Weather Records on 28 July 2016

648 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 28 July 2016. Highest significance: Urakawa, JP.

Key Facts for 28 July 2016

On 28 July 2016, 648 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
453 were record highs and 40 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 4 were all-time records, 12 monthly and 632 daily.
Urakawa set a daily record precipitation of 99.1 mm (3.9 in) on 28 July 2016.
Across 155 earlier years (1815 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 471 records.

Record Map

648 stations

648 station records on 28 July 2016 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 28 July 2016: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Urakawa	Japan	Record daily precipitation	99.1 mm (3.9 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Gadag	India	Record daily precipitation	32.0 mm (1.3 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Russellville	United States	Record daily precipitation	76.7 mm (3.0 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Turpan	China	Record high minimum temperature	35.7 C (96.3 F)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Kirs	Russia	Record daily precipitation	39.3 mm (1.5 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Kealakekua 26.2	United States	Record high minimum temperature	21.1 C (70.0 F)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Monroe Rgnl AP	United States	Record daily precipitation	75.4 mm (3.0 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Olmsted L&D	United States	Record daily precipitation	38.1 mm (1.5 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Cambridge	United States	Record daily precipitation	63.5 mm (2.5 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Makaweli 965	United States	Record high minimum temperature	25.0 C (77.0 F)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Lake Echo Power Station	Australia	Record daily precipitation	84.4 mm (3.3 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Jackson Exp STN	United States	Record daily precipitation	49.3 mm (1.9 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Independence 1W	United States	Record daily precipitation	48.8 mm (1.9 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Bialystok	Poland	Record daily precipitation	42.9 mm (1.7 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Fayetteville (Pwc)	United States	Record high minimum temperature	26.1 C (79.0 F)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Fairmont	United States	Record high minimum temperature	27.8 C (82.0 F)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Middleboro	United States	Record high maximum temperature	33.9 C (93.0 F)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Ferron	United States	Record high maximum temperature	37.2 C (99.0 F)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Scottsboro	United States	Record high minimum temperature	23.9 C (75.0 F)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Greenville	United States	Record high minimum temperature	25.0 C (77.0 F)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Elizabethton	United States	Record high maximum temperature	35.0 C (95.0 F)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Monroe Rgnl AP	United States	Record low maximum temperature	25.6 C (78.1 F)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Virginia City	United States	Record high maximum temperature	35.0 C (95.0 F)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Moorefield 1 SSE	United States	Record high minimum temperature	21.1 C (70.0 F)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Trinidad	United States	Record high minimum temperature	21.7 C (71.1 F)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Pleasant Hill	United States	Record daily precipitation	85.6 mm (3.4 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Smithfield	United States	Record high minimum temperature	25.0 C (77.0 F)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Oravska Lesna	Slovakia	Record daily precipitation	58.2 mm (2.3 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Nagele	Netherlands	Record daily precipitation	45.8 mm (1.8 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Madisonville	United States	Record daily precipitation	62.7 mm (2.5 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Winchester 7 SE	United States	Record daily precipitation	47.8 mm (1.9 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Paint Rock	United States	Record daily precipitation	29.7 mm (1.2 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Ijsselmuiden	Netherlands	Record daily precipitation	45.3 mm (1.8 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Seligman	United States	Record high maximum temperature	38.3 C (100.9 F)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Ocala	United States	Record high maximum temperature	37.2 C (99.0 F)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Perry	United States	Record high minimum temperature	25.0 C (77.0 F)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Forest Lake 5NE	United States	Record daily precipitation	47.0 mm (1.9 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Tonopah	United States	Record high maximum temperature	36.7 C (98.1 F)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Mineola	United States	Record daily precipitation	58.2 mm (2.3 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Rumoi	Japan	Record daily precipitation	56.9 mm (2.2 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Reeder	United States	Record daily precipitation	43.2 mm (1.7 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Jacksonville	United States	Record high maximum temperature	38.3 C (100.9 F)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Jesus Teran Intl	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	80.3 mm (3.2 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Aspendell	United States	Record high maximum temperature	28.3 C (82.9 F)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Mesa Verde Np	United States	Record high minimum temperature	20.0 C (68.0 F)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Carson City	United States	Record high maximum temperature	38.9 C (102.0 F)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Lahontan Dam	United States	Record high maximum temperature	41.7 C (107.1 F)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Bishopville 1.4 ENE	United States	Record high minimum temperature	25.6 C (78.1 F)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Inhambane	Mozambique	Record high minimum temperature	22.0 C (71.6 F)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Wilson 3 SW	United States	Record high minimum temperature	25.6 C (78.1 F)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Cincinnati Muni AP Lunken Fld	United States	Record daily precipitation	88.1 mm (3.5 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Wittmann 1SE	United States	Record high minimum temperature	29.4 C (84.9 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Danmarkshavn	Greenland [Denmark]	Record high minimum temperature	7.3 C (45.1 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Hiroo	Japan	Record daily precipitation	45.0 mm (1.8 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Cortez	United States	Record high maximum temperature	36.7 C (98.1 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Scipio	United States	Record high maximum temperature	38.3 C (100.9 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Oceana NAS	United States	Record high maximum temperature	38.3 C (100.9 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Jacksonville NAS	United States	Record high maximum temperature	37.8 C (100.0 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Cape Bruny Lighthouse	Australia	Record low minimum temperature	-0.2 C (31.6 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Hoogwoud	Netherlands	Record daily precipitation	27.7 mm (1.1 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

648 records

Records set or tied on 28 July 2016 by type: Highest daily maximum 200, Lowest daily maximum 25, Highest daily minimum 253, Lowest daily minimum 15, Heaviest daily rainfall 155.

Records on 28 July 2016 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	200
Lowest daily maximum	25
Highest daily minimum	253
Lowest daily minimum	15
Heaviest daily rainfall	155
Heaviest daily snowfall	0
Deepest snow cover	0

Records on 28 July 2016 by timescale: all-time 4, monthly 12, daily 632.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

458 broken records

Margins by which the 458 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 54.4. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

28 July 2016

Top 20 records on 28 July 2016 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
28 July 2016	Urakawa, JP	daily rain	99.1 mm (3.9 in)	51.1 mm (2.0 in)	47 years	52 of 100 (Notable)
28 July 2016	Gadag, IN	daily rain	32.0 mm (1.3 in)	15.5 mm (0.6 in)	66 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
28 July 2016	Russellville, US	daily rain	76.7 mm (3.0 in)	41.1 mm (1.6 in)	48 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
28 July 2016	Turpan, CN	all-time high min	35.7 C (96.3 F)	1.9 C (3.4 F)	60 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
28 July 2016	Kirs, RU	daily rain	39.3 mm (1.5 in)	22.4 mm (0.9 in)	43 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
28 July 2016	Kealakekua 26.2, US	daily high min	21.1 C (70.0 F)	1.1 C (2.0 F)	109 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
28 July 2016	Monroe Rgnl AP, US	daily rain	75.4 mm (3.0 in)	39.1 mm (1.5 in)	61 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
28 July 2016	Olmsted L&D, US	daily rain	38.1 mm (1.5 in)	17.8 mm (0.7 in)	93 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
28 July 2016	Cambridge, US	daily rain	63.5 mm (2.5 in)	21.6 mm (0.9 in)	74 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
28 July 2016	Makaweli 965, US	daily high min	25.0 C (77.0 F)	1.1 C (2.0 F)	101 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
28 July 2016	Lake Echo Power Station, AU	daily rain	84.4 mm (3.3 in)	54.4 mm (2.1 in)	1 year	46 of 100 (Notable)
28 July 2016	Jackson Exp STN, US	daily rain	49.3 mm (1.9 in)	10.4 mm (0.4 in)	100 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
28 July 2016	Independence 1W, US	daily rain	48.8 mm (1.9 in)	38.4 mm (1.5 in)	56 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
28 July 2016	Bialystok, PL	daily rain	42.9 mm (1.7 in)	22.8 mm (0.9 in)	43 years	44 of 100 (Notable)
28 July 2016	Fayetteville (Pwc), US	daily high min	26.1 C (79.0 F)	1.1 C (2.0 F)	102 years	44 of 100 (Notable)
28 July 2016	Fairmont, US	daily high min	27.8 C (82.0 F)	1.1 C (2.0 F)	104 years	43 of 100 (Notable)
28 July 2016	Middleboro, US	daily high max	33.9 C (93.0 F)	1.1 C (2.0 F)	121 years	43 of 100 (Notable)
28 July 2016	Ferron, US	daily high max	37.2 C (99.0 F)	1.1 C (2.0 F)	117 years	43 of 100 (Notable)
28 July 2016	Scottsboro, US	daily high min	23.9 C (75.0 F)	0.6 C (1.1 F)	119 years	42 of 100 (Notable)
28 July 2016	Greenville, US	daily high min	25.0 C (77.0 F)	0.6 C (1.1 F)	116 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

1815 to 2016

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1815 to 2016. 2016 had 648 records.

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

Records on 07-28 in each year
Year	Records
1815	1
1832	2
1834	1
1838	1
1846	1
1848	1
1853	1
1857	1
1860	2
1866	2
1867	1
1872	3
1873	1
1874	1
1882	1
1883	3
1884	3
1886	2
1887	2
1888	3
1890	3
1891	8
1892	3
1893	5
1894	4
1895	6
1896	4
1897	4
1898	6
1900	8
1901	14
1902	4
1903	16
1904	23
1905	10
1906	18
1907	39
1908	15
1909	19
1910	18
1911	61
1912	32
1913	54
1914	42
1915	36
1916	134
1917	84
1918	34
1919	53
1920	95
1921	92
1922	82
1923	193
1924	79
1925	361
1926	175
1927	129
1928	341
1929	215
1930	603
1931	464
1932	184
1933	390
1934	533
1935	354
1936	471
1937	315
1938	264
1939	339
1940	507
1941	525
1942	165
1943	429
1944	349
1945	399
1946	380
1947	630
1948	535
1949	496
1950	1,035
1951	320
1952	669
1953	251
1954	355
1955	537
1956	309
1957	298
1958	549
1959	417
1960	416
1961	357
1962	772
1963	484
1964	422
1965	422
1966	349
1967	458
1968	547
1969	737
1970	343
1971	1,161
1972	675
1973	500
1974	343
1975	537
1976	493
1977	724
1978	681
1979	692
1980	1,170
1981	1,315
1982	774
1983	1,389
1984	1,373
1985	627
1986	868
1987	1,202
1988	761
1989	936
1990	757
1991	768
1992	678
1993	1,026
1994	2,266
1995	1,251
1996	1,178
1997	1,024
1998	1,835
1999	985
2000	857
2001	938
2002	866
2003	932
2004	1,345
2005	1,387
2006	1,398
2007	998
2008	923
2009	964
2010	1,306
2011	1,143
2012	731
2013	1,428
2014	713
2015	911
2016	648
2017	476
2018	655
2019	469
2020	721
2021	831
2022	990
2023	765
2024	668
2025	845
2026	861

Download the Data

Data for records on 2016-07-28: 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 10	396
10 to 20	37
20 to 30	14
30 to 40	6
40 to 50	3
50 to 60	2