Weather Records on 8 August 1965

520 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 8 August 1965. Highest significance: Ludington 4 SE, US.

Key Facts for 8 August 1965

On 8 August 1965, 520 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
126 were record highs and 134 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 1 were all-time records, 20 monthly and 499 daily.
Ludington 4 SE set a monthly record daily precipitation of 116.3 mm (4.6 in) on 8 August 1965.
Across 162 earlier years (1793 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 467 records.

Record Map

520 stations

520 station records on 8 August 1965 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 8 August 1965: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Ludington 4 SE	United States	Record daily precipitation	116.3 mm (4.6 in)	63 of 100 (Major)
Ullawarra	Australia	Record daily precipitation	60.2 mm (2.4 in)	60 of 100 (Major)
Cooma Lambie Street	Australia	Record daily precipitation	33.5 mm (1.3 in)	58 of 100 (Notable)
Butchers Ridge	Australia	Record daily precipitation	137.2 mm (5.4 in)	57 of 100 (Notable)
Wanna	Australia	Record daily precipitation	55.9 mm (2.2 in)	56 of 100 (Notable)
Bindi	Australia	Record daily precipitation	52.1 mm (2.1 in)	56 of 100 (Notable)
Bonang	Australia	Record daily precipitation	80.5 mm (3.2 in)	56 of 100 (Notable)
Nimmitabel Wastewater Treatmen	Australia	Record daily precipitation	56.1 mm (2.2 in)	55 of 100 (Notable)
Scottville 1 NE	United States	Record daily precipitation	113.8 mm (4.5 in)	55 of 100 (Notable)
Cooya Pooya	Australia	Record daily precipitation	28.4 mm (1.1 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Delegate (Weewalla)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	53.6 mm (2.1 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Dellicknora (Tellicura)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	58.7 mm (2.3 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Ensay	Australia	Record daily precipitation	54.9 mm (2.2 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Uaroo	Australia	Record daily precipitation	41.9 mm (1.6 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Delegate Station	Australia	Record daily precipitation	54.4 mm (2.1 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Hinnomunjie	Australia	Record daily precipitation	35.6 mm (1.4 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Delegate River	Australia	Record daily precipitation	46.2 mm (1.8 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Bombala (Therry Street)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	41.4 mm (1.6 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Numbla	Australia	Record daily precipitation	55.9 mm (2.2 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Cooma (Gurrabeal)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	40.9 mm (1.6 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Onaway 4N	United States	Record daily precipitation	65.0 mm (2.6 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Cooma (Kiaora)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	49.3 mm (1.9 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Warroora	Australia	Record daily precipitation	40.1 mm (1.6 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Weebo	Australia	Record daily precipitation	25.9 mm (1.0 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Tombong (Hillcrest)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	44.5 mm (1.8 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Murrungowar	Australia	Record daily precipitation	91.4 mm (3.6 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Osceola	United States	Record daily precipitation	63.5 mm (2.5 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Boolathana	Australia	Record daily precipitation	29.2 mm (1.1 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Mandya	India	Record daily precipitation	54.2 mm (2.1 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Surgut	Russia	Record daily precipitation	34.7 mm (1.4 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Jindabyne West (Hiawatha)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	30.5 mm (1.2 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Tongio (Brooklands)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	29.5 mm (1.2 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Vinton	United States	Record daily precipitation	28.7 mm (1.1 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Glen Florrie Station	Australia	Record daily precipitation	48.0 mm (1.9 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Orbost (Comparison)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	34.0 mm (1.3 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Disraeli	Canada	Record daily precipitation	37.1 mm (1.5 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Kooline	Australia	Record daily precipitation	29.7 mm (1.2 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Yarraloola	Australia	Record daily precipitation	30.5 mm (1.2 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Cathcart (Old Post Office)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	45.0 mm (1.8 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Butchers Ridge Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	138.7 mm (5.5 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Lockport 2SE	United States	Record daily precipitation	25.1 mm (1.0 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Wyloo	Australia	Record daily precipitation	33.5 mm (1.3 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Wulgulmerang	Australia	Record daily precipitation	64.5 mm (2.5 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Limoeiro de Anadia	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	42.5 mm (1.7 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Shawinigan	Canada	Record daily precipitation	34.5 mm (1.4 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Ft Valley 2 E	United States	Record daily precipitation	67.1 mm (2.6 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Boologooro	Australia	Record daily precipitation	27.9 mm (1.1 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Marron	Australia	Record daily precipitation	36.8 mm (1.4 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Kremsmuenster	Austria	Record high minimum temperature	20.0 C (68.0 F)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Arnsberg	Germany	Record low maximum temperature	15.5 C (59.9 F)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Winfield 2 SW	United States	Record daily precipitation	56.4 mm (2.2 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Gatlinburg 2 SW	United States	Record low maximum temperature	21.1 C (70.0 F)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Cairo 3N	United States	Record daily precipitation	35.8 mm (1.4 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Omeo Comparison	Australia	Record daily precipitation	30.2 mm (1.2 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Brodribb River	Australia	Record daily precipitation	34.8 mm (1.4 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Marked Tree	United States	Record daily precipitation	50.8 mm (2.0 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Jacksonville 2E	United States	Record low maximum temperature	20.6 C (69.1 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Richland Ctr	United States	Record daily precipitation	61.0 mm (2.4 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Bombala (Cambalong)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	36.8 mm (1.4 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Sardine Creek	Australia	Record daily precipitation	85.6 mm (3.4 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

520 records

Records set or tied on 8 August 1965 by type: Highest daily maximum 49, Lowest daily maximum 93, Highest daily minimum 77, Lowest daily minimum 41, Heaviest daily rainfall 260.

Records on 8 August 1965 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	49
Lowest daily maximum	93
Highest daily minimum	77
Lowest daily minimum	41
Heaviest daily rainfall	260
Heaviest daily snowfall	0
Deepest snow cover	0

Records on 8 August 1965 by timescale: all-time 1, monthly 20, daily 499.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

418 broken records

Margins by which the 418 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 48.0. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

8 August 1965

Top 20 records on 8 August 1965 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
8 August 1965	Ludington 4 SE, US	monthly rain	116.3 mm (4.6 in)	44.4 mm (1.7 in)	31 years	63 of 100 (Major)
8 August 1965	Ullawarra, AU	monthly rain	60.2 mm (2.4 in)	28.2 mm (1.1 in)	10 years	60 of 100 (Major)
8 August 1965	Cooma Lambie Street, AU	daily rain	33.5 mm (1.3 in)	22.8 mm (0.9 in)	27 years	58 of 100 (Notable)
8 August 1965	Butchers Ridge, AU	all-time rain	137.2 mm (5.4 in)	26.5 mm (1.0 in)	22 years	57 of 100 (Notable)
8 August 1965	Wanna, AU	monthly rain	55.9 mm (2.2 in)	28.5 mm (1.1 in)	10 years	56 of 100 (Notable)
8 August 1965	Bindi, AU	daily rain	52.1 mm (2.1 in)	33.3 mm (1.3 in)	32 years	56 of 100 (Notable)
8 August 1965	Bonang, AU	daily rain	80.5 mm (3.2 in)	48.0 mm (1.9 in)	32 years	56 of 100 (Notable)
8 August 1965	Nimmitabel Wastewater Treatmen, AU	daily rain	56.1 mm (2.2 in)	40.9 mm (1.6 in)	27 years	55 of 100 (Notable)
8 August 1965	Scottville 1 NE, US	monthly rain	113.8 mm (4.5 in)	45.2 mm (1.8 in)	12 years	55 of 100 (Notable)
8 August 1965	Cooya Pooya, AU	daily rain	28.4 mm (1.1 in)	28.4 mm (1.1 in)	64 years	53 of 100 (Notable)
8 August 1965	Delegate (Weewalla), AU	daily rain	53.6 mm (2.1 in)	26.2 mm (1.0 in)	22 years	53 of 100 (Notable)
8 August 1965	Dellicknora (Tellicura), AU	daily rain	58.7 mm (2.3 in)	37.1 mm (1.5 in)	32 years	53 of 100 (Notable)
8 August 1965	Ensay, AU	daily rain	54.9 mm (2.2 in)	44.5 mm (1.8 in)	27 years	53 of 100 (Notable)
8 August 1965	Uaroo, AU	daily rain	41.9 mm (1.6 in)	37.6 mm (1.5 in)	36 years	52 of 100 (Notable)
8 August 1965	Delegate Station, AU	daily rain	54.4 mm (2.1 in)	41.7 mm (1.6 in)	27 years	52 of 100 (Notable)
8 August 1965	Hinnomunjie, AU	daily rain	35.6 mm (1.4 in)	24.2 mm (1.0 in)	27 years	52 of 100 (Notable)
8 August 1965	Delegate River, AU	daily rain	46.2 mm (1.8 in)	21.3 mm (0.8 in)	60 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
8 August 1965	Bombala (Therry Street), AU	daily rain	41.4 mm (1.6 in)	28.4 mm (1.1 in)	27 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
8 August 1965	Numbla, AU	daily rain	55.9 mm (2.2 in)	45.2 mm (1.8 in)	22 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
8 August 1965	Cooma (Gurrabeal), AU	daily rain	40.9 mm (1.6 in)	20.6 mm (0.8 in)	27 years	48 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 1965

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1793 to 1965. 1965 had 520 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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Data for records on 1965-08-08: 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).

Histogram of margins by which records were beaten on 8 August 1965
Margin	Records
0 to 10	310
10 to 20	62
20 to 30	32
30 to 40	6
40 to 50	8