Weather Records on 8 July 1950

518 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 8 July 1950. Highest significance: Academy 2NE, US.

Key Facts for 8 July 1950

On 8 July 1950, 518 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
39 were record highs and 257 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 4 were all-time records, 17 monthly and 497 daily.
Academy 2NE set an all-time record daily precipitation of 141.0 mm (5.6 in) on 8 July 1950.
Across 159 earlier years (1793 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 445 records.

Record Map

518 stations

518 station records on 8 July 1950 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 8 July 1950: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Academy 2NE	United States	Record daily precipitation	141.0 mm (5.6 in)	74 of 100 (Major)
Gainesville UNIV of Fl	United States	Record daily precipitation	111.0 mm (4.4 in)	60 of 100 (Major)
Wilmington Wb City	United States	Record daily precipitation	120.9 mm (4.8 in)	58 of 100 (Notable)
Nigriting	India	Record daily precipitation	214.6 mm (8.4 in)	57 of 100 (Notable)
Espanola	United States	Record daily precipitation	63.5 mm (2.5 in)	55 of 100 (Notable)
Strathmore	Australia	Record daily precipitation	104.1 mm (4.1 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Anand	India	Record daily precipitation	190.5 mm (7.5 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Dwtn Charleston	United States	Record daily precipitation	149.6 mm (5.9 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Veraval	India	Record daily precipitation	174.8 mm (6.9 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Covington 8 WNW	United States	Record low minimum temperature	15.0 C (59.0 F)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Chakaibanda	India	Record daily precipitation	85.6 mm (3.4 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Bradshaw	United States	Record daily precipitation	111.8 mm (4.4 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Chambers	United States	Record daily precipitation	67.3 mm (2.6 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Hillsboro	United States	Record daily precipitation	37.3 mm (1.5 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Amod	India	Record daily precipitation	220.5 mm (8.7 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Kjusjur	Russia	Record daily precipitation	26.4 mm (1.0 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
La Delle 7 NE	United States	Record daily precipitation	45.0 mm (1.8 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Rookwood	Australia	Record daily precipitation	61.0 mm (2.4 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Vijayawada	India	Record daily precipitation	85.6 mm (3.4 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Wilmington Wb City	United States	Record low maximum temperature	21.1 C (70.0 F)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Ellore	India	Record daily precipitation	101.3 mm (4.0 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Wheaton	United States	Record daily precipitation	124.5 mm (4.9 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Goldfield	United States	Record daily precipitation	30.5 mm (1.2 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Seleng	India	Record daily precipitation	94.7 mm (3.7 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Quebrangulo	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	65.2 mm (2.6 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Lake City 2 E	United States	Record low maximum temperature	23.3 C (73.9 F)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Louisville 1 E	United States	Record low maximum temperature	22.2 C (72.0 F)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Tarboro 1 S	United States	Record low maximum temperature	21.7 C (71.1 F)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Willard 4 SW	United States	Record daily precipitation	101.6 mm (4.0 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Gangapur Sahara	India	Record daily precipitation	67.3 mm (2.6 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Port Alfred	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	32.5 mm (1.3 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Bradenton Exp STN	United States	Record daily precipitation	79.2 mm (3.1 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Quitman 2 NW	United States	Record low maximum temperature	24.4 C (75.9 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Moab	United States	Record low maximum temperature	26.7 C (80.1 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Clinton Forestry HQ	United States	Record low minimum temperature	15.0 C (59.0 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Saint Paul	United States	Record daily precipitation	123.2 mm (4.9 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Aiken 5SE	United States	Record low maximum temperature	21.1 C (70.0 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Florence	United States	Record low maximum temperature	31.7 C (89.1 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Cheesman	United States	Record daily precipitation	29.5 mm (1.2 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Haigler	United States	Record daily precipitation	33.5 mm (1.3 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Wood	United States	Record daily precipitation	38.1 mm (1.5 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Price Game Farm	United States	Record low maximum temperature	21.7 C (71.1 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Strathbogie	Australia	Record daily precipitation	102.9 mm (4.1 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Madanapalli	India	Record daily precipitation	30.5 mm (1.2 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Inverness 3 SE	United States	Record low maximum temperature	25.6 C (78.1 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Raiford State Prison	United States	Record low maximum temperature	24.4 C (75.9 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
New Bern 3 NW	United States	Record daily precipitation	50.8 mm (2.0 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Pinehurst Sthrn Pines	United States	Record low maximum temperature	21.1 C (70.0 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Dwtn Charleston	United States	Record low maximum temperature	22.2 C (72.0 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Pierre Rgnl AP	United States	Record daily precipitation	61.7 mm (2.4 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Chikhli	India	Record daily precipitation	159.0 mm (6.3 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Khairdatan	India	Record daily precipitation	111.8 mm (4.4 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Riva	Italy	Record high maximum temperature	31.0 C (87.8 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Brawley 2 SW	United States	Record low maximum temperature	28.3 C (82.9 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Montrose #2	United States	Record low maximum temperature	21.7 C (71.1 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Woodville 4 ESE	United States	Record low minimum temperature	15.6 C (60.1 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Conway	United States	Record low maximum temperature	23.3 C (73.9 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Goldsboro 4 SE	United States	Record low maximum temperature	21.1 C (70.0 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Vayalpad	India	Record daily precipitation	33.0 mm (1.3 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Benson	United States	Record low maximum temperature	28.3 C (82.9 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

518 records

Records set or tied on 8 July 1950 by type: Highest daily maximum 4, Lowest daily maximum 166, Highest daily minimum 35, Lowest daily minimum 91, Heaviest daily rainfall 222.

Records on 8 July 1950 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	4
Lowest daily maximum	166
Highest daily minimum	35
Lowest daily minimum	91
Heaviest daily rainfall	222
Heaviest daily snowfall	0
Deepest snow cover	0

Records on 8 July 1950 by timescale: all-time 4, monthly 17, daily 497.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

445 broken records

Margins by which the 445 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 133.6. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

8 July 1950

Top 20 records on 8 July 1950 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
8 July 1950	Academy 2NE, US	all-time rain	141.0 mm (5.6 in)	55.9 mm (2.2 in)	31 years	74 of 100 (Major)
8 July 1950	Gainesville UNIV of Fl, US	daily rain	111.0 mm (4.4 in)	55.4 mm (2.2 in)	47 years	60 of 100 (Major)
8 July 1950	Wilmington Wb City, US	daily rain	120.9 mm (4.8 in)	74.2 mm (2.9 in)	35 years	58 of 100 (Notable)
8 July 1950	Nigriting, IN	all-time rain	214.6 mm (8.4 in)	42.1 mm (1.7 in)	42 years	57 of 100 (Notable)
8 July 1950	Espanola, US	all-time rain	63.5 mm (2.5 in)	12.7 mm (0.5 in)	38 years	55 of 100 (Notable)
8 July 1950	Strathmore, AU	monthly rain	104.1 mm (4.1 in)	38.1 mm (1.5 in)	28 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
8 July 1950	Anand, IN	daily rain	190.5 mm (7.5 in)	133.6 mm (5.3 in)	15 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
8 July 1950	Dwtn Charleston, US	daily rain	149.6 mm (5.9 in)	83.6 mm (3.3 in)	15 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
8 July 1950	Veraval, IN	daily rain	174.8 mm (6.9 in)	100.4 mm (4.0 in)	17 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
8 July 1950	Covington 8 WNW, US	daily low min	15.0 C (59.0 F)	3.9 C (7.0 F)	53 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
8 July 1950	Chakaibanda, IN	daily rain	85.6 mm (3.4 in)	51.6 mm (2.0 in)	43 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
8 July 1950	Bradshaw, US	daily rain	111.8 mm (4.4 in)	73.7 mm (2.9 in)	0 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
8 July 1950	Chambers, US	daily rain	67.3 mm (2.6 in)	46.2 mm (1.8 in)	4 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
8 July 1950	Hillsboro, US	daily rain	37.3 mm (1.5 in)	19.3 mm (0.8 in)	52 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
8 July 1950	Amod, IN	daily rain	220.5 mm (8.7 in)	104.2 mm (4.1 in)	4 years	43 of 100 (Notable)
8 July 1950	Kjusjur, RU	daily rain	26.4 mm (1.0 in)	16.3 mm (0.6 in)	15 years	43 of 100 (Notable)
8 July 1950	La Delle 7 NE, US	daily rain	45.0 mm (1.8 in)	32.3 mm (1.3 in)	39 years	43 of 100 (Notable)
8 July 1950	Rookwood, AU	daily rain	61.0 mm (2.4 in)	49.3 mm (1.9 in)	16 years	42 of 100 (Notable)
8 July 1950	Vijayawada, IN	daily rain	85.6 mm (3.4 in)	50.0 mm (2.0 in)	17 years	40 of 100 (Notable)
8 July 1950	Wilmington Wb City, US	daily low max	21.1 C (70.0 F)	3.9 C (7.0 F)	57 years	39 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

1793 to 1950

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1793 to 1950. 1950 had 518 records.

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

Records on 07-08 in each year
Year	Records
1793	2
1811	1
1815	2
1819	3
1844	1
1845	4
1848	2
1852	2
1856	1
1860	1
1864	2
1865	1
1867	2
1868	1
1873	1
1874	1
1876	2
1878	2
1879	1
1882	1
1883	1
1885	2
1886	3
1888	1
1889	2
1890	2
1891	2
1892	2
1893	2
1894	3
1896	7
1898	2
1899	6
1900	9
1901	4
1902	13
1903	9
1904	21
1905	9
1906	8
1907	9
1908	16
1909	24
1910	32
1911	28
1912	60
1913	29
1914	54
1915	47
1916	206
1917	37
1918	45
1919	34
1920	123
1921	75
1922	146
1923	134
1924	201
1925	141
1926	132
1927	142
1928	191
1929	235
1930	360
1931	250
1932	240
1933	360
1934	226
1935	496
1936	940
1937	287
1938	293
1939	399
1940	294
1941	198
1942	210
1943	248
1944	495
1945	291
1946	380
1947	400
1948	410
1949	352
1950	518
1951	580
1952	741
1953	502
1954	497
1955	554
1956	516
1957	429
1958	651
1959	485
1960	483
1961	356
1962	271
1963	592
1964	603
1965	266
1966	293
1967	266
1968	540
1969	847
1970	375
1971	443
1972	982
1973	831
1974	1,009
1975	537
1976	697
1977	743
1978	727
1979	703
1980	958
1981	945
1982	625
1983	1,198
1984	837
1985	1,024
1986	822
1987	814
1988	1,133
1989	1,174
1990	763
1991	1,152
1992	1,017
1993	1,875
1994	1,389
1995	642
1996	1,356
1997	734
1998	1,616
1999	816
2000	876
2001	916
2002	897
2003	779
2004	1,096
2005	1,250
2006	928
2007	943
2008	1,406
2009	971
2010	1,411
2011	838
2012	1,237
2013	501
2014	692
2015	1,455
2016	670
2017	887
2018	457
2019	569
2020	521
2021	890
2022	607
2023	765
2024	1,269
2025	616
2026	438

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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	397
20 to 40	26
40 to 60	13
60 to 80	5
80 to 100	1
100 to 120	2
120 to 140	1