Weather Records on 8 July 2016

670 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 8 July 2016. Highest significance: Bendalong Stp, AU.

Key Facts for 8 July 2016

On 8 July 2016, 670 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
429 were record highs and 61 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 6 were all-time records, 20 monthly and 644 daily.
Bendalong Stp set a daily record precipitation of 67.8 mm (2.7 in) on 8 July 2016.
Across 159 earlier years (1793 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 444 records.

Record Map

670 stations

670 station records on 8 July 2016 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 8 July 2016: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Bendalong Stp	Australia	Record daily precipitation	67.8 mm (2.7 in)	62 of 100 (Major)
Nobeoka	Japan	Record daily precipitation	202.9 mm (8.0 in)	60 of 100 (Major)
Shimizu	Japan	Record daily precipitation	223.0 mm (8.8 in)	59 of 100 (Notable)
Aburatsu	Japan	Record daily precipitation	254.0 mm (10.0 in)	55 of 100 (Notable)
Big Rapids Wtp	United States	Record daily precipitation	51.3 mm (2.0 in)	55 of 100 (Notable)
Cross Village 1E	United States	Record daily precipitation	46.7 mm (1.8 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Booroorban (Ramsay)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	28.2 mm (1.1 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Norra_Stroo	Sweden	Record daily precipitation	34.0 mm (1.3 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Satna	India	Record daily precipitation	244.1 mm (9.6 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Tipton 4S Mesonet	United States	Record daily precipitation	46.5 mm (1.8 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Elk	United States	Record high minimum temperature	18.3 C (64.9 F)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Vladikavkaz	Russia	Record daily precipitation	41.5 mm (1.6 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Hereford	United States	Record high maximum temperature	40.6 C (105.1 F)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Demjanskoe	Russia	Record daily precipitation	50.0 mm (2.0 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Liberty	United States	Record high minimum temperature	26.7 C (80.1 F)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Natural Brg	United States	Record low minimum temperature	11.7 C (53.1 F)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Bajandaj	Russia	Record high maximum temperature	33.6 C (92.5 F)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Port Gibson 1 NE	United States	Record high minimum temperature	25.0 C (77.0 F)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Kjahta	Russia	Record high minimum temperature	19.7 C (67.5 F)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Crossett 2 SSE	United States	Record high minimum temperature	25.0 C (77.0 F)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Atlanta Hartsfield-Jackson Int	United States	Record high minimum temperature	26.1 C (79.0 F)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Tanegashima	Japan	Record daily precipitation	276.1 mm (10.9 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Hanty-Mansijsk	Russia	Record daily precipitation	28.0 mm (1.1 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Childersburg Wtp	United States	Record high minimum temperature	27.2 C (81.0 F)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Jefferson City Wtp	United States	Record daily precipitation	49.5 mm (1.9 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Weslaco	United States	Record high minimum temperature	26.7 C (80.1 F)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Darlington Point (Bringagee)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	25.8 mm (1.0 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Kyra	Russia	Record high maximum temperature	37.9 C (100.2 F)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Gigant	Russia	Record daily precipitation	38.5 mm (1.5 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
San Carlos Rsvr	United States	Record low minimum temperature	13.3 C (55.9 F)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Eastman 1 W	United States	Record high minimum temperature	25.0 C (77.0 F)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Breckenridge	United States	Record low minimum temperature	13.3 C (55.9 F)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Port Kembla (Bhp Central Lab)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	42.7 mm (1.7 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Hilok	Russia	Record high maximum temperature	37.5 C (99.5 F)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Artesia 6S	United States	Record high minimum temperature	22.8 C (73.0 F)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Steubenville	United States	Record daily precipitation	59.4 mm (2.3 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Crosbyton	United States	Record high maximum temperature	41.1 C (106.0 F)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Muleshoe Nwr	United States	Record high minimum temperature	23.9 C (75.0 F)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Plainview	United States	Record high maximum temperature	42.8 C (109.0 F)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Kjahta	Russia	Record high maximum temperature	36.0 C (96.8 F)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Detroit City AP	United States	Record daily precipitation	73.9 mm (2.9 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Panama City 5N	United States	Record high minimum temperature	27.8 C (82.0 F)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Melrose	United States	Record high minimum temperature	21.7 C (71.1 F)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Verhnjaja Gutara	Russia	Record high minimum temperature	14.8 C (58.6 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Tulun	Russia	Record high minimum temperature	17.2 C (63.0 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Ewing	United States	Record low minimum temperature	3.3 C (37.9 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Barguzin	Russia	Record high maximum temperature	36.3 C (97.3 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Ulan-Ude	Russia	Record high maximum temperature	40.6 C (105.1 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Krasnyj Chikoj	Russia	Record high maximum temperature	39.3 C (102.7 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Rock Mills	United States	Record high minimum temperature	23.3 C (73.9 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Cavalier 7NW	United States	Record daily precipitation	52.3 mm (2.1 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Jump Off Joe	United States	Record daily precipitation	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Naze	Japan	Record daily precipitation	140.5 mm (5.5 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Isfjord Radio	Norway	Record high minimum temperature	7.0 C (44.6 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Inga	Russia	Record high minimum temperature	18.7 C (65.7 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Ulan-Ude	Russia	Record high minimum temperature	19.5 C (67.1 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Morenci	United States	Record daily precipitation	53.6 mm (2.1 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Brownfield	United States	Record high maximum temperature	41.7 C (107.1 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Dumas	United States	Record high maximum temperature	41.1 C (106.0 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Little Meadows	United States	Record daily precipitation	30.5 mm (1.2 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

670 records

Records set or tied on 8 July 2016 by type: Highest daily maximum 134, Lowest daily maximum 44, Highest daily minimum 295, Lowest daily minimum 17, Heaviest daily rainfall 180.

Records on 8 July 2016 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	134
Lowest daily maximum	44
Highest daily minimum	295
Lowest daily minimum	17
Heaviest daily rainfall	180
Heaviest daily snowfall	0
Deepest snow cover	0

Records on 8 July 2016 by timescale: all-time 6, monthly 20, daily 644.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

493 broken records

Margins by which the 493 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 156.2. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

8 July 2016

Top 20 records on 8 July 2016 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
8 July 2016	Bendalong Stp, AU	daily rain	67.8 mm (2.7 in)	53.3 mm (2.1 in)	77 years	62 of 100 (Major)
8 July 2016	Nobeoka, JP	daily rain	202.9 mm (8.0 in)	146.8 mm (5.8 in)	50 years	60 of 100 (Major)
8 July 2016	Shimizu, JP	daily rain	223.0 mm (8.8 in)	96.9 mm (3.8 in)	65 years	59 of 100 (Notable)
8 July 2016	Aburatsu, JP	daily rain	254.0 mm (10.0 in)	104.8 mm (4.1 in)	50 years	55 of 100 (Notable)
8 July 2016	Big Rapids Wtp, US	daily rain	51.3 mm (2.0 in)	18.0 mm (0.7 in)	112 years	55 of 100 (Notable)
8 July 2016	Cross Village 1E, US	daily rain	46.7 mm (1.8 in)	28.9 mm (1.1 in)	39 years	53 of 100 (Notable)
8 July 2016	Booroorban (Ramsay), AU	daily rain	28.2 mm (1.1 in)	19.6 mm (0.8 in)	11 years	52 of 100 (Notable)
8 July 2016	Norra_Stroo, SE	daily rain	34.0 mm (1.3 in)	25.9 mm (1.0 in)	31 years	52 of 100 (Notable)
8 July 2016	Satna, IN	daily rain	244.1 mm (9.6 in)	156.2 mm (6.1 in)	4 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
8 July 2016	Tipton 4S Mesonet, US	daily rain	46.5 mm (1.8 in)	36.1 mm (1.4 in)	69 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
8 July 2016	Elk, US	daily high min	18.3 C (64.9 F)	1.6 C (2.9 F)	117 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
8 July 2016	Vladikavkaz, RU	daily rain	41.5 mm (1.6 in)	13.1 mm (0.5 in)	85 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
8 July 2016	Hereford, US	daily high max	40.6 C (105.1 F)	2.3 C (4.1 F)	106 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
8 July 2016	Demjanskoe, RU	daily rain	50.0 mm (2.0 in)	14.0 mm (0.6 in)	74 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
8 July 2016	Liberty, US	daily high min	26.7 C (80.1 F)	1.1 C (2.0 F)	98 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
8 July 2016	Natural Brg, US	daily low min	11.7 C (53.1 F)	1.6 C (2.9 F)	90 years	44 of 100 (Notable)
8 July 2016	Bajandaj, RU	daily high max	33.6 C (92.5 F)	2.6 C (4.7 F)	95 years	43 of 100 (Notable)
8 July 2016	Port Gibson 1 NE, US	daily high min	25.0 C (77.0 F)	0.6 C (1.1 F)	120 years	43 of 100 (Notable)
8 July 2016	Kjahta, RU	daily high min	19.7 C (67.5 F)	0.8 C (1.4 F)	116 years	42 of 100 (Notable)
8 July 2016	Crossett 2 SSE, US	daily high min	25.0 C (77.0 F)	0.6 C (1.1 F)	101 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

1793 to 2016

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1793 to 2016. 2016 had 670 records.

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

Records on 07-08 in each year
Year	Records
1793	2
1811	1
1815	2
1819	3
1844	1
1845	4
1848	2
1852	2
1856	1
1860	1
1864	2
1865	1
1867	2
1868	1
1873	1
1874	1
1876	2
1878	2
1879	1
1882	1
1883	1
1885	2
1886	3
1888	1
1889	2
1890	2
1891	2
1892	2
1893	2
1894	3
1896	7
1898	2
1899	6
1900	9
1901	4
1902	13
1903	9
1904	21
1905	9
1906	8
1907	9
1908	16
1909	24
1910	32
1911	28
1912	60
1913	29
1914	54
1915	47
1916	206
1917	37
1918	45
1919	34
1920	123
1921	75
1922	146
1923	134
1924	201
1925	141
1926	132
1927	142
1928	191
1929	235
1930	360
1931	250
1932	240
1933	360
1934	226
1935	496
1936	940
1937	287
1938	293
1939	399
1940	294
1941	198
1942	210
1943	248
1944	495
1945	291
1946	380
1947	400
1948	410
1949	352
1950	518
1951	580
1952	741
1953	502
1954	497
1955	554
1956	516
1957	429
1958	651
1959	485
1960	483
1961	356
1962	271
1963	592
1964	603
1965	266
1966	293
1967	266
1968	540
1969	847
1970	375
1971	443
1972	982
1973	831
1974	1,009
1975	537
1976	697
1977	743
1978	727
1979	703
1980	958
1981	945
1982	625
1983	1,198
1984	837
1985	1,024
1986	822
1987	814
1988	1,133
1989	1,174
1990	763
1991	1,152
1992	1,017
1993	1,875
1994	1,389
1995	642
1996	1,356
1997	734
1998	1,616
1999	816
2000	876
2001	916
2002	897
2003	779
2004	1,096
2005	1,250
2006	928
2007	943
2008	1,406
2009	971
2010	1,411
2011	838
2012	1,237
2013	501
2014	692
2015	1,456
2016	670
2017	886
2018	457
2019	569
2020	521
2021	890
2022	607
2023	765
2024	1,269
2025	616
2026	438

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Data for records on 2016-07-08: 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	473
20 to 40	14
40 to 60	1
60 to 80	1
80 to 100	1
100 to 120	1
120 to 140	0
140 to 160	2