Weather Records on 16 July 1933

224 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 16 July 1933. Highest significance: Towanda 1 S, US.

Key Facts for 16 July 1933

On 16 July 1933, 224 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
34 were record highs and 72 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 3 were all-time records, 3 monthly and 218 daily.
Towanda 1 S set a daily record precipitation of 57.2 mm (2.3 in) on 16 July 1933.
Across 162 earlier years (1798 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 441 records.

Record Map

224 stations

224 station records on 16 July 1933 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 16 July 1933: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Towanda 1 S	United States	Record daily precipitation	57.2 mm (2.3 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Bederkesa	Germany	Record daily precipitation	65.7 mm (2.6 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Veraval	India	Record daily precipitation	172.2 mm (6.8 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Creston	United States	Record daily precipitation	65.0 mm (2.6 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Kirchdorf/Poel	Germany	Record daily precipitation	64.5 mm (2.5 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Gujjran	India	Record daily precipitation	83.8 mm (3.3 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
World Trade Ctr	United States	Record low maximum temperature	19.4 C (66.9 F)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Mina	United States	Record high maximum temperature	43.3 C (109.9 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Dholka	India	Record daily precipitation	144.8 mm (5.7 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Panchgani	India	Record daily precipitation	81.3 mm (3.2 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Zugspitze	Germany	Record daily precipitation	52.2 mm (2.1 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Balasore	India	Record daily precipitation	88.4 mm (3.5 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Diamond Harbour	India	Record daily precipitation	90.9 mm (3.6 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Caguas	Puerto Rico [United States]	Record low maximum temperature	27.2 C (81.0 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Lambertville River	United States	Record daily precipitation	42.7 mm (1.7 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Quakertown	United States	Record daily precipitation	48.5 mm (1.9 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Kaira	India	Record daily precipitation	139.7 mm (5.5 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Matar	India	Record daily precipitation	139.7 mm (5.5 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Monroe #2	United States	Record daily precipitation	61.5 mm (2.4 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Udaipur	India	Record daily precipitation	55.6 mm (2.2 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Banka	India	Record daily precipitation	152.4 mm (6.0 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Chakradhanpur	India	Record daily precipitation	77.5 mm (3.1 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Sanand	India	Record daily precipitation	132.1 mm (5.2 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Wai	India	Record daily precipitation	43.7 mm (1.7 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Kukrahati	India	Record daily precipitation	103.6 mm (4.1 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Pinal Rch	United States	Record daily precipitation	49.5 mm (1.9 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Elizabeth	United States	Record low maximum temperature	20.6 C (69.1 F)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Alexandria	United States	Record daily precipitation	68.1 mm (2.7 in)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Beaufort	United States	Record daily precipitation	54.6 mm (2.1 in)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Jim Thorpe	United States	Record low maximum temperature	20.6 C (69.1 F)	24 of 100 (Routine)
W Chester 2 NW	United States	Record daily precipitation	57.2 mm (2.3 in)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Debrecen Airport	Hungary	Record high minimum temperature	21.8 C (71.2 F)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Balasinor	India	Record daily precipitation	147.3 mm (5.8 in)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Enisejsk	Russia	Record low minimum temperature	3.7 C (38.7 F)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Crystal Springs Exp STN	United States	Record low maximum temperature	23.3 C (73.9 F)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Port Gibson 1 NE	United States	Record low maximum temperature	24.4 C (75.9 F)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Port Gibson 1 NE	United States	Record daily precipitation	51.6 mm (2.0 in)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Dover	United States	Record low maximum temperature	19.4 C (66.9 F)	23 of 100 (Routine)
W Pt	United States	Record low maximum temperature	20.0 C (68.0 F)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Ny City Cntrl Park	United States	Record low maximum temperature	21.1 C (70.0 F)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Hvar	Croatia	Record high maximum temperature	32.5 C (90.5 F)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Porbandar	India	Record daily precipitation	144.3 mm (5.7 in)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Karnaprayag	India	Record daily precipitation	53.1 mm (2.1 in)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Visby_Flygplats	Sweden	Record daily precipitation	11.6 mm (0.5 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Brindley Park 2	Australia	Record daily precipitation	4.1 mm (0.16 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Willcox	United States	Record daily precipitation	17.8 mm (0.7 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Dhandhuka	India	Record daily precipitation	90.2 mm (3.6 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Macon 2 NE	United States	Record daily precipitation	39.1 mm (1.5 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Vicksburg	United States	Record daily precipitation	48.8 mm (1.9 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Cambray	United States	Record daily precipitation	15.2 mm (0.6 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Crosbyton	United States	Record low maximum temperature	22.8 C (73.0 F)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Junagadh	India	Record daily precipitation	104.1 mm (4.1 in)	19 of 100 (Routine)
Mehmedabad	India	Record daily precipitation	111.8 mm (4.4 in)	19 of 100 (Routine)
Paterson	United States	Record low maximum temperature	21.1 C (70.0 F)	19 of 100 (Routine)
Elmira	United States	Record daily precipitation	38.1 mm (1.5 in)	19 of 100 (Routine)
Lewisburg	United States	Record daily precipitation	29.7 mm (1.2 in)	19 of 100 (Routine)
Austin	United States	Record low minimum temperature	20.0 C (68.0 F)	19 of 100 (Routine)
Lost Creek Near	United States	Record daily precipitation	43.7 mm (1.7 in)	19 of 100 (Routine)
Mahabaleshwar	India	Record daily precipitation	213.6 mm (8.4 in)	18 of 100 (Routine)
Uluberia	India	Record daily precipitation	44.5 mm (1.8 in)	18 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

224 records

Records set or tied on 16 July 1933 by type: Highest daily maximum 10, Lowest daily maximum 57, Highest daily minimum 24, Lowest daily minimum 15, Heaviest daily rainfall 118.

Records on 16 July 1933 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	10
Lowest daily maximum	57
Highest daily minimum	24
Lowest daily minimum	15
Heaviest daily rainfall	118
Heaviest daily snowfall	0
Deepest snow cover	0

Records on 16 July 1933 by timescale: all-time 3, monthly 3, daily 218.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

192 broken records

Margins by which the 192 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 87.6. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

16 July 1933

Top 20 records on 16 July 1933 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
16 July 1933	Towanda 1 S, US	daily rain	57.2 mm (2.3 in)	44.5 mm (1.8 in)	33 years	54 of 100 (Notable)
16 July 1933	Bederkesa, DE	monthly rain	65.7 mm (2.6 in)	12.3 mm (0.5 in)	37 years	42 of 100 (Notable)
16 July 1933	Veraval, IN	daily rain	172.2 mm (6.8 in)	77.5 mm (3.1 in)	7 years	42 of 100 (Notable)
16 July 1933	Creston, US	daily rain	65.0 mm (2.6 in)	34.5 mm (1.4 in)	16 years	40 of 100 (Notable)
16 July 1933	Kirchdorf/Poel, DE	all-time rain	64.5 mm (2.5 in)	8.4 mm (0.33 in)	2 years	39 of 100 (Notable)
16 July 1933	Gujjran, IN	daily rain	83.8 mm (3.3 in)	58.4 mm (2.3 in)	18 years	39 of 100 (Notable)
16 July 1933	World Trade Ctr, US	daily low max	19.4 C (66.9 F)	3.9 C (7.0 F)	57 years	34 of 100 (Routine)
16 July 1933	Mina, US	all-time high max	43.3 C (109.9 F)	0.5 C (0.9 F)	28 years	32 of 100 (Routine)
16 July 1933	Dholka, IN	daily rain	144.8 mm (5.7 in)	87.6 mm (3.4 in)	10 years	31 of 100 (Routine)
16 July 1933	Panchgani, IN	daily rain	81.3 mm (3.2 in)	43.7 mm (1.7 in)	30 years	31 of 100 (Routine)
16 July 1933	Zugspitze, DE	daily rain	52.2 mm (2.1 in)	19.9 mm (0.8 in)	19 years	29 of 100 (Routine)
16 July 1933	Balasore, IN	daily rain	88.4 mm (3.5 in)	42.7 mm (1.7 in)	24 years	28 of 100 (Routine)
16 July 1933	Diamond Harbour, IN	daily rain	90.9 mm (3.6 in)	47.5 mm (1.9 in)	27 years	28 of 100 (Routine)
16 July 1933	Caguas, PR	daily low max	27.2 C (81.0 F)	2.2 C (4.0 F)	32 years	28 of 100 (Routine)
16 July 1933	Lambertville River, US	daily rain	42.7 mm (1.7 in)	21.9 mm (0.9 in)	24 years	28 of 100 (Routine)
16 July 1933	Quakertown, US	daily rain	48.5 mm (1.9 in)	17.3 mm (0.7 in)	45 years	28 of 100 (Routine)
16 July 1933	Kaira, IN	daily rain	139.7 mm (5.5 in)	78.2 mm (3.1 in)	7 years	27 of 100 (Routine)
16 July 1933	Matar, IN	daily rain	139.7 mm (5.5 in)	78.0 mm (3.1 in)	8 years	27 of 100 (Routine)
16 July 1933	Monroe #2, US	daily rain	61.5 mm (2.4 in)	28.5 mm (1.1 in)	4 years	27 of 100 (Routine)
16 July 1933	Udaipur, IN	daily rain	55.6 mm (2.2 in)	28.2 mm (1.1 in)	30 years	26 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 1933

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1798 to 1933. 1933 had 224 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 20	155
20 to 40	20
40 to 60	11
60 to 80	5
80 to 100	1