus del Monte	Mexico	Record high maximum temperature	33.9 C (93.0 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Polson	United States	Record high minimum temperature	19.4 C (66.9 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
St George	United States	Record high maximum temperature	43.3 C (109.9 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Storfinnforsen	Sweden	Record daily precipitation	40.2 mm (1.6 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Pine Rvr Dam	United States	Record daily precipitation	65.5 mm (2.6 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Eagle	United States	Record high maximum temperature	29.4 C (84.9 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Flagstaff AP	United States	Record high maximum temperature	32.8 C (91.0 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
La Providencia	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	35.8 mm (1.4 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Bele (Bos)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	27.0 mm (1.1 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

973 records

Records set or tied on 3 August 1994 by type: Highest daily maximum 278, Lowest daily maximum 91, Highest daily minimum 332, Lowest daily minimum 88, Heaviest daily rainfall 184.

Records on 3 August 1994 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	278
Lowest daily maximum	91
Highest daily minimum	332
Lowest daily minimum	88
Heaviest daily rainfall	184
Heaviest daily snowfall	0
Deepest snow cover	0

Records on 3 August 1994 by timescale: all-time 16, monthly 65, daily 892.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

699 broken records

Margins by which the 699 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 76.5. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

3 August 1994

Top 20 records on 3 August 1994 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
3 August 1994	Whitby Falls, AU	daily rain	58.8 mm (2.3 in)	39.0 mm (1.5 in)	55 years	62 of 100 (Major)
3 August 1994	Downing, US	daily rain	47.5 mm (1.9 in)	27.9 mm (1.1 in)	96 years	57 of 100 (Notable)
3 August 1994	Belgaum/Sambra, IN	daily rain	98.8 mm (3.9 in)	60.4 mm (2.4 in)	40 years	56 of 100 (Notable)
3 August 1994	Vardoe, NO	all-time high min	16.4 C (61.5 F)	0.3 C (0.5 F)	89 years	56 of 100 (Notable)
3 August 1994	Potter, US	daily rain	63.5 mm (2.5 in)	34.5 mm (1.4 in)	21 years	56 of 100 (Notable)
3 August 1994	Norrveda, SE	daily rain	44.3 mm (1.7 in)	31.4 mm (1.2 in)	28 years	53 of 100 (Notable)
3 August 1994	Canfield 1 S, US	daily rain	63.5 mm (2.5 in)	26.7 mm (1.1 in)	59 years	52 of 100 (Notable)
3 August 1994	Rhenostervlei, ZA	daily rain	60.0 mm (2.4 in)	51.0 mm (2.0 in)	16 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
3 August 1994	Majuro Wbas AP, MH	daily rain	99.1 mm (3.9 in)	76.5 mm (3.0 in)	20 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
3 August 1994	Junsele, SE	monthly high min	16.8 C (62.2 F)	0.8 C (1.4 F)	92 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
3 August 1994	Ponyri, RU	daily rain	63.0 mm (2.5 in)	44.2 mm (1.7 in)	4 years	44 of 100 (Notable)
3 August 1994	Wallaceton-Lake Drummond, US	daily rain	71.1 mm (2.8 in)	46.7 mm (1.8 in)	49 years	44 of 100 (Notable)
3 August 1994	Mapumulo (Tnk), ZA	monthly rain	110.0 mm (4.3 in)	26.0 mm (1.0 in)	25 years	43 of 100 (Notable)
3 August 1994	Houma, US	monthly low max	23.9 C (75.0 F)	0.5 C (0.9 F)	71 years	43 of 100 (Notable)
3 August 1994	Inverness, GB	daily rain	28.2 mm (1.1 in)	16.0 mm (0.6 in)	32 years	42 of 100 (Notable)
3 August 1994	Kukuihaele Hic 199, US	daily rain	80.0 mm (3.1 in)	14.0 mm (0.6 in)	80 years	42 of 100 (Notable)
3 August 1994	Etwa (Bos), ZA	daily rain	45.0 mm (1.8 in)	30.5 mm (1.2 in)	29 years	41 of 100 (Notable)
3 August 1994	Mapleton No.2, US	daily rain	45.7 mm (1.8 in)	34.5 mm (1.4 in)	36 years	41 of 100 (Notable)
3 August 1994	Plainview, US	daily low max	21.1 C (70.0 F)	6.7 C (12.1 F)	44 years	40 of 100 (Notable)
3 August 1994	Onahama, JP	all-time high max	37.7 C (99.9 F)	2.7 C (4.9 F)	16 years	39 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 1994

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1815 to 1994. 1994 had 973 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 1994-08-03: 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 10	621
10 to 20	47
20 to 30	14
30 to 40	10
40 to 50	4
50 to 60	1
60 to 70	1
70 to 80	1