Weather Records on 1 August 2001

1,079 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 1 August 2001. Highest significance: Waskish 4NE, US.

Key Facts for 1 August 2001

On 1 August 2001, 1,079 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
629 were record highs and 262 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 18 were all-time records, 54 monthly and 1,007 daily.
Waskish 4NE set an all-time record daily precipitation of 118.1 mm (4.6 in) on 1 August 2001.
Across 164 earlier years (1797 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 437 records.

Record Map

1,079 stations

1,079 station records on 1 August 2001 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 1 August 2001: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Waskish 4NE	United States	Record daily precipitation	118.1 mm (4.6 in)	64 of 100 (Major)
Roseau	United States	Record daily precipitation	69.3 mm (2.7 in)	63 of 100 (Major)
Prentice #2	United States	Record daily precipitation	82.6 mm (3.3 in)	62 of 100 (Major)
Tromso	Norway	Record daily precipitation	43.0 mm (1.7 in)	60 of 100 (Major)
Bardufoss	Norway	Record daily precipitation	33.3 mm (1.3 in)	57 of 100 (Notable)
Maun	Botswana	Record daily precipitation	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	56 of 100 (Notable)
Dixie	United States	Record daily precipitation	63.5 mm (2.5 in)	56 of 100 (Notable)
Prairie du Sac 2 N	United States	Record daily precipitation	145.5 mm (5.7 in)	56 of 100 (Notable)
Clinton Wwtp	United States	Record daily precipitation	94.0 mm (3.7 in)	55 of 100 (Notable)
Weyerhaeuser 1N	United States	Record daily precipitation	84.8 mm (3.3 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Troy	United States	Record low minimum temperature	13.9 C (57.0 F)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Agassiz Refuge	United States	Record daily precipitation	70.6 mm (2.8 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Thorhult	United States	Record daily precipitation	165.1 mm (6.5 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Rice Lake	United States	Record daily precipitation	90.9 mm (3.6 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Brohovo	Russia	Record high maximum temperature	32.3 C (90.1 F)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Crookston NW Exp STN	United States	Record daily precipitation	58.7 mm (2.3 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Baudette	United States	Record daily precipitation	128.3 mm (5.1 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Caledonia	United States	Record high minimum temperature	23.3 C (73.9 F)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Kettle Falls	United States	Record daily precipitation	96.5 mm (3.8 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Storsteinnes I Balsfjord	Norway	Record daily precipitation	47.0 mm (1.9 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Warroad	United States	Record daily precipitation	53.6 mm (2.1 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Tromso - Langnes	Norway	Record daily precipitation	54.9 mm (2.2 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Pleasant Valley	United States	Record daily precipitation	44.2 mm (1.7 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Queenstown (Copper Mine)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	53.0 mm (2.1 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Strelka Chunja	Russia	Record daily precipitation	37.0 mm (1.5 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Hinckley	United States	Record high minimum temperature	24.4 C (75.9 F)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Bozeman Montana State UNIV	United States	Record low minimum temperature	3.9 C (39.0 F)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Spirit Falls	United States	Record daily precipitation	81.3 mm (3.2 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Wien	Austria	Record high minimum temperature	21.3 C (70.3 F)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Royal Palm Rs	United States	Record daily precipitation	130.6 mm (5.1 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Albion	United States	Record high minimum temperature	25.6 C (78.1 F)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Osceola	United States	Record high minimum temperature	25.6 C (78.1 F)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Red Lake Indian Agcy	United States	Record daily precipitation	33.0 mm (1.3 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Mellen 4 NE	United States	Record daily precipitation	58.4 mm (2.3 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Indus 3 W	United States	Record daily precipitation	94.2 mm (3.7 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Darlington Wwtp	United States	Record daily precipitation	47.8 mm (1.9 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Salzburg	Austria	Record high minimum temperature	19.7 C (67.5 F)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Grundy Ctr	United States	Record high minimum temperature	25.0 C (77.0 F)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Ironwood	United States	Record daily precipitation	51.6 mm (2.0 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Carrollton	United States	Record high minimum temperature	25.0 C (77.0 F)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Dunkirk 19NNE	United States	Record daily precipitation	40.1 mm (1.6 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Hayward Rs	United States	Record high minimum temperature	20.6 C (69.1 F)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Oshkosh	United States	Record high maximum temperature	35.0 C (95.0 F)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Faribault	United States	Record daily precipitation	41.4 mm (1.6 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Kohala Mis 175.1	United States	Record daily precipitation	54.6 mm (2.1 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Munchen-Nymphenburg	Germany	Record high minimum temperature	19.8 C (67.6 F)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Elgin Water	United States	Record high minimum temperature	23.3 C (73.9 F)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Mohall	United States	Record low maximum temperature	17.2 C (63.0 F)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Cumberland	United States	Record daily precipitation	83.1 mm (3.3 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Pico del Este	Puerto Rico [United States]	Record low minimum temperature	13.3 C (55.9 F)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Moose Lake 1 SSE	United States	Record high minimum temperature	23.9 C (75.0 F)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Tower 2S	United States	Record daily precipitation	57.7 mm (2.3 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Westfield 2 SSE	United States	Record high maximum temperature	33.3 C (91.9 F)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Robert Lee 4WSW	United States	Record high minimum temperature	26.1 C (79.0 F)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Antigo	United States	Record high minimum temperature	21.1 C (70.0 F)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Traverse Cy Cherry Capital AP	United States	Record high minimum temperature	23.3 C (73.9 F)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Nancheng	China	Record daily precipitation	64.4 mm (2.5 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Sparta	United States	Record high minimum temperature	26.1 C (79.0 F)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Wausau ASOS	United States	Record daily precipitation	66.8 mm (2.6 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Drouin Bowling Club	Australia	Record daily precipitation	27.0 mm (1.1 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)

Counts by Type and Timescale

1,079 records

Records set or tied on 1 August 2001 by type: Highest daily maximum 169, Lowest daily maximum 128, Highest daily minimum 460, Lowest daily minimum 134, Heaviest daily rainfall 188.

Records on 1 August 2001 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	169
Lowest daily maximum	128
Highest daily minimum	460
Lowest daily minimum	134
Heaviest daily rainfall	188
Heaviest daily snowfall	0
Deepest snow cover	0

Records on 1 August 2001 by timescale: all-time 18, monthly 54, daily 1,007.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

781 broken records

Margins by which the 781 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 66.3. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

1 August 2001

Top 20 records on 1 August 2001 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
1 August 2001	Waskish 4NE, US	all-time rain	118.1 mm (4.6 in)	31.7 mm (1.2 in)	34 years	64 of 100 (Major)
1 August 2001	Roseau, US	daily rain	69.3 mm (2.7 in)	38.3 mm (1.5 in)	64 years	63 of 100 (Major)
1 August 2001	Prentice #2, US	daily rain	82.6 mm (3.3 in)	52.1 mm (2.1 in)	51 years	62 of 100 (Major)
1 August 2001	Tromso, NO	daily rain	43.0 mm (1.7 in)	28.1 mm (1.1 in)	43 years	60 of 100 (Major)
1 August 2001	Bardufoss, NO	daily rain	33.3 mm (1.3 in)	24.0 mm (0.9 in)	43 years	57 of 100 (Notable)
1 August 2001	Maun, BW	daily rain	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	79 years	56 of 100 (Notable)
1 August 2001	Dixie, US	monthly rain	63.5 mm (2.5 in)	27.2 mm (1.1 in)	5 years	56 of 100 (Notable)
1 August 2001	Prairie du Sac 2 N, US	all-time rain	145.5 mm (5.7 in)	17.2 mm (0.7 in)	50 years	56 of 100 (Notable)
1 August 2001	Clinton Wwtp, US	daily rain	94.0 mm (3.7 in)	66.3 mm (2.6 in)	35 years	55 of 100 (Notable)
1 August 2001	Weyerhaeuser 1N, US	daily rain	84.8 mm (3.3 in)	40.1 mm (1.6 in)	60 years	54 of 100 (Notable)
1 August 2001	Troy, US	daily low min	13.9 C (57.0 F)	3.9 C (7.0 F)	64 years	52 of 100 (Notable)
1 August 2001	Agassiz Refuge, US	daily rain	70.6 mm (2.8 in)	61.2 mm (2.4 in)	27 years	52 of 100 (Notable)
1 August 2001	Thorhult, US	all-time rain	165.1 mm (6.5 in)	30.0 mm (1.2 in)	20 years	52 of 100 (Notable)
1 August 2001	Rice Lake, US	daily rain	90.9 mm (3.6 in)	58.1 mm (2.3 in)	34 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
1 August 2001	Brohovo, RU	all-time high max	32.3 C (90.1 F)	3.4 C (6.1 F)	44 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
1 August 2001	Crookston NW Exp STN, US	daily rain	58.7 mm (2.3 in)	33.3 mm (1.3 in)	46 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
1 August 2001	Baudette, US	all-time rain	128.3 mm (5.1 in)	1.3 mm (0.05 in)	64 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
1 August 2001	Caledonia, US	daily high min	23.3 C (73.9 F)	3.3 C (5.9 F)	106 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
1 August 2001	Kettle Falls, US	monthly rain	96.5 mm (3.8 in)	17.8 mm (0.7 in)	56 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
1 August 2001	Storsteinnes I Balsfjord, NO	monthly rain	47.0 mm (1.9 in)	13.1 mm (0.5 in)	16 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 2001

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1797 to 2001. 2001 had 1,079 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	1,086

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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 2026-10-14 (14 October 2026). Records are computed by this site and are not official.

Data as of 2026-10-12. Last revised 12 October 2026 (2026-10-12).

Margin	Records
0 to 10	698
10 to 20	46
20 to 30	23
30 to 40	7
40 to 50	2
50 to 60	2
60 to 70	3