Weather Records on 19 July 2002

985 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 19 July 2002. Highest significance: Mtunzini, ZA.

Key Facts for 19 July 2002

On 19 July 2002, 985 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
579 were record highs and 192 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 7 were all-time records, 25 monthly and 953 daily.
Mtunzini set a monthly record daily precipitation of 196.1 mm (7.7 in) on 19 July 2002.
Across 164 earlier years (1799 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 437 records.

Record Map

985 stations

985 station records on 19 July 2002 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 19 July 2002: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Mtunzini	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	196.1 mm (7.7 in)	76 of 100 (Major)
Black Rock	United States	Record daily precipitation	133.9 mm (5.3 in)	72 of 100 (Major)
Adjuntas	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	115.1 mm (4.5 in)	65 of 100 (Major)
Hano_A	Sweden	Record daily precipitation	82.2 mm (3.2 in)	65 of 100 (Major)
Sheffield	United Kingdom	Record daily precipitation	31.0 mm (1.2 in)	58 of 100 (Notable)
Salem	United States	Record daily precipitation	104.9 mm (4.1 in)	56 of 100 (Notable)
Mammoth Spring	United States	Record daily precipitation	95.8 mm (3.8 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Dralinge	Sweden	Record daily precipitation	46.8 mm (1.8 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Ft Grant	United States	Record daily precipitation	35.3 mm (1.4 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Hardy	United States	Record daily precipitation	83.3 mm (3.3 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Albion	United States	Record daily precipitation	53.3 mm (2.1 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Tvingelshed	Sweden	Record daily precipitation	57.1 mm (2.2 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Akron 4 E	United States	Record high minimum temperature	25.0 C (77.0 F)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Ixtlahuacan (Smn)	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	69.9 mm (2.8 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Keithsburg	United States	Record daily precipitation	87.6 mm (3.4 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Tipton	United States	Record daily precipitation	106.7 mm (4.2 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Riverside 7 SSW	United States	Record daily precipitation	27.9 mm (1.1 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Ft Grant	United States	Record low minimum temperature	11.1 C (52.0 F)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Marlin	United States	Record low minimum temperature	18.3 C (64.9 F)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Clinton	United States	Record daily precipitation	71.1 mm (2.8 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Lappi Kulanpera	Finland	Record daily precipitation	42.5 mm (1.7 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
La Union	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	92.5 mm (3.6 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Adin Rs	United States	Record high minimum temperature	16.1 C (61.0 F)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Toms River	United States	Record daily precipitation	81.3 mm (3.2 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Rauma Ayho	Finland	Record daily precipitation	43.1 mm (1.7 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Vilnius	Lithuania	Record high maximum temperature	33.3 C (91.9 F)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Atenco	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	58.7 mm (2.3 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Fitzgerald	United States	Record high minimum temperature	26.1 C (79.0 F)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Augusta	United States	Record daily precipitation	47.5 mm (1.9 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Mtn Grove 2 N	United States	Record low maximum temperature	22.8 C (73.0 F)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Dunn Ctr 1E	United States	Record daily precipitation	57.2 mm (2.3 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Minsk	Belarus	Record high maximum temperature	31.1 C (88.0 F)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Erenhot	China	Record daily precipitation	29.2 mm (1.1 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Ozone	United States	Record daily precipitation	53.3 mm (2.1 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Dublin	United States	Record high maximum temperature	40.6 C (105.1 F)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Elizabeth	United States	Record high minimum temperature	23.9 C (75.0 F)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Merimasku Sannainen	Finland	Record daily precipitation	45.7 mm (1.8 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Alton	United States	Record daily precipitation	85.1 mm (3.4 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
El Platanito	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	44.2 mm (1.7 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Halmstad	Sweden	Record high minimum temperature	18.0 C (64.4 F)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Uppsala_Aut	Sweden	Record daily precipitation	39.0 mm (1.5 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Panther Junction	United States	Record daily precipitation	40.1 mm (1.6 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Port O'Connor	United States	Record low minimum temperature	19.4 C (66.9 F)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Poughkeepsie AP	United States	Record daily precipitation	49.0 mm (1.9 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Philip AP	United States	Record high minimum temperature	21.7 C (71.1 F)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Uliastai	China	Record daily precipitation	35.8 mm (1.4 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Turku Turun Lentoasema	Finland	Record daily precipitation	44.2 mm (1.7 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Valier	United States	Record high minimum temperature	18.9 C (66.0 F)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Cimbaj	Uzbekistan	Record high minimum temperature	28.5 C (83.3 F)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Ajojucar	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	51.3 mm (2.0 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Hvaler	Norway	Record daily precipitation	31.5 mm (1.2 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Searcy	United States	Record low maximum temperature	28.3 C (82.9 F)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Logan	United States	Record daily precipitation	52.1 mm (2.1 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Mondovi	United States	Record daily precipitation	56.1 mm (2.2 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Parnu	Estonia	Record high maximum temperature	31.8 C (89.2 F)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Korppoo Korpogard	Finland	Record daily precipitation	25.3 mm (1.0 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Carapan	Mexico	Record high maximum temperature	30.6 C (87.1 F)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Kaunas	Lithuania	Record high minimum temperature	19.2 C (66.6 F)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Satra_Gard	Sweden	Record daily precipitation	34.2 mm (1.3 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Simferopol	Ukraine	Record high maximum temperature	35.2 C (95.4 F)	34 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

985 records

Records set or tied on 19 July 2002 by type: Highest daily maximum 196, Lowest daily maximum 110, Highest daily minimum 383, Lowest daily minimum 82, Heaviest daily rainfall 214.

Records on 19 July 2002 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	196
Lowest daily maximum	110
Highest daily minimum	383
Lowest daily minimum	82
Heaviest daily rainfall	214
Heaviest daily snowfall	0
Deepest snow cover	0

Records on 19 July 2002 by timescale: all-time 7, monthly 25, daily 953.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

750 broken records

Margins by which the 750 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 80.5. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

19 July 2002

Top 20 records on 19 July 2002 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
19 July 2002	Mtunzini, ZA	monthly rain	196.1 mm (7.7 in)	80.5 mm (3.2 in)	64 years	76 of 100 (Major)
19 July 2002	Black Rock, US	monthly rain	133.9 mm (5.3 in)	46.5 mm (1.8 in)	68 years	72 of 100 (Major)
19 July 2002	Adjuntas, MX	all-time rain	115.1 mm (4.5 in)	25.2 mm (1.0 in)	56 years	65 of 100 (Major)
19 July 2002	Hano_A, SE	all-time rain	82.2 mm (3.2 in)	9.8 mm (0.39 in)	68 years	65 of 100 (Major)
19 July 2002	Sheffield, GB	daily rain	31.0 mm (1.2 in)	15.0 mm (0.6 in)	89 years	58 of 100 (Notable)
19 July 2002	Salem, US	monthly rain	104.9 mm (4.1 in)	40.6 mm (1.6 in)	45 years	56 of 100 (Notable)
19 July 2002	Mammoth Spring, US	daily rain	95.8 mm (3.8 in)	31.5 mm (1.2 in)	84 years	54 of 100 (Notable)
19 July 2002	Dralinge, SE	daily rain	46.8 mm (1.8 in)	32.8 mm (1.3 in)	28 years	53 of 100 (Notable)
19 July 2002	Ft Grant, US	daily rain	35.3 mm (1.4 in)	16.2 mm (0.6 in)	72 years	52 of 100 (Notable)
19 July 2002	Hardy, US	daily rain	83.3 mm (3.3 in)	23.6 mm (0.9 in)	84 years	52 of 100 (Notable)
19 July 2002	Albion, US	daily rain	53.3 mm (2.1 in)	24.6 mm (1.0 in)	85 years	52 of 100 (Notable)
19 July 2002	Tvingelshed, SE	monthly rain	57.1 mm (2.2 in)	14.5 mm (0.6 in)	41 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
19 July 2002	Akron 4 E, US	daily high min	25.0 C (77.0 F)	5.6 C (10.1 F)	68 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
19 July 2002	Ixtlahuacan (Smn), MX	daily rain	69.9 mm (2.8 in)	51.6 mm (2.0 in)	53 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
19 July 2002	Keithsburg, US	daily rain	87.6 mm (3.4 in)	48.7 mm (1.9 in)	20 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
19 July 2002	Tipton, US	daily rain	106.7 mm (4.2 in)	38.6 mm (1.5 in)	39 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
19 July 2002	Riverside 7 SSW, US	daily rain	27.9 mm (1.1 in)	22.3 mm (0.9 in)	28 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
19 July 2002	Ft Grant, US	daily low min	11.1 C (52.0 F)	2.2 C (4.0 F)	100 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
19 July 2002	Marlin, US	daily low min	18.3 C (64.9 F)	1.7 C (3.1 F)	97 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
19 July 2002	Clinton, US	daily rain	71.1 mm (2.8 in)	22.8 mm (0.9 in)	76 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

1799 to 2002

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1799 to 2002. 2002 had 985 records.

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

Records on 07-19 in each year
Year	Records
1799	1
1805	1
1809	1
1811	1
1837	1
1838	1
1839	1
1843	1
1845	2
1848	1
1851	1
1859	2
1863	2
1864	1
1865	2
1867	1
1868	1
1870	1
1871	3
1873	2
1874	3
1878	2
1880	1
1881	2
1883	1
1886	3
1887	1
1888	3
1889	1
1890	5
1892	3
1893	2
1894	4
1895	2
1896	1
1897	4
1898	2
1899	3
1900	6
1901	4
1902	12
1903	4
1904	15
1905	20
1906	14
1907	19
1908	21
1909	17
1910	49
1911	14
1912	39
1913	48
1914	35
1915	140
1916	234
1917	177
1918	36
1919	34
1920	50
1921	55
1922	121
1923	224
1924	191
1925	153
1926	319
1927	96
1928	148
1929	232
1930	585
1931	269
1932	385
1933	258
1934	765
1935	268
1936	402
1937	227
1938	290
1939	285
1940	338
1941	424
1942	568
1943	276
1944	361
1945	308
1946	485
1947	613
1948	384
1949	762
1950	613
1951	545
1952	541
1953	330
1954	535
1955	343
1956	552
1957	348
1958	481
1959	393
1960	746
1961	402
1962	453
1963	502
1964	534
1965	755
1966	481
1967	560
1968	740
1969	610
1970	545
1971	636
1972	699
1973	538
1974	513
1975	441
1976	824
1977	898
1978	636
1979	964
1980	835
1981	915
1982	676
1983	1,011
1984	1,076
1985	569
1986	810
1987	1,608
1988	995
1989	1,081
1990	954
1991	803
1992	717
1993	847
1994	589
1995	893
1996	1,353
1997	856
1998	1,325
1999	878
2000	1,802
2001	905
2002	985
2003	1,192
2004	1,082
2005	1,049
2006	1,392
2007	1,181
2008	753
2009	1,844
2010	911
2011	1,266
2012	878
2013	1,061
2014	1,207
2015	735
2016	605
2017	495
2018	836
2019	651
2020	409
2021	779
2022	1,143
2023	884
2024	544
2025	599
2026	652

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Data for records on 2002-07-19: 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 20	711
20 to 40	31
40 to 60	7
60 to 80	0
80 to 100	1