Weather Records on 19 July 1976

824 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 19 July 1976. Highest significance: Derbent, RU.

Key Facts for 19 July 1976

On 19 July 1976, 824 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
186 were record highs and 379 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 1 were all-time records, 7 monthly and 816 daily.
Derbent set a monthly record daily precipitation of 41.3 mm (1.6 in) on 19 July 1976.
Across 164 earlier years (1799 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 438 records.

Record Map

824 stations

824 station records on 19 July 1976 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 19 July 1976: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Derbent	Russia	Record daily precipitation	41.3 mm (1.6 in)	60 of 100 (Major)
Nueva Casas Grandes	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	80.1 mm (3.2 in)	59 of 100 (Notable)
Amatikulu(Mill)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	84.8 mm (3.3 in)	56 of 100 (Notable)
Buynaksk	Russia	Record daily precipitation	42.7 mm (1.7 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Steynsburg	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	26.5 mm (1.0 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Luna Rs	United States	Record daily precipitation	44.5 mm (1.8 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Agtertang	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	25.5 mm (1.0 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Jagersfontein	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	31.0 mm (1.2 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Tihvin	Russia	Record daily precipitation	45.3 mm (1.8 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Excame	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	69.1 mm (2.7 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Hollenstein (Kraftwerk)	Germany	Record daily precipitation	68.0 mm (2.7 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Makakatana	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	95.0 mm (3.7 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Sao Goncalo Dos Campos	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	41.4 mm (1.6 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Nuevo Casas Grandes (Dge)	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	80.0 mm (3.1 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Uloa	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	88.0 mm (3.5 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Schlusselfeld (Klaranlage)	Germany	Record daily precipitation	53.3 mm (2.1 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Dequeen	United States	Record low minimum temperature	12.2 C (54.0 F)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Tver	Russia	Record daily precipitation	36.6 mm (1.4 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Mahackala	Russia	Record daily precipitation	28.0 mm (1.1 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Karnack	United States	Record daily precipitation	50.8 mm (2.0 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Save	Benin	Record daily precipitation	92.3 mm (3.6 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Ojo de Agua	Mexico	Record low minimum temperature	6.7 C (44.1 F)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Den Haag	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	25.0 mm (1.0 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Cedarville	United States	Record low maximum temperature	21.1 C (70.0 F)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Katanning Comparison	Australia	Record high maximum temperature	22.0 C (71.6 F)	40 of 100 (Notable)
University	United States	Record low minimum temperature	12.8 C (55.0 F)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Soldier Summit	United States	Record low maximum temperature	15.6 C (60.1 F)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Surgut	Russia	Record daily precipitation	25.5 mm (1.0 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Welgelegen(Middlemnt	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	27.0 mm (1.1 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Hanover (Pol)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	25.0 mm (1.0 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Ebrach	Germany	Record daily precipitation	39.0 mm (1.5 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Francisco I. Madero	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	45.0 mm (1.8 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Groznyj	Russia	Record daily precipitation	31.7 mm (1.2 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Rooiwal	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	26.6 mm (1.0 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Hamlin	United States	Record low minimum temperature	11.1 C (52.0 F)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Monticello Muni AP	United States	Record low minimum temperature	17.2 C (63.0 F)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Narrogin	Australia	Record high maximum temperature	21.8 C (71.2 F)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Innsbruck	Austria	Record high minimum temperature	18.5 C (65.3 F)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Charleston	United States	Record low minimum temperature	15.6 C (60.1 F)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Zyrjanka	Russia	Record daily precipitation	27.3 mm (1.1 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Leitchfield 2 N	United States	Record low minimum temperature	12.2 C (54.0 F)	36 of 100 (Notable)
New Iberia AP - Acadiana Rgnl	United States	Record low minimum temperature	19.4 C (66.9 F)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Paragonah	United States	Record low maximum temperature	23.3 C (73.9 F)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Gingindlovu	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	70.5 mm (2.8 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Midville	United States	Record daily precipitation	63.5 mm (2.5 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Shelbyville 1 E	United States	Record low minimum temperature	10.0 C (50.0 F)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Louisville	United States	Record low minimum temperature	16.1 C (61.0 F)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Dialville 2 W	United States	Record low minimum temperature	18.9 C (66.0 F)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Wandering Comparison	Australia	Record high maximum temperature	23.4 C (74.1 F)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Greensboro	United States	Record low minimum temperature	16.1 C (61.0 F)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Tuscaloosa Oliver Dam	United States	Record low minimum temperature	15.6 C (60.1 F)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Wray	United States	Record high minimum temperature	24.4 C (75.9 F)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Minden	United States	Record daily precipitation	41.4 mm (1.6 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Keda	Georgia	Record daily precipitation	41.4 mm (1.6 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Vevay	United States	Record low minimum temperature	11.1 C (52.0 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Batesville	United States	Record low minimum temperature	12.8 C (55.0 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Fairview	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	37.0 mm (1.5 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Riverview	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	39.7 mm (1.6 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Ljubljana Bezigrad	Slovenia	Record high maximum temperature	34.0 C (93.2 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Sheffield	United Kingdom	Record high minimum temperature	17.0 C (62.6 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

824 records

Records set or tied on 19 July 1976 by type: Highest daily maximum 54, Lowest daily maximum 119, Highest daily minimum 132, Lowest daily minimum 260, Heaviest daily rainfall 259.

Records on 19 July 1976 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	54
Lowest daily maximum	119
Highest daily minimum	132
Lowest daily minimum	260
Heaviest daily rainfall	259
Heaviest daily snowfall	0
Deepest snow cover	0

Records on 19 July 1976 by timescale: all-time 1, monthly 7, daily 816.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

667 broken records

Margins by which the 667 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 72.3. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

19 July 1976

Top 20 records on 19 July 1976 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
19 July 1976	Derbent, RU	monthly rain	41.3 mm (1.6 in)	15.3 mm (0.6 in)	21 years	60 of 100 (Major)
19 July 1976	Nueva Casas Grandes, MX	monthly rain	80.1 mm (3.2 in)	36.6 mm (1.4 in)	20 years	59 of 100 (Notable)
19 July 1976	Amatikulu(Mill), ZA	daily rain	84.8 mm (3.3 in)	71.1 mm (2.8 in)	42 years	56 of 100 (Notable)
19 July 1976	Buynaksk, RU	daily rain	42.7 mm (1.7 in)	37.5 mm (1.5 in)	34 years	54 of 100 (Notable)
19 July 1976	Steynsburg, ZA	daily rain	26.5 mm (1.0 in)	18.9 mm (0.7 in)	53 years	54 of 100 (Notable)
19 July 1976	Luna Rs, US	daily rain	44.5 mm (1.8 in)	19.6 mm (0.8 in)	59 years	54 of 100 (Notable)
19 July 1976	Agtertang, ZA	daily rain	25.5 mm (1.0 in)	25.5 mm (1.0 in)	56 years	53 of 100 (Notable)
19 July 1976	Jagersfontein, ZA	daily rain	31.0 mm (1.2 in)	25.7 mm (1.0 in)	64 years	53 of 100 (Notable)
19 July 1976	Tihvin, RU	daily rain	45.3 mm (1.8 in)	29.9 mm (1.2 in)	33 years	52 of 100 (Notable)
19 July 1976	Excame, MX	daily rain	69.1 mm (2.7 in)	50.0 mm (2.0 in)	28 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
19 July 1976	Hollenstein (Kraftwerk), DE	daily rain	68.0 mm (2.7 in)	48.2 mm (1.9 in)	20 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
19 July 1976	Makakatana, ZA	daily rain	95.0 mm (3.7 in)	72.1 mm (2.8 in)	40 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
19 July 1976	Sao Goncalo Dos Campos, BR	daily rain	41.4 mm (1.6 in)	33.2 mm (1.3 in)	12 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
19 July 1976	Nuevo Casas Grandes (Dge), MX	monthly rain	80.0 mm (3.1 in)	23.4 mm (0.9 in)	21 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
19 July 1976	Uloa, ZA	daily rain	88.0 mm (3.5 in)	59.8 mm (2.4 in)	40 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
19 July 1976	Schlusselfeld (Klaranlage), DE	daily rain	53.3 mm (2.1 in)	28.3 mm (1.1 in)	20 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
19 July 1976	Dequeen, US	daily low min	12.2 C (54.0 F)	6.1 C (11.0 F)	31 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
19 July 1976	Tver, RU	daily rain	36.6 mm (1.4 in)	25.0 mm (1.0 in)	28 years	44 of 100 (Notable)
19 July 1976	Mahackala, RU	daily rain	28.0 mm (1.1 in)	5.9 mm (0.23 in)	80 years	43 of 100 (Notable)
19 July 1976	Karnack, US	daily rain	50.8 mm (2.0 in)	41.9 mm (1.6 in)	29 years	43 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

1799 to 1976

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1799 to 1976. 1976 had 824 records.

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

Records on 07-19 in each year
Year	Records
1799	1
1805	1
1809	1
1811	1
1837	1
1838	1
1839	1
1843	1
1845	2
1848	1
1851	1
1859	2
1863	2
1864	1
1865	2
1867	1
1868	1
1870	1
1871	3
1873	2
1874	3
1878	2
1880	1
1881	2
1883	1
1886	3
1887	1
1888	3
1889	1
1890	5
1892	3
1893	2
1894	4
1895	2
1896	1
1897	4
1898	2
1899	3
1900	6
1901	4
1902	12
1903	4
1904	15
1905	20
1906	14
1907	19
1908	21
1909	17
1910	49
1911	14
1912	39
1913	48
1914	35
1915	140
1916	234
1917	177
1918	36
1919	34
1920	50
1921	55
1922	121
1923	224
1924	191
1925	153
1926	319
1927	96
1928	148
1929	232
1930	585
1931	269
1932	385
1933	258
1934	765
1935	268
1936	402
1937	227
1938	290
1939	285
1940	338
1941	424
1942	568
1943	276
1944	361
1945	308
1946	485
1947	613
1948	384
1949	762
1950	613
1951	545
1952	541
1953	330
1954	535
1955	343
1956	552
1957	348
1958	481
1959	393
1960	746
1961	402
1962	453
1963	502
1964	534
1965	755
1966	481
1967	560
1968	740
1969	610
1970	545
1971	636
1972	699
1973	538
1974	513
1975	441
1976	824
1977	898
1978	636
1979	964
1980	835
1981	915
1982	676
1983	1,011
1984	1,076
1985	569
1986	810
1987	1,608
1988	995
1989	1,081
1990	954
1991	803
1992	717
1993	847
1994	589
1995	893
1996	1,353
1997	856
1998	1,325
1999	878
2000	1,802
2001	905
2002	985
2003	1,192
2004	1,082
2005	1,049
2006	1,392
2007	1,181
2008	753
2009	1,844
2010	911
2011	1,266
2012	878
2013	1,061
2014	1,207
2015	735
2016	605
2017	495
2018	836
2019	651
2020	409
2021	779
2022	1,143
2023	884
2024	544
2025	600
2026	653

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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 10	585
10 to 20	49
20 to 30	19
30 to 40	7
40 to 50	2
50 to 60	2
60 to 70	0
70 to 80	3