Weather Records on 4 July 1996

1,014 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 4 July 1996. Highest significance: Lake Placid 2 S, US.

Key Facts for 4 July 1996

On 4 July 1996, 1,014 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
415 were record highs and 288 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 1 were all-time records, 35 monthly and 978 daily.
Lake Placid 2 S set a daily record precipitation of 60.2 mm (2.4 in) on 4 July 1996.
Across 163 earlier years (1806 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 419 records.

Record Map

1,014 stations

1,014 station records on 4 July 1996 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 4 July 1996: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Lake Placid 2 S	United States	Record daily precipitation	60.2 mm (2.4 in)	70 of 100 (Major)
Farmington	United States	Record daily precipitation	83.3 mm (3.3 in)	65 of 100 (Major)
Hanover	United States	Record daily precipitation	50.3 mm (2.0 in)	65 of 100 (Major)
Lewiston	United States	Record daily precipitation	51.6 mm (2.0 in)	59 of 100 (Notable)
Berlin 5 S	United States	Record daily precipitation	99.1 mm (3.9 in)	59 of 100 (Notable)
Wanakena Rngr School	United States	Record daily precipitation	62.7 mm (2.5 in)	59 of 100 (Notable)
Yardea	Australia	Record daily precipitation	29.0 mm (1.1 in)	58 of 100 (Notable)
McGregor (Pol)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	35.5 mm (1.4 in)	57 of 100 (Notable)
Tarcoola (Lake Everard)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	42.8 mm (1.7 in)	56 of 100 (Notable)
Rochester	United States	Record daily precipitation	91.4 mm (3.6 in)	56 of 100 (Notable)
New Delhi/Safdarjun	India	Record daily precipitation	262.9 mm (10.4 in)	55 of 100 (Notable)
Horda	Sweden	Record daily precipitation	32.0 mm (1.3 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Whitehall	United States	Record daily precipitation	87.6 mm (3.4 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Bellows Falls	United States	Record daily precipitation	49.0 mm (1.9 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Elkhorn	United States	Record low maximum temperature	21.7 C (71.1 F)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Alvaro Obregon	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	102.4 mm (4.0 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Glasgow #2	United States	Record high minimum temperature	22.8 C (73.0 F)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Lawrenceville 3 SW	United States	Record daily precipitation	55.9 mm (2.2 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Calvinia	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	25.0 mm (1.0 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Ulricehamn	Sweden	Record daily precipitation	29.9 mm (1.2 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
San Juan Bautista Cuicatlan (	Mexico	Record low maximum temperature	20.0 C (68.0 F)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Piketberg (Pol)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	25.5 mm (1.0 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Gardiner	United States	Record daily precipitation	44.5 mm (1.8 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Chelsea	United States	Record daily precipitation	51.3 mm (2.0 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Ixtepec	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	119.9 mm (4.7 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Sulphur Springs	United States	Record high maximum temperature	41.1 C (106.0 F)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Norwich	United States	Record low maximum temperature	16.1 C (61.0 F)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Greeneville Exp STN	United States	Record low minimum temperature	8.3 C (46.9 F)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Lexington 3E	United States	Record low maximum temperature	22.8 C (73.0 F)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Newport	United States	Record daily precipitation	52.8 mm (2.1 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Yellowstone Park Mammoth	United States	Record high minimum temperature	13.3 C (55.9 F)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Worcester	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	29.5 mm (1.2 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Nieuwoudville (Pol)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	35.0 mm (1.4 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Morko	Sweden	Record daily precipitation	32.5 mm (1.3 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Union Springs 9 S	United States	Record low minimum temperature	16.1 C (61.0 F)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Logan 1 WNW	United States	Record daily precipitation	47.8 mm (1.9 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Amherst	United States	Record daily precipitation	40.1 mm (1.6 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Conklingville Dam	United States	Record daily precipitation	45.7 mm (1.8 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Dannemora	United States	Record daily precipitation	41.4 mm (1.6 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Reenen	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	26.5 mm (1.0 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Rangely 1E	United States	Record high minimum temperature	17.2 C (63.0 F)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Duchesne	United States	Record high minimum temperature	17.2 C (63.0 F)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Puerto Morelos	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	70.9 mm (2.8 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Skogsforsen	Sweden	Record daily precipitation	31.0 mm (1.2 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Monticello	United States	Record low minimum temperature	13.3 C (55.9 F)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Petersham 3 N	United States	Record daily precipitation	39.4 mm (1.6 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Highlands	United States	Record low minimum temperature	7.8 C (46.0 F)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Waynesville 1 E	United States	Record low minimum temperature	7.8 C (46.0 F)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Hiram	United States	Record low maximum temperature	19.4 C (66.9 F)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Chester 1 SE	United States	Record low minimum temperature	11.7 C (53.1 F)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Spencer	United States	Record low minimum temperature	6.1 C (43.0 F)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Ljungby	Sweden	Record daily precipitation	30.3 mm (1.2 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Long Falls Dam	United States	Record daily precipitation	59.2 mm (2.3 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Buenavista	Mexico	Record low maximum temperature	25.6 C (78.1 F)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Ocampo	Mexico	Record low minimum temperature	8.9 C (48.0 F)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Sabalino	Russia	Record daily precipitation	38.2 mm (1.5 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Cape Agulhas	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	28.0 mm (1.1 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Keene	United States	Record daily precipitation	51.3 mm (2.0 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Lincolnton 4 W	United States	Record low minimum temperature	11.7 C (53.1 F)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Dutch Harbor	United States	Record low minimum temperature	2.2 C (36.0 F)	35 of 100 (Notable)

Counts by Type and Timescale

1,014 records

Records set or tied on 4 July 1996 by type: Highest daily maximum 203, Lowest daily maximum 103, Highest daily minimum 212, Lowest daily minimum 185, Heaviest daily rainfall 311.

Records on 4 July 1996 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	203
Lowest daily maximum	103
Highest daily minimum	212
Lowest daily minimum	185
Heaviest daily rainfall	311
Heaviest daily snowfall	0
Deepest snow cover	0

Records on 4 July 1996 by timescale: all-time 1, monthly 35, daily 978.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

726 broken records

Margins by which the 726 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 207.8. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

4 July 1996

Top 20 records on 4 July 1996 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
4 July 1996	Lake Placid 2 S, US	daily rain	60.2 mm (2.4 in)	45.7 mm (1.8 in)	69 years	70 of 100 (Major)
4 July 1996	Farmington, US	monthly rain	83.3 mm (3.3 in)	15.5 mm (0.6 in)	98 years	65 of 100 (Major)
4 July 1996	Hanover, US	daily rain	50.3 mm (2.0 in)	28.2 mm (1.1 in)	103 years	65 of 100 (Major)
4 July 1996	Lewiston, US	daily rain	51.6 mm (2.0 in)	23.4 mm (0.9 in)	90 years	59 of 100 (Notable)
4 July 1996	Berlin 5 S, US	daily rain	99.1 mm (3.9 in)	63.5 mm (2.5 in)	36 years	59 of 100 (Notable)
4 July 1996	Wanakena Rngr School, US	daily rain	62.7 mm (2.5 in)	42.9 mm (1.7 in)	39 years	59 of 100 (Notable)
4 July 1996	Yardea, AU	daily rain	29.0 mm (1.1 in)	18.8 mm (0.7 in)	27 years	58 of 100 (Notable)
4 July 1996	McGregor (Pol), ZA	daily rain	35.5 mm (1.4 in)	19.0 mm (0.7 in)	58 years	57 of 100 (Notable)
4 July 1996	Tarcoola (Lake Everard), AU	monthly rain	42.8 mm (1.7 in)	11.8 mm (0.5 in)	44 years	56 of 100 (Notable)
4 July 1996	Rochester, US	daily rain	91.4 mm (3.6 in)	52.0 mm (2.0 in)	36 years	56 of 100 (Notable)
4 July 1996	New Delhi/Safdarjun, IN	daily rain	262.9 mm (10.4 in)	207.8 mm (8.2 in)	22 years	55 of 100 (Notable)
4 July 1996	Horda, SE	daily rain	32.0 mm (1.3 in)	22.3 mm (0.9 in)	49 years	54 of 100 (Notable)
4 July 1996	Whitehall, US	daily rain	87.6 mm (3.4 in)	70.3 mm (2.8 in)	15 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
4 July 1996	Bellows Falls, US	daily rain	49.0 mm (1.9 in)	26.4 mm (1.0 in)	62 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
4 July 1996	Elkhorn, US	daily low max	21.7 C (71.1 F)	2.2 C (4.0 F)	100 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
4 July 1996	Alvaro Obregon, MX	daily rain	102.4 mm (4.0 in)	81.3 mm (3.2 in)	12 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
4 July 1996	Glasgow #2, US	daily high min	22.8 C (73.0 F)	4.5 C (8.1 F)	82 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
4 July 1996	Lawrenceville 3 SW, US	daily rain	55.9 mm (2.2 in)	25.9 mm (1.0 in)	45 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
4 July 1996	Calvinia, ZA	daily rain	25.0 mm (1.0 in)	9.0 mm (0.35 in)	75 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
4 July 1996	Ulricehamn, SE	daily rain	29.9 mm (1.2 in)	17.4 mm (0.7 in)	34 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

1806 to 1996

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1806 to 1996. 1996 had 1,014 records.

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

Records on 07-04 in each year
Year	Records
1806	1
1815	2
1827	1
1828	1
1836	1
1837	1
1838	1
1839	2
1845	1
1850	1
1852	1
1856	2
1858	2
1859	1
1860	1
1863	1
1867	1
1868	1
1873	1
1874	2
1875	1
1877	1
1878	1
1879	1
1883	2
1887	1
1889	1
1890	3
1891	1
1892	1
1893	2
1894	3
1895	1
1896	2
1897	3
1898	6
1899	4
1900	10
1901	5
1902	8
1903	7
1904	12
1905	6
1906	15
1907	26
1908	14
1909	20
1910	33
1911	62
1912	28
1913	25
1914	48
1915	36
1916	25
1917	107
1918	72
1919	49
1920	105
1921	50
1922	61
1923	59
1924	230
1925	137
1926	139
1927	290
1928	150
1929	255
1930	276
1931	479
1932	635
1933	459
1934	521
1935	319
1936	1,189
1937	341
1938	353
1939	389
1940	504
1941	409
1942	495
1943	348
1944	553
1945	151
1946	288
1947	258
1948	293
1949	474
1950	335
1951	388
1952	285
1953	431
1954	291
1955	433
1956	381
1957	449
1958	517
1959	280
1960	562
1961	525
1962	619
1963	417
1964	383
1965	258
1966	473
1967	935
1968	668
1969	746
1970	675
1971	385
1972	1,195
1973	656
1974	546
1975	879
1976	785
1977	593
1978	1,020
1979	604
1980	674
1981	850
1982	858
1983	942
1984	851
1985	729
1986	1,129
1987	611
1988	1,158
1989	981
1990	871
1991	872
1992	1,023
1993	1,053
1994	1,131
1995	1,128
1996	1,014
1997	1,251
1998	925
1999	1,632
2000	891
2001	1,120
2002	1,152
2003	617
2004	668
2005	834
2006	924
2007	1,052
2008	764
2009	845
2010	1,124
2011	777
2012	1,205
2013	866
2014	456
2015	1,384
2016	919
2017	496
2018	653
2019	528
2020	365
2021	789
2022	700
2023	627
2024	765
2025	737
2026	717

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Data for records on 1996-07-04: 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 50	720
50 to 100	5
100 to 150	0
150 to 200	0
200 to 250	1