Weather Records on 15 August 1955

539 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 15 August 1955. Highest significance: Thule, AU.

Key Facts for 15 August 1955

On 15 August 1955, 539 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
178 were record highs and 114 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 0 were all-time records, 9 monthly and 530 daily.
Thule set a daily record precipitation of 40.6 mm (1.6 in) on 15 August 1955.
Across 168 earlier years (1793 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 454 records.

Record Map

539 stations

539 station records on 15 August 1955 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 15 August 1955: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Thule	Australia	Record daily precipitation	40.6 mm (1.6 in)	61 of 100 (Major)
Catawba	United States	Record daily precipitation	88.6 mm (3.5 in)	58 of 100 (Notable)
Sultan Bazar	India	Record daily precipitation	80.0 mm (3.1 in)	55 of 100 (Notable)
Bolaram	India	Record daily precipitation	71.1 mm (2.8 in)	55 of 100 (Notable)
Viljujsk	Russia	Record daily precipitation	60.2 mm (2.4 in)	55 of 100 (Notable)
Mummidivaram	India	Record daily precipitation	127.0 mm (5.0 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Heath Springs	United States	Record daily precipitation	125.0 mm (4.9 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Morrisons (Ballark)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	31.8 mm (1.3 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Goose Creek	United States	Record daily precipitation	104.1 mm (4.1 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Cape Schanck Lighthouse	Australia	Record daily precipitation	25.7 mm (1.0 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Myrniong	Australia	Record daily precipitation	28.4 mm (1.1 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Tobolsk	Russia	Record daily precipitation	43.3 mm (1.7 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Pichhore(Dabra)	India	Record daily precipitation	125.7 mm (4.9 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Durdidwarrah	Australia	Record daily precipitation	27.4 mm (1.1 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Aloograda	India	Record daily precipitation	54.9 mm (2.2 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Tiruppattur	India	Record daily precipitation	82.6 mm (3.3 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Mahackala	Russia	Record daily precipitation	32.6 mm (1.3 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Clear Lake	Australia	Record daily precipitation	27.4 mm (1.1 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Tower Hill	Australia	Record daily precipitation	46.2 mm (1.8 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Winkelman 6 S	United States	Record daily precipitation	41.4 mm (1.6 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Akhty	Russia	Record daily precipitation	30.1 mm (1.2 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Springer	United States	Record daily precipitation	50.8 mm (2.0 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Ekaterinburg	Russia	Record daily precipitation	26.1 mm (1.0 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Inverloch	Australia	Record daily precipitation	35.6 mm (1.4 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Westerfield (Frankston)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	34.0 mm (1.3 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Bicheno (Council Depot)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	74.7 mm (2.9 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Scotsburn (Mount Boninyong)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	27.2 mm (1.1 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Elaine (Larundel)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	25.7 mm (1.0 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Yadki	India	Record daily precipitation	41.9 mm (1.6 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Goroke (Post Office)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	25.7 mm (1.0 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Rosera	India	Record daily precipitation	153.7 mm (6.1 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Agartala	India	Record daily precipitation	144.8 mm (5.7 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Warner Springs	United States	Record daily precipitation	33.0 mm (1.3 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Marradong	Australia	Record daily precipitation	25.9 mm (1.0 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Causapscal	Canada	Record daily precipitation	33.0 mm (1.3 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
New Smyrna Beach	United States	Record daily precipitation	41.9 mm (1.6 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Officer (Jesmond Dene)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	26.4 mm (1.0 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
French Island (McLeod Prison)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	30.5 mm (1.2 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Oakland	United States	Record low minimum temperature	8.9 C (48.0 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Fernandina Beach	United States	Record daily precipitation	53.3 mm (2.1 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Randleman	United States	Record daily precipitation	104.6 mm (4.1 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Beaconsfield Upper	Australia	Record daily precipitation	32.5 mm (1.3 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Fort Good Hope 2	Canada	Record daily precipitation	31.5 mm (1.2 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Hastings Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	28.4 mm (1.1 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Cape Barren Island (Cape Barre	Australia	Record daily precipitation	53.8 mm (2.1 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Bastrop	United States	Record low minimum temperature	18.3 C (64.9 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Austwell	United States	Record daily precipitation	38.9 mm (1.5 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Linton Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	27.9 mm (1.1 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Manbazar	India	Record daily precipitation	108.5 mm (4.3 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Cheljabinsk-Balandi	Russia	Record daily precipitation	54.7 mm (2.2 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Elmira	United States	Record high minimum temperature	22.8 C (73.0 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Tupper Lake Sunmount	United States	Record high minimum temperature	21.7 C (71.1 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Sacramento 5 ESE	United States	Record low minimum temperature	10.6 C (51.1 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)
St Augustine	United States	Record daily precipitation	51.6 mm (2.0 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Cresco 1 NE	United States	Record high maximum temperature	35.0 C (95.0 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Freehold-Marlboro	United States	Record high minimum temperature	23.3 C (73.9 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Mandla	India	Record daily precipitation	120.4 mm (4.7 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Adams	United States	Record high minimum temperature	21.7 C (71.1 F)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Douglas	Australia	Record daily precipitation	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Shoreham	Australia	Record daily precipitation	26.4 mm (1.0 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

539 records

Records set or tied on 15 August 1955 by type: Highest daily maximum 26, Lowest daily maximum 27, Highest daily minimum 152, Lowest daily minimum 87, Heaviest daily rainfall 247.

Records on 15 August 1955 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	26
Lowest daily maximum	27
Highest daily minimum	152
Lowest daily minimum	87
Heaviest daily rainfall	247
Heaviest daily snowfall	0
Deepest snow cover	0

Records on 15 August 1955 by timescale: all-time 0, monthly 9, daily 530.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

412 broken records

Margins by which the 412 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 96.0. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

15 August 1955

Top 20 records on 15 August 1955 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
15 August 1955	Thule, AU	daily rain	40.6 mm (1.6 in)	29.2 mm (1.1 in)	54 years	61 of 100 (Major)
15 August 1955	Catawba, US	daily rain	88.6 mm (3.5 in)	66.2 mm (2.6 in)	45 years	58 of 100 (Notable)
15 August 1955	Sultan Bazar, IN	daily rain	80.0 mm (3.1 in)	56.9 mm (2.2 in)	40 years	55 of 100 (Notable)
15 August 1955	Bolaram, IN	daily rain	71.1 mm (2.8 in)	49.8 mm (2.0 in)	40 years	55 of 100 (Notable)
15 August 1955	Viljujsk, RU	daily rain	60.2 mm (2.4 in)	47.7 mm (1.9 in)	34 years	55 of 100 (Notable)
15 August 1955	Mummidivaram, IN	daily rain	127.0 mm (5.0 in)	96.0 mm (3.8 in)	29 years	53 of 100 (Notable)
15 August 1955	Heath Springs, US	daily rain	125.0 mm (4.9 in)	59.7 mm (2.4 in)	52 years	53 of 100 (Notable)
15 August 1955	Morrisons (Ballark), AU	daily rain	31.8 mm (1.3 in)	19.1 mm (0.8 in)	20 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
15 August 1955	Goose Creek, US	daily rain	104.1 mm (4.1 in)	91.4 mm (3.6 in)	28 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
15 August 1955	Cape Schanck Lighthouse, AU	daily rain	25.7 mm (1.0 in)	13.0 mm (0.5 in)	54 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
15 August 1955	Myrniong, AU	daily rain	28.4 mm (1.1 in)	14.2 mm (0.6 in)	59 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
15 August 1955	Tobolsk, RU	daily rain	43.3 mm (1.7 in)	27.3 mm (1.1 in)	8 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
15 August 1955	Pichhore(Dabra), IN	daily rain	125.7 mm (4.9 in)	76.2 mm (3.0 in)	28 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
15 August 1955	Durdidwarrah, AU	daily rain	27.4 mm (1.1 in)	10.4 mm (0.4 in)	59 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
15 August 1955	Aloograda, IN	daily rain	54.9 mm (2.2 in)	37.6 mm (1.5 in)	52 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
15 August 1955	Tiruppattur, IN	daily rain	82.6 mm (3.3 in)	53.4 mm (2.1 in)	30 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
15 August 1955	Mahackala, RU	daily rain	32.6 mm (1.3 in)	15.6 mm (0.6 in)	71 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
15 August 1955	Clear Lake, AU	daily rain	27.4 mm (1.1 in)	15.2 mm (0.6 in)	20 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
15 August 1955	Tower Hill, AU	daily rain	46.2 mm (1.8 in)	37.3 mm (1.5 in)	1 year	44 of 100 (Notable)
15 August 1955	Winkelman 6 S, US	daily rain	41.4 mm (1.6 in)	24.9 mm (1.0 in)	37 years	44 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 539 records.

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

Records on 08-15 in each year
Year	Records
1793	2
1802	1
1805	1
1812	1
1821	1
1838	2
1839	1
1841	1
1844	1
1845	3
1852	1
1854	1
1856	1
1858	1
1861	3
1867	1
1868	2
1869	1
1873	2
1875	1
1876	2
1877	1
1878	1
1879	1
1880	3
1881	2
1882	2
1883	1
1884	2
1885	3
1886	1
1887	1
1888	3
1890	2
1891	2
1892	3
1893	3
1895	1
1896	9
1897	3
1898	1
1899	2
1900	6
1901	5
1902	10
1903	5
1904	17
1905	26
1906	8
1907	14
1908	15
1909	30
1910	16
1911	26
1912	34
1913	42
1914	11
1915	26
1916	223
1917	32
1918	23
1919	22
1920	59
1921	55
1922	86
1923	116
1924	220
1925	91
1926	115
1927	223
1928	271
1929	586
1930	274
1931	351
1932	368
1933	268
1934	992
1935	414
1936	867
1937	574
1938	681
1939	450
1940	372
1941	289
1942	377
1943	426
1944	610
1945	433
1946	285
1947	559
1948	366
1949	559
1950	317
1951	597
1952	596
1953	449
1954	481
1955	539
1956	390
1957	355
1958	1,092
1959	515
1960	417
1961	704
1962	1,052
1963	972
1964	1,185
1965	535
1966	340
1967	687
1968	1,002
1969	583
1970	382
1971	899
1972	613
1973	499
1974	512
1975	490
1976	1,345
1977	550
1978	841
1979	1,788
1980	745
1981	588
1982	479
1983	955
1984	622
1985	915
1986	1,283
1987	1,098
1988	1,479
1989	495
1990	758
1991	778
1992	1,638
1993	831
1994	1,073
1995	1,298
1996	929
1997	927
1998	861
1999	956
2000	932
2001	1,254
2002	1,307
2003	1,248
2004	1,424
2005	1,067
2006	923
2007	1,317
2008	964
2009	1,038
2010	1,622
2011	770
2012	654
2013	711
2014	583
2015	759
2016	707
2017	532
2018	328
2019	435
2020	1,327
2021	900
2022	692
2023	1,414
2024	729
2025	772
2026	975

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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 20	379
20 to 40	21
40 to 60	7
60 to 80	3
80 to 100	2