Weather Records on 14 August 1975

461 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 14 August 1975. Highest significance: Phillipsburg 1 SSE, US.

Key Facts for 14 August 1975

On 14 August 1975, 461 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
74 were record highs and 174 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 1 were all-time records, 11 monthly and 449 daily.
Phillipsburg 1 SSE set a daily record precipitation of 78.5 mm (3.1 in) on 14 August 1975.
Across 166 earlier years (1793 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 463 records.

Record Map

461 stations

461 station records on 14 August 1975 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 14 August 1975: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Phillipsburg 1 SSE	United States	Record daily precipitation	78.5 mm (3.1 in)	58 of 100 (Notable)
Windsor	United States	Record daily precipitation	61.5 mm (2.4 in)	57 of 100 (Notable)
Susendal	Norway	Record daily precipitation	26.8 mm (1.1 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Donora 1 SW	United States	Record daily precipitation	73.2 mm (2.9 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Greensboro Lock 7	United States	Record daily precipitation	46.2 mm (1.8 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Mangum	United States	Record daily precipitation	93.5 mm (3.7 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Norton 9SSE	United States	Record daily precipitation	110.5 mm (4.4 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Lulea-Bergnaset	Sweden	Record daily precipitation	53.5 mm (2.1 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Lulea	Sweden	Record daily precipitation	53.5 mm (2.1 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Oakland 1 SE	United States	Record daily precipitation	57.7 mm (2.3 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Erick	United States	Record daily precipitation	79.2 mm (3.1 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Fruitland	United States	Record low minimum temperature	5.6 C (42.1 F)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Vinson	United States	Record daily precipitation	87.6 mm (3.4 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Caledon (Pol)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	36.0 mm (1.4 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Blaikliden	Sweden	Record daily precipitation	40.1 mm (1.6 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Mc Cook	United States	Record low maximum temperature	18.3 C (64.9 F)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Rowlesburg 1	United States	Record daily precipitation	53.3 mm (2.1 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Burlington Muni AP	United States	Record daily precipitation	44.2 mm (1.7 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Voronez	Russia	Record daily precipitation	40.8 mm (1.6 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Sheffield	United Kingdom	Record high minimum temperature	17.3 C (63.1 F)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Ft Morgan	United States	Record low maximum temperature	15.0 C (59.0 F)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Sterling	United States	Record low maximum temperature	14.4 C (57.9 F)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Avon Park 2 W	United States	Record low minimum temperature	18.3 C (64.9 F)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Belleville	United States	Record daily precipitation	57.7 mm (2.3 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
La Cygne 4ESE	United States	Record daily precipitation	96.5 mm (3.8 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Stockton 1 E	United States	Record daily precipitation	60.5 mm (2.4 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Durham	United Kingdom	Record high minimum temperature	16.0 C (60.8 F)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Ottawa	United States	Record daily precipitation	52.6 mm (2.1 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Micurinsk	Russia	Record daily precipitation	39.6 mm (1.6 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Wray	United States	Record low maximum temperature	21.7 C (71.1 F)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Columbus	United States	Record daily precipitation	63.8 mm (2.5 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Aktse	Sweden	Record daily precipitation	36.0 mm (1.4 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Henichesk	Ukraine	Record low minimum temperature	10.1 C (50.2 F)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Galesburg	United States	Record daily precipitation	33.0 mm (1.3 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Enterprise	United States	Record daily precipitation	38.6 mm (1.5 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Lenora Coop	United States	Record daily precipitation	86.4 mm (3.4 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Millport 4 NE	United States	Record daily precipitation	44.5 mm (1.8 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Sayre	United States	Record daily precipitation	37.3 mm (1.5 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Manhattan	United States	Record daily precipitation	75.2 mm (3.0 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Woodstock	United States	Record daily precipitation	46.7 mm (1.8 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Carrollton 3 NNE	United States	Record daily precipitation	47.8 mm (1.9 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Kimball 2NE	United States	Record low maximum temperature	12.8 C (55.0 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Mitchell 5E	United States	Record low maximum temperature	13.9 C (57.0 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Waseca	Canada	Record low minimum temperature	0.6 C (33.1 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Odesa	Ukraine	Record low minimum temperature	9.8 C (49.6 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Holly	United States	Record low maximum temperature	23.9 C (75.0 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Ocala	United States	Record low minimum temperature	18.9 C (66.0 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Lincoln 1 SE	United States	Record daily precipitation	108.0 mm (4.3 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Benkelman 1N	United States	Record low maximum temperature	18.3 C (64.9 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Imperial	United States	Record low maximum temperature	22.2 C (72.0 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Newell	United States	Record daily precipitation	40.6 mm (1.6 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Muenster	Canada	Record low minimum temperature	0.6 C (33.1 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Doornrivier	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	33.0 mm (1.3 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Castle Rock	United States	Record low maximum temperature	20.0 C (68.0 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Smith Ctr	United States	Record daily precipitation	54.9 mm (2.2 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Naryn	Kyrgyzstan	Record high maximum temperature	33.7 C (92.7 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Waterdale	United States	Record low maximum temperature	15.0 C (59.0 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Oshkosh	United States	Record low maximum temperature	13.3 C (55.9 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Tot-Ma	Russia	Record low maximum temperature	8.5 C (47.3 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Nikolaev	Ukraine	Record low minimum temperature	9.1 C (48.4 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

461 records

Records set or tied on 14 August 1975 by type: Highest daily maximum 22, Lowest daily maximum 92, Highest daily minimum 52, Lowest daily minimum 82, Heaviest daily rainfall 213.

Records on 14 August 1975 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	22
Lowest daily maximum	92
Highest daily minimum	52
Lowest daily minimum	82
Heaviest daily rainfall	213
Heaviest daily snowfall	0
Deepest snow cover	0

Records on 14 August 1975 by timescale: all-time 1, monthly 11, daily 449.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

396 broken records

Margins by which the 396 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 76.2. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

14 August 1975

Top 20 records on 14 August 1975 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
14 August 1975	Phillipsburg 1 SSE, US	daily rain	78.5 mm (3.1 in)	47.5 mm (1.9 in)	53 years	58 of 100 (Notable)
14 August 1975	Windsor, US	daily rain	61.5 mm (2.4 in)	45.5 mm (1.8 in)	77 years	57 of 100 (Notable)
14 August 1975	Susendal, NO	daily rain	26.8 mm (1.1 in)	16.1 mm (0.6 in)	53 years	54 of 100 (Notable)
14 August 1975	Donora 1 SW, US	daily rain	73.2 mm (2.9 in)	56.9 mm (2.2 in)	16 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
14 August 1975	Greensboro Lock 7, US	daily rain	46.2 mm (1.8 in)	27.4 mm (1.1 in)	57 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
14 August 1975	Mangum, US	daily rain	93.5 mm (3.7 in)	76.2 mm (3.0 in)	13 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
14 August 1975	Norton 9SSE, US	monthly rain	110.5 mm (4.4 in)	24.6 mm (1.0 in)	33 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
14 August 1975	Lulea-Bergnaset, SE	daily rain	53.5 mm (2.1 in)	27.1 mm (1.1 in)	28 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
14 August 1975	Lulea, SE	daily rain	53.5 mm (2.1 in)	27.1 mm (1.1 in)	28 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
14 August 1975	Oakland 1 SE, US	daily rain	57.7 mm (2.3 in)	31.0 mm (1.2 in)	44 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
14 August 1975	Erick, US	daily rain	79.2 mm (3.1 in)	60.1 mm (2.4 in)	2 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
14 August 1975	Fruitland, US	daily low min	5.6 C (42.1 F)	4.4 C (7.9 F)	77 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
14 August 1975	Vinson, US	daily rain	87.6 mm (3.4 in)	66.3 mm (2.6 in)	6 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
14 August 1975	Caledon (Pol), ZA	daily rain	36.0 mm (1.4 in)	11.4 mm (0.4 in)	65 years	42 of 100 (Notable)
14 August 1975	Blaikliden, SE	daily rain	40.1 mm (1.6 in)	23.4 mm (0.9 in)	28 years	42 of 100 (Notable)
14 August 1975	Mc Cook, US	daily low max	18.3 C (64.9 F)	7.3 C (13.1 F)	57 years	41 of 100 (Notable)
14 August 1975	Rowlesburg 1, US	daily rain	53.3 mm (2.1 in)	22.8 mm (0.9 in)	48 years	41 of 100 (Notable)
14 August 1975	Burlington Muni AP, US	daily rain	44.2 mm (1.7 in)	26.4 mm (1.0 in)	53 years	41 of 100 (Notable)
14 August 1975	Voronez, RU	daily rain	40.8 mm (1.6 in)	21.6 mm (0.9 in)	21 years	40 of 100 (Notable)
14 August 1975	Sheffield, GB	daily high min	17.3 C (63.1 F)	1.7 C (3.1 F)	81 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 1975

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1793 to 1975. 1975 had 461 records.

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

Records on 08-14 in each year
Year	Records
1793	2
1807	1
1815	1
1818	1
1825	1
1833	2
1839	1
1841	1
1843	1
1845	2
1856	2
1857	1
1859	1
1861	1
1864	3
1865	1
1866	2
1868	1
1870	1
1871	1
1872	1
1873	1
1874	1
1876	4
1882	1
1884	1
1885	3
1886	1
1887	3
1889	2
1890	1
1891	1
1892	3
1893	2
1894	2
1895	3
1896	5
1897	5
1898	2
1899	2
1900	1
1901	1
1902	8
1903	8
1904	3
1905	10
1906	8
1907	6
1908	28
1909	35
1910	10
1911	30
1912	56
1913	24
1914	16
1915	17
1916	109
1917	38
1918	60
1919	103
1920	56
1921	61
1922	54
1923	92
1924	319
1925	128
1926	182
1927	147
1928	233
1929	449
1930	627
1931	410
1932	314
1933	349
1934	470
1935	314
1936	612
1937	354
1938	519
1939	376
1940	489
1941	467
1942	364
1943	583
1944	709
1945	572
1946	511
1947	658
1948	373
1949	374
1950	402
1951	458
1952	560
1953	312
1954	457
1955	535
1956	426
1957	281
1958	421
1959	495
1960	414
1961	663
1962	885
1963	811
1964	1,394
1965	451
1966	388
1967	902
1968	1,315
1969	482
1970	398
1971	677
1972	552
1973	489
1974	542
1975	461
1976	1,060
1977	562
1978	834
1979	1,115
1980	544
1981	719
1982	539
1983	775
1984	598
1985	1,095
1986	775
1987	1,157
1988	1,301
1989	728
1990	737
1991	856
1992	1,709
1993	887
1994	1,149
1995	1,444
1996	954
1997	922
1998	1,100
1999	1,329
2000	1,117
2001	806
2002	1,576
2003	1,913
2004	1,936
2005	1,340
2006	1,073
2007	1,340
2008	798
2009	818
2010	1,704
2011	772
2012	758
2013	612
2014	651
2015	931
2016	824
2017	559
2018	397
2019	578
2020	1,009
2021	932
2022	771
2023	1,116
2024	1,045
2025	798
2026	1,211

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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	300
10 to 20	57
20 to 30	27
30 to 40	4
40 to 50	3
50 to 60	2
60 to 70	2
70 to 80	1