Weather Records on 8 August 1945

572 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 8 August 1945. Highest significance: Chopda, IN.

Key Facts for 8 August 1945

On 8 August 1945, 572 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
123 were record highs and 144 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 6 were all-time records, 12 monthly and 554 daily.
Chopda set a daily record precipitation of 88.9 mm (3.5 in) on 8 August 1945.
Across 162 earlier years (1793 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 467 records.

Record Map

572 stations

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

Weather records on 8 August 1945: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Chopda	India	Record daily precipitation	88.9 mm (3.5 in)	57 of 100 (Notable)
Tuttlingen	Germany	Record daily precipitation	44.1 mm (1.7 in)	56 of 100 (Notable)
Ft Morgan	United States	Record daily precipitation	57.2 mm (2.3 in)	55 of 100 (Notable)
Brownwood 2NE	United States	Record daily precipitation	57.2 mm (2.3 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Shevgaon	India	Record daily precipitation	69.9 mm (2.8 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Chalisgaon	India	Record daily precipitation	155.2 mm (6.1 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Malegaon	India	Record daily precipitation	105.9 mm (4.2 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Micurinsk	Russia	Record daily precipitation	46.4 mm (1.8 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Zametchino	Russia	Record daily precipitation	49.6 mm (2.0 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Wollar (Barrigan St)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	45.5 mm (1.8 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
St Marys (Clive Street)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	80.3 mm (3.2 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Alliance 1WNW	United States	Record daily precipitation	46.2 mm (1.8 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Berry Brow	Australia	Record daily precipitation	40.4 mm (1.6 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Hanumangarh	India	Record daily precipitation	69.9 mm (2.8 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Porthill	United States	Record high minimum temperature	21.7 C (71.1 F)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Durant	United States	Record low minimum temperature	10.6 C (51.1 F)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Mexia	United States	Record daily precipitation	61.7 mm (2.4 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Garsebach Bei Meissen	Germany	Record daily precipitation	33.0 mm (1.3 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Jamkhed	India	Record daily precipitation	50.8 mm (2.0 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Genoa	Italy	Record daily precipitation	66.6 mm (2.6 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Goulds Country Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	62.0 mm (2.4 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
St Helens Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	35.1 mm (1.4 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Tower Hill	Australia	Record daily precipitation	36.3 mm (1.4 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Camden 3 W	United States	Record daily precipitation	41.1 mm (1.6 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Illerbrun	Canada	Record daily precipitation	65.8 mm (2.6 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Moorina (Frome Dam)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	41.1 mm (1.6 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Jacksonville Wb City	United States	Record daily precipitation	67.6 mm (2.7 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Tambe (Itambe)	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	41.8 mm (1.6 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Corsicana	United States	Record daily precipitation	70.6 mm (2.8 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Northport	United States	Record high minimum temperature	22.8 C (73.0 F)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Camden 1	United States	Record daily precipitation	79.2 mm (3.1 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Wilgarrup	Australia	Record daily precipitation	43.4 mm (1.7 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Col du Grand St-Bernard	Switzerland	Record daily precipitation	43.2 mm (1.7 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Cape Leeuwin	Australia	Record daily precipitation	32.0 mm (1.3 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
N Loup	United States	Record low maximum temperature	17.8 C (64.0 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Bad-Neunkirchen Mergentheim	Germany	Record daily precipitation	41.4 mm (1.6 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Mangrulpir	India	Record daily precipitation	63.0 mm (2.5 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Kazalinsk	Kazakhstan	Record high minimum temperature	27.3 C (81.1 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Tres Piedras	United States	Record high minimum temperature	15.0 C (59.0 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Perth Regional Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	36.8 mm (1.4 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Mathinna (Fingal Road)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	31.0 mm (1.2 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Pioneer (Main Road)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	38.1 mm (1.5 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Sonnblick	Austria	Record daily precipitation	48.5 mm (1.9 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Deeside	Australia	Record daily precipitation	37.6 mm (1.5 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Darkan	Australia	Record daily precipitation	30.2 mm (1.2 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Belvoir	Australia	Record daily precipitation	40.6 mm (1.6 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Pelee Island	Canada	Record high minimum temperature	27.8 C (82.0 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Ohringen	Germany	Record daily precipitation	30.2 mm (1.2 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Doongin Peak	Australia	Record daily precipitation	27.4 mm (1.1 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Saundatti	India	Record daily precipitation	30.5 mm (1.2 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Malkapur	India	Record daily precipitation	67.8 mm (2.7 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Nogales	United States	Record low minimum temperature	12.2 C (54.0 F)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Gallinas Rs	United States	Record daily precipitation	36.8 mm (1.4 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Tanakal(Tanakall)	India	Record daily precipitation	38.1 mm (1.5 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Sheep Hills	Australia	Record daily precipitation	38.1 mm (1.5 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Smoko	Australia	Record daily precipitation	33.0 mm (1.3 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Invermere	Canada	Record high minimum temperature	13.9 C (57.0 F)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Pathardi	India	Record daily precipitation	67.1 mm (2.6 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Lamar	United States	Record daily precipitation	34.8 mm (1.4 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Bell Ranch	United States	Record daily precipitation	59.2 mm (2.3 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

572 records

Records set or tied on 8 August 1945 by type: Highest daily maximum 36, Lowest daily maximum 85, Highest daily minimum 87, Lowest daily minimum 59, Heaviest daily rainfall 305.

Records on 8 August 1945 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	36
Lowest daily maximum	85
Highest daily minimum	87
Lowest daily minimum	59
Heaviest daily rainfall	305
Heaviest daily snowfall	0
Deepest snow cover	0

Records on 8 August 1945 by timescale: all-time 6, monthly 12, daily 554.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

474 broken records

Margins by which the 474 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 80.8. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

8 August 1945

Top 20 records on 8 August 1945 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
8 August 1945	Chopda, IN	daily rain	88.9 mm (3.5 in)	69.3 mm (2.7 in)	44 years	57 of 100 (Notable)
8 August 1945	Tuttlingen, DE	daily rain	44.1 mm (1.7 in)	29.3 mm (1.2 in)	45 years	56 of 100 (Notable)
8 August 1945	Ft Morgan, US	daily rain	57.2 mm (2.3 in)	32.3 mm (1.3 in)	36 years	55 of 100 (Notable)
8 August 1945	Brownwood 2NE, US	daily rain	57.2 mm (2.3 in)	50.8 mm (2.0 in)	46 years	54 of 100 (Notable)
8 August 1945	Shevgaon, IN	daily rain	69.9 mm (2.8 in)	61.0 mm (2.4 in)	20 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
8 August 1945	Chalisgaon, IN	all-time rain	155.2 mm (6.1 in)	25.7 mm (1.0 in)	28 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
8 August 1945	Malegaon, IN	daily rain	105.9 mm (4.2 in)	80.8 mm (3.2 in)	20 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
8 August 1945	Micurinsk, RU	monthly rain	46.4 mm (1.8 in)	9.2 mm (0.36 in)	62 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
8 August 1945	Zametchino, RU	daily rain	49.6 mm (2.0 in)	37.5 mm (1.5 in)	8 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
8 August 1945	Wollar (Barrigan St), AU	daily rain	45.5 mm (1.8 in)	29.5 mm (1.2 in)	15 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
8 August 1945	St Marys (Clive Street), AU	daily rain	80.3 mm (3.2 in)	70.6 mm (2.8 in)	12 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
8 August 1945	Alliance 1WNW, US	daily rain	46.2 mm (1.8 in)	29.2 mm (1.1 in)	27 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
8 August 1945	Berry Brow, AU	daily rain	40.4 mm (1.6 in)	22.9 mm (0.9 in)	36 years	43 of 100 (Notable)
8 August 1945	Hanumangarh, IN	daily rain	69.9 mm (2.8 in)	54.7 mm (2.2 in)	24 years	42 of 100 (Notable)
8 August 1945	Porthill, US	all-time high min	21.7 C (71.1 F)	1.1 C (2.0 F)	47 years	42 of 100 (Notable)
8 August 1945	Durant, US	daily low min	10.6 C (51.1 F)	7.2 C (13.0 F)	32 years	42 of 100 (Notable)
8 August 1945	Mexia, US	daily rain	61.7 mm (2.4 in)	52.0 mm (2.0 in)	24 years	42 of 100 (Notable)
8 August 1945	Garsebach Bei Meissen, DE	daily rain	33.0 mm (1.3 in)	20.3 mm (0.8 in)	20 years	41 of 100 (Notable)
8 August 1945	Jamkhed, IN	daily rain	50.8 mm (2.0 in)	32.8 mm (1.3 in)	40 years	41 of 100 (Notable)
8 August 1945	Genoa, IT	daily rain	66.6 mm (2.6 in)	51.9 mm (2.0 in)	15 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 1945

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1793 to 1945. 1945 had 572 records.

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

Records on 08-08 in each year
Year	Records
1793	1
1798	1
1800	1
1808	3
1815	1
1833	1
1843	1
1844	2
1845	1
1854	1
1859	3
1860	1
1861	1
1863	1
1865	1
1868	2
1869	1
1871	1
1873	3
1875	2
1876	2
1877	1
1878	1
1879	2
1880	1
1884	3
1888	3
1890	2
1891	1
1892	2
1893	1
1895	8
1896	2
1897	5
1898	10
1899	8
1900	11
1901	2
1902	2
1903	20
1904	13
1905	7
1906	9
1907	9
1908	13
1909	34
1910	5
1911	38
1912	57
1913	28
1914	7
1915	47
1916	39
1917	35
1918	160
1919	28
1920	138
1921	42
1922	74
1923	70
1924	99
1925	149
1926	190
1927	278
1928	252
1929	166
1930	801
1931	318
1932	234
1933	228
1934	734
1935	508
1936	359
1937	362
1938	855
1939	671
1940	333
1941	324
1942	614
1943	512
1944	352
1945	572
1946	349
1947	442
1948	543
1949	675
1950	516
1951	513
1952	305
1953	393
1954	558
1955	537
1956	273
1957	517
1958	496
1959	470
1960	399
1961	270
1962	567
1963	601
1964	467
1965	520
1966	598
1967	432
1968	868
1969	584
1970	703
1971	646
1972	1,073
1973	446
1974	726
1975	1,041
1976	1,202
1977	607
1978	976
1979	466
1980	919
1981	964
1982	711
1983	1,110
1984	619
1985	726
1986	575
1987	861
1988	733
1989	2,398
1990	1,124
1991	1,230
1992	1,267
1993	654
1994	1,009
1995	1,503
1996	814
1997	1,381
1998	1,304
1999	1,248
2000	961
2001	1,557
2002	1,059
2003	1,432
2004	1,115
2005	882
2006	842
2007	1,660
2008	834
2009	1,112
2010	1,254
2011	1,256
2012	754
2013	841
2014	542
2015	835
2016	560
2017	831
2018	731
2019	722
2020	894
2021	502
2022	711
2023	979
2024	774
2025	752
2026	1,000

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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	438
20 to 40	25
40 to 60	7
60 to 80	3
80 to 100	1