Weather Records on 16 July 1940

255 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 16 July 1940. Highest significance: Moab, US.

Key Facts for 16 July 1940

On 16 July 1940, 255 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
56 were record highs and 113 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 2 were all-time records, 7 monthly and 246 daily.
Moab set a daily record precipitation of 29.7 mm (1.2 in) on 16 July 1940.
Across 162 earlier years (1798 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 441 records.

Record Map

255 stations

255 station records on 16 July 1940 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 16 July 1940: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Moab	United States	Record daily precipitation	29.7 mm (1.2 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Poronajsk	Russia	Record daily precipitation	36.4 mm (1.4 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Perm	Russia	Record high minimum temperature	22.5 C (72.5 F)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Ballabgarh	India	Record daily precipitation	196.1 mm (7.7 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Koyah	India	Record daily precipitation	96.5 mm (3.8 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Taylorsville 2SW	United States	Record daily precipitation	109.2 mm (4.3 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Regensburg	Germany	Record daily precipitation	32.0 mm (1.3 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Zametchino	Russia	Record daily precipitation	26.0 mm (1.0 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Dilley	United States	Record daily precipitation	57.7 mm (2.3 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Falfurrias	United States	Record daily precipitation	47.2 mm (1.9 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Kukicherra	India	Record daily precipitation	68.1 mm (2.7 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Globe Rs	United States	Record daily precipitation	39.9 mm (1.6 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Ambala	India	Record daily precipitation	68.3 mm (2.7 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Parsons 3 SE	United States	Record daily precipitation	41.9 mm (1.6 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Ambala Obsy	India	Record daily precipitation	106.7 mm (4.2 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Wickenburg	United States	Record low maximum temperature	30.6 C (87.1 F)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Newnan 7 WNW	United States	Record daily precipitation	54.1 mm (2.1 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Khairdatan	India	Record daily precipitation	78.7 mm (3.1 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Williams	United States	Record low maximum temperature	19.4 C (66.9 F)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Paso Robles	United States	Record low maximum temperature	19.4 C (66.9 F)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Represa	United States	Record low maximum temperature	24.4 C (75.9 F)	24 of 100 (Routine)
El Dorado	United States	Record daily precipitation	31.8 mm (1.3 in)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Scipio	United States	Record low maximum temperature	24.4 C (75.9 F)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Los Gatos	United States	Record low maximum temperature	21.1 C (70.0 F)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Fairfield	United States	Record low minimum temperature	6.7 C (44.1 F)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Cornwall	United States	Record daily precipitation	34.8 mm (1.4 in)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Lexington Bluegrass AP	United States	Record low maximum temperature	22.2 C (72.0 F)	23 of 100 (Routine)
High River	Canada	Record daily precipitation	28.4 mm (1.1 in)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Szombathely	Hungary	Record daily precipitation	34.2 mm (1.3 in)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Biser	Russia	Record high minimum temperature	18.1 C (64.6 F)	22 of 100 (Routine)
St Charles Elm Pt	United States	Record daily precipitation	36.8 mm (1.4 in)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Ryan	United States	Record low maximum temperature	22.8 C (73.0 F)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Jodhpur	India	Record daily precipitation	27.7 mm (1.1 in)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Collbran	United States	Record high minimum temperature	15.6 C (60.1 F)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Leech Lake	United States	Record low minimum temperature	4.4 C (39.9 F)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Lima Wwtp	United States	Record low maximum temperature	22.8 C (73.0 F)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Pesaro	Italy	Record daily precipitation	6.0 mm (0.24 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Sevastopol',Mgs	Ukraine	Record daily precipitation	13.9 mm (0.5 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Dayville	United States	Record daily precipitation	9.4 mm (0.37 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Tbilisi	Georgia	Record daily precipitation	10.9 mm (0.4 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Sawar	India	Record daily precipitation	41.9 mm (1.6 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Kjahta	Russia	Record low minimum temperature	4.0 C (39.2 F)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Santa Cruz	United States	Record daily precipitation	2.3 mm (0.09 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Visalia	United States	Record low maximum temperature	30.6 C (87.1 F)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Carson City	United States	Record daily precipitation	0.8 mm (0.03 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Findlay Wpcc	United States	Record low maximum temperature	23.9 C (75.0 F)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Loa	United States	Record low maximum temperature	23.9 C (75.0 F)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Tropic	United States	Record low maximum temperature	21.1 C (70.0 F)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Pecs Pogany	Hungary	Record daily precipitation	21.2 mm (0.8 in)	19 of 100 (Routine)
Surgut	Russia	Record low minimum temperature	0.8 C (33.4 F)	19 of 100 (Routine)
Tarnaby	Sweden	Record low minimum temperature	1.0 C (33.8 F)	19 of 100 (Routine)
Lowestoft	United Kingdom	Record daily precipitation	25.2 mm (1.0 in)	19 of 100 (Routine)
Bee Branch	United States	Record daily precipitation	31.8 mm (1.3 in)	19 of 100 (Routine)
Kentfield	United States	Record low maximum temperature	20.6 C (69.1 F)	19 of 100 (Routine)
Kern River Ph 1	United States	Record low minimum temperature	16.7 C (62.1 F)	19 of 100 (Routine)
Talbotton	United States	Record daily precipitation	50.8 mm (2.0 in)	19 of 100 (Routine)
Stanley Wwtp	United States	Record low minimum temperature	3.3 C (37.9 F)	19 of 100 (Routine)
Holy Cross	United States	Record daily precipitation	22.4 mm (0.9 in)	19 of 100 (Routine)
Ranfurly	Canada	Record daily precipitation	18.3 mm (0.7 in)	18 of 100 (Routine)
Chemnitz	Germany	Record low minimum temperature	8.5 C (47.3 F)	18 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

255 records

Records set or tied on 16 July 1940 by type: Highest daily maximum 7, Lowest daily maximum 77, Highest daily minimum 49, Lowest daily minimum 36, Heaviest daily rainfall 86.

Records on 16 July 1940 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	7
Lowest daily maximum	77
Highest daily minimum	49
Lowest daily minimum	36
Heaviest daily rainfall	86
Heaviest daily snowfall	0
Deepest snow cover	0

Records on 16 July 1940 by timescale: all-time 2, monthly 7, daily 246.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

204 broken records

Margins by which the 204 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 47.8. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

16 July 1940

Top 20 records on 16 July 1940 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
16 July 1940	Moab, US	daily rain	29.7 mm (1.2 in)	26.1 mm (1.0 in)	41 years	52 of 100 (Notable)
16 July 1940	Poronajsk, RU	daily rain	36.4 mm (1.4 in)	28.7 mm (1.1 in)	29 years	43 of 100 (Notable)
16 July 1940	Perm, RU	all-time high min	22.5 C (72.5 F)	0.8 C (1.4 F)	46 years	41 of 100 (Notable)
16 July 1940	Ballabgarh, IN	monthly rain	196.1 mm (7.7 in)	41.2 mm (1.6 in)	20 years	40 of 100 (Notable)
16 July 1940	Koyah, IN	daily rain	96.5 mm (3.8 in)	45.4 mm (1.8 in)	39 years	39 of 100 (Notable)
16 July 1940	Taylorsville 2SW, US	monthly rain	109.2 mm (4.3 in)	20.3 mm (0.8 in)	34 years	38 of 100 (Notable)
16 July 1940	Regensburg, DE	daily rain	32.0 mm (1.3 in)	14.0 mm (0.6 in)	26 years	33 of 100 (Routine)
16 July 1940	Zametchino, RU	daily rain	26.0 mm (1.0 in)	8.7 mm (0.34 in)	51 years	33 of 100 (Routine)
16 July 1940	Dilley, US	daily rain	57.7 mm (2.3 in)	45.5 mm (1.8 in)	9 years	31 of 100 (Routine)
16 July 1940	Falfurrias, US	daily rain	47.2 mm (1.9 in)	44.7 mm (1.8 in)	10 years	30 of 100 (Routine)
16 July 1940	Kukicherra, IN	daily rain	68.1 mm (2.7 in)	24.9 mm (1.0 in)	39 years	29 of 100 (Routine)
16 July 1940	Globe Rs, US	daily rain	39.9 mm (1.6 in)	15.3 mm (0.6 in)	32 years	29 of 100 (Routine)
16 July 1940	Ambala, IN	daily rain	68.3 mm (2.7 in)	36.3 mm (1.4 in)	24 years	28 of 100 (Routine)
16 July 1940	Parsons 3 SE, US	daily rain	41.9 mm (1.6 in)	34.8 mm (1.4 in)	24 years	28 of 100 (Routine)
16 July 1940	Ambala Obsy, IN	daily rain	106.7 mm (4.2 in)	47.8 mm (1.9 in)	13 years	27 of 100 (Routine)
16 July 1940	Wickenburg, US	daily low max	30.6 C (87.1 F)	4.4 C (7.9 F)	32 years	27 of 100 (Routine)
16 July 1940	Newnan 7 WNW, US	daily rain	54.1 mm (2.1 in)	18.5 mm (0.7 in)	29 years	27 of 100 (Routine)
16 July 1940	Khairdatan, IN	daily rain	78.7 mm (3.1 in)	45.7 mm (1.8 in)	21 years	25 of 100 (Routine)
16 July 1940	Williams, US	daily low max	19.4 C (66.9 F)	3.4 C (6.1 F)	34 years	24 of 100 (Routine)
16 July 1940	Paso Robles, US	daily low max	19.4 C (66.9 F)	7.8 C (14.0 F)	17 years	24 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 1940

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1798 to 1940. 1940 had 255 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	171
10 to 20	20
20 to 30	5
30 to 40	2
40 to 50	6