Weather Records on 8 August 1942

614 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 8 August 1942. Highest significance: Sibasa, ZA.

Key Facts for 8 August 1942

On 8 August 1942, 614 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
69 were record highs and 111 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 2 were all-time records, 8 monthly and 604 daily.
Sibasa set a monthly record daily precipitation of 132.1 mm (5.2 in) on 8 August 1942.
Across 162 earlier years (1793 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 467 records.

Record Map

614 stations

614 station records on 8 August 1942 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 8 August 1942: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Sibasa	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	132.1 mm (5.2 in)	60 of 100 (Major)
Tshakhuma	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	109.2 mm (4.3 in)	58 of 100 (Notable)
Ottapidaram	India	Record daily precipitation	53.3 mm (2.1 in)	56 of 100 (Notable)
Bowie	United States	Record daily precipitation	50.8 mm (2.0 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Richmond	United States	Record daily precipitation	78.7 mm (3.1 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Sidlaghatta	India	Record daily precipitation	110.5 mm (4.4 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Roodekuil	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	59.7 mm (2.4 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Stirling	Australia	Record daily precipitation	57.9 mm (2.3 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Williamstown	Australia	Record daily precipitation	37.3 mm (1.5 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Baunsi	India	Record daily precipitation	236.7 mm (9.3 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Washington	United States	Record daily precipitation	102.4 mm (4.0 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Belair (Kalyra)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	34.3 mm (1.4 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Piler(Pileru)	India	Record daily precipitation	82.6 mm (3.3 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Keyneton	Australia	Record daily precipitation	34.0 mm (1.3 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Darbys Falls (Riverslea)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	40.6 mm (1.6 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Rayachoti	India	Record daily precipitation	57.2 mm (2.3 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Lake Leake (Kooeeyong)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	32.0 mm (1.3 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Suri	India	Record daily precipitation	177.8 mm (7.0 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Devon (Pol)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	28.4 mm (1.1 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
White Cliffs	United States	Record daily precipitation	71.1 mm (2.8 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Austin #2	United States	Record low maximum temperature	13.3 C (55.9 F)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Hahndorf	Australia	Record daily precipitation	40.1 mm (1.6 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Lewisburg 3 N	United States	Record daily precipitation	46.5 mm (1.8 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Sankarankoil	India	Record daily precipitation	31.2 mm (1.2 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Azimganj	India	Record daily precipitation	95.8 mm (3.8 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Nelamangala	India	Record daily precipitation	73.7 mm (2.9 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Villa Nora (Pol)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	43.4 mm (1.7 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Ft Ripley	United States	Record daily precipitation	96.0 mm (3.8 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Watervale	Australia	Record daily precipitation	28.4 mm (1.1 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Quantico 1 S	United States	Record daily precipitation	101.3 mm (4.0 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Mount Pleasant	Australia	Record daily precipitation	27.4 mm (1.1 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Helena	United States	Record daily precipitation	58.9 mm (2.3 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Purcellville	United States	Record daily precipitation	52.3 mm (2.1 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Marlinton	United States	Record daily precipitation	81.3 mm (3.2 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Uraidla	Australia	Record daily precipitation	43.2 mm (1.7 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Barharwa	India	Record daily precipitation	114.3 mm (4.5 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Chickballapur	India	Record daily precipitation	67.3 mm (2.6 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Watervale (Springvale)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	26.7 mm (1.1 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Cherry Gardens	Australia	Record daily precipitation	40.6 mm (1.6 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Mount McIntyre	Australia	Record daily precipitation	35.6 mm (1.4 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Munchen-Nymphenburg	Germany	Record low minimum temperature	5.0 C (41.0 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Tiptur	India	Record daily precipitation	35.8 mm (1.4 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Culpeper	United States	Record daily precipitation	71.1 mm (2.8 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Baltimore Customs House	United States	Record daily precipitation	62.0 mm (2.4 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Woodside	Australia	Record daily precipitation	39.9 mm (1.6 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Fulton	United States	Record daily precipitation	63.5 mm (2.5 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Searcy	United States	Record daily precipitation	38.4 mm (1.5 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Trenton 2	United States	Record low maximum temperature	21.7 C (71.1 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Charlottesville 2W	United States	Record daily precipitation	114.3 mm (4.5 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Seward AP	United States	Record daily precipitation	64.3 mm (2.5 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Arkadelphia 2 N	United States	Record daily precipitation	73.7 mm (2.9 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Millington 3 SE	United States	Record daily precipitation	38.6 mm (1.5 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Dale Enterprise	United States	Record daily precipitation	69.9 mm (2.8 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Philadelphia City	United States	Record low maximum temperature	20.6 C (69.1 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Bridgewater	Australia	Record daily precipitation	54.1 mm (2.1 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Gumeracha	Australia	Record daily precipitation	31.0 mm (1.2 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Martenshoop (Pol)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	33.3 mm (1.3 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Berhampore	India	Record daily precipitation	91.9 mm (3.6 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Takoma Park # 1	United States	Record low maximum temperature	20.0 C (68.0 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Texarkana Webb Fld	United States	Record daily precipitation	46.7 mm (1.8 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

614 records

Records set or tied on 8 August 1942 by type: Highest daily maximum 40, Lowest daily maximum 74, Highest daily minimum 29, Lowest daily minimum 37, Heaviest daily rainfall 434.

Records on 8 August 1942 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	40
Lowest daily maximum	74
Highest daily minimum	29
Lowest daily minimum	37
Heaviest daily rainfall	434
Heaviest daily snowfall	0
Deepest snow cover	0

Records on 8 August 1942 by timescale: all-time 2, monthly 8, daily 604.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

539 broken records

Margins by which the 539 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 94.0. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

8 August 1942

Top 20 records on 8 August 1942 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
8 August 1942	Sibasa, ZA	monthly rain	132.1 mm (5.2 in)	94.0 mm (3.7 in)	24 years	60 of 100 (Major)
8 August 1942	Tshakhuma, ZA	monthly rain	109.2 mm (4.3 in)	66.5 mm (2.6 in)	17 years	58 of 100 (Notable)
8 August 1942	Ottapidaram, IN	daily rain	53.3 mm (2.1 in)	53.3 mm (2.1 in)	40 years	56 of 100 (Notable)
8 August 1942	Bowie, US	daily rain	50.8 mm (2.0 in)	35.6 mm (1.4 in)	40 years	54 of 100 (Notable)
8 August 1942	Richmond, US	daily rain	78.7 mm (3.1 in)	42.6 mm (1.7 in)	43 years	52 of 100 (Notable)
8 August 1942	Sidlaghatta, IN	daily rain	110.5 mm (4.4 in)	78.0 mm (3.1 in)	25 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
8 August 1942	Roodekuil, ZA	daily rain	59.7 mm (2.4 in)	53.3 mm (2.1 in)	28 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
8 August 1942	Stirling, AU	daily rain	57.9 mm (2.3 in)	32.2 mm (1.3 in)	49 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
8 August 1942	Williamstown, AU	daily rain	37.3 mm (1.5 in)	25.6 mm (1.0 in)	32 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
8 August 1942	Baunsi, IN	all-time rain	236.7 mm (9.3 in)	46.2 mm (1.8 in)	12 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
8 August 1942	Washington, US	daily rain	102.4 mm (4.0 in)	81.8 mm (3.2 in)	4 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
8 August 1942	Belair (Kalyra), AU	daily rain	34.3 mm (1.4 in)	22.9 mm (0.9 in)	42 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
8 August 1942	Piler(Pileru), IN	daily rain	82.6 mm (3.3 in)	71.2 mm (2.8 in)	4 years	44 of 100 (Notable)
8 August 1942	Keyneton, AU	daily rain	34.0 mm (1.3 in)	25.9 mm (1.0 in)	8 years	42 of 100 (Notable)
8 August 1942	Darbys Falls (Riverslea), AU	daily rain	40.6 mm (1.6 in)	26.9 mm (1.1 in)	4 years	42 of 100 (Notable)
8 August 1942	Rayachoti, IN	daily rain	57.2 mm (2.3 in)	43.2 mm (1.7 in)	16 years	42 of 100 (Notable)
8 August 1942	Lake Leake (Kooeeyong), AU	daily rain	32.0 mm (1.3 in)	19.3 mm (0.8 in)	12 years	41 of 100 (Notable)
8 August 1942	Suri, IN	monthly rain	177.8 mm (7.0 in)	31.2 mm (1.2 in)	32 years	41 of 100 (Notable)
8 August 1942	Devon (Pol), ZA	daily rain	28.4 mm (1.1 in)	28.4 mm (1.1 in)	33 years	41 of 100 (Notable)
8 August 1942	White Cliffs, US	daily rain	71.1 mm (2.8 in)	49.5 mm (1.9 in)	29 years	41 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

1793 to 1942

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1793 to 1942. 1942 had 614 records.

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

Records on 08-08 in each year
Year	Records
1793	1
1798	1
1800	1
1808	3
1815	1
1833	1
1843	1
1844	2
1845	1
1854	1
1859	3
1860	1
1861	1
1863	1
1865	1
1868	2
1869	1
1871	1
1873	3
1875	2
1876	2
1877	1
1878	1
1879	2
1880	1
1884	3
1888	3
1890	2
1891	1
1892	2
1893	1
1895	8
1896	2
1897	5
1898	10
1899	8
1900	11
1901	2
1902	2
1903	20
1904	13
1905	7
1906	9
1907	9
1908	13
1909	34
1910	5
1911	38
1912	57
1913	28
1914	7
1915	47
1916	39
1917	35
1918	160
1919	28
1920	138
1921	42
1922	74
1923	70
1924	99
1925	149
1926	190
1927	278
1928	252
1929	166
1930	801
1931	318
1932	234
1933	228
1934	734
1935	508
1936	359
1937	362
1938	855
1939	671
1940	333
1941	324
1942	614
1943	512
1944	352
1945	572
1946	349
1947	442
1948	543
1949	675
1950	516
1951	513
1952	305
1953	393
1954	558
1955	537
1956	273
1957	517
1958	496
1959	470
1960	399
1961	270
1962	567
1963	601
1964	467
1965	520
1966	598
1967	432
1968	868
1969	584
1970	703
1971	646
1972	1,073
1973	446
1974	726
1975	1,041
1976	1,202
1977	607
1978	976
1979	466
1980	919
1981	964
1982	711
1983	1,110
1984	619
1985	726
1986	575
1987	861
1988	733
1989	2,398
1990	1,124
1991	1,230
1992	1,267
1993	654
1994	1,009
1995	1,503
1996	814
1997	1,381
1998	1,304
1999	1,248
2000	961
2001	1,557
2002	1,059
2003	1,432
2004	1,115
2005	882
2006	842
2007	1,660
2008	834
2009	1,112
2010	1,254
2011	1,256
2012	754
2013	841
2014	542
2015	835
2016	560
2017	831
2018	731
2019	722
2020	894
2021	502
2022	711
2023	979
2024	774
2025	752
2026	1,000

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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	483
20 to 40	38
40 to 60	11
60 to 80	5
80 to 100	2