Weather Records on 15 July 2010

941 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 15 July 2010. Highest significance: Beaver Dam Wwtp, US.

Key Facts for 15 July 2010

On 15 July 2010, 941 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
580 were record highs and 108 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 11 were all-time records, 29 monthly and 901 daily.
Beaver Dam Wwtp set a daily record precipitation of 85.6 mm (3.4 in) on 15 July 2010.
Across 160 earlier years (1793 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 452 records.

Record Map

941 stations

941 station records on 15 July 2010 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 15 July 2010: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Beaver Dam Wwtp	United States	Record daily precipitation	85.6 mm (3.4 in)	80 of 100 (Exceptional)
Chilton	United States	Record daily precipitation	89.2 mm (3.5 in)	80 of 100 (Exceptional)
Hancock Exp Farm	United States	Record daily precipitation	72.4 mm (2.9 in)	78 of 100 (Major)
Port Washington	United States	Record daily precipitation	76.2 mm (3.0 in)	78 of 100 (Major)
Wisconsin Rapids	United States	Record daily precipitation	63.5 mm (2.5 in)	73 of 100 (Major)
Ladysmith 3W	United States	Record daily precipitation	68.6 mm (2.7 in)	72 of 100 (Major)
Mauston 1 SE	United States	Record daily precipitation	132.6 mm (5.2 in)	70 of 100 (Major)
Prentice #2	United States	Record daily precipitation	68.8 mm (2.7 in)	66 of 100 (Major)
Merrill	United States	Record daily precipitation	64.0 mm (2.5 in)	62 of 100 (Major)
Minocqua	United States	Record daily precipitation	62.0 mm (2.4 in)	60 of 100 (Major)
Trousdale 1 NE	United States	Record daily precipitation	73.2 mm (2.9 in)	59 of 100 (Notable)
New London	United States	Record daily precipitation	81.5 mm (3.2 in)	58 of 100 (Notable)
Stratford 1 NW	United States	Record daily precipitation	74.2 mm (2.9 in)	58 of 100 (Notable)
Germantown Wastewater Utility	United States	Record daily precipitation	91.2 mm (3.6 in)	57 of 100 (Notable)
Hartford Wwtp	United States	Record daily precipitation	99.1 mm (3.9 in)	57 of 100 (Notable)
Bolshoj Ushkanij Ostrov	Russia	Record daily precipitation	74.7 mm (2.9 in)	56 of 100 (Notable)
Hillsborough	United Kingdom	Record daily precipitation	31.2 mm (1.2 in)	56 of 100 (Notable)
Shawano 2SSW	United States	Record daily precipitation	54.4 mm (2.1 in)	56 of 100 (Notable)
Andalusia 3 W	United States	Record daily precipitation	81.3 mm (3.2 in)	55 of 100 (Notable)
Arlington	United States	Record daily precipitation	90.9 mm (3.6 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Goodrich 1 E	United States	Record daily precipitation	72.4 mm (2.9 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Stevens Pt	United States	Record daily precipitation	62.0 mm (2.4 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Bushong 5 W	United States	Record daily precipitation	91.4 mm (3.6 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Baraboo Wwtp	United States	Record daily precipitation	96.5 mm (3.8 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Big Falls Hydro	United States	Record daily precipitation	84.1 mm (3.3 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Clintonville	United States	Record daily precipitation	76.2 mm (3.0 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Fond du Lac Wwtp	United States	Record daily precipitation	75.7 mm (3.0 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Marshfield Exp Farm	United States	Record daily precipitation	75.2 mm (3.0 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Cass City 1 SSW	United States	Record daily precipitation	51.6 mm (2.0 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Eau Pleine Rsvr	United States	Record daily precipitation	77.0 mm (3.0 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Mt Mary College	United States	Record daily precipitation	113.0 mm (4.4 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Sparta	United States	Record daily precipitation	61.0 mm (2.4 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Plymouth Wwtp	United States	Record daily precipitation	67.3 mm (2.6 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Le Bourget	France	Record daily precipitation	42.7 mm (1.7 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Derbent	Russia	Record daily precipitation	47.3 mm (1.9 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Leuchars	United Kingdom	Record daily precipitation	39.4 mm (1.6 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Dover	United States	Record daily precipitation	89.4 mm (3.5 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Ripon 5 NE	United States	Record daily precipitation	59.2 mm (2.3 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Petrozawodsk	Russia	Record high minimum temperature	22.5 C (72.5 F)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Aginskoe	Russia	Record daily precipitation	62.2 mm (2.4 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Brillion	United States	Record daily precipitation	56.1 mm (2.2 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Antigo	United States	Record daily precipitation	53.3 mm (2.1 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Black Rvr Falls Sewage	United States	Record daily precipitation	66.8 mm (2.6 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Wewahitchka	United States	Record high maximum temperature	40.6 C (105.1 F)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Middleboro	United States	Record daily precipitation	65.5 mm (2.6 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Horicon Wwtp	United States	Record daily precipitation	85.6 mm (3.4 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Crookwell (Gundowringa)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	25.2 mm (1.0 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Daniel Z Romualdez	Philippines	Record daily precipitation	78.5 mm (3.1 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Mead 6S	United States	Record daily precipitation	78.7 mm (3.1 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Oshkosh	United States	Record daily precipitation	91.4 mm (3.6 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Rosholt	United States	Record daily precipitation	79.5 mm (3.1 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Waukesha Wwtp	United States	Record daily precipitation	76.2 mm (3.0 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Tumut (Wattle Cres)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	40.0 mm (1.6 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Tartu-Toravere	Estonia	Record high maximum temperature	32.0 C (89.6 F)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Gyshgy	Turkmenistan	Record high maximum temperature	44.1 C (111.4 F)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Big River Lakes	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-0.6 C (30.9 F)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Salzburg	Austria	Record high minimum temperature	20.1 C (68.2 F)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Hardy	United States	Record high minimum temperature	23.9 C (75.0 F)	42 of 100 (Notable)
W Allis	United States	Record daily precipitation	78.5 mm (3.1 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Ft Pierce	United States	Record high minimum temperature	26.1 C (79.0 F)	41 of 100 (Notable)

Counts by Type and Timescale

941 records

Records set or tied on 15 July 2010 by type: Highest daily maximum 191, Lowest daily maximum 40, Highest daily minimum 389, Lowest daily minimum 68, Heaviest daily rainfall 253.

Records on 15 July 2010 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	191
Lowest daily maximum	40
Highest daily minimum	389
Lowest daily minimum	68
Heaviest daily rainfall	253
Heaviest daily snowfall	0
Deepest snow cover	0

Records on 15 July 2010 by timescale: all-time 11, monthly 29, daily 901.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

700 broken records

Margins by which the 700 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 88.1. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

15 July 2010

Top 20 records on 15 July 2010 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
15 July 2010	Beaver Dam Wwtp, US	daily rain	85.6 mm (3.4 in)	62.2 mm (2.4 in)	116 years	80 of 100 (Exceptional)
15 July 2010	Chilton, US	daily rain	89.2 mm (3.5 in)	70.1 mm (2.8 in)	114 years	80 of 100 (Exceptional)
15 July 2010	Hancock Exp Farm, US	daily rain	72.4 mm (2.9 in)	49.5 mm (1.9 in)	103 years	78 of 100 (Major)
15 July 2010	Port Washington, US	daily rain	76.2 mm (3.0 in)	49.5 mm (1.9 in)	96 years	78 of 100 (Major)
15 July 2010	Wisconsin Rapids, US	daily rain	63.5 mm (2.5 in)	42.7 mm (1.7 in)	95 years	73 of 100 (Major)
15 July 2010	Ladysmith 3W, US	daily rain	68.6 mm (2.7 in)	50.1 mm (2.0 in)	83 years	72 of 100 (Major)
15 July 2010	Mauston 1 SE, US	all-time rain	132.6 mm (5.2 in)	14.5 mm (0.6 in)	100 years	70 of 100 (Major)
15 July 2010	Prentice #2, US	daily rain	68.8 mm (2.7 in)	34.5 mm (1.4 in)	95 years	66 of 100 (Major)
15 July 2010	Merrill, US	daily rain	64.0 mm (2.5 in)	29.2 mm (1.1 in)	93 years	62 of 100 (Major)
15 July 2010	Minocqua, US	daily rain	62.0 mm (2.4 in)	29.5 mm (1.2 in)	92 years	60 of 100 (Major)
15 July 2010	Trousdale 1 NE, US	daily rain	73.2 mm (2.9 in)	29.8 mm (1.2 in)	91 years	59 of 100 (Notable)
15 July 2010	New London, US	daily rain	81.5 mm (3.2 in)	22.3 mm (0.9 in)	109 years	58 of 100 (Notable)
15 July 2010	Stratford 1 NW, US	daily rain	74.2 mm (2.9 in)	55.7 mm (2.2 in)	40 years	58 of 100 (Notable)
15 July 2010	Germantown Wastewater Utility, US	daily rain	91.2 mm (3.6 in)	62.8 mm (2.5 in)	37 years	57 of 100 (Notable)
15 July 2010	Hartford Wwtp, US	daily rain	99.1 mm (3.9 in)	73.7 mm (2.9 in)	24 years	57 of 100 (Notable)
15 July 2010	Bolshoj Ushkanij Ostrov, RU	daily rain	74.7 mm (2.9 in)	47.2 mm (1.9 in)	35 years	56 of 100 (Notable)
15 July 2010	Hillsborough, GB	daily rain	31.2 mm (1.2 in)	17.0 mm (0.7 in)	47 years	56 of 100 (Notable)
15 July 2010	Shawano 2SSW, US	daily rain	54.4 mm (2.1 in)	18.8 mm (0.7 in)	109 years	56 of 100 (Notable)
15 July 2010	Andalusia 3 W, US	daily rain	81.3 mm (3.2 in)	46.5 mm (1.8 in)	59 years	55 of 100 (Notable)
15 July 2010	Arlington, US	daily rain	90.9 mm (3.6 in)	60.2 mm (2.4 in)	33 years	54 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 2010

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1793 to 2010. 2010 had 941 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 2010-07-15: 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	637
20 to 40	31
40 to 60	24
60 to 80	7
80 to 100	1