Weather Records on 7 August 1992

1,236 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 7 August 1992. Highest significance: Port Alfred, ZA.

Key Facts for 7 August 1992

On 7 August 1992, 1,236 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
284 were record highs and 314 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 1 were all-time records, 25 monthly and 1,210 daily.
Port Alfred set a monthly record daily precipitation of 104.5 mm (4.1 in) on 7 August 1992.
Across 163 earlier years (1808 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 466 records.

Record Map

1,236 stations

1,236 station records on 7 August 1992 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 7 August 1992: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Port Alfred	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	104.5 mm (4.1 in)	90 of 100 (Exceptional)
Knysna (Tnk)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	95.8 mm (3.8 in)	69 of 100 (Major)
Bloukrans (Bos)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	92.5 mm (3.6 in)	69 of 100 (Major)
Alexandria (Pol)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	70.5 mm (2.8 in)	69 of 100 (Major)
Tottenham (Burdenda)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	46.0 mm (1.8 in)	65 of 100 (Major)
Girilambone (Booroomugga)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	59.0 mm (2.3 in)	64 of 100 (Major)
Harkerville (Bos)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	116.7 mm (4.6 in)	63 of 100 (Major)
Winterhoek	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	48.0 mm (1.9 in)	62 of 100 (Major)
Coonamble Comparison	Australia	Record daily precipitation	31.0 mm (1.2 in)	61 of 100 (Major)
Cape St. Francis	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	38.0 mm (1.5 in)	57 of 100 (Notable)
Drift Sands (Bos)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	46.6 mm (1.8 in)	57 of 100 (Notable)
Dandaloo (Kelvin)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	29.2 mm (1.1 in)	56 of 100 (Notable)
Boesmansrivier	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	69.8 mm (2.7 in)	56 of 100 (Notable)
Wytheville	United States	Record low maximum temperature	17.8 C (64.0 F)	56 of 100 (Notable)
Calcutta/Dum Dum	India	Record daily precipitation	184.2 mm (7.3 in)	55 of 100 (Notable)
De Rust (Pol)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	32.0 mm (1.3 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Hankey (Pol)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	30.5 mm (1.2 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
De Doorns	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	30.0 mm (1.2 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Gijon la Merced	Spain	Record daily precipitation	55.2 mm (2.2 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Tracy	United States	Record daily precipitation	59.7 mm (2.4 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Nqamakwe (Tnk)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	32.6 mm (1.3 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Lamberton SW Rsch & Outreach C	United States	Record daily precipitation	63.8 mm (2.5 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Wewoka 3 SW	United States	Record daily precipitation	111.8 mm (4.4 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Sedro-Woolley	United States	Record daily precipitation	39.4 mm (1.6 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Inglewood Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	26.8 mm (1.1 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Uitenhage	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	50.0 mm (2.0 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
White Lake	United States	Record daily precipitation	57.9 mm (2.3 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Wahpeton 3 N	United States	Record daily precipitation	91.4 mm (3.6 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Hohenpeissenberg	Germany	Record high minimum temperature	20.5 C (68.9 F)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Puerto de la Concepcion	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	63.2 mm (2.5 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Bankhead L&D	United States	Record daily precipitation	95.8 mm (3.8 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Morganton	United States	Record low maximum temperature	21.1 C (70.0 F)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Alexandria (Bos)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	125.0 mm (4.9 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Campbell	United States	Record daily precipitation	46.2 mm (1.8 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Madison 2SE	United States	Record daily precipitation	68.1 mm (2.7 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Melva	Australia	Record daily precipitation	35.0 mm (1.4 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Baradine Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	52.4 mm (2.1 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Stolhoek	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	25.9 mm (1.0 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Fergus Falls	United States	Record daily precipitation	109.2 mm (4.3 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Luverne	United States	Record daily precipitation	51.1 mm (2.0 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Hankinson	United States	Record daily precipitation	58.4 mm (2.3 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Baradine Forestry	Australia	Record daily precipitation	51.6 mm (2.0 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Granta	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	40.4 mm (1.6 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Marion	United States	Record daily precipitation	43.7 mm (1.7 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Yerevan	Armenia	Record low maximum temperature	26.7 C (80.1 F)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Wyanga (Barcoo)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	31.0 mm (1.2 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Windom	United States	Record daily precipitation	64.8 mm (2.6 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Stanton	United States	Record daily precipitation	38.1 mm (1.5 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Sugar Land	United States	Record low maximum temperature	28.3 C (82.9 F)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Valhalla	Australia	Record daily precipitation	34.6 mm (1.4 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Munising	United States	Record daily precipitation	52.1 mm (2.1 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Highlands	United States	Record low maximum temperature	18.3 C (64.9 F)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Montpelier	United States	Record daily precipitation	42.2 mm (1.7 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Toms River	United States	Record low minimum temperature	10.6 C (51.1 F)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Petersburg 2 N	United States	Record daily precipitation	35.1 mm (1.4 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Reading Wb City	United States	Record low minimum temperature	11.7 C (53.1 F)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Stanthorpe Leslie Parade	Australia	Record daily precipitation	26.8 mm (1.1 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Prospect	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	28.2 mm (1.1 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Lyonshall	United Kingdom	Record daily precipitation	40.8 mm (1.6 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Comstock	United States	Record daily precipitation	41.4 mm (1.6 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)

Counts by Type and Timescale

1,236 records

Records set or tied on 7 August 1992 by type: Highest daily maximum 120, Lowest daily maximum 183, Highest daily minimum 164, Lowest daily minimum 131, Heaviest daily rainfall 638.

Records on 7 August 1992 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	120
Lowest daily maximum	183
Highest daily minimum	164
Lowest daily minimum	131
Heaviest daily rainfall	638
Heaviest daily snowfall	0
Deepest snow cover	0

Records on 7 August 1992 by timescale: all-time 1, monthly 25, daily 1,210.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

1,046 broken records

Margins by which the 1,046 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 114.3. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

7 August 1992

Top 20 records on 7 August 1992 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
7 August 1992	Port Alfred, ZA	monthly rain	104.5 mm (4.1 in)	46.1 mm (1.8 in)	104 years	90 of 100 (Exceptional)
7 August 1992	Knysna (Tnk), ZA	daily rain	95.8 mm (3.8 in)	68.6 mm (2.7 in)	64 years	69 of 100 (Major)
7 August 1992	Bloukrans (Bos), ZA	daily rain	92.5 mm (3.6 in)	71.9 mm (2.8 in)	64 years	69 of 100 (Major)
7 August 1992	Alexandria (Pol), ZA	daily rain	70.5 mm (2.8 in)	52.7 mm (2.1 in)	64 years	69 of 100 (Major)
7 August 1992	Tottenham (Burdenda), AU	daily rain	46.0 mm (1.8 in)	23.1 mm (0.9 in)	87 years	65 of 100 (Major)
7 August 1992	Girilambone (Booroomugga), AU	monthly rain	59.0 mm (2.3 in)	11.5 mm (0.5 in)	106 years	64 of 100 (Major)
7 August 1992	Harkerville (Bos), ZA	daily rain	116.7 mm (4.6 in)	97.4 mm (3.8 in)	46 years	63 of 100 (Major)
7 August 1992	Winterhoek, ZA	daily rain	48.0 mm (1.9 in)	35.8 mm (1.4 in)	100 years	62 of 100 (Major)
7 August 1992	Coonamble Comparison, AU	daily rain	31.0 mm (1.2 in)	15.8 mm (0.6 in)	112 years	61 of 100 (Major)
7 August 1992	Cape St. Francis, ZA	daily rain	38.0 mm (1.5 in)	28.0 mm (1.1 in)	68 years	57 of 100 (Notable)
7 August 1992	Drift Sands (Bos), ZA	daily rain	46.6 mm (1.8 in)	28.6 mm (1.1 in)	81 years	57 of 100 (Notable)
7 August 1992	Dandaloo (Kelvin), AU	daily rain	29.2 mm (1.1 in)	15.2 mm (0.6 in)	87 years	56 of 100 (Notable)
7 August 1992	Boesmansrivier, ZA	daily rain	69.8 mm (2.7 in)	56.8 mm (2.2 in)	34 years	56 of 100 (Notable)
7 August 1992	Wytheville, US	daily low max	17.8 C (64.0 F)	5.5 C (9.9 F)	94 years	56 of 100 (Notable)
7 August 1992	Calcutta/Dum Dum, IN	daily rain	184.2 mm (7.3 in)	114.3 mm (4.5 in)	37 years	55 of 100 (Notable)
7 August 1992	De Rust (Pol), ZA	daily rain	32.0 mm (1.3 in)	24.9 mm (1.0 in)	39 years	54 of 100 (Notable)
7 August 1992	Hankey (Pol), ZA	daily rain	30.5 mm (1.2 in)	26.2 mm (1.0 in)	75 years	53 of 100 (Notable)
7 August 1992	De Doorns, ZA	daily rain	30.0 mm (1.2 in)	30.0 mm (1.2 in)	58 years	53 of 100 (Notable)
7 August 1992	Gijon la Merced, ES	daily rain	55.2 mm (2.2 in)	36.9 mm (1.5 in)	27 years	53 of 100 (Notable)
7 August 1992	Tracy, US	daily rain	59.7 mm (2.4 in)	24.1 mm (0.9 in)	75 years	52 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 1992

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1808 to 1992. 1992 had 1,236 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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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	973
20 to 40	60
40 to 60	6
60 to 80	4
80 to 100	2
100 to 120	1