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Weather Records on 16 July 1898

2 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 16 July 1898. Highest significance: Col du Grand St-Bernard, CH.

Key Facts for 16 July 1898

  • On 16 July 1898, 2 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
  • 1 were record highs and 0 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
  • By timescale, 0 were all-time records, 0 monthly and 2 daily.
  • Col du Grand St-Bernard set a daily record high maximum temperature of 17.5 C (63.5 F) on 16 July 1898.
  • Across 161 earlier years (1798 to 2025) the same calendar date averaged 441 records.

Record Map

2 stations
Weather records on 16 July 1898 2 station records on 16 July 1898 are marked on the map, coloured by record type.
2 station records on 16 July 1898 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.
Weather records on 16 July 1898: highest significance records shown on the map
StationCountryTypeValueSignificance
Col du Grand St-BernardSwitzerlandRecord high maximum temperature17.5 C (63.5 F)7 of 100 (Routine)
Melbourne Regional OfficeAustraliaRecord daily precipitation10.4 mm (0.4 in)6 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

2 records
Records on 16 July 1898 by type Records set or tied on 16 July 1898 by type: Highest daily maximum 1, Heaviest daily rainfall 1. 00111Highest daily maximum: 1Lowest daily maximum: 0Highest daily minimum: 0Lowest daily minimum: 0Heaviest daily rainfall: 1Heaviest daily snowfall: 0Deepest snow cover: 0Max highMax lowMin highMin lowRainSnowDepth
Records set or tied on 16 July 1898 by type: Highest daily maximum 1, Heaviest daily rainfall 1.
Records on 16 July 1898 by type
Record typeRecords
Highest daily maximum1
Lowest daily maximum0
Highest daily minimum0
Lowest daily minimum0
Heaviest daily rainfall1
Heaviest daily snowfall0
Deepest snow cover0
Records on 16 July 1898 by timescale Records on 16 July 1898 by timescale: all-time 0, monthly 0, daily 2. 01122all-time: 0monthly: 0daily: 2all-timemonthlydaily
Records on 16 July 1898 by timescale: all-time 0, monthly 0, daily 2.
Records on 16 July 1898 by timescale
TimescaleRecords
all-time0
monthly0
daily2

How Much Records Were Beaten By

2 broken records
Histogram of margins by which records were beaten on 16 July 1898 Margins by which the 2 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 1.0. Ties are not counted. 001110.0 to 0.2: 00.2 to 0.4: 00.4 to 0.6: 10.6 to 0.8: 00.8 to 1.0: 10.0 to 0.20.2 to 0.40.4 to 0.60.6 to 0.80.8 to 1.0
Margins by which the 2 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 1.0. Ties are not counted.
Histogram of margins by which records were beaten on 16 July 1898
MarginRecords
0.0 to 0.20
0.2 to 0.40
0.4 to 0.61
0.6 to 0.80
0.8 to 1.01

Top 20 by Significance

16 July 1898
Top 2 records on 16 July 1898 by significance
DateStationRecordValueBeat old record byOld record stoodSignificance
16 July 1898Col du Grand St-Bernard, CHdaily high max17.5 C (63.5 F)0.4 C (0.7 F)13 years7 of 100 (Routine)
16 July 1898Melbourne Regional Office, AUdaily rain10.4 mm (0.4 in)1.0 mm (0.04 in)4 years6 of 100 (Routine)

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

1798 to 1898
Records on 07-16 in each year Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1798 to 1898. 1898 had 2 records. 05001,0001,5002,0001798: 11801: 11802: 11808: 11819: 11829: 11832: 11833: 11840: 21845: 11852: 21862: 11863: 11865: 31866: 11868: 21870: 11871: 11875: 21876: 21878: 11879: 21880: 11881: 21883: 41886: 11887: 21888: 21890: 51891: 21892: 51894: 61896: 11897: 21898: 21899: 21900: 51901: 91902: 21903: 181904: 201905: 41906: 231907: 71908: 211909: 171910: 91911: 241912: 281913: 231914: 531915: 411916: 391917: 901918: 181919: 561920: 461921: 661922: 3031923: 1801924: 751925: 1791926: 2951927: 1701928: 4051929: 1921930: 4021931: 5271932: 4461933: 2241934: 4321935: 2841936: 7151937: 3071938: 2131939: 5991940: 2551941: 3631942: 3211943: 2971944: 1931945: 7021946: 4541947: 5681948: 2591949: 4171950: 5421951: 5371952: 5601953: 3661954: 5921955: 5481956: 4171957: 2211958: 1,2701959: 3411960: 3291961: 4021962: 5381963: 2511964: 3411965: 4371966: 4151967: 1,0671968: 7881969: 7021970: 6741971: 7661972: 6411973: 8801974: 6661975: 7421976: 8401977: 8291978: 1,0951979: 5431980: 1,4571981: 5691982: 9851983: 1,3621984: 9371985: 5281986: 8451987: 9161988: 1,3061989: 1,0741990: 9551991: 6271992: 9431993: 1,0531994: 7301995: 9291996: 7391997: 7071998: 1,0511999: 9982000: 1,2072001: 1,0732002: 1,0292003: 1,4922004: 7242005: 1,0232006: 1,5272007: 1,1862008: 6692009: 8392010: 9272011: 1,2212012: 8292013: 8522014: 1,4482015: 6052016: 7062017: 4192018: 6902019: 4662020: 4582021: 6602022: 5382023: 1,1472024: 9382025: 7641798187118981915193219491966198320002017
Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1798 to 1898. 1898 had 2 records.
Counts for years before the ledger starts come from the same station rules.
Records on 07-16 in each year
YearRecords
17981
18011
18021
18081
18191
18291
18321
18331
18402
18451
18522
18621
18631
18653
18661
18682
18701
18711
18752
18762
18781
18792
18801
18812
18834
18861
18872
18882
18905
18912
18925
18946
18961
18972
18982
18992
19005
19019
19022
190318
190420
19054
190623
19077
190821
190917
19109
191124
191228
191323
191453
191541
191639
191790
191818
191956
192046
192166
1922303
1923180
192475
1925179
1926295
1927170
1928405
1929192
1930402
1931527
1932446
1933224
1934432
1935284
1936715
1937307
1938213
1939599
1940255
1941363
1942321
1943297
1944193
1945702
1946454
1947568
1948259
1949417
1950542
1951537
1952560
1953366
1954592
1955548
1956417
1957221
19581,270
1959341
1960329
1961402
1962538
1963251
1964341
1965437
1966415
19671,067
1968788
1969702
1970674
1971766
1972641
1973880
1974666
1975742
1976840
1977829
19781,095
1979543
19801,457
1981569
1982985
19831,362
1984937
1985528
1986845
1987916
19881,306
19891,074
1990955
1991627
1992943
19931,053
1994730
1995929
1996739
1997707
19981,051
1999998
20001,207
20011,073
20021,029
20031,492
2004724
20051,023
20061,527
20071,186
2008669
2009839
2010927
20111,221
2012829
2013852
20141,448
2015605
2016706
2017419
2018690
2019466
2020458
2021660
2022538
20231,147
2024938
2025764

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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 . Last revised (2025-12-31).