Weather Records on 24 July 1976

521 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 24 July 1976. Highest significance: Orono, US.

Key Facts for 24 July 1976

On 24 July 1976, 521 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
116 were record highs and 193 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 0 were all-time records, 13 monthly and 508 daily.
Orono set a daily record precipitation of 63.0 mm (2.5 in) on 24 July 1976.
Across 158 earlier years (1799 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 476 records.

Record Map

521 stations

521 station records on 24 July 1976 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 24 July 1976: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Orono	United States	Record daily precipitation	63.0 mm (2.5 in)	62 of 100 (Major)
Presa Parral	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	57.9 mm (2.3 in)	59 of 100 (Notable)
Port Daniel	Canada	Record daily precipitation	53.1 mm (2.1 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Woodstock	Canada	Record daily precipitation	45.2 mm (1.8 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Blagovescensk	Russia	Record daily precipitation	62.5 mm (2.5 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Alhandra	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	99.0 mm (3.9 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Ojo de Agua	Mexico	Record low minimum temperature	6.7 C (44.1 F)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Las Vegas 2 NW	United States	Record daily precipitation	40.9 mm (1.6 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Buckhannon	United States	Record daily precipitation	69.3 mm (2.7 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Sarajevo	Bosnia and Herzegovina	Record daily precipitation	57.9 mm (2.3 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Lancaster	United States	Record daily precipitation	36.6 mm (1.4 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Cornwall	United States	Record daily precipitation	28.2 mm (1.1 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Doaktown	Canada	Record daily precipitation	39.1 mm (1.5 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Ust-USA	Russia	Record daily precipitation	43.3 mm (1.7 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Yates Ctr	United States	Record high minimum temperature	25.6 C (78.1 F)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Lewiston	United States	Record daily precipitation	43.2 mm (1.7 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Dwingelo	Netherlands	Record daily precipitation	28.6 mm (1.1 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Elsenburg	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	47.0 mm (1.9 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Santa Rosa	United States	Record daily precipitation	88.9 mm (3.5 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Saint Johnsbury	United States	Record daily precipitation	29.2 mm (1.1 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Bedford	United States	Record high minimum temperature	22.8 C (73.0 F)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Hopetoun	Australia	Record daily precipitation	32.2 mm (1.3 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Weilerswist-Lommersum	Germany	Record daily precipitation	26.7 mm (1.1 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Cuauhtemoc	Mexico	Record low minimum temperature	5.0 C (41.0 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Bratoljubovka	Russia	Record daily precipitation	49.4 mm (1.9 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
La Estanzuela (Eele)	Uruguay	Record daily precipitation	68.0 mm (2.7 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Clarke City	Canada	Record daily precipitation	40.1 mm (1.6 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Moncton	Canada	Record daily precipitation	28.2 mm (1.1 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
St George	Canada	Record daily precipitation	50.8 mm (2.0 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Tahoe City	United States	Record low maximum temperature	15.6 C (60.1 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Valley Head	United States	Record daily precipitation	79.2 mm (3.1 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Natashquan A	Canada	Record daily precipitation	26.7 mm (1.1 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Sept-Iles A	Canada	Record daily precipitation	34.8 mm (1.4 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Miramichi A	Canada	Record daily precipitation	26.2 mm (1.0 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Fredericton Cda	Canada	Record daily precipitation	51.6 mm (2.0 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Nepisiguit Falls	Canada	Record daily precipitation	33.5 mm (1.3 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Antonio Escobedo (Smn)	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	75.9 mm (3.0 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Southbridge 3 SW	United States	Record daily precipitation	31.0 mm (1.2 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Mercedes	Uruguay	Record daily precipitation	37.0 mm (1.5 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Illalangi	Australia	Record daily precipitation	47.0 mm (1.9 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Rexton	Canada	Record daily precipitation	25.7 mm (1.0 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Philadelphia Polisie	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	50.0 mm (2.0 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Boca	United States	Record low maximum temperature	16.7 C (62.1 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Truckee Rs	United States	Record low maximum temperature	16.7 C (62.1 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Milan 7 NNW	United States	Record daily precipitation	33.5 mm (1.3 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Red Rvr	United States	Record low maximum temperature	17.2 C (63.0 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Lexington	United States	Record high maximum temperature	38.3 C (100.9 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Gulkana AP	United States	Record low minimum temperature	0.0 C (32.0 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Pedernal 9 E	United States	Record daily precipitation	27.2 mm (1.1 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Hatton 9 SE	United States	Record high minimum temperature	20.6 C (69.1 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Pickens 1	United States	Record daily precipitation	69.9 mm (2.8 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Kohala Mis 175.1	United States	Record low maximum temperature	23.9 C (75.0 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Juarez	Mexico	Record low maximum temperature	25.0 C (77.0 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Grand View 4 NW	United States	Record low maximum temperature	30.0 C (86.0 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)
New Meadows Rs	United States	Record high minimum temperature	14.4 C (57.9 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Hobbs	United States	Record daily precipitation	39.4 mm (1.6 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Montrose	United States	Record low maximum temperature	18.9 C (66.0 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Balmorhea	United States	Record low minimum temperature	15.0 C (59.0 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Brunswick NAS	United States	Record daily precipitation	32.8 mm (1.3 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Magiscatzin (Smn)	Mexico	Record low minimum temperature	11.7 C (53.1 F)	27 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

521 records

Records set or tied on 24 July 1976 by type: Highest daily maximum 55, Lowest daily maximum 93, Highest daily minimum 61, Lowest daily minimum 100, Heaviest daily rainfall 212.

Records on 24 July 1976 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	55
Lowest daily maximum	93
Highest daily minimum	61
Lowest daily minimum	100
Heaviest daily rainfall	212
Heaviest daily snowfall	0
Deepest snow cover	0

Records on 24 July 1976 by timescale: all-time 0, monthly 13, daily 508.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

393 broken records

Margins by which the 393 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 52.2. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

24 July 1976

Top 20 records on 24 July 1976 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
24 July 1976	Orono, US	daily rain	63.0 mm (2.5 in)	33.5 mm (1.3 in)	81 years	62 of 100 (Major)
24 July 1976	Presa Parral, MX	daily rain	57.9 mm (2.3 in)	31.5 mm (1.2 in)	72 years	59 of 100 (Notable)
24 July 1976	Port Daniel, CA	daily rain	53.1 mm (2.1 in)	39.4 mm (1.6 in)	43 years	53 of 100 (Notable)
24 July 1976	Woodstock, CA	daily rain	45.2 mm (1.8 in)	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	59 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
24 July 1976	Blagovescensk, RU	daily rain	62.5 mm (2.5 in)	36.3 mm (1.4 in)	47 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
24 July 1976	Alhandra, BR	daily rain	99.0 mm (3.9 in)	52.2 mm (2.1 in)	36 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
24 July 1976	Ojo de Agua, MX	daily low min	6.7 C (44.1 F)	12.2 C (22.0 F)	14 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
24 July 1976	Las Vegas 2 NW, US	daily rain	40.9 mm (1.6 in)	14.0 mm (0.6 in)	79 years	44 of 100 (Notable)
24 July 1976	Buckhannon, US	daily rain	69.3 mm (2.7 in)	24.8 mm (1.0 in)	56 years	44 of 100 (Notable)
24 July 1976	Sarajevo, BA	monthly rain	57.9 mm (2.3 in)	6.0 mm (0.24 in)	57 years	41 of 100 (Notable)
24 July 1976	Lancaster, US	daily rain	36.6 mm (1.4 in)	9.7 mm (0.38 in)	78 years	41 of 100 (Notable)
24 July 1976	Cornwall, US	daily rain	28.2 mm (1.1 in)	7.9 mm (0.31 in)	84 years	41 of 100 (Notable)
24 July 1976	Doaktown, CA	daily rain	39.1 mm (1.5 in)	26.4 mm (1.0 in)	28 years	40 of 100 (Notable)
24 July 1976	Ust-USA, RU	daily rain	43.3 mm (1.7 in)	18.2 mm (0.7 in)	22 years	39 of 100 (Notable)
24 July 1976	Yates Ctr, US	daily high min	25.6 C (78.1 F)	2.3 C (4.1 F)	78 years	38 of 100 (Notable)
24 July 1976	Lewiston, US	daily rain	43.2 mm (1.7 in)	25.9 mm (1.0 in)	14 years	37 of 100 (Notable)
24 July 1976	Dwingelo, NL	daily rain	28.6 mm (1.1 in)	10.0 mm (0.4 in)	50 years	36 of 100 (Notable)
24 July 1976	Elsenburg, ZA	daily rain	47.0 mm (1.9 in)	16.3 mm (0.6 in)	53 years	36 of 100 (Notable)
24 July 1976	Santa Rosa, US	monthly rain	88.9 mm (3.5 in)	15.0 mm (0.6 in)	19 years	36 of 100 (Notable)
24 July 1976	Saint Johnsbury, US	daily rain	29.2 mm (1.1 in)	11.4 mm (0.4 in)	63 years	36 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 521 records.

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

Records on 07-24 in each year
Year	Records
1799	1
1813	1
1817	1
1832	1
1836	1
1838	2
1843	2
1844	1
1846	1
1849	2
1859	1
1860	1
1862	1
1867	1
1868	3
1869	1
1870	1
1872	3
1874	1
1875	2
1880	3
1882	1
1883	2
1885	3
1889	2
1891	2
1893	2
1894	5
1895	2
1896	5
1897	4
1899	3
1900	7
1901	6
1902	5
1903	8
1904	19
1905	19
1906	18
1907	8
1908	11
1909	21
1910	36
1911	51
1912	84
1913	30
1914	22
1915	35
1916	32
1917	40
1918	70
1919	19
1920	46
1921	67
1922	186
1923	87
1924	193
1925	154
1926	186
1927	251
1928	237
1929	187
1930	195
1931	364
1932	249
1933	356
1934	994
1935	342
1936	498
1937	327
1938	545
1939	225
1940	568
1941	335
1942	331
1943	278
1944	315
1945	252
1946	407
1947	852
1948	385
1949	408
1950	384
1951	333
1952	534
1953	403
1954	447
1955	445
1956	379
1957	428
1958	372
1959	522
1960	466
1961	612
1962	996
1963	521
1964	517
1965	333
1966	401
1967	344
1968	430
1969	585
1970	553
1971	678
1972	528
1973	743
1974	670
1975	521
1976	521
1977	829
1978	673
1979	652
1980	487
1981	1,025
1982	689
1983	1,425
1984	789
1985	829
1986	1,227
1987	1,220
1988	1,130
1989	896
1990	944
1991	1,092
1992	1,271
1993	1,705
1994	1,153
1995	927
1996	1,145
1997	1,097
1998	990
1999	1,201
2000	1,236
2001	1,186
2002	796
2003	2,254
2004	1,604
2005	1,158
2006	1,694
2007	1,310
2008	1,363
2009	856
2010	1,859
2011	1,514
2012	827
2013	572
2014	922
2015	483
2016	637
2017	559
2018	953
2019	1,221
2020	432
2021	541
2022	681
2023	804
2024	986
2025	879
2026	924

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Data for records on 1976-07-24: 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 10	332
10 to 20	41
20 to 30	13
30 to 40	6
40 to 50	0
50 to 60	1