Weather Records on 15 August 1941

289 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 15 August 1941. Highest significance: Lycippus 1 E, US.

Key Facts for 15 August 1941

On 15 August 1941, 289 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
75 were record highs and 79 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 2 were all-time records, 4 monthly and 283 daily.
Lycippus 1 E set a daily record precipitation of 72.4 mm (2.9 in) on 15 August 1941.
Across 168 earlier years (1793 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 456 records.

Record Map

289 stations

289 station records on 15 August 1941 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 15 August 1941: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Lycippus 1 E	United States	Record daily precipitation	72.4 mm (2.9 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
W Pt	United States	Record daily precipitation	111.8 mm (4.4 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Lakes Entrance Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	37.3 mm (1.5 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Mount Abu	India	Record daily precipitation	317.0 mm (12.5 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Chicoutimi	Canada	Record daily precipitation	40.9 mm (1.6 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Ranka	India	Record daily precipitation	130.8 mm (5.1 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Greensburg 3 SE Unity	United States	Record daily precipitation	55.6 mm (2.2 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Wilkes Barre	United States	Record daily precipitation	57.9 mm (2.3 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Lordsburg 4 SE	United States	Record daily precipitation	27.9 mm (1.1 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Hiram	United States	Record daily precipitation	52.3 mm (2.1 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
State College	United States	Record daily precipitation	47.5 mm (1.9 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Kahuku 912	United States	Record daily precipitation	37.6 mm (1.5 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Sydney (Observatory Hill)	Australia	Record low maximum temperature	12.6 C (54.7 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Auburn	United States	Record daily precipitation	50.8 mm (2.0 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Irwin	United States	Record daily precipitation	49.8 mm (2.0 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
New Cumberland L/D	United States	Record daily precipitation	88.9 mm (3.5 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Nabinagar	India	Record daily precipitation	91.9 mm (3.6 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Derry 4 SW	United States	Record daily precipitation	52.8 mm (2.1 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Greensburg 2 S	United States	Record daily precipitation	44.2 mm (1.7 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Palkot	India	Record daily precipitation	106.7 mm (4.2 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Ranchi	India	Record daily precipitation	77.7 mm (3.1 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Elgin Water	United States	Record daily precipitation	58.9 mm (2.3 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Wayne	United States	Record daily precipitation	32.0 mm (1.3 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Portsmouth-Sciotoville	United States	Record daily precipitation	47.2 mm (1.9 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Thanesar	India	Record daily precipitation	73.9 mm (2.9 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Brownsville	United States	Record daily precipitation	56.4 mm (2.2 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Pine River 3 NE	United States	Record daily precipitation	48.3 mm (1.9 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Port Dover	Canada	Record low minimum temperature	6.1 C (43.0 F)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Bloomfield 3 SE	United States	Record high minimum temperature	20.6 C (69.1 F)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Centre Hall	United States	Record daily precipitation	39.4 mm (1.6 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Camden 3 W	United States	Record low minimum temperature	15.6 C (60.1 F)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Carthage	United States	Record daily precipitation	45.0 mm (1.8 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Deseret	United States	Record low maximum temperature	23.9 C (75.0 F)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Murrungowar	Australia	Record daily precipitation	36.1 mm (1.4 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Rottnest Island Lighthouse	Australia	Record daily precipitation	27.4 mm (1.1 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Sarsfield	Australia	Record daily precipitation	31.0 mm (1.2 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Sheo	India	Record daily precipitation	33.0 mm (1.3 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Lima Wwtp	United States	Record daily precipitation	27.9 mm (1.1 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Grove City	United States	Record daily precipitation	35.6 mm (1.4 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Bhandaria	India	Record daily precipitation	89.7 mm (3.5 in)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Verhojansk	Russia	Record low minimum temperature	-3.8 C (25.2 F)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Gainesville UNIV of Fl	United States	Record daily precipitation	72.9 mm (2.9 in)	23 of 100 (Routine)
McGill	United States	Record low maximum temperature	23.3 C (73.9 F)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Hilo 86A	United States	Record high maximum temperature	32.2 C (90.0 F)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Naalehu 14	United States	Record daily precipitation	38.1 mm (1.5 in)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Johnstown	United States	Record daily precipitation	56.4 mm (2.2 in)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Cheraw	United States	Record low minimum temperature	13.3 C (55.9 F)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Davenport	United States	Record high minimum temperature	19.4 C (66.9 F)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Kalimna	Australia	Record daily precipitation	25.7 mm (1.0 in)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Howell Wwtp	United States	Record daily precipitation	26.2 mm (1.0 in)	21 of 100 (Routine)
New Castle 1 N	United States	Record daily precipitation	53.3 mm (2.1 in)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Richfield Radio Ksvc	United States	Record low maximum temperature	22.2 C (72.0 F)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Spencer	United States	Record low minimum temperature	8.9 C (48.0 F)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Reading Wb City	United States	Record low maximum temperature	23.9 C (75.0 F)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Bloomfield 3 SE	United States	Record daily precipitation	14.5 mm (0.6 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Scott Cda	Canada	Record daily precipitation	15.7 mm (0.6 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Midland 2	United States	Record daily precipitation	16.5 mm (0.6 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
East Lansing Exp Farm	United States	Record daily precipitation	24.4 mm (1.0 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Sydney Botanic Gardens	Australia	Record daily precipitation	9.7 mm (0.38 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Towanda 1 S	United States	Record daily precipitation	21.1 mm (0.8 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

289 records

Records set or tied on 15 August 1941 by type: Highest daily maximum 22, Lowest daily maximum 46, Highest daily minimum 53, Lowest daily minimum 33, Heaviest daily rainfall 135.

Records on 15 August 1941 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	22
Lowest daily maximum	46
Highest daily minimum	53
Lowest daily minimum	33
Heaviest daily rainfall	135
Heaviest daily snowfall	0
Deepest snow cover	0

Records on 15 August 1941 by timescale: all-time 2, monthly 4, daily 283.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

217 broken records

Margins by which the 217 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 203.7. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

15 August 1941

Top 20 records on 15 August 1941 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
15 August 1941	Lycippus 1 E, US	daily rain	72.4 mm (2.9 in)	53.3 mm (2.1 in)	32 years	53 of 100 (Notable)
15 August 1941	W Pt, US	monthly rain	111.8 mm (4.4 in)	28.0 mm (1.1 in)	39 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
15 August 1941	Lakes Entrance Post Office, AU	daily rain	37.3 mm (1.5 in)	18.0 mm (0.7 in)	45 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
15 August 1941	Mount Abu, IN	daily rain	317.0 mm (12.5 in)	203.7 mm (8.0 in)	0 years	44 of 100 (Notable)
15 August 1941	Chicoutimi, CA	daily rain	40.9 mm (1.6 in)	24.6 mm (1.0 in)	24 years	43 of 100 (Notable)
15 August 1941	Ranka, IN	daily rain	130.8 mm (5.1 in)	73.6 mm (2.9 in)	30 years	40 of 100 (Notable)
15 August 1941	Greensburg 3 SE Unity, US	daily rain	55.6 mm (2.2 in)	37.8 mm (1.5 in)	12 years	39 of 100 (Notable)
15 August 1941	Wilkes Barre, US	daily rain	57.9 mm (2.3 in)	29.5 mm (1.2 in)	36 years	39 of 100 (Notable)
15 August 1941	Lordsburg 4 SE, US	daily rain	27.9 mm (1.1 in)	18.5 mm (0.7 in)	32 years	37 of 100 (Notable)
15 August 1941	Hiram, US	daily rain	52.3 mm (2.1 in)	27.7 mm (1.1 in)	36 years	37 of 100 (Notable)
15 August 1941	State College, US	daily rain	47.5 mm (1.9 in)	25.9 mm (1.0 in)	20 years	34 of 100 (Routine)
15 August 1941	Kahuku 912, US	daily rain	37.6 mm (1.5 in)	18.3 mm (0.7 in)	7 years	33 of 100 (Routine)
15 August 1941	Sydney (Observatory Hill), AU	daily low max	12.6 C (54.7 F)	0.2 C (0.4 F)	79 years	31 of 100 (Routine)
15 August 1941	Auburn, US	daily rain	50.8 mm (2.0 in)	30.5 mm (1.2 in)	15 years	31 of 100 (Routine)
15 August 1941	Irwin, US	daily rain	49.8 mm (2.0 in)	18.6 mm (0.7 in)	32 years	31 of 100 (Routine)
15 August 1941	New Cumberland L/D, US	monthly rain	88.9 mm (3.5 in)	3.0 mm (0.12 in)	47 years	31 of 100 (Routine)
15 August 1941	Nabinagar, IN	daily rain	91.9 mm (3.6 in)	58.9 mm (2.3 in)	12 years	30 of 100 (Routine)
15 August 1941	Derry 4 SW, US	daily rain	52.8 mm (2.1 in)	29.4 mm (1.2 in)	12 years	30 of 100 (Routine)
15 August 1941	Greensburg 2 S, US	daily rain	44.2 mm (1.7 in)	21.1 mm (0.8 in)	32 years	30 of 100 (Routine)
15 August 1941	Palkot, IN	daily rain	106.7 mm (4.2 in)	54.6 mm (2.1 in)	4 years	29 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 289 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 50	212
50 to 100	4
100 to 150	0
150 to 200	0
200 to 250	1