Weather Records on 1 August 1997

904 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 1 August 1997. Highest significance: Manzini/Matsapa Air, SZ.

Key Facts for 1 August 1997

On 1 August 1997, 904 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
263 were record highs and 500 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 3 were all-time records, 55 monthly and 846 daily.
Manzini/Matsapa Air set a monthly record daily precipitation of 198.9 mm (7.8 in) on 1 August 1997.
Across 164 earlier years (1797 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 438 records.

Record Map

904 stations

904 station records on 1 August 1997 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 1 August 1997: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Manzini/Matsapa Air	Swaziland	Record daily precipitation	198.9 mm (7.8 in)	66 of 100 (Major)
Hayes Center 1NW	United States	Record daily precipitation	66.5 mm (2.6 in)	64 of 100 (Major)
Beaufort Wwtp	United States	Record low maximum temperature	20.0 C (68.0 F)	61 of 100 (Major)
Ndumu	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	30.0 mm (1.2 in)	59 of 100 (Notable)
Buskala Rch	United States	Record daily precipitation	50.8 mm (2.0 in)	58 of 100 (Notable)
Southport 5 N	United States	Record low maximum temperature	22.2 C (72.0 F)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Chifeng	China	Record daily precipitation	86.8 mm (3.4 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Belgaum/Sambra	India	Record daily precipitation	86.1 mm (3.4 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Valentine Nwr	United States	Record daily precipitation	55.9 mm (2.2 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Hatteras	United States	Record low maximum temperature	24.4 C (75.9 F)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Zhlobin	Belarus	Record daily precipitation	34.4 mm (1.4 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
New England	United States	Record daily precipitation	42.7 mm (1.7 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Duncan	United States	Record daily precipitation	28.4 mm (1.1 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Millen 4 N	United States	Record low maximum temperature	20.6 C (69.1 F)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Hillside 4 NNE	United States	Record high minimum temperature	28.3 C (82.9 F)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Glennville 3NW	United States	Record low maximum temperature	20.6 C (69.1 F)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Fernandina Beach	United States	Record low maximum temperature	25.0 C (77.0 F)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Aiken 5SE	United States	Record low minimum temperature	13.3 C (55.9 F)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Olenek	Russia	Record daily precipitation	30.8 mm (1.2 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Marion	United States	Record low minimum temperature	8.3 C (46.9 F)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Custer	United States	Record daily precipitation	39.1 mm (1.5 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Waynesville 1 E	United States	Record low minimum temperature	6.1 C (43.0 F)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Greeneville Exp STN	United States	Record low minimum temperature	8.3 C (46.9 F)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Saltville 1N	United States	Record low minimum temperature	8.3 C (46.9 F)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Talladega	United States	Record low maximum temperature	23.3 C (73.9 F)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Brooklet 1 W	United States	Record daily precipitation	90.9 mm (3.6 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Jesup 8 S	United States	Record daily precipitation	119.4 mm (4.7 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Milledgeville	United States	Record low minimum temperature	14.4 C (57.9 F)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Morganton	United States	Record low minimum temperature	10.6 C (51.1 F)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Krasnaja_Gora	Russia	Record daily precipitation	39.7 mm (1.6 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Quitman 2 NW	United States	Record low maximum temperature	23.9 C (75.0 F)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Buffalo Bill Dam	United States	Record low minimum temperature	5.0 C (41.0 F)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Krasnyj Chikoj	Russia	Record daily precipitation	35.8 mm (1.4 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Tustin Irvine Rch	United States	Record high maximum temperature	40.0 C (104.0 F)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Victoria Rgnl AP	United States	Record daily precipitation	47.5 mm (1.9 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Nhill	Australia	Record low minimum temperature	-5.0 C (23.0 F)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Louisville 1 E	United States	Record low minimum temperature	14.4 C (57.9 F)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Roxboro 7 ESE	United States	Record low minimum temperature	11.1 C (52.0 F)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Newberry	United States	Record low minimum temperature	12.8 C (55.0 F)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Summerville 4W	United States	Record low maximum temperature	20.0 C (68.0 F)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Clemson UNIV	United States	Record low minimum temperature	12.8 C (55.0 F)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Elizabethton	United States	Record low minimum temperature	10.6 C (51.1 F)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Warrenton	United States	Record low minimum temperature	13.3 C (55.9 F)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Atoyac	Mexico	Record high maximum temperature	35.0 C (95.0 F)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Sullivans Is	United States	Record low maximum temperature	21.7 C (71.1 F)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Mogilev	Belarus	Record daily precipitation	45.7 mm (1.8 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Motozintla (Smn)	Mexico	Record high minimum temperature	20.0 C (68.0 F)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Capitan Carlos Martinez de Pi	Peru	Record high minimum temperature	22.0 C (71.6 F)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Robe Comparison	Australia	Record low minimum temperature	1.8 C (35.2 F)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Lumpkin 2 SE	United States	Record low maximum temperature	25.0 C (77.0 F)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Woodstock 2 NE	United States	Record low minimum temperature	10.6 C (51.1 F)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Jacksonville	United States	Record daily precipitation	94.7 mm (3.7 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Saint Bernard	United States	Record low minimum temperature	11.7 C (53.1 F)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Brooklet 1 W	United States	Record low maximum temperature	18.3 C (64.9 F)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Greenville	United States	Record low minimum temperature	13.3 C (55.9 F)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Hilton Head	United States	Record low maximum temperature	20.6 C (69.1 F)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Ft Meade	United States	Record high minimum temperature	24.4 C (75.9 F)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Purcellville	United States	Record low minimum temperature	9.4 C (48.9 F)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Guadalupe Y Calvo (Smn)	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	45.0 mm (1.8 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Experiment	United States	Record low minimum temperature	13.3 C (55.9 F)	35 of 100 (Notable)

Counts by Type and Timescale

904 records

Records set or tied on 1 August 1997 by type: Highest daily maximum 147, Lowest daily maximum 149, Highest daily minimum 116, Lowest daily minimum 351, Heaviest daily rainfall 141.

Records on 1 August 1997 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	147
Lowest daily maximum	149
Highest daily minimum	116
Lowest daily minimum	351
Heaviest daily rainfall	141
Heaviest daily snowfall	0
Deepest snow cover	0

Records on 1 August 1997 by timescale: all-time 3, monthly 55, daily 846.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

629 broken records

Margins by which the 629 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 135.4. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

1 August 1997

Top 20 records on 1 August 1997 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
1 August 1997	Manzini/Matsapa Air, SZ	monthly rain	198.9 mm (7.8 in)	135.4 mm (5.3 in)	26 years	66 of 100 (Major)
1 August 1997	Hayes Center 1NW, US	daily rain	66.5 mm (2.6 in)	36.0 mm (1.4 in)	83 years	64 of 100 (Major)
1 August 1997	Beaufort Wwtp, US	daily low max	20.0 C (68.0 F)	6.7 C (12.1 F)	83 years	61 of 100 (Major)
1 August 1997	Ndumu, ZA	daily rain	30.0 mm (1.2 in)	30.0 mm (1.2 in)	78 years	59 of 100 (Notable)
1 August 1997	Buskala Rch, US	daily rain	50.8 mm (2.0 in)	27.9 mm (1.1 in)	72 years	58 of 100 (Notable)
1 August 1997	Southport 5 N, US	daily low max	22.2 C (72.0 F)	4.5 C (8.1 F)	79 years	54 of 100 (Notable)
1 August 1997	Chifeng, CN	daily rain	86.8 mm (3.4 in)	60.0 mm (2.4 in)	28 years	52 of 100 (Notable)
1 August 1997	Belgaum/Sambra, IN	daily rain	86.1 mm (3.4 in)	46.8 mm (1.8 in)	28 years	52 of 100 (Notable)
1 August 1997	Valentine Nwr, US	daily rain	55.9 mm (2.2 in)	37.6 mm (1.5 in)	56 years	52 of 100 (Notable)
1 August 1997	Hatteras, US	daily low max	24.4 C (75.9 F)	2.3 C (4.1 F)	100 years	52 of 100 (Notable)
1 August 1997	Zhlobin, BY	daily rain	34.4 mm (1.4 in)	27.4 mm (1.1 in)	30 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
1 August 1997	New England, US	daily rain	42.7 mm (1.7 in)	17.0 mm (0.7 in)	83 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
1 August 1997	Duncan, US	daily rain	28.4 mm (1.1 in)	10.6 mm (0.4 in)	91 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
1 August 1997	Millen 4 N, US	daily low max	20.6 C (69.1 F)	5.5 C (9.9 F)	70 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
1 August 1997	Hillside 4 NNE, US	all-time high min	28.3 C (82.9 F)	3.3 C (5.9 F)	39 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
1 August 1997	Glennville 3NW, US	daily low max	20.6 C (69.1 F)	6.6 C (11.9 F)	51 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
1 August 1997	Fernandina Beach, US	daily low max	25.0 C (77.0 F)	2.8 C (5.0 F)	87 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
1 August 1997	Aiken 5SE, US	daily low min	13.3 C (55.9 F)	2.3 C (4.1 F)	95 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
1 August 1997	Olenek, RU	daily rain	30.8 mm (1.2 in)	18.4 mm (0.7 in)	23 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
1 August 1997	Marion, US	daily low min	8.3 C (46.9 F)	3.9 C (7.0 F)	72 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

1797 to 1997

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1797 to 1997. 1997 had 904 records.

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

Records on 08-01 in each year
Year	Records
1797	1
1816	2
1829	1
1833	1
1834	2
1836	1
1838	1
1842	1
1851	1
1856	1
1858	3
1859	1
1861	1
1862	1
1863	1
1865	1
1868	1
1869	2
1873	1
1874	1
1875	3
1876	1
1878	1
1879	1
1881	3
1883	1
1886	2
1887	1
1890	1
1891	7
1892	4
1893	3
1894	1
1895	3
1896	4
1897	2
1898	3
1899	1
1900	1
1901	3
1902	5
1903	19
1904	10
1905	12
1906	18
1907	13
1908	18
1909	15
1910	30
1911	46
1912	49
1913	25
1914	17
1915	49
1916	16
1917	108
1918	55
1919	32
1920	101
1921	87
1922	44
1923	203
1924	93
1925	281
1926	252
1927	266
1928	132
1929	161
1930	252
1931	362
1932	408
1933	487
1934	448
1935	547
1936	636
1937	492
1938	523
1939	335
1940	333
1941	341
1942	388
1943	398
1944	410
1945	975
1946	336
1947	401
1948	354
1949	324
1950	552
1951	420
1952	391
1953	565
1954	462
1955	796
1956	441
1957	270
1958	389
1959	352
1960	677
1961	404
1962	602
1963	270
1964	883
1965	669
1966	383
1967	250
1968	625
1969	453
1970	482
1971	1,135
1972	609
1973	766
1974	526
1975	915
1976	886
1977	636
1978	706
1979	580
1980	906
1981	668
1982	742
1983	931
1984	532
1985	987
1986	846
1987	999
1988	880
1989	1,301
1990	927
1991	740
1992	1,024
1993	907
1994	1,217
1995	1,513
1996	1,118
1997	904
1998	1,281
1999	1,707
2000	1,020
2001	1,079
2002	1,249
2003	1,155
2004	740
2005	878
2006	1,655
2007	746
2008	795
2009	932
2010	1,182
2011	1,191
2012	850
2013	542
2014	853
2015	864
2016	499
2017	758
2018	987
2019	479
2020	838
2021	1,009
2022	915
2023	627
2024	879
2025	785
2026	1,085

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Data for records on 1997-08-01: 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 2026-10-16 (16 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	603
20 to 40	20
40 to 60	4
60 to 80	1
80 to 100	0
100 to 120	0
120 to 140	1