Weather Records on 1 August 1942

388 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 1 August 1942. Highest significance: Black Lake, US.

Key Facts for 1 August 1942

On 1 August 1942, 388 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
218 were record highs and 41 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 1 were all-time records, 9 monthly and 378 daily.
Black Lake set a monthly record daily precipitation of 102.9 mm (4.1 in) on 1 August 1942.
Across 164 earlier years (1797 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 442 records.

Record Map

388 stations

388 station records on 1 August 1942 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 1 August 1942: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Black Lake	United States	Record daily precipitation	102.9 mm (4.1 in)	57 of 100 (Notable)
Cooperstown	United States	Record daily precipitation	61.2 mm (2.4 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Dahej	India	Record daily precipitation	133.9 mm (5.3 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Norddal	Norway	Record snow depth	19.0 cm (7.5 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Bowie	United States	Record daily precipitation	50.8 mm (2.0 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Mohanpur	India	Record daily precipitation	204.2 mm (8.0 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Sulitjelma	Norway	Record daily precipitation	30.2 mm (1.2 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Nimarana	India	Record daily precipitation	111.0 mm (4.4 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Austin #2	United States	Record high minimum temperature	27.8 C (82.0 F)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Ankleshwar	India	Record daily precipitation	87.6 mm (3.4 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Valod	India	Record daily precipitation	81.3 mm (3.2 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Rajpipla(Nandod)	India	Record daily precipitation	66.5 mm (2.6 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Jalalpur	India	Record daily precipitation	103.4 mm (4.1 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Himatnagar	India	Record daily precipitation	127.0 mm (5.0 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Turigaria (Kaira)	India	Record daily precipitation	111.8 mm (4.4 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Kapadvanj	India	Record daily precipitation	129.5 mm (5.1 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
West Newton	United States	Record daily precipitation	41.9 mm (1.6 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Ft Myers Page Fld AP	United States	Record low minimum temperature	19.4 C (66.9 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Grand Meadow	United States	Record daily precipitation	60.5 mm (2.4 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Borsad	India	Record daily precipitation	59.2 mm (2.3 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Montgomery Wb City	United States	Record daily precipitation	43.7 mm (1.7 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Talcher	India	Record daily precipitation	72.9 mm (2.9 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Agra	India	Record daily precipitation	97.0 mm (3.8 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Gorakhpur	India	Record daily precipitation	133.4 mm (5.3 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Garhi	India	Record daily precipitation	113.0 mm (4.4 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Tomsk	Russia	Record high minimum temperature	20.2 C (68.4 F)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Minneapolis Wb Dwtn	United States	Record daily precipitation	55.4 mm (2.2 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Fremont	United States	Record high minimum temperature	25.0 C (77.0 F)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Aberdeen	United States	Record daily precipitation	49.8 mm (2.0 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Pine Bluff	United States	Record high minimum temperature	25.6 C (78.1 F)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Genoa 2 W	United States	Record high minimum temperature	23.3 C (73.9 F)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Lincoln UNIV Pwr Plt	United States	Record high minimum temperature	26.1 C (79.0 F)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Lexington Bluegrass AP	United States	Record high maximum temperature	36.1 C (97.0 F)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Kilpuri	India	Record daily precipitation	108.2 mm (4.3 in)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Glenwood 3SW	United States	Record high minimum temperature	26.1 C (79.0 F)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Indianola 1SW	United States	Record high minimum temperature	26.1 C (79.0 F)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Magnolia	United States	Record high minimum temperature	25.6 C (78.1 F)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Arnsberg	Germany	Record low minimum temperature	6.0 C (42.8 F)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Taranagar (Reni)	India	Record daily precipitation	57.4 mm (2.3 in)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Hasanpur	India	Record daily precipitation	71.1 mm (2.8 in)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Svyatoy Nos;Cape(Closed)	Russia	Record daily precipitation	26.3 mm (1.0 in)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Geneva	United States	Record high minimum temperature	26.1 C (79.0 F)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Itaporanga Dajuda	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	26.1 mm (1.0 in)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Chaplin	Canada	Record low minimum temperature	3.3 C (37.9 F)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Gobindpur	India	Record daily precipitation	50.3 mm (2.0 in)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Banswara	India	Record daily precipitation	81.3 mm (3.2 in)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Karkaralinsk	Kazakhstan	Record daily precipitation	86.0 mm (3.4 in)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Morrison	United States	Record daily precipitation	34.3 mm (1.4 in)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Washington	United States	Record high maximum temperature	37.8 C (100.0 F)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Princeton	United States	Record high maximum temperature	39.4 C (102.9 F)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Russellville	United States	Record high maximum temperature	37.8 C (100.0 F)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Maryville 2E	United States	Record high minimum temperature	25.6 C (78.1 F)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Tecumseh 1S	United States	Record high maximum temperature	40.6 C (105.1 F)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Brodhead Wwtp	United States	Record daily precipitation	43.2 mm (1.7 in)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Idaho Springs	United States	Record daily precipitation	19.8 mm (0.8 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Stockdill Rch	United States	Record daily precipitation	12.7 mm (0.5 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Drevja	Norway	Record daily precipitation	22.6 mm (0.9 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Woodstock	Canada	Record daily precipitation	15.2 mm (0.6 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Waterloo	United States	Record daily precipitation	14.7 mm (0.6 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Skjomen	Norway	Record daily precipitation	16.1 mm (0.6 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

388 records

Records set or tied on 1 August 1942 by type: Highest daily maximum 90, Lowest daily maximum 13, Highest daily minimum 128, Lowest daily minimum 28, Heaviest daily rainfall 128, Deepest snow cover 1.

Records on 1 August 1942 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	90
Lowest daily maximum	13
Highest daily minimum	128
Lowest daily minimum	28
Heaviest daily rainfall	128
Heaviest daily snowfall	0
Deepest snow cover	1

Records on 1 August 1942 by timescale: all-time 1, monthly 9, daily 378.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

287 broken records

Margins by which the 287 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 190.0. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

1 August 1942

Top 20 records on 1 August 1942 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
1 August 1942	Black Lake, US	monthly rain	102.9 mm (4.1 in)	58.7 mm (2.3 in)	14 years	57 of 100 (Notable)
1 August 1942	Cooperstown, US	daily rain	61.2 mm (2.4 in)	43.9 mm (1.7 in)	43 years	54 of 100 (Notable)
1 August 1942	Dahej, IN	daily rain	133.9 mm (5.3 in)	90.7 mm (3.6 in)	32 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
1 August 1942	Norddal, NO	monthly snow depth	19.0 cm (7.5 in)	19.0 cm (7.5 in)	46 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
1 August 1942	Bowie, US	daily rain	50.8 mm (2.0 in)	29.2 mm (1.1 in)	36 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
1 August 1942	Mohanpur, IN	daily rain	204.2 mm (8.0 in)	154.7 mm (6.1 in)	1 year	44 of 100 (Notable)
1 August 1942	Sulitjelma, NO	daily rain	30.2 mm (1.2 in)	16.8 mm (0.7 in)	28 years	42 of 100 (Notable)
1 August 1942	Nimarana, IN	daily rain	111.0 mm (4.4 in)	62.2 mm (2.4 in)	16 years	41 of 100 (Notable)
1 August 1942	Austin #2, US	all-time high min	27.8 C (82.0 F)	0.6 C (1.1 F)	46 years	39 of 100 (Notable)
1 August 1942	Ankleshwar, IN	daily rain	87.6 mm (3.4 in)	50.3 mm (2.0 in)	32 years	38 of 100 (Notable)
1 August 1942	Valod, IN	daily rain	81.3 mm (3.2 in)	54.6 mm (2.1 in)	32 years	38 of 100 (Notable)
1 August 1942	Rajpipla(Nandod), IN	daily rain	66.5 mm (2.6 in)	42.4 mm (1.7 in)	32 years	34 of 100 (Routine)
1 August 1942	Jalalpur, IN	daily rain	103.4 mm (4.1 in)	56.2 mm (2.2 in)	8 years	34 of 100 (Routine)
1 August 1942	Himatnagar, IN	daily rain	127.0 mm (5.0 in)	50.3 mm (2.0 in)	39 years	34 of 100 (Routine)
1 August 1942	Turigaria (Kaira), IN	daily rain	111.8 mm (4.4 in)	54.4 mm (2.1 in)	13 years	34 of 100 (Routine)
1 August 1942	Kapadvanj, IN	daily rain	129.5 mm (5.1 in)	44.9 mm (1.8 in)	39 years	33 of 100 (Routine)
1 August 1942	West Newton, US	daily rain	41.9 mm (1.6 in)	13.5 mm (0.5 in)	48 years	30 of 100 (Routine)
1 August 1942	Ft Myers Page Fld AP, US	daily low min	19.4 C (66.9 F)	1.7 C (3.1 F)	32 years	30 of 100 (Routine)
1 August 1942	Grand Meadow, US	daily rain	60.5 mm (2.4 in)	34.3 mm (1.4 in)	11 years	29 of 100 (Routine)
1 August 1942	Borsad, IN	daily rain	59.2 mm (2.3 in)	35.1 mm (1.4 in)	29 years	28 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

1797 to 1942

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1797 to 1942. 1942 had 388 records.

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

Records on 08-01 in each year
Year	Records
1797	1
1816	2
1829	1
1833	1
1834	2
1836	1
1838	1
1842	1
1851	1
1856	1
1858	3
1859	1
1861	1
1862	1
1863	1
1865	1
1868	1
1869	2
1873	1
1874	1
1875	3
1876	1
1878	1
1879	1
1881	3
1883	1
1886	2
1887	1
1890	1
1891	7
1892	4
1893	3
1894	1
1895	3
1896	4
1897	2
1898	3
1899	1
1900	1
1901	3
1902	5
1903	19
1904	10
1905	12
1906	18
1907	13
1908	18
1909	15
1910	30
1911	46
1912	49
1913	25
1914	17
1915	49
1916	16
1917	108
1918	55
1919	32
1920	101
1921	87
1922	44
1923	203
1924	93
1925	281
1926	252
1927	266
1928	132
1929	161
1930	252
1931	362
1932	408
1933	487
1934	448
1935	547
1936	636
1937	492
1938	523
1939	335
1940	333
1941	341
1942	388
1943	398
1944	410
1945	975
1946	336
1947	401
1948	354
1949	324
1950	552
1951	420
1952	391
1953	565
1954	462
1955	796
1956	441
1957	270
1958	389
1959	352
1960	677
1961	404
1962	602
1963	270
1964	883
1965	669
1966	383
1967	250
1968	625
1969	453
1970	482
1971	1,135
1972	609
1973	766
1974	526
1975	915
1976	886
1977	636
1978	706
1979	580
1980	906
1981	668
1982	742
1983	931
1984	532
1985	987
1986	846
1987	999
1988	880
1989	1,301
1990	927
1991	740
1992	1,024
1993	907
1994	1,217
1995	1,513
1996	1,118
1997	904
1998	1,281
1999	1,707
2000	1,020
2001	1,079
2002	1,249
2003	1,155
2004	740
2005	878
2006	1,655
2007	746
2008	795
2009	932
2010	1,182
2011	1,191
2012	850
2013	542
2014	853
2015	864
2016	499
2017	758
2018	987
2019	479
2020	838
2021	1,009
2022	915
2023	627
2024	879
2025	785
2026	1,085

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Data for records on 1942-08-01: 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 25	263
25 to 50	13
50 to 75	8
75 to 100	1
100 to 125	0
125 to 150	0
150 to 175	1
175 to 200	1