Weather Records on 7 July 2018

550 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 7 July 2018. Highest significance: Santa Barbara, US.

Key Facts for 7 July 2018

On 7 July 2018, 550 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
337 were record highs and 71 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 7 were all-time records, 21 monthly and 522 daily.
Santa Barbara set a daily record high maximum temperature of 39.4 C (102.9 F) on 7 July 2018.
Across 165 earlier years (1793 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 431 records.

Record Map

550 stations

550 station records on 7 July 2018 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 7 July 2018: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Santa Barbara	United States	Record high maximum temperature	39.4 C (102.9 F)	72 of 100 (Major)
Hiroshima	Japan	Record daily precipitation	293.1 mm (11.5 in)	61 of 100 (Major)
Okayama	Japan	Record daily precipitation	197.1 mm (7.8 in)	61 of 100 (Major)
Newport Beach Harbor	United States	Record high maximum temperature	30.6 C (87.1 F)	57 of 100 (Notable)
Mt Vernon	United States	Record daily precipitation	63.5 mm (2.5 in)	56 of 100 (Notable)
Torrance AP	United States	Record high maximum temperature	36.7 C (98.1 F)	55 of 100 (Notable)
Los Angeles Downtown/Usc	United States	Record high minimum temperature	26.1 C (79.0 F)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Maizuru Reg Met HQ	Japan	Record daily precipitation	213.1 mm (8.4 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Chita	Russia	Record daily precipitation	58.7 mm (2.3 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Santa Ana Fire STN	United States	Record high maximum temperature	39.4 C (102.9 F)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Lensk	Russia	Record daily precipitation	37.3 mm (1.5 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Kosrae	Federated States of Micronesia	Record high minimum temperature	30.0 C (86.0 F)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Uakit	Russia	Record daily precipitation	69.1 mm (2.7 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Takayama	Japan	Record daily precipitation	103.1 mm (4.1 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Abramovskij Majak	Russia	Record daily precipitation	52.1 mm (2.1 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Ojai	United States	Record high maximum temperature	45.0 C (113.0 F)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Newport Beach Harbor	United States	Record high minimum temperature	21.7 C (71.1 F)	45 of 100 (Notable)
San Luis Obispo Poly	United States	Record high minimum temperature	18.3 C (64.9 F)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Annex Creek	United States	Record high minimum temperature	14.4 C (57.9 F)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Ann Arbor U of Mich	United States	Record low minimum temperature	6.7 C (44.1 F)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Elsinore	United States	Record high minimum temperature	28.3 C (82.9 F)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Hawkinsville	United States	Record daily precipitation	50.0 mm (2.0 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Ellis	United States	Record daily precipitation	66.0 mm (2.6 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Hays	United States	Record daily precipitation	76.2 mm (3.0 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Los Angeles Downtown/Usc	United States	Record high maximum temperature	40.0 C (104.0 F)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Zakatala	Azerbaijan	Record daily precipitation	99.3 mm (3.9 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Aburatsu	Japan	Record daily precipitation	166.1 mm (6.5 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Skagway	United States	Record high minimum temperature	12.8 C (55.0 F)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Broadus	United States	Record high minimum temperature	21.7 C (71.1 F)	41 of 100 (Notable)
XI Ujimqin Qi	China	Record daily precipitation	72.4 mm (2.9 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Foxholm 7 N	United States	Record high minimum temperature	22.2 C (72.0 F)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Watford City	United States	Record high minimum temperature	23.9 C (75.0 F)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Selmer	United States	Record daily precipitation	57.4 mm (2.3 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Alton	United States	Record high minimum temperature	15.6 C (60.1 F)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Nobeoka	Japan	Record daily precipitation	119.1 mm (4.7 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Hays 1 S	United States	Record daily precipitation	79.0 mm (3.1 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Matsuyama	Japan	Record daily precipitation	245.1 mm (9.6 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Ekalaka	United States	Record high minimum temperature	22.8 C (73.0 F)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Towner 2 NE	United States	Record high minimum temperature	21.1 C (70.0 F)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Basin	United States	Record high maximum temperature	40.0 C (104.0 F)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Ganca	Azerbaijan	Record high minimum temperature	23.3 C (73.9 F)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Barrow AP	United States	Record daily snowfall	5.1 cm (2.0 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Archerfield Airport	Australia	Record high minimum temperature	17.7 C (63.9 F)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Ruo'ergai	China	Record daily precipitation	38.1 mm (1.5 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Ceahlau Toaca	Romania	Record daily precipitation	39.5 mm (1.6 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Verhnjaja Gutara	Russia	Record low maximum temperature	12.6 C (54.7 F)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Twentynine Palms	United States	Record high minimum temperature	31.7 C (89.1 F)	36 of 100 (Notable)
U C L A	United States	Record high minimum temperature	25.0 C (77.0 F)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Chinook	United States	Record high maximum temperature	39.4 C (102.9 F)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Pedlar Dam	United States	Record daily precipitation	34.5 mm (1.4 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Long Beach Daugherty AP	United States	Record high minimum temperature	23.3 C (73.9 F)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Tsuyama	Japan	Record daily precipitation	141.0 mm (5.6 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Akune	Japan	Record daily precipitation	214.9 mm (8.5 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Eastbourne	United Kingdom	Record high maximum temperature	28.5 C (83.3 F)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Buffalo Bill Dam	United States	Record high maximum temperature	35.6 C (96.1 F)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Camarillo AP	United States	Record high minimum temperature	21.1 C (70.0 F)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Tisul	Russia	Record low minimum temperature	2.9 C (37.2 F)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Santa Ana Fire STN	United States	Record high minimum temperature	25.0 C (77.0 F)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Tularosa	United States	Record daily precipitation	31.0 mm (1.2 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Honokaa Town 215	United States	Record daily precipitation	25.1 mm (1.0 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

550 records

Records set or tied on 7 July 2018 by type: Highest daily maximum 119, Lowest daily maximum 26, Highest daily minimum 218, Lowest daily minimum 45, Heaviest daily rainfall 141, Heaviest daily snowfall 1.

Records on 7 July 2018 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	119
Lowest daily maximum	26
Highest daily minimum	218
Lowest daily minimum	45
Heaviest daily rainfall	141
Heaviest daily snowfall	1
Deepest snow cover	0

Records on 7 July 2018 by timescale: all-time 7, monthly 21, daily 522.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

430 broken records

Margins by which the 430 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 70.1. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

7 July 2018

Top 20 records on 7 July 2018 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
7 July 2018	Santa Barbara, US	daily high max	39.4 C (102.9 F)	9.4 C (16.9 F)	111 years	72 of 100 (Major)
7 July 2018	Hiroshima, JP	all-time rain	293.1 mm (11.5 in)	70.1 mm (2.8 in)	35 years	61 of 100 (Major)
7 July 2018	Okayama, JP	all-time rain	197.1 mm (7.8 in)	50.6 mm (2.0 in)	33 years	61 of 100 (Major)
7 July 2018	Newport Beach Harbor, US	daily high max	30.6 C (87.1 F)	4.5 C (8.1 F)	87 years	57 of 100 (Notable)
7 July 2018	Mt Vernon, US	daily rain	63.5 mm (2.5 in)	34.3 mm (1.4 in)	77 years	56 of 100 (Notable)
7 July 2018	Torrance AP, US	daily high max	36.7 C (98.1 F)	7.3 C (13.1 F)	64 years	55 of 100 (Notable)
7 July 2018	Los Angeles Downtown/Usc, US	monthly high min	26.1 C (79.0 F)	0.5 C (0.9 F)	111 years	52 of 100 (Notable)
7 July 2018	Maizuru Reg Met HQ, JP	monthly rain	213.1 mm (8.4 in)	62.2 mm (2.4 in)	0 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
7 July 2018	Chita, RU	daily rain	58.7 mm (2.3 in)	30.7 mm (1.2 in)	16 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
7 July 2018	Santa Ana Fire STN, US	daily high max	39.4 C (102.9 F)	3.8 C (6.8 F)	91 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
7 July 2018	Lensk, RU	daily rain	37.3 mm (1.5 in)	21.6 mm (0.9 in)	45 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
7 July 2018	Kosrae, FM	monthly high min	30.0 C (86.0 F)	2.2 C (4.0 F)	60 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
7 July 2018	Uakit, RU	daily rain	69.1 mm (2.7 in)	32.7 mm (1.3 in)	36 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
7 July 2018	Takayama, JP	daily rain	103.1 mm (4.1 in)	40.9 mm (1.6 in)	64 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
7 July 2018	Abramovskij Majak, RU	all-time rain	52.1 mm (2.1 in)	3.3 mm (0.13 in)	51 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
7 July 2018	Ojai, US	daily high max	45.0 C (113.0 F)	2.8 C (5.0 F)	112 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
7 July 2018	Newport Beach Harbor, US	daily high min	21.7 C (71.1 F)	2.3 C (4.1 F)	81 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
7 July 2018	San Luis Obispo Poly, US	daily high min	18.3 C (64.9 F)	2.2 C (4.0 F)	81 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
7 July 2018	Annex Creek, US	daily high min	14.4 C (57.9 F)	1.1 C (2.0 F)	97 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
7 July 2018	Ann Arbor U of Mich, US	daily low min	6.7 C (44.1 F)	1.6 C (2.9 F)	104 years	44 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 2018

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1793 to 2018. 2018 had 550 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	549
2014	539
2015	1,263
2016	717
2017	904
2018	550
2019	506
2020	556
2021	930
2022	744
2023	577
2024	1,277
2025	562
2026	522

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Data for records on 2018-07-07: 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 2026-10-15 (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 10	380
10 to 20	15
20 to 30	8
30 to 40	13
40 to 50	4
50 to 60	6
60 to 70	3
70 to 80	1