Weather Records on 16 July 1936

715 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 16 July 1936. Highest significance: Gadsden, US.

Key Facts for 16 July 1936

On 16 July 1936, 715 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
529 were record highs and 29 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 19 were all-time records, 15 monthly and 681 daily.
Gadsden set a daily record precipitation of 85.6 mm (3.4 in) on 16 July 1936.
Across 162 earlier years (1798 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 438 records.

Record Map

715 stations

715 station records on 16 July 1936 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 16 July 1936: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Gadsden	United States	Record daily precipitation	85.6 mm (3.4 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Guntersville	United States	Record daily precipitation	86.4 mm (3.4 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Mascoutah	United States	Record daily precipitation	61.5 mm (2.4 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Hallettsville 2 N	United States	Record daily precipitation	205.7 mm (8.1 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Resaca	United States	Record daily precipitation	91.4 mm (3.6 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Macon	United States	Record daily precipitation	119.4 mm (4.7 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Austin	United States	Record daily precipitation	130.0 mm (5.1 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Bedetti(Behali)	India	Record daily precipitation	120.4 mm (4.7 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Kudligi	India	Record daily precipitation	88.9 mm (3.5 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Umerkhed	India	Record daily precipitation	86.6 mm (3.4 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Luling	United States	Record daily precipitation	68.6 mm (2.7 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Sanjari	India	Record daily precipitation	92.5 mm (3.6 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Nigriting	India	Record daily precipitation	89.4 mm (3.5 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Gravette	United States	Record high maximum temperature	43.9 C (111.0 F)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Cheyyar	India	Record daily precipitation	40.4 mm (1.6 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Mayville	United States	Record high minimum temperature	31.7 C (89.1 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Franklin Sewage Plt	United States	Record daily precipitation	47.0 mm (1.9 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Storm Lake	United States	Record high maximum temperature	42.2 C (108.0 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Danevang 1 W	United States	Record daily precipitation	78.7 mm (3.1 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Cap Madeleine	Canada	Record daily precipitation	37.8 mm (1.5 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Bridgeport 5 NW	United States	Record daily precipitation	55.4 mm (2.2 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Pocahontas 1	United States	Record daily precipitation	66.0 mm (2.6 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Hempstead	United States	Record daily precipitation	83.8 mm (3.3 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Eskridge	United States	Record high maximum temperature	43.9 C (111.0 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Austin Montopolis Brg	United States	Record daily precipitation	114.8 mm (4.5 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Burnet	United States	Record daily precipitation	45.7 mm (1.8 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Golaghat	India	Record daily precipitation	74.2 mm (2.9 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Thiruthuraipoond	India	Record daily precipitation	45.7 mm (1.8 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Ostas I Hegra	Norway	Record daily precipitation	35.3 mm (1.4 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Florence	United States	Record daily precipitation	35.6 mm (1.4 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Pierce 1 E	United States	Record daily precipitation	47.0 mm (1.9 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Mercanam	India	Record daily precipitation	51.1 mm (2.0 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Salem	United States	Record daily precipitation	48.0 mm (1.9 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Steele 4N	United States	Record high maximum temperature	43.9 C (111.0 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Panruti	India	Record daily precipitation	69.9 mm (2.8 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Sonamukhi	India	Record daily precipitation	97.8 mm (3.9 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Goldsboro 4 SE	United States	Record high minimum temperature	26.1 C (79.0 F)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Pudukkottai	India	Record daily precipitation	44.5 mm (1.8 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Sac City	United States	Record high maximum temperature	43.3 C (109.9 F)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Grand Forks UNIV (NWS)	United States	Record high maximum temperature	40.0 C (104.0 F)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Greenville Dwtn AP	United States	Record high minimum temperature	24.4 C (75.9 F)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Liberty	United States	Record low maximum temperature	26.7 C (80.1 F)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Harrison	United States	Record high minimum temperature	28.3 C (82.9 F)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Hallock	United States	Record high maximum temperature	40.0 C (104.0 F)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Edenton	United States	Record high maximum temperature	38.3 C (100.9 F)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Tyndall	United States	Record high maximum temperature	45.0 C (113.0 F)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Khutauna	India	Record daily precipitation	127.0 mm (5.0 in)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Osage City	United States	Record high maximum temperature	44.4 C (111.9 F)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Macon	United States	Record high maximum temperature	46.7 C (116.1 F)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Kiandra Chalet	Australia	Record daily precipitation	43.4 mm (1.7 in)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Melur	India	Record daily precipitation	35.6 mm (1.4 in)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Tiruppathur	India	Record daily precipitation	91.9 mm (3.6 in)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Edgeley 3WNW	United States	Record high maximum temperature	42.8 C (109.0 F)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Vinita 2 N	United States	Record high minimum temperature	26.7 C (80.1 F)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Woodward	United States	Record high maximum temperature	43.3 C (109.9 F)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Blackville 3 W	United States	Record high minimum temperature	25.0 C (77.0 F)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Walhalla	United States	Record high minimum temperature	22.8 C (73.0 F)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Hondo	United States	Record low maximum temperature	28.9 C (84.0 F)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Vanur	India	Record daily precipitation	45.5 mm (1.8 in)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Udayalipatti	India	Record daily precipitation	44.2 mm (1.7 in)	22 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

715 records

Records set or tied on 16 July 1936 by type: Highest daily maximum 349, Lowest daily maximum 15, Highest daily minimum 180, Lowest daily minimum 14, Heaviest daily rainfall 157.

Records on 16 July 1936 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	349
Lowest daily maximum	15
Highest daily minimum	180
Lowest daily minimum	14
Heaviest daily rainfall	157
Heaviest daily snowfall	0
Deepest snow cover	0

Records on 16 July 1936 by timescale: all-time 19, monthly 15, daily 681.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

548 broken records

Margins by which the 548 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 173.9. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

16 July 1936

Top 20 records on 16 July 1936 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
16 July 1936	Gadsden, US	daily rain	85.6 mm (3.4 in)	58.2 mm (2.3 in)	22 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
16 July 1936	Guntersville, US	daily rain	86.4 mm (3.4 in)	77.5 mm (3.1 in)	21 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
16 July 1936	Mascoutah, US	daily rain	61.5 mm (2.4 in)	43.7 mm (1.7 in)	42 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
16 July 1936	Hallettsville 2 N, US	daily rain	205.7 mm (8.1 in)	173.9 mm (6.8 in)	19 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
16 July 1936	Resaca, US	daily rain	91.4 mm (3.6 in)	49.7 mm (2.0 in)	42 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
16 July 1936	Macon, US	monthly rain	119.4 mm (4.7 in)	32.0 mm (1.3 in)	16 years	44 of 100 (Notable)
16 July 1936	Austin, US	daily rain	130.0 mm (5.1 in)	100.3 mm (3.9 in)	3 years	44 of 100 (Notable)
16 July 1936	Bedetti(Behali), IN	daily rain	120.4 mm (4.7 in)	81.5 mm (3.2 in)	9 years	39 of 100 (Notable)
16 July 1936	Kudligi, IN	monthly rain	88.9 mm (3.5 in)	22.4 mm (0.9 in)	3 years	39 of 100 (Notable)
16 July 1936	Umerkhed, IN	daily rain	86.6 mm (3.4 in)	52.1 mm (2.1 in)	19 years	36 of 100 (Notable)
16 July 1936	Luling, US	daily rain	68.6 mm (2.7 in)	54.4 mm (2.1 in)	5 years	36 of 100 (Notable)
16 July 1936	Sanjari, IN	daily rain	92.5 mm (3.6 in)	62.0 mm (2.4 in)	22 years	35 of 100 (Notable)
16 July 1936	Nigriting, IN	daily rain	89.4 mm (3.5 in)	47.2 mm (1.9 in)	31 years	34 of 100 (Routine)
16 July 1936	Gravette, US	all-time high max	43.9 C (111.0 F)	1.1 C (2.0 F)	26 years	34 of 100 (Routine)
16 July 1936	Cheyyar, IN	daily rain	40.4 mm (1.6 in)	21.9 mm (0.9 in)	35 years	33 of 100 (Routine)
16 July 1936	Mayville, US	all-time high min	31.7 C (89.1 F)	1.1 C (2.0 F)	26 years	33 of 100 (Routine)
16 July 1936	Franklin Sewage Plt, US	daily rain	47.0 mm (1.9 in)	30.5 mm (1.2 in)	25 years	33 of 100 (Routine)
16 July 1936	Storm Lake, US	daily high max	42.2 C (108.0 F)	7.2 C (13.0 F)	35 years	32 of 100 (Routine)
16 July 1936	Danevang 1 W, US	daily rain	78.7 mm (3.1 in)	46.9 mm (1.8 in)	16 years	32 of 100 (Routine)
16 July 1936	Cap Madeleine, CA	daily rain	37.8 mm (1.5 in)	21.8 mm (0.9 in)	2 years	31 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 1936

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1798 to 1936. 1936 had 715 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 25	520
25 to 50	19
50 to 75	5
75 to 100	2
100 to 125	1
125 to 150	0
150 to 175	1