Weather Records on 14 August 1941

467 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 14 August 1941. Highest significance: Sheoganj, IN.

Key Facts for 14 August 1941

On 14 August 1941, 467 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
36 were record highs and 322 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 4 were all-time records, 13 monthly and 450 daily.
Sheoganj set an all-time record daily precipitation of 247.9 mm (9.8 in) on 14 August 1941.
Across 166 earlier years (1793 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 463 records.

Record Map

467 stations

467 station records on 14 August 1941 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 14 August 1941: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Sheoganj	India	Record daily precipitation	247.9 mm (9.8 in)	58 of 100 (Notable)
Bali	India	Record daily precipitation	195.6 mm (7.7 in)	56 of 100 (Notable)
Jaswantpura	India	Record daily precipitation	152.4 mm (6.0 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Jalore	India	Record daily precipitation	101.6 mm (4.0 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Sheo	India	Record daily precipitation	80.8 mm (3.2 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Desuri	India	Record daily precipitation	213.9 mm (8.4 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Mount Abu	India	Record daily precipitation	484.9 mm (19.1 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Sirohi	India	Record daily precipitation	362.7 mm (14.3 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Irkutsk	Russia	Record daily precipitation	47.2 mm (1.9 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Chotan	India	Record daily precipitation	88.9 mm (3.5 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Mount Wellington (the Springs)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	36.3 mm (1.4 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
W Pt	United States	Record daily precipitation	81.3 mm (3.2 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Lincoln Lock 4	United States	Record daily precipitation	101.1 mm (4.0 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Pachpadra	India	Record daily precipitation	120.7 mm (4.8 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Adur	India	Record daily precipitation	117.6 mm (4.6 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Barmer	India	Record daily precipitation	101.6 mm (4.0 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Newark Liberty Intl AP	United States	Record low minimum temperature	10.0 C (50.0 F)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Duck Hill	United States	Record daily precipitation	44.7 mm (1.8 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Karunagapalli	India	Record daily precipitation	110.2 mm (4.3 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Haripad	India	Record daily precipitation	122.4 mm (4.8 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Purushottampur	India	Record daily precipitation	71.1 mm (2.8 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Grafton 1 NE	United States	Record low minimum temperature	5.0 C (41.0 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Weyerhaeuser 1N	United States	Record daily precipitation	33.0 mm (1.3 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Malayattur	India	Record daily precipitation	215.1 mm (8.5 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Thiruvananthapuram	India	Record daily precipitation	46.7 mm (1.8 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Helena	United States	Record daily precipitation	45.7 mm (1.8 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Lambertville River	United States	Record low minimum temperature	6.7 C (44.1 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Rodeo	United States	Record daily precipitation	34.3 mm (1.4 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Paterson	United States	Record low minimum temperature	7.8 C (46.0 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Scotland Neck	United States	Record low minimum temperature	10.0 C (50.0 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Wilmington Wb City	United States	Record low minimum temperature	16.7 C (62.1 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Alice Springs Post Office	Australia	Record low minimum temperature	-2.8 C (27.0 F)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Kottarakara	India	Record daily precipitation	83.8 mm (3.3 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Dover	United States	Record low minimum temperature	10.6 C (51.1 F)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Moorestown 4 E	United States	Record low minimum temperature	7.8 C (46.0 F)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Sloan 3 S	United States	Record low minimum temperature	10.0 C (50.0 F)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Inverell Comparison	Australia	Record low minimum temperature	-8.6 C (16.5 F)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Babuskin	Russia	Record daily precipitation	44.6 mm (1.8 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Port Jervis	United States	Record low minimum temperature	4.4 C (39.9 F)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Tarboro 1 S	United States	Record low minimum temperature	10.0 C (50.0 F)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Cairo 3 S	United States	Record low minimum temperature	6.1 C (43.0 F)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Emerald Post Office	Australia	Record low minimum temperature	-3.6 C (25.5 F)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Greensburg	United States	Record low minimum temperature	8.3 C (46.9 F)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Darlington	United States	Record low minimum temperature	13.9 C (57.0 F)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Bayard	United States	Record low minimum temperature	0.0 C (32.0 F)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Huntington 1	United States	Record low minimum temperature	11.1 C (52.0 F)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Ponce 4 E	Puerto Rico [United States]	Record daily precipitation	57.2 mm (2.3 in)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Espanola	United States	Record high maximum temperature	36.7 C (98.1 F)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Belhaven 1 SE	United States	Record low minimum temperature	7.8 C (46.0 F)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Harrisburg - Coop	United States	Record low minimum temperature	10.6 C (51.1 F)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Fredericton Unb	Canada	Record low minimum temperature	3.3 C (37.9 F)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Quilon Pwd	India	Record daily precipitation	89.2 mm (3.5 in)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Blagovescensk	Russia	Record low minimum temperature	8.1 C (46.6 F)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Waterbury	United States	Record low minimum temperature	3.9 C (39.0 F)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Charlotteburg Rsvr	United States	Record low minimum temperature	1.1 C (34.0 F)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Newell	United States	Record low minimum temperature	8.3 C (46.9 F)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Little Mtn	United States	Record low minimum temperature	16.1 C (61.0 F)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Thiruvalla	India	Record daily precipitation	99.3 mm (3.9 in)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Markland Dam 39	United States	Record low minimum temperature	6.7 C (44.1 F)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Berea College	United States	Record low minimum temperature	9.4 C (48.9 F)	22 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

467 records

Records set or tied on 14 August 1941 by type: Highest daily maximum 10, Lowest daily maximum 42, Highest daily minimum 26, Lowest daily minimum 280, Heaviest daily rainfall 109.

Records on 14 August 1941 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	10
Lowest daily maximum	42
Highest daily minimum	26
Lowest daily minimum	280
Heaviest daily rainfall	109
Heaviest daily snowfall	0
Deepest snow cover	0

Records on 14 August 1941 by timescale: all-time 4, monthly 13, daily 450.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

371 broken records

Margins by which the 371 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 173.0. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

14 August 1941

Top 20 records on 14 August 1941 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
14 August 1941	Sheoganj, IN	all-time rain	247.9 mm (9.8 in)	83.3 mm (3.3 in)	9 years	58 of 100 (Notable)
14 August 1941	Bali, IN	daily rain	195.6 mm (7.7 in)	117.6 mm (4.6 in)	40 years	56 of 100 (Notable)
14 August 1941	Jaswantpura, IN	daily rain	152.4 mm (6.0 in)	112.5 mm (4.4 in)	32 years	53 of 100 (Notable)
14 August 1941	Jalore, IN	daily rain	101.6 mm (4.0 in)	80.0 mm (3.1 in)	32 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
14 August 1941	Sheo, IN	daily rain	80.8 mm (3.2 in)	70.6 mm (2.8 in)	18 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
14 August 1941	Desuri, IN	daily rain	213.9 mm (8.4 in)	173.0 mm (6.8 in)	10 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
14 August 1941	Mount Abu, IN	all-time rain	484.9 mm (19.1 in)	65.0 mm (2.6 in)	33 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
14 August 1941	Sirohi, IN	all-time rain	362.7 mm (14.3 in)	41.4 mm (1.6 in)	20 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
14 August 1941	Irkutsk, RU	daily rain	47.2 mm (1.9 in)	23.6 mm (0.9 in)	32 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
14 August 1941	Chotan, IN	daily rain	88.9 mm (3.5 in)	82.5 mm (3.2 in)	18 years	44 of 100 (Notable)
14 August 1941	Mount Wellington (the Springs), AU	daily rain	36.3 mm (1.4 in)	24.6 mm (1.0 in)	12 years	42 of 100 (Notable)
14 August 1941	W Pt, US	daily rain	81.3 mm (3.2 in)	33.0 mm (1.3 in)	47 years	42 of 100 (Notable)
14 August 1941	Lincoln Lock 4, US	daily rain	101.1 mm (4.0 in)	47.8 mm (1.9 in)	8 years	40 of 100 (Notable)
14 August 1941	Pachpadra, IN	all-time rain	120.7 mm (4.8 in)	16.6 mm (0.7 in)	27 years	39 of 100 (Notable)
14 August 1941	Adur, IN	daily rain	117.6 mm (4.6 in)	55.4 mm (2.2 in)	0 years	37 of 100 (Notable)
14 August 1941	Barmer, IN	daily rain	101.6 mm (4.0 in)	68.6 mm (2.7 in)	10 years	37 of 100 (Notable)
14 August 1941	Newark Liberty Intl AP, US	daily low min	10.0 C (50.0 F)	1.1 C (2.0 F)	79 years	35 of 100 (Notable)
14 August 1941	Duck Hill, US	daily rain	44.7 mm (1.8 in)	29.0 mm (1.1 in)	36 years	33 of 100 (Routine)
14 August 1941	Karunagapalli, IN	daily rain	110.2 mm (4.3 in)	48.0 mm (1.9 in)	18 years	32 of 100 (Routine)
14 August 1941	Haripad, IN	daily rain	122.4 mm (4.8 in)	44.7 mm (1.8 in)	18 years	31 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 1941

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1793 to 1941. 1941 had 467 records.

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

Records on 08-14 in each year
Year	Records
1793	2
1807	1
1815	1
1818	1
1825	1
1833	2
1839	1
1841	1
1843	1
1845	2
1856	2
1857	1
1859	1
1861	1
1864	3
1865	1
1866	2
1868	1
1870	1
1871	1
1872	1
1873	1
1874	1
1876	4
1882	1
1884	1
1885	3
1886	1
1887	3
1889	2
1890	1
1891	1
1892	3
1893	2
1894	2
1895	3
1896	5
1897	5
1898	2
1899	2
1900	1
1901	1
1902	8
1903	8
1904	3
1905	10
1906	8
1907	6
1908	28
1909	35
1910	10
1911	30
1912	56
1913	24
1914	16
1915	17
1916	109
1917	38
1918	60
1919	103
1920	56
1921	61
1922	54
1923	92
1924	319
1925	128
1926	182
1927	147
1928	233
1929	449
1930	627
1931	410
1932	314
1933	349
1934	470
1935	314
1936	612
1937	354
1938	519
1939	376
1940	489
1941	467
1942	364
1943	583
1944	709
1945	572
1946	511
1947	658
1948	373
1949	374
1950	402
1951	458
1952	560
1953	312
1954	457
1955	535
1956	426
1957	281
1958	421
1959	495
1960	414
1961	663
1962	885
1963	811
1964	1,394
1965	451
1966	388
1967	902
1968	1,315
1969	482
1970	398
1971	677
1972	552
1973	489
1974	542
1975	461
1976	1,060
1977	562
1978	834
1979	1,115
1980	544
1981	719
1982	539
1983	775
1984	598
1985	1,095
1986	775
1987	1,157
1988	1,301
1989	728
1990	737
1991	856
1992	1,709
1993	887
1994	1,149
1995	1,444
1996	954
1997	922
1998	1,100
1999	1,329
2000	1,117
2001	806
2002	1,576
2003	1,913
2004	1,936
2005	1,340
2006	1,073
2007	1,340
2008	798
2009	818
2010	1,704
2011	772
2012	758
2013	612
2014	651
2015	931
2016	824
2017	559
2018	397
2019	578
2020	1,009
2021	932
2022	771
2023	1,116
2024	1,045
2025	798
2026	1,211

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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 25	347
25 to 50	14
50 to 75	4
75 to 100	3
100 to 125	2
125 to 150	0
150 to 175	1