Weather Records on 15 August 1933

268 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 15 August 1933. Highest significance: Pulivendla, IN.

Key Facts for 15 August 1933

On 15 August 1933, 268 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
125 were record highs and 43 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 2 were all-time records, 19 monthly and 247 daily.
Pulivendla set a daily record precipitation of 93.7 mm (3.7 in) on 15 August 1933.
Across 168 earlier years (1793 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 456 records.

Record Map

268 stations

268 station records on 15 August 1933 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 15 August 1933: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Pulivendla	India	Record daily precipitation	93.7 mm (3.7 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Balipara(Addibar) Sr	India	Record daily precipitation	134.9 mm (5.3 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Danevang 1 W	United States	Record daily precipitation	94.0 mm (3.7 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Ambala Obsy	India	Record daily precipitation	152.9 mm (6.0 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Samrala	India	Record daily precipitation	97.8 mm (3.9 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Ranike	India	Record daily precipitation	114.3 mm (4.5 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Gujjran	India	Record daily precipitation	101.6 mm (4.0 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Jullundar	India	Record daily precipitation	227.1 mm (8.9 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Oktjabrskij-Gorodok	Russia	Record daily precipitation	26.2 mm (1.0 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Jagadhari	India	Record daily precipitation	96.3 mm (3.8 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Gulah(Gula)	India	Record daily precipitation	63.5 mm (2.5 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Lehal	India	Record daily precipitation	144.8 mm (5.7 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Ludhiana	India	Record daily precipitation	156.0 mm (6.1 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Kharar	India	Record daily precipitation	63.8 mm (2.5 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Wilton	India	Record daily precipitation	125.5 mm (4.9 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Mysore	India	Record daily precipitation	35.6 mm (1.4 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Phillaur	India	Record daily precipitation	155.2 mm (6.1 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Monroe #2	United States	Record daily precipitation	57.7 mm (2.3 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Kadiri	India	Record daily precipitation	49.5 mm (1.9 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Kotkhai	India	Record daily precipitation	39.4 mm (1.6 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Vancouver 4 NNE	United States	Record high maximum temperature	39.4 C (102.9 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Victoria Gonzales Hts	Canada	Record high maximum temperature	32.8 C (91.0 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Kamalapuram	India	Record daily precipitation	38.1 mm (1.5 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Kaithal	India	Record daily precipitation	55.6 mm (2.2 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Mukteshwar Kumaon	India	Record daily precipitation	68.6 mm (2.7 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Hardwar Mayapur	India	Record daily precipitation	170.7 mm (6.7 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Nakodar	India	Record daily precipitation	109.2 mm (4.3 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Ludhiana	India	Record daily precipitation	141.2 mm (5.6 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Karnal	India	Record daily precipitation	52.8 mm (2.1 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Nigriting	India	Record daily precipitation	92.7 mm (3.6 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Forest Grove	United States	Record high maximum temperature	39.4 C (102.9 F)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Alvin	United States	Record daily precipitation	46.0 mm (1.8 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Barharwa	India	Record daily precipitation	53.3 mm (2.1 in)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Klamath Falls 2 SSW	United States	Record high maximum temperature	38.9 C (102.0 F)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Portland Rfc City	United States	Record high maximum temperature	38.9 C (102.0 F)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Seattle Urban Site	United States	Record high minimum temperature	17.8 C (64.0 F)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Hiranpur	India	Record daily precipitation	106.7 mm (4.2 in)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Nawanshahr	India	Record daily precipitation	45.2 mm (1.8 in)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Rupar	India	Record daily precipitation	47.2 mm (1.9 in)	23 of 100 (Routine)
La Ctr	United States	Record high maximum temperature	38.3 C (100.9 F)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Kachugaon	India	Record daily precipitation	111.8 mm (4.4 in)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Ulundurpet	India	Record daily precipitation	45.0 mm (1.8 in)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Khandhla	India	Record daily precipitation	38.1 mm (1.5 in)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Ladner	Canada	Record high minimum temperature	16.7 C (62.1 F)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Visalia	United States	Record high minimum temperature	27.2 C (81.0 F)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Ashland	United States	Record high minimum temperature	17.8 C (64.0 F)	21 of 100 (Routine)
San Antonio Nursery	United States	Record daily precipitation	31.0 mm (1.2 in)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Rajampet	India	Record daily precipitation	22.6 mm (0.9 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Kamennaja-Step	Russia	Record low maximum temperature	14.3 C (57.7 F)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Griffin	United States	Record low minimum temperature	16.7 C (62.1 F)	20 of 100 (Routine)
New England	United States	Record low minimum temperature	5.6 C (42.1 F)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Panipat	India	Record daily precipitation	52.1 mm (2.1 in)	19 of 100 (Routine)
Thanesar	India	Record daily precipitation	30.7 mm (1.2 in)	19 of 100 (Routine)
Tanjavur	India	Record daily precipitation	34.3 mm (1.4 in)	19 of 100 (Routine)
Baghpat Sr	India	Record daily precipitation	35.6 mm (1.4 in)	19 of 100 (Routine)
Vilnius	Lithuania	Record low minimum temperature	5.4 C (41.7 F)	19 of 100 (Routine)
Talladega	United States	Record low minimum temperature	15.6 C (60.1 F)	19 of 100 (Routine)
Waycross 4 NE	United States	Record low minimum temperature	18.3 C (64.9 F)	19 of 100 (Routine)
College STN 6 SW	United States	Record daily precipitation	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	19 of 100 (Routine)
New Westminster	Canada	Record high maximum temperature	32.8 C (91.0 F)	18 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

268 records

Records set or tied on 15 August 1933 by type: Highest daily maximum 89, Lowest daily maximum 11, Highest daily minimum 36, Lowest daily minimum 32, Heaviest daily rainfall 100.

Records on 15 August 1933 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	89
Lowest daily maximum	11
Highest daily minimum	36
Lowest daily minimum	32
Heaviest daily rainfall	100
Heaviest daily snowfall	0
Deepest snow cover	0

Records on 15 August 1933 by timescale: all-time 2, monthly 19, daily 247.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

212 broken records

Margins by which the 212 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 136.9. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

15 August 1933

Top 20 records on 15 August 1933 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
15 August 1933	Pulivendla, IN	daily rain	93.7 mm (3.7 in)	61.9 mm (2.4 in)	24 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
15 August 1933	Balipara(Addibar) Sr, IN	daily rain	134.9 mm (5.3 in)	100.6 mm (4.0 in)	20 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
15 August 1933	Danevang 1 W, US	daily rain	94.0 mm (3.7 in)	58.4 mm (2.3 in)	26 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
15 August 1933	Ambala Obsy, IN	daily rain	152.9 mm (6.0 in)	136.9 mm (5.4 in)	7 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
15 August 1933	Samrala, IN	daily rain	97.8 mm (3.9 in)	76.2 mm (3.0 in)	27 years	43 of 100 (Notable)
15 August 1933	Ranike, IN	daily rain	114.3 mm (4.5 in)	91.4 mm (3.6 in)	7 years	42 of 100 (Notable)
15 August 1933	Gujjran, IN	daily rain	101.6 mm (4.0 in)	86.9 mm (3.4 in)	7 years	40 of 100 (Notable)
15 August 1933	Jullundar, IN	all-time rain	227.1 mm (8.9 in)	18.1 mm (0.7 in)	32 years	39 of 100 (Notable)
15 August 1933	Oktjabrskij-Gorodok, RU	daily rain	26.2 mm (1.0 in)	10.7 mm (0.4 in)	28 years	35 of 100 (Notable)
15 August 1933	Jagadhari, IN	daily rain	96.3 mm (3.8 in)	67.9 mm (2.7 in)	32 years	34 of 100 (Routine)
15 August 1933	Gulah(Gula), IN	daily rain	63.5 mm (2.5 in)	54.6 mm (2.1 in)	23 years	34 of 100 (Routine)
15 August 1933	Lehal, IN	monthly rain	144.8 mm (5.7 in)	41.4 mm (1.6 in)	1 year	33 of 100 (Routine)
15 August 1933	Ludhiana, IN	daily rain	156.0 mm (6.1 in)	69.4 mm (2.7 in)	7 years	33 of 100 (Routine)
15 August 1933	Kharar, IN	daily rain	63.8 mm (2.5 in)	55.2 mm (2.2 in)	19 years	33 of 100 (Routine)
15 August 1933	Wilton, IN	daily rain	125.5 mm (4.9 in)	63.0 mm (2.5 in)	0 years	32 of 100 (Routine)
15 August 1933	Mysore, IN	daily rain	35.6 mm (1.4 in)	20.6 mm (0.8 in)	27 years	32 of 100 (Routine)
15 August 1933	Phillaur, IN	monthly rain	155.2 mm (6.1 in)	22.4 mm (0.9 in)	32 years	30 of 100 (Routine)
15 August 1933	Monroe #2, US	daily rain	57.7 mm (2.3 in)	27.7 mm (1.1 in)	22 years	30 of 100 (Routine)
15 August 1933	Kadiri, IN	daily rain	49.5 mm (1.9 in)	27.9 mm (1.1 in)	24 years	29 of 100 (Routine)
15 August 1933	Kotkhai, IN	daily rain	39.4 mm (1.6 in)	26.2 mm (1.0 in)	27 years	29 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 268 records.

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

Records on 08-15 in each year
Year	Records
1793	2
1802	1
1805	1
1812	1
1821	1
1838	2
1839	1
1841	1
1844	1
1845	3
1852	1
1854	1
1856	1
1858	1
1861	3
1867	1
1868	2
1869	1
1873	2
1875	1
1876	2
1877	1
1878	1
1879	1
1880	3
1881	2
1882	2
1883	1
1884	2
1885	3
1886	1
1887	1
1888	3
1890	2
1891	2
1892	3
1893	3
1895	1
1896	9
1897	3
1898	1
1899	2
1900	6
1901	5
1902	10
1903	5
1904	17
1905	26
1906	8
1907	14
1908	15
1909	30
1910	16
1911	26
1912	34
1913	42
1914	11
1915	26
1916	223
1917	32
1918	23
1919	22
1920	59
1921	55
1922	86
1923	116
1924	220
1925	91
1926	115
1927	223
1928	271
1929	586
1930	274
1931	351
1932	368
1933	268
1934	992
1935	414
1936	867
1937	574
1938	681
1939	450
1940	372
1941	289
1942	377
1943	426
1944	610
1945	433
1946	285
1947	559
1948	366
1949	559
1950	317
1951	597
1952	596
1953	449
1954	481
1955	539
1956	390
1957	355
1958	1,092
1959	515
1960	417
1961	704
1962	1,052
1963	972
1964	1,185
1965	535
1966	340
1967	687
1968	1,002
1969	583
1970	382
1971	899
1972	613
1973	499
1974	512
1975	490
1976	1,345
1977	550
1978	841
1979	1,788
1980	745
1981	588
1982	479
1983	955
1984	622
1985	915
1986	1,283
1987	1,098
1988	1,479
1989	495
1990	758
1991	778
1992	1,638
1993	831
1994	1,073
1995	1,298
1996	929
1997	927
1998	861
1999	956
2000	932
2001	1,254
2002	1,307
2003	1,248
2004	1,424
2005	1,067
2006	923
2007	1,317
2008	964
2009	1,038
2010	1,622
2011	770
2012	654
2013	711
2014	583
2015	759
2016	707
2017	532
2018	328
2019	435
2020	1,327
2021	900
2022	692
2023	1,414
2024	729
2025	772
2026	975

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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	168
20 to 40	22
40 to 60	12
60 to 80	6
80 to 100	2
100 to 120	1
120 to 140	1