Weather Records on 15 July 1976

790 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 15 July 1976. Highest significance: Wallabadah (Woodton), AU.

Key Facts for 15 July 1976

On 15 July 1976, 790 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
159 were record highs and 213 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 2 were all-time records, 14 monthly and 774 daily.
Wallabadah (Woodton) set a daily record precipitation of 56.0 mm (2.2 in) on 15 July 1976.
Across 160 earlier years (1793 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 453 records.

Record Map

790 stations

790 station records on 15 July 1976 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 15 July 1976: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Wallabadah (Woodton)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	56.0 mm (2.2 in)	72 of 100 (Major)
Cassilis Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	38.4 mm (1.5 in)	60 of 100 (Major)
Achinsk	Russia	Record daily precipitation	47.5 mm (1.9 in)	55 of 100 (Notable)
Sarapul	Russia	Record daily precipitation	55.5 mm (2.2 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Baraboo Wwtp	United States	Record daily precipitation	41.9 mm (1.6 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Ojinaga (Smn)	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	38.9 mm (1.5 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Warroo (Geeron)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	38.0 mm (1.5 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Gundy (Miller St)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	41.2 mm (1.6 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Upper Rouchel School	Australia	Record daily precipitation	40.0 mm (1.6 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
El Paso Intl AP	United States	Record daily precipitation	38.4 mm (1.5 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Glen Morrison (Millbank)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	31.6 mm (1.2 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Dodre	Sweden	Record daily precipitation	51.6 mm (2.0 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Le Ctr 2 SE	United States	Record daily precipitation	55.4 mm (2.2 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Mount Hope (Cypress Grove)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	34.0 mm (1.3 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Canning Downs	Australia	Record daily precipitation	39.2 mm (1.5 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Cobar (Meryula)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	31.6 mm (1.2 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Bendemeer (Caroline St)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	34.6 mm (1.4 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Corrales	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	65.0 mm (2.6 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Stewarts Brook Composite	Australia	Record daily precipitation	54.0 mm (2.1 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Shippensburg	United States	Record daily precipitation	59.7 mm (2.4 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Wingen (Murrulla)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	40.0 mm (1.6 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Yurecuaro	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	47.0 mm (1.9 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Kolba	Russia	Record daily precipitation	37.7 mm (1.5 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Emu Creek	Australia	Record daily precipitation	33.6 mm (1.3 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Tannymorel	Australia	Record daily precipitation	37.4 mm (1.5 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Aberdeen (Rossgole)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	38.6 mm (1.5 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Ilford (Tara)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	25.8 mm (1.0 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Ft Gaines	United States	Record high minimum temperature	25.6 C (78.1 F)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Muscatine	United States	Record daily precipitation	66.3 mm (2.6 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Killarney Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	36.0 mm (1.4 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Somerton (Girraweena)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	34.0 mm (1.3 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Waynesville 1 E	United States	Record daily precipitation	40.6 mm (1.6 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Oconomowoc Wwtp	United States	Record high maximum temperature	35.0 C (95.0 F)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Yangan Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	35.0 mm (1.4 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Goonoo Goonoo Station	Australia	Record daily precipitation	31.6 mm (1.2 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Weabonga (Monomeeth)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	43.0 mm (1.7 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Burnet	United States	Record low maximum temperature	25.0 C (77.0 F)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Encinal	United States	Record low maximum temperature	26.1 C (79.0 F)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Tartu	Estonia	Record low minimum temperature	5.0 C (41.0 F)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Culpanovo	Russia	Record daily precipitation	31.9 mm (1.3 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Midland 4 ENE	United States	Record low maximum temperature	26.7 C (80.1 F)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Taree (Radio Station 2Re)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	26.8 mm (1.1 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Meeker 5 W	United States	Record low maximum temperature	26.7 C (80.1 F)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Blanco	United States	Record low maximum temperature	22.8 C (73.0 F)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Pratten	Australia	Record daily precipitation	32.0 mm (1.3 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Limbri Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	33.0 mm (1.3 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Harrington (Oxley Anchorage Ca	Australia	Record daily precipitation	57.0 mm (2.2 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Mirannie	Australia	Record daily precipitation	25.0 mm (1.0 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Presa Parral	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	54.9 mm (2.2 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Cernuska	Russia	Record daily precipitation	29.5 mm (1.2 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Butka	Russia	Record daily precipitation	28.2 mm (1.1 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Bajramaly	Turkmenistan	Record high maximum temperature	45.3 C (113.5 F)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Tarpon Spgs Sewage Plt	United States	Record high minimum temperature	27.2 C (81.0 F)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Wandering Comparison	Australia	Record high maximum temperature	19.5 C (67.1 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Hermitage	Australia	Record daily precipitation	34.2 mm (1.3 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Toowoomba	Australia	Record daily precipitation	28.4 mm (1.1 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Somerton Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	27.0 mm (1.1 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Willow Tree (General Store)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	33.8 mm (1.3 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Dungog Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	32.2 mm (1.3 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Ojo de Agua	Mexico	Record low minimum temperature	8.9 C (48.0 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

790 records

Records set or tied on 15 July 1976 by type: Highest daily maximum 89, Lowest daily maximum 127, Highest daily minimum 70, Lowest daily minimum 86, Heaviest daily rainfall 418.

Records on 15 July 1976 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	89
Lowest daily maximum	127
Highest daily minimum	70
Lowest daily minimum	86
Heaviest daily rainfall	418
Heaviest daily snowfall	0
Deepest snow cover	0

Records on 15 July 1976 by timescale: all-time 2, monthly 14, daily 774.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

654 broken records

Margins by which the 654 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 47.5. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

15 July 1976

Top 20 records on 15 July 1976 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
15 July 1976	Wallabadah (Woodton), AU	daily rain	56.0 mm (2.2 in)	41.3 mm (1.6 in)	82 years	72 of 100 (Major)
15 July 1976	Cassilis Post Office, AU	daily rain	38.4 mm (1.5 in)	19.1 mm (0.8 in)	99 years	60 of 100 (Major)
15 July 1976	Achinsk, RU	daily rain	47.5 mm (1.9 in)	21.6 mm (0.9 in)	73 years	55 of 100 (Notable)
15 July 1976	Sarapul, RU	monthly rain	55.5 mm (2.2 in)	19.3 mm (0.8 in)	22 years	52 of 100 (Notable)
15 July 1976	Baraboo Wwtp, US	daily rain	41.9 mm (1.6 in)	31.7 mm (1.2 in)	82 years	52 of 100 (Notable)
15 July 1976	Ojinaga (Smn), MX	daily rain	38.9 mm (1.5 in)	38.6 mm (1.5 in)	26 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
15 July 1976	Warroo (Geeron), AU	daily rain	38.0 mm (1.5 in)	26.6 mm (1.0 in)	7 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
15 July 1976	Gundy (Miller St), AU	daily rain	41.2 mm (1.6 in)	28.5 mm (1.1 in)	33 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
15 July 1976	Upper Rouchel School, AU	daily rain	40.0 mm (1.6 in)	30.9 mm (1.2 in)	16 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
15 July 1976	El Paso Intl AP, US	daily rain	38.4 mm (1.5 in)	29.5 mm (1.2 in)	22 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
15 July 1976	Glen Morrison (Millbank), AU	daily rain	31.6 mm (1.2 in)	19.4 mm (0.8 in)	61 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
15 July 1976	Dodre, SE	daily rain	51.6 mm (2.0 in)	39.8 mm (1.6 in)	10 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
15 July 1976	Le Ctr 2 SE, US	daily rain	55.4 mm (2.2 in)	47.5 mm (1.9 in)	35 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
15 July 1976	Mount Hope (Cypress Grove), AU	monthly rain	34.0 mm (1.3 in)	2.2 mm (0.09 in)	72 years	43 of 100 (Notable)
15 July 1976	Canning Downs, AU	daily rain	39.2 mm (1.5 in)	20.1 mm (0.8 in)	48 years	42 of 100 (Notable)
15 July 1976	Cobar (Meryula), AU	daily rain	31.6 mm (1.2 in)	20.9 mm (0.8 in)	19 years	42 of 100 (Notable)
15 July 1976	Bendemeer (Caroline St), AU	daily rain	34.6 mm (1.4 in)	13.0 mm (0.5 in)	64 years	42 of 100 (Notable)
15 July 1976	Corrales, MX	daily rain	65.0 mm (2.6 in)	37.3 mm (1.5 in)	5 years	42 of 100 (Notable)
15 July 1976	Stewarts Brook Composite, AU	daily rain	54.0 mm (2.1 in)	15.9 mm (0.6 in)	72 years	41 of 100 (Notable)
15 July 1976	Shippensburg, US	daily rain	59.7 mm (2.4 in)	28.2 mm (1.1 in)	39 years	41 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 790 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).

Histogram of margins by which records were beaten on 15 July 1976
Margin	Records
0 to 10	519
10 to 20	94
20 to 30	31
30 to 40	8
40 to 50	2