Weather Records on 8 July 2001

916 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 8 July 2001. Highest significance: Tombong (Hillcrest), AU.

Key Facts for 8 July 2001

On 8 July 2001, 916 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
517 were record highs and 167 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 7 were all-time records, 30 monthly and 879 daily.
Tombong (Hillcrest) set a daily record precipitation of 48.5 mm (1.9 in) on 8 July 2001.
Across 159 earlier years (1793 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 442 records.

Record Map

916 stations

916 station records on 8 July 2001 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 8 July 2001: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Tombong (Hillcrest)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	48.5 mm (1.9 in)	76 of 100 (Major)
Adaminaby Alpine Tourist Park	Australia	Record daily precipitation	38.0 mm (1.5 in)	70 of 100 (Major)
Dalgety (Hamilton St)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	31.4 mm (1.2 in)	65 of 100 (Major)
Cooma (Kiaora)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	31.0 mm (1.2 in)	59 of 100 (Notable)
Elko Rgnl AP	United States	Record daily precipitation	32.5 mm (1.3 in)	58 of 100 (Notable)
Hamburg-Neuwiedenthal	Germany	Record daily precipitation	36.6 mm (1.4 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Bredbo (Bredbo Station)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	27.0 mm (1.1 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Karlstad	Sweden	Record high minimum temperature	21.0 C (69.8 F)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Jindabyne (Lynwood)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	38.0 mm (1.5 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Brocken	Germany	Record daily precipitation	40.8 mm (1.6 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Romanovka	Russia	Record daily precipitation	53.2 mm (2.1 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Glommerstrask	Sweden	Record daily precipitation	38.3 mm (1.5 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Freiburg/Elbe	Germany	Record daily precipitation	37.4 mm (1.5 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Dyer 5S	United States	Record low maximum temperature	24.4 C (75.9 F)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Alavus Autionmaki	Finland	Record daily precipitation	47.0 mm (1.9 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Goldfield	United States	Record daily precipitation	38.1 mm (1.5 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Ytre Solund	Norway	Record daily precipitation	61.9 mm (2.4 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Halmstad	Sweden	Record high minimum temperature	19.2 C (66.6 F)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Lowman	United States	Record high minimum temperature	15.0 C (59.0 F)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Beckley Va Hospital	United States	Record daily precipitation	33.8 mm (1.3 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Bermagui South (Young Street)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	46.0 mm (1.8 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Cathcart (Mount Darragh)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	59.0 mm (2.3 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Lysebotn	Norway	Record daily precipitation	39.8 mm (1.6 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Hohenwald	United States	Record high minimum temperature	23.3 C (73.9 F)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Independence	United States	Record low maximum temperature	27.8 C (82.0 F)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Jindabyne	Australia	Record daily precipitation	34.4 mm (1.4 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Santiago Yeche	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	105.4 mm (4.1 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Spencer	United States	Record low minimum temperature	7.2 C (45.0 F)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Kirensk	Russia	Record high minimum temperature	18.5 C (65.3 F)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Augusta	United States	Record high minimum temperature	22.8 C (73.0 F)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Elizabethton	United States	Record low maximum temperature	21.1 C (70.0 F)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Beckley Raleigh Co AP	United States	Record daily precipitation	67.1 mm (2.6 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Snowball	Australia	Record daily precipitation	25.0 mm (1.0 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Delegate (Weewalla)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	30.0 mm (1.2 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Numeralla (Glocca Morra)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	32.0 mm (1.3 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Thredbo Village	Australia	Record daily precipitation	72.2 mm (2.8 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Ivdel	Russia	Record daily precipitation	43.0 mm (1.7 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Ulricehamn	Sweden	Record high minimum temperature	16.8 C (62.2 F)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Fairbury 7S	United States	Record high minimum temperature	25.6 C (78.1 F)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Circle Hot Springs	United States	Record low maximum temperature	9.4 C (48.9 F)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Georgetown Post Office	Australia	Record low minimum temperature	2.0 C (35.6 F)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Cobargo (Wandella)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	38.0 mm (1.5 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Ovre Sirdal	Norway	Record daily precipitation	40.0 mm (1.6 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Troickij Priisk	Russia	Record daily precipitation	56.5 mm (2.2 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Cooma (Myalla)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	27.6 mm (1.1 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Goldbutte 7 N	United States	Record high minimum temperature	19.4 C (66.9 F)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Middlebourne 3 ESE	United States	Record daily precipitation	60.2 mm (2.4 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Chakola (Riversdale)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	29.0 mm (1.1 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Tongio (Brooklands)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	25.0 mm (1.0 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Presa Valerio Trujano	Mexico	Record high maximum temperature	38.9 C (102.0 F)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Alicia 2 NNE	United States	Record high minimum temperature	25.6 C (78.1 F)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Haiwee	United States	Record low maximum temperature	26.7 C (80.1 F)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Wakeeney	United States	Record high maximum temperature	41.1 C (106.0 F)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Holdrege	United States	Record high minimum temperature	22.8 C (73.0 F)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Eden (Timbillica)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	39.4 mm (1.6 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Oksoey Fyr	Norway	Record high minimum temperature	19.8 C (67.6 F)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Tunhovd	Norway	Record daily precipitation	27.6 mm (1.1 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Svinoy Fyr	Norway	Record daily precipitation	31.2 mm (1.2 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
London Locks	United States	Record daily precipitation	51.3 mm (2.0 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Aanekoski Keskusta	Finland	Record daily precipitation	27.8 mm (1.1 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)

Counts by Type and Timescale

916 records

Records set or tied on 8 July 2001 by type: Highest daily maximum 162, Lowest daily maximum 71, Highest daily minimum 355, Lowest daily minimum 96, Heaviest daily rainfall 232.

Records on 8 July 2001 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	162
Lowest daily maximum	71
Highest daily minimum	355
Lowest daily minimum	96
Heaviest daily rainfall	232
Heaviest daily snowfall	0
Deepest snow cover	0

Records on 8 July 2001 by timescale: all-time 7, monthly 30, daily 879.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

673 broken records

Margins by which the 673 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 58.2. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

8 July 2001

Top 20 records on 8 July 2001 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
8 July 2001	Tombong (Hillcrest), AU	daily rain	48.5 mm (1.9 in)	38.3 mm (1.5 in)	90 years	76 of 100 (Major)
8 July 2001	Adaminaby Alpine Tourist Park, AU	daily rain	38.0 mm (1.5 in)	24.0 mm (0.9 in)	99 years	70 of 100 (Major)
8 July 2001	Dalgety (Hamilton St), AU	daily rain	31.4 mm (1.2 in)	20.7 mm (0.8 in)	99 years	65 of 100 (Major)
8 July 2001	Cooma (Kiaora), AU	daily rain	31.0 mm (1.2 in)	20.8 mm (0.8 in)	78 years	59 of 100 (Notable)
8 July 2001	Elko Rgnl AP, US	monthly rain	32.5 mm (1.3 in)	4.6 mm (0.18 in)	96 years	58 of 100 (Notable)
8 July 2001	Hamburg-Neuwiedenthal, DE	daily rain	36.6 mm (1.4 in)	26.9 mm (1.1 in)	32 years	53 of 100 (Notable)
8 July 2001	Bredbo (Bredbo Station), AU	daily rain	27.0 mm (1.1 in)	14.0 mm (0.6 in)	84 years	52 of 100 (Notable)
8 July 2001	Karlstad, SE	daily high min	21.0 C (69.8 F)	4.0 C (7.2 F)	91 years	52 of 100 (Notable)
8 July 2001	Jindabyne (Lynwood), AU	daily rain	38.0 mm (1.5 in)	26.6 mm (1.0 in)	44 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
8 July 2001	Brocken, DE	daily rain	40.8 mm (1.6 in)	12.2 mm (0.5 in)	98 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
8 July 2001	Romanovka, RU	daily rain	53.2 mm (2.1 in)	34.5 mm (1.4 in)	12 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
8 July 2001	Glommerstrask, SE	daily rain	38.3 mm (1.5 in)	27.3 mm (1.1 in)	32 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
8 July 2001	Freiburg/Elbe, DE	daily rain	37.4 mm (1.5 in)	24.1 mm (0.9 in)	20 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
8 July 2001	Dyer 5S, US	daily low max	24.4 C (75.9 F)	3.4 C (6.1 F)	96 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
8 July 2001	Alavus Autionmaki, FI	daily rain	47.0 mm (1.9 in)	30.2 mm (1.2 in)	12 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
8 July 2001	Goldfield, US	monthly rain	38.1 mm (1.5 in)	7.6 mm (0.30 in)	51 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
8 July 2001	Ytre Solund, NO	monthly rain	61.9 mm (2.4 in)	17.6 mm (0.7 in)	31 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
8 July 2001	Halmstad, SE	daily high min	19.2 C (66.6 F)	2.2 C (4.0 F)	91 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
8 July 2001	Lowman, US	daily high min	15.0 C (59.0 F)	4.4 C (7.9 F)	80 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
8 July 2001	Beckley Va Hospital, US	daily rain	33.8 mm (1.3 in)	7.4 mm (0.29 in)	104 years	46 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 2001

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1793 to 2001. 2001 had 916 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	1,456
2016	670
2017	886
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 2001-07-08: 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 2026-10-14 (14 October 2026). Records are computed by this site and are not official.

Data as of 2026-10-12. Last revised 12 October 2026 (2026-10-12).

Margin	Records
0 to 10	600
10 to 20	40
20 to 30	23
30 to 40	5
40 to 50	4
50 to 60	1