Weather Records on 10 July 1981

811 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 10 July 1981. Highest significance: Boonton 1 SE, US.

Key Facts for 10 July 1981

On 10 July 1981, 811 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
457 were record highs and 158 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 10 were all-time records, 25 monthly and 776 daily.
Boonton 1 SE set an all-time record high minimum temperature of 25.0 C (77.0 F) on 10 July 1981.
Across 173 earlier years (1793 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 410 records.

Record Map

811 stations

811 station records on 10 July 1981 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 10 July 1981: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Boonton 1 SE	United States	Record high minimum temperature	25.0 C (77.0 F)	56 of 100 (Notable)
Caledon (Pol)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	28.0 mm (1.1 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Poltava	Ukraine	Record daily precipitation	40.1 mm (1.6 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Elmendorf AFB	United States	Record daily precipitation	33.5 mm (1.3 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Velykyi Burluk	Ukraine	Record daily precipitation	67.0 mm (2.6 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Valdez WSO	United States	Record daily precipitation	46.7 mm (1.8 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Krasnyj Kut	Russia	Record daily precipitation	33.2 mm (1.3 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Rawsonville (Pol)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	65.0 mm (2.6 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Plant City	United States	Record high maximum temperature	38.3 C (100.9 F)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Oakland 1 SE	United States	Record high minimum temperature	23.9 C (75.0 F)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Doetinchem	Netherlands	Record daily precipitation	57.8 mm (2.3 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Torungen Fyr	Norway	Record daily precipitation	73.0 mm (2.9 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Ersov	Russia	Record daily precipitation	35.7 mm (1.4 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Rudnya	Russia	Record daily precipitation	35.2 mm (1.4 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Mainz-Lerchenberg (Zdf)	Germany	Record daily precipitation	26.2 mm (1.0 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Nieuwoudville (Pol)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	35.0 mm (1.4 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Rochester	United States	Record high minimum temperature	23.9 C (75.0 F)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Cape May 2 NW	United States	Record high minimum temperature	25.0 C (77.0 F)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Borken In Westfalen	Germany	Record daily precipitation	36.9 mm (1.5 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Welbedacht	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	32.0 mm (1.3 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Red Lake Falls	United States	Record daily precipitation	64.0 mm (2.5 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Brewton 3 SSE	United States	Record daily precipitation	82.0 mm (3.2 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Bodajbo	Russia	Record daily precipitation	30.8 mm (1.2 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Dos Patrias	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	91.9 mm (3.6 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
St Marks 5 SSE	United States	Record high minimum temperature	25.0 C (77.0 F)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Port Jervis	United States	Record high minimum temperature	23.3 C (73.9 F)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Pavlograd	Ukraine	Record daily precipitation	34.6 mm (1.4 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Middletown 4 W	United States	Record high minimum temperature	24.4 C (75.9 F)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Mackay Lost Rvr Rs	United States	Record low minimum temperature	0.0 C (32.0 F)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Ft Sumner	United States	Record low maximum temperature	22.2 C (72.0 F)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Luna Rs	United States	Record high minimum temperature	15.0 C (59.0 F)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Seliatyn	Ukraine	Record daily precipitation	46.0 mm (1.8 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Amite	United States	Record high minimum temperature	25.0 C (77.0 F)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Toms River	United States	Record high maximum temperature	37.8 C (100.0 F)	36 of 100 (Notable)
W Chester 2 NW	United States	Record high minimum temperature	25.0 C (77.0 F)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Beaufort Wwtp	United States	Record high minimum temperature	25.6 C (78.1 F)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Talkeetna AP	United States	Record daily precipitation	53.8 mm (2.1 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Mulege	Mexico	Record low maximum temperature	27.8 C (82.0 F)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Ivdel	Russia	Record daily precipitation	40.9 mm (1.6 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Lokenburg	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	27.0 mm (1.1 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Monticello	United States	Record high minimum temperature	23.9 C (75.0 F)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Mt Airy 2 W	United States	Record high minimum temperature	21.7 C (71.1 F)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Laghouat	Algeria	Record high minimum temperature	26.0 C (78.8 F)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Nikolaev	Ukraine	Record daily precipitation	28.4 mm (1.1 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Douglas	United States	Record high minimum temperature	23.3 C (73.9 F)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Olney 2S	United States	Record high minimum temperature	26.1 C (79.0 F)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Dickson	United States	Record daily precipitation	49.3 mm (1.9 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Paragonah	United States	Record low minimum temperature	6.1 C (43.0 F)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Paarl (Tnk)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	37.1 mm (1.5 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Buena Vista 2S	United States	Record high minimum temperature	12.8 C (55.0 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Plainfield	United States	Record high minimum temperature	25.0 C (77.0 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Liberty 1 NE	United States	Record high maximum temperature	32.8 C (91.0 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Yoakum	United States	Record daily precipitation	54.9 mm (2.2 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Lafayette Rgnl AP	United States	Record high maximum temperature	37.2 C (99.0 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Mahackala	Russia	Record high minimum temperature	25.4 C (77.7 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Cambridge Water Trmt P	United States	Record high minimum temperature	26.7 C (80.1 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Knightville Dam	United States	Record high minimum temperature	21.7 C (71.1 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
St Charles Elm Pt	United States	Record high minimum temperature	25.0 C (77.0 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Sussex 1 NW	United States	Record high minimum temperature	22.2 C (72.0 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Sanderson	United States	Record daily precipitation	36.1 mm (1.4 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

811 records

Records set or tied on 10 July 1981 by type: Highest daily maximum 136, Lowest daily maximum 86, Highest daily minimum 321, Lowest daily minimum 72, Heaviest daily rainfall 196.

Records on 10 July 1981 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	136
Lowest daily maximum	86
Highest daily minimum	321
Lowest daily minimum	72
Heaviest daily rainfall	196
Heaviest daily snowfall	0
Deepest snow cover	0

Records on 10 July 1981 by timescale: all-time 10, monthly 25, daily 776.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

579 broken records

Margins by which the 579 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 64.0. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

10 July 1981

Top 20 records on 10 July 1981 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
10 July 1981	Boonton 1 SE, US	all-time high min	25.0 C (77.0 F)	0.6 C (1.1 F)	86 years	56 of 100 (Notable)
10 July 1981	Caledon (Pol), ZA	daily rain	28.0 mm (1.1 in)	11.2 mm (0.4 in)	92 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
10 July 1981	Poltava, UA	daily rain	40.1 mm (1.6 in)	28.2 mm (1.1 in)	48 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
10 July 1981	Elmendorf AFB, US	daily rain	33.5 mm (1.3 in)	25.1 mm (1.0 in)	24 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
10 July 1981	Velykyi Burluk, UA	daily rain	67.0 mm (2.6 in)	58.0 mm (2.3 in)	15 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
10 July 1981	Valdez WSO, US	daily rain	46.7 mm (1.8 in)	25.1 mm (1.0 in)	42 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
10 July 1981	Krasnyj Kut, RU	daily rain	33.2 mm (1.3 in)	24.5 mm (1.0 in)	40 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
10 July 1981	Rawsonville (Pol), ZA	daily rain	65.0 mm (2.6 in)	42.1 mm (1.7 in)	52 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
10 July 1981	Plant City, US	monthly high max	38.3 C (100.9 F)	0.5 C (0.9 F)	87 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
10 July 1981	Oakland 1 SE, US	all-time high min	23.9 C (75.0 F)	0.6 C (1.1 F)	62 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
10 July 1981	Doetinchem, NL	daily rain	57.8 mm (2.3 in)	31.1 mm (1.2 in)	12 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
10 July 1981	Torungen Fyr, NO	all-time rain	73.0 mm (2.9 in)	9.0 mm (0.35 in)	30 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
10 July 1981	Ersov, RU	daily rain	35.7 mm (1.4 in)	24.2 mm (1.0 in)	19 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
10 July 1981	Rudnya, RU	daily rain	35.2 mm (1.4 in)	28.1 mm (1.1 in)	6 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
10 July 1981	Mainz-Lerchenberg (Zdf), DE	daily rain	26.2 mm (1.0 in)	6.8 mm (0.27 in)	82 years	44 of 100 (Notable)
10 July 1981	Nieuwoudville (Pol), ZA	daily rain	35.0 mm (1.4 in)	31.0 mm (1.2 in)	28 years	44 of 100 (Notable)
10 July 1981	Rochester, US	daily high min	23.9 C (75.0 F)	4.5 C (8.1 F)	80 years	44 of 100 (Notable)
10 July 1981	Cape May 2 NW, US	daily high min	25.0 C (77.0 F)	1.1 C (2.0 F)	100 years	44 of 100 (Notable)
10 July 1981	Borken In Westfalen, DE	daily rain	36.9 mm (1.5 in)	25.8 mm (1.0 in)	20 years	43 of 100 (Notable)
10 July 1981	Welbedacht, ZA	daily rain	32.0 mm (1.3 in)	18.3 mm (0.7 in)	52 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

1793 to 1981

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1793 to 1981. 1981 had 811 records.

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

Records on 07-10 in each year
Year	Records
1793	2
1805	1
1815	2
1826	1
1829	1
1835	1
1837	1
1839	1
1843	3
1845	1
1847	2
1849	1
1850	1
1851	1
1853	1
1856	1
1857	1
1859	1
1861	1
1864	1
1865	1
1866	1
1870	2
1871	2
1872	1
1874	4
1875	2
1876	3
1877	1
1878	1
1879	2
1880	2
1882	2
1884	1
1886	5
1887	1
1888	3
1889	2
1890	3
1891	4
1893	1
1894	3
1895	1
1896	5
1897	6
1898	4
1899	10
1900	4
1901	6
1902	12
1903	16
1904	25
1905	40
1906	4
1907	5
1908	7
1909	15
1910	25
1911	58
1912	29
1913	38
1914	48
1915	20
1916	56
1917	51
1918	36
1919	23
1920	29
1921	81
1922	67
1923	113
1924	66
1925	257
1926	321
1927	95
1928	102
1929	175
1930	540
1931	292
1932	355
1933	570
1934	327
1935	306
1936	1,338
1937	304
1938	151
1939	327
1940	398
1941	432
1942	628
1943	283
1944	478
1945	729
1946	467
1947	537
1948	367
1949	392
1950	680
1951	551
1952	814
1953	529
1954	684
1955	497
1956	434
1957	514
1958	402
1959	512
1960	451
1961	688
1962	456
1963	950
1964	368
1965	357
1966	512
1967	341
1968	598
1969	518
1970	464
1971	568
1972	447
1973	528
1974	871
1975	712
1976	724
1977	486
1978	1,076
1979	686
1980	1,113
1981	811
1982	602
1983	1,184
1984	962
1985	657
1986	686
1987	862
1988	1,024
1989	869
1990	820
1991	890
1992	864
1993	1,088
1994	864
1995	1,096
1996	1,604
1997	846
1998	1,259
1999	964
2000	889
2001	992
2002	1,336
2003	981
2004	621
2005	1,077
2006	920
2007	954
2008	874
2009	951
2010	1,509
2011	1,102
2012	1,015
2013	545
2014	660
2015	1,025
2016	859
2017	547
2018	554
2019	529
2020	775
2021	1,081
2022	691
2023	837
2024	1,576
2025	704
2026	472

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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 2026-10-15 (15 October 2026). Records are computed by this site and are not official.

Data as of 2026-10-15. Last revised 15 October 2026 (2026-10-15).

Margin	Records
0 to 10	520
10 to 20	34
20 to 30	16
30 to 40	5
40 to 50	2
50 to 60	1
60 to 70	1