Weather Records on 14 August 1999

1,329 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 14 August 1999. Highest significance: Port Campbell Post Office, AU.

Key Facts for 14 August 1999

On 14 August 1999, 1,329 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
620 were record highs and 352 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 5 were all-time records, 31 monthly and 1,293 daily.
Port Campbell Post Office set a daily record precipitation of 31.0 mm (1.2 in) on 14 August 1999.
Across 166 earlier years (1793 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 457 records.

Record Map

1,329 stations

1,329 station records on 14 August 1999 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 14 August 1999: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Port Campbell Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	31.0 mm (1.2 in)	58 of 100 (Notable)
Williamsburg	United States	Record daily precipitation	74.4 mm (2.9 in)	58 of 100 (Notable)
Siegen (Klaranlage)	Germany	Record daily precipitation	44.8 mm (1.8 in)	57 of 100 (Notable)
Onahama	Japan	Record daily precipitation	153.9 mm (6.1 in)	57 of 100 (Notable)
Ternopil	Ukraine	Record daily precipitation	94.0 mm (3.7 in)	55 of 100 (Notable)
Elwha Rs	United States	Record daily precipitation	50.8 mm (2.0 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Key W Intl AP	United States	Record daily precipitation	77.7 mm (3.1 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Beaufort Wwtp	United States	Record high minimum temperature	28.3 C (82.9 F)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Cheraw	United States	Record high minimum temperature	26.7 C (80.1 F)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Kumagaya	Japan	Record daily precipitation	201.2 mm (7.9 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Janiskoski	Russia	Record daily precipitation	40.7 mm (1.6 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Kiev	Ukraine	Record daily precipitation	58.8 mm (2.3 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Caramut	Australia	Record daily precipitation	26.6 mm (1.0 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Bragin	Belarus	Record daily precipitation	49.2 mm (1.9 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Waren	Germany	Record daily precipitation	29.1 mm (1.1 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Karuizawa	Japan	Record daily precipitation	149.1 mm (5.9 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Maebashi	Japan	Record daily precipitation	173.0 mm (6.8 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Wewahitchka	United States	Record high minimum temperature	25.6 C (78.1 F)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Aiken 5SE	United States	Record high minimum temperature	28.3 C (82.9 F)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Oshima	Japan	Record daily precipitation	207.0 mm (8.1 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Tulcea	Romania	Record daily precipitation	50.0 mm (2.0 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Rosendale 2 E	United States	Record daily precipitation	58.9 mm (2.3 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Bad Marienberg	Germany	Record daily precipitation	54.8 mm (2.2 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Wu Lu Mu Qi	China	Record daily precipitation	48.4 mm (1.9 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Kawaguchiko	Japan	Record daily precipitation	161.0 mm (6.3 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Dublin	United States	Record high minimum temperature	24.4 C (75.9 F)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Fitzgerald	United States	Record high minimum temperature	24.4 C (75.9 F)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Hightstown 2 W	United States	Record daily precipitation	82.3 mm (3.2 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Dale Enterprise	United States	Record high maximum temperature	37.8 C (100.0 F)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Eurobin	Australia	Record daily precipitation	36.0 mm (1.4 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Gellibrand River West	Australia	Record daily precipitation	35.8 mm (1.4 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Bodie California St Historic P	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-8.9 C (16.0 F)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Wewahitchka	United States	Record high maximum temperature	37.2 C (99.0 F)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Rutland	United States	Record daily precipitation	36.3 mm (1.4 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Zhlobin	Belarus	Record daily precipitation	32.1 mm (1.3 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Suwa	Japan	Record daily precipitation	79.0 mm (3.1 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
La Tinaja	Mexico	Record high maximum temperature	32.8 C (91.0 F)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Elberton 2 N	United States	Record high maximum temperature	36.7 C (98.1 F)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Farmerville	United States	Record high minimum temperature	26.1 C (79.0 F)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Neshaminy Falls	United States	Record daily precipitation	82.6 mm (3.3 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Suffolk Lake Kilby	United States	Record daily precipitation	84.1 mm (3.3 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Philippi	United States	Record high maximum temperature	33.3 C (91.9 F)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Terang	Australia	Record daily precipitation	25.0 mm (1.0 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Presa Taxhimay	Mexico	Record high maximum temperature	31.1 C (88.0 F)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Murmansk	Russia	Record daily precipitation	32.3 mm (1.3 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Visby_Flygplats	Sweden	Record low minimum temperature	5.9 C (42.6 F)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Hilgenroth	Germany	Record daily precipitation	46.7 mm (1.8 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Presque Isle	United States	Record daily precipitation	61.0 mm (2.4 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Edenton	United States	Record high minimum temperature	25.6 C (78.1 F)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Fayetteville (Pwc)	United States	Record high minimum temperature	26.1 C (79.0 F)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Lewisburg Exp STN	United States	Record high maximum temperature	38.3 C (100.9 F)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Elkhorn	United States	Record high maximum temperature	32.2 C (90.0 F)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Bishop AP	United States	Record low minimum temperature	5.0 C (41.0 F)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Gomel	Belarus	Record daily precipitation	36.7 mm (1.4 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Utsunomiya	Japan	Record daily precipitation	103.1 mm (4.1 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Natchitoches	United States	Record high minimum temperature	26.7 C (80.1 F)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Conshohocken	United States	Record daily precipitation	53.6 mm (2.1 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Selinsgrove 2 S	United States	Record daily precipitation	36.8 mm (1.4 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Kailua 446	United States	Record low maximum temperature	21.7 C (71.1 F)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Fazenda Sao Joaquim	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	59.4 mm (2.3 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)

Counts by Type and Timescale

1,329 records

Records set or tied on 14 August 1999 by type: Highest daily maximum 341, Lowest daily maximum 164, Highest daily minimum 279, Lowest daily minimum 188, Heaviest daily rainfall 357.

Records on 14 August 1999 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	341
Lowest daily maximum	164
Highest daily minimum	279
Lowest daily minimum	188
Heaviest daily rainfall	357
Heaviest daily snowfall	0
Deepest snow cover	0

Records on 14 August 1999 by timescale: all-time 5, monthly 31, daily 1,293.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

963 broken records

Margins by which the 963 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 164.7. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

14 August 1999

Top 20 records on 14 August 1999 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
14 August 1999	Port Campbell Post Office, AU	daily rain	31.0 mm (1.2 in)	10.9 mm (0.4 in)	98 years	58 of 100 (Notable)
14 August 1999	Williamsburg, US	daily rain	74.4 mm (2.9 in)	47.2 mm (1.9 in)	44 years	58 of 100 (Notable)
14 August 1999	Siegen (Klaranlage), DE	daily rain	44.8 mm (1.8 in)	23.5 mm (0.9 in)	56 years	57 of 100 (Notable)
14 August 1999	Onahama, JP	daily rain	153.9 mm (6.1 in)	110.7 mm (4.4 in)	45 years	57 of 100 (Notable)
14 August 1999	Ternopil, UA	monthly rain	94.0 mm (3.7 in)	22.1 mm (0.9 in)	44 years	55 of 100 (Notable)
14 August 1999	Elwha Rs, US	daily rain	50.8 mm (2.0 in)	35.1 mm (1.4 in)	30 years	54 of 100 (Notable)
14 August 1999	Key W Intl AP, US	daily rain	77.7 mm (3.1 in)	55.6 mm (2.2 in)	28 years	53 of 100 (Notable)
14 August 1999	Beaufort Wwtp, US	monthly high min	28.3 C (82.9 F)	0.5 C (0.9 F)	103 years	52 of 100 (Notable)
14 August 1999	Cheraw, US	daily high min	26.7 C (80.1 F)	2.8 C (5.0 F)	103 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
14 August 1999	Kumagaya, JP	daily rain	201.2 mm (7.9 in)	164.7 mm (6.5 in)	21 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
14 August 1999	Janiskoski, RU	daily rain	40.7 mm (1.6 in)	33.1 mm (1.3 in)	20 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
14 August 1999	Kiev, UA	daily rain	58.8 mm (2.3 in)	25.3 mm (1.0 in)	28 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
14 August 1999	Caramut, AU	daily rain	26.6 mm (1.0 in)	17.2 mm (0.7 in)	24 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
14 August 1999	Bragin, BY	daily rain	49.2 mm (1.9 in)	24.0 mm (0.9 in)	38 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
14 August 1999	Waren, DE	daily rain	29.1 mm (1.1 in)	9.2 mm (0.36 in)	84 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
14 August 1999	Karuizawa, JP	daily rain	149.1 mm (5.9 in)	129.6 mm (5.1 in)	17 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
14 August 1999	Maebashi, JP	daily rain	173.0 mm (6.8 in)	146.0 mm (5.7 in)	17 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
14 August 1999	Wewahitchka, US	daily high min	25.6 C (78.1 F)	1.7 C (3.1 F)	96 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
14 August 1999	Aiken 5SE, US	monthly high min	28.3 C (82.9 F)	0.5 C (0.9 F)	93 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
14 August 1999	Oshima, JP	daily rain	207.0 mm (8.1 in)	125.5 mm (4.9 in)	21 years	48 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 1,329 records.

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

Records on 08-14 in each year
Year	Records
1793	2
1807	1
1815	1
1818	1
1825	1
1833	2
1839	1
1841	1
1843	1
1845	2
1856	2
1857	1
1859	1
1861	1
1864	3
1865	1
1866	2
1868	1
1870	1
1871	1
1872	1
1873	1
1874	1
1876	4
1882	1
1884	1
1885	3
1886	1
1887	3
1889	2
1890	1
1891	1
1892	3
1893	2
1894	2
1895	3
1896	5
1897	5
1898	2
1899	2
1900	1
1901	1
1902	8
1903	8
1904	3
1905	10
1906	8
1907	6
1908	28
1909	35
1910	10
1911	30
1912	56
1913	24
1914	16
1915	17
1916	109
1917	38
1918	60
1919	103
1920	56
1921	61
1922	54
1923	92
1924	319
1925	128
1926	182
1927	147
1928	233
1929	449
1930	627
1931	410
1932	314
1933	349
1934	470
1935	314
1936	612
1937	354
1938	519
1939	376
1940	489
1941	467
1942	364
1943	583
1944	709
1945	572
1946	511
1947	658
1948	373
1949	374
1950	402
1951	458
1952	560
1953	312
1954	457
1955	535
1956	426
1957	281
1958	421
1959	495
1960	414
1961	663
1962	885
1963	811
1964	1,394
1965	451
1966	388
1967	902
1968	1,315
1969	482
1970	398
1971	677
1972	552
1973	489
1974	542
1975	461
1976	1,060
1977	562
1978	834
1979	1,115
1980	544
1981	719
1982	539
1983	775
1984	598
1985	1,095
1986	775
1987	1,157
1988	1,301
1989	728
1990	737
1991	856
1992	1,709
1993	887
1994	1,149
1995	1,444
1996	954
1997	922
1998	1,100
1999	1,329
2000	1,117
2001	806
2002	1,576
2003	1,913
2004	1,936
2005	1,340
2006	1,073
2007	1,340
2008	798
2009	818
2010	1,704
2011	772
2012	758
2013	612
2014	651
2015	931
2016	824
2017	559
2018	397
2019	578
2020	1,009
2021	932
2022	771
2023	1,116
2024	1,045
2025	798
2026	1,211

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Data for records on 1999-08-14: 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 25	931
25 to 50	24
50 to 75	2
75 to 100	0
100 to 125	2
125 to 150	3
150 to 175	1