Weather Records on 19 August 1932

373 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 19 August 1932. Highest significance: Leroy 5 WSW, US.

Key Facts for 19 August 1932

On 19 August 1932, 373 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
80 were record highs and 190 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 3 were all-time records, 4 monthly and 366 daily.
Leroy 5 WSW set a daily record precipitation of 59.4 mm (2.3 in) on 19 August 1932.
Across 168 earlier years (1797 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 440 records.

Record Map

373 stations

373 station records on 19 August 1932 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 19 August 1932: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Leroy 5 WSW	United States	Record daily precipitation	59.4 mm (2.3 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Shirol	India	Record daily precipitation	39.4 mm (1.6 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
San Marcos	United States	Record daily precipitation	66.0 mm (2.6 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Lake Cochituate	United States	Record daily precipitation	71.6 mm (2.8 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Chickmagalur	India	Record daily precipitation	58.4 mm (2.3 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Ashland	United States	Record daily precipitation	74.7 mm (2.9 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Challakire	India	Record daily precipitation	59.7 mm (2.4 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Sussex 1 NW	United States	Record daily precipitation	59.9 mm (2.4 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Kadur	India	Record daily precipitation	114.3 mm (4.5 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Madakasira	India	Record daily precipitation	48.0 mm (1.9 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Framingham	United States	Record daily precipitation	61.7 mm (2.4 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Harapanahalli	India	Record daily precipitation	78.0 mm (3.1 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Kalyandrug	India	Record daily precipitation	66.5 mm (2.6 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Hiriyur	India	Record daily precipitation	128.0 mm (5.0 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Hambantota	Sri Lanka	Record low maximum temperature	27.2 C (81.0 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Portland	United States	Record daily precipitation	34.0 mm (1.3 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Chamarajnagar	India	Record daily precipitation	33.0 mm (1.3 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Tuscaloosa Oliver Dam	United States	Record daily precipitation	33.5 mm (1.3 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
New London	United States	Record daily precipitation	47.0 mm (1.9 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Lampasas	United States	Record daily precipitation	32.3 mm (1.3 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Uccle	Belgium	Record high minimum temperature	21.0 C (69.8 F)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Pavagada	India	Record daily precipitation	56.9 mm (2.2 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Scipio	United States	Record high maximum temperature	38.3 C (100.9 F)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Marianna Sch For Boys	United States	Record low maximum temperature	26.1 C (79.0 F)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Orono	United States	Record daily precipitation	36.3 mm (1.4 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Trenton 2	United States	Record daily precipitation	58.2 mm (2.3 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Nordby (Fano)	Denmark	Record low minimum temperature	8.0 C (46.4 F)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Holalkhere	India	Record daily precipitation	73.7 mm (2.9 in)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Clanton	United States	Record daily precipitation	45.7 mm (1.8 in)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Aberdeen	United States	Record daily precipitation	47.2 mm (1.9 in)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Boston City WSO	United States	Record daily precipitation	38.1 mm (1.5 in)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Brocken	Germany	Record high maximum temperature	24.7 C (76.5 F)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Kurseong	India	Record daily precipitation	171.2 mm (6.7 in)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Onawa 3NW	United States	Record low minimum temperature	6.7 C (44.1 F)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Port Gibson 1 NE	United States	Record daily precipitation	42.2 mm (1.7 in)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Jackson 4 NW	United States	Record daily precipitation	39.6 mm (1.6 in)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Kuranda Railway Station	Australia	Record daily precipitation	31.0 mm (1.2 in)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Bhir	India	Record daily precipitation	43.9 mm (1.7 in)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Nikolaevsk-Na-Amure	Russia	Record low minimum temperature	2.9 C (37.2 F)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Walnut Grove	United States	Record daily precipitation	38.1 mm (1.5 in)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Lake Konomoc	United States	Record daily precipitation	44.5 mm (1.8 in)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Emporia 1 S	United States	Record low minimum temperature	9.4 C (48.9 F)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Haverhill	United States	Record daily precipitation	28.2 mm (1.1 in)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Kingston	United States	Record daily precipitation	64.0 mm (2.5 in)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Muenster	Germany	Record high minimum temperature	17.7 C (63.9 F)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Hvar	Croatia	Record high maximum temperature	33.0 C (91.4 F)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Visby_Flygplats	Sweden	Record high minimum temperature	16.5 C (61.7 F)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Gardiner	United States	Record daily precipitation	46.2 mm (1.8 in)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Birch Tree	United States	Record low minimum temperature	10.0 C (50.0 F)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Syracuse	United States	Record low minimum temperature	8.3 C (46.9 F)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Layton 3 NW	United States	Record daily precipitation	30.0 mm (1.2 in)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Temple	United States	Record daily precipitation	33.0 mm (1.3 in)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Sattankulam	India	Record daily precipitation	18.0 mm (0.7 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Low Isles Lighthouse	Australia	Record daily precipitation	21.1 mm (0.8 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Udumalpet	India	Record daily precipitation	21.1 mm (0.8 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Esquimalt	Canada	Record daily precipitation	10.2 mm (0.4 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Cairns Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	22.9 mm (0.9 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Le Bourget	France	Record high maximum temperature	35.7 C (96.3 F)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Kaiserslautern	Germany	Record high maximum temperature	32.1 C (89.8 F)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Halle	Germany	Record high minimum temperature	18.9 C (66.0 F)	20 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

373 records

Records set or tied on 19 August 1932 by type: Highest daily maximum 37, Lowest daily maximum 32, Highest daily minimum 43, Lowest daily minimum 158, Heaviest daily rainfall 103.

Records on 19 August 1932 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	37
Lowest daily maximum	32
Highest daily minimum	43
Lowest daily minimum	158
Heaviest daily rainfall	103
Heaviest daily snowfall	0
Deepest snow cover	0

Records on 19 August 1932 by timescale: all-time 3, monthly 4, daily 366.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

294 broken records

Margins by which the 294 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 51.8. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

19 August 1932

Top 20 records on 19 August 1932 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
19 August 1932	Leroy 5 WSW, US	daily rain	59.4 mm (2.3 in)	41.6 mm (1.6 in)	29 years	52 of 100 (Notable)
19 August 1932	Shirol, IN	daily rain	39.4 mm (1.6 in)	36.4 mm (1.4 in)	27 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
19 August 1932	San Marcos, US	daily rain	66.0 mm (2.6 in)	50.8 mm (2.0 in)	16 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
19 August 1932	Lake Cochituate, US	daily rain	71.6 mm (2.8 in)	48.0 mm (1.9 in)	33 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
19 August 1932	Chickmagalur, IN	daily rain	58.4 mm (2.3 in)	48.2 mm (1.9 in)	1 year	43 of 100 (Notable)
19 August 1932	Ashland, US	daily rain	74.7 mm (2.9 in)	51.8 mm (2.0 in)	5 years	42 of 100 (Notable)
19 August 1932	Challakire, IN	daily rain	59.7 mm (2.4 in)	38.6 mm (1.5 in)	27 years	39 of 100 (Notable)
19 August 1932	Sussex 1 NW, US	daily rain	59.9 mm (2.4 in)	33.7 mm (1.3 in)	38 years	37 of 100 (Notable)
19 August 1932	Kadur, IN	all-time rain	114.3 mm (4.5 in)	6.3 mm (0.25 in)	29 years	36 of 100 (Notable)
19 August 1932	Madakasira, IN	daily rain	48.0 mm (1.9 in)	24.9 mm (1.0 in)	26 years	35 of 100 (Notable)
19 August 1932	Framingham, US	daily rain	61.7 mm (2.4 in)	38.6 mm (1.5 in)	10 years	35 of 100 (Notable)
19 August 1932	Harapanahalli, IN	monthly rain	78.0 mm (3.1 in)	11.5 mm (0.5 in)	21 years	33 of 100 (Routine)
19 August 1932	Kalyandrug, IN	daily rain	66.5 mm (2.6 in)	44.4 mm (1.7 in)	12 years	32 of 100 (Routine)
19 August 1932	Hiriyur, IN	all-time rain	128.0 mm (5.0 in)	7.1 mm (0.28 in)	13 years	32 of 100 (Routine)
19 August 1932	Hambantota, LK	daily low max	27.2 C (81.0 F)	1.1 C (2.0 F)	60 years	29 of 100 (Routine)
19 August 1932	Portland, US	daily rain	34.0 mm (1.3 in)	9.6 mm (0.38 in)	52 years	29 of 100 (Routine)
19 August 1932	Chamarajnagar, IN	daily rain	33.0 mm (1.3 in)	31.7 mm (1.2 in)	12 years	28 of 100 (Routine)
19 August 1932	Tuscaloosa Oliver Dam, US	daily rain	33.5 mm (1.3 in)	22.3 mm (0.9 in)	29 years	28 of 100 (Routine)
19 August 1932	New London, US	daily rain	47.0 mm (1.9 in)	23.6 mm (0.9 in)	33 years	28 of 100 (Routine)
19 August 1932	Lampasas, US	daily rain	32.3 mm (1.3 in)	18.6 mm (0.7 in)	26 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

1797 to 1932

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1797 to 1932. 1932 had 373 records.

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

Records on 08-19 in each year
Year	Records
1797	2
1800	1
1809	1
1820	1
1830	2
1831	1
1838	2
1844	2
1845	1
1846	1
1849	2
1857	1
1861	1
1862	1
1864	2
1867	1
1870	2
1872	1
1873	1
1874	1
1875	2
1877	3
1879	1
1880	1
1881	1
1882	1
1883	2
1884	2
1885	2
1886	2
1887	2
1888	1
1889	1
1890	4
1892	5
1893	2
1894	2
1895	1
1896	2
1897	2
1898	3
1899	9
1900	5
1901	13
1902	4
1903	6
1904	14
1905	16
1906	37
1907	17
1908	5
1909	24
1910	17
1911	9
1912	18
1913	9
1914	39
1915	34
1916	74
1917	200
1918	33
1919	31
1920	36
1921	22
1922	71
1923	97
1924	174
1925	154
1926	179
1927	343
1928	112
1929	163
1930	182
1931	207
1932	373
1933	328
1934	438
1935	389
1936	679
1937	305
1938	321
1939	432
1940	687
1941	431
1942	308
1943	596
1944	259
1945	427
1946	427
1947	896
1948	371
1949	411
1950	893
1951	362
1952	475
1953	412
1954	576
1955	780
1956	831
1957	325
1958	374
1959	733
1960	864
1961	425
1962	419
1963	570
1964	455
1965	550
1966	1,095
1967	839
1968	948
1969	501
1970	468
1971	376
1972	547
1973	519
1974	466
1975	561
1976	1,144
1977	938
1978	863
1979	1,492
1980	648
1981	1,004
1982	596
1983	1,387
1984	598
1985	713
1986	848
1987	811
1988	982
1989	660
1990	871
1991	656
1992	1,094
1993	771
1994	798
1995	1,542
1996	800
1997	958
1998	717
1999	980
2000	954
2001	1,027
2002	1,389
2003	918
2004	1,310
2005	920
2006	850
2007	1,360
2008	1,186
2009	1,039
2010	1,440
2011	975
2012	1,377
2013	765
2014	701
2015	989
2016	931
2017	439
2018	471
2019	601
2020	1,271
2021	1,366
2022	1,198
2023	910
2024	568
2025	786
2026	755

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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 10	237
10 to 20	35
20 to 30	10
30 to 40	5
40 to 50	5
50 to 60	2