Weather Records on 7 August 1949

587 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 7 August 1949. Highest significance: Pandhera, IN.

Key Facts for 7 August 1949

On 7 August 1949, 587 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
333 were record highs and 121 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 4 were all-time records, 39 monthly and 544 daily.
Pandhera set a daily record precipitation of 139.7 mm (5.5 in) on 7 August 1949.
Across 163 earlier years (1808 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 470 records.

Record Map

587 stations

587 station records on 7 August 1949 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 7 August 1949: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Pandhera	India	Record daily precipitation	139.7 mm (5.5 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Hajo	India	Record daily precipitation	160.0 mm (6.3 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Paisley	United Kingdom	Record daily precipitation	71.6 mm (2.8 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Wayne	United States	Record daily precipitation	49.0 mm (1.9 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Willcox	United States	Record daily precipitation	50.8 mm (2.0 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Indian Head Cda	Canada	Record high minimum temperature	21.1 C (70.0 F)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Honey Grove	United States	Record daily precipitation	76.2 mm (3.0 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Rico	United States	Record daily precipitation	26.7 mm (1.1 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Cumberland	Canada	Record daily precipitation	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Bhanga	India	Record daily precipitation	175.3 mm (6.9 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Qu'appelle	Canada	Record high maximum temperature	38.3 C (100.9 F)	34 of 100 (Routine)
St Albans	Canada	Record high minimum temperature	23.3 C (73.9 F)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Marmarth	United States	Record high maximum temperature	43.3 C (109.9 F)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Dialville 2 W	United States	Record daily precipitation	47.0 mm (1.9 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Canton 4N	United States	Record daily precipitation	39.1 mm (1.5 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Clarksville	United States	Record daily precipitation	69.9 mm (2.8 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Williston Sloulin Fld	United States	Record high maximum temperature	42.2 C (108.0 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Brandon Cda	Canada	Record high minimum temperature	21.1 C (70.0 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Pembroke Eddy Match	Canada	Record high minimum temperature	20.6 C (69.1 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Howell Wwtp	United States	Record daily precipitation	39.4 mm (1.6 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Holly Bluff	United States	Record daily precipitation	41.4 mm (1.6 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Chaplin	Canada	Record high minimum temperature	20.6 C (69.1 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Natchez	United States	Record daily precipitation	39.9 mm (1.6 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Mohall	United States	Record high maximum temperature	41.7 C (107.1 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Isabela Substn	Puerto Rico [United States]	Record low maximum temperature	28.3 C (82.9 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Walnut Grove	United States	Record daily precipitation	35.8 mm (1.4 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Fremantle	Australia	Record daily precipitation	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Areia (Ufpb)	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	42.0 mm (1.7 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Kashipur	India	Record daily precipitation	147.8 mm (5.8 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Armagh	United Kingdom	Record daily precipitation	31.5 mm (1.2 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Roby	United States	Record daily precipitation	27.2 mm (1.1 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Chandragiri	India	Record daily precipitation	81.3 mm (3.2 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Landsdown	India	Record daily precipitation	149.9 mm (5.9 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Ekalaka	United States	Record high minimum temperature	26.1 C (79.0 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Savage	United States	Record high maximum temperature	43.3 C (109.9 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Regina Int'l A	Canada	Record high minimum temperature	21.1 C (70.0 F)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Hamilton	Canada	Record high minimum temperature	23.3 C (73.9 F)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Mercanam	India	Record daily precipitation	88.9 mm (3.5 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Millington 3 SE	United States	Record daily precipitation	34.3 mm (1.4 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Angleton 2 W	United States	Record daily precipitation	48.0 mm (1.9 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Olga 2 SE	United States	Record low maximum temperature	14.4 C (57.9 F)	26 of 100 (Routine)
El Dorado Goodwin Fld	United States	Record daily precipitation	31.2 mm (1.2 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Buckeye	United States	Record daily precipitation	43.2 mm (1.7 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Granville	United States	Record high maximum temperature	41.1 C (106.0 F)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Grenora	United States	Record high minimum temperature	21.1 C (70.0 F)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Faulkton	United States	Record high maximum temperature	39.4 C (102.9 F)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Spur	United States	Record low maximum temperature	24.4 C (75.9 F)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Sedro-Woolley	United States	Record low maximum temperature	15.6 C (60.1 F)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Fort Good Hope 2	Canada	Record daily precipitation	30.5 mm (1.2 in)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Fichtelberg	Germany	Record high maximum temperature	24.8 C (76.6 F)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Culbertson	United States	Record high maximum temperature	42.8 C (109.0 F)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Glendive	United States	Record high maximum temperature	40.0 C (104.0 F)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Watford City	United States	Record high maximum temperature	43.9 C (111.0 F)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Savary Island	Canada	Record daily precipitation	25.9 mm (1.0 in)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Whitewood	Canada	Record high minimum temperature	20.6 C (69.1 F)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Morden	Canada	Record high maximum temperature	40.0 C (104.0 F)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Morden	Canada	Record high minimum temperature	23.3 C (73.9 F)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Regensburg	Germany	Record high maximum temperature	31.6 C (88.9 F)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Ai-Petri	Ukraine	Record low minimum temperature	5.3 C (41.5 F)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Ft Bayard 4W	United States	Record low minimum temperature	11.1 C (52.0 F)	23 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

587 records

Records set or tied on 7 August 1949 by type: Highest daily maximum 221, Lowest daily maximum 83, Highest daily minimum 112, Lowest daily minimum 38, Heaviest daily rainfall 133.

Records on 7 August 1949 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	221
Lowest daily maximum	83
Highest daily minimum	112
Lowest daily minimum	38
Heaviest daily rainfall	133
Heaviest daily snowfall	0
Deepest snow cover	0

Records on 7 August 1949 by timescale: all-time 4, monthly 39, daily 544.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

458 broken records

Margins by which the 458 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 100.1. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

7 August 1949

Top 20 records on 7 August 1949 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
7 August 1949	Pandhera, IN	daily rain	139.7 mm (5.5 in)	94.0 mm (3.7 in)	40 years	52 of 100 (Notable)
7 August 1949	Hajo, IN	daily rain	160.0 mm (6.3 in)	100.1 mm (3.9 in)	15 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
7 August 1949	Paisley, GB	daily rain	71.6 mm (2.8 in)	44.4 mm (1.7 in)	7 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
7 August 1949	Wayne, US	daily rain	49.0 mm (1.9 in)	38.8 mm (1.5 in)	24 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
7 August 1949	Willcox, US	daily rain	50.8 mm (2.0 in)	31.7 mm (1.2 in)	31 years	44 of 100 (Notable)
7 August 1949	Indian Head Cda, CA	daily high min	21.1 C (70.0 F)	6.7 C (12.1 F)	54 years	40 of 100 (Notable)
7 August 1949	Honey Grove, US	daily rain	76.2 mm (3.0 in)	67.3 mm (2.6 in)	8 years	40 of 100 (Notable)
7 August 1949	Rico, US	daily rain	26.7 mm (1.1 in)	14.3 mm (0.6 in)	22 years	37 of 100 (Notable)
7 August 1949	Cumberland, CA	daily rain	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	22.4 mm (0.9 in)	11 years	36 of 100 (Notable)
7 August 1949	Bhanga, IN	monthly rain	175.3 mm (6.9 in)	36.9 mm (1.5 in)	20 years	36 of 100 (Notable)
7 August 1949	Qu'appelle, CA	monthly high max	38.3 C (100.9 F)	0.5 C (0.9 F)	56 years	34 of 100 (Routine)
7 August 1949	St Albans, CA	monthly high min	23.3 C (73.9 F)	0.5 C (0.9 F)	59 years	34 of 100 (Routine)
7 August 1949	Marmarth, US	all-time high max	43.3 C (109.9 F)	1.1 C (2.0 F)	30 years	34 of 100 (Routine)
7 August 1949	Dialville 2 W, US	daily rain	47.0 mm (1.9 in)	28.2 mm (1.1 in)	44 years	34 of 100 (Routine)
7 August 1949	Canton 4N, US	daily rain	39.1 mm (1.5 in)	24.4 mm (1.0 in)	44 years	33 of 100 (Routine)
7 August 1949	Clarksville, US	daily rain	69.9 mm (2.8 in)	26.7 mm (1.1 in)	48 years	33 of 100 (Routine)
7 August 1949	Williston Sloulin Fld, US	monthly high max	42.2 C (108.0 F)	2.2 C (4.0 F)	49 years	33 of 100 (Routine)
7 August 1949	Brandon Cda, CA	daily high min	21.1 C (70.0 F)	3.9 C (7.0 F)	57 years	32 of 100 (Routine)
7 August 1949	Pembroke Eddy Match, CA	daily high min	20.6 C (69.1 F)	1.7 C (3.1 F)	66 years	32 of 100 (Routine)
7 August 1949	Howell Wwtp, US	daily rain	39.4 mm (1.6 in)	25.9 mm (1.0 in)	26 years	32 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

1808 to 1949

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1808 to 1949. 1949 had 587 records.

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

Records on 08-07 in each year
Year	Records
1808	1
1812	1
1815	1
1816	1
1817	1
1833	2
1844	1
1845	1
1848	1
1857	3
1858	1
1859	2
1861	1
1866	1
1868	1
1869	3
1870	2
1875	1
1876	5
1879	1
1880	2
1882	1
1883	1
1884	2
1886	1
1887	2
1888	5
1889	2
1891	3
1892	3
1893	1
1894	1
1895	7
1896	2
1897	2
1898	4
1899	1
1900	6
1901	3
1902	5
1903	17
1904	8
1905	8
1906	9
1907	10
1908	13
1909	11
1910	1
1911	36
1912	31
1913	39
1914	24
1915	40
1916	50
1917	21
1918	108
1919	36
1920	36
1921	55
1922	61
1923	101
1924	128
1925	81
1926	115
1927	109
1928	188
1929	181
1930	486
1931	357
1932	249
1933	310
1934	608
1935	507
1936	286
1937	446
1938	568
1939	561
1940	271
1941	305
1942	340
1943	601
1944	332
1945	882
1946	500
1947	461
1948	756
1949	587
1950	541
1951	562
1952	556
1953	378
1954	589
1955	536
1956	321
1957	868
1958	571
1959	356
1960	344
1961	356
1962	718
1963	522
1964	446
1965	552
1966	400
1967	701
1968	600
1969	523
1970	652
1971	969
1972	1,172
1973	568
1974	746
1975	1,177
1976	1,168
1977	617
1978	1,210
1979	559
1980	871
1981	855
1982	727
1983	1,207
1984	840
1985	1,088
1986	544
1987	1,146
1988	897
1989	1,472
1990	1,625
1991	1,217
1992	1,236
1993	1,040
1994	1,262
1995	1,521
1996	1,107
1997	1,460
1998	1,183
1999	950
2000	871
2001	1,386
2002	907
2003	1,244
2004	1,400
2005	882
2006	923
2007	1,309
2008	918
2009	1,121
2010	1,098
2011	1,282
2012	688
2013	665
2014	501
2015	1,027
2016	505
2017	954
2018	636
2019	609
2020	605
2021	397
2022	880
2023	1,221
2024	835
2025	733
2026	1,047

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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	428
20 to 40	25
40 to 60	1
60 to 80	2
80 to 100	1
100 to 120	1