Weather Records on 14 August 1949

374 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 14 August 1949. Highest significance: Fort Good Hope 2, CA.

Key Facts for 14 August 1949

On 14 August 1949, 374 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
46 were record highs and 158 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 2 were all-time records, 6 monthly and 366 daily.
Fort Good Hope 2 set an all-time record daily precipitation of 69.3 mm (2.7 in) on 14 August 1949.
Across 166 earlier years (1793 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 463 records.

Record Map

374 stations

374 station records on 14 August 1949 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 14 August 1949: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Fort Good Hope 2	Canada	Record daily precipitation	69.3 mm (2.7 in)	67 of 100 (Major)
Armori	India	Record daily precipitation	230.6 mm (9.1 in)	56 of 100 (Notable)
Asola	India	Record daily precipitation	197.1 mm (7.8 in)	56 of 100 (Notable)
Fairfax	United States	Record daily precipitation	63.5 mm (2.5 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Mul	India	Record daily precipitation	101.6 mm (4.0 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Millsboro	United States	Record daily precipitation	99.6 mm (3.9 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Steele 4N	United States	Record daily precipitation	33.0 mm (1.3 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Khairee	India	Record daily precipitation	134.6 mm (5.3 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
1 ENE Fairfield	United States	Record daily precipitation	76.7 mm (3.0 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Fort Simpson	Canada	Record daily precipitation	36.6 mm (1.4 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Drevja	Norway	Record daily precipitation	31.8 mm (1.3 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
St John's	Canada	Record daily precipitation	27.4 mm (1.1 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Gadhchiroli	India	Record daily precipitation	142.2 mm (5.6 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Inskip Point Lighthouse	Australia	Record daily precipitation	27.9 mm (1.1 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Tezpur	India	Record daily precipitation	109.2 mm (4.3 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Kalispell Glacier AP	United States	Record low minimum temperature	0.6 C (33.1 F)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Chadron 3SW	United States	Record daily precipitation	34.5 mm (1.4 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Chilliwack	Canada	Record daily precipitation	40.4 mm (1.6 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Franklinton	United States	Record daily precipitation	52.1 mm (2.1 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Amarwara	India	Record daily precipitation	99.1 mm (3.9 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Kazalinsk	Kazakhstan	Record daily precipitation	38.7 mm (1.5 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Bowdle	United States	Record daily precipitation	46.5 mm (1.8 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Kremsmuenster	Austria	Record daily precipitation	42.1 mm (1.7 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Bemetara	India	Record daily precipitation	110.0 mm (4.3 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Nogales	United States	Record low minimum temperature	10.6 C (51.1 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Ft Valley	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-0.6 C (30.9 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Chattanooga Wb City	United States	Record high minimum temperature	23.9 C (75.0 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Karlsruhe	Germany	Record low minimum temperature	6.3 C (43.3 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Kessariah	India	Record daily precipitation	127.0 mm (5.0 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Gandai	India	Record daily precipitation	84.8 mm (3.3 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Laurier	United States	Record low minimum temperature	0.6 C (33.1 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Low Head (Comparison)	Australia	Record high maximum temperature	15.6 C (60.1 F)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Reit Im Winkl	Germany	Record daily precipitation	50.2 mm (2.0 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Hvar	Croatia	Record low minimum temperature	13.5 C (56.3 F)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Ramnagar	India	Record daily precipitation	123.2 mm (4.9 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Karkaralinsk	Kazakhstan	Record daily precipitation	33.0 mm (1.3 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Nord-Rana	Norway	Record daily precipitation	30.0 mm (1.2 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Maricopa 9 SSW	United States	Record low minimum temperature	15.0 C (59.0 F)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Wickenburg	United States	Record low minimum temperature	10.0 C (50.0 F)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Porthill	United States	Record low minimum temperature	1.1 C (34.0 F)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Kunghari	India	Record daily precipitation	106.7 mm (4.2 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Basel Binningen	Switzerland	Record low minimum temperature	4.2 C (39.6 F)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Houma	United States	Record daily precipitation	61.0 mm (2.4 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Hannah 2 N	United States	Record high minimum temperature	22.2 C (72.0 F)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Szeged	Hungary	Record low maximum temperature	14.7 C (58.5 F)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Khajwa	India	Record daily precipitation	121.9 mm (4.8 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Cidra 1 E	Puerto Rico [United States]	Record low minimum temperature	14.4 C (57.9 F)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Rockville	United States	Record daily precipitation	48.8 mm (1.9 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
St John's	Canada	Record low maximum temperature	12.8 C (55.0 F)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Freiburg	Germany	Record low minimum temperature	7.4 C (45.3 F)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Osijek	Croatia	Record low maximum temperature	13.6 C (56.5 F)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Pecs Pogany	Hungary	Record low maximum temperature	14.3 C (57.7 F)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Chandrapur	India	Record daily precipitation	79.2 mm (3.1 in)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Harrisonville	United States	Record daily precipitation	44.7 mm (1.8 in)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Neosho	United States	Record daily precipitation	43.9 mm (1.7 in)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Augusta	United States	Record low minimum temperature	0.6 C (33.1 F)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Choteau	United States	Record low minimum temperature	0.0 C (32.0 F)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Bosque del Apache	United States	Record low minimum temperature	6.7 C (44.1 F)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Sitka Magnetic Obsy	United States	Record low maximum temperature	11.7 C (53.1 F)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Salzburg	Austria	Record low maximum temperature	10.8 C (51.4 F)	22 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

374 records

Records set or tied on 14 August 1949 by type: Highest daily maximum 16, Lowest daily maximum 34, Highest daily minimum 30, Lowest daily minimum 124, Heaviest daily rainfall 170.

Records on 14 August 1949 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	16
Lowest daily maximum	34
Highest daily minimum	30
Lowest daily minimum	124
Heaviest daily rainfall	170
Heaviest daily snowfall	0
Deepest snow cover	0

Records on 14 August 1949 by timescale: all-time 2, monthly 6, daily 366.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

309 broken records

Margins by which the 309 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 156.0. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

14 August 1949

Top 20 records on 14 August 1949 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
14 August 1949	Fort Good Hope 2, CA	all-time rain	69.3 mm (2.7 in)	23.6 mm (0.9 in)	7 years	67 of 100 (Major)
14 August 1949	Armori, IN	daily rain	230.6 mm (9.1 in)	141.7 mm (5.6 in)	42 years	56 of 100 (Notable)
14 August 1949	Asola, IN	daily rain	197.1 mm (7.8 in)	156.0 mm (6.1 in)	42 years	56 of 100 (Notable)
14 August 1949	Fairfax, US	daily rain	63.5 mm (2.5 in)	55.9 mm (2.2 in)	23 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
14 August 1949	Mul, IN	daily rain	101.6 mm (4.0 in)	63.0 mm (2.5 in)	35 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
14 August 1949	Millsboro, US	daily rain	99.6 mm (3.9 in)	55.1 mm (2.2 in)	49 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
14 August 1949	Steele 4N, US	daily rain	33.0 mm (1.3 in)	24.1 mm (0.9 in)	54 years	43 of 100 (Notable)
14 August 1949	Khairee, IN	daily rain	134.6 mm (5.3 in)	90.9 mm (3.6 in)	18 years	41 of 100 (Notable)
14 August 1949	1 ENE Fairfield, US	daily rain	76.7 mm (3.0 in)	33.5 mm (1.3 in)	44 years	41 of 100 (Notable)
14 August 1949	Fort Simpson, CA	daily rain	36.6 mm (1.4 in)	23.4 mm (0.9 in)	8 years	40 of 100 (Notable)
14 August 1949	Drevja, NO	daily rain	31.8 mm (1.3 in)	18.0 mm (0.7 in)	38 years	39 of 100 (Notable)
14 August 1949	St John's, CA	daily rain	27.4 mm (1.1 in)	15.7 mm (0.6 in)	58 years	37 of 100 (Notable)
14 August 1949	Gadhchiroli, IN	daily rain	142.2 mm (5.6 in)	58.4 mm (2.3 in)	42 years	36 of 100 (Notable)
14 August 1949	Inskip Point Lighthouse, AU	daily rain	27.9 mm (1.1 in)	17.7 mm (0.7 in)	52 years	35 of 100 (Notable)
14 August 1949	Tezpur, IN	daily rain	109.2 mm (4.3 in)	40.6 mm (1.6 in)	39 years	35 of 100 (Notable)
14 August 1949	Kalispell Glacier AP, US	daily low min	0.6 C (33.1 F)	5.0 C (9.0 F)	48 years	35 of 100 (Notable)
14 August 1949	Chadron 3SW, US	daily rain	34.5 mm (1.4 in)	21.5 mm (0.8 in)	26 years	35 of 100 (Notable)
14 August 1949	Chilliwack, CA	monthly rain	40.4 mm (1.6 in)	4.1 mm (0.16 in)	36 years	34 of 100 (Routine)
14 August 1949	Franklinton, US	daily rain	52.1 mm (2.1 in)	31.8 mm (1.3 in)	38 years	34 of 100 (Routine)
14 August 1949	Amarwara, IN	daily rain	99.1 mm (3.9 in)	54.4 mm (2.1 in)	8 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 1949

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1793 to 1949. 1949 had 374 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	280
20 to 40	13
40 to 60	12
60 to 80	1
80 to 100	1
100 to 120	0
120 to 140	0
140 to 160	2