Weather Records on 14 August 1944

709 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 14 August 1944. Highest significance: Gondwara(Kohra), IN.

Key Facts for 14 August 1944

On 14 August 1944, 709 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
477 were record highs and 81 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 7 were all-time records, 25 monthly and 677 daily.
Gondwara(Kohra) set a daily record precipitation of 185.4 mm (7.3 in) on 14 August 1944.
Across 166 earlier years (1793 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 461 records.

Record Map

709 stations

709 station records on 14 August 1944 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 14 August 1944: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Gondwara(Kohra)	India	Record daily precipitation	185.4 mm (7.3 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Blair	United States	Record daily precipitation	104.1 mm (4.1 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Amarpara	India	Record daily precipitation	165.6 mm (6.5 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Goderich	Canada	Record high maximum temperature	36.1 C (97.0 F)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Antigonish	Canada	Record high maximum temperature	36.7 C (98.1 F)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Spencer 1 N	United States	Record daily precipitation	49.5 mm (1.9 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Pembroke Eddy Match	Canada	Record high maximum temperature	37.2 C (99.0 F)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Park Rapids Muni AP	United States	Record daily precipitation	61.0 mm (2.4 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Wolfville	Canada	Record high maximum temperature	35.6 C (96.1 F)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Hope 3 NE	United States	Record daily precipitation	44.5 mm (1.8 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Stratford	Canada	Record high minimum temperature	20.6 C (69.1 F)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Woodstock	Canada	Record high maximum temperature	33.3 C (91.9 F)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Ponce 4 E	Puerto Rico [United States]	Record high maximum temperature	37.8 C (100.0 F)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Welland	Canada	Record high maximum temperature	34.4 C (93.9 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Chatham	Canada	Record high maximum temperature	36.7 C (98.1 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Rowena (Iffley)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Huntsville	Canada	Record high maximum temperature	34.4 C (93.9 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Brantford	Canada	Record high maximum temperature	35.6 C (96.1 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Gotska Sandon	Sweden	Record daily precipitation	32.0 mm (1.3 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Glasgow #2	United States	Record low maximum temperature	15.0 C (59.0 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Toronto	Canada	Record high maximum temperature	32.2 C (90.0 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Zametchino	Russia	Record daily precipitation	28.2 mm (1.1 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Hastings	United States	Record daily precipitation	38.1 mm (1.5 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Millport 4 NE	United States	Record high maximum temperature	36.7 C (98.1 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Charlottetown Cda	Canada	Record high maximum temperature	33.3 C (91.9 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Monghyr	India	Record daily precipitation	140.0 mm (5.5 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Brockville	Canada	Record high maximum temperature	35.0 C (95.0 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Hamilton	Canada	Record high maximum temperature	36.1 C (97.0 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Montreal McGill	Canada	Record high maximum temperature	33.9 C (93.0 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Pelee Island	Canada	Record high maximum temperature	36.1 C (97.0 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Bathurst	Canada	Record high maximum temperature	35.0 C (95.0 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Montgomery Wb City	United States	Record low maximum temperature	23.9 C (75.0 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Raiford State Prison	United States	Record high minimum temperature	28.9 C (84.0 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Merrill	United States	Record daily precipitation	39.4 mm (1.6 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Santa Fe	United States	Record high maximum temperature	32.8 C (91.0 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Emporium 1 E	United States	Record high maximum temperature	36.1 C (97.0 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)
St Lin des Laurentides	Canada	Record high maximum temperature	37.2 C (99.0 F)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Shawinigan	Canada	Record high maximum temperature	36.1 C (97.0 F)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Brome	Canada	Record high maximum temperature	36.7 C (98.1 F)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Assobani	India	Record daily precipitation	76.2 mm (3.0 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Chinook	United States	Record low maximum temperature	14.4 C (57.9 F)	27 of 100 (Routine)
White Sulphur Springs	United States	Record low maximum temperature	12.2 C (54.0 F)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Byrdstown 1 W	United States	Record daily precipitation	33.8 mm (1.3 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Paris	Canada	Record high maximum temperature	36.7 C (98.1 F)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Ranka	India	Record daily precipitation	76.2 mm (3.0 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Columbia	United States	Record daily precipitation	32.5 mm (1.3 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Morrisburg	Canada	Record high maximum temperature	36.7 C (98.1 F)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Stratford	Canada	Record high maximum temperature	35.6 C (96.1 F)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Sussex	Canada	Record high maximum temperature	36.7 C (98.1 F)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Sahebganj	India	Record daily precipitation	85.1 mm (3.4 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Srinagar	India	Record daily precipitation	36.6 mm (1.4 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Huntingburg AP	United States	Record daily precipitation	63.0 mm (2.5 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Harrisville	United States	Record daily precipitation	27.9 mm (1.1 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Malta	United States	Record low maximum temperature	14.4 C (57.9 F)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Huntingdon	United States	Record high maximum temperature	37.2 C (99.0 F)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Burnet	United States	Record high minimum temperature	25.6 C (78.1 F)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Ridgetown	Canada	Record high maximum temperature	34.4 C (93.9 F)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Moncton	Canada	Record high maximum temperature	36.1 C (97.0 F)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Jashpurnagar	India	Record daily precipitation	56.4 mm (2.2 in)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Elizabeth	United States	Record high minimum temperature	25.6 C (78.1 F)	24 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

709 records

Records set or tied on 14 August 1944 by type: Highest daily maximum 348, Lowest daily maximum 53, Highest daily minimum 129, Lowest daily minimum 28, Heaviest daily rainfall 151.

Records on 14 August 1944 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	348
Lowest daily maximum	53
Highest daily minimum	129
Lowest daily minimum	28
Heaviest daily rainfall	151
Heaviest daily snowfall	0
Deepest snow cover	0

Records on 14 August 1944 by timescale: all-time 7, monthly 25, daily 677.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

545 broken records

Margins by which the 545 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 117.3. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

14 August 1944

Top 20 records on 14 August 1944 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
14 August 1944	Gondwara(Kohra), IN	daily rain	185.4 mm (7.3 in)	117.3 mm (4.6 in)	16 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
14 August 1944	Blair, US	daily rain	104.1 mm (4.1 in)	80.7 mm (3.2 in)	4 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
14 August 1944	Amarpara, IN	daily rain	165.6 mm (6.5 in)	113.0 mm (4.4 in)	1 year	43 of 100 (Notable)
14 August 1944	Goderich, CA	monthly high max	36.1 C (97.0 F)	2.2 C (4.0 F)	62 years	41 of 100 (Notable)
14 August 1944	Antigonish, CA	daily high max	36.7 C (98.1 F)	6.1 C (11.0 F)	58 years	39 of 100 (Notable)
14 August 1944	Spencer 1 N, US	daily rain	49.5 mm (1.9 in)	29.9 mm (1.2 in)	47 years	39 of 100 (Notable)
14 August 1944	Pembroke Eddy Match, CA	monthly high max	37.2 C (99.0 F)	1.1 C (2.0 F)	62 years	37 of 100 (Notable)
14 August 1944	Park Rapids Muni AP, US	daily rain	61.0 mm (2.4 in)	44.0 mm (1.7 in)	8 years	37 of 100 (Notable)
14 August 1944	Wolfville, CA	daily high max	35.6 C (96.1 F)	6.7 C (12.1 F)	37 years	35 of 100 (Notable)
14 August 1944	Hope 3 NE, US	daily rain	44.5 mm (1.8 in)	38.1 mm (1.5 in)	22 years	35 of 100 (Notable)
14 August 1944	Stratford, CA	daily high min	20.6 C (69.1 F)	2.3 C (4.1 F)	71 years	34 of 100 (Routine)
14 August 1944	Woodstock, CA	daily high max	33.3 C (91.9 F)	2.7 C (4.9 F)	67 years	34 of 100 (Routine)
14 August 1944	Ponce 4 E, PR	all-time high max	37.8 C (100.0 F)	0.6 C (1.1 F)	21 years	34 of 100 (Routine)
14 August 1944	Welland, CA	daily high max	34.4 C (93.9 F)	2.2 C (4.0 F)	67 years	33 of 100 (Routine)
14 August 1944	Chatham, CA	daily high max	36.7 C (98.1 F)	2.8 C (5.0 F)	67 years	33 of 100 (Routine)
14 August 1944	Rowena (Iffley), AU	daily rain	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	22.9 mm (0.9 in)	25 years	32 of 100 (Routine)
14 August 1944	Huntsville, CA	daily high max	34.4 C (93.9 F)	3.8 C (6.8 F)	59 years	32 of 100 (Routine)
14 August 1944	Brantford, CA	daily high max	35.6 C (96.1 F)	3.4 C (6.1 F)	62 years	32 of 100 (Routine)
14 August 1944	Gotska Sandon, SE	daily rain	32.0 mm (1.3 in)	11.6 mm (0.5 in)	30 years	32 of 100 (Routine)
14 August 1944	Glasgow #2, US	daily low max	15.0 C (59.0 F)	7.8 C (14.0 F)	41 years	32 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 1944

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1793 to 1944. 1944 had 709 records.

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

Records on 08-14 in each year
Year	Records
1793	2
1807	1
1815	1
1818	1
1825	1
1833	2
1839	1
1841	1
1843	1
1845	2
1856	2
1857	1
1859	1
1861	1
1864	3
1865	1
1866	2
1868	1
1870	1
1871	1
1872	1
1873	1
1874	1
1876	4
1882	1
1884	1
1885	3
1886	1
1887	3
1889	2
1890	1
1891	1
1892	3
1893	2
1894	2
1895	3
1896	5
1897	5
1898	2
1899	2
1900	1
1901	1
1902	8
1903	8
1904	3
1905	10
1906	8
1907	6
1908	28
1909	35
1910	10
1911	30
1912	56
1913	24
1914	16
1915	17
1916	109
1917	38
1918	60
1919	103
1920	56
1921	61
1922	54
1923	92
1924	319
1925	128
1926	182
1927	147
1928	233
1929	449
1930	627
1931	410
1932	314
1933	349
1934	470
1935	314
1936	612
1937	354
1938	519
1939	376
1940	489
1941	467
1942	364
1943	583
1944	709
1945	572
1946	511
1947	658
1948	373
1949	374
1950	402
1951	458
1952	560
1953	312
1954	457
1955	535
1956	426
1957	281
1958	421
1959	495
1960	414
1961	663
1962	885
1963	811
1964	1,394
1965	451
1966	388
1967	902
1968	1,315
1969	482
1970	398
1971	677
1972	552
1973	489
1974	542
1975	461
1976	1,060
1977	562
1978	834
1979	1,115
1980	544
1981	719
1982	539
1983	775
1984	598
1985	1,095
1986	775
1987	1,157
1988	1,301
1989	728
1990	737
1991	856
1992	1,709
1993	887
1994	1,149
1995	1,444
1996	954
1997	922
1998	1,100
1999	1,329
2000	1,117
2001	806
2002	1,576
2003	1,913
2004	1,936
2005	1,340
2006	1,073
2007	1,340
2008	798
2009	818
2010	1,704
2011	772
2012	758
2013	612
2014	651
2015	931
2016	824
2017	559
2018	397
2019	578
2020	1,009
2021	932
2022	771
2023	1,116
2024	1,045
2025	798
2026	1,211

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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	529
20 to 40	10
40 to 60	2
60 to 80	1
80 to 100	1
100 to 120	2