"Cold Day in July" is a country music song written by Richard Leigh

Richard Leigh (songwriter)

Richard Leigh is an American country music songwriter and singer. He is best known for penning "Don't It Make My Brown Eyes Blue" . In 1978 he received a Grammy Award for "Best Country Song" for the popular song...

 and most known as performed by the Dixie Chicks.

Two artists recorded the song in 1992, Suzy Bogguss

Suzy Bogguss

Susan Kay "Suzy" Bogguss is an American country music singer. In the 1980s and 90s she released one platinum and three gold albums and charted six top ten singles, winning the Academy of Country Music's award for Top New Female Vocalist and the Country Music Association's Horizon Award.After...

 on her album Voices in the Wind

Voices in the Wind

Voices in the Wind is the follow-up to Bogguss's platinum-selling Aces. It earned her a second straight gold record and her highest-charting single ever, the #2 cover of John Hiatt's "Drive South."...

and Joy Lynn White

Joy Lynn White

Joy Lynn White is an American country music singer and composer, who gained fame in the Country Music world in 1992 after being nominated for an Academy of Country Music award for top new female vocalist. She ultimately lost to Canadian artist Michelle Wright...

 on her debut album, Between Midnight & Hindsight. White's version was released as a single in 1993, peaking at #71 on the Billboard

Billboard (magazine)

Billboard is a weekly American magazine devoted to the music industry, and is one of the oldest trade magazines in the world. It maintains several internationally recognized music charts that track the most popular songs and albums in various categories on a weekly basis...

Hot Country Singles & Tracks

Hot Country Songs

Hot Country Songs is a chart published weekly by Billboard magazine in the United States.This 60-position chart lists the most popular country music songs, calculated weekly mostly by airplay and occasionally commercial sales...

 chart.

"Cold Day in July" was recorded by American country music group the Dixie Chicks

Dixie Chicks

The Dixie Chicks are an American country band which has also successfully crossed over into other genres. The band is composed of founding members Martie Erwin Maguire and Emily Erwin Robison, and lead singer Natalie Maines...

 on their 1999 album, Fly. Released in April 2000 as the album's fourth single, the Dixie Chicks' version peaked at #10 on the Billboard

Billboard (magazine)

Billboard is a weekly American magazine devoted to the music industry, and is one of the oldest trade magazines in the world. It maintains several internationally recognized music charts that track the most popular songs and albums in various categories on a weekly basis...

Hot Country Singles & Tracks

Hot Country Songs

Hot Country Songs is a chart published weekly by Billboard magazine in the United States.This 60-position chart lists the most popular country music songs, calculated weekly mostly by airplay and occasionally commercial sales...

 chart in July 2000. It also reached #7 on the RPM

RPM (magazine)

RPM was a Canadian music industry publication that featured song and album charts for Canada. The publication was founded by Walt Grealis in February 1964, supported through its existence by record label owner Stan Klees. RPM ceased publication in November 2000.RPM stood for "Records, Promotion,...

Country Tracks chart in Canada.

Joy Lynn White

Chart (1993)	Peak position
U.S. Billboard Hot Country Singles & Tracks	71

Dixie Chicks

Chart (2000)	Peak position
U.S. Billboard Hot Country Singles & Tracks	10
U.S. Billboard Hot 100	65
Canadian RPM Country Tracks	7