Weather Records on 9 July 1996

1,690 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 9 July 1996. Highest significance: Linkoeping-Malmslaett, SE.

Key Facts for 9 July 1996

On 9 July 1996, 1,690 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
609 were record highs and 589 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 13 were all-time records, 55 monthly and 1,622 daily.
Linkoeping-Malmslaett set a daily record precipitation of 70.4 mm (2.8 in) on 9 July 1996.
Across 162 earlier years (1793 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 436 records.

Record Map

1,690 stations

1,690 station records on 9 July 1996 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 9 July 1996: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Linkoeping-Malmslaett	Sweden	Record daily precipitation	70.4 mm (2.8 in)	74 of 100 (Major)
Ft Valley	United States	Record daily precipitation	51.6 mm (2.0 in)	71 of 100 (Major)
Ventspils	Latvia	Record daily precipitation	113.0 mm (4.4 in)	70 of 100 (Major)
Bulwer (Tnk)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	68.7 mm (2.7 in)	65 of 100 (Major)
Federal Pt	United States	Record high minimum temperature	30.0 C (86.0 F)	65 of 100 (Major)
Memphis	United States	Record daily precipitation	74.7 mm (2.9 in)	60 of 100 (Major)
Huskvarna	Sweden	Record daily precipitation	44.0 mm (1.7 in)	59 of 100 (Notable)
Vimmerby	Sweden	Record daily precipitation	44.9 mm (1.8 in)	57 of 100 (Notable)
Higgins	United States	Record daily precipitation	76.2 mm (3.0 in)	57 of 100 (Notable)
Aibonito 1 S	Puerto Rico [United States]	Record daily precipitation	86.4 mm (3.4 in)	56 of 100 (Notable)
Hassleby	Sweden	Record daily precipitation	38.0 mm (1.5 in)	56 of 100 (Notable)
Toraliden	Sweden	Record daily precipitation	46.5 mm (1.8 in)	55 of 100 (Notable)
Ramsjoholm	Sweden	Record daily precipitation	53.0 mm (2.1 in)	55 of 100 (Notable)
Skovde	Sweden	Record daily precipitation	42.0 mm (1.7 in)	55 of 100 (Notable)
Vadstena	Sweden	Record daily precipitation	56.4 mm (2.2 in)	55 of 100 (Notable)
Varkaus Kapykangas	Finland	Record daily precipitation	50.0 mm (2.0 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Oskarshamn	Sweden	Record daily precipitation	38.6 mm (1.5 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Nyabyberg	Sweden	Record daily precipitation	41.5 mm (1.6 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Varne	Sweden	Record daily precipitation	47.3 mm (1.9 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Morgan City	United States	Record daily precipitation	76.2 mm (3.0 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Navelsjo	Sweden	Record daily precipitation	46.0 mm (1.8 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Forserum	Sweden	Record daily precipitation	46.5 mm (1.8 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Siilinjarvi Kuopion Lentoasema	Finland	Record daily precipitation	43.5 mm (1.7 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Miyakejima	Japan	Record daily precipitation	189.0 mm (7.4 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Coden	United States	Record daily precipitation	134.6 mm (5.3 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Juuka Niemela	Finland	Record daily precipitation	46.4 mm (1.8 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Telchaquillo	Mexico	Record high minimum temperature	31.7 C (89.1 F)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Vittangi	Sweden	Record daily precipitation	30.8 mm (1.2 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Vaexjoe	Sweden	Record daily precipitation	31.0 mm (1.2 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Rorvik_D	Sweden	Record daily precipitation	33.2 mm (1.3 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Korsberga	Sweden	Record daily precipitation	54.8 mm (2.2 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Helsinki Kaisaniemi AWS	Finland	Record daily precipitation	50.0 mm (2.0 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Mayaguez City	Puerto Rico [United States]	Record low maximum temperature	28.9 C (84.0 F)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Odeshog	Sweden	Record daily precipitation	57.7 mm (2.3 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Remningstorp	Sweden	Record daily precipitation	38.2 mm (1.5 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Yuma	United States	Record low maximum temperature	17.2 C (63.0 F)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Hart 3 WSW	United States	Record low maximum temperature	17.8 C (64.0 F)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Canadian	United States	Record daily precipitation	38.6 mm (1.5 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Hausjarvi Lavinto	Finland	Record daily precipitation	38.5 mm (1.5 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Hameenlinna Lammi Pappila	Finland	Record daily precipitation	43.7 mm (1.7 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Nilsia Pieksa	Finland	Record daily precipitation	48.6 mm (1.9 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Arecibo 3 ESE	Puerto Rico [United States]	Record daily precipitation	50.8 mm (2.0 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Gurabo Substn	Puerto Rico [United States]	Record low minimum temperature	12.8 C (55.0 F)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Kamennaja-Step	Russia	Record high minimum temperature	23.9 C (75.0 F)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Konga	Sweden	Record daily precipitation	39.2 mm (1.5 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Galva	United States	Record low minimum temperature	7.2 C (45.0 F)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Simrishamn	Sweden	Record daily precipitation	31.0 mm (1.2 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Svinhult_D	Sweden	Record daily precipitation	54.6 mm (2.1 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Kisa_D	Sweden	Record daily precipitation	59.2 mm (2.3 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Ulrika	Sweden	Record daily precipitation	77.5 mm (3.1 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Karlsborg_Mo	Sweden	Record daily precipitation	32.8 mm (1.3 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Eads	United States	Record low maximum temperature	17.8 C (64.0 F)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Buffalo Bill Dam	United States	Record low minimum temperature	4.4 C (39.9 F)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Carrarang	Australia	Record daily precipitation	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Nokia Tottijarvi	Finland	Record daily precipitation	33.3 mm (1.3 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Hyvinkaa Hyvinkaankyla	Finland	Record daily precipitation	38.8 mm (1.5 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Tuulos Teuro	Finland	Record daily precipitation	41.5 mm (1.6 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Malilla	Sweden	Record daily precipitation	41.1 mm (1.6 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Marviken	Sweden	Record daily precipitation	41.6 mm (1.6 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Risinge	Sweden	Record daily precipitation	40.7 mm (1.6 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)

Counts by Type and Timescale

1,690 records

Records set or tied on 9 July 1996 by type: Highest daily maximum 263, Lowest daily maximum 356, Highest daily minimum 346, Lowest daily minimum 233, Heaviest daily rainfall 492.

Records on 9 July 1996 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	263
Lowest daily maximum	356
Highest daily minimum	346
Lowest daily minimum	233
Heaviest daily rainfall	492
Heaviest daily snowfall	0
Deepest snow cover	0

Records on 9 July 1996 by timescale: all-time 13, monthly 55, daily 1,622.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

1,277 broken records

Margins by which the 1,277 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 123.0. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

9 July 1996

Top 20 records on 9 July 1996 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
9 July 1996	Linkoeping-Malmslaett, SE	daily rain	70.4 mm (2.8 in)	36.9 mm (1.5 in)	83 years	74 of 100 (Major)
9 July 1996	Ft Valley, US	daily rain	51.6 mm (2.0 in)	31.3 mm (1.2 in)	80 years	71 of 100 (Major)
9 July 1996	Ventspils, LV	all-time rain	113.0 mm (4.4 in)	33.0 mm (1.3 in)	2 years	70 of 100 (Major)
9 July 1996	Bulwer (Tnk), ZA	daily rain	68.7 mm (2.7 in)	64.1 mm (2.5 in)	63 years	65 of 100 (Major)
9 July 1996	Federal Pt, US	all-time high min	30.0 C (86.0 F)	1.7 C (3.1 F)	77 years	65 of 100 (Major)
9 July 1996	Memphis, US	daily rain	74.7 mm (2.9 in)	47.3 mm (1.9 in)	47 years	60 of 100 (Major)
9 July 1996	Huskvarna, SE	daily rain	44.0 mm (1.7 in)	29.0 mm (1.1 in)	49 years	59 of 100 (Notable)
9 July 1996	Vimmerby, SE	daily rain	44.9 mm (1.8 in)	26.0 mm (1.0 in)	49 years	57 of 100 (Notable)
9 July 1996	Higgins, US	daily rain	76.2 mm (3.0 in)	63.2 mm (2.5 in)	29 years	57 of 100 (Notable)
9 July 1996	Aibonito 1 S, PR	daily rain	86.4 mm (3.4 in)	65.8 mm (2.6 in)	26 years	56 of 100 (Notable)
9 July 1996	Hassleby, SE	daily rain	38.0 mm (1.5 in)	26.4 mm (1.0 in)	36 years	56 of 100 (Notable)
9 July 1996	Toraliden, SE	daily rain	46.5 mm (1.8 in)	27.4 mm (1.1 in)	34 years	55 of 100 (Notable)
9 July 1996	Ramsjoholm, SE	daily rain	53.0 mm (2.1 in)	33.0 mm (1.3 in)	36 years	55 of 100 (Notable)
9 July 1996	Skovde, SE	daily rain	42.0 mm (1.7 in)	28.7 mm (1.1 in)	36 years	55 of 100 (Notable)
9 July 1996	Vadstena, SE	daily rain	56.4 mm (2.2 in)	44.6 mm (1.8 in)	35 years	55 of 100 (Notable)
9 July 1996	Varkaus Kapykangas, FI	monthly rain	50.0 mm (2.0 in)	18.1 mm (0.7 in)	30 years	54 of 100 (Notable)
9 July 1996	Oskarshamn, SE	daily rain	38.6 mm (1.5 in)	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	36 years	54 of 100 (Notable)
9 July 1996	Nyabyberg, SE	daily rain	41.5 mm (1.6 in)	24.9 mm (1.0 in)	36 years	54 of 100 (Notable)
9 July 1996	Varne, SE	daily rain	47.3 mm (1.9 in)	24.8 mm (1.0 in)	46 years	54 of 100 (Notable)
9 July 1996	Morgan City, US	daily rain	76.2 mm (3.0 in)	38.1 mm (1.5 in)	85 years	54 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 1,690 records.

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

Records on 07-09 in each year
Year	Records
1793	1
1815	3
1826	1
1828	2
1837	1
1845	2
1847	1
1852	1
1856	1
1859	1
1860	1
1861	1
1865	1
1867	4
1868	1
1870	2
1871	1
1873	1
1874	2
1875	1
1876	4
1879	1
1886	3
1887	2
1888	4
1889	1
1890	2
1891	3
1892	3
1893	3
1894	3
1895	2
1896	4
1897	2
1898	4
1899	5
1900	10
1901	10
1902	8
1903	15
1904	31
1905	28
1906	4
1907	10
1908	16
1909	16
1910	19
1911	26
1912	28
1913	42
1914	54
1915	42
1916	43
1917	19
1918	60
1919	33
1920	28
1921	73
1922	145
1923	90
1924	140
1925	135
1926	242
1927	123
1928	115
1929	250
1930	436
1931	202
1932	216
1933	444
1934	339
1935	433
1936	1,128
1937	274
1938	196
1939	345
1940	319
1941	273
1942	324
1943	252
1944	415
1945	371
1946	436
1947	684
1948	377
1949	433
1950	522
1951	502
1952	694
1953	450
1954	479
1955	513
1956	438
1957	385
1958	472
1959	483
1960	332
1961	564
1962	253
1963	1,029
1964	425
1965	444
1966	428
1967	216
1968	645
1969	619
1970	471
1971	406
1972	606
1973	588
1974	1,013
1975	567
1976	740
1977	617
1978	882
1979	721
1980	970
1981	1,009
1982	598
1983	1,039
1984	783
1985	1,228
1986	843
1987	882
1988	1,109
1989	965
1990	770
1991	1,295
1992	1,126
1993	1,454
1994	1,151
1995	939
1996	1,690
1997	930
1998	1,403
1999	952
2000	1,055
2001	965
2002	1,127
2003	906
2004	824
2005	1,373
2006	965
2007	949
2008	1,188
2009	1,165
2010	1,477
2011	1,047
2012	904
2013	478
2014	806
2015	1,221
2016	631
2017	638
2018	555
2019	602
2020	614
2021	1,198
2022	674
2023	833
2024	1,530
2025	696
2026	508

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Data for records on 1996-07-09: 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	1,179
20 to 40	80
40 to 60	12
60 to 80	4
80 to 100	1
100 to 120	0
120 to 140	1