Weather Records on 14 August 1993

887 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 14 August 1993. Highest significance: Pardoo Station, AU.

Key Facts for 14 August 1993

On 14 August 1993, 887 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
331 were record highs and 224 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 4 were all-time records, 37 monthly and 846 daily.
Pardoo Station set a monthly record daily precipitation of 62.0 mm (2.4 in) on 14 August 1993.
Across 166 earlier years (1793 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 460 records.

Record Map

887 stations

887 station records on 14 August 1993 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 14 August 1993: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Pardoo Station	Australia	Record daily precipitation	62.0 mm (2.4 in)	73 of 100 (Major)
Yarrie	Australia	Record daily precipitation	34.0 mm (1.3 in)	63 of 100 (Major)
Clark	United States	Record daily precipitation	50.0 mm (2.0 in)	63 of 100 (Major)
New London	United States	Record daily precipitation	73.9 mm (2.9 in)	62 of 100 (Major)
Marble Bar Comparison	Australia	Record daily precipitation	73.1 mm (2.9 in)	60 of 100 (Major)
Wallareenya	Australia	Record daily precipitation	31.2 mm (1.2 in)	60 of 100 (Major)
Carnegie	Australia	Record daily precipitation	25.0 mm (1.0 in)	60 of 100 (Major)
St Peter	United States	Record daily precipitation	137.2 mm (5.4 in)	60 of 100 (Major)
Nullagine	Australia	Record daily precipitation	50.0 mm (2.0 in)	59 of 100 (Notable)
Webster	United States	Record daily precipitation	33.0 mm (1.3 in)	59 of 100 (Notable)
Whittier	United States	Record daily precipitation	173.2 mm (6.8 in)	59 of 100 (Notable)
Warrawagine	Australia	Record daily precipitation	51.8 mm (2.0 in)	56 of 100 (Notable)
Balfour Downs	Australia	Record daily precipitation	47.2 mm (1.9 in)	55 of 100 (Notable)
Mundrabilla Station	Australia	Record daily precipitation	54.4 mm (2.1 in)	55 of 100 (Notable)
Federal Pt	United States	Record high maximum temperature	41.7 C (107.1 F)	55 of 100 (Notable)
Fruitland	United States	Record daily precipitation	27.4 mm (1.1 in)	55 of 100 (Notable)
Redwood Falls Muni AP	United States	Record daily precipitation	49.3 mm (1.9 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Red Hill South	Australia	Record daily precipitation	31.6 mm (1.2 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Brackettville	United States	Record low minimum temperature	15.0 C (59.0 F)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Hillside Station	Australia	Record daily precipitation	44.6 mm (1.8 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Wells	United States	Record daily precipitation	100.3 mm (3.9 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Humboldt 3 W	United States	Record daily precipitation	55.6 mm (2.2 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Forrest Aero	Australia	Record daily precipitation	27.8 mm (1.1 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Vida 6 NE	United States	Record daily precipitation	41.9 mm (1.6 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Spooner Ag Rsch STN	United States	Record daily precipitation	42.9 mm (1.7 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Gourdon	France	Record daily precipitation	80.4 mm (3.2 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Yandoit	Australia	Record daily precipitation	26.6 mm (1.0 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Henichesk	Ukraine	Record daily precipitation	31.7 mm (1.2 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Cedral	Mexico	Record high minimum temperature	18.9 C (66.0 F)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Little River (Mount Rothwell)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	27.4 mm (1.1 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Mudanjiang	China	Record daily precipitation	62.7 mm (2.5 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Botlih	Russia	Record daily precipitation	25.8 mm (1.0 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Spring Grove	United States	Record daily precipitation	90.2 mm (3.6 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Moorabool Reservoir	Australia	Record daily precipitation	27.4 mm (1.1 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Iowa Falls	United States	Record daily precipitation	49.0 mm (1.9 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Woodville 4 ESE	United States	Record high minimum temperature	25.6 C (78.1 F)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Belhaven 1 SE	United States	Record low maximum temperature	23.9 C (75.0 F)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Port Hedland Airport	Australia	Record daily precipitation	33.6 mm (1.3 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Madura Station	Australia	Record daily precipitation	25.0 mm (1.0 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Napas	Russia	Record daily precipitation	66.1 mm (2.6 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Ojai	United States	Record low maximum temperature	22.8 C (73.0 F)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Algona	United States	Record daily precipitation	45.7 mm (1.8 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Chapel Hill 2 W	United States	Record low maximum temperature	22.8 C (73.0 F)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Silvan	Australia	Record daily precipitation	32.8 mm (1.3 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Dromana Sussex Farm	Australia	Record daily precipitation	26.2 mm (1.0 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Fajardo	Puerto Rico [United States]	Record low minimum temperature	16.1 C (61.0 F)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Chico UNIV Farm	United States	Record low minimum temperature	8.3 C (46.9 F)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Lumpkin 2 SE	United States	Record high minimum temperature	30.0 C (86.0 F)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Glorieta	United States	Record daily precipitation	49.3 mm (1.9 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Mulga Downs	Australia	Record daily precipitation	28.4 mm (1.1 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Shoreham	Australia	Record daily precipitation	26.6 mm (1.0 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Wonthaggi	Australia	Record daily precipitation	25.6 mm (1.0 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Malmsbury Reservoir	Australia	Record daily precipitation	28.0 mm (1.1 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Maizuru Reg Met HQ	Japan	Record daily precipitation	62.0 mm (2.4 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Nogales 6 N	United States	Record daily precipitation	50.8 mm (2.0 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Castlewood	United States	Record daily precipitation	31.8 mm (1.3 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Warburton	Australia	Record daily precipitation	43.2 mm (1.7 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Aratuipe	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	40.3 mm (1.6 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Kirchdorf/Poel	Germany	Record low minimum temperature	7.7 C (45.9 F)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Santa Maria Jacatepec	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	238.5 mm (9.4 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)

Counts by Type and Timescale

887 records

Records set or tied on 14 August 1993 by type: Highest daily maximum 98, Lowest daily maximum 114, Highest daily minimum 233, Lowest daily minimum 110, Heaviest daily rainfall 332.

Records on 14 August 1993 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	98
Lowest daily maximum	114
Highest daily minimum	233
Lowest daily minimum	110
Heaviest daily rainfall	332
Heaviest daily snowfall	0
Deepest snow cover	0

Records on 14 August 1993 by timescale: all-time 4, monthly 37, daily 846.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

658 broken records

Margins by which the 658 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 106.2. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

14 August 1993

Top 20 records on 14 August 1993 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
14 August 1993	Pardoo Station, AU	monthly rain	62.0 mm (2.4 in)	32.8 mm (1.3 in)	73 years	73 of 100 (Major)
14 August 1993	Yarrie, AU	daily rain	34.0 mm (1.3 in)	30.7 mm (1.2 in)	80 years	63 of 100 (Major)
14 August 1993	Clark, US	daily rain	50.0 mm (2.0 in)	38.3 mm (1.5 in)	84 years	63 of 100 (Major)
14 August 1993	New London, US	daily rain	73.9 mm (2.9 in)	38.3 mm (1.5 in)	86 years	62 of 100 (Major)
14 August 1993	Marble Bar Comparison, AU	monthly rain	73.1 mm (2.9 in)	36.4 mm (1.4 in)	5 years	60 of 100 (Major)
14 August 1993	Wallareenya, AU	daily rain	31.2 mm (1.2 in)	24.8 mm (1.0 in)	80 years	60 of 100 (Major)
14 August 1993	Carnegie, AU	daily rain	25.0 mm (1.0 in)	25.0 mm (1.0 in)	50 years	60 of 100 (Major)
14 August 1993	St Peter, US	daily rain	137.2 mm (5.4 in)	106.2 mm (4.2 in)	34 years	60 of 100 (Major)
14 August 1993	Nullagine, AU	monthly rain	50.0 mm (2.0 in)	23.4 mm (0.9 in)	0 years	59 of 100 (Notable)
14 August 1993	Webster, US	daily rain	33.0 mm (1.3 in)	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	96 years	59 of 100 (Notable)
14 August 1993	Whittier, US	daily rain	173.2 mm (6.8 in)	102.1 mm (4.0 in)	48 years	59 of 100 (Notable)
14 August 1993	Warrawagine, AU	monthly rain	51.8 mm (2.0 in)	20.8 mm (0.8 in)	46 years	56 of 100 (Notable)
14 August 1993	Balfour Downs, AU	monthly rain	47.2 mm (1.9 in)	20.3 mm (0.8 in)	20 years	55 of 100 (Notable)
14 August 1993	Mundrabilla Station, AU	daily rain	54.4 mm (2.1 in)	37.9 mm (1.5 in)	23 years	55 of 100 (Notable)
14 August 1993	Federal Pt, US	all-time high max	41.7 C (107.1 F)	0.6 C (1.1 F)	79 years	55 of 100 (Notable)
14 August 1993	Fruitland, US	daily rain	27.4 mm (1.1 in)	12.2 mm (0.5 in)	80 years	55 of 100 (Notable)
14 August 1993	Redwood Falls Muni AP, US	daily rain	49.3 mm (1.9 in)	23.4 mm (0.9 in)	82 years	53 of 100 (Notable)
14 August 1993	Red Hill South, AU	daily rain	31.6 mm (1.2 in)	16.4 mm (0.6 in)	63 years	52 of 100 (Notable)
14 August 1993	Brackettville, US	daily low min	15.0 C (59.0 F)	3.3 C (5.9 F)	90 years	52 of 100 (Notable)
14 August 1993	Hillside Station, AU	daily rain	44.6 mm (1.8 in)	42.8 mm (1.7 in)	14 years	51 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 887 records.

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

Records on 08-14 in each year
Year	Records
1793	2
1807	1
1815	1
1818	1
1825	1
1833	2
1839	1
1841	1
1843	1
1845	2
1856	2
1857	1
1859	1
1861	1
1864	3
1865	1
1866	2
1868	1
1870	1
1871	1
1872	1
1873	1
1874	1
1876	4
1882	1
1884	1
1885	3
1886	1
1887	3
1889	2
1890	1
1891	1
1892	3
1893	2
1894	2
1895	3
1896	5
1897	5
1898	2
1899	2
1900	1
1901	1
1902	8
1903	8
1904	3
1905	10
1906	8
1907	6
1908	28
1909	35
1910	10
1911	30
1912	56
1913	24
1914	16
1915	17
1916	109
1917	38
1918	60
1919	103
1920	56
1921	61
1922	54
1923	92
1924	319
1925	128
1926	182
1927	147
1928	233
1929	449
1930	627
1931	410
1932	314
1933	349
1934	470
1935	314
1936	612
1937	354
1938	519
1939	376
1940	489
1941	467
1942	364
1943	583
1944	709
1945	572
1946	511
1947	658
1948	373
1949	374
1950	402
1951	458
1952	560
1953	312
1954	457
1955	535
1956	426
1957	281
1958	421
1959	495
1960	414
1961	663
1962	885
1963	811
1964	1,394
1965	451
1966	388
1967	902
1968	1,315
1969	482
1970	398
1971	677
1972	552
1973	489
1974	542
1975	461
1976	1,060
1977	562
1978	834
1979	1,115
1980	544
1981	719
1982	539
1983	775
1984	598
1985	1,095
1986	775
1987	1,157
1988	1,301
1989	728
1990	737
1991	856
1992	1,709
1993	887
1994	1,149
1995	1,444
1996	954
1997	922
1998	1,100
1999	1,329
2000	1,117
2001	806
2002	1,576
2003	1,913
2004	1,936
2005	1,340
2006	1,073
2007	1,340
2008	798
2009	818
2010	1,704
2011	772
2012	758
2013	612
2014	651
2015	931
2016	824
2017	559
2018	397
2019	578
2020	1,009
2021	932
2022	771
2023	1,116
2024	1,045
2025	798
2026	1,211

Download the Data

Data for records on 1993-08-14: 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 20	617
20 to 40	34
40 to 60	3
60 to 80	1
80 to 100	0
100 to 120	3