Weather Records on 16 July 1944

193 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 16 July 1944. Highest significance: Oberlin, US.

Key Facts for 16 July 1944

On 16 July 1944, 193 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
54 were record highs and 31 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 1 were all-time records, 3 monthly and 189 daily.
Oberlin set a daily record precipitation of 130.3 mm (5.1 in) on 16 July 1944.
Across 162 earlier years (1798 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 441 records.

Record Map

193 stations

193 station records on 16 July 1944 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 16 July 1944: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Oberlin	United States	Record daily precipitation	130.3 mm (5.1 in)	58 of 100 (Notable)
Bansda	India	Record daily precipitation	306.1 mm (12.1 in)	56 of 100 (Notable)
Ahwa	India	Record daily precipitation	221.2 mm (8.7 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Turners Falls	United States	Record daily precipitation	117.1 mm (4.6 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Kalgan River	Australia	Record daily precipitation	51.8 mm (2.0 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Leoti	United States	Record daily precipitation	40.6 mm (1.6 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Nome AP	United States	Record daily precipitation	34.5 mm (1.4 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Kalvan	India	Record daily precipitation	82.3 mm (3.2 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Alirajpur/Rajpur	India	Record daily precipitation	162.6 mm (6.4 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Poltava	Ukraine	Record daily precipitation	31.2 mm (1.2 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Navapur	India	Record daily precipitation	142.2 mm (5.6 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Lindsborg 3E	United States	Record daily precipitation	73.4 mm (2.9 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Manpur(Tappa)	India	Record daily precipitation	135.4 mm (5.3 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Sakri	India	Record daily precipitation	50.3 mm (2.0 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Tribune 1W	United States	Record daily precipitation	42.7 mm (1.7 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Idar	India	Record daily precipitation	169.4 mm (6.7 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Moga	India	Record daily precipitation	72.1 mm (2.8 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Bogoroditskoye-Fenino	Russia	Record daily precipitation	37.3 mm (1.5 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Harlingen	United States	Record daily precipitation	50.8 mm (2.0 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Jhalod	India	Record daily precipitation	101.6 mm (4.0 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Seoni	India	Record daily precipitation	186.4 mm (7.3 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Larned	United States	Record daily precipitation	92.2 mm (3.6 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Bardoli	India	Record daily precipitation	177.8 mm (7.0 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Sagwara	India	Record daily precipitation	125.7 mm (4.9 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Highland Home	United States	Record high minimum temperature	26.7 C (80.1 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Deesa	India	Record daily precipitation	142.7 mm (5.6 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Chandor	India	Record daily precipitation	37.1 mm (1.5 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Samrala	India	Record daily precipitation	82.0 mm (3.2 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Portland	United States	Record high minimum temperature	30.0 C (86.0 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Harsud	India	Record daily precipitation	88.9 mm (3.5 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Mescalero	United States	Record low maximum temperature	17.2 C (63.0 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Lynchburg 7 St Brg	United States	Record daily precipitation	51.6 mm (2.0 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Ness City	United States	Record daily precipitation	49.3 mm (1.9 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Ashta	India	Record daily precipitation	144.3 mm (5.7 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Satara	India	Record daily precipitation	64.0 mm (2.5 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Garhi	India	Record daily precipitation	223.5 mm (8.8 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Barpukhuri	India	Record daily precipitation	99.1 mm (3.9 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Nandurbar	India	Record daily precipitation	56.4 mm (2.2 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Jaswantpura	India	Record daily precipitation	127.0 mm (5.0 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Scott City	United States	Record daily precipitation	45.2 mm (1.8 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Weatherford	United States	Record high minimum temperature	28.9 C (84.0 F)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Nakodar	India	Record daily precipitation	56.1 mm (2.2 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Norton 9SSE	United States	Record daily precipitation	50.8 mm (2.0 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Ghoda Ambegaon	India	Record daily precipitation	38.6 mm (1.5 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Lexington Bluegrass AP	United States	Record high maximum temperature	36.7 C (98.1 F)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Pachora	India	Record daily precipitation	51.8 mm (2.0 in)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Satna	India	Record daily precipitation	25.9 mm (1.0 in)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Adairsville	United States	Record high maximum temperature	36.7 C (98.1 F)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Sibsagar	India	Record daily precipitation	67.1 mm (2.6 in)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Mandvi	India	Record daily precipitation	150.6 mm (5.9 in)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Jalalabad	India	Record daily precipitation	65.0 mm (2.6 in)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Sachor	India	Record daily precipitation	127.0 mm (5.0 in)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Scottsboro	United States	Record high maximum temperature	38.9 C (102.0 F)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Makrai	India	Record daily precipitation	127.5 mm (5.0 in)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Clayton 1 SSW	United States	Record high maximum temperature	35.0 C (95.0 F)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Beaufort Wwtp	United States	Record high minimum temperature	26.7 C (80.1 F)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Tranebjerg	Denmark	Record daily precipitation	23.5 mm (0.9 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Vaduj	India	Record daily precipitation	22.1 mm (0.9 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Urjupinsk	Russia	Record daily precipitation	18.0 mm (0.7 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Dandaloo (Skye)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	16.5 mm (0.6 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

193 records

Records set or tied on 16 July 1944 by type: Highest daily maximum 36, Lowest daily maximum 20, Highest daily minimum 18, Lowest daily minimum 11, Heaviest daily rainfall 108.

Records on 16 July 1944 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	36
Lowest daily maximum	20
Highest daily minimum	18
Lowest daily minimum	11
Heaviest daily rainfall	108
Heaviest daily snowfall	0
Deepest snow cover	0

Records on 16 July 1944 by timescale: all-time 1, monthly 3, daily 189.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

152 broken records

Margins by which the 152 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 164.6. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

16 July 1944

Top 20 records on 16 July 1944 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
16 July 1944	Oberlin, US	daily rain	130.3 mm (5.1 in)	116.3 mm (4.6 in)	44 years	58 of 100 (Notable)
16 July 1944	Bansda, IN	daily rain	306.1 mm (12.1 in)	164.6 mm (6.5 in)	42 years	56 of 100 (Notable)
16 July 1944	Ahwa, IN	daily rain	221.2 mm (8.7 in)	143.7 mm (5.7 in)	35 years	54 of 100 (Notable)
16 July 1944	Turners Falls, US	daily rain	117.1 mm (4.6 in)	99.6 mm (3.9 in)	19 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
16 July 1944	Kalgan River, AU	daily rain	51.8 mm (2.0 in)	27.9 mm (1.1 in)	23 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
16 July 1944	Leoti, US	daily rain	40.6 mm (1.6 in)	27.6 mm (1.1 in)	50 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
16 July 1944	Nome AP, US	daily rain	34.5 mm (1.4 in)	22.1 mm (0.9 in)	19 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
16 July 1944	Kalvan, IN	daily rain	82.3 mm (3.2 in)	41.7 mm (1.6 in)	37 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
16 July 1944	Alirajpur/Rajpur, IN	daily rain	162.6 mm (6.4 in)	75.0 mm (3.0 in)	11 years	44 of 100 (Notable)
16 July 1944	Poltava, UA	daily rain	31.2 mm (1.2 in)	29.5 mm (1.2 in)	31 years	42 of 100 (Notable)
16 July 1944	Navapur, IN	daily rain	142.2 mm (5.6 in)	74.9 mm (2.9 in)	21 years	40 of 100 (Notable)
16 July 1944	Lindsborg 3E, US	daily rain	73.4 mm (2.9 in)	42.7 mm (1.7 in)	29 years	40 of 100 (Notable)
16 July 1944	Manpur(Tappa), IN	daily rain	135.4 mm (5.3 in)	61.2 mm (2.4 in)	31 years	39 of 100 (Notable)
16 July 1944	Sakri, IN	daily rain	50.3 mm (2.0 in)	32.5 mm (1.3 in)	29 years	39 of 100 (Notable)
16 July 1944	Tribune 1W, US	daily rain	42.7 mm (1.7 in)	23.1 mm (0.9 in)	44 years	39 of 100 (Notable)
16 July 1944	Idar, IN	daily rain	169.4 mm (6.7 in)	90.7 mm (3.6 in)	11 years	35 of 100 (Notable)
16 July 1944	Moga, IN	daily rain	72.1 mm (2.8 in)	44.2 mm (1.7 in)	29 years	35 of 100 (Notable)
16 July 1944	Bogoroditskoye-Fenino, RU	daily rain	37.3 mm (1.5 in)	15.3 mm (0.6 in)	38 years	35 of 100 (Notable)
16 July 1944	Harlingen, US	daily rain	50.8 mm (2.0 in)	34.5 mm (1.4 in)	23 years	35 of 100 (Notable)
16 July 1944	Jhalod, IN	daily rain	101.6 mm (4.0 in)	49.5 mm (1.9 in)	39 years	34 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 1944

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1798 to 1944. 1944 had 193 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 25	113
25 to 50	22
50 to 75	10
75 to 100	3
100 to 125	2
125 to 150	1
150 to 175	1