Weather Records on 7 August 1994

1,262 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 7 August 1994. Highest significance: Palmaryville, ZA.

Key Facts for 7 August 1994

On 7 August 1994, 1,262 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
658 were record highs and 473 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 32 were all-time records, 36 monthly and 1,194 daily.
Palmaryville set a monthly record daily precipitation of 110.0 mm (4.3 in) on 7 August 1994.
Across 163 earlier years (1808 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 466 records.

Record Map

1,262 stations

1,262 station records on 7 August 1994 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 7 August 1994: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Palmaryville	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	110.0 mm (4.3 in)	79 of 100 (Major)
Humansdorp (Pol)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	39.0 mm (1.5 in)	60 of 100 (Major)
Colgate	United States	Record daily precipitation	73.7 mm (2.9 in)	56 of 100 (Notable)
Ocotlan de Morelos	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	208.8 mm (8.2 in)	55 of 100 (Notable)
Nakhon Ratchasima	Thailand	Record daily precipitation	217.9 mm (8.6 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Charlottesville 2W	United States	Record low minimum temperature	7.8 C (46.0 F)	54 of 100 (Notable)
San Bernardo	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	95.8 mm (3.8 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Ixcamilpa (Cfe)	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	68.8 mm (2.7 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Hillsboro 3 N	United States	Record daily precipitation	57.2 mm (2.3 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Mahackala	Russia	Record low minimum temperature	12.2 C (54.0 F)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Prachuap Khiri Khan	Thailand	Record daily precipitation	41.9 mm (1.6 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Avon Park 2 W	United States	Record low maximum temperature	25.6 C (78.1 F)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Grenola 1 N	United States	Record daily precipitation	66.0 mm (2.6 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Tanana AP	United States	Record daily precipitation	30.5 mm (1.2 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Halstad	United States	Record daily precipitation	58.7 mm (2.3 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Georgetown 2 E	United States	Record low maximum temperature	26.7 C (80.1 F)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Ciudad Santos	Mexico	Record low minimum temperature	13.9 C (57.0 F)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Langdon Exp Farm	United States	Record daily precipitation	30.2 mm (1.2 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Stilwell 5 NNW	United States	Record daily precipitation	72.4 mm (2.9 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Richardson	United States	Record daily precipitation	63.2 mm (2.5 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Tasiilaq	Greenland [Denmark]	Record daily precipitation	59.9 mm (2.4 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Hvar	Croatia	Record high minimum temperature	25.5 C (77.9 F)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Gavriila Buhta	Russia	Record daily precipitation	51.0 mm (2.0 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Fargo Hector Intl AP	United States	Record daily precipitation	36.6 mm (1.4 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Ny City Cntrl Park	United States	Record low minimum temperature	13.9 C (57.0 F)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Maceio (Aeroporto)	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	53.1 mm (2.1 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Regensburg	Germany	Record high minimum temperature	18.7 C (65.7 F)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Polovinnoe	Russia	Record daily precipitation	34.9 mm (1.4 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Castle Hot Springs	United States	Record low minimum temperature	17.2 C (63.0 F)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Roxboro 7 ESE	United States	Record low minimum temperature	12.8 C (55.0 F)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Lima Wwtp	United States	Record low minimum temperature	8.3 C (46.9 F)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Mombetsu	Japan	Record high minimum temperature	28.0 C (82.4 F)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Sherman	United States	Record daily precipitation	65.3 mm (2.6 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Kiev	Ukraine	Record high minimum temperature	20.4 C (68.7 F)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Anderson 1 N	United States	Record low minimum temperature	8.9 C (48.0 F)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Logansport	United States	Record daily precipitation	78.7 mm (3.1 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Socorro	United States	Record high maximum temperature	39.4 C (102.9 F)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Plattsburgh AFB	United States	Record low minimum temperature	7.8 C (46.0 F)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Circleville	United States	Record low minimum temperature	8.9 C (48.0 F)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Hersdorf-Weissenseifen	Germany	Record daily precipitation	32.3 mm (1.3 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Budapest	Hungary	Record high minimum temperature	22.8 C (73.0 F)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Turgaj	Kazakhstan	Record daily precipitation	27.9 mm (1.1 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Juzhno-Sahalinsk	Russia	Record high minimum temperature	21.5 C (70.7 F)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Caruthersville	United States	Record low minimum temperature	13.9 C (57.0 F)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Thompson Welcome Ctr	United States	Record high minimum temperature	26.1 C (79.0 F)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Eagle	United States	Record high maximum temperature	33.3 C (91.9 F)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Weissenburg	Germany	Record high minimum temperature	18.7 C (65.7 F)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Florence	United States	Record high minimum temperature	27.8 C (82.0 F)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Roseau	United States	Record daily precipitation	40.1 mm (1.6 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
San Saba	United States	Record high minimum temperature	24.4 C (75.9 F)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Teigarhorn	Iceland	Record high maximum temperature	23.6 C (74.5 F)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Choshi	Japan	Record high minimum temperature	26.7 C (80.1 F)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Presa la Duquesa	Mexico	Record high minimum temperature	18.9 C (66.0 F)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Arecibo 3 ESE	Puerto Rico [United States]	Record high minimum temperature	25.6 C (78.1 F)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Belhaven 1 SE	United States	Record low minimum temperature	13.9 C (57.0 F)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Larimore 4SW	United States	Record daily precipitation	62.2 mm (2.4 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Karlsruhe	Germany	Record high minimum temperature	20.1 C (68.2 F)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Nurnberg	Germany	Record high minimum temperature	18.4 C (65.1 F)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Abashiri	Japan	Record high maximum temperature	37.6 C (99.7 F)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Shirakawa	Japan	Record high maximum temperature	35.1 C (95.2 F)	34 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

1,262 records

Records set or tied on 7 August 1994 by type: Highest daily maximum 269, Lowest daily maximum 143, Highest daily minimum 389, Lowest daily minimum 330, Heaviest daily rainfall 131.

Records on 7 August 1994 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	269
Lowest daily maximum	143
Highest daily minimum	389
Lowest daily minimum	330
Heaviest daily rainfall	131
Heaviest daily snowfall	0
Deepest snow cover	0

Records on 7 August 1994 by timescale: all-time 32, monthly 36, daily 1,194.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

901 broken records

Margins by which the 901 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 166.9. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

7 August 1994

Top 20 records on 7 August 1994 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
7 August 1994	Palmaryville, ZA	monthly rain	110.0 mm (4.3 in)	65.8 mm (2.6 in)	72 years	79 of 100 (Major)
7 August 1994	Humansdorp (Pol), ZA	daily rain	39.0 mm (1.5 in)	27.3 mm (1.1 in)	110 years	60 of 100 (Major)
7 August 1994	Colgate, US	daily rain	73.7 mm (2.9 in)	50.8 mm (2.0 in)	28 years	56 of 100 (Notable)
7 August 1994	Ocotlan de Morelos, MX	daily rain	208.8 mm (8.2 in)	166.9 mm (6.6 in)	27 years	55 of 100 (Notable)
7 August 1994	Nakhon Ratchasima, TH	monthly rain	217.9 mm (8.6 in)	107.9 mm (4.2 in)	0 years	54 of 100 (Notable)
7 August 1994	Charlottesville 2W, US	daily low min	7.8 C (46.0 F)	5.5 C (9.9 F)	81 years	54 of 100 (Notable)
7 August 1994	San Bernardo, MX	all-time rain	95.8 mm (3.8 in)	16.8 mm (0.7 in)	45 years	53 of 100 (Notable)
7 August 1994	Ixcamilpa (Cfe), MX	daily rain	68.8 mm (2.7 in)	53.8 mm (2.1 in)	31 years	53 of 100 (Notable)
7 August 1994	Hillsboro 3 N, US	daily rain	57.2 mm (2.3 in)	28.2 mm (1.1 in)	49 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
7 August 1994	Mahackala, RU	daily low min	12.2 C (54.0 F)	3.3 C (5.9 F)	87 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
7 August 1994	Prachuap Khiri Khan, TH	daily rain	41.9 mm (1.6 in)	28.8 mm (1.1 in)	16 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
7 August 1994	Avon Park 2 W, US	daily low max	25.6 C (78.1 F)	2.7 C (4.9 F)	73 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
7 August 1994	Grenola 1 N, US	daily rain	66.0 mm (2.6 in)	13.9 mm (0.5 in)	95 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
7 August 1994	Tanana AP, US	daily rain	30.5 mm (1.2 in)	10.2 mm (0.4 in)	61 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
7 August 1994	Halstad, US	daily rain	58.7 mm (2.3 in)	40.7 mm (1.6 in)	24 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
7 August 1994	Georgetown 2 E, US	daily low max	26.7 C (80.1 F)	1.1 C (2.0 F)	99 years	43 of 100 (Notable)
7 August 1994	Ciudad Santos, MX	daily low min	13.9 C (57.0 F)	5.0 C (9.0 F)	21 years	42 of 100 (Notable)
7 August 1994	Langdon Exp Farm, US	daily rain	30.2 mm (1.2 in)	9.6 mm (0.38 in)	81 years	42 of 100 (Notable)
7 August 1994	Stilwell 5 NNW, US	daily rain	72.4 mm (2.9 in)	61.0 mm (2.4 in)	5 years	42 of 100 (Notable)
7 August 1994	Richardson, US	daily rain	63.2 mm (2.5 in)	50.2 mm (2.0 in)	20 years	42 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 1994

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1808 to 1994. 1994 had 1,262 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 25	884
25 to 50	10
50 to 75	5
75 to 100	0
100 to 125	1
125 to 150	0
150 to 175	1