Weather Records on 19 July 1959

393 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 19 July 1959. Highest significance: Grenada, US.

Key Facts for 19 July 1959

On 19 July 1959, 393 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
152 were record highs and 62 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 2 were all-time records, 3 monthly and 388 daily.
Grenada set a daily record precipitation of 100.3 mm (3.9 in) on 19 July 1959.
Across 164 earlier years (1799 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 441 records.

Record Map

393 stations

393 station records on 19 July 1959 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 19 July 1959: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Grenada	United States	Record daily precipitation	100.3 mm (3.9 in)	56 of 100 (Notable)
Bell Ranch	United States	Record daily precipitation	63.8 mm (2.5 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Rahapur	India	Record daily precipitation	124.5 mm (4.9 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Granta	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	65.0 mm (2.6 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Uman	Ukraine	Record high minimum temperature	22.1 C (71.8 F)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Inverness 3 SE	United States	Record daily precipitation	72.6 mm (2.9 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Lampasas	United States	Record daily precipitation	44.7 mm (1.8 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Jeremoabo	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	32.0 mm (1.3 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Brahmapuri	India	Record daily precipitation	118.8 mm (4.7 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Greensburg	United States	Record daily precipitation	45.0 mm (1.8 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Walebing	Australia	Record high maximum temperature	24.4 C (75.9 F)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Phoenixville 1 E	United States	Record daily precipitation	78.5 mm (3.1 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Mahua	India	Record daily precipitation	122.4 mm (4.8 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Cluj Napoca	Romania	Record daily precipitation	36.7 mm (1.4 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Mansfield 5 W	United States	Record daily precipitation	38.6 mm (1.5 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Rio Do Braco (Efic)	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	36.7 mm (1.4 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Hico	United States	Record daily precipitation	59.7 mm (2.4 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Altentreptow	Germany	Record daily precipitation	29.3 mm (1.2 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
W Branch 3SE	United States	Record daily precipitation	27.9 mm (1.1 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Ballinger 2 NW	United States	Record daily precipitation	43.2 mm (1.7 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Perth Regional Office	Australia	Record high maximum temperature	23.3 C (73.9 F)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Odesa	Ukraine	Record high minimum temperature	25.0 C (77.0 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Akbarpur	India	Record daily precipitation	117.1 mm (4.6 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Brooksville Chin Hill	United States	Record daily precipitation	69.1 mm (2.7 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Muncie 4 SE	United States	Record daily precipitation	41.9 mm (1.6 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Gopalganj Sr	India	Record daily precipitation	102.0 mm (4.0 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Taganrog (Lighthouse)	Russia	Record high minimum temperature	26.3 C (79.3 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
San Angelo	United States	Record low maximum temperature	23.9 C (75.0 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Dohne (Sar)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	25.0 mm (1.0 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Helena	United States	Record daily precipitation	79.5 mm (3.1 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Brownwood 2NE	United States	Record low minimum temperature	16.1 C (61.0 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Coleman	United States	Record daily precipitation	70.4 mm (2.8 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Comanche	United States	Record daily precipitation	52.1 mm (2.1 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Nabawa	Australia	Record high maximum temperature	25.2 C (77.4 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Nordby (Fano)	Denmark	Record high maximum temperature	28.7 C (83.7 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Muncheberg	Germany	Record daily precipitation	30.2 mm (1.2 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Margherita	India	Record daily precipitation	91.9 mm (3.6 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Rudri	India	Record daily precipitation	123.0 mm (4.8 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Butterworth (Tnk)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	58.5 mm (2.3 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Leitchfield 2 N	United States	Record daily precipitation	46.2 mm (1.8 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Arkadelphia 2 N	United States	Record high minimum temperature	25.0 C (77.0 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Selod	India	Record daily precipitation	105.4 mm (4.1 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Andenes	Norway	Record high minimum temperature	14.9 C (58.8 F)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Cidra 1 E	Puerto Rico [United States]	Record daily precipitation	46.0 mm (1.8 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Viljujsk	Russia	Record low minimum temperature	3.9 C (39.0 F)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Simferopol	Ukraine	Record high minimum temperature	20.4 C (68.7 F)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Scottsboro	United States	Record daily precipitation	39.4 mm (1.6 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Highlands	United States	Record daily precipitation	96.3 mm (3.8 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Quakertown	United States	Record high minimum temperature	23.3 C (73.9 F)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Waxahachie	United States	Record low minimum temperature	17.8 C (64.0 F)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Sandvig	Denmark	Record daily precipitation	28.2 mm (1.1 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Jafrabad	India	Record daily precipitation	150.4 mm (5.9 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Sangli	India	Record daily precipitation	150.0 mm (5.9 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Moores Hill	United States	Record daily precipitation	36.1 mm (1.4 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Defiance	United States	Record daily precipitation	25.9 mm (1.0 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Pearsall	United States	Record daily precipitation	39.9 mm (1.6 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Kinnoul	Australia	Record daily precipitation	26.9 mm (1.1 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Clausthal-Zellerfeld	Germany	Record high maximum temperature	27.0 C (80.6 F)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Halflong Obsy	India	Record daily precipitation	80.5 mm (3.2 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Dhamtari	India	Record daily precipitation	155.5 mm (6.1 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

393 records

Records set or tied on 19 July 1959 by type: Highest daily maximum 69, Lowest daily maximum 25, Highest daily minimum 83, Lowest daily minimum 37, Heaviest daily rainfall 179.

Records on 19 July 1959 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	69
Lowest daily maximum	25
Highest daily minimum	83
Lowest daily minimum	37
Heaviest daily rainfall	179
Heaviest daily snowfall	0
Deepest snow cover	0

Records on 19 July 1959 by timescale: all-time 2, monthly 3, daily 388.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

309 broken records

Margins by which the 309 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 72.9. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

19 July 1959

Top 20 records on 19 July 1959 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
19 July 1959	Grenada, US	daily rain	100.3 mm (3.9 in)	69.3 mm (2.7 in)	37 years	56 of 100 (Notable)
19 July 1959	Bell Ranch, US	daily rain	63.8 mm (2.5 in)	36.4 mm (1.4 in)	42 years	53 of 100 (Notable)
19 July 1959	Rahapur, IN	daily rain	124.5 mm (4.9 in)	72.9 mm (2.9 in)	45 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
19 July 1959	Granta, ZA	daily rain	65.0 mm (2.6 in)	47.5 mm (1.9 in)	36 years	43 of 100 (Notable)
19 July 1959	Uman, UA	all-time high min	22.1 C (71.8 F)	0.6 C (1.1 F)	46 years	43 of 100 (Notable)
19 July 1959	Inverness 3 SE, US	daily rain	72.6 mm (2.9 in)	34.5 mm (1.4 in)	59 years	42 of 100 (Notable)
19 July 1959	Lampasas, US	daily rain	44.7 mm (1.8 in)	35.0 mm (1.4 in)	28 years	41 of 100 (Notable)
19 July 1959	Jeremoabo, BR	daily rain	32.0 mm (1.3 in)	22.0 mm (0.9 in)	26 years	39 of 100 (Notable)
19 July 1959	Brahmapuri, IN	daily rain	118.8 mm (4.7 in)	55.3 mm (2.2 in)	56 years	39 of 100 (Notable)
19 July 1959	Greensburg, US	daily rain	45.0 mm (1.8 in)	21.1 mm (0.8 in)	50 years	39 of 100 (Notable)
19 July 1959	Walebing, AU	daily high max	24.4 C (75.9 F)	5.0 C (9.0 F)	40 years	38 of 100 (Notable)
19 July 1959	Phoenixville 1 E, US	daily rain	78.5 mm (3.1 in)	32.3 mm (1.3 in)	40 years	38 of 100 (Notable)
19 July 1959	Mahua, IN	daily rain	122.4 mm (4.8 in)	60.4 mm (2.4 in)	16 years	37 of 100 (Notable)
19 July 1959	Cluj Napoca, RO	daily rain	36.7 mm (1.4 in)	19.1 mm (0.8 in)	33 years	37 of 100 (Notable)
19 July 1959	Mansfield 5 W, US	daily rain	38.6 mm (1.5 in)	18.3 mm (0.7 in)	56 years	37 of 100 (Notable)
19 July 1959	Rio Do Braco (Efic), BR	daily rain	36.7 mm (1.4 in)	16.7 mm (0.7 in)	36 years	36 of 100 (Notable)
19 July 1959	Hico, US	daily rain	59.7 mm (2.4 in)	42.7 mm (1.7 in)	24 years	36 of 100 (Notable)
19 July 1959	Altentreptow, DE	daily rain	29.3 mm (1.2 in)	21.3 mm (0.8 in)	4 years	35 of 100 (Notable)
19 July 1959	W Branch 3SE, US	daily rain	27.9 mm (1.1 in)	13.7 mm (0.5 in)	58 years	35 of 100 (Notable)
19 July 1959	Ballinger 2 NW, US	daily rain	43.2 mm (1.7 in)	36.3 mm (1.4 in)	4 years	35 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 1959

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1799 to 1959. 1959 had 393 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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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 10	233
10 to 20	36
20 to 30	19
30 to 40	9
40 to 50	4
50 to 60	3
60 to 70	4
70 to 80	1