Weather Records on 23 July 1976

425 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 23 July 1976. Highest significance: Hvar, HR.

Key Facts for 23 July 1976

On 23 July 1976, 425 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
98 were record highs and 205 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 0 were all-time records, 8 monthly and 417 daily.
Hvar set a monthly record daily precipitation of 67.3 mm (2.6 in) on 23 July 1976.
Across 167 earlier years (1794 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 448 records.

Record Map

425 stations

425 station records on 23 July 1976 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 23 July 1976: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Hvar	Croatia	Record daily precipitation	67.3 mm (2.6 in)	64 of 100 (Major)
Timovskoe	Russia	Record daily precipitation	47.5 mm (1.9 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Anta	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	52.0 mm (2.0 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Catawba Hospital	United States	Record daily precipitation	68.6 mm (2.7 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Kjahta	Russia	Record daily precipitation	34.2 mm (1.3 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Ojo de Agua	Mexico	Record low minimum temperature	6.7 C (44.1 F)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Byssa	Russia	Record daily precipitation	76.0 mm (3.0 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Port Hastings	Canada	Record low minimum temperature	6.7 C (44.1 F)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Idlewild	United States	Record daily precipitation	69.9 mm (2.8 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Brackettville	United States	Record low maximum temperature	27.8 C (82.0 F)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Apuka	Russia	Record daily precipitation	33.0 mm (1.3 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Irkutsk	Russia	Record daily precipitation	42.8 mm (1.7 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Columbus-Valley Crossing	United States	Record daily precipitation	64.3 mm (2.5 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Zuerich/Fluntern	Switzerland	Record low maximum temperature	11.7 C (53.1 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Chestnut Hill	United States	Record low minimum temperature	10.6 C (51.1 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Barrage Mattawin	Canada	Record daily precipitation	45.7 mm (1.8 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Williams	United States	Record daily precipitation	45.5 mm (1.8 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Plymouth 5 E	United States	Record daily precipitation	70.1 mm (2.8 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Lazdijai	Lithuania	Record daily precipitation	26.4 mm (1.0 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Everglades	United States	Record low minimum temperature	19.4 C (66.9 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Reno AP	United States	Record low maximum temperature	22.2 C (72.0 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Juarez	Mexico	Record low maximum temperature	25.6 C (78.1 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
American Falls 6 NE	United States	Record high maximum temperature	37.8 C (100.0 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Newport	United States	Record high minimum temperature	13.9 C (57.0 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Galeana (Smn)	Mexico	Record high minimum temperature	20.0 C (68.0 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Barstow	United States	Record low maximum temperature	32.8 C (91.0 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Yates Ctr	United States	Record high minimum temperature	25.0 C (77.0 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Hanover	United States	Record low maximum temperature	22.8 C (73.0 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Cuatro Cienegas (Smn)	Mexico	Record low maximum temperature	27.8 C (82.0 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Cakir	Russia	Record low maximum temperature	12.5 C (54.5 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Fitchburg 4 SE	United States	Record low minimum temperature	5.6 C (42.1 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)
La Estanzuela (Eele)	Uruguay	Record daily precipitation	36.0 mm (1.4 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
La Tuque	Canada	Record daily precipitation	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Rockport 1 ESE	United States	Record low minimum temperature	11.7 C (53.1 F)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Vandalia	United States	Record high maximum temperature	38.9 C (102.0 F)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Farnham	Canada	Record daily precipitation	27.9 mm (1.1 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Atoyac (Smn)	Mexico	Record low minimum temperature	20.6 C (69.1 F)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Sidney 2 N	United States	Record daily precipitation	31.0 mm (1.2 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Causapscal	Canada	Record low minimum temperature	3.3 C (37.9 F)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Tenosique (Smn)	Mexico	Record low minimum temperature	20.0 C (68.0 F)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Porto	Portugal	Record high minimum temperature	21.9 C (71.4 F)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Zmeinogorsk	Russia	Record daily precipitation	30.0 mm (1.2 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Mt Clemens Ang Base	United States	Record daily precipitation	38.4 mm (1.5 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Gaspe	Canada	Record low minimum temperature	2.8 C (37.0 F)	24 of 100 (Routine)
St George	Canada	Record low minimum temperature	4.4 C (39.9 F)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Drobeta Turnu Severin	Romania	Record daily precipitation	27.3 mm (1.1 in)	24 of 100 (Routine)
St. Petersburg	Russia	Record high minimum temperature	20.4 C (68.7 F)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Forks 1 E	United States	Record high minimum temperature	13.9 C (57.0 F)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Portage des Roches	Canada	Record daily precipitation	27.7 mm (1.1 in)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Tartu-Toravere	Estonia	Record high minimum temperature	18.6 C (65.5 F)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Nueva Casas Grandes	Mexico	Record low maximum temperature	25.5 C (77.9 F)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Presa Guaracha	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	31.8 mm (1.3 in)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Coalcoman (Smn)	Mexico	Record low minimum temperature	13.9 C (57.0 F)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Yugarenok	Russia	Record low minimum temperature	-1.9 C (28.6 F)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Stojba	Russia	Record daily precipitation	66.6 mm (2.6 in)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Roosevelt 1 S	United States	Record low minimum temperature	17.2 C (63.0 F)	23 of 100 (Routine)
La Belle	United States	Record daily precipitation	52.6 mm (2.1 in)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Plymouth-Kingston	United States	Record low minimum temperature	9.4 C (48.9 F)	23 of 100 (Routine)
McCamey	United States	Record low minimum temperature	16.7 C (62.1 F)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Areia (Ufpb)	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	60.1 mm (2.4 in)	22 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

425 records

Records set or tied on 23 July 1976 by type: Highest daily maximum 37, Lowest daily maximum 93, Highest daily minimum 61, Lowest daily minimum 112, Heaviest daily rainfall 122.

Records on 23 July 1976 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	37
Lowest daily maximum	93
Highest daily minimum	61
Lowest daily minimum	112
Heaviest daily rainfall	122
Heaviest daily snowfall	0
Deepest snow cover	0

Records on 23 July 1976 by timescale: all-time 0, monthly 8, daily 417.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

300 broken records

Margins by which the 300 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 45.5. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

23 July 1976

Top 20 records on 23 July 1976 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
23 July 1976	Hvar, HR	monthly rain	67.3 mm (2.6 in)	16.0 mm (0.6 in)	78 years	64 of 100 (Major)
23 July 1976	Timovskoe, RU	daily rain	47.5 mm (1.9 in)	27.4 mm (1.1 in)	34 years	53 of 100 (Notable)
23 July 1976	Anta, BR	monthly rain	52.0 mm (2.0 in)	24.2 mm (1.0 in)	4 years	52 of 100 (Notable)
23 July 1976	Catawba Hospital, US	daily rain	68.6 mm (2.7 in)	45.5 mm (1.8 in)	14 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
23 July 1976	Kjahta, RU	daily rain	34.2 mm (1.3 in)	14.9 mm (0.6 in)	79 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
23 July 1976	Ojo de Agua, MX	daily low min	6.7 C (44.1 F)	11.1 C (20.0 F)	14 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
23 July 1976	Byssa, RU	daily rain	76.0 mm (3.0 in)	44.3 mm (1.7 in)	21 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
23 July 1976	Port Hastings, CA	daily low min	6.7 C (44.1 F)	1.6 C (2.9 F)	84 years	39 of 100 (Notable)
23 July 1976	Idlewild, US	daily rain	69.9 mm (2.8 in)	35.9 mm (1.4 in)	17 years	39 of 100 (Notable)
23 July 1976	Brackettville, US	daily low max	27.8 C (82.0 F)	3.9 C (7.0 F)	50 years	39 of 100 (Notable)
23 July 1976	Apuka, RU	daily rain	33.0 mm (1.3 in)	17.3 mm (0.7 in)	16 years	38 of 100 (Notable)
23 July 1976	Irkutsk, RU	daily rain	42.8 mm (1.7 in)	4.7 mm (0.19 in)	79 years	36 of 100 (Notable)
23 July 1976	Columbus-Valley Crossing, US	daily rain	64.3 mm (2.5 in)	36.6 mm (1.4 in)	11 years	34 of 100 (Routine)
23 July 1976	Zuerich/Fluntern, CH	daily low max	11.7 C (53.1 F)	3.8 C (6.8 F)	63 years	33 of 100 (Routine)
23 July 1976	Chestnut Hill, US	daily low min	10.6 C (51.1 F)	0.5 C (0.9 F)	81 years	33 of 100 (Routine)
23 July 1976	Barrage Mattawin, CA	daily rain	45.7 mm (1.8 in)	13.9 mm (0.5 in)	40 years	32 of 100 (Routine)
23 July 1976	Williams, US	daily rain	45.5 mm (1.8 in)	21.4 mm (0.8 in)	2 years	32 of 100 (Routine)
23 July 1976	Plymouth 5 E, US	daily rain	70.1 mm (2.8 in)	33.3 mm (1.3 in)	31 years	32 of 100 (Routine)
23 July 1976	Lazdijai, LT	daily rain	26.4 mm (1.0 in)	14.1 mm (0.6 in)	31 years	31 of 100 (Routine)
23 July 1976	Everglades, US	daily low min	19.4 C (66.9 F)	1.7 C (3.1 F)	41 years	31 of 100 (Routine)

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

1794 to 1976

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1794 to 1976. 1976 had 425 records.

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

Records on 07-23 in each year
Year	Records
1794	2
1797	1
1804	1
1810	1
1811	2
1832	1
1835	1
1836	2
1838	1
1845	1
1846	2
1851	1
1852	1
1855	2
1856	1
1859	1
1860	1
1861	1
1863	1
1867	1
1868	5
1870	1
1873	2
1875	2
1877	1
1879	2
1880	2
1882	1
1883	1
1884	1
1885	5
1886	1
1887	2
1888	1
1889	5
1890	4
1894	3
1895	7
1896	4
1898	9
1899	5
1900	8
1901	10
1902	6
1903	4
1904	18
1905	11
1906	19
1907	9
1908	15
1909	27
1910	54
1911	37
1912	43
1913	36
1914	59
1915	35
1916	34
1917	42
1918	96
1919	26
1920	40
1921	221
1922	113
1923	104
1924	158
1925	173
1926	266
1927	308
1928	146
1929	174
1930	214
1931	334
1932	232
1933	432
1934	898
1935	329
1936	403
1937	319
1938	354
1939	277
1940	494
1941	292
1942	265
1943	245
1944	350
1945	239
1946	531
1947	1,240
1948	610
1949	453
1950	500
1951	422
1952	788
1953	660
1954	545
1955	585
1956	402
1957	513
1958	633
1959	606
1960	568
1961	937
1962	465
1963	490
1964	373
1965	368
1966	368
1967	347
1968	480
1969	436
1970	935
1971	648
1972	640
1973	798
1974	578
1975	359
1976	425
1977	570
1978	1,064
1979	648
1980	703
1981	1,030
1982	594
1983	1,324
1984	980
1985	711
1986	1,239
1987	1,164
1988	1,124
1989	868
1990	1,033
1991	1,050
1992	1,469
1993	1,466
1994	1,215
1995	827
1996	1,227
1997	1,088
1998	885
1999	846
2000	1,225
2001	1,242
2002	875
2003	1,649
2004	1,148
2005	997
2006	1,757
2007	1,262
2008	1,057
2009	1,069
2010	1,627
2011	1,907
2012	822
2013	648
2014	783
2015	559
2016	760
2017	517
2018	873
2019	786
2020	514
2021	506
2022	707
2023	629
2024	798
2025	917
2026	788

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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	267
10 to 20	23
20 to 30	5
30 to 40	3
40 to 50	2