Weather Records on 10 July 1971

568 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 10 July 1971. Highest significance: Belle Plaine, US.

Key Facts for 10 July 1971

On 10 July 1971, 568 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
86 were record highs and 222 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 3 were all-time records, 15 monthly and 550 daily.
Belle Plaine set a daily record precipitation of 120.7 mm (4.8 in) on 10 July 1971.
Across 173 earlier years (1793 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 411 records.

Record Map

568 stations

568 station records on 10 July 1971 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 10 July 1971: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Belle Plaine	United States	Record daily precipitation	120.7 mm (4.8 in)	63 of 100 (Major)
Anacortes	United States	Record daily precipitation	32.3 mm (1.3 in)	60 of 100 (Major)
Cedar Rapids #1	United States	Record daily precipitation	150.6 mm (5.9 in)	59 of 100 (Notable)
Ladismith (Tnk)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	39.0 mm (1.5 in)	58 of 100 (Notable)
Brandon Cda	Canada	Record daily precipitation	63.8 mm (2.5 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Geneseo	United States	Record daily precipitation	121.9 mm (4.8 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Brownsville	United States	Record low maximum temperature	26.7 C (80.1 F)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Tombstone	United States	Record high minimum temperature	27.8 C (82.0 F)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Conceicao da Barra	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	62.0 mm (2.4 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Rock Rapids	United States	Record daily precipitation	88.6 mm (3.5 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Greensboro Lock 7	United States	Record daily precipitation	73.7 mm (2.9 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Springfield Abraham Lincoln Ca	United States	Record daily precipitation	66.5 mm (2.6 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Kleinfontein	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	35.5 mm (1.4 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Luroy	Norway	Record daily precipitation	86.5 mm (3.4 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Mattoon	United States	Record daily precipitation	62.5 mm (2.5 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Fortine 1 N	United States	Record daily precipitation	25.9 mm (1.0 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Barkestad	Norway	Record daily precipitation	32.8 mm (1.3 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Graca	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	36.8 mm (1.4 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Mama	Russia	Record daily precipitation	34.8 mm (1.4 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Plaatjies Kraal	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	68.5 mm (2.7 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Opsoek (Pos)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	29.0 mm (1.1 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Muscatine	United States	Record daily precipitation	146.1 mm (5.8 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Canton	United States	Record daily precipitation	109.7 mm (4.3 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Wallace	United States	Record daily precipitation	29.5 mm (1.2 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Weslaco	United States	Record daily precipitation	51.6 mm (2.0 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Swellendam (Tnk)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	37.0 mm (1.5 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Havana	United States	Record daily precipitation	91.4 mm (3.6 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Macomb	United States	Record daily precipitation	103.1 mm (4.1 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Marietta Lock 1	United States	Record daily precipitation	54.6 mm (2.1 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Menno	United States	Record daily precipitation	76.2 mm (3.0 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Brownsville	United States	Record daily precipitation	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Safford	United States	Record high minimum temperature	26.7 C (80.1 F)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Decatur Wtp	United States	Record daily precipitation	97.8 mm (3.9 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Taylorville 2SE	United States	Record daily precipitation	83.1 mm (3.3 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Velva	United States	Record daily precipitation	49.0 mm (1.9 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Copperhill	United States	Record daily precipitation	48.0 mm (1.9 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Laurier	United States	Record daily precipitation	26.2 mm (1.0 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
El Carmen (Smn)	Mexico	Record high minimum temperature	30.0 C (86.0 F)	35 of 100 (Notable)
St Augustine	United States	Record low minimum temperature	19.4 C (66.9 F)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Morgan 1 W	United States	Record high maximum temperature	37.8 C (100.0 F)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Anatone	United States	Record daily precipitation	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Wahoo	United States	Record daily precipitation	27.9 mm (1.1 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Canistota 2 N	United States	Record daily precipitation	35.8 mm (1.4 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Hood Rvr Exp STN	United States	Record low maximum temperature	17.8 C (64.0 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Riverside 7 SSW	United States	Record low maximum temperature	24.4 C (75.9 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Karthaus River	United States	Record daily precipitation	61.0 mm (2.4 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Eureka	United States	Record daily precipitation	30.5 mm (1.2 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Buena Vista	United States	Record daily precipitation	45.7 mm (1.8 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Martinsville Fltr Plt	United States	Record daily precipitation	56.4 mm (2.2 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Wittenberg	Germany	Record daily precipitation	27.6 mm (1.1 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Kokomo 3 WSW	United States	Record daily precipitation	55.1 mm (2.2 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Stanton	United States	Record daily precipitation	38.9 mm (1.5 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Klamath Falls 2 SSW	United States	Record low minimum temperature	1.7 C (35.1 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Samarkand	Uzbekistan	Record high maximum temperature	42.3 C (108.1 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Hampton	United States	Record daily precipitation	32.8 mm (1.3 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
W Pt	United States	Record daily precipitation	38.9 mm (1.5 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Koup (Sar)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	26.0 mm (1.0 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Augusta	United States	Record daily precipitation	41.4 mm (1.6 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Newell	United States	Record daily precipitation	43.2 mm (1.7 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Seward AP	United States	Record high maximum temperature	29.4 C (84.9 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

568 records

Records set or tied on 10 July 1971 by type: Highest daily maximum 39, Lowest daily maximum 146, Highest daily minimum 47, Lowest daily minimum 76, Heaviest daily rainfall 259, Deepest snow cover 1.

Records on 10 July 1971 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	39
Lowest daily maximum	146
Highest daily minimum	47
Lowest daily minimum	76
Heaviest daily rainfall	259
Heaviest daily snowfall	0
Deepest snow cover	1

Records on 10 July 1971 by timescale: all-time 3, monthly 15, daily 550.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

469 broken records

Margins by which the 469 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 558.0. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

10 July 1971

Top 20 records on 10 July 1971 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
10 July 1971	Belle Plaine, US	daily rain	120.7 mm (4.8 in)	85.4 mm (3.4 in)	56 years	63 of 100 (Major)
10 July 1971	Anacortes, US	daily rain	32.3 mm (1.3 in)	20.6 mm (0.8 in)	52 years	60 of 100 (Major)
10 July 1971	Cedar Rapids #1, US	daily rain	150.6 mm (5.9 in)	97.3 mm (3.8 in)	38 years	59 of 100 (Notable)
10 July 1971	Ladismith (Tnk), ZA	daily rain	39.0 mm (1.5 in)	16.1 mm (0.6 in)	82 years	58 of 100 (Notable)
10 July 1971	Brandon Cda, CA	daily rain	63.8 mm (2.5 in)	36.6 mm (1.4 in)	36 years	54 of 100 (Notable)
10 July 1971	Geneseo, US	daily rain	121.9 mm (4.8 in)	75.7 mm (3.0 in)	22 years	53 of 100 (Notable)
10 July 1971	Brownsville, US	daily low max	26.7 C (80.1 F)	3.9 C (7.0 F)	69 years	52 of 100 (Notable)
10 July 1971	Tombstone, US	all-time high min	27.8 C (82.0 F)	1.7 C (3.1 F)	53 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
10 July 1971	Conceicao da Barra, BR	daily rain	62.0 mm (2.4 in)	35.8 mm (1.4 in)	22 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
10 July 1971	Rock Rapids, US	monthly rain	88.6 mm (3.5 in)	14.9 mm (0.6 in)	63 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
10 July 1971	Greensboro Lock 7, US	daily rain	73.7 mm (2.9 in)	22.9 mm (0.9 in)	68 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
10 July 1971	Springfield Abraham Lincoln Ca, US	daily rain	66.5 mm (2.6 in)	33.5 mm (1.3 in)	56 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
10 July 1971	Kleinfontein, ZA	daily rain	35.5 mm (1.4 in)	31.3 mm (1.2 in)	8 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
10 July 1971	Luroy, NO	daily rain	86.5 mm (3.4 in)	45.7 mm (1.8 in)	12 years	44 of 100 (Notable)
10 July 1971	Mattoon, US	daily rain	62.5 mm (2.5 in)	25.2 mm (1.0 in)	73 years	43 of 100 (Notable)
10 July 1971	Fortine 1 N, US	daily rain	25.9 mm (1.0 in)	13.2 mm (0.5 in)	52 years	42 of 100 (Notable)
10 July 1971	Barkestad, NO	daily rain	32.8 mm (1.3 in)	7.6 mm (0.30 in)	73 years	41 of 100 (Notable)
10 July 1971	Graca, BR	daily rain	36.8 mm (1.4 in)	32.8 mm (1.3 in)	33 years	40 of 100 (Notable)
10 July 1971	Mama, RU	daily rain	34.8 mm (1.4 in)	19.9 mm (0.8 in)	30 years	40 of 100 (Notable)
10 July 1971	Plaatjies Kraal, ZA	monthly rain	68.5 mm (2.7 in)	17.5 mm (0.7 in)	11 years	40 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 1971

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1793 to 1971. 1971 had 568 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 100	468
100 to 200	0
200 to 300	0
300 to 400	0
400 to 500	0
500 to 600	1