Weather Records on 19 July 2016

605 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 19 July 2016. Highest significance: Warrnambool Downs, AU.

Key Facts for 19 July 2016

On 19 July 2016, 605 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
360 were record highs and 32 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 3 were all-time records, 33 monthly and 569 daily.
Warrnambool Downs set a daily record precipitation of 61.2 mm (2.4 in) on 19 July 2016.
Across 164 earlier years (1799 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 439 records.

Record Map

605 stations

605 station records on 19 July 2016 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 19 July 2016: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Warrnambool Downs	Australia	Record daily precipitation	61.2 mm (2.4 in)	80 of 100 (Exceptional)
Noonbah	Australia	Record daily precipitation	57.0 mm (2.2 in)	80 of 100 (Exceptional)
Mulgrave Mill	Australia	Record daily precipitation	52.0 mm (2.0 in)	79 of 100 (Major)
Lands End Station	Australia	Record daily precipitation	49.4 mm (1.9 in)	77 of 100 (Major)
Babinda Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	102.0 mm (4.0 in)	77 of 100 (Major)
Shijiazhuang	China	Record daily precipitation	228.6 mm (9.0 in)	68 of 100 (Major)
Richmond Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	32.2 mm (1.3 in)	67 of 100 (Major)
Mundrabilla Station	Australia	Record daily precipitation	29.0 mm (1.1 in)	66 of 100 (Major)
Julatten	Australia	Record daily precipitation	52.0 mm (2.0 in)	63 of 100 (Major)
Manfred Downs Station	Australia	Record daily precipitation	29.6 mm (1.2 in)	62 of 100 (Major)
Big Springs	United States	Record daily precipitation	68.3 mm (2.7 in)	62 of 100 (Major)
Weona	Australia	Record daily precipitation	129.8 mm (5.1 in)	59 of 100 (Notable)
Bancroft	Australia	Record daily precipitation	59.0 mm (2.3 in)	59 of 100 (Notable)
Penang Intl	Malaysia	Record daily precipitation	200.9 mm (7.9 in)	58 of 100 (Notable)
Seward AP	United States	Record high minimum temperature	19.4 C (66.9 F)	57 of 100 (Notable)
Denton	Australia	Record daily precipitation	62.0 mm (2.4 in)	56 of 100 (Notable)
Pokrovskaja	Russia	Record daily precipitation	46.0 mm (1.8 in)	55 of 100 (Notable)
Millungera Station	Australia	Record daily precipitation	36.0 mm (1.4 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Crediton	Australia	Record daily precipitation	62.6 mm (2.5 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Gigant	Russia	Record daily precipitation	41.3 mm (1.6 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Belmont	Australia	Record daily precipitation	49.0 mm (1.9 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Efimovskaja	Russia	Record daily precipitation	47.0 mm (1.9 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Corfield-Manuka St	Australia	Record daily precipitation	33.0 mm (1.3 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Sydney (Observatory Hill)	Australia	Record high maximum temperature	24.9 C (76.8 F)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Taiyuan	China	Record daily precipitation	89.2 mm (3.5 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Pudoz	Russia	Record daily precipitation	48.0 mm (1.9 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Borovici	Russia	Record daily precipitation	39.1 mm (1.5 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Certkovo	Russia	Record daily precipitation	53.7 mm (2.1 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Plainby Station	Australia	Record daily precipitation	44.8 mm (1.8 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Cardwell Marine Pde	Australia	Record daily precipitation	39.0 mm (1.5 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Baevo	Russia	Record daily precipitation	70.1 mm (2.8 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Julesburg	United States	Record daily precipitation	55.9 mm (2.2 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Crowfels Station	Australia	Record daily precipitation	34.2 mm (1.3 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Main Bay	United States	Record high minimum temperature	18.9 C (66.0 F)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Anyang	China	Record daily precipitation	217.4 mm (8.6 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Plavsk	Russia	Record daily precipitation	63.0 mm (2.5 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Milolii 2.34	United States	Record daily precipitation	62.5 mm (2.5 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Lebanon	United States	Record high minimum temperature	25.6 C (78.1 F)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Solway Downs Station	Australia	Record daily precipitation	55.6 mm (2.2 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Yasawa-I-Rara	Fiji	Record daily precipitation	63.5 mm (2.5 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Shillong	India	Record daily precipitation	84.1 mm (3.3 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Pearsall	United States	Record high minimum temperature	26.7 C (80.1 F)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Hayfield	Australia	Record daily precipitation	25.0 mm (1.0 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Wetumpka	United States	Record high minimum temperature	24.4 C (75.9 F)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Buena Vista 2S	United States	Record high minimum temperature	13.9 C (57.0 F)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Yakutat AP	United States	Record high minimum temperature	13.9 C (57.0 F)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Eddington Station	Australia	Record daily precipitation	44.0 mm (1.7 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Tully Sugar Mill	Australia	Record daily precipitation	92.0 mm (3.6 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Poitiers - Biard	France	Record high maximum temperature	37.7 C (99.9 F)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Turocak	Russia	Record daily precipitation	53.1 mm (2.1 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Corinna	United States	Record daily precipitation	42.2 mm (1.7 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Elderslie	Australia	Record daily precipitation	41.0 mm (1.6 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Wanaaring (Moorland Downs)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	38.0 mm (1.5 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Suhinici	Russia	Record daily precipitation	47.2 mm (1.9 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Grand Forks UNIV (NWS)	United States	Record daily precipitation	43.2 mm (1.7 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Moanalua 770	United States	Record daily precipitation	25.7 mm (1.0 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Ostrov Vize	Russia	Record high minimum temperature	3.7 C (38.7 F)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Ft Lauderdale	United States	Record high minimum temperature	27.8 C (82.0 F)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Craig	United States	Record high maximum temperature	25.0 C (77.0 F)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Port Douglas - Warner St	Australia	Record daily precipitation	32.2 mm (1.3 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)

Counts by Type and Timescale

605 records

Records set or tied on 19 July 2016 by type: Highest daily maximum 152, Lowest daily maximum 12, Highest daily minimum 208, Lowest daily minimum 20, Heaviest daily rainfall 213.

Records on 19 July 2016 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	152
Lowest daily maximum	12
Highest daily minimum	208
Lowest daily minimum	20
Heaviest daily rainfall	213
Heaviest daily snowfall	0
Deepest snow cover	0

Records on 19 July 2016 by timescale: all-time 3, monthly 33, daily 569.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

510 broken records

Margins by which the 510 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 135.4. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

19 July 2016

Top 20 records on 19 July 2016 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
19 July 2016	Warrnambool Downs, AU	daily rain	61.2 mm (2.4 in)	61.2 mm (2.4 in)	127 years	80 of 100 (Exceptional)
19 July 2016	Noonbah, AU	daily rain	57.0 mm (2.2 in)	57.0 mm (2.2 in)	103 years	80 of 100 (Exceptional)
19 July 2016	Mulgrave Mill, AU	daily rain	52.0 mm (2.0 in)	34.7 mm (1.4 in)	98 years	79 of 100 (Major)
19 July 2016	Lands End Station, AU	daily rain	49.4 mm (1.9 in)	49.4 mm (1.9 in)	95 years	77 of 100 (Major)
19 July 2016	Babinda Post Office, AU	daily rain	102.0 mm (4.0 in)	62.1 mm (2.4 in)	92 years	77 of 100 (Major)
19 July 2016	Shijiazhuang, CN	monthly rain	228.6 mm (9.0 in)	66.8 mm (2.6 in)	40 years	68 of 100 (Major)
19 July 2016	Richmond Post Office, AU	daily rain	32.2 mm (1.3 in)	27.9 mm (1.1 in)	120 years	67 of 100 (Major)
19 July 2016	Mundrabilla Station, AU	daily rain	29.0 mm (1.1 in)	19.6 mm (0.8 in)	54 years	66 of 100 (Major)
19 July 2016	Julatten, AU	daily rain	52.0 mm (2.0 in)	33.7 mm (1.3 in)	47 years	63 of 100 (Major)
19 July 2016	Manfred Downs Station, AU	daily rain	29.6 mm (1.2 in)	27.6 mm (1.1 in)	120 years	62 of 100 (Major)
19 July 2016	Big Springs, US	daily rain	68.3 mm (2.7 in)	47.2 mm (1.9 in)	43 years	62 of 100 (Major)
19 July 2016	Weona, AU	monthly rain	129.8 mm (5.1 in)	49.4 mm (1.9 in)	38 years	59 of 100 (Notable)
19 July 2016	Bancroft, AU	daily rain	59.0 mm (2.3 in)	47.6 mm (1.9 in)	48 years	59 of 100 (Notable)
19 July 2016	Penang Intl, MY	monthly rain	200.9 mm (7.9 in)	78.2 mm (3.1 in)	7 years	58 of 100 (Notable)
19 July 2016	Seward AP, US	daily high min	19.4 C (66.9 F)	5.0 C (9.0 F)	80 years	57 of 100 (Notable)
19 July 2016	Denton, AU	daily rain	62.0 mm (2.4 in)	56.9 mm (2.2 in)	57 years	56 of 100 (Notable)
19 July 2016	Pokrovskaja, RU	daily rain	46.0 mm (1.8 in)	27.3 mm (1.1 in)	51 years	55 of 100 (Notable)
19 July 2016	Millungera Station, AU	daily rain	36.0 mm (1.4 in)	20.8 mm (0.8 in)	100 years	54 of 100 (Notable)
19 July 2016	Crediton, AU	daily rain	62.6 mm (2.5 in)	48.4 mm (1.9 in)	35 years	54 of 100 (Notable)
19 July 2016	Gigant, RU	daily rain	41.3 mm (1.6 in)	26.9 mm (1.1 in)	59 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

1799 to 2016

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1799 to 2016. 2016 had 605 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 2026-10-15 (15 October 2026). Records are computed by this site and are not official.

Data as of 2026-10-15. Last revised 15 October 2026 (2026-10-15).

Margin	Records
0 to 20	465
20 to 40	29
40 to 60	10
60 to 80	5
80 to 100	0
100 to 120	0
120 to 140	1