Weather Records on 10 July 1950

680 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 10 July 1950. Highest significance: Musgrave, AU.

Key Facts for 10 July 1950

On 10 July 1950, 680 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
63 were record highs and 196 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 0 were all-time records, 26 monthly and 654 daily.
Musgrave set a monthly record daily precipitation of 48.5 mm (1.9 in) on 10 July 1950.
Across 173 earlier years (1793 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 411 records.

Record Map

680 stations

680 station records on 10 July 1950 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 10 July 1950: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Musgrave	Australia	Record daily precipitation	48.5 mm (1.9 in)	72 of 100 (Major)
Moorestown 4 E	United States	Record daily precipitation	64.5 mm (2.5 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Lower Bucca	Australia	Record daily precipitation	138.4 mm (5.4 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Ft Valley	United States	Record daily precipitation	41.9 mm (1.6 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Trenton 2	United States	Record daily precipitation	98.8 mm (3.9 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Hightstown 2 W	United States	Record daily precipitation	99.1 mm (3.9 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Woodstock	United States	Record daily precipitation	64.8 mm (2.6 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Snake Rvr	United States	Record daily precipitation	40.6 mm (1.6 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Ingham Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	54.6 mm (2.1 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Riverton	United States	Record daily precipitation	55.6 mm (2.2 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Philadelphia City	United States	Record daily precipitation	89.2 mm (3.5 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Macksville Country Club	Australia	Record daily precipitation	161.3 mm (6.4 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Whitewood	Canada	Record daily precipitation	73.2 mm (2.9 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Rocky Vale	Australia	Record daily precipitation	114.3 mm (4.5 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Bristow	United States	Record daily precipitation	144.8 mm (5.7 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Newark Liberty Intl AP	United States	Record daily precipitation	49.8 mm (2.0 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Halifax Macrossan St	Australia	Record daily precipitation	40.6 mm (1.6 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Townsville Pilot Station	Australia	Record daily precipitation	53.1 mm (2.1 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Nambucca Heads Bowling Club	Australia	Record daily precipitation	168.7 mm (6.6 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Bradenton Exp STN	United States	Record daily precipitation	104.1 mm (4.1 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Yabulu Qld Nickel	Australia	Record daily precipitation	44.7 mm (1.8 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Shirbourne Park	Australia	Record daily precipitation	95.8 mm (3.8 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Clayton	United States	Record daily precipitation	77.2 mm (3.0 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Paramathi	India	Record daily precipitation	48.3 mm (1.9 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
George School	United States	Record daily precipitation	93.2 mm (3.7 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
St Petersburg	United States	Record low maximum temperature	26.1 C (79.0 F)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Chandler	United States	Record daily precipitation	77.5 mm (3.1 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Wien	Austria	Record daily precipitation	45.2 mm (1.8 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Vestervig	Denmark	Record daily precipitation	33.1 mm (1.3 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Ratangarh	India	Record daily precipitation	65.0 mm (2.6 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Woodcliff Lake	United States	Record daily precipitation	69.6 mm (2.7 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Bedford Hills	United States	Record daily precipitation	78.5 mm (3.1 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Kamennaja-Step	Russia	Record daily precipitation	38.3 mm (1.5 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Douglas Smelter	United States	Record daily precipitation	47.8 mm (1.9 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Jerome	United States	Record daily precipitation	34.0 mm (1.3 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Aurora	United States	Record daily precipitation	32.3 mm (1.3 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Pawhuska	United States	Record daily precipitation	105.7 mm (4.2 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Home Hill Fifteen A St	Australia	Record daily precipitation	69.3 mm (2.7 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Netherdale Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	68.8 mm (2.7 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Scarsdale	United States	Record daily precipitation	51.3 mm (2.0 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Olds	Canada	Record daily precipitation	32.0 mm (1.3 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Strathmore	Canada	Record daily precipitation	31.8 mm (1.3 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Khagaul	India	Record daily precipitation	81.3 mm (3.2 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Gird	India	Record daily precipitation	88.9 mm (3.5 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Indian Mills 2 W	United States	Record daily precipitation	59.9 mm (2.4 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
New Brunswick Exp STN	United States	Record daily precipitation	99.1 mm (3.9 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Plainfield	United States	Record daily precipitation	73.2 mm (2.9 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Milton	Australia	Record daily precipitation	45.7 mm (1.8 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Murrawombi	Australia	Record daily precipitation	40.6 mm (1.6 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Terry Hie Hie	Australia	Record daily precipitation	50.8 mm (2.0 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Tirumangalam	India	Record daily precipitation	47.8 mm (1.9 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Kodaikanal	India	Record daily precipitation	40.1 mm (1.6 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Te Kowai Exp STN	Australia	Record daily precipitation	59.2 mm (2.3 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Maleny Tamarind St	Australia	Record daily precipitation	66.0 mm (2.6 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Jhalod	India	Record daily precipitation	105.4 mm (4.1 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Saint Leo	United States	Record low maximum temperature	24.4 C (75.9 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Calvin	United States	Record daily precipitation	63.8 mm (2.5 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Woodhouse	Australia	Record daily precipitation	47.8 mm (1.9 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Caboolture Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	38.1 mm (1.5 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Biniguy (Springfield)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	42.2 mm (1.7 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

680 records

Records set or tied on 10 July 1950 by type: Highest daily maximum 12, Lowest daily maximum 160, Highest daily minimum 51, Lowest daily minimum 36, Heaviest daily rainfall 421.

Records on 10 July 1950 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	12
Lowest daily maximum	160
Highest daily minimum	51
Lowest daily minimum	36
Heaviest daily rainfall	421
Heaviest daily snowfall	0
Deepest snow cover	0

Records on 10 July 1950 by timescale: all-time 0, monthly 26, daily 654.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

588 broken records

Margins by which the 588 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 123.4. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

10 July 1950

Top 20 records on 10 July 1950 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
10 July 1950	Musgrave, AU	monthly rain	48.5 mm (1.9 in)	24.9 mm (1.0 in)	56 years	72 of 100 (Major)
10 July 1950	Moorestown 4 E, US	daily rain	64.5 mm (2.5 in)	37.3 mm (1.5 in)	63 years	54 of 100 (Notable)
10 July 1950	Lower Bucca, AU	daily rain	138.4 mm (5.4 in)	123.4 mm (4.9 in)	28 years	53 of 100 (Notable)
10 July 1950	Ft Valley, US	daily rain	41.9 mm (1.6 in)	30.0 mm (1.2 in)	27 years	52 of 100 (Notable)
10 July 1950	Trenton 2, US	daily rain	98.8 mm (3.9 in)	66.5 mm (2.6 in)	20 years	52 of 100 (Notable)
10 July 1950	Hightstown 2 W, US	daily rain	99.1 mm (3.9 in)	75.0 mm (3.0 in)	15 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
10 July 1950	Woodstock, US	daily rain	64.8 mm (2.6 in)	47.3 mm (1.9 in)	19 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
10 July 1950	Snake Rvr, US	daily rain	40.6 mm (1.6 in)	20.3 mm (0.8 in)	43 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
10 July 1950	Ingham Post Office, AU	daily rain	54.6 mm (2.1 in)	40.4 mm (1.6 in)	16 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
10 July 1950	Riverton, US	daily rain	55.6 mm (2.2 in)	30.5 mm (1.2 in)	36 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
10 July 1950	Philadelphia City, US	monthly rain	89.2 mm (3.5 in)	13.0 mm (0.5 in)	60 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
10 July 1950	Macksville Country Club, AU	monthly rain	161.3 mm (6.4 in)	44.0 mm (1.7 in)	28 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
10 July 1950	Whitewood, CA	daily rain	73.2 mm (2.9 in)	39.4 mm (1.6 in)	4 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
10 July 1950	Rocky Vale, AU	daily rain	114.3 mm (4.5 in)	74.2 mm (2.9 in)	5 years	44 of 100 (Notable)
10 July 1950	Bristow, US	daily rain	144.8 mm (5.7 in)	87.6 mm (3.4 in)	8 years	43 of 100 (Notable)
10 July 1950	Newark Liberty Intl AP, US	daily rain	49.8 mm (2.0 in)	18.0 mm (0.7 in)	75 years	43 of 100 (Notable)
10 July 1950	Halifax Macrossan St, AU	daily rain	40.6 mm (1.6 in)	29.9 mm (1.2 in)	48 years	42 of 100 (Notable)
10 July 1950	Townsville Pilot Station, AU	daily rain	53.1 mm (2.1 in)	37.4 mm (1.5 in)	8 years	42 of 100 (Notable)
10 July 1950	Nambucca Heads Bowling Club, AU	monthly rain	168.7 mm (6.6 in)	34.6 mm (1.4 in)	45 years	42 of 100 (Notable)
10 July 1950	Bradenton Exp STN, US	daily rain	104.1 mm (4.1 in)	53.8 mm (2.1 in)	28 years	42 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 680 records.

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

Records on 07-10 in each year
Year	Records
1793	2
1805	1
1815	2
1826	1
1829	1
1835	1
1837	1
1839	1
1843	3
1845	1
1847	2
1849	1
1850	1
1851	1
1853	1
1856	1
1857	1
1859	1
1861	1
1864	1
1865	1
1866	1
1870	2
1871	2
1872	1
1874	4
1875	2
1876	3
1877	1
1878	1
1879	2
1880	2
1882	2
1884	1
1886	5
1887	1
1888	3
1889	2
1890	3
1891	4
1893	1
1894	3
1895	1
1896	5
1897	6
1898	4
1899	10
1900	4
1901	6
1902	12
1903	16
1904	25
1905	40
1906	4
1907	5
1908	7
1909	15
1910	25
1911	58
1912	29
1913	38
1914	48
1915	20
1916	56
1917	51
1918	36
1919	23
1920	29
1921	81
1922	67
1923	113
1924	66
1925	257
1926	321
1927	95
1928	102
1929	175
1930	540
1931	292
1932	355
1933	570
1934	327
1935	306
1936	1,338
1937	304
1938	151
1939	327
1940	398
1941	432
1942	628
1943	283
1944	478
1945	729
1946	467
1947	537
1948	367
1949	392
1950	680
1951	551
1952	814
1953	529
1954	684
1955	497
1956	434
1957	514
1958	402
1959	512
1960	451
1961	688
1962	456
1963	950
1964	368
1965	357
1966	512
1967	341
1968	598
1969	518
1970	464
1971	568
1972	447
1973	528
1974	871
1975	712
1976	724
1977	486
1978	1,076
1979	686
1980	1,113
1981	811
1982	602
1983	1,184
1984	962
1985	657
1986	686
1987	862
1988	1,024
1989	869
1990	820
1991	890
1992	864
1993	1,088
1994	864
1995	1,096
1996	1,604
1997	846
1998	1,259
1999	964
2000	889
2001	992
2002	1,336
2003	981
2004	621
2005	1,077
2006	920
2007	954
2008	874
2009	951
2010	1,509
2011	1,102
2012	1,015
2013	545
2014	660
2015	1,025
2016	859
2017	547
2018	554
2019	529
2020	775
2021	1,081
2022	691
2023	837
2024	1,576
2025	704
2026	472

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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	504
20 to 40	58
40 to 60	19
60 to 80	5
80 to 100	1
100 to 120	0
120 to 140	1