Weather Records on 10 August 1959

528 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 10 August 1959. Highest significance: Nangetty, AU.

Key Facts for 10 August 1959

On 10 August 1959, 528 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
57 were record highs and 137 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 0 were all-time records, 11 monthly and 517 daily.
Nangetty set a daily record precipitation of 43.2 mm (1.7 in) on 10 August 1959.
Across 160 earlier years (1814 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 468 records.

Record Map

528 stations

528 station records on 10 August 1959 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 10 August 1959: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Nangetty	Australia	Record daily precipitation	43.2 mm (1.7 in)	57 of 100 (Notable)
El-Ton	Russia	Record daily precipitation	55.0 mm (2.2 in)	57 of 100 (Notable)
Bunnawarra	Australia	Record daily precipitation	25.7 mm (1.0 in)	56 of 100 (Notable)
Dunolly	Australia	Record daily precipitation	32.3 mm (1.3 in)	56 of 100 (Notable)
Maya	Australia	Record daily precipitation	42.7 mm (1.7 in)	56 of 100 (Notable)
Morawa West	Australia	Record daily precipitation	45.7 mm (1.8 in)	56 of 100 (Notable)
Morawa	Australia	Record daily precipitation	37.6 mm (1.5 in)	56 of 100 (Notable)
Three Springs	Australia	Record daily precipitation	43.4 mm (1.7 in)	56 of 100 (Notable)
Tenindewa Bindu	Australia	Record daily precipitation	30.7 mm (1.2 in)	56 of 100 (Notable)
Wongan Hills	Australia	Record daily precipitation	34.0 mm (1.3 in)	56 of 100 (Notable)
Canna	Australia	Record daily precipitation	36.3 mm (1.4 in)	56 of 100 (Notable)
Perenjori	Australia	Record daily precipitation	36.8 mm (1.4 in)	55 of 100 (Notable)
Wicka	Australia	Record daily precipitation	36.1 mm (1.4 in)	55 of 100 (Notable)
Mellenbye	Australia	Record daily precipitation	28.7 mm (1.1 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Naraling	Australia	Record daily precipitation	31.8 mm (1.3 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Perangery	Australia	Record daily precipitation	34.5 mm (1.4 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Gabbin	Australia	Record daily precipitation	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Bodalkasa	India	Record daily precipitation	255.3 mm (10.1 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
South Holmwood	Australia	Record daily precipitation	44.2 mm (1.7 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Moora	Australia	Record daily precipitation	33.5 mm (1.3 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Mount Marshall East	Australia	Record daily precipitation	25.1 mm (1.0 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Wandi Farm	Australia	Record daily precipitation	26.7 mm (1.1 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Bernburg/Saale (Nord)	Germany	Record daily precipitation	35.1 mm (1.4 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Coorow	Australia	Record daily precipitation	38.4 mm (1.5 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Geraldton Town	Australia	Record daily precipitation	41.1 mm (1.6 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Dingley Dell	Australia	Record daily precipitation	33.8 mm (1.3 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Hillriver Farm	Australia	Record daily precipitation	39.9 mm (1.6 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Khargram	India	Record daily precipitation	177.8 mm (7.0 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Latham East	Australia	Record daily precipitation	37.6 mm (1.5 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Mullewa	Australia	Record daily precipitation	33.3 mm (1.3 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Karlgarin Hill	Australia	Record daily precipitation	26.7 mm (1.1 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Ajana	Australia	Record daily precipitation	27.4 mm (1.1 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Barberton	Australia	Record daily precipitation	30.5 mm (1.2 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Kokardine	Australia	Record daily precipitation	27.9 mm (1.1 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Urella	Australia	Record daily precipitation	44.5 mm (1.8 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Howatharra	Australia	Record daily precipitation	36.8 mm (1.4 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Wattoning	Australia	Record daily precipitation	25.7 mm (1.0 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Korrelocking Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	25.1 mm (1.0 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Carnamah	Australia	Record daily precipitation	36.6 mm (1.4 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Karinga	Australia	Record daily precipitation	36.3 mm (1.4 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Manarra	Australia	Record daily precipitation	35.8 mm (1.4 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Mingenew	Australia	Record daily precipitation	47.8 mm (1.9 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Walebing	Australia	Record daily precipitation	27.2 mm (1.1 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Clyde Park	Australia	Record daily precipitation	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Ubajara	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	29.2 mm (1.1 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Squa Pan Dam	United States	Record daily precipitation	71.1 mm (2.8 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Ballidu	Australia	Record daily precipitation	26.9 mm (1.1 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Buntine East	Australia	Record daily precipitation	32.5 mm (1.3 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Bunya Bunya	Australia	Record daily precipitation	31.0 mm (1.2 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Beacon	Australia	Record daily precipitation	33.3 mm (1.3 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Jardim	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	36.0 mm (1.4 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Koobabbie	Australia	Record daily precipitation	29.2 mm (1.1 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Canton 4 SE	United States	Record daily precipitation	97.0 mm (3.8 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Greenough	Australia	Record daily precipitation	40.6 mm (1.6 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Bradford	Australia	Record daily precipitation	27.2 mm (1.1 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Ambagarh Chowki	India	Record daily precipitation	119.1 mm (4.7 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Ogdensburg 4 NE	United States	Record daily precipitation	76.2 mm (3.0 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Buntine	Australia	Record daily precipitation	28.4 mm (1.1 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Nabawa	Australia	Record daily precipitation	30.5 mm (1.2 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Indarrie	Australia	Record daily precipitation	26.7 mm (1.1 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)

Counts by Type and Timescale

528 records

Records set or tied on 10 August 1959 by type: Highest daily maximum 25, Lowest daily maximum 41, Highest daily minimum 32, Lowest daily minimum 96, Heaviest daily rainfall 334.

Records on 10 August 1959 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	25
Lowest daily maximum	41
Highest daily minimum	32
Lowest daily minimum	96
Heaviest daily rainfall	334
Heaviest daily snowfall	0
Deepest snow cover	0

Records on 10 August 1959 by timescale: all-time 0, monthly 11, daily 517.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

436 broken records

Margins by which the 436 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 166.4. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

10 August 1959

Top 20 records on 10 August 1959 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
10 August 1959	Nangetty, AU	daily rain	43.2 mm (1.7 in)	27.2 mm (1.1 in)	41 years	57 of 100 (Notable)
10 August 1959	El-Ton, RU	daily rain	55.0 mm (2.2 in)	42.9 mm (1.7 in)	44 years	57 of 100 (Notable)
10 August 1959	Bunnawarra, AU	daily rain	25.7 mm (1.0 in)	19.1 mm (0.8 in)	42 years	56 of 100 (Notable)
10 August 1959	Dunolly, AU	daily rain	32.3 mm (1.3 in)	22.6 mm (0.9 in)	38 years	56 of 100 (Notable)
10 August 1959	Maya, AU	daily rain	42.7 mm (1.7 in)	30.0 mm (1.2 in)	42 years	56 of 100 (Notable)
10 August 1959	Morawa West, AU	daily rain	45.7 mm (1.8 in)	28.2 mm (1.1 in)	42 years	56 of 100 (Notable)
10 August 1959	Morawa, AU	daily rain	37.6 mm (1.5 in)	22.6 mm (0.9 in)	42 years	56 of 100 (Notable)
10 August 1959	Three Springs, AU	daily rain	43.4 mm (1.7 in)	24.9 mm (1.0 in)	42 years	56 of 100 (Notable)
10 August 1959	Tenindewa Bindu, AU	daily rain	30.7 mm (1.2 in)	21.8 mm (0.9 in)	42 years	56 of 100 (Notable)
10 August 1959	Wongan Hills, AU	daily rain	34.0 mm (1.3 in)	25.1 mm (1.0 in)	38 years	56 of 100 (Notable)
10 August 1959	Canna, AU	daily rain	36.3 mm (1.4 in)	26.6 mm (1.0 in)	42 years	56 of 100 (Notable)
10 August 1959	Perenjori, AU	daily rain	36.8 mm (1.4 in)	27.7 mm (1.1 in)	38 years	55 of 100 (Notable)
10 August 1959	Wicka, AU	daily rain	36.1 mm (1.4 in)	23.7 mm (0.9 in)	42 years	55 of 100 (Notable)
10 August 1959	Mellenbye, AU	daily rain	28.7 mm (1.1 in)	22.1 mm (0.9 in)	38 years	54 of 100 (Notable)
10 August 1959	Naraling, AU	daily rain	31.8 mm (1.3 in)	22.7 mm (0.9 in)	45 years	53 of 100 (Notable)
10 August 1959	Perangery, AU	daily rain	34.5 mm (1.4 in)	21.8 mm (0.9 in)	42 years	53 of 100 (Notable)
10 August 1959	Gabbin, AU	daily rain	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	19.8 mm (0.8 in)	42 years	53 of 100 (Notable)
10 August 1959	Bodalkasa, IN	daily rain	255.3 mm (10.1 in)	166.4 mm (6.6 in)	32 years	53 of 100 (Notable)
10 August 1959	South Holmwood, AU	daily rain	44.2 mm (1.7 in)	29.0 mm (1.1 in)	28 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
10 August 1959	Moora, AU	daily rain	33.5 mm (1.3 in)	21.3 mm (0.8 in)	28 years	51 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

1814 to 1959

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1814 to 1959. 1959 had 528 records.

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

Records on 08-10 in each year
Year	Records
1814	1
1815	1
1838	1
1845	2
1847	1
1849	1
1852	1
1853	1
1857	2
1859	1
1861	2
1862	2
1863	1
1864	1
1869	2
1871	1
1877	1
1879	4
1881	2
1884	2
1885	1
1886	1
1887	1
1888	1
1890	2
1891	6
1892	1
1893	1
1894	5
1895	1
1896	5
1897	7
1898	4
1899	6
1900	6
1901	5
1902	7
1903	8
1904	12
1905	5
1906	16
1907	9
1908	7
1909	33
1910	10
1911	40
1912	39
1913	44
1914	27
1915	26
1916	88
1917	51
1918	43
1919	51
1920	101
1921	66
1922	78
1923	175
1924	245
1925	430
1926	80
1927	294
1928	160
1929	264
1930	299
1931	424
1932	251
1933	305
1934	662
1935	480
1936	487
1937	399
1938	382
1939	593
1940	386
1941	459
1942	420
1943	304
1944	1,006
1945	360
1946	303
1947	766
1948	339
1949	586
1950	324
1951	425
1952	395
1953	431
1954	372
1955	309
1956	522
1957	322
1958	443
1959	528
1960	470
1961	640
1962	761
1963	479
1964	553
1965	700
1966	1,231
1967	766
1968	784
1969	588
1970	702
1971	760
1972	1,175
1973	597
1974	719
1975	664
1976	855
1977	786
1978	495
1979	700
1980	849
1981	857
1982	1,070
1983	915
1984	956
1985	918
1986	535
1987	896
1988	792
1989	1,291
1990	736
1991	819
1992	1,051
1993	774
1994	1,338
1995	1,119
1996	1,027
1997	1,504
1998	1,112
1999	945
2000	990
2001	1,192
2002	1,080
2003	1,556
2004	976
2005	1,225
2006	980
2007	1,476
2008	871
2009	869
2010	1,704
2011	1,247
2012	995
2013	599
2014	516
2015	583
2016	893
2017	636
2018	1,018
2019	754
2020	816
2021	553
2022	687
2023	782
2024	882
2025	659
2026	1,149

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Data for records on 1959-08-10: 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	406
25 to 50	25
50 to 75	2
75 to 100	1
100 to 125	0
125 to 150	1
150 to 175	1