Weather Records on 10 August 1951

425 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 10 August 1951. Highest significance: Cowes, AU.

Key Facts for 10 August 1951

On 10 August 1951, 425 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
107 were record highs and 98 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 4 were all-time records, 8 monthly and 413 daily.
Cowes set a daily record precipitation of 33.0 mm (1.3 in) on 10 August 1951.
Across 160 earlier years (1814 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 469 records.

Record Map

425 stations

425 station records on 10 August 1951 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 10 August 1951: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Cowes	Australia	Record daily precipitation	33.0 mm (1.3 in)	65 of 100 (Major)
Falun	Sweden	Record daily precipitation	64.8 mm (2.6 in)	65 of 100 (Major)
Gavle	Sweden	Record daily precipitation	63.6 mm (2.5 in)	65 of 100 (Major)
Vasteras-Hasslo	Sweden	Record daily precipitation	85.8 mm (3.4 in)	55 of 100 (Notable)
Yarram	Australia	Record daily precipitation	29.0 mm (1.1 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Inverloch	Australia	Record daily precipitation	39.9 mm (1.6 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Leeds	United States	Record daily precipitation	86.4 mm (3.4 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Shoreham	Australia	Record daily precipitation	33.0 mm (1.3 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Ventnor (Oaklands)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	27.2 mm (1.1 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Orskar_A	Sweden	Record daily precipitation	32.7 mm (1.3 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Kiandra Chalet	Australia	Record daily precipitation	64.8 mm (2.6 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Bjuraker	Sweden	Record daily precipitation	40.0 mm (1.6 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Farmington	United States	Record daily precipitation	68.6 mm (2.7 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Leongatha	Australia	Record daily precipitation	27.7 mm (1.1 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Yinnar	Australia	Record daily precipitation	31.2 mm (1.2 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Malung	Sweden	Record daily precipitation	48.4 mm (1.9 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Ft Reno	United States	Record daily precipitation	58.4 mm (2.3 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Port Albert	Australia	Record daily precipitation	28.7 mm (1.1 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Steppes (Old Post Office)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	25.1 mm (1.0 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Maristova	Norway	Record daily precipitation	30.1 mm (1.2 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Buzau	Romania	Record high maximum temperature	39.5 C (103.1 F)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Donaldsonville 4 SW	United States	Record low minimum temperature	16.1 C (61.0 F)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Wilsons Promontory Lighthouse	Australia	Record daily precipitation	56.1 mm (2.2 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
French Island (McLeod Prison)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	31.8 mm (1.3 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Pauri	India	Record daily precipitation	126.7 mm (5.0 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Shawneetown Old Town	United States	Record daily precipitation	40.9 mm (1.6 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Deal Island	Australia	Record daily precipitation	26.7 mm (1.1 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Calarasi	Romania	Record high maximum temperature	41.4 C (106.5 F)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Burra 1	Australia	Record daily precipitation	34.8 mm (1.4 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Southport	Australia	Record daily precipitation	29.5 mm (1.2 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Riva	Italy	Record low maximum temperature	20.0 C (68.0 F)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Kalgoorlie Post Office	Australia	Record low minimum temperature	-1.6 C (29.1 F)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Harnosand	Sweden	Record daily precipitation	40.2 mm (1.6 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Hobart (Ellerslie Road)	Australia	Record low maximum temperature	7.1 C (44.8 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Ambala	India	Record daily precipitation	76.5 mm (3.0 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Jefferson 3SE	United States	Record daily precipitation	84.6 mm (3.3 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Midland 4 ENE	United States	Record daily precipitation	46.0 mm (1.8 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Stornoway Airport	United Kingdom	Record low minimum temperature	3.3 C (37.9 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Welshpool	Australia	Record daily precipitation	39.4 mm (1.6 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Thanesar	India	Record daily precipitation	47.0 mm (1.9 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Bedford Hills	United States	Record daily precipitation	51.1 mm (2.0 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Mount Best (Upper Toora)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	38.9 mm (1.5 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Tuba City	United States	Record low minimum temperature	10.0 C (50.0 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Stillwater 2 W	United States	Record daily precipitation	45.5 mm (1.8 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Agartala	India	Record daily precipitation	99.1 mm (3.9 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Kisinev	Moldova	Record high minimum temperature	20.9 C (69.6 F)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Avon Park 2 W	United States	Record high minimum temperature	25.0 C (77.0 F)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Saint Leo	United States	Record high minimum temperature	25.0 C (77.0 F)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Southport 5 N	United States	Record high minimum temperature	27.8 C (82.0 F)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Bradenton Exp STN	United States	Record high minimum temperature	25.0 C (77.0 F)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Valparaiso Wtr Wks	United States	Record low maximum temperature	21.7 C (71.1 F)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Milan Exp STN	United States	Record daily precipitation	63.0 mm (2.5 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Beeville 5 NE	United States	Record high minimum temperature	27.2 C (81.0 F)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Quindalup	Australia	Record daily precipitation	48.8 mm (1.9 in)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Girona (Antic Institut)	Spain	Record low maximum temperature	21.5 C (70.7 F)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Woodbury	United States	Record daily precipitation	48.8 mm (1.9 in)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Mt Vernon	United States	Record daily precipitation	30.2 mm (1.2 in)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Calvin	United States	Record daily precipitation	46.7 mm (1.8 in)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Rest Lake	United States	Record low maximum temperature	16.7 C (62.1 F)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Korumburra	Australia	Record daily precipitation	31.8 mm (1.3 in)	23 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

425 records

Records set or tied on 10 August 1951 by type: Highest daily maximum 42, Lowest daily maximum 57, Highest daily minimum 65, Lowest daily minimum 41, Heaviest daily rainfall 220.

Records on 10 August 1951 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	42
Lowest daily maximum	57
Highest daily minimum	65
Lowest daily minimum	41
Heaviest daily rainfall	220
Heaviest daily snowfall	0
Deepest snow cover	0

Records on 10 August 1951 by timescale: all-time 4, monthly 8, daily 413.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

330 broken records

Margins by which the 330 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 65.8. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

10 August 1951

Top 20 records on 10 August 1951 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
10 August 1951	Cowes, AU	daily rain	33.0 mm (1.3 in)	22.1 mm (0.9 in)	62 years	65 of 100 (Major)
10 August 1951	Falun, SE	daily rain	64.8 mm (2.6 in)	52.1 mm (2.1 in)	53 years	65 of 100 (Major)
10 August 1951	Gavle, SE	daily rain	63.6 mm (2.5 in)	49.9 mm (2.0 in)	54 years	65 of 100 (Major)
10 August 1951	Vasteras-Hasslo, SE	all-time rain	85.8 mm (3.4 in)	14.4 mm (0.6 in)	18 years	55 of 100 (Notable)
10 August 1951	Yarram, AU	daily rain	29.0 mm (1.1 in)	17.3 mm (0.7 in)	56 years	53 of 100 (Notable)
10 August 1951	Inverloch, AU	daily rain	39.9 mm (1.6 in)	25.9 mm (1.0 in)	20 years	52 of 100 (Notable)
10 August 1951	Leeds, US	daily rain	86.4 mm (3.4 in)	65.8 mm (2.6 in)	25 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
10 August 1951	Shoreham, AU	daily rain	33.0 mm (1.3 in)	21.1 mm (0.8 in)	41 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
10 August 1951	Ventnor (Oaklands), AU	daily rain	27.2 mm (1.1 in)	18.8 mm (0.7 in)	33 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
10 August 1951	Orskar_A, SE	daily rain	32.7 mm (1.3 in)	25.2 mm (1.0 in)	16 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
10 August 1951	Kiandra Chalet, AU	daily rain	64.8 mm (2.6 in)	34.8 mm (1.4 in)	44 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
10 August 1951	Bjuraker, SE	daily rain	40.0 mm (1.6 in)	18.3 mm (0.7 in)	45 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
10 August 1951	Farmington, US	daily rain	68.6 mm (2.7 in)	54.4 mm (2.1 in)	10 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
10 August 1951	Leongatha, AU	daily rain	27.7 mm (1.1 in)	17.3 mm (0.7 in)	36 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
10 August 1951	Yinnar, AU	daily rain	31.2 mm (1.2 in)	22.8 mm (0.9 in)	44 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
10 August 1951	Malung, SE	daily rain	48.4 mm (1.9 in)	26.2 mm (1.0 in)	12 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
10 August 1951	Ft Reno, US	daily rain	58.4 mm (2.3 in)	39.3 mm (1.5 in)	54 years	44 of 100 (Notable)
10 August 1951	Port Albert, AU	daily rain	28.7 mm (1.1 in)	11.9 mm (0.5 in)	28 years	43 of 100 (Notable)
10 August 1951	Steppes (Old Post Office), AU	daily rain	25.1 mm (1.0 in)	14.9 mm (0.6 in)	40 years	43 of 100 (Notable)
10 August 1951	Maristova, NO	daily rain	30.1 mm (1.2 in)	18.9 mm (0.7 in)	4 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

1814 to 1951

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1814 to 1951. 1951 had 425 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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Data for records on 1951-08-10: CSV or JSON. Field meanings are on the data page.

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 10	266
10 to 20	39
20 to 30	13
30 to 40	6
40 to 50	1
50 to 60	3
60 to 70	2