Weather Records on 19 August 1949

411 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 19 August 1949. Highest significance: Lawrence, US.

Key Facts for 19 August 1949

On 19 August 1949, 411 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
46 were record highs and 223 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 0 were all-time records, 11 monthly and 400 daily.
Lawrence set a daily record precipitation of 68.1 mm (2.7 in) on 19 August 1949.
Across 168 earlier years (1797 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 439 records.

Record Map

411 stations

411 station records on 19 August 1949 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 19 August 1949: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Lawrence	United States	Record daily precipitation	68.1 mm (2.7 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Chillicothe Radio Kchi	United States	Record daily precipitation	72.6 mm (2.9 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Upper Stewiacke	Canada	Record daily precipitation	76.2 mm (3.0 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Harrington Harbour	Canada	Record daily precipitation	57.2 mm (2.3 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Mt Pleasant 1 SW	United States	Record daily precipitation	78.2 mm (3.1 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Uccle	Belgium	Record low minimum temperature	6.2 C (43.2 F)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Stillwater	Canada	Record daily precipitation	66.8 mm (2.6 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Ennore Obsy	India	Record daily precipitation	126.0 mm (5.0 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Collegeville	Canada	Record daily precipitation	53.3 mm (2.1 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Visby_Flygplats	Sweden	Record low minimum temperature	3.6 C (38.5 F)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Midnapore	India	Record daily precipitation	113.0 mm (4.4 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Black Rock	United States	Record daily precipitation	81.5 mm (3.2 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Pawayan	India	Record daily precipitation	156.0 mm (6.1 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Wagga Wagga (Kooringal)	Australia	Record high minimum temperature	15.0 C (59.0 F)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Eugenia	Canada	Record daily precipitation	54.9 mm (2.2 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Oakdale	United States	Record daily precipitation	78.7 mm (3.1 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Parrsboro	Canada	Record daily precipitation	78.5 mm (3.1 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Charlottetown Cda	Canada	Record daily precipitation	42.2 mm (1.7 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Pupri	India	Record daily precipitation	151.9 mm (6.0 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Kentville Cda	Canada	Record daily precipitation	54.1 mm (2.1 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Neosho Rapids	United States	Record daily precipitation	69.1 mm (2.7 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Annapolis Royal	Canada	Record daily precipitation	54.9 mm (2.2 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Madhubani	India	Record daily precipitation	147.3 mm (5.8 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Kristianstad	Sweden	Record low minimum temperature	5.0 C (41.0 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Dublin Phoenix Park	Ireland	Record high minimum temperature	16.1 C (61.0 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Graz	Austria	Record low minimum temperature	4.4 C (39.9 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Buzau	Romania	Record low maximum temperature	17.2 C (63.0 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Kilauea 1134	United States	Record low maximum temperature	24.4 C (75.9 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Magdeburg	Germany	Record low minimum temperature	8.1 C (46.6 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Bharthana	India	Record daily precipitation	84.3 mm (3.3 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Calarasi	Romania	Record low maximum temperature	16.2 C (61.2 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Kvikkjokk-Arrenjarka	Sweden	Record low minimum temperature	-3.5 C (25.7 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Gallivare_A	Sweden	Record low minimum temperature	-1.0 C (30.2 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Falls City Brenner Fld	United States	Record daily precipitation	39.1 mm (1.5 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Digri	India	Record daily precipitation	156.2 mm (6.1 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Keosauqua	United States	Record daily precipitation	45.0 mm (1.8 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Emmett	United States	Record daily precipitation	50.0 mm (2.0 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Hathras	India	Record daily precipitation	101.1 mm (4.0 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Sadabad	India	Record daily precipitation	81.3 mm (3.2 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Maastricht-1	Netherlands	Record low minimum temperature	6.4 C (43.5 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Port Said	Egypt	Record low maximum temperature	29.0 C (84.2 F)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Waren	Germany	Record low minimum temperature	7.2 C (45.0 F)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Kessariah	India	Record daily precipitation	96.5 mm (3.8 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Bikram	India	Record daily precipitation	109.2 mm (4.3 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Tijeras Rs	United States	Record low minimum temperature	3.3 C (37.9 F)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Watertown	United States	Record daily precipitation	41.1 mm (1.6 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Liepaja	Latvia	Record low minimum temperature	5.8 C (42.4 F)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Tombstone	United States	Record high minimum temperature	22.2 C (72.0 F)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Paola	United States	Record daily precipitation	56.6 mm (2.2 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Elgin	United States	Record daily precipitation	49.0 mm (1.9 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Muenster	Germany	Record low minimum temperature	6.9 C (44.4 F)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Potsdam	Germany	Record low minimum temperature	7.6 C (45.7 F)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Drobeta Turnu Severin	Romania	Record low maximum temperature	17.5 C (63.5 F)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Ljubljana Bezigrad	Slovenia	Record low minimum temperature	4.2 C (39.6 F)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Haparanda	Sweden	Record low minimum temperature	1.8 C (35.2 F)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Fernandina Beach	United States	Record high minimum temperature	25.6 C (78.1 F)	25 of 100 (Routine)
La Harpe	United States	Record daily precipitation	51.1 mm (2.0 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Warsaw	United States	Record daily precipitation	41.7 mm (1.6 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Ericson 8 WNW	United States	Record daily precipitation	27.9 mm (1.1 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Mc Cool Junction	United States	Record daily precipitation	39.4 mm (1.6 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

411 records

Records set or tied on 19 August 1949 by type: Highest daily maximum 15, Lowest daily maximum 99, Highest daily minimum 31, Lowest daily minimum 124, Heaviest daily rainfall 142.

Records on 19 August 1949 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	15
Lowest daily maximum	99
Highest daily minimum	31
Lowest daily minimum	124
Heaviest daily rainfall	142
Heaviest daily snowfall	0
Deepest snow cover	0

Records on 19 August 1949 by timescale: all-time 0, monthly 11, daily 400.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

331 broken records

Margins by which the 331 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 80.8. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

19 August 1949

Top 20 records on 19 August 1949 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
19 August 1949	Lawrence, US	daily rain	68.1 mm (2.7 in)	50.1 mm (2.0 in)	47 years	52 of 100 (Notable)
19 August 1949	Chillicothe Radio Kchi, US	daily rain	72.6 mm (2.9 in)	57.4 mm (2.3 in)	31 years	52 of 100 (Notable)
19 August 1949	Upper Stewiacke, CA	daily rain	76.2 mm (3.0 in)	53.3 mm (2.1 in)	28 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
19 August 1949	Harrington Harbour, CA	daily rain	57.2 mm (2.3 in)	42.0 mm (1.7 in)	20 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
19 August 1949	Mt Pleasant 1 SW, US	daily rain	78.2 mm (3.1 in)	45.4 mm (1.8 in)	44 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
19 August 1949	Uccle, BE	daily low min	6.2 C (43.2 F)	2.2 C (4.0 F)	99 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
19 August 1949	Stillwater, CA	daily rain	66.8 mm (2.6 in)	61.5 mm (2.4 in)	24 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
19 August 1949	Ennore Obsy, IN	monthly rain	126.0 mm (5.0 in)	38.1 mm (1.5 in)	5 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
19 August 1949	Collegeville, CA	daily rain	53.3 mm (2.1 in)	48.2 mm (1.9 in)	27 years	44 of 100 (Notable)
19 August 1949	Visby_Flygplats, SE	daily low min	3.6 C (38.5 F)	4.4 C (7.9 F)	63 years	44 of 100 (Notable)
19 August 1949	Midnapore, IN	daily rain	113.0 mm (4.4 in)	63.5 mm (2.5 in)	36 years	43 of 100 (Notable)
19 August 1949	Black Rock, US	daily rain	81.5 mm (3.2 in)	44.4 mm (1.7 in)	34 years	43 of 100 (Notable)
19 August 1949	Pawayan, IN	daily rain	156.0 mm (6.1 in)	72.4 mm (2.9 in)	38 years	42 of 100 (Notable)
19 August 1949	Wagga Wagga (Kooringal), AU	monthly high min	15.0 C (59.0 F)	0.6 C (1.1 F)	73 years	40 of 100 (Notable)
19 August 1949	Eugenia, CA	daily rain	54.9 mm (2.2 in)	33.6 mm (1.3 in)	2 years	37 of 100 (Notable)
19 August 1949	Oakdale, US	monthly rain	78.7 mm (3.1 in)	11.6 mm (0.5 in)	40 years	37 of 100 (Notable)
19 August 1949	Parrsboro, CA	daily rain	78.5 mm (3.1 in)	39.1 mm (1.5 in)	16 years	35 of 100 (Notable)
19 August 1949	Charlottetown Cda, CA	daily rain	42.2 mm (1.7 in)	19.1 mm (0.8 in)	38 years	35 of 100 (Notable)
19 August 1949	Pupri, IN	daily rain	151.9 mm (6.0 in)	80.8 mm (3.2 in)	14 years	35 of 100 (Notable)
19 August 1949	Kentville Cda, CA	daily rain	54.1 mm (2.1 in)	34.0 mm (1.3 in)	16 years	34 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 411 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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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	294
20 to 40	20
40 to 60	13
60 to 80	3
80 to 100	1