Weather Records on 8 July 1916

206 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 8 July 1916. Highest significance: Tumbarumba Post Office, AU.

Key Facts for 8 July 1916

On 8 July 1916, 206 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
7 were record highs and 7 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 0 were all-time records, 20 monthly and 186 daily.
Tumbarumba Post Office set a daily record precipitation of 61.0 mm (2.4 in) on 8 July 1916.
Across 159 earlier years (1793 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 447 records.

Record Map

206 stations

206 station records on 8 July 1916 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 8 July 1916: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Tumbarumba Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	61.0 mm (2.4 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Tumut (Wattle Cres)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	53.3 mm (2.1 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Yellowin	Australia	Record daily precipitation	80.3 mm (3.2 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Urana Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	30.0 mm (1.2 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Tumbarumba 1	Australia	Record daily precipitation	64.8 mm (2.6 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Barnawartha	Australia	Record daily precipitation	38.9 mm (1.5 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Batlow Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	109.5 mm (4.3 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Tarcutta Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	43.4 mm (1.7 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Tarcutta	Australia	Record daily precipitation	39.9 mm (1.6 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Thargomindah Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	43.4 mm (1.7 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Wedderburn (Post Office)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	33.0 mm (1.3 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Yarrawonga Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	32.0 mm (1.3 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Jerilderie (Yanko Station)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	32.8 mm (1.3 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Wunnamurra	Australia	Record daily precipitation	32.0 mm (1.3 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Urana (Butherwah)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	29.7 mm (1.2 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Walwa	Australia	Record daily precipitation	51.3 mm (2.0 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Hungerford	Australia	Record daily precipitation	32.5 mm (1.3 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Temora Ambulance Station	Australia	Record daily precipitation	37.3 mm (1.5 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Mulwala Homestead	Australia	Record daily precipitation	30.7 mm (1.2 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Kilmore Assumption College	Australia	Record daily precipitation	30.0 mm (1.2 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Asheville	United States	Record daily precipitation	52.8 mm (2.1 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Currawinya	Australia	Record daily precipitation	35.8 mm (1.4 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Enngonia (Belalie)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	27.9 mm (1.1 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Adelong Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	40.1 mm (1.6 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Rutherglen Netherby Wine	Australia	Record daily precipitation	47.5 mm (1.9 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Wychitella South	Australia	Record daily precipitation	29.7 mm (1.2 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Bendigo Prison	Australia	Record daily precipitation	37.3 mm (1.5 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Cudgewa North	Australia	Record daily precipitation	52.1 mm (2.1 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Strathbogie North	Australia	Record daily precipitation	80.3 mm (3.2 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Eskdale	Australia	Record daily precipitation	77.0 mm (3.0 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Wangaratta	Australia	Record daily precipitation	42.4 mm (1.7 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Humansdorp (Pol)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	43.7 mm (1.7 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Kyamba	Australia	Record daily precipitation	46.0 mm (1.8 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Maryborough	Australia	Record daily precipitation	26.2 mm (1.0 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Gamalally	Australia	Record daily precipitation	27.7 mm (1.1 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Enngonia (Morton Plains)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	30.5 mm (1.2 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Wagga Wagga (Kooringal)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	29.0 mm (1.1 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Tatura Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Tallangatta Dcnr	Australia	Record daily precipitation	87.9 mm (3.5 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Talyealye	Australia	Record daily precipitation	26.4 mm (1.0 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Mogil Mogil (Benimora)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	26.7 mm (1.1 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Bright Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	64.3 mm (2.5 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Heathcote	Australia	Record daily precipitation	28.7 mm (1.1 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Fairlight Station	Australia	Record daily precipitation	27.9 mm (1.1 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Collendina	Australia	Record daily precipitation	36.3 mm (1.4 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Yielima Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	26.4 mm (1.0 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Nariel Creek (Simpson)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	57.9 mm (2.3 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Wahgunyah	Australia	Record daily precipitation	47.8 mm (1.9 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Morangarell	Australia	Record daily precipitation	29.2 mm (1.1 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Howlong Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	46.7 mm (1.8 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Jerilderie (Coree STN)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	28.7 mm (1.1 in)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Chiltern (Post Office)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	53.8 mm (2.1 in)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Saint John	Canada	Record low maximum temperature	12.2 C (54.0 F)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Goodooga (Brenda)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	33.0 mm (1.3 in)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Bygoo	Australia	Record daily precipitation	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Burrabogie	Australia	Record daily precipitation	26.2 mm (1.0 in)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Benalla (Shadforth Street)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	33.5 mm (1.3 in)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Tobolsk	Russia	Record daily precipitation	25.6 mm (1.0 in)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Albury	Australia	Record daily precipitation	69.9 mm (2.8 in)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Clunes	Australia	Record daily precipitation	20.3 mm (0.8 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

206 records

Records set or tied on 8 July 1916 by type: Highest daily maximum 3, Lowest daily maximum 5, Highest daily minimum 4, Lowest daily minimum 2, Heaviest daily rainfall 192.

Records on 8 July 1916 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	3
Lowest daily maximum	5
Highest daily minimum	4
Lowest daily minimum	2
Heaviest daily rainfall	192
Heaviest daily snowfall	0
Deepest snow cover	0

Records on 8 July 1916 by timescale: all-time 0, monthly 20, daily 186.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

193 broken records

Margins by which the 193 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 38.4. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

8 July 1916

Top 20 records on 8 July 1916 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
8 July 1916	Tumbarumba Post Office, AU	daily rain	61.0 mm (2.4 in)	37.4 mm (1.5 in)	25 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
8 July 1916	Tumut (Wattle Cres), AU	daily rain	53.3 mm (2.1 in)	31.5 mm (1.2 in)	25 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
8 July 1916	Yellowin, AU	monthly rain	80.3 mm (3.2 in)	28.2 mm (1.1 in)	11 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
8 July 1916	Urana Post Office, AU	daily rain	30.0 mm (1.2 in)	18.6 mm (0.7 in)	25 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
8 July 1916	Tumbarumba 1, AU	daily rain	64.8 mm (2.6 in)	37.6 mm (1.5 in)	4 years	44 of 100 (Notable)
8 July 1916	Barnawartha, AU	daily rain	38.9 mm (1.5 in)	25.7 mm (1.0 in)	4 years	44 of 100 (Notable)
8 July 1916	Batlow Post Office, AU	monthly rain	109.5 mm (4.3 in)	34.6 mm (1.4 in)	11 years	43 of 100 (Notable)
8 July 1916	Tarcutta Post Office, AU	daily rain	43.4 mm (1.7 in)	22.6 mm (0.9 in)	25 years	43 of 100 (Notable)
8 July 1916	Tarcutta, AU	daily rain	39.9 mm (1.6 in)	19.8 mm (0.8 in)	25 years	43 of 100 (Notable)
8 July 1916	Thargomindah Post Office, AU	monthly rain	43.4 mm (1.7 in)	15.5 mm (0.6 in)	12 years	42 of 100 (Notable)
8 July 1916	Wedderburn (Post Office), AU	daily rain	33.0 mm (1.3 in)	18.8 mm (0.7 in)	32 years	42 of 100 (Notable)
8 July 1916	Yarrawonga Post Office, AU	daily rain	32.0 mm (1.3 in)	18.5 mm (0.7 in)	25 years	42 of 100 (Notable)
8 July 1916	Jerilderie (Yanko Station), AU	daily rain	32.8 mm (1.3 in)	20.6 mm (0.8 in)	12 years	41 of 100 (Notable)
8 July 1916	Wunnamurra, AU	daily rain	32.0 mm (1.3 in)	16.0 mm (0.6 in)	12 years	39 of 100 (Notable)
8 July 1916	Urana (Butherwah), AU	daily rain	29.7 mm (1.2 in)	16.2 mm (0.6 in)	15 years	38 of 100 (Notable)
8 July 1916	Walwa, AU	monthly rain	51.3 mm (2.0 in)	14.5 mm (0.6 in)	10 years	38 of 100 (Notable)
8 July 1916	Hungerford, AU	daily rain	32.5 mm (1.3 in)	21.1 mm (0.8 in)	19 years	37 of 100 (Notable)
8 July 1916	Temora Ambulance Station, AU	daily rain	37.3 mm (1.5 in)	19.5 mm (0.8 in)	25 years	37 of 100 (Notable)
8 July 1916	Mulwala Homestead, AU	daily rain	30.7 mm (1.2 in)	18.0 mm (0.7 in)	4 years	37 of 100 (Notable)
8 July 1916	Kilmore Assumption College, AU	daily rain	30.0 mm (1.2 in)	17.0 mm (0.7 in)	23 years	37 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 1916

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1793 to 1916. 1916 had 206 records.

Counts for years before the ledger starts come from the same station rules.

Records on 07-08 in each year
Year	Records
1793	2
1811	1
1815	2
1819	3
1844	1
1845	4
1848	2
1852	2
1856	1
1860	1
1864	2
1865	1
1867	2
1868	1
1873	1
1874	1
1876	2
1878	2
1879	1
1882	1
1883	1
1885	2
1886	3
1888	1
1889	2
1890	2
1891	2
1892	2
1893	2
1894	3
1896	7
1898	2
1899	6
1900	9
1901	4
1902	13
1903	9
1904	21
1905	9
1906	8
1907	9
1908	16
1909	24
1910	32
1911	28
1912	60
1913	29
1914	54
1915	47
1916	206
1917	37
1918	45
1919	34
1920	123
1921	75
1922	146
1923	134
1924	201
1925	141
1926	132
1927	142
1928	191
1929	235
1930	360
1931	250
1932	240
1933	360
1934	226
1935	496
1936	940
1937	287
1938	293
1939	399
1940	294
1941	198
1942	210
1943	248
1944	495
1945	291
1946	380
1947	400
1948	410
1949	352
1950	518
1951	580
1952	741
1953	502
1954	497
1955	554
1956	516
1957	429
1958	651
1959	485
1960	483
1961	356
1962	271
1963	592
1964	603
1965	266
1966	293
1967	266
1968	540
1969	847
1970	375
1971	443
1972	982
1973	831
1974	1,009
1975	537
1976	697
1977	743
1978	727
1979	703
1980	958
1981	945
1982	625
1983	1,198
1984	837
1985	1,024
1986	822
1987	814
1988	1,133
1989	1,174
1990	763
1991	1,152
1992	1,017
1993	1,875
1994	1,389
1995	642
1996	1,356
1997	734
1998	1,616
1999	816
2000	876
2001	916
2002	897
2003	779
2004	1,096
2005	1,250
2006	928
2007	943
2008	1,406
2009	971
2010	1,411
2011	838
2012	1,237
2013	501
2014	692
2015	1,455
2016	670
2017	887
2018	457
2019	569
2020	521
2021	890
2022	607
2023	765
2024	1,269
2025	616
2026	438

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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 2026-10-15. Last revised 15 October 2026 (2026-10-15).

Margin	Records
0 to 5	90
5 to 10	35
10 to 15	27
15 to 20	21
20 to 25	11
25 to 30	3
30 to 35	3
35 to 40	3