Weather Records on 7 August 1942

340 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 7 August 1942. Highest significance: Bloomingdale, US.

Key Facts for 7 August 1942

On 7 August 1942, 340 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
83 were record highs and 117 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 0 were all-time records, 5 monthly and 335 daily.
Bloomingdale set a daily record precipitation of 71.6 mm (2.8 in) on 7 August 1942.
Across 163 earlier years (1808 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 471 records.

Record Map

340 stations

340 station records on 7 August 1942 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 7 August 1942: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Bloomingdale	United States	Record daily precipitation	71.6 mm (2.8 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Mahendraganj	India	Record daily precipitation	212.6 mm (8.4 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Ft Sumner	United States	Record daily precipitation	72.1 mm (2.8 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Agassiz Cda	Canada	Record high minimum temperature	23.3 C (73.9 F)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Malin Head	Ireland	Record daily precipitation	27.0 mm (1.1 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Vayalpad	India	Record daily precipitation	39.4 mm (1.6 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Sonari	India	Record daily precipitation	106.2 mm (4.2 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
S Haven	United States	Record daily precipitation	46.5 mm (1.8 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Karlsruhe	Germany	Record low minimum temperature	5.2 C (41.4 F)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Jonesboro 3 SSE	United States	Record daily precipitation	46.7 mm (1.8 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Shelbyville Sewage Plt	United States	Record daily precipitation	70.1 mm (2.8 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Albion	United States	Record daily precipitation	45.2 mm (1.8 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Charlotte	United States	Record daily precipitation	26.4 mm (1.0 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Blaine	United States	Record high maximum temperature	30.6 C (87.1 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Winamac 2SSE	United States	Record daily precipitation	26.2 mm (1.0 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Sycamore	United States	Record daily precipitation	55.9 mm (2.2 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Benton City 2 NW	United States	Record high minimum temperature	23.9 C (75.0 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Hope Little Mountain	Canada	Record high minimum temperature	20.6 C (69.1 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Plauen	Germany	Record low minimum temperature	4.5 C (40.1 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Sadiya India	India	Record daily precipitation	127.0 mm (5.0 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Ft Deposit	United States	Record daily precipitation	71.9 mm (2.8 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Chemnitz	Germany	Record low minimum temperature	5.2 C (41.4 F)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Azimganj	India	Record daily precipitation	97.0 mm (3.8 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Burlington	United States	Record daily precipitation	41.1 mm (1.6 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Charlottesville 2W	United States	Record daily precipitation	58.4 mm (2.3 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Orebro	Sweden	Record low minimum temperature	5.0 C (41.0 F)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Ketchikan AP	United States	Record high maximum temperature	31.1 C (88.0 F)	26 of 100 (Routine)
San Simon 5 NW	United States	Record daily precipitation	26.2 mm (1.0 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Ft Wayne Maumee	United States	Record daily precipitation	45.2 mm (1.8 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Trenton	United States	Record daily precipitation	28.4 mm (1.1 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Vancouver Pmo	Canada	Record high maximum temperature	32.2 C (90.0 F)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Weissenburg	Germany	Record low minimum temperature	3.5 C (38.3 F)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Camp Hill 2NW	United States	Record low minimum temperature	15.6 C (60.1 F)	24 of 100 (Routine)
San Simon	United States	Record daily precipitation	26.2 mm (1.0 in)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Hilliard	United States	Record daily precipitation	56.4 mm (2.2 in)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Coldwater	United States	Record daily precipitation	39.1 mm (1.5 in)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Mellette 4 W	United States	Record daily precipitation	29.0 mm (1.1 in)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Lexington	United States	Record low maximum temperature	23.9 C (75.0 F)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Waupaca	United States	Record low maximum temperature	19.4 C (66.9 F)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Barduar	India	Record daily precipitation	111.5 mm (4.4 in)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Karlstad	Sweden	Record low minimum temperature	5.9 C (42.6 F)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Columbus	United States	Record daily precipitation	41.9 mm (1.6 in)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Vashon Island	United States	Record high maximum temperature	31.1 C (88.0 F)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Quatsino	Canada	Record high maximum temperature	28.9 C (84.0 F)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Stuttgart-Stadt	Germany	Record low minimum temperature	4.6 C (40.3 F)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Osijek	Croatia	Record low maximum temperature	17.2 C (63.0 F)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Corning	United States	Record daily precipitation	39.9 mm (1.6 in)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Meeker	United States	Record high maximum temperature	34.4 C (93.9 F)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Black Rock	United States	Record low maximum temperature	21.7 C (71.1 F)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Mount Gambier Post Office	Australia	Record low maximum temperature	8.2 C (46.8 F)	21 of 100 (Routine)
New Westminster	Canada	Record high minimum temperature	15.6 C (60.1 F)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Vancouver Pmo	Canada	Record high minimum temperature	16.7 C (62.1 F)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Orangajuli	India	Record daily precipitation	82.6 mm (3.3 in)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Golaghat	India	Record daily precipitation	71.1 mm (2.8 in)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Marsrakh	India	Record daily precipitation	102.1 mm (4.0 in)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Potkabari	India	Record daily precipitation	95.0 mm (3.7 in)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Walnut	United States	Record daily precipitation	51.1 mm (2.0 in)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Charlottesville 2W	United States	Record low maximum temperature	21.7 C (71.1 F)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Jakutsk	Russia	Record daily precipitation	21.2 mm (0.8 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Tuba City	United States	Record daily precipitation	14.2 mm (0.6 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

340 records

Records set or tied on 7 August 1942 by type: Highest daily maximum 35, Lowest daily maximum 60, Highest daily minimum 48, Lowest daily minimum 57, Heaviest daily rainfall 139, Deepest snow cover 1.

Records on 7 August 1942 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	35
Lowest daily maximum	60
Highest daily minimum	48
Lowest daily minimum	57
Heaviest daily rainfall	139
Heaviest daily snowfall	0
Deepest snow cover	1

Records on 7 August 1942 by timescale: all-time 0, monthly 5, daily 335.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

250 broken records

Margins by which the 250 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 149.1. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

7 August 1942

Top 20 records on 7 August 1942 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
7 August 1942	Bloomingdale, US	daily rain	71.6 mm (2.8 in)	62.7 mm (2.5 in)	36 years	53 of 100 (Notable)
7 August 1942	Mahendraganj, IN	daily rain	212.6 mm (8.4 in)	149.1 mm (5.9 in)	32 years	52 of 100 (Notable)
7 August 1942	Ft Sumner, US	daily rain	72.1 mm (2.8 in)	64.5 mm (2.5 in)	13 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
7 August 1942	Agassiz Cda, CA	daily high min	23.3 C (73.9 F)	8.3 C (14.9 F)	13 years	39 of 100 (Notable)
7 August 1942	Malin Head, IE	daily rain	27.0 mm (1.1 in)	14.6 mm (0.6 in)	15 years	37 of 100 (Notable)
7 August 1942	Vayalpad, IN	daily rain	39.4 mm (1.6 in)	34.1 mm (1.3 in)	16 years	37 of 100 (Notable)
7 August 1942	Sonari, IN	daily rain	106.2 mm (4.2 in)	43.2 mm (1.7 in)	37 years	37 of 100 (Notable)
7 August 1942	S Haven, US	daily rain	46.5 mm (1.8 in)	30.5 mm (1.2 in)	28 years	37 of 100 (Notable)
7 August 1942	Karlsruhe, DE	daily low min	5.2 C (41.4 F)	3.8 C (6.8 F)	53 years	36 of 100 (Notable)
7 August 1942	Jonesboro 3 SSE, US	daily rain	46.7 mm (1.8 in)	25.1 mm (1.0 in)	43 years	36 of 100 (Notable)
7 August 1942	Shelbyville Sewage Plt, US	monthly rain	70.1 mm (2.8 in)	12.7 mm (0.5 in)	27 years	33 of 100 (Routine)
7 August 1942	Albion, US	daily rain	45.2 mm (1.8 in)	23.9 mm (0.9 in)	24 years	32 of 100 (Routine)
7 August 1942	Charlotte, US	daily rain	26.4 mm (1.0 in)	18.8 mm (0.7 in)	40 years	32 of 100 (Routine)
7 August 1942	Blaine, US	daily high max	30.6 C (87.1 F)	4.5 C (8.1 F)	36 years	31 of 100 (Routine)
7 August 1942	Winamac 2SSE, US	daily rain	26.2 mm (1.0 in)	17.6 mm (0.7 in)	43 years	30 of 100 (Routine)
7 August 1942	Sycamore, US	daily rain	55.9 mm (2.2 in)	29.7 mm (1.2 in)	17 years	29 of 100 (Routine)
7 August 1942	Benton City 2 NW, US	daily high min	23.9 C (75.0 F)	5.6 C (10.1 F)	35 years	29 of 100 (Routine)
7 August 1942	Hope Little Mountain, CA	monthly high min	20.6 C (69.1 F)	2.3 C (4.1 F)	19 years	28 of 100 (Routine)
7 August 1942	Plauen, DE	daily low min	4.5 C (40.1 F)	1.5 C (2.7 F)	57 years	28 of 100 (Routine)
7 August 1942	Sadiya India, IN	daily rain	127.0 mm (5.0 in)	48.8 mm (1.9 in)	17 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

1808 to 1942

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1808 to 1942. 1942 had 340 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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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 20	230
20 to 40	14
40 to 60	3
60 to 80	2
80 to 100	0
100 to 120	0
120 to 140	0
140 to 160	1