Weather Records on 14 August 1919

103 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 14 August 1919. Highest significance: Moorestown 4 E, US.

Key Facts for 14 August 1919

On 14 August 1919, 103 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
8 were record highs and 14 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 0 were all-time records, 1 monthly and 102 daily.
Moorestown 4 E set a daily record precipitation of 71.4 mm (2.8 in) on 14 August 1919.
Across 166 earlier years (1793 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 465 records.

Record Map

103 stations

103 station records on 14 August 1919 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 14 August 1919: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Moorestown 4 E	United States	Record daily precipitation	71.4 mm (2.8 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Newark Liberty Intl AP	United States	Record low maximum temperature	18.9 C (66.0 F)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Blue Hill Coop	United States	Record low maximum temperature	13.9 C (57.0 F)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Hingham (1)	United States	Record daily precipitation	64.5 mm (2.5 in)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Blue Hill Coop	United States	Record daily precipitation	77.7 mm (3.1 in)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Port Jervis	United States	Record daily precipitation	33.5 mm (1.3 in)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Riverton	Australia	Record daily precipitation	17.5 mm (0.7 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Coonalpyn	Australia	Record daily precipitation	14.5 mm (0.6 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Cundare South	Australia	Record daily precipitation	15.0 mm (0.6 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Kapunda	Australia	Record daily precipitation	8.9 mm (0.35 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Tanunda	Australia	Record daily precipitation	15.0 mm (0.6 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Wolseley	Australia	Record daily precipitation	11.4 mm (0.4 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Marrabel	Australia	Record daily precipitation	19.1 mm (0.8 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Kirchdorf/Poel	Germany	Record daily precipitation	16.3 mm (0.6 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Walgett Council Depot	Australia	Record high minimum temperature	11.1 C (52.0 F)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Wanganella (Zara)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	2.0 mm (0.08 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
North Adelaide	Australia	Record daily precipitation	13.2 mm (0.5 in)	19 of 100 (Routine)
Kapunda Water Works	Australia	Record daily precipitation	8.6 mm (0.34 in)	19 of 100 (Routine)
Sheringa (Lake Hamilton)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	10.9 mm (0.4 in)	18 of 100 (Routine)
Gawler Council Depot	Australia	Record daily precipitation	8.6 mm (0.34 in)	18 of 100 (Routine)
Saddleworth	Australia	Record daily precipitation	12.7 mm (0.5 in)	18 of 100 (Routine)
World Trade Ctr	United States	Record low maximum temperature	18.9 C (66.0 F)	18 of 100 (Routine)
Setauket Strong	United States	Record low maximum temperature	18.3 C (64.9 F)	18 of 100 (Routine)
Hallett	Australia	Record daily precipitation	9.1 mm (0.36 in)	17 of 100 (Routine)
Mahackala	Russia	Record low minimum temperature	14.7 C (58.5 F)	17 of 100 (Routine)
Somerville 4 NW	United States	Record daily precipitation	40.9 mm (1.6 in)	17 of 100 (Routine)
Orroroo (Black Rock)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	7.6 mm (0.30 in)	16 of 100 (Routine)
Kadina	Australia	Record daily precipitation	11.9 mm (0.5 in)	16 of 100 (Routine)
Meningie	Australia	Record daily precipitation	11.4 mm (0.4 in)	16 of 100 (Routine)
Truro	Australia	Record daily precipitation	8.9 mm (0.35 in)	16 of 100 (Routine)
Wantabadgery	Australia	Record daily precipitation	11.9 mm (0.5 in)	16 of 100 (Routine)
Belle Isle	Canada	Record low minimum temperature	-1.1 C (30.0 F)	16 of 100 (Routine)
Peterborough (Dawson)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	6.4 mm (0.25 in)	15 of 100 (Routine)
Port Clinton (Yararoo)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	7.1 mm (0.28 in)	15 of 100 (Routine)
Mitcham Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	7.6 mm (0.30 in)	15 of 100 (Routine)
Adelaide (Pooraka)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	10.9 mm (0.4 in)	15 of 100 (Routine)
Virginia Sheedy Road	Australia	Record daily precipitation	8.9 mm (0.35 in)	15 of 100 (Routine)
Belair (State Flora Nursery)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	11.7 mm (0.5 in)	15 of 100 (Routine)
Glen Innes Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	14.7 mm (0.6 in)	15 of 100 (Routine)
Wantiool (Caithness)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	13.7 mm (0.5 in)	15 of 100 (Routine)
Wilmington	Australia	Record daily precipitation	5.1 mm (0.20 in)	14 of 100 (Routine)
Clare (Hill River)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	8.4 mm (0.33 in)	14 of 100 (Routine)
Adelaide (Glen Osmond)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	15.7 mm (0.6 in)	14 of 100 (Routine)
Hamley Bridge	Australia	Record daily precipitation	5.6 mm (0.22 in)	14 of 100 (Routine)
Nuriootpa	Australia	Record daily precipitation	8.6 mm (0.34 in)	14 of 100 (Routine)
Tenterden	Australia	Record daily precipitation	16.3 mm (0.6 in)	14 of 100 (Routine)
Stonehenge	Australia	Record daily precipitation	12.7 mm (0.5 in)	14 of 100 (Routine)
Adelong Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	16.0 mm (0.6 in)	14 of 100 (Routine)
Dunkeld	Australia	Record daily precipitation	10.2 mm (0.4 in)	14 of 100 (Routine)
Hohenpeissenberg	Germany	Record high minimum temperature	18.0 C (64.4 F)	14 of 100 (Routine)
Setauket Strong	United States	Record daily precipitation	26.4 mm (1.0 in)	14 of 100 (Routine)
Port Elliott	Australia	Record daily precipitation	10.2 mm (0.4 in)	13 of 100 (Routine)
Bukalong Station	Australia	Record daily precipitation	11.4 mm (0.4 in)	13 of 100 (Routine)
Morangarell	Australia	Record daily precipitation	10.2 mm (0.4 in)	13 of 100 (Routine)
Yallook	Australia	Record daily precipitation	3.8 mm (0.15 in)	13 of 100 (Routine)
Oestersund-Froesoen	Sweden	Record low maximum temperature	10.0 C (50.0 F)	13 of 100 (Routine)
Port Wakefield	Australia	Record daily precipitation	5.6 mm (0.22 in)	12 of 100 (Routine)
Roseworthy	Australia	Record daily precipitation	7.9 mm (0.31 in)	12 of 100 (Routine)
Kanmantoo	Australia	Record daily precipitation	11.2 mm (0.4 in)	12 of 100 (Routine)
Sturt	Australia	Record daily precipitation	10.7 mm (0.4 in)	12 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

103 records

Records set or tied on 14 August 1919 by type: Highest daily maximum 3, Lowest daily maximum 11, Highest daily minimum 5, Lowest daily minimum 3, Heaviest daily rainfall 81.

Records on 14 August 1919 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	3
Lowest daily maximum	11
Highest daily minimum	5
Lowest daily minimum	3
Heaviest daily rainfall	81
Heaviest daily snowfall	0
Deepest snow cover	0

Records on 14 August 1919 by timescale: all-time 0, monthly 1, daily 102.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

91 broken records

Margins by which the 91 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 38.4. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

14 August 1919

Top 20 records on 14 August 1919 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
14 August 1919	Moorestown 4 E, US	daily rain	71.4 mm (2.8 in)	38.4 mm (1.5 in)	29 years	34 of 100 (Routine)
14 August 1919	Newark Liberty Intl AP, US	daily low max	18.9 C (66.0 F)	0.5 C (0.9 F)	57 years	25 of 100 (Routine)
14 August 1919	Blue Hill Coop, US	daily low max	13.9 C (57.0 F)	5.0 C (9.0 F)	29 years	23 of 100 (Routine)
14 August 1919	Hingham (1), US	daily rain	64.5 mm (2.5 in)	17.3 mm (0.7 in)	29 years	22 of 100 (Routine)
14 August 1919	Blue Hill Coop, US	monthly rain	77.7 mm (3.1 in)	2.3 mm (0.09 in)	26 years	21 of 100 (Routine)
14 August 1919	Port Jervis, US	daily rain	33.5 mm (1.3 in)	15.7 mm (0.6 in)	18 years	21 of 100 (Routine)
14 August 1919	Riverton, AU	daily rain	17.5 mm (0.7 in)	12.4 mm (0.5 in)	30 years	20 of 100 (Routine)
14 August 1919	Coonalpyn, AU	daily rain	14.5 mm (0.6 in)	9.2 mm (0.36 in)	28 years	20 of 100 (Routine)
14 August 1919	Cundare South, AU	daily rain	15.0 mm (0.6 in)	6.9 mm (0.27 in)	26 years	20 of 100 (Routine)
14 August 1919	Kapunda, AU	daily rain	8.9 mm (0.35 in)	4.1 mm (0.16 in)	33 years	20 of 100 (Routine)
14 August 1919	Tanunda, AU	daily rain	15.0 mm (0.6 in)	6.1 mm (0.24 in)	28 years	20 of 100 (Routine)
14 August 1919	Wolseley, AU	daily rain	11.4 mm (0.4 in)	6.8 mm (0.27 in)	18 years	20 of 100 (Routine)
14 August 1919	Marrabel, AU	daily rain	19.1 mm (0.8 in)	9.7 mm (0.38 in)	2 years	20 of 100 (Routine)
14 August 1919	Kirchdorf/Poel, DE	daily rain	16.3 mm (0.6 in)	0.9 mm (0.04 in)	52 years	20 of 100 (Routine)
14 August 1919	Walgett Council Depot, AU	daily high min	11.1 C (52.0 F)	1.7 C (3.1 F)	40 years	20 of 100 (Routine)
14 August 1919	Wanganella (Zara), AU	daily rain	2.0 mm (0.08 in)	0.7 mm (0.03 in)	50 years	20 of 100 (Routine)
14 August 1919	North Adelaide, AU	daily rain	13.2 mm (0.5 in)	4.6 mm (0.18 in)	28 years	19 of 100 (Routine)
14 August 1919	Kapunda Water Works, AU	daily rain	8.6 mm (0.34 in)	4.0 mm (0.16 in)	26 years	19 of 100 (Routine)
14 August 1919	Sheringa (Lake Hamilton), AU	daily rain	10.9 mm (0.4 in)	2.0 mm (0.08 in)	33 years	18 of 100 (Routine)
14 August 1919	Gawler Council Depot, AU	daily rain	8.6 mm (0.34 in)	3.0 mm (0.12 in)	28 years	18 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 1919

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1793 to 1919. 1919 had 103 records.

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

Records on 08-14 in each year
Year	Records
1793	2
1807	1
1815	1
1818	1
1825	1
1833	2
1839	1
1841	1
1843	1
1845	2
1856	2
1857	1
1859	1
1861	1
1864	3
1865	1
1866	2
1868	1
1870	1
1871	1
1872	1
1873	1
1874	1
1876	4
1882	1
1884	1
1885	3
1886	1
1887	3
1889	2
1890	1
1891	1
1892	3
1893	2
1894	2
1895	3
1896	5
1897	5
1898	2
1899	2
1900	1
1901	1
1902	8
1903	8
1904	3
1905	10
1906	8
1907	6
1908	28
1909	35
1910	10
1911	30
1912	56
1913	24
1914	16
1915	17
1916	109
1917	38
1918	60
1919	103
1920	56
1921	61
1922	54
1923	92
1924	319
1925	128
1926	182
1927	147
1928	233
1929	449
1930	627
1931	410
1932	314
1933	349
1934	470
1935	314
1936	612
1937	354
1938	519
1939	376
1940	489
1941	467
1942	364
1943	583
1944	709
1945	572
1946	511
1947	658
1948	373
1949	374
1950	402
1951	458
1952	560
1953	312
1954	457
1955	535
1956	426
1957	281
1958	421
1959	495
1960	414
1961	663
1962	885
1963	811
1964	1,394
1965	451
1966	388
1967	902
1968	1,315
1969	482
1970	398
1971	677
1972	552
1973	489
1974	542
1975	461
1976	1,060
1977	562
1978	834
1979	1,115
1980	544
1981	719
1982	539
1983	775
1984	598
1985	1,095
1986	775
1987	1,157
1988	1,301
1989	728
1990	737
1991	856
1992	1,709
1993	887
1994	1,149
1995	1,444
1996	954
1997	922
1998	1,100
1999	1,329
2000	1,117
2001	806
2002	1,576
2003	1,913
2004	1,936
2005	1,340
2006	1,073
2007	1,340
2008	798
2009	818
2010	1,704
2011	772
2012	758
2013	612
2014	651
2015	931
2016	824
2017	559
2018	397
2019	578
2020	1,009
2021	932
2022	771
2023	1,116
2024	1,045
2025	798
2026	1,211

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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 5	74
5 to 10	12
10 to 15	2
15 to 20	2
20 to 25	0
25 to 30	0
30 to 35	0
35 to 40	1