Weather Records on 8 August 1971

646 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 8 August 1971. Highest significance: New Harmony, US.

Key Facts for 8 August 1971

On 8 August 1971, 646 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
257 were record highs and 190 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 1 were all-time records, 10 monthly and 635 daily.
New Harmony set a daily record precipitation of 48.8 mm (1.9 in) on 8 August 1971.
Across 162 earlier years (1793 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 466 records.

Record Map

646 stations

646 station records on 8 August 1971 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 8 August 1971: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
New Harmony	United States	Record daily precipitation	48.8 mm (1.9 in)	57 of 100 (Notable)
Prescott	United States	Record daily precipitation	48.8 mm (1.9 in)	56 of 100 (Notable)
Hanty-Mansijsk	Russia	Record daily precipitation	32.2 mm (1.3 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Glenelg	Australia	Record daily precipitation	45.5 mm (1.8 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Tenterfield (Federation Park)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	33.8 mm (1.3 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Bingara (Keera)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	33.8 mm (1.3 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Healy	United States	Record daily precipitation	72.1 mm (2.8 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Warrabah	Australia	Record daily precipitation	47.0 mm (1.9 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Habary	Russia	Record daily precipitation	42.6 mm (1.7 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Boggabilla (Boonal)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	29.0 mm (1.1 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Yamma Pool	Australia	Record daily precipitation	46.0 mm (1.8 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Irtyshsk	Kazakhstan	Record daily precipitation	37.1 mm (1.5 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
San Jon	United States	Record daily precipitation	63.8 mm (2.5 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Omsk	Russia	Record daily precipitation	25.5 mm (1.0 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Pierce 1 E	United States	Record low minimum temperature	16.1 C (61.0 F)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Kamen-Na-Obi	Russia	Record daily precipitation	30.4 mm (1.2 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Stanthorpe Leslie Parade	Australia	Record daily precipitation	31.0 mm (1.2 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Portales	United States	Record daily precipitation	62.2 mm (2.4 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Kingstree	United States	Record daily precipitation	86.4 mm (3.4 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Rainier Carbon R Ent	United States	Record high maximum temperature	36.1 C (97.0 F)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Las Vegas 2 NW	United States	Record low maximum temperature	18.9 C (66.0 F)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Sape	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	39.5 mm (1.6 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Gunbower	Australia	Record daily precipitation	33.3 mm (1.3 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Calgary Int'l A	Canada	Record high minimum temperature	15.6 C (60.1 F)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Warwick Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	33.5 mm (1.3 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Wynne	United States	Record high minimum temperature	28.3 C (82.9 F)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Canning Downs	Australia	Record daily precipitation	26.4 mm (1.0 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Talkeetna AP	United States	Record daily precipitation	40.1 mm (1.6 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Melva	Australia	Record daily precipitation	42.7 mm (1.7 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Wellingrove (Wangalea)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	33.0 mm (1.3 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Huntingdon	Canada	Record high maximum temperature	32.2 C (90.0 F)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Livermore	United States	Record high minimum temperature	19.4 C (66.9 F)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Norcross	United States	Record daily precipitation	67.8 mm (2.7 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Oregon	United States	Record low maximum temperature	20.6 C (69.1 F)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Minersville	United States	Record daily precipitation	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Glen Innes Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	26.2 mm (1.0 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Balmorhea	United States	Record low minimum temperature	12.2 C (54.0 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Marathon	United States	Record low minimum temperature	12.8 C (55.0 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Orlando Executive AP	United States	Record high minimum temperature	26.1 C (79.0 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Balgownie West	Australia	Record daily precipitation	32.0 mm (1.3 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Bingara (Lucunda)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	36.6 mm (1.4 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Weabonga (Monomeeth)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	40.1 mm (1.6 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Benton Harbor AP	United States	Record low minimum temperature	7.2 C (45.0 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Crow Agency	United States	Record high minimum temperature	21.7 C (71.1 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Melrose	United States	Record daily precipitation	41.1 mm (1.6 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Newport	United States	Record high maximum temperature	24.4 C (75.9 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Tashkent	Uzbekistan	Record low maximum temperature	27.0 C (80.6 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Western Creek	Australia	Record daily precipitation	37.3 mm (1.5 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Buzau	Romania	Record high minimum temperature	21.2 C (70.2 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Gatesville	United States	Record low maximum temperature	28.3 C (82.9 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Goondiwindi Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	29.7 mm (1.2 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Inglewood Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	31.0 mm (1.2 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Bjelasnica	Bosnia and Herzegovina	Record high minimum temperature	14.8 C (58.6 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Fort Macleod	Canada	Record high minimum temperature	17.8 C (64.0 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Concordia	Mexico	Record low maximum temperature	26.7 C (80.1 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Matias Romero (Smn)	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	59.9 mm (2.4 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Conception	United States	Record low maximum temperature	21.1 C (70.0 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Ft Benton	United States	Record high minimum temperature	18.3 C (64.9 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Forestburg 5 S	United States	Record daily precipitation	32.5 mm (1.3 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Dungorm	Australia	Record daily precipitation	36.8 mm (1.4 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

646 records

Records set or tied on 8 August 1971 by type: Highest daily maximum 158, Lowest daily maximum 101, Highest daily minimum 99, Lowest daily minimum 89, Heaviest daily rainfall 199.

Records on 8 August 1971 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	158
Lowest daily maximum	101
Highest daily minimum	99
Lowest daily minimum	89
Heaviest daily rainfall	199
Heaviest daily snowfall	0
Deepest snow cover	0

Records on 8 August 1971 by timescale: all-time 1, monthly 10, daily 635.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

495 broken records

Margins by which the 495 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 37.9. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

8 August 1971

Top 20 records on 8 August 1971 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
8 August 1971	New Harmony, US	daily rain	48.8 mm (1.9 in)	33.1 mm (1.3 in)	52 years	57 of 100 (Notable)
8 August 1971	Prescott, US	daily rain	48.8 mm (1.9 in)	30.8 mm (1.2 in)	57 years	56 of 100 (Notable)
8 August 1971	Hanty-Mansijsk, RU	daily rain	32.2 mm (1.3 in)	16.4 mm (0.6 in)	60 years	54 of 100 (Notable)
8 August 1971	Glenelg, AU	daily rain	45.5 mm (1.8 in)	37.9 mm (1.5 in)	16 years	53 of 100 (Notable)
8 August 1971	Tenterfield (Federation Park), AU	daily rain	33.8 mm (1.3 in)	19.8 mm (0.8 in)	72 years	53 of 100 (Notable)
8 August 1971	Bingara (Keera), AU	daily rain	33.8 mm (1.3 in)	20.6 mm (0.8 in)	72 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
8 August 1971	Healy, US	daily rain	72.1 mm (2.8 in)	37.8 mm (1.5 in)	28 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
8 August 1971	Warrabah, AU	daily rain	47.0 mm (1.9 in)	29.7 mm (1.2 in)	32 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
8 August 1971	Habary, RU	daily rain	42.6 mm (1.7 in)	33.6 mm (1.3 in)	12 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
8 August 1971	Boggabilla (Boonal), AU	daily rain	29.0 mm (1.1 in)	27.0 mm (1.1 in)	28 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
8 August 1971	Yamma Pool, AU	daily rain	46.0 mm (1.8 in)	31.5 mm (1.2 in)	4 years	44 of 100 (Notable)
8 August 1971	Irtyshsk, KZ	daily rain	37.1 mm (1.5 in)	23.3 mm (0.9 in)	4 years	44 of 100 (Notable)
8 August 1971	San Jon, US	daily rain	63.8 mm (2.5 in)	30.3 mm (1.2 in)	52 years	44 of 100 (Notable)
8 August 1971	Omsk, RU	daily rain	25.5 mm (1.0 in)	13.9 mm (0.5 in)	41 years	43 of 100 (Notable)
8 August 1971	Pierce 1 E, US	daily low min	16.1 C (61.0 F)	2.8 C (5.0 F)	60 years	43 of 100 (Notable)
8 August 1971	Kamen-Na-Obi, RU	daily rain	30.4 mm (1.2 in)	21.3 mm (0.8 in)	20 years	42 of 100 (Notable)
8 August 1971	Stanthorpe Leslie Parade, AU	daily rain	31.0 mm (1.2 in)	17.8 mm (0.7 in)	32 years	41 of 100 (Notable)
8 August 1971	Portales, US	daily rain	62.2 mm (2.4 in)	28.2 mm (1.1 in)	52 years	41 of 100 (Notable)
8 August 1971	Kingstree, US	daily rain	86.4 mm (3.4 in)	32.8 mm (1.3 in)	50 years	40 of 100 (Notable)
8 August 1971	Rainier Carbon R Ent, US	all-time high max	36.1 C (97.0 F)	0.5 C (0.9 F)	44 years	40 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 1971

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1793 to 1971. 1971 had 646 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 1971-08-08: 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).

Margin	Records
0 to 5	385
5 to 10	48
10 to 15	19
15 to 20	15
20 to 25	9
25 to 30	9
30 to 35	8
35 to 40	2