Weather Records on 8 August 1999

1,248 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 8 August 1999. Highest significance: Uybat, RU.

Key Facts for 8 August 1999

On 8 August 1999, 1,248 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
542 were record highs and 352 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 12 were all-time records, 23 monthly and 1,213 daily.
Uybat set an all-time record daily precipitation of 99.1 mm (3.9 in) on 8 August 1999.
Across 162 earlier years (1793 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 463 records.

Record Map

1,248 stations

1,248 station records on 8 August 1999 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 8 August 1999: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Uybat	Russia	Record daily precipitation	99.1 mm (3.9 in)	82 of 100 (Exceptional)
Izucar de Matamoros (Dge)	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	167.9 mm (6.6 in)	72 of 100 (Major)
Versailles	United States	Record daily precipitation	64.0 mm (2.5 in)	70 of 100 (Major)
Longwood	Australia	Record daily precipitation	40.4 mm (1.6 in)	58 of 100 (Notable)
Augustine 2E	United States	Record daily precipitation	42.4 mm (1.7 in)	57 of 100 (Notable)
Sweet Springs	United States	Record daily precipitation	65.0 mm (2.6 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Hutchinson 1 N	United States	Record daily precipitation	38.1 mm (1.5 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Gage	United States	Record daily precipitation	50.8 mm (2.0 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Custer	United States	Record daily precipitation	43.2 mm (1.7 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Clearwater Dam	United States	Record daily precipitation	88.9 mm (3.5 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Lyndon 3 ENE	United States	Record daily precipitation	73.9 mm (2.9 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Sandia Park	United States	Record daily precipitation	42.7 mm (1.7 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Pea del Aguila	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	57.2 mm (2.3 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Hermann	United States	Record daily precipitation	70.1 mm (2.8 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Texarkana Webb Fld	United States	Record high minimum temperature	26.7 C (80.1 F)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Miepoll South	Australia	Record daily precipitation	32.8 mm (1.3 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Wallace	United States	Record daily precipitation	40.9 mm (1.6 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Barnard	United States	Record daily precipitation	62.2 mm (2.4 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Perryville Wtp	United States	Record daily precipitation	81.3 mm (3.2 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Trout Creek Rs	United States	Record daily precipitation	76.2 mm (3.0 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Walterboro 1 SW	United States	Record daily precipitation	76.2 mm (3.0 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
La Tinaja	Mexico	Record high maximum temperature	32.8 C (91.0 F)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Dzibalchen	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	80.5 mm (3.2 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Nikolaevsk-Na-Amure	Russia	Record high minimum temperature	21.0 C (69.8 F)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Halesowen	United Kingdom	Record daily precipitation	44.8 mm (1.8 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Rucker Canyon	United States	Record daily precipitation	50.3 mm (2.0 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Lexington 3E	United States	Record daily precipitation	77.0 mm (3.0 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Biskra	Algeria	Record high maximum temperature	47.2 C (117.0 F)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Frontera Amatenango	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	80.8 mm (3.2 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Flora 5 NW	United States	Record daily precipitation	31.5 mm (1.2 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Red Bud 2 S	United States	Record daily precipitation	66.8 mm (2.6 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Cottonwood Falls	United States	Record daily precipitation	85.9 mm (3.4 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Sedalia Wtp	United States	Record daily precipitation	59.7 mm (2.4 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Freehold-Marlboro	United States	Record high minimum temperature	23.3 C (73.9 F)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Abbott 1 SE	United States	Record daily precipitation	54.6 mm (2.1 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Olands Norra Udde	Sweden	Record daily precipitation	28.5 mm (1.1 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Union	United States	Record daily precipitation	59.4 mm (2.3 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Winthrop UNIV	United States	Record high maximum temperature	38.3 C (100.9 F)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Ft Bidwell	United States	Record low maximum temperature	22.8 C (73.0 F)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Eldon	United States	Record daily precipitation	47.0 mm (1.9 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Warsaw 2 NW	United States	Record high minimum temperature	24.4 C (75.9 F)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Monticello Muni AP	United States	Record high minimum temperature	26.1 C (79.0 F)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Gunbower Gee Tee Stud	Australia	Record daily precipitation	25.0 mm (1.0 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Bikin	Russia	Record high minimum temperature	24.5 C (76.1 F)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Aleksandrovsk-Sahalinskij	Russia	Record high minimum temperature	19.3 C (66.7 F)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Jornada Exp Range	United States	Record daily precipitation	43.2 mm (1.7 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Edenton	United States	Record high minimum temperature	25.6 C (78.1 F)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Aiken 5SE	United States	Record high maximum temperature	38.9 C (102.0 F)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Ft Duchesne	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-0.6 C (30.9 F)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Marshall	United States	Record daily precipitation	31.8 mm (1.3 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Farmington	United States	Record daily precipitation	50.5 mm (2.0 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Kanumbra (Brilliant Estate)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	39.0 mm (1.5 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Little Falls 2NNE	United States	Record low minimum temperature	2.2 C (36.0 F)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Blackville 3 W	United States	Record high maximum temperature	38.3 C (100.9 F)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Sonora	United States	Record low maximum temperature	25.6 C (78.1 F)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Tejon Rancho	United States	Record low maximum temperature	28.3 C (82.9 F)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Chester	United States	Record daily precipitation	61.0 mm (2.4 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Sparta 1 W	United States	Record daily precipitation	55.6 mm (2.2 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Glenburn	Australia	Record daily precipitation	31.2 mm (1.2 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Narbethong	Australia	Record daily precipitation	38.0 mm (1.5 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)

Counts by Type and Timescale

1,248 records

Records set or tied on 8 August 1999 by type: Highest daily maximum 205, Lowest daily maximum 165, Highest daily minimum 337, Lowest daily minimum 187, Heaviest daily rainfall 353, Deepest snow cover 1.

Records on 8 August 1999 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	205
Lowest daily maximum	165
Highest daily minimum	337
Lowest daily minimum	187
Heaviest daily rainfall	353
Heaviest daily snowfall	0
Deepest snow cover	1

Records on 8 August 1999 by timescale: all-time 12, monthly 23, daily 1,213.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

926 broken records

Margins by which the 926 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 74.7. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

8 August 1999

Top 20 records on 8 August 1999 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
8 August 1999	Uybat, RU	all-time rain	99.1 mm (3.9 in)	41.4 mm (1.6 in)	55 years	82 of 100 (Exceptional)
8 August 1999	Izucar de Matamoros (Dge), MX	all-time rain	167.9 mm (6.6 in)	74.7 mm (2.9 in)	29 years	72 of 100 (Major)
8 August 1999	Versailles, US	daily rain	64.0 mm (2.5 in)	48.8 mm (1.9 in)	92 years	70 of 100 (Major)
8 August 1999	Longwood, AU	monthly rain	40.4 mm (1.6 in)	9.9 mm (0.39 in)	81 years	58 of 100 (Notable)
8 August 1999	Augustine 2E, US	daily rain	42.4 mm (1.7 in)	24.6 mm (1.0 in)	56 years	57 of 100 (Notable)
8 August 1999	Sweet Springs, US	daily rain	65.0 mm (2.6 in)	53.3 mm (2.1 in)	48 years	54 of 100 (Notable)
8 August 1999	Hutchinson 1 N, US	daily rain	38.1 mm (1.5 in)	18.3 mm (0.7 in)	97 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
8 August 1999	Gage, US	daily rain	50.8 mm (2.0 in)	15.0 mm (0.6 in)	76 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
8 August 1999	Custer, US	daily rain	43.2 mm (1.7 in)	20.1 mm (0.8 in)	69 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
8 August 1999	Clearwater Dam, US	daily rain	88.9 mm (3.5 in)	48.0 mm (1.9 in)	38 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
8 August 1999	Lyndon 3 ENE, US	daily rain	73.9 mm (2.9 in)	57.1 mm (2.2 in)	25 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
8 August 1999	Sandia Park, US	daily rain	42.7 mm (1.7 in)	22.4 mm (0.9 in)	52 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
8 August 1999	Pea del Aguila, MX	daily rain	57.2 mm (2.3 in)	32.6 mm (1.3 in)	28 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
8 August 1999	Hermann, US	daily rain	70.1 mm (2.8 in)	19.3 mm (0.8 in)	82 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
8 August 1999	Texarkana Webb Fld, US	daily high min	26.7 C (80.1 F)	1.7 C (3.1 F)	101 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
8 August 1999	Miepoll South, AU	daily rain	32.8 mm (1.3 in)	14.8 mm (0.6 in)	44 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
8 August 1999	Wallace, US	daily rain	40.9 mm (1.6 in)	25.9 mm (1.0 in)	4 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
8 August 1999	Barnard, US	daily rain	62.2 mm (2.4 in)	41.9 mm (1.6 in)	38 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
8 August 1999	Perryville Wtp, US	daily rain	81.3 mm (3.2 in)	38.6 mm (1.5 in)	49 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
8 August 1999	Trout Creek Rs, US	all-time rain	76.2 mm (3.0 in)	7.4 mm (0.29 in)	35 years	46 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 1999

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1793 to 1999. 1999 had 1,248 records.

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

Records on 08-08 in each year
Year	Records
1793	1
1798	1
1800	1
1808	3
1815	1
1833	1
1843	1
1844	2
1845	1
1854	1
1859	3
1860	1
1861	1
1863	1
1865	1
1868	2
1869	1
1871	1
1873	3
1875	2
1876	2
1877	1
1878	1
1879	2
1880	1
1884	3
1888	3
1890	2
1891	1
1892	2
1893	1
1895	8
1896	2
1897	5
1898	10
1899	8
1900	11
1901	2
1902	2
1903	20
1904	13
1905	7
1906	9
1907	9
1908	13
1909	34
1910	5
1911	38
1912	57
1913	28
1914	7
1915	47
1916	39
1917	35
1918	160
1919	28
1920	138
1921	42
1922	74
1923	70
1924	99
1925	149
1926	190
1927	278
1928	252
1929	166
1930	801
1931	318
1932	234
1933	228
1934	734
1935	508
1936	359
1937	362
1938	855
1939	671
1940	333
1941	324
1942	614
1943	512
1944	352
1945	572
1946	349
1947	442
1948	543
1949	675
1950	516
1951	513
1952	305
1953	393
1954	558
1955	537
1956	273
1957	517
1958	496
1959	470
1960	399
1961	270
1962	567
1963	601
1964	467
1965	520
1966	598
1967	432
1968	868
1969	584
1970	703
1971	646
1972	1,073
1973	446
1974	726
1975	1,041
1976	1,202
1977	607
1978	976
1979	466
1980	919
1981	964
1982	711
1983	1,110
1984	619
1985	726
1986	575
1987	861
1988	733
1989	2,398
1990	1,124
1991	1,230
1992	1,267
1993	654
1994	1,009
1995	1,503
1996	814
1997	1,381
1998	1,304
1999	1,248
2000	961
2001	1,557
2002	1,059
2003	1,432
2004	1,115
2005	882
2006	842
2007	1,660
2008	834
2009	1,112
2010	1,254
2011	1,256
2012	754
2013	841
2014	542
2015	835
2016	560
2017	831
2018	731
2019	722
2020	894
2021	502
2022	711
2023	979
2024	774
2025	752
2026	1,000

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Data for records on 1999-08-08: 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 10	848
10 to 20	37
20 to 30	23
30 to 40	7
40 to 50	6
50 to 60	4
60 to 70	0
70 to 80	1