Weather Records on 8 July 1999

816 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 8 July 1999. Highest significance: Vorkuta, RU.

Key Facts for 8 July 1999

On 8 July 1999, 816 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
375 were record highs and 214 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 9 were all-time records, 29 monthly and 778 daily.
Vorkuta set an all-time record daily precipitation of 123.4 mm (4.9 in) on 8 July 1999.
Across 159 earlier years (1793 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 443 records.

Record Map

816 stations

816 station records on 8 July 1999 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 8 July 1999: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Vorkuta	Russia	Record daily precipitation	123.4 mm (4.9 in)	72 of 100 (Major)
Hart 3 WSW	United States	Record daily precipitation	73.7 mm (2.9 in)	68 of 100 (Major)
Santaquin Chlorinator	United States	Record daily precipitation	30.5 mm (1.2 in)	62 of 100 (Major)
Powhatan	United States	Record daily precipitation	60.7 mm (2.4 in)	57 of 100 (Notable)
Westcliffe	United States	Record daily precipitation	38.4 mm (1.5 in)	56 of 100 (Notable)
Shields	United States	Record daily precipitation	55.9 mm (2.2 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Hague	United States	Record daily precipitation	87.6 mm (3.4 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Sharon	United States	Record daily precipitation	45.7 mm (1.8 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Pollock	United States	Record daily precipitation	55.9 mm (2.2 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Culbertson	United States	Record daily precipitation	40.6 mm (1.6 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Roseau	United States	Record low maximum temperature	16.1 C (61.0 F)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Jeddo 3S	United States	Record daily precipitation	73.7 mm (2.9 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
McCarran Intl AP	United States	Record daily precipitation	32.8 mm (1.3 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Mancos 1SW	United States	Record daily precipitation	27.7 mm (1.1 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Arrowrock Dam	United States	Record low minimum temperature	2.8 C (37.0 F)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Eureka	United States	Record daily precipitation	56.9 mm (2.2 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Rest Lake	United States	Record daily precipitation	83.8 mm (3.3 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Superior	United States	Record daily precipitation	38.6 mm (1.5 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Pleasant Valley	United States	Record daily precipitation	40.6 mm (1.6 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Logansport	United States	Record daily precipitation	41.9 mm (1.6 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Johnson Rch	United States	Record daily precipitation	59.4 mm (2.3 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Presa Taxhimay	Mexico	Record high minimum temperature	17.8 C (64.0 F)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Velikie Luki	Russia	Record high minimum temperature	18.7 C (65.7 F)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Gunlock Ph	United States	Record daily precipitation	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Minatitlan	Mexico	Record low maximum temperature	18.3 C (64.9 F)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Santiago Zautla (Cfe)	Mexico	Record high maximum temperature	33.9 C (93.0 F)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Rifle	United States	Record high minimum temperature	17.8 C (64.0 F)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Sparta 3.5 SSW	United States	Record daily precipitation	69.6 mm (2.7 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Rhinelander	United States	Record daily precipitation	98.0 mm (3.9 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Beaver Creek	United States	Record daily precipitation	33.3 mm (1.3 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Lamar	United States	Record high minimum temperature	22.2 C (72.0 F)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Clarksville 2NE	United States	Record daily precipitation	57.4 mm (2.3 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Miracatu	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	40.4 mm (1.6 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Lindong	China	Record daily precipitation	71.7 mm (2.8 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Manati 2 E	Puerto Rico [United States]	Record high minimum temperature	25.0 C (77.0 F)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Ft Collins	United States	Record high minimum temperature	20.0 C (68.0 F)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Grand Ecore	United States	Record daily precipitation	35.6 mm (1.4 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
John H Kerr Dam	United States	Record daily precipitation	114.3 mm (4.5 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Minsk	Belarus	Record high minimum temperature	18.7 C (65.7 F)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Poltava	Ukraine	Record high maximum temperature	35.8 C (96.4 F)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Pine Bluff	United States	Record daily precipitation	38.1 mm (1.5 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Moscow U of I	United States	Record low minimum temperature	3.3 C (37.9 F)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Ellendale	United States	Record daily precipitation	66.0 mm (2.6 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Mogilev	Belarus	Record high minimum temperature	20.2 C (68.4 F)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Isabela Substn	Puerto Rico [United States]	Record high minimum temperature	24.4 C (75.9 F)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Mayaguez City	Puerto Rico [United States]	Record high minimum temperature	23.9 C (75.0 F)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Medicine Lake 3 SE	United States	Record daily precipitation	38.1 mm (1.5 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Cando 1E	United States	Record daily precipitation	28.4 mm (1.1 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Westhope	United States	Record daily precipitation	34.3 mm (1.4 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Khmelnytskyi	Ukraine	Record high minimum temperature	20.1 C (68.2 F)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Opheim 10 N	United States	Record daily precipitation	41.9 mm (1.6 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Grenville	United States	Record high minimum temperature	20.6 C (69.1 F)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Lemmon	United States	Record daily precipitation	32.5 mm (1.3 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Vinnytsia	Ukraine	Record high minimum temperature	21.4 C (70.5 F)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Sandpoint Exp STN	United States	Record low minimum temperature	1.7 C (35.1 F)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Tuba City	United States	Record daily precipitation	26.4 mm (1.0 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Forman 5 SSE	United States	Record daily precipitation	52.1 mm (2.1 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Sherwood	United States	Record daily precipitation	41.9 mm (1.6 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Tagus	United States	Record daily precipitation	36.3 mm (1.4 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Orsha	Belarus	Record high minimum temperature	19.9 C (67.8 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

816 records

Records set or tied on 8 July 1999 by type: Highest daily maximum 136, Lowest daily maximum 82, Highest daily minimum 239, Lowest daily minimum 132, Heaviest daily rainfall 226, Deepest snow cover 1.

Records on 8 July 1999 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	136
Lowest daily maximum	82
Highest daily minimum	239
Lowest daily minimum	132
Heaviest daily rainfall	226
Heaviest daily snowfall	0
Deepest snow cover	1

Records on 8 July 1999 by timescale: all-time 9, monthly 29, daily 778.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

628 broken records

Margins by which the 628 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 68.3. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

8 July 1999

Top 20 records on 8 July 1999 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
8 July 1999	Vorkuta, RU	all-time rain	123.4 mm (4.9 in)	68.3 mm (2.7 in)	23 years	72 of 100 (Major)
8 July 1999	Hart 3 WSW, US	daily rain	73.7 mm (2.9 in)	42.7 mm (1.7 in)	77 years	68 of 100 (Major)
8 July 1999	Santaquin Chlorinator, US	daily rain	30.5 mm (1.2 in)	25.2 mm (1.0 in)	48 years	62 of 100 (Major)
8 July 1999	Powhatan, US	daily rain	60.7 mm (2.4 in)	43.4 mm (1.7 in)	72 years	57 of 100 (Notable)
8 July 1999	Westcliffe, US	daily rain	38.4 mm (1.5 in)	12.0 mm (0.5 in)	101 years	56 of 100 (Notable)
8 July 1999	Shields, US	daily rain	55.9 mm (2.2 in)	38.6 mm (1.5 in)	33 years	54 of 100 (Notable)
8 July 1999	Hague, US	daily rain	87.6 mm (3.4 in)	67.3 mm (2.6 in)	29 years	53 of 100 (Notable)
8 July 1999	Sharon, US	daily rain	45.7 mm (1.8 in)	28.4 mm (1.1 in)	70 years	53 of 100 (Notable)
8 July 1999	Pollock, US	daily rain	55.9 mm (2.2 in)	36.8 mm (1.4 in)	29 years	52 of 100 (Notable)
8 July 1999	Culbertson, US	daily rain	40.6 mm (1.6 in)	16.7 mm (0.7 in)	76 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
8 July 1999	Roseau, US	daily low max	16.1 C (61.0 F)	2.8 C (5.0 F)	103 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
8 July 1999	Jeddo 3S, US	daily rain	73.7 mm (2.9 in)	58.2 mm (2.3 in)	25 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
8 July 1999	McCarran Intl AP, US	daily rain	32.8 mm (1.3 in)	32.0 mm (1.3 in)	8 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
8 July 1999	Mancos 1SW, US	daily rain	27.7 mm (1.1 in)	15.8 mm (0.6 in)	38 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
8 July 1999	Arrowrock Dam, US	monthly low min	2.8 C (37.0 F)	0.5 C (0.9 F)	86 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
8 July 1999	Eureka, US	daily rain	56.9 mm (2.2 in)	21.3 mm (0.8 in)	52 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
8 July 1999	Rest Lake, US	daily rain	83.8 mm (3.3 in)	37.3 mm (1.5 in)	40 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
8 July 1999	Superior, US	daily rain	38.6 mm (1.5 in)	18.3 mm (0.7 in)	80 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
8 July 1999	Pleasant Valley, US	daily rain	40.6 mm (1.6 in)	27.1 mm (1.1 in)	17 years	44 of 100 (Notable)
8 July 1999	Logansport, US	daily rain	41.9 mm (1.6 in)	19.0 mm (0.7 in)	77 years	44 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 1999

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1793 to 1999. 1999 had 816 records.

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

Records on 07-08 in each year
Year	Records
1793	2
1811	1
1815	2
1819	3
1844	1
1845	4
1848	2
1852	2
1856	1
1860	1
1864	2
1865	1
1867	2
1868	1
1873	1
1874	1
1876	2
1878	2
1879	1
1882	1
1883	1
1885	2
1886	3
1888	1
1889	2
1890	2
1891	2
1892	2
1893	2
1894	3
1896	7
1898	2
1899	6
1900	9
1901	4
1902	13
1903	9
1904	21
1905	9
1906	8
1907	9
1908	16
1909	24
1910	32
1911	28
1912	60
1913	29
1914	54
1915	47
1916	206
1917	37
1918	45
1919	34
1920	123
1921	75
1922	146
1923	134
1924	201
1925	141
1926	132
1927	142
1928	191
1929	235
1930	360
1931	250
1932	240
1933	360
1934	226
1935	496
1936	940
1937	287
1938	293
1939	399
1940	294
1941	198
1942	210
1943	248
1944	495
1945	291
1946	380
1947	400
1948	410
1949	352
1950	518
1951	580
1952	741
1953	502
1954	497
1955	554
1956	516
1957	429
1958	651
1959	485
1960	483
1961	356
1962	271
1963	592
1964	603
1965	266
1966	293
1967	266
1968	540
1969	847
1970	375
1971	443
1972	982
1973	831
1974	1,009
1975	537
1976	697
1977	743
1978	727
1979	703
1980	958
1981	945
1982	625
1983	1,198
1984	837
1985	1,024
1986	822
1987	814
1988	1,133
1989	1,174
1990	763
1991	1,152
1992	1,017
1993	1,875
1994	1,389
1995	642
1996	1,356
1997	734
1998	1,616
1999	816
2000	876
2001	916
2002	897
2003	779
2004	1,096
2005	1,250
2006	928
2007	943
2008	1,406
2009	971
2010	1,411
2011	838
2012	1,237
2013	501
2014	692
2015	1,455
2016	670
2017	887
2018	457
2019	569
2020	521
2021	890
2022	607
2023	765
2024	1,269
2025	616
2026	438

Download the Data

Data for records on 1999-07-08: 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 10	544
10 to 20	52
20 to 30	16
30 to 40	8
40 to 50	4
50 to 60	2
60 to 70	2