Weather Records on 8 August 1993

654 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 8 August 1993. Highest significance: Ellendale, US.

Key Facts for 8 August 1993

On 8 August 1993, 654 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
207 were record highs and 269 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 0 were all-time records, 27 monthly and 627 daily.
Ellendale set a daily record precipitation of 53.3 mm (2.1 in) on 8 August 1993.
Across 162 earlier years (1793 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 466 records.

Record Map

654 stations

654 station records on 8 August 1993 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 8 August 1993: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Ellendale	United States	Record daily precipitation	53.3 mm (2.1 in)	65 of 100 (Major)
Effingham	United States	Record daily precipitation	81.8 mm (3.2 in)	64 of 100 (Major)
Vytegra	Russia	Record daily precipitation	38.1 mm (1.5 in)	58 of 100 (Notable)
Anna	United States	Record daily precipitation	27.2 mm (1.1 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Bolshoj Ushkanij Ostrov	Russia	Record daily precipitation	47.9 mm (1.9 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Camden 3 NW	United States	Record daily precipitation	81.8 mm (3.2 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Gilmer 4 WNW	United States	Record daily precipitation	100.1 mm (3.9 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Kondopoga	Russia	Record daily precipitation	43.6 mm (1.7 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Rome	United States	Record low maximum temperature	22.2 C (72.0 F)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Union Springs 9 S	United States	Record low maximum temperature	26.7 C (80.1 F)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Waynesboro 2 S	United States	Record daily precipitation	50.8 mm (2.0 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Little Falls City Rsch	United States	Record low maximum temperature	16.7 C (62.1 F)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Monroe 2 SE	United States	Record low maximum temperature	23.9 C (75.0 F)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Kaluga	Russia	Record daily precipitation	35.7 mm (1.4 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Hillsboro	United States	Record low maximum temperature	19.4 C (66.9 F)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Kingstree	United States	Record low maximum temperature	26.1 C (79.0 F)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Arecibo 3 ESE	Puerto Rico [United States]	Record high maximum temperature	35.6 C (96.1 F)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Bergzicht	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	25.0 mm (1.0 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Long Branch-Oakhurst	United States	Record daily precipitation	30.0 mm (1.2 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Hereford	United States	Record daily precipitation	87.6 mm (3.4 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Longview	United States	Record low maximum temperature	24.4 C (75.9 F)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Wolfe City	United States	Record daily precipitation	47.0 mm (1.9 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Cuxhaven	Germany	Record daily precipitation	27.0 mm (1.1 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Ulleungdo	Korea, South	Record daily precipitation	88.0 mm (3.5 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Dzaore	Russia	Record low minimum temperature	5.0 C (41.0 F)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Umbarger	United States	Record daily precipitation	62.2 mm (2.4 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Clearwater	United States	Record low maximum temperature	16.1 C (61.0 F)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Seward AP	United States	Record high minimum temperature	17.8 C (64.0 F)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Presa Valerio Trujano	Mexico	Record high minimum temperature	23.3 C (73.9 F)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Presa Pucuato	Mexico	Record high maximum temperature	25.6 C (78.1 F)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Mene Grande	Venezuela	Record low maximum temperature	26.2 C (79.2 F)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Mexcala (Cfe)	Mexico	Record high minimum temperature	26.1 C (79.0 F)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Papaloapan	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	97.5 mm (3.8 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Rifle	United States	Record low maximum temperature	24.4 C (75.9 F)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Howard 2SE	United States	Record low maximum temperature	25.6 C (78.1 F)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Naalehu 14	United States	Record low maximum temperature	25.0 C (77.0 F)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Ramos Arizpe (Smn)	Mexico	Record high minimum temperature	25.0 C (77.0 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Cedaredge	United States	Record low maximum temperature	23.9 C (75.0 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Telluride 4WNW	United States	Record high minimum temperature	11.1 C (52.0 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Marshall	United States	Record daily precipitation	52.1 mm (2.1 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Wills Pt	United States	Record daily precipitation	92.7 mm (3.6 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Marion Junction 2 NE	United States	Record low maximum temperature	22.8 C (73.0 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Independence	United States	Record low maximum temperature	26.1 C (79.0 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Tarboro 1 S	United States	Record low maximum temperature	23.9 C (75.0 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Friona	United States	Record daily precipitation	84.1 mm (3.3 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Sulphur Springs	United States	Record daily precipitation	57.4 mm (2.3 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Church Buttes Gas Plt	United States	Record low maximum temperature	21.7 C (71.1 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Hammon 3 SSW	United States	Record low minimum temperature	13.3 C (55.9 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Harleton	United States	Record daily precipitation	35.6 mm (1.4 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Urakawa	Japan	Record low minimum temperature	9.8 C (49.6 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Tenango de Doria	Mexico	Record high minimum temperature	18.9 C (66.0 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Temascal	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	176.5 mm (6.9 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Ust-Ilimsk	Russia	Record daily precipitation	29.0 mm (1.1 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Plain Dealing	United States	Record low maximum temperature	25.0 C (77.0 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Smithfield	United States	Record low maximum temperature	22.8 C (73.0 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Clarksville 2NE	United States	Record daily precipitation	53.1 mm (2.1 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Farmersville	United States	Record daily precipitation	33.5 mm (1.3 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Weilburg (Klaranlage)	Germany	Record daily precipitation	27.4 mm (1.1 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Palo Verde	Mexico	Record high maximum temperature	30.0 C (86.0 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Apatzingan (Smn)	Mexico	Record high maximum temperature	38.9 C (102.0 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

654 records

Records set or tied on 8 August 1993 by type: Highest daily maximum 94, Lowest daily maximum 176, Highest daily minimum 113, Lowest daily minimum 93, Heaviest daily rainfall 178.

Records on 8 August 1993 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	94
Lowest daily maximum	176
Highest daily minimum	113
Lowest daily minimum	93
Heaviest daily rainfall	178
Heaviest daily snowfall	0
Deepest snow cover	0

Records on 8 August 1993 by timescale: all-time 0, monthly 27, daily 627.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

483 broken records

Margins by which the 483 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 65.0. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

8 August 1993

Top 20 records on 8 August 1993 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
8 August 1993	Ellendale, US	daily rain	53.3 mm (2.1 in)	31.2 mm (1.2 in)	93 years	65 of 100 (Major)
8 August 1993	Effingham, US	daily rain	81.8 mm (3.2 in)	51.3 mm (2.0 in)	83 years	64 of 100 (Major)
8 August 1993	Vytegra, RU	daily rain	38.1 mm (1.5 in)	14.5 mm (0.6 in)	90 years	58 of 100 (Notable)
8 August 1993	Anna, US	daily rain	27.2 mm (1.1 in)	23.4 mm (0.9 in)	92 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
8 August 1993	Bolshoj Ushkanij Ostrov, RU	daily rain	47.9 mm (1.9 in)	36.6 mm (1.4 in)	23 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
8 August 1993	Camden 3 NW, US	daily rain	81.8 mm (3.2 in)	47.5 mm (1.9 in)	28 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
8 August 1993	Gilmer 4 WNW, US	monthly rain	100.1 mm (3.9 in)	20.1 mm (0.8 in)	61 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
8 August 1993	Kondopoga, RU	daily rain	43.6 mm (1.7 in)	33.1 mm (1.3 in)	2 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
8 August 1993	Rome, US	daily low max	22.2 C (72.0 F)	3.4 C (6.1 F)	80 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
8 August 1993	Union Springs 9 S, US	daily low max	26.7 C (80.1 F)	2.7 C (4.9 F)	79 years	44 of 100 (Notable)
8 August 1993	Waynesboro 2 S, US	daily rain	50.8 mm (2.0 in)	23.1 mm (0.9 in)	76 years	44 of 100 (Notable)
8 August 1993	Little Falls City Rsch, US	daily low max	16.7 C (62.1 F)	2.7 C (4.9 F)	90 years	43 of 100 (Notable)
8 August 1993	Monroe 2 SE, US	daily low max	23.9 C (75.0 F)	1.7 C (3.1 F)	95 years	42 of 100 (Notable)
8 August 1993	Kaluga, RU	daily rain	35.7 mm (1.4 in)	18.7 mm (0.7 in)	42 years	41 of 100 (Notable)
8 August 1993	Hillsboro, US	daily low max	19.4 C (66.9 F)	2.8 C (5.0 F)	83 years	40 of 100 (Notable)
8 August 1993	Kingstree, US	daily low max	26.1 C (79.0 F)	1.1 C (2.0 F)	91 years	40 of 100 (Notable)
8 August 1993	Arecibo 3 ESE, PR	daily high max	35.6 C (96.1 F)	2.3 C (4.1 F)	31 years	38 of 100 (Notable)
8 August 1993	Bergzicht, ZA	daily rain	25.0 mm (1.0 in)	21.4 mm (0.8 in)	35 years	38 of 100 (Notable)
8 August 1993	Long Branch-Oakhurst, US	daily rain	30.0 mm (1.2 in)	13.0 mm (0.5 in)	78 years	38 of 100 (Notable)
8 August 1993	Hereford, US	daily rain	87.6 mm (3.4 in)	30.4 mm (1.2 in)	34 years	38 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 1993

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1793 to 1993. 1993 had 654 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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Data for records on 1993-08-08: 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 2026-10-17 (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	417
10 to 20	32
20 to 30	23
30 to 40	6
40 to 50	2
50 to 60	1
60 to 70	2