Weather Records on 14 August 2001

806 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 14 August 2001. Highest significance: Bluff, US.

Key Facts for 14 August 2001

On 14 August 2001, 806 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
499 were record highs and 145 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 1 were all-time records, 24 monthly and 781 daily.
Bluff set a monthly record daily precipitation of 88.9 mm (3.5 in) on 14 August 2001.
Across 166 earlier years (1793 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 461 records.

Record Map

806 stations

806 station records on 14 August 2001 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 14 August 2001: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Bluff	United States	Record daily precipitation	88.9 mm (3.5 in)	78 of 100 (Major)
Thibodaux 4 SE	United States	Record daily precipitation	107.4 mm (4.2 in)	57 of 100 (Notable)
Edinburg	United States	Record daily precipitation	84.1 mm (3.3 in)	57 of 100 (Notable)
Aneth Plt	United States	Record daily precipitation	34.0 mm (1.3 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Floreat Park	Australia	Record daily precipitation	49.0 mm (1.9 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Kunming	China	Record daily precipitation	93.3 mm (3.7 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Armagh	United Kingdom	Record high minimum temperature	18.3 C (64.9 F)	50 of 100 (Notable)
San Blas	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	164.8 mm (6.5 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Ust-Vum	Russia	Record daily precipitation	43.7 mm (1.7 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Jeanerette 5 NW	United States	Record daily precipitation	74.2 mm (2.9 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Salla Salmivaara Lakijanka	Finland	Record daily precipitation	31.0 mm (1.2 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Hull	United Kingdom	Record high maximum temperature	31.5 C (88.7 F)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Haleyville	United States	Record daily precipitation	76.2 mm (3.0 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Balagansk	Russia	Record daily precipitation	44.5 mm (1.8 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Dublin Phoenix Park	Ireland	Record high minimum temperature	18.2 C (64.8 F)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Subiaco Treatment Plant	Australia	Record daily precipitation	47.8 mm (1.9 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
New Iberia AP - Acadiana Rgnl	United States	Record low maximum temperature	27.8 C (82.0 F)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Santaquin Chlorinator	United States	Record high minimum temperature	25.6 C (78.1 F)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Whitby Falls	Australia	Record daily precipitation	33.8 mm (1.3 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Asuncion Nochixtlan	Mexico	Record high maximum temperature	35.0 C (95.0 F)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Paraiso	Mexico	Record low maximum temperature	25.6 C (78.1 F)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Irkutsk	Russia	Record high minimum temperature	16.6 C (61.9 F)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Ritzville 1 SSE	United States	Record high minimum temperature	21.1 C (70.0 F)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Sovetskaja Gavan	Russia	Record high minimum temperature	22.1 C (71.8 F)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Buxton	United Kingdom	Record high maximum temperature	28.0 C (82.4 F)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Wilson 3 SW	United States	Record daily precipitation	77.2 mm (3.0 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Joseph	United States	Record high minimum temperature	17.8 C (64.0 F)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Coyame (Cfe)	Mexico	Record low minimum temperature	16.7 C (62.1 F)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Nikolaevsk-Na-Amure	Russia	Record high minimum temperature	18.0 C (64.4 F)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Smithfield	United States	Record daily precipitation	76.2 mm (3.0 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Anchorage Merrill Fld	United States	Record high minimum temperature	15.0 C (59.0 F)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Kwinana Bp Refinery	Australia	Record daily precipitation	33.0 mm (1.3 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Chuxiong	China	Record daily precipitation	71.7 mm (2.8 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Sivas	Turkey	Record high minimum temperature	19.7 C (67.5 F)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Kennewick	United States	Record high minimum temperature	22.2 C (72.0 F)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Ekaterinburg	Russia	Record high minimum temperature	17.3 C (63.1 F)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Richfield	United States	Record high minimum temperature	17.8 C (64.0 F)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Tuapse	Russia	Record high minimum temperature	26.3 C (79.3 F)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Merriman	United States	Record daily precipitation	33.0 mm (1.3 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Aleksandrovsk-Sahalinskij	Russia	Record high maximum temperature	27.7 C (81.9 F)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Sotchi	Russia	Record high minimum temperature	26.6 C (79.9 F)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Seaside	United States	Record low maximum temperature	15.6 C (60.1 F)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Talkeetna AP	United States	Record high minimum temperature	14.4 C (57.9 F)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Hawarden Bridge	United Kingdom	Record high minimum temperature	17.6 C (63.7 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Gateway 1ENE	United States	Record daily precipitation	32.3 mm (1.3 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Colfax	United States	Record daily precipitation	68.6 mm (2.7 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Cardup	Australia	Record daily precipitation	32.4 mm (1.3 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Rapelje	United States	Record high minimum temperature	17.8 C (64.0 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Valentine	United States	Record high minimum temperature	19.4 C (66.9 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Ameca	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	45.2 mm (1.8 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Cihuatlan (Dge)	Mexico	Record high maximum temperature	37.8 C (100.0 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Burgos-Villafria	Spain	Record daily precipitation	26.5 mm (1.0 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Kurgan-Tyube	Tajikistan	Record low maximum temperature	28.8 C (83.8 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Walnut Grove	United States	Record daily precipitation	47.5 mm (1.9 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
New Orleans Algiers	United States	Record daily precipitation	54.9 mm (2.2 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Cold Bay AP	United States	Record high minimum temperature	13.3 C (55.9 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
San Jeronimo	Mexico	Record high maximum temperature	37.2 C (99.0 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)
East London	South Africa	Record low maximum temperature	10.0 C (50.0 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Yellowtail Dam	United States	Record high minimum temperature	25.0 C (77.0 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Carrizozo 1SW	United States	Record low minimum temperature	5.6 C (42.1 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

806 records

Records set or tied on 14 August 2001 by type: Highest daily maximum 220, Lowest daily maximum 54, Highest daily minimum 279, Lowest daily minimum 91, Heaviest daily rainfall 162.

Records on 14 August 2001 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	220
Lowest daily maximum	54
Highest daily minimum	279
Lowest daily minimum	91
Heaviest daily rainfall	162
Heaviest daily snowfall	0
Deepest snow cover	0

Records on 14 August 2001 by timescale: all-time 1, monthly 24, daily 781.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

579 broken records

Margins by which the 579 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 108.9. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

14 August 2001

Top 20 records on 14 August 2001 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
14 August 2001	Bluff, US	monthly rain	88.9 mm (3.5 in)	43.2 mm (1.7 in)	65 years	78 of 100 (Major)
14 August 2001	Thibodaux 4 SE, US	daily rain	107.4 mm (4.2 in)	85.8 mm (3.4 in)	26 years	57 of 100 (Notable)
14 August 2001	Edinburg, US	daily rain	84.1 mm (3.3 in)	33.3 mm (1.3 in)	90 years	57 of 100 (Notable)
14 August 2001	Aneth Plt, US	daily rain	34.0 mm (1.3 in)	29.4 mm (1.2 in)	11 years	53 of 100 (Notable)
14 August 2001	Floreat Park, AU	daily rain	49.0 mm (1.9 in)	34.0 mm (1.3 in)	24 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
14 August 2001	Kunming, CN	daily rain	93.3 mm (3.7 in)	59.4 mm (2.3 in)	20 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
14 August 2001	Armagh, GB	monthly high min	18.3 C (64.9 F)	0.1 C (0.2 F)	120 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
14 August 2001	San Blas, MX	daily rain	164.8 mm (6.5 in)	108.9 mm (4.3 in)	16 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
14 August 2001	Ust-Vum, RU	daily rain	43.7 mm (1.7 in)	24.8 mm (1.0 in)	16 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
14 August 2001	Jeanerette 5 NW, US	daily rain	74.2 mm (2.9 in)	31.0 mm (1.2 in)	56 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
14 August 2001	Salla Salmivaara Lakijanka, FI	daily rain	31.0 mm (1.2 in)	21.1 mm (0.8 in)	23 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
14 August 2001	Hull, GB	daily high max	31.5 C (88.7 F)	3.2 C (5.8 F)	92 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
14 August 2001	Haleyville, US	daily rain	76.2 mm (3.0 in)	42.7 mm (1.7 in)	28 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
14 August 2001	Balagansk, RU	daily rain	44.5 mm (1.8 in)	30.2 mm (1.2 in)	0 years	44 of 100 (Notable)
14 August 2001	Dublin Phoenix Park, IE	daily high min	18.2 C (64.8 F)	1.8 C (3.2 F)	92 years	43 of 100 (Notable)
14 August 2001	Subiaco Treatment Plant, AU	daily rain	47.8 mm (1.9 in)	23.7 mm (0.9 in)	24 years	42 of 100 (Notable)
14 August 2001	New Iberia AP - Acadiana Rgnl, US	daily low max	27.8 C (82.0 F)	0.5 C (0.9 F)	101 years	42 of 100 (Notable)
14 August 2001	Santaquin Chlorinator, US	daily high min	25.6 C (78.1 F)	5.6 C (10.1 F)	56 years	42 of 100 (Notable)
14 August 2001	Whitby Falls, AU	daily rain	33.8 mm (1.3 in)	20.3 mm (0.8 in)	46 years	41 of 100 (Notable)
14 August 2001	Asuncion Nochixtlan, MX	daily high max	35.0 C (95.0 F)	5.0 C (9.0 F)	42 years	41 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 2001

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1793 to 2001. 2001 had 806 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 2001-08-14: 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 20	553
20 to 40	20
40 to 60	4
60 to 80	0
80 to 100	1
100 to 120	1