Weather Records on 1 August 1943

398 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 1 August 1943. Highest significance: Deogarh (Bamra), IN.

Key Facts for 1 August 1943

On 1 August 1943, 398 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
196 were record highs and 22 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 4 were all-time records, 19 monthly and 375 daily.
Deogarh (Bamra) set an all-time record daily precipitation of 330.2 mm (13.0 in) on 1 August 1943.
Across 164 earlier years (1797 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 441 records.

Record Map

398 stations

398 station records on 1 August 1943 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 1 August 1943: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Deogarh (Bamra)	India	Record daily precipitation	330.2 mm (13.0 in)	56 of 100 (Notable)
Karanjia	India	Record daily precipitation	297.2 mm (11.7 in)	55 of 100 (Notable)
Basudevpur (Eram)	India	Record daily precipitation	199.9 mm (7.9 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Olathe 3E	United States	Record daily precipitation	103.1 mm (4.1 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Chendipada	India	Record daily precipitation	166.6 mm (6.6 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Uccle	Belgium	Record high minimum temperature	20.5 C (68.9 F)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Sheohar	India	Record daily precipitation	167.6 mm (6.6 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Port Fairy (Griffiths Island)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	26.7 mm (1.1 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Dartmoor	Australia	Record daily precipitation	32.8 mm (1.3 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Lexington 3E	United States	Record daily precipitation	58.2 mm (2.3 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Highland Home	United States	Record daily precipitation	83.3 mm (3.3 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Lawrence	United States	Record daily precipitation	81.5 mm (3.2 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Logan	United States	Record high minimum temperature	26.7 C (80.1 F)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Lake Leake (Kooeeyong)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	38.4 mm (1.5 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Hindol	India	Record daily precipitation	151.9 mm (6.0 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Raiford State Prison	United States	Record daily precipitation	96.3 mm (3.8 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Cape Northumberland	Australia	Record daily precipitation	38.1 mm (1.5 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
West Wyalong (Tallimbalong)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	28.4 mm (1.1 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Katbari	India	Record daily precipitation	141.2 mm (5.6 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Robe Comparison	Australia	Record daily precipitation	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Jackson	United States	Record daily precipitation	49.3 mm (1.9 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Purankot	India	Record daily precipitation	95.8 mm (3.8 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Big Creek	Canada	Record high minimum temperature	15.6 C (60.1 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Leipzig-Holzhausen	Germany	Record high maximum temperature	36.0 C (96.8 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Baudhgarh	India	Record daily precipitation	143.5 mm (5.6 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Caruthersville	United States	Record daily precipitation	39.4 mm (1.6 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Aachen	Germany	Record high minimum temperature	22.7 C (72.9 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Jagnathpur	India	Record daily precipitation	110.0 mm (4.3 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Nairne	Australia	Record daily precipitation	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Vestervig	Denmark	Record high maximum temperature	30.4 C (86.7 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Hiranpur	India	Record daily precipitation	113.5 mm (4.5 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Clausthal-Zellerfeld	Germany	Record high maximum temperature	29.8 C (85.6 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Hamburg Fuhlsbuettel	Germany	Record high maximum temperature	34.7 C (94.5 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Balasore	India	Record daily precipitation	109.2 mm (4.3 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Mount McIntyre	Australia	Record daily precipitation	30.0 mm (1.2 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Jena Sternwarte	Germany	Record high maximum temperature	36.0 C (96.8 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Puri	India	Record daily precipitation	69.9 mm (2.8 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Nayagarh	India	Record daily precipitation	78.7 mm (3.1 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Augsburg (Sankt Stephan)	Germany	Record high maximum temperature	32.0 C (89.6 F)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Angul	India	Record daily precipitation	87.1 mm (3.4 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Nevada Wtp	United States	Record daily precipitation	49.3 mm (1.9 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Raj-Nilgiri	India	Record daily precipitation	178.1 mm (7.0 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Korai	India	Record daily precipitation	83.3 mm (3.3 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Ranpur	India	Record daily precipitation	106.7 mm (4.2 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Cape Girardeau	United States	Record daily precipitation	51.3 mm (2.0 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Marble Hill	United States	Record daily precipitation	33.0 mm (1.3 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Mackay Post Office	Australia	Record high maximum temperature	27.8 C (82.0 F)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Gorlitz	Germany	Record high maximum temperature	33.0 C (91.4 F)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Husum	Germany	Record high maximum temperature	34.2 C (93.6 F)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Lubeck-Werft	Germany	Record high maximum temperature	34.0 C (93.2 F)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Weissenburg	Germany	Record high maximum temperature	31.6 C (88.9 F)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Ft Scott	United States	Record daily precipitation	61.7 mm (2.4 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Bridgetown Comparison	Australia	Record low maximum temperature	9.5 C (49.1 F)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Puralka	Australia	Record daily precipitation	37.8 mm (1.5 in)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Munchen-Nymphenburg	Germany	Record high maximum temperature	31.5 C (88.7 F)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Waren	Germany	Record high maximum temperature	35.2 C (95.4 F)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Athmalik	India	Record daily precipitation	144.8 mm (5.7 in)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Bradford	United Kingdom	Record high minimum temperature	17.2 C (63.0 F)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Garnett 1 E	United States	Record daily precipitation	46.5 mm (1.8 in)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Snowville	United States	Record high minimum temperature	22.2 C (72.0 F)	24 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

398 records

Records set or tied on 1 August 1943 by type: Highest daily maximum 92, Lowest daily maximum 14, Highest daily minimum 104, Lowest daily minimum 8, Heaviest daily rainfall 180.

Records on 1 August 1943 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	92
Lowest daily maximum	14
Highest daily minimum	104
Lowest daily minimum	8
Heaviest daily rainfall	180
Heaviest daily snowfall	0
Deepest snow cover	0

Records on 1 August 1943 by timescale: all-time 4, monthly 19, daily 375.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

325 broken records

Margins by which the 325 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 120.7. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

1 August 1943

Top 20 records on 1 August 1943 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
1 August 1943	Deogarh (Bamra), IN	all-time rain	330.2 mm (13.0 in)	76.2 mm (3.0 in)	6 years	56 of 100 (Notable)
1 August 1943	Karanjia, IN	monthly rain	297.2 mm (11.7 in)	80.5 mm (3.2 in)	29 years	55 of 100 (Notable)
1 August 1943	Basudevpur (Eram), IN	daily rain	199.9 mm (7.9 in)	120.7 mm (4.8 in)	33 years	54 of 100 (Notable)
1 August 1943	Olathe 3E, US	daily rain	103.1 mm (4.1 in)	65.0 mm (2.6 in)	48 years	53 of 100 (Notable)
1 August 1943	Chendipada, IN	daily rain	166.6 mm (6.6 in)	94.5 mm (3.7 in)	28 years	52 of 100 (Notable)
1 August 1943	Uccle, BE	daily high min	20.5 C (68.9 F)	2.6 C (4.7 F)	108 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
1 August 1943	Sheohar, IN	daily rain	167.6 mm (6.6 in)	109.2 mm (4.3 in)	20 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
1 August 1943	Port Fairy (Griffiths Island), AU	daily rain	26.7 mm (1.1 in)	9.4 mm (0.37 in)	52 years	41 of 100 (Notable)
1 August 1943	Dartmoor, AU	daily rain	32.8 mm (1.3 in)	12.2 mm (0.5 in)	47 years	40 of 100 (Notable)
1 August 1943	Lexington 3E, US	daily rain	58.2 mm (2.3 in)	42.7 mm (1.7 in)	16 years	40 of 100 (Notable)
1 August 1943	Highland Home, US	daily rain	83.3 mm (3.3 in)	33.8 mm (1.3 in)	49 years	39 of 100 (Notable)
1 August 1943	Lawrence, US	daily rain	81.5 mm (3.2 in)	42.6 mm (1.7 in)	22 years	39 of 100 (Notable)
1 August 1943	Logan, US	all-time high min	26.7 C (80.1 F)	1.7 C (3.1 F)	34 years	39 of 100 (Notable)
1 August 1943	Lake Leake (Kooeeyong), AU	daily rain	38.4 mm (1.5 in)	14.3 mm (0.6 in)	32 years	38 of 100 (Notable)
1 August 1943	Hindol, IN	daily rain	151.9 mm (6.0 in)	52.1 mm (2.1 in)	40 years	38 of 100 (Notable)
1 August 1943	Raiford State Prison, US	daily rain	96.3 mm (3.8 in)	46.0 mm (1.8 in)	32 years	38 of 100 (Notable)
1 August 1943	Cape Northumberland, AU	daily rain	38.1 mm (1.5 in)	11.2 mm (0.4 in)	32 years	37 of 100 (Notable)
1 August 1943	West Wyalong (Tallimbalong), AU	daily rain	28.4 mm (1.1 in)	8.1 mm (0.32 in)	56 years	37 of 100 (Notable)
1 August 1943	Katbari, IN	daily rain	141.2 mm (5.6 in)	65.3 mm (2.6 in)	20 years	37 of 100 (Notable)
1 August 1943	Robe Comparison, AU	daily rain	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	5.8 mm (0.23 in)	53 years	35 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 1943

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1797 to 1943. 1943 had 398 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 1943-08-01: 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 20	285
20 to 40	25
40 to 60	6
60 to 80	5
80 to 100	2
100 to 120	1
120 to 140	1