Weather Records on 19 August 1947

896 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 19 August 1947. Highest significance: Bustard Head Lighthouse, AU.

Key Facts for 19 August 1947

On 19 August 1947, 896 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
384 were record highs and 94 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 1 were all-time records, 12 monthly and 883 daily.
Bustard Head Lighthouse set a daily record precipitation of 45.7 mm (1.8 in) on 19 August 1947.
Across 168 earlier years (1797 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 437 records.

Record Map

896 stations

896 station records on 19 August 1947 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 19 August 1947: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Bustard Head Lighthouse	Australia	Record daily precipitation	45.7 mm (1.8 in)	62 of 100 (Major)
Kandukur	India	Record daily precipitation	129.0 mm (5.1 in)	60 of 100 (Major)
Addanki	India	Record daily precipitation	144.8 mm (5.7 in)	57 of 100 (Notable)
Amby	Australia	Record daily precipitation	41.9 mm (1.6 in)	55 of 100 (Notable)
St Lawrence Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	68.6 mm (2.7 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Homestead Exp STN	United States	Record daily precipitation	111.5 mm (4.4 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Gudur	India	Record daily precipitation	71.9 mm (2.8 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Hamilton	Canada	Record daily precipitation	29.5 mm (1.2 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Talwood State School	Australia	Record daily precipitation	31.8 mm (1.3 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Pardi	India	Record daily precipitation	201.7 mm (7.9 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Dahanu	India	Record daily precipitation	178.1 mm (7.0 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Sibley	United States	Record daily precipitation	67.3 mm (2.6 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Totara	Australia	Record daily precipitation	36.8 mm (1.4 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
White Cliffs (Wonnaminta)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	25.9 mm (1.0 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Umbergaon	India	Record daily precipitation	153.7 mm (6.1 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Jedburgh Station	Australia	Record daily precipitation	36.6 mm (1.4 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Bajool Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	30.2 mm (1.2 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Raglan	Australia	Record daily precipitation	34.5 mm (1.4 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Palitana	India	Record daily precipitation	113.5 mm (4.5 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Dahej	India	Record daily precipitation	168.9 mm (6.6 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Barwani	India	Record daily precipitation	86.4 mm (3.4 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Sinnar	India	Record daily precipitation	43.4 mm (1.7 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Armagh	United Kingdom	Record high maximum temperature	25.3 C (77.5 F)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Burkes Garden	United States	Record daily precipitation	39.4 mm (1.6 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Gatcombe Head	Australia	Record daily precipitation	38.1 mm (1.5 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Mount Abundance	Australia	Record daily precipitation	25.9 mm (1.0 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Roma Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	38.1 mm (1.5 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Miriam Vale	Australia	Record daily precipitation	43.9 mm (1.7 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Socorro	United States	Record daily precipitation	25.1 mm (1.0 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Marlborough Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Kaikalur	India	Record daily precipitation	101.6 mm (4.0 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Kottayam P.W.D	India	Record daily precipitation	114.3 mm (4.5 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Parnass Vale	Australia	Record daily precipitation	55.6 mm (2.2 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Weengallon	Australia	Record daily precipitation	33.0 mm (1.3 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Homestead	Australia	Record daily precipitation	31.2 mm (1.2 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Koumala Hatfields Road	Australia	Record daily precipitation	30.7 mm (1.2 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Calliope Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	32.0 mm (1.3 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Gladstone Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	29.5 mm (1.2 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Les Cedres	Canada	Record daily precipitation	39.9 mm (1.6 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Manitowoc	United States	Record daily precipitation	59.4 mm (2.3 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Oconto 4 W	United States	Record daily precipitation	49.3 mm (1.9 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Coorabulka	Australia	Record daily precipitation	28.7 mm (1.1 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Vagra	India	Record daily precipitation	61.0 mm (2.4 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Stevens Pt	United States	Record daily precipitation	127.3 mm (5.0 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Yaamba	Australia	Record daily precipitation	29.2 mm (1.1 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Mount Larcom Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	31.5 mm (1.2 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Willow Tree (Highlands)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	32.5 mm (1.3 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Kavali	India	Record daily precipitation	47.8 mm (1.9 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Kerkeriya	India	Record daily precipitation	138.4 mm (5.4 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Guhagar	India	Record daily precipitation	95.0 mm (3.7 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Townsville Pilot Station	Australia	Record daily precipitation	44.5 mm (1.8 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Calliope Station	Australia	Record daily precipitation	31.8 mm (1.3 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Thallon Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	29.0 mm (1.1 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Rockhampton Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	29.0 mm (1.1 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
St George Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	37.1 mm (1.5 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Cudgen Plantation	Australia	Record daily precipitation	47.8 mm (1.9 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Parry Sound	Canada	Record high minimum temperature	22.2 C (72.0 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Walterhall	Australia	Record daily precipitation	30.0 mm (1.2 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Pacific Salt	Australia	Record daily precipitation	26.7 mm (1.1 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Bella Coola	Canada	Record low minimum temperature	0.0 C (32.0 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

896 records

Records set or tied on 19 August 1947 by type: Highest daily maximum 136, Lowest daily maximum 52, Highest daily minimum 248, Lowest daily minimum 42, Heaviest daily rainfall 418.

Records on 19 August 1947 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	136
Lowest daily maximum	52
Highest daily minimum	248
Lowest daily minimum	42
Heaviest daily rainfall	418
Heaviest daily snowfall	0
Deepest snow cover	0

Records on 19 August 1947 by timescale: all-time 1, monthly 12, daily 883.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

724 broken records

Margins by which the 724 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 149.8. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

19 August 1947

Top 20 records on 19 August 1947 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
19 August 1947	Bustard Head Lighthouse, AU	daily rain	45.7 mm (1.8 in)	42.4 mm (1.7 in)	53 years	62 of 100 (Major)
19 August 1947	Kandukur, IN	monthly rain	129.0 mm (5.1 in)	43.1 mm (1.7 in)	30 years	60 of 100 (Major)
19 August 1947	Addanki, IN	daily rain	144.8 mm (5.7 in)	94.5 mm (3.7 in)	44 years	57 of 100 (Notable)
19 August 1947	Amby, AU	daily rain	41.9 mm (1.6 in)	37.8 mm (1.5 in)	38 years	55 of 100 (Notable)
19 August 1947	St Lawrence Post Office, AU	daily rain	68.6 mm (2.7 in)	48.8 mm (1.9 in)	24 years	54 of 100 (Notable)
19 August 1947	Homestead Exp STN, US	daily rain	111.5 mm (4.4 in)	87.9 mm (3.5 in)	28 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
19 August 1947	Gudur, IN	daily rain	71.9 mm (2.8 in)	44.5 mm (1.8 in)	33 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
19 August 1947	Hamilton, CA	daily rain	29.5 mm (1.2 in)	19.3 mm (0.8 in)	63 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
19 August 1947	Talwood State School, AU	daily rain	31.8 mm (1.3 in)	31.8 mm (1.3 in)	34 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
19 August 1947	Pardi, IN	daily rain	201.7 mm (7.9 in)	127.3 mm (5.0 in)	6 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
19 August 1947	Dahanu, IN	daily rain	178.1 mm (7.0 in)	148.1 mm (5.8 in)	6 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
19 August 1947	Sibley, US	daily rain	67.3 mm (2.6 in)	36.1 mm (1.4 in)	44 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
19 August 1947	Totara, AU	daily rain	36.8 mm (1.4 in)	33.0 mm (1.3 in)	22 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
19 August 1947	White Cliffs (Wonnaminta), AU	daily rain	25.9 mm (1.0 in)	16.5 mm (0.6 in)	60 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
19 August 1947	Umbergaon, IN	daily rain	153.7 mm (6.1 in)	84.9 mm (3.3 in)	6 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
19 August 1947	Jedburgh Station, AU	monthly rain	36.6 mm (1.4 in)	16.3 mm (0.6 in)	8 years	44 of 100 (Notable)
19 August 1947	Bajool Post Office, AU	daily rain	30.2 mm (1.2 in)	30.2 mm (1.2 in)	34 years	44 of 100 (Notable)
19 August 1947	Raglan, AU	daily rain	34.5 mm (1.4 in)	22.6 mm (0.9 in)	46 years	44 of 100 (Notable)
19 August 1947	Palitana, IN	daily rain	113.5 mm (4.5 in)	90.6 mm (3.6 in)	0 years	44 of 100 (Notable)
19 August 1947	Dahej, IN	daily rain	168.9 mm (6.6 in)	149.8 mm (5.9 in)	0 years	44 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 1947

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1797 to 1947. 1947 had 896 records.

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

Records on 08-19 in each year
Year	Records
1797	2
1800	1
1809	1
1820	1
1830	2
1831	1
1838	2
1844	2
1845	1
1846	1
1849	2
1857	1
1861	1
1862	1
1864	2
1867	1
1870	2
1872	1
1873	1
1874	1
1875	2
1877	3
1879	1
1880	1
1881	1
1882	1
1883	2
1884	2
1885	2
1886	2
1887	2
1888	1
1889	1
1890	4
1892	5
1893	2
1894	2
1895	1
1896	2
1897	2
1898	3
1899	9
1900	5
1901	13
1902	4
1903	6
1904	14
1905	16
1906	37
1907	17
1908	5
1909	24
1910	17
1911	9
1912	18
1913	9
1914	39
1915	34
1916	74
1917	200
1918	33
1919	31
1920	36
1921	22
1922	71
1923	97
1924	174
1925	154
1926	179
1927	343
1928	112
1929	163
1930	182
1931	207
1932	373
1933	328
1934	438
1935	389
1936	679
1937	305
1938	321
1939	432
1940	687
1941	431
1942	308
1943	596
1944	259
1945	427
1946	427
1947	896
1948	371
1949	411
1950	893
1951	362
1952	475
1953	412
1954	576
1955	780
1956	831
1957	325
1958	374
1959	733
1960	864
1961	425
1962	419
1963	570
1964	455
1965	550
1966	1,095
1967	839
1968	948
1969	501
1970	468
1971	376
1972	547
1973	519
1974	466
1975	561
1976	1,144
1977	938
1978	863
1979	1,492
1980	648
1981	1,004
1982	596
1983	1,387
1984	598
1985	713
1986	848
1987	811
1988	982
1989	660
1990	871
1991	656
1992	1,094
1993	771
1994	798
1995	1,542
1996	800
1997	958
1998	717
1999	980
2000	954
2001	1,027
2002	1,389
2003	918
2004	1,310
2005	920
2006	850
2007	1,360
2008	1,186
2009	1,039
2010	1,440
2011	975
2012	1,377
2013	765
2014	701
2015	989
2016	931
2017	439
2018	471
2019	601
2020	1,271
2021	1,366
2022	1,198
2023	910
2024	568
2025	786
2026	755

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Data for records on 1947-08-19: 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 20	641
20 to 40	59
40 to 60	16
60 to 80	1
80 to 100	4
100 to 120	0
120 to 140	1
140 to 160	2