Weather Records on 19 July 2008

753 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 19 July 2008. Highest significance: Rockypoint 7NNE, US.

Key Facts for 19 July 2008

On 19 July 2008, 753 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
208 were record highs and 196 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 2 were all-time records, 23 monthly and 728 daily.
Rockypoint 7NNE set a daily record precipitation of 43.7 mm (1.7 in) on 19 July 2008.
Across 164 earlier years (1799 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 438 records.

Record Map

753 stations

753 station records on 19 July 2008 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 19 July 2008: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Rockypoint 7NNE	United States	Record daily precipitation	43.7 mm (1.7 in)	66 of 100 (Major)
Yajlju	Russia	Record daily precipitation	101.2 mm (4.0 in)	61 of 100 (Major)
Gagnoa	Cote D'Ivoire	Record daily precipitation	182.4 mm (7.2 in)	56 of 100 (Notable)
Delfzijl	Netherlands	Record daily precipitation	38.5 mm (1.5 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Dunolly	Australia	Record daily precipitation	29.7 mm (1.2 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Nikolaev	Ukraine	Record daily precipitation	30.4 mm (1.2 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Little Port Walter	United States	Record daily precipitation	113.3 mm (4.5 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Alcomunga	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	90.4 mm (3.6 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Naranjal	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	199.9 mm (7.9 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Nieuw Buinen	Netherlands	Record daily precipitation	37.4 mm (1.5 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Perevoz	Russia	Record daily precipitation	37.0 mm (1.5 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
San Bernardino Lagunas	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	42.9 mm (1.7 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Leroy 5 WSW	United States	Record low minimum temperature	8.3 C (46.9 F)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Galva	United States	Record daily precipitation	78.7 mm (3.1 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Cass City 1 SSW	United States	Record daily precipitation	52.1 mm (2.1 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Cottonwood 2 E	United States	Record daily precipitation	31.2 mm (1.2 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Viljujsk	Russia	Record daily precipitation	30.0 mm (1.2 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Mirnyj	Russia	Record daily precipitation	35.9 mm (1.4 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Finca la Victoria	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	73.9 mm (2.9 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Venado	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	43.9 mm (1.7 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Coloso	Puerto Rico [United States]	Record high maximum temperature	36.1 C (97.0 F)	42 of 100 (Notable)
El Dorado	United States	Record low maximum temperature	25.6 C (78.1 F)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Gettysburg	United States	Record daily precipitation	57.9 mm (2.3 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Wood	United States	Record daily precipitation	28.2 mm (1.1 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Petersburg 1	United States	Record daily precipitation	36.3 mm (1.4 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Parnu	Estonia	Record low minimum temperature	7.6 C (45.7 F)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Syktyvkar	Russia	Record high minimum temperature	19.3 C (66.7 F)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Jefferson	United States	Record daily precipitation	41.1 mm (1.6 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Morrisville-Stowe State AP	United States	Record daily precipitation	56.4 mm (2.2 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Jesus del Monte	Mexico	Record high minimum temperature	18.9 C (66.0 F)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Blokzijl	Netherlands	Record daily precipitation	29.9 mm (1.2 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Glacier Bay	United States	Record daily precipitation	28.7 mm (1.1 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Aberdeen	United States	Record daily precipitation	71.4 mm (2.8 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Motozintla (Smn)	Mexico	Record low minimum temperature	6.7 C (44.1 F)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Estancia 4N	United States	Record daily precipitation	27.9 mm (1.1 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Ft Sumner	United States	Record high minimum temperature	24.4 C (75.9 F)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Saltville 1N	United States	Record low minimum temperature	12.2 C (54.0 F)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Mount Howick	Australia	Record daily precipitation	26.2 mm (1.0 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Kuinre	Netherlands	Record daily precipitation	26.4 mm (1.0 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Marknesse_1	Netherlands	Record daily precipitation	27.2 mm (1.1 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Durham	United States	Record daily precipitation	36.8 mm (1.4 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Gran Quivira Natl Mon	United States	Record daily precipitation	40.1 mm (1.6 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Britton	United States	Record daily precipitation	42.7 mm (1.7 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Lancelin	Australia	Record daily precipitation	41.0 mm (1.6 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Vermeulen	Australia	Record daily precipitation	35.6 mm (1.4 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Quito	Mexico	Record high maximum temperature	36.7 C (98.1 F)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Gorredijk	Netherlands	Record daily precipitation	31.3 mm (1.2 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Asker	Norway	Record daily precipitation	37.7 mm (1.5 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Bolgart	Australia	Record daily precipitation	25.0 mm (1.0 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Chicontepec de Tejeda (Smn)	Mexico	Record high minimum temperature	25.0 C (77.0 F)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Bangkok Metropolis	Thailand	Record daily precipitation	49.8 mm (2.0 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Richfield 10 WSW	United States	Record daily precipitation	45.2 mm (1.8 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Livingston 2 NNE	United States	Record high minimum temperature	25.0 C (77.0 F)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Wilmington Intl AP	United States	Record daily precipitation	87.1 mm (3.4 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Pindarita	Australia	Record daily precipitation	30.0 mm (1.2 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Emden-Wolthusen	Germany	Record daily precipitation	54.2 mm (2.1 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Cape Palinuro	Italy	Record low minimum temperature	12.1 C (53.8 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Santo Tomas	Mexico	Record high maximum temperature	47.8 C (118.0 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Eelde	Netherlands	Record daily precipitation	26.5 mm (1.0 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Greenland	United States	Record daily precipitation	56.6 mm (2.2 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

753 records

Records set or tied on 19 July 2008 by type: Highest daily maximum 91, Lowest daily maximum 117, Highest daily minimum 117, Lowest daily minimum 79, Heaviest daily rainfall 349.

Records on 19 July 2008 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	91
Lowest daily maximum	117
Highest daily minimum	117
Lowest daily minimum	79
Heaviest daily rainfall	349
Heaviest daily snowfall	0
Deepest snow cover	0

Records on 19 July 2008 by timescale: all-time 2, monthly 23, daily 728.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

579 broken records

Margins by which the 579 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 147.3. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

19 July 2008

Top 20 records on 19 July 2008 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
19 July 2008	Rockypoint 7NNE, US	daily rain	43.7 mm (1.7 in)	35.1 mm (1.4 in)	70 years	66 of 100 (Major)
19 July 2008	Yajlju, RU	all-time rain	101.2 mm (4.0 in)	27.8 mm (1.1 in)	8 years	61 of 100 (Major)
19 July 2008	Gagnoa, CI	monthly rain	182.4 mm (7.2 in)	78.5 mm (3.1 in)	0 years	56 of 100 (Notable)
19 July 2008	Delfzijl, NL	daily rain	38.5 mm (1.5 in)	29.1 mm (1.1 in)	28 years	53 of 100 (Notable)
19 July 2008	Dunolly, AU	daily rain	29.7 mm (1.2 in)	18.5 mm (0.7 in)	27 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
19 July 2008	Nikolaev, UA	daily rain	30.4 mm (1.2 in)	10.4 mm (0.4 in)	95 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
19 July 2008	Little Port Walter, US	daily rain	113.3 mm (4.5 in)	70.1 mm (2.8 in)	28 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
19 July 2008	Alcomunga, MX	daily rain	90.4 mm (3.6 in)	45.4 mm (1.8 in)	48 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
19 July 2008	Naranjal, MX	daily rain	199.9 mm (7.9 in)	147.3 mm (5.8 in)	2 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
19 July 2008	Nieuw Buinen, NL	daily rain	37.4 mm (1.5 in)	21.9 mm (0.9 in)	28 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
19 July 2008	Perevoz, RU	daily rain	37.0 mm (1.5 in)	17.8 mm (0.7 in)	59 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
19 July 2008	San Bernardino Lagunas, MX	daily rain	42.9 mm (1.7 in)	23.1 mm (0.9 in)	48 years	44 of 100 (Notable)
19 July 2008	Leroy 5 WSW, US	daily low min	8.3 C (46.9 F)	1.1 C (2.0 F)	106 years	44 of 100 (Notable)
19 July 2008	Galva, US	daily rain	78.7 mm (3.1 in)	46.4 mm (1.8 in)	21 years	44 of 100 (Notable)
19 July 2008	Cass City 1 SSW, US	daily rain	52.1 mm (2.1 in)	33.3 mm (1.3 in)	22 years	44 of 100 (Notable)
19 July 2008	Cottonwood 2 E, US	daily rain	31.2 mm (1.2 in)	8.8 mm (0.35 in)	84 years	44 of 100 (Notable)
19 July 2008	Viljujsk, RU	daily rain	30.0 mm (1.2 in)	6.8 mm (0.27 in)	77 years	43 of 100 (Notable)
19 July 2008	Mirnyj, RU	daily rain	35.9 mm (1.4 in)	21.4 mm (0.8 in)	29 years	43 of 100 (Notable)
19 July 2008	Finca la Victoria, MX	daily rain	73.9 mm (2.9 in)	39.1 mm (1.5 in)	45 years	42 of 100 (Notable)
19 July 2008	Venado, MX	daily rain	43.9 mm (1.7 in)	24.1 mm (0.9 in)	60 years	42 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 2008

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1799 to 2008. 2008 had 753 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	600
2026	653

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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	550
20 to 40	23
40 to 60	3
60 to 80	2
80 to 100	0
100 to 120	0
120 to 140	0
140 to 160	1