Weather Records on 8 August 1933

228 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 8 August 1933. Highest significance: Kendrapara, IN.

Key Facts for 8 August 1933

On 8 August 1933, 228 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
96 were record highs and 31 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 4 were all-time records, 1 monthly and 223 daily.
Kendrapara set a daily record precipitation of 130.8 mm (5.1 in) on 8 August 1933.
Across 162 earlier years (1793 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 469 records.

Record Map

228 stations

228 station records on 8 August 1933 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 8 August 1933: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Kendrapara	India	Record daily precipitation	130.8 mm (5.1 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Dharmasala	India	Record daily precipitation	163.8 mm (6.4 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Weissenburg	Germany	Record high minimum temperature	20.2 C (68.4 F)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Perpignan	France	Record high minimum temperature	27.0 C (80.6 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Bikaner	India	Record daily precipitation	120.7 mm (4.8 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Petropavlovsk-Kamchatskij	Russia	Record high minimum temperature	19.5 C (67.1 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Petropavlovskij Majak	Russia	Record high minimum temperature	19.5 C (67.1 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Bourke Post Office	Australia	Record high minimum temperature	13.3 C (55.9 F)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Simcoe	Canada	Record high minimum temperature	20.6 C (69.1 F)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Healdsburg	United States	Record high minimum temperature	17.2 C (63.0 F)	25 of 100 (Routine)
New Orleans Audubon	United States	Record daily precipitation	40.1 mm (1.6 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Chendipada	India	Record daily precipitation	71.1 mm (2.8 in)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Saint Paul	United States	Record daily precipitation	29.7 mm (1.2 in)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Angelica	United States	Record daily precipitation	37.6 mm (1.5 in)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Asthawan	India	Record daily precipitation	69.9 mm (2.8 in)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Marion 2 N	United States	Record daily precipitation	43.7 mm (1.7 in)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Conmurra	Australia	Record daily precipitation	24.1 mm (0.9 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Cape York Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	3.8 mm (0.15 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Ravenswood Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	3.0 mm (0.12 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Mount McConnell	Australia	Record daily precipitation	17.3 mm (0.7 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Pieter Meintjies (Sar)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	12.7 mm (0.5 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Winton Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	0.8 mm (0.03 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Moorhead St Teachers C	United States	Record high maximum temperature	36.1 C (97.0 F)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Morris W Cntrl Rsch & Outreach	United States	Record high maximum temperature	36.7 C (98.1 F)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Kynuna	Australia	Record daily precipitation	2.3 mm (0.09 in)	19 of 100 (Routine)
Inglewood Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	1.3 mm (0.05 in)	19 of 100 (Routine)
Goorangoola	Australia	Record daily precipitation	11.9 mm (0.5 in)	19 of 100 (Routine)
Enfield	Australia	Record daily precipitation	5.1 mm (0.20 in)	19 of 100 (Routine)
Bamberg	Germany	Record high minimum temperature	16.5 C (61.7 F)	19 of 100 (Routine)
Pearlington	United States	Record low minimum temperature	19.4 C (66.9 F)	19 of 100 (Routine)
Wahpeton 3 N	United States	Record high maximum temperature	37.8 C (100.0 F)	19 of 100 (Routine)
Wyndham Port	Australia	Record daily precipitation	1.0 mm (0.04 in)	18 of 100 (Routine)
Croydon Township	Australia	Record daily precipitation	17.8 mm (0.7 in)	18 of 100 (Routine)
Ayrshire Downs	Australia	Record daily precipitation	0.5 mm (0.02 in)	18 of 100 (Routine)
Barkerville	Canada	Record low minimum temperature	-2.2 C (28.0 F)	18 of 100 (Routine)
Purushottampur	India	Record daily precipitation	43.2 mm (1.7 in)	18 of 100 (Routine)
Ramgarh	India	Record daily precipitation	114.3 mm (4.5 in)	18 of 100 (Routine)
Crystal Springs Exp STN	United States	Record high minimum temperature	23.9 C (75.0 F)	18 of 100 (Routine)
Seward	United States	Record daily precipitation	38.6 mm (1.5 in)	18 of 100 (Routine)
Faulkton	United States	Record high maximum temperature	36.7 C (98.1 F)	18 of 100 (Routine)
Alice Springs Post Office	Australia	Record low minimum temperature	-2.5 C (27.5 F)	17 of 100 (Routine)
Howard Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	14.5 mm (0.6 in)	17 of 100 (Routine)
Weribone	Australia	Record daily precipitation	0.8 mm (0.03 in)	17 of 100 (Routine)
Nurnberg	Germany	Record high minimum temperature	17.2 C (63.0 F)	17 of 100 (Routine)
Kancheepuram	India	Record daily precipitation	26.4 mm (1.0 in)	17 of 100 (Routine)
Panskura	India	Record daily precipitation	54.6 mm (2.1 in)	17 of 100 (Routine)
Lowestoft	United Kingdom	Record high maximum temperature	30.6 C (87.1 F)	17 of 100 (Routine)
Malvern	United Kingdom	Record high minimum temperature	17.2 C (63.0 F)	17 of 100 (Routine)
Tallahassee	United States	Record low minimum temperature	20.6 C (69.1 F)	17 of 100 (Routine)
Newton	United States	Record high minimum temperature	25.6 C (78.1 F)	17 of 100 (Routine)
Bottineau	United States	Record high minimum temperature	16.7 C (62.1 F)	17 of 100 (Routine)
Manti	United States	Record low minimum temperature	6.1 C (43.0 F)	17 of 100 (Routine)
Hanamkonda	India	Record daily precipitation	42.4 mm (1.7 in)	16 of 100 (Routine)
Godhra	India	Record daily precipitation	38.1 mm (1.5 in)	16 of 100 (Routine)
Soro	India	Record daily precipitation	91.9 mm (3.6 in)	16 of 100 (Routine)
Bartow 1SE	United States	Record high minimum temperature	24.4 C (75.9 F)	16 of 100 (Routine)
Pratt 3NW	United States	Record high minimum temperature	25.0 C (77.0 F)	16 of 100 (Routine)
Cumberland	United States	Record low minimum temperature	13.9 C (57.0 F)	16 of 100 (Routine)
Beardsley	United States	Record high maximum temperature	38.9 C (102.0 F)	16 of 100 (Routine)
Milan 1NW	United States	Record high maximum temperature	36.7 C (98.1 F)	16 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

228 records

Records set or tied on 8 August 1933 by type: Highest daily maximum 50, Lowest daily maximum 5, Highest daily minimum 46, Lowest daily minimum 26, Heaviest daily rainfall 101.

Records on 8 August 1933 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	50
Lowest daily maximum	5
Highest daily minimum	46
Lowest daily minimum	26
Heaviest daily rainfall	101
Heaviest daily snowfall	0
Deepest snow cover	0

Records on 8 August 1933 by timescale: all-time 4, monthly 1, daily 223.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

182 broken records

Margins by which the 182 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 82.5. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

8 August 1933

Top 20 records on 8 August 1933 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
8 August 1933	Kendrapara, IN	daily rain	130.8 mm (5.1 in)	82.5 mm (3.2 in)	14 years	42 of 100 (Notable)
8 August 1933	Dharmasala, IN	daily rain	163.8 mm (6.4 in)	80.7 mm (3.2 in)	20 years	42 of 100 (Notable)
8 August 1933	Weissenburg, DE	all-time high min	20.2 C (68.4 F)	0.1 C (0.2 F)	44 years	38 of 100 (Notable)
8 August 1933	Perpignan, FR	all-time high min	27.0 C (80.6 F)	1.7 C (3.1 F)	9 years	31 of 100 (Routine)
8 August 1933	Bikaner, IN	daily rain	120.7 mm (4.8 in)	43.5 mm (1.7 in)	16 years	30 of 100 (Routine)
8 August 1933	Petropavlovsk-Kamchatskij, RU	all-time high min	19.5 C (67.1 F)	1.0 C (1.8 F)	8 years	30 of 100 (Routine)
8 August 1933	Petropavlovskij Majak, RU	all-time high min	19.5 C (67.1 F)	1.0 C (1.8 F)	8 years	29 of 100 (Routine)
8 August 1933	Bourke Post Office, AU	daily high min	13.3 C (55.9 F)	2.7 C (4.9 F)	46 years	27 of 100 (Routine)
8 August 1933	Simcoe, CA	daily high min	20.6 C (69.1 F)	0.6 C (1.1 F)	61 years	25 of 100 (Routine)
8 August 1933	Healdsburg, US	daily high min	17.2 C (63.0 F)	3.3 C (5.9 F)	31 years	25 of 100 (Routine)
8 August 1933	New Orleans Audubon, US	daily rain	40.1 mm (1.6 in)	20.0 mm (0.8 in)	32 years	25 of 100 (Routine)
8 August 1933	Chendipada, IN	daily rain	71.1 mm (2.8 in)	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	32 years	24 of 100 (Routine)
8 August 1933	Saint Paul, US	daily rain	29.7 mm (1.2 in)	14.2 mm (0.6 in)	35 years	24 of 100 (Routine)
8 August 1933	Angelica, US	daily rain	37.6 mm (1.5 in)	17.0 mm (0.7 in)	18 years	24 of 100 (Routine)
8 August 1933	Asthawan, IN	daily rain	69.9 mm (2.8 in)	29.3 mm (1.2 in)	20 years	23 of 100 (Routine)
8 August 1933	Marion 2 N, US	daily rain	43.7 mm (1.7 in)	14.2 mm (0.6 in)	20 years	21 of 100 (Routine)
8 August 1933	Conmurra, AU	daily rain	24.1 mm (0.9 in)	13.2 mm (0.5 in)	3 years	20 of 100 (Routine)
8 August 1933	Cape York Post Office, AU	daily rain	3.8 mm (0.15 in)	2.8 mm (0.11 in)	32 years	20 of 100 (Routine)
8 August 1933	Ravenswood Post Office, AU	daily rain	3.0 mm (0.12 in)	3.0 mm (0.12 in)	61 years	20 of 100 (Routine)
8 August 1933	Mount McConnell, AU	daily rain	17.3 mm (0.7 in)	17.3 mm (0.7 in)	33 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 1933

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1793 to 1933. 1933 had 228 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	175
20 to 40	4
40 to 60	1
60 to 80	0
80 to 100	2