Weather Records on 10 August 1981

857 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 10 August 1981. Highest significance: Jena Sternwarte, DE.

Key Facts for 10 August 1981

On 10 August 1981, 857 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
339 were record highs and 202 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 35 were all-time records, 54 monthly and 768 daily.
Jena Sternwarte set a daily record precipitation of 38.3 mm (1.5 in) on 10 August 1981.
Across 160 earlier years (1814 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 466 records.

Record Map

857 stations

857 station records on 10 August 1981 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 10 August 1981: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Jena Sternwarte	Germany	Record daily precipitation	38.3 mm (1.5 in)	75 of 100 (Major)
Brocken	Germany	Record daily precipitation	64.1 mm (2.5 in)	72 of 100 (Major)
Szeged	Hungary	Record daily precipitation	50.2 mm (2.0 in)	69 of 100 (Major)
Erfurt-Bindersleben	Germany	Record daily precipitation	61.0 mm (2.4 in)	67 of 100 (Major)
Aschaffenburg	Germany	Record daily precipitation	86.0 mm (3.4 in)	62 of 100 (Major)
Bad Nauheim	Germany	Record daily precipitation	69.6 mm (2.7 in)	59 of 100 (Notable)
Herleshausen	Germany	Record daily precipitation	67.1 mm (2.6 in)	58 of 100 (Notable)
Gottingen	Germany	Record daily precipitation	43.0 mm (1.7 in)	57 of 100 (Notable)
Tann/Rhon	Germany	Record daily precipitation	46.8 mm (1.8 in)	57 of 100 (Notable)
Weimar-Schondorf	Germany	Record daily precipitation	52.2 mm (2.1 in)	57 of 100 (Notable)
Bad Wildungen	Germany	Record daily precipitation	55.5 mm (2.2 in)	57 of 100 (Notable)
Lamspringe	Germany	Record daily precipitation	46.7 mm (1.8 in)	56 of 100 (Notable)
Nidderau-Windecken	Germany	Record daily precipitation	50.5 mm (2.0 in)	55 of 100 (Notable)
Waldems-Reinborn	Germany	Record daily precipitation	63.5 mm (2.5 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Weimar	Germany	Record daily precipitation	60.5 mm (2.4 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Budingen	Germany	Record daily precipitation	49.6 mm (2.0 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Harzgerode	Germany	Record daily precipitation	44.5 mm (1.8 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Kleiner Feldberg/Taunus	Germany	Record daily precipitation	67.3 mm (2.6 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Nurburg	Germany	Record daily precipitation	60.0 mm (2.4 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Quedlinburg	Germany	Record daily precipitation	51.3 mm (2.0 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Schierke	Germany	Record daily precipitation	47.2 mm (1.9 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Kr. Marburg-Biedenkopf Colbe	Germany	Record daily precipitation	61.8 mm (2.4 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Stiege	Germany	Record daily precipitation	41.2 mm (1.6 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Hatch	United States	Record daily precipitation	31.0 mm (1.2 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
El Paso Intl AP	United States	Record daily precipitation	39.1 mm (1.5 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Schwarzburg	Germany	Record daily precipitation	91.2 mm (3.6 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Kassel	Germany	Record daily precipitation	55.2 mm (2.2 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Mainz-Lerchenberg (Zdf)	Germany	Record daily precipitation	37.2 mm (1.5 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Sonneberg-Neufang	Germany	Record daily precipitation	64.6 mm (2.5 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Cedar City AP	United States	Record daily precipitation	31.5 mm (1.2 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Neukirchen-Hauptschwenda	Germany	Record daily precipitation	49.8 mm (2.0 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Wernigerode	Germany	Record daily precipitation	40.9 mm (1.6 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Ketchikan AP	United States	Record high minimum temperature	19.4 C (66.9 F)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Kr. Holzminden Bevern	Germany	Record daily precipitation	42.1 mm (1.7 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Limburg/Lahn-Offheim	Germany	Record daily precipitation	41.5 mm (1.6 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
El Vado Dam	United States	Record daily precipitation	44.7 mm (1.8 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Wasserkuppe	Germany	Record daily precipitation	47.5 mm (1.9 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Biedenkopf	Germany	Record daily precipitation	47.6 mm (1.9 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Wartenberg-Angersbach	Germany	Record daily precipitation	70.9 mm (2.8 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Rhein Main	Germany	Record daily precipitation	44.6 mm (1.8 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Newport	United States	Record high minimum temperature	17.8 C (64.0 F)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Beulah	Australia	Record daily precipitation	25.0 mm (1.0 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Hofheim	Germany	Record daily precipitation	43.3 mm (1.7 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Witzenhausen	Germany	Record daily precipitation	54.4 mm (2.1 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Melsungen-Burstoss	Germany	Record daily precipitation	60.4 mm (2.4 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Brotterode	Germany	Record daily precipitation	76.4 mm (3.0 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Supai	United States	Record daily precipitation	34.0 mm (1.3 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Tuweep	United States	Record daily precipitation	38.6 mm (1.5 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Modena	United States	Record daily precipitation	36.1 mm (1.4 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Birx/Rhon	Germany	Record daily precipitation	35.8 mm (1.4 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Lorch/Rhein	Germany	Record daily precipitation	38.2 mm (1.5 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Wahlsburg-Lippoldsberg	Germany	Record daily precipitation	58.6 mm (2.3 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Ocosingo	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	84.8 mm (3.3 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Ft Davis	United States	Record daily precipitation	36.1 mm (1.4 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Giessen (Lahntal)	Germany	Record daily precipitation	63.9 mm (2.5 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Bad Hersfeld	Germany	Record daily precipitation	74.6 mm (2.9 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Brilon	Germany	Record daily precipitation	37.5 mm (1.5 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Akron 4 E	United States	Record low maximum temperature	17.8 C (64.0 F)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Giessen/Wettenberg	Germany	Record daily precipitation	75.8 mm (3.0 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Petersburg 1	United States	Record high minimum temperature	16.1 C (61.0 F)	41 of 100 (Notable)

Counts by Type and Timescale

857 records

Records set or tied on 10 August 1981 by type: Highest daily maximum 174, Lowest daily maximum 122, Highest daily minimum 165, Lowest daily minimum 80, Heaviest daily rainfall 315, Heaviest daily snowfall 1.

Records on 10 August 1981 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	174
Lowest daily maximum	122
Highest daily minimum	165
Lowest daily minimum	80
Heaviest daily rainfall	315
Heaviest daily snowfall	1
Deepest snow cover	0

Records on 10 August 1981 by timescale: all-time 35, monthly 54, daily 768.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

681 broken records

Margins by which the 681 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 60.9. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

10 August 1981

Top 20 records on 10 August 1981 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
10 August 1981	Jena Sternwarte, DE	daily rain	38.3 mm (1.5 in)	20.8 mm (0.8 in)	90 years	75 of 100 (Major)
10 August 1981	Brocken, DE	daily rain	64.1 mm (2.5 in)	39.9 mm (1.6 in)	80 years	72 of 100 (Major)
10 August 1981	Szeged, HU	daily rain	50.2 mm (2.0 in)	32.2 mm (1.3 in)	71 years	69 of 100 (Major)
10 August 1981	Erfurt-Bindersleben, DE	monthly rain	61.0 mm (2.4 in)	24.9 mm (1.0 in)	45 years	67 of 100 (Major)
10 August 1981	Aschaffenburg, DE	all-time rain	86.0 mm (3.4 in)	23.8 mm (0.9 in)	0 years	62 of 100 (Major)
10 August 1981	Bad Nauheim, DE	all-time rain	69.6 mm (2.7 in)	15.4 mm (0.6 in)	31 years	59 of 100 (Notable)
10 August 1981	Herleshausen, DE	monthly rain	67.1 mm (2.6 in)	23.2 mm (0.9 in)	18 years	58 of 100 (Notable)
10 August 1981	Gottingen, DE	daily rain	43.0 mm (1.7 in)	29.2 mm (1.1 in)	40 years	57 of 100 (Notable)
10 August 1981	Tann/Rhon, DE	daily rain	46.8 mm (1.8 in)	35.8 mm (1.4 in)	40 years	57 of 100 (Notable)
10 August 1981	Weimar-Schondorf, DE	monthly rain	52.2 mm (2.1 in)	22.1 mm (0.9 in)	14 years	57 of 100 (Notable)
10 August 1981	Bad Wildungen, DE	monthly rain	55.5 mm (2.2 in)	20.3 mm (0.8 in)	22 years	57 of 100 (Notable)
10 August 1981	Lamspringe, DE	daily rain	46.7 mm (1.8 in)	35.5 mm (1.4 in)	40 years	56 of 100 (Notable)
10 August 1981	Nidderau-Windecken, DE	daily rain	50.5 mm (2.0 in)	28.0 mm (1.1 in)	36 years	55 of 100 (Notable)
10 August 1981	Waldems-Reinborn, DE	daily rain	63.5 mm (2.5 in)	52.2 mm (2.1 in)	32 years	54 of 100 (Notable)
10 August 1981	Weimar, DE	daily rain	60.5 mm (2.4 in)	43.0 mm (1.7 in)	16 years	54 of 100 (Notable)
10 August 1981	Budingen, DE	daily rain	49.6 mm (2.0 in)	34.6 mm (1.4 in)	30 years	54 of 100 (Notable)
10 August 1981	Harzgerode, DE	daily rain	44.5 mm (1.8 in)	27.7 mm (1.1 in)	36 years	53 of 100 (Notable)
10 August 1981	Kleiner Feldberg/Taunus, DE	daily rain	67.3 mm (2.6 in)	30.6 mm (1.2 in)	32 years	53 of 100 (Notable)
10 August 1981	Nurburg, DE	daily rain	60.0 mm (2.4 in)	44.9 mm (1.8 in)	31 years	53 of 100 (Notable)
10 August 1981	Quedlinburg, DE	daily rain	51.3 mm (2.0 in)	34.7 mm (1.4 in)	36 years	53 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

1814 to 1981

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1814 to 1981. 1981 had 857 records.

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

Records on 08-10 in each year
Year	Records
1814	1
1815	1
1838	1
1845	2
1847	1
1849	1
1852	1
1853	1
1857	2
1859	1
1861	2
1862	2
1863	1
1864	1
1869	2
1871	1
1877	1
1879	4
1881	2
1884	2
1885	1
1886	1
1887	1
1888	1
1890	2
1891	6
1892	1
1893	1
1894	5
1895	1
1896	5
1897	7
1898	4
1899	6
1900	6
1901	5
1902	7
1903	8
1904	12
1905	5
1906	16
1907	9
1908	7
1909	33
1910	10
1911	40
1912	39
1913	44
1914	27
1915	26
1916	88
1917	51
1918	43
1919	51
1920	101
1921	66
1922	78
1923	175
1924	245
1925	430
1926	80
1927	294
1928	160
1929	264
1930	299
1931	424
1932	251
1933	305
1934	662
1935	480
1936	487
1937	399
1938	382
1939	593
1940	386
1941	459
1942	420
1943	304
1944	1,006
1945	360
1946	303
1947	766
1948	339
1949	586
1950	324
1951	425
1952	395
1953	431
1954	372
1955	309
1956	522
1957	322
1958	443
1959	528
1960	470
1961	640
1962	761
1963	479
1964	553
1965	700
1966	1,231
1967	766
1968	784
1969	588
1970	702
1971	760
1972	1,175
1973	597
1974	719
1975	664
1976	855
1977	786
1978	495
1979	700
1980	849
1981	857
1982	1,070
1983	915
1984	956
1985	918
1986	535
1987	896
1988	792
1989	1,291
1990	736
1991	819
1992	1,051
1993	774
1994	1,338
1995	1,119
1996	1,027
1997	1,504
1998	1,112
1999	945
2000	990
2001	1,192
2002	1,080
2003	1,556
2004	976
2005	1,225
2006	980
2007	1,476
2008	871
2009	869
2010	1,704
2011	1,247
2012	995
2013	599
2014	516
2015	583
2016	893
2017	636
2018	1,018
2019	754
2020	816
2021	553
2022	687
2023	782
2024	882
2025	659
2026	1,149

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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 2026-10-15 (15 October 2026). Records are computed by this site and are not official.

Data as of 2026-10-15. Last revised 15 October 2026 (2026-10-15).

Margin	Records
0 to 10	562
10 to 20	69
20 to 30	26
30 to 40	16
40 to 50	4
50 to 60	3
60 to 70	1