Weather Records on 8 August 1951

513 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 8 August 1951. Highest significance: Karanjia, IN.

Key Facts for 8 August 1951

On 8 August 1951, 513 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
208 were record highs and 92 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 4 were all-time records, 16 monthly and 493 daily.
Karanjia set a daily record precipitation of 113.3 mm (4.5 in) on 8 August 1951.
Across 162 earlier years (1793 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 467 records.

Record Map

513 stations

513 station records on 8 August 1951 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 8 August 1951: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Karanjia	India	Record daily precipitation	113.3 mm (4.5 in)	59 of 100 (Notable)
Veraval	India	Record daily precipitation	148.3 mm (5.8 in)	58 of 100 (Notable)
Solomons	United States	Record daily precipitation	101.6 mm (4.0 in)	55 of 100 (Notable)
Ner	India	Record daily precipitation	103.1 mm (4.1 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Shahapur	India	Record daily precipitation	188.5 mm (7.4 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Biri	Norway	Record daily precipitation	48.5 mm (1.9 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Mul	India	Record daily precipitation	124.0 mm (4.9 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Junagadh	India	Record daily precipitation	94.2 mm (3.7 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Bjornholt	Norway	Record daily precipitation	58.0 mm (2.3 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Rahapur	India	Record daily precipitation	74.7 mm (2.9 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Khamgaon	India	Record daily precipitation	70.6 mm (2.8 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Murbad	India	Record daily precipitation	192.5 mm (7.6 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Nes Pa Hedmark	Norway	Record daily precipitation	41.2 mm (1.6 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Porbandar	India	Record daily precipitation	106.2 mm (4.2 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Mokhada	India	Record daily precipitation	238.5 mm (9.4 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
St Peter	United States	Record daily precipitation	75.2 mm (3.0 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Le Bourget	France	Record daily precipitation	55.5 mm (2.2 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Bhiwandi	India	Record daily precipitation	253.7 mm (10.0 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Newport	United States	Record high minimum temperature	30.0 C (86.0 F)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Kalyan	India	Record daily precipitation	197.4 mm (7.8 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
St George	Canada	Record daily precipitation	68.8 mm (2.7 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Hoofddorp	Netherlands	Record daily precipitation	44.1 mm (1.7 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Kirchdorf/Poel	Germany	Record daily precipitation	42.5 mm (1.7 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Jalalpur	India	Record daily precipitation	117.6 mm (4.6 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Kunghari	India	Record daily precipitation	127.5 mm (5.0 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Saint John	Canada	Record daily precipitation	44.5 mm (1.8 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Pachora	India	Record daily precipitation	50.8 mm (2.0 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Vada	India	Record daily precipitation	400.1 mm (15.8 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Jasdan	India	Record daily precipitation	81.3 mm (3.2 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Jalna	India	Record daily precipitation	69.1 mm (2.7 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Macon 2 NE	United States	Record daily precipitation	56.4 mm (2.2 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Freeling Railway	Australia	Record daily precipitation	28.2 mm (1.1 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Greenock	Australia	Record daily precipitation	26.2 mm (1.0 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Tarpon Spgs Sewage Plt	United States	Record high minimum temperature	27.8 C (82.0 F)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Hoxie	United States	Record daily precipitation	43.7 mm (1.7 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
St Andrews	Canada	Record daily precipitation	118.4 mm (4.7 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Bassein	India	Record daily precipitation	170.4 mm (6.7 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Matheran	India	Record daily precipitation	312.4 mm (12.3 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Helena	United States	Record high minimum temperature	27.2 C (81.0 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Chandrapur	India	Record daily precipitation	179.6 mm (7.1 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Karlshamn	Sweden	Record high minimum temperature	17.5 C (63.5 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Lebanon 3 W	United States	Record low maximum temperature	18.3 C (64.9 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Manchester	United States	Record low maximum temperature	18.9 C (66.0 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Wilmington Wb City	United States	Record high minimum temperature	26.1 C (79.0 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Marnitz	Germany	Record daily precipitation	29.3 mm (1.2 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Murtajapur	India	Record daily precipitation	52.3 mm (2.1 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Mahim	India	Record daily precipitation	263.4 mm (10.4 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Hinganghat	India	Record daily precipitation	55.9 mm (2.2 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Millsboro	United States	Record daily precipitation	50.0 mm (2.0 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Lima	United States	Record low maximum temperature	17.8 C (64.0 F)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Abbott 1 SE	United States	Record daily precipitation	33.8 mm (1.3 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Melrose	Australia	Record daily precipitation	26.4 mm (1.0 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Jashpurnagar	India	Record daily precipitation	95.8 mm (3.8 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Navapur	India	Record daily precipitation	40.6 mm (1.6 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Newton	United States	Record low maximum temperature	17.8 C (64.0 F)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Te Kowai Exp STN	Australia	Record high maximum temperature	32.8 C (91.0 F)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Lifjell	Norway	Record daily precipitation	40.9 mm (1.6 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Herefoss	Norway	Record daily precipitation	76.7 mm (3.0 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Monroe 2 SE	United States	Record high maximum temperature	38.3 C (100.9 F)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Kempten	Germany	Record daily precipitation	35.7 mm (1.4 in)	24 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

513 records

Records set or tied on 8 August 1951 by type: Highest daily maximum 75, Lowest daily maximum 69, Highest daily minimum 133, Lowest daily minimum 23, Heaviest daily rainfall 213.

Records on 8 August 1951 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	75
Lowest daily maximum	69
Highest daily minimum	133
Lowest daily minimum	23
Heaviest daily rainfall	213
Heaviest daily snowfall	0
Deepest snow cover	0

Records on 8 August 1951 by timescale: all-time 4, monthly 16, daily 493.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

371 broken records

Margins by which the 371 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 131.3. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

8 August 1951

Top 20 records on 8 August 1951 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
8 August 1951	Karanjia, IN	daily rain	113.3 mm (4.5 in)	71.1 mm (2.8 in)	46 years	59 of 100 (Notable)
8 August 1951	Veraval, IN	daily rain	148.3 mm (5.8 in)	131.3 mm (5.2 in)	44 years	58 of 100 (Notable)
8 August 1951	Solomons, US	daily rain	101.6 mm (4.0 in)	85.6 mm (3.4 in)	36 years	55 of 100 (Notable)
8 August 1951	Ner, IN	daily rain	103.1 mm (4.1 in)	65.0 mm (2.6 in)	29 years	53 of 100 (Notable)
8 August 1951	Shahapur, IN	daily rain	188.5 mm (7.4 in)	89.9 mm (3.5 in)	40 years	52 of 100 (Notable)
8 August 1951	Biri, NO	daily rain	48.5 mm (1.9 in)	27.0 mm (1.1 in)	53 years	52 of 100 (Notable)
8 August 1951	Mul, IN	daily rain	124.0 mm (4.9 in)	70.2 mm (2.8 in)	40 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
8 August 1951	Junagadh, IN	daily rain	94.2 mm (3.7 in)	77.7 mm (3.1 in)	17 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
8 August 1951	Bjornholt, NO	daily rain	58.0 mm (2.3 in)	32.7 mm (1.3 in)	53 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
8 August 1951	Rahapur, IN	daily rain	74.7 mm (2.9 in)	64.3 mm (2.5 in)	42 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
8 August 1951	Khamgaon, IN	daily rain	70.6 mm (2.8 in)	42.2 mm (1.7 in)	49 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
8 August 1951	Murbad, IN	daily rain	192.5 mm (7.6 in)	81.0 mm (3.2 in)	49 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
8 August 1951	Nes Pa Hedmark, NO	daily rain	41.2 mm (1.6 in)	28.5 mm (1.1 in)	8 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
8 August 1951	Porbandar, IN	daily rain	106.2 mm (4.2 in)	86.4 mm (3.4 in)	0 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
8 August 1951	Mokhada, IN	monthly rain	238.5 mm (9.4 in)	60.7 mm (2.4 in)	24 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
8 August 1951	St Peter, US	daily rain	75.2 mm (3.0 in)	49.3 mm (1.9 in)	12 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
8 August 1951	Le Bourget, FR	monthly rain	55.5 mm (2.2 in)	10.0 mm (0.4 in)	47 years	44 of 100 (Notable)
8 August 1951	Bhiwandi, IN	monthly rain	253.7 mm (10.0 in)	45.4 mm (1.8 in)	43 years	43 of 100 (Notable)
8 August 1951	Newport, US	all-time high min	30.0 C (86.0 F)	2.2 C (4.0 F)	35 years	43 of 100 (Notable)
8 August 1951	Kalyan, IN	daily rain	197.4 mm (7.8 in)	84.6 mm (3.3 in)	24 years	42 of 100 (Notable)

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 1951

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1793 to 1951. 1951 had 513 records.

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

Records on 08-08 in each year
Year	Records
1793	1
1798	1
1800	1
1808	3
1815	1
1833	1
1843	1
1844	2
1845	1
1854	1
1859	3
1860	1
1861	1
1863	1
1865	1
1868	2
1869	1
1871	1
1873	3
1875	2
1876	2
1877	1
1878	1
1879	2
1880	1
1884	3
1888	3
1890	2
1891	1
1892	2
1893	1
1895	8
1896	2
1897	5
1898	10
1899	8
1900	11
1901	2
1902	2
1903	20
1904	13
1905	7
1906	9
1907	9
1908	13
1909	34
1910	5
1911	38
1912	57
1913	28
1914	7
1915	47
1916	39
1917	35
1918	160
1919	28
1920	138
1921	42
1922	74
1923	70
1924	99
1925	149
1926	190
1927	278
1928	252
1929	166
1930	801
1931	318
1932	234
1933	228
1934	734
1935	508
1936	359
1937	362
1938	855
1939	671
1940	333
1941	324
1942	614
1943	512
1944	352
1945	572
1946	349
1947	442
1948	543
1949	675
1950	516
1951	513
1952	305
1953	393
1954	558
1955	537
1956	273
1957	517
1958	496
1959	470
1960	399
1961	270
1962	567
1963	601
1964	467
1965	520
1966	598
1967	432
1968	868
1969	584
1970	703
1971	646
1972	1,073
1973	446
1974	726
1975	1,041
1976	1,202
1977	607
1978	976
1979	466
1980	919
1981	964
1982	711
1983	1,110
1984	619
1985	726
1986	575
1987	861
1988	733
1989	2,398
1990	1,124
1991	1,230
1992	1,267
1993	654
1994	1,009
1995	1,503
1996	814
1997	1,381
1998	1,304
1999	1,248
2000	961
2001	1,557
2002	1,059
2003	1,432
2004	1,115
2005	882
2006	842
2007	1,660
2008	834
2009	1,112
2010	1,254
2011	1,256
2012	754
2013	841
2014	542
2015	835
2016	560
2017	831
2018	731
2019	722
2020	894
2021	502
2022	711
2023	979
2024	774
2025	752
2026	1,000

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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	337
20 to 40	13
40 to 60	7
60 to 80	8
80 to 100	5
100 to 120	0
120 to 140	1