Weather Records on 28 July 1976

493 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 28 July 1976. Highest significance: Kamloops, CA.

Key Facts for 28 July 1976

On 28 July 1976, 493 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
59 were record highs and 158 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 3 were all-time records, 18 monthly and 472 daily.
Kamloops set a monthly record daily precipitation of 45.7 mm (1.8 in) on 28 July 1976.
Across 155 earlier years (1815 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 472 records.

Record Map

493 stations

493 station records on 28 July 1976 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 28 July 1976: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Kamloops	Canada	Record daily precipitation	45.7 mm (1.8 in)	74 of 100 (Major)
Cockburn (Burta)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	30.0 mm (1.2 in)	66 of 100 (Major)
Zumbrota	United States	Record daily precipitation	73.7 mm (2.9 in)	66 of 100 (Major)
Lancaster 4 WSW	United States	Record daily precipitation	107.7 mm (4.2 in)	66 of 100 (Major)
Billingsley	United States	Record daily precipitation	152.4 mm (6.0 in)	56 of 100 (Notable)
Beaver	United States	Record daily precipitation	101.6 mm (4.0 in)	55 of 100 (Notable)
Wentworth (Burtundy)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	30.8 mm (1.2 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Fagerheden	Sweden	Record daily precipitation	66.1 mm (2.6 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Paris Stp	United States	Record daily precipitation	58.4 mm (2.3 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Faribault	United States	Record daily precipitation	86.9 mm (3.4 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Mt Clemens Ang Base	United States	Record daily precipitation	107.7 mm (4.2 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Fond du Lac Wwtp	United States	Record daily precipitation	46.5 mm (1.8 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Ridgetown	Canada	Record daily precipitation	65.3 mm (2.6 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Canton	United States	Record daily precipitation	89.4 mm (3.5 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Elgin 2SSW	United States	Record daily precipitation	125.0 mm (4.9 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Ovre_Svartla	Sweden	Record daily precipitation	30.7 mm (1.2 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Guttenberg L&D 10	United States	Record daily precipitation	90.4 mm (3.6 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Oelwein 2 S	United States	Record daily precipitation	83.8 mm (3.3 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Koskats	Sweden	Record daily precipitation	46.0 mm (1.8 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Valley Head	United States	Record daily precipitation	55.6 mm (2.2 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Fayette	United States	Record daily precipitation	87.4 mm (3.4 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Elkader 6 SSW	United States	Record daily precipitation	81.5 mm (3.2 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Independence	United States	Record daily precipitation	54.4 mm (2.1 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Big Creek	Canada	Record daily precipitation	26.2 mm (1.0 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Scottsboro	United States	Record daily precipitation	50.8 mm (2.0 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Martinsdale 3 NNW	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-1.1 C (30.0 F)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Appleton	United States	Record daily precipitation	53.8 mm (2.1 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Celina	Russia	Record daily precipitation	55.4 mm (2.2 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Langvattnet	Sweden	Record daily precipitation	66.3 mm (2.6 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Ojo de Agua	Mexico	Record low minimum temperature	6.7 C (44.1 F)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Mason City	United States	Record daily precipitation	49.3 mm (1.9 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Vittangi	Sweden	Record daily precipitation	25.6 mm (1.0 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Jordan 1SSW	United States	Record daily precipitation	61.0 mm (2.4 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Uglegorsk	Russia	Record daily precipitation	53.1 mm (2.1 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Mulungu	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	40.4 mm (1.6 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Mala	Sweden	Record daily precipitation	31.0 mm (1.2 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Lake City	United States	Record daily precipitation	57.2 mm (2.3 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Sadiliden	Sweden	Record daily precipitation	37.0 mm (1.5 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Lame Deer	United States	Record low minimum temperature	3.9 C (39.0 F)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Denton	United States	Record low minimum temperature	1.1 C (34.0 F)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Debrecen Airport	Hungary	Record daily precipitation	38.5 mm (1.5 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Atengo (Smn)	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	82.8 mm (3.3 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Ottawa 4SW	United States	Record daily precipitation	45.2 mm (1.8 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Franklin	United States	Record daily precipitation	65.5 mm (2.6 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Norrby	Sweden	Record daily precipitation	39.6 mm (1.6 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Gem Lake	United States	Record daily precipitation	42.7 mm (1.7 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Peppermint Grove	Australia	Record daily precipitation	28.2 mm (1.1 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Kanevskaja	Russia	Record daily precipitation	32.8 mm (1.3 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Cartersville	United States	Record daily precipitation	56.4 mm (2.2 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Mutooroo	Australia	Record daily precipitation	33.0 mm (1.3 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Iowa Falls	United States	Record daily precipitation	37.1 mm (1.5 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Sonora	United States	Record low minimum temperature	16.1 C (61.0 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Muscoda	United States	Record daily precipitation	58.7 mm (2.3 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Wallaceburg	Canada	Record daily precipitation	44.5 mm (1.8 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Kaunisvaara	Sweden	Record daily precipitation	37.9 mm (1.5 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Minnesota City Dam 5	United States	Record daily precipitation	59.7 mm (2.4 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Windom	United States	Record daily precipitation	56.6 mm (2.2 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
East Sale Airport	Australia	Record low minimum temperature	-5.8 C (21.6 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Hvar	Croatia	Record low maximum temperature	24.1 C (75.4 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Cape St. Francis	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	26.0 mm (1.0 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

493 records

Records set or tied on 28 July 1976 by type: Highest daily maximum 28, Lowest daily maximum 52, Highest daily minimum 31, Lowest daily minimum 106, Heaviest daily rainfall 276.

Records on 28 July 1976 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	28
Lowest daily maximum	52
Highest daily minimum	31
Lowest daily minimum	106
Heaviest daily rainfall	276
Heaviest daily snowfall	0
Deepest snow cover	0

Records on 28 July 1976 by timescale: all-time 3, monthly 18, daily 472.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

390 broken records

Margins by which the 390 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 95.6. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

28 July 1976

Top 20 records on 28 July 1976 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
28 July 1976	Kamloops, CA	monthly rain	45.7 mm (1.8 in)	14.5 mm (0.6 in)	79 years	74 of 100 (Major)
28 July 1976	Cockburn (Burta), AU	daily rain	30.0 mm (1.2 in)	17.8 mm (0.7 in)	64 years	66 of 100 (Major)
28 July 1976	Zumbrota, US	daily rain	73.7 mm (2.9 in)	54.6 mm (2.1 in)	71 years	66 of 100 (Major)
28 July 1976	Lancaster 4 WSW, US	daily rain	107.7 mm (4.2 in)	65.0 mm (2.6 in)	64 years	66 of 100 (Major)
28 July 1976	Billingsley, US	monthly rain	152.4 mm (6.0 in)	62.7 mm (2.5 in)	10 years	56 of 100 (Notable)
28 July 1976	Beaver, US	daily rain	101.6 mm (4.0 in)	67.3 mm (2.6 in)	37 years	55 of 100 (Notable)
28 July 1976	Wentworth (Burtundy), AU	monthly rain	30.8 mm (1.2 in)	3.4 mm (0.13 in)	90 years	53 of 100 (Notable)
28 July 1976	Fagerheden, SE	monthly rain	66.1 mm (2.6 in)	28.4 mm (1.1 in)	2 years	53 of 100 (Notable)
28 July 1976	Paris Stp, US	daily rain	58.4 mm (2.3 in)	31.2 mm (1.2 in)	82 years	52 of 100 (Notable)
28 July 1976	Faribault, US	daily rain	86.9 mm (3.4 in)	51.6 mm (2.0 in)	31 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
28 July 1976	Mt Clemens Ang Base, US	monthly rain	107.7 mm (4.2 in)	13.7 mm (0.5 in)	66 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
28 July 1976	Fond du Lac Wwtp, US	daily rain	46.5 mm (1.8 in)	22.9 mm (0.9 in)	82 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
28 July 1976	Ridgetown, CA	daily rain	65.3 mm (2.6 in)	30.5 mm (1.2 in)	47 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
28 July 1976	Canton, US	daily rain	89.4 mm (3.5 in)	65.5 mm (2.6 in)	4 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
28 July 1976	Elgin 2SSW, US	daily rain	125.0 mm (4.9 in)	94.8 mm (3.7 in)	23 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
28 July 1976	Ovre_Svartla, SE	daily rain	30.7 mm (1.2 in)	17.1 mm (0.7 in)	56 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
28 July 1976	Guttenberg L&D 10, US	daily rain	90.4 mm (3.6 in)	67.8 mm (2.7 in)	14 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
28 July 1976	Oelwein 2 S, US	daily rain	83.8 mm (3.3 in)	52.0 mm (2.0 in)	33 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
28 July 1976	Koskats, SE	daily rain	46.0 mm (1.8 in)	34.3 mm (1.4 in)	15 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
28 July 1976	Valley Head, US	daily rain	55.6 mm (2.2 in)	27.9 mm (1.1 in)	68 years	47 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

1815 to 1976

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1815 to 1976. 1976 had 493 records.

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

Records on 07-28 in each year
Year	Records
1815	1
1832	2
1834	1
1838	1
1846	1
1848	1
1853	1
1857	1
1860	2
1866	2
1867	1
1872	3
1873	1
1874	1
1882	1
1883	3
1884	3
1886	2
1887	2
1888	3
1890	3
1891	8
1892	3
1893	5
1894	4
1895	6
1896	4
1897	4
1898	6
1900	8
1901	14
1902	4
1903	16
1904	23
1905	10
1906	18
1907	39
1908	15
1909	19
1910	18
1911	61
1912	32
1913	54
1914	42
1915	36
1916	134
1917	84
1918	34
1919	53
1920	95
1921	92
1922	82
1923	193
1924	79
1925	361
1926	175
1927	129
1928	341
1929	215
1930	603
1931	464
1932	184
1933	390
1934	533
1935	354
1936	471
1937	315
1938	264
1939	339
1940	507
1941	525
1942	165
1943	429
1944	349
1945	399
1946	380
1947	630
1948	535
1949	496
1950	1,035
1951	320
1952	669
1953	251
1954	355
1955	537
1956	309
1957	298
1958	549
1959	417
1960	416
1961	357
1962	772
1963	484
1964	422
1965	422
1966	349
1967	458
1968	547
1969	737
1970	343
1971	1,161
1972	675
1973	500
1974	343
1975	537
1976	493
1977	724
1978	681
1979	692
1980	1,170
1981	1,315
1982	774
1983	1,389
1984	1,373
1985	627
1986	868
1987	1,202
1988	761
1989	936
1990	757
1991	768
1992	678
1993	1,026
1994	2,266
1995	1,251
1996	1,178
1997	1,024
1998	1,835
1999	985
2000	857
2001	938
2002	866
2003	932
2004	1,345
2005	1,387
2006	1,398
2007	998
2008	923
2009	964
2010	1,306
2011	1,143
2012	731
2013	1,428
2014	713
2015	911
2016	648
2017	476
2018	655
2019	469
2020	721
2021	831
2022	990
2023	765
2024	668
2025	845
2026	863

Download the Data

Data for records on 1976-07-28: 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 20	344
20 to 40	32
40 to 60	7
60 to 80	5
80 to 100	2