Weather Records on 14 July 2008

683 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 14 July 2008. Highest significance: Willcox, US.

Key Facts for 14 July 2008

On 14 July 2008, 683 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
308 were record highs and 223 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 3 were all-time records, 16 monthly and 664 daily.
Willcox set a daily record precipitation of 36.6 mm (1.4 in) on 14 July 2008.
Across 158 earlier years (1802 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 455 records.

Record Map

683 stations

683 station records on 14 July 2008 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 14 July 2008: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Willcox	United States	Record daily precipitation	36.6 mm (1.4 in)	59 of 100 (Notable)
Florence	United States	Record daily precipitation	32.5 mm (1.3 in)	56 of 100 (Notable)
Zhengzhou	China	Record daily precipitation	160.7 mm (6.3 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Capitan	United States	Record daily precipitation	49.5 mm (1.9 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Jornada Exp Range	United States	Record daily precipitation	57.2 mm (2.3 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Virtsu	Estonia	Record daily precipitation	36.8 mm (1.4 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Holbrook	United States	Record low maximum temperature	25.0 C (77.0 F)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Jacksonville NAS	United States	Record daily precipitation	64.0 mm (2.5 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Potrerillos	Mexico	Record low minimum temperature	10.0 C (50.0 F)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Ft Sumner	United States	Record high minimum temperature	26.1 C (79.0 F)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Sydney (Observatory Hill)	Australia	Record high maximum temperature	23.1 C (73.6 F)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Huntington Lake	United States	Record daily precipitation	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Salisbury 2 N	United States	Record daily precipitation	51.3 mm (2.0 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Bingham 2 NE	United States	Record daily precipitation	33.0 mm (1.3 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Crockett	United States	Record high minimum temperature	25.6 C (78.1 F)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Tizi Ouzou	Algeria	Record high minimum temperature	24.0 C (75.2 F)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Paradise	United States	Record low maximum temperature	22.8 C (73.0 F)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Jesus del Monte	Mexico	Record high minimum temperature	17.8 C (64.0 F)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Quemado	United States	Record low maximum temperature	21.7 C (71.1 F)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Piseco	United States	Record daily precipitation	59.2 mm (2.3 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Graz	Austria	Record daily precipitation	48.4 mm (1.9 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Altus Irig Rsch STN	United States	Record low maximum temperature	25.6 C (78.1 F)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Liberec	Czech Republic	Record daily precipitation	37.1 mm (1.5 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Santo Domingo	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	140.5 mm (5.5 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Kolka	Latvia	Record daily precipitation	34.0 mm (1.3 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Waynesboro 2 W	United States	Record high minimum temperature	23.9 C (75.0 F)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Tribes Hill	United States	Record daily precipitation	57.2 mm (2.3 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Flinders Chase (Rocky River)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	30.4 mm (1.2 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Laane-Nigula	Estonia	Record daily precipitation	40.5 mm (1.6 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Le Bourget	France	Record low minimum temperature	8.8 C (47.8 F)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Reforma II	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	140.0 mm (5.5 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
San Miguel Ejutla	Mexico	Record high minimum temperature	18.9 C (66.0 F)	37 of 100 (Notable)
N Creek 5 SE	United States	Record daily precipitation	37.6 mm (1.5 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Stillwater 2 W	United States	Record daily precipitation	78.0 mm (3.1 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Crediton	Australia	Record daily precipitation	52.6 mm (2.1 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Lordsburg 4 SE	United States	Record daily precipitation	37.1 mm (1.5 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Saratoga Springs 4 SW	United States	Record daily precipitation	62.0 mm (2.4 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Portal 4 SW	United States	Record daily precipitation	37.6 mm (1.5 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Los Lunas 3 SSW	United States	Record low maximum temperature	23.9 C (75.0 F)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Nevado de Toluca	Mexico	Record low minimum temperature	-4.4 C (24.1 F)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Williamsport	United States	Record daily precipitation	26.7 mm (1.1 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Levelland	United States	Record daily precipitation	41.9 mm (1.6 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Daingerfield 9 S	United States	Record daily precipitation	29.5 mm (1.2 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Dalrymple Heights	Australia	Record daily precipitation	60.0 mm (2.4 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Coffs Harbour Mo	Australia	Record high maximum temperature	24.2 C (75.6 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Samaria	Mexico	Record low maximum temperature	28.3 C (82.9 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Immokalee	United States	Record low maximum temperature	28.3 C (82.9 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Cartersville	United States	Record daily precipitation	58.2 mm (2.3 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Jonesboro	United States	Record daily precipitation	69.9 mm (2.8 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
San Nicolas Is	United States	Record high minimum temperature	16.7 C (62.1 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Kelsey Creek Dittmer Rd	Australia	Record daily precipitation	26.2 mm (1.0 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Ruhnu	Latvia	Record daily precipitation	29.4 mm (1.2 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
San Miguel Curinhuato	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	40.4 mm (1.6 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Okecie	Poland	Record daily precipitation	26.9 mm (1.1 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Jakutsk	Russia	Record high minimum temperature	21.9 C (71.4 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Sanders	United States	Record low maximum temperature	25.0 C (77.0 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Glens Falls Farm	United States	Record daily precipitation	42.7 mm (1.7 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Ridgway	United States	Record daily precipitation	31.8 mm (1.3 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Santo Tomas	Mexico	Record high maximum temperature	46.7 C (116.1 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Frontera Amatenango	Mexico	Record low maximum temperature	21.7 C (71.1 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

683 records

Records set or tied on 14 July 2008 by type: Highest daily maximum 161, Lowest daily maximum 121, Highest daily minimum 147, Lowest daily minimum 102, Heaviest daily rainfall 152.

Records on 14 July 2008 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	161
Lowest daily maximum	121
Highest daily minimum	147
Lowest daily minimum	102
Heaviest daily rainfall	152
Heaviest daily snowfall	0
Deepest snow cover	0

Records on 14 July 2008 by timescale: all-time 3, monthly 16, daily 664.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

514 broken records

Margins by which the 514 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 126.1. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

14 July 2008

Top 20 records on 14 July 2008 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
14 July 2008	Willcox, US	daily rain	36.6 mm (1.4 in)	16.3 mm (0.6 in)	98 years	59 of 100 (Notable)
14 July 2008	Florence, US	daily rain	32.5 mm (1.3 in)	24.6 mm (1.0 in)	80 years	56 of 100 (Notable)
14 July 2008	Zhengzhou, CN	daily rain	160.7 mm (6.3 in)	126.1 mm (5.0 in)	30 years	54 of 100 (Notable)
14 July 2008	Capitan, US	daily rain	49.5 mm (1.9 in)	34.0 mm (1.3 in)	17 years	54 of 100 (Notable)
14 July 2008	Jornada Exp Range, US	monthly rain	57.2 mm (2.3 in)	7.2 mm (0.28 in)	82 years	52 of 100 (Notable)
14 July 2008	Virtsu, EE	daily rain	36.8 mm (1.4 in)	18.4 mm (0.7 in)	60 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
14 July 2008	Holbrook, US	daily low max	25.0 C (77.0 F)	3.9 C (7.0 F)	94 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
14 July 2008	Jacksonville NAS, US	daily rain	64.0 mm (2.5 in)	35.6 mm (1.4 in)	63 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
14 July 2008	Potrerillos, MX	daily low min	10.0 C (50.0 F)	5.0 C (9.0 F)	23 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
14 July 2008	Ft Sumner, US	daily high min	26.1 C (79.0 F)	2.2 C (4.0 F)	93 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
14 July 2008	Sydney (Observatory Hill), AU	daily high max	23.1 C (73.6 F)	1.5 C (2.7 F)	132 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
14 July 2008	Huntington Lake, US	daily rain	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	22.9 mm (0.9 in)	16 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
14 July 2008	Salisbury 2 N, US	daily rain	51.3 mm (2.0 in)	33.8 mm (1.3 in)	27 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
14 July 2008	Bingham 2 NE, US	daily rain	33.0 mm (1.3 in)	17.8 mm (0.7 in)	56 years	44 of 100 (Notable)
14 July 2008	Crockett, US	daily high min	25.6 C (78.1 F)	1.2 C (2.2 F)	91 years	44 of 100 (Notable)
14 July 2008	Tizi Ouzou, DZ	daily high min	24.0 C (75.2 F)	1.0 C (1.8 F)	110 years	43 of 100 (Notable)
14 July 2008	Paradise, US	daily low max	22.8 C (73.0 F)	1.6 C (2.9 F)	98 years	43 of 100 (Notable)
14 July 2008	Jesus del Monte, MX	daily high min	17.8 C (64.0 F)	3.9 C (7.0 F)	54 years	42 of 100 (Notable)
14 July 2008	Quemado, US	daily low max	21.7 C (71.1 F)	2.2 C (4.0 F)	89 years	41 of 100 (Notable)
14 July 2008	Piseco, US	daily rain	59.2 mm (2.3 in)	34.3 mm (1.4 in)	17 years	41 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

1802 to 2008

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1802 to 2008. 2008 had 683 records.

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

Records on 07-14 in each year
Year	Records
1802	1
1808	1
1824	1
1832	1
1840	2
1845	1
1856	1
1860	2
1864	2
1866	1
1875	1
1876	4
1878	1
1879	1
1880	1
1883	3
1884	3
1885	1
1886	1
1887	1
1888	1
1889	2
1890	2
1891	1
1892	2
1893	3
1894	4
1895	7
1896	1
1897	2
1898	10
1899	6
1900	1
1901	2
1902	4
1903	21
1904	18
1905	11
1906	18
1907	13
1908	15
1909	7
1910	23
1911	28
1912	116
1913	21
1914	43
1915	17
1916	18
1917	55
1918	72
1919	44
1920	44
1921	105
1922	31
1923	127
1924	156
1925	138
1926	500
1927	212
1928	221
1929	87
1930	497
1931	430
1932	623
1933	378
1934	413
1935	278
1936	1,019
1937	282
1938	202
1939	367
1940	536
1941	548
1942	278
1943	364
1944	240
1945	466
1946	229
1947	379
1948	422
1949	436
1950	726
1951	335
1952	995
1953	518
1954	1,141
1955	1,058
1956	360
1957	368
1958	455
1959	349
1960	554
1961	441
1962	922
1963	535
1964	618
1965	256
1966	668
1967	1,124
1968	553
1969	595
1970	477
1971	436
1972	588
1973	652
1974	654
1975	1,054
1976	693
1977	544
1978	495
1979	559
1980	1,178
1981	708
1982	809
1983	930
1984	862
1985	720
1986	722
1987	1,035
1988	806
1989	640
1990	1,748
1991	860
1992	999
1993	1,432
1994	1,250
1995	1,459
1996	1,038
1997	723
1998	1,350
1999	1,536
2000	999
2001	870
2002	1,401
2003	1,037
2004	638
2005	758
2006	998
2007	862
2008	683
2009	920
2010	1,678
2011	1,093
2012	1,114
2013	539
2014	711
2015	622
2016	682
2017	674
2018	475
2019	415
2020	635
2021	788
2022	575
2023	724
2024	784
2025	756
2026	1,037

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Data for records on 2008-07-14: 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 20	492
20 to 40	20
40 to 60	1
60 to 80	0
80 to 100	0
100 to 120	0
120 to 140	1