Weather Records on 1 August 1976

886 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 1 August 1976. Highest significance: Oktjabrskij-Gorodok, RU.

Key Facts for 1 August 1976

On 1 August 1976, 886 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
92 were record highs and 425 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 5 were all-time records, 28 monthly and 853 daily.
Oktjabrskij-Gorodok set an all-time record daily precipitation of 111.4 mm (4.4 in) on 1 August 1976.
Across 164 earlier years (1797 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 438 records.

Record Map

886 stations

886 station records on 1 August 1976 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 1 August 1976: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Oktjabrskij-Gorodok	Russia	Record daily precipitation	111.4 mm (4.4 in)	86 of 100 (Exceptional)
Estes Park	United States	Record daily precipitation	91.2 mm (3.6 in)	69 of 100 (Major)
Caldwell	United States	Record daily precipitation	34.0 mm (1.3 in)	66 of 100 (Major)
Garland 1 NE	United States	Record daily precipitation	30.2 mm (1.2 in)	63 of 100 (Major)
Escarcega (Smn)	Mexico	Record low minimum temperature	11.1 C (52.0 F)	61 of 100 (Major)
Orovada 3 W	United States	Record daily precipitation	52.6 mm (2.1 in)	59 of 100 (Notable)
Kempton (Oakmore)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	54.4 mm (2.1 in)	57 of 100 (Notable)
Melton Mowbray (Lovely Banks)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	40.8 mm (1.6 in)	56 of 100 (Notable)
Rapelje	United States	Record daily precipitation	31.5 mm (1.2 in)	56 of 100 (Notable)
Chazy	United States	Record daily precipitation	41.9 mm (1.6 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Columbus	United States	Record daily precipitation	28.2 mm (1.1 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Diversion Dam	United States	Record daily precipitation	66.8 mm (2.6 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Caliente	United States	Record daily precipitation	37.3 mm (1.5 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Cavendish	United States	Record daily precipitation	48.0 mm (1.9 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Clear Lake	Australia	Record daily precipitation	25.0 mm (1.0 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Keno	United States	Record daily precipitation	30.5 mm (1.2 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Amga	Russia	Record daily precipitation	47.4 mm (1.9 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Aleksandrov Gaj	Russia	Record daily precipitation	73.3 mm (2.9 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Prospect 2 SW	United States	Record daily precipitation	25.7 mm (1.0 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Piaxtla	Mexico	Record low minimum temperature	10.6 C (51.1 F)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Ternej	Russia	Record high minimum temperature	24.2 C (75.6 F)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Mt Hebron Rs	United States	Record daily precipitation	29.0 mm (1.1 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Gari	Russia	Record daily precipitation	44.0 mm (1.7 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Dawson	Canada	Record high maximum temperature	31.7 C (89.1 F)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Pavillion	United States	Record daily precipitation	30.5 mm (1.2 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Placerville	United States	Record low maximum temperature	22.8 C (73.0 F)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Ojinaga (Smn)	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	36.8 mm (1.4 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Cet Central England	United Kingdom	Record low minimum temperature	6.2 C (43.2 F)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Oxford	United Kingdom	Record low minimum temperature	6.6 C (43.9 F)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Ashland	United States	Record daily precipitation	34.5 mm (1.4 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Gulkana AP	United States	Record high maximum temperature	31.1 C (88.0 F)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Blackwood	Australia	Record daily precipitation	30.0 mm (1.2 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Bijsk Zonalnaja	Russia	Record daily precipitation	27.2 mm (1.1 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Tartu-Toravere	Estonia	Record daily precipitation	28.6 mm (1.1 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Orebro	Sweden	Record low minimum temperature	5.4 C (41.7 F)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Canandaigua 3 S	United States	Record daily precipitation	52.8 mm (2.1 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Franklinville	United States	Record daily precipitation	29.0 mm (1.1 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Cornwall	United States	Record daily precipitation	48.8 mm (1.9 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Burnie (Round Hill)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	38.0 mm (1.5 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Saratow	Russia	Record daily precipitation	28.3 mm (1.1 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Baynesfield Estate	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	25.0 mm (1.0 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Vastervik	Sweden	Record low minimum temperature	8.2 C (46.8 F)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Hilts Slash Disposal	United States	Record daily precipitation	44.5 mm (1.8 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Barcelona -Fabra Observatory	Spain	Record daily precipitation	56.8 mm (2.2 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Bridgeport	United States	Record low maximum temperature	20.6 C (69.1 F)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Cresco 1 NE	United States	Record low minimum temperature	6.7 C (44.1 F)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Grafton	United States	Record low maximum temperature	17.8 C (64.0 F)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Saentis	Switzerland	Record low minimum temperature	-3.1 C (26.4 F)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Sonora	United States	Record low maximum temperature	25.0 C (77.0 F)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Glenwood Spgs #2	United States	Record low maximum temperature	20.6 C (69.1 F)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Paonia 1SW	United States	Record high maximum temperature	36.7 C (98.1 F)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Elizabethtown	United States	Record daily precipitation	35.6 mm (1.4 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Sparta	United States	Record low minimum temperature	6.7 C (44.1 F)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Visalia	United States	Record low maximum temperature	29.4 C (84.9 F)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Wheaton 3 SE	United States	Record low minimum temperature	10.0 C (50.0 F)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Belfast	United States	Record low maximum temperature	20.0 C (68.0 F)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Uxbridge	Australia	Record daily precipitation	25.0 mm (1.0 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Tierra Blanca (Smn)	Mexico	Record low minimum temperature	15.0 C (59.0 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Karlstad	Sweden	Record low minimum temperature	4.5 C (40.1 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Maricopa	United States	Record low maximum temperature	28.9 C (84.0 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

886 records

Records set or tied on 1 August 1976 by type: Highest daily maximum 35, Lowest daily maximum 249, Highest daily minimum 57, Lowest daily minimum 176, Heaviest daily rainfall 369.

Records on 1 August 1976 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	35
Lowest daily maximum	249
Highest daily minimum	57
Lowest daily minimum	176
Heaviest daily rainfall	369
Heaviest daily snowfall	0
Deepest snow cover	0

Records on 1 August 1976 by timescale: all-time 5, monthly 28, daily 853.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

732 broken records

Margins by which the 732 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 48.6. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

1 August 1976

Top 20 records on 1 August 1976 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
1 August 1976	Oktjabrskij-Gorodok, RU	all-time rain	111.4 mm (4.4 in)	48.6 mm (1.9 in)	57 years	86 of 100 (Exceptional)
1 August 1976	Estes Park, US	monthly rain	91.2 mm (3.6 in)	42.7 mm (1.7 in)	38 years	69 of 100 (Major)
1 August 1976	Caldwell, US	daily rain	34.0 mm (1.3 in)	33.2 mm (1.3 in)	64 years	66 of 100 (Major)
1 August 1976	Garland 1 NE, US	daily rain	30.2 mm (1.2 in)	26.4 mm (1.0 in)	57 years	63 of 100 (Major)
1 August 1976	Escarcega (Smn), MX	monthly low min	11.1 C (52.0 F)	5.6 C (10.1 F)	29 years	61 of 100 (Major)
1 August 1976	Orovada 3 W, US	all-time rain	52.6 mm (2.1 in)	6.9 mm (0.27 in)	62 years	59 of 100 (Notable)
1 August 1976	Kempton (Oakmore), AU	daily rain	54.4 mm (2.1 in)	41.2 mm (1.6 in)	31 years	57 of 100 (Notable)
1 August 1976	Melton Mowbray (Lovely Banks), AU	daily rain	40.8 mm (1.6 in)	22.3 mm (0.9 in)	31 years	56 of 100 (Notable)
1 August 1976	Rapelje, US	daily rain	31.5 mm (1.2 in)	23.1 mm (0.9 in)	56 years	56 of 100 (Notable)
1 August 1976	Chazy, US	daily rain	41.9 mm (1.6 in)	34.0 mm (1.3 in)	47 years	54 of 100 (Notable)
1 August 1976	Columbus, US	daily rain	28.2 mm (1.1 in)	22.1 mm (0.9 in)	35 years	53 of 100 (Notable)
1 August 1976	Diversion Dam, US	all-time rain	66.8 mm (2.6 in)	7.9 mm (0.31 in)	53 years	53 of 100 (Notable)
1 August 1976	Caliente, US	daily rain	37.3 mm (1.5 in)	26.4 mm (1.0 in)	17 years	52 of 100 (Notable)
1 August 1976	Cavendish, US	daily rain	48.0 mm (1.9 in)	30.0 mm (1.2 in)	64 years	52 of 100 (Notable)
1 August 1976	Clear Lake, AU	daily rain	25.0 mm (1.0 in)	10.5 mm (0.4 in)	73 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
1 August 1976	Keno, US	daily rain	30.5 mm (1.2 in)	23.9 mm (0.9 in)	8 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
1 August 1976	Amga, RU	daily rain	47.4 mm (1.9 in)	37.7 mm (1.5 in)	8 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
1 August 1976	Aleksandrov Gaj, RU	all-time rain	73.3 mm (2.9 in)	13.1 mm (0.5 in)	9 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
1 August 1976	Prospect 2 SW, US	daily rain	25.7 mm (1.0 in)	21.1 mm (0.8 in)	12 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
1 August 1976	Piaxtla, MX	daily low min	10.6 C (51.1 F)	4.4 C (7.9 F)	46 years	44 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

1797 to 1976

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1797 to 1976. 1976 had 886 records.

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

Records on 08-01 in each year
Year	Records
1797	1
1816	2
1829	1
1833	1
1834	2
1836	1
1838	1
1842	1
1851	1
1856	1
1858	3
1859	1
1861	1
1862	1
1863	1
1865	1
1868	1
1869	2
1873	1
1874	1
1875	3
1876	1
1878	1
1879	1
1881	3
1883	1
1886	2
1887	1
1890	1
1891	7
1892	4
1893	3
1894	1
1895	3
1896	4
1897	2
1898	3
1899	1
1900	1
1901	3
1902	5
1903	19
1904	10
1905	12
1906	18
1907	13
1908	18
1909	15
1910	30
1911	46
1912	49
1913	25
1914	17
1915	49
1916	16
1917	108
1918	55
1919	32
1920	101
1921	87
1922	44
1923	203
1924	93
1925	281
1926	252
1927	266
1928	132
1929	161
1930	252
1931	362
1932	408
1933	487
1934	448
1935	547
1936	636
1937	492
1938	523
1939	335
1940	333
1941	341
1942	388
1943	398
1944	410
1945	975
1946	336
1947	401
1948	354
1949	324
1950	552
1951	420
1952	391
1953	565
1954	462
1955	796
1956	441
1957	270
1958	389
1959	352
1960	677
1961	404
1962	602
1963	270
1964	883
1965	669
1966	383
1967	250
1968	625
1969	453
1970	482
1971	1,135
1972	609
1973	766
1974	526
1975	915
1976	886
1977	636
1978	706
1979	580
1980	906
1981	668
1982	742
1983	931
1984	532
1985	987
1986	846
1987	999
1988	880
1989	1,301
1990	927
1991	740
1992	1,024
1993	907
1994	1,217
1995	1,513
1996	1,118
1997	904
1998	1,281
1999	1,707
2000	1,020
2001	1,079
2002	1,249
2003	1,155
2004	740
2005	878
2006	1,655
2007	746
2008	795
2009	932
2010	1,182
2011	1,191
2012	850
2013	542
2014	853
2015	864
2016	499
2017	758
2018	987
2019	479
2020	838
2021	1,009
2022	915
2023	627
2024	879
2025	785
2026	1,085

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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).

Histogram of margins by which records were beaten on 1 August 1976
Margin	Records
0 to 10	640
10 to 20	59
20 to 30	25
30 to 40	5
40 to 50	3