Weather Records on 8 July 2026

438 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 8 July 2026. Highest significance: Zilani, LV.

Key Facts for 8 July 2026

On 8 July 2026, 438 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
292 were record highs and 55 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 16 were all-time records, 23 monthly and 399 daily.
Zilani set an all-time record daily precipitation of 91.7 mm (3.6 in) on 8 July 2026.
Across 159 earlier years (1793 to 2025) the same calendar date averaged 445 records.

Record Map

438 stations

438 station records on 8 July 2026 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 8 July 2026: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Zilani	Latvia	Record daily precipitation	91.7 mm (3.6 in)	85 of 100 (Exceptional)
Skriveri	Latvia	Record daily precipitation	137.3 mm (5.4 in)	83 of 100 (Exceptional)
Zoseni	Latvia	Record daily precipitation	154.3 mm (6.1 in)	77 of 100 (Major)
Ulleungdo	Korea, South	Record daily precipitation	222.1 mm (8.7 in)	68 of 100 (Major)
Kolka	Latvia	Record daily precipitation	133.7 mm (5.3 in)	68 of 100 (Major)
Mokpo	Korea, South	Record daily precipitation	309.6 mm (12.2 in)	67 of 100 (Major)
Rezekne	Latvia	Record daily precipitation	140.3 mm (5.5 in)	67 of 100 (Major)
Summerville 4W	United States	Record high minimum temperature	29.4 C (84.9 F)	65 of 100 (Major)
Kaunas	Lithuania	Record daily precipitation	61.1 mm (2.4 in)	64 of 100 (Major)
Alta Lufthavn	Norway	Record daily precipitation	42.5 mm (1.7 in)	64 of 100 (Major)
Bachu	China	Record daily precipitation	25.8 mm (1.0 in)	62 of 100 (Major)
Aluksne	Latvia	Record daily precipitation	74.0 mm (2.9 in)	62 of 100 (Major)
Ainazi	Estonia	Record daily precipitation	47.9 mm (1.9 in)	61 of 100 (Major)
Pavilosta	Latvia	Record daily precipitation	45.3 mm (1.8 in)	60 of 100 (Major)
Summit 1 W	United States	Record daily precipitation	80.3 mm (3.2 in)	59 of 100 (Notable)
Kuqa	China	Record daily precipitation	58.6 mm (2.3 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Red Rvr Rsch STN	United States	Record daily precipitation	94.0 mm (3.7 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Klaipeda	Lithuania	Record daily precipitation	156.7 mm (6.2 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Wisley	United Kingdom	Record high maximum temperature	35.5 C (95.9 F)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Murfreesboro	United States	Record daily precipitation	104.1 mm (4.1 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Zion Np	United States	Record low minimum temperature	10.0 C (50.0 F)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Clear Lake	United States	Record daily precipitation	62.0 mm (2.4 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Tlaxcala de Xicontecatl (Dge)	Mexico	Record high maximum temperature	36.4 C (97.5 F)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Oxford	United Kingdom	Record high maximum temperature	34.3 C (93.7 F)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Marysville	United States	Record daily precipitation	87.9 mm (3.5 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Jelgava	Latvia	Record daily precipitation	82.7 mm (3.3 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Zamora	Mexico	Record high maximum temperature	39.0 C (102.2 F)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Cet Central England	United Kingdom	Record high maximum temperature	30.8 C (87.4 F)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Marseilles-Marignane	France	Record high maximum temperature	40.5 C (104.9 F)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Dagupan	Philippines	Record high minimum temperature	28.6 C (83.5 F)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Bradford	United Kingdom	Record high maximum temperature	29.9 C (85.8 F)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Webster	United States	Record daily precipitation	119.9 mm (4.7 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Sarajevo	Bosnia and Herzegovina	Record low minimum temperature	5.0 C (41.0 F)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Dillon U of Montana Western	United States	Record high minimum temperature	17.8 C (64.0 F)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Columbia 8 N	United States	Record daily precipitation	111.5 mm (4.4 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Galuut	Mongolia	Record high minimum temperature	17.5 C (63.5 F)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Buxton	United Kingdom	Record high maximum temperature	28.9 C (84.0 F)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Amherst	United States	Record low maximum temperature	19.4 C (66.9 F)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Dublin Phoenix Park	Ireland	Record high maximum temperature	26.2 C (79.2 F)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Parakka	Sweden	Record daily precipitation	44.2 mm (1.7 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Morovis 1 N	Puerto Rico [United States]	Record daily precipitation	43.2 mm (1.7 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Alicante	Spain	Record high maximum temperature	37.9 C (100.2 F)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Rend Lake Dam	United States	Record daily precipitation	71.7 mm (2.8 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Cumberland 2	United States	Record daily precipitation	62.2 mm (2.4 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Poitiers - Biard	France	Record high minimum temperature	18.9 C (66.0 F)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Morelia Mich.	Mexico	Record high minimum temperature	18.8 C (65.8 F)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Oksoey Fyr	Norway	Record high maximum temperature	26.8 C (80.2 F)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Chernjaevo	Russia	Record high minimum temperature	20.3 C (68.5 F)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Waddington	United Kingdom	Record high maximum temperature	33.1 C (91.6 F)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Sanborn	United States	Record high minimum temperature	22.2 C (72.0 F)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Norris	United States	Record daily precipitation	34.3 mm (1.4 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Curapca	Russia	Record high minimum temperature	23.1 C (73.6 F)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Murcia/San Javier	Spain	Record high maximum temperature	39.0 C (102.2 F)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Natural Brg	United States	Record high minimum temperature	21.7 C (71.1 F)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Burbank Valley Pump Plt	United States	Record low minimum temperature	10.0 C (50.0 F)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Shrub Oak	United States	Record low maximum temperature	20.6 C (69.1 F)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Clermont-Ferrand	France	Record high maximum temperature	36.3 C (97.3 F)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Barcelona/Aeropuerto	Spain	Record high maximum temperature	37.7 C (99.9 F)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Edgemont	United States	Record daily precipitation	41.9 mm (1.6 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Yulin	China	Record high minimum temperature	24.7 C (76.5 F)	34 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

438 records

Records set or tied on 8 July 2026 by type: Highest daily maximum 117, Lowest daily maximum 30, Highest daily minimum 175, Lowest daily minimum 25, Heaviest daily rainfall 91.

Records on 8 July 2026 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	117
Lowest daily maximum	30
Highest daily minimum	175
Lowest daily minimum	25
Heaviest daily rainfall	91
Heaviest daily snowfall	0
Deepest snow cover	0

Records on 8 July 2026 by timescale: all-time 16, monthly 23, daily 399.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

339 broken records

Margins by which the 339 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 107.4. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

8 July 2026

Top 20 records on 8 July 2026 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
8 July 2026	Zilani, LV	all-time rain	91.7 mm (3.6 in)	31.3 mm (1.2 in)	63 years	85 of 100 (Exceptional)
8 July 2026	Skriveri, LV	all-time rain	137.3 mm (5.4 in)	72.2 mm (2.8 in)	54 years	83 of 100 (Exceptional)
8 July 2026	Zoseni, LV	all-time rain	154.3 mm (6.1 in)	88.3 mm (3.5 in)	31 years	77 of 100 (Major)
8 July 2026	Ulleungdo, KR	daily rain	222.1 mm (8.7 in)	103.1 mm (4.1 in)	67 years	68 of 100 (Major)
8 July 2026	Kolka, LV	all-time rain	133.7 mm (5.3 in)	45.3 mm (1.8 in)	0 years	68 of 100 (Major)
8 July 2026	Mokpo, KR	monthly rain	309.6 mm (12.2 in)	107.4 mm (4.2 in)	25 years	67 of 100 (Major)
8 July 2026	Rezekne, LV	all-time rain	140.3 mm (5.5 in)	72.0 mm (2.8 in)	0 years	67 of 100 (Major)
8 July 2026	Summerville 4W, US	all-time high min	29.4 C (84.9 F)	1.6 C (2.9 F)	90 years	65 of 100 (Major)
8 July 2026	Kaunas, LT	daily rain	61.1 mm (2.4 in)	30.9 mm (1.2 in)	52 years	64 of 100 (Major)
8 July 2026	Alta Lufthavn, NO	daily rain	42.5 mm (1.7 in)	27.9 mm (1.1 in)	60 years	64 of 100 (Major)
8 July 2026	Bachu, CN	daily rain	25.8 mm (1.0 in)	22.6 mm (0.9 in)	52 years	62 of 100 (Major)
8 July 2026	Aluksne, LV	daily rain	74.0 mm (2.9 in)	40.5 mm (1.6 in)	53 years	62 of 100 (Major)
8 July 2026	Ainazi, EE	daily rain	47.9 mm (1.9 in)	24.5 mm (1.0 in)	48 years	61 of 100 (Major)
8 July 2026	Pavilosta, LV	daily rain	45.3 mm (1.8 in)	31.0 mm (1.2 in)	47 years	60 of 100 (Major)
8 July 2026	Summit 1 W, US	daily rain	80.3 mm (3.2 in)	49.8 mm (2.0 in)	53 years	59 of 100 (Notable)
8 July 2026	Kuqa, CN	all-time rain	58.6 mm (2.3 in)	2.3 mm (0.09 in)	68 years	53 of 100 (Notable)
8 July 2026	Red Rvr Rsch STN, US	daily rain	94.0 mm (3.7 in)	60.2 mm (2.4 in)	47 years	53 of 100 (Notable)
8 July 2026	Klaipeda, LT	all-time rain	156.7 mm (6.2 in)	15.7 mm (0.6 in)	7 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
8 July 2026	Wisley, GB	daily high max	35.5 C (95.9 F)	4.3 C (7.7 F)	115 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
8 July 2026	Murfreesboro, US	daily rain	104.1 mm (4.1 in)	67.3 mm (2.6 in)	21 years	51 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 2026

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1793 to 2026. 2026 had 438 records.

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

Records on 07-08 in each year
Year	Records
1793	2
1811	1
1815	2
1819	3
1844	1
1845	4
1848	2
1852	2
1856	1
1860	1
1864	2
1865	1
1867	2
1868	1
1873	1
1874	1
1876	2
1878	2
1879	1
1882	1
1883	1
1885	2
1886	3
1888	1
1889	2
1890	2
1891	2
1892	2
1893	2
1894	3
1896	7
1898	2
1899	6
1900	9
1901	4
1902	13
1903	9
1904	21
1905	9
1906	8
1907	9
1908	16
1909	24
1910	32
1911	28
1912	60
1913	29
1914	54
1915	47
1916	206
1917	37
1918	45
1919	34
1920	123
1921	75
1922	146
1923	134
1924	201
1925	141
1926	132
1927	142
1928	191
1929	235
1930	360
1931	250
1932	240
1933	360
1934	226
1935	496
1936	940
1937	287
1938	293
1939	399
1940	294
1941	198
1942	210
1943	248
1944	495
1945	291
1946	380
1947	400
1948	410
1949	352
1950	518
1951	580
1952	741
1953	502
1954	497
1955	554
1956	516
1957	429
1958	651
1959	485
1960	483
1961	356
1962	271
1963	592
1964	603
1965	266
1966	293
1967	266
1968	540
1969	847
1970	375
1971	443
1972	982
1973	831
1974	1,009
1975	537
1976	697
1977	743
1978	727
1979	703
1980	958
1981	945
1982	625
1983	1,198
1984	837
1985	1,024
1986	822
1987	814
1988	1,133
1989	1,174
1990	763
1991	1,152
1992	1,017
1993	1,875
1994	1,389
1995	642
1996	1,356
1997	734
1998	1,616
1999	816
2000	876
2001	916
2002	897
2003	779
2004	1,096
2005	1,250
2006	928
2007	943
2008	1,406
2009	971
2010	1,411
2011	838
2012	1,237
2013	501
2014	692
2015	1,455
2016	670
2017	887
2018	457
2019	569
2020	521
2021	890
2022	607
2023	765
2024	1,269
2025	616
2026	438

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Data for records on 2026-07-08: 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 2026-10-17 (17 October 2026). Records are computed by this site and are not official.

Data as of 2026-10-17. Last revised 17 October 2026 (2026-10-17).

Margin	Records
0 to 20	315
20 to 40	12
40 to 60	5
60 to 80	4
80 to 100	1
100 to 120	2