Weather Records on 10 July 1986

686 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 10 July 1986. Highest significance: 1 N McLeansboro, US.

Key Facts for 10 July 1986

On 10 July 1986, 686 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
247 were record highs and 187 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 4 were all-time records, 14 monthly and 668 daily.
1 N McLeansboro set a daily record precipitation of 91.2 mm (3.6 in) on 10 July 1986.
Across 173 earlier years (1793 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 410 records.

Record Map

686 stations

686 station records on 10 July 1986 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 10 July 1986: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
1 N McLeansboro	United States	Record daily precipitation	91.2 mm (3.6 in)	70 of 100 (Major)
Kunda	Estonia	Record daily precipitation	45.7 mm (1.8 in)	66 of 100 (Major)
Frankfort Downtown	United States	Record daily precipitation	77.7 mm (3.1 in)	62 of 100 (Major)
Pettibone	United States	Record daily precipitation	58.4 mm (2.3 in)	62 of 100 (Major)
Leroy 5 WSW	United States	Record daily precipitation	46.0 mm (1.8 in)	60 of 100 (Major)
Arivaca	United States	Record daily precipitation	66.0 mm (2.6 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Park River	United States	Record daily precipitation	53.3 mm (2.1 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Long Is 1N	United States	Record daily precipitation	61.5 mm (2.4 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Smolensk	Russia	Record daily precipitation	87.5 mm (3.4 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Benson	United States	Record daily precipitation	71.9 mm (2.8 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Launiupoko Intake 376	United States	Record daily precipitation	47.2 mm (1.9 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Vanersborg	Sweden	Record low minimum temperature	3.4 C (38.1 F)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Harlan Co Lake	United States	Record daily precipitation	74.9 mm (2.9 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Mandan Exp STN	United States	Record daily precipitation	50.0 mm (2.0 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Narva	Estonia	Record daily precipitation	46.4 mm (1.8 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Edmore 4NW	United States	Record daily precipitation	31.5 mm (1.2 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Canton L&D 20	United States	Record daily precipitation	90.7 mm (3.6 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Propria	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	39.6 mm (1.6 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Agata	Russia	Record daily precipitation	32.7 mm (1.3 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Arcadia	United States	Record daily precipitation	55.1 mm (2.2 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Waterville 2	United States	Record daily precipitation	69.1 mm (2.7 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Alexandria 4 WSW	United States	Record daily precipitation	52.1 mm (2.1 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Yemassee 1 N	United States	Record high minimum temperature	26.1 C (79.0 F)	45 of 100 (Notable)
El Sauz	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	67.1 mm (2.6 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Velikie Luki	Russia	Record low maximum temperature	13.7 C (56.7 F)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Vrugbaar	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	53.0 mm (2.1 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Carmi 6 NW	United States	Record daily precipitation	66.8 mm (2.6 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Loup City 6 NNE	United States	Record daily precipitation	71.4 mm (2.8 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Johvi	Estonia	Record daily precipitation	57.7 mm (2.3 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Glennville 3NW	United States	Record high minimum temperature	25.6 C (78.1 F)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Haigler	United States	Record daily precipitation	33.5 mm (1.3 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Labelle	United States	Record daily precipitation	70.1 mm (2.8 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Bismarck 7 N	United States	Record daily precipitation	35.1 mm (1.4 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Gustavus	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-0.6 C (30.9 F)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Quincy Rgnl AP	United States	Record daily precipitation	85.3 mm (3.4 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Suifenhe	China	Record daily precipitation	48.9 mm (1.9 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Kazan	Russia	Record high minimum temperature	20.5 C (68.9 F)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Dresden	United States	Record daily precipitation	60.5 mm (2.4 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Seward	United States	Record daily precipitation	52.1 mm (2.1 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Taloga	United States	Record high minimum temperature	26.7 C (80.1 F)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Otis 2 NE	United States	Record daily precipitation	38.4 mm (1.5 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Puyallup 2 W Exp STN	United States	Record high minimum temperature	17.8 C (64.0 F)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Brodhead Wwtp	United States	Record low maximum temperature	22.2 C (72.0 F)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Powelltown Dnre	Australia	Record daily precipitation	42.0 mm (1.7 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Dublin	United States	Record high minimum temperature	25.6 C (78.1 F)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Mt Carmel	United States	Record daily precipitation	44.5 mm (1.8 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Summerfield 2 NE	United States	Record daily precipitation	50.8 mm (2.0 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Mauston 1 SE	United States	Record low maximum temperature	20.6 C (69.1 F)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Loch Valley Plantation	Australia	Record daily precipitation	32.8 mm (1.3 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Sumter	United States	Record high maximum temperature	40.0 C (104.0 F)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Piranhas	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	30.0 mm (1.2 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Waycross 4 NE	United States	Record high maximum temperature	39.4 C (102.9 F)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Medina	United States	Record daily precipitation	44.5 mm (1.8 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Sharon	United States	Record daily precipitation	29.2 mm (1.1 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Tuttle	United States	Record daily precipitation	36.8 mm (1.4 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Woodworth 3NE	United States	Record daily precipitation	34.0 mm (1.3 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Aiken 5SE	United States	Record high maximum temperature	41.1 C (106.0 F)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Bayard	United States	Record daily precipitation	54.4 mm (2.1 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Jonacatepec	Mexico	Record low maximum temperature	23.9 C (75.0 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Tver	Russia	Record daily precipitation	38.0 mm (1.5 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

686 records

Records set or tied on 10 July 1986 by type: Highest daily maximum 97, Lowest daily maximum 100, Highest daily minimum 150, Lowest daily minimum 87, Heaviest daily rainfall 252.

Records on 10 July 1986 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	97
Lowest daily maximum	100
Highest daily minimum	150
Lowest daily minimum	87
Heaviest daily rainfall	252
Heaviest daily snowfall	0
Deepest snow cover	0

Records on 10 July 1986 by timescale: all-time 4, monthly 14, daily 668.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

531 broken records

Margins by which the 531 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 66.3. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

10 July 1986

Top 20 records on 10 July 1986 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
10 July 1986	1 N McLeansboro, US	daily rain	91.2 mm (3.6 in)	64.3 mm (2.5 in)	72 years	70 of 100 (Major)
10 July 1986	Kunda, EE	daily rain	45.7 mm (1.8 in)	27.7 mm (1.1 in)	69 years	66 of 100 (Major)
10 July 1986	Frankfort Downtown, US	daily rain	77.7 mm (3.1 in)	41.6 mm (1.6 in)	80 years	62 of 100 (Major)
10 July 1986	Pettibone, US	daily rain	58.4 mm (2.3 in)	47.7 mm (1.9 in)	56 years	62 of 100 (Major)
10 July 1986	Leroy 5 WSW, US	daily rain	46.0 mm (1.8 in)	25.2 mm (1.0 in)	87 years	60 of 100 (Major)
10 July 1986	Arivaca, US	daily rain	66.0 mm (2.6 in)	52.8 mm (2.1 in)	20 years	54 of 100 (Notable)
10 July 1986	Park River, US	daily rain	53.3 mm (2.1 in)	26.6 mm (1.0 in)	72 years	54 of 100 (Notable)
10 July 1986	Long Is 1N, US	daily rain	61.5 mm (2.4 in)	45.8 mm (1.8 in)	35 years	53 of 100 (Notable)
10 July 1986	Smolensk, RU	all-time rain	87.5 mm (3.4 in)	23.0 mm (0.9 in)	0 years	52 of 100 (Notable)
10 July 1986	Benson, US	daily rain	71.9 mm (2.8 in)	66.3 mm (2.6 in)	31 years	52 of 100 (Notable)
10 July 1986	Launiupoko Intake 376, US	daily rain	47.2 mm (1.9 in)	34.0 mm (1.3 in)	40 years	52 of 100 (Notable)
10 July 1986	Vanersborg, SE	monthly low min	3.4 C (38.1 F)	0.3 C (0.5 F)	101 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
10 July 1986	Harlan Co Lake, US	daily rain	74.9 mm (2.9 in)	25.9 mm (1.0 in)	89 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
10 July 1986	Mandan Exp STN, US	daily rain	50.0 mm (2.0 in)	27.6 mm (1.1 in)	51 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
10 July 1986	Narva, EE	daily rain	46.4 mm (1.8 in)	26.7 mm (1.1 in)	5 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
10 July 1986	Edmore 4NW, US	daily rain	31.5 mm (1.2 in)	18.8 mm (0.7 in)	79 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
10 July 1986	Canton L&D 20, US	daily rain	90.7 mm (3.6 in)	43.2 mm (1.7 in)	44 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
10 July 1986	Propria, BR	daily rain	39.6 mm (1.6 in)	17.6 mm (0.7 in)	47 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
10 July 1986	Agata, RU	daily rain	32.7 mm (1.3 in)	18.7 mm (0.7 in)	36 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
10 July 1986	Arcadia, US	daily rain	55.1 mm (2.2 in)	17.0 mm (0.7 in)	76 years	45 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 686 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 2026-10-17 (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	437
10 to 20	60
20 to 30	17
30 to 40	5
40 to 50	6
50 to 60	4
60 to 70	2