Weather Records on 7 August 1981

855 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 7 August 1981. Highest significance: Victoria Gonzales Hts, CA.

Key Facts for 7 August 1981

On 7 August 1981, 855 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
345 were record highs and 263 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 14 were all-time records, 37 monthly and 804 daily.
Victoria Gonzales Hts set an all-time record high minimum temperature of 17.9 C (64.2 F) on 7 August 1981.
Across 163 earlier years (1808 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 468 records.

Record Map

855 stations

855 station records on 7 August 1981 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 7 August 1981: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Victoria Gonzales Hts	Canada	Record high minimum temperature	17.9 C (64.2 F)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Downieville	United States	Record high maximum temperature	42.8 C (109.0 F)	50 of 100 (Notable)
El Paso Intl AP	United States	Record daily precipitation	31.2 mm (1.2 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Lake Spaulding	United States	Record high maximum temperature	39.4 C (102.9 F)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Savannah Intl AP	United States	Record daily precipitation	117.6 mm (4.6 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Lawton	United States	Record daily precipitation	82.6 mm (3.3 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Ajan	Russia	Record daily precipitation	176.3 mm (6.9 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Valdez WSO	United States	Record daily precipitation	71.9 mm (2.8 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Orenburg	Russia	Record daily precipitation	62.2 mm (2.4 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Newport Beach Harbor	United States	Record high maximum temperature	31.1 C (88.0 F)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Perryton 11 WNW	United States	Record daily precipitation	58.4 mm (2.3 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Yalta	Ukraine	Record daily precipitation	30.0 mm (1.2 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Harlan Co Lake	United States	Record daily precipitation	56.9 mm (2.2 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Richmond	Canada	Record low maximum temperature	17.0 C (62.6 F)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Metapa de Dominguez	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	89.9 mm (3.5 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
La Junta	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	29.5 mm (1.2 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Mont-Joli A	Canada	Record daily precipitation	38.0 mm (1.5 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Supai	United States	Record high maximum temperature	43.3 C (109.9 F)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Pioche	United States	Record high minimum temperature	20.6 C (69.1 F)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Cloudcroft	United States	Record daily precipitation	50.8 mm (2.0 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Tsu	Japan	Record low minimum temperature	16.2 C (61.2 F)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Owase	Japan	Record low minimum temperature	16.6 C (61.9 F)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Tokushima	Japan	Record low minimum temperature	18.0 C (64.4 F)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Ruston la Tech	United States	Record daily precipitation	35.6 mm (1.4 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Mt Clemens Ang Base	United States	Record daily precipitation	50.8 mm (2.0 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Cordova AP	United States	Record daily precipitation	193.3 mm (7.6 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Beckum-Unterberg	Germany	Record daily precipitation	32.5 mm (1.3 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Hikone	Japan	Record low minimum temperature	15.7 C (60.3 F)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Oden 1 SE	United States	Record daily precipitation	48.3 mm (1.9 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Arkansas City	United States	Record daily precipitation	48.0 mm (1.9 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Naponee	United States	Record daily precipitation	55.9 mm (2.2 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Nagoya	Japan	Record low minimum temperature	17.5 C (63.5 F)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Ueno	Japan	Record low minimum temperature	13.0 C (55.4 F)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Takamatsu	Japan	Record low minimum temperature	17.5 C (63.5 F)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Skiatook	United States	Record daily precipitation	50.0 mm (2.0 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Cordova AP	United States	Record high minimum temperature	13.9 C (57.0 F)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Bad Salzuflen	Germany	Record daily precipitation	26.8 mm (1.1 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Wakayama	Japan	Record low minimum temperature	18.2 C (64.8 F)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Goychay	Azerbaijan	Record daily precipitation	38.5 mm (1.5 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Bremen-Seefahrtschule	Germany	Record daily precipitation	34.6 mm (1.4 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Wasserkuppe	Germany	Record daily precipitation	59.6 mm (2.3 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Tadotsu	Japan	Record low minimum temperature	18.4 C (65.1 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Arkadelphia 2 N	United States	Record daily precipitation	36.1 mm (1.4 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Woodland	United States	Record daily precipitation	37.8 mm (1.5 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Van Buren 1 NE	United States	Record daily precipitation	55.9 mm (2.2 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Orogrande	United States	Record daily precipitation	35.8 mm (1.4 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Hiram	United States	Record daily precipitation	39.4 mm (1.6 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
El Reno 1 N	United States	Record daily precipitation	55.6 mm (2.2 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Shawnee	United States	Record daily precipitation	59.7 mm (2.4 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
De Sabla	United States	Record high maximum temperature	42.2 C (108.0 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Mt Shasta	United States	Record high maximum temperature	40.6 C (105.1 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Imperial	United States	Record daily precipitation	38.1 mm (1.5 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Thompson Welcome Ctr	United States	Record high maximum temperature	38.9 C (102.0 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
N Bend SW Oregon Rgnl AP	United States	Record high minimum temperature	14.4 C (57.9 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Clarke City	Canada	Record daily precipitation	26.4 mm (1.0 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Gaspe	Canada	Record low maximum temperature	14.0 C (57.2 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Melle	Germany	Record daily precipitation	25.1 mm (1.0 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Apuka	Russia	Record high maximum temperature	24.6 C (76.3 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Calamocha-Vor	Spain	Record daily precipitation	28.5 mm (1.1 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Salt Springs Pwr House	United States	Record high maximum temperature	40.0 C (104.0 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

855 records

Records set or tied on 7 August 1981 by type: Highest daily maximum 202, Lowest daily maximum 138, Highest daily minimum 143, Lowest daily minimum 125, Heaviest daily rainfall 247.

Records on 7 August 1981 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	202
Lowest daily maximum	138
Highest daily minimum	143
Lowest daily minimum	125
Heaviest daily rainfall	247
Heaviest daily snowfall	0
Deepest snow cover	0

Records on 7 August 1981 by timescale: all-time 14, monthly 37, daily 804.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

658 broken records

Margins by which the 658 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 145.8. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

7 August 1981

Top 20 records on 7 August 1981 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
7 August 1981	Victoria Gonzales Hts, CA	all-time high min	17.9 C (64.2 F)	0.1 C (0.2 F)	78 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
7 August 1981	Downieville, US	all-time high max	42.8 C (109.0 F)	2.2 C (4.0 F)	60 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
7 August 1981	El Paso Intl AP, US	daily rain	31.2 mm (1.2 in)	24.8 mm (1.0 in)	26 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
7 August 1981	Lake Spaulding, US	all-time high max	39.4 C (102.9 F)	0.5 C (0.9 F)	70 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
7 August 1981	Savannah Intl AP, US	daily rain	117.6 mm (4.6 in)	83.3 mm (3.3 in)	22 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
7 August 1981	Lawton, US	daily rain	82.6 mm (3.3 in)	46.8 mm (1.8 in)	36 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
7 August 1981	Ajan, RU	daily rain	176.3 mm (6.9 in)	145.8 mm (5.7 in)	8 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
7 August 1981	Valdez WSO, US	daily rain	71.9 mm (2.8 in)	31.5 mm (1.2 in)	39 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
7 August 1981	Orenburg, RU	all-time rain	62.2 mm (2.4 in)	2.3 mm (0.09 in)	46 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
7 August 1981	Newport Beach Harbor, US	daily high max	31.1 C (88.0 F)	4.4 C (7.9 F)	44 years	44 of 100 (Notable)
7 August 1981	Perryton 11 WNW, US	daily rain	58.4 mm (2.3 in)	52.6 mm (2.1 in)	8 years	44 of 100 (Notable)
7 August 1981	Yalta, UA	daily rain	30.0 mm (1.2 in)	6.5 mm (0.26 in)	92 years	43 of 100 (Notable)
7 August 1981	Harlan Co Lake, US	daily rain	56.9 mm (2.2 in)	34.3 mm (1.4 in)	31 years	43 of 100 (Notable)
7 August 1981	Richmond, CA	daily low max	17.0 C (62.6 F)	1.3 C (2.3 F)	99 years	42 of 100 (Notable)
7 August 1981	Metapa de Dominguez, MX	daily rain	89.9 mm (3.5 in)	57.1 mm (2.2 in)	36 years	41 of 100 (Notable)
7 August 1981	La Junta, MX	daily rain	29.5 mm (1.2 in)	14.5 mm (0.6 in)	56 years	41 of 100 (Notable)
7 August 1981	Mont-Joli A, CA	daily rain	38.0 mm (1.5 in)	26.8 mm (1.1 in)	32 years	40 of 100 (Notable)
7 August 1981	Supai, US	daily high max	43.3 C (109.9 F)	2.7 C (4.9 F)	80 years	40 of 100 (Notable)
7 August 1981	Pioche, US	daily high min	20.6 C (69.1 F)	1.7 C (3.1 F)	88 years	40 of 100 (Notable)
7 August 1981	Cloudcroft, US	daily rain	50.8 mm (2.0 in)	16.0 mm (0.6 in)	56 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

1808 to 1981

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1808 to 1981. 1981 had 855 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	1,044

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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 2026-10-14 (14 October 2026). Records are computed by this site and are not official.

Data as of 2026-10-12. Last revised 12 October 2026 (2026-10-12).

Margin	Records
0 to 20	626
20 to 40	25
40 to 60	5
60 to 80	0
80 to 100	1
100 to 120	0
120 to 140	0
140 to 160	1