Weather Records on 19 July 1949

762 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 19 July 1949. Highest significance: Ljungby, SE.

Key Facts for 19 July 1949

On 19 July 1949, 762 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
78 were record highs and 157 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 1 were all-time records, 9 monthly and 752 daily.
Ljungby set a daily record precipitation of 61.8 mm (2.4 in) on 19 July 1949.
Across 164 earlier years (1799 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 438 records.

Record Map

762 stations

762 station records on 19 July 1949 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 19 July 1949: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Ljungby	Sweden	Record daily precipitation	61.8 mm (2.4 in)	59 of 100 (Notable)
Ko253Lpatti Sr	India	Record daily precipitation	48.3 mm (1.9 in)	57 of 100 (Notable)
Hinnomunjie	Australia	Record daily precipitation	45.0 mm (1.8 in)	56 of 100 (Notable)
Sattur	India	Record daily precipitation	58.7 mm (2.3 in)	56 of 100 (Notable)
Sitamarhi Sr	India	Record daily precipitation	254.0 mm (10.0 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Kristianstad	Sweden	Record daily precipitation	91.0 mm (3.6 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Varberg	Sweden	Record daily precipitation	57.5 mm (2.3 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Sapphire (Argyle)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	31.8 mm (1.3 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Bygoo	Australia	Record daily precipitation	29.7 mm (1.2 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Douglas Smelter	United States	Record daily precipitation	70.6 mm (2.8 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Moore Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	36.8 mm (1.4 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Back Plains	Australia	Record daily precipitation	32.3 mm (1.3 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Kulithalai	India	Record daily precipitation	78.7 mm (3.1 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Callagiddy Station	Australia	Record daily precipitation	41.4 mm (1.6 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Stawell	Australia	Record daily precipitation	25.7 mm (1.0 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Yarraman Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	32.3 mm (1.3 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Taabinga	Australia	Record daily precipitation	29.5 mm (1.2 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Yangan Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	35.1 mm (1.4 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Dindigul	India	Record daily precipitation	46.0 mm (1.8 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Bhognipur	India	Record daily precipitation	91.4 mm (3.6 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Barambah	Australia	Record daily precipitation	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Eagles Nest	Australia	Record daily precipitation	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Tinamba West	Australia	Record daily precipitation	57.4 mm (2.3 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Palayankottai	India	Record daily precipitation	34.3 mm (1.4 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Strathalbyn	Australia	Record daily precipitation	30.7 mm (1.2 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Victoria Hill	Australia	Record daily precipitation	29.5 mm (1.2 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Waneta	Canada	Record daily precipitation	26.7 mm (1.1 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Wyndham Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	59.7 mm (2.4 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Darbhanga	India	Record daily precipitation	111.8 mm (4.4 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Sheohar	India	Record daily precipitation	175.3 mm (6.9 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Sankarankoil	India	Record daily precipitation	38.1 mm (1.5 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Hermitage	Australia	Record daily precipitation	29.5 mm (1.2 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Emu Creek	Australia	Record daily precipitation	38.1 mm (1.5 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Jhajjar	India	Record daily precipitation	81.3 mm (3.2 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Periakulam	India	Record daily precipitation	28.2 mm (1.1 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Casey	United States	Record daily precipitation	54.6 mm (2.1 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Mt Alford	Australia	Record daily precipitation	26.9 mm (1.1 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Srinivaspur	India	Record daily precipitation	52.1 mm (2.1 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Musiri	India	Record daily precipitation	55.9 mm (2.2 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Miva	Australia	Record daily precipitation	33.0 mm (1.3 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Colagaon	India	Record daily precipitation	118.6 mm (4.7 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Manati 2 E	Puerto Rico [United States]	Record daily precipitation	68.6 mm (2.7 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Anderleigh	Australia	Record daily precipitation	34.8 mm (1.4 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Elbow Valley	Australia	Record daily precipitation	29.2 mm (1.1 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Manamathurai	India	Record daily precipitation	50.0 mm (2.0 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Elatma	Russia	Record daily precipitation	41.3 mm (1.6 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Piler(Pileru)	India	Record daily precipitation	105.4 mm (4.1 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Melrose	Australia	Record daily precipitation	34.3 mm (1.4 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Burragate Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	48.5 mm (1.9 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Minnedosa	Canada	Record low maximum temperature	14.4 C (57.9 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Galway	Ireland	Record daily precipitation	25.0 mm (1.0 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Madanapalli	India	Record daily precipitation	61.2 mm (2.4 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Wetumpka	United States	Record daily precipitation	47.5 mm (1.9 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Goomboorian	Australia	Record daily precipitation	34.3 mm (1.4 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Moogerah Dam	Australia	Record daily precipitation	27.4 mm (1.1 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Pialba Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	30.5 mm (1.2 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Theebine	Australia	Record daily precipitation	43.2 mm (1.7 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Brodribb River	Australia	Record daily precipitation	38.1 mm (1.5 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Agnes River	Australia	Record daily precipitation	42.7 mm (1.7 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Sendamangalam	India	Record daily precipitation	109.2 mm (4.3 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

762 records

Records set or tied on 19 July 1949 by type: Highest daily maximum 10, Lowest daily maximum 102, Highest daily minimum 68, Lowest daily minimum 55, Heaviest daily rainfall 527.

Records on 19 July 1949 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	10
Lowest daily maximum	102
Highest daily minimum	68
Lowest daily minimum	55
Heaviest daily rainfall	527
Heaviest daily snowfall	0
Deepest snow cover	0

Records on 19 July 1949 by timescale: all-time 1, monthly 9, daily 752.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

666 broken records

Margins by which the 666 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 120.6. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

19 July 1949

Top 20 records on 19 July 1949 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
19 July 1949	Ljungby, SE	daily rain	61.8 mm (2.4 in)	41.3 mm (1.6 in)	43 years	59 of 100 (Notable)
19 July 1949	Ko253Lpatti Sr, IN	daily rain	48.3 mm (1.9 in)	48.3 mm (1.9 in)	46 years	57 of 100 (Notable)
19 July 1949	Hinnomunjie, AU	daily rain	45.0 mm (1.8 in)	34.3 mm (1.4 in)	36 years	56 of 100 (Notable)
19 July 1949	Sattur, IN	daily rain	58.7 mm (2.3 in)	58.7 mm (2.3 in)	47 years	56 of 100 (Notable)
19 July 1949	Sitamarhi Sr, IN	daily rain	254.0 mm (10.0 in)	120.6 mm (4.7 in)	42 years	52 of 100 (Notable)
19 July 1949	Kristianstad, SE	daily rain	91.0 mm (3.6 in)	45.5 mm (1.8 in)	19 years	52 of 100 (Notable)
19 July 1949	Varberg, SE	daily rain	57.5 mm (2.3 in)	31.4 mm (1.2 in)	19 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
19 July 1949	Sapphire (Argyle), AU	daily rain	31.8 mm (1.3 in)	30.3 mm (1.2 in)	49 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
19 July 1949	Bygoo, AU	daily rain	29.7 mm (1.2 in)	15.2 mm (0.6 in)	54 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
19 July 1949	Douglas Smelter, US	monthly rain	70.6 mm (2.8 in)	24.4 mm (1.0 in)	22 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
19 July 1949	Moore Post Office, AU	daily rain	36.8 mm (1.4 in)	36.8 mm (1.4 in)	36 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
19 July 1949	Back Plains, AU	daily rain	32.3 mm (1.3 in)	32.3 mm (1.3 in)	36 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
19 July 1949	Kulithalai, IN	daily rain	78.7 mm (3.1 in)	63.5 mm (2.5 in)	32 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
19 July 1949	Callagiddy Station, AU	daily rain	41.4 mm (1.6 in)	36.8 mm (1.4 in)	14 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
19 July 1949	Stawell, AU	daily rain	25.7 mm (1.0 in)	13.0 mm (0.5 in)	51 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
19 July 1949	Yarraman Post Office, AU	daily rain	32.3 mm (1.3 in)	32.3 mm (1.3 in)	36 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
19 July 1949	Taabinga, AU	daily rain	29.5 mm (1.2 in)	29.5 mm (1.2 in)	30 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
19 July 1949	Yangan Post Office, AU	daily rain	35.1 mm (1.4 in)	35.1 mm (1.4 in)	36 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
19 July 1949	Dindigul, IN	daily rain	46.0 mm (1.8 in)	28.5 mm (1.1 in)	30 years	44 of 100 (Notable)
19 July 1949	Bhognipur, IN	daily rain	91.4 mm (3.6 in)	59.4 mm (2.3 in)	36 years	44 of 100 (Notable)

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

1799 to 1949

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1799 to 1949. 1949 had 762 records.

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

Records on 07-19 in each year
Year	Records
1799	1
1805	1
1809	1
1811	1
1837	1
1838	1
1839	1
1843	1
1845	2
1848	1
1851	1
1859	2
1863	2
1864	1
1865	2
1867	1
1868	1
1870	1
1871	3
1873	2
1874	3
1878	2
1880	1
1881	2
1883	1
1886	3
1887	1
1888	3
1889	1
1890	5
1892	3
1893	2
1894	4
1895	2
1896	1
1897	4
1898	2
1899	3
1900	6
1901	4
1902	12
1903	4
1904	15
1905	20
1906	14
1907	19
1908	21
1909	17
1910	49
1911	14
1912	39
1913	48
1914	35
1915	140
1916	234
1917	177
1918	36
1919	34
1920	50
1921	55
1922	121
1923	224
1924	191
1925	153
1926	319
1927	96
1928	148
1929	232
1930	585
1931	269
1932	385
1933	258
1934	765
1935	268
1936	402
1937	227
1938	290
1939	285
1940	338
1941	424
1942	568
1943	276
1944	361
1945	308
1946	485
1947	613
1948	384
1949	762
1950	613
1951	545
1952	541
1953	330
1954	535
1955	343
1956	552
1957	348
1958	481
1959	393
1960	746
1961	402
1962	453
1963	502
1964	534
1965	755
1966	481
1967	560
1968	740
1969	610
1970	545
1971	636
1972	699
1973	538
1974	513
1975	441
1976	824
1977	898
1978	636
1979	964
1980	835
1981	915
1982	676
1983	1,011
1984	1,076
1985	569
1986	810
1987	1,608
1988	995
1989	1,081
1990	954
1991	803
1992	717
1993	847
1994	589
1995	893
1996	1,353
1997	856
1998	1,325
1999	878
2000	1,802
2001	905
2002	985
2003	1,192
2004	1,082
2005	1,049
2006	1,392
2007	1,181
2008	753
2009	1,844
2010	911
2011	1,266
2012	878
2013	1,061
2014	1,207
2015	735
2016	605
2017	495
2018	836
2019	651
2020	409
2021	779
2022	1,143
2023	884
2024	544
2025	600
2026	653

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Data for records on 1949-07-19: CSV or JSON. Field meanings are on the data page.

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	595
20 to 40	56
40 to 60	11
60 to 80	2
80 to 100	1
100 to 120	0
120 to 140	1