Weather Records on 1 August 1945

975 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 1 August 1945. Highest significance: Rpf 477 Mile, AU.

Key Facts for 1 August 1945

On 1 August 1945, 975 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
159 were record highs and 62 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 3 were all-time records, 15 monthly and 957 daily.
Rpf 477 Mile set a monthly record daily precipitation of 47.8 mm (1.9 in) on 1 August 1945.
Across 164 earlier years (1797 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 438 records.

Record Map

975 stations

975 station records on 1 August 1945 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 1 August 1945: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Rpf 477 Mile	Australia	Record daily precipitation	47.8 mm (1.9 in)	60 of 100 (Major)
Goonahra	Australia	Record daily precipitation	27.2 mm (1.1 in)	60 of 100 (Major)
Wiluna	Australia	Record daily precipitation	42.4 mm (1.7 in)	58 of 100 (Notable)
Meka Station	Australia	Record daily precipitation	33.3 mm (1.3 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Mount Wittenoom	Australia	Record daily precipitation	31.0 mm (1.2 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Kinglake West (Wallaby Creek)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	49.3 mm (1.9 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Wooleen	Australia	Record daily precipitation	58.2 mm (2.3 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Byro	Australia	Record daily precipitation	32.0 mm (1.3 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Tumut (Wattle Cres)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	49.3 mm (1.9 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Winderie	Australia	Record daily precipitation	49.3 mm (1.9 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Narrandera (Back Brewarrena)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Corowa Airport	Australia	Record daily precipitation	25.7 mm (1.0 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Lodgepole	United States	Record daily precipitation	51.8 mm (2.0 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Trunkey Creek (Trunkey (Black	Australia	Record daily precipitation	68.1 mm (2.7 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Springvale	Australia	Record daily precipitation	74.2 mm (2.9 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Jindera (Wadilock)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	38.1 mm (1.5 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Yanco (Billinbah East)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	26.7 mm (1.1 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Bonnie Doon Garage	Australia	Record daily precipitation	35.6 mm (1.4 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Tarcutta Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	36.3 mm (1.4 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Corryong (Parish Lane)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	31.0 mm (1.2 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Murrumburrah Old Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	25.7 mm (1.0 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Burrumbuttock (Holyrood)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	35.3 mm (1.4 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Mittagong Head Station	Australia	Record daily precipitation	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Lake Eildon	Australia	Record daily precipitation	34.3 mm (1.4 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Jowai	India	Record daily precipitation	207.0 mm (8.1 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Dairy Creek	Australia	Record daily precipitation	26.7 mm (1.1 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Boolardy	Australia	Record daily precipitation	25.9 mm (1.0 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Mileura	Australia	Record daily precipitation	25.9 mm (1.0 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Cunyu Shearing Shed	Australia	Record daily precipitation	32.5 mm (1.3 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Orange Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	47.0 mm (1.9 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Wallendbeen (Corang)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	36.3 mm (1.4 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Lake Moraine	United States	Record daily precipitation	40.9 mm (1.6 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Manfred	Australia	Record daily precipitation	26.7 mm (1.1 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Chiltern (Post Office)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	28.4 mm (1.1 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Alexandra (Post Office)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	30.5 mm (1.2 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Wellwood	Australia	Record daily precipitation	39.4 mm (1.6 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Marietta Wtr Wks	United States	Record daily precipitation	44.5 mm (1.8 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Crookwell Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	45.2 mm (1.8 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Brungle (Rosemount)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	31.5 mm (1.2 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Fort William	Australia	Record daily precipitation	40.6 mm (1.6 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Ellerslie	Australia	Record daily precipitation	41.7 mm (1.6 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Beechworth Composite	Australia	Record daily precipitation	39.4 mm (1.6 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Rochester	United States	Record daily precipitation	61.0 mm (2.4 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Wymah (Gwandallen)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	31.2 mm (1.2 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Darlington Point (St Pauls Clo	Australia	Record daily precipitation	26.4 mm (1.0 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Cudgewa North	Australia	Record daily precipitation	29.5 mm (1.2 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Kinglake	Australia	Record daily precipitation	45.0 mm (1.8 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Molesworth	Australia	Record daily precipitation	30.2 mm (1.2 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Cumnock (Willow Park)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	26.2 mm (1.0 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Wagga Wagga (Kooringal)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	27.2 mm (1.1 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Matong (Bonnie Doon)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	26.2 mm (1.0 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Myrtleford Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	42.4 mm (1.7 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Wodonga Express	Australia	Record daily precipitation	35.6 mm (1.4 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Orange (McLaughlin St)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	46.5 mm (1.8 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Tarcutta (Wollumbi)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	30.5 mm (1.2 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Springhurst	Australia	Record daily precipitation	30.7 mm (1.2 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Yackandandah	Australia	Record daily precipitation	36.8 mm (1.4 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Jamieson	Australia	Record daily precipitation	51.8 mm (2.0 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Noorinbee	Australia	Record daily precipitation	52.3 mm (2.1 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Deloraine (Athol)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	48.3 mm (1.9 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)

Counts by Type and Timescale

975 records

Records set or tied on 1 August 1945 by type: Highest daily maximum 44, Lowest daily maximum 26, Highest daily minimum 115, Lowest daily minimum 36, Heaviest daily rainfall 754.

Records on 1 August 1945 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	44
Lowest daily maximum	26
Highest daily minimum	115
Lowest daily minimum	36
Heaviest daily rainfall	754
Heaviest daily snowfall	0
Deepest snow cover	0

Records on 1 August 1945 by timescale: all-time 3, monthly 15, daily 957.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

862 broken records

Margins by which the 862 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 161.3. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

1 August 1945

Top 20 records on 1 August 1945 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
1 August 1945	Rpf 477 Mile, AU	monthly rain	47.8 mm (1.9 in)	29.5 mm (1.2 in)	25 years	60 of 100 (Major)
1 August 1945	Goonahra, AU	daily rain	27.2 mm (1.1 in)	22.1 mm (0.9 in)	50 years	60 of 100 (Major)
1 August 1945	Wiluna, AU	monthly rain	42.4 mm (1.7 in)	16.0 mm (0.6 in)	25 years	58 of 100 (Notable)
1 August 1945	Meka Station, AU	daily rain	33.3 mm (1.3 in)	31.5 mm (1.2 in)	34 years	54 of 100 (Notable)
1 August 1945	Mount Wittenoom, AU	daily rain	31.0 mm (1.2 in)	28.7 mm (1.1 in)	34 years	54 of 100 (Notable)
1 August 1945	Kinglake West (Wallaby Creek), AU	daily rain	49.3 mm (1.9 in)	30.0 mm (1.2 in)	48 years	54 of 100 (Notable)
1 August 1945	Wooleen, AU	monthly rain	58.2 mm (2.3 in)	16.3 mm (0.6 in)	35 years	53 of 100 (Notable)
1 August 1945	Byro, AU	daily rain	32.0 mm (1.3 in)	28.4 mm (1.1 in)	32 years	53 of 100 (Notable)
1 August 1945	Tumut (Wattle Cres), AU	daily rain	49.3 mm (1.9 in)	23.6 mm (0.9 in)	57 years	53 of 100 (Notable)
1 August 1945	Winderie, AU	daily rain	49.3 mm (1.9 in)	47.8 mm (1.9 in)	31 years	52 of 100 (Notable)
1 August 1945	Narrandera (Back Brewarrena), AU	daily rain	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	19.8 mm (0.8 in)	50 years	52 of 100 (Notable)
1 August 1945	Corowa Airport, AU	daily rain	25.7 mm (1.0 in)	18.8 mm (0.7 in)	46 years	52 of 100 (Notable)
1 August 1945	Lodgepole, US	daily rain	51.8 mm (2.0 in)	36.6 mm (1.4 in)	30 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
1 August 1945	Trunkey Creek (Trunkey (Black, AU	monthly rain	68.1 mm (2.7 in)	17.3 mm (0.7 in)	48 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
1 August 1945	Springvale, AU	daily rain	74.2 mm (2.9 in)	56.4 mm (2.2 in)	19 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
1 August 1945	Jindera (Wadilock), AU	daily rain	38.1 mm (1.5 in)	26.2 mm (1.0 in)	18 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
1 August 1945	Yanco (Billinbah East), AU	daily rain	26.7 mm (1.1 in)	15.5 mm (0.6 in)	58 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
1 August 1945	Bonnie Doon Garage, AU	daily rain	35.6 mm (1.4 in)	28.5 mm (1.1 in)	19 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
1 August 1945	Tarcutta Post Office, AU	daily rain	36.3 mm (1.4 in)	17.5 mm (0.7 in)	57 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
1 August 1945	Corryong (Parish Lane), AU	daily rain	31.0 mm (1.2 in)	19.1 mm (0.8 in)	46 years	48 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

1797 to 1945

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1797 to 1945. 1945 had 975 records.

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

Records on 08-01 in each year
Year	Records
1797	1
1816	2
1829	1
1833	1
1834	2
1836	1
1838	1
1842	1
1851	1
1856	1
1858	3
1859	1
1861	1
1862	1
1863	1
1865	1
1868	1
1869	2
1873	1
1874	1
1875	3
1876	1
1878	1
1879	1
1881	3
1883	1
1886	2
1887	1
1890	1
1891	7
1892	4
1893	3
1894	1
1895	3
1896	4
1897	2
1898	3
1899	1
1900	1
1901	3
1902	5
1903	19
1904	10
1905	12
1906	18
1907	13
1908	18
1909	15
1910	30
1911	46
1912	49
1913	25
1914	17
1915	49
1916	16
1917	108
1918	55
1919	32
1920	101
1921	87
1922	44
1923	203
1924	93
1925	281
1926	252
1927	266
1928	132
1929	161
1930	252
1931	362
1932	408
1933	487
1934	448
1935	547
1936	636
1937	492
1938	523
1939	335
1940	333
1941	341
1942	388
1943	398
1944	410
1945	975
1946	336
1947	401
1948	354
1949	324
1950	552
1951	420
1952	391
1953	565
1954	462
1955	796
1956	441
1957	270
1958	389
1959	352
1960	677
1961	404
1962	602
1963	270
1964	883
1965	669
1966	383
1967	250
1968	625
1969	453
1970	482
1971	1,135
1972	609
1973	766
1974	526
1975	915
1976	886
1977	636
1978	706
1979	580
1980	906
1981	668
1982	742
1983	931
1984	532
1985	987
1986	846
1987	999
1988	880
1989	1,301
1990	927
1991	740
1992	1,024
1993	907
1994	1,217
1995	1,513
1996	1,118
1997	904
1998	1,281
1999	1,707
2000	1,020
2001	1,079
2002	1,249
2003	1,155
2004	740
2005	878
2006	1,655
2007	746
2008	795
2009	932
2010	1,182
2011	1,191
2012	850
2013	542
2014	853
2015	864
2016	499
2017	758
2018	987
2019	479
2020	838
2021	1,009
2022	915
2023	627
2024	879
2025	785
2026	1,085

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Data for records on 1945-08-01: CSV or JSON. Field meanings are on the data page.

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 25	824
25 to 50	35
50 to 75	1
75 to 100	0
100 to 125	1
125 to 150	0
150 to 175	1