Weather Records on 8 August 1922

74 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 8 August 1922. Highest significance: Helmond, NL.

Key Facts for 8 August 1922

On 8 August 1922, 74 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
9 were record highs and 45 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 0 were all-time records, 0 monthly and 74 daily.
Helmond set a daily record precipitation of 34.5 mm (1.4 in) on 8 August 1922.
Across 162 earlier years (1793 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 470 records.

Record Map

74 stations

74 station records on 8 August 1922 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 8 August 1922: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Helmond	Netherlands	Record daily precipitation	34.5 mm (1.4 in)	60 of 100 (Major)
Kunzelsau	Germany	Record daily precipitation	33.2 mm (1.3 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Anticosti Heath Point	Canada	Record daily precipitation	45.0 mm (1.8 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Ueckermunde	Germany	Record daily precipitation	27.0 mm (1.1 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
West Terschelling	Netherlands	Record daily precipitation	42.4 mm (1.7 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Oran-Hopital Militaire	Algeria	Record high minimum temperature	26.0 C (78.8 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Paris	Canada	Record daily precipitation	41.9 mm (1.6 in)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Hamilton	Canada	Record low maximum temperature	18.9 C (66.0 F)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Buffalo	United States	Record low maximum temperature	17.8 C (64.0 F)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Dublin Phoenix Park	Ireland	Record low maximum temperature	13.9 C (57.0 F)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Scheveningen	Netherlands	Record daily precipitation	20.5 mm (0.8 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Port Douglas - Warner St	Australia	Record daily precipitation	17.0 mm (0.7 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Ohringen	Germany	Record daily precipitation	19.4 mm (0.8 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Gorlitz	Germany	Record daily precipitation	16.2 mm (0.6 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Port Stanley	Canada	Record low maximum temperature	20.0 C (68.0 F)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Bourke Post Office	Australia	Record high maximum temperature	25.6 C (78.1 F)	19 of 100 (Routine)
Ottawa Cda	Canada	Record low maximum temperature	16.7 C (62.1 F)	19 of 100 (Routine)
Woodstock	Canada	Record low maximum temperature	18.3 C (64.9 F)	19 of 100 (Routine)
Parry Sound	Canada	Record low minimum temperature	5.6 C (42.1 F)	18 of 100 (Routine)
Hamilton	Canada	Record daily precipitation	31.8 mm (1.3 in)	18 of 100 (Routine)
Metten	Germany	Record daily precipitation	25.2 mm (1.0 in)	18 of 100 (Routine)
Tunis	Tunisia	Record high maximum temperature	44.0 C (111.2 F)	18 of 100 (Routine)
Durham	United Kingdom	Record daily precipitation	26.4 mm (1.0 in)	18 of 100 (Routine)
Tizi Ouzou	Algeria	Record high minimum temperature	29.0 C (84.2 F)	17 of 100 (Routine)
Beatrice	Canada	Record low minimum temperature	2.2 C (36.0 F)	17 of 100 (Routine)
Stratford	Canada	Record low maximum temperature	20.0 C (68.0 F)	17 of 100 (Routine)
Lakefield	Canada	Record low minimum temperature	6.7 C (44.1 F)	17 of 100 (Routine)
Brantford	Canada	Record low maximum temperature	18.9 C (66.0 F)	16 of 100 (Routine)
Oudenbosch	Netherlands	Record daily precipitation	17.8 mm (0.7 in)	16 of 100 (Routine)
Bryson City 2	United States	Record daily precipitation	22.9 mm (0.9 in)	16 of 100 (Routine)
Hewitt	United States	Record daily precipitation	11.2 mm (0.4 in)	16 of 100 (Routine)
Burketown Post Office	Australia	Record low minimum temperature	7.5 C (45.5 F)	15 of 100 (Routine)
Ottawa	Canada	Record low minimum temperature	7.2 C (45.0 F)	15 of 100 (Routine)
Montreal McGill	Canada	Record low maximum temperature	17.2 C (63.0 F)	15 of 100 (Routine)
Hoorn	Netherlands	Record daily precipitation	22.0 mm (0.9 in)	15 of 100 (Routine)
Weldon	United States	Record high minimum temperature	24.4 C (75.9 F)	15 of 100 (Routine)
Fort National	Algeria	Record high maximum temperature	40.0 C (104.0 F)	14 of 100 (Routine)
Fort National	Algeria	Record high minimum temperature	29.0 C (84.2 F)	14 of 100 (Routine)
Sheffield	United Kingdom	Record low maximum temperature	12.2 C (54.0 F)	14 of 100 (Routine)
Burlington	United States	Record low maximum temperature	17.8 C (64.0 F)	14 of 100 (Routine)
Algiers-Ville/Universite	Algeria	Record high minimum temperature	27.0 C (80.6 F)	13 of 100 (Routine)
Ottawa	Canada	Record low maximum temperature	16.7 C (62.1 F)	13 of 100 (Routine)
Montreal McGill	Canada	Record low minimum temperature	9.4 C (48.9 F)	13 of 100 (Routine)
Enosburg Falls	United States	Record low maximum temperature	17.8 C (64.0 F)	13 of 100 (Routine)
Ingham Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	1.5 mm (0.06 in)	12 of 100 (Routine)
Kingston Queens U	Canada	Record low maximum temperature	19.4 C (66.9 F)	12 of 100 (Routine)
Peterborough	Canada	Record low minimum temperature	5.6 C (42.1 F)	12 of 100 (Routine)
Ann Arbor U of Mich	United States	Record low maximum temperature	20.6 C (69.1 F)	12 of 100 (Routine)
White River	Canada	Record low minimum temperature	-1.7 C (28.9 F)	11 of 100 (Routine)
Ottawa Cda	Canada	Record low minimum temperature	5.6 C (42.1 F)	11 of 100 (Routine)
Williamstown	United States	Record low maximum temperature	17.8 C (64.0 F)	11 of 100 (Routine)
Port Dover	Canada	Record low maximum temperature	20.0 C (68.0 F)	10 of 100 (Routine)
Haliburton A	Canada	Record low minimum temperature	1.1 C (34.0 F)	10 of 100 (Routine)
Vestervig	Denmark	Record low minimum temperature	9.1 C (48.4 F)	10 of 100 (Routine)
Durham	United Kingdom	Record low maximum temperature	12.2 C (54.0 F)	10 of 100 (Routine)
Zanesville Wwtp	United States	Record daily precipitation	30.5 mm (1.2 in)	9 of 100 (Routine)
Renfrew	Canada	Record low maximum temperature	16.1 C (61.0 F)	7 of 100 (Routine)
Gainesville UNIV of Fl	United States	Record low maximum temperature	30.0 C (86.0 F)	7 of 100 (Routine)
Asheville	United States	Record daily precipitation	21.6 mm (0.9 in)	6 of 100 (Routine)
Stoney Creek	Canada	Record low maximum temperature	21.1 C (70.0 F)	5 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

74 records

Records set or tied on 8 August 1922 by type: Highest daily maximum 4, Lowest daily maximum 28, Highest daily minimum 5, Lowest daily minimum 17, Heaviest daily rainfall 20.

Records on 8 August 1922 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	4
Lowest daily maximum	28
Highest daily minimum	5
Lowest daily minimum	17
Heaviest daily rainfall	20
Heaviest daily snowfall	0
Deepest snow cover	0

Records on 8 August 1922 by timescale: all-time 0, monthly 0, daily 74.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

61 broken records

Margins by which the 61 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 29.8. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

8 August 1922

Top 20 records on 8 August 1922 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
8 August 1922	Helmond, NL	daily rain	34.5 mm (1.4 in)	26.2 mm (1.0 in)	52 years	60 of 100 (Major)
8 August 1922	Kunzelsau, DE	daily rain	33.2 mm (1.3 in)	20.5 mm (0.8 in)	29 years	41 of 100 (Notable)
8 August 1922	Anticosti Heath Point, CA	daily rain	45.0 mm (1.8 in)	29.8 mm (1.2 in)	15 years	38 of 100 (Notable)
8 August 1922	Ueckermunde, DE	daily rain	27.0 mm (1.1 in)	14.7 mm (0.6 in)	21 years	36 of 100 (Notable)
8 August 1922	West Terschelling, NL	daily rain	42.4 mm (1.7 in)	17.9 mm (0.7 in)	23 years	35 of 100 (Notable)
8 August 1922	Oran-Hopital Militaire, DZ	daily high min	26.0 C (78.8 F)	1.5 C (2.7 F)	57 years	31 of 100 (Routine)
8 August 1922	Paris, CA	daily rain	41.9 mm (1.6 in)	21.3 mm (0.8 in)	9 years	24 of 100 (Routine)
8 August 1922	Hamilton, CA	daily low max	18.9 C (66.0 F)	3.3 C (5.9 F)	37 years	23 of 100 (Routine)
8 August 1922	Buffalo, US	daily low max	17.8 C (64.0 F)	1.1 C (2.0 F)	46 years	22 of 100 (Routine)
8 August 1922	Dublin Phoenix Park, IE	daily low max	13.9 C (57.0 F)	1.3 C (2.3 F)	42 years	21 of 100 (Routine)
8 August 1922	Scheveningen, NL	daily rain	20.5 mm (0.8 in)	8.0 mm (0.31 in)	42 years	20 of 100 (Routine)
8 August 1922	Port Douglas - Warner St, AU	daily rain	17.0 mm (0.7 in)	9.6 mm (0.38 in)	4 years	20 of 100 (Routine)
8 August 1922	Ohringen, DE	daily rain	19.4 mm (0.8 in)	7.6 mm (0.30 in)	25 years	20 of 100 (Routine)
8 August 1922	Gorlitz, DE	daily rain	16.2 mm (0.6 in)	7.6 mm (0.30 in)	31 years	20 of 100 (Routine)
8 August 1922	Port Stanley, CA	daily low max	20.0 C (68.0 F)	1.1 C (2.0 F)	42 years	20 of 100 (Routine)
8 August 1922	Bourke Post Office, AU	daily high max	25.6 C (78.1 F)	1.1 C (2.0 F)	41 years	19 of 100 (Routine)
8 August 1922	Ottawa Cda, CA	daily low max	16.7 C (62.1 F)	4.4 C (7.9 F)	22 years	19 of 100 (Routine)
8 August 1922	Woodstock, CA	daily low max	18.3 C (64.9 F)	1.1 C (2.0 F)	42 years	19 of 100 (Routine)
8 August 1922	Parry Sound, CA	daily low min	5.6 C (42.1 F)	1.1 C (2.0 F)	40 years	18 of 100 (Routine)
8 August 1922	Hamilton, CA	daily rain	31.8 mm (1.3 in)	2.1 mm (0.08 in)	39 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 1922

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1793 to 1922. 1922 had 74 records.

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

Records on 08-08 in each year
Year	Records
1793	1
1798	1
1800	1
1808	3
1815	1
1833	1
1843	1
1844	2
1845	1
1854	1
1859	3
1860	1
1861	1
1863	1
1865	1
1868	2
1869	1
1871	1
1873	3
1875	2
1876	2
1877	1
1878	1
1879	2
1880	1
1884	3
1888	3
1890	2
1891	1
1892	2
1893	1
1895	8
1896	2
1897	5
1898	10
1899	8
1900	11
1901	2
1902	2
1903	20
1904	13
1905	7
1906	9
1907	9
1908	13
1909	34
1910	5
1911	38
1912	57
1913	28
1914	7
1915	47
1916	39
1917	35
1918	160
1919	28
1920	138
1921	42
1922	74
1923	70
1924	99
1925	149
1926	190
1927	278
1928	252
1929	166
1930	801
1931	318
1932	234
1933	228
1934	734
1935	508
1936	359
1937	362
1938	855
1939	671
1940	333
1941	324
1942	614
1943	512
1944	352
1945	572
1946	349
1947	442
1948	543
1949	675
1950	516
1951	513
1952	305
1953	393
1954	558
1955	537
1956	273
1957	517
1958	496
1959	470
1960	399
1961	270
1962	567
1963	601
1964	467
1965	520
1966	598
1967	432
1968	868
1969	584
1970	703
1971	646
1972	1,073
1973	446
1974	726
1975	1,041
1976	1,202
1977	607
1978	976
1979	466
1980	919
1981	964
1982	711
1983	1,110
1984	619
1985	726
1986	575
1987	861
1988	733
1989	2,398
1990	1,124
1991	1,230
1992	1,267
1993	654
1994	1,009
1995	1,503
1996	814
1997	1,381
1998	1,304
1999	1,248
2000	961
2001	1,557
2002	1,059
2003	1,432
2004	1,115
2005	882
2006	842
2007	1,660
2008	834
2009	1,112
2010	1,254
2011	1,256
2012	754
2013	841
2014	542
2015	835
2016	560
2017	831
2018	731
2019	722
2020	894
2021	502
2022	711
2023	979
2024	774
2025	752
2026	1,000

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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	47
5 to 10	8
10 to 15	1
15 to 20	1
20 to 25	2
25 to 30	2