Weather Records on 16 July 2004

724 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 16 July 2004. Highest significance: Manila, US.

Key Facts for 16 July 2004

On 16 July 2004, 724 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
366 were record highs and 231 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 9 were all-time records, 31 monthly and 684 daily.
Manila set a monthly record daily precipitation of 40.6 mm (1.6 in) on 16 July 2004.
Across 162 earlier years (1798 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 438 records.

Record Map

724 stations

724 station records on 16 July 2004 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 16 July 2004: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Manila	United States	Record daily precipitation	40.6 mm (1.6 in)	68 of 100 (Major)
Scottsburg	United States	Record daily precipitation	88.9 mm (3.5 in)	66 of 100 (Major)
Holyoke	United States	Record daily precipitation	76.7 mm (3.0 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Solekul	Russia	Record daily precipitation	66.7 mm (2.6 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
San Rafael Mazatepec	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	60.2 mm (2.4 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Summersville 3 SE	United States	Record daily precipitation	76.5 mm (3.0 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Hornos	Mexico	Record low minimum temperature	16.7 C (62.1 F)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Kyra	Russia	Record high maximum temperature	38.6 C (101.5 F)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Cekunda	Russia	Record daily precipitation	121.2 mm (4.8 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Black Rvr Pumps	United States	Record daily precipitation	60.5 mm (2.4 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Coldwater St School	United States	Record daily precipitation	63.5 mm (2.5 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Tioga 1E	United States	Record daily precipitation	36.3 mm (1.4 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Medora	United States	Record daily precipitation	49.8 mm (2.0 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Pustunich	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	69.9 mm (2.8 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Presa Tezoyo	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	53.8 mm (2.1 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Mangut	Russia	Record high maximum temperature	39.3 C (102.7 F)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Mt Carmel	United States	Record daily precipitation	88.9 mm (3.5 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Winona	United States	Record daily precipitation	33.5 mm (1.3 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Santa Rosalia (Dge)	Mexico	Record low minimum temperature	17.8 C (64.0 F)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Blanca 4 NW	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-1.7 C (28.9 F)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Covington 8 WNW	United States	Record high minimum temperature	25.0 C (77.0 F)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Eaton	United States	Record daily precipitation	52.8 mm (2.1 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Ocosingo	Mexico	Record low maximum temperature	18.9 C (66.0 F)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Bogorodskoe	Russia	Record daily precipitation	34.1 mm (1.3 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Ola	United States	Record high maximum temperature	39.4 C (102.9 F)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Nome AP	United States	Record high minimum temperature	13.3 C (55.9 F)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Dzan	Mexico	Record low maximum temperature	25.0 C (77.0 F)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Darby	United States	Record high minimum temperature	17.8 C (64.0 F)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Warren	United States	Record low maximum temperature	17.8 C (64.0 F)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Gustavus	United States	Record high maximum temperature	27.8 C (82.0 F)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Xochitlan Todos Santos	Mexico	Record high minimum temperature	17.8 C (64.0 F)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Odesa	Ukraine	Record low minimum temperature	12.1 C (53.8 F)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Columbia	United States	Record high minimum temperature	25.6 C (78.1 F)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Burlington Junction	United States	Record daily precipitation	71.1 mm (2.8 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
San Francisco Oxtotilpan	Mexico	Record low maximum temperature	10.6 C (51.1 F)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Tallulah	United States	Record high minimum temperature	25.6 C (78.1 F)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Water Valley	United States	Record daily precipitation	45.7 mm (1.8 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Marion	United States	Record low minimum temperature	9.4 C (48.9 F)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Union	United States	Record high maximum temperature	36.7 C (98.1 F)	35 of 100 (Notable)
San Ildelfonso Villa Alta	Mexico	Record low minimum temperature	13.9 C (57.0 F)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Ulety	Russia	Record high maximum temperature	38.5 C (101.3 F)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Kyzyl	Russia	Record high maximum temperature	39.5 C (103.1 F)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Mtn Home	United States	Record high minimum temperature	23.3 C (73.9 F)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Plattsburg	United States	Record daily precipitation	78.0 mm (3.1 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Guadalajara (Dge)	Mexico	Record high minimum temperature	18.9 C (66.0 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Varfu Omul	Romania	Record low minimum temperature	-4.3 C (24.3 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Angoon Pwr	United States	Record high maximum temperature	25.6 C (78.1 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Bethel AP	United States	Record high minimum temperature	13.3 C (55.9 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Hamar-Daban	Russia	Record high maximum temperature	28.9 C (84.0 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Aksa	Russia	Record high maximum temperature	38.5 C (101.3 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Cascade	United States	Record daily precipitation	37.3 mm (1.5 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Tuxcueca	Mexico	Record high minimum temperature	18.9 C (66.0 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Presa Villa Victoria	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	26.9 mm (1.1 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Poretskoye	Russia	Record high minimum temperature	19.4 C (66.9 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Uybat	Russia	Record daily precipitation	30.5 mm (1.2 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Ust-Koksa	Russia	Record high minimum temperature	18.7 C (65.7 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Waseca S Rsch & Outreach Ctr	United States	Record daily precipitation	38.6 mm (1.5 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Kaarina Yltoinen	Finland	Record daily precipitation	25.0 mm (1.0 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Bilma	Niger	Record high maximum temperature	44.9 C (112.8 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Olenja Rechka	Russia	Record high minimum temperature	14.7 C (58.5 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

724 records

Records set or tied on 16 July 2004 by type: Highest daily maximum 175, Lowest daily maximum 82, Highest daily minimum 191, Lowest daily minimum 149, Heaviest daily rainfall 127.

Records on 16 July 2004 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	175
Lowest daily maximum	82
Highest daily minimum	191
Lowest daily minimum	149
Heaviest daily rainfall	127
Heaviest daily snowfall	0
Deepest snow cover	0

Records on 16 July 2004 by timescale: all-time 9, monthly 31, daily 684.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

501 broken records

Margins by which the 501 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 50.5. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

16 July 2004

Top 20 records on 16 July 2004 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
16 July 2004	Manila, US	monthly rain	40.6 mm (1.6 in)	12.7 mm (0.5 in)	73 years	68 of 100 (Major)
16 July 2004	Scottsburg, US	daily rain	88.9 mm (3.5 in)	50.5 mm (2.0 in)	68 years	66 of 100 (Major)
16 July 2004	Holyoke, US	daily rain	76.7 mm (3.0 in)	20.6 mm (0.8 in)	86 years	53 of 100 (Notable)
16 July 2004	Solekul, RU	daily rain	66.7 mm (2.6 in)	44.4 mm (1.7 in)	32 years	52 of 100 (Notable)
16 July 2004	San Rafael Mazatepec, MX	daily rain	60.2 mm (2.4 in)	40.4 mm (1.6 in)	35 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
16 July 2004	Summersville 3 SE, US	daily rain	76.5 mm (3.0 in)	49.8 mm (2.0 in)	46 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
16 July 2004	Hornos, MX	daily low min	16.7 C (62.1 F)	5.0 C (9.0 F)	43 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
16 July 2004	Kyra, RU	all-time high max	38.6 C (101.5 F)	1.1 C (2.0 F)	67 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
16 July 2004	Cekunda, RU	all-time rain	121.2 mm (4.8 in)	6.2 mm (0.24 in)	62 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
16 July 2004	Black Rvr Pumps, US	daily rain	60.5 mm (2.4 in)	30.5 mm (1.2 in)	23 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
16 July 2004	Coldwater St School, US	daily rain	63.5 mm (2.5 in)	12.7 mm (0.5 in)	106 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
16 July 2004	Tioga 1E, US	daily rain	36.3 mm (1.4 in)	18.8 mm (0.7 in)	57 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
16 July 2004	Medora, US	daily rain	49.8 mm (2.0 in)	45.0 mm (1.8 in)	11 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
16 July 2004	Pustunich, MX	daily rain	69.9 mm (2.8 in)	39.4 mm (1.6 in)	50 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
16 July 2004	Presa Tezoyo, MX	daily rain	53.8 mm (2.1 in)	34.0 mm (1.3 in)	7 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
16 July 2004	Mangut, RU	all-time high max	39.3 C (102.7 F)	1.3 C (2.3 F)	61 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
16 July 2004	Mt Carmel, US	daily rain	88.9 mm (3.5 in)	47.0 mm (1.9 in)	23 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
16 July 2004	Winona, US	daily rain	33.5 mm (1.3 in)	8.1 mm (0.32 in)	106 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
16 July 2004	Santa Rosalia (Dge), MX	daily low min	17.8 C (64.0 F)	3.9 C (7.0 F)	65 years	43 of 100 (Notable)
16 July 2004	Blanca 4 NW, US	monthly low min	-1.7 C (28.9 F)	0.6 C (1.1 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

1798 to 2004

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1798 to 2004. 2004 had 724 records.

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

Records on 07-16 in each year
Year	Records
1798	1
1801	1
1802	1
1808	1
1819	1
1829	1
1832	1
1833	1
1840	2
1845	1
1852	2
1862	1
1863	1
1865	3
1866	1
1868	2
1870	1
1871	1
1875	2
1876	2
1878	1
1879	2
1880	1
1881	2
1883	4
1886	1
1887	2
1888	2
1890	5
1891	2
1892	5
1894	6
1896	1
1897	2
1898	2
1899	2
1900	5
1901	9
1902	2
1903	18
1904	20
1905	4
1906	23
1907	7
1908	21
1909	17
1910	9
1911	24
1912	28
1913	23
1914	53
1915	41
1916	39
1917	90
1918	18
1919	56
1920	46
1921	66
1922	303
1923	180
1924	75
1925	179
1926	295
1927	170
1928	405
1929	192
1930	402
1931	527
1932	446
1933	224
1934	432
1935	284
1936	715
1937	307
1938	213
1939	599
1940	255
1941	363
1942	321
1943	297
1944	193
1945	702
1946	454
1947	568
1948	259
1949	417
1950	542
1951	537
1952	560
1953	366
1954	592
1955	548
1956	417
1957	221
1958	1,270
1959	341
1960	329
1961	402
1962	538
1963	251
1964	341
1965	437
1966	415
1967	1,067
1968	788
1969	702
1970	674
1971	766
1972	641
1973	880
1974	666
1975	742
1976	840
1977	829
1978	1,095
1979	543
1980	1,457
1981	569
1982	985
1983	1,362
1984	937
1985	528
1986	845
1987	916
1988	1,306
1989	1,074
1990	955
1991	627
1992	943
1993	1,053
1994	730
1995	929
1996	739
1997	707
1998	1,051
1999	998
2000	1,207
2001	1,073
2002	1,029
2003	1,492
2004	724
2005	1,023
2006	1,527
2007	1,186
2008	669
2009	839
2010	927
2011	1,221
2012	829
2013	853
2014	1,448
2015	605
2016	706
2017	419
2018	694
2019	476
2020	464
2021	661
2022	538
2023	1,150
2024	938
2025	764
2026	727

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Data for records on 2004-07-16: 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 2026-10-15 (15 October 2026). Records are computed by this site and are not official.

Data as of 2026-10-15. Last revised 15 October 2026 (2026-10-15).

Margin	Records
0 to 10	456
10 to 20	29
20 to 30	4
30 to 40	5
40 to 50	6
50 to 60	1