Weather Records on 15 August 2007

1,317 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 15 August 2007. Highest significance: Mundrabilla Station, AU.

Key Facts for 15 August 2007

On 15 August 2007, 1,317 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
1,054 were record highs and 121 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 22 were all-time records, 42 monthly and 1,253 daily.
Mundrabilla Station set a daily record precipitation of 26.0 mm (1.0 in) on 15 August 2007.
Across 168 earlier years (1793 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 449 records.

Record Map

1,317 stations

1,317 station records on 15 August 2007 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 15 August 2007: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Mundrabilla Station	Australia	Record daily precipitation	26.0 mm (1.0 in)	64 of 100 (Major)
Kojnas	Russia	Record daily precipitation	29.3 mm (1.2 in)	59 of 100 (Notable)
Pogranichnoe	Russia	Record daily precipitation	57.9 mm (2.3 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Finca la Victoria	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	132.8 mm (5.2 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Motul	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	129.8 mm (5.1 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Nikolaevsk-Na-Amure	Russia	Record daily precipitation	34.2 mm (1.3 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Haleyville	United States	Record high maximum temperature	41.7 C (107.1 F)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Hernando	United States	Record high maximum temperature	42.8 C (109.0 F)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Guipavas	France	Record daily precipitation	27.4 mm (1.1 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Greensburg	United States	Record high maximum temperature	38.3 C (100.9 F)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Kurilsk	Russia	Record daily precipitation	79.4 mm (3.1 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Tullahoma	United States	Record high maximum temperature	38.3 C (100.9 F)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Alvin	United States	Record high maximum temperature	37.2 C (99.0 F)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Ishinomaki	Japan	Record high maximum temperature	36.8 C (98.2 F)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Havelund	Sweden	Record daily precipitation	39.6 mm (1.6 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Fayetteville Wtp	United States	Record high maximum temperature	40.6 C (105.1 F)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Muscle Shoals AP	United States	Record high maximum temperature	41.7 C (107.1 F)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Union Juarez	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	134.9 mm (5.3 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Los Reyes	Mexico	Record high maximum temperature	35.6 C (96.1 F)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Chanal	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	116.8 mm (4.6 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Huejotzingo	Mexico	Record high maximum temperature	32.8 C (91.0 F)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Coloso	Puerto Rico [United States]	Record high maximum temperature	35.6 C (96.1 F)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Wetumpka	United States	Record high maximum temperature	39.4 C (102.9 F)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Sedalia 4 SSE	United States	Record daily precipitation	35.1 mm (1.4 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Orangeburg 2	United States	Record high minimum temperature	26.7 C (80.1 F)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Selma	United States	Record high maximum temperature	40.0 C (104.0 F)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Stuart	United States	Record daily precipitation	85.6 mm (3.4 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Scottsburg	United States	Record high maximum temperature	37.8 C (100.0 F)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Fulton 3 W	United States	Record high maximum temperature	39.4 C (102.9 F)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Winthrop UNIV	United States	Record high maximum temperature	37.8 C (100.0 F)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Crockett	United States	Record high maximum temperature	41.7 C (107.1 F)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Troy	United States	Record high maximum temperature	38.9 C (102.0 F)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Tapoco	United States	Record high maximum temperature	37.8 C (100.0 F)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Jackson Exp STN	United States	Record high maximum temperature	39.4 C (102.9 F)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Birmingham AP	United States	Record high maximum temperature	40.6 C (105.1 F)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Sendai	Japan	Record high maximum temperature	37.2 C (99.0 F)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Tixtla (Dge)	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	51.8 mm (2.0 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Stromsfoss Sluse	Norway	Record daily precipitation	43.0 mm (1.7 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Bolsoy Santar	Russia	Record daily precipitation	27.3 mm (1.1 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Mancos 1SW	United States	Record high minimum temperature	15.0 C (59.0 F)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Atlantic 1 NE	United States	Record high minimum temperature	24.4 C (75.9 F)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Bloomfield	United States	Record high minimum temperature	23.9 C (75.0 F)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Salem	United States	Record high maximum temperature	39.4 C (102.9 F)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Shelby 2 NW	United States	Record high maximum temperature	38.9 C (102.0 F)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Mc Minnville	United States	Record high maximum temperature	38.3 C (100.9 F)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Huntsville Intnl AP	United States	Record high maximum temperature	40.6 C (105.1 F)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Apatzingan (Smn)	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	53.8 mm (2.1 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Sisal	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	91.9 mm (3.6 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
St. Petersburg	Russia	Record high minimum temperature	21.0 C (69.8 F)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Livingston	United States	Record high maximum temperature	40.0 C (104.0 F)	38 of 100 (Notable)
St Joseph 3 N	United States	Record high maximum temperature	39.4 C (102.9 F)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Corinth 5 WSW	United States	Record high maximum temperature	42.2 C (108.0 F)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Tiksi	Russia	Record high maximum temperature	25.8 C (78.4 F)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Kargopol	Russia	Record high maximum temperature	30.1 C (86.2 F)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Santa Ana Fire STN	United States	Record high maximum temperature	37.2 C (99.0 F)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Wauchula	United States	Record high maximum temperature	36.7 C (98.1 F)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Otis	United States	Record high minimum temperature	23.3 C (73.9 F)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Bowling Green Warren Co AP	United States	Record high maximum temperature	40.0 C (104.0 F)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Tomakomai	Japan	Record high maximum temperature	35.5 C (95.9 F)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Vytegra	Russia	Record high maximum temperature	31.6 C (88.9 F)	36 of 100 (Notable)

Counts by Type and Timescale

1,317 records

Records set or tied on 15 August 2007 by type: Highest daily maximum 585, Lowest daily maximum 51, Highest daily minimum 469, Lowest daily minimum 70, Heaviest daily rainfall 142.

Records on 15 August 2007 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	585
Lowest daily maximum	51
Highest daily minimum	469
Lowest daily minimum	70
Heaviest daily rainfall	142
Heaviest daily snowfall	0
Deepest snow cover	0

Records on 15 August 2007 by timescale: all-time 22, monthly 42, daily 1,253.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

947 broken records

Margins by which the 947 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 87.6. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

15 August 2007

Top 20 records on 15 August 2007 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
15 August 2007	Mundrabilla Station, AU	daily rain	26.0 mm (1.0 in)	19.6 mm (0.8 in)	48 years	64 of 100 (Major)
15 August 2007	Kojnas, RU	daily rain	29.3 mm (1.2 in)	16.1 mm (0.6 in)	76 years	59 of 100 (Notable)
15 August 2007	Pogranichnoe, RU	daily rain	57.9 mm (2.3 in)	39.5 mm (1.6 in)	36 years	54 of 100 (Notable)
15 August 2007	Finca la Victoria, MX	daily rain	132.8 mm (5.2 in)	76.9 mm (3.0 in)	21 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
15 August 2007	Motul, MX	daily rain	129.8 mm (5.1 in)	87.6 mm (3.4 in)	18 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
15 August 2007	Nikolaevsk-Na-Amure, RU	daily rain	34.2 mm (1.3 in)	8.7 mm (0.34 in)	102 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
15 August 2007	Haleyville, US	all-time high max	41.7 C (107.1 F)	1.1 C (2.0 F)	55 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
15 August 2007	Hernando, US	daily high max	42.8 C (109.0 F)	3.4 C (6.1 F)	88 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
15 August 2007	Guipavas, FR	daily rain	27.4 mm (1.1 in)	19.8 mm (0.8 in)	26 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
15 August 2007	Greensburg, US	daily high max	38.3 C (100.9 F)	2.2 C (4.0 F)	102 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
15 August 2007	Kurilsk, RU	daily rain	79.4 mm (3.1 in)	43.9 mm (1.7 in)	14 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
15 August 2007	Tullahoma, US	daily high max	38.3 C (100.9 F)	1.6 C (2.9 F)	104 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
15 August 2007	Alvin, US	daily high max	37.2 C (99.0 F)	1.6 C (2.9 F)	96 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
15 August 2007	Ishinomaki, JP	all-time high max	36.8 C (98.2 F)	1.9 C (3.4 F)	45 years	44 of 100 (Notable)
15 August 2007	Havelund, SE	daily rain	39.6 mm (1.6 in)	15.7 mm (0.6 in)	57 years	44 of 100 (Notable)
15 August 2007	Fayetteville Wtp, US	all-time high max	40.6 C (105.1 F)	1.2 C (2.2 F)	50 years	44 of 100 (Notable)
15 August 2007	Muscle Shoals AP, US	all-time high max	41.7 C (107.1 F)	0.6 C (1.1 F)	55 years	44 of 100 (Notable)
15 August 2007	Union Juarez, MX	daily rain	134.9 mm (5.3 in)	75.5 mm (3.0 in)	26 years	43 of 100 (Notable)
15 August 2007	Los Reyes, MX	daily high max	35.6 C (96.1 F)	7.8 C (14.0 F)	4 years	43 of 100 (Notable)
15 August 2007	Chanal, MX	all-time rain	116.8 mm (4.6 in)	14.9 mm (0.6 in)	21 years	42 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 1,317 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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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	928
20 to 40	13
40 to 60	3
60 to 80	2
80 to 100	1