Weather Records on 15 August 1945

433 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 15 August 1945. Highest significance: Bloomington Indiana UNIV, US.

Key Facts for 15 August 1945

On 15 August 1945, 433 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
124 were record highs and 49 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 1 were all-time records, 8 monthly and 424 daily.
Bloomington Indiana UNIV set a daily record precipitation of 124.0 mm (4.9 in) on 15 August 1945.
Across 168 earlier years (1793 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 455 records.

Record Map

433 stations

433 station records on 15 August 1945 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 15 August 1945: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Bloomington Indiana UNIV	United States	Record daily precipitation	124.0 mm (4.9 in)	59 of 100 (Notable)
Panchgani	India	Record daily precipitation	109.2 mm (4.3 in)	55 of 100 (Notable)
Dahanu	India	Record daily precipitation	135.6 mm (5.3 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Elliston	United States	Record daily precipitation	117.3 mm (4.6 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Tenindewa Bindu	Australia	Record daily precipitation	26.7 mm (1.1 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Sawai Madhopur	India	Record daily precipitation	179.3 mm (7.1 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Braeside 1	Australia	Record daily precipitation	25.7 mm (1.0 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Kimball 2NE	United States	Record daily precipitation	40.9 mm (1.6 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Dellyanine	Australia	Record daily precipitation	29.2 mm (1.1 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Matheran	India	Record daily precipitation	323.1 mm (12.7 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Ogilvie	Australia	Record daily precipitation	27.4 mm (1.1 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Paud	India	Record daily precipitation	112.0 mm (4.4 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Anderson 1 N	United States	Record daily precipitation	44.2 mm (1.7 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Richfield	United States	Record daily precipitation	30.0 mm (1.2 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Tucumcari 4 NE	United States	Record daily precipitation	54.9 mm (2.2 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Paripiranga	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	35.7 mm (1.4 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Rushville	United States	Record daily precipitation	37.1 mm (1.5 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Tucumcari	United States	Record daily precipitation	42.7 mm (1.7 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Mumby	Australia	Record daily precipitation	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Calarasi	Romania	Record high minimum temperature	24.2 C (75.6 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Falsterbo	Sweden	Record daily precipitation	37.5 mm (1.5 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Vajda-Guba	Russia	Record high minimum temperature	14.0 C (57.2 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Mt Carmel	United States	Record daily precipitation	39.9 mm (1.6 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Sandvig	Denmark	Record daily precipitation	42.0 mm (1.7 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Yuma	United States	Record daily precipitation	37.8 mm (1.5 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Washington 1 W	United States	Record daily precipitation	56.6 mm (2.2 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Dawson	United States	Record daily precipitation	29.2 mm (1.1 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Sedan 7 NW	United States	Record daily precipitation	46.5 mm (1.8 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Mt Carmel 4 NW	United States	Record daily precipitation	39.9 mm (1.6 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Mauzy	United States	Record daily precipitation	37.1 mm (1.5 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Kalyan	India	Record daily precipitation	102.9 mm (4.1 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Greenfield	United States	Record daily precipitation	34.5 mm (1.4 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Santa Rosa	United States	Record daily precipitation	69.9 mm (2.8 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Prospect	United States	Record daily precipitation	89.9 mm (3.5 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Chatham	Canada	Record high minimum temperature	18.9 C (66.0 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Paraiyahat	India	Record daily precipitation	56.4 mm (2.2 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Bombay (Colaba) Obsy Sr	India	Record daily precipitation	81.0 mm (3.2 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Medha	India	Record daily precipitation	87.1 mm (3.4 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Vaughn	United States	Record daily precipitation	38.1 mm (1.5 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Represa	United States	Record low minimum temperature	8.9 C (48.0 F)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Fredonia	United States	Record daily precipitation	35.6 mm (1.4 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Bamberg	Germany	Record low maximum temperature	15.8 C (60.4 F)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Roomal	India	Record daily precipitation	76.2 mm (3.0 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Greensburg	United States	Record high minimum temperature	25.6 C (78.1 F)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Canadian	United States	Record daily precipitation	40.6 mm (1.6 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Nhill	Australia	Record high minimum temperature	10.6 C (51.1 F)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Mehgawan	India	Record daily precipitation	76.2 mm (3.0 in)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Wankaner	India	Record daily precipitation	59.7 mm (2.4 in)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Mangrulpir	India	Record daily precipitation	34.0 mm (1.3 in)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Oneonta	United States	Record high minimum temperature	24.4 C (75.9 F)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Paragonah	United States	Record high minimum temperature	22.8 C (73.0 F)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Haleakala Rch 432	United States	Record daily precipitation	34.3 mm (1.4 in)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Port Said	Egypt	Record high minimum temperature	26.0 C (78.8 F)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Okeene	United States	Record low maximum temperature	26.1 C (79.0 F)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Castra Central	Australia	Record daily precipitation	40.4 mm (1.6 in)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Calgary Int'l A	Canada	Record high maximum temperature	30.6 C (87.1 F)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Durawah	Australia	Record daily precipitation	26.7 mm (1.1 in)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Tranebjerg	Denmark	Record daily precipitation	25.0 mm (1.0 in)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Chikhli	India	Record daily precipitation	135.4 mm (5.3 in)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Darwha	India	Record daily precipitation	31.8 mm (1.3 in)	21 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

433 records

Records set or tied on 15 August 1945 by type: Highest daily maximum 42, Lowest daily maximum 27, Highest daily minimum 82, Lowest daily minimum 22, Heaviest daily rainfall 260.

Records on 15 August 1945 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	42
Lowest daily maximum	27
Highest daily minimum	82
Lowest daily minimum	22
Heaviest daily rainfall	260
Heaviest daily snowfall	0
Deepest snow cover	0

Records on 15 August 1945 by timescale: all-time 1, monthly 8, daily 424.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

362 broken records

Margins by which the 362 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 165.9. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

15 August 1945

Top 20 records on 15 August 1945 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
15 August 1945	Bloomington Indiana UNIV, US	daily rain	124.0 mm (4.9 in)	79.5 mm (3.1 in)	48 years	59 of 100 (Notable)
15 August 1945	Panchgani, IN	daily rain	109.2 mm (4.3 in)	64.0 mm (2.5 in)	38 years	55 of 100 (Notable)
15 August 1945	Dahanu, IN	daily rain	135.6 mm (5.3 in)	86.1 mm (3.4 in)	34 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
15 August 1945	Elliston, US	daily rain	117.3 mm (4.6 in)	71.6 mm (2.8 in)	24 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
15 August 1945	Tenindewa Bindu, AU	daily rain	26.7 mm (1.1 in)	22.9 mm (0.9 in)	16 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
15 August 1945	Sawai Madhopur, IN	daily rain	179.3 mm (7.1 in)	123.4 mm (4.9 in)	10 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
15 August 1945	Braeside 1, AU	daily rain	25.7 mm (1.0 in)	19.1 mm (0.8 in)	32 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
15 August 1945	Kimball 2NE, US	daily rain	40.9 mm (1.6 in)	34.8 mm (1.4 in)	4 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
15 August 1945	Dellyanine, AU	daily rain	29.2 mm (1.1 in)	17.8 mm (0.7 in)	24 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
15 August 1945	Matheran, IN	daily rain	323.1 mm (12.7 in)	165.9 mm (6.5 in)	28 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
15 August 1945	Ogilvie, AU	daily rain	27.4 mm (1.1 in)	19.0 mm (0.7 in)	27 years	41 of 100 (Notable)
15 August 1945	Paud, IN	daily rain	112.0 mm (4.4 in)	52.1 mm (2.1 in)	19 years	39 of 100 (Notable)
15 August 1945	Anderson 1 N, US	daily rain	44.2 mm (1.7 in)	25.7 mm (1.0 in)	48 years	38 of 100 (Notable)
15 August 1945	Richfield, US	daily rain	30.0 mm (1.2 in)	21.1 mm (0.8 in)	50 years	36 of 100 (Notable)
15 August 1945	Tucumcari 4 NE, US	daily rain	54.9 mm (2.2 in)	32.5 mm (1.3 in)	24 years	36 of 100 (Notable)
15 August 1945	Paripiranga, BR	daily rain	35.7 mm (1.4 in)	18.9 mm (0.7 in)	10 years	35 of 100 (Notable)
15 August 1945	Rushville, US	daily rain	37.1 mm (1.5 in)	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	44 years	35 of 100 (Notable)
15 August 1945	Tucumcari, US	daily rain	42.7 mm (1.7 in)	33.8 mm (1.3 in)	30 years	34 of 100 (Routine)
15 August 1945	Mumby, AU	daily rain	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	19.8 mm (0.8 in)	16 years	33 of 100 (Routine)
15 August 1945	Calarasi, RO	all-time high min	24.2 C (75.6 F)	0.5 C (0.9 F)	29 years	33 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 433 records.

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

Records on 08-15 in each year
Year	Records
1793	2
1802	1
1805	1
1812	1
1821	1
1838	2
1839	1
1841	1
1844	1
1845	3
1852	1
1854	1
1856	1
1858	1
1861	3
1867	1
1868	2
1869	1
1873	2
1875	1
1876	2
1877	1
1878	1
1879	1
1880	3
1881	2
1882	2
1883	1
1884	2
1885	3
1886	1
1887	1
1888	3
1890	2
1891	2
1892	3
1893	3
1895	1
1896	9
1897	3
1898	1
1899	2
1900	6
1901	5
1902	10
1903	5
1904	17
1905	26
1906	8
1907	14
1908	15
1909	30
1910	16
1911	26
1912	34
1913	42
1914	11
1915	26
1916	223
1917	32
1918	23
1919	22
1920	59
1921	55
1922	86
1923	116
1924	220
1925	91
1926	115
1927	223
1928	271
1929	586
1930	274
1931	351
1932	368
1933	268
1934	992
1935	414
1936	867
1937	574
1938	681
1939	450
1940	372
1941	289
1942	377
1943	426
1944	610
1945	433
1946	285
1947	559
1948	366
1949	559
1950	317
1951	597
1952	596
1953	449
1954	481
1955	539
1956	390
1957	355
1958	1,092
1959	515
1960	417
1961	704
1962	1,052
1963	972
1964	1,185
1965	535
1966	340
1967	687
1968	1,002
1969	583
1970	382
1971	899
1972	613
1973	499
1974	512
1975	490
1976	1,345
1977	550
1978	841
1979	1,788
1980	745
1981	588
1982	479
1983	955
1984	622
1985	915
1986	1,283
1987	1,098
1988	1,479
1989	495
1990	758
1991	778
1992	1,638
1993	831
1994	1,073
1995	1,298
1996	929
1997	927
1998	861
1999	956
2000	932
2001	1,254
2002	1,307
2003	1,248
2004	1,424
2005	1,067
2006	923
2007	1,317
2008	964
2009	1,038
2010	1,622
2011	770
2012	654
2013	711
2014	583
2015	759
2016	707
2017	532
2018	328
2019	435
2020	1,327
2021	900
2022	692
2023	1,414
2024	729
2025	772
2026	975

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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 25	339
25 to 50	16
50 to 75	3
75 to 100	2
100 to 125	1
125 to 150	0
150 to 175	1