Weather Records on 7 August 1995

1,521 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 7 August 1995. Highest significance: Prairie Post Office, AU.

Key Facts for 7 August 1995

On 7 August 1995, 1,521 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
652 were record highs and 281 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 17 were all-time records, 91 monthly and 1,413 daily.
Prairie Post Office set a daily record precipitation of 29.8 mm (1.2 in) on 7 August 1995.
Across 163 earlier years (1808 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 464 records.

Record Map

1,521 stations

1,521 station records on 7 August 1995 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 7 August 1995: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Prairie Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	29.8 mm (1.2 in)	78 of 100 (Major)
Bremerton	United States	Record daily precipitation	32.3 mm (1.3 in)	73 of 100 (Major)
Potlatch 3 NNE	United States	Record daily precipitation	40.6 mm (1.6 in)	71 of 100 (Major)
Wandoo	Australia	Record daily precipitation	52.4 mm (2.1 in)	69 of 100 (Major)
Kalamia Estate	Australia	Record daily precipitation	49.0 mm (1.9 in)	68 of 100 (Major)
Irvinebank	Australia	Record daily precipitation	31.6 mm (1.2 in)	67 of 100 (Major)
Mt Garnet Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	36.0 mm (1.4 in)	67 of 100 (Major)
Lethebrook	Australia	Record daily precipitation	57.2 mm (2.3 in)	67 of 100 (Major)
Nebo	Australia	Record daily precipitation	34.5 mm (1.4 in)	66 of 100 (Major)
Grangeville	United States	Record daily precipitation	26.9 mm (1.1 in)	65 of 100 (Major)
Mora	United States	Record daily precipitation	99.3 mm (3.9 in)	65 of 100 (Major)
Glendower Station	Australia	Record daily precipitation	27.0 mm (1.1 in)	64 of 100 (Major)
Dimbulah Brickley St	Australia	Record daily precipitation	38.0 mm (1.5 in)	64 of 100 (Major)
Gargett Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	59.0 mm (2.3 in)	63 of 100 (Major)
Sarina Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	58.0 mm (2.3 in)	63 of 100 (Major)
Cove 1 E	United States	Record daily precipitation	27.2 mm (1.1 in)	63 of 100 (Major)
Pleystowe Sugar Mill	Australia	Record daily precipitation	63.0 mm (2.5 in)	62 of 100 (Major)
Strathbogie	Australia	Record daily precipitation	53.0 mm (2.1 in)	62 of 100 (Major)
Bambaroo	Australia	Record daily precipitation	31.2 mm (1.2 in)	61 of 100 (Major)
Ravenswood Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	36.0 mm (1.4 in)	61 of 100 (Major)
Waitara	Australia	Record daily precipitation	50.0 mm (2.0 in)	61 of 100 (Major)
Merlin Station	Australia	Record daily precipitation	29.0 mm (1.1 in)	60 of 100 (Major)
Walkamin Research Station	Australia	Record daily precipitation	30.4 mm (1.2 in)	60 of 100 (Major)
Mingela Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	38.0 mm (1.5 in)	60 of 100 (Major)
Glen Harding	Australia	Record daily precipitation	34.0 mm (1.3 in)	59 of 100 (Notable)
Kuttabul Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	78.0 mm (3.1 in)	59 of 100 (Notable)
Port Angeles	United States	Record daily precipitation	31.0 mm (1.2 in)	59 of 100 (Notable)
Shirbourne Park	Australia	Record daily precipitation	52.4 mm (2.1 in)	58 of 100 (Notable)
Mount Spencer 2	Australia	Record daily precipitation	58.0 mm (2.3 in)	58 of 100 (Notable)
Clare	Australia	Record daily precipitation	55.0 mm (2.2 in)	57 of 100 (Notable)
Kairi Research Station	Australia	Record daily precipitation	41.2 mm (1.6 in)	56 of 100 (Notable)
Townsville Aero	Australia	Record daily precipitation	40.4 mm (1.6 in)	56 of 100 (Notable)
Collinsville Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	56.4 mm (2.2 in)	56 of 100 (Notable)
Mount McConnell	Australia	Record daily precipitation	33.0 mm (1.3 in)	56 of 100 (Notable)
Tinaroo Falls Dam	Australia	Record daily precipitation	46.0 mm (1.8 in)	55 of 100 (Notable)
Mount Charlton	Australia	Record daily precipitation	60.0 mm (2.4 in)	55 of 100 (Notable)
Crediton	Australia	Record daily precipitation	58.0 mm (2.3 in)	55 of 100 (Notable)
Kitzingen	Germany	Record daily precipitation	65.0 mm (2.6 in)	55 of 100 (Notable)
Pedricea	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	49.8 mm (2.0 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Finch Hatton Cook St	Australia	Record daily precipitation	58.0 mm (2.3 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Mount Dangar	Australia	Record daily precipitation	55.0 mm (2.2 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Kellevie	Australia	Record daily precipitation	47.0 mm (1.9 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Ponta da Praia	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	68.7 mm (2.7 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Wadena 3 S	United States	Record daily precipitation	151.6 mm (6.0 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Cargoon Station	Australia	Record daily precipitation	28.0 mm (1.1 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Kangaroo Hills Station	Australia	Record daily precipitation	41.4 mm (1.6 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Roma Peak	Australia	Record daily precipitation	57.2 mm (2.3 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Broadleigh Downs	Australia	Record daily precipitation	49.8 mm (2.0 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Capella Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	26.4 mm (1.0 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Carrera Larga	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	146.3 mm (5.8 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Chillagoe Atherton Street	Australia	Record daily precipitation	34.0 mm (1.3 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Dalrymple Heights	Australia	Record daily precipitation	65.0 mm (2.6 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
The Valley	Australia	Record daily precipitation	49.0 mm (1.9 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Strathmore	Australia	Record daily precipitation	52.0 mm (2.0 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Kelsey Creek Dittmer Rd	Australia	Record daily precipitation	58.0 mm (2.3 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Carmila Beach Road	Australia	Record daily precipitation	49.0 mm (1.9 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
San Jeronimo	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	116.3 mm (4.6 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Valley Park	United States	Record daily precipitation	100.1 mm (3.9 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Upper Stone Exelby	Australia	Record daily precipitation	36.2 mm (1.4 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Hecate	Australia	Record daily precipitation	52.0 mm (2.0 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)

Counts by Type and Timescale

1,521 records

Records set or tied on 7 August 1995 by type: Highest daily maximum 236, Lowest daily maximum 212, Highest daily minimum 416, Lowest daily minimum 69, Heaviest daily rainfall 588.

Records on 7 August 1995 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	236
Lowest daily maximum	212
Highest daily minimum	416
Lowest daily minimum	69
Heaviest daily rainfall	588
Heaviest daily snowfall	0
Deepest snow cover	0

Records on 7 August 1995 by timescale: all-time 17, monthly 91, daily 1,413.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

1,128 broken records

Margins by which the 1,128 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 129.0. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

7 August 1995

Top 20 records on 7 August 1995 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
7 August 1995	Prairie Post Office, AU	daily rain	29.8 mm (1.2 in)	29.8 mm (1.2 in)	106 years	78 of 100 (Major)
7 August 1995	Bremerton, US	daily rain	32.3 mm (1.3 in)	25.7 mm (1.0 in)	82 years	73 of 100 (Major)
7 August 1995	Potlatch 3 NNE, US	daily rain	40.6 mm (1.6 in)	32.0 mm (1.3 in)	76 years	71 of 100 (Major)
7 August 1995	Wandoo, AU	daily rain	52.4 mm (2.1 in)	39.2 mm (1.5 in)	74 years	69 of 100 (Major)
7 August 1995	Kalamia Estate, AU	daily rain	49.0 mm (1.9 in)	46.2 mm (1.8 in)	61 years	68 of 100 (Major)
7 August 1995	Irvinebank, AU	daily rain	31.6 mm (1.2 in)	19.7 mm (0.8 in)	93 years	67 of 100 (Major)
7 August 1995	Mt Garnet Post Office, AU	daily rain	36.0 mm (1.4 in)	31.7 mm (1.2 in)	61 years	67 of 100 (Major)
7 August 1995	Lethebrook, AU	daily rain	57.2 mm (2.3 in)	47.0 mm (1.9 in)	69 years	67 of 100 (Major)
7 August 1995	Nebo, AU	daily rain	34.5 mm (1.4 in)	31.5 mm (1.2 in)	93 years	66 of 100 (Major)
7 August 1995	Grangeville, US	daily rain	26.9 mm (1.1 in)	23.3 mm (0.9 in)	68 years	65 of 100 (Major)
7 August 1995	Mora, US	all-time rain	99.3 mm (3.9 in)	11.7 mm (0.5 in)	90 years	65 of 100 (Major)
7 August 1995	Glendower Station, AU	daily rain	27.0 mm (1.1 in)	27.0 mm (1.1 in)	104 years	64 of 100 (Major)
7 August 1995	Dimbulah Brickley St, AU	daily rain	38.0 mm (1.5 in)	37.0 mm (1.5 in)	61 years	64 of 100 (Major)
7 August 1995	Gargett Post Office, AU	daily rain	59.0 mm (2.3 in)	50.9 mm (2.0 in)	64 years	63 of 100 (Major)
7 August 1995	Sarina Post Office, AU	daily rain	58.0 mm (2.3 in)	54.4 mm (2.1 in)	58 years	63 of 100 (Major)
7 August 1995	Cove 1 E, US	daily rain	27.2 mm (1.1 in)	25.2 mm (1.0 in)	68 years	63 of 100 (Major)
7 August 1995	Pleystowe Sugar Mill, AU	daily rain	63.0 mm (2.5 in)	61.0 mm (2.4 in)	40 years	62 of 100 (Major)
7 August 1995	Strathbogie, AU	daily rain	53.0 mm (2.1 in)	53.0 mm (2.1 in)	80 years	62 of 100 (Major)
7 August 1995	Bambaroo, AU	daily rain	31.2 mm (1.2 in)	25.6 mm (1.0 in)	61 years	61 of 100 (Major)
7 August 1995	Ravenswood Post Office, AU	daily rain	36.0 mm (1.4 in)	31.4 mm (1.2 in)	93 years	61 of 100 (Major)

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 1995

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1808 to 1995. 1995 had 1,521 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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Data for records on 1995-08-07: 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	962
20 to 40	122
40 to 60	38
60 to 80	3
80 to 100	1
100 to 120	1
120 to 140	1