Weather Records on 15 August 1935

414 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 15 August 1935. Highest significance: Bundi, IN.

Key Facts for 15 August 1935

On 15 August 1935, 414 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
200 were record highs and 103 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 0 were all-time records, 17 monthly and 397 daily.
Bundi set a daily record precipitation of 139.7 mm (5.5 in) on 15 August 1935.
Across 168 earlier years (1793 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 455 records.

Record Map

414 stations

414 station records on 15 August 1935 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 15 August 1935: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Bundi	India	Record daily precipitation	139.7 mm (5.5 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Chatarpur	India	Record daily precipitation	142.7 mm (5.6 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Milstead	United States	Record daily precipitation	73.9 mm (2.9 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Ajaigarh	India	Record daily precipitation	233.7 mm (9.2 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Warren 3 S	United States	Record daily precipitation	48.3 mm (1.9 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Palayankottai	India	Record daily precipitation	49.0 mm (1.9 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Kirensk	Russia	Record daily precipitation	35.2 mm (1.4 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Darjeeling	India	Record daily precipitation	132.1 mm (5.2 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Narasannapeta	India	Record daily precipitation	69.1 mm (2.7 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Gudha	India	Record daily precipitation	86.4 mm (3.4 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Robben Island (Vrt)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	27.4 mm (1.1 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Welbedacht	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	43.2 mm (1.7 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Yates Hydro Plt	United States	Record daily precipitation	94.2 mm (3.7 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Upper Tract	United States	Record high minimum temperature	25.6 C (78.1 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Pleasantville 1 N	United States	Record daily precipitation	74.4 mm (2.9 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
The Dalles	United States	Record low minimum temperature	5.0 C (41.0 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Natural Brg	United States	Record daily precipitation	27.9 mm (1.1 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Waratah (Mount Road)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	38.9 mm (1.5 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Barkerville	Canada	Record low minimum temperature	-2.2 C (28.0 F)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Tulbagh (Pol)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	54.1 mm (2.1 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Lalitpur	India	Record daily precipitation	103.1 mm (4.1 in)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Pachwara	India	Record daily precipitation	75.9 mm (3.0 in)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Earlington	United States	Record daily precipitation	32.0 mm (1.3 in)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Grafton	United States	Record high minimum temperature	23.3 C (73.9 F)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Panna	India	Record daily precipitation	113.0 mm (4.4 in)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Gangajalghati	India	Record daily precipitation	60.7 mm (2.4 in)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Kluitjeskraal (Bos)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	33.3 mm (1.3 in)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Maricopa 9 SSW	United States	Record low maximum temperature	30.6 C (87.1 F)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Fillmore	United States	Record low maximum temperature	25.6 C (78.1 F)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Tempe 3 S	United States	Record low maximum temperature	31.1 C (88.0 F)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Crookston NW Exp STN	United States	Record high minimum temperature	24.4 C (75.9 F)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Calgary Int'l A	Canada	Record low maximum temperature	11.1 C (52.0 F)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Moose Factory	Canada	Record high maximum temperature	31.1 C (88.0 F)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Royal Observatory	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	29.1 mm (1.1 in)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Angus 1 N	United States	Record high minimum temperature	22.8 C (73.0 F)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Prineville	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-3.3 C (26.1 F)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Atlantic City Marina	United States	Record high minimum temperature	23.9 C (75.0 F)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Clanwilliam (Pol)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	22.4 mm (0.9 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
South Pass City	United States	Record daily precipitation	19.1 mm (0.8 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Vanrhysdorp	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	15.0 mm (0.6 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Buckeye	United States	Record daily precipitation	20.8 mm (0.8 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Richmond C/K (Tnk)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	5.8 mm (0.23 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Gladfield Hopefield Estate	Australia	Record daily precipitation	15.2 mm (0.6 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
St George	United States	Record daily precipitation	9.7 mm (0.38 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Leeu Gamka (Sar)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	3.8 mm (0.15 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Laramie	United States	Record daily precipitation	18.8 mm (0.7 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
De Vlei "de Kruis"	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	7.4 mm (0.29 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
De Aar	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	2.0 mm (0.08 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Leitchfield 2 N	United States	Record daily precipitation	21.6 mm (0.9 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Neerim	Australia	Record daily precipitation	27.4 mm (1.1 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Mau	India	Record daily precipitation	43.2 mm (1.7 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Vilnius	Lithuania	Record high minimum temperature	19.8 C (67.6 F)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Elatma	Russia	Record high minimum temperature	17.9 C (64.2 F)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Dadeville	United States	Record daily precipitation	43.2 mm (1.7 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Buckeye	United States	Record low maximum temperature	33.3 C (91.9 F)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Las Animas	United States	Record high minimum temperature	26.1 C (79.0 F)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Whitestown	United States	Record daily precipitation	20.1 mm (0.8 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Columbia Falls 5 SW	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-1.1 C (30.0 F)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Joseph	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-1.7 C (28.9 F)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Lakeside	United States	Record low minimum temperature	8.3 C (46.9 F)	20 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

414 records

Records set or tied on 15 August 1935 by type: Highest daily maximum 89, Lowest daily maximum 53, Highest daily minimum 111, Lowest daily minimum 50, Heaviest daily rainfall 111.

Records on 15 August 1935 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	89
Lowest daily maximum	53
Highest daily minimum	111
Lowest daily minimum	50
Heaviest daily rainfall	111
Heaviest daily snowfall	0
Deepest snow cover	0

Records on 15 August 1935 by timescale: all-time 0, monthly 17, daily 397.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

301 broken records

Margins by which the 301 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 154.5. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

15 August 1935

Top 20 records on 15 August 1935 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
15 August 1935	Bundi, IN	daily rain	139.7 mm (5.5 in)	109.7 mm (4.3 in)	28 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
15 August 1935	Chatarpur, IN	daily rain	142.7 mm (5.6 in)	99.0 mm (3.9 in)	26 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
15 August 1935	Milstead, US	daily rain	73.9 mm (2.9 in)	54.3 mm (2.1 in)	16 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
15 August 1935	Ajaigarh, IN	daily rain	233.7 mm (9.2 in)	154.5 mm (6.1 in)	12 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
15 August 1935	Warren 3 S, US	daily rain	48.3 mm (1.9 in)	32.3 mm (1.3 in)	37 years	43 of 100 (Notable)
15 August 1935	Palayankottai, IN	daily rain	49.0 mm (1.9 in)	36.3 mm (1.4 in)	28 years	42 of 100 (Notable)
15 August 1935	Kirensk, RU	daily rain	35.2 mm (1.4 in)	12.8 mm (0.5 in)	32 years	35 of 100 (Notable)
15 August 1935	Darjeeling, IN	daily rain	132.1 mm (5.2 in)	63.5 mm (2.5 in)	24 years	34 of 100 (Routine)
15 August 1935	Narasannapeta, IN	daily rain	69.1 mm (2.7 in)	41.2 mm (1.6 in)	16 years	31 of 100 (Routine)
15 August 1935	Gudha, IN	daily rain	86.4 mm (3.4 in)	50.8 mm (2.0 in)	33 years	30 of 100 (Routine)
15 August 1935	Robben Island (Vrt), ZA	daily rain	27.4 mm (1.1 in)	15.5 mm (0.6 in)	14 years	29 of 100 (Routine)
15 August 1935	Welbedacht, ZA	daily rain	43.2 mm (1.7 in)	15.3 mm (0.6 in)	32 years	29 of 100 (Routine)
15 August 1935	Yates Hydro Plt, US	monthly rain	94.2 mm (3.7 in)	9.1 mm (0.36 in)	31 years	29 of 100 (Routine)
15 August 1935	Upper Tract, US	daily high min	25.6 C (78.1 F)	6.7 C (12.1 F)	29 years	29 of 100 (Routine)
15 August 1935	Pleasantville 1 N, US	daily rain	74.4 mm (2.9 in)	32.2 mm (1.3 in)	24 years	28 of 100 (Routine)
15 August 1935	The Dalles, US	daily low min	5.0 C (41.0 F)	3.9 C (7.0 F)	41 years	28 of 100 (Routine)
15 August 1935	Natural Brg, US	daily rain	27.9 mm (1.1 in)	14.7 mm (0.6 in)	28 years	26 of 100 (Routine)
15 August 1935	Waratah (Mount Road), AU	daily rain	38.9 mm (1.5 in)	10.7 mm (0.4 in)	32 years	25 of 100 (Routine)
15 August 1935	Barkerville, CA	daily low min	-2.2 C (28.0 F)	2.2 C (4.0 F)	44 years	25 of 100 (Routine)
15 August 1935	Tulbagh (Pol), ZA	monthly rain	54.1 mm (2.1 in)	5.8 mm (0.23 in)	14 years	25 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 1935

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1793 to 1935. 1935 had 414 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	282
20 to 40	11
40 to 60	4
60 to 80	1
80 to 100	1
100 to 120	1
120 to 140	0
140 to 160	1