Weather Records on 10 July 1959

512 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 10 July 1959. Highest significance: Winnsboro, US.

Key Facts for 10 July 1959

On 10 July 1959, 512 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
276 were record highs and 87 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 17 were all-time records, 24 monthly and 471 daily.
Winnsboro set an all-time record daily precipitation of 197.4 mm (7.8 in) on 10 July 1959.
Across 173 earlier years (1793 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 412 records.

Record Map

512 stations

512 station records on 10 July 1959 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 10 July 1959: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Winnsboro	United States	Record daily precipitation	197.4 mm (7.8 in)	67 of 100 (Major)
Milford 2 SE	United States	Record daily precipitation	101.6 mm (4.0 in)	58 of 100 (Notable)
Dehri	India	Record daily precipitation	164.4 mm (6.5 in)	57 of 100 (Notable)
Haringhata	India	Record daily precipitation	148.6 mm (5.9 in)	57 of 100 (Notable)
Atlantic City Marina	United States	Record daily precipitation	138.2 mm (5.4 in)	57 of 100 (Notable)
Arrah Obsy Sr	India	Record daily precipitation	260.0 mm (10.2 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Bikapur	India	Record daily precipitation	150.0 mm (5.9 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Cambridge Niab	United Kingdom	Record daily precipitation	57.4 mm (2.3 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Henderson 2 NNW	United States	Record daily precipitation	163.3 mm (6.4 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Hariharganj	India	Record daily precipitation	185.0 mm (7.3 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Khargram	India	Record daily precipitation	177.8 mm (7.0 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Catawba	United States	Record daily precipitation	188.2 mm (7.4 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Hussainabad	India	Record daily precipitation	152.2 mm (6.0 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Camden 3 W	United States	Record daily precipitation	123.2 mm (4.9 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Lichtentanne	Germany	Record high maximum temperature	35.2 C (95.4 F)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Bassawan	India	Record daily precipitation	120.7 mm (4.8 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Durham	United States	Record daily precipitation	128.8 mm (5.1 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Blair	United States	Record daily precipitation	102.1 mm (4.0 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Leipzig-Holzhausen	Germany	Record high maximum temperature	37.0 C (98.6 F)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Los Gatos	United States	Record high maximum temperature	43.3 C (109.9 F)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Marnitz	Germany	Record high minimum temperature	21.4 C (70.5 F)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Belleplain STN Forest	United States	Record daily precipitation	162.8 mm (6.4 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Lichtentanne	Germany	Record high minimum temperature	24.7 C (76.5 F)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Maihar	India	Record daily precipitation	116.3 mm (4.6 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Rothamsted	United Kingdom	Record daily precipitation	59.4 mm (2.3 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Chapel Hill 2 W	United States	Record daily precipitation	68.6 mm (2.7 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Praha-Klementinum	Czech Republic	Record high maximum temperature	34.4 C (93.9 F)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Milan	Italy	Record high minimum temperature	25.2 C (77.4 F)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Cutchogue	United States	Record daily precipitation	53.6 mm (2.1 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Monroe 2 SE	United States	Record daily precipitation	124.5 mm (4.9 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Hopewell	United States	Record daily precipitation	119.1 mm (4.7 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Putbus	Germany	Record high maximum temperature	31.7 C (89.1 F)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Chemnitz	Germany	Record high maximum temperature	34.4 C (93.9 F)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Bhabua	India	Record daily precipitation	91.0 mm (3.6 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Cottbus	Germany	Record high maximum temperature	37.5 C (99.5 F)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Karlshamn	Sweden	Record high maximum temperature	32.0 C (89.6 F)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Raleigh State UNIV	United States	Record daily precipitation	37.3 mm (1.5 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Camden 3 W	United States	Record low maximum temperature	22.8 C (73.0 F)	38 of 100 (Notable)
San Francisco Dwtn	United States	Record high maximum temperature	33.3 C (91.9 F)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Jena Sternwarte	Germany	Record high maximum temperature	36.8 C (98.2 F)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Gorlitz	Germany	Record high maximum temperature	33.2 C (91.8 F)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Nurnberg	Germany	Record high maximum temperature	34.6 C (94.3 F)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Geisenheim	Germany	Record high maximum temperature	36.8 C (98.2 F)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Garhwa	India	Record daily precipitation	85.0 mm (3.3 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Silli	India	Record daily precipitation	113.6 mm (4.5 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Sikraul	India	Record daily precipitation	101.6 mm (4.0 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Kirchdorf/Poel	Germany	Record high minimum temperature	20.2 C (68.4 F)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Santa Cruz	United States	Record high maximum temperature	40.6 C (105.1 F)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Magdeburg	Germany	Record high maximum temperature	36.4 C (97.5 F)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Kleve	Germany	Record high minimum temperature	19.8 C (67.6 F)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Weissenburg	Germany	Record high maximum temperature	33.6 C (92.5 F)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Daltonganj	India	Record daily precipitation	90.8 mm (3.6 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Ramnagar	India	Record daily precipitation	73.1 mm (2.9 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Tuckerton 2 NE	United States	Record daily precipitation	58.4 mm (2.3 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Muenster	Germany	Record high minimum temperature	20.8 C (69.4 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Berlin-Dahlem	Germany	Record high maximum temperature	37.3 C (99.1 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Bamberg	Germany	Record high maximum temperature	35.3 C (95.5 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Gorlitz	Germany	Record high minimum temperature	17.4 C (63.3 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Sandvig	Denmark	Record high maximum temperature	26.9 C (80.4 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Aachen	Germany	Record high minimum temperature	21.9 C (71.4 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

512 records

Records set or tied on 10 July 1959 by type: Highest daily maximum 169, Lowest daily maximum 28, Highest daily minimum 107, Lowest daily minimum 59, Heaviest daily rainfall 149.

Records on 10 July 1959 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	169
Lowest daily maximum	28
Highest daily minimum	107
Lowest daily minimum	59
Heaviest daily rainfall	149
Heaviest daily snowfall	0
Deepest snow cover	0

Records on 10 July 1959 by timescale: all-time 17, monthly 24, daily 471.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

415 broken records

Margins by which the 415 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 136.9. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

10 July 1959

Top 20 records on 10 July 1959 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
10 July 1959	Winnsboro, US	all-time rain	197.4 mm (7.8 in)	38.6 mm (1.5 in)	58 years	67 of 100 (Major)
10 July 1959	Milford 2 SE, US	daily rain	101.6 mm (4.0 in)	74.7 mm (2.9 in)	42 years	58 of 100 (Notable)
10 July 1959	Dehri, IN	daily rain	164.4 mm (6.5 in)	103.4 mm (4.1 in)	40 years	57 of 100 (Notable)
10 July 1959	Haringhata, IN	daily rain	148.6 mm (5.9 in)	120.7 mm (4.8 in)	41 years	57 of 100 (Notable)
10 July 1959	Atlantic City Marina, US	monthly rain	138.2 mm (5.4 in)	32.3 mm (1.3 in)	55 years	57 of 100 (Notable)
10 July 1959	Arrah Obsy Sr, IN	monthly rain	260.0 mm (10.2 in)	65.7 mm (2.6 in)	38 years	54 of 100 (Notable)
10 July 1959	Bikapur, IN	daily rain	150.0 mm (5.9 in)	102.5 mm (4.0 in)	37 years	52 of 100 (Notable)
10 July 1959	Cambridge Niab, GB	daily rain	57.4 mm (2.3 in)	40.6 mm (1.6 in)	18 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
10 July 1959	Henderson 2 NNW, US	monthly rain	163.3 mm (6.4 in)	47.7 mm (1.9 in)	24 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
10 July 1959	Hariharganj, IN	daily rain	185.0 mm (7.3 in)	112.9 mm (4.4 in)	16 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
10 July 1959	Khargram, IN	daily rain	177.8 mm (7.0 in)	136.9 mm (5.4 in)	24 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
10 July 1959	Catawba, US	all-time rain	188.2 mm (7.4 in)	20.6 mm (0.8 in)	42 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
10 July 1959	Hussainabad, IN	daily rain	152.2 mm (6.0 in)	86.2 mm (3.4 in)	16 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
10 July 1959	Camden 3 W, US	monthly rain	123.2 mm (4.9 in)	15.2 mm (0.6 in)	63 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
10 July 1959	Lichtentanne, DE	daily high max	35.2 C (95.4 F)	5.2 C (9.4 F)	84 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
10 July 1959	Bassawan, IN	daily rain	120.7 mm (4.8 in)	52.9 mm (2.1 in)	56 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
10 July 1959	Durham, US	monthly rain	128.8 mm (5.1 in)	39.9 mm (1.6 in)	0 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
10 July 1959	Blair, US	daily rain	102.1 mm (4.0 in)	77.7 mm (3.1 in)	0 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
10 July 1959	Leipzig-Holzhausen, DE	daily high max	37.0 C (98.6 F)	4.0 C (7.2 F)	84 years	43 of 100 (Notable)
10 July 1959	Los Gatos, US	all-time high max	43.3 C (109.9 F)	0.5 C (0.9 F)	54 years	43 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 1959

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1793 to 1959. 1959 had 512 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 2026-10-16. Last revised 16 October 2026 (2026-10-16).

Margin	Records
0 to 20	364
20 to 40	31
40 to 60	11
60 to 80	3
80 to 100	1
100 to 120	3
120 to 140	2