Weather Records on 1 August 1949

324 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 1 August 1949. Highest significance: Malpura, IN.

Key Facts for 1 August 1949

On 1 August 1949, 324 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
183 were record highs and 53 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 3 were all-time records, 20 monthly and 301 daily.
Malpura set a daily record precipitation of 106.7 mm (4.2 in) on 1 August 1949.
Across 164 earlier years (1797 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 442 records.

Record Map

324 stations

324 station records on 1 August 1949 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 1 August 1949: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Malpura	India	Record daily precipitation	106.7 mm (4.2 in)	57 of 100 (Notable)
Veraval	India	Record daily precipitation	119.1 mm (4.7 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Port Gibson 1 NE	United States	Record daily precipitation	79.2 mm (3.1 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Tot-Ma	Russia	Record daily precipitation	30.6 mm (1.2 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Nalia	India	Record daily precipitation	120.7 mm (4.8 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Bjuraker	Sweden	Record daily precipitation	36.7 mm (1.4 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Davenport	United States	Record high minimum temperature	23.3 C (73.9 F)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Enfield	United States	Record daily precipitation	67.3 mm (2.6 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Waterville	United States	Record high minimum temperature	22.2 C (72.0 F)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Ambala	India	Record daily precipitation	108.0 mm (4.3 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Amite	United States	Record daily precipitation	67.3 mm (2.6 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Junagadh	India	Record daily precipitation	130.8 mm (5.1 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Tomsk	Russia	Record daily precipitation	45.0 mm (1.8 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Nerchinskij Zavod	Russia	Record high minimum temperature	19.4 C (66.9 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Cheboygan	United States	Record low maximum temperature	16.7 C (62.1 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Dhoraji	India	Record daily precipitation	80.0 mm (3.1 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Budge Budge	India	Record daily precipitation	94.2 mm (3.7 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Medford	United States	Record daily precipitation	33.5 mm (1.3 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Kaithal	India	Record daily precipitation	61.0 mm (2.4 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Amta	India	Record daily precipitation	71.9 mm (2.8 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Trinidad 2 SSE	United States	Record high minimum temperature	27.2 C (81.0 F)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Portland Rfc City	United States	Record high minimum temperature	21.1 C (70.0 F)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Glacier	Canada	Record high minimum temperature	12.8 C (55.0 F)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Regensburg	Germany	Record high maximum temperature	32.5 C (90.5 F)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Aberdeen	United States	Record high maximum temperature	30.0 C (86.0 F)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Grapeview 3 SW	United States	Record high minimum temperature	17.8 C (64.0 F)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Lake Keechelus	United States	Record high minimum temperature	16.7 C (62.1 F)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Olympia Priest Pt Park	United States	Record high minimum temperature	17.2 C (63.0 F)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Bamberg	Germany	Record high minimum temperature	18.6 C (65.5 F)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Idar	India	Record daily precipitation	126.7 mm (5.0 in)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Ghorajheri	India	Record daily precipitation	101.6 mm (4.0 in)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Logan Utah St UNIV	United States	Record high maximum temperature	36.1 C (97.0 F)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Conconully	United States	Record high minimum temperature	18.9 C (66.0 F)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Kustanai	Kazakhstan	Record high maximum temperature	36.3 C (97.3 F)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Watseka Public Works	United States	Record low minimum temperature	10.0 C (50.0 F)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Clinton Forestry HQ	United States	Record low minimum temperature	16.1 C (61.0 F)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Ganca	Azerbaijan	Record high minimum temperature	24.1 C (75.4 F)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Mistassini Post	Canada	Record high minimum temperature	21.7 C (71.1 F)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Mathura	India	Record daily precipitation	99.8 mm (3.9 in)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Girona (Antic Institut)	Spain	Record high minimum temperature	22.0 C (71.6 F)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Tombstone	United States	Record high minimum temperature	23.3 C (73.9 F)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Challis	United States	Record high minimum temperature	22.2 C (72.0 F)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Vincennes 4 E	United States	Record low maximum temperature	26.1 C (79.0 F)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Hammond	United States	Record daily precipitation	70.1 mm (2.8 in)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Marble Hill	United States	Record low minimum temperature	9.4 C (48.9 F)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Moro	United States	Record high minimum temperature	22.8 C (73.0 F)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Winthrop UNIV	United States	Record daily precipitation	40.1 mm (1.6 in)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Seattle UNIV of Washin	United States	Record high maximum temperature	33.9 C (93.0 F)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Blackfoot Fire Dept	United States	Record high maximum temperature	37.2 C (99.0 F)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Dayville	United States	Record high minimum temperature	21.7 C (71.1 F)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Falls City 2 SSW	United States	Record high minimum temperature	15.0 C (59.0 F)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Wallowa	United States	Record high maximum temperature	40.6 C (105.1 F)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Ephrata	United States	Record high minimum temperature	26.7 C (80.1 F)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Everett	United States	Record high minimum temperature	16.7 C (62.1 F)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Leavenworth 3 S	United States	Record high minimum temperature	20.6 C (69.1 F)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Republic	United States	Record high minimum temperature	14.4 C (57.9 F)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Winnemucca AP	United States	Record high minimum temperature	22.8 C (73.0 F)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Salem AP (McNary Field)	United States	Record high minimum temperature	16.1 C (61.0 F)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Orebro	Sweden	Record daily precipitation	21.0 mm (0.8 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Shawnigan Lake	Canada	Record high minimum temperature	16.7 C (62.1 F)	20 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

324 records

Records set or tied on 1 August 1949 by type: Highest daily maximum 84, Lowest daily maximum 26, Highest daily minimum 99, Lowest daily minimum 27, Heaviest daily rainfall 88.

Records on 1 August 1949 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	84
Lowest daily maximum	26
Highest daily minimum	99
Lowest daily minimum	27
Heaviest daily rainfall	88
Heaviest daily snowfall	0
Deepest snow cover	0

Records on 1 August 1949 by timescale: all-time 3, monthly 20, daily 301.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

230 broken records

Margins by which the 230 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 86.1. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

1 August 1949

Top 20 records on 1 August 1949 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
1 August 1949	Malpura, IN	daily rain	106.7 mm (4.2 in)	72.9 mm (2.9 in)	47 years	57 of 100 (Notable)
1 August 1949	Veraval, IN	daily rain	119.1 mm (4.7 in)	86.1 mm (3.4 in)	30 years	53 of 100 (Notable)
1 August 1949	Port Gibson 1 NE, US	daily rain	79.2 mm (3.1 in)	50.8 mm (2.0 in)	22 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
1 August 1949	Tot-Ma, RU	daily rain	30.6 mm (1.2 in)	14.3 mm (0.6 in)	56 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
1 August 1949	Nalia, IN	daily rain	120.7 mm (4.8 in)	85.1 mm (3.4 in)	30 years	43 of 100 (Notable)
1 August 1949	Bjuraker, SE	daily rain	36.7 mm (1.4 in)	11.2 mm (0.4 in)	66 years	43 of 100 (Notable)
1 August 1949	Davenport, US	all-time high min	23.3 C (73.9 F)	1.1 C (2.0 F)	31 years	37 of 100 (Notable)
1 August 1949	Enfield, US	daily rain	67.3 mm (2.6 in)	44.4 mm (1.7 in)	26 years	36 of 100 (Notable)
1 August 1949	Waterville, US	monthly high min	22.2 C (72.0 F)	1.1 C (2.0 F)	55 years	34 of 100 (Routine)
1 August 1949	Ambala, IN	daily rain	108.0 mm (4.3 in)	34.1 mm (1.3 in)	36 years	33 of 100 (Routine)
1 August 1949	Amite, US	daily rain	67.3 mm (2.6 in)	22.8 mm (0.9 in)	40 years	33 of 100 (Routine)
1 August 1949	Junagadh, IN	monthly rain	130.8 mm (5.1 in)	10.1 mm (0.4 in)	42 years	32 of 100 (Routine)
1 August 1949	Tomsk, RU	monthly rain	45.0 mm (1.8 in)	6.1 mm (0.24 in)	19 years	32 of 100 (Routine)
1 August 1949	Nerchinskij Zavod, RU	monthly high min	19.4 C (66.9 F)	0.7 C (1.3 F)	51 years	32 of 100 (Routine)
1 August 1949	Cheboygan, US	daily low max	16.7 C (62.1 F)	3.3 C (5.9 F)	56 years	30 of 100 (Routine)
1 August 1949	Dhoraji, IN	daily rain	80.0 mm (3.1 in)	22.8 mm (0.9 in)	39 years	29 of 100 (Routine)
1 August 1949	Budge Budge, IN	daily rain	94.2 mm (3.7 in)	44.9 mm (1.8 in)	24 years	29 of 100 (Routine)
1 August 1949	Medford, US	daily rain	33.5 mm (1.3 in)	13.2 mm (0.5 in)	46 years	29 of 100 (Routine)
1 August 1949	Kaithal, IN	daily rain	61.0 mm (2.4 in)	21.1 mm (0.8 in)	43 years	28 of 100 (Routine)
1 August 1949	Amta, IN	daily rain	71.9 mm (2.8 in)	40.4 mm (1.6 in)	30 years	28 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

1797 to 1949

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1797 to 1949. 1949 had 324 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 1949-08-01: 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 20	214
20 to 40	7
40 to 60	6
60 to 80	1
80 to 100	2