Weather Records on 16 July 2019

476 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 16 July 2019. Highest significance: Prescott 2 NNW, US.

Key Facts for 16 July 2019

On 16 July 2019, 476 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
257 were record highs and 98 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 8 were all-time records, 10 monthly and 458 daily.
Prescott 2 NNW set a daily record precipitation of 198.9 mm (7.8 in) on 16 July 2019.
Across 162 earlier years (1798 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 440 records.

Record Map

476 stations

476 station records on 16 July 2019 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 16 July 2019: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Prescott 2 NNW	United States	Record daily precipitation	198.9 mm (7.8 in)	77 of 100 (Major)
Dierks	United States	Record daily precipitation	410.7 mm (16.2 in)	76 of 100 (Major)
Ust-Kulom	Russia	Record daily precipitation	56.9 mm (2.2 in)	70 of 100 (Major)
Ust Tzilma	Russia	Record daily precipitation	39.6 mm (1.6 in)	64 of 100 (Major)
Okunev Nos	Russia	Record daily precipitation	40.9 mm (1.6 in)	60 of 100 (Major)
Arkadelphia 2 N	United States	Record daily precipitation	134.6 mm (5.3 in)	58 of 100 (Notable)
Nashville	United States	Record daily precipitation	138.9 mm (5.5 in)	58 of 100 (Notable)
Antoine 1 SW	United States	Record daily precipitation	226.1 mm (8.9 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Ohansk	Russia	Record daily precipitation	77.0 mm (3.0 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Newell	United States	Record daily precipitation	36.1 mm (1.4 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Potosi 4 SW	United States	Record daily precipitation	34.3 mm (1.4 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Langley	United States	Record daily precipitation	323.3 mm (12.7 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Hope 3 NE	United States	Record low maximum temperature	26.1 C (79.0 F)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Mt Sterling	United States	Record daily precipitation	41.9 mm (1.6 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Harlingen	United States	Record high minimum temperature	27.8 C (82.0 F)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Adler	Russia	Record daily precipitation	72.9 mm (2.9 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Milford 4 NW	United States	Record daily precipitation	50.0 mm (2.0 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
New Iberia AP - Acadiana Rgnl	United States	Record high minimum temperature	26.7 C (80.1 F)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Wessington Springs	United States	Record daily precipitation	42.4 mm (1.7 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Samburg Wr	United States	Record low maximum temperature	24.4 C (75.9 F)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Streator 2SE	United States	Record high minimum temperature	22.8 C (73.0 F)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Smithfield	United States	Record high maximum temperature	37.2 C (99.0 F)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Nixon	United States	Record high minimum temperature	26.7 C (80.1 F)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Hopper	United States	Record daily precipitation	104.1 mm (4.1 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Boonville 1S	United States	Record daily precipitation	28.2 mm (1.1 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
McKinney Muni AP	United States	Record high minimum temperature	26.1 C (79.0 F)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Kaustinen Tastula	Finland	Record daily precipitation	28.4 mm (1.1 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Krasnaja Poljana	Russia	Record daily precipitation	48.0 mm (1.9 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Sheridan	United States	Record daily precipitation	64.8 mm (2.6 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Ft Lauderdale	United States	Record high minimum temperature	27.2 C (81.0 F)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Clarksville Wwtp	United States	Record daily precipitation	40.1 mm (1.6 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Dyersburg	United States	Record daily precipitation	31.0 mm (1.2 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Rainier Paradise Rs	United States	Record daily precipitation	29.0 mm (1.1 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Murfreesboro 1W	United States	Record daily precipitation	231.1 mm (9.1 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Memphis Intl AP	United States	Record daily precipitation	57.9 mm (2.3 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Kemerovo	Russia	Record daily precipitation	34.0 mm (1.3 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Hernando	United States	Record daily precipitation	52.8 mm (2.1 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Du Quoin 4 SE	United States	Record daily precipitation	35.1 mm (1.4 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Melville 4 W	United States	Record daily precipitation	29.2 mm (1.1 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Elk	United States	Record high minimum temperature	18.3 C (64.9 F)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Ladysmith 3W	United States	Record daily precipitation	36.8 mm (1.4 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Keshan	China	Record daily precipitation	65.0 mm (2.6 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Riddle	United States	Record high minimum temperature	18.9 C (66.0 F)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Corfu	Greece	Record low maximum temperature	23.2 C (73.8 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Chardzhev	Turkmenistan	Record high maximum temperature	42.5 C (108.5 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Kerch	Ukraine	Record daily precipitation	25.9 mm (1.0 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Conway	United States	Record low maximum temperature	23.9 C (75.0 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
De Soto	United States	Record daily precipitation	28.4 mm (1.1 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Corpus Christi	United States	Record high minimum temperature	27.2 C (81.0 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Meridian Key Fld	United States	Record high minimum temperature	25.0 C (77.0 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
In-Amenas	Algeria	Record high minimum temperature	31.6 C (88.9 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Siwa	Egypt	Record high minimum temperature	26.4 C (79.5 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Bismarck 2 SE	United States	Record daily precipitation	55.9 mm (2.2 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Fordyce	United States	Record low maximum temperature	25.6 C (78.1 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Malvern	United States	Record low maximum temperature	23.3 C (73.9 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Stuttgart	United States	Record daily precipitation	49.0 mm (1.9 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Old Mission 3SSW	United States	Record daily precipitation	27.9 mm (1.1 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Pine Bluff Grider Fld	United States	Record daily precipitation	103.9 mm (4.1 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Thule Op Site	Greenland [Denmark]	Record high maximum temperature	15.6 C (60.1 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Key West NAS	United States	Record high minimum temperature	29.4 C (84.9 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

476 records

Records set or tied on 16 July 2019 by type: Highest daily maximum 73, Lowest daily maximum 62, Highest daily minimum 184, Lowest daily minimum 36, Heaviest daily rainfall 120, Heaviest daily snowfall 1.

Records on 16 July 2019 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	73
Lowest daily maximum	62
Highest daily minimum	184
Lowest daily minimum	36
Heaviest daily rainfall	120
Heaviest daily snowfall	1
Deepest snow cover	0

Records on 16 July 2019 by timescale: all-time 8, monthly 10, daily 458.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

352 broken records

Margins by which the 352 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 151.7. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

16 July 2019

Top 20 records on 16 July 2019 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
16 July 2019	Prescott 2 NNW, US	daily rain	198.9 mm (7.8 in)	151.7 mm (6.0 in)	90 years	77 of 100 (Major)
16 July 2019	Dierks, US	all-time rain	410.7 mm (16.2 in)	105.9 mm (4.2 in)	36 years	76 of 100 (Major)
16 July 2019	Ust-Kulom, RU	daily rain	56.9 mm (2.2 in)	29.5 mm (1.2 in)	77 years	70 of 100 (Major)
16 July 2019	Ust Tzilma, RU	daily rain	39.6 mm (1.6 in)	15.0 mm (0.6 in)	104 years	64 of 100 (Major)
16 July 2019	Okunev Nos, RU	daily rain	40.9 mm (1.6 in)	22.2 mm (0.9 in)	48 years	60 of 100 (Major)
16 July 2019	Arkadelphia 2 N, US	daily rain	134.6 mm (5.3 in)	74.1 mm (2.9 in)	29 years	58 of 100 (Notable)
16 July 2019	Nashville, US	daily rain	138.9 mm (5.5 in)	85.1 mm (3.4 in)	29 years	58 of 100 (Notable)
16 July 2019	Antoine 1 SW, US	all-time rain	226.1 mm (8.9 in)	36.9 mm (1.5 in)	29 years	54 of 100 (Notable)
16 July 2019	Ohansk, RU	monthly rain	77.0 mm (3.0 in)	22.9 mm (0.9 in)	5 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
16 July 2019	Newell, US	daily rain	36.1 mm (1.4 in)	14.8 mm (0.6 in)	76 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
16 July 2019	Potosi 4 SW, US	daily rain	34.3 mm (1.4 in)	14.7 mm (0.6 in)	118 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
16 July 2019	Langley, US	all-time rain	323.3 mm (12.7 in)	19.8 mm (0.8 in)	36 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
16 July 2019	Hope 3 NE, US	daily low max	26.1 C (79.0 F)	1.1 C (2.0 F)	101 years	43 of 100 (Notable)
16 July 2019	Mt Sterling, US	daily rain	41.9 mm (1.6 in)	4.8 mm (0.19 in)	122 years	43 of 100 (Notable)
16 July 2019	Harlingen, US	daily high min	27.8 C (82.0 F)	1.1 C (2.0 F)	88 years	43 of 100 (Notable)
16 July 2019	Adler, RU	daily rain	72.9 mm (2.9 in)	40.7 mm (1.6 in)	36 years	42 of 100 (Notable)
16 July 2019	Milford 4 NW, US	daily rain	50.0 mm (2.0 in)	41.6 mm (1.6 in)	18 years	42 of 100 (Notable)
16 July 2019	New Iberia AP - Acadiana Rgnl, US	daily high min	26.7 C (80.1 F)	0.6 C (1.1 F)	94 years	42 of 100 (Notable)
16 July 2019	Wessington Springs, US	daily rain	42.4 mm (1.7 in)	3.3 mm (0.13 in)	122 years	42 of 100 (Notable)
16 July 2019	Samburg Wr, US	daily low max	24.4 C (75.9 F)	2.8 C (5.0 F)	80 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

1798 to 2019

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1798 to 2019. 2019 had 476 records.

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

Records on 07-16 in each year
Year	Records
1798	1
1801	1
1802	1
1808	1
1819	1
1829	1
1832	1
1833	1
1840	2
1845	1
1852	2
1862	1
1863	1
1865	3
1866	1
1868	2
1870	1
1871	1
1875	2
1876	2
1878	1
1879	2
1880	1
1881	2
1883	4
1886	1
1887	2
1888	2
1890	5
1891	2
1892	5
1894	6
1896	1
1897	2
1898	2
1899	2
1900	5
1901	9
1902	2
1903	18
1904	20
1905	4
1906	23
1907	7
1908	21
1909	17
1910	9
1911	24
1912	28
1913	23
1914	53
1915	41
1916	39
1917	90
1918	18
1919	56
1920	46
1921	66
1922	303
1923	180
1924	75
1925	179
1926	295
1927	170
1928	405
1929	192
1930	402
1931	527
1932	446
1933	224
1934	432
1935	284
1936	715
1937	307
1938	213
1939	599
1940	255
1941	363
1942	321
1943	297
1944	193
1945	702
1946	454
1947	568
1948	259
1949	417
1950	542
1951	537
1952	560
1953	366
1954	592
1955	548
1956	417
1957	221
1958	1,270
1959	341
1960	329
1961	402
1962	538
1963	251
1964	341
1965	437
1966	415
1967	1,067
1968	788
1969	702
1970	674
1971	766
1972	641
1973	880
1974	666
1975	742
1976	840
1977	829
1978	1,095
1979	543
1980	1,457
1981	569
1982	985
1983	1,362
1984	937
1985	528
1986	845
1987	916
1988	1,306
1989	1,074
1990	955
1991	627
1992	943
1993	1,053
1994	730
1995	929
1996	739
1997	707
1998	1,051
1999	998
2000	1,207
2001	1,073
2002	1,029
2003	1,492
2004	724
2005	1,023
2006	1,527
2007	1,186
2008	669
2009	839
2010	927
2011	1,221
2012	829
2013	853
2014	1,448
2015	605
2016	706
2017	419
2018	694
2019	476
2020	464
2021	661
2022	538
2023	1,150
2024	938
2025	764
2026	727

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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 2026-10-17 (17 October 2026). Records are computed by this site and are not official.

Data as of 2026-10-16. Last revised 16 October 2026 (2026-10-16).

Margin	Records
0 to 20	336
20 to 40	9
40 to 60	3
60 to 80	1
80 to 100	1
100 to 120	1
120 to 140	0
140 to 160	1