Weather Records on 10 July 1997

846 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 10 July 1997. Highest significance: Tarpon Spgs Sewage Plt, US.

Key Facts for 10 July 1997

On 10 July 1997, 846 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
261 were record highs and 375 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 10 were all-time records, 27 monthly and 809 daily.
Tarpon Spgs Sewage Plt set an all-time record high maximum temperature of 38.9 C (102.0 F) on 10 July 1997.
Across 173 earlier years (1793 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 410 records.

Record Map

846 stations

846 station records on 10 July 1997 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 10 July 1997: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Tarpon Spgs Sewage Plt	United States	Record high maximum temperature	38.9 C (102.0 F)	63 of 100 (Major)
Corinna	United States	Record daily precipitation	65.3 mm (2.6 in)	59 of 100 (Notable)
Belfast	United States	Record daily precipitation	47.0 mm (1.9 in)	58 of 100 (Notable)
Joseph	United States	Record daily precipitation	38.6 mm (1.5 in)	58 of 100 (Notable)
Zmeinogorsk	Russia	Record daily precipitation	50.1 mm (2.0 in)	55 of 100 (Notable)
Kumamoto	Japan	Record daily precipitation	252.0 mm (9.9 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Falls Village	United States	Record daily precipitation	44.7 mm (1.8 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Riggins	United States	Record daily precipitation	34.0 mm (1.3 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Hawi 168	United States	Record daily precipitation	37.3 mm (1.5 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Cakir	Russia	Record high maximum temperature	38.9 C (102.0 F)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Asosan	Japan	Record daily precipitation	274.1 mm (10.8 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Paveletz	Russia	Record daily precipitation	73.0 mm (2.9 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Upper Sandusky	United States	Record low maximum temperature	19.4 C (66.9 F)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Ayutla	Mexico	Record low minimum temperature	13.9 C (57.0 F)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Bucyrus	United States	Record low maximum temperature	19.4 C (66.9 F)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Cuatro Cienegas (Smn)	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	43.9 mm (1.7 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Columbus 3 NE	United States	Record daily precipitation	75.2 mm (3.0 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Narrowsburg 4 SE	United States	Record daily precipitation	43.2 mm (1.7 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Pomeroy	United States	Record low maximum temperature	20.0 C (68.0 F)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Motozintla (Smn)	Mexico	Record high maximum temperature	32.8 C (91.0 F)	43 of 100 (Notable)
West Hartford Nepp	United States	Record daily precipitation	77.7 mm (3.1 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Fenn Rs	United States	Record daily precipitation	34.3 mm (1.4 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Batesville	United States	Record daily precipitation	38.6 mm (1.5 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
W Pt	United States	Record low minimum temperature	7.8 C (46.0 F)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Warren 3 S	United States	Record low maximum temperature	19.4 C (66.9 F)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Rantoul	United States	Record low maximum temperature	21.7 C (71.1 F)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Ottawa 4SW	United States	Record low minimum temperature	8.3 C (46.9 F)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Shelbyville Sewage Plt	United States	Record low maximum temperature	22.8 C (73.0 F)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Heath	United States	Record daily precipitation	52.8 mm (2.1 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Penn Yan	United States	Record low maximum temperature	17.8 C (64.0 F)	42 of 100 (Notable)
San Simon	United States	Record low maximum temperature	31.7 C (89.1 F)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Water Valley	United States	Record daily precipitation	50.3 mm (2.0 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Tula	Russia	Record daily precipitation	66.0 mm (2.6 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Farmland 5 NNW	United States	Record low maximum temperature	20.0 C (68.0 F)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Plainville 4WNW	United States	Record daily precipitation	45.2 mm (1.8 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Holyoke	United States	Record daily precipitation	50.8 mm (2.0 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Lexington	United States	Record daily precipitation	72.4 mm (2.9 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Tiffin	United States	Record low maximum temperature	20.6 C (69.1 F)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Rocky Rvr Dam	United States	Record daily precipitation	112.5 mm (4.4 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Chesterfield	United States	Record daily precipitation	35.3 mm (1.4 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Massabesic Lake	United States	Record daily precipitation	41.7 mm (1.6 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Grants Pass	United States	Record low minimum temperature	4.4 C (39.9 F)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Joseph	United States	Record low maximum temperature	13.9 C (57.0 F)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Readsboro 1 SE	United States	Record daily precipitation	43.7 mm (1.7 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Hangzhou	China	Record daily precipitation	80.7 mm (3.2 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Palmerdale	United States	Record daily precipitation	85.1 mm (3.4 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Crystal Valley	United States	Record daily precipitation	70.4 mm (2.8 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Norfolk 2 SW	United States	Record daily precipitation	35.8 mm (1.4 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Grundy Ctr	United States	Record low maximum temperature	21.1 C (70.0 F)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Avon	United States	Record low maximum temperature	19.4 C (66.9 F)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Muskogee	United States	Record daily precipitation	90.2 mm (3.6 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Whitingham 1 W	United States	Record daily precipitation	46.2 mm (1.8 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Bulls Brg Dam	United States	Record daily precipitation	60.5 mm (2.4 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Charlotte	United States	Record low maximum temperature	21.7 C (71.1 F)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Greenville Wtp	United States	Record low maximum temperature	19.4 C (66.9 F)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Panther Junction	United States	Record daily precipitation	57.2 mm (2.3 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Minas Nuevas	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	68.3 mm (2.7 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Idrinskoe	Russia	Record daily precipitation	31.0 mm (1.2 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Gardnerville	United States	Record daily precipitation	40.1 mm (1.6 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Muren	Mongolia	Record high maximum temperature	36.9 C (98.4 F)	35 of 100 (Notable)

Counts by Type and Timescale

846 records

Records set or tied on 10 July 1997 by type: Highest daily maximum 117, Lowest daily maximum 202, Highest daily minimum 144, Lowest daily minimum 173, Heaviest daily rainfall 210.

Records on 10 July 1997 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	117
Lowest daily maximum	202
Highest daily minimum	144
Lowest daily minimum	173
Heaviest daily rainfall	210
Heaviest daily snowfall	0
Deepest snow cover	0

Records on 10 July 1997 by timescale: all-time 10, monthly 27, daily 809.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

619 broken records

Margins by which the 619 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 157.3. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

10 July 1997

Top 20 records on 10 July 1997 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
10 July 1997	Tarpon Spgs Sewage Plt, US	all-time high max	38.9 C (102.0 F)	1.1 C (2.0 F)	93 years	63 of 100 (Major)
10 July 1997	Corinna, US	daily rain	65.3 mm (2.6 in)	48.0 mm (1.9 in)	48 years	59 of 100 (Notable)
10 July 1997	Belfast, US	daily rain	47.0 mm (1.9 in)	25.9 mm (1.0 in)	95 years	58 of 100 (Notable)
10 July 1997	Joseph, US	monthly rain	38.6 mm (1.5 in)	7.9 mm (0.31 in)	83 years	58 of 100 (Notable)
10 July 1997	Zmeinogorsk, RU	daily rain	50.1 mm (2.0 in)	20.4 mm (0.8 in)	68 years	55 of 100 (Notable)
10 July 1997	Kumamoto, JP	daily rain	252.0 mm (9.9 in)	153.9 mm (6.1 in)	46 years	54 of 100 (Notable)
10 July 1997	Falls Village, US	daily rain	44.7 mm (1.8 in)	26.7 mm (1.1 in)	70 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
10 July 1997	Riggins, US	daily rain	34.0 mm (1.3 in)	17.7 mm (0.7 in)	42 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
10 July 1997	Hawi 168, US	daily rain	37.3 mm (1.5 in)	14.9 mm (0.6 in)	79 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
10 July 1997	Cakir, RU	all-time high max	38.9 C (102.0 F)	3.5 C (6.3 F)	50 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
10 July 1997	Asosan, JP	daily rain	274.1 mm (10.8 in)	157.3 mm (6.2 in)	46 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
10 July 1997	Paveletz, RU	daily rain	73.0 mm (2.9 in)	47.9 mm (1.9 in)	12 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
10 July 1997	Upper Sandusky, US	daily low max	19.4 C (66.9 F)	2.8 C (5.0 F)	101 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
10 July 1997	Ayutla, MX	daily low min	13.9 C (57.0 F)	3.9 C (7.0 F)	32 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
10 July 1997	Bucyrus, US	daily low max	19.4 C (66.9 F)	2.8 C (5.0 F)	98 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
10 July 1997	Cuatro Cienegas (Smn), MX	daily rain	43.9 mm (1.7 in)	28.2 mm (1.1 in)	47 years	44 of 100 (Notable)
10 July 1997	Columbus 3 NE, US	daily rain	75.2 mm (3.0 in)	32.3 mm (1.3 in)	39 years	44 of 100 (Notable)
10 July 1997	Narrowsburg 4 SE, US	daily rain	43.2 mm (1.7 in)	34.3 mm (1.4 in)	24 years	44 of 100 (Notable)
10 July 1997	Pomeroy, US	daily low max	20.0 C (68.0 F)	2.2 C (4.0 F)	103 years	44 of 100 (Notable)
10 July 1997	Motozintla (Smn), MX	daily high max	32.8 C (91.0 F)	2.8 C (5.0 F)	75 years	43 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 1997

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1793 to 1997. 1997 had 846 records.

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

Records on 07-10 in each year
Year	Records
1793	2
1805	1
1815	2
1826	1
1829	1
1835	1
1837	1
1839	1
1843	3
1845	1
1847	2
1849	1
1850	1
1851	1
1853	1
1856	1
1857	1
1859	1
1861	1
1864	1
1865	1
1866	1
1870	2
1871	2
1872	1
1874	4
1875	2
1876	3
1877	1
1878	1
1879	2
1880	2
1882	2
1884	1
1886	5
1887	1
1888	3
1889	2
1890	3
1891	4
1893	1
1894	3
1895	1
1896	5
1897	6
1898	4
1899	10
1900	4
1901	6
1902	12
1903	16
1904	25
1905	40
1906	4
1907	5
1908	7
1909	15
1910	25
1911	58
1912	29
1913	38
1914	48
1915	20
1916	56
1917	51
1918	36
1919	23
1920	29
1921	81
1922	67
1923	113
1924	66
1925	257
1926	321
1927	95
1928	102
1929	175
1930	540
1931	292
1932	355
1933	570
1934	327
1935	306
1936	1,338
1937	304
1938	151
1939	327
1940	398
1941	432
1942	628
1943	283
1944	478
1945	729
1946	467
1947	537
1948	367
1949	392
1950	680
1951	551
1952	814
1953	529
1954	684
1955	497
1956	434
1957	514
1958	402
1959	512
1960	451
1961	688
1962	456
1963	950
1964	368
1965	357
1966	512
1967	341
1968	598
1969	518
1970	464
1971	568
1972	447
1973	528
1974	871
1975	712
1976	724
1977	486
1978	1,076
1979	686
1980	1,113
1981	811
1982	602
1983	1,184
1984	962
1985	657
1986	686
1987	862
1988	1,024
1989	869
1990	820
1991	890
1992	864
1993	1,088
1994	864
1995	1,096
1996	1,604
1997	846
1998	1,259
1999	964
2000	889
2001	992
2002	1,336
2003	981
2004	621
2005	1,077
2006	920
2007	954
2008	874
2009	951
2010	1,509
2011	1,102
2012	1,015
2013	545
2014	660
2015	1,025
2016	859
2017	547
2018	554
2019	529
2020	775
2021	1,081
2022	691
2023	837
2024	1,576
2025	704
2026	472

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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	574
20 to 40	34
40 to 60	8
60 to 80	0
80 to 100	1
100 to 120	0
120 to 140	0
140 to 160	2