Weather Records on 16 July 1996

739 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 16 July 1996. Highest significance: Soloneshnoe, RU.

Key Facts for 16 July 1996

On 16 July 1996, 739 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
310 were record highs and 154 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 4 were all-time records, 32 monthly and 703 daily.
Soloneshnoe set an all-time record daily precipitation of 121.2 mm (4.8 in) on 16 July 1996.
Across 162 earlier years (1798 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 438 records.

Record Map

739 stations

739 station records on 16 July 1996 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 16 July 1996: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Soloneshnoe	Russia	Record daily precipitation	121.2 mm (4.8 in)	71 of 100 (Major)
Mount Florance	Australia	Record daily precipitation	30.0 mm (1.2 in)	68 of 100 (Major)
Kalkfontein	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	32.0 mm (1.3 in)	68 of 100 (Major)
Cape Naturaliste	Australia	Record daily precipitation	61.0 mm (2.4 in)	64 of 100 (Major)
Bochum	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	36.0 mm (1.4 in)	62 of 100 (Major)
Shache	China	Record daily precipitation	29.1 mm (1.1 in)	61 of 100 (Major)
Sioux City AP	United States	Record daily precipitation	114.6 mm (4.5 in)	60 of 100 (Major)
Red Bluff Dam	United States	Record daily precipitation	65.3 mm (2.6 in)	57 of 100 (Notable)
Zwartrandjes	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	28.0 mm (1.1 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Tshakhuma	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	40.0 mm (1.6 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Mount Stuart	Australia	Record daily precipitation	41.0 mm (1.6 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
La Fundicion (Cfe)	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	128.3 mm (5.1 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Lowville	United States	Record daily precipitation	54.1 mm (2.1 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Mulga Downs	Australia	Record daily precipitation	26.8 mm (1.1 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Nooitgedacht	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	30.0 mm (1.2 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Alta 1 NNW	United States	Record daily precipitation	29.5 mm (1.2 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Teziutlan	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	94.0 mm (3.7 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Island Park	United States	Record daily snowfall	7.6 cm (3.0 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Marlinton	United States	Record daily precipitation	38.1 mm (1.5 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Wyloo	Australia	Record daily precipitation	32.0 mm (1.3 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Boonville 4 SSW	United States	Record daily precipitation	73.7 mm (2.9 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Palmaryville	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	33.0 mm (1.3 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Stanton	United States	Record daily precipitation	36.6 mm (1.4 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Coolawanyah	Australia	Record daily precipitation	34.0 mm (1.3 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Una (Agr)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	25.0 mm (1.0 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Ft Bayard 4W	United States	Record low minimum temperature	11.1 C (52.0 F)	42 of 100 (Notable)
La Tuna 1 S	United States	Record daily precipitation	43.2 mm (1.7 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Villa Nora (Pol)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	53.5 mm (2.1 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Chipley	United States	Record low maximum temperature	25.0 C (77.0 F)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Wanakena Rngr School	United States	Record daily precipitation	65.0 mm (2.6 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
San Juan Acateno (Cfe)	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	143.3 mm (5.6 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Rubcovsk	Russia	Record daily precipitation	28.0 mm (1.1 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Flamingo Rs	United States	Record daily precipitation	61.0 mm (2.4 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Tres Piedras	United States	Record low minimum temperature	1.7 C (35.1 F)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Cayuga Lock #1	United States	Record daily precipitation	36.8 mm (1.4 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Pokrovskaja	Russia	Record daily precipitation	30.0 mm (1.2 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Cascade 20 SSE	United States	Record high minimum temperature	17.8 C (64.0 F)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Hamilton	United States	Record high minimum temperature	17.2 C (63.0 F)	37 of 100 (Notable)
La Estancia	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	87.1 mm (3.4 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Vale	United States	Record high minimum temperature	23.3 C (73.9 F)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Zhijiang	China	Record daily precipitation	171.7 mm (6.8 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Temilpa	Mexico	Record high maximum temperature	40.6 C (105.1 F)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Waterloo	United States	Record daily precipitation	31.8 mm (1.3 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Marble Bar Comparison	Australia	Record high minimum temperature	20.5 C (68.9 F)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Dzilam de Bravo	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	49.8 mm (2.0 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Demopolis L&D	United States	Record daily precipitation	46.7 mm (1.8 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Russellville	United States	Record low maximum temperature	23.3 C (73.9 F)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Okeene	United States	Record high minimum temperature	27.2 C (81.0 F)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Summit	United States	Record daily precipitation	29.0 mm (1.1 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Palizada	Mexico	Record high maximum temperature	38.9 C (102.0 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Hull	United Kingdom	Record low minimum temperature	7.7 C (45.9 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Simferopol	Ukraine	Record high maximum temperature	35.5 C (95.9 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Ai-Petri	Ukraine	Record high maximum temperature	26.9 C (80.4 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Yorktown Hts 1W	United States	Record daily precipitation	62.7 mm (2.5 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Morgantown L&D	United States	Record daily precipitation	48.0 mm (1.9 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Seward AP	United States	Record high maximum temperature	26.1 C (79.0 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Saint Paul Is AP	United States	Record high minimum temperature	8.3 C (46.9 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Boogardie	Australia	Record daily precipitation	35.1 mm (1.4 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Kandalaksa	Russia	Record low maximum temperature	10.7 C (51.3 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Sitka AP	United States	Record high maximum temperature	26.1 C (79.0 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

739 records

Records set or tied on 16 July 1996 by type: Highest daily maximum 110, Lowest daily maximum 81, Highest daily minimum 200, Lowest daily minimum 73, Heaviest daily rainfall 274, Heaviest daily snowfall 1.

Records on 16 July 1996 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	110
Lowest daily maximum	81
Highest daily minimum	200
Lowest daily minimum	73
Heaviest daily rainfall	274
Heaviest daily snowfall	1
Deepest snow cover	0

Records on 16 July 1996 by timescale: all-time 4, monthly 32, daily 703.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

549 broken records

Margins by which the 549 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 82.3. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

16 July 1996

Top 20 records on 16 July 1996 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
16 July 1996	Soloneshnoe, RU	all-time rain	121.2 mm (4.8 in)	50.8 mm (2.0 in)	25 years	71 of 100 (Major)
16 July 1996	Mount Florance, AU	daily rain	30.0 mm (1.2 in)	30.0 mm (1.2 in)	105 years	68 of 100 (Major)
16 July 1996	Kalkfontein, ZA	daily rain	32.0 mm (1.3 in)	32.0 mm (1.3 in)	90 years	68 of 100 (Major)
16 July 1996	Cape Naturaliste, AU	daily rain	61.0 mm (2.4 in)	29.5 mm (1.2 in)	70 years	64 of 100 (Major)
16 July 1996	Bochum, ZA	daily rain	36.0 mm (1.4 in)	36.0 mm (1.4 in)	67 years	62 of 100 (Major)
16 July 1996	Shache, CN	monthly rain	29.1 mm (1.1 in)	13.1 mm (0.5 in)	24 years	61 of 100 (Major)
16 July 1996	Sioux City AP, US	daily rain	114.6 mm (4.5 in)	81.8 mm (3.2 in)	51 years	60 of 100 (Major)
16 July 1996	Red Bluff Dam, US	daily rain	65.3 mm (2.6 in)	58.9 mm (2.3 in)	41 years	57 of 100 (Notable)
16 July 1996	Zwartrandjes, ZA	daily rain	28.0 mm (1.1 in)	24.0 mm (0.9 in)	35 years	54 of 100 (Notable)
16 July 1996	Tshakhuma, ZA	daily rain	40.0 mm (1.6 in)	27.8 mm (1.1 in)	81 years	54 of 100 (Notable)
16 July 1996	Mount Stuart, AU	daily rain	41.0 mm (1.6 in)	36.9 mm (1.5 in)	79 years	53 of 100 (Notable)
16 July 1996	La Fundicion (Cfe), MX	daily rain	128.3 mm (5.1 in)	82.3 mm (3.2 in)	36 years	53 of 100 (Notable)
16 July 1996	Lowville, US	daily rain	54.1 mm (2.1 in)	31.0 mm (1.2 in)	41 years	52 of 100 (Notable)
16 July 1996	Mulga Downs, AU	daily rain	26.8 mm (1.1 in)	24.3 mm (1.0 in)	79 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
16 July 1996	Nooitgedacht, ZA	daily rain	30.0 mm (1.2 in)	30.0 mm (1.2 in)	68 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
16 July 1996	Alta 1 NNW, US	daily rain	29.5 mm (1.2 in)	22.1 mm (0.9 in)	27 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
16 July 1996	Teziutlan, MX	daily rain	94.0 mm (3.7 in)	32.5 mm (1.3 in)	69 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
16 July 1996	Island Park, US	monthly snowfall	7.6 cm (3.0 in)	7.6 cm (3.0 in)	59 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
16 July 1996	Marlinton, US	daily rain	38.1 mm (1.5 in)	17.3 mm (0.7 in)	80 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
16 July 1996	Wyloo, AU	daily rain	32.0 mm (1.3 in)	30.7 mm (1.2 in)	57 years	47 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

1798 to 1996

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1798 to 1996. 1996 had 739 records.

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

Records on 07-16 in each year
Year	Records
1798	1
1801	1
1802	1
1808	1
1819	1
1829	1
1832	1
1833	1
1840	2
1845	1
1852	2
1862	1
1863	1
1865	3
1866	1
1868	2
1870	1
1871	1
1875	2
1876	2
1878	1
1879	2
1880	1
1881	2
1883	4
1886	1
1887	2
1888	2
1890	5
1891	2
1892	5
1894	6
1896	1
1897	2
1898	2
1899	2
1900	5
1901	9
1902	2
1903	18
1904	20
1905	4
1906	23
1907	7
1908	21
1909	17
1910	9
1911	24
1912	28
1913	23
1914	53
1915	41
1916	39
1917	90
1918	18
1919	56
1920	46
1921	66
1922	303
1923	180
1924	75
1925	179
1926	295
1927	170
1928	405
1929	192
1930	402
1931	527
1932	446
1933	224
1934	432
1935	284
1936	715
1937	307
1938	213
1939	599
1940	255
1941	363
1942	321
1943	297
1944	193
1945	702
1946	454
1947	568
1948	259
1949	417
1950	542
1951	537
1952	560
1953	366
1954	592
1955	548
1956	417
1957	221
1958	1,270
1959	341
1960	329
1961	402
1962	538
1963	251
1964	341
1965	437
1966	415
1967	1,067
1968	788
1969	702
1970	674
1971	766
1972	641
1973	880
1974	666
1975	742
1976	840
1977	829
1978	1,095
1979	543
1980	1,457
1981	569
1982	985
1983	1,362
1984	937
1985	528
1986	845
1987	916
1988	1,306
1989	1,074
1990	955
1991	627
1992	943
1993	1,053
1994	730
1995	929
1996	739
1997	707
1998	1,051
1999	998
2000	1,207
2001	1,073
2002	1,029
2003	1,492
2004	724
2005	1,023
2006	1,527
2007	1,186
2008	669
2009	839
2010	927
2011	1,221
2012	829
2013	853
2014	1,448
2015	605
2016	706
2017	419
2018	694
2019	476
2020	464
2021	661
2022	538
2023	1,150
2024	938
2025	764
2026	727

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Data for records on 1996-07-16: 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	503
20 to 40	38
40 to 60	5
60 to 80	1
80 to 100	2