Weather Records on 15 August 1949

559 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 15 August 1949. Highest significance: Loup City, US.

Key Facts for 15 August 1949

On 15 August 1949, 559 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
81 were record highs and 114 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 1 were all-time records, 11 monthly and 547 daily.
Loup City set a daily record precipitation of 120.7 mm (4.8 in) on 15 August 1949.
Across 168 earlier years (1793 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 454 records.

Record Map

559 stations

559 station records on 15 August 1949 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 15 August 1949: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Loup City	United States	Record daily precipitation	120.7 mm (4.8 in)	59 of 100 (Notable)
Sitapur	India	Record daily precipitation	139.7 mm (5.5 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Dale Enterprise	United States	Record daily precipitation	97.3 mm (3.8 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Ballina (Crowley Village)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	62.5 mm (2.5 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Elliston	United States	Record daily precipitation	170.2 mm (6.7 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Boyup Brook	Australia	Record daily precipitation	28.7 mm (1.1 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Ambikapur	India	Record daily precipitation	162.3 mm (6.4 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Shoals 8 S	United States	Record daily precipitation	88.1 mm (3.5 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Edenton	United States	Record daily precipitation	127.8 mm (5.0 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Sandy Cape Lighthouse	Australia	Record daily precipitation	42.9 mm (1.7 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Paulo Afonso	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	42.0 mm (1.7 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Yallingup	Australia	Record daily precipitation	30.0 mm (1.2 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Quindalup	Australia	Record daily precipitation	36.3 mm (1.4 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Finch Hatton Cook St	Australia	Record daily precipitation	57.2 mm (2.3 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Maricopa 9 SSW	United States	Record low minimum temperature	13.9 C (57.0 F)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Harvey Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	31.0 mm (1.2 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Markland Dam 39	United States	Record daily precipitation	70.9 mm (2.8 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
O'Neill	United States	Record daily precipitation	58.4 mm (2.3 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Maharajganj	India	Record daily precipitation	188.0 mm (7.4 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Maharajganj	India	Record daily precipitation	94.7 mm (3.7 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Amethi	India	Record daily precipitation	100.3 mm (3.9 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Buckhannon	United States	Record daily precipitation	87.1 mm (3.4 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Pickens 1	United States	Record daily precipitation	56.1 mm (2.2 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Port Stanley	Canada	Record high maximum temperature	30.0 C (86.0 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Reit Im Winkl	Germany	Record daily precipitation	57.5 mm (2.3 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Pontiac	United States	Record daily precipitation	48.5 mm (1.9 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Columbus 3 NE	United States	Record daily precipitation	47.0 mm (1.9 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Charlottesville 2W	United States	Record daily precipitation	136.7 mm (5.4 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Brunswick Junction	Australia	Record daily precipitation	32.8 mm (1.3 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Byron Bay (Jacaranda Drive)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	37.3 mm (1.5 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Salzburg	Austria	Record daily precipitation	48.0 mm (1.9 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Bijnor	India	Record daily precipitation	142.7 mm (5.6 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Onida 4 NW	United States	Record daily precipitation	37.3 mm (1.5 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Greenville Kgvl Radio	United States	Record daily precipitation	68.6 mm (2.7 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Parsons 3 SE	United States	Record daily precipitation	36.1 mm (1.4 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Kremsmuenster	Austria	Record daily precipitation	35.8 mm (1.4 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Bella Coola	Canada	Record low maximum temperature	8.3 C (46.9 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Clinton	United States	Record daily precipitation	50.8 mm (2.0 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Arthur City	United States	Record daily precipitation	36.8 mm (1.4 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Louisa	United States	Record daily precipitation	87.1 mm (3.4 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Collie	Australia	Record daily precipitation	38.1 mm (1.5 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Grand Forks UNIV (NWS)	United States	Record daily precipitation	50.8 mm (2.0 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Jalalabad	India	Record daily precipitation	48.5 mm (1.9 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Tuba City	United States	Record low minimum temperature	8.9 C (48.0 F)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Thief River Falls	United States	Record daily precipitation	35.1 mm (1.4 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Fatehpur	India	Record daily precipitation	97.8 mm (3.9 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Arad	Romania	Record low maximum temperature	17.3 C (63.1 F)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Prescott	United States	Record low minimum temperature	5.0 C (41.0 F)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Paris Stp	United States	Record daily precipitation	36.3 mm (1.4 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Clarksville 2NE	United States	Record daily precipitation	46.2 mm (1.8 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Laurier	United States	Record low minimum temperature	1.7 C (35.1 F)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Point Pleasant	United States	Record daily precipitation	26.2 mm (1.0 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Asheville	United States	Record high minimum temperature	21.7 C (71.1 F)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Lafayette Rgnl AP	United States	Record daily precipitation	157.0 mm (6.2 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Khagaul	India	Record daily precipitation	88.9 mm (3.5 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Borio	India	Record daily precipitation	55.9 mm (2.2 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Korba	India	Record daily precipitation	111.8 mm (4.4 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Bargarh	India	Record daily precipitation	96.5 mm (3.8 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)
Nogales	United States	Record low minimum temperature	9.4 C (48.9 F)	25 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

559 records

Records set or tied on 15 August 1949 by type: Highest daily maximum 18, Lowest daily maximum 34, Highest daily minimum 63, Lowest daily minimum 80, Heaviest daily rainfall 364.

Records on 15 August 1949 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	18
Lowest daily maximum	34
Highest daily minimum	63
Lowest daily minimum	80
Heaviest daily rainfall	364
Heaviest daily snowfall	0
Deepest snow cover	0

Records on 15 August 1949 by timescale: all-time 1, monthly 11, daily 547.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

465 broken records

Margins by which the 465 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 97.8. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

15 August 1949

Top 20 records on 15 August 1949 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
15 August 1949	Loup City, US	daily rain	120.7 mm (4.8 in)	97.8 mm (3.9 in)	48 years	59 of 100 (Notable)
15 August 1949	Sitapur, IN	daily rain	139.7 mm (5.5 in)	88.4 mm (3.5 in)	22 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
15 August 1949	Dale Enterprise, US	daily rain	97.3 mm (3.8 in)	64.8 mm (2.6 in)	8 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
15 August 1949	Ballina (Crowley Village), AU	daily rain	62.5 mm (2.5 in)	44.7 mm (1.8 in)	47 years	44 of 100 (Notable)
15 August 1949	Elliston, US	all-time rain	170.2 mm (6.7 in)	15.3 mm (0.6 in)	36 years	43 of 100 (Notable)
15 August 1949	Boyup Brook, AU	daily rain	28.7 mm (1.1 in)	21.3 mm (0.8 in)	20 years	42 of 100 (Notable)
15 August 1949	Ambikapur, IN	daily rain	162.3 mm (6.4 in)	75.9 mm (3.0 in)	31 years	40 of 100 (Notable)
15 August 1949	Shoals 8 S, US	daily rain	88.1 mm (3.5 in)	45.7 mm (1.8 in)	14 years	40 of 100 (Notable)
15 August 1949	Edenton, US	monthly rain	127.8 mm (5.0 in)	16.0 mm (0.6 in)	49 years	40 of 100 (Notable)
15 August 1949	Sandy Cape Lighthouse, AU	daily rain	42.9 mm (1.7 in)	30.2 mm (1.2 in)	18 years	39 of 100 (Notable)
15 August 1949	Paulo Afonso, BR	daily rain	42.0 mm (1.7 in)	29.5 mm (1.2 in)	31 years	39 of 100 (Notable)
15 August 1949	Yallingup, AU	daily rain	30.0 mm (1.2 in)	17.0 mm (0.7 in)	35 years	37 of 100 (Notable)
15 August 1949	Quindalup, AU	daily rain	36.3 mm (1.4 in)	14.2 mm (0.6 in)	42 years	36 of 100 (Notable)
15 August 1949	Finch Hatton Cook St, AU	daily rain	57.2 mm (2.3 in)	55.2 mm (2.2 in)	12 years	35 of 100 (Notable)
15 August 1949	Maricopa 9 SSW, US	daily low min	13.9 C (57.0 F)	5.5 C (9.9 F)	36 years	34 of 100 (Routine)
15 August 1949	Harvey Post Office, AU	daily rain	31.0 mm (1.2 in)	15.5 mm (0.6 in)	36 years	33 of 100 (Routine)
15 August 1949	Markland Dam 39, US	daily rain	70.9 mm (2.8 in)	30.3 mm (1.2 in)	38 years	33 of 100 (Routine)
15 August 1949	O'Neill, US	daily rain	58.4 mm (2.3 in)	25.1 mm (1.0 in)	26 years	33 of 100 (Routine)
15 August 1949	Maharajganj, IN	daily rain	188.0 mm (7.4 in)	53.4 mm (2.1 in)	34 years	32 of 100 (Routine)
15 August 1949	Maharajganj, IN	daily rain	94.7 mm (3.7 in)	61.7 mm (2.4 in)	2 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

1793 to 1949

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1793 to 1949. 1949 had 559 records.

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

Records on 08-15 in each year
Year	Records
1793	2
1802	1
1805	1
1812	1
1821	1
1838	2
1839	1
1841	1
1844	1
1845	3
1852	1
1854	1
1856	1
1858	1
1861	3
1867	1
1868	2
1869	1
1873	2
1875	1
1876	2
1877	1
1878	1
1879	1
1880	3
1881	2
1882	2
1883	1
1884	2
1885	3
1886	1
1887	1
1888	3
1890	2
1891	2
1892	3
1893	3
1895	1
1896	9
1897	3
1898	1
1899	2
1900	6
1901	5
1902	10
1903	5
1904	17
1905	26
1906	8
1907	14
1908	15
1909	30
1910	16
1911	26
1912	34
1913	42
1914	11
1915	26
1916	223
1917	32
1918	23
1919	22
1920	59
1921	55
1922	86
1923	116
1924	220
1925	91
1926	115
1927	223
1928	271
1929	586
1930	274
1931	351
1932	368
1933	268
1934	992
1935	414
1936	867
1937	574
1938	681
1939	450
1940	372
1941	289
1942	377
1943	426
1944	610
1945	433
1946	285
1947	559
1948	366
1949	559
1950	317
1951	597
1952	596
1953	449
1954	481
1955	539
1956	390
1957	355
1958	1,092
1959	515
1960	417
1961	704
1962	1,052
1963	972
1964	1,185
1965	535
1966	340
1967	687
1968	1,002
1969	583
1970	382
1971	899
1972	613
1973	499
1974	512
1975	490
1976	1,345
1977	550
1978	841
1979	1,788
1980	745
1981	588
1982	479
1983	955
1984	622
1985	915
1986	1,283
1987	1,098
1988	1,479
1989	495
1990	758
1991	778
1992	1,638
1993	831
1994	1,073
1995	1,298
1996	929
1997	927
1998	861
1999	956
2000	932
2001	1,254
2002	1,307
2003	1,248
2004	1,424
2005	1,067
2006	923
2007	1,317
2008	964
2009	1,038
2010	1,622
2011	770
2012	654
2013	711
2014	583
2015	759
2016	707
2017	532
2018	328
2019	435
2020	1,327
2021	900
2022	692
2023	1,414
2024	729
2025	772
2026	975

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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	422
20 to 40	32
40 to 60	4
60 to 80	5
80 to 100	2