Weather Records on 15 July 2008

532 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 15 July 2008. Highest significance: Paradise, US.

Key Facts for 15 July 2008

On 15 July 2008, 532 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
241 were record highs and 127 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 2 were all-time records, 9 monthly and 521 daily.
Paradise set an all-time record daily precipitation of 125.5 mm (4.9 in) on 15 July 2008.
Across 160 earlier years (1793 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 455 records.

Record Map

532 stations

532 station records on 15 July 2008 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 15 July 2008: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Paradise	United States	Record daily precipitation	125.5 mm (4.9 in)	98 of 100 (Exceptional)
Hazlehurst	United States	Record daily precipitation	76.2 mm (3.0 in)	64 of 100 (Major)
Narrung (Yalkuri)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	30.4 mm (1.2 in)	57 of 100 (Notable)
Spur	United States	Record daily precipitation	109.5 mm (4.3 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Capulhuac	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	82.8 mm (3.3 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Eikemo	Norway	Record daily precipitation	71.6 mm (2.8 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Clare (Hill River)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	38.3 mm (1.5 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Cairns Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	26.9 mm (1.1 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Jesus del Monte	Mexico	Record high minimum temperature	17.8 C (64.0 F)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Lake Charles	United States	Record daily precipitation	112.8 mm (4.4 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Buffalo Bill Dam	United States	Record low minimum temperature	5.0 C (41.0 F)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Port Townsend	United States	Record high minimum temperature	18.3 C (64.9 F)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Skei I Jolster	Norway	Record daily precipitation	44.7 mm (1.8 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Nueva Casas Grandes	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	67.1 mm (2.6 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Ovstedal	Norway	Record daily precipitation	55.6 mm (2.2 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Meningie (Naranga)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	26.4 mm (1.0 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Szeged	Hungary	Record low maximum temperature	19.4 C (66.9 F)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Paradise	United States	Record low maximum temperature	23.9 C (75.0 F)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Te Kowai Exp STN	Australia	Record high minimum temperature	19.4 C (66.9 F)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Deland 1 SSE	United States	Record daily precipitation	55.9 mm (2.2 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
La Belle	United States	Record low maximum temperature	29.4 C (84.9 F)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Ulupalakua Rch 250	United States	Record daily precipitation	47.2 mm (1.9 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Opstveit	Norway	Record daily precipitation	81.4 mm (3.2 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Floydada	United States	Record daily precipitation	40.9 mm (1.6 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Leting	China	Record daily precipitation	121.2 mm (4.8 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
San Diego Curupatzeo	Mexico	Record high maximum temperature	38.9 C (102.0 F)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Gullbra	Norway	Record daily precipitation	39.4 mm (1.6 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Newton Rigg	United Kingdom	Record high minimum temperature	15.4 C (59.7 F)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Reserve	United States	Record daily precipitation	53.3 mm (2.1 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Howell Wwtp	United States	Record low minimum temperature	8.3 C (46.9 F)	37 of 100 (Notable)
N Bend SW Oregon Rgnl AP	United States	Record low maximum temperature	13.9 C (57.0 F)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Freiburg	Germany	Record low minimum temperature	8.8 C (47.8 F)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Wyndarra	Australia	Record daily precipitation	32.6 mm (1.3 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Siping	China	Record daily precipitation	80.2 mm (3.2 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Calera	Mexico	Record high maximum temperature	36.7 C (98.1 F)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Suldalsvatn	Norway	Record daily precipitation	29.4 mm (1.2 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Berezhany	Ukraine	Record daily precipitation	29.0 mm (1.1 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
San Juan Tlacotenco	Mexico	Record low minimum temperature	7.8 C (46.0 F)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Opihihale #2 24.1	United States	Record daily precipitation	59.9 mm (2.4 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Hundseid I Vikedal	Norway	Record daily precipitation	59.2 mm (2.3 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Jordalen - Nasen	Norway	Record daily precipitation	28.7 mm (1.1 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Nedre Vats	Norway	Record daily precipitation	40.0 mm (1.6 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Logansport	United States	Record daily precipitation	38.4 mm (1.5 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Vero Beach Intl AP	United States	Record daily precipitation	75.9 mm (3.0 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Tangancicuaro	Mexico	Record high maximum temperature	33.9 C (93.0 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Midville Exp STN	United States	Record daily precipitation	46.7 mm (1.8 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Gold Beach Rs	United States	Record low maximum temperature	13.9 C (57.0 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Pineland	United States	Record daily precipitation	49.0 mm (1.9 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
L F Wade Intl AP Kindley Fld	Bermuda [United Kingdom]	Record daily precipitation	81.3 mm (3.2 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Svelgen II	Norway	Record daily precipitation	38.7 mm (1.5 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Half Moon Bay	United States	Record high minimum temperature	15.0 C (59.0 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Naples	United States	Record daily precipitation	63.5 mm (2.5 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Pbo Anantapur	India	Record low minimum temperature	19.6 C (67.3 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
San Jose de Gracia	Mexico	Record low minimum temperature	6.7 C (44.1 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Briksdal	Norway	Record daily precipitation	36.5 mm (1.4 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Rorvikvatn Ved Vadheim	Norway	Record daily precipitation	45.7 mm (1.8 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Kjusjur	Russia	Record high maximum temperature	30.7 C (87.3 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Jubilejnaja	Russia	Record high maximum temperature	31.5 C (88.7 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Anvil Rch	United States	Record low minimum temperature	13.9 C (57.0 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
St-Girons	France	Record low minimum temperature	8.5 C (47.3 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

532 records

Records set or tied on 15 July 2008 by type: Highest daily maximum 104, Lowest daily maximum 55, Highest daily minimum 137, Lowest daily minimum 72, Heaviest daily rainfall 164.

Records on 15 July 2008 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	104
Lowest daily maximum	55
Highest daily minimum	137
Lowest daily minimum	72
Heaviest daily rainfall	164
Heaviest daily snowfall	0
Deepest snow cover	0

Records on 15 July 2008 by timescale: all-time 2, monthly 9, daily 521.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

417 broken records

Margins by which the 417 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 84.9. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

15 July 2008

Top 20 records on 15 July 2008 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
15 July 2008	Paradise, US	all-time rain	125.5 mm (4.9 in)	60.0 mm (2.4 in)	95 years	98 of 100 (Exceptional)
15 July 2008	Hazlehurst, US	daily rain	76.2 mm (3.0 in)	44.2 mm (1.7 in)	87 years	64 of 100 (Major)
15 July 2008	Narrung (Yalkuri), AU	daily rain	30.4 mm (1.2 in)	13.6 mm (0.5 in)	57 years	57 of 100 (Notable)
15 July 2008	Spur, US	monthly rain	109.5 mm (4.3 in)	9.7 mm (0.38 in)	94 years	53 of 100 (Notable)
15 July 2008	Capulhuac, MX	daily rain	82.8 mm (3.3 in)	42.9 mm (1.7 in)	25 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
15 July 2008	Eikemo, NO	daily rain	71.6 mm (2.8 in)	40.4 mm (1.6 in)	37 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
15 July 2008	Clare (Hill River), AU	daily rain	38.3 mm (1.5 in)	15.7 mm (0.6 in)	50 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
15 July 2008	Cairns Post Office, AU	daily rain	26.9 mm (1.1 in)	4.8 mm (0.19 in)	117 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
15 July 2008	Jesus del Monte, MX	daily high min	17.8 C (64.0 F)	5.0 C (9.0 F)	57 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
15 July 2008	Lake Charles, US	daily rain	112.8 mm (4.4 in)	84.9 mm (3.3 in)	16 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
15 July 2008	Buffalo Bill Dam, US	daily low min	5.0 C (41.0 F)	1.7 C (3.1 F)	101 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
15 July 2008	Port Townsend, US	daily high min	18.3 C (64.9 F)	2.7 C (4.9 F)	67 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
15 July 2008	Skei I Jolster, NO	daily rain	44.7 mm (1.8 in)	21.3 mm (0.8 in)	25 years	44 of 100 (Notable)
15 July 2008	Nueva Casas Grandes, MX	daily rain	67.1 mm (2.6 in)	25.7 mm (1.0 in)	18 years	42 of 100 (Notable)
15 July 2008	Ovstedal, NO	daily rain	55.6 mm (2.2 in)	27.5 mm (1.1 in)	37 years	42 of 100 (Notable)
15 July 2008	Meningie (Naranga), AU	daily rain	26.4 mm (1.0 in)	18.6 mm (0.7 in)	4 years	41 of 100 (Notable)
15 July 2008	Szeged, HU	daily low max	19.4 C (66.9 F)	0.6 C (1.1 F)	102 years	41 of 100 (Notable)
15 July 2008	Paradise, US	daily low max	23.9 C (75.0 F)	0.5 C (0.9 F)	100 years	41 of 100 (Notable)
15 July 2008	Te Kowai Exp STN, AU	daily high min	19.4 C (66.9 F)	0.6 C (1.1 F)	99 years	40 of 100 (Notable)
15 July 2008	Deland 1 SSE, US	daily rain	55.9 mm (2.2 in)	15.0 mm (0.6 in)	73 years	40 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 2008

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1793 to 2008. 2008 had 532 records.

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

Records on 07-15 in each year
Year	Records
1793	1
1802	1
1808	1
1824	2
1829	1
1832	1
1833	1
1838	1
1839	1
1840	2
1866	1
1868	2
1874	1
1876	1
1877	2
1879	3
1880	1
1881	2
1883	2
1884	2
1885	1
1886	2
1888	1
1889	1
1890	5
1891	4
1892	4
1893	3
1894	6
1895	4
1896	2
1897	2
1898	10
1899	1
1900	1
1901	7
1902	4
1903	24
1904	9
1905	1
1906	10
1907	8
1908	7
1909	7
1910	14
1911	11
1912	44
1913	19
1914	35
1915	34
1916	27
1917	134
1918	33
1919	59
1920	78
1921	55
1922	111
1923	120
1924	126
1925	137
1926	487
1927	151
1928	367
1929	213
1930	503
1931	591
1932	649
1933	205
1934	554
1935	208
1936	905
1937	279
1938	227
1939	394
1940	320
1941	444
1942	275
1943	338
1944	228
1945	693
1946	421
1947	373
1948	397
1949	455
1950	503
1951	606
1952	825
1953	398
1954	784
1955	612
1956	351
1957	304
1958	859
1959	411
1960	576
1961	386
1962	724
1963	291
1964	670
1965	282
1966	494
1967	1,419
1968	661
1969	670
1970	542
1971	552
1972	681
1973	800
1974	692
1975	869
1976	790
1977	766
1978	815
1979	585
1980	1,168
1981	646
1982	938
1983	1,241
1984	841
1985	793
1986	773
1987	968
1988	1,157
1989	827
1990	1,202
1991	589
1992	904
1993	1,198
1994	1,027
1995	1,347
1996	1,076
1997	688
1998	1,170
1999	1,428
2000	1,276
2001	1,004
2002	1,177
2003	1,256
2004	714
2005	932
2006	1,535
2007	1,171
2008	532
2009	816
2010	941
2011	989
2012	927
2013	761
2014	1,016
2015	547
2016	672
2017	467
2018	645
2019	561
2020	614
2021	674
2022	621
2023	1,157
2024	823
2025	720
2026	961

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Data for records on 2008-07-15: 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	396
20 to 40	13
40 to 60	6
60 to 80	1
80 to 100	1