Weather Records on 7 August 1940

271 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 7 August 1940. Highest significance: Schriever, US.

Key Facts for 7 August 1940

On 7 August 1940, 271 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
66 were record highs and 68 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 0 were all-time records, 12 monthly and 259 daily.
Schriever set a monthly record daily precipitation of 153.7 mm (6.1 in) on 7 August 1940.
Across 163 earlier years (1808 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 472 records.

Record Map

271 stations

271 station records on 7 August 1940 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 7 August 1940: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Schriever	United States	Record daily precipitation	153.7 mm (6.1 in)	62 of 100 (Major)
Kanuparthi	India	Record daily precipitation	85.1 mm (3.4 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Bhind	India	Record daily precipitation	157.5 mm (6.2 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Orai	India	Record daily precipitation	113.8 mm (4.5 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Lake Arthur 7 SW	United States	Record daily precipitation	165.1 mm (6.5 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Donaldsonville 4 SW	United States	Record daily precipitation	110.0 mm (4.3 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Abbeville	United States	Record daily precipitation	109.2 mm (4.3 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Morgan City	United States	Record daily precipitation	109.7 mm (4.3 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Hanover	United States	Record daily precipitation	64.0 mm (2.5 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Bharatpur	India	Record daily precipitation	109.0 mm (4.3 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Jalaun	India	Record daily precipitation	117.1 mm (4.6 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Lake Charles Chenault	United States	Record daily precipitation	172.0 mm (6.8 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Etawah	India	Record daily precipitation	175.5 mm (6.9 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Jalalpur	India	Record daily precipitation	123.2 mm (4.9 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Grand Coteau	United States	Record low maximum temperature	23.9 C (75.0 F)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Roebling	United States	Record daily precipitation	68.1 mm (2.7 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Rajakhera	India	Record daily precipitation	93.2 mm (3.7 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Watrap	India	Record daily precipitation	34.8 mm (1.4 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Karnah	India	Record daily precipitation	49.0 mm (1.9 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Mandreal	India	Record daily precipitation	96.5 mm (3.8 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Earlington	United States	Record daily precipitation	50.8 mm (2.0 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Melville	United States	Record low maximum temperature	23.9 C (75.0 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Dholpur	India	Record daily precipitation	88.9 mm (3.5 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Wilmington Wb City	United States	Record daily precipitation	49.8 mm (2.0 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Atyrau	Kazakhstan	Record high minimum temperature	26.8 C (80.2 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Ongole	India	Record daily precipitation	52.1 mm (2.1 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Shelbyville 1 E	United States	Record daily precipitation	49.0 mm (1.9 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Reserve	United States	Record low maximum temperature	26.7 C (80.1 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
West Newton	United States	Record daily precipitation	42.7 mm (1.7 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Kingston	United States	Record daily precipitation	49.5 mm (1.9 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Mankachar	India	Record daily precipitation	90.4 mm (3.6 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Cheneyville 1 NE	United States	Record low maximum temperature	25.0 C (77.0 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Donaldsonville 4 SW	United States	Record low maximum temperature	25.0 C (77.0 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Lake Arthur 7 SW	United States	Record low maximum temperature	26.1 C (79.0 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Jowai	India	Record daily precipitation	161.3 mm (6.4 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Rambha	India	Record daily precipitation	63.5 mm (2.5 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Khairagarh	India	Record daily precipitation	67.1 mm (2.6 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Mirpur	Pakistan	Record daily precipitation	75.2 mm (3.0 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Lake Charles Chenault	United States	Record low maximum temperature	24.4 C (75.9 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Tbilisi	Georgia	Record high maximum temperature	39.8 C (103.6 F)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Dolphin@S Nose Obsy	India	Record daily precipitation	56.9 mm (2.2 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Channapatana	India	Record daily precipitation	49.0 mm (1.9 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Cuero	United States	Record high minimum temperature	28.9 C (84.0 F)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Alexandria	United States	Record low maximum temperature	24.4 C (75.9 F)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Frostburg	United States	Record daily precipitation	41.9 mm (1.6 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Lake Alice Near	United States	Record daily precipitation	66.0 mm (2.6 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Fergana	Uzbekistan	Record high minimum temperature	25.4 C (77.7 F)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Bilasipara	India	Record daily precipitation	79.0 mm (3.1 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Gauribidanur	India	Record daily precipitation	35.6 mm (1.4 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Tufanganj	India	Record daily precipitation	124.5 mm (4.9 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Visby_Flygplats	Sweden	Record low minimum temperature	6.2 C (43.2 F)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Houma	United States	Record low maximum temperature	25.6 C (78.1 F)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Tiruvur(Tiruvvru)	India	Record daily precipitation	77.7 mm (3.1 in)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Sandila	India	Record daily precipitation	104.9 mm (4.1 in)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Pinopolis	United States	Record daily precipitation	54.6 mm (2.1 in)	24 of 100 (Routine)
New Orleans Audubon	United States	Record low maximum temperature	26.7 C (80.1 F)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Giddalore	India	Record daily precipitation	57.9 mm (2.3 in)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Hiriyur	India	Record daily precipitation	42.7 mm (1.7 in)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Franklin 3 NW	United States	Record daily precipitation	149.9 mm (5.9 in)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Rockingham	United States	Record daily precipitation	64.8 mm (2.6 in)	23 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

271 records

Records set or tied on 7 August 1940 by type: Highest daily maximum 21, Lowest daily maximum 31, Highest daily minimum 45, Lowest daily minimum 37, Heaviest daily rainfall 137.

Records on 7 August 1940 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	21
Lowest daily maximum	31
Highest daily minimum	45
Lowest daily minimum	37
Heaviest daily rainfall	137
Heaviest daily snowfall	0
Deepest snow cover	0

Records on 7 August 1940 by timescale: all-time 0, monthly 12, daily 259.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

225 broken records

Margins by which the 225 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 100.6. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

7 August 1940

Top 20 records on 7 August 1940 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
7 August 1940	Schriever, US	monthly rain	153.7 mm (6.1 in)	59.2 mm (2.3 in)	28 years	62 of 100 (Major)
7 August 1940	Kanuparthi, IN	daily rain	85.1 mm (3.4 in)	69.9 mm (2.8 in)	15 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
7 August 1940	Bhind, IN	daily rain	157.5 mm (6.2 in)	88.9 mm (3.5 in)	17 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
7 August 1940	Orai, IN	daily rain	113.8 mm (4.5 in)	62.7 mm (2.5 in)	30 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
7 August 1940	Lake Arthur 7 SW, US	daily rain	165.1 mm (6.5 in)	100.6 mm (4.0 in)	24 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
7 August 1940	Donaldsonville 4 SW, US	daily rain	110.0 mm (4.3 in)	72.4 mm (2.9 in)	26 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
7 August 1940	Abbeville, US	monthly rain	109.2 mm (4.3 in)	24.1 mm (0.9 in)	41 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
7 August 1940	Morgan City, US	daily rain	109.7 mm (4.3 in)	50.3 mm (2.0 in)	34 years	44 of 100 (Notable)
7 August 1940	Hanover, US	daily rain	64.0 mm (2.5 in)	52.8 mm (2.1 in)	19 years	44 of 100 (Notable)
7 August 1940	Bharatpur, IN	daily rain	109.0 mm (4.3 in)	69.6 mm (2.7 in)	28 years	43 of 100 (Notable)
7 August 1940	Jalaun, IN	daily rain	117.1 mm (4.6 in)	67.3 mm (2.6 in)	6 years	40 of 100 (Notable)
7 August 1940	Lake Charles Chenault, US	monthly rain	172.0 mm (6.8 in)	32.3 mm (1.3 in)	24 years	40 of 100 (Notable)
7 August 1940	Etawah, IN	monthly rain	175.5 mm (6.9 in)	46.0 mm (1.8 in)	12 years	39 of 100 (Notable)
7 August 1940	Jalalpur, IN	daily rain	123.2 mm (4.9 in)	57.2 mm (2.3 in)	35 years	39 of 100 (Notable)
7 August 1940	Grand Coteau, US	daily low max	23.9 C (75.0 F)	5.5 C (9.9 F)	36 years	37 of 100 (Notable)
7 August 1940	Roebling, US	daily rain	68.1 mm (2.7 in)	38.1 mm (1.5 in)	27 years	35 of 100 (Notable)
7 August 1940	Rajakhera, IN	daily rain	93.2 mm (3.7 in)	61.7 mm (2.4 in)	14 years	34 of 100 (Routine)
7 August 1940	Watrap, IN	daily rain	34.8 mm (1.4 in)	25.9 mm (1.0 in)	33 years	34 of 100 (Routine)
7 August 1940	Karnah, IN	daily rain	49.0 mm (1.9 in)	26.1 mm (1.0 in)	39 years	33 of 100 (Routine)
7 August 1940	Mandreal, IN	daily rain	96.5 mm (3.8 in)	46.7 mm (1.8 in)	25 years	33 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

1808 to 1940

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1808 to 1940. 1940 had 271 records.

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

Records on 08-07 in each year
Year	Records
1808	1
1812	1
1815	1
1816	1
1817	1
1833	2
1844	1
1845	1
1848	1
1857	3
1858	1
1859	2
1861	1
1866	1
1868	1
1869	3
1870	2
1875	1
1876	5
1879	1
1880	2
1882	1
1883	1
1884	2
1886	1
1887	2
1888	5
1889	2
1891	3
1892	3
1893	1
1894	1
1895	7
1896	2
1897	2
1898	4
1899	1
1900	6
1901	3
1902	5
1903	17
1904	8
1905	8
1906	9
1907	10
1908	13
1909	11
1910	1
1911	36
1912	31
1913	39
1914	24
1915	40
1916	50
1917	21
1918	108
1919	36
1920	36
1921	55
1922	61
1923	101
1924	128
1925	81
1926	115
1927	109
1928	188
1929	181
1930	486
1931	357
1932	249
1933	310
1934	608
1935	507
1936	286
1937	446
1938	568
1939	561
1940	271
1941	305
1942	340
1943	601
1944	332
1945	882
1946	500
1947	461
1948	756
1949	587
1950	541
1951	562
1952	556
1953	378
1954	589
1955	536
1956	321
1957	868
1958	571
1959	356
1960	344
1961	356
1962	718
1963	522
1964	446
1965	552
1966	400
1967	701
1968	600
1969	523
1970	652
1971	969
1972	1,172
1973	568
1974	746
1975	1,177
1976	1,168
1977	617
1978	1,210
1979	559
1980	871
1981	855
1982	727
1983	1,207
1984	840
1985	1,088
1986	544
1987	1,146
1988	897
1989	1,472
1990	1,625
1991	1,217
1992	1,236
1993	1,040
1994	1,262
1995	1,521
1996	1,107
1997	1,460
1998	1,183
1999	950
2000	871
2001	1,386
2002	907
2003	1,244
2004	1,400
2005	882
2006	923
2007	1,309
2008	918
2009	1,121
2010	1,098
2011	1,282
2012	688
2013	665
2014	501
2015	1,027
2016	505
2017	954
2018	636
2019	609
2020	605
2021	397
2022	880
2023	1,221
2024	835
2025	733
2026	1,047

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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	176
20 to 40	30
40 to 60	10
60 to 80	7
80 to 100	1
100 to 120	1