Weather Records on 8 August 1932

234 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 8 August 1932. Highest significance: Beawar Nayanagar, IN.

Key Facts for 8 August 1932

On 8 August 1932, 234 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
44 were record highs and 34 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 2 were all-time records, 9 monthly and 223 daily.
Beawar Nayanagar set a monthly record daily precipitation of 197.9 mm (7.8 in) on 8 August 1932.
Across 162 earlier years (1793 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 469 records.

Record Map

234 stations

234 station records on 8 August 1932 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 8 August 1932: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Beawar Nayanagar	India	Record daily precipitation	197.9 mm (7.8 in)	55 of 100 (Notable)
Visby_Flygplats	Sweden	Record daily precipitation	39.4 mm (1.6 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Lakes Entrance Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	32.3 mm (1.3 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Jawaja	India	Record daily precipitation	221.0 mm (8.7 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Hobart (Ellerslie Road)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	27.7 mm (1.1 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Pal-Lahara	India	Record daily precipitation	135.1 mm (5.3 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Gotska Sandon	Sweden	Record daily precipitation	47.0 mm (1.9 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Bruthen (Post Office)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	29.5 mm (1.2 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Hobart Botanical Gardens	Australia	Record daily precipitation	25.9 mm (1.0 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Bali	India	Record daily precipitation	228.6 mm (9.0 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Lake Leake (Elizabeth River)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	27.4 mm (1.1 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Jaitram	India	Record daily precipitation	114.3 mm (4.5 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Sojat	India	Record daily precipitation	159.5 mm (6.3 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Wandagee	Australia	Record daily precipitation	32.0 mm (1.3 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Houma	United States	Record daily precipitation	90.9 mm (3.6 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Pearlington	United States	Record high minimum temperature	27.8 C (82.0 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Butchers Ridge Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	29.5 mm (1.2 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Jodhpur	India	Record daily precipitation	164.1 mm (6.5 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Pali	India	Record daily precipitation	87.6 mm (3.4 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Mount Wellington (the Springs)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	31.8 mm (1.3 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Sirpur	India	Record daily precipitation	71.9 mm (2.8 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Purdum	United States	Record daily precipitation	35.1 mm (1.4 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Bagdad	Australia	Record daily precipitation	35.6 mm (1.4 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Sarangarh	India	Record daily precipitation	85.6 mm (3.4 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Jagraon	India	Record daily precipitation	50.5 mm (2.0 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Todgarh	India	Record daily precipitation	73.4 mm (2.9 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Poltava	Ukraine	Record daily precipitation	66.5 mm (2.6 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Napa State Hospital	United States	Record low minimum temperature	4.4 C (39.9 F)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Ness City	United States	Record daily precipitation	50.8 mm (2.0 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Apollo Bay	Australia	Record daily precipitation	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Nathana	India	Record daily precipitation	76.2 mm (3.0 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Landsort	Sweden	Record daily precipitation	38.0 mm (1.5 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Brinkley	United States	Record low minimum temperature	12.2 C (54.0 F)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Arhangelsk	Russia	Record high minimum temperature	21.3 C (70.3 F)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Bonang	Australia	Record daily precipitation	32.5 mm (1.3 in)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Woodstock	United States	Record daily precipitation	35.6 mm (1.4 in)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Hay River	Canada	Record high maximum temperature	31.7 C (89.1 F)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Edmonton	Canada	Record high maximum temperature	31.7 C (89.1 F)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Phillaur	India	Record daily precipitation	91.2 mm (3.6 in)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Rokeby (the Mall)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	16.5 mm (0.6 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Cambridge (Milford)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	18.5 mm (0.7 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Bothwell (Ratho)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	17.0 mm (0.7 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Feodosiia	Ukraine	Record daily precipitation	23.9 mm (0.9 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Sandford (Maydena)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	18.5 mm (0.7 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Ormley	Australia	Record daily precipitation	19.6 mm (0.8 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Mount Nelson	Australia	Record daily precipitation	23.1 mm (0.9 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Buchan (Gillingall)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	24.1 mm (0.9 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Metcalfe	Australia	Record daily precipitation	20.8 mm (0.8 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
The Meadows Tank	Australia	Record daily precipitation	15.2 mm (0.6 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Bannockburn	Australia	Record daily precipitation	13.5 mm (0.5 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Paynesville (Banksia)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	18.0 mm (0.7 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Junsele	Sweden	Record daily precipitation	20.2 mm (0.8 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Bindi	Australia	Record daily precipitation	18.8 mm (0.7 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Hamilton (Uralla)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	10.2 mm (0.4 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Beringarra	Australia	Record daily precipitation	14.2 mm (0.6 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Coronga Peak	Australia	Record daily precipitation	2.3 mm (0.09 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Bombala (Therry Street)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	12.2 mm (0.5 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Hawkesdale (Post Office)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	11.4 mm (0.4 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Jondaryan Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	6.1 mm (0.24 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Oakey Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	6.9 mm (0.27 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

234 records

Records set or tied on 8 August 1932 by type: Highest daily maximum 22, Lowest daily maximum 20, Highest daily minimum 22, Lowest daily minimum 14, Heaviest daily rainfall 156.

Records on 8 August 1932 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	22
Lowest daily maximum	20
Highest daily minimum	22
Lowest daily minimum	14
Heaviest daily rainfall	156
Heaviest daily snowfall	0
Deepest snow cover	0

Records on 8 August 1932 by timescale: all-time 2, monthly 9, daily 223.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

192 broken records

Margins by which the 192 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 98.3. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

8 August 1932

Top 20 records on 8 August 1932 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
8 August 1932	Beawar Nayanagar, IN	monthly rain	197.9 mm (7.8 in)	66.1 mm (2.6 in)	24 years	55 of 100 (Notable)
8 August 1932	Visby_Flygplats, SE	daily rain	39.4 mm (1.6 in)	15.2 mm (0.6 in)	72 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
8 August 1932	Lakes Entrance Post Office, AU	daily rain	32.3 mm (1.3 in)	22.1 mm (0.9 in)	28 years	44 of 100 (Notable)
8 August 1932	Jawaja, IN	all-time rain	221.0 mm (8.7 in)	38.9 mm (1.5 in)	15 years	44 of 100 (Notable)
8 August 1932	Hobart (Ellerslie Road), AU	daily rain	27.7 mm (1.1 in)	15.8 mm (0.6 in)	20 years	43 of 100 (Notable)
8 August 1932	Pal-Lahara, IN	daily rain	135.1 mm (5.3 in)	78.2 mm (3.1 in)	30 years	42 of 100 (Notable)
8 August 1932	Gotska Sandon, SE	monthly rain	47.0 mm (1.9 in)	11.3 mm (0.4 in)	28 years	40 of 100 (Notable)
8 August 1932	Bruthen (Post Office), AU	daily rain	29.5 mm (1.2 in)	25.9 mm (1.0 in)	32 years	38 of 100 (Notable)
8 August 1932	Hobart Botanical Gardens, AU	daily rain	25.9 mm (1.0 in)	13.7 mm (0.5 in)	20 years	37 of 100 (Notable)
8 August 1932	Bali, IN	all-time rain	228.6 mm (9.0 in)	40.6 mm (1.6 in)	0 years	37 of 100 (Notable)
8 August 1932	Lake Leake (Elizabeth River), AU	daily rain	27.4 mm (1.1 in)	17.5 mm (0.7 in)	32 years	36 of 100 (Notable)
8 August 1932	Jaitram, IN	daily rain	114.3 mm (4.5 in)	63.5 mm (2.5 in)	29 years	35 of 100 (Notable)
8 August 1932	Sojat, IN	daily rain	159.5 mm (6.3 in)	98.3 mm (3.9 in)	2 years	34 of 100 (Routine)
8 August 1932	Wandagee, AU	monthly rain	32.0 mm (1.3 in)	9.4 mm (0.37 in)	12 years	33 of 100 (Routine)
8 August 1932	Houma, US	daily rain	90.9 mm (3.6 in)	40.1 mm (1.6 in)	16 years	31 of 100 (Routine)
8 August 1932	Pearlington, US	daily high min	27.8 C (82.0 F)	3.4 C (6.1 F)	20 years	31 of 100 (Routine)
8 August 1932	Butchers Ridge Post Office, AU	daily rain	29.5 mm (1.2 in)	19.6 mm (0.8 in)	28 years	29 of 100 (Routine)
8 August 1932	Jodhpur, IN	daily rain	164.1 mm (6.5 in)	47.0 mm (1.9 in)	24 years	29 of 100 (Routine)
8 August 1932	Pali, IN	daily rain	87.6 mm (3.4 in)	56.6 mm (2.2 in)	24 years	29 of 100 (Routine)
8 August 1932	Mount Wellington (the Springs), AU	daily rain	31.8 mm (1.3 in)	13.3 mm (0.5 in)	20 years	28 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 1932

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1793 to 1932. 1932 had 234 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 20	169
20 to 40	12
40 to 60	7
60 to 80	3
80 to 100	1