Weather Records on 1 July 1976

768 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 1 July 1976. Highest significance: Petersham 3 N, US.

Key Facts for 1 July 1976

On 1 July 1976, 768 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
134 were record highs and 317 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 1 were all-time records, 63 monthly and 704 daily.
Petersham 3 N set a daily record precipitation of 82.0 mm (3.2 in) on 1 July 1976.
Across 166 earlier years (1793 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 428 records.

Record Map

768 stations

768 station records on 1 July 1976 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 1 July 1976: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Petersham 3 N	United States	Record daily precipitation	82.0 mm (3.2 in)	64 of 100 (Major)
Natchitoches	United States	Record daily precipitation	79.8 mm (3.1 in)	62 of 100 (Major)
Boonton 1 SE	United States	Record daily precipitation	73.7 mm (2.9 in)	60 of 100 (Major)
Kangaroo Valley (Main Rd)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	160.2 mm (6.3 in)	58 of 100 (Notable)
Camargo (Smn)	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	82.8 mm (3.3 in)	56 of 100 (Notable)
Medicine Lodge	United States	Record daily precipitation	76.7 mm (3.0 in)	55 of 100 (Notable)
Jamberoo (Lorna)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	135.0 mm (5.3 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Jervis Bay (Point Perpendicula	Australia	Record daily precipitation	115.4 mm (4.5 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Standish 4NE	United States	Record daily precipitation	61.0 mm (2.4 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Ojo Caliente	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	79.8 mm (3.1 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Tahlee (Carrington (Church St)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	64.0 mm (2.5 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Bairro Alto	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	64.6 mm (2.5 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Wallaceburg	Canada	Record daily precipitation	46.5 mm (1.8 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Chatswood Council Depot	Australia	Record daily precipitation	56.4 mm (2.2 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Mittagong (Kia Ora)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	99.8 mm (3.9 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Morris Plains 1 W	United States	Record daily precipitation	75.4 mm (3.0 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Center	United States	Record daily precipitation	99.1 mm (3.9 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Marulan (Arthursleigh)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	47.0 mm (1.9 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Oxford	United Kingdom	Record high maximum temperature	33.0 C (91.4 F)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Balgowlah (Ethel Street)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	70.2 mm (2.8 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Mittagong (Beatrice Street)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	78.8 mm (3.1 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Charlotteburg Rsvr	United States	Record daily precipitation	67.3 mm (2.6 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Campinas-Ia	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	28.8 mm (1.1 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Sheffield	United Kingdom	Record high maximum temperature	31.4 C (88.5 F)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Little Falls	United States	Record daily precipitation	100.1 mm (3.9 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Morgantown Muni AP	United States	Record low maximum temperature	18.9 C (66.0 F)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Bezenchuk	Russia	Record daily precipitation	37.4 mm (1.5 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Buxton	United Kingdom	Record high maximum temperature	28.4 C (83.1 F)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Windham 3 E	United States	Record daily precipitation	46.0 mm (1.8 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Burnet	United States	Record low minimum temperature	14.4 C (57.9 F)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Northbridge (Sailors Bay)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	59.6 mm (2.3 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Galway	Ireland	Record high maximum temperature	29.3 C (84.7 F)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Norfolk 2 SW	United States	Record daily precipitation	48.0 mm (1.9 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Cherokee 4W	United States	Record daily precipitation	55.9 mm (2.2 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Bondi Bowling Club	Australia	Record daily precipitation	69.8 mm (2.7 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Sydney Airport AMO	Australia	Record daily precipitation	57.6 mm (2.3 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Roseville Bowling Club	Australia	Record daily precipitation	51.0 mm (2.0 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Hale Loud Dam	United States	Record daily precipitation	64.5 mm (2.5 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Mechanicville 2 S	United States	Record daily precipitation	52.8 mm (2.1 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Charlotte	United States	Record low maximum temperature	16.1 C (61.0 F)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Jefferson	United States	Record daily precipitation	55.9 mm (2.2 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Bellows Falls	United States	Record daily precipitation	94.2 mm (3.7 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Randwick Racecourse	Australia	Record daily precipitation	65.6 mm (2.6 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Berry Masonic Village	Australia	Record daily precipitation	107.0 mm (4.2 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Moss Vale (Hoskins Street)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	95.0 mm (3.7 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Alturas	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-2.2 C (28.0 F)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Bushnell 1 E	United States	Record low maximum temperature	27.8 C (82.0 F)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Augusta	United States	Record daily precipitation	70.9 mm (2.8 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Ashland	United States	Record low minimum temperature	2.8 C (37.0 F)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Belanglo State Forest	Australia	Record daily precipitation	80.1 mm (3.2 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Kiama Bowling Club	Australia	Record daily precipitation	83.6 mm (3.3 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Armagh	United Kingdom	Record high minimum temperature	16.5 C (61.7 F)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Thomasville 7 NE	United States	Record daily precipitation	50.0 mm (2.0 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Long Valley	United States	Record daily precipitation	56.1 mm (2.2 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Wilson 4 S	United States	Record daily precipitation	41.9 mm (1.6 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Nerriga Composite	Australia	Record daily precipitation	42.5 mm (1.7 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Haliburton A	Canada	Record daily precipitation	26.4 mm (1.0 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Apatzingan (Smn)	Mexico	Record high minimum temperature	33.9 C (93.0 F)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Huehuetlan El Grande	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	59.9 mm (2.4 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Essej	Russia	Record daily precipitation	28.6 mm (1.1 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)

Counts by Type and Timescale

768 records

Records set or tied on 1 July 1976 by type: Highest daily maximum 48, Lowest daily maximum 169, Highest daily minimum 86, Lowest daily minimum 148, Heaviest daily rainfall 316, Heaviest daily snowfall 1.

Records on 1 July 1976 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	48
Lowest daily maximum	169
Highest daily minimum	86
Lowest daily minimum	148
Heaviest daily rainfall	316
Heaviest daily snowfall	1
Deepest snow cover	0

Records on 1 July 1976 by timescale: all-time 1, monthly 63, daily 704.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

623 broken records

Margins by which the 623 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 95.4. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

1 July 1976

Top 20 records on 1 July 1976 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
1 July 1976	Petersham 3 N, US	daily rain	82.0 mm (3.2 in)	54.1 mm (2.1 in)	61 years	64 of 100 (Major)
1 July 1976	Natchitoches, US	daily rain	79.8 mm (3.1 in)	48.3 mm (1.9 in)	80 years	62 of 100 (Major)
1 July 1976	Boonton 1 SE, US	daily rain	73.7 mm (2.9 in)	51.6 mm (2.0 in)	56 years	60 of 100 (Major)
1 July 1976	Kangaroo Valley (Main Rd), AU	daily rain	160.2 mm (6.3 in)	81.2 mm (3.2 in)	55 years	58 of 100 (Notable)
1 July 1976	Camargo (Smn), MX	daily rain	82.8 mm (3.3 in)	50.5 mm (2.0 in)	31 years	56 of 100 (Notable)
1 July 1976	Medicine Lodge, US	daily rain	76.7 mm (3.0 in)	38.9 mm (1.5 in)	72 years	55 of 100 (Notable)
1 July 1976	Jamberoo (Lorna), AU	daily rain	135.0 mm (5.3 in)	95.4 mm (3.8 in)	18 years	54 of 100 (Notable)
1 July 1976	Jervis Bay (Point Perpendicula, AU	daily rain	115.4 mm (4.5 in)	64.6 mm (2.5 in)	25 years	54 of 100 (Notable)
1 July 1976	Standish 4NE, US	daily rain	61.0 mm (2.4 in)	48.8 mm (1.9 in)	23 years	54 of 100 (Notable)
1 July 1976	Ojo Caliente, MX	daily rain	79.8 mm (3.1 in)	57.2 mm (2.3 in)	31 years	53 of 100 (Notable)
1 July 1976	Tahlee (Carrington (Church St), AU	daily rain	64.0 mm (2.5 in)	33.0 mm (1.3 in)	77 years	52 of 100 (Notable)
1 July 1976	Bairro Alto, BR	daily rain	64.6 mm (2.5 in)	41.9 mm (1.6 in)	27 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
1 July 1976	Wallaceburg, CA	daily rain	46.5 mm (1.8 in)	29.2 mm (1.1 in)	48 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
1 July 1976	Chatswood Council Depot, AU	daily rain	56.4 mm (2.2 in)	37.9 mm (1.5 in)	77 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
1 July 1976	Mittagong (Kia Ora), AU	daily rain	99.8 mm (3.9 in)	59.9 mm (2.4 in)	18 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
1 July 1976	Morris Plains 1 W, US	daily rain	75.4 mm (3.0 in)	64.0 mm (2.5 in)	25 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
1 July 1976	Center, US	daily rain	99.1 mm (3.9 in)	74.7 mm (2.9 in)	13 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
1 July 1976	Marulan (Arthursleigh), AU	daily rain	47.0 mm (1.9 in)	25.7 mm (1.0 in)	56 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
1 July 1976	Oxford, GB	daily high max	33.0 C (91.4 F)	2.4 C (4.3 F)	149 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
1 July 1976	Balgowlah (Ethel Street), AU	daily rain	70.2 mm (2.8 in)	61.8 mm (2.4 in)	18 years	46 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 1976

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1793 to 1976. 1976 had 768 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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Data for records on 1976-07-01: CSV or JSON. Field meanings are on the data page.

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	543
20 to 40	51
40 to 60	22
60 to 80	5
80 to 100	2