Weather Records on 7 August 1976

1,168 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 7 August 1976. Highest significance: Ashwood, US.

Key Facts for 7 August 1976

On 7 August 1976, 1,168 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
92 were record highs and 716 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 8 were all-time records, 27 monthly and 1,133 daily.
Ashwood set an all-time record daily precipitation of 61.7 mm (2.4 in) on 7 August 1976.
Across 163 earlier years (1808 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 466 records.

Record Map

1,168 stations

1,168 station records on 7 August 1976 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 7 August 1976: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Ashwood	United States	Record daily precipitation	61.7 mm (2.4 in)	65 of 100 (Major)
Elko	Canada	Record daily precipitation	40.4 mm (1.6 in)	58 of 100 (Notable)
Antelope 6 SSW	United States	Record daily precipitation	68.8 mm (2.7 in)	56 of 100 (Notable)
Condon	United States	Record daily precipitation	38.6 mm (1.5 in)	56 of 100 (Notable)
Prineville	United States	Record daily precipitation	38.4 mm (1.5 in)	56 of 100 (Notable)
Conconully	United States	Record daily precipitation	26.4 mm (1.0 in)	55 of 100 (Notable)
Winthrop 1 WSW	United States	Record daily precipitation	28.7 mm (1.1 in)	55 of 100 (Notable)
Buckley 1 NE	United States	Record daily precipitation	43.7 mm (1.7 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Yarram	Australia	Record daily precipitation	45.8 mm (1.8 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Blackleaf	United States	Record daily precipitation	35.1 mm (1.4 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Centerburg	United States	Record daily precipitation	63.5 mm (2.5 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Budgeree East (Claremont)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	64.0 mm (2.5 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Carlyle	Canada	Record daily precipitation	42.2 mm (1.7 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Rainer Ohanapecosh	United States	Record daily precipitation	40.4 mm (1.6 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Irkutsk	Russia	Record daily precipitation	38.0 mm (1.5 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Beulah	United States	Record low maximum temperature	18.3 C (64.9 F)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Putneyville 2 SE Dam	United States	Record daily precipitation	53.8 mm (2.1 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Port Stanley	Canada	Record low maximum temperature	16.1 C (61.0 F)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Mangut	Russia	Record daily precipitation	86.2 mm (3.4 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Packwood	United States	Record daily precipitation	30.5 mm (1.2 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Puerto Madero	Mexico	Record low minimum temperature	11.7 C (53.1 F)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Mt Sterling	United States	Record low maximum temperature	21.1 C (70.0 F)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Kings Mills	United States	Record daily precipitation	57.7 mm (2.3 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Stehekin 4 NW	United States	Record daily precipitation	33.0 mm (1.3 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Americus	United States	Record daily precipitation	72.4 mm (2.9 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Falmouth	United States	Record daily precipitation	51.8 mm (2.0 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Alexandria 4 WSW	United States	Record daily precipitation	47.2 mm (1.9 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Marysville	United States	Record daily precipitation	51.3 mm (2.0 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Cambridge Galt Moe	Canada	Record low maximum temperature	18.3 C (64.9 F)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Marshall	United States	Record low minimum temperature	15.0 C (59.0 F)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Landsburg	United States	Record daily precipitation	33.3 mm (1.3 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Clearfield	United States	Record daily precipitation	46.2 mm (1.8 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Stevens Pass	United States	Record daily precipitation	27.7 mm (1.1 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Gumri	Armenia	Record high maximum temperature	36.2 C (97.2 F)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Yerevan	Armenia	Record high minimum temperature	26.2 C (79.2 F)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Cartersville #2	United States	Record daily precipitation	62.7 mm (2.5 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Headworks Portland Wtr B	United States	Record daily precipitation	36.3 mm (1.4 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Edith Creek	Australia	Record daily precipitation	38.6 mm (1.5 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Aksa	Russia	Record daily precipitation	31.7 mm (1.2 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Payette	United States	Record low maximum temperature	22.2 C (72.0 F)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Mina	United States	Record low maximum temperature	27.2 C (81.0 F)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Kenton	United States	Record low maximum temperature	18.3 C (64.9 F)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Heppner	United States	Record low maximum temperature	16.1 C (61.0 F)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Mansfield	United States	Record daily precipitation	45.2 mm (1.8 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Yerevan	Armenia	Record high maximum temperature	40.8 C (105.4 F)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Turners Falls	United States	Record daily precipitation	59.4 mm (2.3 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Hillsboro	United States	Record daily precipitation	43.7 mm (1.7 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Oberlin	United States	Record low maximum temperature	18.3 C (64.9 F)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Mineral	United States	Record daily precipitation	29.2 mm (1.1 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Trafalgar Toseland Road	Australia	Record daily precipitation	33.2 mm (1.3 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Penjamo	Mexico	Record low maximum temperature	17.8 C (64.0 F)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Santa Paula	United States	Record low minimum temperature	5.6 C (42.1 F)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Elberton 2 N	United States	Record daily precipitation	37.6 mm (1.5 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Watseka Public Works	United States	Record low maximum temperature	18.9 C (66.0 F)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Silver Creek Falls	United States	Record daily precipitation	35.8 mm (1.4 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Greenwater	United States	Record daily precipitation	26.7 mm (1.1 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Rimrock Tieton Dam	United States	Record daily precipitation	28.2 mm (1.1 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Mylor	Australia	Record daily precipitation	51.6 mm (2.0 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Port Dover	Canada	Record low maximum temperature	16.7 C (62.1 F)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Oktjabrskij-Gorodok	Russia	Record daily precipitation	28.9 mm (1.1 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)

Counts by Type and Timescale

1,168 records

Records set or tied on 7 August 1976 by type: Highest daily maximum 42, Lowest daily maximum 408, Highest daily minimum 50, Lowest daily minimum 308, Heaviest daily rainfall 360.

Records on 7 August 1976 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	42
Lowest daily maximum	408
Highest daily minimum	50
Lowest daily minimum	308
Heaviest daily rainfall	360
Heaviest daily snowfall	0
Deepest snow cover	0

Records on 7 August 1976 by timescale: all-time 8, monthly 27, daily 1,133.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

943 broken records

Margins by which the 943 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 47.5. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

7 August 1976

Top 20 records on 7 August 1976 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
7 August 1976	Ashwood, US	all-time rain	61.7 mm (2.4 in)	15.5 mm (0.6 in)	25 years	65 of 100 (Major)
7 August 1976	Elko, CA	daily rain	40.4 mm (1.6 in)	26.9 mm (1.1 in)	52 years	58 of 100 (Notable)
7 August 1976	Antelope 6 SSW, US	all-time rain	68.8 mm (2.7 in)	13.9 mm (0.5 in)	11 years	56 of 100 (Notable)
7 August 1976	Condon, US	monthly rain	38.6 mm (1.5 in)	14.5 mm (0.6 in)	10 years	56 of 100 (Notable)
7 August 1976	Prineville, US	monthly rain	38.4 mm (1.5 in)	11.7 mm (0.5 in)	34 years	56 of 100 (Notable)
7 August 1976	Conconully, US	daily rain	26.4 mm (1.0 in)	21.6 mm (0.9 in)	66 years	55 of 100 (Notable)
7 August 1976	Winthrop 1 WSW, US	daily rain	28.7 mm (1.1 in)	24.4 mm (1.0 in)	27 years	55 of 100 (Notable)
7 August 1976	Buckley 1 NE, US	daily rain	43.7 mm (1.7 in)	34.0 mm (1.3 in)	27 years	54 of 100 (Notable)
7 August 1976	Yarram, AU	daily rain	45.8 mm (1.8 in)	28.0 mm (1.1 in)	11 years	52 of 100 (Notable)
7 August 1976	Blackleaf, US	daily rain	35.1 mm (1.4 in)	27.7 mm (1.1 in)	14 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
7 August 1976	Centerburg, US	daily rain	63.5 mm (2.5 in)	47.5 mm (1.9 in)	21 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
7 August 1976	Budgeree East (Claremont), AU	daily rain	64.0 mm (2.5 in)	36.6 mm (1.4 in)	11 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
7 August 1976	Carlyle, CA	daily rain	42.2 mm (1.7 in)	31.5 mm (1.2 in)	45 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
7 August 1976	Rainer Ohanapecosh, US	daily rain	40.4 mm (1.6 in)	28.7 mm (1.1 in)	19 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
7 August 1976	Irkutsk, RU	daily rain	38.0 mm (1.5 in)	15.5 mm (0.6 in)	79 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
7 August 1976	Beulah, US	daily low max	18.3 C (64.9 F)	7.3 C (13.1 F)	82 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
7 August 1976	Putneyville 2 SE Dam, US	daily rain	53.8 mm (2.1 in)	41.4 mm (1.6 in)	31 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
7 August 1976	Port Stanley, CA	daily low max	16.1 C (61.0 F)	2.2 C (4.0 F)	100 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
7 August 1976	Mangut, RU	all-time rain	86.2 mm (3.4 in)	16.4 mm (0.6 in)	22 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
7 August 1976	Packwood, US	daily rain	30.5 mm (1.2 in)	21.6 mm (0.9 in)	19 years	47 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 1976

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1808 to 1976. 1976 had 1,168 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).

Histogram of margins by which records were beaten on 7 August 1976
Margin	Records
0 to 10	805
10 to 20	93
20 to 30	34
30 to 40	8
40 to 50	3