Weather Records on 16 July 1942

321 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 16 July 1942. Highest significance: Vancouver Pmo, CA.

Key Facts for 16 July 1942

On 16 July 1942, 321 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
94 were record highs and 66 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 1 were all-time records, 4 monthly and 316 daily.
Vancouver Pmo set a daily record precipitation of 43.9 mm (1.7 in) on 16 July 1942.
Across 162 earlier years (1798 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 441 records.

Record Map

321 stations

321 station records on 16 July 1942 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 16 July 1942: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Vancouver Pmo	Canada	Record daily precipitation	43.9 mm (1.7 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Waupaca	United States	Record daily precipitation	64.0 mm (2.5 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Minot Exp STN	United States	Record daily precipitation	36.6 mm (1.4 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Acude Cedro	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	63.8 mm (2.5 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Pesaro	Italy	Record daily precipitation	37.6 mm (1.5 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Kargopol	Russia	Record daily precipitation	29.2 mm (1.1 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Niznij Novgorod	Russia	Record daily precipitation	34.9 mm (1.4 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Karimnagar	India	Record daily precipitation	95.3 mm (3.8 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Vytegra	Russia	Record daily precipitation	39.4 mm (1.6 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Hancock Exp Farm	United States	Record daily precipitation	41.9 mm (1.6 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Sawai Madhopur	India	Record daily precipitation	301.0 mm (11.9 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Manitowoc	United States	Record daily precipitation	54.4 mm (2.1 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Fingal (Legge Street)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	48.3 mm (1.9 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Revelstoke	Canada	Record daily precipitation	26.7 mm (1.1 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
New London	United States	Record daily precipitation	59.2 mm (2.3 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Sonamarg &	India	Record daily precipitation	56.1 mm (2.2 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Clearbrook	United States	Record daily precipitation	45.7 mm (1.8 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Pine River 3 NE	United States	Record daily precipitation	40.6 mm (1.6 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Mesa	United States	Record low maximum temperature	30.0 C (86.0 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Sedro-Woolley	United States	Record daily precipitation	26.4 mm (1.0 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Ridgetown	Canada	Record daily precipitation	27.4 mm (1.1 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Bhavani	India	Record daily precipitation	55.4 mm (2.2 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Cranbrook (Cranbrook House)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	45.7 mm (1.8 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Stave Falls	Canada	Record daily precipitation	38.9 mm (1.5 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Oxford	United Kingdom	Record low maximum temperature	13.9 C (57.0 F)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Holland Wtp	United States	Record daily precipitation	26.9 mm (1.1 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Magadi	India	Record daily precipitation	26.7 mm (1.1 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Omak 4 N	United States	Record daily precipitation	48.8 mm (1.9 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Willapa Harbor	United States	Record daily precipitation	26.2 mm (1.0 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
St Helens Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	31.2 mm (1.2 in)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Vaniyambadi	India	Record daily precipitation	35.3 mm (1.4 in)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Menasha	United States	Record daily precipitation	31.8 mm (1.3 in)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Whitemark	Australia	Record daily precipitation	40.9 mm (1.6 in)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Khetri	India	Record daily precipitation	50.8 mm (2.0 in)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Manamathurai	India	Record daily precipitation	64.8 mm (2.6 in)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Shenkursk	Russia	Record daily precipitation	30.6 mm (1.2 in)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Casa Grande	United States	Record daily precipitation	39.6 mm (1.6 in)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Salome 6 SE	United States	Record low maximum temperature	30.6 C (87.1 F)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Vale	United States	Record low maximum temperature	27.2 C (81.0 F)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Escalante	United States	Record daily precipitation	26.2 mm (1.0 in)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Landsburg	United States	Record daily precipitation	29.5 mm (1.2 in)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Deal Island	Australia	Record daily precipitation	31.8 mm (1.3 in)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Siliguri	India	Record daily precipitation	143.3 mm (5.6 in)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Ponce 4 E	Puerto Rico [United States]	Record daily precipitation	41.9 mm (1.6 in)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Pinal Rch	United States	Record daily precipitation	59.7 mm (2.4 in)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Mescalero	United States	Record high minimum temperature	15.6 C (60.1 F)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Lakeside	United States	Record low minimum temperature	10.0 C (50.0 F)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Buckhannon	United States	Record high minimum temperature	22.2 C (72.0 F)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Gospic	Croatia	Record low maximum temperature	17.3 C (63.1 F)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Tiruvannamalai	India	Record daily precipitation	50.3 mm (2.0 in)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Blagovescensk	Russia	Record high minimum temperature	21.7 C (71.1 F)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Mt Carroll	United States	Record high minimum temperature	23.3 C (73.9 F)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Hartington	United States	Record high minimum temperature	25.6 C (78.1 F)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Richfield Radio Ksvc	United States	Record high minimum temperature	16.7 C (62.1 F)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Cedar Lake	United States	Record daily precipitation	37.1 mm (1.5 in)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Ibapah	United States	Record daily precipitation	24.1 mm (0.9 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Dawson	Canada	Record daily precipitation	16.3 mm (0.6 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Umatilla	United States	Record daily precipitation	6.4 mm (0.25 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Ephrata	United States	Record daily precipitation	9.1 mm (0.36 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Haugan 1 W	United States	Record daily precipitation	14.2 mm (0.6 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

321 records

Records set or tied on 16 July 1942 by type: Highest daily maximum 24, Lowest daily maximum 48, Highest daily minimum 70, Lowest daily minimum 18, Heaviest daily rainfall 160, Deepest snow cover 1.

Records on 16 July 1942 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	24
Lowest daily maximum	48
Highest daily minimum	70
Lowest daily minimum	18
Heaviest daily rainfall	160
Heaviest daily snowfall	0
Deepest snow cover	1

Records on 16 July 1942 by timescale: all-time 1, monthly 4, daily 316.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

250 broken records

Margins by which the 250 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 70.0. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

16 July 1942

Top 20 records on 16 July 1942 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
16 July 1942	Vancouver Pmo, CA	daily rain	43.9 mm (1.7 in)	32.0 mm (1.3 in)	25 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
16 July 1942	Waupaca, US	daily rain	64.0 mm (2.5 in)	55.9 mm (2.2 in)	8 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
16 July 1942	Minot Exp STN, US	daily rain	36.6 mm (1.4 in)	31.5 mm (1.2 in)	11 years	44 of 100 (Notable)
16 July 1942	Acude Cedro, BR	daily rain	63.8 mm (2.5 in)	59.6 mm (2.3 in)	3 years	43 of 100 (Notable)
16 July 1942	Pesaro, IT	daily rain	37.6 mm (1.5 in)	31.6 mm (1.2 in)	1 year	42 of 100 (Notable)
16 July 1942	Kargopol, RU	daily rain	29.2 mm (1.1 in)	19.0 mm (0.7 in)	7 years	40 of 100 (Notable)
16 July 1942	Niznij Novgorod, RU	daily rain	34.9 mm (1.4 in)	19.6 mm (0.8 in)	24 years	39 of 100 (Notable)
16 July 1942	Karimnagar, IN	daily rain	95.3 mm (3.8 in)	52.6 mm (2.1 in)	4 years	36 of 100 (Notable)
16 July 1942	Vytegra, RU	daily rain	39.4 mm (1.6 in)	14.2 mm (0.6 in)	31 years	36 of 100 (Notable)
16 July 1942	Hancock Exp Farm, US	daily rain	41.9 mm (1.6 in)	26.7 mm (1.1 in)	28 years	36 of 100 (Notable)
16 July 1942	Sawai Madhopur, IN	all-time rain	301.0 mm (11.9 in)	20.3 mm (0.8 in)	14 years	35 of 100 (Notable)
16 July 1942	Manitowoc, US	daily rain	54.4 mm (2.1 in)	22.6 mm (0.9 in)	41 years	34 of 100 (Routine)
16 July 1942	Fingal (Legge Street), AU	daily rain	48.3 mm (1.9 in)	23.4 mm (0.9 in)	13 years	32 of 100 (Routine)
16 July 1942	Revelstoke, CA	daily rain	26.7 mm (1.1 in)	14.0 mm (0.6 in)	36 years	32 of 100 (Routine)
16 July 1942	New London, US	daily rain	59.2 mm (2.3 in)	27.7 mm (1.1 in)	20 years	32 of 100 (Routine)
16 July 1942	Sonamarg &, IN	daily rain	56.1 mm (2.2 in)	15.5 mm (0.6 in)	39 years	31 of 100 (Routine)
16 July 1942	Clearbrook, US	monthly rain	45.7 mm (1.8 in)	9.1 mm (0.36 in)	10 years	31 of 100 (Routine)
16 July 1942	Pine River 3 NE, US	daily rain	40.6 mm (1.6 in)	29.7 mm (1.2 in)	15 years	31 of 100 (Routine)
16 July 1942	Mesa, US	daily low max	30.0 C (86.0 F)	4.4 C (7.9 F)	33 years	28 of 100 (Routine)
16 July 1942	Sedro-Woolley, US	daily rain	26.4 mm (1.0 in)	9.1 mm (0.36 in)	43 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

1798 to 1942

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1798 to 1942. 1942 had 321 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	204
10 to 20	27
20 to 30	9
30 to 40	5
40 to 50	0
50 to 60	3
60 to 70	2