Weather Records on 10 August 1950

324 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 10 August 1950. Highest significance: Wallace, US.

Key Facts for 10 August 1950

On 10 August 1950, 324 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
33 were record highs and 125 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 0 were all-time records, 7 monthly and 317 daily.
Wallace set a daily record precipitation of 66.0 mm (2.6 in) on 10 August 1950.
Across 160 earlier years (1814 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 469 records.

Record Map

324 stations

324 station records on 10 August 1950 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 10 August 1950: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Wallace	United States	Record daily precipitation	66.0 mm (2.6 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Silda Belpahari	India	Record daily precipitation	147.3 mm (5.8 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Lemmon	United States	Record daily precipitation	53.3 mm (2.1 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Barabazar	India	Record daily precipitation	141.7 mm (5.6 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Nagaur (Nagore )	India	Record daily precipitation	112.5 mm (4.4 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Bandwan	India	Record daily precipitation	139.7 mm (5.5 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Bainbridge	United States	Record low minimum temperature	16.7 C (62.1 F)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Winner	United States	Record daily precipitation	42.2 mm (1.7 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Viramgam	India	Record daily precipitation	82.6 mm (3.3 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Blackdown	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	34.0 mm (1.3 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Blanco	United States	Record daily precipitation	42.7 mm (1.7 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Dodge City	United States	Record daily precipitation	35.1 mm (1.4 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Bikaner	India	Record daily precipitation	97.8 mm (3.9 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Yerevan	Armenia	Record high minimum temperature	25.0 C (77.0 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Scheveningen	Netherlands	Record daily precipitation	38.0 mm (1.5 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Russellville	United States	Record daily precipitation	50.8 mm (2.0 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Saraipali	India	Record daily precipitation	129.5 mm (5.1 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Hanumangarh	India	Record daily precipitation	106.7 mm (4.2 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Khanpur	India	Record daily precipitation	67.1 mm (2.6 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Orebro	Sweden	Record low minimum temperature	5.5 C (41.9 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Decatur	United States	Record daily precipitation	29.0 mm (1.1 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Carrollton Lock 1	United States	Record daily precipitation	53.3 mm (2.1 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Madison Sewage Plt	United States	Record daily precipitation	26.2 mm (1.0 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Summerfield 2 NE	United States	Record daily precipitation	44.5 mm (1.8 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Rajaund	India	Record daily precipitation	38.1 mm (1.5 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Riva	Italy	Record high maximum temperature	31.0 C (87.8 F)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Mission 4 W	United States	Record low minimum temperature	20.0 C (68.0 F)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Millen 4 N	United States	Record low minimum temperature	16.1 C (61.0 F)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Ashland	United States	Record daily precipitation	34.3 mm (1.4 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Corning	United States	Record low maximum temperature	26.7 C (80.1 F)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Cambridge City 3 N	United States	Record low maximum temperature	21.7 C (71.1 F)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Rushville	United States	Record low maximum temperature	21.7 C (71.1 F)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Shelbyville 1 E	United States	Record daily precipitation	27.9 mm (1.1 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
San Marcos	United States	Record low minimum temperature	17.8 C (64.0 F)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Budaun	India	Record daily precipitation	93.5 mm (3.7 in)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Dataganj	India	Record daily precipitation	95.3 mm (3.8 in)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Vishnupur	India	Record daily precipitation	77.5 mm (3.1 in)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Kurseong	India	Record daily precipitation	233.7 mm (9.2 in)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Ajo	United States	Record high minimum temperature	30.6 C (87.1 F)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Carrabelle 1 NNW	United States	Record daily precipitation	58.7 mm (2.3 in)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Marianna Sch For Boys	United States	Record low minimum temperature	17.8 C (64.0 F)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Schriever	United States	Record low minimum temperature	17.2 C (63.0 F)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Louisville 1 E	United States	Record low minimum temperature	16.7 C (62.1 F)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Milledgeville	United States	Record low minimum temperature	15.6 C (60.1 F)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Bluewater 3 WSW	United States	Record low minimum temperature	3.9 C (39.0 F)	23 of 100 (Routine)
New England	United States	Record daily precipitation	30.0 mm (1.2 in)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Britton	United States	Record low minimum temperature	2.8 C (37.0 F)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Goodland	United States	Record daily precipitation	27.4 mm (1.1 in)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Garu	India	Record daily precipitation	82.0 mm (3.2 in)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Ratangarh	India	Record daily precipitation	38.9 mm (1.5 in)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Akbarpur	India	Record daily precipitation	55.9 mm (2.2 in)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Sredny Vasjugan	Russia	Record daily precipitation	51.4 mm (2.0 in)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Lake City 2 E	United States	Record low minimum temperature	19.4 C (66.9 F)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Hoopeston	United States	Record daily precipitation	43.2 mm (1.7 in)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Pearlington	United States	Record low minimum temperature	20.0 C (68.0 F)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Lunkaransar	India	Record daily precipitation	76.2 mm (3.0 in)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Parbatsar	India	Record daily precipitation	76.2 mm (3.0 in)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Farrukhabad	India	Record daily precipitation	82.8 mm (3.3 in)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Ona	Norway	Record high minimum temperature	17.8 C (64.0 F)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Gunnison 3SW	United States	Record low minimum temperature	0.6 C (33.1 F)	21 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

324 records

Records set or tied on 10 August 1950 by type: Highest daily maximum 16, Lowest daily maximum 32, Highest daily minimum 17, Lowest daily minimum 93, Heaviest daily rainfall 166.

Records on 10 August 1950 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	16
Lowest daily maximum	32
Highest daily minimum	17
Lowest daily minimum	93
Heaviest daily rainfall	166
Heaviest daily snowfall	0
Deepest snow cover	0

Records on 10 August 1950 by timescale: all-time 0, monthly 7, daily 317.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

265 broken records

Margins by which the 265 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 104.1. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

10 August 1950

Top 20 records on 10 August 1950 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
10 August 1950	Wallace, US	daily rain	66.0 mm (2.6 in)	52.8 mm (2.1 in)	31 years	53 of 100 (Notable)
10 August 1950	Silda Belpahari, IN	daily rain	147.3 mm (5.8 in)	104.1 mm (4.1 in)	28 years	52 of 100 (Notable)
10 August 1950	Lemmon, US	monthly rain	53.3 mm (2.1 in)	20.3 mm (0.8 in)	7 years	44 of 100 (Notable)
10 August 1950	Barabazar, IN	daily rain	141.7 mm (5.6 in)	72.4 mm (2.9 in)	15 years	41 of 100 (Notable)
10 August 1950	Nagaur (Nagore ), IN	daily rain	112.5 mm (4.4 in)	42.4 mm (1.7 in)	47 years	40 of 100 (Notable)
10 August 1950	Bandwan, IN	daily rain	139.7 mm (5.5 in)	87.6 mm (3.4 in)	4 years	40 of 100 (Notable)
10 August 1950	Bainbridge, US	daily low min	16.7 C (62.1 F)	3.3 C (5.9 F)	41 years	39 of 100 (Notable)
10 August 1950	Winner, US	daily rain	42.2 mm (1.7 in)	28.0 mm (1.1 in)	40 years	39 of 100 (Notable)
10 August 1950	Viramgam, IN	daily rain	82.6 mm (3.3 in)	50.3 mm (2.0 in)	28 years	37 of 100 (Notable)
10 August 1950	Blackdown, ZA	daily rain	34.0 mm (1.3 in)	19.8 mm (0.8 in)	25 years	37 of 100 (Notable)
10 August 1950	Blanco, US	daily rain	42.7 mm (1.7 in)	35.1 mm (1.4 in)	31 years	36 of 100 (Notable)
10 August 1950	Dodge City, US	daily rain	35.1 mm (1.4 in)	28.5 mm (1.1 in)	24 years	34 of 100 (Routine)
10 August 1950	Bikaner, IN	daily rain	97.8 mm (3.9 in)	34.0 mm (1.3 in)	43 years	33 of 100 (Routine)
10 August 1950	Yerevan, AM	daily high min	25.0 C (77.0 F)	2.7 C (4.9 F)	55 years	32 of 100 (Routine)
10 August 1950	Scheveningen, NL	daily rain	38.0 mm (1.5 in)	2.8 mm (0.11 in)	72 years	32 of 100 (Routine)
10 August 1950	Russellville, US	daily rain	50.8 mm (2.0 in)	16.5 mm (0.6 in)	54 years	32 of 100 (Routine)
10 August 1950	Saraipali, IN	daily rain	129.5 mm (5.1 in)	63.2 mm (2.5 in)	17 years	31 of 100 (Routine)
10 August 1950	Hanumangarh, IN	monthly rain	106.7 mm (4.2 in)	17.8 mm (0.7 in)	26 years	31 of 100 (Routine)
10 August 1950	Khanpur, IN	daily rain	67.1 mm (2.6 in)	23.4 mm (0.9 in)	45 years	30 of 100 (Routine)
10 August 1950	Orebro, SE	daily low min	5.5 C (41.9 F)	1.5 C (2.7 F)	64 years	30 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

1814 to 1950

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1814 to 1950. 1950 had 324 records.

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

Records on 08-10 in each year
Year	Records
1814	1
1815	1
1838	1
1845	2
1847	1
1849	1
1852	1
1853	1
1857	2
1859	1
1861	2
1862	2
1863	1
1864	1
1869	2
1871	1
1877	1
1879	4
1881	2
1884	2
1885	1
1886	1
1887	1
1888	1
1890	2
1891	6
1892	1
1893	1
1894	5
1895	1
1896	5
1897	7
1898	4
1899	6
1900	6
1901	5
1902	7
1903	8
1904	12
1905	5
1906	16
1907	9
1908	7
1909	33
1910	10
1911	40
1912	39
1913	44
1914	27
1915	26
1916	88
1917	51
1918	43
1919	51
1920	101
1921	66
1922	78
1923	175
1924	245
1925	430
1926	80
1927	294
1928	160
1929	264
1930	299
1931	424
1932	251
1933	305
1934	662
1935	480
1936	487
1937	399
1938	382
1939	593
1940	386
1941	459
1942	420
1943	304
1944	1,006
1945	360
1946	303
1947	766
1948	339
1949	586
1950	324
1951	425
1952	395
1953	431
1954	372
1955	309
1956	522
1957	322
1958	443
1959	528
1960	470
1961	640
1962	761
1963	479
1964	553
1965	700
1966	1,231
1967	766
1968	784
1969	588
1970	702
1971	760
1972	1,175
1973	597
1974	719
1975	664
1976	855
1977	786
1978	495
1979	700
1980	849
1981	857
1982	1,070
1983	915
1984	956
1985	918
1986	535
1987	896
1988	792
1989	1,291
1990	736
1991	819
1992	1,051
1993	774
1994	1,338
1995	1,119
1996	1,027
1997	1,504
1998	1,112
1999	945
2000	990
2001	1,192
2002	1,080
2003	1,556
2004	976
2005	1,225
2006	980
2007	1,476
2008	871
2009	869
2010	1,704
2011	1,247
2012	995
2013	599
2014	516
2015	583
2016	893
2017	636
2018	1,018
2019	754
2020	816
2021	553
2022	687
2023	782
2024	882
2025	659
2026	1,149

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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	240
20 to 40	17
40 to 60	4
60 to 80	2
80 to 100	1
100 to 120	1