Weather Records on 16 July 1943

297 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 16 July 1943. Highest significance: Dhanbad Sr, IN.

Key Facts for 16 July 1943

On 16 July 1943, 297 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
41 were record highs and 101 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 5 were all-time records, 5 monthly and 287 daily.
Dhanbad Sr set a monthly record daily precipitation of 190.5 mm (7.5 in) on 16 July 1943.
Across 162 earlier years (1798 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 441 records.

Record Map

297 stations

297 station records on 16 July 1943 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 16 July 1943: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Dhanbad Sr	India	Record daily precipitation	190.5 mm (7.5 in)	59 of 100 (Notable)
Gobindpur	India	Record daily precipitation	155.4 mm (6.1 in)	56 of 100 (Notable)
Ekaterinburg	Russia	Record daily precipitation	72.5 mm (2.9 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Bankura Obsy Sr	India	Record daily precipitation	137.9 mm (5.4 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Mehgawan	India	Record daily precipitation	102.9 mm (4.1 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Bilara	India	Record daily precipitation	106.7 mm (4.2 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Nagaur (Nagore )	India	Record daily precipitation	116.8 mm (4.6 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Satgawan	India	Record daily precipitation	163.1 mm (6.4 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Merta City	India	Record daily precipitation	279.4 mm (11.0 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Suri	India	Record daily precipitation	92.7 mm (3.6 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Berhampore	India	Record daily precipitation	118.1 mm (4.6 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Marengo	United States	Record daily precipitation	40.9 mm (1.6 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Pachpadra	India	Record daily precipitation	73.9 mm (2.9 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Ft Wayne Maumee	United States	Record daily precipitation	39.4 mm (1.6 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Pierre Rgnl AP	United States	Record daily precipitation	36.3 mm (1.4 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Barh	India	Record daily precipitation	78.7 mm (3.1 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Vishnupur	India	Record daily precipitation	99.6 mm (3.9 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Raghunathpur	India	Record daily precipitation	119.9 mm (4.7 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Subiaco	United States	Record high minimum temperature	30.6 C (87.1 F)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Mokakchung	India	Record daily precipitation	154.9 mm (6.1 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Gangajalghati	India	Record daily precipitation	135.9 mm (5.4 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Fairfield	United States	Record daily precipitation	52.3 mm (2.1 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Pisangan	India	Record daily precipitation	113.0 mm (4.4 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Ponce 4 E	Puerto Rico [United States]	Record daily precipitation	78.7 mm (3.1 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Rockford	United States	Record daily precipitation	47.0 mm (1.9 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Borzja	Russia	Record high minimum temperature	24.3 C (75.7 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Sojat	India	Record daily precipitation	106.7 mm (4.2 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Jaitram	India	Record daily precipitation	88.9 mm (3.5 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Mount Abu	India	Record daily precipitation	167.1 mm (6.6 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Arkansas City	United States	Record daily precipitation	58.2 mm (2.3 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Winona Lake	United States	Record daily precipitation	53.3 mm (2.1 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Utica	United States	Record high minimum temperature	26.7 C (80.1 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Clifton Hill	United States	Record daily precipitation	33.8 mm (1.3 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Mandal	India	Record daily precipitation	98.6 mm (3.9 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Sheoganj	India	Record daily precipitation	71.6 mm (2.8 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Bolpur	India	Record daily precipitation	173.0 mm (6.8 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Lincoln 1 SE	United States	Record daily precipitation	58.4 mm (2.3 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Godda	India	Record daily precipitation	92.7 mm (3.6 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Burdwan	India	Record daily precipitation	93.5 mm (3.7 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Jullundar	India	Record daily precipitation	71.9 mm (2.8 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Tiffin	United States	Record daily precipitation	37.1 mm (1.5 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
McGill	United States	Record low maximum temperature	24.4 C (75.9 F)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Joliet	United States	Record daily precipitation	25.7 mm (1.0 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Jamui	India	Record daily precipitation	76.2 mm (3.0 in)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Gidhour	India	Record daily precipitation	59.9 mm (2.4 in)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Dumka	India	Record daily precipitation	85.9 mm (3.4 in)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Srinivaspur	India	Record daily precipitation	33.0 mm (1.3 in)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Salem	India	Record daily precipitation	36.3 mm (1.4 in)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Kulattur	India	Record daily precipitation	53.8 mm (2.1 in)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Bathurst Gaol	Australia	Record low maximum temperature	6.1 C (43.0 F)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Chakaibanda	India	Record daily precipitation	82.6 mm (3.3 in)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Jodhpur	India	Record daily precipitation	59.7 mm (2.4 in)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Pali	India	Record daily precipitation	143.5 mm (5.6 in)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Mt Pleasant 1 SW	United States	Record daily precipitation	29.2 mm (1.1 in)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Butte Bert Mooney AP	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-1.1 C (30.0 F)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Upper Sandusky	United States	Record daily precipitation	33.5 mm (1.3 in)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Sachor	India	Record daily precipitation	78.7 mm (3.1 in)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Santa Ana River Ph 1	United States	Record low minimum temperature	7.2 C (45.0 F)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Albia 3 NNE	United States	Record daily precipitation	33.0 mm (1.3 in)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Chariton 1 E	United States	Record daily precipitation	42.4 mm (1.7 in)	21 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

297 records

Records set or tied on 16 July 1943 by type: Highest daily maximum 16, Lowest daily maximum 45, Highest daily minimum 25, Lowest daily minimum 56, Heaviest daily rainfall 155.

Records on 16 July 1943 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	16
Lowest daily maximum	45
Highest daily minimum	25
Lowest daily minimum	56
Heaviest daily rainfall	155
Heaviest daily snowfall	0
Deepest snow cover	0

Records on 16 July 1943 by timescale: all-time 5, monthly 5, daily 287.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

238 broken records

Margins by which the 238 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 130.1. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

16 July 1943

Top 20 records on 16 July 1943 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
16 July 1943	Dhanbad Sr, IN	monthly rain	190.5 mm (7.5 in)	77.0 mm (3.0 in)	21 years	59 of 100 (Notable)
16 July 1943	Gobindpur, IN	monthly rain	155.4 mm (6.1 in)	53.3 mm (2.1 in)	37 years	56 of 100 (Notable)
16 July 1943	Ekaterinburg, RU	daily rain	72.5 mm (2.9 in)	44.5 mm (1.8 in)	16 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
16 July 1943	Bankura Obsy Sr, IN	daily rain	137.9 mm (5.4 in)	98.0 mm (3.9 in)	18 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
16 July 1943	Mehgawan, IN	daily rain	102.9 mm (4.1 in)	73.7 mm (2.9 in)	14 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
16 July 1943	Bilara, IN	daily rain	106.7 mm (4.2 in)	89.7 mm (3.5 in)	10 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
16 July 1943	Nagaur (Nagore ), IN	daily rain	116.8 mm (4.6 in)	87.3 mm (3.4 in)	10 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
16 July 1943	Satgawan, IN	daily rain	163.1 mm (6.4 in)	130.1 mm (5.1 in)	4 years	44 of 100 (Notable)
16 July 1943	Merta City, IN	all-time rain	279.4 mm (11.0 in)	33.0 mm (1.3 in)	14 years	43 of 100 (Notable)
16 July 1943	Suri, IN	daily rain	92.7 mm (3.6 in)	54.6 mm (2.1 in)	36 years	43 of 100 (Notable)
16 July 1943	Berhampore, IN	daily rain	118.1 mm (4.6 in)	70.9 mm (2.8 in)	1 year	42 of 100 (Notable)
16 July 1943	Marengo, US	daily rain	40.9 mm (1.6 in)	27.7 mm (1.1 in)	42 years	40 of 100 (Notable)
16 July 1943	Pachpadra, IN	daily rain	73.9 mm (2.9 in)	51.8 mm (2.0 in)	13 years	37 of 100 (Notable)
16 July 1943	Ft Wayne Maumee, US	daily rain	39.4 mm (1.6 in)	29.7 mm (1.2 in)	33 years	37 of 100 (Notable)
16 July 1943	Pierre Rgnl AP, US	daily rain	36.3 mm (1.4 in)	19.8 mm (0.8 in)	40 years	37 of 100 (Notable)
16 July 1943	Barh, IN	daily rain	78.7 mm (3.1 in)	48.5 mm (1.9 in)	21 years	35 of 100 (Notable)
16 July 1943	Vishnupur, IN	daily rain	99.6 mm (3.9 in)	38.6 mm (1.5 in)	38 years	35 of 100 (Notable)
16 July 1943	Raghunathpur, IN	monthly rain	119.9 mm (4.7 in)	15.5 mm (0.6 in)	37 years	34 of 100 (Routine)
16 July 1943	Subiaco, US	all-time high min	30.6 C (87.1 F)	0.6 C (1.1 F)	26 years	34 of 100 (Routine)
16 July 1943	Mokakchung, IN	all-time rain	154.9 mm (6.1 in)	5.0 mm (0.20 in)	24 years	33 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 1943

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1798 to 1943. 1943 had 297 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 20	197
20 to 40	20
40 to 60	13
60 to 80	4
80 to 100	3
100 to 120	0
120 to 140	1