Weather Records on 28 July 1999

985 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 28 July 1999. Highest significance: Georgetown, US.

Key Facts for 28 July 1999

On 28 July 1999, 985 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
639 were record highs and 234 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 16 were all-time records, 20 monthly and 949 daily.
Georgetown set a daily record precipitation of 36.1 mm (1.4 in) on 28 July 1999.
Across 155 earlier years (1815 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 469 records.

Record Map

985 stations

985 station records on 28 July 1999 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 28 July 1999: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Georgetown	United States	Record daily precipitation	36.1 mm (1.4 in)	65 of 100 (Major)
Mantova	Italy	Record daily precipitation	46.8 mm (1.8 in)	59 of 100 (Notable)
Moab	United States	Record daily precipitation	25.7 mm (1.0 in)	58 of 100 (Notable)
Ilyinskiy	Russia	Record daily precipitation	73.2 mm (2.9 in)	57 of 100 (Notable)
Oracle 2 SE	United States	Record daily precipitation	62.2 mm (2.4 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
New Stanton 1 SW	United States	Record daily precipitation	74.4 mm (2.9 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Minatitlan	Mexico	Record low maximum temperature	20.6 C (69.1 F)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Despoblado	Mexico	Record low minimum temperature	16.1 C (61.0 F)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Quartzsite	United States	Record low maximum temperature	33.9 C (93.0 F)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Glenwillard Dashields L&D	United States	Record daily precipitation	98.3 mm (3.9 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Waycross 4 NE	United States	Record high minimum temperature	25.6 C (78.1 F)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Moorestown 4 E	United States	Record high maximum temperature	37.2 C (99.0 F)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Luroy	Norway	Record daily precipitation	60.9 mm (2.4 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Jurh	China	Record high maximum temperature	40.4 C (104.7 F)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Ogulin	Croatia	Record daily precipitation	77.8 mm (3.1 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Saint Bernard	United States	Record high minimum temperature	25.0 C (77.0 F)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Washington	United States	Record daily precipitation	50.8 mm (2.0 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Old Faithful	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-2.8 C (27.0 F)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Xilin Hot	China	Record high maximum temperature	39.2 C (102.6 F)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Douglas	United States	Record high maximum temperature	37.8 C (100.0 F)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Clarksdale	United States	Record high minimum temperature	28.3 C (82.9 F)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Tarkio	United States	Record high minimum temperature	26.7 C (80.1 F)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Karam	Russia	Record daily precipitation	61.1 mm (2.4 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Charleston - Yeager AP	United States	Record daily precipitation	87.4 mm (3.4 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Metapa de Dominguez	Mexico	Record low maximum temperature	25.0 C (77.0 F)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Guayama 1SW	Puerto Rico [United States]	Record high minimum temperature	26.7 C (80.1 F)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Agzu	Russia	Record daily precipitation	40.9 mm (1.6 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Natchitoches	United States	Record high minimum temperature	26.7 C (80.1 F)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Hutchinson 1 N	United States	Record high minimum temperature	22.8 C (73.0 F)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Hamar-Daban	Russia	Record daily precipitation	68.3 mm (2.7 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Williams	United States	Record low maximum temperature	20.6 C (69.1 F)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Dublin	United States	Record high maximum temperature	38.3 C (100.9 F)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Milledgeville	United States	Record high maximum temperature	38.9 C (102.0 F)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Holton	United States	Record high minimum temperature	25.6 C (78.1 F)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Mohonk Lake	United States	Record high maximum temperature	32.8 C (91.0 F)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Braddock Lock 2	United States	Record daily precipitation	60.2 mm (2.4 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Youngstown-Warren Rgnl AP	United States	Record daily precipitation	71.6 mm (2.8 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Pittsburgh ASOS	United States	Record daily precipitation	88.4 mm (3.5 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Minatitlan	Mexico	Record low minimum temperature	7.8 C (46.0 F)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Orland	United States	Record low maximum temperature	29.4 C (84.9 F)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Seaside	United States	Record low maximum temperature	14.4 C (57.9 F)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Mauston 1 SE	United States	Record high minimum temperature	21.1 C (70.0 F)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Presa Taxhimay	Mexico	Record high minimum temperature	16.1 C (61.0 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Kantunilkin	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	63.8 mm (2.5 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Stavropol (Amsg)	Russia	Record high maximum temperature	37.6 C (99.7 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Monmouth	United States	Record daily precipitation	38.9 mm (1.5 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Atchison	United States	Record high minimum temperature	27.2 C (81.0 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Ennis	United States	Record high maximum temperature	34.4 C (93.9 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Bagdad	United States	Record low maximum temperature	26.7 C (80.1 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Pismo Beach	United States	Record low minimum temperature	3.9 C (39.0 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Ft Collins	United States	Record high minimum temperature	20.0 C (68.0 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Moore Haven Lock 1	United States	Record high maximum temperature	36.1 C (97.0 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Tensleep 4NE	United States	Record high minimum temperature	25.6 C (78.1 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Brest	Belarus	Record daily precipitation	29.0 mm (1.1 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Jabalpur	India	Record daily precipitation	223.0 mm (8.8 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Dzibalchen	Mexico	Record high maximum temperature	38.9 C (102.0 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
El Palmito (Cfe)	Mexico	Record low minimum temperature	10.6 C (51.1 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Yucca 1 NNE	United States	Record daily precipitation	35.6 mm (1.4 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Greenville	United States	Record high minimum temperature	26.1 C (79.0 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
McColl 3 NNW	United States	Record high minimum temperature	25.6 C (78.1 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

985 records

Records set or tied on 28 July 1999 by type: Highest daily maximum 349, Lowest daily maximum 104, Highest daily minimum 290, Lowest daily minimum 130, Heaviest daily rainfall 112.

Records on 28 July 1999 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	349
Lowest daily maximum	104
Highest daily minimum	290
Lowest daily minimum	130
Heaviest daily rainfall	112
Heaviest daily snowfall	0
Deepest snow cover	0

Records on 28 July 1999 by timescale: all-time 16, monthly 20, daily 949.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

649 broken records

Margins by which the 649 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 51.0. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

28 July 1999

Top 20 records on 28 July 1999 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
28 July 1999	Georgetown, US	daily rain	36.1 mm (1.4 in)	15.5 mm (0.6 in)	88 years	65 of 100 (Major)
28 July 1999	Mantova, IT	daily rain	46.8 mm (1.8 in)	17.8 mm (0.7 in)	144 years	59 of 100 (Notable)
28 July 1999	Moab, US	daily rain	25.7 mm (1.0 in)	18.6 mm (0.7 in)	72 years	58 of 100 (Notable)
28 July 1999	Ilyinskiy, RU	daily rain	73.2 mm (2.9 in)	51.0 mm (2.0 in)	42 years	57 of 100 (Notable)
28 July 1999	Oracle 2 SE, US	daily rain	62.2 mm (2.4 in)	44.2 mm (1.7 in)	32 years	54 of 100 (Notable)
28 July 1999	New Stanton 1 SW, US	daily rain	74.4 mm (2.9 in)	42.9 mm (1.7 in)	38 years	53 of 100 (Notable)
28 July 1999	Minatitlan, MX	daily low max	20.6 C (69.1 F)	7.7 C (13.9 F)	34 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
28 July 1999	Despoblado, MX	monthly low min	16.1 C (61.0 F)	2.8 C (5.0 F)	23 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
28 July 1999	Quartzsite, US	daily low max	33.9 C (93.0 F)	2.8 C (5.0 F)	86 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
28 July 1999	Glenwillard Dashields L&D, US	all-time rain	98.3 mm (3.9 in)	7.4 mm (0.29 in)	44 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
28 July 1999	Waycross 4 NE, US	daily high min	25.6 C (78.1 F)	1.2 C (2.2 F)	86 years	43 of 100 (Notable)
28 July 1999	Moorestown 4 E, US	daily high max	37.2 C (99.0 F)	1.1 C (2.0 F)	106 years	43 of 100 (Notable)
28 July 1999	Luroy, NO	daily rain	60.9 mm (2.4 in)	24.5 mm (1.0 in)	62 years	42 of 100 (Notable)
28 July 1999	Jurh, CN	all-time high max	40.4 C (104.7 F)	1.4 C (2.5 F)	46 years	40 of 100 (Notable)
28 July 1999	Ogulin, HR	daily rain	77.8 mm (3.1 in)	35.4 mm (1.4 in)	32 years	40 of 100 (Notable)
28 July 1999	Saint Bernard, US	daily high min	25.0 C (77.0 F)	2.2 C (4.0 F)	73 years	40 of 100 (Notable)
28 July 1999	Washington, US	daily rain	50.8 mm (2.0 in)	7.1 mm (0.28 in)	88 years	40 of 100 (Notable)
28 July 1999	Old Faithful, US	daily low min	-2.8 C (27.0 F)	1.7 C (3.1 F)	92 years	40 of 100 (Notable)
28 July 1999	Xilin Hot, CN	all-time high max	39.2 C (102.6 F)	0.9 C (1.6 F)	44 years	39 of 100 (Notable)
28 July 1999	Douglas, US	daily high max	37.8 C (100.0 F)	0.6 C (1.1 F)	96 years	39 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

1815 to 1999

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1815 to 1999. 1999 had 985 records.

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

Records on 07-28 in each year
Year	Records
1815	1
1832	2
1834	1
1838	1
1846	1
1848	1
1853	1
1857	1
1860	2
1866	2
1867	1
1872	3
1873	1
1874	1
1882	1
1883	3
1884	3
1886	2
1887	2
1888	3
1890	3
1891	8
1892	3
1893	5
1894	4
1895	6
1896	4
1897	4
1898	6
1900	8
1901	14
1902	4
1903	16
1904	23
1905	10
1906	18
1907	39
1908	15
1909	19
1910	18
1911	61
1912	32
1913	54
1914	42
1915	36
1916	134
1917	84
1918	34
1919	53
1920	95
1921	92
1922	82
1923	193
1924	79
1925	361
1926	175
1927	129
1928	341
1929	215
1930	603
1931	464
1932	184
1933	390
1934	533
1935	354
1936	471
1937	315
1938	264
1939	339
1940	507
1941	525
1942	165
1943	429
1944	349
1945	399
1946	380
1947	630
1948	535
1949	496
1950	1,035
1951	320
1952	669
1953	251
1954	355
1955	537
1956	309
1957	298
1958	549
1959	417
1960	416
1961	357
1962	772
1963	484
1964	422
1965	422
1966	349
1967	458
1968	547
1969	737
1970	343
1971	1,161
1972	675
1973	500
1974	343
1975	537
1976	493
1977	724
1978	681
1979	692
1980	1,170
1981	1,315
1982	774
1983	1,389
1984	1,373
1985	627
1986	868
1987	1,202
1988	761
1989	936
1990	757
1991	768
1992	678
1993	1,026
1994	2,266
1995	1,251
1996	1,178
1997	1,024
1998	1,835
1999	985
2000	857
2001	938
2002	866
2003	932
2004	1,345
2005	1,387
2006	1,398
2007	998
2008	923
2009	964
2010	1,306
2011	1,143
2012	731
2013	1,428
2014	713
2015	911
2016	648
2017	476
2018	655
2019	469
2020	721
2021	831
2022	990
2023	765
2024	668
2025	845
2026	863

Download the Data

Data for records on 1999-07-28: 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	608
10 to 20	25
20 to 30	9
30 to 40	3
40 to 50	3
50 to 60	1