Weather Records on 14 July 1952

995 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 14 July 1952. Highest significance: Kew, AU.

Key Facts for 14 July 1952

On 14 July 1952, 995 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
183 were record highs and 294 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 3 were all-time records, 57 monthly and 935 daily.
Kew set a daily record precipitation of 47.0 mm (1.9 in) on 14 July 1952.
Across 158 earlier years (1802 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 453 records.

Record Map

995 stations

995 station records on 14 July 1952 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 14 July 1952: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Kew	Australia	Record daily precipitation	47.0 mm (1.9 in)	71 of 100 (Major)
Maroondah Weir (Melbourne Wate	Australia	Record daily precipitation	88.6 mm (3.5 in)	70 of 100 (Major)
Toorourrong Reservoir (Toorour	Australia	Record daily precipitation	30.2 mm (1.2 in)	61 of 100 (Major)
Leichardt	Australia	Record daily precipitation	49.3 mm (1.9 in)	60 of 100 (Major)
Kinglake West (Wallaby Creek)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	77.5 mm (3.1 in)	60 of 100 (Major)
Mansfield (Post Office)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	42.7 mm (1.7 in)	59 of 100 (Notable)
Middelpos (Pol)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	44.5 mm (1.8 in)	59 of 100 (Notable)
Werribee Research Farm	Australia	Record daily precipitation	51.3 mm (2.0 in)	58 of 100 (Notable)
Queanbeyan (Mount Campbell)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	61.2 mm (2.4 in)	57 of 100 (Notable)
Silvan State School	Australia	Record daily precipitation	99.8 mm (3.9 in)	56 of 100 (Notable)
Woori Yallock	Australia	Record daily precipitation	44.7 mm (1.8 in)	56 of 100 (Notable)
Keilor (Arundel)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	36.3 mm (1.4 in)	56 of 100 (Notable)
Meredith	Australia	Record daily precipitation	32.8 mm (1.3 in)	56 of 100 (Notable)
Essendon 1	Australia	Record daily precipitation	37.8 mm (1.5 in)	55 of 100 (Notable)
Eltham	Australia	Record daily precipitation	39.4 mm (1.6 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Officer (Jesmond Dene)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	45.2 mm (1.8 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Oakleigh (Metropolitan Golf Cl	Australia	Record daily precipitation	41.7 mm (1.6 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Shoreham	Australia	Record daily precipitation	89.4 mm (3.5 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Hughenden	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	35.3 mm (1.4 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Ellesmere	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	35.8 mm (1.4 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Goldfield	United States	Record daily precipitation	26.2 mm (1.0 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Burnley Richmond Park	Australia	Record daily precipitation	46.2 mm (1.8 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Longford (Denton Close)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	40.6 mm (1.6 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
York Plains (Handroyd)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	37.6 mm (1.5 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Osceola	United States	Record daily precipitation	86.4 mm (3.4 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Melbourne Regional Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	48.3 mm (1.9 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Yan Yean	Australia	Record daily precipitation	39.6 mm (1.6 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Oranje	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	33.8 mm (1.3 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Beaver City	United States	Record daily precipitation	100.8 mm (4.0 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Hana 354	United States	Record daily precipitation	41.1 mm (1.6 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Whittlesea	Australia	Record daily precipitation	37.1 mm (1.5 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Cape Schanck Lighthouse	Australia	Record daily precipitation	95.5 mm (3.8 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Sunbury (Salesian College )	Australia	Record daily precipitation	50.0 mm (2.0 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Edenburg (Pol)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	28.4 mm (1.1 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Lilydale	Australia	Record daily precipitation	65.3 mm (2.6 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Murrumbeena Leeds Grove	Australia	Record daily precipitation	48.3 mm (1.9 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Lake Eildon	Australia	Record daily precipitation	41.4 mm (1.6 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Nugent	Australia	Record daily precipitation	40.6 mm (1.6 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Emmett	United States	Record daily precipitation	68.1 mm (2.7 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Gothenburg	United States	Record daily precipitation	37.1 mm (1.5 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Kinglake	Australia	Record daily precipitation	70.1 mm (2.8 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Canterbury	Australia	Record daily precipitation	44.2 mm (1.7 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Preston Reservoir	Australia	Record daily precipitation	43.4 mm (1.7 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Somerton	Australia	Record daily precipitation	34.3 mm (1.4 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Mathinna (Fingal Road)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	79.2 mm (3.1 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Ennore Obsy	India	Record daily precipitation	65.3 mm (2.6 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Trompsburg (Pol)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	34.5 mm (1.4 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Koffiefontein (Pol)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	31.8 mm (1.3 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Kvikkjokk-Arrenjarka	Sweden	Record daily precipitation	32.5 mm (1.3 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Ventnor (Oaklands)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	36.8 mm (1.4 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Portarlington	Australia	Record daily precipitation	91.4 mm (3.6 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Windsorton (Pol)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	31.0 mm (1.2 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Linton Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	36.3 mm (1.4 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Barrage Gouin	Canada	Record daily precipitation	62.2 mm (2.4 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Franklin	United States	Record daily precipitation	76.5 mm (3.0 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Red Hill South	Australia	Record daily precipitation	86.9 mm (3.4 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Railton (Cement Australia)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	57.9 mm (2.3 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Onawa 3NW	United States	Record daily precipitation	74.7 mm (2.9 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Cambridge	United States	Record daily precipitation	58.7 mm (2.3 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Cowes	Australia	Record daily precipitation	34.3 mm (1.4 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)

Counts by Type and Timescale

995 records

Records set or tied on 14 July 1952 by type: Highest daily maximum 135, Lowest daily maximum 177, Highest daily minimum 48, Lowest daily minimum 117, Heaviest daily rainfall 518.

Records on 14 July 1952 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	135
Lowest daily maximum	177
Highest daily minimum	48
Lowest daily minimum	117
Heaviest daily rainfall	518
Heaviest daily snowfall	0
Deepest snow cover	0

Records on 14 July 1952 by timescale: all-time 3, monthly 57, daily 935.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

836 broken records

Margins by which the 836 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 73.1. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

14 July 1952

Top 20 records on 14 July 1952 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
14 July 1952	Kew, AU	daily rain	47.0 mm (1.9 in)	24.6 mm (1.0 in)	79 years	71 of 100 (Major)
14 July 1952	Maroondah Weir (Melbourne Wate, AU	monthly rain	88.6 mm (3.5 in)	41.1 mm (1.6 in)	48 years	70 of 100 (Major)
14 July 1952	Toorourrong Reservoir (Toorour, AU	daily rain	30.2 mm (1.2 in)	18.8 mm (0.7 in)	56 years	61 of 100 (Major)
14 July 1952	Leichardt, AU	daily rain	49.3 mm (1.9 in)	30.2 mm (1.2 in)	48 years	60 of 100 (Major)
14 July 1952	Kinglake West (Wallaby Creek), AU	daily rain	77.5 mm (3.1 in)	39.4 mm (1.6 in)	48 years	60 of 100 (Major)
14 July 1952	Mansfield (Post Office), AU	daily rain	42.7 mm (1.7 in)	23.4 mm (0.9 in)	48 years	59 of 100 (Notable)
14 July 1952	Middelpos (Pol), ZA	monthly rain	44.5 mm (1.8 in)	26.7 mm (1.1 in)	7 years	59 of 100 (Notable)
14 July 1952	Werribee Research Farm, AU	monthly rain	51.3 mm (2.0 in)	14.2 mm (0.6 in)	16 years	58 of 100 (Notable)
14 July 1952	Queanbeyan (Mount Campbell), AU	daily rain	61.2 mm (2.4 in)	35.8 mm (1.4 in)	48 years	57 of 100 (Notable)
14 July 1952	Silvan State School, AU	monthly rain	99.8 mm (3.9 in)	29.7 mm (1.2 in)	16 years	56 of 100 (Notable)
14 July 1952	Woori Yallock, AU	daily rain	44.7 mm (1.8 in)	28.4 mm (1.1 in)	38 years	56 of 100 (Notable)
14 July 1952	Keilor (Arundel), AU	daily rain	36.3 mm (1.4 in)	24.1 mm (0.9 in)	34 years	56 of 100 (Notable)
14 July 1952	Meredith, AU	daily rain	32.8 mm (1.3 in)	16.8 mm (0.7 in)	49 years	56 of 100 (Notable)
14 July 1952	Essendon 1, AU	daily rain	37.8 mm (1.5 in)	25.6 mm (1.0 in)	34 years	55 of 100 (Notable)
14 July 1952	Eltham, AU	daily rain	39.4 mm (1.6 in)	24.2 mm (1.0 in)	34 years	54 of 100 (Notable)
14 July 1952	Officer (Jesmond Dene), AU	daily rain	45.2 mm (1.8 in)	22.8 mm (0.9 in)	34 years	54 of 100 (Notable)
14 July 1952	Oakleigh (Metropolitan Golf Cl, AU	daily rain	41.7 mm (1.6 in)	21.9 mm (0.9 in)	34 years	54 of 100 (Notable)
14 July 1952	Shoreham, AU	monthly rain	89.4 mm (3.5 in)	42.4 mm (1.7 in)	0 years	54 of 100 (Notable)
14 July 1952	Hughenden, ZA	daily rain	35.3 mm (1.4 in)	26.9 mm (1.1 in)	34 years	54 of 100 (Notable)
14 July 1952	Ellesmere, ZA	daily rain	35.8 mm (1.4 in)	28.2 mm (1.1 in)	34 years	54 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

1802 to 1952

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1802 to 1952. 1952 had 995 records.

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

Records on 07-14 in each year
Year	Records
1802	1
1808	1
1824	1
1832	1
1840	2
1845	1
1856	1
1860	2
1864	2
1866	1
1875	1
1876	4
1878	1
1879	1
1880	1
1883	3
1884	3
1885	1
1886	1
1887	1
1888	1
1889	2
1890	2
1891	1
1892	2
1893	3
1894	4
1895	7
1896	1
1897	2
1898	10
1899	6
1900	1
1901	2
1902	4
1903	21
1904	18
1905	11
1906	18
1907	13
1908	15
1909	7
1910	23
1911	28
1912	116
1913	21
1914	43
1915	17
1916	18
1917	55
1918	72
1919	44
1920	44
1921	105
1922	31
1923	127
1924	156
1925	138
1926	500
1927	212
1928	221
1929	87
1930	497
1931	430
1932	623
1933	378
1934	413
1935	278
1936	1,019
1937	282
1938	202
1939	367
1940	536
1941	548
1942	278
1943	364
1944	240
1945	466
1946	229
1947	379
1948	422
1949	436
1950	726
1951	335
1952	995
1953	518
1954	1,141
1955	1,058
1956	360
1957	368
1958	455
1959	349
1960	554
1961	441
1962	922
1963	535
1964	618
1965	256
1966	668
1967	1,124
1968	553
1969	595
1970	477
1971	436
1972	588
1973	652
1974	654
1975	1,054
1976	693
1977	544
1978	495
1979	559
1980	1,178
1981	708
1982	809
1983	930
1984	862
1985	720
1986	722
1987	1,035
1988	806
1989	640
1990	1,748
1991	860
1992	999
1993	1,432
1994	1,250
1995	1,459
1996	1,038
1997	723
1998	1,350
1999	1,536
2000	999
2001	870
2002	1,401
2003	1,037
2004	638
2005	758
2006	998
2007	862
2008	683
2009	920
2010	1,678
2011	1,093
2012	1,114
2013	539
2014	711
2015	622
2016	682
2017	674
2018	475
2019	415
2020	635
2021	788
2022	575
2023	724
2024	784
2025	756
2026	1,037

Download the Data

Data for records on 1952-07-14: 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 10	630
10 to 20	105
20 to 30	59
30 to 40	26
40 to 50	9
50 to 60	6
60 to 70	0
70 to 80	1