Weather Records on 1 July 1966

504 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 1 July 1966. Highest significance: Foxholm 7 N, US.

Key Facts for 1 July 1966

On 1 July 1966, 504 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
141 were record highs and 96 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 2 were all-time records, 17 monthly and 485 daily.
Foxholm 7 N set a daily record precipitation of 51.3 mm (2.0 in) on 1 July 1966.
Across 166 earlier years (1793 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 429 records.

Record Map

504 stations

504 station records on 1 July 1966 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 1 July 1966: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Foxholm 7 N	United States	Record daily precipitation	51.3 mm (2.0 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Lake City 2 E	United States	Record daily precipitation	96.0 mm (3.8 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Blackleaf	United States	Record daily precipitation	31.2 mm (1.2 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Parshall	United States	Record daily precipitation	79.0 mm (3.1 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Kanpur	India	Record daily precipitation	117.6 mm (4.6 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Park Rapids Muni AP	United States	Record high minimum temperature	25.6 C (78.1 F)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Cobar (Tambua)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	35.3 mm (1.4 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Fleming	United States	Record daily precipitation	76.5 mm (3.0 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Grenora	United States	Record daily precipitation	33.0 mm (1.3 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Everglades	United States	Record daily precipitation	89.7 mm (3.5 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Millen 4 N	United States	Record daily precipitation	68.6 mm (2.7 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Westhope	United States	Record daily precipitation	48.3 mm (1.9 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Pavillion	United States	Record daily precipitation	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Clear Lake	Australia	Record daily precipitation	26.9 mm (1.1 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Bogucany	Russia	Record daily precipitation	34.6 mm (1.4 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Eckman 2 SE	United States	Record daily precipitation	48.8 mm (1.9 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Bellellen	Australia	Record daily precipitation	25.1 mm (1.0 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Bendigo Channel	Australia	Record daily precipitation	25.1 mm (1.0 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Cobar (Meryula)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	26.7 mm (1.1 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Karnak (Rosedale)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	26.4 mm (1.0 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Big Creek	Canada	Record low minimum temperature	-2.2 C (28.0 F)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Morden	Canada	Record daily precipitation	49.5 mm (1.9 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Condobolin (Borambil Park)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	26.4 mm (1.0 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Darjeeling	India	Record daily precipitation	199.0 mm (7.8 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Ostrov Sosnovez	Russia	Record daily precipitation	35.5 mm (1.4 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Fleming	United States	Record low maximum temperature	27.2 C (81.0 F)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Medicine Lake 3 SE	United States	Record daily precipitation	29.0 mm (1.1 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Goroke (Kangawall)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Lake City 2 E	United States	Record low minimum temperature	15.6 C (60.1 F)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Madras	United States	Record daily precipitation	32.8 mm (1.3 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Walterboro 1 SW	United States	Record low maximum temperature	23.9 C (75.0 F)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Graysville	Canada	Record daily precipitation	47.0 mm (1.9 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Tura	India	Record daily precipitation	143.4 mm (5.6 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Deniliquin (Wilkinson St)	Australia	Record high minimum temperature	11.4 C (52.5 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Ponce 4 E	Puerto Rico [United States]	Record high minimum temperature	26.1 C (79.0 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Federal Pt	United States	Record low maximum temperature	26.1 C (79.0 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Marshall	United States	Record daily precipitation	33.0 mm (1.3 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Prattville	United States	Record daily precipitation	29.2 mm (1.1 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Fergana	Uzbekistan	Record low minimum temperature	10.4 C (50.7 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Morden Cda	Canada	Record daily precipitation	39.9 mm (1.6 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Sri Ranbirsingh	India	Record daily precipitation	68.0 mm (2.7 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Eagle Harbor	United States	Record high minimum temperature	25.6 C (78.1 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Ellendale	United States	Record high minimum temperature	22.2 C (72.0 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Portal	United States	Record daily precipitation	37.3 mm (1.5 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Boulia Airport	Australia	Record high minimum temperature	17.2 C (63.0 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Svyatoy Nos;Cape(Closed)	Russia	Record low maximum temperature	2.9 C (37.2 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)
St Augustine	United States	Record daily precipitation	66.5 mm (2.6 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Glennville 3NW	United States	Record daily precipitation	107.7 mm (4.2 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Victoria Gonzales Hts	Canada	Record low maximum temperature	13.3 C (55.9 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Valley City 3 NNW	United States	Record high minimum temperature	23.3 C (73.9 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Yemassee 1 N	United States	Record low maximum temperature	26.1 C (79.0 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Pine Bluffs	United States	Record high minimum temperature	18.9 C (66.0 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Sunbaras Sr	India	Record daily precipitation	177.8 mm (7.0 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Presa Parral	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	37.8 mm (1.5 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Ostrov Sosnovez	Russia	Record low maximum temperature	4.0 C (39.2 F)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Steamboat Springs	United States	Record high minimum temperature	11.1 C (52.0 F)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Brunswick	United States	Record daily precipitation	98.0 mm (3.9 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Covington	United States	Record low maximum temperature	24.4 C (75.9 F)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Red Lake Falls	United States	Record high minimum temperature	23.9 C (75.0 F)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Wishek	United States	Record high minimum temperature	20.0 C (68.0 F)	27 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

504 records

Records set or tied on 1 July 1966 by type: Highest daily maximum 30, Lowest daily maximum 60, Highest daily minimum 111, Lowest daily minimum 36, Heaviest daily rainfall 267.

Records on 1 July 1966 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	30
Lowest daily maximum	60
Highest daily minimum	111
Lowest daily minimum	36
Heaviest daily rainfall	267
Heaviest daily snowfall	0
Deepest snow cover	0

Records on 1 July 1966 by timescale: all-time 2, monthly 17, daily 485.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

412 broken records

Margins by which the 412 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 84.4. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

1 July 1966

Top 20 records on 1 July 1966 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
1 July 1966	Foxholm 7 N, US	daily rain	51.3 mm (2.0 in)	37.1 mm (1.5 in)	28 years	54 of 100 (Notable)
1 July 1966	Lake City 2 E, US	daily rain	96.0 mm (3.8 in)	65.0 mm (2.6 in)	19 years	52 of 100 (Notable)
1 July 1966	Blackleaf, US	daily rain	31.2 mm (1.2 in)	22.6 mm (0.9 in)	55 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
1 July 1966	Parshall, US	daily rain	79.0 mm (3.1 in)	45.7 mm (1.8 in)	12 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
1 July 1966	Kanpur, IN	daily rain	117.6 mm (4.6 in)	73.9 mm (2.9 in)	24 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
1 July 1966	Park Rapids Muni AP, US	all-time high min	25.6 C (78.1 F)	1.7 C (3.1 F)	55 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
1 July 1966	Cobar (Tambua), AU	daily rain	35.3 mm (1.4 in)	16.2 mm (0.6 in)	60 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
1 July 1966	Fleming, US	daily rain	76.5 mm (3.0 in)	61.8 mm (2.4 in)	8 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
1 July 1966	Grenora, US	daily rain	33.0 mm (1.3 in)	22.1 mm (0.9 in)	53 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
1 July 1966	Everglades, US	daily rain	89.7 mm (3.5 in)	65.6 mm (2.6 in)	1 year	44 of 100 (Notable)
1 July 1966	Millen 4 N, US	daily rain	68.6 mm (2.7 in)	43.2 mm (1.7 in)	24 years	42 of 100 (Notable)
1 July 1966	Westhope, US	daily rain	48.3 mm (1.9 in)	21.6 mm (0.9 in)	45 years	42 of 100 (Notable)
1 July 1966	Pavillion, US	daily rain	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	19.8 mm (0.8 in)	37 years	42 of 100 (Notable)
1 July 1966	Clear Lake, AU	daily rain	26.9 mm (1.1 in)	16.5 mm (0.6 in)	1 year	40 of 100 (Notable)
1 July 1966	Bogucany, RU	daily rain	34.6 mm (1.4 in)	22.4 mm (0.9 in)	12 years	40 of 100 (Notable)
1 July 1966	Eckman 2 SE, US	daily rain	48.8 mm (1.9 in)	25.9 mm (1.0 in)	28 years	40 of 100 (Notable)
1 July 1966	Bellellen, AU	daily rain	25.1 mm (1.0 in)	15.7 mm (0.6 in)	24 years	39 of 100 (Notable)
1 July 1966	Bendigo Channel, AU	daily rain	25.1 mm (1.0 in)	10.1 mm (0.4 in)	61 years	38 of 100 (Notable)
1 July 1966	Cobar (Meryula), AU	daily rain	26.7 mm (1.1 in)	10.7 mm (0.4 in)	52 years	37 of 100 (Notable)
1 July 1966	Karnak (Rosedale), AU	daily rain	26.4 mm (1.0 in)	8.6 mm (0.34 in)	43 years	37 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 1966

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1793 to 1966. 1966 had 504 records.

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

Records on 07-01 in each year
Year	Records
1793	1
1811	2
1816	1
1832	1
1833	1
1835	1
1839	1
1840	1
1841	1
1846	1
1857	1
1859	1
1860	1
1864	1
1868	1
1870	2
1871	1
1872	3
1874	1
1877	1
1878	1
1879	4
1880	1
1881	1
1882	1
1883	1
1885	2
1887	1
1888	4
1889	2
1890	2
1891	6
1892	2
1893	1
1894	4
1895	7
1896	1
1897	4
1898	10
1899	8
1900	2
1901	16
1902	6
1903	13
1904	18
1905	20
1906	14
1907	11
1908	11
1909	21
1910	30
1911	24
1912	51
1913	62
1914	126
1915	22
1916	30
1917	34
1918	57
1919	32
1920	293
1921	239
1922	55
1923	298
1924	350
1925	166
1926	95
1927	163
1928	65
1929	146
1930	163
1931	763
1932	300
1933	601
1934	220
1935	263
1936	425
1937	491
1938	355
1939	287
1940	393
1941	528
1942	510
1943	494
1944	252
1945	614
1946	432
1947	493
1948	278
1949	301
1950	435
1951	484
1952	271
1953	618
1954	619
1955	535
1956	420
1957	657
1958	496
1959	738
1960	386
1961	370
1962	280
1963	663
1964	403
1965	358
1966	504
1967	488
1968	721
1969	472
1970	632
1971	421
1972	474
1973	627
1974	738
1975	554
1976	768
1977	672
1978	718
1979	722
1980	959
1981	828
1982	1,606
1983	749
1984	766
1985	1,019
1986	965
1987	954
1988	1,542
1989	832
1990	1,405
1991	1,021
1992	1,689
1993	623
1994	936
1995	1,326
1996	637
1997	1,145
1998	1,280
1999	1,395
2000	593
2001	897
2002	1,090
2003	1,031
2004	768
2005	941
2006	674
2007	719
2008	857
2009	1,159
2010	1,146
2011	1,038
2012	1,295
2013	1,151
2014	517
2015	917
2016	515
2017	667
2018	764
2019	531
2020	820
2021	957
2022	759
2023	514
2024	660
2025	1,181
2026	958

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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	389
20 to 40	15
40 to 60	2
60 to 80	5
80 to 100	1