Weather Records on 7 July 1976

679 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 7 July 1976. Highest significance: Cedral, MX.

Key Facts for 7 July 1976

On 7 July 1976, 679 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
225 were record highs and 280 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 2 were all-time records, 22 monthly and 655 daily.
Cedral set an all-time record daily precipitation of 219.7 mm (8.6 in) on 7 July 1976.
Across 165 earlier years (1793 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 431 records.

Record Map

679 stations

679 station records on 7 July 1976 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 7 July 1976: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Cedral	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	219.7 mm (8.6 in)	65 of 100 (Major)
Brownsville	United States	Record daily precipitation	53.3 mm (2.1 in)	55 of 100 (Notable)
Teriberka	Russia	Record daily precipitation	32.2 mm (1.3 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Baddeck	Canada	Record high maximum temperature	32.2 C (90.0 F)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Allende (Smn)	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	47.8 mm (1.9 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
San Pedro Piedra Gorda -Ciuda	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	54.9 mm (2.2 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Rio Grande City	United States	Record daily precipitation	42.2 mm (1.7 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Brownsville	United States	Record low maximum temperature	26.1 C (79.0 F)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Villagran (Smn)	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	114.8 mm (4.5 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Beeville 5 NE	United States	Record daily precipitation	64.0 mm (2.5 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Burnet	United States	Record low minimum temperature	12.2 C (54.0 F)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Iturbide	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	47.0 mm (1.9 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Chippewa Lake	United States	Record daily precipitation	49.5 mm (1.9 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Dublin	United States	Record low maximum temperature	22.2 C (72.0 F)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Beaver Falls 1 NE	United States	Record daily precipitation	47.8 mm (1.9 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Salinillas	Mexico	Record low maximum temperature	23.9 C (75.0 F)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Randolph 5 NNE	United States	Record daily precipitation	46.0 mm (1.8 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Camacho (Smn)	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	34.8 mm (1.4 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Velikie Luki	Russia	Record low maximum temperature	12.6 C (54.7 F)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Le Bourget	France	Record high minimum temperature	23.4 C (74.1 F)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Aleksandrovskoe	Russia	Record daily precipitation	49.6 mm (2.0 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Sheffield	United Kingdom	Record high maximum temperature	29.9 C (85.8 F)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Blakely	United States	Record low maximum temperature	23.3 C (73.9 F)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Saluda	United States	Record low maximum temperature	22.8 C (73.0 F)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Pointe Au Pere	Canada	Record high minimum temperature	15.6 C (60.1 F)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Nieves	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	35.1 mm (1.4 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Seaside	United States	Record daily precipitation	26.7 mm (1.1 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Cuatro Cienegas (Smn)	Mexico	Record low maximum temperature	23.9 C (75.0 F)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Buckhannon	United States	Record low maximum temperature	21.1 C (70.0 F)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Caitas de Felipe Pescador	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	35.3 mm (1.4 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Chipley	United States	Record low maximum temperature	23.3 C (73.9 F)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Red Springs 1 SE	United States	Record daily precipitation	46.0 mm (1.8 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Purcell 2 SW	United States	Record low minimum temperature	14.4 C (57.9 F)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Clemson UNIV	United States	Record low maximum temperature	22.2 C (72.0 F)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Greenwood	United States	Record low maximum temperature	21.7 C (71.1 F)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Weslaco	United States	Record low maximum temperature	28.3 C (82.9 F)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Barshatas	Kazakhstan	Record daily precipitation	39.7 mm (1.6 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Ojo de Agua	Mexico	Record low minimum temperature	8.9 C (48.0 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
St. Petersburg	Russia	Record low maximum temperature	10.5 C (50.9 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Cambridge	United States	Record high minimum temperature	20.0 C (68.0 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Dillon	United States	Record daily precipitation	32.5 mm (1.3 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Acaponeta	Mexico	Record low maximum temperature	25.6 C (78.1 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
El Cuchillo	Mexico	Record low maximum temperature	25.0 C (77.0 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Nikolaev	Ukraine	Record low minimum temperature	10.4 C (50.7 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Askaniia Nova	Ukraine	Record low minimum temperature	8.3 C (46.9 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Bridgeport	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-3.3 C (26.1 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Warrenton	United States	Record low maximum temperature	21.1 C (70.0 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Evanston 1 E	United States	Record high maximum temperature	32.2 C (90.0 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Galveston	United States	Record low maximum temperature	27.2 C (81.0 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Gulkana AP	United States	Record high minimum temperature	14.4 C (57.9 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Ramos Arizpe (Smn)	Mexico	Record low maximum temperature	17.8 C (64.0 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Huamantla	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	29.0 mm (1.1 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Brooksville Chin Hill	United States	Record low minimum temperature	19.4 C (66.9 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
McAllen	United States	Record low maximum temperature	28.3 C (82.9 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
McCook	United States	Record low maximum temperature	25.6 C (78.1 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Grindstone Island	Canada	Record high maximum temperature	27.2 C (81.0 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Chiricahua Nm	United States	Record high minimum temperature	20.0 C (68.0 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Redlands	United States	Record high maximum temperature	41.7 C (107.1 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Naples	United States	Record daily precipitation	92.5 mm (3.6 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Washington 2 ESE	United States	Record low maximum temperature	21.7 C (71.1 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

679 records

Records set or tied on 7 July 1976 by type: Highest daily maximum 106, Lowest daily maximum 181, Highest daily minimum 119, Lowest daily minimum 99, Heaviest daily rainfall 174.

Records on 7 July 1976 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	106
Lowest daily maximum	181
Highest daily minimum	119
Lowest daily minimum	99
Heaviest daily rainfall	174
Heaviest daily snowfall	0
Deepest snow cover	0

Records on 7 July 1976 by timescale: all-time 2, monthly 22, daily 655.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

513 broken records

Margins by which the 513 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 101.1. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

7 July 1976

Top 20 records on 7 July 1976 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
7 July 1976	Cedral, MX	all-time rain	219.7 mm (8.6 in)	101.1 mm (4.0 in)	2 years	65 of 100 (Major)
7 July 1976	Brownsville, US	daily rain	53.3 mm (2.1 in)	35.5 mm (1.4 in)	75 years	55 of 100 (Notable)
7 July 1976	Teriberka, RU	daily rain	32.2 mm (1.3 in)	20.2 mm (0.8 in)	5 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
7 July 1976	Baddeck, CA	daily high max	32.2 C (90.0 F)	3.3 C (5.9 F)	92 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
7 July 1976	Allende (Smn), MX	daily rain	47.8 mm (1.9 in)	42.7 mm (1.7 in)	28 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
7 July 1976	San Pedro Piedra Gorda -Ciuda, MX	daily rain	54.9 mm (2.2 in)	38.1 mm (1.5 in)	7 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
7 July 1976	Rio Grande City, US	daily rain	42.2 mm (1.7 in)	21.9 mm (0.9 in)	76 years	44 of 100 (Notable)
7 July 1976	Brownsville, US	daily low max	26.1 C (79.0 F)	3.9 C (7.0 F)	44 years	44 of 100 (Notable)
7 July 1976	Villagran (Smn), MX	daily rain	114.8 mm (4.5 in)	95.0 mm (3.7 in)	5 years	43 of 100 (Notable)
7 July 1976	Beeville 5 NE, US	daily rain	64.0 mm (2.5 in)	38.6 mm (1.5 in)	57 years	43 of 100 (Notable)
7 July 1976	Burnet, US	monthly low min	12.2 C (54.0 F)	0.6 C (1.1 F)	73 years	43 of 100 (Notable)
7 July 1976	Iturbide, MX	daily rain	47.0 mm (1.9 in)	38.4 mm (1.5 in)	24 years	42 of 100 (Notable)
7 July 1976	Chippewa Lake, US	daily rain	49.5 mm (1.9 in)	29.2 mm (1.1 in)	35 years	42 of 100 (Notable)
7 July 1976	Dublin, US	monthly low max	22.2 C (72.0 F)	1.7 C (3.1 F)	59 years	41 of 100 (Notable)
7 July 1976	Beaver Falls 1 NE, US	daily rain	47.8 mm (1.9 in)	22.1 mm (0.9 in)	52 years	41 of 100 (Notable)
7 July 1976	Salinillas, MX	daily low max	23.9 C (75.0 F)	7.8 C (14.0 F)	34 years	40 of 100 (Notable)
7 July 1976	Randolph 5 NNE, US	daily rain	46.0 mm (1.8 in)	20.3 mm (0.8 in)	67 years	40 of 100 (Notable)
7 July 1976	Camacho (Smn), MX	daily rain	34.8 mm (1.4 in)	23.9 mm (0.9 in)	34 years	39 of 100 (Notable)
7 July 1976	Velikie Luki, RU	daily low max	12.6 C (54.7 F)	1.2 C (2.2 F)	94 years	39 of 100 (Notable)
7 July 1976	Le Bourget, FR	daily high min	23.4 C (74.1 F)	4.8 C (8.6 F)	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 1976

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1793 to 1976. 1976 had 679 records.

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

Records on 07-07 in each year
Year	Records
1793	1
1812	1
1813	1
1815	1
1819	3
1821	1
1825	1
1828	2
1835	1
1845	1
1850	1
1856	2
1857	1
1860	1
1863	1
1864	2
1865	2
1867	1
1870	1
1872	1
1873	2
1874	1
1875	1
1877	3
1878	2
1879	1
1883	1
1887	4
1889	2
1890	8
1891	3
1892	3
1893	2
1894	1
1895	4
1896	5
1897	2
1898	3
1899	2
1900	14
1901	5
1902	13
1903	10
1904	4
1905	11
1906	12
1907	6
1908	26
1909	22
1910	16
1911	67
1912	31
1913	17
1914	49
1915	72
1916	126
1917	120
1918	42
1919	37
1920	42
1921	65
1922	135
1923	166
1924	166
1925	198
1926	135
1927	184
1928	200
1929	122
1930	332
1931	442
1932	315
1933	337
1934	390
1935	311
1936	795
1937	280
1938	268
1939	359
1940	467
1941	334
1942	516
1943	309
1944	411
1945	299
1946	208
1947	532
1948	404
1949	374
1950	431
1951	416
1952	515
1953	623
1954	622
1955	485
1956	1,170
1957	394
1958	749
1959	391
1960	663
1961	318
1962	294
1963	510
1964	549
1965	388
1966	304
1967	430
1968	624
1969	967
1970	391
1971	467
1972	1,155
1973	1,120
1974	652
1975	571
1976	679
1977	828
1978	794
1979	924
1980	848
1981	1,025
1982	795
1983	1,013
1984	1,044
1985	939
1986	770
1987	728
1988	1,251
1989	1,040
1990	781
1991	1,040
1992	938
1993	1,762
1994	1,394
1995	576
1996	1,218
1997	752
1998	1,382
1999	971
2000	823
2001	983
2002	667
2003	664
2004	1,084
2005	949
2006	1,061
2007	1,067
2008	1,174
2009	930
2010	1,411
2011	749
2012	1,423
2013	549
2014	539
2015	1,263
2016	717
2017	904
2018	550
2019	506
2020	556
2021	930
2022	744
2023	577
2024	1,277
2025	562
2026	522

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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	489
20 to 40	20
40 to 60	2
60 to 80	0
80 to 100	1
100 to 120	1