Weather Records on 7 July 1986

770 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 7 July 1986. Highest significance: Elk City 4 W, US.

Key Facts for 7 July 1986

On 7 July 1986, 770 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
348 were record highs and 191 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 7 were all-time records, 25 monthly and 738 daily.
Elk City 4 W set a daily record precipitation of 97.5 mm (3.8 in) on 7 July 1986.
Across 165 earlier years (1793 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 430 records.

Record Map

770 stations

770 station records on 7 July 1986 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 7 July 1986: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Elk City 4 W	United States	Record daily precipitation	97.5 mm (3.8 in)	66 of 100 (Major)
Augusta	United States	Record daily precipitation	124.5 mm (4.9 in)	63 of 100 (Major)
Oconomowoc Wwtp	United States	Record daily precipitation	50.5 mm (2.0 in)	63 of 100 (Major)
Bailey	United States	Record daily precipitation	44.2 mm (1.7 in)	56 of 100 (Notable)
Estancia	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	63.9 mm (2.5 in)	55 of 100 (Notable)
Leavenworth	United States	Record daily precipitation	158.2 mm (6.2 in)	55 of 100 (Notable)
Nuuanu Rsch 5 775	United States	Record daily precipitation	32.8 mm (1.3 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Florence	United States	Record daily precipitation	62.5 mm (2.5 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Caete	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	134.3 mm (5.3 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
McPherson	United States	Record daily precipitation	84.1 mm (3.3 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Piacaguera (Efsj)	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	78.7 mm (3.1 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
King City	United States	Record daily precipitation	75.4 mm (3.0 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Matfield Green	United States	Record daily precipitation	87.1 mm (3.4 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Miltonvale	United States	Record daily precipitation	81.3 mm (3.2 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Evangelista de Souza	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	65.0 mm (2.6 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Gospic	Croatia	Record daily precipitation	32.4 mm (1.3 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Cottonwood Falls	United States	Record daily precipitation	61.0 mm (2.4 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Bird City 10S	United States	Record daily precipitation	49.0 mm (1.9 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Burdick (Diamond Springs)	United States	Record daily precipitation	86.9 mm (3.4 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Bonner Springs	United States	Record daily precipitation	134.6 mm (5.3 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Philadelphia City	United States	Record high minimum temperature	27.2 C (81.0 F)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Guilin	China	Record daily precipitation	141.2 mm (5.6 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Avon Park 2 W	United States	Record low maximum temperature	24.4 C (75.9 F)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Potwin	United States	Record daily precipitation	118.6 mm (4.7 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Bairro Alto	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	30.5 mm (1.2 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Atlantic City Marina	United States	Record high maximum temperature	36.7 C (98.1 F)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Newark Liberty Intl AP	United States	Record high maximum temperature	37.8 C (100.0 F)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Zoseni	Latvia	Record daily precipitation	32.9 mm (1.3 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Casa Grande	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	40.1 mm (1.6 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Cubatao	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	80.4 mm (3.2 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Ust-Ozernoe	Russia	Record daily precipitation	27.7 mm (1.1 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Velikie Luki	Russia	Record high maximum temperature	31.3 C (88.3 F)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Mae Sot	Thailand	Record high maximum temperature	39.2 C (102.6 F)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Newark Ag Farm	United States	Record high maximum temperature	36.7 C (98.1 F)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Tuckerton 2 NE	United States	Record high maximum temperature	37.8 C (100.0 F)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Selinsgrove 2 S	United States	Record high maximum temperature	36.7 C (98.1 F)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Baltimore Customs House	United States	Record high minimum temperature	27.8 C (82.0 F)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Ilhabela	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	45.6 mm (1.8 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Guanacevi (Smn)	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	31.8 mm (1.3 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Denton 2 E	United States	Record high maximum temperature	37.8 C (100.0 F)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Table Rock 4N	United States	Record daily precipitation	66.8 mm (2.6 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Canton 4 SE	United States	Record high minimum temperature	22.2 C (72.0 F)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Ponte Alta 1	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	47.2 mm (1.9 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Ubatuba	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	103.0 mm (4.1 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Rico	United States	Record low maximum temperature	17.2 C (63.0 F)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Carrollton Lock 1	United States	Record high maximum temperature	36.1 C (97.0 F)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Bradford 4SW Rsch 5	United States	Record high maximum temperature	36.7 C (98.1 F)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Crested Butte	United States	Record low maximum temperature	15.6 C (60.1 F)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Hillsboro	United States	Record daily precipitation	77.5 mm (3.1 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Inman 5SW	United States	Record daily precipitation	40.4 mm (1.6 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Laurel 3 W	United States	Record high maximum temperature	37.2 C (99.0 F)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Princess Anne	United States	Record high maximum temperature	36.1 C (97.0 F)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Rodovia Anchieta-Cota 400	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	112.1 mm (4.4 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Richfield	United States	Record low maximum temperature	24.4 C (75.9 F)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Toms River	United States	Record high maximum temperature	36.7 C (98.1 F)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Okeene	United States	Record daily precipitation	39.4 mm (1.6 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Baltimore Customs House	United States	Record high maximum temperature	38.9 C (102.0 F)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Herington	United States	Record daily precipitation	43.9 mm (1.7 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Laurel 3 W	United States	Record high minimum temperature	26.7 C (80.1 F)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Whitewater	United States	Record daily precipitation	59.9 mm (2.4 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)

Counts by Type and Timescale

770 records

Records set or tied on 7 July 1986 by type: Highest daily maximum 203, Lowest daily maximum 121, Highest daily minimum 145, Lowest daily minimum 70, Heaviest daily rainfall 231.

Records on 7 July 1986 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	203
Lowest daily maximum	121
Highest daily minimum	145
Lowest daily minimum	70
Heaviest daily rainfall	231
Heaviest daily snowfall	0
Deepest snow cover	0

Records on 7 July 1986 by timescale: all-time 7, monthly 25, daily 738.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

595 broken records

Margins by which the 595 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 112.0. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

7 July 1986

Top 20 records on 7 July 1986 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
7 July 1986	Elk City 4 W, US	daily rain	97.5 mm (3.8 in)	64.5 mm (2.5 in)	60 years	66 of 100 (Major)
7 July 1986	Augusta, US	daily rain	124.5 mm (4.9 in)	54.6 mm (2.1 in)	86 years	63 of 100 (Major)
7 July 1986	Oconomowoc Wwtp, US	daily rain	50.5 mm (2.0 in)	41.6 mm (1.6 in)	90 years	63 of 100 (Major)
7 July 1986	Bailey, US	daily rain	44.2 mm (1.7 in)	23.1 mm (0.9 in)	39 years	56 of 100 (Notable)
7 July 1986	Estancia, BR	daily rain	63.9 mm (2.5 in)	49.6 mm (2.0 in)	37 years	55 of 100 (Notable)
7 July 1986	Leavenworth, US	monthly rain	158.2 mm (6.2 in)	37.5 mm (1.5 in)	47 years	55 of 100 (Notable)
7 July 1986	Nuuanu Rsch 5 775, US	daily rain	32.8 mm (1.3 in)	23.4 mm (0.9 in)	75 years	54 of 100 (Notable)
7 July 1986	Florence, US	daily rain	62.5 mm (2.5 in)	51.8 mm (2.0 in)	60 years	53 of 100 (Notable)
7 July 1986	Caete, BR	daily rain	134.3 mm (5.3 in)	78.9 mm (3.1 in)	41 years	52 of 100 (Notable)
7 July 1986	McPherson, US	daily rain	84.1 mm (3.3 in)	24.4 mm (1.0 in)	90 years	52 of 100 (Notable)
7 July 1986	Piacaguera (Efsj), BR	daily rain	78.7 mm (3.1 in)	55.8 mm (2.2 in)	36 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
7 July 1986	King City, US	daily rain	75.4 mm (3.0 in)	57.1 mm (2.2 in)	33 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
7 July 1986	Matfield Green, US	daily rain	87.1 mm (3.4 in)	79.0 mm (3.1 in)	23 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
7 July 1986	Miltonvale, US	daily rain	81.3 mm (3.2 in)	73.2 mm (2.9 in)	20 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
7 July 1986	Evangelista de Souza, BR	daily rain	65.0 mm (2.6 in)	45.4 mm (1.8 in)	13 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
7 July 1986	Gospic, HR	daily rain	32.4 mm (1.3 in)	11.3 mm (0.4 in)	106 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
7 July 1986	Cottonwood Falls, US	daily rain	61.0 mm (2.4 in)	32.6 mm (1.3 in)	76 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
7 July 1986	Bird City 10S, US	daily rain	49.0 mm (1.9 in)	38.6 mm (1.5 in)	21 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
7 July 1986	Burdick (Diamond Springs), US	daily rain	86.9 mm (3.4 in)	83.3 mm (3.3 in)	23 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
7 July 1986	Bonner Springs, US	daily rain	134.6 mm (5.3 in)	105.9 mm (4.2 in)	8 years	46 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 1986

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1793 to 1986. 1986 had 770 records.

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

Records on 07-07 in each year
Year	Records
1793	1
1812	1
1813	1
1815	1
1819	3
1821	1
1825	1
1828	2
1835	1
1845	1
1850	1
1856	2
1857	1
1860	1
1863	1
1864	2
1865	2
1867	1
1870	1
1872	1
1873	2
1874	1
1875	1
1877	3
1878	2
1879	1
1883	1
1887	4
1889	2
1890	8
1891	3
1892	3
1893	2
1894	1
1895	4
1896	5
1897	2
1898	3
1899	2
1900	14
1901	5
1902	13
1903	10
1904	4
1905	11
1906	12
1907	6
1908	26
1909	22
1910	16
1911	67
1912	31
1913	17
1914	49
1915	72
1916	126
1917	120
1918	42
1919	37
1920	42
1921	65
1922	135
1923	166
1924	166
1925	198
1926	135
1927	184
1928	200
1929	122
1930	332
1931	442
1932	315
1933	337
1934	390
1935	311
1936	795
1937	280
1938	268
1939	359
1940	467
1941	334
1942	516
1943	309
1944	411
1945	299
1946	208
1947	532
1948	404
1949	374
1950	431
1951	416
1952	515
1953	623
1954	622
1955	485
1956	1,170
1957	394
1958	749
1959	391
1960	663
1961	318
1962	294
1963	510
1964	549
1965	388
1966	304
1967	430
1968	624
1969	967
1970	391
1971	467
1972	1,155
1973	1,120
1974	652
1975	571
1976	679
1977	828
1978	794
1979	924
1980	848
1981	1,025
1982	795
1983	1,013
1984	1,044
1985	939
1986	770
1987	728
1988	1,251
1989	1,040
1990	781
1991	1,040
1992	938
1993	1,762
1994	1,394
1995	576
1996	1,218
1997	752
1998	1,382
1999	971
2000	823
2001	983
2002	667
2003	664
2004	1,084
2005	949
2006	1,061
2007	1,067
2008	1,174
2009	930
2010	1,411
2011	749
2012	1,423
2013	549
2014	539
2015	1,263
2016	717
2017	904
2018	550
2019	506
2020	556
2021	930
2022	744
2023	577
2024	1,277
2025	562
2026	522

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Data for records on 1986-07-07: 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	549
20 to 40	27
40 to 60	10
60 to 80	5
80 to 100	1
100 to 120	3