Weather Records on 7 July 1996

1,218 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 7 July 1996. Highest significance: Concordia (Bos), ZA.

Key Facts for 7 July 1996

On 7 July 1996, 1,218 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
597 were record highs and 210 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 14 were all-time records, 51 monthly and 1,153 daily.
Concordia (Bos) set a daily record precipitation of 54.0 mm (2.1 in) on 7 July 1996.
Across 165 earlier years (1793 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 427 records.

Record Map

1,218 stations

1,218 station records on 7 July 1996 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 7 July 1996: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Concordia (Bos)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	54.0 mm (2.1 in)	65 of 100 (Major)
Mkambati	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	118.2 mm (4.7 in)	64 of 100 (Major)
Frasers	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	75.4 mm (3.0 in)	64 of 100 (Major)
Ebor (Wongwibinda)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	64.0 mm (2.5 in)	62 of 100 (Major)
Schlusselfeld (Klaranlage)	Germany	Record daily precipitation	41.3 mm (1.6 in)	61 of 100 (Major)
Zapotitlan Salinas (Smn)	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	74.9 mm (2.9 in)	59 of 100 (Notable)
Ewa Plantation 741	United States	Record daily precipitation	35.6 mm (1.4 in)	59 of 100 (Notable)
Basel Binningen	Switzerland	Record daily precipitation	56.4 mm (2.2 in)	58 of 100 (Notable)
Blackburn	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	75.0 mm (3.0 in)	57 of 100 (Notable)
Bamberg	Germany	Record daily precipitation	53.7 mm (2.1 in)	56 of 100 (Notable)
Eureka	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	154.0 mm (6.1 in)	56 of 100 (Notable)
Moorside	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	25.3 mm (1.0 in)	56 of 100 (Notable)
The Valleys	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	58.0 mm (2.3 in)	55 of 100 (Notable)
Odendaalsrus	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	36.5 mm (1.4 in)	55 of 100 (Notable)
Pokegama Dam	United States	Record daily precipitation	54.6 mm (2.1 in)	55 of 100 (Notable)
Basel-Mulhouse	France	Record daily precipitation	49.7 mm (2.0 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Neustadt/Aisch	Germany	Record daily precipitation	49.6 mm (2.0 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
McLeods Creek	Australia	Record daily precipitation	70.0 mm (2.8 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Bad Liebenzell	Germany	Record daily precipitation	56.5 mm (2.2 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Tsolo	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	54.5 mm (2.1 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Windy Hill No.2	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	69.0 mm (2.7 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Hope Vale	Australia	Record daily precipitation	31.5 mm (1.2 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Kuusamo Nissinvaara	Finland	Record daily precipitation	37.4 mm (1.5 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Kaisersbach-Cronhutte	Germany	Record daily precipitation	40.5 mm (1.6 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Bad Lobenstein	Germany	Record daily precipitation	46.9 mm (1.8 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Gingindlovu	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	70.0 mm (2.8 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Mtunzini	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	82.5 mm (3.2 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Fayette	United States	Record daily precipitation	69.9 mm (2.8 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Usher Twr	United States	Record daily precipitation	112.3 mm (4.4 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Villingen-Schwenningen	Germany	Record daily precipitation	43.3 mm (1.7 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Jerecuaro	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	45.0 mm (1.8 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Telchaquillo	Mexico	Record high minimum temperature	31.7 C (89.1 F)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Flitwick Grange	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	40.0 mm (1.6 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Durban-Botanical Gardens	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	92.0 mm (3.6 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Wesselsbron (Mun)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	27.0 mm (1.1 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Sutherland	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	52.0 mm (2.0 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Pelion 0.8 NW	United States	Record daily precipitation	86.4 mm (3.4 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Sulphur Springs	United States	Record high minimum temperature	26.1 C (79.0 F)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Hays 1 S	United States	Record daily precipitation	45.0 mm (1.8 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
The Meadows	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	30.0 mm (1.2 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Mapumulo (Tnk)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	48.9 mm (1.9 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Watonga	United States	Record high minimum temperature	30.0 C (86.0 F)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Bad-Calmbach Wildbad	Germany	Record daily precipitation	53.6 mm (2.1 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Glen Eland	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	54.0 mm (2.1 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Geneve Cointrin	Switzerland	Record daily precipitation	55.4 mm (2.2 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Tbilisi	Georgia	Record low minimum temperature	10.4 C (50.7 F)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Suchixtlahuaca -Quiotep-	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	199.9 mm (7.9 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Kranskop (Tnk)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	40.0 mm (1.6 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Independence	United States	Record high maximum temperature	42.8 C (109.0 F)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Kuusamo Maanselka Kurkijarvi	Finland	Record daily precipitation	37.0 mm (1.5 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Sawoti	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	56.6 mm (2.2 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Doornkop	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	74.0 mm (2.9 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Diredawa	Ethiopia	Record daily precipitation	36.1 mm (1.4 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Renningen-Ihinger Hof	Germany	Record daily precipitation	41.8 mm (1.6 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Mullheim	Germany	Record daily precipitation	61.8 mm (2.4 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Bulwer (Tnk)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	35.0 mm (1.4 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Experiment Station	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	88.6 mm (3.5 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Springerville	United States	Record daily precipitation	42.4 mm (1.7 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
N Loup	United States	Record daily precipitation	45.7 mm (1.8 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Cairns Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	25.9 mm (1.0 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)

Counts by Type and Timescale

1,218 records

Records set or tied on 7 July 1996 by type: Highest daily maximum 272, Lowest daily maximum 93, Highest daily minimum 325, Lowest daily minimum 117, Heaviest daily rainfall 411.

Records on 7 July 1996 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	272
Lowest daily maximum	93
Highest daily minimum	325
Lowest daily minimum	117
Heaviest daily rainfall	411
Heaviest daily snowfall	0
Deepest snow cover	0

Records on 7 July 1996 by timescale: all-time 14, monthly 51, daily 1,153.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

864 broken records

Margins by which the 864 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 159.0. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

7 July 1996

Top 20 records on 7 July 1996 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
7 July 1996	Concordia (Bos), ZA	daily rain	54.0 mm (2.1 in)	35.2 mm (1.4 in)	85 years	65 of 100 (Major)
7 July 1996	Mkambati, ZA	daily rain	118.2 mm (4.7 in)	106.3 mm (4.2 in)	57 years	64 of 100 (Major)
7 July 1996	Frasers, ZA	daily rain	75.4 mm (3.0 in)	65.5 mm (2.6 in)	61 years	64 of 100 (Major)
7 July 1996	Ebor (Wongwibinda), AU	daily rain	64.0 mm (2.5 in)	51.0 mm (2.0 in)	40 years	62 of 100 (Major)
7 July 1996	Schlusselfeld (Klaranlage), DE	daily rain	41.3 mm (1.6 in)	32.1 mm (1.3 in)	54 years	61 of 100 (Major)
7 July 1996	Zapotitlan Salinas (Smn), MX	monthly rain	74.9 mm (2.9 in)	26.1 mm (1.0 in)	47 years	59 of 100 (Notable)
7 July 1996	Ewa Plantation 741, US	daily rain	35.6 mm (1.4 in)	28.5 mm (1.1 in)	36 years	59 of 100 (Notable)
7 July 1996	Basel Binningen, CH	daily rain	56.4 mm (2.2 in)	27.3 mm (1.1 in)	56 years	58 of 100 (Notable)
7 July 1996	Blackburn, ZA	daily rain	75.0 mm (3.0 in)	45.8 mm (1.8 in)	61 years	57 of 100 (Notable)
7 July 1996	Bamberg, DE	daily rain	53.7 mm (2.1 in)	15.7 mm (0.6 in)	70 years	56 of 100 (Notable)
7 July 1996	Eureka, ZA	monthly rain	154.0 mm (6.1 in)	95.0 mm (3.7 in)	1 year	56 of 100 (Notable)
7 July 1996	Moorside, ZA	daily rain	25.3 mm (1.0 in)	25.3 mm (1.0 in)	82 years	56 of 100 (Notable)
7 July 1996	The Valleys, ZA	daily rain	58.0 mm (2.3 in)	50.6 mm (2.0 in)	58 years	55 of 100 (Notable)
7 July 1996	Odendaalsrus, ZA	daily rain	36.5 mm (1.4 in)	26.3 mm (1.0 in)	45 years	55 of 100 (Notable)
7 July 1996	Pokegama Dam, US	daily rain	54.6 mm (2.1 in)	23.1 mm (0.9 in)	93 years	55 of 100 (Notable)
7 July 1996	Basel-Mulhouse, FR	daily rain	49.7 mm (2.0 in)	30.0 mm (1.2 in)	31 years	54 of 100 (Notable)
7 July 1996	Neustadt/Aisch, DE	daily rain	49.6 mm (2.0 in)	33.6 mm (1.3 in)	33 years	54 of 100 (Notable)
7 July 1996	McLeods Creek, AU	daily rain	70.0 mm (2.8 in)	44.1 mm (1.7 in)	32 years	53 of 100 (Notable)
7 July 1996	Bad Liebenzell, DE	daily rain	56.5 mm (2.2 in)	40.0 mm (1.6 in)	28 years	53 of 100 (Notable)
7 July 1996	Tsolo, ZA	daily rain	54.5 mm (2.1 in)	40.5 mm (1.6 in)	64 years	53 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 1996

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1793 to 1996. 1996 had 1,218 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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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	794
20 to 40	51
40 to 60	12
60 to 80	4
80 to 100	1
100 to 120	1
120 to 140	0
140 to 160	1