Weather Records on 15 August 2001

1,254 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 15 August 2001. Highest significance: Holdrege, US.

Key Facts for 15 August 2001

On 15 August 2001, 1,254 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
841 were record highs and 138 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 2 were all-time records, 35 monthly and 1,217 daily.
Holdrege set a daily record precipitation of 76.7 mm (3.0 in) on 15 August 2001.
Across 168 earlier years (1793 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 450 records.

Record Map

1,254 stations

1,254 station records on 15 August 2001 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 15 August 2001: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Holdrege	United States	Record daily precipitation	76.7 mm (3.0 in)	75 of 100 (Major)
Holt Rock	Australia	Record daily precipitation	36.0 mm (1.4 in)	60 of 100 (Major)
Elwood 8 S	United States	Record daily precipitation	80.8 mm (3.2 in)	60 of 100 (Major)
Esperance Downs Research STN	Australia	Record daily precipitation	28.8 mm (1.1 in)	56 of 100 (Notable)
Ericson 8 WNW	United States	Record daily precipitation	100.6 mm (4.0 in)	56 of 100 (Notable)
Esperance Aero	Australia	Record daily precipitation	28.2 mm (1.1 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Oldeholtpade	Netherlands	Record daily precipitation	55.3 mm (2.2 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Nth Ravensthorpe	Australia	Record daily precipitation	42.0 mm (1.7 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Cambridge	United States	Record daily precipitation	38.1 mm (1.5 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Myrup	Australia	Record daily precipitation	26.5 mm (1.0 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Erinair	Australia	Record daily precipitation	34.6 mm (1.4 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Los Negros Admrty Is/Momote S	Papua New Guinea	Record daily precipitation	152.0 mm (6.0 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Ewing	United States	Record daily precipitation	50.3 mm (2.0 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Pleasant Valley	Australia	Record daily precipitation	31.6 mm (1.2 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Lort River Station	Australia	Record daily precipitation	33.0 mm (1.3 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Ardath	Australia	Record daily precipitation	28.0 mm (1.1 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Cascades Creek Station	Australia	Record daily precipitation	38.2 mm (1.5 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Hamelin Station	Australia	Record daily precipitation	39.0 mm (1.5 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Denham	Australia	Record daily precipitation	27.6 mm (1.1 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Deelen-1	Netherlands	Record daily precipitation	41.6 mm (1.6 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
West Souburg	Netherlands	Record high minimum temperature	20.0 C (68.0 F)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Burwell 2WSW	United States	Record daily precipitation	87.9 mm (3.5 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Curtis	United States	Record daily precipitation	41.7 mm (1.6 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Wayne	United States	Record daily precipitation	83.6 mm (3.3 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Bamberg	Germany	Record high maximum temperature	36.0 C (96.8 F)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Troickij Priisk	Russia	Record daily precipitation	49.2 mm (1.9 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Dalyup Park	Australia	Record daily precipitation	32.6 mm (1.3 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Lake King	Australia	Record daily precipitation	44.8 mm (1.8 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Nurnberg	Germany	Record high maximum temperature	34.2 C (93.6 F)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Puntilla	United States	Record daily precipitation	25.7 mm (1.0 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Lake Biddy	Australia	Record daily precipitation	28.0 mm (1.1 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Scaddan West	Australia	Record daily precipitation	26.0 mm (1.0 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Ulricehamn	Sweden	Record high minimum temperature	17.8 C (64.0 F)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Lake Carmody	Australia	Record daily precipitation	34.0 mm (1.3 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Nhill	Australia	Record high maximum temperature	22.5 C (72.5 F)	43 of 100 (Notable)
W Pt	United States	Record daily precipitation	68.1 mm (2.7 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Altastenberg	Germany	Record high maximum temperature	27.6 C (81.7 F)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Altastenberg	Germany	Record high minimum temperature	18.9 C (66.0 F)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Boras	Sweden	Record high minimum temperature	17.8 C (64.0 F)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Colville	United States	Record high maximum temperature	38.9 C (102.0 F)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Nemours (Ghazaouet)	Algeria	Record high minimum temperature	23.3 C (73.9 F)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Uccle	Belgium	Record high minimum temperature	19.5 C (67.1 F)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Buchten	Netherlands	Record daily precipitation	29.5 mm (1.2 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Oldebroek	Netherlands	Record daily precipitation	25.9 mm (1.0 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Markovo	Russia	Record low minimum temperature	-3.6 C (25.5 F)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Linkoeping-Malmslaett	Sweden	Record high minimum temperature	17.4 C (63.3 F)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Madison	United States	Record daily precipitation	85.6 mm (3.4 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Speddingup	Australia	Record daily precipitation	27.0 mm (1.1 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Wrixum/Fohr	Germany	Record high maximum temperature	29.1 C (84.4 F)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Chemnitz	Germany	Record high maximum temperature	32.2 C (90.0 F)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Barguzin	Russia	Record daily precipitation	36.0 mm (1.4 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Orenburg	Russia	Record high minimum temperature	23.4 C (74.1 F)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Sheffield	United Kingdom	Record high minimum temperature	16.9 C (62.4 F)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Quitman 2 NNE	United States	Record daily precipitation	92.7 mm (3.6 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Mount Madden	Australia	Record daily precipitation	42.4 mm (1.7 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Iguala (Smn)	Mexico	Record low minimum temperature	16.7 C (62.1 F)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Wapenveld	Netherlands	Record daily precipitation	25.5 mm (1.0 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Southern Cross	Australia	Record high minimum temperature	13.2 C (55.8 F)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Richfields	Australia	Record daily precipitation	36.0 mm (1.4 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Santa Maria del Monte	Mexico	Record high maximum temperature	28.9 C (84.0 F)	38 of 100 (Notable)

Counts by Type and Timescale

1,254 records

Records set or tied on 15 August 2001 by type: Highest daily maximum 498, Lowest daily maximum 55, Highest daily minimum 343, Lowest daily minimum 83, Heaviest daily rainfall 275.

Records on 15 August 2001 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	498
Lowest daily maximum	55
Highest daily minimum	343
Lowest daily minimum	83
Heaviest daily rainfall	275
Heaviest daily snowfall	0
Deepest snow cover	0

Records on 15 August 2001 by timescale: all-time 2, monthly 35, daily 1,217.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

1,002 broken records

Margins by which the 1,002 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 112.0. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

15 August 2001

Top 20 records on 15 August 2001 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
15 August 2001	Holdrege, US	daily rain	76.7 mm (3.0 in)	46.2 mm (1.8 in)	98 years	75 of 100 (Major)
15 August 2001	Holt Rock, AU	daily rain	36.0 mm (1.4 in)	14.4 mm (0.6 in)	71 years	60 of 100 (Major)
15 August 2001	Elwood 8 S, US	daily rain	80.8 mm (3.2 in)	47.5 mm (1.9 in)	43 years	60 of 100 (Major)
15 August 2001	Esperance Downs Research STN, AU	daily rain	28.8 mm (1.1 in)	19.1 mm (0.8 in)	48 years	56 of 100 (Notable)
15 August 2001	Ericson 8 WNW, US	daily rain	100.6 mm (4.0 in)	51.1 mm (2.0 in)	23 years	56 of 100 (Notable)
15 August 2001	Esperance Aero, AU	daily rain	28.2 mm (1.1 in)	23.1 mm (0.9 in)	30 years	54 of 100 (Notable)
15 August 2001	Oldeholtpade, NL	daily rain	55.3 mm (2.2 in)	29.1 mm (1.1 in)	32 years	54 of 100 (Notable)
15 August 2001	Nth Ravensthorpe, AU	monthly rain	42.0 mm (1.7 in)	15.2 mm (0.6 in)	15 years	52 of 100 (Notable)
15 August 2001	Cambridge, US	daily rain	38.1 mm (1.5 in)	18.5 mm (0.7 in)	96 years	52 of 100 (Notable)
15 August 2001	Myrup, AU	daily rain	26.5 mm (1.0 in)	12.5 mm (0.5 in)	79 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
15 August 2001	Erinair, AU	daily rain	34.6 mm (1.4 in)	24.2 mm (1.0 in)	28 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
15 August 2001	Los Negros Admrty Is/Momote S, PG	daily rain	152.0 mm (6.0 in)	112.0 mm (4.4 in)	24 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
15 August 2001	Ewing, US	daily rain	50.3 mm (2.0 in)	21.6 mm (0.9 in)	78 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
15 August 2001	Pleasant Valley, AU	daily rain	31.6 mm (1.2 in)	18.6 mm (0.7 in)	40 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
15 August 2001	Lort River Station, AU	daily rain	33.0 mm (1.3 in)	23.6 mm (0.9 in)	20 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
15 August 2001	Ardath, AU	daily rain	28.0 mm (1.1 in)	20.0 mm (0.8 in)	4 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
15 August 2001	Cascades Creek Station, AU	monthly rain	38.2 mm (1.5 in)	12.8 mm (0.5 in)	18 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
15 August 2001	Hamelin Station, AU	daily rain	39.0 mm (1.5 in)	16.9 mm (0.7 in)	56 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
15 August 2001	Denham, AU	daily rain	27.6 mm (1.1 in)	12.6 mm (0.5 in)	56 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
15 August 2001	Deelen-1, NL	daily rain	41.6 mm (1.6 in)	34.3 mm (1.4 in)	19 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 2001

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1793 to 2001. 2001 had 1,254 records.

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

Records on 08-15 in each year
Year	Records
1793	2
1802	1
1805	1
1812	1
1821	1
1838	2
1839	1
1841	1
1844	1
1845	3
1852	1
1854	1
1856	1
1858	1
1861	3
1867	1
1868	2
1869	1
1873	2
1875	1
1876	2
1877	1
1878	1
1879	1
1880	3
1881	2
1882	2
1883	1
1884	2
1885	3
1886	1
1887	1
1888	3
1890	2
1891	2
1892	3
1893	3
1895	1
1896	9
1897	3
1898	1
1899	2
1900	6
1901	5
1902	10
1903	5
1904	17
1905	26
1906	8
1907	14
1908	15
1909	30
1910	16
1911	26
1912	34
1913	42
1914	11
1915	26
1916	223
1917	32
1918	23
1919	22
1920	59
1921	55
1922	86
1923	116
1924	220
1925	91
1926	115
1927	223
1928	271
1929	586
1930	274
1931	351
1932	368
1933	268
1934	992
1935	414
1936	867
1937	574
1938	681
1939	450
1940	372
1941	289
1942	377
1943	426
1944	610
1945	433
1946	285
1947	559
1948	366
1949	559
1950	317
1951	597
1952	596
1953	449
1954	481
1955	539
1956	390
1957	355
1958	1,092
1959	515
1960	417
1961	704
1962	1,052
1963	972
1964	1,185
1965	535
1966	340
1967	687
1968	1,002
1969	583
1970	382
1971	899
1972	613
1973	499
1974	512
1975	490
1976	1,345
1977	550
1978	841
1979	1,788
1980	745
1981	588
1982	479
1983	955
1984	622
1985	915
1986	1,283
1987	1,098
1988	1,479
1989	495
1990	758
1991	778
1992	1,638
1993	831
1994	1,073
1995	1,298
1996	929
1997	927
1998	861
1999	956
2000	932
2001	1,254
2002	1,307
2003	1,248
2004	1,424
2005	1,067
2006	923
2007	1,317
2008	964
2009	1,038
2010	1,622
2011	770
2012	654
2013	711
2014	583
2015	759
2016	707
2017	532
2018	328
2019	435
2020	1,327
2021	900
2022	692
2023	1,414
2024	729
2025	772
2026	975

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Data for records on 2001-08-15: 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 2026-10-16 (16 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	977
20 to 40	18
40 to 60	6
60 to 80	0
80 to 100	0
100 to 120	1