Weather Records on 4 July 2016

919 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 4 July 2016. Highest significance: Boonville 1S, US.

Key Facts for 4 July 2016

On 4 July 2016, 919 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
437 were record highs and 261 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 4 were all-time records, 43 monthly and 872 daily.
Boonville 1S set a daily record precipitation of 97.0 mm (3.8 in) on 4 July 2016.
Across 163 earlier years (1806 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 419 records.

Record Map

919 stations

919 station records on 4 July 2016 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 4 July 2016: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Boonville 1S	United States	Record daily precipitation	97.0 mm (3.8 in)	68 of 100 (Major)
Rio Blanco Lower	Puerto Rico [United States]	Record daily precipitation	97.0 mm (3.8 in)	64 of 100 (Major)
Tellico Plains	United States	Record high minimum temperature	26.7 C (80.1 F)	64 of 100 (Major)
Mardie	Australia	Record daily precipitation	89.8 mm (3.5 in)	63 of 100 (Major)
Onslow Airport	Australia	Record daily precipitation	80.0 mm (3.1 in)	62 of 100 (Major)
Gyzylarbat	Turkmenistan	Record daily precipitation	30.0 mm (1.2 in)	60 of 100 (Major)
Tell City	United States	Record daily precipitation	75.2 mm (3.0 in)	59 of 100 (Notable)
Ashford (Beaumont)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	42.0 mm (1.7 in)	57 of 100 (Notable)
Elizabethtown	United States	Record daily precipitation	102.9 mm (4.1 in)	56 of 100 (Notable)
Karsamaki Venetpalo	Finland	Record daily precipitation	38.0 mm (1.5 in)	55 of 100 (Notable)
Blue Mtn Dam	United States	Record daily precipitation	66.0 mm (2.6 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Mtn Grove 2 N	United States	Record daily precipitation	84.8 mm (3.3 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Sulkava Halttula	Finland	Record daily precipitation	47.8 mm (1.9 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Providence	United States	Record daily precipitation	104.1 mm (4.1 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Cadiz	United States	Record daily precipitation	90.4 mm (3.6 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Kanmantoo	Australia	Record daily precipitation	34.0 mm (1.3 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Viitasaari Kolima Karna	Finland	Record daily precipitation	49.9 mm (2.0 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Allerton	United States	Record low maximum temperature	17.8 C (64.0 F)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Bedford	United States	Record low maximum temperature	17.8 C (64.0 F)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Mansfield	United States	Record daily precipitation	99.6 mm (3.9 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Krest-Haldzhay	Russia	Record daily precipitation	31.1 mm (1.2 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Beaumont City	United States	Record high minimum temperature	27.8 C (82.0 F)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Clare (Hill River)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	36.2 mm (1.4 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Cape Grim Baps	Australia	Record daily precipitation	30.2 mm (1.2 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Mikkeli Lentoasema	Finland	Record daily precipitation	29.3 mm (1.2 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Monroe City	United States	Record low maximum temperature	22.8 C (73.0 F)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Syracuse	United States	Record low maximum temperature	17.8 C (64.0 F)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Vesanto Sonkari	Finland	Record daily precipitation	51.7 mm (2.0 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Aluksne	Latvia	Record daily precipitation	36.8 mm (1.4 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Keosauqua	United States	Record low maximum temperature	17.8 C (64.0 F)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Buffalo 2N	United States	Record daily precipitation	69.1 mm (2.7 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Marble Hill	United States	Record daily precipitation	35.8 mm (1.4 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Ewing	United States	Record low minimum temperature	2.8 C (37.0 F)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Fairbury 7S	United States	Record low maximum temperature	18.3 C (64.9 F)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Pearsall	United States	Record high minimum temperature	26.7 C (80.1 F)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Zhijiang	China	Record daily precipitation	130.3 mm (5.1 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
W Lafayette 6 NW	United States	Record low maximum temperature	17.2 C (63.0 F)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Clarinda	United States	Record low maximum temperature	18.3 C (64.9 F)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Chapman	United States	Record low maximum temperature	22.8 C (73.0 F)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Pawnee City	United States	Record low maximum temperature	17.8 C (64.0 F)	47 of 100 (Notable)
La Belle	United States	Record high minimum temperature	25.0 C (77.0 F)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Minonk	United States	Record low maximum temperature	18.9 C (66.0 F)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Windsor	United States	Record low maximum temperature	20.0 C (68.0 F)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Mammoth Cave	United States	Record daily precipitation	66.3 mm (2.6 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Biloxi	United States	Record high minimum temperature	28.3 C (82.9 F)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Kearney 4 NE	United States	Record low maximum temperature	18.3 C (64.9 F)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Tottenham (Euambeline)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	32.0 mm (1.3 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Ashford (Springvale)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	40.5 mm (1.6 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Nanjing	China	Record daily precipitation	122.2 mm (4.8 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Holton	United States	Record low maximum temperature	19.4 C (66.9 F)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Bolivar 1 NE	United States	Record daily precipitation	82.6 mm (3.3 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Jefferson City Wtp	United States	Record low maximum temperature	20.0 C (68.0 F)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Tecumseh 1S	United States	Record low maximum temperature	18.3 C (64.9 F)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Wallowa	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-1.1 C (30.0 F)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Boerne	United States	Record high minimum temperature	24.4 C (75.9 F)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Minderoo	Australia	Record daily precipitation	45.0 mm (1.8 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Daltonganj	India	Record daily precipitation	84.1 mm (3.3 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Fairfield	United States	Record low maximum temperature	17.8 C (64.0 F)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Burr Oak 4S	United States	Record low maximum temperature	18.9 C (66.0 F)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Maryville 2E	United States	Record low maximum temperature	18.3 C (64.9 F)	44 of 100 (Notable)

Counts by Type and Timescale

919 records

Records set or tied on 4 July 2016 by type: Highest daily maximum 102, Lowest daily maximum 228, Highest daily minimum 335, Lowest daily minimum 33, Heaviest daily rainfall 221.

Records on 4 July 2016 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	102
Lowest daily maximum	228
Highest daily minimum	335
Lowest daily minimum	33
Heaviest daily rainfall	221
Heaviest daily snowfall	0
Deepest snow cover	0

Records on 4 July 2016 by timescale: all-time 4, monthly 43, daily 872.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

717 broken records

Margins by which the 717 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 78.0. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

4 July 2016

Top 20 records on 4 July 2016 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
4 July 2016	Boonville 1S, US	daily rain	97.0 mm (3.8 in)	71.6 mm (2.8 in)	63 years	68 of 100 (Major)
4 July 2016	Rio Blanco Lower, PR	daily rain	97.0 mm (3.8 in)	64.0 mm (2.5 in)	61 years	64 of 100 (Major)
4 July 2016	Tellico Plains, US	all-time high min	26.7 C (80.1 F)	1.1 C (2.0 F)	116 years	64 of 100 (Major)
4 July 2016	Mardie, AU	monthly rain	89.8 mm (3.5 in)	48.8 mm (1.9 in)	10 years	63 of 100 (Major)
4 July 2016	Onslow Airport, AU	daily rain	80.0 mm (3.1 in)	76.4 mm (3.0 in)	51 years	62 of 100 (Major)
4 July 2016	Gyzylarbat, TM	daily rain	30.0 mm (1.2 in)	14.0 mm (0.6 in)	100 years	60 of 100 (Major)
4 July 2016	Tell City, US	daily rain	75.2 mm (3.0 in)	48.3 mm (1.9 in)	52 years	59 of 100 (Notable)
4 July 2016	Ashford (Beaumont), AU	daily rain	42.0 mm (1.7 in)	29.3 mm (1.2 in)	62 years	57 of 100 (Notable)
4 July 2016	Elizabethtown, US	daily rain	102.9 mm (4.1 in)	78.0 mm (3.1 in)	41 years	56 of 100 (Notable)
4 July 2016	Karsamaki Venetpalo, FI	daily rain	38.0 mm (1.5 in)	28.5 mm (1.1 in)	34 years	55 of 100 (Notable)
4 July 2016	Blue Mtn Dam, US	daily rain	66.0 mm (2.6 in)	43.1 mm (1.7 in)	66 years	54 of 100 (Notable)
4 July 2016	Mtn Grove 2 N, US	daily rain	84.8 mm (3.3 in)	51.8 mm (2.0 in)	42 years	54 of 100 (Notable)
4 July 2016	Sulkava Halttula, FI	daily rain	47.8 mm (1.9 in)	35.6 mm (1.4 in)	28 years	53 of 100 (Notable)
4 July 2016	Providence, US	daily rain	104.1 mm (4.1 in)	76.7 mm (3.0 in)	36 years	53 of 100 (Notable)
4 July 2016	Cadiz, US	daily rain	90.4 mm (3.6 in)	62.5 mm (2.5 in)	33 years	52 of 100 (Notable)
4 July 2016	Kanmantoo, AU	daily rain	34.0 mm (1.3 in)	10.6 mm (0.4 in)	74 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
4 July 2016	Viitasaari Kolima Karna, FI	daily rain	49.9 mm (2.0 in)	37.8 mm (1.5 in)	21 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
4 July 2016	Allerton, US	daily low max	17.8 C (64.0 F)	4.4 C (7.9 F)	101 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
4 July 2016	Bedford, US	monthly low max	17.8 C (64.0 F)	0.5 C (0.9 F)	108 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
4 July 2016	Mansfield, US	daily rain	99.6 mm (3.9 in)	46.3 mm (1.8 in)	44 years	51 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

1806 to 2016

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1806 to 2016. 2016 had 919 records.

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

Records on 07-04 in each year
Year	Records
1806	1
1815	2
1827	1
1828	1
1836	1
1837	1
1838	1
1839	2
1845	1
1850	1
1852	1
1856	2
1858	2
1859	1
1860	1
1863	1
1867	1
1868	1
1873	1
1874	2
1875	1
1877	1
1878	1
1879	1
1883	2
1887	1
1889	1
1890	3
1891	1
1892	1
1893	2
1894	3
1895	1
1896	2
1897	3
1898	6
1899	4
1900	10
1901	5
1902	8
1903	7
1904	12
1905	6
1906	15
1907	26
1908	14
1909	20
1910	33
1911	62
1912	28
1913	25
1914	48
1915	36
1916	25
1917	107
1918	72
1919	49
1920	105
1921	50
1922	61
1923	59
1924	230
1925	137
1926	139
1927	290
1928	150
1929	255
1930	276
1931	479
1932	635
1933	459
1934	521
1935	319
1936	1,189
1937	341
1938	353
1939	389
1940	504
1941	409
1942	495
1943	348
1944	553
1945	151
1946	288
1947	258
1948	293
1949	474
1950	335
1951	388
1952	285
1953	431
1954	291
1955	433
1956	381
1957	449
1958	517
1959	280
1960	562
1961	525
1962	619
1963	417
1964	383
1965	258
1966	473
1967	935
1968	668
1969	746
1970	675
1971	385
1972	1,195
1973	656
1974	546
1975	879
1976	785
1977	593
1978	1,020
1979	604
1980	674
1981	850
1982	858
1983	942
1984	851
1985	729
1986	1,129
1987	611
1988	1,158
1989	981
1990	871
1991	872
1992	1,023
1993	1,053
1994	1,131
1995	1,128
1996	1,014
1997	1,251
1998	925
1999	1,632
2000	891
2001	1,120
2002	1,152
2003	617
2004	668
2005	834
2006	924
2007	1,052
2008	764
2009	845
2010	1,124
2011	777
2012	1,205
2013	866
2014	456
2015	1,384
2016	919
2017	496
2018	653
2019	528
2020	365
2021	789
2022	700
2023	627
2024	765
2025	737
2026	717

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Data for records on 2016-07-04: 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 10	610
10 to 20	54
20 to 30	29
30 to 40	7
40 to 50	6
50 to 60	3
60 to 70	3
70 to 80	5