Weather Records on 16 July 1971

766 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 16 July 1971. Highest significance: Inverell Comparison, AU.

Key Facts for 16 July 1971

On 16 July 1971, 766 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
144 were record highs and 115 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 2 were all-time records, 29 monthly and 735 daily.
Inverell Comparison set a daily record precipitation of 80.8 mm (3.2 in) on 16 July 1971.
Across 162 earlier years (1798 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 438 records.

Record Map

766 stations

766 station records on 16 July 1971 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 16 July 1971: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Inverell Comparison	Australia	Record daily precipitation	80.8 mm (3.2 in)	76 of 100 (Major)
Quinyambie	Australia	Record daily precipitation	44.5 mm (1.8 in)	71 of 100 (Major)
Delungra (Pearsby Hall)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	97.3 mm (3.8 in)	67 of 100 (Major)
Tulloona (Coolanga)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	50.0 mm (2.0 in)	61 of 100 (Major)
Bingara Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	93.0 mm (3.7 in)	61 of 100 (Major)
Warialda Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	109.2 mm (4.3 in)	61 of 100 (Major)
Albertville 2 SE	United States	Record daily precipitation	119.9 mm (4.7 in)	61 of 100 (Major)
Gravesend Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	95.3 mm (3.8 in)	60 of 100 (Major)
Graman (Willowie)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	66.3 mm (2.6 in)	58 of 100 (Notable)
Bundarra Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	69.9 mm (2.8 in)	58 of 100 (Notable)
Broken Hill (Langawirra)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	26.4 mm (1.0 in)	57 of 100 (Notable)
Appila	Australia	Record daily precipitation	37.3 mm (1.5 in)	56 of 100 (Notable)
Gladstone	Australia	Record daily precipitation	40.9 mm (1.6 in)	56 of 100 (Notable)
Saint Bernard	United States	Record daily precipitation	106.4 mm (4.2 in)	56 of 100 (Notable)
Narridy Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	41.1 mm (1.6 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Redhill	Australia	Record daily precipitation	32.0 mm (1.3 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Delungra Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	87.9 mm (3.5 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Boaz	United States	Record daily precipitation	125.7 mm (4.9 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Murray Town (Doughboy Creek)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	26.9 mm (1.1 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Koolunga	Australia	Record daily precipitation	32.8 mm (1.3 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Tingha Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	73.7 mm (2.9 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Croppa Creek (Krui Plains)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	66.0 mm (2.6 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Wupperthal	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	66.0 mm (2.6 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Stockholm	Sweden	Record daily precipitation	34.6 mm (1.4 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Crystal Brook	Australia	Record daily precipitation	31.8 mm (1.3 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Yacka	Australia	Record daily precipitation	26.4 mm (1.0 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Coolatai (Willunga)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	58.2 mm (2.3 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Georgetown	Australia	Record daily precipitation	41.4 mm (1.6 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Victor Harbor (Rivington Grang	Australia	Record daily precipitation	48.3 mm (1.9 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
St George Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	41.9 mm (1.6 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Cheriton	Australia	Record daily precipitation	50.3 mm (2.0 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Daymar Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	48.5 mm (1.9 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Bingara (Keera)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	84.3 mm (3.3 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Wellingrove (Wangalea)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	54.1 mm (2.1 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Mount Templeton (Glenalbyn)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	35.8 mm (1.4 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Bundarra (Araluen)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	69.9 mm (2.8 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Bingara (Derra Derra)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	68.8 mm (2.7 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Bingara (Lucunda)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	71.4 mm (2.8 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Armidale (Radio Station 2Ad)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	29.0 mm (1.1 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Port Germein (Telowie)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	40.6 mm (1.6 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Gulnare	Australia	Record daily precipitation	36.8 mm (1.4 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Wilcannia (Reid St)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	26.2 mm (1.0 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Gurley (Glenroy)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	45.7 mm (1.8 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Moree (Bullerana)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	54.6 mm (2.1 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Gavle	Sweden	Record daily precipitation	41.3 mm (1.6 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Delungra (Craigmore)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	81.0 mm (3.2 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Federal Pt	United States	Record daily precipitation	94.0 mm (3.7 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Mundoora	Australia	Record daily precipitation	27.4 mm (1.1 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Wentworth (Cuthero)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	38.1 mm (1.5 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Glen Innes Ag Research STN	Australia	Record daily precipitation	50.5 mm (2.0 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Bronzewing	Australia	Record daily precipitation	33.5 mm (1.3 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Braganca	Portugal	Record daily precipitation	30.4 mm (1.2 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Port Germein	Australia	Record daily precipitation	28.4 mm (1.1 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Old Noarlunga Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	28.7 mm (1.1 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Uralla (Salisbury Court)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	36.6 mm (1.4 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Beazleys Bridge	Australia	Record daily precipitation	40.9 mm (1.6 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Balaklava	Australia	Record daily precipitation	34.0 mm (1.3 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Laura	Australia	Record daily precipitation	26.7 mm (1.1 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Uralla (Dumaresq St)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	42.9 mm (1.7 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Wooroonook	Australia	Record daily precipitation	27.4 mm (1.1 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)

Counts by Type and Timescale

766 records

Records set or tied on 16 July 1971 by type: Highest daily maximum 83, Lowest daily maximum 79, Highest daily minimum 61, Lowest daily minimum 36, Heaviest daily rainfall 506, Deepest snow cover 1.

Records on 16 July 1971 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	83
Lowest daily maximum	79
Highest daily minimum	61
Lowest daily minimum	36
Heaviest daily rainfall	506
Heaviest daily snowfall	0
Deepest snow cover	1

Records on 16 July 1971 by timescale: all-time 2, monthly 29, daily 735.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

664 broken records

Margins by which the 664 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 635.0. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

16 July 1971

Top 20 records on 16 July 1971 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
16 July 1971	Inverell Comparison, AU	daily rain	80.8 mm (3.2 in)	38.9 mm (1.5 in)	94 years	76 of 100 (Major)
16 July 1971	Quinyambie, AU	daily rain	44.5 mm (1.8 in)	34.3 mm (1.4 in)	77 years	71 of 100 (Major)
16 July 1971	Delungra (Pearsby Hall), AU	monthly rain	97.3 mm (3.8 in)	39.9 mm (1.6 in)	41 years	67 of 100 (Major)
16 July 1971	Tulloona (Coolanga), AU	daily rain	50.0 mm (2.0 in)	33.0 mm (1.3 in)	88 years	61 of 100 (Major)
16 July 1971	Bingara Post Office, AU	daily rain	93.0 mm (3.7 in)	49.3 mm (1.9 in)	42 years	61 of 100 (Major)
16 July 1971	Warialda Post Office, AU	monthly rain	109.2 mm (4.3 in)	20.6 mm (0.8 in)	73 years	61 of 100 (Major)
16 July 1971	Albertville 2 SE, US	monthly rain	119.9 mm (4.7 in)	46.2 mm (1.8 in)	29 years	61 of 100 (Major)
16 July 1971	Gravesend Post Office, AU	daily rain	95.3 mm (3.8 in)	55.2 mm (2.2 in)	42 years	60 of 100 (Major)
16 July 1971	Graman (Willowie), AU	daily rain	66.3 mm (2.6 in)	39.6 mm (1.6 in)	42 years	58 of 100 (Notable)
16 July 1971	Bundarra Post Office, AU	daily rain	69.9 mm (2.8 in)	36.9 mm (1.5 in)	42 years	58 of 100 (Notable)
16 July 1971	Broken Hill (Langawirra), AU	daily rain	26.4 mm (1.0 in)	15.5 mm (0.6 in)	77 years	57 of 100 (Notable)
16 July 1971	Appila, AU	daily rain	37.3 mm (1.5 in)	17.0 mm (0.7 in)	24 years	56 of 100 (Notable)
16 July 1971	Gladstone, AU	daily rain	40.9 mm (1.6 in)	23.1 mm (0.9 in)	24 years	56 of 100 (Notable)
16 July 1971	Saint Bernard, US	daily rain	106.4 mm (4.2 in)	59.4 mm (2.3 in)	34 years	56 of 100 (Notable)
16 July 1971	Narridy Post Office, AU	daily rain	41.1 mm (1.6 in)	22.3 mm (0.9 in)	16 years	54 of 100 (Notable)
16 July 1971	Redhill, AU	daily rain	32.0 mm (1.3 in)	10.2 mm (0.4 in)	76 years	54 of 100 (Notable)
16 July 1971	Delungra Post Office, AU	monthly rain	87.9 mm (3.5 in)	27.7 mm (1.1 in)	41 years	54 of 100 (Notable)
16 July 1971	Boaz, US	monthly rain	125.7 mm (4.9 in)	52.3 mm (2.1 in)	4 years	54 of 100 (Notable)
16 July 1971	Murray Town (Doughboy Creek), AU	daily rain	26.9 mm (1.1 in)	13.4 mm (0.5 in)	76 years	53 of 100 (Notable)
16 July 1971	Koolunga, AU	daily rain	32.8 mm (1.3 in)	18.3 mm (0.7 in)	16 years	53 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

1798 to 1971

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1798 to 1971. 1971 had 766 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 100	663
100 to 200	0
200 to 300	0
300 to 400	0
400 to 500	0
500 to 600	0
600 to 700	1