Weather Records on 24 July 2016

637 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 24 July 2016. Highest significance: Muskegon Co AP, US.

Key Facts for 24 July 2016

On 24 July 2016, 637 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
436 were record highs and 59 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 6 were all-time records, 14 monthly and 617 daily.
Muskegon Co AP set a daily record precipitation of 74.4 mm (2.9 in) on 24 July 2016.
Across 158 earlier years (1799 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 475 records.

Record Map

637 stations

637 station records on 24 July 2016 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 24 July 2016: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Muskegon Co AP	United States	Record daily precipitation	74.4 mm (2.9 in)	80 of 100 (Exceptional)
Bolshereche	Russia	Record daily precipitation	131.1 mm (5.2 in)	78 of 100 (Major)
Kalihi Rsch Site 777	United States	Record daily precipitation	255.8 mm (10.1 in)	73 of 100 (Major)
Montague 4 NW	United States	Record daily precipitation	87.4 mm (3.4 in)	68 of 100 (Major)
Waikapu 390	United States	Record daily precipitation	27.2 mm (1.1 in)	67 of 100 (Major)
Wilhelmina Rise 721	United States	Record daily precipitation	68.6 mm (2.7 in)	65 of 100 (Major)
Kaneohe Bay MCAS	United States	Record daily precipitation	63.2 mm (2.5 in)	65 of 100 (Major)
Nuuanu Rsch 4 783	United States	Record daily precipitation	214.4 mm (8.4 in)	62 of 100 (Major)
Naalehu 14	United States	Record daily precipitation	84.8 mm (3.3 in)	61 of 100 (Major)
Cresco 1 NE	United States	Record daily precipitation	106.7 mm (4.2 in)	58 of 100 (Notable)
New Hampton	United States	Record daily precipitation	63.5 mm (2.5 in)	57 of 100 (Notable)
Palolo Vly 718	United States	Record daily precipitation	127.5 mm (5.0 in)	56 of 100 (Notable)
Honolulu Intl AP	United States	Record daily precipitation	37.3 mm (1.5 in)	56 of 100 (Notable)
Springfield Abraham Lincoln Ca	United States	Record daily precipitation	83.1 mm (3.3 in)	55 of 100 (Notable)
Rockwood 2	United States	Record daily precipitation	73.9 mm (2.9 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Ust-Njukzha	Russia	Record daily precipitation	69.4 mm (2.7 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
New Park	United States	Record daily precipitation	51.8 mm (2.0 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Hamakuapoko 485	United States	Record daily precipitation	38.6 mm (1.5 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Darlington Wwtp	United States	Record daily precipitation	48.5 mm (1.9 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Warruwi	Australia	Record high maximum temperature	35.6 C (96.1 F)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Mount Gambier Post Office	Australia	Record low maximum temperature	8.8 C (47.8 F)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Yinchuan	China	Record daily precipitation	48.0 mm (1.9 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Chilton	United States	Record daily precipitation	44.7 mm (1.8 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Middleboro	United States	Record high maximum temperature	34.4 C (93.9 F)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Smoky Valley - Carvers	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-1.7 C (28.9 F)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Valga	Estonia	Record daily precipitation	41.4 mm (1.6 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Zavitaja	Russia	Record daily precipitation	55.1 mm (2.2 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Kingston	United States	Record daily precipitation	71.4 mm (2.8 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Oskaloosa	United States	Record high minimum temperature	26.1 C (79.0 F)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Whitestown	United States	Record high minimum temperature	25.6 C (78.1 F)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Prairie du Chien	United States	Record daily precipitation	69.1 mm (2.7 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Wetumpka	United States	Record high minimum temperature	24.4 C (75.9 F)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Lakin	United States	Record high minimum temperature	22.8 C (73.0 F)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Pleasant Hill	United States	Record daily precipitation	118.6 mm (4.7 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Elizabethton	United States	Record high maximum temperature	36.7 C (98.1 F)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Pearsall	United States	Record high minimum temperature	27.2 C (81.0 F)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Bernburg/Saale (Nord)	Germany	Record high minimum temperature	19.4 C (66.9 F)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Pasighat	India	Record daily precipitation	147.1 mm (5.8 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
La Harpe	United States	Record high minimum temperature	24.4 C (75.9 F)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Osijek	Croatia	Record high minimum temperature	20.2 C (68.4 F)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Manitowoc	United States	Record daily precipitation	40.9 mm (1.6 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Mahinahina 466	United States	Record daily precipitation	38.9 mm (1.5 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Ft Lauderdale Beach	United States	Record daily precipitation	63.5 mm (2.5 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Clear Lake	United States	Record daily precipitation	49.5 mm (1.9 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Mediterranee	France	Record daily precipitation	26.4 mm (1.0 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Szeged	Hungary	Record high minimum temperature	21.4 C (70.5 F)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Al III	Norway	Record daily precipitation	41.9 mm (1.6 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Lop Buri	Thailand	Record daily precipitation	50.3 mm (2.0 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Castle Hot Springs	United States	Record high maximum temperature	43.9 C (111.0 F)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Postville	United States	Record daily precipitation	74.4 mm (2.9 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Turtle Lake	United States	Record daily precipitation	27.9 mm (1.1 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Lynchburg	United States	Record daily precipitation	28.4 mm (1.1 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Waukesha Wwtp	United States	Record daily precipitation	44.7 mm (1.8 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Rockhampton Aero	Australia	Record high maximum temperature	29.4 C (84.9 F)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Aldan	Russia	Record daily precipitation	25.5 mm (1.0 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Toledo 3N	United States	Record high minimum temperature	24.4 C (75.9 F)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Goodwin Mesa Arizona	United States	Record high minimum temperature	32.2 C (90.0 F)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Santa Fe Co Muni AP	United States	Record high minimum temperature	18.9 C (66.0 F)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Williamsburg 1E	United States	Record high minimum temperature	24.4 C (75.9 F)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Bingham 2 NE	United States	Record high minimum temperature	25.0 C (77.0 F)	35 of 100 (Notable)

Counts by Type and Timescale

637 records

Records set or tied on 24 July 2016 by type: Highest daily maximum 198, Lowest daily maximum 31, Highest daily minimum 238, Lowest daily minimum 28, Heaviest daily rainfall 142.

Records on 24 July 2016 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	198
Lowest daily maximum	31
Highest daily minimum	238
Lowest daily minimum	28
Heaviest daily rainfall	142
Heaviest daily snowfall	0
Deepest snow cover	0

Records on 24 July 2016 by timescale: all-time 6, monthly 14, daily 617.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

461 broken records

Margins by which the 461 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 132.4. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

24 July 2016

Top 20 records on 24 July 2016 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
24 July 2016	Muskegon Co AP, US	daily rain	74.4 mm (2.9 in)	55.1 mm (2.2 in)	116 years	80 of 100 (Exceptional)
24 July 2016	Bolshereche, RU	all-time rain	131.1 mm (5.2 in)	61.8 mm (2.4 in)	40 years	78 of 100 (Major)
24 July 2016	Kalihi Rsch Site 777, US	monthly rain	255.8 mm (10.1 in)	71.4 mm (2.8 in)	45 years	73 of 100 (Major)
24 July 2016	Montague 4 NW, US	monthly rain	87.4 mm (3.4 in)	20.1 mm (0.8 in)	110 years	68 of 100 (Major)
24 July 2016	Waikapu 390, US	daily rain	27.2 mm (1.1 in)	21.6 mm (0.9 in)	58 years	67 of 100 (Major)
24 July 2016	Wilhelmina Rise 721, US	monthly rain	68.6 mm (2.7 in)	28.0 mm (1.1 in)	31 years	65 of 100 (Major)
24 July 2016	Kaneohe Bay MCAS, US	monthly rain	63.2 mm (2.5 in)	20.5 mm (0.8 in)	27 years	65 of 100 (Major)
24 July 2016	Nuuanu Rsch 4 783, US	daily rain	214.4 mm (8.4 in)	132.4 mm (5.2 in)	52 years	62 of 100 (Major)
24 July 2016	Naalehu 14, US	daily rain	84.8 mm (3.3 in)	40.6 mm (1.6 in)	80 years	61 of 100 (Major)
24 July 2016	Cresco 1 NE, US	daily rain	106.7 mm (4.2 in)	63.3 mm (2.5 in)	29 years	58 of 100 (Notable)
24 July 2016	New Hampton, US	daily rain	63.5 mm (2.5 in)	28.7 mm (1.1 in)	102 years	57 of 100 (Notable)
24 July 2016	Palolo Vly 718, US	daily rain	127.5 mm (5.0 in)	58.9 mm (2.3 in)	40 years	56 of 100 (Notable)
24 July 2016	Honolulu Intl AP, US	daily rain	37.3 mm (1.5 in)	20.5 mm (0.8 in)	30 years	56 of 100 (Notable)
24 July 2016	Springfield Abraham Lincoln Ca, US	daily rain	83.1 mm (3.3 in)	48.0 mm (1.9 in)	37 years	55 of 100 (Notable)
24 July 2016	Rockwood 2, US	daily rain	73.9 mm (2.9 in)	47.2 mm (1.9 in)	51 years	54 of 100 (Notable)
24 July 2016	Ust-Njukzha, RU	daily rain	69.4 mm (2.7 in)	53.1 mm (2.1 in)	22 years	53 of 100 (Notable)
24 July 2016	New Park, US	daily rain	51.8 mm (2.0 in)	31.0 mm (1.2 in)	80 years	53 of 100 (Notable)
24 July 2016	Hamakuapoko 485, US	daily rain	38.6 mm (1.5 in)	21.3 mm (0.8 in)	23 years	53 of 100 (Notable)
24 July 2016	Darlington Wwtp, US	daily rain	48.5 mm (1.9 in)	15.0 mm (0.6 in)	115 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
24 July 2016	Warruwi, AU	monthly high max	35.6 C (96.1 F)	2.7 C (4.9 F)	46 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

1799 to 2016

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1799 to 2016. 2016 had 637 records.

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

Records on 07-24 in each year
Year	Records
1799	1
1813	1
1817	1
1832	1
1836	1
1838	2
1843	2
1844	1
1846	1
1849	2
1859	1
1860	1
1862	1
1867	1
1868	3
1869	1
1870	1
1872	3
1874	1
1875	2
1880	3
1882	1
1883	2
1885	3
1889	2
1891	2
1893	2
1894	5
1895	2
1896	5
1897	4
1899	3
1900	7
1901	6
1902	5
1903	8
1904	19
1905	19
1906	18
1907	8
1908	11
1909	21
1910	36
1911	51
1912	84
1913	30
1914	22
1915	35
1916	32
1917	40
1918	70
1919	19
1920	46
1921	67
1922	186
1923	87
1924	193
1925	154
1926	186
1927	251
1928	237
1929	187
1930	195
1931	364
1932	249
1933	356
1934	994
1935	342
1936	498
1937	327
1938	545
1939	225
1940	568
1941	335
1942	331
1943	278
1944	315
1945	252
1946	407
1947	852
1948	385
1949	408
1950	384
1951	333
1952	534
1953	403
1954	447
1955	445
1956	379
1957	428
1958	372
1959	522
1960	466
1961	612
1962	996
1963	521
1964	517
1965	333
1966	401
1967	344
1968	430
1969	585
1970	553
1971	678
1972	528
1973	743
1974	670
1975	521
1976	521
1977	829
1978	673
1979	652
1980	487
1981	1,025
1982	689
1983	1,425
1984	789
1985	829
1986	1,227
1987	1,220
1988	1,130
1989	896
1990	944
1991	1,092
1992	1,271
1993	1,705
1994	1,153
1995	927
1996	1,145
1997	1,097
1998	990
1999	1,201
2000	1,236
2001	1,186
2002	796
2003	2,254
2004	1,604
2005	1,158
2006	1,694
2007	1,310
2008	1,363
2009	856
2010	1,859
2011	1,514
2012	827
2013	572
2014	922
2015	483
2016	637
2017	559
2018	953
2019	1,221
2020	432
2021	541
2022	681
2023	804
2024	986
2025	879
2026	924

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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	430
20 to 40	18
40 to 60	9
60 to 80	3
80 to 100	0
100 to 120	0
120 to 140	1