Weather Records on 7 August 1971

969 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 7 August 1971. Highest significance: Gravesend Post Office, AU.

Key Facts for 7 August 1971

On 7 August 1971, 969 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
250 were record highs and 364 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 5 were all-time records, 19 monthly and 945 daily.
Gravesend Post Office set a daily record precipitation of 54.6 mm (2.1 in) on 7 August 1971.
Across 163 earlier years (1808 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 468 records.

Record Map

969 stations

969 station records on 7 August 1971 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 7 August 1971: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Gravesend Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	54.6 mm (2.1 in)	67 of 100 (Major)
Narrabri Bowling Club	Australia	Record daily precipitation	41.9 mm (1.6 in)	64 of 100 (Major)
Narrabri West Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	44.2 mm (1.7 in)	60 of 100 (Major)
Orskar_A	Sweden	Record daily precipitation	40.2 mm (1.6 in)	60 of 100 (Major)
Bendemeer (Caroline St)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	47.5 mm (1.9 in)	57 of 100 (Notable)
Glen Morrison (Millbank)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	42.2 mm (1.7 in)	57 of 100 (Notable)
Dirranbandi High School	Australia	Record daily precipitation	47.5 mm (1.9 in)	56 of 100 (Notable)
Cobbadah Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	43.4 mm (1.7 in)	56 of 100 (Notable)
Bingara (Derra Derra)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	63.8 mm (2.5 in)	56 of 100 (Notable)
Caroda Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	71.9 mm (2.8 in)	55 of 100 (Notable)
Somerton (Bective Estate)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	38.1 mm (1.5 in)	55 of 100 (Notable)
Quipolly Creek Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	34.5 mm (1.4 in)	55 of 100 (Notable)
Uralla (Salisbury Court)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	45.7 mm (1.8 in)	55 of 100 (Notable)
Upper Bingara (Emohta)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	63.5 mm (2.5 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Dungowan Station	Australia	Record daily precipitation	43.2 mm (1.7 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Bundarra Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	54.9 mm (2.2 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Nordby (Fano)	Denmark	Record daily precipitation	36.0 mm (1.4 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Ft Smith Wtp	United States	Record daily precipitation	126.5 mm (5.0 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Wee Waa (Pendennis)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	33.0 mm (1.3 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Boras	Sweden	Record daily precipitation	67.3 mm (2.6 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Mungindi (Burrenbah)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	48.3 mm (1.9 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Mungindi Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	44.5 mm (1.8 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Bingara (Lucunda)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	61.2 mm (2.4 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Kickerbell	Australia	Record daily precipitation	32.8 mm (1.3 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Walgett Council Depot	Australia	Record daily precipitation	25.1 mm (1.0 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Bingara Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	67.3 mm (2.6 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Narrabri (Mollee)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	40.1 mm (1.6 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Barraba (Neranghi)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	43.2 mm (1.7 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Wallabadah (Woodton)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	51.1 mm (2.0 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Pakri	Estonia	Record daily precipitation	33.6 mm (1.3 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Ulricehamn	Sweden	Record daily precipitation	77.6 mm (3.1 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Boolcarrol	Australia	Record daily precipitation	34.3 mm (1.4 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Pallamallawa Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	50.3 mm (2.0 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Quirindi Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	26.9 mm (1.1 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Gunnedah Pool	Australia	Record daily precipitation	29.2 mm (1.1 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Eagle Pass 3N	United States	Record low maximum temperature	26.7 C (80.1 F)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Bellata Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	36.8 mm (1.4 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Mogil Mogil (Benimora)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	36.3 mm (1.4 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Ashley (Midkin)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	42.2 mm (1.7 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Willow Tree (Valais)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	46.7 mm (1.8 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Broderup	Denmark	Record daily precipitation	35.2 mm (1.4 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Melrose	United States	Record low maximum temperature	25.0 C (77.0 F)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Murphy 4ESE	United States	Record daily precipitation	37.1 mm (1.5 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Blanco	United States	Record low maximum temperature	23.9 C (75.0 F)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Bagdad	United States	Record daily precipitation	46.2 mm (1.8 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Pierce 1 E	United States	Record low minimum temperature	16.7 C (62.1 F)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Mungindi (Wongwie)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	39.4 mm (1.6 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Pilliga (Nirvana)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	31.2 mm (1.2 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Willow Tree (Parraweena)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	39.9 mm (1.6 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Tingha (Crystal Hill)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	38.9 mm (1.5 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Menard	United States	Record low maximum temperature	25.0 C (77.0 F)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Ricardo	United States	Record daily precipitation	65.5 mm (2.6 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Mullaley (Bando)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	28.2 mm (1.1 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Wallabadah (Gaspard)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	35.6 mm (1.4 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Martinsdale 3 NNW	United States	Record high minimum temperature	16.7 C (62.1 F)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Barraba Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	27.9 mm (1.1 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Attunga (Garthowen)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	42.2 mm (1.7 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Abbott	United States	Record daily precipitation	68.3 mm (2.7 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Chinook	United States	Record high minimum temperature	22.2 C (72.0 F)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Ballinger 2 NW	United States	Record low maximum temperature	25.6 C (78.1 F)	38 of 100 (Notable)

Counts by Type and Timescale

969 records

Records set or tied on 7 August 1971 by type: Highest daily maximum 97, Lowest daily maximum 208, Highest daily minimum 153, Lowest daily minimum 156, Heaviest daily rainfall 355.

Records on 7 August 1971 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	97
Lowest daily maximum	208
Highest daily minimum	153
Lowest daily minimum	156
Heaviest daily rainfall	355
Heaviest daily snowfall	0
Deepest snow cover	0

Records on 7 August 1971 by timescale: all-time 5, monthly 19, daily 945.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

780 broken records

Margins by which the 780 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 67.6. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

7 August 1971

Top 20 records on 7 August 1971 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
7 August 1971	Gravesend Post Office, AU	daily rain	54.6 mm (2.1 in)	38.6 mm (1.5 in)	68 years	67 of 100 (Major)
7 August 1971	Narrabri Bowling Club, AU	daily rain	41.9 mm (1.6 in)	25.1 mm (1.0 in)	97 years	64 of 100 (Major)
7 August 1971	Narrabri West Post Office, AU	daily rain	44.2 mm (1.7 in)	37.8 mm (1.5 in)	52 years	60 of 100 (Major)
7 August 1971	Orskar_A, SE	daily rain	40.2 mm (1.6 in)	28.3 mm (1.1 in)	37 years	60 of 100 (Major)
7 August 1971	Bendemeer (Caroline St), AU	daily rain	47.5 mm (1.9 in)	27.2 mm (1.1 in)	68 years	57 of 100 (Notable)
7 August 1971	Glen Morrison (Millbank), AU	daily rain	42.2 mm (1.7 in)	30.5 mm (1.2 in)	52 years	57 of 100 (Notable)
7 August 1971	Dirranbandi High School, AU	daily rain	47.5 mm (1.9 in)	33.5 mm (1.3 in)	28 years	56 of 100 (Notable)
7 August 1971	Cobbadah Post Office, AU	daily rain	43.4 mm (1.7 in)	28.9 mm (1.1 in)	68 years	56 of 100 (Notable)
7 August 1971	Bingara (Derra Derra), AU	daily rain	63.8 mm (2.5 in)	46.0 mm (1.8 in)	32 years	56 of 100 (Notable)
7 August 1971	Caroda Post Office, AU	daily rain	71.9 mm (2.8 in)	53.4 mm (2.1 in)	32 years	55 of 100 (Notable)
7 August 1971	Somerton (Bective Estate), AU	daily rain	38.1 mm (1.5 in)	22.1 mm (0.9 in)	69 years	55 of 100 (Notable)
7 August 1971	Quipolly Creek Post Office, AU	daily rain	34.5 mm (1.4 in)	25.1 mm (1.0 in)	65 years	55 of 100 (Notable)
7 August 1971	Uralla (Salisbury Court), AU	daily rain	45.7 mm (1.8 in)	24.9 mm (1.0 in)	68 years	55 of 100 (Notable)
7 August 1971	Upper Bingara (Emohta), AU	daily rain	63.5 mm (2.5 in)	49.3 mm (1.9 in)	28 years	54 of 100 (Notable)
7 August 1971	Dungowan Station, AU	daily rain	43.2 mm (1.7 in)	25.9 mm (1.0 in)	65 years	54 of 100 (Notable)
7 August 1971	Bundarra Post Office, AU	daily rain	54.9 mm (2.2 in)	25.7 mm (1.0 in)	68 years	54 of 100 (Notable)
7 August 1971	Nordby (Fano), DK	daily rain	36.0 mm (1.4 in)	14.0 mm (0.6 in)	85 years	54 of 100 (Notable)
7 August 1971	Ft Smith Wtp, US	monthly rain	126.5 mm (5.0 in)	48.8 mm (1.9 in)	30 years	54 of 100 (Notable)
7 August 1971	Wee Waa (Pendennis), AU	daily rain	33.0 mm (1.3 in)	22.6 mm (0.9 in)	62 years	53 of 100 (Notable)
7 August 1971	Boras, SE	all-time rain	67.3 mm (2.6 in)	4.5 mm (0.18 in)	61 years	52 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 1971

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1808 to 1971. 1971 had 969 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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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	632
10 to 20	77
20 to 30	43
30 to 40	18
40 to 50	5
50 to 60	2
60 to 70	3