Weather Records on 15 August 1943

426 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 15 August 1943. Highest significance: Graz, AT.

Key Facts for 15 August 1943

On 15 August 1943, 426 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
231 were record highs and 62 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 3 were all-time records, 6 monthly and 417 daily.
Graz set a daily record precipitation of 56.8 mm (2.2 in) on 15 August 1943.
Across 168 earlier years (1793 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 455 records.

Record Map

426 stations

426 station records on 15 August 1943 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 15 August 1943: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Graz	Austria	Record daily precipitation	56.8 mm (2.2 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Azimganj	India	Record daily precipitation	96.5 mm (3.8 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Barsoe	India	Record daily precipitation	139.7 mm (5.5 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Gage	United States	Record daily precipitation	34.3 mm (1.4 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Lisboa Geofisica	Portugal	Record high maximum temperature	40.3 C (104.5 F)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Wickenburg	United States	Record daily precipitation	50.8 mm (2.0 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Pine Bluff	United States	Record high maximum temperature	44.4 C (111.9 F)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Deland 1 SSE	United States	Record low maximum temperature	25.6 C (78.1 F)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Brockton	United States	Record daily precipitation	33.5 mm (1.3 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Brooksville Chin Hill	United States	Record daily precipitation	55.9 mm (2.2 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Eustis 2 S	United States	Record daily precipitation	49.5 mm (1.9 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Gondwara(Kohra)	India	Record daily precipitation	190.2 mm (7.5 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Wokha	India	Record daily precipitation	90.9 mm (3.6 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Ocala	United States	Record low maximum temperature	25.6 C (78.1 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Daflating	India	Record daily precipitation	99.1 mm (3.9 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Aonla	India	Record daily precipitation	83.6 mm (3.3 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Coimbra	Portugal	Record high maximum temperature	43.7 C (110.7 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Sonepat	India	Record daily precipitation	52.8 mm (2.1 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Bowie	United States	Record daily precipitation	38.1 mm (1.5 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Saint Leo	United States	Record low maximum temperature	26.1 C (79.0 F)	27 of 100 (Routine)
St Petersburg	United States	Record low maximum temperature	28.3 C (82.9 F)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Yuma Wb City	United States	Record daily precipitation	31.8 mm (1.3 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Jaffirband	India	Record daily precipitation	85.3 mm (3.4 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Booneville	United States	Record high maximum temperature	39.4 C (102.9 F)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Bradenton Exp STN	United States	Record low maximum temperature	28.9 C (84.0 F)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Brooksville Chin Hill	United States	Record low maximum temperature	26.7 C (80.1 F)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Tarpon Spgs Sewage Plt	United States	Record daily precipitation	51.6 mm (2.0 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Auraiya	India	Record daily precipitation	53.6 mm (2.1 in)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Forest City 2 NNE	United States	Record daily precipitation	49.3 mm (1.9 in)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Mankachar	India	Record daily precipitation	88.4 mm (3.5 in)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Samastipur	India	Record daily precipitation	89.9 mm (3.5 in)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Ketty	India	Record daily precipitation	38.1 mm (1.5 in)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Raiford State Prison	United States	Record daily precipitation	41.7 mm (1.6 in)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Clarksdale	United States	Record high maximum temperature	41.7 C (107.1 F)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Hernando	United States	Record high minimum temperature	25.0 C (77.0 F)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Monticello	United States	Record high maximum temperature	39.4 C (102.9 F)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Yazoo City	United States	Record high minimum temperature	25.6 C (78.1 F)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Chapel Hill 2 W	United States	Record high minimum temperature	25.0 C (77.0 F)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Truro Nsac	Canada	Record daily precipitation	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Rajathgarh	India	Record daily precipitation	71.1 mm (2.8 in)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Fayetteville	United States	Record high maximum temperature	40.0 C (104.0 F)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Federal Pt	United States	Record low maximum temperature	29.4 C (84.9 F)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Tarpon Spgs Sewage Plt	United States	Record low maximum temperature	27.8 C (82.0 F)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Batesville	United States	Record high maximum temperature	38.9 C (102.0 F)	22 of 100 (Routine)
State UNIV	United States	Record high maximum temperature	38.3 C (100.9 F)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Silver City	United States	Record daily precipitation	41.7 mm (1.6 in)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Marion	United States	Record high minimum temperature	22.2 C (72.0 F)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Covington 3 SW	United States	Record high maximum temperature	38.9 C (102.0 F)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Farmington	United States	Record high minimum temperature	21.7 C (71.1 F)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Paragonah	United States	Record high minimum temperature	17.2 C (63.0 F)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Williamson	United States	Record high maximum temperature	36.7 C (98.1 F)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Sekoni	India	Record daily precipitation	72.4 mm (2.9 in)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Isabela Substn	Puerto Rico [United States]	Record low maximum temperature	30.0 C (86.0 F)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Brinkley	United States	Record high maximum temperature	41.1 C (106.0 F)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Helena	United States	Record high maximum temperature	39.4 C (102.9 F)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Newport	United States	Record high maximum temperature	40.6 C (105.1 F)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Bainbridge	United States	Record high minimum temperature	23.9 C (75.0 F)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Mt Airy 2 W	United States	Record high minimum temperature	22.8 C (73.0 F)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Kingstree	United States	Record high minimum temperature	26.1 C (79.0 F)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Low Isles Lighthouse	Australia	Record daily precipitation	19.1 mm (0.8 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

426 records

Records set or tied on 15 August 1943 by type: Highest daily maximum 129, Lowest daily maximum 27, Highest daily minimum 102, Lowest daily minimum 35, Heaviest daily rainfall 133.

Records on 15 August 1943 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	129
Lowest daily maximum	27
Highest daily minimum	102
Lowest daily minimum	35
Heaviest daily rainfall	133
Heaviest daily snowfall	0
Deepest snow cover	0

Records on 15 August 1943 by timescale: all-time 3, monthly 6, daily 417.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

307 broken records

Margins by which the 307 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 71.6. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

15 August 1943

Top 20 records on 15 August 1943 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
15 August 1943	Graz, AT	daily rain	56.8 mm (2.2 in)	35.0 mm (1.4 in)	41 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
15 August 1943	Azimganj, IN	daily rain	96.5 mm (3.8 in)	71.6 mm (2.8 in)	28 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
15 August 1943	Barsoe, IN	daily rain	139.7 mm (5.5 in)	63.5 mm (2.5 in)	29 years	40 of 100 (Notable)
15 August 1943	Gage, US	daily rain	34.3 mm (1.4 in)	23.4 mm (0.9 in)	20 years	39 of 100 (Notable)
15 August 1943	Lisboa Geofisica, PT	all-time high max	40.3 C (104.5 F)	0.9 C (1.6 F)	30 years	35 of 100 (Notable)
15 August 1943	Wickenburg, US	daily rain	50.8 mm (2.0 in)	38.1 mm (1.5 in)	5 years	35 of 100 (Notable)
15 August 1943	Pine Bluff, US	all-time high max	44.4 C (111.9 F)	1.1 C (2.0 F)	19 years	34 of 100 (Routine)
15 August 1943	Deland 1 SSE, US	daily low max	25.6 C (78.1 F)	4.4 C (7.9 F)	32 years	34 of 100 (Routine)
15 August 1943	Brockton, US	daily rain	33.5 mm (1.3 in)	18.8 mm (0.7 in)	37 years	34 of 100 (Routine)
15 August 1943	Brooksville Chin Hill, US	daily rain	55.9 mm (2.2 in)	22.1 mm (0.9 in)	50 years	33 of 100 (Routine)
15 August 1943	Eustis 2 S, US	daily rain	49.5 mm (1.9 in)	14.7 mm (0.6 in)	50 years	32 of 100 (Routine)
15 August 1943	Gondwara(Kohra), IN	monthly rain	190.2 mm (7.5 in)	22.6 mm (0.9 in)	24 years	30 of 100 (Routine)
15 August 1943	Wokha, IN	daily rain	90.9 mm (3.6 in)	35.0 mm (1.4 in)	38 years	30 of 100 (Routine)
15 August 1943	Ocala, US	daily low max	25.6 C (78.1 F)	4.4 C (7.9 F)	14 years	30 of 100 (Routine)
15 August 1943	Daflating, IN	daily rain	99.1 mm (3.9 in)	33.1 mm (1.3 in)	28 years	29 of 100 (Routine)
15 August 1943	Aonla, IN	daily rain	83.6 mm (3.3 in)	32.8 mm (1.3 in)	36 years	28 of 100 (Routine)
15 August 1943	Coimbra, PT	all-time high max	43.7 C (110.7 F)	0.8 C (1.4 F)	10 years	28 of 100 (Routine)
15 August 1943	Sonepat, IN	daily rain	52.8 mm (2.1 in)	21.3 mm (0.8 in)	40 years	27 of 100 (Routine)
15 August 1943	Bowie, US	daily rain	38.1 mm (1.5 in)	12.7 mm (0.5 in)	37 years	27 of 100 (Routine)
15 August 1943	Saint Leo, US	daily low max	26.1 C (79.0 F)	3.3 C (5.9 F)	24 years	27 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

1793 to 1943

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1793 to 1943. 1943 had 426 records.

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

Records on 08-15 in each year
Year	Records
1793	2
1802	1
1805	1
1812	1
1821	1
1838	2
1839	1
1841	1
1844	1
1845	3
1852	1
1854	1
1856	1
1858	1
1861	3
1867	1
1868	2
1869	1
1873	2
1875	1
1876	2
1877	1
1878	1
1879	1
1880	3
1881	2
1882	2
1883	1
1884	2
1885	3
1886	1
1887	1
1888	3
1890	2
1891	2
1892	3
1893	3
1895	1
1896	9
1897	3
1898	1
1899	2
1900	6
1901	5
1902	10
1903	5
1904	17
1905	26
1906	8
1907	14
1908	15
1909	30
1910	16
1911	26
1912	34
1913	42
1914	11
1915	26
1916	223
1917	32
1918	23
1919	22
1920	59
1921	55
1922	86
1923	116
1924	220
1925	91
1926	115
1927	223
1928	271
1929	586
1930	274
1931	351
1932	368
1933	268
1934	992
1935	414
1936	867
1937	574
1938	681
1939	450
1940	372
1941	289
1942	377
1943	426
1944	610
1945	433
1946	285
1947	559
1948	366
1949	559
1950	317
1951	597
1952	596
1953	449
1954	481
1955	539
1956	390
1957	355
1958	1,092
1959	515
1960	417
1961	704
1962	1,052
1963	972
1964	1,185
1965	535
1966	340
1967	687
1968	1,002
1969	583
1970	382
1971	899
1972	613
1973	499
1974	512
1975	490
1976	1,345
1977	550
1978	841
1979	1,788
1980	745
1981	588
1982	479
1983	955
1984	622
1985	915
1986	1,283
1987	1,098
1988	1,479
1989	495
1990	758
1991	778
1992	1,638
1993	831
1994	1,073
1995	1,298
1996	929
1997	927
1998	861
1999	956
2000	932
2001	1,254
2002	1,307
2003	1,248
2004	1,424
2005	1,067
2006	923
2007	1,317
2008	964
2009	1,038
2010	1,622
2011	770
2012	654
2013	711
2014	583
2015	759
2016	707
2017	532
2018	328
2019	435
2020	1,327
2021	900
2022	692
2023	1,414
2024	729
2025	772
2026	975

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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 10	263
10 to 20	23
20 to 30	10
30 to 40	8
40 to 50	1
50 to 60	0
60 to 70	1
70 to 80	1