Weather Records on 7 August 1985

1,088 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 7 August 1985. Highest significance: Delegate (Weewalla), AU.

Key Facts for 7 August 1985

On 7 August 1985, 1,088 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
160 were record highs and 316 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 1 were all-time records, 31 monthly and 1,056 daily.
Delegate (Weewalla) set a daily record precipitation of 47.0 mm (1.9 in) on 7 August 1985.
Across 163 earlier years (1808 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 467 records.

Record Map

1,088 stations

1,088 station records on 7 August 1985 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 7 August 1985: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Delegate (Weewalla)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	47.0 mm (1.9 in)	69 of 100 (Major)
Boort	Australia	Record daily precipitation	64.8 mm (2.6 in)	68 of 100 (Major)
Kerang (Meran Downs)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	80.0 mm (3.1 in)	68 of 100 (Major)
Jamestown	Australia	Record daily precipitation	35.6 mm (1.4 in)	65 of 100 (Major)
Quambatook (Barraport North)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	63.2 mm (2.5 in)	65 of 100 (Major)
Kerang	Australia	Record daily precipitation	68.4 mm (2.7 in)	65 of 100 (Major)
Canary Island South	Australia	Record daily precipitation	69.0 mm (2.7 in)	64 of 100 (Major)
Crookwell Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	47.2 mm (1.9 in)	61 of 100 (Major)
Cohuna (Goulburn Murray)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	46.8 mm (1.8 in)	61 of 100 (Major)
Hall (Lochleigh)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	37.4 mm (1.5 in)	60 of 100 (Major)
Quambatook	Australia	Record daily precipitation	48.2 mm (1.9 in)	60 of 100 (Major)
Normanville	Australia	Record daily precipitation	30.6 mm (1.2 in)	59 of 100 (Notable)
Taralga Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	27.4 mm (1.1 in)	59 of 100 (Notable)
Rugby (Carovale)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	39.8 mm (1.6 in)	59 of 100 (Notable)
Yarrawalla South	Australia	Record daily precipitation	53.4 mm (2.1 in)	59 of 100 (Notable)
Uraidla	Australia	Record daily precipitation	51.0 mm (2.0 in)	57 of 100 (Notable)
Grong Grong (Junee St)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	30.6 mm (1.2 in)	57 of 100 (Notable)
Ultima (Post Office)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	36.2 mm (1.4 in)	57 of 100 (Notable)
Durham Ox	Australia	Record daily precipitation	44.0 mm (1.7 in)	56 of 100 (Notable)
Beechworth Composite	Australia	Record daily precipitation	44.0 mm (1.7 in)	55 of 100 (Notable)
Lalbert	Australia	Record daily precipitation	38.0 mm (1.5 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Canary Island	Australia	Record daily precipitation	70.8 mm (2.8 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Gunbower Gee Tee Stud	Australia	Record daily precipitation	38.2 mm (1.5 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Korong Vale (Burnbank)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	49.6 mm (2.0 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Olney 2S	United States	Record daily precipitation	66.0 mm (2.6 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Faulkton	United States	Record daily precipitation	57.2 mm (2.3 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Wirrabara	Australia	Record daily precipitation	27.8 mm (1.1 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Boorowa Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	30.2 mm (1.2 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Adelong Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	38.4 mm (1.5 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Whitton (Conapaira St)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	32.5 mm (1.3 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Leaghur	Australia	Record daily precipitation	67.6 mm (2.7 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Mincha	Australia	Record daily precipitation	54.8 mm (2.2 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Colebrook (the Meadows)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	36.2 mm (1.4 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Cleveland	United States	Record daily precipitation	76.7 mm (3.0 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Delegate Station	Australia	Record daily precipitation	40.0 mm (1.6 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Cootamundra Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Koetong	Australia	Record daily precipitation	40.0 mm (1.6 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Bundaleer Forest Reserve	Australia	Record daily precipitation	40.8 mm (1.6 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Belair (State Flora Nursery)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	37.4 mm (1.5 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Condobolin Retirement Village	Australia	Record daily precipitation	25.0 mm (1.0 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Frogmore	Australia	Record daily precipitation	34.0 mm (1.3 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Burrinjuck Dam	Australia	Record daily precipitation	42.0 mm (1.7 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Barellan Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	30.0 mm (1.2 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Boort (Gredgwin)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	58.0 mm (2.3 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Lake Boga	Australia	Record daily precipitation	37.8 mm (1.5 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Swan Hill Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	37.2 mm (1.5 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Korong Vale (Post Office)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	45.7 mm (1.8 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Vitoria de Santo Antao	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	35.6 mm (1.4 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Ardlethan Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	35.0 mm (1.4 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
The Rock (Bullenbong)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	26.0 mm (1.0 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Yanco Regulator	Australia	Record daily precipitation	36.0 mm (1.4 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Wycheproof (Post Office)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	37.4 mm (1.5 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Maffra Forestry Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	31.0 mm (1.2 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Semijarka	Kazakhstan	Record daily precipitation	58.5 mm (2.3 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Hanover 4 S	United States	Record daily precipitation	81.3 mm (3.2 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Jamestown Dpi	Australia	Record daily precipitation	31.4 mm (1.2 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Manangatang (Eureka East)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	43.6 mm (1.7 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Willunga	Australia	Record daily precipitation	29.0 mm (1.1 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Yankalilla	Australia	Record daily precipitation	36.8 mm (1.4 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Barham (Thule Street)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	44.2 mm (1.7 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)

Counts by Type and Timescale

1,088 records

Records set or tied on 7 August 1985 by type: Highest daily maximum 84, Lowest daily maximum 187, Highest daily minimum 76, Lowest daily minimum 129, Heaviest daily rainfall 612.

Records on 7 August 1985 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	84
Lowest daily maximum	187
Highest daily minimum	76
Lowest daily minimum	129
Heaviest daily rainfall	612
Heaviest daily snowfall	0
Deepest snow cover	0

Records on 7 August 1985 by timescale: all-time 1, monthly 31, daily 1,056.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

962 broken records

Margins by which the 962 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 76.9. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

7 August 1985

Top 20 records on 7 August 1985 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
7 August 1985	Delegate (Weewalla), AU	daily rain	47.0 mm (1.9 in)	33.0 mm (1.3 in)	67 years	69 of 100 (Major)
7 August 1985	Boort, AU	monthly rain	64.8 mm (2.6 in)	24.7 mm (1.0 in)	26 years	68 of 100 (Major)
7 August 1985	Kerang (Meran Downs), AU	monthly rain	80.0 mm (3.1 in)	31.0 mm (1.2 in)	26 years	68 of 100 (Major)
7 August 1985	Jamestown, AU	daily rain	35.6 mm (1.4 in)	17.8 mm (0.7 in)	78 years	65 of 100 (Major)
7 August 1985	Quambatook (Barraport North), AU	monthly rain	63.2 mm (2.5 in)	23.1 mm (0.9 in)	26 years	65 of 100 (Major)
7 August 1985	Kerang, AU	monthly rain	68.4 mm (2.7 in)	19.9 mm (0.8 in)	26 years	65 of 100 (Major)
7 August 1985	Canary Island South, AU	monthly rain	69.0 mm (2.7 in)	19.5 mm (0.8 in)	26 years	64 of 100 (Major)
7 August 1985	Crookwell Post Office, AU	daily rain	47.2 mm (1.9 in)	28.7 mm (1.1 in)	54 years	61 of 100 (Major)
7 August 1985	Cohuna (Goulburn Murray), AU	daily rain	46.8 mm (1.8 in)	26.2 mm (1.0 in)	40 years	61 of 100 (Major)
7 August 1985	Hall (Lochleigh), AU	daily rain	37.4 mm (1.5 in)	22.9 mm (0.9 in)	70 years	60 of 100 (Major)
7 August 1985	Quambatook, AU	daily rain	48.2 mm (1.9 in)	24.8 mm (1.0 in)	40 years	60 of 100 (Major)
7 August 1985	Normanville, AU	daily rain	30.6 mm (1.2 in)	12.8 mm (0.5 in)	78 years	59 of 100 (Notable)
7 August 1985	Taralga Post Office, AU	daily rain	27.4 mm (1.1 in)	17.2 mm (0.7 in)	89 years	59 of 100 (Notable)
7 August 1985	Rugby (Carovale), AU	daily rain	39.8 mm (1.6 in)	22.0 mm (0.9 in)	80 years	59 of 100 (Notable)
7 August 1985	Yarrawalla South, AU	monthly rain	53.4 mm (2.1 in)	7.7 mm (0.30 in)	87 years	59 of 100 (Notable)
7 August 1985	Uraidla, AU	daily rain	51.0 mm (2.0 in)	23.8 mm (0.9 in)	78 years	57 of 100 (Notable)
7 August 1985	Grong Grong (Junee St), AU	daily rain	30.6 mm (1.2 in)	20.4 mm (0.8 in)	47 years	57 of 100 (Notable)
7 August 1985	Ultima (Post Office), AU	daily rain	36.2 mm (1.4 in)	25.0 mm (1.0 in)	31 years	57 of 100 (Notable)
7 August 1985	Durham Ox, AU	daily rain	44.0 mm (1.7 in)	25.2 mm (1.0 in)	40 years	56 of 100 (Notable)
7 August 1985	Beechworth Composite, AU	daily rain	44.0 mm (1.7 in)	13.0 mm (0.5 in)	108 years	55 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 1985

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1808 to 1985. 1985 had 1,088 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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Data for records on 1985-08-07: CSV or JSON. Field meanings are on the data page.

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 2026-10-16 (16 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 10	727
10 to 20	172
20 to 30	43
30 to 40	12
40 to 50	2
50 to 60	4
60 to 70	0
70 to 80	2