Weather Records on 19 August 1941

431 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 19 August 1941. Highest significance: Aleppo, AU.

Key Facts for 19 August 1941

On 19 August 1941, 431 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
66 were record highs and 66 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 1 were all-time records, 5 monthly and 425 daily.
Aleppo set a daily record precipitation of 27.9 mm (1.1 in) on 19 August 1941.
Across 168 earlier years (1797 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 439 records.

Record Map

431 stations

431 station records on 19 August 1941 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 19 August 1941: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Aleppo	Australia	Record daily precipitation	27.9 mm (1.1 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Sailana	India	Record daily precipitation	259.3 mm (10.2 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Dumbleyung	Australia	Record daily precipitation	26.2 mm (1.0 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Quairading	Australia	Record daily precipitation	33.3 mm (1.3 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Sans Souci (Public School)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	52.8 mm (2.1 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Chachora	India	Record daily precipitation	177.8 mm (7.0 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Mc Connellsville Lk 7	United States	Record daily precipitation	85.9 mm (3.4 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Harrisburg	United States	Record daily precipitation	59.9 mm (2.4 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Shajapur	India	Record daily precipitation	185.4 mm (7.3 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Ujjain	India	Record daily precipitation	134.6 mm (5.3 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Anna 4 N	United States	Record daily precipitation	70.6 mm (2.8 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Jaora	India	Record daily precipitation	153.9 mm (6.1 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
The Oaks	Australia	Record daily precipitation	30.0 mm (1.2 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Miranda (Blackwood St)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	61.2 mm (2.4 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Khachrod	India	Record daily precipitation	133.4 mm (5.3 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Clayton Muni Air Pk	United States	Record daily precipitation	39.4 mm (1.6 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Walgo	Australia	Record daily precipitation	28.2 mm (1.1 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Agar	India	Record daily precipitation	243.1 mm (9.6 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Petrusville (Pol)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	34.3 mm (1.4 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Cape Girardeau	United States	Record daily precipitation	45.7 mm (1.8 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Dordrecht - Tnk 14	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	26.7 mm (1.1 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Barpukhuri	India	Record daily precipitation	88.6 mm (3.5 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Sitamau	India	Record daily precipitation	229.4 mm (9.0 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Ogilvie	Australia	Record daily precipitation	26.2 mm (1.0 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Badnagar	India	Record daily precipitation	109.2 mm (4.3 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Delaware	United States	Record daily precipitation	45.2 mm (1.8 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Susner	India	Record daily precipitation	167.6 mm (6.6 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Owensboro 3ENE	United States	Record daily precipitation	49.8 mm (2.0 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Shujalpur	India	Record daily precipitation	290.1 mm (11.4 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Jamestown	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	29.0 mm (1.1 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
New Burnside	United States	Record daily precipitation	43.2 mm (1.7 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Lidcombe (Carnarvon Golf Club)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	27.9 mm (1.1 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Lady Frere (Tnk)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	26.2 mm (1.0 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Sikeston	United States	Record daily precipitation	57.2 mm (2.3 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Lancaster 2 NW	United States	Record daily precipitation	95.3 mm (3.8 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Shoals 8 S	United States	Record daily precipitation	57.7 mm (2.3 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Oakland 1 SE	United States	Record daily precipitation	37.8 mm (1.5 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Mount Caroline	Australia	Record daily precipitation	30.5 mm (1.2 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Rehli	India	Record daily precipitation	122.4 mm (4.8 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Golconda River	United States	Record daily precipitation	50.3 mm (2.0 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Philo 3 SW	United States	Record daily precipitation	63.8 mm (2.5 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Sutherland Mwsdb	Australia	Record daily precipitation	38.6 mm (1.5 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Grand Coteau	United States	Record low minimum temperature	18.3 C (64.9 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Trenton 2	United States	Record low maximum temperature	23.3 C (73.9 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Claysville 3 W	United States	Record daily precipitation	47.5 mm (1.9 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Baindur	India	Record daily precipitation	123.4 mm (4.9 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Rewa	India	Record daily precipitation	136.1 mm (5.4 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Salisbury	United States	Record daily precipitation	33.3 mm (1.3 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Columbus Ohio St UNIV	United States	Record daily precipitation	28.7 mm (1.1 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Mannington 1 N	United States	Record daily precipitation	33.3 mm (1.3 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
New Martinsville 4 NNE	United States	Record daily precipitation	53.8 mm (2.1 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Sardarpur	India	Record daily precipitation	74.9 mm (2.9 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Dhar	India	Record daily precipitation	60.2 mm (2.4 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Greensburg	United States	Record daily precipitation	54.6 mm (2.1 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Gingin	Australia	Record daily precipitation	49.0 mm (1.9 in)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Toodyay	Australia	Record daily precipitation	26.4 mm (1.0 in)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Poplar Bluff	United States	Record daily precipitation	46.0 mm (1.8 in)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Uniontown 1 NE	United States	Record daily precipitation	49.0 mm (1.9 in)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Jhabua	India	Record daily precipitation	62.7 mm (2.5 in)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Raiford State Prison	United States	Record daily precipitation	31.8 mm (1.3 in)	23 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

431 records

Records set or tied on 19 August 1941 by type: Highest daily maximum 22, Lowest daily maximum 44, Highest daily minimum 44, Lowest daily minimum 22, Heaviest daily rainfall 299.

Records on 19 August 1941 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	22
Lowest daily maximum	44
Highest daily minimum	44
Lowest daily minimum	22
Heaviest daily rainfall	299
Heaviest daily snowfall	0
Deepest snow cover	0

Records on 19 August 1941 by timescale: all-time 1, monthly 5, daily 425.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

376 broken records

Margins by which the 376 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 182.3. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

19 August 1941

Top 20 records on 19 August 1941 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
19 August 1941	Aleppo, AU	daily rain	27.9 mm (1.1 in)	20.0 mm (0.8 in)	26 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
19 August 1941	Sailana, IN	daily rain	259.3 mm (10.2 in)	182.3 mm (7.2 in)	22 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
19 August 1941	Dumbleyung, AU	daily rain	26.2 mm (1.0 in)	21.1 mm (0.8 in)	26 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
19 August 1941	Quairading, AU	daily rain	33.3 mm (1.3 in)	23.9 mm (0.9 in)	20 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
19 August 1941	Sans Souci (Public School), AU	daily rain	52.8 mm (2.1 in)	39.3 mm (1.5 in)	35 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
19 August 1941	Chachora, IN	daily rain	177.8 mm (7.0 in)	116.8 mm (4.6 in)	24 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
19 August 1941	Mc Connellsville Lk 7, US	daily rain	85.9 mm (3.4 in)	32.6 mm (1.3 in)	46 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
19 August 1941	Harrisburg, US	daily rain	59.9 mm (2.4 in)	44.7 mm (1.8 in)	36 years	44 of 100 (Notable)
19 August 1941	Shajapur, IN	daily rain	185.4 mm (7.3 in)	149.8 mm (5.9 in)	2 years	43 of 100 (Notable)
19 August 1941	Ujjain, IN	daily rain	134.6 mm (5.3 in)	94.0 mm (3.7 in)	27 years	42 of 100 (Notable)
19 August 1941	Anna 4 N, US	daily rain	70.6 mm (2.8 in)	45.7 mm (1.8 in)	26 years	42 of 100 (Notable)
19 August 1941	Jaora, IN	daily rain	153.9 mm (6.1 in)	71.6 mm (2.8 in)	22 years	41 of 100 (Notable)
19 August 1941	The Oaks, AU	daily rain	30.0 mm (1.2 in)	16.0 mm (0.6 in)	34 years	40 of 100 (Notable)
19 August 1941	Miranda (Blackwood St), AU	daily rain	61.2 mm (2.4 in)	45.2 mm (1.8 in)	3 years	39 of 100 (Notable)
19 August 1941	Khachrod, IN	daily rain	133.4 mm (5.3 in)	90.2 mm (3.6 in)	12 years	39 of 100 (Notable)
19 August 1941	Clayton Muni Air Pk, US	daily rain	39.4 mm (1.6 in)	21.9 mm (0.9 in)	32 years	39 of 100 (Notable)
19 August 1941	Walgo, AU	daily rain	28.2 mm (1.1 in)	18.0 mm (0.7 in)	20 years	38 of 100 (Notable)
19 August 1941	Agar, IN	monthly rain	243.1 mm (9.6 in)	49.6 mm (2.0 in)	22 years	38 of 100 (Notable)
19 August 1941	Petrusville (Pol), ZA	daily rain	34.3 mm (1.4 in)	30.2 mm (1.2 in)	11 years	38 of 100 (Notable)
19 August 1941	Cape Girardeau, US	daily rain	45.7 mm (1.8 in)	39.9 mm (1.6 in)	16 years	38 of 100 (Notable)

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

1797 to 1941

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1797 to 1941. 1941 had 431 records.

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

Records on 08-19 in each year
Year	Records
1797	2
1800	1
1809	1
1820	1
1830	2
1831	1
1838	2
1844	2
1845	1
1846	1
1849	2
1857	1
1861	1
1862	1
1864	2
1867	1
1870	2
1872	1
1873	1
1874	1
1875	2
1877	3
1879	1
1880	1
1881	1
1882	1
1883	2
1884	2
1885	2
1886	2
1887	2
1888	1
1889	1
1890	4
1892	5
1893	2
1894	2
1895	1
1896	2
1897	2
1898	3
1899	9
1900	5
1901	13
1902	4
1903	6
1904	14
1905	16
1906	37
1907	17
1908	5
1909	24
1910	17
1911	9
1912	18
1913	9
1914	39
1915	34
1916	74
1917	200
1918	33
1919	31
1920	36
1921	22
1922	71
1923	97
1924	174
1925	154
1926	179
1927	343
1928	112
1929	163
1930	182
1931	207
1932	373
1933	328
1934	438
1935	389
1936	679
1937	305
1938	321
1939	432
1940	687
1941	431
1942	308
1943	596
1944	259
1945	427
1946	427
1947	896
1948	371
1949	411
1950	893
1951	362
1952	475
1953	412
1954	576
1955	780
1956	831
1957	325
1958	374
1959	733
1960	864
1961	425
1962	419
1963	570
1964	455
1965	550
1966	1,095
1967	839
1968	948
1969	501
1970	468
1971	376
1972	547
1973	519
1974	466
1975	561
1976	1,144
1977	938
1978	863
1979	1,492
1980	648
1981	1,004
1982	596
1983	1,387
1984	598
1985	713
1986	848
1987	811
1988	982
1989	660
1990	871
1991	656
1992	1,094
1993	771
1994	798
1995	1,542
1996	800
1997	958
1998	717
1999	980
2000	954
2001	1,027
2002	1,389
2003	918
2004	1,310
2005	920
2006	850
2007	1,360
2008	1,186
2009	1,039
2010	1,440
2011	975
2012	1,377
2013	765
2014	701
2015	989
2016	931
2017	439
2018	471
2019	601
2020	1,271
2021	1,366
2022	1,198
2023	910
2024	568
2025	786
2026	755

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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	344
25 to 50	22
50 to 75	5
75 to 100	2
100 to 125	1
125 to 150	1
150 to 175	0
175 to 200	1