Weather Records on 16 July 1924

75 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 16 July 1924. Highest significance: Burlington, US.

Key Facts for 16 July 1924

On 16 July 1924, 75 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
28 were record highs and 24 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 0 were all-time records, 0 monthly and 75 daily.
Burlington set a daily record low maximum temperature of 21.7 C (71.1 F) on 16 July 1924.
Across 162 earlier years (1798 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 442 records.

Record Map

75 stations

75 station records on 16 July 1924 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 16 July 1924: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Burlington	United States	Record low maximum temperature	21.7 C (71.1 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Rutherglen	Canada	Record daily precipitation	42.2 mm (1.7 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Salekhard	Russia	Record daily precipitation	30.0 mm (1.2 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Pine Bluff	United States	Record daily precipitation	31.8 mm (1.3 in)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Boonville	United States	Record daily precipitation	45.7 mm (1.8 in)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Buffalo	United States	Record daily precipitation	32.5 mm (1.3 in)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Galway	Ireland	Record daily precipitation	13.5 mm (0.5 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Welland	Canada	Record daily precipitation	21.6 mm (0.9 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Old Mission	United States	Record daily precipitation	41.7 mm (1.6 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Dwtn Charleston	United States	Record daily precipitation	35.1 mm (1.4 in)	19 of 100 (Routine)
Brantford	Canada	Record daily precipitation	16.5 mm (0.6 in)	18 of 100 (Routine)
Tuttlingen	Germany	Record daily precipitation	31.6 mm (1.2 in)	18 of 100 (Routine)
Lafayette Rgnl AP	United States	Record high maximum temperature	37.2 C (99.0 F)	18 of 100 (Routine)
Columbia Wb City	United States	Record daily precipitation	58.4 mm (2.3 in)	18 of 100 (Routine)
Hobart (Ellerslie Road)	Australia	Record high maximum temperature	15.0 C (59.0 F)	17 of 100 (Routine)
New Iberia AP - Acadiana Rgnl	United States	Record high minimum temperature	26.1 C (79.0 F)	17 of 100 (Routine)
Georgetown 2 E	United States	Record daily precipitation	38.4 mm (1.5 in)	17 of 100 (Routine)
Wiarton	Canada	Record daily precipitation	21.3 mm (0.8 in)	16 of 100 (Routine)
Bay Saint Louis	United States	Record high maximum temperature	36.1 C (97.0 F)	16 of 100 (Routine)
Oelrichs	United States	Record high minimum temperature	21.1 C (70.0 F)	16 of 100 (Routine)
New Orleans Audubon	United States	Record high maximum temperature	36.1 C (97.0 F)	16 of 100 (Routine)
Tashkent	Uzbekistan	Record high minimum temperature	23.6 C (74.5 F)	16 of 100 (Routine)
Woodville 4 ESE	United States	Record high minimum temperature	25.6 C (78.1 F)	15 of 100 (Routine)
Orlando Executive AP	United States	Record daily precipitation	43.9 mm (1.7 in)	15 of 100 (Routine)
Mena	United States	Record high maximum temperature	38.3 C (100.9 F)	14 of 100 (Routine)
Calhoun 2 N	United States	Record high maximum temperature	38.9 C (102.0 F)	14 of 100 (Routine)
Moab	United States	Record high minimum temperature	21.1 C (70.0 F)	14 of 100 (Routine)
Aberdeen	United States	Record high minimum temperature	15.0 C (59.0 F)	14 of 100 (Routine)
Marshall	United States	Record daily precipitation	30.5 mm (1.2 in)	14 of 100 (Routine)
Hood Rvr Exp STN	United States	Record low minimum temperature	6.7 C (44.1 F)	13 of 100 (Routine)
Crystal Springs Exp STN	United States	Record high maximum temperature	37.2 C (99.0 F)	12 of 100 (Routine)
Ohringen	Germany	Record daily precipitation	13.2 mm (0.5 in)	11 of 100 (Routine)
Charlevoix	United States	Record daily precipitation	27.9 mm (1.1 in)	11 of 100 (Routine)
Brookhaven City	United States	Record high minimum temperature	23.9 C (75.0 F)	11 of 100 (Routine)
Natchez	United States	Record high maximum temperature	37.2 C (99.0 F)	11 of 100 (Routine)
Waynesboro 2 W	United States	Record high maximum temperature	37.2 C (99.0 F)	11 of 100 (Routine)
Ogdensburg 4 NE	United States	Record daily precipitation	17.8 mm (0.7 in)	11 of 100 (Routine)
Alton	Canada	Record daily precipitation	33.0 mm (1.3 in)	10 of 100 (Routine)
Belvidere	United States	Record low minimum temperature	10.6 C (51.1 F)	10 of 100 (Routine)
Charlotteburg Rsvr	United States	Record low minimum temperature	6.7 C (44.1 F)	10 of 100 (Routine)
Cooperstown	United States	Record daily precipitation	27.9 mm (1.1 in)	10 of 100 (Routine)
Wappingers Falls	United States	Record low minimum temperature	10.6 C (51.1 F)	10 of 100 (Routine)
Pullman Exp STN	United States	Record low minimum temperature	6.1 C (43.0 F)	10 of 100 (Routine)
Tampa	United States	Record low maximum temperature	28.3 C (82.9 F)	9 of 100 (Routine)
Cooperstown	United States	Record low minimum temperature	5.6 C (42.1 F)	9 of 100 (Routine)
Mein Station	Australia	Record daily precipitation	0.5 mm (0.02 in)	8 of 100 (Routine)
Clanton	United States	Record high maximum temperature	36.1 C (97.0 F)	8 of 100 (Routine)
Eastport	United States	Record low minimum temperature	8.3 C (46.9 F)	8 of 100 (Routine)
Grand Forks UNIV (NWS)	United States	Record low maximum temperature	18.9 C (66.0 F)	8 of 100 (Routine)
Kenalea	Australia	Record daily precipitation	14.7 mm (0.6 in)	5 of 100 (Routine)
Ft Bidwell	United States	Record low minimum temperature	6.1 C (43.0 F)	5 of 100 (Routine)
Cottbus	Germany	Record low minimum temperature	7.6 C (45.7 F)	4 of 100 (Routine)
Pine Bluff	United States	Record high maximum temperature	38.9 C (102.0 F)	3 of 100 (Routine)
Las Animas	United States	Record low minimum temperature	12.2 C (54.0 F)	3 of 100 (Routine)
Lake Cochituate	United States	Record low minimum temperature	8.9 C (48.0 F)	3 of 100 (Routine)
Astrakan	Russia	Record low minimum temperature	16.5 C (61.7 F)	2 of 100 (Routine)
Nevada City	United States	Record low minimum temperature	4.4 C (39.9 F)	2 of 100 (Routine)
Moscow U of I	United States	Record low minimum temperature	4.4 C (39.9 F)	2 of 100 (Routine)
Minneapolis	United States	Record high maximum temperature	41.7 C (107.1 F)	2 of 100 (Routine)
Cheneyville 1 NE	United States	Record high maximum temperature	37.8 C (100.0 F)	2 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

75 records

Records set or tied on 16 July 1924 by type: Highest daily maximum 20, Lowest daily maximum 4, Highest daily minimum 8, Lowest daily minimum 20, Heaviest daily rainfall 23.

Records on 16 July 1924 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	20
Lowest daily maximum	4
Highest daily minimum	8
Lowest daily minimum	20
Heaviest daily rainfall	23
Heaviest daily snowfall	0
Deepest snow cover	0

Records on 16 July 1924 by timescale: all-time 0, monthly 0, daily 75.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

51 broken records

Margins by which the 51 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 21.9. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

16 July 1924

Top 20 records on 16 July 1924 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
16 July 1924	Burlington, US	daily low max	21.7 C (71.1 F)	6.6 C (11.9 F)	29 years	28 of 100 (Routine)
16 July 1924	Rutherglen, CA	daily rain	42.2 mm (1.7 in)	21.9 mm (0.9 in)	6 years	27 of 100 (Routine)
16 July 1924	Salekhard, RU	daily rain	30.0 mm (1.2 in)	10.8 mm (0.4 in)	27 years	26 of 100 (Routine)
16 July 1924	Pine Bluff, US	daily rain	31.8 mm (1.3 in)	16.1 mm (0.6 in)	26 years	22 of 100 (Routine)
16 July 1924	Boonville, US	daily rain	45.7 mm (1.8 in)	16.0 mm (0.6 in)	30 years	22 of 100 (Routine)
16 July 1924	Buffalo, US	daily rain	32.5 mm (1.3 in)	14.7 mm (0.6 in)	13 years	21 of 100 (Routine)
16 July 1924	Galway, IE	daily rain	13.5 mm (0.5 in)	6.6 mm (0.26 in)	39 years	20 of 100 (Routine)
16 July 1924	Welland, CA	daily rain	21.6 mm (0.9 in)	8.4 mm (0.33 in)	44 years	20 of 100 (Routine)
16 July 1924	Old Mission, US	daily rain	41.7 mm (1.6 in)	9.7 mm (0.38 in)	24 years	20 of 100 (Routine)
16 July 1924	Dwtn Charleston, US	daily rain	35.1 mm (1.4 in)	20.4 mm (0.8 in)	22 years	19 of 100 (Routine)
16 July 1924	Brantford, CA	daily rain	16.5 mm (0.6 in)	11.2 mm (0.4 in)	18 years	18 of 100 (Routine)
16 July 1924	Tuttlingen, DE	daily rain	31.6 mm (1.2 in)	7.1 mm (0.28 in)	22 years	18 of 100 (Routine)
16 July 1924	Lafayette Rgnl AP, US	daily high max	37.2 C (99.0 F)	1.6 C (2.9 F)	30 years	18 of 100 (Routine)
16 July 1924	Columbia Wb City, US	daily rain	58.4 mm (2.3 in)	6.6 mm (0.26 in)	33 years	18 of 100 (Routine)
16 July 1924	Hobart (Ellerslie Road), AU	daily high max	15.0 C (59.0 F)	0.4 C (0.7 F)	40 years	17 of 100 (Routine)
16 July 1924	New Iberia AP - Acadiana Rgnl, US	daily high min	26.1 C (79.0 F)	1.1 C (2.0 F)	23 years	17 of 100 (Routine)
16 July 1924	Georgetown 2 E, US	daily rain	38.4 mm (1.5 in)	14.3 mm (0.6 in)	28 years	17 of 100 (Routine)
16 July 1924	Wiarton, CA	daily rain	21.3 mm (0.8 in)	7.3 mm (0.29 in)	18 years	16 of 100 (Routine)
16 July 1924	Bay Saint Louis, US	daily high max	36.1 C (97.0 F)	1.7 C (3.1 F)	19 years	16 of 100 (Routine)
16 July 1924	Oelrichs, US	daily high min	21.1 C (70.0 F)	2.8 C (5.0 F)	21 years	16 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 1924

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1798 to 1924. 1924 had 75 records.

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

Records on 07-16 in each year
Year	Records
1798	1
1801	1
1802	1
1808	1
1819	1
1829	1
1832	1
1833	1
1840	2
1845	1
1852	2
1862	1
1863	1
1865	3
1866	1
1868	2
1870	1
1871	1
1875	2
1876	2
1878	1
1879	2
1880	1
1881	2
1883	4
1886	1
1887	2
1888	2
1890	5
1891	2
1892	5
1894	6
1896	1
1897	2
1898	2
1899	2
1900	5
1901	9
1902	2
1903	18
1904	20
1905	4
1906	23
1907	7
1908	21
1909	17
1910	9
1911	24
1912	28
1913	23
1914	53
1915	41
1916	39
1917	90
1918	18
1919	56
1920	46
1921	66
1922	303
1923	180
1924	75
1925	179
1926	295
1927	170
1928	405
1929	192
1930	402
1931	527
1932	446
1933	224
1934	432
1935	284
1936	715
1937	307
1938	213
1939	599
1940	255
1941	363
1942	321
1943	297
1944	193
1945	702
1946	454
1947	568
1948	259
1949	417
1950	542
1951	537
1952	560
1953	366
1954	592
1955	548
1956	417
1957	221
1958	1,270
1959	341
1960	329
1961	402
1962	538
1963	251
1964	341
1965	437
1966	415
1967	1,067
1968	788
1969	702
1970	674
1971	766
1972	641
1973	880
1974	666
1975	742
1976	840
1977	829
1978	1,095
1979	543
1980	1,457
1981	569
1982	985
1983	1,362
1984	937
1985	528
1986	845
1987	916
1988	1,306
1989	1,074
1990	955
1991	627
1992	943
1993	1,053
1994	730
1995	929
1996	739
1997	707
1998	1,051
1999	998
2000	1,207
2001	1,073
2002	1,029
2003	1,492
2004	724
2005	1,023
2006	1,527
2007	1,186
2008	669
2009	839
2010	927
2011	1,221
2012	829
2013	853
2014	1,448
2015	605
2016	706
2017	419
2018	694
2019	476
2020	464
2021	661
2022	538
2023	1,150
2024	938
2025	764
2026	727

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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	35
5 to 10	7
10 to 15	4
15 to 20	3
20 to 25	2