Weather Records on 15 July 1966

494 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 15 July 1966. Highest significance: Bathurst, AU.

Key Facts for 15 July 1966

On 15 July 1966, 494 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
158 were record highs and 114 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 2 were all-time records, 8 monthly and 484 daily.
Bathurst set a daily record precipitation of 40.6 mm (1.6 in) on 15 July 1966.
Across 160 earlier years (1793 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 455 records.

Record Map

494 stations

494 station records on 15 July 1966 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 15 July 1966: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Bathurst	Australia	Record daily precipitation	40.6 mm (1.6 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Gunnerside	Australia	Record daily precipitation	31.5 mm (1.2 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Atlantic 1 NE	United States	Record daily precipitation	89.7 mm (3.5 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Vaduj	India	Record daily precipitation	67.5 mm (2.7 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Sublette 7WSW	United States	Record daily precipitation	48.3 mm (1.9 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Oakwood 3 SW	United States	Record daily precipitation	48.0 mm (1.9 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Chinook	United States	Record daily precipitation	29.7 mm (1.2 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Roselea	Australia	Record daily precipitation	32.3 mm (1.3 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Hot Springs	United States	Record high maximum temperature	37.2 C (99.0 F)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Corning	United States	Record daily precipitation	75.7 mm (3.0 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Citronelle	United States	Record daily precipitation	53.1 mm (2.1 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
W Pt	United States	Record daily precipitation	51.8 mm (2.0 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Beaconsfield 2	Australia	Record daily precipitation	32.0 mm (1.3 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Surubim	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	44.0 mm (1.7 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Ipira (Camisao)	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	58.3 mm (2.3 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Cape Otway Lighthouse	Australia	Record low maximum temperature	8.3 C (46.9 F)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Uttiramerur	India	Record daily precipitation	69.0 mm (2.7 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Wahoo	United States	Record daily precipitation	44.5 mm (1.8 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Beawar Nayanagar	India	Record daily precipitation	50.0 mm (2.0 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Simanovskaja	Russia	Record daily precipitation	73.6 mm (2.9 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Moore Haven Lock 1	United States	Record daily precipitation	47.2 mm (1.9 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Albion	United States	Record high maximum temperature	39.4 C (102.9 F)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Delaware	United States	Record daily precipitation	44.5 mm (1.8 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Verhojansk	Russia	Record low minimum temperature	-1.7 C (28.9 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Red Oak	United States	Record daily precipitation	41.4 mm (1.6 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Colstrip	United States	Record daily precipitation	27.4 mm (1.1 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Ashland #2	United States	Record daily precipitation	31.2 mm (1.2 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
St Andrews	Canada	Record low minimum temperature	9.4 C (48.9 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Greensboro	United States	Record high maximum temperature	39.4 C (102.9 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Cumberland	United States	Record daily precipitation	88.4 mm (3.5 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Bernburg/Saale (Nord)	Germany	Record low minimum temperature	8.0 C (46.4 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Shirala	India	Record daily precipitation	61.0 mm (2.4 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Hobart (Ellerslie Road)	Australia	Record low maximum temperature	6.3 C (43.3 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Isla Perez	Mexico	Record high maximum temperature	38.3 C (100.9 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Bulyee	Australia	Record daily precipitation	27.9 mm (1.1 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Bodocongo	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	26.9 mm (1.1 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Fajardo	Puerto Rico [United States]	Record high maximum temperature	33.9 C (93.0 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Tuscaloosa Oliver Dam	United States	Record high maximum temperature	38.9 C (102.0 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Lamoni	United States	Record daily precipitation	35.8 mm (1.4 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Pontotoc	United States	Record high maximum temperature	38.9 C (102.0 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Falls River	Canada	Record daily precipitation	48.3 mm (1.9 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Pithapuram	India	Record daily precipitation	25.0 mm (1.0 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Saidapet	India	Record daily precipitation	70.0 mm (2.8 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Creston 2 SW	United States	Record daily precipitation	43.2 mm (1.7 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Washington Wwtp 4W	United States	Record daily precipitation	48.0 mm (1.9 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Alexandria 4 WSW	United States	Record daily precipitation	37.3 mm (1.5 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Greensboro Lock 7	United States	Record daily precipitation	40.1 mm (1.6 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Puyallup 2 W Exp STN	United States	Record high minimum temperature	17.8 C (64.0 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Penrose	United States	Record daily precipitation	38.1 mm (1.5 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Farmerville	United States	Record high minimum temperature	25.0 C (77.0 F)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Houston	United States	Record high maximum temperature	39.4 C (102.9 F)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Oakdale	United States	Record low maximum temperature	22.2 C (72.0 F)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Wytheville	United States	Record high maximum temperature	34.4 C (93.9 F)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Winnemucca AP	United States	Record low minimum temperature	3.9 C (39.0 F)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Panvel	India	Record daily precipitation	132.1 mm (5.2 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Bikin	Russia	Record daily precipitation	27.3 mm (1.1 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Alturas	United States	Record low minimum temperature	0.6 C (33.1 F)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Hartwell	United States	Record high minimum temperature	24.4 C (75.9 F)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Lamoni	United States	Record low maximum temperature	22.8 C (73.0 F)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Madison	United States	Record low maximum temperature	22.2 C (72.0 F)	26 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

494 records

Records set or tied on 15 July 1966 by type: Highest daily maximum 76, Lowest daily maximum 49, Highest daily minimum 82, Lowest daily minimum 65, Heaviest daily rainfall 222.

Records on 15 July 1966 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	76
Lowest daily maximum	49
Highest daily minimum	82
Lowest daily minimum	65
Heaviest daily rainfall	222
Heaviest daily snowfall	0
Deepest snow cover	0

Records on 15 July 1966 by timescale: all-time 2, monthly 8, daily 484.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

378 broken records

Margins by which the 378 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 62.0. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

15 July 1966

Top 20 records on 15 July 1966 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
15 July 1966	Bathurst, AU	daily rain	40.6 mm (1.6 in)	28.7 mm (1.1 in)	25 years	52 of 100 (Notable)
15 July 1966	Gunnerside, AU	daily rain	31.5 mm (1.2 in)	21.6 mm (0.9 in)	25 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
15 July 1966	Atlantic 1 NE, US	daily rain	89.7 mm (3.5 in)	62.0 mm (2.4 in)	12 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
15 July 1966	Vaduj, IN	daily rain	67.5 mm (2.7 in)	46.9 mm (1.8 in)	12 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
15 July 1966	Sublette 7WSW, US	daily rain	48.3 mm (1.9 in)	38.6 mm (1.5 in)	47 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
15 July 1966	Oakwood 3 SW, US	daily rain	48.0 mm (1.9 in)	40.9 mm (1.6 in)	37 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
15 July 1966	Chinook, US	daily rain	29.7 mm (1.2 in)	17.8 mm (0.7 in)	44 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
15 July 1966	Roselea, AU	daily rain	32.3 mm (1.3 in)	17.1 mm (0.7 in)	16 years	44 of 100 (Notable)
15 July 1966	Hot Springs, US	all-time high max	37.2 C (99.0 F)	0.5 C (0.9 F)	55 years	44 of 100 (Notable)
15 July 1966	Corning, US	daily rain	75.7 mm (3.0 in)	40.1 mm (1.6 in)	36 years	43 of 100 (Notable)
15 July 1966	Citronelle, US	daily rain	53.1 mm (2.1 in)	23.4 mm (0.9 in)	69 years	42 of 100 (Notable)
15 July 1966	W Pt, US	daily rain	51.8 mm (2.0 in)	21.3 mm (0.8 in)	71 years	41 of 100 (Notable)
15 July 1966	Beaconsfield 2, AU	daily rain	32.0 mm (1.3 in)	22.6 mm (0.9 in)	11 years	39 of 100 (Notable)
15 July 1966	Surubim, BR	daily rain	44.0 mm (1.7 in)	21.5 mm (0.8 in)	9 years	38 of 100 (Notable)
15 July 1966	Ipira (Camisao), BR	monthly rain	58.3 mm (2.3 in)	12.3 mm (0.5 in)	8 years	38 of 100 (Notable)
15 July 1966	Cape Otway Lighthouse, AU	daily low max	8.3 C (46.9 F)	1.1 C (2.0 F)	71 years	36 of 100 (Notable)
15 July 1966	Uttiramerur, IN	daily rain	69.0 mm (2.7 in)	24.5 mm (1.0 in)	48 years	36 of 100 (Notable)
15 July 1966	Wahoo, US	daily rain	44.5 mm (1.8 in)	28.8 mm (1.1 in)	36 years	36 of 100 (Notable)
15 July 1966	Beawar Nayanagar, IN	daily rain	50.0 mm (2.0 in)	21.6 mm (0.9 in)	63 years	35 of 100 (Notable)
15 July 1966	Simanovskaja, RU	all-time rain	73.6 mm (2.9 in)	9.4 mm (0.37 in)	13 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

1793 to 1966

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1793 to 1966. 1966 had 494 records.

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

Records on 07-15 in each year
Year	Records
1793	1
1802	1
1808	1
1824	2
1829	1
1832	1
1833	1
1838	1
1839	1
1840	2
1866	1
1868	2
1874	1
1876	1
1877	2
1879	3
1880	1
1881	2
1883	2
1884	2
1885	1
1886	2
1888	1
1889	1
1890	5
1891	4
1892	4
1893	3
1894	6
1895	4
1896	2
1897	2
1898	10
1899	1
1900	1
1901	7
1902	4
1903	24
1904	9
1905	1
1906	10
1907	8
1908	7
1909	7
1910	14
1911	11
1912	44
1913	19
1914	35
1915	34
1916	27
1917	134
1918	33
1919	59
1920	78
1921	55
1922	111
1923	120
1924	126
1925	137
1926	487
1927	151
1928	367
1929	213
1930	503
1931	591
1932	649
1933	205
1934	554
1935	208
1936	905
1937	279
1938	227
1939	394
1940	320
1941	444
1942	275
1943	338
1944	228
1945	693
1946	421
1947	373
1948	397
1949	455
1950	503
1951	606
1952	825
1953	398
1954	784
1955	612
1956	351
1957	304
1958	859
1959	411
1960	576
1961	386
1962	724
1963	291
1964	670
1965	282
1966	494
1967	1,419
1968	661
1969	670
1970	542
1971	552
1972	681
1973	800
1974	692
1975	869
1976	790
1977	766
1978	815
1979	585
1980	1,168
1981	646
1982	938
1983	1,241
1984	841
1985	793
1986	773
1987	968
1988	1,157
1989	827
1990	1,202
1991	589
1992	904
1993	1,198
1994	1,027
1995	1,347
1996	1,076
1997	688
1998	1,170
1999	1,428
2000	1,276
2001	1,004
2002	1,177
2003	1,256
2004	714
2005	932
2006	1,535
2007	1,171
2008	532
2009	816
2010	941
2011	989
2012	927
2013	761
2014	1,016
2015	547
2016	672
2017	467
2018	645
2019	561
2020	614
2021	674
2022	621
2023	1,157
2024	823
2025	720
2026	961

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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	310
10 to 20	41
20 to 30	18
30 to 40	3
40 to 50	5
50 to 60	0
60 to 70	1