Weather Records on 8 August 1959

470 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 8 August 1959. Highest significance: Acude Ipaguassu, BR.

Key Facts for 8 August 1959

On 8 August 1959, 470 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
135 were record highs and 206 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 0 were all-time records, 7 monthly and 463 daily.
Acude Ipaguassu set a monthly record daily precipitation of 28.2 mm (1.1 in) on 8 August 1959.
Across 162 earlier years (1793 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 467 records.

Record Map

470 stations

470 station records on 8 August 1959 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 8 August 1959: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Acude Ipaguassu	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	28.2 mm (1.1 in)	58 of 100 (Notable)
Nandigama	India	Record daily precipitation	74.7 mm (2.9 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Federal Pt	United States	Record daily precipitation	96.3 mm (3.8 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Yoakum	United States	Record daily precipitation	66.3 mm (2.6 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Flagstaff AP	United States	Record daily precipitation	35.1 mm (1.4 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Tihoreck	Russia	Record daily precipitation	31.6 mm (1.2 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Salisbury	United States	Record daily precipitation	98.0 mm (3.9 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Pudino	Russia	Record daily precipitation	30.2 mm (1.2 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Americus	United States	Record daily precipitation	59.2 mm (2.3 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Cordele	United States	Record daily precipitation	81.3 mm (3.2 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Louisville	United States	Record daily precipitation	49.5 mm (1.9 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Spur	United States	Record daily precipitation	51.1 mm (2.0 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Martinsburg E W Virginia Rgnl	United States	Record daily precipitation	44.2 mm (1.7 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Breckenridge	United States	Record low minimum temperature	15.0 C (59.0 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Vijayawada	India	Record daily precipitation	59.9 mm (2.4 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Ukiah	United States	Record high minimum temperature	18.3 C (64.9 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Henderson 8 SSW	United States	Record low maximum temperature	23.9 C (75.0 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Bishop AP	United States	Record high minimum temperature	18.3 C (64.9 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Rajnandgaon	India	Record daily precipitation	81.3 mm (3.2 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
College Park	United States	Record daily precipitation	77.2 mm (3.0 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Sedalia Wtp	United States	Record low maximum temperature	23.9 C (75.0 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Glenn Dale Bell STN	United States	Record daily precipitation	69.1 mm (2.7 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Dawson	Canada	Record low minimum temperature	-3.3 C (26.1 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Scotia	United States	Record high maximum temperature	28.3 C (82.9 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Quincy	United States	Record high maximum temperature	38.3 C (100.9 F)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Albion	United States	Record low maximum temperature	23.9 C (75.0 F)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Toledo 3N	United States	Record low maximum temperature	21.1 C (70.0 F)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Ft Wingate	United States	Record low maximum temperature	22.2 C (72.0 F)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Marshall	United States	Record low maximum temperature	23.9 C (75.0 F)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Razole(Rajole)	India	Record daily precipitation	61.2 mm (2.4 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Wani	India	Record daily precipitation	72.0 mm (2.8 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Downieville	United States	Record high maximum temperature	39.4 C (102.9 F)	26 of 100 (Routine)
McCloud	United States	Record high maximum temperature	39.4 C (102.9 F)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Nevada City	United States	Record high minimum temperature	16.7 C (62.1 F)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Albia 3 NNE	United States	Record low maximum temperature	19.4 C (66.9 F)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Coleman 3 WNW	United States	Record daily precipitation	47.8 mm (1.9 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
East Lansing Exp Farm	United States	Record daily precipitation	41.4 mm (1.6 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Cambridge	United States	Record low maximum temperature	20.6 C (69.1 F)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Faribault	United States	Record low maximum temperature	19.4 C (66.9 F)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Steffenville	United States	Record low maximum temperature	23.3 C (73.9 F)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Pemberton	United States	Record low maximum temperature	23.9 C (75.0 F)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Lexington	United States	Record high minimum temperature	21.7 C (71.1 F)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Spooner Ag Rsch STN	United States	Record low maximum temperature	17.8 C (64.0 F)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Khol	India	Record daily precipitation	80.0 mm (3.1 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Ozark	United States	Record low minimum temperature	16.7 C (62.1 F)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Elsinore	United States	Record high minimum temperature	22.2 C (72.0 F)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Visalia	United States	Record high minimum temperature	22.8 C (73.0 F)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Decorah	United States	Record low maximum temperature	21.7 C (71.1 F)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Westernport	United States	Record daily precipitation	33.0 mm (1.3 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Ironwood	United States	Record low maximum temperature	14.4 C (57.9 F)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Kirksville	United States	Record low maximum temperature	21.7 C (71.1 F)	25 of 100 (Routine)
St Charles Elm Pt	United States	Record low maximum temperature	22.8 C (73.0 F)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Plainfield	United States	Record low maximum temperature	22.8 C (73.0 F)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Reading Wb City	United States	Record daily precipitation	26.2 mm (1.0 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Masset Airport	Canada	Record low minimum temperature	4.4 C (39.9 F)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Las Plumas	United States	Record high minimum temperature	27.2 C (81.0 F)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Saint Helena	United States	Record high minimum temperature	15.6 C (60.1 F)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Three Rivers Ed Ph 2	United States	Record high minimum temperature	22.8 C (73.0 F)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Monmouth	United States	Record low maximum temperature	23.3 C (73.9 F)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Carroll	United States	Record low maximum temperature	22.2 C (72.0 F)	24 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

470 records

Records set or tied on 8 August 1959 by type: Highest daily maximum 53, Lowest daily maximum 149, Highest daily minimum 82, Lowest daily minimum 57, Heaviest daily rainfall 129.

Records on 8 August 1959 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	53
Lowest daily maximum	149
Highest daily minimum	82
Lowest daily minimum	57
Heaviest daily rainfall	129
Heaviest daily snowfall	0
Deepest snow cover	0

Records on 8 August 1959 by timescale: all-time 0, monthly 7, daily 463.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

344 broken records

Margins by which the 344 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 60.7. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

8 August 1959

Top 20 records on 8 August 1959 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
8 August 1959	Acude Ipaguassu, BR	monthly rain	28.2 mm (1.1 in)	12.8 mm (0.5 in)	40 years	58 of 100 (Notable)
8 August 1959	Nandigama, IN	daily rain	74.7 mm (2.9 in)	54.4 mm (2.1 in)	32 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
8 August 1959	Federal Pt, US	daily rain	96.3 mm (3.8 in)	48.8 mm (1.9 in)	12 years	42 of 100 (Notable)
8 August 1959	Yoakum, US	daily rain	66.3 mm (2.6 in)	60.7 mm (2.4 in)	24 years	42 of 100 (Notable)
8 August 1959	Flagstaff AP, US	daily rain	35.1 mm (1.4 in)	18.1 mm (0.7 in)	20 years	38 of 100 (Notable)
8 August 1959	Tihoreck, RU	daily rain	31.6 mm (1.2 in)	22.6 mm (0.9 in)	32 years	37 of 100 (Notable)
8 August 1959	Salisbury, US	daily rain	98.0 mm (3.9 in)	48.0 mm (1.9 in)	36 years	37 of 100 (Notable)
8 August 1959	Pudino, RU	daily rain	30.2 mm (1.2 in)	20.5 mm (0.8 in)	4 years	35 of 100 (Notable)
8 August 1959	Americus, US	daily rain	59.2 mm (2.3 in)	29.7 mm (1.2 in)	18 years	34 of 100 (Routine)
8 August 1959	Cordele, US	monthly rain	81.3 mm (3.2 in)	14.2 mm (0.6 in)	16 years	33 of 100 (Routine)
8 August 1959	Louisville, US	daily rain	49.5 mm (1.9 in)	17.0 mm (0.7 in)	50 years	33 of 100 (Routine)
8 August 1959	Spur, US	daily rain	51.1 mm (2.0 in)	33.1 mm (1.3 in)	20 years	33 of 100 (Routine)
8 August 1959	Martinsburg E W Virginia Rgnl, US	daily rain	44.2 mm (1.7 in)	23.9 mm (0.9 in)	41 years	33 of 100 (Routine)
8 August 1959	Breckenridge, US	daily low min	15.0 C (59.0 F)	5.0 C (9.0 F)	26 years	32 of 100 (Routine)
8 August 1959	Vijayawada, IN	daily rain	59.9 mm (2.4 in)	23.3 mm (0.9 in)	50 years	31 of 100 (Routine)
8 August 1959	Ukiah, US	daily high min	18.3 C (64.9 F)	2.2 C (4.0 F)	57 years	31 of 100 (Routine)
8 August 1959	Henderson 8 SSW, US	daily low max	23.9 C (75.0 F)	2.8 C (5.0 F)	60 years	31 of 100 (Routine)
8 August 1959	Bishop AP, US	daily high min	18.3 C (64.9 F)	2.7 C (4.9 F)	57 years	31 of 100 (Routine)
8 August 1959	Rajnandgaon, IN	daily rain	81.3 mm (3.2 in)	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	56 years	30 of 100 (Routine)
8 August 1959	College Park, US	daily rain	77.2 mm (3.0 in)	40.6 mm (1.6 in)	4 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 1959

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1793 to 1959. 1959 had 470 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 2026-10-16. Last revised 16 October 2026 (2026-10-16).

Margin	Records
0 to 10	302
10 to 20	24
20 to 30	11
30 to 40	1
40 to 50	4
50 to 60	1
60 to 70	1