Weather Records on 8 August 2007

1,660 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 8 August 2007. Highest significance: Viljujsk, RU.

Key Facts for 8 August 2007

On 8 August 2007, 1,660 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
1,213 were record highs and 178 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 36 were all-time records, 109 monthly and 1,515 daily.
Viljujsk set a daily record precipitation of 36.9 mm (1.5 in) on 8 August 2007.
Across 162 earlier years (1793 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 460 records.

Record Map

1,660 stations

1,660 station records on 8 August 2007 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 8 August 2007: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Viljujsk	Russia	Record daily precipitation	36.9 mm (1.5 in)	76 of 100 (Major)
Washburn	United States	Record daily precipitation	55.9 mm (2.2 in)	74 of 100 (Major)
Auburn 5 ESE	United States	Record daily precipitation	106.9 mm (4.2 in)	70 of 100 (Major)
Kr. Neckar-Odenwald Buchen	Germany	Record daily precipitation	44.4 mm (1.7 in)	65 of 100 (Major)
Jomo Kenyatta Intl	Kenya	Record daily precipitation	99.1 mm (3.9 in)	64 of 100 (Major)
Basel Binningen	Switzerland	Record daily precipitation	75.7 mm (3.0 in)	63 of 100 (Major)
Yale 1 NNW	United States	Record daily precipitation	84.6 mm (3.3 in)	63 of 100 (Major)
Rothenburg Ob der Tauber	Germany	Record daily precipitation	38.6 mm (1.5 in)	61 of 100 (Major)
Giessen/Wettenberg	Germany	Record daily precipitation	49.8 mm (2.0 in)	60 of 100 (Major)
Schotten	Germany	Record daily precipitation	53.4 mm (2.1 in)	60 of 100 (Major)
Sion 2	Switzerland	Record daily precipitation	38.5 mm (1.5 in)	60 of 100 (Major)
Dillenburg	Germany	Record daily precipitation	47.4 mm (1.9 in)	59 of 100 (Notable)
Schluchtern-Herolz	Germany	Record daily precipitation	41.5 mm (1.6 in)	58 of 100 (Notable)
New Milford	United States	Record daily precipitation	79.8 mm (3.1 in)	58 of 100 (Notable)
Mandan Exp STN	United States	Record daily precipitation	49.5 mm (1.9 in)	58 of 100 (Notable)
Wornitz-Bottenweiler	Germany	Record daily precipitation	51.5 mm (2.0 in)	57 of 100 (Notable)
Wutoschingen-Ofteringen	Germany	Record daily precipitation	51.4 mm (2.0 in)	57 of 100 (Notable)
Payerne	Switzerland	Record daily precipitation	64.9 mm (2.6 in)	55 of 100 (Notable)
Newark Liberty Intl AP	United States	Record daily precipitation	79.2 mm (3.1 in)	55 of 100 (Notable)
Lindong	China	Record daily precipitation	110.8 mm (4.4 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Crailsheim-Alexandersreut	Germany	Record daily precipitation	55.4 mm (2.2 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Syracuse	United States	Record daily precipitation	97.5 mm (3.8 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Greenwood	United States	Record high minimum temperature	26.7 C (80.1 F)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Bad Nauheim	Germany	Record daily precipitation	41.1 mm (1.6 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Center 4SE	United States	Record daily precipitation	37.3 mm (1.5 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Gilserberg-Moischeid	Germany	Record daily precipitation	30.5 mm (1.2 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Bloomfield	United States	Record daily precipitation	63.5 mm (2.5 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Keosauqua	United States	Record daily precipitation	62.0 mm (2.4 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Hiram	United States	Record daily precipitation	55.9 mm (2.2 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Mullheim	Germany	Record daily precipitation	56.4 mm (2.2 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Uman	Ukraine	Record daily precipitation	32.6 mm (1.3 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Wurzburg	Germany	Record daily precipitation	37.5 mm (1.5 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Dillingen/Donau-Fristingen	Germany	Record daily precipitation	38.1 mm (1.5 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Tenayuca	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	48.8 mm (1.9 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Los Reyes	Mexico	Record high maximum temperature	32.8 C (91.0 F)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Brunswick	United States	Record high minimum temperature	26.7 C (80.1 F)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Conception	United States	Record daily precipitation	108.0 mm (4.3 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Wakefield 3NW	United States	Record daily precipitation	44.7 mm (1.8 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Sykeston	United States	Record daily precipitation	53.8 mm (2.1 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Rottweil	Germany	Record daily precipitation	27.5 mm (1.1 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Ixcamilpa (Cfe)	Mexico	Record low minimum temperature	13.9 C (57.0 F)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Rostov-Na-Donu	Russia	Record high minimum temperature	28.0 C (82.4 F)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Karesuando	Sweden	Record high maximum temperature	29.1 C (84.4 F)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Col du Grand St-Bernard	Switzerland	Record daily precipitation	119.2 mm (4.7 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Dover	United States	Record high minimum temperature	26.7 C (80.1 F)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Sigmarszell-Zeisertsweiler	Germany	Record daily precipitation	82.5 mm (3.2 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Haleyville	United States	Record high maximum temperature	38.3 C (100.9 F)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Pottersville 2 NNW	United States	Record daily precipitation	86.9 mm (3.4 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Oceana NAS	United States	Record high minimum temperature	27.8 C (82.0 F)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Carrollton	United States	Record high minimum temperature	23.3 C (73.9 F)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Royal Oak 2 SSW	United States	Record high minimum temperature	27.8 C (82.0 F)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Hightstown 2 W	United States	Record high minimum temperature	25.0 C (77.0 F)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Woodcliff Lake	United States	Record daily precipitation	55.4 mm (2.2 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Cheraw	United States	Record high minimum temperature	25.0 C (77.0 F)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Ohlsbach	Germany	Record daily precipitation	33.4 mm (1.3 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Kr. Marburg-Biedenkopf Colbe	Germany	Record daily precipitation	29.8 mm (1.2 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Rollbach	Germany	Record daily precipitation	43.4 mm (1.7 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Eastman 1 W	United States	Record high minimum temperature	25.0 C (77.0 F)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Mt Vernon 3 NE	United States	Record high minimum temperature	25.6 C (78.1 F)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Leon 6 ESE	United States	Record daily precipitation	92.5 mm (3.6 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)

Counts by Type and Timescale

1,660 records

Records set or tied on 8 August 2007 by type: Highest daily maximum 473, Lowest daily maximum 95, Highest daily minimum 740, Lowest daily minimum 83, Heaviest daily rainfall 269.

Records on 8 August 2007 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	473
Lowest daily maximum	95
Highest daily minimum	740
Lowest daily minimum	83
Heaviest daily rainfall	269
Heaviest daily snowfall	0
Deepest snow cover	0

Records on 8 August 2007 by timescale: all-time 36, monthly 109, daily 1,515.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

1,156 broken records

Margins by which the 1,156 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 65.0. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

8 August 2007

Top 20 records on 8 August 2007 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
8 August 2007	Viljujsk, RU	daily rain	36.9 mm (1.5 in)	30.0 mm (1.2 in)	88 years	76 of 100 (Major)
8 August 2007	Washburn, US	daily rain	55.9 mm (2.2 in)	32.5 mm (1.3 in)	96 years	74 of 100 (Major)
8 August 2007	Auburn 5 ESE, US	daily rain	106.9 mm (4.2 in)	65.0 mm (2.6 in)	68 years	70 of 100 (Major)
8 August 2007	Kr. Neckar-Odenwald Buchen, DE	daily rain	44.4 mm (1.7 in)	25.7 mm (1.0 in)	61 years	65 of 100 (Major)
8 August 2007	Jomo Kenyatta Intl, KE	monthly rain	99.1 mm (3.9 in)	61.0 mm (2.4 in)	30 years	64 of 100 (Major)
8 August 2007	Basel Binningen, CH	monthly rain	75.7 mm (3.0 in)	22.3 mm (0.9 in)	51 years	63 of 100 (Major)
8 August 2007	Yale 1 NNW, US	daily rain	84.6 mm (3.3 in)	36.1 mm (1.4 in)	72 years	63 of 100 (Major)
8 August 2007	Rothenburg Ob der Tauber, DE	daily rain	38.6 mm (1.5 in)	18.3 mm (0.7 in)	84 years	61 of 100 (Major)
8 August 2007	Giessen/Wettenberg, DE	daily rain	49.8 mm (2.0 in)	34.4 mm (1.4 in)	49 years	60 of 100 (Major)
8 August 2007	Schotten, DE	daily rain	53.4 mm (2.1 in)	30.8 mm (1.2 in)	52 years	60 of 100 (Major)
8 August 2007	Sion 2, CH	daily rain	38.5 mm (1.5 in)	19.8 mm (0.8 in)	61 years	60 of 100 (Major)
8 August 2007	Dillenburg, DE	daily rain	47.4 mm (1.9 in)	26.4 mm (1.0 in)	49 years	59 of 100 (Notable)
8 August 2007	Schluchtern-Herolz, DE	daily rain	41.5 mm (1.6 in)	23.5 mm (0.9 in)	57 years	58 of 100 (Notable)
8 August 2007	New Milford, US	daily rain	79.8 mm (3.1 in)	39.9 mm (1.6 in)	80 years	58 of 100 (Notable)
8 August 2007	Mandan Exp STN, US	daily rain	49.5 mm (1.9 in)	34.3 mm (1.4 in)	44 years	58 of 100 (Notable)
8 August 2007	Wornitz-Bottenweiler, DE	daily rain	51.5 mm (2.0 in)	26.0 mm (1.0 in)	49 years	57 of 100 (Notable)
8 August 2007	Wutoschingen-Ofteringen, DE	daily rain	51.4 mm (2.0 in)	33.3 mm (1.3 in)	45 years	57 of 100 (Notable)
8 August 2007	Payerne, CH	daily rain	64.9 mm (2.6 in)	39.3 mm (1.5 in)	38 years	55 of 100 (Notable)
8 August 2007	Newark Liberty Intl AP, US	daily rain	79.2 mm (3.1 in)	30.7 mm (1.2 in)	143 years	55 of 100 (Notable)
8 August 2007	Lindong, CN	daily rain	110.8 mm (4.4 in)	61.6 mm (2.4 in)	32 years	54 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 2007

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1793 to 2007. 2007 had 1,660 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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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 10	1,026
10 to 20	67
20 to 30	30
30 to 40	24
40 to 50	3
50 to 60	2
60 to 70	4