Weather Records on 19 August 1986

848 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 19 August 1986. Highest significance: New Holland, US.

Key Facts for 19 August 1986

On 19 August 1986, 848 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
498 were record highs and 165 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 5 were all-time records, 18 monthly and 825 daily.
New Holland set a monthly record daily precipitation of 217.2 mm (8.6 in) on 19 August 1986.
Across 168 earlier years (1797 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 437 records.

Record Map

848 stations

848 station records on 19 August 1986 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 19 August 1986: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
New Holland	United States	Record daily precipitation	217.2 mm (8.6 in)	64 of 100 (Major)
Concordia ASOS	United States	Record daily precipitation	61.0 mm (2.4 in)	60 of 100 (Major)
Escalante	United States	Record high minimum temperature	22.8 C (73.0 F)	59 of 100 (Notable)
Kargasok	Russia	Record daily precipitation	33.1 mm (1.3 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Shu'j	Russia	Record daily precipitation	31.8 mm (1.3 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Trenton	United States	Record daily precipitation	116.1 mm (4.6 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Bruning	United States	Record daily precipitation	72.4 mm (2.9 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
New Bern - ASOS	United States	Record daily precipitation	224.8 mm (8.9 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Mungindi (Wilgabah)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	42.4 mm (1.7 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Golconda	United States	Record high minimum temperature	21.1 C (70.0 F)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Gospic	Croatia	Record high minimum temperature	21.4 C (70.5 F)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Chula Vista	United States	Record high maximum temperature	33.9 C (93.0 F)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Yichang	China	Record daily precipitation	90.5 mm (3.6 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Santa Maria de Los Angeles	Mexico	Record low minimum temperature	6.7 C (44.1 F)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Greeley	United States	Record daily precipitation	47.5 mm (1.9 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Fayetteville (Pwc)	United States	Record daily precipitation	81.5 mm (3.2 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Bad Muskau	Germany	Record daily precipitation	28.3 mm (1.1 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Columbia	United States	Record daily precipitation	96.8 mm (3.8 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Pinopolis Dam	United States	Record daily precipitation	68.8 mm (2.7 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Ulricehamn	Sweden	Record low minimum temperature	4.4 C (39.9 F)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Manassa	United States	Record high maximum temperature	30.6 C (87.1 F)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Orovada 3 W	United States	Record high minimum temperature	21.7 C (71.1 F)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Givhans Ferry 2 ESE	United States	Record daily precipitation	76.7 mm (3.0 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Duchesne	United States	Record high maximum temperature	36.1 C (97.0 F)	37 of 100 (Notable)
San Antonio Intl AP	United States	Record high maximum temperature	42.2 C (108.0 F)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Lucin	United States	Record high maximum temperature	38.9 C (102.0 F)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Turkestan	Kazakhstan	Record low minimum temperature	7.0 C (44.6 F)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Chester 1 SE	United States	Record daily precipitation	51.6 mm (2.0 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Ferron	United States	Record high maximum temperature	36.1 C (97.0 F)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Redlands	United States	Record high maximum temperature	41.1 C (106.0 F)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Castle Rock	United States	Record high minimum temperature	16.7 C (62.1 F)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Hazelton	United States	Record high minimum temperature	21.1 C (70.0 F)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Dulce	United States	Record high minimum temperature	17.8 C (64.0 F)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Newcastle	United States	Record high maximum temperature	37.2 C (99.0 F)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Florence Rgnl AP	United States	Record daily precipitation	63.5 mm (2.5 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Buenavista de Loreto	Mexico	Record high minimum temperature	27.8 C (82.0 F)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Kolpasevo	Russia	Record daily precipitation	26.1 mm (1.0 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Vanersborg	Sweden	Record low minimum temperature	4.9 C (40.8 F)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Monroe 2 SE	United States	Record daily precipitation	71.6 mm (2.8 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Thompson Welcome Ctr	United States	Record high maximum temperature	39.4 C (102.9 F)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Green Rvr	United States	Record high maximum temperature	35.6 C (96.1 F)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Key West NAS	United States	Record low maximum temperature	27.8 C (82.0 F)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Salvatierra	Mexico	Record low maximum temperature	18.9 C (66.0 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Cuixtla	Mexico	Record low minimum temperature	15.6 C (60.1 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Ft Morgan	United States	Record high maximum temperature	38.3 C (100.9 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Ft Meade	United States	Record high minimum temperature	25.6 C (78.1 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Pasadena	United States	Record high maximum temperature	37.8 C (100.0 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Rangely 1E	United States	Record high maximum temperature	37.2 C (99.0 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Moccasin Exp STN	United States	Record high minimum temperature	16.1 C (61.0 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Mt Holly 4 NE	United States	Record daily precipitation	46.7 mm (1.8 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Parr	United States	Record daily precipitation	42.7 mm (1.7 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Kargopol	Russia	Record low maximum temperature	10.1 C (50.2 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Danevang 1 W	United States	Record high maximum temperature	38.9 C (102.0 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Park City G.C.	United States	Record high minimum temperature	17.8 C (64.0 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Centennial 1NE	United States	Record high maximum temperature	28.3 C (82.9 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Chugwater	United States	Record high maximum temperature	36.1 C (97.0 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Wamsutter	United States	Record high minimum temperature	15.0 C (59.0 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Wheatland 4N	United States	Record high maximum temperature	39.4 C (102.9 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Wadesboro	United States	Record daily precipitation	117.9 mm (4.6 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Wernigerode	Germany	Record daily precipitation	43.7 mm (1.7 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

848 records

Records set or tied on 19 August 1986 by type: Highest daily maximum 301, Lowest daily maximum 71, Highest daily minimum 197, Lowest daily minimum 94, Heaviest daily rainfall 185.

Records on 19 August 1986 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	301
Lowest daily maximum	71
Highest daily minimum	197
Lowest daily minimum	94
Heaviest daily rainfall	185
Heaviest daily snowfall	0
Deepest snow cover	0

Records on 19 August 1986 by timescale: all-time 5, monthly 18, daily 825.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

630 broken records

Margins by which the 630 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 72.4. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

19 August 1986

Top 20 records on 19 August 1986 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
19 August 1986	New Holland, US	monthly rain	217.2 mm (8.6 in)	72.4 mm (2.9 in)	31 years	64 of 100 (Major)
19 August 1986	Concordia ASOS, US	daily rain	61.0 mm (2.4 in)	35.6 mm (1.4 in)	81 years	60 of 100 (Major)
19 August 1986	Escalante, US	all-time high min	22.8 C (73.0 F)	1.7 C (3.1 F)	84 years	59 of 100 (Notable)
19 August 1986	Kargasok, RU	daily rain	33.1 mm (1.3 in)	18.9 mm (0.7 in)	49 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
19 August 1986	Shu'j, RU	daily rain	31.8 mm (1.3 in)	16.3 mm (0.6 in)	47 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
19 August 1986	Trenton, US	daily rain	116.1 mm (4.6 in)	70.9 mm (2.8 in)	16 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
19 August 1986	Bruning, US	daily rain	72.4 mm (2.9 in)	21.6 mm (0.9 in)	77 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
19 August 1986	New Bern - ASOS, US	monthly rain	224.8 mm (8.9 in)	46.0 mm (1.8 in)	31 years	43 of 100 (Notable)
19 August 1986	Mungindi (Wilgabah), AU	daily rain	42.4 mm (1.7 in)	27.7 mm (1.1 in)	20 years	42 of 100 (Notable)
19 August 1986	Golconda, US	daily high min	21.1 C (70.0 F)	4.4 C (7.9 F)	80 years	42 of 100 (Notable)
19 August 1986	Gospic, HR	all-time high min	21.4 C (70.5 F)	0.2 C (0.4 F)	39 years	41 of 100 (Notable)
19 August 1986	Chula Vista, US	daily high max	33.9 C (93.0 F)	6.7 C (12.1 F)	4 years	41 of 100 (Notable)
19 August 1986	Yichang, CN	daily rain	90.5 mm (3.6 in)	60.3 mm (2.4 in)	29 years	40 of 100 (Notable)
19 August 1986	Santa Maria de Los Angeles, MX	daily low min	6.7 C (44.1 F)	5.0 C (9.0 F)	31 years	40 of 100 (Notable)
19 August 1986	Greeley, US	daily rain	47.5 mm (1.9 in)	22.9 mm (0.9 in)	51 years	40 of 100 (Notable)
19 August 1986	Fayetteville (Pwc), US	daily rain	81.5 mm (3.2 in)	31.2 mm (1.2 in)	44 years	40 of 100 (Notable)
19 August 1986	Bad Muskau, DE	daily rain	28.3 mm (1.1 in)	3.1 mm (0.12 in)	86 years	39 of 100 (Notable)
19 August 1986	Columbia, US	daily rain	96.8 mm (3.8 in)	68.9 mm (2.7 in)	1 year	39 of 100 (Notable)
19 August 1986	Pinopolis Dam, US	daily rain	68.8 mm (2.7 in)	39.1 mm (1.5 in)	43 years	38 of 100 (Notable)
19 August 1986	Ulricehamn, SE	daily low min	4.4 C (39.9 F)	0.6 C (1.1 F)	87 years	37 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

1797 to 1986

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1797 to 1986. 1986 had 848 records.

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

Records on 08-19 in each year
Year	Records
1797	2
1800	1
1809	1
1820	1
1830	2
1831	1
1838	2
1844	2
1845	1
1846	1
1849	2
1857	1
1861	1
1862	1
1864	2
1867	1
1870	2
1872	1
1873	1
1874	1
1875	2
1877	3
1879	1
1880	1
1881	1
1882	1
1883	2
1884	2
1885	2
1886	2
1887	2
1888	1
1889	1
1890	4
1892	5
1893	2
1894	2
1895	1
1896	2
1897	2
1898	3
1899	9
1900	5
1901	13
1902	4
1903	6
1904	14
1905	16
1906	37
1907	17
1908	5
1909	24
1910	17
1911	9
1912	18
1913	9
1914	39
1915	34
1916	74
1917	200
1918	33
1919	31
1920	36
1921	22
1922	71
1923	97
1924	174
1925	154
1926	179
1927	343
1928	112
1929	163
1930	182
1931	207
1932	373
1933	328
1934	438
1935	389
1936	679
1937	305
1938	321
1939	432
1940	687
1941	431
1942	308
1943	596
1944	259
1945	427
1946	427
1947	896
1948	371
1949	411
1950	893
1951	362
1952	475
1953	412
1954	576
1955	780
1956	831
1957	325
1958	374
1959	733
1960	864
1961	425
1962	419
1963	570
1964	455
1965	550
1966	1,095
1967	839
1968	948
1969	501
1970	468
1971	376
1972	547
1973	519
1974	466
1975	561
1976	1,144
1977	938
1978	863
1979	1,492
1980	648
1981	1,004
1982	596
1983	1,387
1984	598
1985	713
1986	848
1987	811
1988	982
1989	660
1990	871
1991	656
1992	1,094
1993	771
1994	798
1995	1,542
1996	800
1997	958
1998	717
1999	980
2000	954
2001	1,027
2002	1,389
2003	918
2004	1,310
2005	920
2006	850
2007	1,360
2008	1,186
2009	1,039
2010	1,440
2011	975
2012	1,377
2013	765
2014	701
2015	989
2016	931
2017	439
2018	471
2019	601
2020	1,271
2021	1,366
2022	1,198
2023	910
2024	568
2025	786
2026	755

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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 10	573
10 to 20	36
20 to 30	6
30 to 40	8
40 to 50	3
50 to 60	0
60 to 70	2
70 to 80	2