Weather Records on 8 July 1944

495 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 8 July 1944. Highest significance: Grassy Hill Radio Otc, AU.

Key Facts for 8 July 1944

On 8 July 1944, 495 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
111 were record highs and 167 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 4 were all-time records, 17 monthly and 474 daily.
Grassy Hill Radio Otc set a monthly record daily precipitation of 37.6 mm (1.5 in) on 8 July 1944.
Across 159 earlier years (1793 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 445 records.

Record Map

495 stations

495 station records on 8 July 1944 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 8 July 1944: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Grassy Hill Radio Otc	Australia	Record daily precipitation	37.6 mm (1.5 in)	67 of 100 (Major)
Cooktown Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	46.7 mm (1.8 in)	64 of 100 (Major)
Port Douglas - Warner St	Australia	Record daily precipitation	40.4 mm (1.6 in)	59 of 100 (Notable)
Archer Point Lighthouse	Australia	Record daily precipitation	64.5 mm (2.5 in)	58 of 100 (Notable)
Low Isles Lighthouse	Australia	Record daily precipitation	30.5 mm (1.2 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Indi	India	Record daily precipitation	71.9 mm (2.8 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Mhaswad	India	Record daily precipitation	79.8 mm (3.1 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Mulgrave Mill	Australia	Record daily precipitation	52.1 mm (2.1 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Mossman South Alchera Drive	Australia	Record daily precipitation	42.2 mm (1.7 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Palmerville	Australia	Record daily precipitation	40.1 mm (1.6 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Walsh River Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	49.5 mm (1.9 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Mont-Aigoual	France	Record daily precipitation	126.0 mm (5.0 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Dubuque River	United States	Record daily precipitation	72.1 mm (2.8 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Sangola	India	Record daily precipitation	124.5 mm (4.9 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Ayton	Australia	Record daily precipitation	39.4 mm (1.6 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Mossman Central Mill	Australia	Record daily precipitation	43.2 mm (1.7 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Vastervik	Sweden	Record high minimum temperature	21.6 C (70.9 F)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Hambledon Mill Csr	Australia	Record daily precipitation	31.0 mm (1.2 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Cardwell Marine Pde	Australia	Record daily precipitation	26.2 mm (1.0 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Glen Boughton	Australia	Record daily precipitation	38.1 mm (1.5 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Bagalkot	India	Record daily precipitation	58.4 mm (2.3 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Millungera Station	Australia	Record daily precipitation	29.0 mm (1.1 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Ferndale	Australia	Record daily precipitation	59.2 mm (2.3 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Intake	United States	Record daily precipitation	48.0 mm (1.9 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Roanoke	United States	Record daily precipitation	82.8 mm (3.3 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Goondi Mill Csr	Australia	Record daily precipitation	57.7 mm (2.3 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Cuddapah	India	Record daily precipitation	66.0 mm (2.6 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Macknade Sugar Mill	Australia	Record daily precipitation	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Leipzig-Holzhausen	Germany	Record high minimum temperature	21.6 C (70.9 F)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Yarrabah Comm Council	Australia	Record daily precipitation	28.2 mm (1.1 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Wichita	United States	Record daily precipitation	78.2 mm (3.1 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Bhadrachalam	India	Record daily precipitation	82.3 mm (3.2 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Mt Garnet Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Banff	Canada	Record low minimum temperature	-1.7 C (28.9 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Ennore Obsy	India	Record daily precipitation	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Bajramaly	Turkmenistan	Record high maximum temperature	47.5 C (117.5 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Babinda Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	45.0 mm (1.8 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Dataganj	India	Record daily precipitation	112.8 mm (4.4 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Bidhuna	India	Record daily precipitation	78.2 mm (3.1 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Chariton 1 E	United States	Record daily precipitation	41.9 mm (1.6 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Cloudcroft	United States	Record daily precipitation	38.1 mm (1.5 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Randleman	United States	Record daily precipitation	68.8 mm (2.7 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Springfields	Australia	Record daily precipitation	53.8 mm (2.1 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Forbes (Camp Street)	Australia	Record low minimum temperature	-4.1 C (24.6 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Howard	United States	Record daily precipitation	36.8 mm (1.4 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Drummonds	Australia	Record daily precipitation	48.5 mm (1.9 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Lorraine	Australia	Record daily precipitation	33.5 mm (1.3 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Kuranda Railway Station	Australia	Record daily precipitation	38.1 mm (1.5 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Uran	India	Record daily precipitation	190.5 mm (7.5 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Orai	India	Record daily precipitation	83.8 mm (3.3 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Berea College	United States	Record high minimum temperature	26.7 C (80.1 F)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Corona	United States	Record high maximum temperature	43.3 C (109.9 F)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Greenbushes	Australia	Record daily precipitation	52.3 mm (2.1 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Deoli	India	Record daily precipitation	85.6 mm (3.4 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Stornoway Airport	United Kingdom	Record high maximum temperature	21.7 C (71.1 F)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Wilgarrup	Australia	Record daily precipitation	54.4 mm (2.1 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Lottah	Australia	Record daily precipitation	51.1 mm (2.0 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Koebenhavn: Landbohojskolen-1	Denmark	Record high maximum temperature	29.9 C (85.8 F)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Viljujsk	Russia	Record daily precipitation	33.9 mm (1.3 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Margaret River 1	Australia	Record daily precipitation	43.9 mm (1.7 in)	24 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

495 records

Records set or tied on 8 July 1944 by type: Highest daily maximum 53, Lowest daily maximum 53, Highest daily minimum 58, Lowest daily minimum 114, Heaviest daily rainfall 217.

Records on 8 July 1944 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	53
Lowest daily maximum	53
Highest daily minimum	58
Lowest daily minimum	114
Heaviest daily rainfall	217
Heaviest daily snowfall	0
Deepest snow cover	0

Records on 8 July 1944 by timescale: all-time 4, monthly 17, daily 474.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

412 broken records

Margins by which the 412 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 69.1. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

8 July 1944

Top 20 records on 8 July 1944 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
8 July 1944	Grassy Hill Radio Otc, AU	monthly rain	37.6 mm (1.5 in)	16.8 mm (0.7 in)	44 years	67 of 100 (Major)
8 July 1944	Cooktown Post Office, AU	monthly rain	46.7 mm (1.8 in)	15.7 mm (0.6 in)	44 years	64 of 100 (Major)
8 July 1944	Port Douglas - Warner St, AU	daily rain	40.4 mm (1.6 in)	34.6 mm (1.4 in)	48 years	59 of 100 (Notable)
8 July 1944	Archer Point Lighthouse, AU	monthly rain	64.5 mm (2.5 in)	35.3 mm (1.4 in)	17 years	58 of 100 (Notable)
8 July 1944	Low Isles Lighthouse, AU	daily rain	30.5 mm (1.2 in)	26.4 mm (1.0 in)	31 years	53 of 100 (Notable)
8 July 1944	Indi, IN	daily rain	71.9 mm (2.8 in)	60.0 mm (2.4 in)	32 years	53 of 100 (Notable)
8 July 1944	Mhaswad, IN	daily rain	79.8 mm (3.1 in)	56.9 mm (2.2 in)	31 years	53 of 100 (Notable)
8 July 1944	Mulgrave Mill, AU	daily rain	52.1 mm (2.1 in)	49.8 mm (2.0 in)	28 years	52 of 100 (Notable)
8 July 1944	Mossman South Alchera Drive, AU	daily rain	42.2 mm (1.7 in)	37.1 mm (1.5 in)	30 years	52 of 100 (Notable)
8 July 1944	Palmerville, AU	monthly rain	40.1 mm (1.6 in)	18.0 mm (0.7 in)	22 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
8 July 1944	Walsh River Post Office, AU	daily rain	49.5 mm (1.9 in)	43.9 mm (1.7 in)	17 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
8 July 1944	Mont-Aigoual, FR	monthly rain	126.0 mm (5.0 in)	35.0 mm (1.4 in)	29 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
8 July 1944	Dubuque River, US	daily rain	72.1 mm (2.8 in)	34.8 mm (1.4 in)	55 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
8 July 1944	Sangola, IN	all-time rain	124.5 mm (4.9 in)	15.3 mm (0.6 in)	35 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
8 July 1944	Ayton, AU	monthly rain	39.4 mm (1.6 in)	11.7 mm (0.5 in)	23 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
8 July 1944	Mossman Central Mill, AU	daily rain	43.2 mm (1.7 in)	40.9 mm (1.6 in)	9 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
8 July 1944	Vastervik, SE	all-time high min	21.6 C (70.9 F)	0.1 C (0.2 F)	61 years	44 of 100 (Notable)
8 July 1944	Hambledon Mill Csr, AU	daily rain	31.0 mm (1.2 in)	30.2 mm (1.2 in)	18 years	43 of 100 (Notable)
8 July 1944	Cardwell Marine Pde, AU	daily rain	26.2 mm (1.0 in)	18.6 mm (0.7 in)	54 years	43 of 100 (Notable)
8 July 1944	Glen Boughton, AU	daily rain	38.1 mm (1.5 in)	19.3 mm (0.8 in)	54 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 1944

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1793 to 1944. 1944 had 495 records.

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

Records on 07-08 in each year
Year	Records
1793	2
1811	1
1815	2
1819	3
1844	1
1845	4
1848	2
1852	2
1856	1
1860	1
1864	2
1865	1
1867	2
1868	1
1873	1
1874	1
1876	2
1878	2
1879	1
1882	1
1883	1
1885	2
1886	3
1888	1
1889	2
1890	2
1891	2
1892	2
1893	2
1894	3
1896	7
1898	2
1899	6
1900	9
1901	4
1902	13
1903	9
1904	21
1905	9
1906	8
1907	9
1908	16
1909	24
1910	32
1911	28
1912	60
1913	29
1914	54
1915	47
1916	206
1917	37
1918	45
1919	34
1920	123
1921	75
1922	146
1923	134
1924	201
1925	141
1926	132
1927	142
1928	191
1929	235
1930	360
1931	250
1932	240
1933	360
1934	226
1935	496
1936	940
1937	287
1938	293
1939	399
1940	294
1941	198
1942	210
1943	248
1944	495
1945	291
1946	380
1947	400
1948	410
1949	352
1950	518
1951	580
1952	741
1953	502
1954	497
1955	554
1956	516
1957	429
1958	651
1959	485
1960	483
1961	356
1962	271
1963	592
1964	603
1965	266
1966	293
1967	266
1968	540
1969	847
1970	375
1971	443
1972	982
1973	831
1974	1,009
1975	537
1976	697
1977	743
1978	727
1979	703
1980	958
1981	945
1982	625
1983	1,198
1984	837
1985	1,024
1986	822
1987	814
1988	1,133
1989	1,174
1990	763
1991	1,152
1992	1,017
1993	1,875
1994	1,389
1995	642
1996	1,356
1997	734
1998	1,616
1999	816
2000	876
2001	916
2002	897
2003	779
2004	1,096
2005	1,250
2006	928
2007	943
2008	1,406
2009	971
2010	1,411
2011	838
2012	1,237
2013	501
2014	692
2015	1,455
2016	670
2017	887
2018	457
2019	569
2020	521
2021	890
2022	607
2023	765
2024	1,269
2025	616
2026	438

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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	307
10 to 20	57
20 to 30	20
30 to 40	15
40 to 50	7
50 to 60	2
60 to 70	4