Weather Records on 19 August 1994

798 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 19 August 1994. Highest significance: Lichinga, MZ.

Key Facts for 19 August 1994

On 19 August 1994, 798 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
415 were record highs and 178 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 1 were all-time records, 20 monthly and 777 daily.
Lichinga set a monthly record daily precipitation of 36.1 mm (1.4 in) on 19 August 1994.
Across 168 earlier years (1797 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 437 records.

Record Map

798 stations

798 station records on 19 August 1994 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 19 August 1994: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Lichinga	Mozambique	Record daily precipitation	36.1 mm (1.4 in)	64 of 100 (Major)
Waskish 4NE	United States	Record daily precipitation	55.9 mm (2.2 in)	60 of 100 (Major)
Mapumulo (Tnk)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	100.0 mm (3.9 in)	59 of 100 (Notable)
Bajandaj	Russia	Record daily precipitation	61.6 mm (2.4 in)	56 of 100 (Notable)
Baise	China	Record daily precipitation	106.1 mm (4.2 in)	55 of 100 (Notable)
Ustordynskij	Russia	Record daily precipitation	54.4 mm (2.1 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Ubon Ratchathani	Thailand	Record daily precipitation	144.0 mm (5.7 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
San Manuel	United States	Record daily precipitation	51.6 mm (2.0 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Taldyk	Kazakhstan	Record daily precipitation	49.0 mm (1.9 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Baudette	United States	Record daily precipitation	48.3 mm (1.9 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Karabutak	Kazakhstan	Record daily precipitation	26.9 mm (1.1 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Kaisersbach-Cronhutte	Germany	Record daily precipitation	28.3 mm (1.1 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Greifswald	Germany	Record daily precipitation	34.2 mm (1.3 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Cromer Golf Club	Australia	Record daily precipitation	40.0 mm (1.6 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Sarpsborg	Norway	Record daily precipitation	26.0 mm (1.0 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Kacug	Russia	Record daily precipitation	46.1 mm (1.8 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Nord Odal	Norway	Record daily precipitation	28.8 mm (1.1 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Homutovo	Russia	Record daily precipitation	51.5 mm (2.0 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Modena	United States	Record daily precipitation	29.2 mm (1.1 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Aginskoe	Russia	Record daily precipitation	39.6 mm (1.6 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Anahuac	United States	Record daily precipitation	91.4 mm (3.6 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Tot-Ma	Russia	Record daily precipitation	38.2 mm (1.5 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Niznij Novgorod	Russia	Record low minimum temperature	6.5 C (43.7 F)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Gangca	China	Record daily precipitation	34.2 mm (1.3 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Houghton Lake Roscommon Co AP	United States	Record daily precipitation	58.7 mm (2.3 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Murrhardt	Germany	Record daily precipitation	32.7 mm (1.3 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Elatma	Russia	Record low minimum temperature	5.0 C (41.0 F)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Lake City Exp Farm	United States	Record daily precipitation	56.6 mm (2.2 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Clovis	United States	Record high minimum temperature	22.2 C (72.0 F)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Grafton	United States	Record daily precipitation	35.6 mm (1.4 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Albany	United States	Record high minimum temperature	26.7 C (80.1 F)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Claude	United States	Record high maximum temperature	39.4 C (102.9 F)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Misurata	Libya	Record high minimum temperature	27.1 C (80.8 F)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Irael	Russia	Record daily precipitation	28.6 mm (1.1 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Nimrod Dam	United States	Record daily precipitation	68.6 mm (2.7 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Ulan-Ude	Russia	Record daily precipitation	28.4 mm (1.1 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Dzaore	Russia	Record low minimum temperature	3.4 C (38.1 F)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Crete 4ESE	United States	Record daily precipitation	51.6 mm (2.0 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Presa Tuxpan (Cfe)	Mexico	Record low maximum temperature	20.6 C (69.1 F)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Utuado	Puerto Rico [United States]	Record low maximum temperature	28.9 C (84.0 F)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Bolshoe Goloustnoe	Russia	Record daily precipitation	42.2 mm (1.7 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Washita	United States	Record daily precipitation	50.8 mm (2.0 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Jemez Springs	United States	Record high minimum temperature	17.8 C (64.0 F)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Troy L&D	United States	Record daily precipitation	36.8 mm (1.4 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Hereford	United States	Record high maximum temperature	39.4 C (102.9 F)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Joya de Salas	Mexico	Record low minimum temperature	2.8 C (37.0 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Zhigalovo	Russia	Record daily precipitation	41.4 mm (1.6 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Bohan	Russia	Record daily precipitation	36.8 mm (1.4 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Conchas Dam	United States	Record high maximum temperature	41.7 C (107.1 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Pine Bluff Grider Fld	United States	Record daily precipitation	59.9 mm (2.4 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Barguzin	Russia	Record daily precipitation	35.3 mm (1.4 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
El Dorado	United States	Record daily precipitation	48.8 mm (1.9 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Big Falls	United States	Record daily precipitation	30.7 mm (1.2 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Saint Paul	United States	Record daily precipitation	31.0 mm (1.2 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Cuernavaca	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	53.6 mm (2.1 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Melrose	United States	Record high maximum temperature	39.4 C (102.9 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Walhalla 1 SW	United States	Record daily precipitation	50.8 mm (2.0 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Eufaula 6 SSW	United States	Record high minimum temperature	28.9 C (84.0 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Dinosaur Nm-Quarry Area	United States	Record high minimum temperature	18.9 C (66.0 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Rochester	United States	Record daily precipitation	35.6 mm (1.4 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

798 records

Records set or tied on 19 August 1994 by type: Highest daily maximum 163, Lowest daily maximum 68, Highest daily minimum 252, Lowest daily minimum 110, Heaviest daily rainfall 205.

Records on 19 August 1994 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	163
Lowest daily maximum	68
Highest daily minimum	252
Lowest daily minimum	110
Heaviest daily rainfall	205
Heaviest daily snowfall	0
Deepest snow cover	0

Records on 19 August 1994 by timescale: all-time 1, monthly 20, daily 777.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

569 broken records

Margins by which the 569 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 114.1. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

19 August 1994

Top 20 records on 19 August 1994 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
19 August 1994	Lichinga, MZ	monthly rain	36.1 mm (1.4 in)	20.5 mm (0.8 in)	35 years	64 of 100 (Major)
19 August 1994	Waskish 4NE, US	daily rain	55.9 mm (2.2 in)	45.2 mm (1.8 in)	44 years	60 of 100 (Major)
19 August 1994	Mapumulo (Tnk), ZA	daily rain	100.0 mm (3.9 in)	79.7 mm (3.1 in)	43 years	59 of 100 (Notable)
19 August 1994	Bajandaj, RU	daily rain	61.6 mm (2.4 in)	37.2 mm (1.5 in)	29 years	56 of 100 (Notable)
19 August 1994	Baise, CN	daily rain	106.1 mm (4.2 in)	81.9 mm (3.2 in)	39 years	55 of 100 (Notable)
19 August 1994	Ustordynskij, RU	daily rain	54.4 mm (2.1 in)	37.1 mm (1.5 in)	29 years	53 of 100 (Notable)
19 August 1994	Ubon Ratchathani, TH	daily rain	144.0 mm (5.7 in)	114.1 mm (4.5 in)	32 years	53 of 100 (Notable)
19 August 1994	San Manuel, US	daily rain	51.6 mm (2.0 in)	35.3 mm (1.4 in)	31 years	53 of 100 (Notable)
19 August 1994	Taldyk, KZ	monthly rain	49.0 mm (1.9 in)	17.1 mm (0.7 in)	34 years	52 of 100 (Notable)
19 August 1994	Baudette, US	daily rain	48.3 mm (1.9 in)	33.8 mm (1.3 in)	55 years	52 of 100 (Notable)
19 August 1994	Karabutak, KZ	daily rain	26.9 mm (1.1 in)	19.7 mm (0.8 in)	20 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
19 August 1994	Kaisersbach-Cronhutte, DE	daily rain	28.3 mm (1.1 in)	7.9 mm (0.31 in)	100 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
19 August 1994	Greifswald, DE	daily rain	34.2 mm (1.3 in)	21.6 mm (0.9 in)	12 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
19 August 1994	Cromer Golf Club, AU	daily rain	40.0 mm (1.6 in)	12.1 mm (0.5 in)	94 years	44 of 100 (Notable)
19 August 1994	Sarpsborg, NO	daily rain	26.0 mm (1.0 in)	7.2 mm (0.28 in)	92 years	44 of 100 (Notable)
19 August 1994	Kacug, RU	daily rain	46.1 mm (1.8 in)	28.9 mm (1.1 in)	32 years	44 of 100 (Notable)
19 August 1994	Nord Odal, NO	daily rain	28.8 mm (1.1 in)	5.5 mm (0.22 in)	88 years	43 of 100 (Notable)
19 August 1994	Homutovo, RU	daily rain	51.5 mm (2.0 in)	29.0 mm (1.1 in)	29 years	43 of 100 (Notable)
19 August 1994	Modena, US	daily rain	29.2 mm (1.1 in)	23.6 mm (0.9 in)	24 years	43 of 100 (Notable)
19 August 1994	Aginskoe, RU	daily rain	39.6 mm (1.6 in)	23.4 mm (0.9 in)	39 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

1797 to 1994

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1797 to 1994. 1994 had 798 records.

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

Records on 08-19 in each year
Year	Records
1797	2
1800	1
1809	1
1820	1
1830	2
1831	1
1838	2
1844	2
1845	1
1846	1
1849	2
1857	1
1861	1
1862	1
1864	2
1867	1
1870	2
1872	1
1873	1
1874	1
1875	2
1877	3
1879	1
1880	1
1881	1
1882	1
1883	2
1884	2
1885	2
1886	2
1887	2
1888	1
1889	1
1890	4
1892	5
1893	2
1894	2
1895	1
1896	2
1897	2
1898	3
1899	9
1900	5
1901	13
1902	4
1903	6
1904	14
1905	16
1906	37
1907	17
1908	5
1909	24
1910	17
1911	9
1912	18
1913	9
1914	39
1915	34
1916	74
1917	200
1918	33
1919	31
1920	36
1921	22
1922	71
1923	97
1924	174
1925	154
1926	179
1927	343
1928	112
1929	163
1930	182
1931	207
1932	373
1933	328
1934	438
1935	389
1936	679
1937	305
1938	321
1939	432
1940	687
1941	431
1942	308
1943	596
1944	259
1945	427
1946	427
1947	896
1948	371
1949	411
1950	893
1951	362
1952	475
1953	412
1954	576
1955	780
1956	831
1957	325
1958	374
1959	733
1960	864
1961	425
1962	419
1963	570
1964	455
1965	550
1966	1,095
1967	839
1968	948
1969	501
1970	468
1971	376
1972	547
1973	519
1974	466
1975	561
1976	1,144
1977	938
1978	863
1979	1,492
1980	648
1981	1,004
1982	596
1983	1,387
1984	598
1985	713
1986	848
1987	811
1988	982
1989	660
1990	871
1991	656
1992	1,094
1993	771
1994	798
1995	1,542
1996	800
1997	958
1998	717
1999	980
2000	954
2001	1,027
2002	1,389
2003	918
2004	1,310
2005	920
2006	850
2007	1,360
2008	1,186
2009	1,039
2010	1,440
2011	975
2012	1,377
2013	765
2014	701
2015	989
2016	931
2017	439
2018	471
2019	601
2020	1,271
2021	1,366
2022	1,198
2023	910
2024	568
2025	786
2026	755

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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	537
20 to 40	27
40 to 60	1
60 to 80	2
80 to 100	1
100 to 120	1