Weather Records on 14 August 1955

535 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 14 August 1955. Highest significance: Webster, US.

Key Facts for 14 August 1955

On 14 August 1955, 535 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
142 were record highs and 202 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 0 were all-time records, 12 monthly and 523 daily.
Webster set a daily record precipitation of 73.7 mm (2.9 in) on 14 August 1955.
Across 166 earlier years (1793 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 462 records.

Record Map

535 stations

535 station records on 14 August 1955 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 14 August 1955: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Webster	United States	Record daily precipitation	73.7 mm (2.9 in)	62 of 100 (Major)
Grafton	United States	Record daily precipitation	58.7 mm (2.3 in)	61 of 100 (Major)
Somerset	United States	Record daily precipitation	96.8 mm (3.8 in)	60 of 100 (Major)
Grimsby Rock Chapel	Canada	Record daily precipitation	67.1 mm (2.6 in)	56 of 100 (Notable)
Albemarle	United States	Record daily precipitation	123.2 mm (4.9 in)	56 of 100 (Notable)
Hemlock	United States	Record daily precipitation	60.2 mm (2.4 in)	55 of 100 (Notable)
Gum Park	Australia	Record daily precipitation	29.0 mm (1.1 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
South Egremont	United States	Record daily precipitation	69.1 mm (2.7 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Haskinville	United States	Record daily precipitation	67.6 mm (2.7 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Falls Village	United States	Record daily precipitation	92.7 mm (3.6 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Chester	United States	Record daily precipitation	127.0 mm (5.0 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Sathawas	India	Record daily precipitation	73.7 mm (2.9 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Carmel	United States	Record daily precipitation	87.4 mm (3.4 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Geneva Exp STN	United States	Record daily precipitation	61.5 mm (2.4 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Chesterfield	United States	Record daily precipitation	88.9 mm (3.5 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Stanley Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	26.9 mm (1.1 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
White Sulphur Springs	United States	Record daily precipitation	34.0 mm (1.3 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Pleasant Mt 1 W	United States	Record daily precipitation	70.9 mm (2.8 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Belsand	India	Record daily precipitation	182.4 mm (7.2 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Cedar Run (River)	United States	Record daily precipitation	66.0 mm (2.6 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Franklinville	United States	Record daily precipitation	50.8 mm (2.0 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Woodstock	United States	Record daily precipitation	37.8 mm (1.5 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Katwa	India	Record daily precipitation	124.5 mm (4.9 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Sycamore Rs	United States	Record daily precipitation	52.6 mm (2.1 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Midland 2	United States	Record daily precipitation	32.5 mm (1.3 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Addison	United States	Record daily precipitation	64.8 mm (2.6 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Towanda 1 S	United States	Record daily precipitation	53.6 mm (2.1 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Chelsea	United States	Record daily precipitation	58.7 mm (2.3 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Bell Falls	Canada	Record daily precipitation	42.7 mm (1.7 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Saint John	Canada	Record high minimum temperature	17.8 C (64.0 F)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Stratford	Canada	Record low maximum temperature	18.3 C (64.9 F)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Budapest	Hungary	Record daily precipitation	71.0 mm (2.8 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Arkadelphia 2 N	United States	Record low minimum temperature	15.6 C (60.1 F)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Paducah	United States	Record low minimum temperature	14.4 C (57.9 F)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Hubbardston	United States	Record daily precipitation	47.0 mm (1.9 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Clyde Lock 26	United States	Record daily precipitation	41.7 mm (1.6 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Russellville	United States	Record low minimum temperature	15.0 C (59.0 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Beaver Falls 1 NE	United States	Record daily precipitation	41.9 mm (1.6 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Clarksville	United States	Record daily precipitation	78.7 mm (3.1 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Tribes Hill	United States	Record daily precipitation	45.2 mm (1.8 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Meeker 5 W	United States	Record low minimum temperature	11.1 C (52.0 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Weston	United States	Record low maximum temperature	22.2 C (72.0 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Gammon Ranges (Wooltana)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	25.1 mm (1.0 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Melbourne Regional Office	Australia	Record high minimum temperature	12.8 C (55.0 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Pitea	Sweden	Record high maximum temperature	28.4 C (83.1 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Cream Hill	United States	Record daily precipitation	68.6 mm (2.7 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Berlin	United States	Record daily precipitation	31.8 mm (1.3 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Avon	United States	Record daily precipitation	46.7 mm (1.8 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Creston	United States	Record low maximum temperature	21.7 C (71.1 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Ganca	Azerbaijan	Record high minimum temperature	24.1 C (75.4 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Maceio (Aeroporto)	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	42.0 mm (1.7 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Umerkhed	India	Record daily precipitation	58.7 mm (2.3 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Wagoner	United States	Record low minimum temperature	15.6 C (60.1 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Hawley 1 E	United States	Record daily precipitation	59.7 mm (2.4 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Huntingdon	United States	Record daily precipitation	37.8 mm (1.5 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Gladwin	United States	Record daily precipitation	32.5 mm (1.3 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Semej	Kazakhstan	Record low minimum temperature	3.1 C (37.6 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Greeley	United States	Record high minimum temperature	18.9 C (66.0 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Fitchburg 4 SE	United States	Record daily precipitation	41.4 mm (1.6 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Petersham 3 N	United States	Record daily precipitation	82.8 mm (3.3 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

535 records

Records set or tied on 14 August 1955 by type: Highest daily maximum 30, Lowest daily maximum 68, Highest daily minimum 112, Lowest daily minimum 134, Heaviest daily rainfall 191.

Records on 14 August 1955 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	30
Lowest daily maximum	68
Highest daily minimum	112
Lowest daily minimum	134
Heaviest daily rainfall	191
Heaviest daily snowfall	0
Deepest snow cover	0

Records on 14 August 1955 by timescale: all-time 0, monthly 12, daily 523.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

417 broken records

Margins by which the 417 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 69.6. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

14 August 1955

Top 20 records on 14 August 1955 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
14 August 1955	Webster, US	daily rain	73.7 mm (2.9 in)	57.2 mm (2.3 in)	55 years	62 of 100 (Major)
14 August 1955	Grafton, US	daily rain	58.7 mm (2.3 in)	44.0 mm (1.7 in)	54 years	61 of 100 (Major)
14 August 1955	Somerset, US	monthly rain	96.8 mm (3.8 in)	41.2 mm (1.6 in)	21 years	60 of 100 (Major)
14 August 1955	Grimsby Rock Chapel, CA	daily rain	67.1 mm (2.6 in)	52.6 mm (2.1 in)	40 years	56 of 100 (Notable)
14 August 1955	Albemarle, US	daily rain	123.2 mm (4.9 in)	69.6 mm (2.7 in)	40 years	56 of 100 (Notable)
14 August 1955	Hemlock, US	daily rain	60.2 mm (2.4 in)	47.0 mm (1.9 in)	33 years	55 of 100 (Notable)
14 August 1955	Gum Park, AU	daily rain	29.0 mm (1.1 in)	19.9 mm (0.8 in)	41 years	52 of 100 (Notable)
14 August 1955	South Egremont, US	daily rain	69.1 mm (2.7 in)	55.1 mm (2.2 in)	24 years	52 of 100 (Notable)
14 August 1955	Haskinville, US	daily rain	67.6 mm (2.7 in)	48.5 mm (1.9 in)	20 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
14 August 1955	Falls Village, US	monthly rain	92.7 mm (3.6 in)	31.2 mm (1.2 in)	34 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
14 August 1955	Chester, US	monthly rain	127.0 mm (5.0 in)	34.0 mm (1.3 in)	26 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
14 August 1955	Sathawas, IN	daily rain	73.7 mm (2.9 in)	48.3 mm (1.9 in)	50 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
14 August 1955	Carmel, US	daily rain	87.4 mm (3.4 in)	56.7 mm (2.2 in)	34 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
14 August 1955	Geneva Exp STN, US	daily rain	61.5 mm (2.4 in)	46.3 mm (1.8 in)	12 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
14 August 1955	Chesterfield, US	daily rain	88.9 mm (3.5 in)	62.7 mm (2.5 in)	6 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
14 August 1955	Stanley Post Office, AU	daily rain	26.9 mm (1.1 in)	13.7 mm (0.5 in)	30 years	43 of 100 (Notable)
14 August 1955	White Sulphur Springs, US	daily rain	34.0 mm (1.3 in)	18.0 mm (0.7 in)	10 years	42 of 100 (Notable)
14 August 1955	Pleasant Mt 1 W, US	daily rain	70.9 mm (2.8 in)	52.4 mm (2.1 in)	28 years	42 of 100 (Notable)
14 August 1955	Belsand, IN	monthly rain	182.4 mm (7.2 in)	42.7 mm (1.7 in)	30 years	40 of 100 (Notable)
14 August 1955	Cedar Run (River), US	daily rain	66.0 mm (2.6 in)	38.6 mm (1.5 in)	12 years	39 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 1955

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1793 to 1955. 1955 had 535 records.

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

Records on 08-14 in each year
Year	Records
1793	2
1807	1
1815	1
1818	1
1825	1
1833	2
1839	1
1841	1
1843	1
1845	2
1856	2
1857	1
1859	1
1861	1
1864	3
1865	1
1866	2
1868	1
1870	1
1871	1
1872	1
1873	1
1874	1
1876	4
1882	1
1884	1
1885	3
1886	1
1887	3
1889	2
1890	1
1891	1
1892	3
1893	2
1894	2
1895	3
1896	5
1897	5
1898	2
1899	2
1900	1
1901	1
1902	8
1903	8
1904	3
1905	10
1906	8
1907	6
1908	28
1909	35
1910	10
1911	30
1912	56
1913	24
1914	16
1915	17
1916	109
1917	38
1918	60
1919	103
1920	56
1921	61
1922	54
1923	92
1924	319
1925	128
1926	182
1927	147
1928	233
1929	449
1930	627
1931	410
1932	314
1933	349
1934	470
1935	314
1936	612
1937	354
1938	519
1939	376
1940	489
1941	467
1942	364
1943	583
1944	709
1945	572
1946	511
1947	658
1948	373
1949	374
1950	402
1951	458
1952	560
1953	312
1954	457
1955	535
1956	426
1957	281
1958	421
1959	495
1960	414
1961	663
1962	885
1963	811
1964	1,394
1965	451
1966	388
1967	902
1968	1,315
1969	482
1970	398
1971	677
1972	552
1973	489
1974	542
1975	461
1976	1,060
1977	562
1978	834
1979	1,115
1980	544
1981	719
1982	539
1983	775
1984	598
1985	1,095
1986	775
1987	1,157
1988	1,301
1989	728
1990	737
1991	856
1992	1,709
1993	887
1994	1,149
1995	1,444
1996	954
1997	922
1998	1,100
1999	1,329
2000	1,117
2001	806
2002	1,576
2003	1,913
2004	1,936
2005	1,340
2006	1,073
2007	1,340
2008	798
2009	818
2010	1,704
2011	772
2012	758
2013	612
2014	651
2015	931
2016	824
2017	559
2018	397
2019	578
2020	1,009
2021	932
2022	771
2023	1,116
2024	1,045
2025	798
2026	1,211

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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 2026-10-16. Last revised 16 October 2026 (2026-10-16).

Margin	Records
0 to 10	334
10 to 20	34
20 to 30	23
30 to 40	9
40 to 50	7
50 to 60	7
60 to 70	3