Weather Records on 1 August 1934

448 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 1 August 1934. Highest significance: Anakapalli, IN.

Key Facts for 1 August 1934

On 1 August 1934, 448 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
290 were record highs and 34 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 33 were all-time records, 35 monthly and 380 daily.
Anakapalli set a monthly record daily precipitation of 186.7 mm (7.4 in) on 1 August 1934.
Across 164 earlier years (1797 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 441 records.

Record Map

448 stations

448 station records on 1 August 1934 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 1 August 1934: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Anakapalli	India	Record daily precipitation	186.7 mm (7.4 in)	61 of 100 (Major)
Hart 3 WSW	United States	Record daily precipitation	58.9 mm (2.3 in)	55 of 100 (Notable)
Golconda River	United States	Record daily precipitation	90.4 mm (3.6 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Carbondale Sewage Plt	United States	Record daily precipitation	85.6 mm (3.4 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Paducah	United States	Record daily precipitation	63.5 mm (2.5 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Dahanu	India	Record daily precipitation	150.6 mm (5.9 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
1 N McLeansboro	United States	Record daily precipitation	103.1 mm (4.1 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
New Burnside	United States	Record daily precipitation	72.9 mm (2.9 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Pithapuram	India	Record daily precipitation	72.4 mm (2.9 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Warsaw 1	United States	Record high minimum temperature	32.2 C (90.0 F)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Independence	United States	Record high minimum temperature	30.0 C (86.0 F)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Medicine Lodge	United States	Record high minimum temperature	27.8 C (82.0 F)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Ottawa	United States	Record high minimum temperature	29.4 C (84.9 F)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Dover 1 W	United States	Record daily precipitation	62.2 mm (2.4 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Winfield 3NE	United States	Record high minimum temperature	30.6 C (87.1 F)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Jefferson 3SE	United States	Record high minimum temperature	30.6 C (87.1 F)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Dewan	India	Record daily precipitation	94.5 mm (3.7 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Rogers	United States	Record high minimum temperature	27.8 C (82.0 F)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Birch Tree	United States	Record high minimum temperature	26.7 C (80.1 F)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Salem	United States	Record high minimum temperature	27.2 C (81.0 F)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Ft Smith	United States	Record high minimum temperature	28.9 C (84.0 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Fredonia	United States	Record high minimum temperature	29.4 C (84.9 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Sedan	United States	Record high minimum temperature	30.6 C (87.1 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Columbus	United States	Record high minimum temperature	29.4 C (84.9 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Newkirk 5NE	United States	Record high minimum temperature	30.0 C (86.0 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Bijapur	India	Record daily precipitation	33.0 mm (1.3 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Appleton City	United States	Record high minimum temperature	30.0 C (86.0 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Salina	United States	Record high minimum temperature	28.9 C (84.0 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Pawhuska	United States	Record high minimum temperature	30.0 C (86.0 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Stroud Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	30.5 mm (1.2 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Minneapolis	United States	Record high minimum temperature	28.9 C (84.0 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Yellavaram	India	Record daily precipitation	88.9 mm (3.5 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Polavaram	India	Record daily precipitation	71.4 mm (2.8 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Muhammadpur	India	Record daily precipitation	104.1 mm (4.1 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Armagh	United Kingdom	Record daily precipitation	27.4 mm (1.1 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Anderson	United States	Record high minimum temperature	27.8 C (82.0 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Anna 4 N	United States	Record daily precipitation	61.7 mm (2.4 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Karanjia	India	Record daily precipitation	78.5 mm (3.1 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Deoband	India	Record daily precipitation	104.4 mm (4.1 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Union Springs 9 S	United States	Record low minimum temperature	19.4 C (66.9 F)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Independence	United States	Record high maximum temperature	43.9 C (111.0 F)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Leavenworth	United States	Record high minimum temperature	29.4 C (84.9 F)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Springfield	United States	Record high minimum temperature	28.9 C (84.0 F)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Harrisburg	United States	Record daily precipitation	57.9 mm (2.3 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Nashville 1 E	United States	Record daily precipitation	45.7 mm (1.8 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Chandler	United States	Record high minimum temperature	28.9 C (84.0 F)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Pocahontas 1	United States	Record high minimum temperature	26.1 C (79.0 F)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Ft Scott	United States	Record high minimum temperature	30.0 C (86.0 F)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Franklin	United States	Record high minimum temperature	25.0 C (77.0 F)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Las Vegas 2 NW	United States	Record high maximum temperature	36.7 C (98.1 F)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Prathipadu	India	Record daily precipitation	91.4 mm (3.6 in)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Windsor	United States	Record daily precipitation	45.0 mm (1.8 in)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Port Blair	India	Record daily precipitation	98.6 mm (3.9 in)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Lebo	United States	Record high maximum temperature	42.8 C (109.0 F)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Marlow 1 WSW	United States	Record high minimum temperature	26.7 C (80.1 F)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Tishomingo Natl Wr	United States	Record high minimum temperature	26.7 C (80.1 F)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Fayetteville Exp STN	United States	Record high minimum temperature	27.8 C (82.0 F)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Newport	United States	Record high minimum temperature	26.1 C (79.0 F)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Flora 5 NW	United States	Record daily precipitation	38.1 mm (1.5 in)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Mt Vernon 3 NE	United States	Record daily precipitation	87.9 mm (3.5 in)	21 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

448 records

Records set or tied on 1 August 1934 by type: Highest daily maximum 150, Lowest daily maximum 13, Highest daily minimum 140, Lowest daily minimum 21, Heaviest daily rainfall 124.

Records on 1 August 1934 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	150
Lowest daily maximum	13
Highest daily minimum	140
Lowest daily minimum	21
Heaviest daily rainfall	124
Heaviest daily snowfall	0
Deepest snow cover	0

Records on 1 August 1934 by timescale: all-time 33, monthly 35, daily 380.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

341 broken records

Margins by which the 341 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 100.3. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

1 August 1934

Top 20 records on 1 August 1934 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
1 August 1934	Anakapalli, IN	monthly rain	186.7 mm (7.4 in)	100.3 mm (3.9 in)	28 years	61 of 100 (Major)
1 August 1934	Hart 3 WSW, US	daily rain	58.9 mm (2.3 in)	46.2 mm (1.8 in)	39 years	55 of 100 (Notable)
1 August 1934	Golconda River, US	monthly rain	90.4 mm (3.6 in)	33.8 mm (1.3 in)	7 years	43 of 100 (Notable)
1 August 1934	Carbondale Sewage Plt, US	daily rain	85.6 mm (3.4 in)	54.1 mm (2.1 in)	5 years	42 of 100 (Notable)
1 August 1934	Paducah, US	daily rain	63.5 mm (2.5 in)	44.4 mm (1.7 in)	27 years	42 of 100 (Notable)
1 August 1934	Dahanu, IN	daily rain	150.6 mm (5.9 in)	67.3 mm (2.6 in)	32 years	40 of 100 (Notable)
1 August 1934	1 N McLeansboro, US	monthly rain	103.1 mm (4.1 in)	25.6 mm (1.0 in)	18 years	40 of 100 (Notable)
1 August 1934	New Burnside, US	daily rain	72.9 mm (2.9 in)	38.9 mm (1.5 in)	19 years	38 of 100 (Notable)
1 August 1934	Pithapuram, IN	daily rain	72.4 mm (2.9 in)	47.0 mm (1.9 in)	19 years	37 of 100 (Notable)
1 August 1934	Warsaw 1, US	all-time high min	32.2 C (90.0 F)	1.1 C (2.0 F)	39 years	37 of 100 (Notable)
1 August 1934	Independence, US	all-time high min	30.0 C (86.0 F)	2.2 C (4.0 F)	23 years	36 of 100 (Notable)
1 August 1934	Medicine Lodge, US	all-time high min	27.8 C (82.0 F)	1.1 C (2.0 F)	32 years	36 of 100 (Notable)
1 August 1934	Ottawa, US	all-time high min	29.4 C (84.9 F)	0.5 C (0.9 F)	39 years	36 of 100 (Notable)
1 August 1934	Dover 1 W, US	daily rain	62.2 mm (2.4 in)	36.0 mm (1.4 in)	29 years	36 of 100 (Notable)
1 August 1934	Winfield 3NE, US	all-time high min	30.6 C (87.1 F)	2.8 C (5.0 F)	10 years	35 of 100 (Notable)
1 August 1934	Jefferson 3SE, US	all-time high min	30.6 C (87.1 F)	1.7 C (3.1 F)	23 years	35 of 100 (Notable)
1 August 1934	Dewan, IN	daily rain	94.5 mm (3.7 in)	49.5 mm (1.9 in)	28 years	34 of 100 (Routine)
1 August 1934	Rogers, US	all-time high min	27.8 C (82.0 F)	1.7 C (3.1 F)	16 years	34 of 100 (Routine)
1 August 1934	Birch Tree, US	all-time high min	26.7 C (80.1 F)	0.6 C (1.1 F)	29 years	34 of 100 (Routine)
1 August 1934	Salem, US	all-time high min	27.2 C (81.0 F)	1.1 C (2.0 F)	26 years	34 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 1934

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1797 to 1934. 1934 had 448 records.

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

Records on 08-01 in each year
Year	Records
1797	1
1816	2
1829	1
1833	1
1834	2
1836	1
1838	1
1842	1
1851	1
1856	1
1858	3
1859	1
1861	1
1862	1
1863	1
1865	1
1868	1
1869	2
1873	1
1874	1
1875	3
1876	1
1878	1
1879	1
1881	3
1883	1
1886	2
1887	1
1890	1
1891	7
1892	4
1893	3
1894	1
1895	3
1896	4
1897	2
1898	3
1899	1
1900	1
1901	3
1902	5
1903	19
1904	10
1905	12
1906	18
1907	13
1908	18
1909	15
1910	30
1911	46
1912	49
1913	25
1914	17
1915	49
1916	16
1917	108
1918	55
1919	32
1920	101
1921	87
1922	44
1923	203
1924	93
1925	281
1926	252
1927	266
1928	132
1929	161
1930	252
1931	362
1932	408
1933	487
1934	448
1935	547
1936	636
1937	492
1938	523
1939	335
1940	333
1941	341
1942	388
1943	398
1944	410
1945	975
1946	336
1947	401
1948	354
1949	324
1950	552
1951	420
1952	391
1953	565
1954	462
1955	796
1956	441
1957	270
1958	389
1959	352
1960	677
1961	404
1962	602
1963	270
1964	883
1965	669
1966	383
1967	250
1968	625
1969	453
1970	482
1971	1,135
1972	609
1973	766
1974	526
1975	915
1976	886
1977	636
1978	706
1979	580
1980	906
1981	668
1982	742
1983	931
1984	532
1985	987
1986	846
1987	999
1988	880
1989	1,301
1990	927
1991	740
1992	1,024
1993	907
1994	1,217
1995	1,513
1996	1,118
1997	904
1998	1,281
1999	1,707
2000	1,020
2001	1,079
2002	1,249
2003	1,155
2004	740
2005	878
2006	1,655
2007	746
2008	795
2009	932
2010	1,182
2011	1,191
2012	850
2013	542
2014	853
2015	864
2016	499
2017	758
2018	987
2019	479
2020	838
2021	1,009
2022	915
2023	627
2024	879
2025	785
2026	1,085

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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	312
20 to 40	21
40 to 60	6
60 to 80	1
80 to 100	0
100 to 120	1