Weather Records on 8 July 1915

47 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 8 July 1915. Highest significance: Burlington, US.

Key Facts for 8 July 1915

On 8 July 1915, 47 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
12 were record highs and 5 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 0 were all-time records, 1 monthly and 46 daily.
Burlington set a daily record precipitation of 56.1 mm (2.2 in) on 8 July 1915.
Across 159 earlier years (1793 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 448 records.

Record Map

47 stations

47 station records on 8 July 1915 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 8 July 1915: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Burlington	United States	Record daily precipitation	56.1 mm (2.2 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
London South	Canada	Record daily precipitation	50.3 mm (2.0 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Westminster	Canada	Record daily precipitation	53.6 mm (2.1 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Windsor Riverside	Canada	Record daily precipitation	48.5 mm (1.9 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Concord	United States	Record daily precipitation	77.5 mm (3.1 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Woodstock	Canada	Record daily precipitation	36.8 mm (1.4 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Leominster	United States	Record daily precipitation	62.2 mm (2.4 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Welland	Canada	Record daily precipitation	32.3 mm (1.3 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Portland	United States	Record daily precipitation	93.0 mm (3.7 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Port Stanley	Canada	Record daily precipitation	26.9 mm (1.1 in)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Hanover	United States	Record daily precipitation	48.3 mm (1.9 in)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Gorlitz	Germany	Record high minimum temperature	20.6 C (69.1 F)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Wilmington Wb City	United States	Record daily precipitation	46.7 mm (1.8 in)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Cottam	Canada	Record daily precipitation	40.6 mm (1.6 in)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Zagreb-Gric	Croatia	Record high minimum temperature	21.3 C (70.3 F)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Lake Marmal	Australia	Record daily precipitation	23.6 mm (0.9 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Streaky Bay	Australia	Record daily precipitation	23.6 mm (0.9 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Ilulissat (Jakobshavn)	Greenland [Denmark]	Record daily precipitation	10.9 mm (0.4 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Groningen-1	Netherlands	Record daily precipitation	11.2 mm (0.4 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Hamilton	Canada	Record daily precipitation	20.6 mm (0.8 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Lexington Bluegrass AP	United States	Record daily precipitation	19.8 mm (0.8 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Buffalo	United States	Record daily precipitation	18.3 mm (0.7 in)	19 of 100 (Routine)
Stoney Creek	Canada	Record daily precipitation	28.4 mm (1.1 in)	18 of 100 (Routine)
Portland	United States	Record low maximum temperature	16.7 C (62.1 F)	17 of 100 (Routine)
Chemnitz	Germany	Record high minimum temperature	18.0 C (64.4 F)	16 of 100 (Routine)
Kingston Queens U	Canada	Record daily precipitation	12.7 mm (0.5 in)	15 of 100 (Routine)
Gravenhurst	Canada	Record low minimum temperature	6.1 C (43.0 F)	15 of 100 (Routine)
Concord	United States	Record low maximum temperature	17.8 C (64.0 F)	15 of 100 (Routine)
Bamberg	Germany	Record high minimum temperature	16.6 C (61.9 F)	13 of 100 (Routine)
Velikie Luki	Russia	Record low minimum temperature	8.2 C (46.8 F)	13 of 100 (Routine)
Elliston	Australia	Record daily precipitation	15.2 mm (0.6 in)	12 of 100 (Routine)
Nuwara Eliya	Sri Lanka	Record high maximum temperature	23.4 C (74.1 F)	12 of 100 (Routine)
Nurnberg	Germany	Record high minimum temperature	17.8 C (64.0 F)	12 of 100 (Routine)
Freiburg	Germany	Record high minimum temperature	19.0 C (66.2 F)	12 of 100 (Routine)
Port Germein (Telowie)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	7.4 mm (0.29 in)	11 of 100 (Routine)
Yamma	Australia	Record daily precipitation	11.2 mm (0.4 in)	11 of 100 (Routine)
Regensburg	Germany	Record high minimum temperature	18.4 C (65.1 F)	11 of 100 (Routine)
Moorestown 4 E	United States	Record daily precipitation	26.4 mm (1.0 in)	11 of 100 (Routine)
Port Jervis	United States	Record daily precipitation	30.5 mm (1.2 in)	11 of 100 (Routine)
Burlington	United States	Record low maximum temperature	17.2 C (63.0 F)	11 of 100 (Routine)
Olympia Priest Pt Park	United States	Record daily precipitation	6.9 mm (0.27 in)	11 of 100 (Routine)
Sheringa (Lake Hamilton)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	17.5 mm (0.7 in)	9 of 100 (Routine)
Plauen	Germany	Record high minimum temperature	17.3 C (63.1 F)	8 of 100 (Routine)
Olympia Priest Pt Park	United States	Record high minimum temperature	15.0 C (59.0 F)	7 of 100 (Routine)
Port Augusta (Carriewerloo STN	Australia	Record daily precipitation	5.1 mm (0.20 in)	5 of 100 (Routine)
Magdeburg	Germany	Record high minimum temperature	18.1 C (64.6 F)	5 of 100 (Routine)
Houston Wb City	United States	Record high minimum temperature	25.0 C (77.0 F)	3 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

47 records

Records set or tied on 8 July 1915 by type: Highest daily maximum 1, Lowest daily maximum 3, Highest daily minimum 11, Lowest daily minimum 2, Heaviest daily rainfall 30.

Records on 8 July 1915 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	1
Lowest daily maximum	3
Highest daily minimum	11
Lowest daily minimum	2
Heaviest daily rainfall	30
Heaviest daily snowfall	0
Deepest snow cover	0

Records on 8 July 1915 by timescale: all-time 0, monthly 1, daily 46.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

46 broken records

Margins by which the 46 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 47.2. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

8 July 1915

Top 20 records on 8 July 1915 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
8 July 1915	Burlington, US	daily rain	56.1 mm (2.2 in)	41.6 mm (1.6 in)	23 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
8 July 1915	London South, CA	daily rain	50.3 mm (2.0 in)	39.4 mm (1.6 in)	15 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
8 July 1915	Westminster, CA	daily rain	53.6 mm (2.1 in)	47.2 mm (1.9 in)	19 years	41 of 100 (Notable)
8 July 1915	Windsor Riverside, CA	daily rain	48.5 mm (1.9 in)	22.1 mm (0.9 in)	45 years	35 of 100 (Notable)
8 July 1915	Concord, US	daily rain	77.5 mm (3.1 in)	33.3 mm (1.3 in)	15 years	35 of 100 (Notable)
8 July 1915	Woodstock, CA	daily rain	36.8 mm (1.4 in)	17.0 mm (0.7 in)	36 years	31 of 100 (Routine)
8 July 1915	Leominster, US	daily rain	62.2 mm (2.4 in)	34.3 mm (1.4 in)	15 years	31 of 100 (Routine)
8 July 1915	Welland, CA	daily rain	32.3 mm (1.3 in)	20.4 mm (0.8 in)	33 years	29 of 100 (Routine)
8 July 1915	Portland, US	monthly rain	93.0 mm (3.7 in)	11.2 mm (0.4 in)	0 years	25 of 100 (Routine)
8 July 1915	Port Stanley, CA	daily rain	26.9 mm (1.1 in)	8.9 mm (0.35 in)	36 years	23 of 100 (Routine)
8 July 1915	Hanover, US	daily rain	48.3 mm (1.9 in)	19.1 mm (0.8 in)	15 years	23 of 100 (Routine)
8 July 1915	Gorlitz, DE	daily high min	20.6 C (69.1 F)	3.7 C (6.7 F)	22 years	22 of 100 (Routine)
8 July 1915	Wilmington Wb City, US	daily rain	46.7 mm (1.8 in)	12.2 mm (0.5 in)	42 years	22 of 100 (Routine)
8 July 1915	Cottam, CA	daily rain	40.6 mm (1.6 in)	18.0 mm (0.7 in)	14 years	21 of 100 (Routine)
8 July 1915	Zagreb-Gric, HR	daily high min	21.3 C (70.3 F)	2.1 C (3.8 F)	33 years	21 of 100 (Routine)
8 July 1915	Lake Marmal, AU	daily rain	23.6 mm (0.9 in)	14.5 mm (0.6 in)	4 years	20 of 100 (Routine)
8 July 1915	Streaky Bay, AU	daily rain	23.6 mm (0.9 in)	10.4 mm (0.4 in)	23 years	20 of 100 (Routine)
8 July 1915	Ilulissat (Jakobshavn), GL	daily rain	10.9 mm (0.4 in)	8.2 mm (0.32 in)	20 years	20 of 100 (Routine)
8 July 1915	Groningen-1, NL	daily rain	11.2 mm (0.4 in)	0.6 mm (0.02 in)	48 years	20 of 100 (Routine)
8 July 1915	Hamilton, CA	daily rain	20.6 mm (0.8 in)	2.6 mm (0.10 in)	48 years	20 of 100 (Routine)

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 1915

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1793 to 1915. 1915 had 47 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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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).

Histogram of margins by which records were beaten on 8 July 1915
Margin	Records
0 to 10	32
10 to 20	7
20 to 30	2
30 to 40	3
40 to 50	2