Weather Records on 16 July 1927

170 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 16 July 1927. Highest significance: Falun, SE.

Key Facts for 16 July 1927

On 16 July 1927, 170 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
54 were record highs and 20 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 2 were all-time records, 1 monthly and 167 daily.
Falun set a daily record precipitation of 53.0 mm (2.1 in) on 16 July 1927.
Across 162 earlier years (1798 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 442 records.

Record Map

170 stations

170 station records on 16 July 1927 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 16 July 1927: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Falun	Sweden	Record daily precipitation	53.0 mm (2.1 in)	62 of 100 (Major)
Perm	Russia	Record daily precipitation	52.5 mm (2.1 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Ringtown	United States	Record daily precipitation	82.6 mm (3.3 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Brocken	Germany	Record daily precipitation	51.0 mm (2.0 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Biser	Russia	Record daily precipitation	32.3 mm (1.3 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Fulton	United States	Record daily precipitation	77.7 mm (3.1 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Gysinge	Sweden	Record daily precipitation	34.1 mm (1.3 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Winchendon	United States	Record daily precipitation	62.0 mm (2.4 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Malung	Sweden	Record daily precipitation	40.1 mm (1.6 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Dickinson Exp STN	United States	Record daily precipitation	25.7 mm (1.0 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Forman 5 SSE	United States	Record daily precipitation	46.7 mm (1.8 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Mellette 4 W	United States	Record daily precipitation	44.7 mm (1.8 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Chattanooga Wb City	United States	Record daily precipitation	51.1 mm (2.0 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
White River	Canada	Record daily precipitation	45.0 mm (1.8 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Chatham	Canada	Record daily precipitation	49.3 mm (1.9 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Ekaterinburg	Russia	Record daily precipitation	28.0 mm (1.1 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Florence	United States	Record daily precipitation	50.3 mm (2.0 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Neillsville 3ESE	United States	Record daily precipitation	29.2 mm (1.1 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Mykland	Norway	Record daily precipitation	25.0 mm (1.0 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Faulkton	United States	Record daily precipitation	36.8 mm (1.4 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Halden	Norway	Record daily precipitation	30.6 mm (1.2 in)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Milan 1NW	United States	Record daily precipitation	49.8 mm (2.0 in)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Bathurst	Canada	Record high minimum temperature	20.0 C (68.0 F)	23 of 100 (Routine)
New Madrid	United States	Record daily precipitation	43.2 mm (1.7 in)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Orje	Norway	Record daily precipitation	28.3 mm (1.1 in)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Alma	United States	Record daily precipitation	33.8 mm (1.3 in)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Plainfield	United States	Record daily precipitation	32.5 mm (1.3 in)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Port Jervis	United States	Record daily precipitation	76.2 mm (3.0 in)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Varberg	Sweden	Record daily precipitation	14.7 mm (0.6 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Boggabri Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	10.9 mm (0.4 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Worcester	United States	Record daily precipitation	20.6 mm (0.8 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Green Bay	United States	Record daily precipitation	35.8 mm (1.4 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Huron Rgnl AP	United States	Record daily precipitation	36.6 mm (1.4 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Cairo River	United States	Record daily precipitation	28.2 mm (1.1 in)	19 of 100 (Routine)
Warsaw 1	United States	Record daily precipitation	26.7 mm (1.1 in)	19 of 100 (Routine)
Chinook	United States	Record low minimum temperature	1.7 C (35.1 F)	19 of 100 (Routine)
Napoleon	United States	Record daily precipitation	26.7 mm (1.1 in)	19 of 100 (Routine)
La Delle 7 NE	United States	Record daily precipitation	43.2 mm (1.7 in)	19 of 100 (Routine)
World Trade Ctr	United States	Record daily precipitation	76.2 mm (3.0 in)	18 of 100 (Routine)
Brookings 2 NE	United States	Record daily precipitation	21.8 mm (0.9 in)	18 of 100 (Routine)
Flandreau	United States	Record daily precipitation	27.2 mm (1.1 in)	18 of 100 (Routine)
Bjuraker	Sweden	Record high minimum temperature	17.0 C (62.6 F)	17 of 100 (Routine)
Ft Morgan	United States	Record low minimum temperature	8.9 C (48.0 F)	17 of 100 (Routine)
N Loup	United States	Record daily precipitation	33.0 mm (1.3 in)	17 of 100 (Routine)
Newton	United States	Record daily precipitation	22.1 mm (0.9 in)	17 of 100 (Routine)
Vineland	United States	Record high minimum temperature	23.9 C (75.0 F)	17 of 100 (Routine)
Forestburg 4 NNE	United States	Record daily precipitation	24.1 mm (0.9 in)	17 of 100 (Routine)
Cairns Post Office	Australia	Record high maximum temperature	29.1 C (84.4 F)	15 of 100 (Routine)
Ft Morgan	United States	Record low maximum temperature	23.3 C (73.9 F)	15 of 100 (Routine)
Montevideo 1SW	United States	Record daily precipitation	33.3 mm (1.3 in)	15 of 100 (Routine)
Pontotoc	United States	Record daily precipitation	50.8 mm (2.0 in)	15 of 100 (Routine)
Bridgeton 1 NE	United States	Record high minimum temperature	24.4 C (75.9 F)	15 of 100 (Routine)
Alexandria	United States	Record daily precipitation	22.1 mm (0.9 in)	15 of 100 (Routine)
Clark	United States	Record daily precipitation	42.9 mm (1.7 in)	15 of 100 (Routine)
Halmstad	Sweden	Record high minimum temperature	18.0 C (64.4 F)	14 of 100 (Routine)
Oakland	United States	Record low maximum temperature	17.2 C (63.0 F)	14 of 100 (Routine)
St Peter	United States	Record daily precipitation	17.5 mm (0.7 in)	14 of 100 (Routine)
Two Harbors	United States	Record daily precipitation	45.7 mm (1.8 in)	14 of 100 (Routine)
Cowles	United States	Record high maximum temperature	30.0 C (86.0 F)	14 of 100 (Routine)
Kennebec	United States	Record daily precipitation	17.0 mm (0.7 in)	14 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

170 records

Records set or tied on 16 July 1927 by type: Highest daily maximum 15, Lowest daily maximum 11, Highest daily minimum 39, Lowest daily minimum 9, Heaviest daily rainfall 96.

Records on 16 July 1927 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	15
Lowest daily maximum	11
Highest daily minimum	39
Lowest daily minimum	9
Heaviest daily rainfall	96
Heaviest daily snowfall	0
Deepest snow cover	0

Records on 16 July 1927 by timescale: all-time 2, monthly 1, daily 167.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

129 broken records

Margins by which the 129 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 53.4. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

16 July 1927

Top 20 records on 16 July 1927 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
16 July 1927	Falun, SE	daily rain	53.0 mm (2.1 in)	33.3 mm (1.3 in)	54 years	62 of 100 (Major)
16 July 1927	Perm, RU	daily rain	52.5 mm (2.1 in)	40.3 mm (1.6 in)	4 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
16 July 1927	Ringtown, US	daily rain	82.6 mm (3.3 in)	53.4 mm (2.1 in)	16 years	43 of 100 (Notable)
16 July 1927	Brocken, DE	daily rain	51.0 mm (2.0 in)	27.3 mm (1.1 in)	29 years	38 of 100 (Notable)
16 July 1927	Biser, RU	daily rain	32.3 mm (1.3 in)	15.1 mm (0.6 in)	31 years	35 of 100 (Notable)
16 July 1927	Fulton, US	daily rain	77.7 mm (3.1 in)	49.8 mm (2.0 in)	25 years	35 of 100 (Notable)
16 July 1927	Gysinge, SE	daily rain	34.1 mm (1.3 in)	15.1 mm (0.6 in)	34 years	33 of 100 (Routine)
16 July 1927	Winchendon, US	daily rain	62.0 mm (2.4 in)	31.5 mm (1.2 in)	17 years	31 of 100 (Routine)
16 July 1927	Malung, SE	daily rain	40.1 mm (1.6 in)	19.5 mm (0.8 in)	12 years	30 of 100 (Routine)
16 July 1927	Dickinson Exp STN, US	daily rain	25.7 mm (1.0 in)	22.4 mm (0.9 in)	20 years	30 of 100 (Routine)
16 July 1927	Forman 5 SSE, US	daily rain	46.7 mm (1.8 in)	32.2 mm (1.3 in)	12 years	30 of 100 (Routine)
16 July 1927	Mellette 4 W, US	daily rain	44.7 mm (1.8 in)	30.2 mm (1.2 in)	10 years	30 of 100 (Routine)
16 July 1927	Chattanooga Wb City, US	daily rain	51.1 mm (2.0 in)	21.4 mm (0.8 in)	30 years	30 of 100 (Routine)
16 July 1927	White River, CA	daily rain	45.0 mm (1.8 in)	17.8 mm (0.7 in)	21 years	29 of 100 (Routine)
16 July 1927	Chatham, CA	daily rain	49.3 mm (1.9 in)	19.8 mm (0.8 in)	4 years	27 of 100 (Routine)
16 July 1927	Ekaterinburg, RU	daily rain	28.0 mm (1.1 in)	9.3 mm (0.37 in)	39 years	27 of 100 (Routine)
16 July 1927	Florence, US	daily rain	50.3 mm (2.0 in)	22.4 mm (0.9 in)	26 years	27 of 100 (Routine)
16 July 1927	Neillsville 3ESE, US	daily rain	29.2 mm (1.1 in)	22.8 mm (0.9 in)	26 years	27 of 100 (Routine)
16 July 1927	Mykland, NO	daily rain	25.0 mm (1.0 in)	17.9 mm (0.7 in)	18 years	25 of 100 (Routine)
16 July 1927	Faulkton, US	daily rain	36.8 mm (1.4 in)	19.0 mm (0.7 in)	10 years	25 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 1927

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1798 to 1927. 1927 had 170 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).

Histogram of margins by which records were beaten on 16 July 1927
Margin	Records
0 to 10	89
10 to 20	25
20 to 30	8
30 to 40	4
40 to 50	2
50 to 60	1