Weather Records on 8 August 1952

305 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 8 August 1952. Highest significance: Belleplain STN Forest, US.

Key Facts for 8 August 1952

On 8 August 1952, 305 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
97 were record highs and 58 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 3 were all-time records, 3 monthly and 299 daily.
Belleplain STN Forest set a daily record precipitation of 102.1 mm (4.0 in) on 8 August 1952.
Across 162 earlier years (1793 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 468 records.

Record Map

305 stations

305 station records on 8 August 1952 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 8 August 1952: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Belleplain STN Forest	United States	Record daily precipitation	102.1 mm (4.0 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Sotchi	Russia	Record daily precipitation	76.7 mm (3.0 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Mount Lindsay	Australia	Record daily precipitation	49.5 mm (1.9 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Barrie	Canada	Record low minimum temperature	6.1 C (43.0 F)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Easton	United States	Record daily precipitation	76.7 mm (3.0 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Naples 1 SW	United States	Record daily precipitation	62.0 mm (2.4 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Blountstown 2 SE	United States	Record low maximum temperature	26.1 C (79.0 F)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Oksoey Fyr	Norway	Record daily precipitation	36.9 mm (1.5 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Knoxville	United States	Record daily precipitation	63.5 mm (2.5 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Bridgeville 1 NW	United States	Record daily precipitation	50.5 mm (2.0 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Red Oak	United States	Record daily precipitation	43.9 mm (1.7 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Geneva	United States	Record daily precipitation	65.8 mm (2.6 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Utica	United States	Record daily precipitation	73.7 mm (2.9 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
El-Golea	Algeria	Record high minimum temperature	32.0 C (89.6 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Bird Island	United States	Record daily precipitation	60.2 mm (2.4 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Pratt 3NW	United States	Record daily precipitation	46.5 mm (1.8 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Kathghora	India	Record daily precipitation	110.5 mm (4.4 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Winkelman 6 S	United States	Record high maximum temperature	42.2 C (108.0 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Phoenixville 1 E	United States	Record daily precipitation	53.8 mm (2.1 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Grafton 1 NE	United States	Record daily precipitation	38.9 mm (1.5 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Washington 2 ESE	United States	Record low maximum temperature	24.4 C (75.9 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Elgin	United States	Record daily precipitation	31.0 mm (1.2 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Cumberland	Canada	Record high minimum temperature	18.9 C (66.0 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Dublin	United States	Record daily precipitation	30.2 mm (1.2 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Morris W Cntrl Rsch & Outreach	United States	Record daily precipitation	41.7 mm (1.6 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
W Chester 2 NW	United States	Record daily precipitation	56.9 mm (2.2 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Decatur 1 N	United States	Record low maximum temperature	22.2 C (72.0 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)
The Oaks John Street	Australia	Record daily precipitation	34.3 mm (1.4 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Kakabeka Falls	Canada	Record daily precipitation	39.9 mm (1.6 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Dhanora	India	Record daily precipitation	109.2 mm (4.3 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Gunupur	India	Record daily precipitation	53.8 mm (2.1 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Norcross	United States	Record daily precipitation	37.8 mm (1.5 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Hot Springs	United States	Record daily precipitation	33.0 mm (1.3 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Gauhati Obsy	India	Record daily precipitation	83.6 mm (3.3 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Velikie Luki	Russia	Record high minimum temperature	17.2 C (63.0 F)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Haina 214	United States	Record low maximum temperature	24.4 C (75.9 F)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Woodperry	Australia	Record daily precipitation	44.2 mm (1.7 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Aligarh	India	Record daily precipitation	98.6 mm (3.9 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Enisejsk	Russia	Record low minimum temperature	0.3 C (32.5 F)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Cambridge Water Trmt P	United States	Record daily precipitation	62.0 mm (2.4 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Mountainair	United States	Record high minimum temperature	17.8 C (64.0 F)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Hot Springs 2	United States	Record low maximum temperature	25.0 C (77.0 F)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Parksville	United States	Record daily precipitation	32.8 mm (1.3 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Aska	India	Record daily precipitation	44.7 mm (1.8 in)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Muktesar	India	Record daily precipitation	35.6 mm (1.4 in)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Roosevelt 1 S	United States	Record high minimum temperature	30.6 C (87.1 F)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Glenwood 3SW	United States	Record daily precipitation	53.1 mm (2.1 in)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Emmitsburg	United States	Record daily precipitation	39.9 mm (1.6 in)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Milan 1NW	United States	Record daily precipitation	46.7 mm (1.8 in)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Elizabeth City	United States	Record daily precipitation	43.7 mm (1.7 in)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Richland	United States	Record high maximum temperature	39.4 C (102.9 F)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Outlook	Canada	Record low minimum temperature	3.3 C (37.9 F)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Broederstroom (Bos)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	36.1 mm (1.4 in)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Lincoln 1 SE	United States	Record daily precipitation	38.1 mm (1.5 in)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Deloraine (Athol)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	36.8 mm (1.4 in)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Ridgley	Australia	Record daily precipitation	38.1 mm (1.5 in)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Hedrum	Norway	Record daily precipitation	37.0 mm (1.5 in)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Fullerton	United States	Record daily precipitation	39.1 mm (1.5 in)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Tuckerton 2 NE	United States	Record daily precipitation	64.5 mm (2.5 in)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Vineland	United States	Record daily precipitation	28.7 mm (1.1 in)	22 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

305 records

Records set or tied on 8 August 1952 by type: Highest daily maximum 46, Lowest daily maximum 38, Highest daily minimum 51, Lowest daily minimum 20, Heaviest daily rainfall 150.

Records on 8 August 1952 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	46
Lowest daily maximum	38
Highest daily minimum	51
Lowest daily minimum	20
Heaviest daily rainfall	150
Heaviest daily snowfall	0
Deepest snow cover	0

Records on 8 August 1952 by timescale: all-time 3, monthly 3, daily 299.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

234 broken records

Margins by which the 234 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 81.8. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

8 August 1952

Top 20 records on 8 August 1952 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
8 August 1952	Belleplain STN Forest, US	daily rain	102.1 mm (4.0 in)	81.8 mm (3.2 in)	24 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
8 August 1952	Sotchi, RU	daily rain	76.7 mm (3.0 in)	38.7 mm (1.5 in)	68 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
8 August 1952	Mount Lindsay, AU	daily rain	49.5 mm (1.9 in)	29.2 mm (1.1 in)	14 years	39 of 100 (Notable)
8 August 1952	Barrie, CA	daily low min	6.1 C (43.0 F)	2.2 C (4.0 F)	85 years	38 of 100 (Notable)
8 August 1952	Easton, US	daily rain	76.7 mm (3.0 in)	32.2 mm (1.3 in)	49 years	38 of 100 (Notable)
8 August 1952	Naples 1 SW, US	daily rain	62.0 mm (2.4 in)	52.9 mm (2.1 in)	3 years	38 of 100 (Notable)
8 August 1952	Blountstown 2 SE, US	daily low max	26.1 C (79.0 F)	5.6 C (10.1 F)	30 years	37 of 100 (Notable)
8 August 1952	Oksoey Fyr, NO	daily rain	36.9 mm (1.5 in)	9.7 mm (0.38 in)	65 years	36 of 100 (Notable)
8 August 1952	Knoxville, US	daily rain	63.5 mm (2.5 in)	33.0 mm (1.3 in)	28 years	36 of 100 (Notable)
8 August 1952	Bridgeville 1 NW, US	daily rain	50.5 mm (2.0 in)	26.4 mm (1.0 in)	49 years	34 of 100 (Routine)
8 August 1952	Red Oak, US	daily rain	43.9 mm (1.7 in)	23.6 mm (0.9 in)	52 years	34 of 100 (Routine)
8 August 1952	Geneva, US	daily rain	65.8 mm (2.6 in)	41.7 mm (1.6 in)	13 years	34 of 100 (Routine)
8 August 1952	Utica, US	daily rain	73.7 mm (2.9 in)	36.6 mm (1.4 in)	13 years	34 of 100 (Routine)
8 August 1952	El-Golea, DZ	daily high min	32.0 C (89.6 F)	2.8 C (5.0 F)	56 years	33 of 100 (Routine)
8 August 1952	Bird Island, US	daily rain	60.2 mm (2.4 in)	27.9 mm (1.1 in)	23 years	33 of 100 (Routine)
8 August 1952	Pratt 3NW, US	daily rain	46.5 mm (1.8 in)	26.9 mm (1.1 in)	25 years	32 of 100 (Routine)
8 August 1952	Kathghora, IN	daily rain	110.5 mm (4.4 in)	41.9 mm (1.6 in)	33 years	31 of 100 (Routine)
8 August 1952	Winkelman 6 S, US	daily high max	42.2 C (108.0 F)	3.3 C (5.9 F)	51 years	31 of 100 (Routine)
8 August 1952	Phoenixville 1 E, US	daily rain	53.8 mm (2.1 in)	27.9 mm (1.1 in)	32 years	31 of 100 (Routine)
8 August 1952	Grafton 1 NE, US	daily rain	38.9 mm (1.5 in)	8.9 mm (0.35 in)	53 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

1793 to 1952

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1793 to 1952. 1952 had 305 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	205
20 to 40	24
40 to 60	4
60 to 80	0
80 to 100	1