Weather Records on 14 July 1996

1,038 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 14 July 1996. Highest significance: Lewiston, US.

Key Facts for 14 July 1996

On 14 July 1996, 1,038 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
485 were record highs and 187 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 10 were all-time records, 60 monthly and 968 daily.
Lewiston set a monthly record daily precipitation of 104.1 mm (4.1 in) on 14 July 1996.
Across 158 earlier years (1802 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 453 records.

Record Map

1,038 stations

1,038 station records on 14 July 1996 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 14 July 1996: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Lewiston	United States	Record daily precipitation	104.1 mm (4.1 in)	81 of 100 (Exceptional)
New Salem	United States	Record daily precipitation	110.7 mm (4.4 in)	75 of 100 (Major)
Newburyport	United States	Record daily precipitation	90.2 mm (3.6 in)	68 of 100 (Major)
Windham 3 E	United States	Record daily precipitation	99.3 mm (3.9 in)	66 of 100 (Major)
Berlin	United States	Record daily precipitation	65.0 mm (2.6 in)	63 of 100 (Major)
Gardiner	United States	Record daily precipitation	105.4 mm (4.1 in)	62 of 100 (Major)
Holyoke	United States	Record daily precipitation	96.5 mm (3.8 in)	62 of 100 (Major)
Cavendish	United States	Record daily precipitation	80.8 mm (3.2 in)	61 of 100 (Major)
Mahackala	Russia	Record low minimum temperature	11.0 C (51.8 F)	60 of 100 (Major)
Slide Mtn	United States	Record daily precipitation	103.6 mm (4.1 in)	56 of 100 (Notable)
Grand Lake Stream	United States	Record daily precipitation	76.2 mm (3.0 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Knightville Dam	United States	Record daily precipitation	98.6 mm (3.9 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Lawrence	United States	Record daily precipitation	66.0 mm (2.6 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Nalbarra	Australia	Record daily precipitation	31.2 mm (1.2 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Makkaur Fyr	Norway	Record daily precipitation	62.1 mm (2.4 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Lowell	United States	Record daily precipitation	84.1 mm (3.3 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Woonsocket	United States	Record daily precipitation	75.2 mm (3.0 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Peru	United States	Record daily precipitation	81.0 mm (3.2 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Kent	United States	Record high minimum temperature	23.3 C (73.9 F)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Bridgewater	United States	Record daily precipitation	72.4 mm (2.9 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Middle Dam	United States	Record daily precipitation	49.0 mm (1.9 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Chittenden	United States	Record daily precipitation	45.5 mm (1.8 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
South Newbury	United States	Record daily precipitation	57.2 mm (2.3 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Chelsea	United States	Record daily precipitation	57.7 mm (2.3 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Telchaquillo	Mexico	Record high minimum temperature	30.0 C (86.0 F)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Prattsville	United States	Record daily precipitation	83.6 mm (3.3 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Casa Grande Nm	United States	Record daily precipitation	41.9 mm (1.6 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Prospect 2 SW	United States	Record high minimum temperature	20.0 C (68.0 F)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Ft Bayard 4W	United States	Record daily precipitation	34.3 mm (1.4 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Orogrande	United States	Record daily precipitation	33.0 mm (1.3 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Evansville Rgnl AP	United States	Record daily precipitation	67.3 mm (2.6 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Bulls Brg Dam	United States	Record daily precipitation	102.4 mm (4.0 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Brassua Dam	United States	Record daily precipitation	57.4 mm (2.3 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Machias	United States	Record daily precipitation	66.3 mm (2.6 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Monroe 5 NNE	United States	Record daily precipitation	48.3 mm (1.9 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Bethel 4 N	United States	Record daily precipitation	50.3 mm (2.0 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Olga 2 SE	United States	Record high minimum temperature	17.2 C (63.0 F)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Mansfield 4 NW	United States	Record daily precipitation	76.2 mm (3.0 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Jonesboro	United States	Record daily precipitation	70.4 mm (2.8 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Madison	United States	Record daily precipitation	69.6 mm (2.7 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Keene	United States	Record daily precipitation	51.8 mm (2.0 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Northville	United States	Record daily precipitation	50.8 mm (2.0 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Holdenville 2SSE	United States	Record daily precipitation	95.5 mm (3.8 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Cordele	United States	Record daily precipitation	52.1 mm (2.1 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Corinna	United States	Record daily precipitation	82.0 mm (3.2 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
West Sand Lake 2 S	United States	Record daily precipitation	63.5 mm (2.5 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Searsburg STN	United States	Record daily precipitation	88.6 mm (3.5 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Arhangelsk	Russia	Record daily precipitation	37.5 mm (1.5 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Ansonia 1 NW	United States	Record daily precipitation	74.2 mm (2.9 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
1 WSW Princeton	United States	Record daily precipitation	47.0 mm (1.9 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Bridgton 3 NW	United States	Record daily precipitation	90.4 mm (3.6 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Moosehead	United States	Record daily precipitation	61.7 mm (2.4 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Orono	United States	Record daily precipitation	47.0 mm (1.9 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Jamaica Plain	United States	Record daily precipitation	58.9 mm (2.3 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Maynard 2	United States	Record daily precipitation	94.0 mm (3.7 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Melrose 1 NE	United States	Record daily precipitation	64.8 mm (2.6 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Clearwater	United States	Record high maximum temperature	32.8 C (91.0 F)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Biskra	Algeria	Record low minimum temperature	21.0 C (69.8 F)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Villa Chalcatongo (Cfe)	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	62.0 mm (2.4 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
West Hartford Nepp	United States	Record daily precipitation	83.8 mm (3.3 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)

Counts by Type and Timescale

1,038 records

Records set or tied on 14 July 1996 by type: Highest daily maximum 235, Lowest daily maximum 109, Highest daily minimum 250, Lowest daily minimum 78, Heaviest daily rainfall 366.

Records on 14 July 1996 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	235
Lowest daily maximum	109
Highest daily minimum	250
Lowest daily minimum	78
Heaviest daily rainfall	366
Heaviest daily snowfall	0
Deepest snow cover	0

Records on 14 July 1996 by timescale: all-time 10, monthly 60, daily 968.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

824 broken records

Margins by which the 824 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 108.0. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

14 July 1996

Top 20 records on 14 July 1996 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
14 July 1996	Lewiston, US	monthly rain	104.1 mm (4.1 in)	38.8 mm (1.5 in)	81 years	81 of 100 (Exceptional)
14 July 1996	New Salem, US	daily rain	110.7 mm (4.4 in)	49.2 mm (1.9 in)	98 years	75 of 100 (Major)
14 July 1996	Newburyport, US	monthly rain	90.2 mm (3.6 in)	20.6 mm (0.8 in)	101 years	68 of 100 (Major)
14 July 1996	Windham 3 E, US	monthly rain	99.3 mm (3.9 in)	34.3 mm (1.4 in)	41 years	66 of 100 (Major)
14 July 1996	Berlin, US	daily rain	65.0 mm (2.6 in)	28.7 mm (1.1 in)	62 years	63 of 100 (Major)
14 July 1996	Gardiner, US	daily rain	105.4 mm (4.1 in)	69.3 mm (2.7 in)	40 years	62 of 100 (Major)
14 July 1996	Holyoke, US	daily rain	96.5 mm (3.8 in)	52.0 mm (2.0 in)	48 years	62 of 100 (Major)
14 July 1996	Cavendish, US	daily rain	80.8 mm (3.2 in)	48.3 mm (1.9 in)	40 years	61 of 100 (Major)
14 July 1996	Mahackala, RU	daily low min	11.0 C (51.8 F)	4.8 C (8.6 F)	111 years	60 of 100 (Major)
14 July 1996	Slide Mtn, US	daily rain	103.6 mm (4.1 in)	66.0 mm (2.6 in)	40 years	56 of 100 (Notable)
14 July 1996	Grand Lake Stream, US	monthly rain	76.2 mm (3.0 in)	25.1 mm (1.0 in)	45 years	54 of 100 (Notable)
14 July 1996	Knightville Dam, US	monthly rain	98.6 mm (3.9 in)	36.4 mm (1.4 in)	35 years	54 of 100 (Notable)
14 July 1996	Lawrence, US	daily rain	66.0 mm (2.6 in)	26.4 mm (1.0 in)	78 years	54 of 100 (Notable)
14 July 1996	Nalbarra, AU	daily rain	31.2 mm (1.2 in)	20.5 mm (0.8 in)	33 years	53 of 100 (Notable)
14 July 1996	Makkaur Fyr, NO	all-time rain	62.1 mm (2.4 in)	14.6 mm (0.6 in)	6 years	53 of 100 (Notable)
14 July 1996	Lowell, US	daily rain	84.1 mm (3.3 in)	41.7 mm (1.6 in)	36 years	53 of 100 (Notable)
14 July 1996	Woonsocket, US	daily rain	75.2 mm (3.0 in)	42.2 mm (1.7 in)	48 years	53 of 100 (Notable)
14 July 1996	Peru, US	daily rain	81.0 mm (3.2 in)	41.1 mm (1.6 in)	40 years	53 of 100 (Notable)
14 July 1996	Kent, US	all-time high min	23.3 C (73.9 F)	2.2 C (4.0 F)	57 years	53 of 100 (Notable)
14 July 1996	Bridgewater, US	daily rain	72.4 mm (2.9 in)	46.0 mm (1.8 in)	29 years	52 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

1802 to 1996

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1802 to 1996. 1996 had 1,038 records.

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

Records on 07-14 in each year
Year	Records
1802	1
1808	1
1824	1
1832	1
1840	2
1845	1
1856	1
1860	2
1864	2
1866	1
1875	1
1876	4
1878	1
1879	1
1880	1
1883	3
1884	3
1885	1
1886	1
1887	1
1888	1
1889	2
1890	2
1891	1
1892	2
1893	3
1894	4
1895	7
1896	1
1897	2
1898	10
1899	6
1900	1
1901	2
1902	4
1903	21
1904	18
1905	11
1906	18
1907	13
1908	15
1909	7
1910	23
1911	28
1912	116
1913	21
1914	43
1915	17
1916	18
1917	55
1918	72
1919	44
1920	44
1921	105
1922	31
1923	127
1924	156
1925	138
1926	500
1927	212
1928	221
1929	87
1930	497
1931	430
1932	623
1933	378
1934	413
1935	278
1936	1,019
1937	282
1938	202
1939	367
1940	536
1941	548
1942	278
1943	364
1944	240
1945	466
1946	229
1947	379
1948	422
1949	436
1950	726
1951	335
1952	995
1953	518
1954	1,141
1955	1,058
1956	360
1957	368
1958	455
1959	349
1960	554
1961	441
1962	922
1963	535
1964	618
1965	256
1966	668
1967	1,124
1968	553
1969	595
1970	477
1971	436
1972	588
1973	652
1974	654
1975	1,054
1976	693
1977	544
1978	495
1979	559
1980	1,178
1981	708
1982	809
1983	930
1984	862
1985	720
1986	722
1987	1,035
1988	806
1989	640
1990	1,748
1991	860
1992	999
1993	1,432
1994	1,250
1995	1,459
1996	1,038
1997	723
1998	1,350
1999	1,536
2000	999
2001	870
2002	1,401
2003	1,037
2004	638
2005	758
2006	998
2007	862
2008	683
2009	920
2010	1,678
2011	1,093
2012	1,114
2013	539
2014	711
2015	622
2016	682
2017	674
2018	475
2019	415
2020	635
2021	788
2022	575
2023	724
2024	784
2025	756
2026	1,037

Download the Data

Data for records on 1996-07-14: 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	722
20 to 40	78
40 to 60	21
60 to 80	2
80 to 100	0
100 to 120	1