Weather Records on 14 August 1994

1,149 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 14 August 1994. Highest significance: Hiram, US.

Key Facts for 14 August 1994

On 14 August 1994, 1,149 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
457 were record highs and 386 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 22 were all-time records, 47 monthly and 1,080 daily.
Hiram set a daily record precipitation of 72.9 mm (2.9 in) on 14 August 1994.
Across 166 earlier years (1793 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 458 records.

Record Map

1,149 stations

1,149 station records on 14 August 1994 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 14 August 1994: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Hiram	United States	Record daily precipitation	72.9 mm (2.9 in)	72 of 100 (Major)
Holly	United States	Record daily precipitation	83.1 mm (3.3 in)	71 of 100 (Major)
Norwalk Wwtp	United States	Record daily precipitation	96.0 mm (3.8 in)	70 of 100 (Major)
Olean	United States	Record daily precipitation	92.7 mm (3.6 in)	69 of 100 (Major)
Warren 3 S	United States	Record daily precipitation	75.2 mm (3.0 in)	64 of 100 (Major)
Jamestown 2 NW	United States	Record daily precipitation	130.8 mm (5.1 in)	62 of 100 (Major)
Regnier	United States	Record daily precipitation	56.1 mm (2.2 in)	61 of 100 (Major)
Olands Norra Udde	Sweden	Record daily precipitation	38.5 mm (1.5 in)	60 of 100 (Major)
Galeton	United States	Record daily precipitation	70.6 mm (2.8 in)	60 of 100 (Major)
Ulysses 3NE	United States	Record daily precipitation	66.5 mm (2.6 in)	55 of 100 (Notable)
Canfield 1 S	United States	Record daily precipitation	61.0 mm (2.4 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Seymour 1 WSW	United States	Record daily precipitation	63.8 mm (2.5 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Ciudad Santos	Mexico	Record low minimum temperature	12.8 C (55.0 F)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Cartersville	United States	Record high minimum temperature	25.0 C (77.0 F)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Greenville 2 NE	United States	Record daily precipitation	85.9 mm (3.4 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Franklin	United States	Record daily precipitation	134.6 mm (5.3 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Genoa	United States	Record daily precipitation	51.1 mm (2.0 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Mineral Ridge Wtr Wks	United States	Record daily precipitation	52.8 mm (2.1 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Songkhla	Thailand	Record daily precipitation	75.9 mm (3.0 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Troupsburg 4 NE	United States	Record daily precipitation	58.9 mm (2.3 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Meadville 1 S	United States	Record daily precipitation	72.1 mm (2.8 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Floydada 9SE	United States	Record daily precipitation	108.7 mm (4.3 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Windsor	United States	Record daily precipitation	38.1 mm (1.5 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Lompoc	United States	Record high maximum temperature	33.9 C (93.0 F)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Brookville Sewage Plt	United States	Record daily precipitation	60.2 mm (2.4 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Rantoul	United States	Record daily precipitation	27.4 mm (1.1 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Grahamstown	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	25.0 mm (1.0 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Ravenna 2 S	United States	Record daily precipitation	68.3 mm (2.7 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Bradford Cntrl Fs	United States	Record daily precipitation	50.8 mm (2.0 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Odeshog	Sweden	Record daily precipitation	39.6 mm (1.6 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Sargents	United States	Record daily precipitation	34.3 mm (1.4 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Springfield 7 WSW	United States	Record daily precipitation	61.0 mm (2.4 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Taos	United States	Record high minimum temperature	15.6 C (60.1 F)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Allegany Sp	United States	Record daily precipitation	78.7 mm (3.1 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Glen Hazel 2 NE Dam	United States	Record daily precipitation	110.2 mm (4.3 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Parras	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	56.9 mm (2.2 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
New Castle 1 N	United States	Record daily precipitation	43.9 mm (1.7 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Warren	United States	Record daily precipitation	94.0 mm (3.7 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Colville	United States	Record high maximum temperature	40.0 C (104.0 F)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Zuni	United States	Record high minimum temperature	23.3 C (73.9 F)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Aksakovo	Russia	Record daily precipitation	31.0 mm (1.2 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Saint Johns	United States	Record high minimum temperature	18.9 C (66.0 F)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Stonington	United States	Record daily precipitation	99.8 mm (3.9 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Bloomington Indiana UNIV	United States	Record daily precipitation	48.5 mm (1.9 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Osawatomie	United States	Record daily precipitation	100.3 mm (3.9 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Candor 2SE	United States	Record daily precipitation	64.0 mm (2.5 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Westfield 2 SSE	United States	Record daily precipitation	61.2 mm (2.4 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Kit Carson	United States	Record daily precipitation	45.7 mm (1.8 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Elkhart	United States	Record daily precipitation	59.2 mm (2.3 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Freeville 1 NE	United States	Record daily precipitation	57.2 mm (2.3 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Chardon	United States	Record daily precipitation	66.8 mm (2.6 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Mosquito Creek Lake	United States	Record daily precipitation	111.8 mm (4.4 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Put-In-Bay	United States	Record daily precipitation	42.9 mm (1.7 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Tiffin	United States	Record daily precipitation	71.9 mm (2.8 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Corry	United States	Record daily precipitation	65.8 mm (2.6 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Vetluga	Russia	Record daily precipitation	35.2 mm (1.4 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Severnoe	Russia	Record daily precipitation	36.2 mm (1.4 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Kirovskij	Russia	Record daily precipitation	38.1 mm (1.5 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Gustavsberg	Sweden	Record daily precipitation	50.3 mm (2.0 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Carrizozo 1SW	United States	Record high minimum temperature	25.0 C (77.0 F)	39 of 100 (Notable)

Counts by Type and Timescale

1,149 records

Records set or tied on 14 August 1994 by type: Highest daily maximum 211, Lowest daily maximum 198, Highest daily minimum 246, Lowest daily minimum 188, Heaviest daily rainfall 306.

Records on 14 August 1994 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	211
Lowest daily maximum	198
Highest daily minimum	246
Lowest daily minimum	188
Heaviest daily rainfall	306
Heaviest daily snowfall	0
Deepest snow cover	0

Records on 14 August 1994 by timescale: all-time 22, monthly 47, daily 1,080.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

829 broken records

Margins by which the 829 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 64.1. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

14 August 1994

Top 20 records on 14 August 1994 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
14 August 1994	Hiram, US	daily rain	72.9 mm (2.9 in)	48.8 mm (1.9 in)	73 years	72 of 100 (Major)
14 August 1994	Holly, US	daily rain	83.1 mm (3.3 in)	41.4 mm (1.6 in)	91 years	71 of 100 (Major)
14 August 1994	Norwalk Wwtp, US	daily rain	96.0 mm (3.8 in)	59.2 mm (2.3 in)	68 years	70 of 100 (Major)
14 August 1994	Olean, US	monthly rain	92.7 mm (3.6 in)	30.5 mm (1.2 in)	57 years	69 of 100 (Major)
14 August 1994	Warren 3 S, US	daily rain	75.2 mm (3.0 in)	51.8 mm (2.0 in)	47 years	64 of 100 (Major)
14 August 1994	Jamestown 2 NW, US	all-time rain	130.8 mm (5.1 in)	21.8 mm (0.9 in)	60 years	62 of 100 (Major)
14 August 1994	Regnier, US	daily rain	56.1 mm (2.2 in)	35.3 mm (1.4 in)	48 years	61 of 100 (Major)
14 August 1994	Olands Norra Udde, SE	daily rain	38.5 mm (1.5 in)	17.1 mm (0.7 in)	83 years	60 of 100 (Major)
14 August 1994	Galeton, US	daily rain	70.6 mm (2.8 in)	45.7 mm (1.8 in)	51 years	60 of 100 (Major)
14 August 1994	Ulysses 3NE, US	daily rain	66.5 mm (2.6 in)	41.6 mm (1.6 in)	48 years	55 of 100 (Notable)
14 August 1994	Canfield 1 S, US	daily rain	61.0 mm (2.4 in)	24.4 mm (1.0 in)	68 years	53 of 100 (Notable)
14 August 1994	Seymour 1 WSW, US	daily rain	63.8 mm (2.5 in)	21.4 mm (0.8 in)	88 years	52 of 100 (Notable)
14 August 1994	Ciudad Santos, MX	daily low min	12.8 C (55.0 F)	6.1 C (11.0 F)	27 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
14 August 1994	Cartersville, US	monthly high min	25.0 C (77.0 F)	0.6 C (1.1 F)	97 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
14 August 1994	Greenville 2 NE, US	daily rain	85.9 mm (3.4 in)	50.8 mm (2.0 in)	4 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
14 August 1994	Franklin, US	all-time rain	134.6 mm (5.3 in)	20.3 mm (0.8 in)	13 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
14 August 1994	Genoa, US	daily rain	51.1 mm (2.0 in)	28.5 mm (1.1 in)	48 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
14 August 1994	Mineral Ridge Wtr Wks, US	daily rain	52.8 mm (2.1 in)	32.0 mm (1.3 in)	47 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
14 August 1994	Songkhla, TH	daily rain	75.9 mm (3.0 in)	42.8 mm (1.7 in)	20 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
14 August 1994	Troupsburg 4 NE, US	daily rain	58.9 mm (2.3 in)	42.6 mm (1.7 in)	9 years	47 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 1994

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1793 to 1994. 1994 had 1,149 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

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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	694
10 to 20	73
20 to 30	27
30 to 40	20
40 to 50	9
50 to 60	5
60 to 70	1