Weather Records on 15 July 1986

773 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 15 July 1986. Highest significance: Willcox, US.

Key Facts for 15 July 1986

On 15 July 1986, 773 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
169 were record highs and 377 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 4 were all-time records, 25 monthly and 744 daily.
Willcox set a daily record precipitation of 53.6 mm (2.1 in) on 15 July 1986.
Across 160 earlier years (1793 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 453 records.

Record Map

773 stations

773 station records on 15 July 1986 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 15 July 1986: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Willcox	United States	Record daily precipitation	53.6 mm (2.1 in)	72 of 100 (Major)
Cheljabinsk-Balandi	Russia	Record daily precipitation	58.9 mm (2.3 in)	67 of 100 (Major)
Brydeswood STN 985	United States	Record daily precipitation	64.0 mm (2.5 in)	63 of 100 (Major)
Grass Patch	Australia	Record daily precipitation	25.0 mm (1.0 in)	59 of 100 (Notable)
Waynesburg 7 NE	United States	Record daily precipitation	170.2 mm (6.7 in)	58 of 100 (Notable)
Kolpasevo	Russia	Record daily precipitation	44.5 mm (1.8 in)	55 of 100 (Notable)
Buderim Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	84.6 mm (3.3 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Nambour Bowling Club	Australia	Record daily precipitation	82.6 mm (3.3 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Britton	United States	Record daily precipitation	98.0 mm (3.9 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Sasebo Reg Met HQ	Japan	Record daily precipitation	225.0 mm (8.9 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Waubay Natl Wild Life	United States	Record daily precipitation	80.5 mm (3.2 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Lnai Culture & Heritage Ctr	United States	Record daily precipitation	52.1 mm (2.1 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Guerrero (Smn)	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	36.8 mm (1.4 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Tres Brazos	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	90.2 mm (3.6 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Glenwood	United States	Record daily precipitation	34.3 mm (1.4 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Big Timber	United States	Record daily precipitation	31.8 mm (1.3 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Dickinson Exp STN	United States	Record daily precipitation	47.8 mm (1.9 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Armagh	United Kingdom	Record high minimum temperature	16.3 C (61.3 F)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Gardiner	United States	Record low maximum temperature	17.2 C (63.0 F)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Dublin Phoenix Park	Ireland	Record high minimum temperature	17.0 C (62.6 F)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Jacksonville Beach	United States	Record high minimum temperature	28.9 C (84.0 F)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Ft Duchesne	United States	Record high minimum temperature	18.9 C (66.0 F)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Mooloolah Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	68.0 mm (2.7 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Munchen-Nymphenburg	Germany	Record low minimum temperature	6.4 C (43.5 F)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Sarajevo	Bosnia and Herzegovina	Record low maximum temperature	13.7 C (56.7 F)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Talisman I	Mexico	Record low minimum temperature	16.7 C (62.1 F)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Greer	United States	Record daily precipitation	36.3 mm (1.4 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Speddingup	Australia	Record daily precipitation	25.0 mm (1.0 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Rangely 1E	United States	Record high minimum temperature	20.0 C (68.0 F)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Springfield 2W	United States	Record daily precipitation	30.0 mm (1.2 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Lodgepole	United States	Record high minimum temperature	21.7 C (71.1 F)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Webster	United States	Record daily precipitation	39.4 mm (1.6 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Guanacevi (Smn)	Mexico	Record low maximum temperature	16.7 C (62.1 F)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Seligman	United States	Record daily precipitation	47.8 mm (1.9 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Sisseton	United States	Record daily precipitation	27.7 mm (1.1 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Kotzebue AP	United States	Record high maximum temperature	22.8 C (73.0 F)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Beerwah Forest	Australia	Record daily precipitation	55.2 mm (2.2 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Elkader 6 SSW	United States	Record high minimum temperature	23.3 C (73.9 F)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Wilbur	United States	Record low minimum temperature	0.6 C (33.1 F)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Creston	United States	Record high minimum temperature	22.2 C (72.0 F)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Dickinson Theodore Roosevelt R	United States	Record daily precipitation	33.5 mm (1.3 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Ogdensburg 4 NE	United States	Record low maximum temperature	19.4 C (66.9 F)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Garrison	United States	Record daily precipitation	28.7 mm (1.1 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Selby	United States	Record daily precipitation	28.4 mm (1.1 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Heber	United States	Record high minimum temperature	15.6 C (60.1 F)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Akkol	Kazakhstan	Record daily precipitation	40.0 mm (1.6 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Waiahi Lower 1054	United States	Record high minimum temperature	22.8 C (73.0 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
McCall	United States	Record low minimum temperature	1.1 C (34.0 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Golconda	United States	Record low minimum temperature	5.0 C (41.0 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
New Salem 5NW	United States	Record daily precipitation	33.3 mm (1.3 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Kellerberrin	Australia	Record low maximum temperature	10.7 C (51.3 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Caloundra Signal Station	Australia	Record daily precipitation	57.6 mm (2.3 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Presa Taxhimay	Mexico	Record low minimum temperature	5.0 C (41.0 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Tombstone	United States	Record low maximum temperature	26.1 C (79.0 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Milledgeville	United States	Record high maximum temperature	40.6 C (105.1 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Greensburg	United States	Record high minimum temperature	27.2 C (81.0 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Oconto 4 W	United States	Record low maximum temperature	20.6 C (69.1 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Beerburrum Forest Station	Australia	Record daily precipitation	25.2 mm (1.0 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Osmond	United States	Record high minimum temperature	26.7 C (80.1 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Columbia UNIV of Sc	United States	Record high minimum temperature	26.1 C (79.0 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

773 records

Records set or tied on 15 July 1986 by type: Highest daily maximum 57, Lowest daily maximum 150, Highest daily minimum 112, Lowest daily minimum 227, Heaviest daily rainfall 227.

Records on 15 July 1986 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	57
Lowest daily maximum	150
Highest daily minimum	112
Lowest daily minimum	227
Heaviest daily rainfall	227
Heaviest daily snowfall	0
Deepest snow cover	0

Records on 15 July 1986 by timescale: all-time 4, monthly 25, daily 744.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

596 broken records

Margins by which the 596 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 165.9. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

15 July 1986

Top 20 records on 15 July 1986 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
15 July 1986	Willcox, US	daily rain	53.6 mm (2.1 in)	35.8 mm (1.4 in)	83 years	72 of 100 (Major)
15 July 1986	Cheljabinsk-Balandi, RU	daily rain	58.9 mm (2.3 in)	26.2 mm (1.0 in)	84 years	67 of 100 (Major)
15 July 1986	Brydeswood STN 985, US	monthly rain	64.0 mm (2.5 in)	22.3 mm (0.9 in)	33 years	63 of 100 (Major)
15 July 1986	Grass Patch, AU	daily rain	25.0 mm (1.0 in)	13.1 mm (0.5 in)	64 years	59 of 100 (Notable)
15 July 1986	Waynesburg 7 NE, US	all-time rain	170.2 mm (6.7 in)	47.3 mm (1.9 in)	7 years	58 of 100 (Notable)
15 July 1986	Kolpasevo, RU	daily rain	44.5 mm (1.8 in)	29.2 mm (1.1 in)	40 years	55 of 100 (Notable)
15 July 1986	Buderim Post Office, AU	daily rain	84.6 mm (3.3 in)	72.2 mm (2.8 in)	31 years	52 of 100 (Notable)
15 July 1986	Nambour Bowling Club, AU	daily rain	82.6 mm (3.3 in)	48.3 mm (1.9 in)	75 years	52 of 100 (Notable)
15 July 1986	Britton, US	monthly rain	98.0 mm (3.9 in)	25.1 mm (1.0 in)	28 years	52 of 100 (Notable)
15 July 1986	Sasebo Reg Met HQ, JP	daily rain	225.0 mm (8.9 in)	165.9 mm (6.5 in)	27 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
15 July 1986	Waubay Natl Wild Life, US	daily rain	80.5 mm (3.2 in)	57.4 mm (2.3 in)	27 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
15 July 1986	Lnai Culture & Heritage Ctr, US	daily rain	52.1 mm (2.1 in)	28.5 mm (1.1 in)	33 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
15 July 1986	Guerrero (Smn), MX	daily rain	36.8 mm (1.4 in)	14.4 mm (0.6 in)	76 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
15 July 1986	Tres Brazos, MX	monthly rain	90.2 mm (3.6 in)	28.0 mm (1.1 in)	25 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
15 July 1986	Glenwood, US	daily rain	34.3 mm (1.4 in)	27.7 mm (1.1 in)	13 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
15 July 1986	Big Timber, US	monthly rain	31.8 mm (1.3 in)	3.9 mm (0.15 in)	66 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
15 July 1986	Dickinson Exp STN, US	daily rain	47.8 mm (1.9 in)	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	24 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
15 July 1986	Armagh, GB	daily high min	16.3 C (61.3 F)	1.1 C (2.0 F)	117 years	44 of 100 (Notable)
15 July 1986	Gardiner, US	daily low max	17.2 C (63.0 F)	1.7 C (3.1 F)	96 years	43 of 100 (Notable)
15 July 1986	Dublin Phoenix Park, IE	daily high min	17.0 C (62.6 F)	0.6 C (1.1 F)	116 years	42 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 773 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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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 25	571
25 to 50	19
50 to 75	5
75 to 100	0
100 to 125	0
125 to 150	0
150 to 175	1