Weather Records on 19 August 1955

780 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 19 August 1955. Highest significance: Blue Hill Coop, US.

Key Facts for 19 August 1955

On 19 August 1955, 780 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
474 were record highs and 54 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 14 were all-time records, 36 monthly and 730 daily.
Blue Hill Coop set an all-time record daily precipitation of 205.0 mm (8.1 in) on 19 August 1955.
Across 168 earlier years (1797 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 437 records.

Record Map

780 stations

780 station records on 19 August 1955 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 19 August 1955: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Blue Hill Coop	United States	Record daily precipitation	205.0 mm (8.1 in)	82 of 100 (Exceptional)
Brockton	United States	Record daily precipitation	200.2 mm (7.9 in)	82 of 100 (Exceptional)
Falls Village	United States	Record daily precipitation	241.3 mm (9.5 in)	74 of 100 (Major)
South Egremont	United States	Record daily precipitation	216.4 mm (8.5 in)	73 of 100 (Major)
Holyoke	United States	Record daily precipitation	336.3 mm (13.2 in)	71 of 100 (Major)
Cream Hill	United States	Record daily precipitation	178.3 mm (7.0 in)	69 of 100 (Major)
Mohonk Lake	United States	Record daily precipitation	161.3 mm (6.4 in)	69 of 100 (Major)
Chestnut Hill	United States	Record daily precipitation	134.6 mm (5.3 in)	67 of 100 (Major)
Middletown 4 W	United States	Record daily precipitation	106.9 mm (4.2 in)	64 of 100 (Major)
Ashland	United States	Record daily precipitation	190.0 mm (7.5 in)	64 of 100 (Major)
Lake Cochituate	United States	Record daily precipitation	137.2 mm (5.4 in)	64 of 100 (Major)
Gouldsboro	United States	Record daily precipitation	220.5 mm (8.7 in)	63 of 100 (Major)
Flemington 5 NNW	United States	Record daily precipitation	88.9 mm (3.5 in)	62 of 100 (Major)
Amherst	United States	Record daily precipitation	74.2 mm (2.9 in)	61 of 100 (Major)
Chesterfield	United States	Record daily precipitation	151.4 mm (6.0 in)	61 of 100 (Major)
Paterson	United States	Record daily precipitation	108.0 mm (4.3 in)	61 of 100 (Major)
Mansfield	United States	Record daily precipitation	165.1 mm (6.5 in)	60 of 100 (Major)
Poughkeepsie	United States	Record daily precipitation	139.7 mm (5.5 in)	60 of 100 (Major)
Delhi 2 SE	United States	Record daily precipitation	122.2 mm (4.8 in)	58 of 100 (Notable)
Little Falls	United States	Record daily precipitation	99.3 mm (3.9 in)	57 of 100 (Notable)
Framingham	United States	Record daily precipitation	138.2 mm (5.4 in)	56 of 100 (Notable)
Winchendon	United States	Record daily precipitation	72.9 mm (2.9 in)	56 of 100 (Notable)
Charlotteburg Rsvr	United States	Record daily precipitation	143.8 mm (5.7 in)	56 of 100 (Notable)
Layton 3 NW	United States	Record daily precipitation	146.1 mm (5.8 in)	56 of 100 (Notable)
Clinton	United States	Record daily precipitation	180.3 mm (7.1 in)	55 of 100 (Notable)
Petersham 3 N	United States	Record daily precipitation	154.9 mm (6.1 in)	55 of 100 (Notable)
Taunton	United States	Record daily precipitation	156.7 mm (6.2 in)	55 of 100 (Notable)
Chester	United States	Record daily precipitation	205.7 mm (8.1 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Matamoras	United States	Record daily precipitation	148.1 mm (5.8 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Norwalk	United States	Record daily precipitation	104.1 mm (4.1 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Hartford Brainard Fld	United States	Record daily precipitation	133.4 mm (5.3 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Lawrence	United States	Record daily precipitation	95.3 mm (3.8 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Newton	United States	Record daily precipitation	170.2 mm (6.7 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Warwick	United States	Record daily precipitation	78.2 mm (3.1 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Pottstown	United States	Record daily precipitation	75.9 mm (3.0 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Somerville 4 NW	United States	Record daily precipitation	78.7 mm (3.1 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
E Stroudsburg	United States	Record daily precipitation	108.0 mm (4.3 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Storrs	United States	Record daily precipitation	144.5 mm (5.7 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Colchester 2 W	United States	Record daily precipitation	96.5 mm (3.8 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Rockport 1 ESE	United States	Record daily precipitation	96.3 mm (3.8 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Turners Falls	United States	Record daily precipitation	52.8 mm (2.1 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Wilkes Barre	United States	Record daily precipitation	103.1 mm (4.1 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Salida	United States	Record daily precipitation	39.6 mm (1.6 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Sussex 1 NW	United States	Record daily precipitation	116.6 mm (4.6 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Pine Grove 1 NE	United States	Record daily precipitation	104.6 mm (4.1 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Phillipsburg	United States	Record daily precipitation	103.9 mm (4.1 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Walden 2 NE	United States	Record daily precipitation	80.8 mm (3.2 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Weslaco	United States	Record daily precipitation	93.7 mm (3.7 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Worcester	United States	Record daily precipitation	195.1 mm (7.7 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Allentown Gas Company	United States	Record daily precipitation	74.2 mm (2.9 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Doylestown	United States	Record daily precipitation	136.1 mm (5.4 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Baramulla	India	Record daily precipitation	48.3 mm (1.9 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
E Wareham	United States	Record daily precipitation	80.0 mm (3.1 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Yoakum	United States	Record daily precipitation	94.5 mm (3.7 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Fall River	United States	Record daily precipitation	97.8 mm (3.9 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Conshohocken	United States	Record daily precipitation	147.1 mm (5.8 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Casa Grande Nm	United States	Record daily precipitation	46.2 mm (1.8 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Port Jervis	United States	Record daily precipitation	64.3 mm (2.5 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Keene	United States	Record daily precipitation	38.1 mm (1.5 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Oxford	United Kingdom	Record high minimum temperature	17.8 C (64.0 F)	38 of 100 (Notable)

Counts by Type and Timescale

780 records

Records set or tied on 19 August 1955 by type: Highest daily maximum 266, Lowest daily maximum 35, Highest daily minimum 208, Lowest daily minimum 19, Heaviest daily rainfall 252.

Records on 19 August 1955 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	266
Lowest daily maximum	35
Highest daily minimum	208
Lowest daily minimum	19
Heaviest daily rainfall	252
Heaviest daily snowfall	0
Deepest snow cover	0

Records on 19 August 1955 by timescale: all-time 14, monthly 36, daily 730.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

567 broken records

Margins by which the 567 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 189.7. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

19 August 1955

Top 20 records on 19 August 1955 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
19 August 1955	Blue Hill Coop, US	all-time rain	205.0 mm (8.1 in)	55.9 mm (2.2 in)	59 years	82 of 100 (Exceptional)
19 August 1955	Brockton, US	all-time rain	200.2 mm (7.9 in)	66.8 mm (2.6 in)	55 years	82 of 100 (Exceptional)
19 August 1955	Falls Village, US	all-time rain	241.3 mm (9.5 in)	129.5 mm (5.1 in)	35 years	74 of 100 (Major)
19 August 1955	South Egremont, US	all-time rain	216.4 mm (8.5 in)	61.5 mm (2.4 in)	27 years	73 of 100 (Major)
19 August 1955	Holyoke, US	all-time rain	336.3 mm (13.2 in)	189.7 mm (7.5 in)	23 years	71 of 100 (Major)
19 August 1955	Cream Hill, US	all-time rain	178.3 mm (7.0 in)	47.5 mm (1.9 in)	16 years	69 of 100 (Major)
19 August 1955	Mohonk Lake, US	monthly rain	161.3 mm (6.4 in)	71.4 mm (2.8 in)	45 years	69 of 100 (Major)
19 August 1955	Chestnut Hill, US	monthly rain	134.6 mm (5.3 in)	53.3 mm (2.1 in)	38 years	67 of 100 (Major)
19 August 1955	Middletown 4 W, US	daily rain	106.9 mm (4.2 in)	51.3 mm (2.0 in)	75 years	64 of 100 (Major)
19 August 1955	Ashland, US	monthly rain	190.0 mm (7.5 in)	99.8 mm (3.9 in)	29 years	64 of 100 (Major)
19 August 1955	Lake Cochituate, US	monthly rain	137.2 mm (5.4 in)	56.7 mm (2.2 in)	27 years	64 of 100 (Major)
19 August 1955	Gouldsboro, US	all-time rain	220.5 mm (8.7 in)	38.9 mm (1.5 in)	32 years	63 of 100 (Major)
19 August 1955	Flemington 5 NNW, US	daily rain	88.9 mm (3.5 in)	58.7 mm (2.3 in)	56 years	62 of 100 (Major)
19 August 1955	Amherst, US	daily rain	74.2 mm (2.9 in)	48.5 mm (1.9 in)	56 years	61 of 100 (Major)
19 August 1955	Chesterfield, US	monthly rain	151.4 mm (6.0 in)	51.1 mm (2.0 in)	26 years	61 of 100 (Major)
19 August 1955	Paterson, US	daily rain	108.0 mm (4.3 in)	57.2 mm (2.3 in)	61 years	61 of 100 (Major)
19 August 1955	Mansfield, US	all-time rain	165.1 mm (6.5 in)	41.4 mm (1.6 in)	18 years	60 of 100 (Major)
19 August 1955	Poughkeepsie, US	monthly rain	139.7 mm (5.5 in)	38.1 mm (1.5 in)	61 years	60 of 100 (Major)
19 August 1955	Delhi 2 SE, US	monthly rain	122.2 mm (4.8 in)	46.0 mm (1.8 in)	21 years	58 of 100 (Notable)
19 August 1955	Little Falls, US	daily rain	99.3 mm (3.9 in)	76.7 mm (3.0 in)	42 years	57 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

1797 to 1955

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1797 to 1955. 1955 had 780 records.

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

Records on 08-19 in each year
Year	Records
1797	2
1800	1
1809	1
1820	1
1830	2
1831	1
1838	2
1844	2
1845	1
1846	1
1849	2
1857	1
1861	1
1862	1
1864	2
1867	1
1870	2
1872	1
1873	1
1874	1
1875	2
1877	3
1879	1
1880	1
1881	1
1882	1
1883	2
1884	2
1885	2
1886	2
1887	2
1888	1
1889	1
1890	4
1892	5
1893	2
1894	2
1895	1
1896	2
1897	2
1898	3
1899	9
1900	5
1901	13
1902	4
1903	6
1904	14
1905	16
1906	37
1907	17
1908	5
1909	24
1910	17
1911	9
1912	18
1913	9
1914	39
1915	34
1916	74
1917	200
1918	33
1919	31
1920	36
1921	22
1922	71
1923	97
1924	174
1925	154
1926	179
1927	343
1928	112
1929	163
1930	182
1931	207
1932	373
1933	328
1934	438
1935	389
1936	679
1937	305
1938	321
1939	432
1940	687
1941	431
1942	308
1943	596
1944	259
1945	427
1946	427
1947	896
1948	371
1949	411
1950	893
1951	362
1952	475
1953	412
1954	576
1955	780
1956	831
1957	325
1958	374
1959	733
1960	864
1961	425
1962	419
1963	570
1964	455
1965	550
1966	1,095
1967	839
1968	948
1969	501
1970	468
1971	376
1972	547
1973	519
1974	466
1975	561
1976	1,144
1977	938
1978	863
1979	1,492
1980	648
1981	1,004
1982	596
1983	1,387
1984	598
1985	713
1986	848
1987	811
1988	982
1989	660
1990	871
1991	656
1992	1,094
1993	771
1994	798
1995	1,542
1996	800
1997	958
1998	717
1999	980
2000	954
2001	1,027
2002	1,389
2003	918
2004	1,310
2005	920
2006	850
2007	1,360
2008	1,186
2009	1,039
2010	1,440
2011	975
2012	1,377
2013	765
2014	701
2015	989
2016	931
2017	439
2018	471
2019	601
2020	1,271
2021	1,366
2022	1,198
2023	910
2024	568
2025	786
2026	755

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Data for records on 1955-08-19: 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 2026-10-16. Last revised 16 October 2026 (2026-10-16).

Margin	Records
0 to 25	497
25 to 50	34
50 to 75	27
75 to 100	5
100 to 125	2
125 to 150	1
150 to 175	0
175 to 200	1