Weather Records on 16 July 1964

341 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 16 July 1964. Highest significance: Yarra (Rowe's Lagoon), AU.

Key Facts for 16 July 1964

On 16 July 1964, 341 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
128 were record highs and 87 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 1 were all-time records, 4 monthly and 336 daily.
Yarra (Rowe's Lagoon) set a daily record precipitation of 63.0 mm (2.5 in) on 16 July 1964.
Across 162 earlier years (1798 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 441 records.

Record Map

341 stations

341 station records on 16 July 1964 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 16 July 1964: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Yarra (Rowe's Lagoon)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	63.0 mm (2.5 in)	64 of 100 (Major)
Jewett Work Ctr	United States	Record daily precipitation	36.6 mm (1.4 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Ludhiana	India	Record daily precipitation	107.2 mm (4.2 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Palamner	India	Record daily precipitation	93.0 mm (3.7 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Barharwa	India	Record daily precipitation	123.0 mm (4.8 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Siruguppa	India	Record daily precipitation	54.0 mm (2.1 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Turaiyur	India	Record daily precipitation	49.0 mm (1.9 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Zerbst	Germany	Record high minimum temperature	20.2 C (68.4 F)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Ponce 4 E	Puerto Rico [United States]	Record high maximum temperature	36.1 C (97.0 F)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Ranike	India	Record daily precipitation	121.9 mm (4.8 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Tres Piedras	United States	Record daily precipitation	30.2 mm (1.2 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Vayalpad	India	Record daily precipitation	45.0 mm (1.8 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Sholingur	India	Record daily precipitation	124.0 mm (4.9 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Colagaon	India	Record daily precipitation	66.0 mm (2.6 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Phillaur	India	Record daily precipitation	91.2 mm (3.6 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Alur	India	Record daily precipitation	50.9 mm (2.0 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Kharar	India	Record daily precipitation	117.0 mm (4.6 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Warroora	Australia	Record daily precipitation	27.2 mm (1.1 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Kelso	Australia	Record daily precipitation	34.0 mm (1.3 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Kalyandrug	India	Record daily precipitation	40.6 mm (1.6 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Jagraon	India	Record daily precipitation	126.3 mm (5.0 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Portales	United States	Record high minimum temperature	22.2 C (72.0 F)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Mirranatwa (Bowacka)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	30.0 mm (1.2 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Karlsruhe	Germany	Record high maximum temperature	35.7 C (96.3 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Bernburg/Saale (Nord)	Germany	Record high minimum temperature	20.8 C (69.4 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Zira	India	Record daily precipitation	93.0 mm (3.7 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Outtrim	Australia	Record daily precipitation	26.2 mm (1.0 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Jetsonville ( Muskfield )	Australia	Record daily precipitation	56.6 mm (2.2 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Minsk	Belarus	Record high minimum temperature	17.7 C (63.9 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Lubeck-Werft	Germany	Record high minimum temperature	19.9 C (67.8 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Cheyenne Wells 2NE	United States	Record low minimum temperature	7.2 C (45.0 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
St Augustine	United States	Record low maximum temperature	26.1 C (79.0 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Potsdam	Germany	Record high minimum temperature	20.1 C (68.2 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Eagle Harbor	United States	Record high maximum temperature	32.2 C (90.0 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Mackay Lost Rvr Rs	United States	Record low minimum temperature	0.6 C (33.1 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Phulbani	India	Record daily precipitation	83.4 mm (3.3 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Santa Clara UNIV	United States	Record high minimum temperature	18.9 C (66.0 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Tropic	United States	Record high minimum temperature	18.9 C (66.0 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Solon Springs	United States	Record high maximum temperature	36.1 C (97.0 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Intl Falls Intl AP	United States	Record high maximum temperature	35.6 C (96.1 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Bellellen	Australia	Record daily precipitation	25.9 mm (1.0 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Schwerin	Germany	Record high minimum temperature	19.3 C (66.7 F)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Hohenpeissenberg	Germany	Record high minimum temperature	18.5 C (65.3 F)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Hussainabad	India	Record daily precipitation	95.3 mm (3.8 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Panipat	India	Record daily precipitation	101.4 mm (4.0 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Sveg	Sweden	Record high minimum temperature	16.1 C (61.0 F)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Homestead Exp STN	United States	Record low maximum temperature	29.4 C (84.9 F)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Thief River Falls	United States	Record high maximum temperature	37.2 C (99.0 F)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Hobbs	United States	Record high minimum temperature	23.3 C (73.9 F)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Charleroi Lock 4	United States	Record daily precipitation	26.7 mm (1.1 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Bayfield 6 N	United States	Record high maximum temperature	34.4 C (93.9 F)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Romsey	Australia	Record daily precipitation	30.5 mm (1.2 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Bordeaux-Merignac	France	Record high maximum temperature	36.0 C (96.8 F)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Geisenheim	Germany	Record high minimum temperature	21.6 C (70.9 F)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Bangarpet	India	Record daily precipitation	35.6 mm (1.4 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Muktesar	India	Record daily precipitation	43.4 mm (1.7 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Jullundar	India	Record daily precipitation	106.2 mm (4.2 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Edmore 4NW	United States	Record high minimum temperature	20.6 C (69.1 F)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Lavers Hill	Australia	Record daily precipitation	31.0 mm (1.2 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Stuttgart-Stadt	Germany	Record high maximum temperature	33.7 C (92.7 F)	25 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

341 records

Records set or tied on 16 July 1964 by type: Highest daily maximum 54, Lowest daily maximum 61, Highest daily minimum 74, Lowest daily minimum 26, Heaviest daily rainfall 126.

Records on 16 July 1964 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	54
Lowest daily maximum	61
Highest daily minimum	74
Lowest daily minimum	26
Heaviest daily rainfall	126
Heaviest daily snowfall	0
Deepest snow cover	0

Records on 16 July 1964 by timescale: all-time 1, monthly 4, daily 336.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

263 broken records

Margins by which the 263 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 77.8. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

16 July 1964

Top 20 records on 16 July 1964 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
16 July 1964	Yarra (Rowe's Lagoon), AU	daily rain	63.0 mm (2.5 in)	44.5 mm (1.8 in)	61 years	64 of 100 (Major)
16 July 1964	Jewett Work Ctr, US	daily rain	36.6 mm (1.4 in)	26.4 mm (1.0 in)	22 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
16 July 1964	Ludhiana, IN	daily rain	107.2 mm (4.2 in)	64.8 mm (2.6 in)	48 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
16 July 1964	Palamner, IN	daily rain	93.0 mm (3.7 in)	74.7 mm (2.9 in)	3 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
16 July 1964	Barharwa, IN	daily rain	123.0 mm (4.8 in)	77.8 mm (3.1 in)	11 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
16 July 1964	Siruguppa, IN	daily rain	54.0 mm (2.1 in)	33.7 mm (1.3 in)	49 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
16 July 1964	Turaiyur, IN	daily rain	49.0 mm (1.9 in)	39.1 mm (1.5 in)	58 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
16 July 1964	Zerbst, DE	all-time high min	20.2 C (68.4 F)	0.2 C (0.4 F)	59 years	43 of 100 (Notable)
16 July 1964	Ponce 4 E, PR	daily high max	36.1 C (97.0 F)	2.2 C (4.0 F)	59 years	42 of 100 (Notable)
16 July 1964	Ranike, IN	daily rain	121.9 mm (4.8 in)	68.6 mm (2.7 in)	27 years	41 of 100 (Notable)
16 July 1964	Tres Piedras, US	daily rain	30.2 mm (1.2 in)	16.7 mm (0.7 in)	41 years	41 of 100 (Notable)
16 July 1964	Vayalpad, IN	daily rain	45.0 mm (1.8 in)	30.8 mm (1.2 in)	38 years	40 of 100 (Notable)
16 July 1964	Sholingur, IN	monthly rain	124.0 mm (4.9 in)	19.9 mm (0.8 in)	49 years	40 of 100 (Notable)
16 July 1964	Colagaon, IN	daily rain	66.0 mm (2.6 in)	34.2 mm (1.3 in)	60 years	39 of 100 (Notable)
16 July 1964	Phillaur, IN	daily rain	91.2 mm (3.6 in)	68.1 mm (2.7 in)	20 years	39 of 100 (Notable)
16 July 1964	Alur, IN	daily rain	50.9 mm (2.0 in)	21.7 mm (0.9 in)	49 years	37 of 100 (Notable)
16 July 1964	Kharar, IN	daily rain	117.0 mm (4.6 in)	38.0 mm (1.5 in)	48 years	36 of 100 (Notable)
16 July 1964	Warroora, AU	daily rain	27.2 mm (1.1 in)	27.2 mm (1.1 in)	55 years	34 of 100 (Routine)
16 July 1964	Kelso, AU	daily rain	34.0 mm (1.3 in)	20.0 mm (0.8 in)	11 years	34 of 100 (Routine)
16 July 1964	Kalyandrug, IN	daily rain	40.6 mm (1.6 in)	20.5 mm (0.8 in)	4 years	34 of 100 (Routine)

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

1798 to 1964

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1798 to 1964. 1964 had 341 records.

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

Records on 07-16 in each year
Year	Records
1798	1
1801	1
1802	1
1808	1
1819	1
1829	1
1832	1
1833	1
1840	2
1845	1
1852	2
1862	1
1863	1
1865	3
1866	1
1868	2
1870	1
1871	1
1875	2
1876	2
1878	1
1879	2
1880	1
1881	2
1883	4
1886	1
1887	2
1888	2
1890	5
1891	2
1892	5
1894	6
1896	1
1897	2
1898	2
1899	2
1900	5
1901	9
1902	2
1903	18
1904	20
1905	4
1906	23
1907	7
1908	21
1909	17
1910	9
1911	24
1912	28
1913	23
1914	53
1915	41
1916	39
1917	90
1918	18
1919	56
1920	46
1921	66
1922	303
1923	180
1924	75
1925	179
1926	295
1927	170
1928	405
1929	192
1930	402
1931	527
1932	446
1933	224
1934	432
1935	284
1936	715
1937	307
1938	213
1939	599
1940	255
1941	363
1942	321
1943	297
1944	193
1945	702
1946	454
1947	568
1948	259
1949	417
1950	542
1951	537
1952	560
1953	366
1954	592
1955	548
1956	417
1957	221
1958	1,270
1959	341
1960	329
1961	402
1962	538
1963	251
1964	341
1965	437
1966	415
1967	1,067
1968	788
1969	702
1970	674
1971	766
1972	641
1973	880
1974	666
1975	742
1976	840
1977	829
1978	1,095
1979	543
1980	1,457
1981	569
1982	985
1983	1,362
1984	937
1985	528
1986	845
1987	916
1988	1,306
1989	1,074
1990	955
1991	627
1992	943
1993	1,053
1994	730
1995	929
1996	739
1997	707
1998	1,051
1999	998
2000	1,207
2001	1,073
2002	1,029
2003	1,492
2004	724
2005	1,023
2006	1,527
2007	1,186
2008	669
2009	839
2010	927
2011	1,221
2012	829
2013	853
2014	1,448
2015	605
2016	706
2017	419
2018	694
2019	476
2020	464
2021	661
2022	538
2023	1,150
2024	938
2025	764
2026	727

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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	216
10 to 20	18
20 to 30	12
30 to 40	11
40 to 50	1
50 to 60	0
60 to 70	3
70 to 80	2