Weather Records on 7 July 2016

717 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 7 July 2016. Highest significance: Hopkinsville, US.

Key Facts for 7 July 2016

On 7 July 2016, 717 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
444 were record highs and 53 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 4 were all-time records, 32 monthly and 681 daily.
Hopkinsville set a daily record precipitation of 100.3 mm (3.9 in) on 7 July 2016.
Across 165 earlier years (1793 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 430 records.

Record Map

717 stations

717 station records on 7 July 2016 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 7 July 2016: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Hopkinsville	United States	Record daily precipitation	100.3 mm (3.9 in)	78 of 100 (Major)
Ensay	Australia	Record daily precipitation	70.6 mm (2.8 in)	77 of 100 (Major)
Satna	India	Record daily precipitation	277.1 mm (10.9 in)	75 of 100 (Major)
Russellville	United States	Record daily precipitation	95.8 mm (3.8 in)	69 of 100 (Major)
Bendalong Stp	Australia	Record daily precipitation	78.6 mm (3.1 in)	66 of 100 (Major)
Clarksville Wwtp	United States	Record daily precipitation	104.1 mm (4.1 in)	62 of 100 (Major)
Bethpage 1 S	United States	Record daily precipitation	104.9 mm (4.1 in)	59 of 100 (Notable)
Scottsville	United States	Record daily precipitation	71.6 mm (2.8 in)	56 of 100 (Notable)
Bonang	Australia	Record daily precipitation	67.8 mm (2.7 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Club Terrace	Australia	Record daily precipitation	89.6 mm (3.5 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Black Mountain	Australia	Record daily precipitation	40.8 mm (1.6 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Nowa Nowa	Australia	Record daily precipitation	63.8 mm (2.5 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Marrickville Golf Club	Australia	Record daily precipitation	26.0 mm (1.0 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Dargo	Australia	Record daily precipitation	63.8 mm (2.5 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Litke	Russia	Record daily precipitation	45.7 mm (1.8 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Bairnsdale Waterworks	Australia	Record daily precipitation	48.0 mm (1.9 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Waseca S Rsch & Outreach Ctr	United States	Record daily precipitation	77.0 mm (3.0 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Springfield Exp STN	United States	Record daily precipitation	112.3 mm (4.4 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Olmsted L&D	United States	Record daily precipitation	41.9 mm (1.6 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Port Gibson 1 NE	United States	Record high minimum temperature	26.7 C (80.1 F)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Valencia Creek (Little Plain)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	67.0 mm (2.6 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Williams	United States	Record high minimum temperature	20.6 C (69.1 F)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Barren Rvr Lake	United States	Record daily precipitation	82.8 mm (3.3 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Jacksonville 2E	United States	Record low maximum temperature	21.7 C (71.1 F)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Mammoth Cave	United States	Record daily precipitation	91.2 mm (3.6 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Norman 3SSE	United States	Record high minimum temperature	26.1 C (79.0 F)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Wensleydale (Anglesea (Vehicle	Australia	Record daily precipitation	51.8 mm (2.0 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Utica	United States	Record daily precipitation	70.9 mm (2.8 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Carlsbad	United States	Record high maximum temperature	42.2 C (108.0 F)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Ewing	United States	Record low minimum temperature	3.9 C (39.0 F)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Aparan	Armenia	Record daily precipitation	36.6 mm (1.4 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Kangaroo Valley (Main Rd)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	47.2 mm (1.9 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Elkton	United States	Record daily precipitation	166.6 mm (6.6 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Jennings	United States	Record high minimum temperature	26.1 C (79.0 F)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Falfurrias	United States	Record high minimum temperature	26.7 C (80.1 F)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Liberty	United States	Record high minimum temperature	26.1 C (79.0 F)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Syracuse	United States	Record daily precipitation	46.2 mm (1.8 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Socorro	United States	Record high minimum temperature	21.7 C (71.1 F)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Celina	United States	Record daily precipitation	49.5 mm (1.9 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Crosbyton	United States	Record high minimum temperature	24.4 C (75.9 F)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Springvale Necropolis	Australia	Record daily precipitation	26.5 mm (1.0 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Nashville	United States	Record high minimum temperature	25.0 C (77.0 F)	41 of 100 (Notable)
La Belle	United States	Record high minimum temperature	25.0 C (77.0 F)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Monroe City	United States	Record low maximum temperature	26.7 C (80.1 F)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Hunter Springs (Wondecla)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	44.8 mm (1.8 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Culburra Treatment Works	Australia	Record daily precipitation	44.0 mm (1.7 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Craigie (Bondi Forest Lodge)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	76.2 mm (3.0 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Benambra (Evandale)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	41.0 mm (1.6 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Springfield 2W	United States	Record daily precipitation	53.3 mm (2.1 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Goongerah	Australia	Record daily precipitation	75.6 mm (3.0 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Krasnyj Chikoj	Russia	Record high maximum temperature	36.3 C (97.3 F)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Scottsboro	United States	Record high minimum temperature	22.8 C (73.0 F)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Orlando Intl AP	United States	Record high minimum temperature	26.1 C (79.0 F)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Lincoln AP	United States	Record daily precipitation	59.4 mm (2.3 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Randwick Bowling Club	Australia	Record daily precipitation	33.6 mm (1.3 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Carbondale Sewage Plt	United States	Record daily precipitation	134.4 mm (5.3 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Bowling Green	United States	Record daily precipitation	83.8 mm (3.3 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
St James Wwtp	United States	Record daily precipitation	40.6 mm (1.6 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Idabel	United States	Record high minimum temperature	25.6 C (78.1 F)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Goodwin Mesa Arizona	United States	Record high minimum temperature	31.1 C (88.0 F)	38 of 100 (Notable)

Counts by Type and Timescale

717 records

Records set or tied on 7 July 2016 by type: Highest daily maximum 134, Lowest daily maximum 31, Highest daily minimum 310, Lowest daily minimum 22, Heaviest daily rainfall 220.

Records on 7 July 2016 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	134
Lowest daily maximum	31
Highest daily minimum	310
Lowest daily minimum	22
Heaviest daily rainfall	220
Heaviest daily snowfall	0
Deepest snow cover	0

Records on 7 July 2016 by timescale: all-time 4, monthly 32, daily 681.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

543 broken records

Margins by which the 543 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 87.1. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

7 July 2016

Top 20 records on 7 July 2016 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
7 July 2016	Hopkinsville, US	daily rain	100.3 mm (3.9 in)	55.8 mm (2.2 in)	94 years	78 of 100 (Major)
7 July 2016	Ensay, AU	daily rain	70.6 mm (2.8 in)	34.8 mm (1.4 in)	93 years	77 of 100 (Major)
7 July 2016	Satna, IN	monthly rain	277.1 mm (10.9 in)	87.1 mm (3.4 in)	56 years	75 of 100 (Major)
7 July 2016	Russellville, US	daily rain	95.8 mm (3.8 in)	44.5 mm (1.8 in)	120 years	69 of 100 (Major)
7 July 2016	Bendalong Stp, AU	daily rain	78.6 mm (3.1 in)	60.8 mm (2.4 in)	76 years	66 of 100 (Major)
7 July 2016	Clarksville Wwtp, US	monthly rain	104.1 mm (4.1 in)	18.8 mm (0.7 in)	94 years	62 of 100 (Major)
7 July 2016	Bethpage 1 S, US	daily rain	104.9 mm (4.1 in)	64.5 mm (2.5 in)	45 years	59 of 100 (Notable)
7 July 2016	Scottsville, US	daily rain	71.6 mm (2.8 in)	47.5 mm (1.9 in)	42 years	56 of 100 (Notable)
7 July 2016	Bonang, AU	daily rain	67.8 mm (2.7 in)	17.0 mm (0.7 in)	122 years	54 of 100 (Notable)
7 July 2016	Club Terrace, AU	daily rain	89.6 mm (3.5 in)	51.2 mm (2.0 in)	33 years	54 of 100 (Notable)
7 July 2016	Black Mountain, AU	daily rain	40.8 mm (1.6 in)	17.4 mm (0.7 in)	59 years	54 of 100 (Notable)
7 July 2016	Nowa Nowa, AU	daily rain	63.8 mm (2.5 in)	36.4 mm (1.4 in)	33 years	53 of 100 (Notable)
7 July 2016	Marrickville Golf Club, AU	daily rain	26.0 mm (1.0 in)	23.5 mm (0.9 in)	105 years	52 of 100 (Notable)
7 July 2016	Dargo, AU	daily rain	63.8 mm (2.5 in)	29.6 mm (1.2 in)	33 years	52 of 100 (Notable)
7 July 2016	Litke, RU	daily rain	45.7 mm (1.8 in)	37.0 mm (1.5 in)	35 years	52 of 100 (Notable)
7 July 2016	Bairnsdale Waterworks, AU	daily rain	48.0 mm (1.9 in)	23.6 mm (0.9 in)	33 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
7 July 2016	Waseca S Rsch & Outreach Ctr, US	daily rain	77.0 mm (3.0 in)	21.6 mm (0.9 in)	86 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
7 July 2016	Springfield Exp STN, US	monthly rain	112.3 mm (4.4 in)	31.5 mm (1.2 in)	27 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
7 July 2016	Olmsted L&D, US	daily rain	41.9 mm (1.6 in)	25.6 mm (1.0 in)	82 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
7 July 2016	Port Gibson 1 NE, US	daily high min	26.7 C (80.1 F)	1.7 C (3.1 F)	120 years	48 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 2016

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1793 to 2016. 2016 had 717 records.

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

Records on 07-07 in each year
Year	Records
1793	1
1812	1
1813	1
1815	1
1819	3
1821	1
1825	1
1828	2
1835	1
1845	1
1850	1
1856	2
1857	1
1860	1
1863	1
1864	2
1865	2
1867	1
1870	1
1872	1
1873	2
1874	1
1875	1
1877	3
1878	2
1879	1
1883	1
1887	4
1889	2
1890	8
1891	3
1892	3
1893	2
1894	1
1895	4
1896	5
1897	2
1898	3
1899	2
1900	14
1901	5
1902	13
1903	10
1904	4
1905	11
1906	12
1907	6
1908	26
1909	22
1910	16
1911	67
1912	31
1913	17
1914	49
1915	72
1916	126
1917	120
1918	42
1919	37
1920	42
1921	65
1922	135
1923	166
1924	166
1925	198
1926	135
1927	184
1928	200
1929	122
1930	332
1931	442
1932	315
1933	337
1934	390
1935	311
1936	795
1937	280
1938	268
1939	359
1940	467
1941	334
1942	516
1943	309
1944	411
1945	299
1946	208
1947	532
1948	404
1949	374
1950	431
1951	416
1952	515
1953	623
1954	622
1955	485
1956	1,170
1957	394
1958	749
1959	391
1960	663
1961	318
1962	294
1963	510
1964	549
1965	388
1966	304
1967	430
1968	624
1969	967
1970	391
1971	467
1972	1,155
1973	1,120
1974	652
1975	571
1976	679
1977	828
1978	794
1979	924
1980	848
1981	1,025
1982	795
1983	1,013
1984	1,044
1985	939
1986	770
1987	728
1988	1,251
1989	1,040
1990	781
1991	1,040
1992	938
1993	1,762
1994	1,394
1995	576
1996	1,218
1997	752
1998	1,382
1999	971
2000	823
2001	983
2002	667
2003	664
2004	1,084
2005	949
2006	1,061
2007	1,067
2008	1,174
2009	930
2010	1,411
2011	749
2012	1,423
2013	548
2014	539
2015	1,263
2016	717
2017	904
2018	550
2019	506
2020	556
2021	930
2022	744
2023	576
2024	1,277
2025	562
2026	522

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Data for records on 2016-07-07: 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 2026-10-14 (14 October 2026). Records are computed by this site and are not official.

Data as of 2026-10-13. Last revised 13 October 2026 (2026-10-13).

Margin	Records
0 to 20	503
20 to 40	29
40 to 60	8
60 to 80	2
80 to 100	1