Weather Records on 1 August 2008

795 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 1 August 2008. Highest significance: Bratoljubovka, RU.

Key Facts for 1 August 2008

On 1 August 2008, 795 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
495 were record highs and 165 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 4 were all-time records, 49 monthly and 742 daily.
Bratoljubovka set an all-time record daily precipitation of 303.0 mm (11.9 in) on 1 August 2008.
Across 164 earlier years (1797 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 439 records.

Record Map

795 stations

795 station records on 1 August 2008 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 1 August 2008: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Bratoljubovka	Russia	Record daily precipitation	303.0 mm (11.9 in)	71 of 100 (Major)
Lewiston	United States	Record daily precipitation	79.0 mm (3.1 in)	59 of 100 (Notable)
Isabela Substn	Puerto Rico [United States]	Record high minimum temperature	25.6 C (78.1 F)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Zmeinogorsk	Russia	Record high minimum temperature	23.0 C (73.4 F)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Jonesboro	United States	Record daily precipitation	83.8 mm (3.3 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Solekul	Russia	Record daily precipitation	117.9 mm (4.6 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Jaina	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	109.0 mm (4.3 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Rocky Ford 2 SE	United States	Record high maximum temperature	41.7 C (107.1 F)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Farmerville	United States	Record high minimum temperature	26.7 C (80.1 F)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Boerne	United States	Record high minimum temperature	24.4 C (75.9 F)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Motozintla (Smn)	Mexico	Record low minimum temperature	6.7 C (44.1 F)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Gyshgy	Turkmenistan	Record high minimum temperature	28.9 C (84.0 F)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Cheyenne	United States	Record high maximum temperature	36.7 C (98.1 F)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Rapelje	United States	Record high maximum temperature	37.8 C (100.0 F)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Wamsutter	United States	Record high maximum temperature	32.8 C (91.0 F)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Leeming	United Kingdom	Record daily precipitation	35.3 mm (1.4 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Kr. Holzminden Bevern	Germany	Record daily precipitation	31.8 mm (1.3 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
San Jose de Gracia	Mexico	Record low minimum temperature	5.6 C (42.1 F)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Blanca 4 NW	United States	Record high maximum temperature	34.4 C (93.9 F)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Raymondville	United States	Record high minimum temperature	26.1 C (79.0 F)	39 of 100 (Notable)
El Dorado Goodwin Fld	United States	Record high maximum temperature	39.4 C (102.9 F)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Kazalinsk	Kazakhstan	Record high minimum temperature	25.9 C (78.6 F)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Kokpekty	Kazakhstan	Record high maximum temperature	40.2 C (104.4 F)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Cabot	United States	Record daily precipitation	63.5 mm (2.5 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Marshall	United States	Record high minimum temperature	26.7 C (80.1 F)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Anqing	China	Record daily precipitation	80.6 mm (3.2 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Samaria	Mexico	Record low maximum temperature	27.2 C (81.0 F)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Leesville	United States	Record high minimum temperature	24.4 C (75.9 F)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Cody	United States	Record high maximum temperature	36.1 C (97.0 F)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Santa Ana Tlapacoyan	Mexico	Record high maximum temperature	38.9 C (102.0 F)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Azueta	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	78.5 mm (3.1 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Vajda-Guba	Russia	Record low maximum temperature	7.3 C (45.1 F)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Landsort	Sweden	Record high maximum temperature	27.7 C (81.9 F)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Zumpango del Rio	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	45.0 mm (1.8 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Litchfield Park	United States	Record high minimum temperature	30.6 C (87.1 F)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Cimbaj	Uzbekistan	Record high minimum temperature	26.7 C (80.1 F)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Gordalen	Sweden	Record daily precipitation	35.7 mm (1.4 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Bajramaly	Turkmenistan	Record high minimum temperature	29.2 C (84.6 F)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Ak-Bajtal	Uzbekistan	Record high minimum temperature	31.3 C (88.3 F)	34 of 100 (Routine)
El Rosario	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	45.5 mm (1.8 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Jalcomulco (Cfe)	Mexico	Record low minimum temperature	11.7 C (53.1 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Laveen 3 SSE	United States	Record high minimum temperature	33.3 C (91.9 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Esperance	Australia	Record daily precipitation	32.6 mm (1.3 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Enyeje	Mexico	Record low maximum temperature	11.7 C (53.1 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Rio Piedras Exp STN	Puerto Rico [United States]	Record daily precipitation	74.9 mm (2.9 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Kyzyl-Ozek	Russia	Record high maximum temperature	35.0 C (95.0 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Goldendale	United States	Record low minimum temperature	2.2 C (36.0 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Green Rvr	United States	Record high maximum temperature	36.7 C (98.1 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Shreveport	United States	Record high minimum temperature	26.1 C (79.0 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Second Beach	Australia	Record daily precipitation	37.2 mm (1.5 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Jalcomulco (Cfe)	Mexico	Record low maximum temperature	23.9 C (75.0 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Bijsk Zonalnaja	Russia	Record high maximum temperature	35.7 C (96.3 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Zmeinogorsk	Russia	Record high maximum temperature	37.0 C (98.6 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Findlay AP	United States	Record daily precipitation	40.4 mm (1.6 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Tongliao	China	Record daily precipitation	39.4 mm (1.6 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Kara-Tjurek	Russia	Record high minimum temperature	12.5 C (54.5 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Storbron	Sweden	Record daily precipitation	34.5 mm (1.4 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Phitsanulok/Sarit	Thailand	Record daily precipitation	55.6 mm (2.2 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Lybrook	United States	Record high minimum temperature	21.1 C (70.0 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Strasbourg-Entzheim	France	Record high minimum temperature	20.7 C (69.3 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

795 records

Records set or tied on 1 August 2008 by type: Highest daily maximum 255, Lowest daily maximum 97, Highest daily minimum 240, Lowest daily minimum 68, Heaviest daily rainfall 135.

Records on 1 August 2008 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	255
Lowest daily maximum	97
Highest daily minimum	240
Lowest daily minimum	68
Heaviest daily rainfall	135
Heaviest daily snowfall	0
Deepest snow cover	0

Records on 1 August 2008 by timescale: all-time 4, monthly 49, daily 742.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

535 broken records

Margins by which the 535 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 103.1. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

1 August 2008

Top 20 records on 1 August 2008 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
1 August 2008	Bratoljubovka, RU	all-time rain	303.0 mm (11.9 in)	103.1 mm (4.1 in)	14 years	71 of 100 (Major)
1 August 2008	Lewiston, US	daily rain	79.0 mm (3.1 in)	52.6 mm (2.1 in)	31 years	59 of 100 (Notable)
1 August 2008	Isabela Substn, PR	daily high min	25.6 C (78.1 F)	1.7 C (3.1 F)	107 years	53 of 100 (Notable)
1 August 2008	Zmeinogorsk, RU	all-time high min	23.0 C (73.4 F)	0.8 C (1.4 F)	70 years	53 of 100 (Notable)
1 August 2008	Jonesboro, US	daily rain	83.8 mm (3.3 in)	47.2 mm (1.9 in)	23 years	52 of 100 (Notable)
1 August 2008	Solekul, RU	daily rain	117.9 mm (4.6 in)	59.0 mm (2.3 in)	18 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
1 August 2008	Jaina, MX	daily rain	109.0 mm (4.3 in)	50.1 mm (2.0 in)	57 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
1 August 2008	Rocky Ford 2 SE, US	monthly high max	41.7 C (107.1 F)	0.6 C (1.1 F)	78 years	44 of 100 (Notable)
1 August 2008	Farmerville, US	daily high min	26.7 C (80.1 F)	1.1 C (2.0 F)	111 years	44 of 100 (Notable)
1 August 2008	Boerne, US	daily high min	24.4 C (75.9 F)	1.1 C (2.0 F)	98 years	44 of 100 (Notable)
1 August 2008	Motozintla (Smn), MX	daily low min	6.7 C (44.1 F)	2.2 C (4.0 F)	86 years	43 of 100 (Notable)
1 August 2008	Gyshgy, TM	monthly high min	28.9 C (84.0 F)	1.8 C (3.2 F)	61 years	43 of 100 (Notable)
1 August 2008	Cheyenne, US	monthly high max	36.7 C (98.1 F)	1.1 C (2.0 F)	70 years	42 of 100 (Notable)
1 August 2008	Rapelje, US	daily high max	37.8 C (100.0 F)	0.6 C (1.1 F)	100 years	41 of 100 (Notable)
1 August 2008	Wamsutter, US	daily high max	32.8 C (91.0 F)	0.6 C (1.1 F)	109 years	41 of 100 (Notable)
1 August 2008	Leeming, GB	daily rain	35.3 mm (1.4 in)	21.3 mm (0.8 in)	10 years	40 of 100 (Notable)
1 August 2008	Kr. Holzminden Bevern, DE	daily rain	31.8 mm (1.3 in)	11.6 mm (0.5 in)	57 years	39 of 100 (Notable)
1 August 2008	San Jose de Gracia, MX	monthly low min	5.6 C (42.1 F)	3.3 C (5.9 F)	46 years	39 of 100 (Notable)
1 August 2008	Blanca 4 NW, US	monthly high max	34.4 C (93.9 F)	1.6 C (2.9 F)	47 years	39 of 100 (Notable)
1 August 2008	Raymondville, US	daily high min	26.1 C (79.0 F)	0.5 C (0.9 F)	93 years	39 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 2008

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1797 to 2008. 2008 had 795 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	1,085

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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	518
20 to 40	12
40 to 60	4
60 to 80	0
80 to 100	0
100 to 120	1