Weather Records on 3 July 2006

943 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 3 July 2006. Highest significance: Turkestan, KZ.

Key Facts for 3 July 2006

On 3 July 2006, 943 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
580 were record highs and 241 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 5 were all-time records, 38 monthly and 900 daily.
Turkestan set a monthly record daily precipitation of 36.1 mm (1.4 in) on 3 July 2006.
Across 162 earlier years (1793 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 430 records.

Record Map

943 stations

943 station records on 3 July 2006 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 3 July 2006: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Turkestan	Kazakhstan	Record daily precipitation	36.1 mm (1.4 in)	83 of 100 (Exceptional)
Vladikavkaz	Russia	Record daily precipitation	103.5 mm (4.1 in)	80 of 100 (Exceptional)
Port Arthur SE Tx Rgnl AP	United States	Record daily precipitation	126.7 mm (5.0 in)	62 of 100 (Major)
Westcliffe	United States	Record daily precipitation	49.8 mm (2.0 in)	60 of 100 (Major)
Cheyenne	United States	Record daily precipitation	48.8 mm (1.9 in)	60 of 100 (Major)
Khlong Yai	Thailand	Record daily precipitation	445.0 mm (17.5 in)	59 of 100 (Notable)
Nezahualcoyotl	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	57.9 mm (2.3 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Sulak	Russia	Record daily precipitation	53.3 mm (2.1 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Derbent	Russia	Record daily precipitation	35.0 mm (1.4 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Floresville	United States	Record daily precipitation	65.0 mm (2.6 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
McAllen Miller Intl AP	United States	Record daily precipitation	68.3 mm (2.7 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Usak	Turkey	Record daily precipitation	41.9 mm (1.6 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Sybille Rsch Unit	United States	Record daily precipitation	30.0 mm (1.2 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Lake George 8 SW	United States	Record daily precipitation	27.2 mm (1.1 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Conway	United States	Record low minimum temperature	11.7 C (53.1 F)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Lufkin Angelina Co AP	United States	Record low maximum temperature	27.2 C (81.0 F)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Ganyu	China	Record daily precipitation	137.3 mm (5.4 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Ekaterinburg	Russia	Record low maximum temperature	9.6 C (49.3 F)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Waverly	United States	Record high minimum temperature	22.2 C (72.0 F)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Columbia UNIV of Sc	United States	Record high minimum temperature	26.7 C (80.1 F)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Bay City Wtr Wks	United States	Record low maximum temperature	27.2 C (81.0 F)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Rush 1N	United States	Record daily precipitation	34.3 mm (1.4 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Medina 1NE	United States	Record daily precipitation	78.7 mm (3.1 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Nordby (Fano)	Denmark	Record high maximum temperature	31.9 C (89.4 F)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Kalaupapa 563	United States	Record high maximum temperature	32.8 C (91.0 F)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Milton Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	46.0 mm (1.8 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Rochester	United States	Record high minimum temperature	22.2 C (72.0 F)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Solekul	Russia	Record daily precipitation	48.8 mm (1.9 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Mukdahan	Thailand	Record daily precipitation	99.8 mm (3.9 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Academy 2NE	United States	Record daily precipitation	39.1 mm (1.5 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Narrogin	Australia	Record high maximum temperature	19.5 C (67.1 F)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Taipak	Kazakhstan	Record low minimum temperature	9.7 C (49.5 F)	39 of 100 (Notable)
El Derrame	Mexico	Record low minimum temperature	5.0 C (41.0 F)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Papagayos	Mexico	Record low minimum temperature	8.9 C (48.0 F)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Hood Rvr Exp STN	United States	Record high minimum temperature	18.9 C (66.0 F)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Cle Elum	United States	Record high minimum temperature	17.2 C (63.0 F)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Perm	Russia	Record low maximum temperature	12.3 C (54.1 F)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Port Arthur SE Tx Rgnl AP	United States	Record low maximum temperature	25.6 C (78.1 F)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Katanning Comparison	Australia	Record high maximum temperature	19.8 C (67.6 F)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Presa Golondrinas	Mexico	Record low minimum temperature	3.9 C (39.0 F)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Enyeje	Mexico	Record low maximum temperature	12.8 C (55.0 F)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Presque Isle	United States	Record daily precipitation	39.1 mm (1.5 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Hartford Brainard Fld	United States	Record daily precipitation	49.8 mm (2.0 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Palenque (Dge)	Mexico	Record low minimum temperature	17.8 C (64.0 F)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Grangeville	United States	Record high minimum temperature	17.2 C (63.0 F)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Warrenton 1 N	United States	Record high minimum temperature	25.0 C (77.0 F)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Pt Comfort	United States	Record low maximum temperature	28.3 C (82.9 F)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Verhoture	Russia	Record low maximum temperature	9.8 C (49.6 F)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Mogoca	Russia	Record high minimum temperature	16.7 C (62.1 F)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Pleasant Valley	United States	Record high minimum temperature	25.6 C (78.1 F)	34 of 100 (Routine)
E.T.A. 254 Comala	Mexico	Record high maximum temperature	40.0 C (104.0 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
E.T.A. 254 Comala	Mexico	Record high minimum temperature	23.9 C (75.0 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Tecolotlan (Dge)	Mexico	Record low maximum temperature	23.9 C (75.0 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Erzin	Russia	Record high maximum temperature	38.3 C (100.9 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Benbrook Dam	United States	Record low minimum temperature	13.3 C (55.9 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Tbilisi	Georgia	Record daily precipitation	36.1 mm (1.4 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Mashhad	Iran	Record low maximum temperature	26.0 C (78.8 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Nizhnyj Tagil	Russia	Record low maximum temperature	6.7 C (44.1 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Dutch Harbor	United States	Record high maximum temperature	20.0 C (68.0 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Corrinchis II	Mexico	Record high maximum temperature	33.9 C (93.0 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

943 records

Records set or tied on 3 July 2006 by type: Highest daily maximum 287, Lowest daily maximum 111, Highest daily minimum 293, Lowest daily minimum 130, Heaviest daily rainfall 122.

Records on 3 July 2006 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	287
Lowest daily maximum	111
Highest daily minimum	293
Lowest daily minimum	130
Heaviest daily rainfall	122
Heaviest daily snowfall	0
Deepest snow cover	0

Records on 3 July 2006 by timescale: all-time 5, monthly 38, daily 900.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

658 broken records

Margins by which the 658 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 337.2. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

3 July 2006

Top 20 records on 3 July 2006 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
3 July 2006	Turkestan, KZ	monthly rain	36.1 mm (1.4 in)	19.1 mm (0.8 in)	77 years	83 of 100 (Exceptional)
3 July 2006	Vladikavkaz, RU	daily rain	103.5 mm (4.1 in)	71.8 mm (2.8 in)	113 years	80 of 100 (Exceptional)
3 July 2006	Port Arthur SE Tx Rgnl AP, US	daily rain	126.7 mm (5.0 in)	96.5 mm (3.8 in)	53 years	62 of 100 (Major)
3 July 2006	Westcliffe, US	daily rain	49.8 mm (2.0 in)	29.7 mm (1.2 in)	37 years	60 of 100 (Major)
3 July 2006	Cheyenne, US	daily rain	48.8 mm (1.9 in)	31.3 mm (1.2 in)	39 years	60 of 100 (Major)
3 July 2006	Khlong Yai, TH	daily rain	445.0 mm (17.5 in)	337.2 mm (13.3 in)	49 years	59 of 100 (Notable)
3 July 2006	Nezahualcoyotl, MX	daily rain	57.9 mm (2.3 in)	37.6 mm (1.5 in)	32 years	53 of 100 (Notable)
3 July 2006	Sulak, RU	daily rain	53.3 mm (2.1 in)	26.4 mm (1.0 in)	64 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
3 July 2006	Derbent, RU	daily rain	35.0 mm (1.4 in)	24.9 mm (1.0 in)	48 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
3 July 2006	Floresville, US	daily rain	65.0 mm (2.6 in)	33.2 mm (1.3 in)	84 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
3 July 2006	McAllen Miller Intl AP, US	daily rain	68.3 mm (2.7 in)	53.1 mm (2.1 in)	32 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
3 July 2006	Usak, TR	daily rain	41.9 mm (1.6 in)	37.8 mm (1.5 in)	43 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
3 July 2006	Sybille Rsch Unit, US	daily rain	30.0 mm (1.2 in)	25.9 mm (1.0 in)	23 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
3 July 2006	Lake George 8 SW, US	daily rain	27.2 mm (1.1 in)	20.3 mm (0.8 in)	24 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
3 July 2006	Conway, US	daily low min	11.7 C (53.1 F)	2.7 C (4.9 F)	73 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
3 July 2006	Lufkin Angelina Co AP, US	daily low max	27.2 C (81.0 F)	2.2 C (4.0 F)	92 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
3 July 2006	Ganyu, CN	daily rain	137.3 mm (5.4 in)	70.7 mm (2.8 in)	45 years	44 of 100 (Notable)
3 July 2006	Ekaterinburg, RU	daily low max	9.6 C (49.3 F)	2.2 C (4.0 F)	119 years	44 of 100 (Notable)
3 July 2006	Waverly, US	daily high min	22.2 C (72.0 F)	1.6 C (2.9 F)	104 years	44 of 100 (Notable)
3 July 2006	Columbia UNIV of Sc, US	daily high min	26.7 C (80.1 F)	2.8 C (5.0 F)	75 years	44 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 2006

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1793 to 2006. 2006 had 943 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 2006-07-03: 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 50	651
50 to 100	6
100 to 150	0
150 to 200	0
200 to 250	0
250 to 300	0
300 to 350	1