Weather Records on 1 July 1940

393 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 1 July 1940. Highest significance: Balasore, IN.

Key Facts for 1 July 1940

On 1 July 1940, 393 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
59 were record highs and 156 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 2 were all-time records, 9 monthly and 382 daily.
Balasore set an all-time record daily precipitation of 347.2 mm (13.7 in) on 1 July 1940.
Across 166 earlier years (1793 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 430 records.

Record Map

393 stations

393 station records on 1 July 1940 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 1 July 1940: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Balasore	India	Record daily precipitation	347.2 mm (13.7 in)	72 of 100 (Major)
Plain Dealing	United States	Record daily precipitation	177.8 mm (7.0 in)	57 of 100 (Notable)
Raj-Nilgiri	India	Record daily precipitation	253.7 mm (10.0 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Chakradhanpur	India	Record daily precipitation	125.5 mm (4.9 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Basudevpur (Eram)	India	Record daily precipitation	134.6 mm (5.3 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Texarkana Webb Fld	United States	Record daily precipitation	116.8 mm (4.6 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Mungaoli	India	Record daily precipitation	177.8 mm (7.0 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Baripada	India	Record daily precipitation	177.8 mm (7.0 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Goilkera	India	Record daily precipitation	168.7 mm (6.6 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Kundha (Kailkund)	India	Record daily precipitation	96.5 mm (3.8 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Gudalur	India	Record daily precipitation	236.5 mm (9.3 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Karanjia	India	Record daily precipitation	188.0 mm (7.4 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Kukrahati	India	Record daily precipitation	154.7 mm (6.1 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Devala	India	Record daily precipitation	236.2 mm (9.3 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Contai	India	Record daily precipitation	193.5 mm (7.6 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Bhagwanpur	India	Record daily precipitation	206.8 mm (8.1 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Bahragora	India	Record daily precipitation	109.0 mm (4.3 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Pachet(Kharai)	India	Record daily precipitation	156.2 mm (6.1 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Goodland	United States	Record daily precipitation	61.0 mm (2.4 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Orleans 2 W	United States	Record daily precipitation	47.5 mm (1.9 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Bayard	United States	Record daily precipitation	48.0 mm (1.9 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
St. Petersburg	Russia	Record low minimum temperature	5.9 C (42.6 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Sandheads	India	Record daily precipitation	95.3 mm (3.8 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Nikolaev	Ukraine	Record daily precipitation	37.0 mm (1.5 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
White Cliffs	United States	Record daily precipitation	91.4 mm (3.6 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Oakland 1 SE	United States	Record daily precipitation	46.7 mm (1.8 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Greensboro Lock 7	United States	Record daily precipitation	46.5 mm (1.8 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Manoharpur	India	Record daily precipitation	125.7 mm (4.9 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Fairmont	United States	Record daily precipitation	33.5 mm (1.3 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Sydney (Observatory Hill)	Australia	Record high maximum temperature	22.5 C (72.5 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Southampton	Canada	Record low maximum temperature	13.3 C (55.9 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Chaibasa	India	Record daily precipitation	98.0 mm (3.9 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Gavle	Sweden	Record daily precipitation	35.8 mm (1.4 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Branxholm (Stoke Street)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	36.3 mm (1.4 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Jallesore	India	Record daily precipitation	85.1 mm (3.4 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Fulton	United States	Record daily precipitation	103.4 mm (4.1 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Asthawan	India	Record daily precipitation	72.9 mm (2.9 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Dumka	India	Record daily precipitation	57.2 mm (2.3 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Clarion 3 SW	United States	Record daily precipitation	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Morgantown 1	United States	Record daily precipitation	35.6 mm (1.4 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Hoshangabad	India	Record daily precipitation	63.2 mm (2.5 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Dublin 2SE	United States	Record low minimum temperature	14.4 C (57.9 F)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Paris	United States	Record daily precipitation	47.5 mm (1.9 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Helwan (Cairo)	Egypt	Record high maximum temperature	41.6 C (106.9 F)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Bareilly	India	Record daily precipitation	112.3 mm (4.4 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Gabriels	United States	Record low maximum temperature	11.1 C (52.0 F)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Rocky Mt	United States	Record low maximum temperature	20.6 C (69.1 F)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Sherbrooke	Canada	Record daily precipitation	29.0 mm (1.1 in)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Katbari	India	Record daily precipitation	116.3 mm (4.6 in)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Rosedale	United States	Record daily precipitation	48.0 mm (1.9 in)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Union 3 SSE	United States	Record low maximum temperature	15.6 C (60.1 F)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Basoda	India	Record daily precipitation	94.0 mm (3.7 in)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Bhind	India	Record daily precipitation	59.7 mm (2.4 in)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Sagar	India	Record daily precipitation	112.0 mm (4.4 in)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Hooghly	India	Record daily precipitation	61.5 mm (2.4 in)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Gavle	Sweden	Record high minimum temperature	14.5 C (58.1 F)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Cheesman	United States	Record daily precipitation	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Grantsville	United States	Record daily precipitation	26.2 mm (1.0 in)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Oneonta 1 S	United States	Record low maximum temperature	14.4 C (57.9 F)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Grafton 1 NE	United States	Record daily precipitation	36.6 mm (1.4 in)	23 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

393 records

Records set or tied on 1 July 1940 by type: Highest daily maximum 21, Lowest daily maximum 106, Highest daily minimum 38, Lowest daily minimum 50, Heaviest daily rainfall 178.

Records on 1 July 1940 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	21
Lowest daily maximum	106
Highest daily minimum	38
Lowest daily minimum	50
Heaviest daily rainfall	178
Heaviest daily snowfall	0
Deepest snow cover	0

Records on 1 July 1940 by timescale: all-time 2, monthly 9, daily 382.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

309 broken records

Margins by which the 309 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 150.9. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

1 July 1940

Top 20 records on 1 July 1940 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
1 July 1940	Balasore, IN	all-time rain	347.2 mm (13.7 in)	150.9 mm (5.9 in)	26 years	72 of 100 (Major)
1 July 1940	Plain Dealing, US	daily rain	177.8 mm (7.0 in)	134.6 mm (5.3 in)	44 years	57 of 100 (Notable)
1 July 1940	Raj-Nilgiri, IN	all-time rain	253.7 mm (10.0 in)	64.7 mm (2.5 in)	13 years	54 of 100 (Notable)
1 July 1940	Chakradhanpur, IN	daily rain	125.5 mm (4.9 in)	98.6 mm (3.9 in)	26 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
1 July 1940	Basudevpur (Eram), IN	daily rain	134.6 mm (5.3 in)	94.0 mm (3.7 in)	29 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
1 July 1940	Texarkana Webb Fld, US	daily rain	116.8 mm (4.6 in)	77.4 mm (3.0 in)	28 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
1 July 1940	Mungaoli, IN	daily rain	177.8 mm (7.0 in)	134.6 mm (5.3 in)	12 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
1 July 1940	Baripada, IN	daily rain	177.8 mm (7.0 in)	106.7 mm (4.2 in)	7 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
1 July 1940	Goilkera, IN	daily rain	168.7 mm (6.6 in)	127.0 mm (5.0 in)	6 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
1 July 1940	Kundha (Kailkund), IN	daily rain	96.5 mm (3.8 in)	68.8 mm (2.7 in)	4 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
1 July 1940	Gudalur, IN	daily rain	236.5 mm (9.3 in)	142.5 mm (5.6 in)	18 years	44 of 100 (Notable)
1 July 1940	Karanjia, IN	daily rain	188.0 mm (7.4 in)	120.2 mm (4.7 in)	2 years	43 of 100 (Notable)
1 July 1940	Kukrahati, IN	daily rain	154.7 mm (6.1 in)	93.7 mm (3.7 in)	29 years	43 of 100 (Notable)
1 July 1940	Devala, IN	daily rain	236.2 mm (9.3 in)	136.6 mm (5.4 in)	4 years	42 of 100 (Notable)
1 July 1940	Contai, IN	daily rain	193.5 mm (7.6 in)	91.6 mm (3.6 in)	12 years	42 of 100 (Notable)
1 July 1940	Bhagwanpur, IN	monthly rain	206.8 mm (8.1 in)	49.3 mm (1.9 in)	6 years	39 of 100 (Notable)
1 July 1940	Bahragora, IN	daily rain	109.0 mm (4.3 in)	60.0 mm (2.4 in)	29 years	38 of 100 (Notable)
1 July 1940	Pachet(Kharai), IN	daily rain	156.2 mm (6.1 in)	94.2 mm (3.7 in)	9 years	37 of 100 (Notable)
1 July 1940	Goodland, US	daily rain	61.0 mm (2.4 in)	22.6 mm (0.9 in)	44 years	36 of 100 (Notable)
1 July 1940	Orleans 2 W, US	daily rain	47.5 mm (1.9 in)	34.8 mm (1.4 in)	28 years	35 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 1940

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1793 to 1940. 1940 had 393 records.

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

Records on 07-01 in each year
Year	Records
1793	1
1811	2
1816	1
1832	1
1833	1
1835	1
1839	1
1840	1
1841	1
1846	1
1857	1
1859	1
1860	1
1864	1
1868	1
1870	2
1871	1
1872	3
1874	1
1877	1
1878	1
1879	4
1880	1
1881	1
1882	1
1883	1
1885	2
1887	1
1888	4
1889	2
1890	2
1891	6
1892	2
1893	1
1894	4
1895	7
1896	1
1897	4
1898	10
1899	8
1900	2
1901	16
1902	6
1903	13
1904	18
1905	20
1906	14
1907	11
1908	11
1909	21
1910	30
1911	24
1912	51
1913	62
1914	126
1915	22
1916	30
1917	34
1918	57
1919	32
1920	293
1921	239
1922	55
1923	298
1924	350
1925	166
1926	95
1927	163
1928	65
1929	146
1930	163
1931	763
1932	300
1933	601
1934	220
1935	263
1936	425
1937	491
1938	355
1939	287
1940	393
1941	528
1942	510
1943	494
1944	252
1945	614
1946	432
1947	493
1948	278
1949	301
1950	435
1951	484
1952	271
1953	618
1954	619
1955	535
1956	420
1957	657
1958	496
1959	738
1960	386
1961	370
1962	280
1963	663
1964	403
1965	358
1966	504
1967	488
1968	721
1969	472
1970	632
1971	421
1972	474
1973	627
1974	738
1975	554
1976	768
1977	672
1978	718
1979	722
1980	959
1981	828
1982	1,606
1983	749
1984	766
1985	1,019
1986	965
1987	954
1988	1,542
1989	832
1990	1,405
1991	1,021
1992	1,689
1993	623
1994	936
1995	1,326
1996	637
1997	1,145
1998	1,280
1999	1,395
2000	593
2001	897
2002	1,090
2003	1,031
2004	768
2005	941
2006	674
2007	719
2008	857
2009	1,159
2010	1,146
2011	1,038
2012	1,295
2013	1,151
2014	517
2015	917
2016	515
2017	667
2018	764
2019	531
2020	820
2021	957
2022	759
2023	514
2024	660
2025	1,181
2026	958

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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 2026-10-15. Last revised 15 October 2026 (2026-10-15).

Margin	Records
0 to 20	266
20 to 40	16
40 to 60	8
60 to 80	6
80 to 100	5
100 to 120	1
120 to 140	5
140 to 160	2