Weather Records on 14 August 1976

1,060 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 14 August 1976. Highest significance: Craigie-Lea, AU.

Key Facts for 14 August 1976

On 14 August 1976, 1,060 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
98 were record highs and 289 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 0 were all-time records, 104 monthly and 956 daily.
Craigie-Lea set a monthly record daily precipitation of 56.6 mm (2.2 in) on 14 August 1976.
Across 166 earlier years (1793 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 459 records.

Record Map

1,060 stations

1,060 station records on 14 August 1976 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 14 August 1976: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Craigie-Lea	Australia	Record daily precipitation	56.6 mm (2.2 in)	69 of 100 (Major)
Redding Fire STN 2	United States	Record daily precipitation	72.1 mm (2.8 in)	64 of 100 (Major)
Isilkul	Russia	Record daily precipitation	63.5 mm (2.5 in)	63 of 100 (Major)
Icem (Usina Marimbondo)	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	65.2 mm (2.6 in)	62 of 100 (Major)
Lussanvira	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	103.4 mm (4.1 in)	62 of 100 (Major)
Usina Dourados (Cpfl) B4-003	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	58.9 mm (2.3 in)	60 of 100 (Major)
Barretos	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	61.5 mm (2.4 in)	60 of 100 (Major)
Monte Verde Paulista	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	87.3 mm (3.4 in)	59 of 100 (Notable)
Aldeia	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	50.0 mm (2.0 in)	58 of 100 (Notable)
Novais	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	45.9 mm (1.8 in)	58 of 100 (Notable)
Altair	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	60.7 mm (2.4 in)	58 of 100 (Notable)
Morro Agudo	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	65.5 mm (2.6 in)	57 of 100 (Notable)
Grass Valley	Australia	Record daily precipitation	37.8 mm (1.5 in)	56 of 100 (Notable)
Olimpia	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	59.6 mm (2.3 in)	56 of 100 (Notable)
Jaborandi	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	67.2 mm (2.6 in)	55 of 100 (Notable)
Cafelandia	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	45.2 mm (1.8 in)	55 of 100 (Notable)
Dois Rios	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	88.2 mm (3.5 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Tres Irmaos	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	58.8 mm (2.3 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Ribeiro Dos Santos	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	67.1 mm (2.6 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Cosmorama	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	52.0 mm (2.0 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Fazenda Do Barreiro Rico	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	36.7 mm (1.4 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Usina Avanhandava (Cpfl)	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	50.2 mm (2.0 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Pedro Beicht	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	44.0 mm (1.7 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Ulleungdo	Korea, South	Record daily precipitation	84.0 mm (3.3 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Sao Fidelis (Pcd)	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	58.0 mm (2.3 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Ituverava	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	26.3 mm (1.0 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Brookings	United States	Record daily precipitation	38.4 mm (1.5 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Anta	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	32.0 mm (1.3 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Santa Rita Do Jacutinga	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	25.0 mm (1.0 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Oktjabrskij-Gorodok	Russia	Record daily precipitation	25.2 mm (1.0 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Quairading	Australia	Record daily precipitation	32.6 mm (1.3 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Usina Amalia	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	42.4 mm (1.7 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Nova Fatima	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	38.6 mm (1.5 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Macucos	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	45.0 mm (1.8 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Ribeirao Bonito	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	30.9 mm (1.2 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Usina Pari	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	68.4 mm (2.7 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Seal Rocks Camping Reserve	Australia	Record daily precipitation	62.0 mm (2.4 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Terra Roxa	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	64.2 mm (2.5 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Ponte Melo Peixoto	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	36.4 mm (1.4 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Bady Bassit	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	59.1 mm (2.3 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Andradina	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	69.0 mm (2.7 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Itapecerica da Serra	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	37.3 mm (1.5 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Harrington (Oxley Anchorage Ca	Australia	Record daily precipitation	40.0 mm (1.6 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Usina Brumado	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	31.4 mm (1.2 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Valenca	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	29.2 mm (1.1 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Indaiatuba	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	32.7 mm (1.3 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Nome AP	United States	Record daily precipitation	32.0 mm (1.3 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Estevao Pinto	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	31.0 mm (1.2 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Tabuleiro	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	42.4 mm (1.7 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Fazenda Sao Gabriel	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	31.6 mm (1.2 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Fazenda Santa Cecilia	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	45.2 mm (1.8 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Mococa	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	39.6 mm (1.6 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Valparaiso	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	60.4 mm (2.4 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Rinopolis	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	32.0 mm (1.3 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
L'Assomption	Canada	Record daily precipitation	47.0 mm (1.9 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Usina Couro Do Cervo	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	30.0 mm (1.2 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Itaju	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	33.9 mm (1.3 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Catigua	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	45.8 mm (1.8 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Haliburton A	Canada	Record daily precipitation	39.1 mm (1.5 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Naselle 2 ENE	United States	Record daily precipitation	29.7 mm (1.2 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)

Counts by Type and Timescale

1,060 records

Records set or tied on 14 August 1976 by type: Highest daily maximum 35, Lowest daily maximum 173, Highest daily minimum 63, Lowest daily minimum 116, Heaviest daily rainfall 672, Heaviest daily snowfall 1.

Records on 14 August 1976 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	35
Lowest daily maximum	173
Highest daily minimum	63
Lowest daily minimum	116
Heaviest daily rainfall	672
Heaviest daily snowfall	1
Deepest snow cover	0

Records on 14 August 1976 by timescale: all-time 0, monthly 104, daily 956.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

922 broken records

Margins by which the 922 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 83.0. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

14 August 1976

Top 20 records on 14 August 1976 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
14 August 1976	Craigie-Lea, AU	monthly rain	56.6 mm (2.2 in)	22.6 mm (0.9 in)	45 years	69 of 100 (Major)
14 August 1976	Redding Fire STN 2, US	monthly rain	72.1 mm (2.8 in)	47.7 mm (1.9 in)	21 years	64 of 100 (Major)
14 August 1976	Isilkul, RU	monthly rain	63.5 mm (2.5 in)	27.9 mm (1.1 in)	30 years	63 of 100 (Major)
14 August 1976	Icem (Usina Marimbondo), BR	monthly rain	65.2 mm (2.6 in)	41.1 mm (1.6 in)	28 years	62 of 100 (Major)
14 August 1976	Lussanvira, BR	monthly rain	103.4 mm (4.1 in)	74.1 mm (2.9 in)	28 years	62 of 100 (Major)
14 August 1976	Usina Dourados (Cpfl) B4-003, BR	monthly rain	58.9 mm (2.3 in)	27.4 mm (1.1 in)	29 years	60 of 100 (Major)
14 August 1976	Barretos, BR	monthly rain	61.5 mm (2.4 in)	34.5 mm (1.4 in)	20 years	60 of 100 (Major)
14 August 1976	Monte Verde Paulista, BR	monthly rain	87.3 mm (3.4 in)	50.5 mm (2.0 in)	20 years	59 of 100 (Notable)
14 August 1976	Aldeia, BR	monthly rain	50.0 mm (2.0 in)	25.9 mm (1.0 in)	16 years	58 of 100 (Notable)
14 August 1976	Novais, BR	monthly rain	45.9 mm (1.8 in)	23.2 mm (0.9 in)	20 years	58 of 100 (Notable)
14 August 1976	Altair, BR	monthly rain	60.7 mm (2.4 in)	33.7 mm (1.3 in)	17 years	58 of 100 (Notable)
14 August 1976	Morro Agudo, BR	monthly rain	65.5 mm (2.6 in)	27.7 mm (1.1 in)	20 years	57 of 100 (Notable)
14 August 1976	Grass Valley, AU	daily rain	37.8 mm (1.5 in)	18.5 mm (0.7 in)	56 years	56 of 100 (Notable)
14 August 1976	Olimpia, BR	monthly rain	59.6 mm (2.3 in)	26.8 mm (1.1 in)	19 years	56 of 100 (Notable)
14 August 1976	Jaborandi, BR	monthly rain	67.2 mm (2.6 in)	35.1 mm (1.4 in)	8 years	55 of 100 (Notable)
14 August 1976	Cafelandia, BR	daily rain	45.2 mm (1.8 in)	45.2 mm (1.8 in)	39 years	55 of 100 (Notable)
14 August 1976	Dois Rios, BR	monthly rain	88.2 mm (3.5 in)	56.8 mm (2.2 in)	5 years	54 of 100 (Notable)
14 August 1976	Tres Irmaos, BR	monthly rain	58.8 mm (2.3 in)	30.6 mm (1.2 in)	5 years	54 of 100 (Notable)
14 August 1976	Ribeiro Dos Santos, BR	monthly rain	67.1 mm (2.6 in)	38.0 mm (1.5 in)	4 years	54 of 100 (Notable)
14 August 1976	Cosmorama, BR	monthly rain	52.0 mm (2.0 in)	29.5 mm (1.2 in)	5 years	54 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 1976

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1793 to 1976. 1976 had 1,060 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 20	802
20 to 40	107
40 to 60	10
60 to 80	2
80 to 100	1