Weather Records on 15 July 1942

275 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 15 July 1942. Highest significance: Swan Island Lighthouse, AU.

Key Facts for 15 July 1942

On 15 July 1942, 275 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
64 were record highs and 50 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 2 were all-time records, 5 monthly and 268 daily.
Swan Island Lighthouse set a daily record precipitation of 41.1 mm (1.6 in) on 15 July 1942.
Across 160 earlier years (1793 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 456 records.

Record Map

275 stations

275 station records on 15 July 1942 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 15 July 1942: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Swan Island Lighthouse	Australia	Record daily precipitation	41.1 mm (1.6 in)	55 of 100 (Notable)
Durango	United States	Record daily precipitation	41.7 mm (1.6 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Cape Barren Island (Cape Barre	Australia	Record daily precipitation	48.8 mm (1.9 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Whitemark	Australia	Record daily precipitation	36.1 mm (1.4 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Lehal	India	Record daily precipitation	104.6 mm (4.1 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Penneshaw 2	Australia	Record daily precipitation	38.1 mm (1.5 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Kiev	Ukraine	Record daily precipitation	52.2 mm (2.1 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Goulds Country Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	57.2 mm (2.3 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Duck Hill	United States	Record high minimum temperature	32.2 C (90.0 F)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Wellington (Agrowplow)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	29.0 mm (1.1 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Datia	India	Record daily precipitation	117.1 mm (4.6 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Olekminsk	Russia	Record high minimum temperature	24.4 C (75.9 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Salome 6 SE	United States	Record daily precipitation	31.0 mm (1.2 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Geurie Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	26.7 mm (1.1 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Lucinda Township	Australia	Record daily precipitation	56.9 mm (2.2 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Mathinna (Fingal Road)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	35.1 mm (1.4 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Chemnitz	Germany	Record low maximum temperature	14.9 C (58.8 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Karnaprayag	India	Record daily precipitation	142.2 mm (5.6 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Chicoutimi	Canada	Record low maximum temperature	15.0 C (59.0 F)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Parasala	India	Record daily precipitation	53.3 mm (2.1 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Bikaner	India	Record daily precipitation	81.3 mm (3.2 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Avon Park 2 W	United States	Record low minimum temperature	16.7 C (62.1 F)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Surpura (Nokha)	India	Record daily precipitation	67.3 mm (2.6 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Ulan-Ude	Russia	Record daily precipitation	28.9 mm (1.1 in)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Blair	United States	Record high minimum temperature	27.2 C (81.0 F)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Bloomfield 3 SE	United States	Record low minimum temperature	8.3 C (46.9 F)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Innisfail	Australia	Record daily precipitation	34.3 mm (1.4 in)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Burnie (No 1)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	28.4 mm (1.1 in)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Kottarakara	India	Record daily precipitation	44.5 mm (1.8 in)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Armori	India	Record daily precipitation	97.0 mm (3.8 in)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Zametchino	Russia	Record daily precipitation	31.6 mm (1.2 in)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Avon Park 2 W	United States	Record daily precipitation	49.0 mm (1.9 in)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Savannah 6 SW	United States	Record high maximum temperature	39.4 C (102.9 F)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Benton City 2 NW	United States	Record low maximum temperature	23.3 C (73.9 F)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Wandary	Australia	Record daily precipitation	17.8 mm (0.7 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Kelowna	Canada	Record daily precipitation	17.5 mm (0.7 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Ibapah	United States	Record daily precipitation	16.8 mm (0.7 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Armstrong	Canada	Record daily precipitation	19.6 mm (0.8 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Echo	United States	Record daily precipitation	8.4 mm (0.33 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Glenelg	Australia	Record daily precipitation	17.3 mm (0.7 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Dubbo (Darling Street)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	22.9 mm (0.9 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Trangie Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	21.8 mm (0.9 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Booby Island Lighthouse	Australia	Record daily precipitation	16.3 mm (0.6 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Priest Rvr Exp STN	United States	Record daily precipitation	15.7 mm (0.6 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Wallace	United States	Record daily precipitation	17.0 mm (0.7 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Miandetta (Tyrone)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	18.0 mm (0.7 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Cumnock (Willow Park)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	15.7 mm (0.6 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Obley	Australia	Record daily precipitation	22.1 mm (0.9 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
St Georges	Canada	Record daily precipitation	18.3 mm (0.7 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Dundullimal	Australia	Record daily precipitation	21.6 mm (0.9 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Walsingham 1	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	11.2 mm (0.4 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Mohawk	United States	Record daily precipitation	10.2 mm (0.4 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Hermiston 1 SE	United States	Record daily precipitation	8.9 mm (0.35 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Nyngan (Canonbar)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	19.1 mm (0.8 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Nyngan Airport	Australia	Record daily precipitation	15.2 mm (0.6 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Fillmore	United States	Record daily precipitation	10.7 mm (0.4 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Tottenham (Burdenda)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	10.2 mm (0.4 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Belaringar Station	Australia	Record daily precipitation	16.3 mm (0.6 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Gooloogong Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	13.2 mm (0.5 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Yeoval Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	18.8 mm (0.7 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

275 records

Records set or tied on 15 July 1942 by type: Highest daily maximum 16, Lowest daily maximum 36, Highest daily minimum 48, Lowest daily minimum 14, Heaviest daily rainfall 161.

Records on 15 July 1942 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	16
Lowest daily maximum	36
Highest daily minimum	48
Lowest daily minimum	14
Heaviest daily rainfall	161
Heaviest daily snowfall	0
Deepest snow cover	0

Records on 15 July 1942 by timescale: all-time 2, monthly 5, daily 268.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

223 broken records

Margins by which the 223 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 71.6. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

15 July 1942

Top 20 records on 15 July 1942 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
15 July 1942	Swan Island Lighthouse, AU	daily rain	41.1 mm (1.6 in)	34.5 mm (1.4 in)	32 years	55 of 100 (Notable)
15 July 1942	Durango, US	daily rain	41.7 mm (1.6 in)	32.3 mm (1.3 in)	25 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
15 July 1942	Cape Barren Island (Cape Barre, AU	daily rain	48.8 mm (1.9 in)	36.6 mm (1.4 in)	20 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
15 July 1942	Whitemark, AU	daily rain	36.1 mm (1.4 in)	27.2 mm (1.1 in)	17 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
15 July 1942	Lehal, IN	daily rain	104.6 mm (4.1 in)	71.6 mm (2.8 in)	16 years	43 of 100 (Notable)
15 July 1942	Penneshaw 2, AU	daily rain	38.1 mm (1.5 in)	18.5 mm (0.7 in)	19 years	42 of 100 (Notable)
15 July 1942	Kiev, UA	daily rain	52.2 mm (2.1 in)	21.6 mm (0.9 in)	32 years	39 of 100 (Notable)
15 July 1942	Goulds Country Post Office, AU	daily rain	57.2 mm (2.3 in)	33.1 mm (1.3 in)	13 years	37 of 100 (Notable)
15 July 1942	Duck Hill, US	daily high min	32.2 C (90.0 F)	7.8 C (14.0 F)	5 years	35 of 100 (Notable)
15 July 1942	Wellington (Agrowplow), AU	daily rain	29.0 mm (1.1 in)	13.0 mm (0.5 in)	42 years	34 of 100 (Routine)
15 July 1942	Datia, IN	monthly rain	117.1 mm (4.6 in)	18.0 mm (0.7 in)	37 years	34 of 100 (Routine)
15 July 1942	Olekminsk, RU	all-time high min	24.4 C (75.9 F)	1.7 C (3.1 F)	4 years	31 of 100 (Routine)
15 July 1942	Salome 6 SE, US	daily rain	31.0 mm (1.2 in)	20.8 mm (0.8 in)	12 years	31 of 100 (Routine)
15 July 1942	Geurie Post Office, AU	daily rain	26.7 mm (1.1 in)	20.9 mm (0.8 in)	9 years	30 of 100 (Routine)
15 July 1942	Lucinda Township, AU	daily rain	56.9 mm (2.2 in)	25.9 mm (1.0 in)	32 years	29 of 100 (Routine)
15 July 1942	Mathinna (Fingal Road), AU	daily rain	35.1 mm (1.4 in)	23.9 mm (0.9 in)	13 years	29 of 100 (Routine)
15 July 1942	Chemnitz, DE	daily low max	14.9 C (58.8 F)	2.3 C (4.1 F)	56 years	28 of 100 (Routine)
15 July 1942	Karnaprayag, IN	monthly rain	142.2 mm (5.6 in)	22.6 mm (0.9 in)	8 years	28 of 100 (Routine)
15 July 1942	Chicoutimi, CA	daily low max	15.0 C (59.0 F)	2.8 C (5.0 F)	52 years	27 of 100 (Routine)
15 July 1942	Parasala, IN	daily rain	53.3 mm (2.1 in)	24.6 mm (1.0 in)	17 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

1793 to 1942

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1793 to 1942. 1942 had 275 records.

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

Records on 07-15 in each year
Year	Records
1793	1
1802	1
1808	1
1824	2
1829	1
1832	1
1833	1
1838	1
1839	1
1840	2
1866	1
1868	2
1874	1
1876	1
1877	2
1879	3
1880	1
1881	2
1883	2
1884	2
1885	1
1886	2
1888	1
1889	1
1890	5
1891	4
1892	4
1893	3
1894	6
1895	4
1896	2
1897	2
1898	10
1899	1
1900	1
1901	7
1902	4
1903	24
1904	9
1905	1
1906	10
1907	8
1908	7
1909	7
1910	14
1911	11
1912	44
1913	19
1914	35
1915	34
1916	27
1917	134
1918	33
1919	59
1920	78
1921	55
1922	111
1923	120
1924	126
1925	137
1926	487
1927	151
1928	367
1929	213
1930	503
1931	591
1932	649
1933	205
1934	554
1935	208
1936	905
1937	279
1938	227
1939	394
1940	320
1941	444
1942	275
1943	338
1944	228
1945	693
1946	421
1947	373
1948	397
1949	455
1950	503
1951	606
1952	825
1953	398
1954	784
1955	612
1956	351
1957	304
1958	859
1959	411
1960	576
1961	386
1962	724
1963	291
1964	670
1965	282
1966	494
1967	1,419
1968	661
1969	670
1970	542
1971	552
1972	681
1973	800
1974	692
1975	869
1976	790
1977	766
1978	815
1979	585
1980	1,168
1981	646
1982	938
1983	1,241
1984	841
1985	793
1986	773
1987	968
1988	1,157
1989	827
1990	1,202
1991	589
1992	904
1993	1,198
1994	1,027
1995	1,347
1996	1,076
1997	688
1998	1,170
1999	1,428
2000	1,276
2001	1,004
2002	1,177
2003	1,256
2004	714
2005	932
2006	1,535
2007	1,171
2008	532
2009	816
2010	941
2011	989
2012	927
2013	761
2014	1,016
2015	547
2016	672
2017	467
2018	645
2019	561
2020	614
2021	674
2022	621
2023	1,157
2024	823
2025	720
2026	961

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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	177
10 to 20	28
20 to 30	11
30 to 40	6
40 to 50	0
50 to 60	0
60 to 70	0
70 to 80	1