Weather Records on 7 August 1941

305 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 7 August 1941. Highest significance: Ada, US.

Key Facts for 7 August 1941

On 7 August 1941, 305 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
105 were record highs and 115 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 1 were all-time records, 4 monthly and 300 daily.
Ada set an all-time record daily precipitation of 148.1 mm (5.8 in) on 7 August 1941.
Across 163 earlier years (1808 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 472 records.

Record Map

305 stations

305 station records on 7 August 1941 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 7 August 1941: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Ada	United States	Record daily precipitation	148.1 mm (5.8 in)	75 of 100 (Major)
Tartu	Estonia	Record daily precipitation	30.4 mm (1.2 in)	55 of 100 (Notable)
Awini 182.1	United States	Record daily precipitation	121.9 mm (4.8 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Honohina 137	United States	Record daily precipitation	99.1 mm (3.9 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Mildred	United States	Record daily precipitation	38.1 mm (1.5 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Haina 214	United States	Record daily precipitation	86.1 mm (3.4 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Sarna	Sweden	Record daily precipitation	37.1 mm (1.5 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Marion 1 N	United States	Record daily precipitation	44.5 mm (1.8 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Hot Springs	United States	Record daily precipitation	68.6 mm (2.7 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Fosston 1 E	United States	Record daily precipitation	38.1 mm (1.5 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Zagreb-Gric	Croatia	Record low minimum temperature	7.9 C (46.2 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Hobart (Ellerslie Road)	Australia	Record low maximum temperature	7.7 C (45.9 F)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Bologna	Italy	Record low minimum temperature	11.6 C (52.9 F)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Ft Myers Page Fld AP	United States	Record daily precipitation	53.3 mm (2.1 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Gospic	Croatia	Record low maximum temperature	20.0 C (68.0 F)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Danevang 1 W	United States	Record low maximum temperature	27.2 C (81.0 F)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Hvar	Croatia	Record low minimum temperature	15.2 C (59.4 F)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Lowestoft	United Kingdom	Record low minimum temperature	6.7 C (44.1 F)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Curtis	United States	Record high minimum temperature	25.6 C (78.1 F)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Carson City	United States	Record high minimum temperature	17.2 C (63.0 F)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Sandvig	Denmark	Record low maximum temperature	15.7 C (60.3 F)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Skara 1	Sweden	Record low maximum temperature	13.0 C (55.4 F)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Southern Cross	Australia	Record high maximum temperature	26.2 C (79.2 F)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Szombathely	Hungary	Record low minimum temperature	7.5 C (45.5 F)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Fernandina Beach	United States	Record high minimum temperature	24.4 C (75.9 F)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Ashland	United States	Record low minimum temperature	8.3 C (46.9 F)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Tiffin	United States	Record low minimum temperature	8.9 C (48.0 F)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Hallettsville 2 N	United States	Record daily precipitation	50.8 mm (2.0 in)	22 of 100 (Routine)
New Cumberland L/D	United States	Record high minimum temperature	25.6 C (78.1 F)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Fichtelberg	Germany	Record low minimum temperature	2.6 C (36.7 F)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Gunnaur	India	Record daily precipitation	61.0 mm (2.4 in)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Portland Rfc City	United States	Record high minimum temperature	18.9 C (66.0 F)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Spicer	United States	Record daily precipitation	22.1 mm (0.9 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Lardner (Brandie Braes)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	22.1 mm (0.9 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Moe Gippsland Water	Australia	Record daily precipitation	20.6 mm (0.8 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Oktjabrskij-Gorodok	Russia	Record daily precipitation	12.5 mm (0.5 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Poowong (Post Office)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	21.3 mm (0.8 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Schreiber	Canada	Record daily precipitation	21.1 mm (0.8 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Warragul	Australia	Record daily precipitation	24.6 mm (1.0 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Yannathan	Australia	Record daily precipitation	19.1 mm (0.8 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Oestersund-Froesoen	Sweden	Record daily precipitation	24.3 mm (1.0 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Poretskoye	Russia	Record daily precipitation	17.4 mm (0.7 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Goodland	United States	Record daily precipitation	24.6 mm (1.0 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Drouin Bowling Club	Australia	Record daily precipitation	19.3 mm (0.8 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Traralgon	Australia	Record daily precipitation	12.7 mm (0.5 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Warragul (Carbethon)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	22.1 mm (0.9 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Morwell (Mail Centre)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	8.9 mm (0.35 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Forse	Sweden	Record daily precipitation	20.8 mm (0.8 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Gyzylarbat	Turkmenistan	Record daily precipitation	0.2 mm (0.01 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Jindivick	Australia	Record daily precipitation	17.8 mm (0.7 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Red Hill South	Australia	Record daily precipitation	17.8 mm (0.7 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Gospic	Croatia	Record low minimum temperature	2.8 C (37.0 F)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Faerder Fyr	Norway	Record low minimum temperature	9.4 C (48.9 F)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Ljubljana Bezigrad	Slovenia	Record low minimum temperature	6.1 C (43.0 F)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Bemidji	United States	Record daily precipitation	26.9 mm (1.1 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Norwalk Wwtp	United States	Record low minimum temperature	6.1 C (43.0 F)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Upper Sandusky	United States	Record low minimum temperature	8.3 C (46.9 F)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Drain	United States	Record high maximum temperature	36.7 C (98.1 F)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Maunawili Rch	United States	Record daily precipitation	16.3 mm (0.6 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Chitradurga	India	Record daily precipitation	25.7 mm (1.0 in)	19 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

305 records

Records set or tied on 7 August 1941 by type: Highest daily maximum 45, Lowest daily maximum 38, Highest daily minimum 60, Lowest daily minimum 77, Heaviest daily rainfall 85.

Records on 7 August 1941 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	45
Lowest daily maximum	38
Highest daily minimum	60
Lowest daily minimum	77
Heaviest daily rainfall	85
Heaviest daily snowfall	0
Deepest snow cover	0

Records on 7 August 1941 by timescale: all-time 1, monthly 4, daily 300.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

221 broken records

Margins by which the 221 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 75.7. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

7 August 1941

Top 20 records on 7 August 1941 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
7 August 1941	Ada, US	all-time rain	148.1 mm (5.8 in)	52.8 mm (2.1 in)	39 years	75 of 100 (Major)
7 August 1941	Tartu, EE	daily rain	30.4 mm (1.2 in)	18.9 mm (0.7 in)	66 years	55 of 100 (Notable)
7 August 1941	Awini 182.1, US	daily rain	121.9 mm (4.8 in)	75.7 mm (3.0 in)	35 years	53 of 100 (Notable)
7 August 1941	Honohina 137, US	daily rain	99.1 mm (3.9 in)	72.4 mm (2.9 in)	23 years	41 of 100 (Notable)
7 August 1941	Mildred, US	daily rain	38.1 mm (1.5 in)	24.4 mm (1.0 in)	28 years	40 of 100 (Notable)
7 August 1941	Haina 214, US	daily rain	86.1 mm (3.4 in)	45.0 mm (1.8 in)	35 years	40 of 100 (Notable)
7 August 1941	Sarna, SE	daily rain	37.1 mm (1.5 in)	13.3 mm (0.5 in)	45 years	37 of 100 (Notable)
7 August 1941	Marion 1 N, US	daily rain	44.5 mm (1.8 in)	33.1 mm (1.3 in)	38 years	36 of 100 (Notable)
7 August 1941	Hot Springs, US	daily rain	68.6 mm (2.7 in)	24.1 mm (0.9 in)	23 years	31 of 100 (Routine)
7 August 1941	Fosston 1 E, US	daily rain	38.1 mm (1.5 in)	20.8 mm (0.8 in)	32 years	29 of 100 (Routine)
7 August 1941	Zagreb-Gric, HR	daily low min	7.9 C (46.2 F)	2.7 C (4.9 F)	40 years	28 of 100 (Routine)
7 August 1941	Hobart (Ellerslie Road), AU	daily low max	7.7 C (45.9 F)	0.8 C (1.4 F)	58 years	26 of 100 (Routine)
7 August 1941	Bologna, IT	daily low min	11.6 C (52.9 F)	0.5 C (0.9 F)	52 years	26 of 100 (Routine)
7 August 1941	Ft Myers Page Fld AP, US	daily rain	53.3 mm (2.1 in)	20.0 mm (0.8 in)	30 years	26 of 100 (Routine)
7 August 1941	Gospic, HR	daily low max	20.0 C (68.0 F)	0.6 C (1.1 F)	60 years	25 of 100 (Routine)
7 August 1941	Danevang 1 W, US	daily low max	27.2 C (81.0 F)	2.8 C (5.0 F)	27 years	25 of 100 (Routine)
7 August 1941	Hvar, HR	daily low min	15.2 C (59.4 F)	0.8 C (1.4 F)	52 years	24 of 100 (Routine)
7 August 1941	Lowestoft, GB	daily low min	6.7 C (44.1 F)	1.5 C (2.7 F)	47 years	24 of 100 (Routine)
7 August 1941	Curtis, US	daily high min	25.6 C (78.1 F)	3.4 C (6.1 F)	40 years	24 of 100 (Routine)
7 August 1941	Carson City, US	daily high min	17.2 C (63.0 F)	2.8 C (5.0 F)	40 years	24 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 1941

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1808 to 1941. 1941 had 305 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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Data for records on 1941-08-07: CSV or JSON. Field meanings are on the data page.

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 10	194
10 to 20	17
20 to 30	5
30 to 40	1
40 to 50	1
50 to 60	1
60 to 70	0
70 to 80	2