Weather Records on 8 July 1945

291 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 8 July 1945. Highest significance: Gandai, IN.

Key Facts for 8 July 1945

On 8 July 1945, 291 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
74 were record highs and 59 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 1 were all-time records, 9 monthly and 281 daily.
Gandai set a daily record precipitation of 118.1 mm (4.6 in) on 8 July 1945.
Across 159 earlier years (1793 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 446 records.

Record Map

291 stations

291 station records on 8 July 1945 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 8 July 1945: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Gandai	India	Record daily precipitation	118.1 mm (4.6 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Brownwood 2NE	United States	Record daily precipitation	77.5 mm (3.1 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Chhuikhadan	India	Record daily precipitation	125.7 mm (4.9 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Baseri	India	Record daily precipitation	101.6 mm (4.0 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Wai	India	Record daily precipitation	90.2 mm (3.6 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Zanthus	Australia	Record daily precipitation	28.4 mm (1.1 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Karhal	India	Record daily precipitation	120.7 mm (4.8 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Sasvad	India	Record daily precipitation	38.1 mm (1.5 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Waramain	India	Record daily precipitation	147.8 mm (5.8 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Angai	India	Record daily precipitation	62.0 mm (2.4 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Koregaon	India	Record daily precipitation	69.9 mm (2.8 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Seymour 3NW	United States	Record daily precipitation	45.5 mm (1.8 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Serra Talhada	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	37.3 mm (1.5 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Lanji	India	Record daily precipitation	142.2 mm (5.6 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Panchgani	India	Record daily precipitation	137.7 mm (5.4 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Bulsar Obsy Sr	India	Record daily precipitation	262.4 mm (10.3 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Sailana	India	Record daily precipitation	116.6 mm (4.6 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Worcester	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	41.1 mm (1.6 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Amod	India	Record daily precipitation	116.3 mm (4.6 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Alirajpur/Rajpur	India	Record daily precipitation	79.2 mm (3.1 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Tamarack	United States	Record high minimum temperature	16.1 C (61.0 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Chhota-Udepur	India	Record daily precipitation	157.2 mm (6.2 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Khandala	India	Record daily precipitation	45.7 mm (1.8 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Sikar	India	Record daily precipitation	67.8 mm (2.7 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Bareilly	India	Record daily precipitation	132.8 mm (5.2 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Paripiranga	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	44.5 mm (1.8 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Sierraville Rs	United States	Record high minimum temperature	16.1 C (61.0 F)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Russellville	United States	Record low minimum temperature	14.4 C (57.9 F)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Halsey 2 W	United States	Record daily precipitation	32.5 mm (1.3 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Khairagarh	India	Record daily precipitation	93.0 mm (3.7 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Warrensburg 4NW	United States	Record low maximum temperature	23.3 C (73.9 F)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Denton 2 SE	United States	Record daily precipitation	37.8 mm (1.5 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Jaffirband	India	Record daily precipitation	119.4 mm (4.7 in)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Jalore	India	Record daily precipitation	69.9 mm (2.8 in)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Mawana	India	Record daily precipitation	72.6 mm (2.9 in)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Gothenburg	United States	Record daily precipitation	26.9 mm (1.1 in)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Biccavole	India	Record daily precipitation	52.1 mm (2.1 in)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Champhai	India	Record daily precipitation	45.7 mm (1.8 in)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Durbanville (Pol)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	26.9 mm (1.1 in)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Junnar	India	Record daily precipitation	49.5 mm (1.9 in)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Titusville	United States	Record high minimum temperature	26.1 C (79.0 F)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Paola	United States	Record daily precipitation	87.6 mm (3.4 in)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Mescalero	United States	Record high minimum temperature	18.3 C (64.9 F)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Rossland City Yard	Canada	Record high maximum temperature	33.9 C (93.0 F)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Ratlam	India	Record daily precipitation	110.5 mm (4.4 in)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Navapur	India	Record daily precipitation	110.5 mm (4.4 in)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Desuri	India	Record daily precipitation	66.0 mm (2.6 in)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Guayama 1SW	Puerto Rico [United States]	Record low minimum temperature	22.2 C (72.0 F)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Lamar 7N	United States	Record daily precipitation	54.1 mm (2.1 in)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Santa Maria da Boa Vista	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	19.5 mm (0.8 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Susanville 2SW	United States	Record daily precipitation	5.6 mm (0.22 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Middelpos (Pol)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	4.3 mm (0.17 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Karonie	Australia	Record daily precipitation	9.1 mm (0.36 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Curaca	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	21.2 mm (0.8 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Brockville	Canada	Record daily precipitation	22.9 mm (0.9 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Bredasdorp	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	18.3 mm (0.7 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Oskaloosa	United States	Record daily precipitation	21.3 mm (0.8 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Hampton	United States	Record daily precipitation	10.9 mm (0.4 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Oktjabrskij-Gorodok	Russia	Record daily precipitation	22.0 mm (0.9 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Matjiesfontein (Sar)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	12.7 mm (0.5 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

291 records

Records set or tied on 8 July 1945 by type: Highest daily maximum 34, Lowest daily maximum 26, Highest daily minimum 40, Lowest daily minimum 33, Heaviest daily rainfall 158.

Records on 8 July 1945 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	34
Lowest daily maximum	26
Highest daily minimum	40
Lowest daily minimum	33
Heaviest daily rainfall	158
Heaviest daily snowfall	0
Deepest snow cover	0

Records on 8 July 1945 by timescale: all-time 1, monthly 9, daily 281.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

235 broken records

Margins by which the 235 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 130.3. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

8 July 1945

Top 20 records on 8 July 1945 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
8 July 1945	Gandai, IN	daily rain	118.1 mm (4.6 in)	73.1 mm (2.9 in)	24 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
8 July 1945	Brownwood 2NE, US	daily rain	77.5 mm (3.1 in)	66.1 mm (2.6 in)	19 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
8 July 1945	Chhuikhadan, IN	daily rain	125.7 mm (4.9 in)	82.5 mm (3.2 in)	12 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
8 July 1945	Baseri, IN	daily rain	101.6 mm (4.0 in)	73.9 mm (2.9 in)	22 years	43 of 100 (Notable)
8 July 1945	Wai, IN	daily rain	90.2 mm (3.6 in)	41.7 mm (1.6 in)	22 years	40 of 100 (Notable)
8 July 1945	Zanthus, AU	monthly rain	28.4 mm (1.1 in)	8.1 mm (0.32 in)	17 years	39 of 100 (Notable)
8 July 1945	Karhal, IN	daily rain	120.7 mm (4.8 in)	53.4 mm (2.1 in)	26 years	39 of 100 (Notable)
8 July 1945	Sasvad, IN	daily rain	38.1 mm (1.5 in)	21.8 mm (0.9 in)	36 years	37 of 100 (Notable)
8 July 1945	Waramain, IN	daily rain	147.8 mm (5.8 in)	89.9 mm (3.5 in)	24 years	36 of 100 (Notable)
8 July 1945	Angai, IN	daily rain	62.0 mm (2.4 in)	41.2 mm (1.6 in)	39 years	34 of 100 (Routine)
8 July 1945	Koregaon, IN	daily rain	69.9 mm (2.8 in)	28.2 mm (1.1 in)	24 years	33 of 100 (Routine)
8 July 1945	Seymour 3NW, US	daily rain	45.5 mm (1.8 in)	24.2 mm (1.0 in)	40 years	33 of 100 (Routine)
8 July 1945	Serra Talhada, BR	monthly rain	37.3 mm (1.5 in)	5.9 mm (0.23 in)	25 years	32 of 100 (Routine)
8 July 1945	Lanji, IN	daily rain	142.2 mm (5.6 in)	64.7 mm (2.5 in)	36 years	32 of 100 (Routine)
8 July 1945	Panchgani, IN	daily rain	137.7 mm (5.4 in)	41.2 mm (1.6 in)	44 years	32 of 100 (Routine)
8 July 1945	Bulsar Obsy Sr, IN	daily rain	262.4 mm (10.3 in)	130.3 mm (5.1 in)	6 years	31 of 100 (Routine)
8 July 1945	Sailana, IN	daily rain	116.6 mm (4.6 in)	38.9 mm (1.5 in)	40 years	31 of 100 (Routine)
8 July 1945	Worcester, ZA	daily rain	41.1 mm (1.6 in)	11.9 mm (0.5 in)	32 years	30 of 100 (Routine)
8 July 1945	Amod, IN	daily rain	116.3 mm (4.6 in)	41.6 mm (1.6 in)	36 years	29 of 100 (Routine)
8 July 1945	Alirajpur/Rajpur, IN	daily rain	79.2 mm (3.1 in)	26.9 mm (1.1 in)	40 years	29 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 1945

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1793 to 1945. 1945 had 291 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 20	196
20 to 40	24
40 to 60	7
60 to 80	5
80 to 100	2
100 to 120	0
120 to 140	1