Weather Records on 19 August 1997

958 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 19 August 1997. Highest significance: Appleton City, US.

Key Facts for 19 August 1997

On 19 August 1997, 958 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
456 were record highs and 311 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 3 were all-time records, 25 monthly and 930 daily.
Appleton City set a daily record precipitation of 136.7 mm (5.4 in) on 19 August 1997.
Across 168 earlier years (1797 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 436 records.

Record Map

958 stations

958 station records on 19 August 1997 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 19 August 1997: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Appleton City	United States	Record daily precipitation	136.7 mm (5.4 in)	68 of 100 (Major)
Minneapolis-St Paul Intl AP	United States	Record daily precipitation	81.0 mm (3.2 in)	63 of 100 (Major)
Mc Farland	United States	Record daily precipitation	145.3 mm (5.7 in)	62 of 100 (Major)
Tiksi	Russia	Record daily precipitation	32.1 mm (1.3 in)	58 of 100 (Notable)
Jackson McKellar- Sipes AP	United States	Record daily precipitation	75.9 mm (3.0 in)	57 of 100 (Notable)
Blackwell 1SSW	United States	Record daily precipitation	95.5 mm (3.8 in)	56 of 100 (Notable)
Jonesboro 3 SSE	United States	Record daily precipitation	109.2 mm (4.3 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Bolivar 1 NE	United States	Record daily precipitation	66.3 mm (2.6 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Turkey	United States	Record daily precipitation	106.7 mm (4.2 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Andover	United States	Record daily precipitation	61.0 mm (2.4 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Warrenton 1 N	United States	Record daily precipitation	58.2 mm (2.3 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Lawton	United States	Record daily precipitation	70.1 mm (2.8 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Kjusjur	Russia	Record daily precipitation	52.5 mm (2.1 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Checotah	United States	Record daily precipitation	91.4 mm (3.6 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Vomb	Sweden	Record daily precipitation	35.3 mm (1.4 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Boonville 1S	United States	Record daily precipitation	64.3 mm (2.5 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Hutchinson 1 N	United States	Record daily precipitation	55.9 mm (2.2 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Nevada Wtp	United States	Record daily precipitation	83.1 mm (3.3 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Auburn	United States	Record daily precipitation	71.1 mm (2.8 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Jerome	United States	Record daily precipitation	46.7 mm (1.8 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Watonga	United States	Record daily precipitation	125.0 mm (4.9 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Rolla Missouri S&T	United States	Record daily precipitation	48.0 mm (1.9 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Capitan Carlos Martinez de Pi	Peru	Record high minimum temperature	20.7 C (69.3 F)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Logansport Cicott St	United States	Record low maximum temperature	19.4 C (66.9 F)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Munfordville 5 NW	United States	Record daily precipitation	30.2 mm (1.2 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Kristianstad	Sweden	Record high maximum temperature	27.1 C (80.8 F)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Halmstad	Sweden	Record high maximum temperature	29.1 C (84.4 F)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Willits 1 NE	United States	Record daily precipitation	25.9 mm (1.0 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Tiffin	United States	Record low maximum temperature	18.9 C (66.0 F)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Stockholm	Sweden	Record high maximum temperature	28.8 C (83.8 F)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Collegeville St John's	United States	Record daily precipitation	57.9 mm (2.3 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Grandfalls 3SSE	United States	Record daily precipitation	41.9 mm (1.6 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
1 WSW Princeton	United States	Record low maximum temperature	21.1 C (70.0 F)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Primghar	United States	Record low maximum temperature	20.6 C (69.1 F)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Austin #2	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-1.1 C (30.0 F)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Dixon Wwtp	United States	Record low maximum temperature	18.3 C (64.9 F)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Hudson	United States	Record daily precipitation	77.2 mm (3.0 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
St Paul	United States	Record daily precipitation	66.0 mm (2.6 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Newkirk 5NE	United States	Record daily precipitation	67.1 mm (2.6 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
1 ENE Fairfield	United States	Record low maximum temperature	20.6 C (69.1 F)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Madison	United States	Record daily precipitation	81.8 mm (3.2 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Eldorado Springs	United States	Record daily precipitation	63.5 mm (2.5 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Lake Alfred Exp STN	United States	Record high minimum temperature	26.1 C (79.0 F)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Gridley	United States	Record daily precipitation	73.7 mm (2.9 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Mc Curtain 1 SE	United States	Record daily precipitation	53.3 mm (2.1 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Santa Maria Public AP	United States	Record high maximum temperature	35.6 C (96.1 F)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Mound City	United States	Record daily precipitation	84.6 mm (3.3 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Centerville 6 SE	United States	Record low maximum temperature	20.6 C (69.1 F)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Wailua Kai 1065	United States	Record daily precipitation	40.1 mm (1.6 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Larned	United States	Record low maximum temperature	21.7 C (71.1 F)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Bucyrus	United States	Record low maximum temperature	18.3 C (64.9 F)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Viroqua	United States	Record low maximum temperature	16.7 C (62.1 F)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Goudveld (Bos)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	30.0 mm (1.2 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Lompoc	United States	Record high maximum temperature	34.4 C (93.9 F)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Kokomo 3 WSW	United States	Record low maximum temperature	20.6 C (69.1 F)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Valmora	United States	Record low minimum temperature	4.4 C (39.9 F)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Montrose	United States	Record low minimum temperature	3.3 C (37.9 F)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Clara	Uruguay	Record daily precipitation	56.0 mm (2.2 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
List/Sylt	Germany	Record high minimum temperature	19.7 C (67.5 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
El Platanito	Mexico	Record low minimum temperature	9.4 C (48.9 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

958 records

Records set or tied on 19 August 1997 by type: Highest daily maximum 228, Lowest daily maximum 189, Highest daily minimum 228, Lowest daily minimum 122, Heaviest daily rainfall 191.

Records on 19 August 1997 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	228
Lowest daily maximum	189
Highest daily minimum	228
Lowest daily minimum	122
Heaviest daily rainfall	191
Heaviest daily snowfall	0
Deepest snow cover	0

Records on 19 August 1997 by timescale: all-time 3, monthly 25, daily 930.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

691 broken records

Margins by which the 691 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 95.3. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

19 August 1997

Top 20 records on 19 August 1997 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
19 August 1997	Appleton City, US	daily rain	136.7 mm (5.4 in)	57.2 mm (2.3 in)	95 years	68 of 100 (Major)
19 August 1997	Minneapolis-St Paul Intl AP, US	daily rain	81.0 mm (3.2 in)	58.1 mm (2.3 in)	59 years	63 of 100 (Major)
19 August 1997	Mc Farland, US	daily rain	145.3 mm (5.7 in)	95.3 mm (3.8 in)	48 years	62 of 100 (Major)
19 August 1997	Tiksi, RU	daily rain	32.1 mm (1.3 in)	22.8 mm (0.9 in)	42 years	58 of 100 (Notable)
19 August 1997	Jackson McKellar- Sipes AP, US	daily rain	75.9 mm (3.0 in)	49.5 mm (1.9 in)	40 years	57 of 100 (Notable)
19 August 1997	Blackwell 1SSW, US	daily rain	95.5 mm (3.8 in)	81.5 mm (3.2 in)	40 years	56 of 100 (Notable)
19 August 1997	Jonesboro 3 SSE, US	monthly rain	109.2 mm (4.3 in)	7.6 mm (0.30 in)	99 years	54 of 100 (Notable)
19 August 1997	Bolivar 1 NE, US	daily rain	66.3 mm (2.6 in)	34.5 mm (1.4 in)	82 years	54 of 100 (Notable)
19 August 1997	Turkey, US	daily rain	106.7 mm (4.2 in)	86.4 mm (3.4 in)	31 years	54 of 100 (Notable)
19 August 1997	Andover, US	daily rain	61.0 mm (2.4 in)	44.7 mm (1.8 in)	22 years	52 of 100 (Notable)
19 August 1997	Warrenton 1 N, US	daily rain	58.2 mm (2.3 in)	19.6 mm (0.8 in)	92 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
19 August 1997	Lawton, US	daily rain	70.1 mm (2.8 in)	47.2 mm (1.9 in)	38 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
19 August 1997	Kjusjur, RU	monthly rain	52.5 mm (2.1 in)	10.2 mm (0.4 in)	45 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
19 August 1997	Checotah, US	daily rain	91.4 mm (3.6 in)	68.3 mm (2.7 in)	30 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
19 August 1997	Vomb, SE	daily rain	35.3 mm (1.4 in)	24.3 mm (1.0 in)	30 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
19 August 1997	Boonville 1S, US	daily rain	64.3 mm (2.5 in)	35.9 mm (1.4 in)	56 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
19 August 1997	Hutchinson 1 N, US	daily rain	55.9 mm (2.2 in)	14.8 mm (0.6 in)	98 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
19 August 1997	Nevada Wtp, US	daily rain	83.1 mm (3.3 in)	19.6 mm (0.8 in)	95 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
19 August 1997	Auburn, US	daily rain	71.1 mm (2.8 in)	51.8 mm (2.0 in)	34 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
19 August 1997	Jerome, US	daily rain	46.7 mm (1.8 in)	20.0 mm (0.8 in)	82 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 958 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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Data for records on 1997-08-19: 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	641
20 to 40	33
40 to 60	13
60 to 80	1
80 to 100	3