Weather Records on 1 July 1939

287 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 1 July 1939. Highest significance: Glenormiston, AU.

Key Facts for 1 July 1939

On 1 July 1939, 287 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
23 were record highs and 31 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 0 were all-time records, 11 monthly and 276 daily.
Glenormiston set a daily record precipitation of 39.9 mm (1.6 in) on 1 July 1939.
Across 166 earlier years (1793 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 431 records.

Record Map

287 stations

287 station records on 1 July 1939 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 1 July 1939: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Glenormiston	Australia	Record daily precipitation	39.9 mm (1.6 in)	56 of 100 (Notable)
Harnosand	Sweden	Record daily precipitation	30.5 mm (1.2 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Eastport	United States	Record daily precipitation	33.8 mm (1.3 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Argalong (the Farm)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	65.8 mm (2.6 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Hedal I Valdres	Norway	Record daily precipitation	33.5 mm (1.3 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Ord River	Australia	Record daily precipitation	46.5 mm (1.8 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Urandangi	Australia	Record daily precipitation	39.9 mm (1.6 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Putten (Gld)	Netherlands	Record daily precipitation	28.5 mm (1.1 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Rena	Norway	Record daily precipitation	32.2 mm (1.3 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Shillong	India	Record daily precipitation	111.5 mm (4.4 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Mawphlang Obsy	India	Record daily precipitation	232.2 mm (9.1 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Barrow Creek	Australia	Record daily precipitation	33.0 mm (1.3 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Geilo	Norway	Record daily precipitation	50.0 mm (2.0 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Bar Harbor 3 NW	United States	Record daily precipitation	31.5 mm (1.2 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Salisbury	United States	Record daily precipitation	52.1 mm (2.1 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Bandher	India	Record daily precipitation	73.7 mm (2.9 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Warmun	Australia	Record daily precipitation	46.0 mm (1.8 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Alix	Canada	Record daily precipitation	25.7 mm (1.0 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Adelong Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	33.0 mm (1.3 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Digby	Canada	Record daily precipitation	48.3 mm (1.9 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Haleakala Rch 432	United States	Record daily precipitation	39.9 mm (1.6 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Lake Nash	Australia	Record daily precipitation	26.7 mm (1.1 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Bredasdorp	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	27.4 mm (1.1 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Kachugaon	India	Record daily precipitation	239.0 mm (9.4 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Carandotta Station	Australia	Record daily precipitation	54.6 mm (2.1 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Balipara(Addibar) Sr	India	Record daily precipitation	80.0 mm (3.1 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Upper Shillong	India	Record daily precipitation	114.3 mm (4.5 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Hiasen I Sigdal	Norway	Record daily precipitation	37.0 mm (1.5 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Durbanville (Pol)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	44.5 mm (1.8 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Tuskegee	United States	Record high minimum temperature	25.6 C (78.1 F)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Hebron	United States	Record daily precipitation	55.9 mm (2.2 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Goulburn (Pomeroy)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Hopetoun	Australia	Record daily precipitation	40.1 mm (1.6 in)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Ter Apel	Netherlands	Record daily precipitation	30.1 mm (1.2 in)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Hedrum	Norway	Record daily precipitation	30.6 mm (1.2 in)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Nidingen A	Sweden	Record daily precipitation	27.4 mm (1.1 in)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Mohonk Lake	United States	Record daily precipitation	42.7 mm (1.7 in)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Burra 1	Australia	Record daily precipitation	39.6 mm (1.6 in)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Caledon (Pol)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	37.3 mm (1.5 in)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Rowlesburg 1	United States	Record daily precipitation	37.1 mm (1.5 in)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Carnarvon Post Office	Australia	Record low maximum temperature	16.8 C (62.2 F)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Esperance Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	46.2 mm (1.8 in)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Cork Station	Australia	Record daily precipitation	27.9 mm (1.1 in)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Mazbat(Majbat)	India	Record daily precipitation	165.1 mm (6.5 in)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Cherrapunji/P.S.	India	Record daily precipitation	561.3 mm (22.1 in)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Orje	Norway	Record daily precipitation	29.0 mm (1.1 in)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Skjak	Norway	Record daily precipitation	20.0 mm (0.8 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Tennant Creek Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	18.0 mm (0.7 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Oestersund-Froesoen	Sweden	Record daily precipitation	15.9 mm (0.6 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Benjeroop (Davey)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	19.8 mm (0.8 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Pyramid Hill	Australia	Record daily precipitation	16.0 mm (0.6 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Saddleworth	Australia	Record daily precipitation	14.0 mm (0.6 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Nesbyen	Norway	Record daily precipitation	21.3 mm (0.8 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Stockport	Australia	Record daily precipitation	15.2 mm (0.6 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Canary Island South	Australia	Record daily precipitation	13.7 mm (0.5 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Heidelberg Cape (Pol)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	10.7 mm (0.4 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Barham 2	Australia	Record daily precipitation	14.7 mm (0.6 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Heerde	Netherlands	Record daily precipitation	24.7 mm (1.0 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Storlien	Sweden	Record daily precipitation	17.3 mm (0.7 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Mundarlo (Yabtree)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	24.1 mm (0.9 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

287 records

Records set or tied on 1 July 1939 by type: Highest daily maximum 6, Lowest daily maximum 12, Highest daily minimum 17, Lowest daily minimum 19, Heaviest daily rainfall 233.

Records on 1 July 1939 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	6
Lowest daily maximum	12
Highest daily minimum	17
Lowest daily minimum	19
Heaviest daily rainfall	233
Heaviest daily snowfall	0
Deepest snow cover	0

Records on 1 July 1939 by timescale: all-time 0, monthly 11, daily 276.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

261 broken records

Margins by which the 261 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 148.3. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

1 July 1939

Top 20 records on 1 July 1939 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
1 July 1939	Glenormiston, AU	daily rain	39.9 mm (1.6 in)	39.9 mm (1.6 in)	45 years	56 of 100 (Notable)
1 July 1939	Harnosand, SE	daily rain	30.5 mm (1.2 in)	16.2 mm (0.6 in)	77 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
1 July 1939	Eastport, US	daily rain	33.8 mm (1.3 in)	24.9 mm (1.0 in)	43 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
1 July 1939	Argalong (the Farm), AU	daily rain	65.8 mm (2.6 in)	35.1 mm (1.4 in)	33 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
1 July 1939	Hedal I Valdres, NO	daily rain	33.5 mm (1.3 in)	17.6 mm (0.7 in)	42 years	39 of 100 (Notable)
1 July 1939	Ord River, AU	monthly rain	46.5 mm (1.8 in)	22.4 mm (0.9 in)	4 years	37 of 100 (Notable)
1 July 1939	Urandangi, AU	daily rain	39.9 mm (1.6 in)	30.8 mm (1.2 in)	17 years	37 of 100 (Notable)
1 July 1939	Putten (Gld), NL	daily rain	28.5 mm (1.1 in)	15.3 mm (0.6 in)	26 years	37 of 100 (Notable)
1 July 1939	Rena, NO	daily rain	32.2 mm (1.3 in)	20.9 mm (0.8 in)	22 years	37 of 100 (Notable)
1 July 1939	Shillong, IN	daily rain	111.5 mm (4.4 in)	47.0 mm (1.9 in)	25 years	33 of 100 (Routine)
1 July 1939	Mawphlang Obsy, IN	daily rain	232.2 mm (9.1 in)	100.9 mm (4.0 in)	25 years	32 of 100 (Routine)
1 July 1939	Barrow Creek, AU	monthly rain	33.0 mm (1.3 in)	3.0 mm (0.12 in)	38 years	31 of 100 (Routine)
1 July 1939	Geilo, NO	monthly rain	50.0 mm (2.0 in)	3.4 mm (0.13 in)	40 years	31 of 100 (Routine)
1 July 1939	Bar Harbor 3 NW, US	daily rain	31.5 mm (1.2 in)	22.6 mm (0.9 in)	32 years	31 of 100 (Routine)
1 July 1939	Salisbury, US	daily rain	52.1 mm (2.1 in)	34.3 mm (1.4 in)	4 years	31 of 100 (Routine)
1 July 1939	Bandher, IN	daily rain	73.7 mm (2.9 in)	41.9 mm (1.6 in)	20 years	30 of 100 (Routine)
1 July 1939	Warmun, AU	monthly rain	46.0 mm (1.8 in)	14.0 mm (0.6 in)	4 years	29 of 100 (Routine)
1 July 1939	Alix, CA	daily rain	25.7 mm (1.0 in)	13.8 mm (0.5 in)	28 years	29 of 100 (Routine)
1 July 1939	Adelong Post Office, AU	daily rain	33.0 mm (1.3 in)	10.1 mm (0.4 in)	33 years	28 of 100 (Routine)
1 July 1939	Digby, CA	daily rain	48.3 mm (1.9 in)	21.9 mm (0.9 in)	18 years	28 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

1793 to 1939

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1793 to 1939. 1939 had 287 records.

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

Records on 07-01 in each year
Year	Records
1793	1
1811	2
1816	1
1832	1
1833	1
1835	1
1839	1
1840	1
1841	1
1846	1
1857	1
1859	1
1860	1
1864	1
1868	1
1870	2
1871	1
1872	3
1874	1
1877	1
1878	1
1879	4
1880	1
1881	1
1882	1
1883	1
1885	2
1887	1
1888	4
1889	2
1890	2
1891	6
1892	2
1893	1
1894	4
1895	7
1896	1
1897	4
1898	10
1899	8
1900	2
1901	16
1902	6
1903	13
1904	18
1905	20
1906	14
1907	11
1908	11
1909	21
1910	30
1911	24
1912	51
1913	62
1914	126
1915	22
1916	30
1917	34
1918	57
1919	32
1920	293
1921	239
1922	55
1923	298
1924	350
1925	166
1926	95
1927	163
1928	65
1929	146
1930	163
1931	763
1932	300
1933	601
1934	220
1935	263
1936	425
1937	491
1938	355
1939	287
1940	393
1941	528
1942	510
1943	494
1944	252
1945	614
1946	432
1947	493
1948	278
1949	301
1950	435
1951	484
1952	271
1953	618
1954	619
1955	535
1956	420
1957	657
1958	496
1959	738
1960	386
1961	370
1962	280
1963	663
1964	403
1965	358
1966	504
1967	488
1968	721
1969	472
1970	632
1971	421
1972	474
1973	627
1974	738
1975	554
1976	768
1977	672
1978	718
1979	722
1980	959
1981	828
1982	1,606
1983	749
1984	766
1985	1,019
1986	965
1987	954
1988	1,542
1989	832
1990	1,405
1991	1,021
1992	1,689
1993	623
1994	936
1995	1,326
1996	637
1997	1,145
1998	1,280
1999	1,395
2000	593
2001	897
2002	1,090
2003	1,031
2004	768
2005	941
2006	674
2007	719
2008	857
2009	1,159
2010	1,146
2011	1,038
2012	1,295
2013	1,151
2014	517
2015	917
2016	515
2017	667
2018	764
2019	531
2020	820
2021	957
2022	759
2023	514
2024	660
2025	1,181
2026	958

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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	241
20 to 40	14
40 to 60	3
60 to 80	0
80 to 100	1
100 to 120	1
120 to 140	0
140 to 160	1