Weather Records on 7 August 1944

332 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 7 August 1944. Highest significance: Hutchinson River, US.

Key Facts for 7 August 1944

On 7 August 1944, 332 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
103 were record highs and 114 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 1 were all-time records, 8 monthly and 323 daily.
Hutchinson River set a daily record precipitation of 83.8 mm (3.3 in) on 7 August 1944.
Across 163 earlier years (1808 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 471 records.

Record Map

332 stations

332 station records on 7 August 1944 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 7 August 1944: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Hutchinson River	United States	Record daily precipitation	83.8 mm (3.3 in)	58 of 100 (Notable)
Larimore 4SW	United States	Record daily precipitation	50.0 mm (2.0 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Makrai	India	Record daily precipitation	295.4 mm (11.6 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Hopefield (Pol)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	31.5 mm (1.2 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
University Exp STN	United States	Record daily precipitation	33.0 mm (1.3 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Berne Wwtp	United States	Record daily precipitation	58.4 mm (2.3 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Raisen	India	Record daily precipitation	127.0 mm (5.0 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Fairmont	United States	Record daily precipitation	50.8 mm (2.0 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Navapur	India	Record daily precipitation	79.5 mm (3.1 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Mayville	United States	Record daily precipitation	55.9 mm (2.2 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Putbus	Germany	Record high maximum temperature	27.0 C (80.6 F)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Sivakasi	India	Record daily precipitation	38.1 mm (1.5 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Kristianstad	Sweden	Record high maximum temperature	28.0 C (82.4 F)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Bathurst Gaol	Australia	Record low minimum temperature	-6.1 C (21.0 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Bhainsdehi	India	Record daily precipitation	201.9 mm (7.9 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Bardoli	India	Record daily precipitation	77.0 mm (3.0 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Culvers Lake	United States	Record daily precipitation	55.9 mm (2.2 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Valod	India	Record daily precipitation	78.2 mm (3.1 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Cleveland 1	United States	Record daily precipitation	58.4 mm (2.3 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Menard	United States	Record daily precipitation	29.5 mm (1.2 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Diamond Springs	United States	Record daily precipitation	78.7 mm (3.1 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Orenburg	Russia	Record low minimum temperature	6.2 C (43.2 F)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Susanville 2SW	United States	Record low minimum temperature	3.9 C (39.0 F)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Launceston (Pumping Station)	Australia	Record low minimum temperature	-4.2 C (24.4 F)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Dewas Ar.	India	Record daily precipitation	85.6 mm (3.4 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Kaliakheri	India	Record daily precipitation	124.5 mm (4.9 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Poretskoye	Russia	Record low maximum temperature	10.1 C (50.2 F)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Pinehurst Sthrn Pines	United States	Record daily precipitation	47.8 mm (1.9 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Kohala Mis 175.1	United States	Record low minimum temperature	18.3 C (64.9 F)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Lincoln Lock 4	United States	Record daily precipitation	37.8 mm (1.5 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Gainesville UNIV of Fl	United States	Record low maximum temperature	28.3 C (82.9 F)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Claremore 2 ENE	United States	Record daily precipitation	50.3 mm (2.0 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Robe Comparison	Australia	Record low minimum temperature	1.1 C (34.0 F)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Melbourne Regional Office	Australia	Record low minimum temperature	-1.1 C (30.0 F)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Whitefish Pt	United States	Record high maximum temperature	30.6 C (87.1 F)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Kent	United States	Record low maximum temperature	17.2 C (63.0 F)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Tashkent	Uzbekistan	Record high maximum temperature	40.9 C (105.6 F)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Taloda	India	Record daily precipitation	55.9 mm (2.2 in)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Bajramaly	Turkmenistan	Record high maximum temperature	43.0 C (109.4 F)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Olympia Priest Pt Park	United States	Record low maximum temperature	18.3 C (64.9 F)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Point Pleasant	United States	Record daily precipitation	33.5 mm (1.3 in)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Vastervik	Sweden	Record high maximum temperature	28.0 C (82.4 F)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Corona	United States	Record low minimum temperature	8.9 C (48.0 F)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Wellington	United States	Record daily precipitation	36.3 mm (1.4 in)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Snoqualmie Falls	United States	Record low maximum temperature	16.7 C (62.1 F)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Tucson WFO	United States	Record high minimum temperature	27.8 C (82.0 F)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Los Gatos	United States	Record low minimum temperature	5.0 C (41.0 F)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Yorba Linda	United States	Record low minimum temperature	7.8 C (46.0 F)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Delta	United States	Record high maximum temperature	38.9 C (102.0 F)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Ft Collins	United States	Record high maximum temperature	35.0 C (95.0 F)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Iron Mtn-Kingsford Wwtp	United States	Record low minimum temperature	4.4 C (39.9 F)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Little Falls City Rsch	United States	Record high minimum temperature	21.7 C (71.1 F)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Hillsboro 3 N	United States	Record daily precipitation	29.0 mm (1.1 in)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Mount Alfred	Australia	Record daily precipitation	13.5 mm (0.5 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Gannapan	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	3.3 mm (0.13 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Steinkopf (Pol)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	12.7 mm (0.5 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Orion	Australia	Record daily precipitation	12.2 mm (0.5 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Vashon Island	United States	Record daily precipitation	10.7 mm (0.4 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Lewisburg 3 N	United States	Record daily precipitation	19.6 mm (0.8 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Sulitjelma	Norway	Record daily precipitation	23.0 mm (0.9 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

332 records

Records set or tied on 7 August 1944 by type: Highest daily maximum 63, Lowest daily maximum 62, Highest daily minimum 40, Lowest daily minimum 52, Heaviest daily rainfall 115.

Records on 7 August 1944 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	63
Lowest daily maximum	62
Highest daily minimum	40
Lowest daily minimum	52
Heaviest daily rainfall	115
Heaviest daily snowfall	0
Deepest snow cover	0

Records on 7 August 1944 by timescale: all-time 1, monthly 8, daily 323.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

246 broken records

Margins by which the 246 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 217.7. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

7 August 1944

Top 20 records on 7 August 1944 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
7 August 1944	Hutchinson River, US	daily rain	83.8 mm (3.3 in)	66.0 mm (2.6 in)	45 years	58 of 100 (Notable)
7 August 1944	Larimore 4SW, US	daily rain	50.0 mm (2.0 in)	34.8 mm (1.4 in)	44 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
7 August 1944	Makrai, IN	daily rain	295.4 mm (11.6 in)	217.7 mm (8.6 in)	20 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
7 August 1944	Hopefield (Pol), ZA	daily rain	31.5 mm (1.2 in)	25.1 mm (1.0 in)	28 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
7 August 1944	University Exp STN, US	daily rain	33.0 mm (1.3 in)	24.1 mm (0.9 in)	29 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
7 August 1944	Berne Wwtp, US	daily rain	58.4 mm (2.3 in)	42.4 mm (1.7 in)	14 years	42 of 100 (Notable)
7 August 1944	Raisen, IN	daily rain	127.0 mm (5.0 in)	86.9 mm (3.4 in)	32 years	40 of 100 (Notable)
7 August 1944	Fairmont, US	daily rain	50.8 mm (2.0 in)	24.1 mm (0.9 in)	48 years	40 of 100 (Notable)
7 August 1944	Navapur, IN	daily rain	79.5 mm (3.1 in)	47.0 mm (1.9 in)	23 years	37 of 100 (Notable)
7 August 1944	Mayville, US	daily rain	55.9 mm (2.2 in)	29.5 mm (1.2 in)	39 years	37 of 100 (Notable)
7 August 1944	Putbus, DE	daily high max	27.0 C (80.6 F)	0.5 C (0.9 F)	86 years	36 of 100 (Notable)
7 August 1944	Sivakasi, IN	daily rain	38.1 mm (1.5 in)	27.9 mm (1.1 in)	37 years	35 of 100 (Notable)
7 August 1944	Kristianstad, SE	daily high max	28.0 C (82.4 F)	3.0 C (5.4 F)	56 years	34 of 100 (Routine)
7 August 1944	Bathurst Gaol, AU	daily low min	-6.1 C (21.0 F)	1.7 C (3.1 F)	69 years	33 of 100 (Routine)
7 August 1944	Bhainsdehi, IN	all-time rain	201.9 mm (7.9 in)	19.5 mm (0.8 in)	1 year	33 of 100 (Routine)
7 August 1944	Bardoli, IN	daily rain	77.0 mm (3.0 in)	44.0 mm (1.7 in)	18 years	32 of 100 (Routine)
7 August 1944	Culvers Lake, US	daily rain	55.9 mm (2.2 in)	34.6 mm (1.4 in)	4 years	30 of 100 (Routine)
7 August 1944	Valod, IN	daily rain	78.2 mm (3.1 in)	36.3 mm (1.4 in)	28 years	29 of 100 (Routine)
7 August 1944	Cleveland 1, US	daily rain	58.4 mm (2.3 in)	32.0 mm (1.3 in)	27 years	28 of 100 (Routine)
7 August 1944	Menard, US	daily rain	29.5 mm (1.2 in)	18.3 mm (0.7 in)	44 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 1944

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1808 to 1944. 1944 had 332 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 50	242
50 to 100	3
100 to 150	0
150 to 200	0
200 to 250	1