Weather Records on 16 July 1928

405 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 16 July 1928. Highest significance: Breeza (Main Street), AU.

Key Facts for 16 July 1928

On 16 July 1928, 405 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
53 were record highs and 26 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 1 were all-time records, 6 monthly and 398 daily.
Breeza (Main Street) set a daily record precipitation of 36.8 mm (1.4 in) on 16 July 1928.
Across 162 earlier years (1798 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 440 records.

Record Map

405 stations

405 station records on 16 July 1928 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 16 July 1928: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Breeza (Main Street)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	36.8 mm (1.4 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Mungindi (Cambo Cambo)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	33.8 mm (1.3 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Barraba Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	40.1 mm (1.6 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Bingara Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	43.7 mm (1.7 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Werris Creek Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	41.4 mm (1.6 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Millie	Australia	Record daily precipitation	40.6 mm (1.6 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Guyra Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	50.8 mm (2.0 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Gunnedah Pool	Australia	Record daily precipitation	36.1 mm (1.4 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Bundarra Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	33.0 mm (1.3 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Williamstown	Australia	Record daily precipitation	30.7 mm (1.2 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Collarenebri (Albert St)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	38.4 mm (1.5 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Edgeroi	Australia	Record daily precipitation	32.5 mm (1.3 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Warialda Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	37.3 mm (1.5 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Nairne	Australia	Record daily precipitation	40.6 mm (1.6 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Quirindi Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	27.9 mm (1.1 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Tamworth Airport	Australia	Record daily precipitation	63.8 mm (2.5 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Weissenburg	Germany	Record daily precipitation	33.8 mm (1.3 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Doreen	Australia	Record daily precipitation	34.0 mm (1.3 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Boggabri Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	40.6 mm (1.6 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Dunolly	Australia	Record daily precipitation	25.7 mm (1.0 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Rowena (Bunna Bunna)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	31.2 mm (1.2 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Pallamallawa 2	Australia	Record daily precipitation	47.5 mm (1.9 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Austin	United States	Record daily precipitation	77.5 mm (3.1 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Tambo Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	26.7 mm (1.1 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Euroa	Australia	Record daily precipitation	26.2 mm (1.0 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Milan	Italy	Record high maximum temperature	37.1 C (98.8 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Canton 4N	United States	Record daily precipitation	56.4 mm (2.2 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Gravesend Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	40.1 mm (1.6 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Boolcarrol	Australia	Record daily precipitation	34.0 mm (1.3 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
May Vale	Australia	Record daily precipitation	32.3 mm (1.3 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Pallal	Australia	Record daily precipitation	26.4 mm (1.0 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Clausthal-Zellerfeld	Germany	Record high minimum temperature	22.1 C (71.8 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Wallangarra Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	46.2 mm (1.8 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Bingara (Keera)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	27.4 mm (1.1 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Deepwater Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	48.3 mm (1.9 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Amphitheatre	Australia	Record daily precipitation	29.7 mm (1.2 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Hambantota	Sri Lanka	Record high minimum temperature	26.1 C (79.0 F)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Praha-Klementinum	Czech Republic	Record high maximum temperature	34.4 C (93.9 F)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Willow City	United States	Record daily precipitation	30.2 mm (1.2 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Carthage	United States	Record low maximum temperature	21.7 C (71.1 F)	25 of 100 (Routine)
New Orleans Audubon	United States	Record daily precipitation	73.7 mm (2.9 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Stirling	Australia	Record daily precipitation	46.5 mm (1.8 in)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Pittsworth	Australia	Record daily precipitation	45.7 mm (1.8 in)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Mooroopna	Australia	Record daily precipitation	25.9 mm (1.0 in)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Goulds Country Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	55.1 mm (2.2 in)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Innsbruck	Austria	Record high maximum temperature	35.6 C (96.1 F)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Helena	United States	Record daily precipitation	33.0 mm (1.3 in)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Mount Barker	Australia	Record daily precipitation	28.2 mm (1.1 in)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Gragin	Australia	Record daily precipitation	32.0 mm (1.3 in)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Gorlitz	Germany	Record high minimum temperature	21.5 C (70.7 F)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Ozark	United States	Record low maximum temperature	22.2 C (72.0 F)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Barraba (Mount Lindsay)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	39.9 mm (1.6 in)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Kunzelsau	Germany	Record daily precipitation	26.4 mm (1.0 in)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Yielima Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	26.2 mm (1.0 in)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Munchen-Nymphenburg	Germany	Record high maximum temperature	34.0 C (93.2 F)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Murtho Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	19.1 mm (0.8 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Parramatta	Australia	Record daily precipitation	8.9 mm (0.35 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Warracknabeal Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	21.8 mm (0.9 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Conargo Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	24.6 mm (1.0 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Happy Valley Reservoir	Australia	Record daily precipitation	24.9 mm (1.0 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

405 records

Records set or tied on 16 July 1928 by type: Highest daily maximum 16, Lowest daily maximum 16, Highest daily minimum 37, Lowest daily minimum 10, Heaviest daily rainfall 326.

Records on 16 July 1928 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	16
Lowest daily maximum	16
Highest daily minimum	37
Lowest daily minimum	10
Heaviest daily rainfall	326
Heaviest daily snowfall	0
Deepest snow cover	0

Records on 16 July 1928 by timescale: all-time 1, monthly 6, daily 398.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

368 broken records

Margins by which the 368 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 55.4. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

16 July 1928

Top 20 records on 16 July 1928 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
16 July 1928	Breeza (Main Street), AU	daily rain	36.8 mm (1.4 in)	32.2 mm (1.3 in)	28 years	52 of 100 (Notable)
16 July 1928	Mungindi (Cambo Cambo), AU	daily rain	33.8 mm (1.3 in)	31.0 mm (1.2 in)	23 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
16 July 1928	Barraba Post Office, AU	daily rain	40.1 mm (1.6 in)	28.4 mm (1.1 in)	45 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
16 July 1928	Bingara Post Office, AU	daily rain	43.7 mm (1.7 in)	34.0 mm (1.3 in)	45 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
16 July 1928	Werris Creek Post Office, AU	daily rain	41.4 mm (1.6 in)	40.6 mm (1.6 in)	38 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
16 July 1928	Millie, AU	daily rain	40.6 mm (1.6 in)	33.0 mm (1.3 in)	38 years	44 of 100 (Notable)
16 July 1928	Guyra Post Office, AU	daily rain	50.8 mm (2.0 in)	33.0 mm (1.3 in)	1 year	43 of 100 (Notable)
16 July 1928	Gunnedah Pool, AU	daily rain	36.1 mm (1.4 in)	23.4 mm (0.9 in)	45 years	41 of 100 (Notable)
16 July 1928	Bundarra Post Office, AU	daily rain	33.0 mm (1.3 in)	28.2 mm (1.1 in)	19 years	41 of 100 (Notable)
16 July 1928	Williamstown, AU	daily rain	30.7 mm (1.2 in)	18.0 mm (0.7 in)	35 years	39 of 100 (Notable)
16 July 1928	Collarenebri (Albert St), AU	daily rain	38.4 mm (1.5 in)	31.3 mm (1.2 in)	21 years	39 of 100 (Notable)
16 July 1928	Edgeroi, AU	daily rain	32.5 mm (1.3 in)	27.4 mm (1.1 in)	38 years	39 of 100 (Notable)
16 July 1928	Warialda Post Office, AU	daily rain	37.3 mm (1.5 in)	22.1 mm (0.9 in)	47 years	39 of 100 (Notable)
16 July 1928	Nairne, AU	daily rain	40.6 mm (1.6 in)	16.5 mm (0.6 in)	33 years	36 of 100 (Notable)
16 July 1928	Quirindi Post Office, AU	daily rain	27.9 mm (1.1 in)	20.3 mm (0.8 in)	36 years	36 of 100 (Notable)
16 July 1928	Tamworth Airport, AU	monthly rain	63.8 mm (2.5 in)	10.2 mm (0.4 in)	30 years	36 of 100 (Notable)
16 July 1928	Weissenburg, DE	daily rain	33.8 mm (1.3 in)	12.9 mm (0.5 in)	45 years	36 of 100 (Notable)
16 July 1928	Doreen, AU	daily rain	34.0 mm (1.3 in)	33.0 mm (1.3 in)	11 years	35 of 100 (Notable)
16 July 1928	Boggabri Post Office, AU	daily rain	40.6 mm (1.6 in)	29.7 mm (1.2 in)	1 year	35 of 100 (Notable)
16 July 1928	Dunolly, AU	daily rain	25.7 mm (1.0 in)	16.0 mm (0.6 in)	5 years	35 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

1798 to 1928

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1798 to 1928. 1928 had 405 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 10	298
10 to 20	41
20 to 30	19
30 to 40	8
40 to 50	1
50 to 60	1