Weather Records on 15 July 1985

793 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 15 July 1985. Highest significance: Lancaster 2 NW, US.

Key Facts for 15 July 1985

On 15 July 1985, 793 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
250 were record highs and 204 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 3 were all-time records, 24 monthly and 766 daily.
Lancaster 2 NW set a monthly record daily precipitation of 132.1 mm (5.2 in) on 15 July 1985.
Across 160 earlier years (1793 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 453 records.

Record Map

793 stations

793 station records on 15 July 1985 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 15 July 1985: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Lancaster 2 NW	United States	Record daily precipitation	132.1 mm (5.2 in)	60 of 100 (Major)
Mt Carroll	United States	Record daily precipitation	81.3 mm (3.2 in)	58 of 100 (Notable)
Liberty 1 NE	United States	Record daily precipitation	48.0 mm (1.9 in)	57 of 100 (Notable)
Petropavlovskij Majak	Russia	Record daily precipitation	49.6 mm (2.0 in)	56 of 100 (Notable)
Parkersburg	United States	Record daily precipitation	106.7 mm (4.2 in)	55 of 100 (Notable)
Junsele	Sweden	Record daily precipitation	28.2 mm (1.1 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Huajintlan	Mexico	Record low maximum temperature	20.6 C (69.1 F)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Pee Dee	United States	Record daily precipitation	94.5 mm (3.7 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Warburton	Australia	Record daily precipitation	72.4 mm (2.9 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Marietta Lock 1	United States	Record daily precipitation	99.1 mm (3.9 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Sayre	United States	Record daily precipitation	101.1 mm (4.0 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Bridport Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	44.2 mm (1.7 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Los Reyes	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	95.8 mm (3.8 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Mc Connellsville Lk 7	United States	Record daily precipitation	118.9 mm (4.7 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Tarboro 1 S	United States	Record daily precipitation	49.8 mm (2.0 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Steigen	Norway	Record daily precipitation	29.5 mm (1.2 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Tepatitlan	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	79.8 mm (3.1 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Coalcoman (Smn)	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	79.8 mm (3.1 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Leksand	Sweden	Record daily precipitation	49.0 mm (1.9 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Lithopolis 2 S	United States	Record daily precipitation	84.3 mm (3.3 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Laforsen	Sweden	Record daily precipitation	48.2 mm (1.9 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Nazare	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	88.6 mm (3.5 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Petropavlovsk-Kamchatskij	Russia	Record daily precipitation	34.6 mm (1.4 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Eskilstuna	Sweden	Record daily precipitation	31.6 mm (1.2 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Dover	United States	Record high minimum temperature	23.9 C (75.0 F)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Bens Run 1 SSE	United States	Record daily precipitation	57.2 mm (2.3 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Ayo El Chico	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	58.7 mm (2.3 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Puente San Isidro	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	46.5 mm (1.8 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Forshult	Sweden	Record daily precipitation	61.9 mm (2.4 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Ljunga	Sweden	Record daily precipitation	33.7 mm (1.3 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Newark Ag Farm	United States	Record high minimum temperature	23.9 C (75.0 F)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Chama	United States	Record high minimum temperature	13.3 C (55.9 F)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Gran Canal KM. 06+250	Mexico	Record low maximum temperature	16.7 C (62.1 F)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Chicontepec de Tejeda (Smn)	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	140.0 mm (5.5 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Silverberg	Sweden	Record daily precipitation	35.2 mm (1.4 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Ojebyn	Sweden	Record daily precipitation	25.3 mm (1.0 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Wibaux 2 E	United States	Record low minimum temperature	4.4 C (39.9 F)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Burlington Intl AP	United States	Record daily precipitation	68.3 mm (2.7 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Tjamotis	Sweden	Record daily precipitation	38.5 mm (1.5 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Chestertown	United States	Record high minimum temperature	24.4 C (75.9 F)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Brockton	United States	Record high minimum temperature	21.7 C (71.1 F)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Middlebourne 3 ESE	United States	Record daily precipitation	66.0 mm (2.6 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Thomas River	Australia	Record daily precipitation	27.0 mm (1.1 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Oktjabrskaja	Russia	Record daily precipitation	37.2 mm (1.5 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Kvikkjokk-Arrenjarka	Sweden	Record daily precipitation	31.2 mm (1.2 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Beaver Dam	United States	Record high minimum temperature	25.0 C (77.0 F)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Old Forge	United States	Record daily precipitation	36.6 mm (1.4 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Hettinger	United States	Record low minimum temperature	4.4 C (39.9 F)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Leipzig-Holzhausen	Germany	Record high minimum temperature	20.8 C (69.4 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
El Doctor	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	54.9 mm (2.2 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Maple Plain	United States	Record low minimum temperature	9.4 C (48.9 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Columbus-Valley Crossing	United States	Record daily precipitation	82.8 mm (3.3 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Sodus 1W	United States	Record daily precipitation	33.0 mm (1.3 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Franklin 2 NE	United States	Record high minimum temperature	18.9 C (66.0 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Regna_D	Sweden	Record daily precipitation	27.4 mm (1.1 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Grada_Kraftverk	Sweden	Record daily precipitation	40.5 mm (1.6 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Glenns Ferry	United States	Record high maximum temperature	41.1 C (106.0 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Hoopeston	United States	Record daily precipitation	30.7 mm (1.2 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Corinth 5 WSW	United States	Record daily precipitation	60.7 mm (2.4 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Powelltown Dnre	Australia	Record daily precipitation	45.0 mm (1.8 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

793 records

Records set or tied on 15 July 1985 by type: Highest daily maximum 46, Lowest daily maximum 116, Highest daily minimum 204, Lowest daily minimum 88, Heaviest daily rainfall 339.

Records on 15 July 1985 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	46
Lowest daily maximum	116
Highest daily minimum	204
Lowest daily minimum	88
Heaviest daily rainfall	339
Heaviest daily snowfall	0
Deepest snow cover	0

Records on 15 July 1985 by timescale: all-time 3, monthly 24, daily 766.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

656 broken records

Margins by which the 656 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 83.1. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

15 July 1985

Top 20 records on 15 July 1985 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
15 July 1985	Lancaster 2 NW, US	monthly rain	132.1 mm (5.2 in)	58.4 mm (2.3 in)	19 years	60 of 100 (Major)
15 July 1985	Mt Carroll, US	daily rain	81.3 mm (3.2 in)	52.6 mm (2.1 in)	30 years	58 of 100 (Notable)
15 July 1985	Liberty 1 NE, US	daily rain	48.0 mm (1.9 in)	37.8 mm (1.5 in)	74 years	57 of 100 (Notable)
15 July 1985	Petropavlovskij Majak, RU	daily rain	49.6 mm (2.0 in)	18.1 mm (0.7 in)	88 years	56 of 100 (Notable)
15 July 1985	Parkersburg, US	all-time rain	106.7 mm (4.2 in)	17.3 mm (0.7 in)	49 years	55 of 100 (Notable)
15 July 1985	Junsele, SE	daily rain	28.2 mm (1.1 in)	14.3 mm (0.6 in)	72 years	52 of 100 (Notable)
15 July 1985	Huajintlan, MX	daily low max	20.6 C (69.1 F)	7.2 C (13.0 F)	59 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
15 July 1985	Pee Dee, US	daily rain	94.5 mm (3.7 in)	43.7 mm (1.7 in)	50 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
15 July 1985	Warburton, AU	daily rain	72.4 mm (2.9 in)	16.3 mm (0.6 in)	67 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
15 July 1985	Marietta Lock 1, US	monthly rain	99.1 mm (3.9 in)	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	43 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
15 July 1985	Sayre, US	daily rain	101.1 mm (4.0 in)	72.7 mm (2.9 in)	19 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
15 July 1985	Bridport Post Office, AU	daily rain	44.2 mm (1.7 in)	15.8 mm (0.6 in)	55 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
15 July 1985	Los Reyes, MX	daily rain	95.8 mm (3.8 in)	50.8 mm (2.0 in)	2 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
15 July 1985	Mc Connellsville Lk 7, US	all-time rain	118.9 mm (4.7 in)	3.3 mm (0.13 in)	50 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
15 July 1985	Tarboro 1 S, US	daily rain	49.8 mm (2.0 in)	15.5 mm (0.6 in)	84 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
15 July 1985	Steigen, NO	daily rain	29.5 mm (1.2 in)	14.2 mm (0.6 in)	48 years	43 of 100 (Notable)
15 July 1985	Tepatitlan, MX	daily rain	79.8 mm (3.1 in)	47.0 mm (1.9 in)	12 years	42 of 100 (Notable)
15 July 1985	Coalcoman (Smn), MX	daily rain	79.8 mm (3.1 in)	34.8 mm (1.4 in)	34 years	42 of 100 (Notable)
15 July 1985	Leksand, SE	daily rain	49.0 mm (1.9 in)	18.4 mm (0.7 in)	28 years	40 of 100 (Notable)
15 July 1985	Lithopolis 2 S, US	daily rain	84.3 mm (3.3 in)	40.4 mm (1.6 in)	31 years	40 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 1985

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1793 to 1985. 1985 had 793 records.

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

Records on 07-15 in each year
Year	Records
1793	1
1802	1
1808	1
1824	2
1829	1
1832	1
1833	1
1838	1
1839	1
1840	2
1866	1
1868	2
1874	1
1876	1
1877	2
1879	3
1880	1
1881	2
1883	2
1884	2
1885	1
1886	2
1888	1
1889	1
1890	5
1891	4
1892	4
1893	3
1894	6
1895	4
1896	2
1897	2
1898	10
1899	1
1900	1
1901	7
1902	4
1903	24
1904	9
1905	1
1906	10
1907	8
1908	7
1909	7
1910	14
1911	11
1912	44
1913	19
1914	35
1915	34
1916	27
1917	134
1918	33
1919	59
1920	78
1921	55
1922	111
1923	120
1924	126
1925	137
1926	487
1927	151
1928	367
1929	213
1930	503
1931	591
1932	649
1933	205
1934	554
1935	208
1936	905
1937	279
1938	227
1939	394
1940	320
1941	444
1942	275
1943	338
1944	228
1945	693
1946	421
1947	373
1948	397
1949	455
1950	503
1951	606
1952	825
1953	398
1954	784
1955	612
1956	351
1957	304
1958	859
1959	411
1960	576
1961	386
1962	724
1963	291
1964	670
1965	282
1966	494
1967	1,419
1968	661
1969	670
1970	542
1971	552
1972	681
1973	800
1974	692
1975	869
1976	790
1977	766
1978	815
1979	585
1980	1,168
1981	646
1982	938
1983	1,241
1984	841
1985	793
1986	773
1987	968
1988	1,157
1989	827
1990	1,202
1991	589
1992	904
1993	1,198
1994	1,027
1995	1,347
1996	1,076
1997	688
1998	1,170
1999	1,428
2000	1,276
2001	1,004
2002	1,177
2003	1,256
2004	714
2005	932
2006	1,535
2007	1,171
2008	532
2009	816
2010	941
2011	989
2012	927
2013	761
2014	1,016
2015	547
2016	672
2017	467
2018	645
2019	561
2020	614
2021	674
2022	621
2023	1,157
2024	823
2025	720
2026	961

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Data for records on 1985-07-15: 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	623
20 to 40	25
40 to 60	6
60 to 80	1
80 to 100	1