Weather Records on 14 August 1947

658 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 14 August 1947. Highest significance: Thuckalay, IN.

Key Facts for 14 August 1947

On 14 August 1947, 658 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
363 were record highs and 40 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 0 were all-time records, 28 monthly and 630 daily.
Thuckalay set a daily record precipitation of 68.6 mm (2.7 in) on 14 August 1947.
Across 166 earlier years (1793 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 461 records.

Record Map

658 stations

658 station records on 14 August 1947 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 14 August 1947: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Thuckalay	India	Record daily precipitation	68.6 mm (2.7 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Nannine	Australia	Record daily precipitation	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Parasala	India	Record daily precipitation	92.7 mm (3.6 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Uppiliyapuram	India	Record daily precipitation	69.3 mm (2.7 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Ettrick	Australia	Record daily precipitation	29.0 mm (1.1 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Mundiwindi	Australia	Record daily precipitation	38.6 mm (1.5 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Chitradurga	India	Record daily precipitation	62.0 mm (2.4 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Sherthala	India	Record daily precipitation	153.2 mm (6.0 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Defiance	United States	Record daily precipitation	51.6 mm (2.0 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Noyyatinkara	India	Record daily precipitation	92.7 mm (3.6 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Rahuri	India	Record daily precipitation	67.8 mm (2.7 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Belleville	Canada	Record high minimum temperature	24.4 C (75.9 F)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Mavelikara	India	Record daily precipitation	183.6 mm (7.2 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Lawrence	United States	Record daily precipitation	87.6 mm (3.4 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Strelley	Australia	Record daily precipitation	34.8 mm (1.4 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Warralong	Australia	Record daily precipitation	31.8 mm (1.3 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Wamego 4 W	United States	Record daily precipitation	78.7 mm (3.1 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Bamboo Creek	Australia	Record daily precipitation	36.1 mm (1.4 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Yantabulla Station	Australia	Record daily precipitation	28.7 mm (1.1 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Arhangelsk	Russia	Record daily precipitation	26.6 mm (1.0 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Wallal Downs	Australia	Record daily precipitation	34.3 mm (1.4 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Jamkhed	India	Record daily precipitation	41.9 mm (1.6 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Malkapur	India	Record daily precipitation	48.3 mm (1.9 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Bohemia Downs	Australia	Record daily precipitation	26.7 mm (1.1 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Mulyie	Australia	Record daily precipitation	27.9 mm (1.1 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Montreal McGill	Canada	Record high minimum temperature	24.4 C (75.9 F)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Gulah(Gula)	India	Record daily precipitation	82.6 mm (3.3 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Harrow Cda	Canada	Record daily precipitation	49.0 mm (1.9 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Gujjran	India	Record daily precipitation	63.5 mm (2.5 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Clinton	United States	Record daily precipitation	53.8 mm (2.1 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Peterborough	Canada	Record high minimum temperature	24.4 C (75.9 F)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Brooksville Chin Hill	United States	Record low maximum temperature	23.9 C (75.0 F)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Springfield Abraham Lincoln Ca	United States	Record daily precipitation	36.3 mm (1.4 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Chengannur	India	Record daily precipitation	143.5 mm (5.6 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Sholavandan	India	Record daily precipitation	69.1 mm (2.7 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Bartow 1SE	United States	Record low minimum temperature	17.2 C (63.0 F)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Appleton City	United States	Record daily precipitation	64.0 mm (2.5 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Ettumanur	India	Record daily precipitation	133.4 mm (5.3 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Konni	India	Record daily precipitation	132.3 mm (5.2 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Tiffin	United States	Record daily precipitation	52.3 mm (2.1 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Rutland	United States	Record high minimum temperature	30.6 C (87.1 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Bagalkot	India	Record daily precipitation	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Willcox	United States	Record daily precipitation	29.7 mm (1.2 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Sedan 7 NW	United States	Record daily precipitation	40.6 mm (1.6 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Marietta Wtr Wks	United States	Record daily precipitation	61.7 mm (2.4 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Chicoutimi	Canada	Record high minimum temperature	21.1 C (70.0 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Vantipura	India	Record daily precipitation	34.0 mm (1.3 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Madha	India	Record daily precipitation	43.9 mm (1.7 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Pasamonte	United States	Record daily precipitation	31.8 mm (1.3 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Dhaneta	India	Record daily precipitation	76.2 mm (3.0 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Hutchinson River	United States	Record daily precipitation	108.2 mm (4.3 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Mistassini Post	Canada	Record daily precipitation	57.7 mm (2.3 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Paravur	India	Record daily precipitation	57.2 mm (2.3 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Gangapur	India	Record daily precipitation	101.6 mm (4.0 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Khajwa	India	Record daily precipitation	69.3 mm (2.7 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Berkeley	United States	Record high minimum temperature	15.0 C (59.0 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Middletown 4 W	United States	Record high maximum temperature	33.3 C (91.9 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Norwich	United States	Record daily precipitation	42.4 mm (1.7 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Pathardi	India	Record daily precipitation	60.5 mm (2.4 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Coloso	Puerto Rico [United States]	Record low minimum temperature	16.1 C (61.0 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

658 records

Records set or tied on 14 August 1947 by type: Highest daily maximum 151, Lowest daily maximum 18, Highest daily minimum 212, Lowest daily minimum 22, Heaviest daily rainfall 255.

Records on 14 August 1947 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	151
Lowest daily maximum	18
Highest daily minimum	212
Lowest daily minimum	22
Heaviest daily rainfall	255
Heaviest daily snowfall	0
Deepest snow cover	0

Records on 14 August 1947 by timescale: all-time 0, monthly 28, daily 630.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

509 broken records

Margins by which the 509 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 84.6. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

14 August 1947

Top 20 records on 14 August 1947 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
14 August 1947	Thuckalay, IN	daily rain	68.6 mm (2.7 in)	50.8 mm (2.0 in)	24 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
14 August 1947	Nannine, AU	daily rain	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	20.6 mm (0.8 in)	17 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
14 August 1947	Parasala, IN	daily rain	92.7 mm (3.6 in)	73.6 mm (2.9 in)	16 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
14 August 1947	Uppiliyapuram, IN	daily rain	69.3 mm (2.7 in)	53.6 mm (2.1 in)	40 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
14 August 1947	Ettrick, AU	daily rain	29.0 mm (1.1 in)	29.0 mm (1.1 in)	45 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
14 August 1947	Mundiwindi, AU	monthly rain	38.6 mm (1.5 in)	13.5 mm (0.5 in)	27 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
14 August 1947	Chitradurga, IN	daily rain	62.0 mm (2.4 in)	48.8 mm (1.9 in)	8 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
14 August 1947	Sherthala, IN	daily rain	153.2 mm (6.0 in)	84.6 mm (3.3 in)	6 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
14 August 1947	Defiance, US	daily rain	51.6 mm (2.0 in)	38.1 mm (1.5 in)	17 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
14 August 1947	Noyyatinkara, IN	daily rain	92.7 mm (3.6 in)	67.0 mm (2.6 in)	5 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
14 August 1947	Rahuri, IN	daily rain	67.8 mm (2.7 in)	42.1 mm (1.7 in)	6 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
14 August 1947	Belleville, CA	monthly high min	24.4 C (75.9 F)	1.1 C (2.0 F)	75 years	42 of 100 (Notable)
14 August 1947	Mavelikara, IN	daily rain	183.6 mm (7.2 in)	71.1 mm (2.8 in)	5 years	42 of 100 (Notable)
14 August 1947	Lawrence, US	daily rain	87.6 mm (3.4 in)	54.1 mm (2.1 in)	6 years	42 of 100 (Notable)
14 August 1947	Strelley, AU	daily rain	34.8 mm (1.4 in)	27.2 mm (1.1 in)	33 years	41 of 100 (Notable)
14 August 1947	Warralong, AU	daily rain	31.8 mm (1.3 in)	27.5 mm (1.1 in)	36 years	41 of 100 (Notable)
14 August 1947	Wamego 4 W, US	daily rain	78.7 mm (3.1 in)	38.1 mm (1.5 in)	51 years	40 of 100 (Notable)
14 August 1947	Bamboo Creek, AU	daily rain	36.1 mm (1.4 in)	24.7 mm (1.0 in)	36 years	39 of 100 (Notable)
14 August 1947	Yantabulla Station, AU	daily rain	28.7 mm (1.1 in)	25.1 mm (1.0 in)	30 years	39 of 100 (Notable)
14 August 1947	Arhangelsk, RU	daily rain	26.6 mm (1.0 in)	11.6 mm (0.5 in)	44 years	39 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 1947

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1793 to 1947. 1947 had 658 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	450
20 to 40	42
40 to 60	13
60 to 80	3
80 to 100	1