Weather Records on 7 August 1965

552 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 7 August 1965. Highest significance: Ballan, AU.

Key Facts for 7 August 1965

On 7 August 1965, 552 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
105 were record highs and 88 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 0 were all-time records, 23 monthly and 529 daily.
Ballan set a daily record precipitation of 57.9 mm (2.3 in) on 7 August 1965.
Across 163 earlier years (1808 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 470 records.

Record Map

552 stations

552 station records on 7 August 1965 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 7 August 1965: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Ballan	Australia	Record daily precipitation	57.9 mm (2.3 in)	75 of 100 (Major)
Geelong Sec	Australia	Record daily precipitation	43.4 mm (1.7 in)	75 of 100 (Major)
Cooma Lambie Street	Australia	Record daily precipitation	29.2 mm (1.1 in)	73 of 100 (Major)
Ballarat Botanical Gardens	Australia	Record daily precipitation	54.6 mm (2.1 in)	67 of 100 (Major)
Elaine (Larundel)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	46.2 mm (1.8 in)	66 of 100 (Major)
Port Albert	Australia	Record daily precipitation	30.5 mm (1.2 in)	65 of 100 (Major)
Beales Reservoir	Australia	Record daily precipitation	58.4 mm (2.3 in)	65 of 100 (Major)
Scotsburn (Mount Boninyong)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	50.3 mm (2.0 in)	65 of 100 (Major)
Durdidwarrah	Australia	Record daily precipitation	60.2 mm (2.4 in)	64 of 100 (Major)
Bukalong Station	Australia	Record daily precipitation	51.8 mm (2.0 in)	62 of 100 (Major)
Melbourne Regional Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	26.2 mm (1.0 in)	62 of 100 (Major)
Balliang East	Australia	Record daily precipitation	39.1 mm (1.5 in)	61 of 100 (Major)
Waupaca	United States	Record daily precipitation	81.3 mm (3.2 in)	60 of 100 (Major)
Shelford	Australia	Record daily precipitation	31.5 mm (1.2 in)	58 of 100 (Notable)
San Remo	Australia	Record daily precipitation	37.1 mm (1.5 in)	57 of 100 (Notable)
Ballan (Fiskville)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	51.3 mm (2.0 in)	57 of 100 (Notable)
Barwon Heads (Jirrahlinga)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	41.4 mm (1.6 in)	57 of 100 (Notable)
Meredith	Australia	Record daily precipitation	57.4 mm (2.3 in)	57 of 100 (Notable)
Queenscliff	Australia	Record daily precipitation	27.9 mm (1.1 in)	57 of 100 (Notable)
Major Isidoro (Sertaozinho)	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	41.2 mm (1.6 in)	57 of 100 (Notable)
Flemington Racecourse	Australia	Record daily precipitation	27.9 mm (1.1 in)	56 of 100 (Notable)
Morrisons (Ballark)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	66.5 mm (2.6 in)	56 of 100 (Notable)
Geelong Salines (Moolap)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	39.1 mm (1.5 in)	56 of 100 (Notable)
Meredith (Wattle Vale)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	38.6 mm (1.5 in)	56 of 100 (Notable)
Smythesdale	Australia	Record daily precipitation	48.5 mm (1.9 in)	56 of 100 (Notable)
Pogranichnyj	Russia	Record daily precipitation	97.7 mm (3.8 in)	56 of 100 (Notable)
Cape Schanck Lighthouse	Australia	Record daily precipitation	29.5 mm (1.2 in)	55 of 100 (Notable)
Gisborne	Australia	Record daily precipitation	35.6 mm (1.4 in)	55 of 100 (Notable)
Mtn Home 1 NNW	United States	Record daily precipitation	78.7 mm (3.1 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Jerome	United States	Record daily precipitation	69.3 mm (2.7 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Onslow	Australia	Record daily precipitation	29.2 mm (1.1 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Bega (Newtown Road)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	73.9 mm (2.9 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Bombala (Cambalong)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	26.2 mm (1.0 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Melton	Australia	Record daily precipitation	28.2 mm (1.1 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Cooma (Gurrabeal)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	29.5 mm (1.2 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Bannockburn	Australia	Record daily precipitation	33.5 mm (1.3 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Lara Lake	Australia	Record daily precipitation	33.0 mm (1.3 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Caulfield (Racecourse)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	29.2 mm (1.1 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Maribyrnong Explosives Factory	Australia	Record daily precipitation	25.9 mm (1.0 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Meredith (Darra)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	69.3 mm (2.7 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Ballarat Aerodrome	Australia	Record daily precipitation	47.8 mm (1.9 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Lagoa da Canoa	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	36.0 mm (1.4 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Stover	United States	Record daily precipitation	66.0 mm (2.6 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Kameruka (Kameruka Estate)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	51.8 mm (2.0 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Shoreham	Australia	Record daily precipitation	39.1 mm (1.5 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Bungaree (Kirks Reservoir)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	45.7 mm (1.8 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Junqueiro	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	50.0 mm (2.0 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Bingham Chute	Canada	Record daily precipitation	55.9 mm (2.2 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Cordele	United States	Record daily precipitation	66.0 mm (2.6 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Candelo Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	51.1 mm (2.0 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Quebrangulo	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	75.6 mm (3.0 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Uaroo	Australia	Record daily precipitation	30.5 mm (1.2 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Narooma Rvcp	Australia	Record daily precipitation	57.7 mm (2.3 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Prahran (Como House)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Vilnius	Lithuania	Record daily precipitation	39.8 mm (1.6 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Nimmitabel Wastewater Treatmen	Australia	Record daily precipitation	26.7 mm (1.1 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Wilsons Reservoir	Australia	Record daily precipitation	53.8 mm (2.1 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Red Hill	Australia	Record daily precipitation	50.8 mm (2.0 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Fish Creek	Australia	Record daily precipitation	50.0 mm (2.0 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Beatrice	Canada	Record daily precipitation	29.0 mm (1.1 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)

Counts by Type and Timescale

552 records

Records set or tied on 7 August 1965 by type: Highest daily maximum 64, Lowest daily maximum 54, Highest daily minimum 41, Lowest daily minimum 34, Heaviest daily rainfall 359.

Records on 7 August 1965 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	64
Lowest daily maximum	54
Highest daily minimum	41
Lowest daily minimum	34
Heaviest daily rainfall	359
Heaviest daily snowfall	0
Deepest snow cover	0

Records on 7 August 1965 by timescale: all-time 0, monthly 23, daily 529.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

466 broken records

Margins by which the 466 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 61.5. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

7 August 1965

Top 20 records on 7 August 1965 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
7 August 1965	Ballan, AU	daily rain	57.9 mm (2.3 in)	46.0 mm (1.8 in)	88 years	75 of 100 (Major)
7 August 1965	Geelong Sec, AU	daily rain	43.4 mm (1.7 in)	27.7 mm (1.1 in)	88 years	75 of 100 (Major)
7 August 1965	Cooma Lambie Street, AU	daily rain	29.2 mm (1.1 in)	22.3 mm (0.9 in)	76 years	73 of 100 (Major)
7 August 1965	Ballarat Botanical Gardens, AU	daily rain	54.6 mm (2.1 in)	29.7 mm (1.2 in)	65 years	67 of 100 (Major)
7 August 1965	Elaine (Larundel), AU	daily rain	46.2 mm (1.8 in)	30.7 mm (1.2 in)	65 years	66 of 100 (Major)
7 August 1965	Port Albert, AU	daily rain	30.5 mm (1.2 in)	17.5 mm (0.7 in)	65 years	65 of 100 (Major)
7 August 1965	Beales Reservoir, AU	daily rain	58.4 mm (2.3 in)	39.3 mm (1.5 in)	58 years	65 of 100 (Major)
7 August 1965	Scotsburn (Mount Boninyong), AU	daily rain	50.3 mm (2.0 in)	18.3 mm (0.7 in)	91 years	65 of 100 (Major)
7 August 1965	Durdidwarrah, AU	daily rain	60.2 mm (2.4 in)	50.5 mm (2.0 in)	52 years	64 of 100 (Major)
7 August 1965	Bukalong Station, AU	daily rain	51.8 mm (2.0 in)	28.2 mm (1.1 in)	76 years	62 of 100 (Major)
7 August 1965	Melbourne Regional Office, AU	daily rain	26.2 mm (1.0 in)	10.7 mm (0.4 in)	91 years	62 of 100 (Major)
7 August 1965	Balliang East, AU	monthly rain	39.1 mm (1.5 in)	10.9 mm (0.4 in)	55 years	61 of 100 (Major)
7 August 1965	Waupaca, US	daily rain	81.3 mm (3.2 in)	50.6 mm (2.0 in)	48 years	60 of 100 (Major)
7 August 1965	Shelford, AU	daily rain	31.5 mm (1.2 in)	14.2 mm (0.6 in)	65 years	58 of 100 (Notable)
7 August 1965	San Remo, AU	daily rain	37.1 mm (1.5 in)	24.4 mm (1.0 in)	34 years	57 of 100 (Notable)
7 August 1965	Ballan (Fiskville), AU	monthly rain	51.3 mm (2.0 in)	19.5 mm (0.8 in)	13 years	57 of 100 (Notable)
7 August 1965	Barwon Heads (Jirrahlinga), AU	daily rain	41.4 mm (1.6 in)	20.1 mm (0.8 in)	58 years	57 of 100 (Notable)
7 August 1965	Meredith, AU	daily rain	57.4 mm (2.3 in)	46.0 mm (1.8 in)	34 years	57 of 100 (Notable)
7 August 1965	Queenscliff, AU	daily rain	27.9 mm (1.1 in)	15.7 mm (0.6 in)	58 years	57 of 100 (Notable)
7 August 1965	Major Isidoro (Sertaozinho), BR	daily rain	41.2 mm (1.6 in)	31.2 mm (1.2 in)	40 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

1808 to 1965

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1808 to 1965. 1965 had 552 records.

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

Records on 08-07 in each year
Year	Records
1808	1
1812	1
1815	1
1816	1
1817	1
1833	2
1844	1
1845	1
1848	1
1857	3
1858	1
1859	2
1861	1
1866	1
1868	1
1869	3
1870	2
1875	1
1876	5
1879	1
1880	2
1882	1
1883	1
1884	2
1886	1
1887	2
1888	5
1889	2
1891	3
1892	3
1893	1
1894	1
1895	7
1896	2
1897	2
1898	4
1899	1
1900	6
1901	3
1902	5
1903	17
1904	8
1905	8
1906	9
1907	10
1908	13
1909	11
1910	1
1911	36
1912	31
1913	39
1914	24
1915	40
1916	50
1917	21
1918	108
1919	36
1920	36
1921	55
1922	61
1923	101
1924	128
1925	81
1926	115
1927	109
1928	188
1929	181
1930	486
1931	357
1932	249
1933	310
1934	608
1935	507
1936	286
1937	446
1938	568
1939	561
1940	271
1941	305
1942	340
1943	601
1944	332
1945	882
1946	500
1947	461
1948	756
1949	587
1950	541
1951	562
1952	556
1953	378
1954	589
1955	536
1956	321
1957	868
1958	571
1959	356
1960	344
1961	356
1962	718
1963	522
1964	446
1965	552
1966	400
1967	701
1968	600
1969	523
1970	652
1971	969
1972	1,172
1973	568
1974	746
1975	1,177
1976	1,168
1977	617
1978	1,210
1979	559
1980	871
1981	855
1982	727
1983	1,207
1984	840
1985	1,088
1986	544
1987	1,146
1988	897
1989	1,472
1990	1,625
1991	1,217
1992	1,236
1993	1,040
1994	1,262
1995	1,521
1996	1,107
1997	1,460
1998	1,183
1999	950
2000	871
2001	1,386
2002	907
2003	1,244
2004	1,400
2005	882
2006	923
2007	1,309
2008	918
2009	1,121
2010	1,098
2011	1,282
2012	688
2013	665
2014	501
2015	1,027
2016	505
2017	954
2018	636
2019	609
2020	605
2021	397
2022	880
2023	1,221
2024	835
2025	733
2026	1,047

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Data for records on 1965-08-07: 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 10	303
10 to 20	82
20 to 30	45
30 to 40	20
40 to 50	9
50 to 60	6
60 to 70	1