Weather Records on 8 August 1986

575 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 8 August 1986. Highest significance: Nowendoc (Beaufort), AU.

Key Facts for 8 August 1986

On 8 August 1986, 575 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
158 were record highs and 165 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 1 were all-time records, 18 monthly and 556 daily.
Nowendoc (Beaufort) set a daily record precipitation of 29.0 mm (1.1 in) on 8 August 1986.
Across 162 earlier years (1793 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 467 records.

Record Map

575 stations

575 station records on 8 August 1986 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 8 August 1986: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Nowendoc (Beaufort)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	29.0 mm (1.1 in)	61 of 100 (Major)
Kendall Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	78.6 mm (3.1 in)	60 of 100 (Major)
Elgin	United States	Record daily precipitation	143.8 mm (5.7 in)	59 of 100 (Notable)
Laurieton (Elouera St)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	73.2 mm (2.9 in)	57 of 100 (Notable)
Moorland (Denro-An)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	53.8 mm (2.1 in)	55 of 100 (Notable)
Hannam Vale (Hannam Vale Road)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	63.0 mm (2.5 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
San Andres	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	322.8 mm (12.7 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Wauchope (Avondale Street)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	70.0 mm (2.8 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Medford	United States	Record daily precipitation	73.2 mm (2.9 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Lorne (Lorne Road)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	68.0 mm (2.7 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Bombay/Santacruz	India	Record daily precipitation	195.1 mm (7.7 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Bird City 10S	United States	Record daily precipitation	69.3 mm (2.7 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
New London Lock #22	United States	Record daily precipitation	68.1 mm (2.7 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Moorland (Coopernook State For	Australia	Record daily precipitation	97.0 mm (3.8 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Clyde Lock 26	United States	Record daily precipitation	56.9 mm (2.2 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
San Juanillo	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	187.5 mm (7.4 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Vitoria de Santo Antao	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	46.8 mm (1.8 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Santiago Tuxtla	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	155.2 mm (6.1 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Jackman	United States	Record daily precipitation	56.6 mm (2.2 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Telegraph Point (Farrawells Ro	Australia	Record daily precipitation	61.0 mm (2.4 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Tak	Thailand	Record daily precipitation	67.1 mm (2.6 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Comboyne Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	52.0 mm (2.0 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Port Macquarie (Bellevue Garde	Australia	Record daily precipitation	74.2 mm (2.9 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Taree (Radio Station 2Re)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	27.4 mm (1.1 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Tasiilaq	Greenland [Denmark]	Record daily precipitation	27.9 mm (1.1 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Peck 4 SSW	United States	Record daily precipitation	85.1 mm (3.4 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Bundanoon Bowling Club	Australia	Record daily precipitation	30.6 mm (1.2 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Presque Isle	United States	Record daily precipitation	35.3 mm (1.4 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Tres Zapotes	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	130.0 mm (5.1 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Tottenham (Burdenda)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	35.0 mm (1.4 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Tekax de Alvaro Obregon	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	64.8 mm (2.6 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Stillwater 2 W	United States	Record daily precipitation	89.4 mm (3.5 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Harrington (Oxley Anchorage Ca	Australia	Record daily precipitation	43.8 mm (1.7 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Turgaj	Kazakhstan	Record daily precipitation	26.0 mm (1.0 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Juan Rodriguez Clara	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	100.1 mm (3.9 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Beaver Is	United States	Record daily precipitation	30.5 mm (1.2 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Robertson (Caalong Street)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	35.0 mm (1.4 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Albion	United States	Record daily precipitation	32.0 mm (1.3 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Warwick Farm (Liverpool Treatm	Australia	Record daily precipitation	40.0 mm (1.6 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Gagnoa	Cote D'Ivoire	Record daily precipitation	32.0 mm (1.3 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Cedar Vale 5SSE	United States	Record daily precipitation	96.8 mm (3.8 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Bartlesville Muni AP	United States	Record daily precipitation	139.7 mm (5.5 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Chittenden	United States	Record daily precipitation	44.2 mm (1.7 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Roi Et	Thailand	Record high maximum temperature	39.9 C (103.8 F)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Kempsey (Wide Street)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	27.4 mm (1.1 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Alicia 2 NNE	United States	Record low maximum temperature	27.8 C (82.0 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Crescent City	United States	Record high maximum temperature	37.8 C (100.0 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Ashburnham	United States	Record daily precipitation	58.7 mm (2.3 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Pembroke	United States	Record daily precipitation	70.6 mm (2.8 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Ralston	United States	Record daily precipitation	110.5 mm (4.4 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Guayama 1SW	Puerto Rico [United States]	Record low minimum temperature	21.1 C (70.0 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Viljujsk	Russia	Record high minimum temperature	17.8 C (64.0 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Waiahi Lower 1054	United States	Record high minimum temperature	25.0 C (77.0 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Crescent Head	Australia	Record daily precipitation	50.4 mm (2.0 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
La Florencia	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	157.0 mm (6.2 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Yakutat AP	United States	Record daily precipitation	108.0 mm (4.3 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Gaddede	Sweden	Record low minimum temperature	-1.0 C (30.2 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Pocahontas 1	United States	Record daily precipitation	56.4 mm (2.2 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Quincy	United States	Record low minimum temperature	0.0 C (32.0 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Altenbern	United States	Record daily precipitation	43.2 mm (1.7 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

575 records

Records set or tied on 8 August 1986 by type: Highest daily maximum 72, Lowest daily maximum 61, Highest daily minimum 86, Lowest daily minimum 104, Heaviest daily rainfall 252.

Records on 8 August 1986 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	72
Lowest daily maximum	61
Highest daily minimum	86
Lowest daily minimum	104
Heaviest daily rainfall	252
Heaviest daily snowfall	0
Deepest snow cover	0

Records on 8 August 1986 by timescale: all-time 1, monthly 18, daily 556.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

441 broken records

Margins by which the 441 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 123.0. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

8 August 1986

Top 20 records on 8 August 1986 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
8 August 1986	Nowendoc (Beaufort), AU	daily rain	29.0 mm (1.1 in)	23.9 mm (0.9 in)	94 years	61 of 100 (Major)
8 August 1986	Kendall Post Office, AU	daily rain	78.6 mm (3.1 in)	63.4 mm (2.5 in)	63 years	60 of 100 (Major)
8 August 1986	Elgin, US	monthly rain	143.8 mm (5.7 in)	69.4 mm (2.7 in)	0 years	59 of 100 (Notable)
8 August 1986	Laurieton (Elouera St), AU	daily rain	73.2 mm (2.9 in)	48.6 mm (1.9 in)	88 years	57 of 100 (Notable)
8 August 1986	Moorland (Denro-An), AU	daily rain	53.8 mm (2.1 in)	36.8 mm (1.4 in)	88 years	55 of 100 (Notable)
8 August 1986	Hannam Vale (Hannam Vale Road), AU	daily rain	63.0 mm (2.5 in)	51.1 mm (2.0 in)	57 years	54 of 100 (Notable)
8 August 1986	San Andres, MX	monthly rain	322.8 mm (12.7 in)	83.0 mm (3.3 in)	17 years	54 of 100 (Notable)
8 August 1986	Wauchope (Avondale Street), AU	daily rain	70.0 mm (2.8 in)	35.7 mm (1.4 in)	88 years	53 of 100 (Notable)
8 August 1986	Medford, US	daily rain	73.2 mm (2.9 in)	31.3 mm (1.2 in)	68 years	53 of 100 (Notable)
8 August 1986	Lorne (Lorne Road), AU	daily rain	68.0 mm (2.7 in)	64.4 mm (2.5 in)	40 years	52 of 100 (Notable)
8 August 1986	Bombay/Santacruz, IN	daily rain	195.1 mm (7.7 in)	123.0 mm (4.8 in)	35 years	52 of 100 (Notable)
8 August 1986	Bird City 10S, US	daily rain	69.3 mm (2.7 in)	50.8 mm (2.0 in)	23 years	52 of 100 (Notable)
8 August 1986	New London Lock #22, US	daily rain	68.1 mm (2.7 in)	46.8 mm (1.8 in)	24 years	52 of 100 (Notable)
8 August 1986	Moorland (Coopernook State For, AU	daily rain	97.0 mm (3.8 in)	90.9 mm (3.6 in)	24 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
8 August 1986	Clyde Lock 26, US	daily rain	56.9 mm (2.2 in)	28.7 mm (1.1 in)	64 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
8 August 1986	San Juanillo, MX	monthly rain	187.5 mm (7.4 in)	57.7 mm (2.3 in)	9 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
8 August 1986	Vitoria de Santo Antao, BR	daily rain	46.8 mm (1.8 in)	22.6 mm (0.9 in)	33 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
8 August 1986	Santiago Tuxtla, MX	daily rain	155.2 mm (6.1 in)	114.8 mm (4.5 in)	15 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
8 August 1986	Jackman, US	daily rain	56.6 mm (2.2 in)	26.1 mm (1.0 in)	24 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
8 August 1986	Telegraph Point (Farrawells Ro, AU	daily rain	61.0 mm (2.4 in)	46.3 mm (1.8 in)	63 years	46 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 1986

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1793 to 1986. 1986 had 575 records.

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

Records on 08-08 in each year
Year	Records
1793	1
1798	1
1800	1
1808	3
1815	1
1833	1
1843	1
1844	2
1845	1
1854	1
1859	3
1860	1
1861	1
1863	1
1865	1
1868	2
1869	1
1871	1
1873	3
1875	2
1876	2
1877	1
1878	1
1879	2
1880	1
1884	3
1888	3
1890	2
1891	1
1892	2
1893	1
1895	8
1896	2
1897	5
1898	10
1899	8
1900	11
1901	2
1902	2
1903	20
1904	13
1905	7
1906	9
1907	9
1908	13
1909	34
1910	5
1911	38
1912	57
1913	28
1914	7
1915	47
1916	39
1917	35
1918	160
1919	28
1920	138
1921	42
1922	74
1923	70
1924	99
1925	149
1926	190
1927	278
1928	252
1929	166
1930	801
1931	318
1932	234
1933	228
1934	734
1935	508
1936	359
1937	362
1938	855
1939	671
1940	333
1941	324
1942	614
1943	512
1944	352
1945	572
1946	349
1947	442
1948	543
1949	675
1950	516
1951	513
1952	305
1953	393
1954	558
1955	537
1956	273
1957	517
1958	496
1959	470
1960	399
1961	270
1962	567
1963	601
1964	467
1965	520
1966	598
1967	432
1968	868
1969	584
1970	703
1971	646
1972	1,073
1973	446
1974	726
1975	1,041
1976	1,202
1977	607
1978	976
1979	466
1980	919
1981	964
1982	711
1983	1,110
1984	619
1985	726
1986	575
1987	861
1988	733
1989	2,398
1990	1,124
1991	1,230
1992	1,267
1993	654
1994	1,009
1995	1,503
1996	814
1997	1,381
1998	1,304
1999	1,248
2000	961
2001	1,557
2002	1,059
2003	1,432
2004	1,115
2005	882
2006	842
2007	1,660
2008	834
2009	1,112
2010	1,254
2011	1,256
2012	754
2013	841
2014	542
2015	835
2016	560
2017	831
2018	731
2019	722
2020	894
2021	502
2022	711
2023	979
2024	774
2025	752
2026	1,000

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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	395
20 to 40	23
40 to 60	14
60 to 80	4
80 to 100	2
100 to 120	2
120 to 140	1